Change in battery life for the worse after switching to T-Mobile?
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yea, its been published in several articles about how people get better battery life on tmobiles network than on any other http://m.blog.laptopmag.com/tmobile-phones-longer-battery-life
do you get good tmobile signal in your area? when i'm at home where signal is strong i lose about 3% a day with wifi on. when i'm outside where signal is like 1 bar, battery drains noticeably fast.
another possibility i've thought about is my paranoia
I checked this morning, my phone is telling me -93dBm at home. At work, Im at -96 to -100dBm. Per this link, its OK, but not great.
http://www.tested.com/tech/android/557-how-to-measure-cell-signal-strength-on-android-phones/
Wh1t3Rose
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Wh1t3Rose
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Then you can't really say why battery life has gotten worse. It could be that your signal was much better then what you currently get on T-Mobile. The biggest battery drain is a poor signal. You good have had 75-85 dBm on your previous carrier which is pretty much as battery friendly as being on Wi-Fi is.I honestly cant remember
Currently 105 at my desk at work. That must be it.
Data speeds are awesome, but maybe signal strength is just less than Sprint. Even though coverage overall is good.
Data speeds are awesome, but maybe signal strength is just less than Sprint. Even though coverage overall is good.
I was on ATT had had awesome battery life. switched to tmobile and instantly battery life was worse. I could barely make it through the day when on ATT i could get 14 hours of on time and 3-4 hours of SOT where as on Tmobile I was only getting 8-9 hours of on time with round 1-2 hours of SOT.
i did not check the decibel numbers like you guys are but just going by the signal strength bar I had the same number of bars with tmobile that I did on ATT.
i switched back to ATT because of the battery drain and im back to my normal 14 hours plus 4 hours of SOT.
Here is my thread on reddit that got some good views on why it was happening. people chimed in to discuss that the nexus 5 does not have the greatest quality antenna and radio and works harder on GSM to get its signal and that on sprint with CDMA the phone shines and gets much better battery life.
http://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/29fv5w/nexus_5_vs_htc_m8_regarding_lte_coverage/
i did not check the decibel numbers like you guys are but just going by the signal strength bar I had the same number of bars with tmobile that I did on ATT.
i switched back to ATT because of the battery drain and im back to my normal 14 hours plus 4 hours of SOT.
Here is my thread on reddit that got some good views on why it was happening. people chimed in to discuss that the nexus 5 does not have the greatest quality antenna and radio and works harder on GSM to get its signal and that on sprint with CDMA the phone shines and gets much better battery life.
http://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/29fv5w/nexus_5_vs_htc_m8_regarding_lte_coverage/
Wh1t3Rose
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FWIW I'm on T-Mobile in Atlanta Ga. Get 75 dbm in my office and 65 Outside in most spots. 12 -14 hours on strictly LTE with 4:30-6hrs screen on depending on usage
Wh1t3Rose
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Bars are inaccurate and can't be compared between devices, between networks, or even between signal types. It's a very basic estimation so we check the -dBm levels to get results that can be compared. You can find it in your Settings > About phone > Status.
That is an interesting read. Especially the fact that the N5 somehow if designed to work better with Sprint rather than the major GSM providers.
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1I was on ATT had had awesome battery life. switched to tmobile and instantly battery life was worse. I could barely make it through the day when on ATT i could get 14 hours of on time and 3-4 hours of SOT where as on Tmobile I was only getting 8-9 hours of on time with round 1-2 hours of SOT.
i did not check the decibel numbers like you guys are but just going by the signal strength bar I had the same number of bars with tmobile that I did on ATT.
i switched back to ATT because of the battery drain and im back to my normal 14 hours plus 4 hours of SOT.
Here is my thread on reddit that got some good views on why it was happening. people chimed in to discuss that the nexus 5 does not have the greatest quality antenna and radio and works harder on GSM to get its signal and that on sprint with CDMA the phone shines and gets much better battery life.
http://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/29fv5w/nexus_5_vs_htc_m8_regarding_lte_coverage/
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