I have been thinking too much about if I should continue to leave this off or turn it on. There is no explanation to what it does and why it is on the iPhone anyone have any idea.
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Cell network search should I leave it on or turn it off
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Think of it like this, in laymans terms.
You're looking for a bus stop. You don't know where it is, but there are bus stops all over the country. You could just walk randomly and try to find it, or you could talk to someone and ask, "Where is the nearest bus stop?"
Replace bus stops with cell towers, and replace talk to someone with using your current location to determine it.
You're looking for a bus stop. You don't know where it is, but there are bus stops all over the country. You could just walk randomly and try to find it, or you could talk to someone and ask, "Where is the nearest bus stop?"
Replace bus stops with cell towers, and replace talk to someone with using your current location to determine it.
I have left mine on. I prefer signal all the time over battery life. here is a question for you: are you having battery issues? If not, why stress? Just leave it be!
I have no issues with it off or on the signal is always the same I wish they didn't add a feature without explaining what it is in full.
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Most importantly has anyone noticed a Change when off vs on
Most importantly has anyone noticed a Change when off vs on
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There should be a baTrery mode where you press it when you're getting low and all the settings like gps are disabled and all settings tuned to preserve battery
There should be a baTrery mode where you press it when you're getting low and all the settings like gps are disabled and all settings tuned to preserve battery
Yeah there should be a button. I advise everyone to just turn it off unless you notice some bad things going on I read apple is giving your information to different companies.
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Didn't know they had one.
walie said:
Didn't know they had one.
The only time I've noticed any difference is when I'm in a "No Service" area and the phone constantly is searching for a cell network so it drains the battery much quicker. Probably 99.9% of the time that is not the case and there is ample service, so the phone isn't searching for the network (because it's already locked on to the network) and therefore not draining the battery (as quick).
I leave mine on all the time.
I leave mine on all the time.
Mine is usually off. I have no idea what this does and I may go read the manual about it and see what it actually does.