Battery Question

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In <g9i6g1paugtb65umcoo2n6e77ddesihv4c@4ax.com> on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:29:22
GMT, For <kforaker@carolina.rr.com> wrote:

>Would a poor battery Cause a loss of signal ? My battery will go from
>a full charge to 1 bar of strength in less than 24 hours. Just
>wondering if this causes a reception problem. Thanks.

No, other way around: poor reception depletes the battery faster.

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Joseph wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:29:22 GMT, For <kforaker@carolina.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Would a poor battery Cause a loss of signal ? My battery will go from
>>a full charge to 1 bar of strength in less than 24 hours. Just
>>wondering if this causes a reception problem. Thanks.
>
>
> Yes, it's possible. Depending on the technology the phone uses if the
> phone has to constantly look for signal its battery life will be less.

You've got it the wrong way around. The OP asked if a poor battery
causes poor signal reception, which is certainly not correct. Though,
poor signal reception can cause reduced battery life.

> If it uses CDMA technology (Sprint PCS and Verizon for instance)

Being that this is a Cingualr newsgroup, it's safe t say that he's
probably using TDMA or GSM.



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