FirefoxOS does not assume an always available connection.

Posted Jul 10, 2013 13:49 UTC (Wed) by cesarb (subscriber, #6266)
In reply to: FirefoxOS does not assume an always available connection. by Alterego
Parent article: Heilmann: The Fox is out of the bag #FirefoxOS

> It consumes a huge amount of battery while searching for networks

I do not think FirefoxOS will help you. The code which manages the cellular network on all smartphones I know of is closed source, and even runs on a separate ARM core. AFAIK, it will not be specific to the operating system, only specific to the hardware.