Talking to a friend who insists turning off the 3g option and using my storm in GPRS saves on battery life? Has anyone else heard this? Ive tried it for a day and dont see to much difference.......
Is this a well known thing? If it only effects the browsing how come more people are not talking about this? Ive read every thread i could find on saving the battery life but never seen this.....
This post is misleading the majority of storm owners do not have this option. Verizon is cdma only and can not use gsm unless they have a account and sim card with a gsm carrier.
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This post is misleading the majority of storm owners do not have this option. Verizon is cdma only and can not use gsm unless they have a account and sim card with a gsm carrier.
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i agree, i myself was scratching my head at first.
This post is misleading the majority of storm owners do not have this option. Verizon is cdma only and can not use gsm unless they have a account and sim card with a gsm carrier.
The VZW Storm DOES come with a SIM, that works perfectly fine in Europe and other places. This SIM does not allow using any North American GSM provider, however. To do that, you have to get the phone unlocked, and put in the appropriate SIM from at&t or T-Mobile or whomever. The "disable 3G" option being discussed in this thread is only relevant when the Storm is being used on a GSM network; there is no way to tell the Storm on the CDMA side not to use the CDMA version of 3G (which is labeled "1XEV").
When I leave 3g on with my BB 9700 (operating with T-Mobile) I can't get through a day of heavy use. I unplug it at 8am and usually by 7pm it's dead. On EDGE I can get by on almost 2 days with very, very heavy use. I live in Miami which is a very good 3g area... I've learned to turn on 3g when I know I need to use data while on a call. For everything else, I stay on EDGE. Hope this helps.
