50% without signal bug please help

[katydid99]

Just updated my prl per another thread which incidently didn't change and now I have the dreaded 50% without signal bug as well as awake and up time at 100%! PLEASE HELP!!!! I am a newbie and have no clue what to do as my phone was fine until I updated the prl (which didn't change!)

 

[rick311]

plug your phone into the charger.

put your phone into airplane mode.

let the screen dim until it goes black.

unplug phone, and take it out of airplane more.

50% w/o signal now gone.

you're welcome.

 

[Neera]

Try and put the phone in airplane mode for a minute, then turn Airplane mode off again.
That should get rid off the 50% without signal bug. You should start seeing the % go down soon.

This has to be after every reboot though, it won't get rid of the bug permanently.

 

[katydid99]

worked great thanks!!!!!

 

[katydid99]

Dumb question....if I didn't have the bug how did I just suddenly get it? Just because I updated my PRL it gave me the bug???

 

[thenestor]

Has anyone proved whether the bug has any affect on battery life if left un-fixed? I know it affects the battery *meter*, but I personally don't see a difference in actual battery life regardless of whether I do the airplane mode fix.

 

[Podivin]

According to an old message by OTD, and my own experience, the 50% without signal bug doesn't actually cause a battery problem - it's just annoying. In fact, as I recall OTD's message, she stated that after many hours (double digits - 40 something I think...) that the signal bug went away. At that point she had chosen to no longer pay any attention to the bug, as I had already been ignoring it, I chose to agree with her.

 

[Jmtegra]

Yea i have the bug but it doesnt affect my actual battery time.

 

[fmadrigal]

It does mine. When my battery signals me that I'm low and I don't charge it, my phone turns off...I don't see it as just a "display" issue.

I'll fully charge my phone wait about 10 minutes and i'm down about 10% w/ light usage and almost everything turned off (this is w/ the 50% bug)...it sucks! I even tried a battery usage once at it matched my displayed batter indicator exactly.

 

[ilikemyeris]

i've tried using the method above & seems like i still only have 2 bars of service??

 

[cmajpwc]

Doesn't affect my battery life at all. I never payed attention to it when I updated. In fact, I have better battery life than I did in 1.5, so I really don't think it has any affect on most phones whatsoever. It's just a software glitch where it won't display the correct signal information or something.