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	stickymick	2011-02-16 , 11:52
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Originally Posted by TA-t3

But I wonder.. _does_ 3G eat a lot of battery? From my testing I can't really see that it does. Well, not while not in data transfer mode (i.e. not networked) anyway. If I'm just in normal phone mode I don't see any problems with 3G over 2G.

Only drains the battery if you don't have a good enough signal.
Nokia's antennas are designed to use a little juice to boost the signal if it falls below a certain level.

The switcher app can be found here: 3g2g-mode-selection-applet

Last edited by stickymick; 2011-02-16 at 11:55. Reason: Added link to app.

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