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Originally Posted by siptang1227
sorry for my noob-ness but what does setting your data to 1x do? Any benefits such as faster data or better reception? how about any consequences?
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I force 1X to save battery life. See, even though you may be in an EVDO area you phone still uses 1X for phone calls and texting. EVDO is for data only. Every time you send a text you can see your phone switch from EVDO to 1X and back again. All this switching can shorten battery life. While at work I never use my phones internet, but I do fire off a lot of text messages. So forcing 1X is helpful in this case. Also, you may notice better reception (more bars) with 1X than EVDO. Generally I may have 2 bars with EVDO, but 3-4 with 1X. The better the signal, again, better battery life.