Hello everybody
I experienced nothing wrong at all with my SGS, but, when I was checking here and there in my phone I noticed that Time without signal = 100% ckecked it many times, restarted, and still, always 100% but nothing is really wrong with the phone, I call receive calls, sms, everything is fine, also battery is fine, signal strenth is five bars -81 dBm, 16 asu, well, this is however only happens in my second home, in my other home, it never gets higher than 10% without signal.
I just wanted to ask if there's any explanation for this
what?
How do you mean "Time without signal = 100%"?
The term when u have not GSM signal or it in airplane mode or what?
no sense
Actually, it makes sense
go to settings => about phone => Battery Use => Cell Standby
and check it, there's "time without signal" it indicates the percentage of time ur phone spent without signal, not because it's in airplane mode, not because it's off, but because there's no coverage
well, in my case, coverage is almost perfect, and still time without signal is 100%
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Does anyone know a application that makes it possible that the phone switches to 2G when i has been on standby for maybe 15min. And then when a application like Opera needs internet access then it switches back to 3G.
Could be cool cause i would save a lot of power.
That would be great! Also because I don't like the idea of 3G whenever there's no wifi around. I know it doesn't do anything but I have bad experiences with WAP (long time ago I know ) going on randomly and staying on for hours, resulting in sky-high bills
The manual says that the battery lasts longer in 3G than in GSM in waiting mode, in conversation is the opposite.
Theres also the fact it takes about 30 seconds to disable the phone, switch to 2g, and re-enable the phone then get a signal again. It may be fine going from 3g to 2g when in you're pocket and not using the phone but when you wake it up that 30 seconds will get annoying, itll make the phone slower while its switching and the process itself uses battery power
So my battery time isn't horrible but why the heck is cell standby using 40% when time without signal is only 3%?! Doesn't make any sense.. anyway of resolving this?
I'm seeing the same thing, in fact most of the time 'cell standby' is on the top of my battery usage chart. I suspect some of this is because I live in a relatively weak sprint signal area, its shouting pretty loud to get to the tower.
Every once in a while the phone will boot and have service, but time without signal will show 98-100%, I haven't figured this problem out yet (and yes I've done the GSM/CDMA switch in the test menu).
If you don't want your phone to go into standby, use it more.
abcdfv said:
If you don't want your phone to go into standby, use it more.
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BAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHA
Good one
Look guys, the battery usage is always going to total between 99% and 101%
This is not an indication of how much or fast your battery is being used, it is a reflection of how the amount of battery used IS BEING USED
Like adcdfv said, and he's absolutely right, if you want to see your cell standby percentage decrease then make more phone calls.
But there's no reason to do that.
Thank you, Thank you.
lawl.
I've done a lot of reading on this and everyone seems to say that Cell Standby has nothing to do with phone use. I use my phone all day to text and randomly use it to browse. Either way my phone is "in use" more or less all day.
And I did that same "fix" in the Test menu that Fird spoke of. I do not live in an area with a weak signal, either. Most of the time I'm getting 3+ bars..
D3FAULT said:
lawl.
I've done a lot of reading on this and everyone seems to say that Cell Standby has nothing to do with phone use. I use my phone all day to text and randomly use it to browse. Either way my phone is "in use" more or less all day.
And I did that same "fix" in the Test menu that Fird spoke of. I do not live in an area with a weak signal, either. Most of the time I'm getting 3+ bars..
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Having a high cell standby is good. It means that the radio is going to sleep properly. It's the Time Without Signal that you'd want to worry about, but with the latest ROMs it's no longer an issue.
I know this is an old thread and it's for a diffrent phone model, but i've been searching the web for the last hour and this thread is the closest one i've found to what i'm experiencing. I have an LG optimus one phone using knzo's Void Forever(2.3.4 based on CM) and the cell standby battery usege is 37% with only 1% time without signal. Can anybody tell me why this is happening?
did you read the previous posts?
Yes i did, and i don't think it's normal to have a high battery usage if TWS is 1%.
Raca_teo said:
Yes i did, and i don't think it's normal to have a high battery usage if TWS is 1%.
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What that means is cell standby is 40% or so TOTAL. It will always add up to around 100% no matter what. Your phone is fine.
Hello,
I subscripted to a data plan with my carrier and I was wondering what is the best way to handle this situation to remain always online.
I have wifi and 3g on so when I'm home or in a place where wifi is available it connects to that network and disable mobile data and opposite when I go outside wifi coverage.
But I noticed two major problems
- I went out for 30 minutes, the phone switched to 3g and the battery went down 7% without turning the display on! I walked and the coverage is extremely good where I went plus I noticed that the wifi icon was still on so it wasn't really disabled
- When I came back the phone didn't go back to wifi connection and kept staying in 3g until I open wifi settings manually. This is a bug with cm7 I already reported!
Those things don't happen always but they do happen. Does 3g in "idle" consume so much battery power?? If yes The phone would die in 8h without even using it if I used it according to this rate it would die in 3h
My guess is that some of the phones may have some hardware issues, because the software is identical, but only a small part of them drain the battery when using 3G.
I have a similar issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501047
edit: my Froyo drain was normal, 1% per hour, vs GB (stock, CM7, etc) which takes 5% per h. This would be an argument against a hardware defect...
My cell standby is really really high and I'm nowhere near the 6+ hours SoT that people seem to be getting here. I even followed the battery optimization guide and disable all the moto features on the phone. I also changed my preferred network type from "Global" to "LTE/CDMA" to supposedly save more power.
Is anyone else having odd drain? I attached a list of the apps I disabled as well.
Cell stand bye does seem high. Silly but I'm sure you have turned phone off and fully charged to see if it remedies?
All else fails factory reset, I know it's a pain.
Broadley1 said:
Cell stand bye does seem high. Silly but I'm sure you have turned phone off and fully charged to see if it remedies?
All else fails factory reset, I know it's a pain.
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I charged it while it was on fully after draining it to 1% when I first bought it. I have not turned it off or charged while it was off. I'll do that later when it is around 5% after work.
How would the factory reset help? I would reinstall the same apps again anyway so if that is the problem I wouldn't know it.
I didnt mess with any network settings but cell standby is higher than screen on my battery stats. My battery life isn't bad by any means but not as good as some others are getting
I've seen this issue reported by 2-3 other users, it's either related to the cell coverage in your area or might even be a faulty radio. Cell standby is usually high on my list but still about 1/4 of the power draw of my screen (assuming my average SoT of 6 hours) and around -96dBm (3-4 bars) signal strength. Try checking your signal strength - if you don't have an app for it, do: Settings > Wireless and Networks > More > Mobile Networks > Network type and strength.
I have this issue. My signal sucks at home. Only 3 bars most of the time.
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Same issue here ... Just switched to ART and I'm going to switch from global to LTE/CDMA to see if I can knock it down a bit. Reception at my work is terrible in some spots (hospital). At home its not so bad.
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Picked up my phone yesterday afternoon and after receiving the OTA and factory resetting afterwards, my battery life has been fantastic on the first initial charge. My screen on time is at 6+ hours and still going.
I haven't done anything special. My phone is bone stock with only T Mobile bloat disabled.
Is anyone else getting ridiculous screen on time?
Is this just leaving the screen on and not doing anything?
No...Just my regular usage on a lazy Sunday night while in bed.
I'm on wifi.. with Wifi calling on, web browsing watching videos on youtube, a couple phone calls and heavy texting. Also have 3 gmail account with push notification.
Stats look funny with the cell standby on top of my usage. Usually it's the screen that's on top
I've been really impressed with the battery on this device. It's been more than enough to get me through an entire work day. The fast charge feature is great for a quick top off before a night out.
I don't think this is out of the ordinary, I think the question was standby + SOT. It's easier to get high SOT times if there is no standby associated. So 6hrs SOT while the phone has been off the charger for 7hrs isn't as big of a deal as 6hrs SOT + being off the charger for over 24hrs.
That Cell Standby too, damn...that's caused by having VoLTE and WiFi Calling on. Agree with what everyone else said, 6hrs SOT with the phone being on for 7hrs41min is not really a proper measure of your battery.
shook187 said:
No...Just my regular usage on a lazy Sunday night while in bed.
I'm on wifi.. with Wifi calling on, web browsing watching videos on youtube, a couple phone calls and heavy texting. Also have 3 gmail account with push notification.
Stats look funny with the cell standby on top of my usage. Usually it's the screen that's on top
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The real question is...why is cell standby the highest battery user if you've been on wifi with wifi-calling? this is what makes no sense.
I am able to last a full work day just streaming satellite radio and always on and off it throughout the day and still have a lot of a room to spare. Pleasantly suprised with how great the battery life is. Short of watching video's I am still at 30% range come night time. My S4 would of bottomed out at some point in the afternoon. I have to train myself to not have this phone plugged in every outlet I can lol.
That screen-on time.....
I get 4 hours max....... With whiped cache, VoLTE off, wi-fi scanning off, and wi-fi calling off.
Spotify and maps both slaughter the battery, but still.
Wifi/VoLTE calling
Yeah I've noticed that when on WiFi calling (with or without VoLTE enabled) phone never shuts down the radio. As in, I actually see both the signal strength indicator (crappy at my office) and WiFi calling, which never happened on my Lg G3 -- as soon as it goes on WiFi calling it'd turn off regular radio.
I bet that's the reason for big cell standby energy consumption.
Did anyone else notice this?
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Yeah I've noticed that when on WiFi calling (with or without VoLTE enabled) phone never shuts down the radio. As in, I actually see both the signal strength indicator (crappy at my office) and WiFi calling, which never happened on my Lg G3 -- as soon as it goes on WiFi calling it'd turn off regular radio.
I bet that's the reason for big cell standby energy consumption.
Did anyone else notice this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/discuss-battery-problem-t3071622
Whipe your cache and disable wifi-calling and volte. The radio won't consume so much battery afterwards.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/discuss-battery-problem-t3071622
Whipe your cache and disable wifi-calling and volte. The radio won't consume so much battery afterwards.
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Um... no. Without WiFi calling phone is useless. I was asking if anyone else had WiFi calling on and NO cell signal indicator at the same time
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Um... no. Without WiFi calling phone is useless. I was asking if anyone else had WiFi calling on and NO cell signal indicator at the same time
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i get the wifi calling and no signal type indicator (IE 4g, LTE, etc) but i do get signal bars. This is exactly how it functioned on my g3 as well though with the lollipop update. If you want no bars showing, you have to change your wifi calling prefs to "never use cellar network"
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i get the wifi calling and no signal type indicator (IE 4g, LTE, etc) but i do get signal bars. This is exactly how it functioned on my g3 as well though with the lollipop update. If you want no bars showing, you have to change your wifi calling prefs to "never use cellar network"
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Yeah my G3 before lollipop would simply remove the cellular indicator after about a second on the WiFi calling. I wonder if it's something that just changed in the system.
It's really annoying as previous behavior was exactly the logical one -- found WiFi, WiFi calling kicks in, regular radio gets turned off in a bit (hence no bars any more), if you go outside of WiFi coverage it turns back cell radio. Signal is so crappy at the office
Hopefully they'll fix it. I guess for now I have to keep switching "no cell at all, WiFi only" and back to "ok, cell but no WiFi calling". Ick.
I got 3 hours sot with 53% left to go. I have to say i am getting close to my note4 on this. I am very impressed so far.
Mine is doing well today. This is with Spotify and Snapchat usage.
Mine is getting better
So WiFi calling and volte on?
Yes to volte I don't use WiFi calling
I have airplane mode on, wifi calling, while I'm at home. Saves the most battery.