Does using the force 1x save battery life?

Originally Posted by RonDutt

Yes. I've been on 1x for about a week now, charged twice in that period. I work 2 floors down so the signal isn't that great either but 1x signal doesn't keep trying to find more/better towers if its over 2 bars. Left on my nightstand I go from 100% to 97% after 7-8 hours (receive 5-10 txts and a few emails in that period).

I'll say the opposite here.

At my house, there's zero coverage. I have an airave which only puts out a 1x signal. My phone can sit overnight just a few feet from the airave, so it's the best possible signal, and the battery will be down 8-10% overnight. I have e-mail set to check every 2 hours, and that's all.

If I disable hybrid mode, and change it to 1x only, I don't notice a difference. This is in a place where it would be constantly searching for an evdo signal... sometimes it will grab one with 0 bars, but it's uncommon. My situation is one where you would see a difference if there was one to be had.