Cell standby(?) on WiFi Flyer - killing my battery

**wigglerx** · 06-12-2011, 08:55 PM

I've been having some pretty terrible battery life on my Flyer since I've bought it. I can't even make it through a day of idle & light use without the battery going dead. If I look in the 'Battery Use' section, it shows "Cell Standby" as the predominant user, at 73%. "Tablet Idle" is at the bottom with 3%.

Is anyone else seeing this or have any suggestions?

**yapkuen** · 06-13-2011, 01:14 AM

Hmm, that's pretty wacky. I don't have a Cell Standby entry on my battery usage meter at all.

**LowFire** · 06-13-2011, 06:30 AM

Putting it in airplane mode alleviates the cell standby....but I hate the stupid airplane in my lock screen

**adamm44** · 06-13-2011, 12:07 PM

My cell standby is showing the most battery usage also. I started using the HTC battery widget last week and that made my battery drain faster. I'm not sure why though but, I noticed the same thing when I put one on my Droid Incredible so I stopped using them. I've been having good battery life so far.

**atlantanorth** · 06-13-2011, 02:38 PM

Does anyone know what this is supposed to do? I have the wifi only version of the flyer - so without 3g connectivity, then what is this utilized for? I do notice that if i put in airplane mode I can still use wifi connection. My battery drain was also associated with this feature like you others have reported.

**S Prime** · 06-13-2011, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by atlantanorth

Does anyone know what this is supposed to do? I have the wifi only version of the flyer - so without 3g connectivity, then what is this utilized for? I do notice that if i put in airplane mode I can still use wifi connection. My battery drain was also associated with this feature like you others have reported.

There is quite a lot of discussion on this issue with the Nook Color. After a quick look, it appeared that the Android OS mistakenly thinks your device is a phone and some patches were posted for it.

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**wigglerx** · 06-13-2011, 07:05 PM

Airplane mode fixed it (I found that suggestion elsewhere almost immediately after posting :-/ ), and it is indeed very annoying. Hopefully the patch will fix it.

**S Prime** · 06-13-2011, 08:50 PM

If you are experiencing the cell standby issue check to see if you are using Friend Stream and turn it off and post your results. Friend Stream is a known issue, from what I have read.

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