be up on

English translation: remain charged

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English term or phrase:be up on
Selected answer:remain charged
Entered by: Noni Gilbert Riley

09:40 Jan 10, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications)
English term or phrase: be up on
Hello,
I need to know what does "is up on" mean in the following sentence from a phone UG:

Battery: See how long your phone is up on battery.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Regards,
Juliana
Juliana Cullafiq
Albania
Local time: 15:26
remain charged
Explanation:
And therefore useable.

This is how I read it.
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Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 15:26
Grading comment
Thank you for your help :-)
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3 +3remain charged
Noni Gilbert Riley
4be on when powered by battery
ErichEko ⟹⭐
3powered by
B D Finch


  

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powered by


Explanation:
The source text seems not to be the clearest wording. However, this is how I'd interpret it.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 15:26
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remain charged


Explanation:
And therefore useable.

This is how I read it.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 15:26
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Thank you for your help :-)

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be up on battery
be on when powered by battery


Explanation:

The writer tried to avoid consecutive on that would not make a good reading: See how long your phone is on on battery.

The whole text just wants to say that this indicator shows how long the phone remains to be on (=actively transmitting and receiving signal) when we use battery as its source of power.

ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 21:26
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