It seems that my phone idle is taking up most of my battery besides screen but thats expected

[Prestosuey]

I'm on a lg g5 that I got from Verizon I thought it was just a battery wear problem but when I got a new one it's almost as bad

 

[belodion]

Welcome.

Is your signal poor?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Are you actually noticing poor battery life, or are you only noticing the Phone Idle battery usage in that menu?

 

[Rukbat]

A lot of Phone Idle battery usage means that you chose the wrong carrier - they have a weak signal where you are. Your best bet is to find a carrier with a stronger signal and go with them. (And ask Verizon to let you out of your contract since they can't provide usable signal where you are.)

 

[B. Diddy]

A lot of Phone Idle battery usage means that you chose the wrong carrier - they have a weak signal where you are. Your best bet is to find a carrier with a stronger signal and go with them. (And ask Verizon to let you out of your contract since they can't provide usable signal where you are.)

Do you know if Phone Idle is the same as Cell Standby? I think I've seen both of them listed separately on the same Battery stats, so I thought they were different, but I could be misremembering.

 

[ManiacJoe]

If your phone supports it, and your carrier allows it, "wifi calling" helps a lot with bad signals at your house, assuming you have a high-speed internet connection available and a wifi router.

 

[Rukbat]

I think that Phone Idle and Cell Standby refer to the same thing, but I wouldn't swear to it without going through the source code.

 

[Prestosuey]

Do you know if Phone Idle is the same as Cell Standby? I think I've seen both of them listed separately on the same Battery stats, so I thought they were different, but I could be misremembering.

No cell standby is low if none at all

 

[Prestosuey]

I have Verizon and I'm in highly populated area of illinois

 

[Prestosuey]

Welcome.

Is your signal poor?

No I usually get 3 to full bar 4g

 

[Prestosuey]

Also just checked I do have cell standby so phone idle and that arent the same in the battery usage page

 

[Prestosuey]

Welcome to Android Central! Are you actually noticing poor battery life, or are you only noticing the Phone Idle battery usage in that menu?

I'm noticing poor battery life and the phone idle usage being the main drainage in the menu

 

[Rukbat]

Use something like LTE Discovery and let us know what the signal strengths are.

 

[Prestosuey]

Use something like LTE Discovery and let us know what the signal strengths are.

 

[belodion]

This may be a device issue, since other users have noticed the same thing.

 

[B. Diddy]

Normally, I'd suggest trying a cache partition wipe, but LG doesn't let its users access the Recovery Menu. See if the problem happens in Safe Mode as well: https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-30620. If it does, then you could try using Verizon's Software Repair Assistant to reinstall the firmware.