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Originally Posted by OfTheDamned
It may be. While he/she is mostly talking about the data connection, in theory it could apply to the actual phone connection too. I just see it as the fact that other than a restart, airplane mode is the only way to actually turn off and on the phones radio.
I had to restart earlier today and my 50% came back. I put the phone in airplane mode on the charger and let the phone go to sleep. I woke it back up and turned airplane mode off and everything was right as rain. So I guess it doesn't really need to be that long, but I think letting the phone sleep for a few seconds helps kick the switch over.
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So, a few things about this.
1. I tried the airplane mode solution. It seems to show some difference but I can't tell if it's placebo affect for me. Occasionally I will have 3 or 4 bars and be really happy and then it goes back to 1 or 2. Or 0.
2. when the phone is plugged in and then unplugged, it resets the "Time without a signal" and other "Battery use" catergories because the only thing it is listing is Time "since unplugged." This is why the time without a signal goes away or drops significantly. It is not a fix. (Though it may, somehow or another, have an impact on cell signal).
3. I am getting better (not good, maybe good for the eris) battery life although the phone is still reporting low signal strength. It is hard to tell if i actually have low signal strength or not. Most calls have been good. A couple have been really bad.
4. Someone (can't remember who) had mentioned that the "Time without a signal" when at 50% was very closely related to the amount of time the phone was off the charger. I can't remember exactly which numbers were compared but I checked earlier today and the numbers matched. In my opinion, the 50% is a simple glitch that is miscalculated from either the Up time, Awake time, and/or Time on values.
I don't know how much any of this helps. Where I am right now is basically, battery life is a little better, I think I'm getting a signal but I really wish I knew what was causing it to report such a horribly low signal, and "Time without a signal" seems pretty much arbitrary to me for now.
Thoughts?
ryan