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Well, i had the phone on for about 4 hours and my battery down to 77%
I know its day one but i had higher expectations. Im in ct with no lte as well
Frank
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Well certainly seems to be a thorough report and investigation. Guess the battery is crap
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It will take 4-5 full recharge cycles to hit full capacity. The graph you show is fine. How much battery life were you expecting? 12-14 hours would seem about right.
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When i first got mine, my battery seemed to drop like 2% like every 5 minutes the phone on and I was just browsing forums.
I think it will get better once u break in the battery more.
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planoman said:
It will take 4-5 full recharge cycles to hit full capacity. The graph you show is fine. How much battery life were you expecting? 12-14 hours would seem about right.
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I was hoping to hit 12-16 hours before a charge is needed. That's what id get on my inspire and captivate.
Frank
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with that math you'd be getting around 16 hours with 4 or so hours of onscreen time. I don't see a problem at all with that battery life.
I miss my battery percentage icon
I used 40% of my battery in 7 hours of playing with my phone. So far I'm very pleased
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Remember if anyone's like me you can't put the phone down right now, using it like crazy! It will be better after a few charge cycles. Be patient folks. Give it a few days before starting to freak! Enjoy the new hardware already!
Are you guys charging fully before first use or taking out of box booting using and letting it drain? Does it matter never been able to get a good answer.
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ghettopops said:
I miss my battery percentage icon
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Get battery life widget. It will show % if you want.
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ultravorx said:
I was hoping to hit 12-16 hours before a charge is needed. That's what id get on my inspire and captivate.
Frank
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I do not think you will have a problem getting that once your battery is at full capacity.
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Are you guys charging fully before first use or taking out of box booting using and letting it drain? Does it matter never been able to get a good answer.
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Mine goes right out of the box and booted and I start playing. A charger or outlet is always handy by me so why wait for it to charge?
I am not going to be concerned with battery life at all... I'm currently coming from the HTC Vivid and comparing the two tests between the phones from Engadget, I'm happy...
HTV Vivid - "In our formal battery rundown test, the Vivid held its charge for a paltry five hours and ten minutes."
AT&T Note - "...with the phone managing eight hours and eight minutes on our standard rundown test in an HSPA+ area."
I've been using my Note heavily for about 11.5 hours today and still have 29% battery life left. I've been watching videos, playing a game or two, tracking the snow that is forecast for my area and my normal texts, email, twitter and Facebook. My Inspire wouldn't last this long with moderate use. I'm pleased with the Note's battery life, but I'm not in an LTE area if that matters much.
no *****in about battery life for at least a few days if not a week... it will not stabilize until the phone has been charged up and drained several times. case in point, i took it right out the box and started using it. started at about 50% battery life and was dead in an hour. charged it up last night and been using it for the last 6 hours pretty heavily and its still at 77%.
it will only get better, be patient my atrix was just as bad out of the box.
Do not expect the same gas mileage as civic from your lamborghini.
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hmmm...
after a full day i have about 13 to 20% battery life left..
You guys are judging way too quick. Let the battery settle in and then after a week you still get the same battery life then by all means complain away. When I say you guys I mean the OP and anyone that agrees with him
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If i can pull 10 hrs I'll be happy. Wont get mine till Monday though. Just waiting patiently till i get back from camping then I will make sure to send Da-G some loot (HINT HINT) then root and patiently await the kick ass blue dragon. (You reading G?)
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You should get 24 hrs on normal use and 12 hrs heavy use.i have international for month now
I can easly make 28 hrs.just phone text and web.no movies or games.first few days dont charge unless almost dead.
I put in a new fully charged battery and took a nap and after 4 hours of just stand by my phone was down to 95%. I checked badass battery monitor and saw this. Don't really understand it though. It seems this is what was waking my phone keeping it awake.
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That's not a big decrease at all if your phone was on for 4 hour just sitting there ..
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Check your app manager to see if it constantly running in the background. I tried using a monitor and app killer but I just got too anal and when back to doing everything manually. Check all the variables as well for usage like screen brightness, is the phone on vibrate, etc?
Cheers
Burrito
If you want your phone to drop less then 1% per hour try a car battery instead...
can you connect the note to your car battery?
There is a known issue with the calculation of Android System in 4.0.3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1456265
1% battery drop per hour is normal if you have synching enabled and are on wifi or 3g/4g.
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If you want your phone to drop less then 1% per hour try a car battery instead...
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I thought when people talked about the 1% per hour they meant while in use.
My note seems pretty good while on standby but when I use it it tends to drop 1% every ten minutes. I guess my disappointment stems from this being a 2500 mah battery. If I remember correctly my rezound extended battery was around there and lasted forever. I guess I just expected more.
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1% battery drop per hour is normal if you have synching enabled and are on wifi or 3g/4g.
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Is it better to keep wifi off while asleep or on? I don't have lte in my area.
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I thought when people talked about the 1% per hour they meant while in use.
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So you expected your phone to last 4 days (100 hours) with constant usage?
Come on man.. I hate to rag on people, but use your brain!
cgibsong002 said:
So you expected your phone to last 4 days (100 hours) with constant usage?
Come on man.. I hate to rag on people, but use your brain!
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Thanks
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This phone does way better than my EVO 4G. So i can't complain
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Is it better to keep wifi off while asleep or on? I don't have lte in my area.
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If there's no wifi its pointless to keep it on...
Just drains battery more...
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If there's no wifi its pointless to keep it on...
Just drains battery more...
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I have wifi but don't have lte
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SkizzMcNizz said:
I put in a new fully charged battery and took a nap and after 4 hours of just stand by my phone was down to 95%. I checked badass battery monitor and saw this. Don't really understand it though. It seems this is what was waking my phone keeping it awake.
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5% discharge in standby mode over a 4 hour period is actually pretty good. I wouldn't be too concerned about it.
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5% discharge in standby mode over a 4 hour period is actually pretty good. I wouldn't be too concerned about it.
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Yea I had my battery replaced and got an extra one. After putting them through their paces it seems to have helped. I've debloated quite a lot of junk and set up auto starts through room toolbox
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Your cells won't 'break in' and exhibit their best life before a few cycles.
To get the best out of your batteries, fully charge them initially, then run them down to 20%. Always try and charge your battery at 20%, running Lithium cells down flat shortens the life of the electrolyte more than anything except excessive heat.
Once your battery hits 100%, take it off the charger. Modern chargers usually switch to 'trickle' mode or turn off completely at 100%. Trickle charging overnight won't hurt the battery too much, so this second part is optional. Some people will tell you that continually 'topping up' Lithium cells is the best thing for them. While not entirely true, the impact is so minimal as to be negligible.
A mistake a lot of users make is to draw conclusions about battery life within the first week of owning a phone. There's no way your cell has had enough time to 'hit its straps' within a week, unless you're discharging two or three times a day.
Hope these few little hints help!
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That's the ICS leak, rooted, with 384/1512 clocks and the conservative Governor. In and out of fringe 3G all day at work, no WiFi.
juzz86 said:
Your cells won't 'break in' and exhibit their best life before a few cycles.
To get the best out of your batteries, fully charge them initially, then run them down to 20%. Always try and charge your battery at 20%, running Lithium cells down flat shortens the life of the electrolyte more than anything except excessive heat.
Once your battery hits 100%, take it off the charger. Modern chargers usually switch to 'trickle' mode or turn off completely at 100%. Trickle charging overnight won't hurt the battery too much, so this second part is optional. Some people will tell you that continually 'topping up' Lithium cells is the best thing for them. While not entirely true, the impact is so minimal as to be negligible.
A mistake a lot of users make is to draw conclusions about battery life within the first week of owning a phone. There's no way your cell has had enough time to 'hit its straps' within a week, unless you're discharging two or three times a day.
Hope these few little hints help!
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That's the ICS leak, rooted, with 384/1512 clocks and the conservative Governor. In and out of fringe 3G all day at work, no WiFi.
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I thought you couldn't change the governor our anything on the stock ics kernel. Every time I try to change it it just goes back to min and max at 1566
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I thought you couldn't change the governor or anything on the stock ics kernel. Every time I try to change it it just goes back to min and max at 1566
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Screen alone takes more than 73% of my battery usage lol
Hi,
I was comparing battery life to my desire s. I know there are different specs and the galaxy s 3 needs a bigger battery for the screen etc but I charged the desire s to a 100% and took it of charge. It took around 10 minutes for that percentage to drop to 99% while using the phone and considering it has a smaller battery. On the galaxy s 3 when I take it off charge it goes straight from 100 to 99 and while using the phone for the same time 10 minutes the battery has decreased dramatically to about 94.
I am on RGUI rom with siyah kernel
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No day is considered complete without at least one new topic about battery issues or low RAM.
Please let me stress that the forum search has no issues and works fairly well... one needs to use it tough.
Li-Ion packs don't like being fully charged or fully discharged, so the phone's integrated charger only goes to 99% and keeps it there on trickle charge which will significantly extend the phone's average battery life.
It doesn't matter tough if your phone goes from 100% to 99% instantly or stays at 100% for 10 minutes; the overall capacity (from fully charged to power-off) is the only relevant factor. And that one should be better
Thanks for the info but I see my desire s battery better though
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S3 miles better than my desire
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Read
http://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/smartphones/which-smartphone-has-the-best-battery-life/
U say ur desire had better batterylife. Did u have 3g or wifi on on both? My galaxy s2 lasted 4 days with 64 orosent left. Almost no screen on time and 3g and wifi off. It wasn't better than s3 when using it the same way.
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These threads... SMH.
Ram, battery life and "will a internationalz rom and kernel works forz amerika S3???"
Every day they are plastered all over xda.
Pisses me right off.
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nodstuff clock down a few steps =)
Stress isn't good for the heart
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nodstuff clock down a few steps =)
Stress isn't good for the heart
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I'm calm, I just remembered that this is the internet, its supposed to be annoying.
That and I just hit the bong....
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This is one of those face palm moments.
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Hello i just bought my s3 yesterday and battery is draining very fast i have used the fix but i have that problem of screen which takes 88% of batery and it's not normal ! here is a screenshot
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Keeping the screen on will dran the battery since that's what screens do.
Regardless of the device (including laptops), screens always take >50% of the battery.
Could you show the screen-on time?
d4fseeker said:
Keeping the screen on will dran the battery since that's what screens do.
Regardless of the device (including laptops), screens always take >50% of the battery.
Could you show the screen-on time?
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+1
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+1
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No my screen takes 79% and sometimes 85% just look at the link i posted i can't show pictures because i'm new in the forum
You got it yesterday dude.. Let the battery do some cycles before you get all upset
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Did you use your battery before charging it?? Your supposed to drain it, then charge fully
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SAMSUNG BATTERY DRAIN with DISPLAY
Hi.. The same problem is with me.. i bought the samsung galaxy like two days ago and the display is draining >60% battery all the time.. I don't know why.. Please advice...
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Did you use your battery before charging it?? Your supposed to drain it, then charge fully
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Feck!! I thought it was the other way around. can this cause serious problems? I drained it completely last night.
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Hi.. The same problem is with me.. i bought the samsung galaxy like two days ago and the display is draining >60% battery all the time.. I don't know why.. Please advice...
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Let me venture a guess. When you get a new phone, you tend to play with it a lot, hence the screen on time and battery drain Give it a few days, it will be fine -- this phone has great battery life.
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mal808 said:
Feck!! I thought it was the other way around. can this cause serious problems? I drained it completely last night.
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It will blow up
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The battery needs to go through a few full cycles of drain and charge before it's reached optimal performance. First week battery drained more but now it's performing brilliantly.
Just keep letting it drain completely and charging fully a few times and have auto brightness selected.
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I've heard that li-ion batteries don't suffer from memory issues and there's therefore no reason to calibrate them or run them in any specific charge/discharge cycle.
If you ask 100 different people about how best to use your battery you'll get 100 different answers. Don't worry about it, just enjoy the phone.
Hmm. This phone probably has the best battery life of any android phone I've owned, and I've had a few.
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seltaeb said:
Let me venture a guess. When you get a new phone, you tend to play with it a lot, hence the screen on time and battery drain Give it a few days, it will be fine -- this phone has great battery life.
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BATTERY DRAINNN... Please helpp
Yeahh check outt my screenshot..I have set the brightness level to the lowest and still display is taking much battery..even cell stand by.. do i have to fix anything?.. expert advices needed..thankss
Look in the attachments..
You haven't said how long the screen was on for.
I could show this first screenshot and say OMFG the battery doesn't last, but actually when you look at the second screenshot, then there's obviously no issues (and I am indeed perfectly happy with my battery life)
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It will blow up
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lol, I'm a bit OCD about these types of things.
But if it's not a problem then why do we need to do it?
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I've heard that li-ion batteries don't suffer from memory issues and there's therefore no reason to calibrate them or run them in any specific charge/discharge cycle.
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Tripe.
Minimum of 3 cycles to reach peak performance. I have flashed hundreds of roms/kernals, it ALWAYS takes a few days for the battery to normalise.
Op, take a chill pill, calm down, post again in a few days. If you're still having drain, it will be down to an app or your settings.
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Regné, Suela
Still the same **** i charged it 3 times and the battery is draining quickly when i'm just in facebook or an app it goes like 2 min = -1%
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/screenshot2012070913092.png/
Has anyone had an issue charging their phone to 100%? My phone seems to get stuck at 99%.
I haven't noticed it but in the past with other devices, I could drain all the way down and charge up to full to fix.
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Jonathon1710 said:
Has anyone had an issue charging their phone to 100%? My phone seems to get stuck at 99%.
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Are you using the phone while charging?
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I was at first, but I couldn't get it to fully charge even when it was powered off.
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I was at first, but I couldn't get it to fully charge even when it was powered off.
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Well it takes a while when at 99%, but don't touch it while it's on and wait for it to top off. It's probably trickle charging at 99%.
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I read here somewhere that from 99% to 100% took about 20-30mins. It could be a firmware thing or they can be doing what Apple is doing so you don't overcharge it.
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I read here somewhere that from 99% to 100% took about 20-30mins. It could be a firmware thing or they can be doing what Apple is doing so you don't overcharge it.
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It's possible, that's how long it takes for mine.
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I've had my one for three days now and I've charged it twice, the first time it took about three hours to charge and Ya it took a long time for it to go from 99-100 percent the second time it seemed to go quicker...just what I've experienced.
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Mine stops charging at 90%. Its weird.
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It charges and discharges to conserve the life on the battery. If the phone was kept on a 100% charge the whole time then that would decrease the life of your battery drastically.
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I wouldn't worry about it. It's better to keep it at less than 100%. If there was a manual settings threshold, I would keep them as start charging when below 70% and stop at 90%. This is my battery charge threshold setting on my Thinkpad X230T laptop.