battery usage is horrible - how to optimize

[tonyvr4]

That E was Att evolution?

What does that mean?

 

[tonyvr4]

Here is a closeup

 

[mustang7757]

Basically enhanced LTE

https://www.androidauthority.com/att-5g-e-indicator-937280/

 

[tonyvr4]

Basically enhanced LTE

https://www.androidauthority.com/att-5g-e-indicator-937280/

So it basically is a lie by AT&T to make people think it is using 5G when it is really LTE ?
Which in this case I guess tells me that the phone did switch to LTE like I wanted?

 

[mustang7757]

So it basically is a lie by AT&T to make people think it is using 5G when it is really LTE ?
Which in this case I guess tells me that the phone did switch to LTE like I wanted?

Pretty much , if it said just 5G then it is

 

[Laura Knotek]

Yep 5G seems to be one of the worst things to come along for the consumer since non removable batteries

It's funny because I can remember when people said the same thing about 3G on the Crackberry forums. That was the main difference between the 9000 (had 3G) and the 8900 (no 3G) on AT&T, which I used at the time.

 

[J Dubbs]

It's funny because I can remember when people said the same thing about 3G on the Crackberry forums. That was the main difference between the 9000 (had 3G) and the 8900 (no 3G) on AT&T, which I used at the time.

History repeating itself me thinks

 

[Tim98TA]

Turning off 5G on mine at least doubled my battery life per day, if not more.

 

[tvr4]

Turning off 5G on mine at least doubled my battery life per day, if not more.

That is what I like to hear!

Since the icon seems to be a little unreliable, Is there a different way to verify that the phone is using LTE ?