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Hello guys, I have made this thread for asking solution for a big issue my brother is facing on his S2. He is on official ICS. I've rooted his phone too. The issue is he is having terrible battery drops. Battery doesn't even last for 4 hours. I was shocked to see the graph. Please can anyone tell me how do I get him rid of this issue?
Thank you.
S3nt fr0m my D3fy 0n J3llyb34n
Lol I thought you made the thread to round up these type of things to a round 10,000
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Install Better Battery Stats from the play store and see what's causing the battery drain. The phone isn't going into deep sleep because of wakelocks. See which app is responsible for this.
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Try charge battery to full on turned off phone, then pull off battery for few minutes. Put it back turn on phone and see if it helps
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ares05 said:
Install Better Battery Stats from the play store and see what's causing the battery drain. The phone isn't going into deep sleep because of wakelocks. See which app is responsible for this.
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Will flashing any kernal will help fix it??
joferes said:
Try charge battery to full on turned off phone, then pull off battery for few minutes. Put it back turn on phone and see if it helps
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Ill try it on him for now and see. He is blaming me for the battery issue coz I forced him to update his phone to ICS.
Flash stock ICS again and wipe data.
ICS gives less battery backup compared to GB.
Turn off WIFI/2G/3G/GPS after you use them. Download Better battery stats.. see if you have partial wake lock due to some app!!
4hrs of backup can only be due continuous gaming or 3G.. it drains battery!!
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ICS gives less battery backup compared to GB.
Turn off WIFI/2G/3G/GPS after you use them. Download Better battery stats.. see if you have partial wake lock due to some app!!
4hrs of backup can only be due continuous gaming or 3G.. it drains battery!!
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Thats the main confusion. He neither plays games nor uses 3g network. ;(
Any modding can help guys??
S3nt fr0m my D3fy 0n J3llyb34n
try this rom (best for battery ) [Rom] GT-I9100 Resurrection Remix JB v3.0.5[22/08][AOKP JB BUİLD-1](AROMA+OTA)
Or just installed new syiah 4.1.2 kernel + wanamthat lite 12.4 rom should solve bat problem
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Hello guys, I have made this thread for asking solution for a big issue my brother is facing on his S2. He is on official ICS. I've rooted his phone too. The issue is he is having terrible battery drops. Battery doesn't even last for 4 hours. I was shocked to see the graph. Please can anyone tell me how do I get him rid of this issue?
Thank you.
S3nt fr0m my D3fy 0n J3llyb34n
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Try a custom kernel, I recommend Speedmod or Siyah.
Irrespective of the Rom you are running, the kernel and modem have most impact on battery life
Swyped from my Galaxy SII
Ok guys a quick update. I installed Cpuspy and betterbatterystat and found that phone goes in deepsleep very well. No app causing wakeups. So is flashing a new kernal the only option now?
Ok planning to put in SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.2 kernal. Any issues with it as in known bugs?
I'm surprised that no app is responsible for such terrible battery life. Usually its the Network Locator by Google maps or the the GTalk sync that causes the problem.
Anyway if you're sure its not any apps fault flashing a new kernel is the only way to go. As Jokey recommended, try Siyah or Speedmod.
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Flashing SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.2 on his stock ics. Any known issues with it? Also is it fine if I flash it even if he is on stock ics?
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Flashing SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.2 on his stock ics. Any known issues with it? Also is it fine if I flash it even if he is on stock ics?
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No issues. I've been using it for a while. No problems whatsoever.
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nidhish91 said:
Ok guys a quick update. I installed Cpuspy and betterbatterystat and found that phone goes in deepsleep very well. No app causing wakeups. So is flashing a new kernal the only option now?
Ok planning to put in SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.2 kernal. Any issues with it as in known bugs?
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Explanation:
-flashing a custom kernel has nothing to do with apps
-What kills battery most in stock kernel apart from apps and radios is the kernel - worker and fuel alert wakelock.
-in your own case since no apps is causing wakelock, then a kernel can be of help.
My advise:
-If you are presently satisfied with your battery life, then there it's no need to flash any more thing
-If you are sure no apps drain your battery, but still not satisfied with your battery, monitor that,
i. 2G network saves more battery than 3G, 4G
ii. Turning off Bluetooth, GPS, Autosync, Wi-Fi, Network location (under settings-location), App notification and Google ads in Google playstore settings, saves a lot of power.
-Connecting to a Wi-Fi network saves much more power than using mobile data
-If after trying all the steps above, you are still not satisfied with your battery, then you might have to flash a custom kernel.
-Most custom kernels save much more power than the stock kernel
i. Speedmod kernel gives relatively best battery life if you don't want to change anything. This may be good for you as a beginner.
ii. Siyah, Dorimanx and dream kernels give great customisation.
Hope you find this post helpful enough.
If you have more questions,do let me know.
Good luck
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Flashing SiyahKernel S2-v4.1.2 on his stock ics. Any known issues with it? Also is it fine if I flash it even if he is on stock ics?
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Swyped from Samsung Galaxy SII
My sister got her new xperia s just about a week ago.
i installed her the latest firmware, unlocked bootloader, installed later advanced stock kernel and xsspead ka 12 rom.
but battery usage just sucks, even when connected to a power source (and charging) the battery drops, slowly but it drops instead of charging.
I was just about to start removing bloatware so i installed the latest Gsam battery monitor, and noticed that 50% of the battery is consumed by the "kernel" followed by the app "line"14%, android system, 12%, facebook 10%.
that is the main problem.
the second problem is with the fonts, which i read the device is missing, but i don't want to install the titanium backup app for that.
third problem is that on this rom the "camera" physical button doesn't call the camera app, and i was wondering whether or not i can set it up manually or is it something rom related.
I know its a lot of questions but any answer will help me, and not necessarily to all of them. main concern is the battery life. also she doesn't want me to flash her a new rom.
Use stock 2.45 firmware with xsspeed kernel instead. My battery is brilliant like that
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Ben36 said:
Use stock 2.45 firmware with xsspeed kernel instead. My battery is brilliant like that
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which governor/scheduler and which frequencies?
ive just installed sspeed kernel couple of days ago, and so far i'm not noticing a great deal of difference :s
Hey friends I am currently running the OMEGA v28 4.1.1 JB ROM on my international GS3 i9300 and it is also rooted of course and I don't think I'm being paranoid but my battery life has took a massive drop since rooting my device. I am not overclocking mu CPU and I have tried out some rooted apps like battery saver for example and I actually think it made it worse. I have all the usual setting disabled to allow for optimal battery life like brightness right down, auto sync off, wi-fi off when the phone is locked I also only use the wi-fi manually if and when I need it and all that good stuff like smart stay and vibration off. I am wondering if anyone knows of something I'm not trying???
Had it charged to 100% this morning at 9PM and by 1PM I'm down to 79% already and I haven't made any calls and only used it to check my email and facebook for around 10 mins!!! is this normal for everyone else???
:crying::crying::crying:
Cheers
Gary
Sound normal for Sammy JB rom.
Some said Facebook is also causing the battery drains.
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Did you reset your battery stats? Charge to 100%, reset battery stats from CWM or delete batterystats.bin -file, let the battery run out.
You might want to use currentwidget to log your battery usage.
I noticed big battery drop between 4.0.4 and 4.1.1 used to get 24 hours one charge 4 hours screen time. Now I get only about 12 hours.
Might just be me :/
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I'm using also omega rom v28, have it installed recently. I cannot say how good is the battery with this rom, but so far I have like 56% in 20h, with 2h screen, sopcast 30min, voice cals 37mins....etc (also using wifi manually when needed)
Try out different roms and find out what works for you.
You can also use an app like BetterBatteryStats to check what's draining your battery. Its just to check whats use power.
Don't use batterysaving apps most of the time they are making it worse
I'm running Omega ROM V27.2 and yes it's normal to have a difference about battery life between ICS & JB.
To improve my battery life I installed the phenomenal extreme kernel, and now I'm totally happy with it. You should take a look to its topic in the GS3 Android Development forum. The dev developed 3 versions of his kernel to fit to most of the phone.
Also as others told you, you should get BBS app to point out the wakelocks & define which app is your problem.
Personally, I'm at 45% charged, and already used it during 21h 10m including more than 2 hours screen on. My auto-sync is always on and my WiFi only when I enable it. I'm using a live wallpaper and a lot Twitter.
When I do nothing I can reach more than 2 days.
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Hallo,
I have the OMEGA v28 4.1.1 JB ROM flashed on Thuersday and i´m testing the ROM at a long time.
I use the Phenomenal4.0Medium Kernel and i must say the BatteryLife is very good. I`m working over 15 ours with him and i have 58 % on it.
My WIFI is every time on and Autosync when i use my calender and planners. For me a good app handdling battery life is "GREENPower" in Market Place.
But it´s my idea.
Here is the Link for the phenomenal kernel in xda android Galaxy S3 Deverlopment:
https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHwKPxW1UU2a1wL7GTpnUzIaGRUxw
Greetings
sorry for my bad english
P:S Many pleasure for all german flashers
Thanks guys for the info
I will give all this a try and see how I get on. Cheers for all your input.
Gary
Thanks for the help I have installed the phenomenal kernal, hope it helps a little.
gimmick56 said:
Hallo,
I have the OMEGA v28 4.1.1 JB ROM flashed on Thuersday and i´m testing the ROM at a long time.
I use the Phenomenal4.0Medium Kernel and i must say the BatteryLife is very good. I`m working over 15 ours with him and i have 58 % on it.
My WIFI is every time on and Autosync when i use my calender and planners. For me a good app handdling battery life is "GREENPower" in Market Place.
But it´s my idea.
Here is the Link for the phenomenal kernel in xda android Galaxy S3 Deverlopment:
https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHwKPxW1UU2a1wL7GTpnUzIaGRUxw
Greetings
sorry for my bad english
P:S Many pleasure for all german flashers
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can try using betterbattstats to check what is causing wakelocks in your 9300
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can try using betterbattstats to check what is causing wakelocks in your 9300
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As he recommends ...identifying and reducing your wakelocks should be your primary concern. Been reading loads from developers that the insecure jb kernels themselves should already provide good battery management.
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i can't get more than 2h and 30min display and 14h stand by. I have tried perseus, siyah and speedmod kernel. Using wanamlite rom.
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Start with a rom and minimum apps and test that .
jje
doesn't change. it's the same but everything is on: wifi sync and 4-5 accounts.
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that is exactly why i reverted back to ICS.........JB is nice and smooth but "eats" battery quickly.........now,battery life problem on my i9300,solved
Hey guys, if you are going to use custom ROM's you should be prepared for bad battery. The developers are adding so many different features and hacking certain apps to make them work in their ROM's without a lot of investigation into what the reprecussions to battery are. I used to always use custom ROM's but haven't installed one in about 6 months and haven't any problems with battery life. I have the latest JB on my 9300 and battery life is very good. I use GSAM to watch apps that want to go rouge and start sucking battery life. Media Player Service is a big offender as is Facebook. Also stock widgets that get placed by these JB ROM's are always pinging for new data and kill battery quickly. Get rid of them! If you have a stock ROM and are getting bad battery, 99% of the time it will be bad apps, your job is to determine which ones they are and apps like betterbatterystats and GSAM work great to help diagnose the issue.
can anybody else confirm the above post? because i am not sure about the custom roms.
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I will soon have an S3 so I cannot speak specifically about this device / ROM(s).
What I know from using a lot of Android devices and testing original ROMs vs. custom ROMs:
- original ROMs have too much garbage built-in apps and are slower
- original ROMs have everything working
- custom ROMs are much cleaner and faster
- custom ROMs have (too) much problems, something always not working 100%
- custom ROMs usually have stability & battery issues
My personal advice:
- install latest ORIGINAL ROM.
- root it
- install the free app "App Backup & Restore" from Google Play
- search unuseful apps from Samsung (& others) and block the autorun of these apps (note: do not block basic android or samsung apps, as phone, contacts, etc)
I use this method for 1.5 years and this way my Android is clean (you can save over 100-150Mb RAM), FAST and much better battery. Try it.
In the end, if original ROMs have too many original apps, custom ROMs have to many tweeks that in the end, for my taste, the original ROMs + App Backup & Restore win hands down.
zkiprov said:
can anybody else confirm the above post? because i am not sure about the custom roms.
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I have always had custom roms on all my android devices but at the moment I am running stock ics in my s3.
I don't think the S3 needs it.
To be honest I find a lot of the stock based roms full of changes I don't really need, ARHD was a great Rom but recently has started to lag really badly for me (and some other users) so I went back to stock just to see and so far I can't complain. Smooth, fast and the battery is as good if not better than the custom roms.
If the camera didn't suck so bad on AOSP I would be there in a instant
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Hi all, I seem to have a problem with kernal wake locks running my battery down. I installed WXLPY NeatRom Lite about 3 weeks ago have tried flashing and reinstalling the kernal, even a different kernal but still running it down. I upgraded the kernal to 3.0.31-Siyah-v5.0.1+ but still the same if not worse. I charged my battery 100% about 15 minutes ago and it's already at 89%....could someone please recommend a more stable ROM or how I can get back to stock ROM as this doesn't seem to be doing my phone any favours. Plus keep losing use of my camera, lags to much and constantly having to restart to get signal or cause it's frozen.
Pretty new to this but good at following instructions.
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Kaz0721 said:
I charged my battery 100% about 15 minutes ago and it's already at 89%
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You should find out what is causing this problem. Look here. If you find kernel wakelocks, search in xda why they occur and how to suppress them.
You can then decide to go for a new kernel or a stock rom.
Hi, thanks for that. I've tried better battery stats and that's how I found or about the wake locks, it didn't seen to do much, as in telling me what was actually causing them. I've tried a different kernal recommended by Neat ROM developer but that just seemed to make it worse. What's the easiest way to return to stock ROM. Only installed this cause I failed to update to 4.0.4 after unlocking phone. Plus, this battery is less then a month old.
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Hello everybody, I need help with my draining battery of SGS3 I9300.
Before updating to 4.3 OTA official, the battery lasted a day of normal to heavy use, ~ 3 hours screen on time, but now I barely get 1-2 hours.
If I unplug my phone at 12PM, by 7AM when I wake up it is already 88%(no gps wifi bt vibration or data+ power saving on) If I use it I can see it draining in front of my eyes while just web browsing for 10 minutes it goes down like 4-5%.
I never keep gps bt wifi or data on, just when I need it and screen timeout is 15sec and brightness is auto 0.
Power saving does not do anything helpful.
Here's the usage for a regular day.
as what others says,, 4.3 eats alot of battery compared to 4,1 .. you may think of having a custom rom with tweaks that saves battery...
You could try installing a program to watch for wakelocks if you have rooted phone. Then you can observe what wakes your phone up Especially if you say its like 12% at night.
Try wakelock detector to see battery draining apps or just flash a custom rom.
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Have you flash any stock firmware? In that case, it's possible that the drain comes from new firmware ....
Just buy a 4300 mah battery
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As you rooted... uninstall all the unwanted system apps ... use Greenify to hibernate apps...
robindebruin said:
Just buy a 4300 mah battery
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Thanks but I like the thinness of the phone
GianDark said:
Have you flash any stock firmware? In that case, it's possible that the drain comes from new firmware ....
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I have not.
I have disabled several apps via Greenify, here's a wakelock screenshot afterwards.
Anything unusual ?
Try factory reset and see if it helps.
How old is your battery?
1. Disable unused applications (Mostly Samsung Bloaatware).
2. Greenify your applications.
3. Use Boeffla Kernel, with JustArchi's Ultra_PowerSave preset.
4. Try to use dark wallpapers.
Try Archidroid 1.7.16 rom.. It's excellent
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How old is the battery?
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Curst said:
How old is the battery?
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Well it's around over a year old.
I had to replace mine just recently and it was not a year old. It behaved like yours too. :/
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The best way is a new battery its not so expensive.
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verny94 said:
The best way is a new battery its not so expensive.[/QUOTE
So basically it's the battery the one to blame ?
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Most likely.
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Most likely.
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Doubt it.
Those OTA can perform quite a number on your phone. Best way is to check for apps that are draining the battery and maybe perform a clean installation, disabling those crappy OTA updates.