Quick question. I LTE is good in my area always full bars but does it drain the battery faster compared to being on HSPA+
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Does being on Lte drain more battery compared to HSPA+
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As he said, yes. There are many reasons why, but to get a detailed explanation I suggest reading this article http://gigaom.com/mobile/why-lte-sucks-your-battery-that-is/
It depends how patient you are. Would you rather drive from New York to California, or fly? The speed difference for me is well worth the cost of the battery drain.
I think I can live with it H+ in bell canada is decently fast download speeds averaging 20mbps and 5mbps upload.
But do you know how substantial the drain is?
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But do you know how substantial the drain is?
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No not really, but it is easy for you to test it. Try one day with H+ only, and then another with LTE only - compare the two.
It's the same on Verizon.
I would love to be able to switch to 3G when I'm in areas with no/poor LTE signal, but until some crafty developers figure out how to toggle it, I think we're both out of luck.
I believe Sprint versions can still toggle their LTE and 3G though.
Yeah, we have the option of toggling between 3G only and LTE
Too bad I only have 3G in my area
I've been curious to test the difference in battery life with 3G only and LTE
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You actually CAN switch to HSPA only. I'm testing it on mine. Do this:
1) Create 2 new APNs under settings => more settings => Mobile Networks => Access Point Names
2) Hit the menu button and select "New APN".
Create the Following APNs
Name: AT&T US
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Port: 80
Username: <not set>
Password: <not set>
Server: <not set>
MMSC: <not set>
MMS Proxy: <not set>
MMS Port: <not set>
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: <not set>
APN type: default,supl,agps,fota,dun
Name: AT&T US MMS
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Port: 80
Username: <not set>
Password: <not set>
Server: <not set>
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: <not set>
APN type: mms
Now switch to the AT&T US APN. You are now on HSPA. It might not be the faster backbone. Whenever I create an official HSPA+ APN, it still defaults to LTE, but this one keeps it on "4G".
To go back to LTE, all you have to do is select the "PTA" Access point again later.
1) Create 2 new APNs under settings => more settings => Mobile Networks => Access Point Names
2) Hit the menu button and select "New APN".
Create the Following APNs
Name: AT&T US
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Port: 80
Username: <not set>
Password: <not set>
Server: <not set>
MMSC: <not set>
MMS Proxy: <not set>
MMS Port: <not set>
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: <not set>
APN type: default,supl,agps,fota,dun
Name: AT&T US MMS
APN: wap.cingular
Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
Port: 80
Username: <not set>
Password: <not set>
Server: <not set>
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: wireless.cingular.com
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Authentication type: <not set>
APN type: mms
Now switch to the AT&T US APN. You are now on HSPA. It might not be the faster backbone. Whenever I create an official HSPA+ APN, it still defaults to LTE, but this one keeps it on "4G".
To go back to LTE, all you have to do is select the "PTA" Access point again later.
It looks like it worked, thanks.
Yup! Let me know if it makes a difference for you. I'm going to test it all day tomorrow.
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I'm on wifi 24/7 so I won't be able to tell you.. infact I have mobile data disabled right now *even downgraded my data plan to the min one* until I go back to school. Its summer vacation right now still. :laugh:
One thing I did notice is it wasn't going back to LTE or alteast there wasn't a LTE icon for the other one.. Not that it is a big deal . . I have plenty good LTE coverage were I am but I don't need the speed I rather have extra battery.
I was pretty damn sure there was a star code or something to access that setting. All you're looking for is to access the EPST. On the HTC devices it was ##778. Maybe it's *#*#4636#*#* or something similar?
However, I don't have a VZW one, so I am unable to run through the star codes.
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