Tip for 4G Droid Phone Battery Life

[Gerry Zagorski]

For those of you with 4G Droid Phones, you may have noticed if you upgraded your phone to the latest Droid operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich or (ICS) you no longer have the ability to select the network the data side your phone runs on. 3G or 4G...

At least on the Verizon network as I see it, they want to force as many people as they can over to the 4G network since the 3G network is getting too crowded and when I did the last ICS upgrade it forced me on to the 4G network and there was no longer a way to change it in your settings.

Yes 4G is a faster network for sure, however it drains your battery down considerably faster then 3G. When I have my phone on 4G it needs to charged every day.... On 3 G every other day and this is with the Droid Razr Maxx with the high capacity battery.

There is an app you can find on the Google Play Store called LTE On/Off that allows you to select 4G or 3G. Once you download it, click on it and under Set Preffered network choose CDMA auto (PRL) and you will see a huge improvement in your battery life.

You can thank me later

PS.. You guys with the cult like Girly iPhones are probably saying... Uhhh. I have no issues with battery life on my iPhone... Well wait until the 5S when you finally have a bigger screen and 4G... Talk to me then Girly Men