I rarely use my network data connection. I use wifi at home and at work. Will deactivating my data network connection via the extended power menu give me more battery life? I assume it would but just want to make sure.
Yes it will
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Hi there, how can we lock data at HSDPA? Normally it drops back down to 3G during idle... maybe to save power but that always drops a tethered VPN connection.....
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is there an app that tricks the phone that its using WIFI instead of 3G or hsdpa? i have some apps that require Wifi to view . thanks
Highly doubt it because then the phone would try to use wifi for data. Most apps that require wifi due so because they need the speed from wifi
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Hi, when I'm abroad using wifi (so no cellular data), my battery lasts longer compared to being at home, also on Wifi. how can this be possible? shouldnt cellular data be deactivated as soon as i activate wifi?
thanks in advance
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Depends on what Wi-Fi network you're connecting to. In theory - 5Ghz network takes more battery than 2.4Ghz or a/b/g network. Also, signal strength also plays it's role - constant low signal forces the antenna to work harder - and at home you always get good signal.
Who knows, maybe that's the reason.
Maybe when you are home the data connection stays in the background waiting for you to drop off wifi network and therefore eats up the battery
but when you are on roaming the data connection is turned off completely to save on data bill
this is just an assumption...
what I usually do is when am at home or work, I turn off data and turn on wifi manually instead of letting the phone choose for me. I've found that this helps in conserving battery
No, thats not how it works.. Your cellular data connection is active, just unused.
k1ckdapro said:
Hi, when I'm abroad using wifi (so no cellular data), my battery lasts longer compared to being at home, also on Wifi. how can this be possible? shouldnt cellular data be deactivated as soon as i activate wifi?
thanks in advance
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itsrijo said:
what I usually do is when am at home or work, I turn off data and turn on wifi manually instead of letting the phone choose for me. I've found that this helps in conserving battery
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I do this too, in fact I use Llama to do it for me. It saves a lot of battery.
Thanks, that's what I thought. But why can't android simply deactivate data when connected. I don't get why there is no such option.
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When internet access (either idle or during active use) is necessary, what is the better option for battery life?
Does Wi-Fi drain more battery, is it the other way around or is it the same?
Best option for bettery life is to leave wifi on when your in wifi area
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Wifi use less batt
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Wifi saves more battery than 3g.
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yes I agree Wifi drains less battery than 3G if you have a good wifi connection, but not if your phone is scanning for new wifi connection when you travels.
To be clearer, wifi is the best option at home or hotel room compare to DATA transfer (3G).
Thanks, I always thought that 3G needs more battery juice. Every day you learn something new.
Damn me to i always taught 3g would use less. Thr note battery still needs to be inproved.
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But if you are at home , WIFI is on and the screen off - actually this happens the most time.
I marked the option in the advanced WIFI-settings that turns the WIFI off when the screen is off.
What happens then? Does it do all network stuff with the 3G connection or is there a WIFI-wakelock for apps like Whatsapp?
If it uses the 3G network would't it be better to change to 2G?
Iam not sure this helps something but iam acutally doing it like this. Always on 2G (because at home and at work i have WIFI) and only when i need 3G when iam not in a WIFI-Network range i switch to 3G.
Does someone know how Android works?
Wifi is always better than 3g
Saves battery
saves money
And in many cases faster speed than 3g
So I will go with wifi
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hi guys. i'm on Cm7 kang! and i wonder that to save battery, should i set the phone to 2g only or just disable the data access over mobile network? i've made shortcuts on the notification power widget to do the both things. but when i change from 2g only to 2g&3g it takes me some minutes to connect so i can't access the network immediately, that's so inconvenient. so if i just disable the data access, will the phone continuosly search for UMTS network and drain my battery? does disabling data help me save the battery as much as i need? looking forward to u guys. thanks.
Disable mobile data save more than enabling only 2G
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Disable mobile data save more than enabling only 2G
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thanks! what if i do the both things? may be i won't do it any more cuz it makes me tired of waiting when i reenable 3g!
BTW ur kang build of CM7 for p990 is really nice! i'm using it happyly!
not exactly what you asked for, it might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530
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