PRL affecting battery life?

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I have a LG VX10 phone. Back in March, I updated my PRL to 50153.
Surprisingly, I saw my battery life increase.

Last week, I updated to PRL 50160. Now my battery life has
*decreased*.

My understanding of the PRL is to tell the phone what towers/provider
to use when outside my home area. I rarely travel outside my home area
(Columbus, OH). So, I wouldn't think the PRL would even be used much
of the time. Thus I don't see how it would impact battery life - but
there has been a noticeable decrease in battery life since updating to
PRL 50160.

What am I missing?

Thanks,
-Eric

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I had the very same thing happen to me. Here are the details:
* Was using PRL 50153 in Atlanta and NY for four months. Battery life
pretty much the same between charges in both cities
* Updated my VX-4400B to PRL 50160 in Atlanta
* Noted marked battery life decrease while in Manhattan, NY for a week
* Returned to Atlanta and batter life is back to where it had been.
Weird, but very true. Phone battery needed daily charging in NY on
PRL50160, but doesn't in Atlanta.
-HomieG


"Eric Goldsmith" <egoldsmith@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:5ac32eb7.0406010535.4fcf1548@posting.google.com...
> I have a LG VX10 phone. Back in March, I updated my PRL to 50153.
> Surprisingly, I saw my battery life increase.
>
> Last week, I updated to PRL 50160. Now my battery life has
> *decreased*.
>
> My understanding of the PRL is to tell the phone what towers/provider
> to use when outside my home area. I rarely travel outside my home area
> (Columbus, OH). So, I wouldn't think the PRL would even be used much
> of the time. Thus I don't see how it would impact battery life - but
> there has been a noticeable decrease in battery life since updating to
> PRL 50160.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
> -Eric

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Up in Wisconsin the 50160 PRL has changed the coverage in Wausau, WI from
Digital #362 (Extended Network) to Analog #240 (Extended Network). Even
though both are the same company (CellCom) the battery on these toy phones
just isn't made for this analog deal.

"Eric Goldsmith" <egoldsmith@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:5ac32eb7.0406010535.4fcf1548@posting.google.com...
> I have a LG VX10 phone. Back in March, I updated my PRL to 50153.
> Surprisingly, I saw my battery life increase.
>
> Last week, I updated to PRL 50160. Now my battery life has
> *decreased*.
>
> My understanding of the PRL is to tell the phone what towers/provider
> to use when outside my home area. I rarely travel outside my home area
> (Columbus, OH). So, I wouldn't think the PRL would even be used much
> of the time. Thus I don't see how it would impact battery life - but
> there has been a noticeable decrease in battery life since updating to
> PRL 50160.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
> -Eric

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I force it into #362 D by forcing CDMA only while in that area and it still
shows up as Extended. It is a pain to remember to do every time I get in
that area when it used to it automatically. However the benifits for being
digital far exceeds the labor.

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"Eric Rosenberry" <erics@R3MOVErosenberry.org> wrote in message
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> Rod-
>
> I am not sure if they have removed system 362 from the PRL as Extended
> Network or if they have just put system 240 above it in priority, but
> regardless, I am sure the changes have not yet been made to the billing
> system to charge you for using system 362 (if indeed it is now a roaming
> carrier).
>
> You should be able to force your phone to use system 362 instead of 240.
On
> my LG 4400 I can go into programming, set my home SID to whatever I want,
> then go into a user-accessible menu and set it to "home only" which will
> then force me to only use that SID. I do this all the time in southern
> Oregon where I prefer to use USCellular over Ramcell.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> -Eric
>
> "Rod Golding" <rodgolding@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:j0Gxc.19227$Yd3.2438@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> >
> >
> > Up in Wisconsin the 50160 PRL has changed the coverage in Wausau, WI
from
> > Digital #362 (Extended Network) to Analog #240 (Extended Network). Even
> > though both are the same company (CellCom) the battery on these toy
phones
> > just isn't made for this analog deal.
> >
> > "Eric Goldsmith" <egoldsmith@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:5ac32eb7.0406010535.4fcf1548@posting.google.com...
> > > I have a LG VX10 phone. Back in March, I updated my PRL to 50153.
> > > Surprisingly, I saw my battery life increase.
> > >
> > > Last week, I updated to PRL 50160. Now my battery life has
> > > *decreased*.
> > >
> > > My understanding of the PRL is to tell the phone what towers/provider
> > > to use when outside my home area. I rarely travel outside my home area
> > > (Columbus, OH). So, I wouldn't think the PRL would even be used much
> > > of the time. Thus I don't see how it would impact battery life - but
> > > there has been a noticeable decrease in battery life since updating to
> > > PRL 50160.
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Eric
> >
> >
>
>