Cell standby has been one of the major causes of smartphone battery drain and a lot of users seems to be having issues with it.
Even when your phone is idle, the battery will keep going down… It is absolutely abnormal. Here is a comment I decided to make as a standalone post in order to fix this issue once and for all.
Mr yomi.
I bought infinix zero 4 plus. Having problem of battery drain.I noticed “cell standby” is the issue.
It drains my battery like fuel nuzzle. Is there any solution for this?
Does anyone know how to stop cell standby? It’s ruining my phone’s battery life. I’m at 61% left on my battery and 35% of that battery loss is from cell standby. My phone is dying very fast considering I’m barely using it.
What is Cell Standby?
Cell Standby = The power your phone is using to search for signal – this will make your phone extremely hot sometimes if it is searching for an extended period of time.”
How to Solve Cell Standy From Draining Your Phone Battery?
Method 1:
1. Open the dialer and enter *#*#4636#*#*
2. Click on Phone information
3. Find set preferred network type, choose the one that suits you. Mine was on TD-SCDMA, GSM/WCDMA and LTE so I change it to LTE/WCDMA
4. Reboot the phone and you’re good to go.
Method 2
Are you on WiFi? You should change the wifi setting so that wifi turns off when the phone is asleep/not being used.
Go to settings>WLAN>Advanced settings>Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep=select “Never”. In same menu, you can turn off “Always allow scanning” and “Network notification”.
Method 3:
This method works pretty well for some people.
Switch Your SMS Messaging app from 3rd party to the default messaging app.
I switched my SMS messaging app from Hangouts back to the default Messages app, and the problem literally went away overnight, going from 30-40% battery usage to about 6%. I didn’t delete any apps or change any other settings.
So if you’re having Cell Standby related battery issues and are using Facebook messenger, or Hangouts, or any other app other than the stock Messages app, maybe try switching your SMS back to that and see if it helps any.
There are other ways of solving this problem which are not included in this guide, do well to help us add it to the comment section if you know any.
thanks for the info, prof.
Thanks for the tutorial.
Will try the code own, Although I usually put my phone on flight mode if I have no need for it.
Thanks boss… very useful information
Mine too due drain like Fuel Nuzzle
That English sweet me die
Let me try it biko
Tanx prof. My samsung galaxy has these issues , I have changed batteries like kilode.
Nice one prof kudos for the review
Thanks for the info. I have been using the first code on all my phones for a long time now
the code own once I input it, it doesn’t show anything further. the code will just clear itself from my dialer and nothing else.
Thanks Prof
What of using app like Greenify to restrict apps from running underground??
That phone master app also helps
Phone master app also helps
Very helpful. Nice post. Thanks you
i will give it a try thanks for the update boss
I’m grateful for this post. It was posted for me. Thanks
Haven’t noticed any drain on my device
Very helpful, thanks for posting
Thanks boss. For this useful info. Will try it out.
I’m confused o, yomiprof, I’m using infinx hot 2 and what drains my battery are screen, cell standby and phone idle.
I’ve tried using the techniques above but I couldn’t get the option you choose (maybe cos I’m using an old phone). I want you to please help me on the options here a d what to choose + how to stop others from draining the battery. Options I got are (WCDMA preferred, Gsm only, WCDMA only, GsmAuro(PRL), CDMA Auto (PRL), CDMA only, EvDo only, GSM/CDMA auto (PRL), LTE/CDMA auto (PRL), LTE/GSM auto (PRL), LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL) LTE only, Unknown.
didnt work on samsungs4
i dialed the no but no info was displayed
nice useful tips..thanks