Cell standby vs. Phone idle

[meccadon123]

A couple quick questions.What's the difference between cell standby vs. phone idle? And can anyone explain what the following means:

setting; applications;running services: at the bottom of the screen it reads something like Avail:100MB+84 in 30__________other:20MB in 4.


Can anyone explain this?

[tool2269]

Originally Posted by meccadon123

A couple quick questions.What's the difference between cell standby vs. phone idle? And can anyone explain what the following means:

setting; applications;running services: at the bottom of the screen it reads something like Avail:100MB+84 in 30__________other:20MB in 4.


Can anyone explain this?

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/262428-post6.html

Phone Idle is the power your phone needs to stay switched on and all the electronics powered up - the memory going, the CPU running at a minimal speed, background processes, etc.

Cell Standby is the power your phone's radio is using to keep in contact with your nearest (usually) cell tower. It will need to check in with the tower every so often, and listen to it in case a call or an SMS comes in.

[meccadon123]

Thanks, ill check that link you posted for info on the 2nd part of my question.

[tool2269]

Originally Posted by meccadon123

Thanks, ill check that link you posted for info on the 2nd part of my question.

nah the link is where i got that info from.