Phone Signal Problem on Standby

[cyclist]

Originally Posted by PRMcC

The new Orbit 2 was delivered yesterday and is now set up and in operation. The standby problem doesn't occur on the new phone so it must have been a hardware problem. The signal strength is better and the battery lasts at least twice as long. From this I deduce that it must have been some kind of power leak that was causing a reception problem.

Hi Peter, glad to hear you are sorted.
I suspect it was the other way round. That is a hardware fault prevented reception, so the phone spent its entire time hunting for signal, which is a known cause of battery rundown.

[boz]

Originally Posted by PRMcC

The new Orbit 2 was delivered yesterday and is now set up and in operation. The standby problem doesn't occur on the new phone so it must have been a hardware problem. The signal strength is better and the battery lasts at least twice as long. From this I deduce that it must have been some kind of power leak that was causing a reception problem.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Peter

Great stuff, now you can get on and enjoy the device, let us know how you get on.