This is a big battery saver for me. someone please tell me you can shut off the 3g service if you dont want it on. I cant find a toggle button.Not in settings either.
How do you turn off 3g on the x????
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No the 3g service. i went from an htc you can toggle 3g off. i guess you cant on the x hmmm. did not know that.
The stock android OS (as found on the Nexus) as the ability to switch to 2G (Edge) access, this was done in settings > Wireless Settings but it appears to be removed by moto.
Once the "new" wears off, and the battery goes through a few charging cycles this phone should last a day easy. I wouldn't worry about it! This isn't an HTC phone that always has poor battery life!
Try putting the Mobile Network widget on the home screen for easy access, and it should allow you to toggle Mobile Network on/off. Sorry, I don't have a DX, but that's what I did on my Eris. Hope this helps.
By the way, in the battery manager in the smart mode settings you can set a off peak time where after unused for 15 minutes I think, it turns data off.........
Yea from yesterdays use the battery life isnt as bad as my eris was. the 3g service ate that battery when i left it on. maybe it wont be as bad. ill check on an app to see if thatll work. i just like being able to shut it off.
For me, I don't want the data to be turned off, i.e., I need emails to arrive on my phone. I'd rather have it switch to the lowered powered 2G then then using the battery sapping 3G on off hours.
Mudvayne622
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I saw that yesterday and i set it for times that i would be sleeping. The probmlem i found was that after being fully charged and while still plugged in, it still kills the data. And even if u need the phone during the hours that u set, you still cant turn the 3G connection back on without changing the time that u entred or switching the battery profile to performance. How i noticed this was once it fully charged and went to battery power to prevent over charging the battery my phone said "verizon Wireless" indicating the 3G turned off and woke me up. So i figured i would play around with the DX and i couldnt do anything. Kinda sucks, it should turn back on if you are requesting the data connection.
This sounds GSM world (AT&T and T-Mo), not CDMA (Verizon and Sprint). At least in terms on easy toggle.
Does 1xRT (CDMA's 2.5G) even use less power? It comes on in poor reception areas ("1x" I think in the notif bar, instead of 3G), but I never saw an easy toggle for it (I remember mucking with it in the codes of my RAZR back when).
just figured this out, after accidentally using 3x more than my data plan.
Go to "settings"
go to Data manager
go to data delivery
un-select "data enabled" and "data roaming"
I left background data checked because the majority of the time, I have access to WiFi.
Go to "settings"
go to Data manager
go to data delivery
un-select "data enabled" and "data roaming"
I left background data checked because the majority of the time, I have access to WiFi.
It has been my experience through the different types of verizon phone offerings that 1x drains the battery significantly faster than 3g.
for me, I have my phone to turn off data after 15 min. If you use gmail, they will get pushed to your phone, as well as text, and any other push type notification. Data will be off, has improved my battery life nicely 
it does take a few seconds to get data to reconnect though, no biggie if you got 5 seconds of patience
it does take a few seconds to get data to reconnect though, no biggie if you got 5 seconds of patience
You can do two separate things to turn 3g off and/or control it.
Settings>Data Manager>Data Delivery> and then Uncheck the Data Enabled box
OR
Setting>Battery Mode>Custom Battery Saver>and then set data timer to 15 minutes for both peak and off-peak hours.
The second choice is the best as the first choice wont allow you to use ANY app that requires a 3g connection, ie: the market, browser, gmail.
Plus this really won’t do much in terms of battery management. The best thing to do for your battery is; turn the backlight completely off and set the screen timer to the lowest your happy with. The screen is the number one thing that kills this phones bat.
You could have a bad battery as well, my original battery only lasted for 4 hours… used it for weeks and I gave up on it, took it back for a replacement works for 8 hours, just after I ordered the extended battery, which works for 10-12 hours.
I know its odd and unlike older phones, but I have NEVER seen this phone use 2g for anything other than phone calls. So I believe 3g is the only way this phone will ever receive data.
Settings>Data Manager>Data Delivery> and then Uncheck the Data Enabled box
OR
Setting>Battery Mode>Custom Battery Saver>and then set data timer to 15 minutes for both peak and off-peak hours.
The second choice is the best as the first choice wont allow you to use ANY app that requires a 3g connection, ie: the market, browser, gmail.
Plus this really won’t do much in terms of battery management. The best thing to do for your battery is; turn the backlight completely off and set the screen timer to the lowest your happy with. The screen is the number one thing that kills this phones bat.
You could have a bad battery as well, my original battery only lasted for 4 hours… used it for weeks and I gave up on it, took it back for a replacement works for 8 hours, just after I ordered the extended battery, which works for 10-12 hours.
I know its odd and unlike older phones, but I have NEVER seen this phone use 2g for anything other than phone calls. So I believe 3g is the only way this phone will ever receive data.
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