Is this possible? (strange issue with battery life)

[paulbacon]

So today for no reason (no app updates or anything recently) I noticed that my battery was dying quicker than normal when on 4G but doesn't die as quick on wifi. When I wasn't using the phone the battery life was as expected so wasn't a wakelock. It was only when using the phone and using data that the battery % went down a lot quicker than normal. A thought came to me that maybe the mast is having issues and draining more battery? Anyway I asked a friend where I work also on o2 and he noticed more battery drain today than usual. Interestingly there was also work on the mast where we both work yesterday. So is it possible that the mast is faulty or having issues, and draining the battery more than normal? Signal is fine and doesn't drop

[MI5]

For the benefit of others, anyone can check the network here http://status.o2.co.uk/
It may not be as precise as the "backend" systems but anyone can access it.

[adamtemp64]

love to know true issue at my location as mast part down for nearly a month now ba8 0qd is not my postcode but one affected

[MI5]

There's reports on giffgaff forum of rapid battery drain today too so something weird is going on.
Maybe all this mast testing isn't going so well everywhere?

[adamtemp64]

@MI5 and on thinkbroadband reporting same issue

[paulbacon]

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@adamtemp64 wrote:

@MI5 and on thinkbroadband reporting same issue

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Yea that was me

@MI5Can you post a link to the Giff gaff thread?

[MI5]

Here mate https://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Help-Support/HTC-Battery-suddenly-drained-one-day/td-p/19807169

[paulbacon]

Thanks, will post on there and link to this thread

[paulbacon]

Did you find out the cause of your battery problems @MI5?

[MI5]

I've changed nothing but seems back to normal now I am home and on a different mast.

[paulbacon]

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@MI5 wrote:
I've changed nothing but seems back to normal now I am home and on a different mast.

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Seems to be certain masts causing it.