JayWill
Well-known member
I'm sure this has been posted before, but there definitely seems to be a direct link between LOS and Battery life. If i hit LOS, battery plummets. Once i reboot/airplane mode/whatever to fix LOS, battery evens out (and even goes back up in some cases!).
What you're observing is probably a combination of two things actually. Yes LOS can cause more than normal battery drain. This is because all of those Apps you have on the phone that periodically pool a data server. They will crank trying to connect during LOS until they finally give up, which causes the drain.
If you're observing a large drop in battery % after your reboot, and your battery graph has a spike down with a black vertical line, this has to do with the Maxim battery gauge IC in our phone. The gauge can get thrown off sometimes during reboots, and slowly moves back towards equilibrium, which is why you sometimes see the battery gauge actually climb while off the charger.
The second item is probably what you're seeing, which was related to your reboot, not LOS directly (even though it was LOS that caused you to reboot in the first place).