Bad Signal Affecting Battery Life

[t11rmh]

As the title says. Where I live I get about 24 hours of battery on my Note4 as I rarely get more than 2 bars for the phone signal strength.

When at work I get a full signal and by the end of the day I still have about 65% battery left with some moderate useage. Phone states it could go for 17 hours more or so.

I once did a test at work where I turned on my phone fully charged in the office and left it on for a couple of hours in standby - no SOT. At 99% it stated that I had about 4 days left to go on that charge.

I keep on all of my radios as well and have updated to lollipop without doing a factory reset.

It's the bad signal that does it in....

Not too shabby....

So glad I did not go for a S6....

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[UJ95x]

Yeah, bad signal will destroy pretty much any phone's battery. Luckily, at home I still get 3-4 bars. Does turning on WiFi help at all?

 

[t11rmh]

Yeah, bad signal will destroy pretty much any phone's battery. Luckily, at home I still get 3-4 bars. Does turning on WiFi help at all?

I have wi-fi on all the time. I connect to my wireless router at full strength throughout the day at home and that still gives me just 24 hours here.

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[neils0911]

I'm in the middle of switching networks here in the UK because of this issue. I had a Note 3 before my Note 4 and had the same issues, at work in a city centre I get full signal where as at home I never get more than two bars. I actually got to the point that I though my note 3 was broken so when I moved onto the note 4 and got the same problems my signal was the only issue. The only thing I would advise is it to mayble turn on airplane mode when you go to bed, If I don't do that I lose around 15% battery while I'm sleeping due to poor signal.

 

[t11rmh]

I usually have my phone on charge overnight. The only time I don't is when I'm testing the battery life. Try not to let it drain all the way down to help with battery longevity and performance.

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