Noob on GS3...question - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

Is there a fix for the "cell standby" battery drain... It's on the top of my list for battery usage way above my screen.
Just wondered if there is a fix for this. Thanks.
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joho5 said:
Is there a fix for the "cell standby" battery drain... It's on the top of my list for battery usage way above my screen.
Just wondered if there is a fix for this. Thanks.
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I'm sure if you do alittle digging in the q & a section there's a link to the patch. Sorry I can't remember where exactly I saw it and there are about a million pages in there but I did see a fix.

http://techsplurge.com/10665/solution-samsung-galaxy-s3-cell-standby-battery-drain-problem/
this might help you

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How to use Watchdog + Betterbattery Stats to optimize battery life

Kind of stupid question, but i don't know how to "read" those programs. What i mean is that i don't know how to read the results on those programs to use them on favor of getting battery life.
Can anyone "teach" me how to "read" those apps?
Here are some screenies
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Bump! Come on guys, it cant be too difficult.
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Google is your friend:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=betterbatterystats+howto
Because I'm not a total ass I'll post the direct links to the project site.
http://asksven.github.com/BetterBatteryStats-Knowledge-Base/help.html
http://asksven.github.com/BetterBatteryStats-Knowledge-Base/howto.html
You might have better luck posting this question in the app thread, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Thanks. I tried looking, but couldn't find anything. -.-
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stewartsoda said:
Google is your friend:
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indeed, it even found this page whilst i was looking for help on the watchdog.
thanks for this, I had a 7 hour period on my s3 where it stayed awake for the entire period screen was off, so configured the watchdog so I could get "since screen off", went to bed and when I woke up to check sods law the phone stayed asleep the entire period.
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I think those programs doesn't work.It's all ilusion.
Well I will go back to neat rom as AOKP still random periods of high battery drain, android battery app shows awake but better battery stats 99% deep sleep.

Android OS using 63% of battery? Suggestions?

Running stock ICS, just noticed this today. Nothing running, I do not have sync set either... any ideas or suggestions? I apologize if this is posted already, I didn't see anything when I searched.
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vainkdgurl said:
Running stock ICS, just noticed this today. Nothing running, I do not have sync set either... any ideas or suggestions? I apologize if this is posted already, I didn't see anything when I searched.
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Download betterbatterystats from xda, just search it and you'll find it.
Android os shows you system held wakelocks, you have an app or service holding a wakelock keeping your phone from deep sleeping.
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I wouldnt stress about it that much after getting over a day out of the battery.
Would be different if you had only made it for 4 hours.
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hefonthefjords said:
I wouldnt stress about it that much after getting over a day out of the battery.
Would be different if you had only made it for 4 hours.
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With 15% of power used by screen?
That means very little screen on time so over a day isn't that good.
Look at the stats properly before you say not to worry about it.
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What apps are you using, and what accounts.
Is e.g. Facebook, Skype or a Microsoft Exchange account configured?
These are known to drain battery and not necessarely under their own name.
'Android OS' means everything the battery stats program (and underlying Kernel Cgroup module) can't put it's finger on. BetterBatteryStats may help you resolve that issue, afaik it's a free APK here in the forum so you don't have to buy it.

'Android System' draining battery fast!

Today I got almost 2 hours of on screen time before I hit 3% after 9 hours. So I look in battery in settings and Android System is #1 at 57%! Then screen at 20%' followed by cell standby at 9%.
What is causing android system to take up 57% and cause barely 2 hour on screen time?
I had this issue too! after a reboot i havent had this issue agin
check what google services you have auto syncing. aka g+ calender and contacts those can make it really bad.
sounds like a rogue app of some sort.
droidstyle said:
sounds like a rogue app of some sort.
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What's a rouge ap
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thakrew317 said:
What's a rouge ap
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An app that misbehaves: Sync's data or runs in the background when you are not using it, wakes device during sleep (wakelock) and performs background operations. This could be any app or game you download, usually it is more common in free apps with unknown developers....make sure to check reviews before downloading.
It seems like the restart fixed it. After restart android system is 4th place at only 6%.
Its doing it again today. 67% of battery is android system.
Any help?
I have better battery stats but it's some what hard to understand.
I think it's bam_dmux_wakelock ...what is this?
vince24L said:
I think it's bam_dmux_wakelock ...what is this?
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I've got the same wakelock...no idea what it is. Not much information online.
vince24L said:
I think it's bam_dmux_wakelock ...what is this?
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Same here, killing battery. Haven't found much info for it
Zepp's V6 SuperCharger...I put that **** on everything
jasvncnt1 said:
Same here, killing battery. Haven't found much info for it
Zepp's V6 SuperCharger...I put that **** on everything
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Yeap...I get bam_dmux_wakelock & smdcntl0 wakelock alot...
We should post in the BBS thread to get other peoples inputs... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809&page=612
Havent touched my phone in 4 hours and it dropped 60% because of it..anybody have any idea?
vince24L said:
Havent touched my phone in 4 hours and it dropped 60% because of it..anybody have any idea?
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Try going into settings<applications<manage apps<running.....and see what app keeps running when ur not using it..OK on my phone dsp manager was always running even when I never even opened it
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Gsiff_daemon is raping my battery, anyone know what it is?
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murdermonkey9000 said:
Gsiff_daemon is raping my battery, anyone know what it is?
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Mobile data has been killing the battery on my AT&T Galaxy S3. I can always tell because it gets warm even with the screen off. The only way I can stop the drain is to turn off mobile data which is not a long-term fix. I can't understand why some days I get amazing battery life, and some days I get a few hours only.
Use juice defender, I've used it for years, it turns off mobile data when the screen is off and re enables it on a schedule you set. It's the only long term fix I have found. Since calls and texts come through 2g this should fix your problem.
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just out of curiosity, are any of you with battery problem using a live wallpaper, or most importantly a weather live wallpaper?
murdermonkey9000 said:
Use juice defender, I've used it for years, it turns off mobile data when the screen is off and re enables it on a schedule you set. It's the only long term fix I have found. Since calls and texts come through 2g this should fix your problem.
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Can't you do that in tasker as well?
Tabulous said:
just out of curiosity, are any of you with battery problem using a live wallpaper, or most importantly a weather live wallpaper?
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no.

[help] battery was good now bad

Hay guys,
So for the first couple of weeks my battery life was awesome on the s3 and was going an entire day easy with like 40% at night before bed...
However now it is seriously draining fast, I go to work at 8 get home at 5 and I have about 12 percent left with moderately light use...
First thing I thought was maybe an app but in the battery section didn't show anything odd, I got betterbatterystats to see more detailed but don't know what alot of the wake locks are... Here are the screen shots any input/advice is welcomed!!!
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neone have any ideas??
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dk125 said:
neone have any ideas??
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WAKELOCKS ask in the better battery stats thread .
jje
Have you changed the Rom? If so you need to download a battery calibrator from the store and reset the stats with it once fully charged.
You might have an app draining your battery, install free "Watchdog" app, and set it to monitor all processes, and it will sound an alarm if an app is misbehaving.
Also install cpuspy and reset the counter and then leave your phone for 30min or so, then check how much time your phone spends in deep sleep.
John.
LondonLion said:
Have you changed the Rom? If so you need to download a battery calibrator from the store and reset the stats with it once fully charged.
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NOT TRUE.
jje
Thanks got cpuspy and it spend most time in deep sleep... I'm Inking now it's because at work I have bad reception if that's the cause what can I do? If anything lol...
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If you dont use 3g or 4g for downloads, switch your phone to gsm, A stronger signal means the phone does not have to work as hard and uses less power.
Also disable account syncing, stops your phone from waking up.
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Thanks got cpuspy and it spend most time in deep sleep... I'm Inking now it's because at work I have bad reception if that's the cause what can I do? If anything lol...
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LondonLion said:
Have you changed the Rom? If so you need to download a battery calibrator from the store and reset the stats with it once fully charged.
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I thought this is a myth that a google engineer confirmed
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A lot of people swear by this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1507905.html
John.
CRBoy47 said:
I thought this is a myth that a google engineer confirmed
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Android System

Anyone else noticed android system eating up all their battery?
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Andrew_han said:
Anyone else noticed android system eating up all their battery?
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Thats a rogue app causing the high android sys.
+1, I've seen this on 2 handsets.
Using GSam Battery Monitor, then clicking on app usage ->android system -> manage -> clear defaults
The above seems to stop the issue after a reboot. I've not seen it happen again since I did that.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but 9hrs and 47% left doesn't seem like a problem... if you take your phone and leave it on (with screen off) and wait until it dies then charge and turn on you will see that the "system" eats almost all your battery. There is nothing wrong with your phone unless you used it a ton and the system still eats all your battery which If that is the case and it's been 9 hours and had 47% battery then I would think you were doing MUCH better than most, imho.
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Andrew_han said:
Anyone else noticed android system eating up all their battery?
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I've got the same problem. Only yesterday, mine was over 65%! My phones horrible on battery life. Some things definitely up
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When I click manage it won't allow me to clear defaults...
And this began at around the 50% mark and as soon as it starts my battery starts dying way quicker
Do these screen shots help?
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any ideas? seems like xda needs to be manualy killed or it ends up using alot of resources in the bacground
I have seen the same on my phone, but it has not happened consistently enough for me to narrow down the possible cause...
Happened to me once so far. Charged my phone to full and went to work. I didn't use my phone for anything other than to check the time. I started noticing that the back of the phone was getting very hot, more so than when charging. I pulled my phone out and the battery was waaay down :
Hasn't happened since (fingers crossed).
Edit: I guess mine wasn't the Android system, but cell standby.
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knifedroid said:
Happened to me once so far. Charged my phone to full and went to work. I didn't use my phone for anything other than to check the time. I started noticing that the back of the phone was getting very hot, more so than when charging. I pulled my phone out and the battery was waaay down :
Hasn't happened since (fingers crossed).
Edit: I guess mine wasn't the Android system, but cell standby.
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What is that icon left of your wifi indicator?
IceCreaMan said:
What is that icon left of your wifi indicator?
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Some stupid verizon thing I can't get rid of.
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It seems ok for me. The most eating up my battery seems to be cell standby
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Mines too...i even got almost 40% on cell standby...><……
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The fix for the cell standby drain is easy, see here: http://techsplurge.com/10665/solution-samsung-galaxy-s3-cell-standby-battery-drain-problem/ As for the android system drain it seems to have resolved itself. I still get alot of kernel wakelocks from bam_dmux_wakelock though

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