Hi;
Jared Koyier explained it all. Actually when a mobile handset is in idle state (Powered and not being used) its is always doing 2 things,
1. Its keeps doing what is called Location Update. This means that if you are driving and your fone on the dash board and your car radio ON sometimes you
will hear your car radio being interrupted like there is an incoming call. Actually the phone is doing Location update that the Network can tell your new location as you move.
This consumes power.
2. The fone will always try to have the maximum signal all the time. This means if the network coverage (Density) is bad your battery will be consumed faster.
It uses power to do this. If you are near a BTS the phone uses less power. Note that BTS power is emitted radially so the closer you are to BTS the better as there is less attenuation. This can
be proved mathematically also. If you move to a place without network at all and keep your phone on you will notice that the battery is consumed faster. In the long run this
will also destroy the batter
Regards
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:28 AM, simiyu mse
<kensimiyu@gmail.com> wrote:
The safaricom network has been very erratic over the last few weeks I
can say the least. at any one location there has been more signal
flactuation than usual. this am sure directly affects your mobiles
power usage, even at standby as it tries to negotiate for a higher
signal strength. this has the effect of reducing the battery standby
time.