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MR1100 Nighthawk battery and signal strength question
I just bought an AT&T Nighthawk LTE Mobile Hotspot MR1100. I know the manual says it will cut down on power to the battery if left plugged in, but I keep getting messages to Unplug the unit. For long battery life, should I leave the unit plugged in or cycle the battery by unplugging the unit and recharging. Second issue. I know I have the lucky signal strength bars on the display, but can I go into the unit and see actural signal strength numbers anywhere? Thanks for the help.
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Hi bwcacanoe,
If you intend to leave the unit plugged in 24x7 you can remove the battery entirely if you replace the charger with a quality QC2 or QC3 charger from a reputable company like Anker. Many of us run the units this way. Early Telesta units seemed to have issues whit premature battery failure when left plugged in or run down too low. This seems to have been corrected by updated firmware. But I'd still rather take the battery out if needed. Unforutnately the battery cannot be purchased retail, and getting replacements is difficult.
Yes, you can view the Cellular signal strength both the in the management app (iOS and Android) or by browsing to the Admin webpage (ex 192.168.1.1). Is this what you were asking?
-Jonathan
Thanks Jonathan, that was the information I was looking for and was very helpful. When I go into the hot spot from my browser or the app, I just get things like "signal strength fair" but no numbers as to dbm. I've gone into settings looking at network etc. but can't find any real numbers.
Great. Keep digging, it's definately in there on one of the network or advanced status pages. I don't have the device in front of me so I cannot tell you how to get there at the moment (sorry).
But once of the pages definately has LTE signal. Mine is typically -91 to -105dB at home.
-Jonathan