[MrEvets]

I remember hearing at one time that the LTE radio kills battery life. I went into my settings and turned off my LTE and use just 2G, 3G, 4G. I have zero need for LTE sppeds on my phone for maps or for messaging. If I ever need it ill jist enable it for that one time in a million that I do need to stream a HQ movie or something. I am just curious if it actually saves battery life. I have to do a weeks test without it then enable it and use it for a week. Reason I really disabled it was not batter but siginal, I would get 1 bar LTE in my hoise but when I disabled it I got 5 bars 4G. I would rather have a stronger slower radio then a low fast radio. Just curious what others think.

[cooleddie]

I have my Priv on full power LTE. It's always 1-2 bars. Never kills battery life. It's 2:39AM and I started the day before at 8AM and Im still at 34% remaining.

Check to see you updated all your Blackberry Apps.

It is true that if you only have 2G on, then you get a longer battery life. But what's the point if you charge daily?

[anon(9186565)]

I think when you have a weak LTE signal it's better for turn it off. Constantly switching between two signals needs more battery. AFAIK this is the same between 2G and 3G/4G.
I do it the same way with my Z10. Most time I don't need LTE speed and therefore turn it off.

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[MrEvets]

Yeah all apps are upto date. And I remember for some reason that searching for a signal killed battery life. Because the LTE is so weak I figured it was doing me more harm then good. like I said ill do a test for a week and then compare

[steffcip]

I also turn it off due to weak signal

[qwerty4ever]

I remember hearing at one time that the LTE radio kills battery life. I went into my settings and turned off my LTE and use just 2G, 3G, 4G. I have zero need for LTE sppeds on my phone for maps or for messaging. If I ever need it ill jist enable it for that one time in a million that I do need to stream a HQ movie or something. I am just curious if it actually saves battery life. I have to do a weeks test without it then enable it and use it for a week. Reason I really disabled it was not batter but siginal, I would get 1 bar LTE in my hoise but when I disabled it I got 5 bars 4G. I would rather have a stronger slower radio then a low fast radio. Just curious what others think.

Download the Speed Test application to compare speeds on 4G and LTE. This will give you a better indication of effective signal strength.

BlackBerry Priv with CrackBerry App for Android

[tickerguy]

LTE consumes less battery power on standby than HSPA.

If you're going to drop down to save power you have to go all the way to 2G.

[MrEvets]

So great idea, I tested on 4G 4 bars, then turned LTE back on and was only at 1 bar attached are my results, almost 6 times faster on just 1 bar, wow didnt think would be that good. All apps closed WiFi turned off.

[larry5]

How is the lte turned off ?

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[MrEvets]

Settings for network you can chose what networks you want to connect to