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Originally Posted by Procter
People used to complain a lot about how the EV and 1x switch drained their E815 batteries so they would force the phone in EV or 1x when they are in "fringe area".
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this is a little different. evdo phones essentially have 2 radios, evdo and cdma. your phone is not exactly jumping between them. when youre not on the call, the phone maintains the evdo connection, and the "bars" report its strength. since calls must go over 1x, evdo drops when you place a call. its working as designed.
the battery drain is a symptom of a device thats picking up an evdo signal so weak it cannot hang onto it. when not on a call you would see it drop to 1x and pick evdo back up, over and over. this constant search for signal causes the battery drain.
in your case the phone is not searching for an evdo signal, it has one. its just using the cdma network for the voice call.
have you checked out the db readings in the field test? i generally call 85db or better a "good" signal, as my voice calls only tend to break up when the signal is worse than 85db.
since im in a 1x area, i cannot vouch for evdo signal strength. however I have noticed that when ive traveled into evdo areas, my evdo signal is never very strong, but works fine.
i have also heard a report that the 6800 has a max of 4 "bars" for evdo, while it has a max of 7 "bars" for 1x. this could be misleading you as well. i cannot verify this since i dont have evdo coverage.
Do you know if the E815 showing you 5 "bars" was reporting cdma, evdo, or both? My families verizon phones show 2 different signal meters. Also do you know what the "5 bars" on the E815 converted to in db?