Battery drain (bad signal?)

[Loves2spoon]

Hi, just moved to a new area and there are a lot of hills and tree's here. I get 1-2 bars of 3G.

When you have a weak signal does your phones battery drain faster? When I was back at my old home I always had 5 bars and better life.

 

[Loves2spoon]

 

[JRoDDz]

Yes if there is a bad signal you're phone will increase it's power to the antenna to compensate. Why do you think Airplane mode was originally made?

 

[Jason black]

Yes if there is a bad signal you're phone will increase it's power to the antenna to compensate. Why do you think Airplane mode was originally made?

Thats not why airplane mode was made genius...

 

[libertysat]

My work has me in remote areas
Wheni had a droidi had to keep a charger in dash as the battery got sucked dry

My iphone sucks battery faster than in town. But nothing like droid

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Yup, I lose battery much faster on my college campus than i do at my home.

 

[JRoDDz]

Thats not why airplane mode was made genius...

Per Wikipedia: One feature that Airplane mode can be noted for is its power saving abilities, Because the device has no connectivity to a mobile network, it has no reason to search continuously for reception and so the battery last longer.

 

[Moccasin]

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I travel to/through areas with bad signal quite frequently and yes the battery drains very fast. If I'm away from power then I'll turn 3G, wifi, notifications, location services off. I never use BT. I'll sometimes turn off cellular data too if I'm very low on battery or I'm not using the phone for anything other than calls/SMS.

 

[NachoGrande]

Airplane mode was originally designed to save your phones battery life when up in an airplane. Don't tell me. I have worked in the cellular industry for over a decade. If a phone is not receiving a signal such as in an airplane, it will drain the battery very quickly.

Airplane more was design so the phone didn't interfere with the plane and still use the phone features. I've been a pilot for over a decade

 

[JRoDDz]

Airplane more was design so the phone didn't interfere with the plane and still use the phone features. I've been a pilot for over a decade

Yes I've edited my original reply. BTW I've yet to see an airplane brought down due to someone not turning off their cell phones.

 

[NachoGrande]

Yes I've edited my original reply. BTW I've yet to see an airplane brought down due to someone not turning off their cell phones.

It won't bring down a plane, but believe me it messes with the equipment.

ETA: not a airline pilot so I doubt a cell phone would affect major Jet liners... but small planes are affected..