Heya,
For the first time ever, I went to sleep in the basement of my house which gets little to zero reception down there. I noticed upon waking up. My phone went from 100% battery (from the previous night) to 79% Battery, and the Cell Standby was the culprit sitting at 99% usage.
First, I'm wondering if anyone else knows of this issue.
Secondly, does the cell standby just drain like mad when you don't have a signal? Should I be sticking my phone in airplane mode when I have no signal?
tigris67 said:
Heya,
For the first time ever, I went to sleep in the basement of my house which gets little to zero reception down there. I noticed upon waking up. My phone went from 100% battery (from the previous night) to 79% Battery, and the Cell Standby was the culprit sitting at 99% usage.
First, I'm wondering if anyone else knows of this issue.
Secondly, does the cell standby just drain like mad when you don't have a signal? Should I be sticking my phone in airplane mode when I have no signal?
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It's not an issue.. You admitted you have little to no signal there so of course cell standby would drain your battery. Especially with two radios on board..
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joshnichols189 said:
It's not an issue.. You admitted you have little to no signal there so of course cell standby would drain your battery. Especially with two radios on board..
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Also, remember that the 99% is just for the battery that has been used. So if your phone is off and nothing is happening it is not unlikely that the only battery drain would be caused by the radio.
tigris67 said:
Heya,
Secondly, does the cell standby just drain like mad when you don't have a signal? Should I be sticking my phone in airplane mode when I have no signal?
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Yeah turn airplane on or phone off. No reception, no point in it being on while you sleep unless you use it for an alarm
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I see. Alright then. I guess I'm worrying over nothing. Thanks.
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I unplugged my phone at 100% charge around 230am, woke up around 1015am with literally 50% left. I had WiFi on the entire night (strong signal).
Unplugged 7h 39m
Cell standby 30%
Phone idle 29%
WiFi 16%
Android OS 8%
Maps 7%
Android system 7%
Display 2%
I've stopped blockbuster, removed city id. My only widget is the clock/weather widget set to update every 2 hours (hence maps).
Auto-Sync off, Facebook/twitter updates off.
Looking at my battery history under partial wake usage there is nothing abnormal. What could possibly be killing my battery so much?
I'm really looking for some help here guys.
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This topic has been beaten to death so either spend some time on reading or return the phone
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This isn't me complaining about poor battery life. I'm asking for help from the community to help me figure out what process is killing my idle phone. You don't have to troll my topic.
quattr0 said:
This topic has been beaten to death so either spend some time on reading or return the phone
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this is a help forum. not troll forum ass face.
wish i could help you but i have a similar problem and its totally random. sometimes i can last all day with a charge and other times 4 hrs.. makes no sense
If you click on "Cell Standby 30%" what does it say after "Time without signal" ?
I think its a radio issue. the 4g radio going in and out cuz on 3g only I don't see that problem at all
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Bimmer323 said:
If you click on "Cell Standby 30%" what does it say after "Time without signal" ?
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Cell Standby only shows Time on. Weird because my Droid 2 always had the Time without signal percentage.
marcogiudice said:
I think its a radio issue. the 4g radio going in and out cuz on 3g only I don't see that problem at all
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I was on WiFi the entire time.
If your rooted. I've had excellent results by setting a "screen off" profile in setcpu to a max setting of 245. It dramatically improved my standby time. I lost a total of 6% leaving the phone off the charger friday night. I've mentioned this in a few threads already without much response, but it works. I set up a test for this on a DF thread.
I think something is ramping up the processor during standby on these phones. That tweak helps a lot.
Good luck
System panel is what you need to find the offending app. The paid version though, but its totally worth every penny. It let's you track individual apps and what CPU they use, and shows you a top list of highest to lowest. I use it daily to track my apps.
Off topic, I've been unplugged for 15 hours now with 71% battery left. Of course this is over night idle use, but ginger bread made enormous improvements to idle power. It stays level at 10mA in standby which was never that good before.
My experience is almost exactly as the OP. I just posted this screenshot in another forum. I'll share it here. I did the exact same thing as the OP. I charged it to 100% and overnight it dropped to 49%. I haven't the foggiest idea what is killing my battery.
http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/1061/screenshot2r.png
edit: forgot to mention I am rooted and debloated. I too am on wifi 100% at my house. I also have no "time without signal".
Wow.. did have have cupcake for lunch? My son probably could communicate better than you do sir.
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quattr0 said:
Wow.. did have have cupcake for lunch? My son probably could communicate better than you do sir.
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Is this your example of communication?
wow peeps can be such a** hats sometimes. I think its the radio with the 3g/4g.
My battery life in 4G is terrible (no wifi on, no bluetooth, no email, facebook, etc., checking automatically). In my 3G area near my work I get much better life.
Not rooted yet.
So I just checked my phone here at work and it's been off charger for 2 hours and is already down to 80% battery. The biggest battery drainer is "Cell Standby" since the phone has mostly just been sitting there.
does anyone know why cell standby is draining the battery? I though cell standby would just be maintaining a connection, but is it anything more than that?
Running lean kernal/Das BAMF 1.5
If you select Cell standby it says its "Battery used by cell radio". I believe its the amount of time searching for a signal. Are you in a bad 4g area and your phone is constantly switching between 4g and 3g? It is odd for that to be the biggest battery drain but I guess if you have not had your screen on at all than its not too much of a surprise. Remember that under battery stats all of those percentages and information is based on how much battery you have used so far so it may say 30% of it has been used by the cell standby but that only means that 30% of the 20% battery life you have used.
If you click on cell standby you will see the answer to your battery drain. I bet the without a signal percentage will be up and the cause of the drain.
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Its most likely a radio signal issue, as said. What kernel are you on?
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RandomlyWatts said:
Its most likely a radio signal issue, as said. What kernel are you on?
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Kernel has nothing to do with the radio so that doesnt really matter.
Busphan said:
If you click on cell standby you will see the answer to your battery drain. I bet the without a signal percentage will be up and the cause of the drain.
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Mine is always number 2, right behind display. However, my time without signal is always 0%. I live in a good 4G area, but do work in an area where I bounce around a lot. In it's infancy I expect LTE to give people fits with this. I don't think it's that out of the ordinary.
Been using s3 abt 2 weeks solid fone but i got one issue battery life on it sucks! funny thing when im using it for the web, video,etc the battery holds up pretty well but its the standby time thts killing it. I charge my fone full everynite wake up next morning and the battery's down to 56% jus on standby!! with nfc off s-voice off just wifi on. Am i only one experiencing this or is this normal?
you have something else going on i lose 2% overnight...try airplane mode see what happens
I think your charger may be broken lol. You charge it every night yet your phone is at 53% when you wake up? Anyway, assuming you sleep 8 hours and that your phone was at 100% that is less than 50% on 8 hours. You probably get 17 hours standby time, not the best but not the worst. Try airplane mode
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think you are alone... Yesterday, beach day: From ten o clock with 100% brightness, about 40 minutes surfing with dolphin browser, total in amount 35 minutes facebook, 30 sms, 9 calls all about 2-6 minutes and some recording of the soccer game; the rest of the time the phone was on standby. Coming home with 80% left....
what says your battery settings? what stands by "battery in standby"? How much takes "android system", how many apps are listed in total? Do you have battery save mode on?=> Try to turn it off. Do you have auto brightness? Turn it off, set the display to 40-50% and make a widget on home with settings to 100% so you can read under heavy sun. You are outside the day?=> turn the wifi off....
Tell us more and post your results, the comment that your device is a bucket full of crap is bull**** because the S3 has one of the best battery and settings in smartphone business!...
Greetings,
Snew
My S3 depletes 1-2 % overnight.
This the EUROPEAN variant of the phone?
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no-one can give you a legit answer as you haven't bothered to tell us anything about what rom/kernel you are using, what you have installed, whether you have any syncs switched on..
why leave wifi on overnight? thats gives apps the chance to update in the background
have you looked at bbs stats?
fail thread imo
You sleep with your wifi on? what do you expect to happen? Also try rebooting before you go to bed.
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Twelve hours standby for me = 1% to 2% drop on stock .
jje
"solid fone"? Are we serious with the spelling? No wonder your having trouble.
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Twelve hours standby for me = 1% to 2% drop on stock .
jje
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now i would like to know how you get that because mine drops from 100% (99%) to 95% in just an hour on 3g but nothing else..
I think you have a defective battery. Mine just drains 2-3% in a 8-10 hour overnight standby.
I hate when people assume something sucks when it's their own doing that's causing the problem.
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themanguydude said:
I think you have a defective battery. Mine just drains 2-3% in a 8-10 hour overnight standby.
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thats what everyone is gettinn when no app or setting is draining the life out of the battery as seems to be the case with the OP's phone
incubus26jc said:
"solid fone"? Are we serious with the spelling? No wonder your having trouble.
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Don't forget grammar!!! Or is that American English?
Reckless187 said:
Don't forget grammar!!! Or is that American English?
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That's American Man. lol
Astonrynlds said:
Been using s3 abt 2 weeks solid fone but i got one issue battery life on it sucks! funny thing when im using it for the web, video,etc the battery holds up pretty well but its the standby time thts killing it. I charge my fone full everynite wake up next morning and the battery's down to 56% jus on standby!! with nfc off s-voice off just wifi on. Am i only one experiencing this or is this normal?
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Stop using Wifi, do not leave it on. Wifi is the culprit.
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Stop using Wifi, do not leave it on. Wifi is the culprit.
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I still suspect this may be router related though. When I had my crappy Netgear, I would get strange periods of battery drain on my SGS2 when WIFI was left on. That just about all disappeared once I upgraded to an Asus RT-N16 running Tomato, and now, I don't get any drain on my SGS3 as well when I leave WIFI (set to "Always On" under Advanced WIFI Settings) idling.
Astonrynlds said:
Been using s3 abt 2 weeks solid fone but i got one issue battery life on it sucks! funny thing when im using it for the web, video,etc the battery holds up pretty well but its the standby time thts killing it. I charge my fone full everynite wake up next morning and the battery's down to 56% jus on standby!! with nfc off s-voice off just wifi on. Am i only one experiencing this or is this normal?
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If mine is full before bed, its 85 percent plus in the morning
You have something that is sucking power, and you need to find it
cmd512 said:
I still suspect this may be router related though. When I had my crappy Netgear, I would get strange periods of battery drain on my SGS2 when WIFI was left on. That just about all disappeared once I upgraded to an Asus RT-N16 running Tomato, and now, I don't get any drain on my SGS3 as well when I leave WIFI (set to "Always On" under Advanced WIFI Settings) idling.
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I too think it's router related. It can possibly be due to Wifi dual banding in some routers that support it. Faster internet with less battery life.
Been noticing that my gs3 uses a lot of standby power. Some times up to 30-40% how can I prevent this? I am rooted and I run advance task manager
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kingofall00 said:
Been noticing that my gs3 uses a lot of standby power. Some times up to 30-40% how can I prevent this? I am rooted and I run advance task manager
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is your phone on standby a lot? the meter is the % of your used-up battery that has been used by that process. i.e. if your phone sits on standby for "30%" and the battery goes down by 10%, 30% of that battery decrease (3%) is from standby.
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based on how you use and how often you use the phone, it may be normal.
for example, i'm at 30% on standby but my phone has been on for 5.5 hours and i have 80% charge. most of my usage today was checking emails and reddit but very sparingly.
Are you in a plce where you have weak signal? When this happens, your radio/baseband struggles to find a stable connection or signal, thus sucking more juice out of your bettery and causing your phone to be on standby mode a lot more.
Flash my ROM - here, prob fixed!
babymatteo said:
Are you in a plce where you have weak signal? When this happens, your radio/baseband struggles to find a stable connection or signal, thus sucking more juice out of your bettery and causing your phone to be on standby mode a lot more.
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This. With weak connection your phone will be using more battery to find a signal. Check your status to see what % of the time you are without signal.
I was down to 18% after 16 hours with 34% use on standby. I use advance task manager. I belive its custom rom time. I want jellybean. So I must wait.
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So I've been enjoying my ultra for the last couple days. Battery seems great. But losing percentages of battery at standby caught my eye. My phone would die when I wouldn't even be using it. So yesterday I found the culprit. Mobile network on all the time kept draining it. I disabled it and enabled wifi at work and home and now the battery lasts for days. Just a quick tip.
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witeboy07 said:
So I've been enjoying my ultra for the last couple days. Battery seems great. But losing percentages of battery at standby caught my eye. My phone would die when I wouldn't even be using it. So yesterday I found the culprit. Mobile network on all the time kept draining it. I disabled it and enabled wifi at work and home and now the battery lasts for days. Just a quick tip.
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In every phone that's the main reason for battery drain on standby.
You could set Stamina mode to disconnect some functions you don't use while the screen is off, and leave on just the one that are vital (for you).
Anyway, another reason could be the signal strength in your area: if it's not strong enough, the battery drains because your smartphone is constantly trying to get the best signal (between 2G, E, 3G, H and H+) for its connections, and that is VERY battery consuming.
fastest83 said:
In every phone that's the main reason for battery drain on standby.
You could set Stamina mode to disconnect some functions you don't use while the screen is off, and leave on just the one that are vital (for you).
Anyway, another reason could be the signal strength in your area: if it's not strong enough, the battery drains because your smartphone is constantly trying to get the best signal (between 2G, E, 3G, H and H+) for its connections, and that is VERY battery consuming.
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Yep, im just trying to put some info out there...Other than that, the battery lasts me a long time. I do have to disable mobile data even with wifi on or else it would still continue to drain it!
On which Firmware are you? .475? .510?
jacktherapper00 said:
On which Firmware are you? .475? .510?
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I havent received the update, im in .475
witeboy07 said:
Yep, im just trying to put some info out there...Other than that, the battery lasts me a long time. I do have to disable mobile data even with wifi on or else it would still continue to drain it!
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Seems impossible to me... On my S3 and on my wife's Z data won't even show up in the status bar when wifi is enabled...
And if you could install better battery stats, you could see that none of the app used mobile data...
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I'm pretty sure my phone is using it. If I disabled it and it improved my battery life. Then I think it was working pretty hard even on idle or even off.
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Where are you located? Big city? Small town? Do you have a strong signal all the time? It'll use way more battery if the signal is weak.
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I'm pretty sure my phone is using it. If I disabled it and it improved my battery life. Then I think it was working pretty hard even on idle or even off.
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I got it when I am home. Poor H+ signal and 3G signal, so it always switch between H+/3G/E and it result in bigger battery drain. I go in the center and keep mobile data open and no problem.
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