Do you turn off Mobile data when indoors?

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Having a discussion with the wife, & apparently im weird for turning off mobile data when indoors, it seems quite a few in my tech field do.
Do you turn off mobile data when indioors?
be an interesting poll for sure

of course because of this the UK emergency alert was pointless
Reason i do this is its a waste of battery even with WIFI ON/ Network it still is cycling & wasting battery cycles

i have automation for
inside
BT off
WIFI ON
Mobile data OFF

Outside
BT ON
WIFI OFF
Mobile data ON
 
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VincentHanna said:
Doesn't it auto switch to WiFi data anyway? I have WiFi calling on.
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It does BUT, if you leave mobile data on & have bad reception it will constantly scan for signal & waste battery, on my Pixel 6 i tested this & wasted 10% in a few hours
now on iphone which is far better but its just habit now days
 
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Nope, I leave it on - my Pixel 6 connects to WiFi when home and doesn't touch the data
 
I don't either.

My phone connects automatically to wifi and its too much bother to keep turnin it on and off

- oh and yes i did get the government alert that we were all going to die in a nuclear fireball or something like that
 
smogsy said:
It does BUT, if you leave mobile data on & have bad reception it will constantly scan for signal & waste battery, on my Pixel 6 i tested this & wasted 10% in a few hours
now on iphone which is far better but its just habit now days
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Sounds like you need to change networks.

Also do you not use any Bluetooth devices at home? No BT earphones/headphones, no smart watch to sync etc.
 
No, I do not switch off mobile data when I get home. In the early days of mobile phones my mum would switch her phone off and put it in a drawer when she got home, never understood that either.
 
I don't. I pay £15 for unlimited everything. Plus my 5G speeds around 1.2 Gbit. My home broadband is 500Mbit. So when I want to download big files I just tether my phone.
 
I used to ensure I did this when the bandwidth limit for internet on mobile contracts was awful, saves random drop outs using bits of data.
Not had to do this for years due to router strength being better and having a good amount of bandwidth to play with each month.
 
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