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Been using my HTC One now since it's release day and although I wasn't a huge fan when it came out, it's grown on me like moss and i'm now 100% confident that I made the right choice in getting this instead of the S4.
However......
On my daily commute to work, a journey I've been taking for over two years now, I seem to have less signal than all the phones before this one ?
It's the same sim card, same number and the same network.
What happens is the signal will go really low to around 1 - 2 bars and the mobile data connection will teeter around Edge and 3G and come back up to H in parts.
My previous handset as you can see from my signature was a galaxy s3, it didn't ever drop below 3G, was mostly on H and never once went to Edge, on the same trip for well over a year, I've also used an EVO 3D which acted in the same manner as the S3, but the HTC One is really annoying me now as I'm not able to check things on the internet and such, which I've been able to do for as I said a few years now on previous handsets.
I'm currently on Venom rom 1.2.1 and I have an Orange Sim card in the UK.
My baseband is 4A.13.3231.27_10.31.1131.05L
I did try another Radio, however it had little impact on the reception and I was just wondering if anyone else had witnessed similar drops in signal quality themselves?
I'm using a case too, I have three, Double dip flip, Double dip and a silicone case, I've also had the phone without a case and it makes no difference at all.
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks.
same problm
I'm in the US , recently unlocked my but but mine all of the sudden drops from 4 bars to no signal. I have noticed that while I have WiFi on, the network signal seems more stable. I've been reading a lot of ppl have the same problm.
I am on TMo in London. When I first got the phone my signal was awesome. I had H with 3 plus bars all the time all the way from home to work, in work, at home. Since the update I have the exact same issue as you. I lose signal completely, it goes to E a lot of the time now. All in all a very poor experience. I was thinking of installing the original radio to see if that would do the trick(I think it was mentioned that the new update had a new radio). I just do not want to root and lose my warranty. I am getting pretty p'd off though so may just take the plunge
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I'm in the same boat with you guys. My signal varies a lot from H+ to 3G and E and few times is just disappearing completely, taking a good 1-2 minutes until it comes back. I tried like 4 different radios, all with the same behavior.
I'm on GE 4.3 ... stock.
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I'm in the same boat with you guys. My signal varies a lot from H+ to 3G and E and few times is just disappearing completely, taking a good 1-2 minutes until it comes back. I tried like 4 different radios, all with the same behavior.
I'm on GE 4.3 ... stock.
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I was also facing the same issue. Finally realized that it was because my network setting was on GSM or WCDMA i.e. 3G.
I changed my network to 2G and everything is fine.
try this out.
same issue!!
Is it possible 2b a Hardware problem !
My house has terrible reception in general (T-Mobile!), but I've never had a phone drain THIS quickly due to searching for signal.
I've set it to 2G only (I only get EDGE at my house anyway, THANKS OBAMA) and it seems to be helping.
Is the Nexus 5 or Kit Kat in general aggressive with searching for 3G/4G signal in anyone else's experience?
Like I said, other phones haven't had this issue.
Cheers
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Ajfink said:
My house has terrible reception in general (T-Mobile!), but I've never had a phone drain THIS quickly due to searching for signal.
I've set it to 2G only (I only get EDGE at my house anyway, THANKS OBAMA) and it seems to be helping.
Is the Nexus 5 or Kit Kat in general aggressive with searching for 3G/4G signal in anyone else's experience?
Like I said, other phones haven't had this issue.
Cheers
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I have terrible signal too and standby time is horrible. I'll try using faux kernel and report back.
I have same setup as you except my network settings are set to LTE even though there is no lte in my area. Not saying i have great battery life, but it isnt 49% looking for signal.
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I have this SAME problem, and the signal on my phone is terrible compared to my last LTE phone.
same problem at work...... I dont know how 1 place can go from lte to 4g to edge all with in a small building with 1 floor. First day while being at school i got 3 hours screentime on lte, today at work i got like 1.5 hours.
27% over 12 hours with one bar seems just fine to me..
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Mine reacts different with st att. I get 1 bar of lte in my home when I force lte. If I do auto switch gsm/lte it opts to 3 to 4 bars of hspa, which of course I prefer at home on Wi-Fi.
I've used tmobile for most of my smart phone life and always used tasker to switch to edge when connected to Wi-Fi. Saved a lot of battery. So your experience has been what I normally get.
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I have T-mobile as well and my house is in a bad spot. I found that with my note 2 I could use the dialer debug codes to manually set the phone to what ever freq and service I wanted. I found this to greatly help my battery as the modems for T-mo are particularly bad at determining the correct type of service to use and needlessly killing battery.
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At least I'm not alone. It's just annoying to have to switch to 2G only when I go home. -.-
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Are you guys using wifi while at home? If not then you really should. It generally makes the data modem go into a lower power state if wifi is connected saving battery. Thats how it is on my VZW galaxy nexus.
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Are you guys using wifi while at home? If not then you really should. It generally makes the data modem go into a lower power state if wifi is connected saving battery. Thats how it is on my VZW galaxy nexus.
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I do use WiFi at my house.
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I have full data bars in my area. If I turn WiFi off and just use data the battery drains significantly faster.
I am new to T-Mobile, I was with Verizon and my house on Verizon barely gets LTE. My galaxy nexus never got LTE but with T-Mobile my Nexus 5 has 3-4 bars of LTE. So I've been using LTE lately and my battery life has been great. I get 5 + hours screen on time with LTE.
Of course Verizon says my area has great 4g service too but anybody who has came to my house either gets 1 bar of LTE or 3g on Verizon. Trying to acquire a signal will of course eat battery though but I will tell you what I am very happy with T-Mobile so far, a lot better then I expected.
I am happy with the battery life and signal strength where I live and travel to.
I noticed this issue today as well... hoping for a solution...
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I noticed this issue today as well... hoping for a solution...
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Like I said, manually switching to 2G-only when you're in the affected area removes the problem, but you'll need to switch it back to LTE when you go anywhere with a better connection time. Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Network Mode.
If you're worried about battery life. There's a few things you can do. I found that turning off my "Ok Google" hot word detection increased battery life immensely. Also try turning off Google Now sometimes. I realize that the highlight of this phone more or less was Google Now, but if you don't need it for a certain period of time, turn it off. Doesn't hurt to try.
Try out Faux kernel also. On his test 7 (I think he just put out test 8) I was on track to get 60 hours of standby time. I'll try and dig up the screenshot..hopefully I didn't loose it one of my many wipes..
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Try out Faux kernel also. On his test 7 (I think he just put out test 8) I was on track to get 60 hours of standby time. I'll try and dig up the screenshot..hopefully I didn't loose it one of my many wipes..
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Do you mean Franco? Faux kernel is only on 002 beta 2, Franco's is on test build 8.
I had this problem and I sent my phone back and got a new one. The new phone doesn't do it at all just got a day and a half with over 4 hours screen time. I think some of the nexus 5's are a bit dodgy.
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Do you mean Franco? Faux kernel is only on 002 beta 2, Franco's is on test build 8.
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Yes. Sorry, I had flashed both kernels and decided on Franco for now because it seems he's had the most progress so far. He also received his own device today so he should be able to get even more things done!
Looking forward to both of their kernels!
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I have this SAME problem, and the signal on my phone is terrible compared to my last LTE phone.
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+1. It looks like my N5 gets 5-8 dBm worse signal than my N4.
I'm on my third replacement and here are just some of the problems I've had.
1. Horrible vibrate motor that sounds like a broken RC toy car.
2. Battery life is TERRIBLE. Screenshot below. And I've tried going a week without installing anything and keeping location and sync off. Same thing. The screenshot below is the phone doing nothing at all for around 8.5 hrs with around 10 minutes of use (just checking news sites).
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3. It looses signal a lot where no other phone has. I miss calls, texts, and pretty much everything else that needs a cell signal.
I live in an area that's supposed to get 3-4 bars. See the first screenshot and compare it to the second one. The phone was in the same spot within about a foot.
4. Driving mode never works when it needs to.
5. Purple tint on low brightness.
6. Camera is useless past 5PM
7. Terrible speakerphone (cant hear anyone during calls). The top speaker is pretty good though.
8. Apps take twice as long as other phones to open (I can deal with this, but it's just an annoyance that I would rather not have)
Does anyone have any ideas as to what I should do? I know I can get another replacement, but motorola's support is horrible.
Maybe moto x not is for you.
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Maybe moto x not is for you.
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Well it's actually a nice phone outside of these problems. I guess I should probably just return it, but I was wondering if anyone else had experience with the battery drain and the no signal problem.
Losing less than 2 percent an hour on a phone is actually pretty good life. It really is. Only way to beat that would be airplane mode and turning off active notification and touch less control.
Sorry your not happy tho. Everyone has different expectations from their phones. I don't think it matters what phone you get.... There are gonna be things you aren't happy with. Guaranteed.
Two weeks in so far and I love my X... Wouldn't trade it for any phone out there today. Except maybe the Droid Maxx. But it's crazy expensive.
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Losing less than 2 percent an hour on a phone is actually pretty good life. It really is. Only way to beat that would be airplane mode and turning off active notification and touch less control.
Sorry your not happy tho. Everyone has different expectations from their phones. I don't think it matters what phone you get.... There are gonna be things you aren't happy with. Guaranteed.
Two weeks in so far and I love my X... Wouldn't trade it for any phone out there today. Except maybe the Droid Maxx. But it's crazy expensive.
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What phones have you used? I came from an htc one and note 3. Both used less than 1% an hour on standby. My Nexus 7 goes for 24hours without losing even 1%. No, I don't expect that for a phone, but I do expect a phone with a larger battery than the HTC one to get better battery life.
I think the reason for the poor battery is the poor signal. As you can see it says 84% of time with no signal. Its a phone, so I expect it to get signal where every other phone gets signal. I have a tmo moto x by the way.
Rant over
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Based on the screenshot you provided, it looks like you're running into the Google Play Services battery drain that's been troubling a lot of people for about a month now. It's up to Google to fix that one, but I wouldn't count on it I've also noticed the the US variants (The ones built in Texas) are assembled pretty poorly; I have little bits of particulate matter below my front camera lens, and the front glass doesn't line up perfectly with the sensors and camera. If signal is a problem, I would suggest another replacement.
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Based on the screenshot you provided, it looks like you're running into the Google Play Services battery drain that's been troubling a lot of people for about a month now. It's up to Google to fix that one, but I wouldn't count on it I've also noticed the the US variants (The ones built in Texas) are assembled pretty poorly; I have little bits of particulate matter below my front camera lens, and the front glass doesn't line up perfectly with the sensors and camera. If signal is a problem, I would suggest another replacement.
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It's not Google Play Services. I had that in the beginning, but I disabled location completely and it took care of that.
Signal has been a problem for all 3, so I don't think another one is going to help. There is another guy on here who has the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570415
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It's not Google Play Services. I had that in the beginning, but I disabled location completely and it took care of that.
Signal has been a problem for all 3, so I don't think another one is going to help. There is another guy on here who has the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570415
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I would tend to agree with you on that thread, it might be a defect in the T-Mobile variant. The dev edition works on Tmo, but that probably isn't an option. Sorry I can't be of more help :silly:
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Losing less than 2 percent an hour on a phone is actually pretty good life. It really is. Only way to beat that would be airplane mode and turning off active notification and touch less control.
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My X loses 2-3% in 8 hours overnight. Even with sync on. All I do is turn my wifi off. If my phone lost 2% an hour in standby it would drive me crazy.
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My X loses 2-3% in 8 hours overnight. Even with sync on. All I do is turn my wifi off. If my phone lost 2% an hour in standby it would drive me crazy.
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It does drive me crazy. And it's usually more than that. With sync and pretty much everything turned off.
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It does drive me crazy. And it's usually more than that. With sync and pretty much everything turned off.
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Well your bad signal is definitely going to impact your battery life, but have you checked betterbatterystats or wakelock detector for wakelocks?
And out of curiosity, what phone are you comparing it to when you say it takes twice as long to open apps? It's noticeably faster than both my HTC One and GS4 were, and my Nexus 5 is only marginally faster. You really gotta do a side by side to tell.
I don't think signal strength impacts battery severely. A bit I'm sure... But not enough to blame horribly bad battery life on. I'm 24 hours here... Almost 3 hours screen time and have 30 percent left. All in very low signal coverage and wifi mostly always on.
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My X loses 2-3% in 8 hours overnight. Even with sync on. All I do is turn my wifi off. If my phone lost 2% an hour in standby it would drive me crazy.
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Would love to see a screen shot of 3 percent lost in 8 hours.
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Coming from Nexus 4 and 5, I have much better signal on my T-Mobile Moto X. It really isn't even close.
Solutions Etcetera said:
Coming from Nexus 4 and 5, I have much better signal on my T-Mobile Moto X. It really isn't even close.
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I had to go outside at my house to make a call on my S2....now I can use my X in the house... One of the reasons I chose a motorola phone.
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now I can use my X in the house... One of the reasons I chose a motorola phone.
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I still have a RAZR V3. No smartphone I have had (iPhones, Nexus One, 4, 5) has been as good as it reception-wise... until the Moto X, which is actually better!
aooga said:
I'm on my third replacement and here are just some of the problems I've had.
1. Horrible vibrate motor that sounds like a broken RC toy car.
2. Battery life is TERRIBLE. Screenshot below. And I've tried going a week without installing anything and keeping location and sync off. Same thing. The screenshot below is the phone doing nothing at all for around 8.5 hrs with around 10 minutes of use (just checking news sites).
3. It looses signal a lot where no other phone has. I miss calls, texts, and pretty much everything else that needs a cell signal.
I live in an area that's supposed to get 3-4 bars. See the first screenshot and compare it to the second one. The phone was in the same spot within about a foot.
4. Driving mode never works when it needs to.
5. Purple tint on low brightness.
6. Camera is useless past 5PM
7. Terrible speakerphone (cant hear anyone during calls). The top speaker is pretty good though.
8. Apps take twice as long as other phones to open (I can deal with this, but it's just an annoyance that I would rather not have)
Does anyone have any ideas as to what I should do? I know I can get another replacement, but motorola's support is horrible.
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1. Vibrator is a bit different from other phones I used but it doesnt bother me
2. Battery life for me is either same or better then my GS4
3. Didn't notice any signal problmes
4. Driving mode works fine
5. Yes, very minor purple tint only at lowest brightness setting. Its actually so minor that it also doesnt bother me (perhaps it varies from phone to phone)
6. You got that right
7. Excellent speaker ! A bit TOO loud for my taste
8. Also dont have this problem. Phone is super fast.
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Would love to see a screen shot of 3 percent lost in 8 hours.
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I don't have one handy, been using the N5 for the last week, but heres a screen shot of my X losing 5% in 22hrs while in airplane mode.
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I don't have one handy, been using the N5 for the last week, but heres a screen shot of my X losing 5% in 22hrs while in airplane mode.
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Ohhhhhhh.... Airplane mode. Then I totally agree.
But not in Airplane mode...., 2 percent per hour is decent.
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Actually using the phone normally.... I'd say just over 3 percent per hour is very good. As shown here.
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Well your bad signal is definitely going to impact your battery life, but have you checked betterbatterystats or wakelock detector for wakelocks?
And out of curiosity, what phone are you comparing it to when you say it takes twice as long to open apps? It's noticeably faster than both my HTC One and GS4 were, and my Nexus 5 is only marginally faster. You really gotta do a side by side to tell.
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The thing is I don't have bad signal with any other phone. Every other phone gives me full bars. And I'm comparing it to the htc one and note 3. Twice as long only from a cold start or when I clear the app out of memory. If its in memory, its the same for all the phones.
I really wouldn't mind all the problems if it wasn't for the bad signal on all of the phones. Ive even paid for a new sim card to see if that was the problem.
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Coming from Nexus 4 and 5, I have much better signal on my T-Mobile Moto X. It really isn't even close.
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Wow. I don't know why three of mine have gotten worse signal. I did haven the N4 and it didn't have great signal, but it never went to no signal. This one is around 80% with no signal.
I'm thinking about getting a Moto X. I usually get a top-tier phone, but this one has really caught my eye.
I want a high-end device, but the "best" phones are all rather large. When I started looking at all the different "mini" versions, it turns out most of those phones are about the same as the Moto X. Nobody is really packaging their best phone with a smaller display; all the minis are pretty much 1.7GHz dual core units with 720-line displays. Compared to most of those the Moto X really fits my hand, and I like a lot of the features.
One thing I'm curious about is the operating temperature. My last three phones have all gotten pretty hot from time to time, but I read in a review that the Moto X draws a bit less current, and as a result it also runs a good bit cooler than some faster phones. This phone does seem to get a lot of life for a 2200mah battery.
Has anybody noticed any heat from this phone, or that it's particularly cool compared to other phones you've had? FWIW, I'd be using the Verizon version with 32GB.
Thanks in advance.
It gets warm when in my truck with GPS on, charging, and listening to podcasts... but no where near as warm as my Nexus.
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It gets warm when in my truck with GPS on, charging, and listening to podcasts... but no where near as warm as my Nexus.
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Which Nexus model is that?
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Which Nexus model is that?
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Both 4 and 5.
No where near as the galaxy s4. The galaxy s4 gets so hot it burns lol.
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I must say the Moto X is the of the coolest higher end phone I've used. There is absolutely no issue with heat on mine, even with a few hours of video running.
Both Samsung and LG phones can quite hot for me. Naturally any phone will get hot with prolonged GPS use.
i mean it gets warm, but thats it. i wouldnt call it hot compared to my Gnex, which would literally be on the verge of burning my face off. only time my X gets warm is if im using it while its charging. other than that, no problems at all
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I'm thinking about getting a Moto X. I usually get a top-tier phone, but this one has really caught my eye.
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I guess it all depends on what you mean by top tier. If by top tier you mean a phone that works great as a phone, feels good in your hand, has a nice screen for its size, no lag and stock android plus, with the plus being very useful extras like touchless controls, motorola assist and active display, then the Moto X is top-tier. If by top-tier you mean has the best specs on paper but has lag due to its ridiculous OEM skin, drops calls and can't hold a 4G LTE signal well in weak signal areas, then by all means get the top-tier GNote3. I had it and returned it and got 2 Moto X's instead.
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One thing I'm curious about is the operating temperature.
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Never gets hot even when I WiFi tether my computer to it. My GNex used to get boiling hot when I did that.
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as a result it also runs a good bit cooler than some faster phones.
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What do you mean by faster? The CPU clock speed? Because I tested it side-by-side with the GNote3 and the Moto X beat the GNote3 in every data speed test I ran and opened apps and loaded web pages noticeably faster than the GNote3.
I don't think so. My note3 consistently pulls faster data TMob vs TMob on speed test.
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I don't think so. My note3 consistently pulls faster data TMob vs TMob on speed test.
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I am on Verizon. The Moto X and the GNote3 and even my GNex all do well in strong signal areas. Where the signal is weak, the Moto X outperforms them all.
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I am on Verizon. The Moto X and the GNote3 and even my GNex all do well in strong signal areas. Where the signal is weak, the Moto X outperforms them all.
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Hmmm... Probably. Didn't get to test x at work on day off. I switched to T-Mobile. My note has been pulling faster on TMob vs x on atnt. Note is still pulling down faster at apartment. At work, that will probably be true, x pulling down faster on a weaker signal. My refill runs out today on my note and might be awhile before I get to test again.
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Moto X is getting hot
I have recently bought Moto X mobile, it is getting heat wen it is in charging, When i use camera, when i play games and wen i use some long time(not too long)...did anyone find this same issue in ur Moto X.???
Pls let me know..!!!
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I have recently bought Moto X mobile, it is getting heat wen it is in charging, When i use camera, when i play games and wen i use some long time(not too long)...did anyone find this same issue in ur Moto X.???
Pls let me know..!!!
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I'm too facing that issue. but that doesn't impact the usage or performance of x. even many of the youtube users checked that it is heating up little but not as xperia z2
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This morning i woke up and my x was at 125° or 52c not sure if I have an issue or not but it seems like the general opinion is that it runs cool.
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To me it seems that the front and back of my TMo Developer Edition is too hot. Just got an app to meaure the temp and its 39C without any serious load (facebook or just web browsing).
Anyone else has measurements to compare?
My dev edition gets hot with Maps navigation such that Maps just dies. If I charge it when using navigation, Maps dies quickly. Else it lasts for a while longer before dying. My note 3 and note 4 can go on and on with navigation even being charged at the same time.
That's nothing to worry about. If it actually overheats, it will shut down before damage is done. ?
I have been using my N6 for the past couple of days and the battery life has been quite disappointing for me so far. It seems the biggest culprit for me is the poor signal in my area leading to a huge amount of drain from Cell Standby. Even when idle, my battery drains quickly. I lose 1% every few minutes without even turning my screen on and about 10% over an hour. As of now, my device has been on for 2h 49m and 24% of that time has been without signal.
I understand that poor reception is causing the radio to constantly look for a signal but my Moto G and Nexus 5 are in the exact same environment and fair much better when it comes to battery life. Anyone else experiencing this insane battery drain? At this point I'm debating sending the device back, getting a refund, and dealing with the bloated and Touchwiz filled Note 4. It's a bummer because I absolutely love this phone otherwise. The screen, build quality, WiFi signal strength, and audio experience make this phone an absolute delight but the battery drain might be a deal breaker for me. Thankfully I still have a couple of weeks to make up my mind on whether or not I'll be keeping the phone or returning it and going for another phablet. Thanks to the N6, I can no longer return to a phone with small display.
As I mentioned earlier, I am not having this issue with my Moto G or Nexus 5 and both devices have excellent idle battery life.
Battery stats: http://i.imgur.com/Qmx3vkh.png
Detailed Battery stats: http://i.imgur.com/Qmx3vkh.png
Cell Standy: http://i.imgur.com/gvSbxLp.png
I have noticed the same thing with my device. Might not be to the extent you are experiencing because the cell coverage is a little better but cell standby is one of the main causes of my battery draining.
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I have noticed the same thing with my device. Might not be to the extent you are experiencing because the cell coverage is a little better but cell standby is one of the main causes of my battery draining.
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This seems to be an issue with Lollipop and people with the Nexus 5 are also experiencing this. There is a thread over at /r/android discussing this issue.
I absolutely love this phone and I will be holding out for a patch as long as I can. This phone is so awesome though.
I don't have this issue with my new N6 or my N5 on lollipop. I have very strong signal though in my area.
I would like to point out though it's not that bad considering your without service for over 20% of the time at that point.. From that it looks like you'll have a12 hour day.
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IAnyone else experiencing this insane battery drain?
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Yes, my N5 running LRX21O has the same since I activated my N6. In my case (Wi-Fi only) I can just turn off the mobile radios.
I actually already started a thread about this. At first I thought it was a sprint issue turns out to be widespread.
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I actually already started a thread about this. At first I thought it was a sprint issue turns out to be widespread.
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Thanks for letting me know about your own thread discussing the same issues, I have posted there as well. :good:
This cell standby drain reminds me of eclair and froyo days. I believe the temp solution for this was to briefly put it into airplane mode. Then turn mobile network bank on. It would sort of reset the existing bug. Anyone remember this from way back when?
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hasbrobot said:
This cell standby drain reminds me of eclair and froyo days. I believe the temp solution for this was to briefly put it into airplane mode. Then turn mobile network bank on. It would sort of reset the existing bug. Anyone remember this from way back when?
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I remember it well I had the Eris. But I think it's different today. I think it's a reporting issue not a signal loss issue. Imo
Ahh... memories, I had the eris as well. Actually 5 of them, ha ha. Man android has come along way.
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Just a thought.. try changing it from LTE preferred to 3G. I'm not saying to use this as a permanent solution but just try it out. I was in the -90 to -103dB range in signal on LTE and it would randomly crap out entirely for a few seconds every couple minutes (at best). I have no idea why - didn't have that issue on my older galaxy S3. Anyway, switching to 3G suddenly gave me fantastic reception (at least in terms of signal strength).
If it helps you - that might be the cause of your battery drain: poor signal.
Me too I've switched to 3g and I'm my nexus isn't constantly looking for a 4g signal
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I just did 12 hours in a hospital where my S3 couldn't make it much past lunchtime. I'm at around 15 hours now and have 70% left. Full time on 4G.
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Me too I've switched to 3g and I'm my nexus isn't constantly looking for a 4g signal
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Did this too which helped a ton.
Also flashing the latest modem in fastboot also appeared to help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/ref-nexus-6-modem-collection-t2969380
Like others have mentioned, forcing it to a specific network mode will typically save power, especially when you kill something as power hungry as LTE.
From the regular system menu, you only have the options to set "preferred" LTE/3G/2G, but this does not actually disable LTE or 2G when you select 3G.
From the dialer, enter *#*#4636#*#*, select phone information, scroll down to "set preferred network type" and choose "WCDMA only". With this, it will actually turn off the LTE and GSM radios.