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got myself the new 5s but found it drains the battery very quickly when on 4g, anybody else experiencing this?
 
minion said:
got myself the new 5s but found it drains the battery very quickly when on 4g, anybody else experiencing this?
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Nope I have a 5S no issues, what I did find in the beginning is that if LTE or 4G is not enabled on your contract the phone will try and connect all the time and drain the battery, my wife's Galaxy Note 2 would not connect at when in an LTE area at all untill they fixed it.

So my advice would be check with your SP that LTE is enabled.
 
herbertk said:
Nope I have a 5S no issues, what I did find in the beginning is that if LTE or 4G is not enabled on your contract the phone will try and connect all the time and drain the battery, my wife's Galaxy Note 2 would not connect at when in an LTE area at all untill they fixed it.

So my advice would be check with your SP that LTE is enabled.
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yep i see the apn is set to lte.vodacom.za, the username and password field is blank though?
 
minion said:
yep i see the apn is set to lte.vodacom.za, the username and password field is blank though?
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Yup thats fine mine is also. I know they had to enable LTE on my account, I could check it on the website I am on Vodacom SP.
 
herbertk said:
Yup thats fine mine is also. I know they had to enable LTE on my account, I could check it on the website I am on Vodacom SP.
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yep im also on vodacom, just logged onto vodacom and see LTE is active on my account. charged my battery full last night and is on 35% already. do you think there can be something wrong with the phone maybe?
 
minion said:
yep im also on vodacom, just logged onto vodacom and see LTE is active on my account. charged my battery full last night and is on 35% already. do you think there can be something wrong with the phone maybe?
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If you change the phone to only connect on 3G is it any better ? Also are you in a 4G area ?

EDIT : Spent the Christmas at my folks on a farm they only have 3G (at times haha) and battery was still fine...
 
herbertk said:
If you change the phone to only connect on 3G is it any better ? Also are you in a 4G area ?

EDIT : Spent the Christmas at my folks on a farm they only have 3G (at times haha) and battery was still fine...
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yep i found its better, just tested it last night though. did full factory restore on the phone to eliminate software issues, thought maybe it can be after i installed chrome but doesnt look like the case. the phone also gets quite hot sometimes which my 4 never did. im back from holidays and back at work which is in randburg, sure this area is covered with lte? had a look on vodacom's website (https://myvodacom.secure.vodacom.co.za/personal/main/coveragemaps) but no map?
 
quick update.. visited vodacare after work, they immediately booked in the phone, was using it before i saw the consultant and was able to show her how hot it gets. sent to higher level repairs. should get it back in 7-10 days.
 
From my experience with the two iPhone 5 I owned, LTE does drain the battery quicker but it didn't make a huge difference in my case - possibly as where I had perfect 4G signal, I struggled with 3G and it was constantly switching between 3G and EDGE which would waste battery... Both my phones did get quite hot with normal usage... Much hotter than my brothers iPhone 4 and compared to my Xperia Z as well... I don't think your phone has a problem
 
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