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I have noticed my battery sucks lately. I know the battery isn't the greatest but I was able to get easily a day of use out if it. Now I can barely go a day. I purchased beautiful Widgets, battery indicator and xda app all last week And it seems after that is when my battery went to **** .I used launcher pro for a bit too but started having lag problems so I removed that. Today I uninstalled beautiful Widgets. I'm on wifi and in airplane mode. As I'm typing this I've lost %2 already. Wtf is going on? I have GPS Bluetooth and usually wifi off. I have use only 2G networks, sync only gmail and screen manually set and set to low 30sec TO.
Any suggestions?
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I have noticed my battery sucks lately. I know the battery isn't the greatest but I was able to get easily a day of use out if it. Now I can barely go a day. I purchased beautiful Widgets, battery indicator and xda app all last week And it seems after that is when my battery went to **** .I used launcher pro for a bit too but started having lag problems so I removed that. Today I uninstalled beautiful Widgets. I'm on wifi and in airplane mode. As I'm typing this I've lost %2 already. Wtf is going on? I have GPS Bluetooth and usually wifi off. I have use only 2G networks, sync only gmail and screen manually set and set to low 30sec TO.
Any suggestions?
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its the poor os. not the battery it self. why do you think everyone wants froyo so bad.
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its the poor os. not the battery it self. why do you think everyone wants froyo so bad.
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Sounds like way more than that. I can certainly type a couple paragraphs before my % drops at all. You sure haven't installed something else? If not you could have a defect.? Possibly return it and get a new one?
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Sounds like way more than that. I can certainly type a couple paragraphs before my % drops at all. You sure haven't installed something else? If not you could have a defect.? Possibly return it and get a new one?
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GPS test, beautiful Widgets, battery indicator, arc media(removed ),updates for some apps and that's it.
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Quick question, which ROM are you running? Ever since I switched over to leaked JI2, every couple days I notice that after running one of a few apps, the CPU just seems to go into overdrive. The phone gets really warm and the battery drains ridiculously fast. So fast that even plugging into my car charger won't charge the phone, even on idle. If I reboot, the phone cools down and the battery drain goes back to its normal, slow self.
I haven't narrowed it down to any specific app yet, but it seems to be either, Foursquare, Great Land Grab, or Bubble Blast.
Foursquare I have, I don't remember when I installed it. I am actually just running stock TW.
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I get 15hrs... I am not ROOTED! I did the drain battery life process twice. This is with moderate usage. I am planning to do the drain battery process once a month cuz I hear it helps with battery life. Possible that u install something that's killing your battery.
Solution do the master reset if that doesn't help then it can be the battery is no good. I know that this is with the stock rom. If u are using another rom that's maybe the problem. U can try switchig roms to see if this is the problem. I hope this information has been helpful.
Does the master reset remove everything ? I have all my pics/videos on my phone meM. I have music and avatar on SD.
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I have all of those apps except for battery indicator. I get about just over a full day. I would say turn off Wifi Sleep Policy and see if that helps.
Aspeds2989 said:
I have all of those apps except for battery indicator. I get about just over a full day. I would say turn off Wifi Sleep Policy and see if that helps.
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I did turn it off So wifi stays on even in sleep but I thought that was the problem do I Changed it back. I Just removed Touiteur and it seems to decrease slower, I updated it Saturday night. ?
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hey presence ive been having the same troubles lately...and i also jst recently got on foursquare...so maybe thats what it is...ive been looking at all my latest inslaeed apps and nothing else seems like it would have a battery drain effect...idk lol
I've had it installed for a while But started using it as of late. GPS fails all the time now though for some reason. Idk. But its kind of frustrating
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I have the same issue and i run system app n it doesn't show anything abnormal running. Its awfully frustrating i went from being good for 18hours to being in the red after 12 hours. I dropped 2% just writing this. I have only 84% left after 1.5hours this morning...and I have no service during my 1hour commute so I haven't used it. Standby is killing my battery.
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disturkis4u said:
I have the same issue and i run system app n it doesn't show anything abnormal running. Its awfully frustrating i went from being good for 18hours to being in the red after 12 hours. I dropped 2% just writing this. I have only 84% left after 1.5hours this morning...and I have no service during my 1hour commute so I haven't used it. Standby is killing my battery.
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It seems as though it drains faster in standby with nothing running. I removed FourSquare last night and have nothing running as far as widgets. I'm going to reboot and see. I've had it unplugged since 7am this morning, after a little over an hour I lost 2%.. not that bad I guess..
presence06 said:
I removed FourSquare last night and have nothing running as far as widgets. I'm going to reboot and see. I've had it unplugged since 7am this morning, after a little over an hour I lost 2%.. not that bad I guess..
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I guess we can safely say it is foursquare widget draining the battery then
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I've had this happen a few times. For me, it's usually because my battery status gets thrown off somehow. The phone would read that I have 55% battery life left, but it really only is at 25 or 30% and it always feels like it's draining fast. I usually turn off the phone, pull the battery out for a few seconds and then put it back it. When I turn on the phone the battery percentage is corrected and the phones seems to be back to normal battery use. I don't know why this happens.
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This was suddenly happening to me today -- my battery started draining very quickly, mostly on standby (I usually have quite good battery life). No new or unusual apps installed in the past week (I don't use Foursquare).
I gave it a power-down/battery pull; no adjustment in the % as described in the post above, but it seems to be draining more normally now. Weird....
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This was suddenly happening to me today -- my battery started draining very quickly, mostly on standby (I usually have quite good battery life). No new or unusual apps installed in the past week (I don't use Foursquare).
I gave it a power-down/battery pull; no adjustment in the % as described in the post above, but it seems to be draining more normally now. Weird....
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Same thing happens to me every couple days. Rebooting the phone fixes it every single time though, so it's not a big deal if I catch it in time. If I didn't catch it, I'd estimate my phone would be drained (even in standby) within 4 hours or so.
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Same thing happens to me every couple days. Rebooting the phone fixes it every single time though, so it's not a big deal if I catch it in time. If I didn't catch it, I'd estimate my phone would be drained (even in standby) within 4 hours or so.
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Same here, I rebooted after removing FS and some other apps/touitur and got 1day 13hrs on the next charge with pretty moderate use. So whatever it was, it's gone now. If it was FS hopefully it's fixed soon.
Had a similar experience, with battery % entering freefall every time I turned the phone on. Two things helped:
1. I did the drain cycle. Drain the battery completely till it shuts off and charge it to full while off. This does not 'fromat/form' the battery in any way it just helps the phone to calibrate the meter.
2. I uninstalled few apps that I suspected were draining the battery.
I advise you install JuicePlotter and see the graph of battery drain. You'll be able to tell if the phone is entering standby or not. Thanks to some culprit apps (still figuring out what it was exactly) my phone was not entering standby at all hence the crap battery life.
So in the last few weeks, my standby time has gone down a great deal. I have power efficiency and power saver turned on. All of my accounts are on manual sync and I don't sync them because I am trying to get an idea of what is sucking away my power. My screen brightness is set to 20% and I hardly use my phone for calls during the day as I use my desk phone for that. Wifi and bluetooth are disabled. I really have a love/hate relationship with this phone.
Anyone have any ideas?
I'm actually on the same boat. Just this morning I unplugged it...battery said 100% then 4.5hrs later its down to 17%. The phone was running pretty hot too...I even mentioned it too my wife and she said it was pretty hot. Not doing too much with it while it happened. Just woke up ...poked around on xda and fb. Then took my lil one to the bus stop while taking the dog for a walk..come 11oclock my phone was at 17%....I'm gonna wipe and start all over..hopefully it gets whatever is causing the issues. I usually get a good 10-16 hrs depending on use.
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Have you tried using a different battery? I bought an anker battery online and it turned out to be better than the stock battery. Maybe my stock one was faulty,can't really explain. But you should try it.
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download badass battery from the market, it will tell you everything!
Two days ago my amaze started doing what you describe,battery life from 100% to 10% in about 5 hrs MAX, also the phone was very hot, so I pull out the battery but with no results. I notice that 4g was always downloading data, I verified the running services on the phone and discover the calendar apk was rebooting like crazy...the real problem was peep calendar sync was somehow stuck and after turning it to manual voilá! problem solved, temperature goes down, 4g stopped working and battery stopped draining. hope this help think you may found a solution verifying running services.
My amaze is 100% stock.
What helped my battery life was reducing sync frequency. Coming from a MT4G, I was used to updating work mail every 5 minutes. Changed all my sync timers to 1 hour and my battery life improved from 6 hours (including standby) to over 20 hours. I also disabled wifi increased performance (I had previously enabled it) and used medium brightness. A shame, that last one, because the screen is beautiful at full brightness.
That's weird. I have everything synced and I still get about 6 hours a day of use. Of course not heavy use though.
OK, I installed badass battery. I also turned off the weather widget. I removed my phone from the charger at 730am this morning and at 330pm, my battery is at 95% according to badass battery. I also turned off the wallpaper I was using that was displaying 4 clocks in 4 diffent time zones. I wouldn't have thought that those 2 things would drain the battery like it was.
Like I said........Love/Hate relationship.
I installed screen filter from the market last night and used it to turn off the backlight from the hardware buttons, and I also reduced the sync frequency like someone else said (and turned some useless ones off completely). I unplugged my phone at about 8:50 a.m. this morning. It is now 7:53 p.m., and my battery has only lost 22% of its charge (unheard of for me after 11 hours). Don't know which of those helped more, but my battery life is definitely a lot better.
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I installed screen filter from the market last night and used it to turn off the backlight from the hardware buttons, and I also reduced the sync frequency like someone else said (and turned some useless ones off completely). I unplugged my phone at about 8:50 a.m. this morning. It is now 7:53 p.m., and my battery has only lost 22% of its charge (unheard of for me after 11 hours). Don't know which of those helped more, but my battery life is definitely a lot better.
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Wow! I wish I had battery power like that. I was on NRG's ROM but found the battery to be draining pretty fast (~7 hours with moderate use). I installed fourth bar sense last night because of all the positive battery reviews I heard. Removed my charger at 700AM, it is now almost 830AM and I am at 88% with light use (drained too fast for 1.5 hours in minimal use IMO). I am trying to control the syncing and its auto-brightness
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Wow! I wish I had battery power like that. I was on NRG's ROM but found the battery to be draining pretty fast (~7 hours with moderate use). I installed fourth bar sense last night because of all the positive battery reviews I heard. Removed my charger at 700AM, it is now almost 830AM and I am at 88% with light use (drained too fast for 1.5 hours in minimal use IMO). I am trying to control the syncing and its auto-brightness
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Auto-brightness will never help you save battery. The best option IMO is 20 - 33% brightness
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OK, I installed badass battery. I also turned off the weather widget. I removed my phone from the charger at 730am this morning and at 330pm, my battery is at 95% according to badass battery. I also turned off the wallpaper I was using that was displaying 4 clocks in 4 diffent time zones. I wouldn't have thought that those 2 things would drain the battery like it was.
Like I said........Love/Hate relationship.
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That's almost too hard to believe! You don't have Gmail?
Are you rooted and using a custom rom?
Really depends on what's running, live wallpaper will definitely suck the life out of a battery but other apps do as well. I installed an auto loan program once and over the next couple of days my battery life seemed possessed, you could almost watch it drain, 60, 59, 58.... so I uninstalling things and when I got to that it went back to normal. Not sure what causes this, sloppy programming, nefarious evil things, who knows. I never have always connected anything, that's just asking for a kick me. I also use custom roms and that really makes a big impact on the plus side. I get a good full day of pretty heavy use out of my amaze but I also have a spare Anker battery just in case, that to me is cheap insurance especially on the road.
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Auto-brightness will never help you save battery. The best option IMO is 20 - 33% brightness
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That's almost too hard to believe! You don't have Gmail?
Are you rooted and using a custom rom?
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I do have Gmail. Should I be checking something here? As far as root and custom ROM? No it is bone stock.
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I installed screen filter from the market last night and used it to turn off the backlight from the hardware buttons, and I also reduced the sync frequency like someone else said (and turned some useless ones off completely). I unplugged my phone at about 8:50 a.m. this morning. It is now 7:53 p.m., and my battery has only lost 22% of its charge (unheard of for me after 11 hours). Don't know which of those helped more, but my battery life is definitely a lot better.
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I am not sure how that is possible as I wouldn't think the soft key lighting would suck much battery life, not to mention I use that app and get no where near those hours. I know sync will increase it, but that much? Got a screen shot of this claim?
Even in stand by mode, the battery drops more than 30% for me in 8 hours if I forget to charge it overnight.
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Hi guys,
Is anyone having battery drain issues with their new sgs3's?
With my one it wouldn't last 12 hours without dying. Also if its at 100% it'll drop to 70% overnight while i sleep (6-7 hours) and thats with power saver on, sync off and running juicedefender.
Today I factory reset the phone and only installed flash, whatsapp and dolphin browser. Have wifi on, sync, data, gps and bluetooth off. Havent got pictures of battery stats yet since I only reset it half an hour ago.
So is anyone else experiencing battery drain? if so have you fixed it? and how?
Are there any apps I should be aware of that drain the battery?
I would remove juice defender.
Uninstall lightflow app if you are using it.
Use betterbstterystats to identify any wakelocks. The xda thread of the same name will be able to help with solutions.
Other than that follow general tips on increasing battery life that are found all over xda.
This device is easily capable of much better battery life than you are getting.
Good luck.
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Something wrong with your battery maybe? This phone is easily one of the longest lasting smart phones I've used
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I lost only 8 percent at night's . Install bad ass battery monitor and find the culprit app
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uf21 said:
Hi guys,
Is anyone having battery drain issues with their new sgs3's?
With my one it wouldn't last 12 hours without dying. Also if its at 100% it'll drop to 70% overnight while i sleep (6-7 hours) and thats with power saver on, sync off and running juicedefender.
Today I factory reset the phone and only installed flash, whatsapp and dolphin browser. Have wifi on, sync, data, gps and bluetooth off. Havent got pictures of battery stats yet since I only reset it half an hour ago.
So is anyone else experiencing battery drain? if so have you fixed it? and how?
Are there any apps I should be aware of that drain the battery?
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No issues at all so far, in my case. In fact this is the first Android phone I've owned that has no battery-related issues
Based on my previous experience what you can try doing is (a) install CPU Spy to see if your phone is entering 'deep sleep' appropriately (b) install BetterBatteryStats to identify offending applications.
Even the 'Battery' section in settings is useful -- just check if any apps are keeping the phone awake for longer than you've actually used them ('Stay Awake' number).
ok well ive installed bad ass battery monitor since its free. Also since I did factory restore i charged it to full and in 1 hour 44 mins it used 7% on idle. Going to charge it to full again and use it normally to see how it is.
Only apps ive installed is XDA, badd ass battery, dolphin browser and whatsapp.
maybe you have samsung widgets etc set to refresh every hour or shorter. Or could be Whatapp
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maybe you have samsung widgets etc set to refresh every hour or shorter. Or could be Whatapp
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That's after the factory reset. Before I had a more stuff installed.
Right now it's been about 3.5 hours and I'm at 74% with light use.
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That's definitely not right. Perhaps you have a dodgy battery? Can you find an app that measures the batteries mha. I use battery monitor pro. I will post a screenshot for comparison.
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i have a problem with battery also... when it goes 100% and i unplug the charger ii falls directly to 99% i tried everything wipe battery stats left the phone 5-6 hours to charge but nothing...
maybe i need a new battery? can i try anything else?
[email protected]@xyS said:
i have a problem with battery also... when it goes 100% and i unplug the charger ii falls directly to 99% i tried everything wipe battery stats left the phone 5-6 hours to charge but nothing...
maybe i need a new battery? can i try anything else?
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Don't be concerned by this. It appears to be normal behavior on this phone.
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corrsea said:
That's definitely not right. Perhaps you have a dodgy battery? Can you find an app that measures the batteries mha. I use battery monitor pro. I will post a screenshot for comparison.
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Just woke up and about to start work (Australia time). Ive taken a bunch of screenshots from stock battery monitor and from bad ass battery monitor. Will post up when I get home.
Also I installed battery monitor pro but it wont let me select 2100mAh. when I put it 2100mAh and press ok it just goes back to 1500mAh. Battery is currently at 36%.
uf21 said:
Hi guys,
Is anyone having battery drain issues with their new sgs3's?
With my one it wouldn't last 12 hours without dying. Also if its at 100% it'll drop to 70% overnight while i sleep (6-7 hours) and thats with power saver on, sync off and running juicedefender.
Today I factory reset the phone and only installed flash, whatsapp and dolphin browser. Have wifi on, sync, data, gps and bluetooth off. Havent got pictures of battery stats yet since I only reset it half an hour ago.
So is anyone else experiencing battery drain? if so have you fixed it? and how?
Are there any apps I should be aware of that drain the battery?
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Make a search for BetterBatteryStats in xda, install, learn how to use it and identify the cause of the drain
uf21 said:
Just woke up and about to start work (Australia time). Ive taken a bunch of screenshots from stock battery monitor and from bad ass battery monitor. Will post up when I get home.
Also I installed battery monitor pro but it wont let me select 2100mAh. when I put it 2100mAh and press ok it just goes back to 1500mAh. Battery is currently at 36%.
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Just a guess bit that might indicate that your unit has been shipped with a dodgy battery. I would get it tested and replaced.
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Not too happy with my battery either. Fully charged over night and its down to 89% 1hr 30 later. Is that normal? However, you did mention lightflow earlier though which I have installed - Is that a massive battery drain? My battery stats seem to show display as being the big culprit but I have brightness set to it lowest setting.
Also, can't seem to find battery monitor pro on play?
Not too happy with my battery either. Fully charged over night and its down to 89% 1hr 30 later. Is that normal? However, you did mention lightflow earlier though which I have installed - Is that a massive battery drain? My battery stats seem to show display as being the big culprit but I have brightness set to it lowest setting.
Also, can't seem to find battery monitor pro on play?
It's wifi, don't use it in sleep mode. There's a bug with it right now that keeps it awake.
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SlimJ87D said:
It's wifi, don't use it in sleep mode. There's a bug with it right now that keeps it awake.
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Would you not want wifi active in sleep mode so you are still getting emails etc?
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Would you not want wifi active in sleep mode so you are still getting emails etc?
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No, I have a data plan. But trust me wifi is the culprit. I have a topic on this in the general section.
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No, I have a data plan. But trust me wifi is the culprit. I have a topic on this in the general section.
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I'm on Omega V4.0 and with wifi always on, fully charged 3 hours back and when i woke up it's 95% remaining. So about 1.66% loss per hour in sleep mode. With regular usage and installing and testing different roms and backing up etc them i easily get about 8~10 hours. Phone's made in Korea and battery mfg date is 2012.5.6.
Plus tons of widgets on home screens.
So I got my GS3 in the mail last night, overnight shipping is an amazing thing. The phone looks and feels great, I'm very pleased with it in all ways imaginable but one....my battery is dropping power like theres no tomorrow.
I left my device to do a full charge over night. Unplugged it when I left for work at 7:45am. It is now 9:35am and my battery went from 100% to 83% with the majority of that time spent in sleep mode. The built in battery monitor was showing my display taking 71% of my battery power....thats insane. I got it so late last night that all I had time to do was setup my sim card and configure the phone with my personal data. I haven't even installed anything yet. All screens are still factory default.
I'm at work currently and just did a full factory reset. Battery usage on display now shows 53% and increasing. I have dropped brightness to nothing and still the display is leeching power. At this point I don't know what to do.
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So I got my GS3 in the mail last night, overnight shipping is an amazing thing. The phone looks and feels great, I'm very pleased with it in all ways imaginable but one....my battery is dropping power like theres no tomorrow.
I left my device to do a full charge over night. Unplugged it when I left for work at 7:45am. It is now 9:35am and my battery went from 100% to 83% with the majority of that time spent in sleep mode. The built in battery monitor was showing my display taking 71% of my battery power....thats insane. I got it so late last night that all I had time to do was setup my sim card and configure the phone with my personal data. I haven't even installed anything yet. All screens are still factory default.
I'm at work currently and just did a full factory reset. Battery usage on display now shows 53% and increasing. I have dropped brightness to nothing and still the display is leeching power. At this point I don't know what to do.
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What is your actual screen on time?
killing is my business, And business is good.
compared to many of the other battery posts it seems like yours might have a bad one, not sure. That drainage doesn't sound normal but I have no hands-on exp with the phone yet
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So I got my GS3 in the mail last night, overnight shipping is an amazing thing. The phone looks and feels great, I'm very pleased with it in all ways imaginable but one....my battery is dropping power like theres no tomorrow.
I left my device to do a full charge over night. Unplugged it when I left for work at 7:45am. It is now 9:35am and my battery went from 100% to 83% with the majority of that time spent in sleep mode. The built in battery monitor was showing my display taking 71% of my battery power....thats insane. I got it so late last night that all I had time to do was setup my sim card and configure the phone with my personal data. I haven't even installed anything yet. All screens are still factory default.
I'm at work currently and just did a full factory reset. Battery usage on display now shows 53% and increasing. I have dropped brightness to nothing and still the display is leeching power. At this point I don't know what to do.
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You sir, just need to use your phone more to calibrate the battery.
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Time On: 12m 36s
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1.u need to charge ur phone at least 4 hours
2.then download battery calibration software from app store
after downloading click calibrate.it will b ok.
try to avoid restart ur phone again n again.
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Time On: 12m 36s
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Yeah I would give it a day or two to stabilize..... use it as much as you can.....I at least can see how you would be concerned, but don't be....it will get better.
You MAY have a bad battery but it is WAY to early to start thinking that.
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Any advice on a reliable\trustworthy battery calibrator app?
And yea, I understand I may have got my hands on a (hopefully) rare bad battery. But the display usage seems extreme to me. I suppose that'll be adjusted with calibration though?
Sorry for my noobiness. Prior to receiving this SG3 I was an Iphone4 user with an Asus Transformer TF101 tablet. Got the tablet after the iphone to experience the android OS for the first time, which is what led me to exchange my iphone for a SG3. I have some working knowledge of Android, but strictly from a tablet perspective.
To my knowledge battery calibration on this device is the same as the S2....which means calibration apps a deleting battery stats does not work. The best calibration you can do at that point is to pull the battery for like five minutes and then put it back in.
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do you have service at work? if not, that might be the reason
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Ok, I'll do a full charge on the battery then pull it. I'll drop it back in after 5mins and report back if there is any change in the usage display.
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Ok, I'll do a full charge on the battery then pull it. I'll drop it back in after 5mins and report back if there is any change in the usage display.
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Are you using wifi by any chance?
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Yeah if havent yet run it flat i would pretty much ignore everything the battery stats and status bar tell you.
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Yes I use wifi. I have little to no use for data plans, so I typically buy my cell phone at full price to eliminate high monthly fees (canada data rates are retarded), and ensure I'm not locked into a contract.
So yes, I always run wifi so when I'm at a location with wifi I get some added functionality.
On or off however, the affect on the drain is not even noticeable.
I'm still continuing my phone charge to 100%. This time I'm using a power outlet rather than a computer usb port. We'll see if things are any different when its done. Currently at 98% and charging.
Well the battery showed 100% at 10:53
Pulled battery and put back in at 10:58
By 11:01 battery% dropped to 98%
Guess all I can do now is try and drain the battery completely and then try another full charge.
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11:25 battery is now 95%
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Yes I use wifi. I have little to no use for data plans, so I typically buy my cell phone at full price to eliminate high monthly fees (canada data rates are retarded), and ensure I'm not locked into a contract.
So yes, I always run wifi so when I'm at a location with wifi I get some added functionality.
On or off however, the affect on the drain is not even noticeable.
I'm still continuing my phone charge to 100%. This time I'm using a power outlet rather than a computer usb port. We'll see if things are any different when its done. Currently at 98% and charging.
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I knew you were using wifi. Look at my topic a little bit below yours. It's called the "Battery Drain almost solved."
It's wifi that is killing your battery. Have it set to turn off when it enters deep sleep. The WiFi is not regulating it's power draw. When your phone sleep wifi stays on like you are downloading something when it should be turning off and sleeping as well.
I'm trying to make this more widely known so Samsung can fix it.
I did see that post before starting my own, which is why I turned wifi off completely to test my own battery issues before posting. But I saw no difference in battery performance. And the display usage still showed 60-70% use of the battery, even with brightness turned low and the screen spending most of its time in sleep
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sigh, now the phone is making look the fool because I decided to test again with wifi turned off and I'm noticing a slight improvement in battery longevity. Display usage still shows a scary 55% of usage even it the screen remains off 90% of the time and I just wake it up to view current battery stats
as far as i remember, a gui of mobiflip has mentioned that you should deactivate the dlna/wifi direct option in the settings of your s3. don't know if this helps
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dlna/wifi direct option are off by default and are still off when I went in and checked. S-Beam and NFC are active by default though, so I've now turned those off...will test further
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So currently I'm testing the phone with wifi always on but the sbeam and nfc services disabled. (also, I'm leaving the screen ON and not letting it sleep...so I can actively monitor its progress with screen activity)
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12:45 85%
12:55 84%
13:05 81%
13:15 79%
13:35 76%
13:45 74%
edit3: (now turning off wifi completely and gps, leaving screen ON still)
13:50 73%
14:00 72%
14:10 70%
14:20 68%
14:30 67%
Hi have my phone five days now, and was super thrilled about the supposed battery life.
Well, not very happy so far, battery life seems to be worse than my HTC U11.
I have installed AccuBattery (Pro) and it tells me my Design capacity for the battery is 1000mah. This cannot be correct, so I changed it to 4200 mah.
It is telling me my battery health is 92%. What is going on, as I feel battery life is not that good. Do I have a faulty phone??
I agree
Sounds like it's faulty. The battery on mine is amazing. Lasts for ages and charges ridiculously quickly.
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RJUK said:
Sounds like it's faulty. The battery on mine is amazing. Lasts for ages and charges ridiculously quickly.
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omg then. What to do. I have had it less than a week. Why would accubattery display 1000mah
Send it back and get a replacement under warranty.
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Send it back and get a replacement under warranty.
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How do I prove its crap battery life. Feel like going back to the three shop and insisting on a replacement, but it just my word
Post your battery status, use device id app to see if you have 4200mah.
You might have rogue app, try to clear cache via recovery.
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Post your battery status, use device id app to see if you have 4200mah.
You might have rogue app, try to clear cache via recovery.
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How do I do that please I just installed a device id app and it tells me battery 4200mAh
Weird AccuBattery says 1000mAh
Gsam battery stats, install that and it will show you the battery usage.
Also go to settings, battery, battery usage, upload a screen shot
I added two files to show you what is you should be getting, please note, our usage is vastly different, so YMMV.
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I added two files to show you what is you should be getting, please note, our usage is vastly different, so YMMV.
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will do later, just had it plugged in and restarted so stats will be off
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DWV3T77ZsAfKYfZsT-YHOZBZgOnb6wTt
Official Huawei stores can change your battery for about 20USD. Just contact any of your local Huawei outlets.
I also use AccuBattety and it reports the battery at 92% too. My guess is that AccuBattety has a harder time estimating the charge properly because of the super fast charging. I've never tried with a slow charger to see if its reading would be any different.
That said, I usually get around 7-8h of on screen time.
Standby drain is usually decent though sometimes if it drains too quickly overnight, I looks at the battery stats in settings and usually find an app misbehaving. I like going in the battery details, software section and looking at the summary per hour to see which app consumes how much. Usually at night I'll only have 1-2 apps consuming like 1 mah per hour. But sometimes I find an app that might have crashed or something and consumes more.
I am pretty impressed I usually get around 7.5 hours with a fair use of Facebook which drains juice, but without using Facebook I can get 9.5 to 10.5 hour SOT.
I usually charge up and unplug before going to sleep, with wifi and location services on I lose at most 2% in 7 to 8 hour, with mobile data on I lose about 4 to 5 percent.
I am quite a heavy user, but Gsam battery says average of 9 hours SOT since measurements began a few weeks ago.
I'd like to see how long it would last on standby but I'd never get to do that ? unless I go to device Rehab.
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I would say light use, 10 mins off Facebook at night. Charged it to 100 % last night and took it off charge before I went to sleep. Went from 100 to 88% over 9 hours while I was sleeping. Is that normal?
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I would say light use, 10 mins off Facebook at night. Charged it to 100 % last night and took it off charge before I went to sleep. Went from 100 to 88% over 9 hours while I was sleeping. Is that normal?
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It's poor but that's because u have apps that draining the juice, even without mobile data or wifi on, Facebook is the first one.
Had same issue, today i lost 2% in 8 hours, which is very good.
Make sure before you go to sleep, to turn off your mobile data and any app that needs internet connection in the background, mainly facebook, insta and such...
my usage 2 days without charging...
20% left....
and over 9 hours OST.....
battery life is amazing!
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my usage 2 days without charging...
20% left....
and over 9 hours OST.....
battery life is amazing!
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As it should be,I'm upset:crying:
Went back to the three shop today, explained all. Guy in shop took a couple of photos of the battery stats, and said he will call me back, I just want a new phone.
I had an HTC U11 previously, with all the same apps installed, and a lower capacity battery, and phone would last me all day with 45% or so at the end of the day. All settings the same.
I'm convinced it's a faulty battery. Proving it is difficult.
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How do I prove its crap battery life. Feel like going back to the three shop and insisting on a replacement, but it just my word
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cancel your upgrade and start again if you can. Thats why I always buy online or over the phone so I get the 14 day return option.
Went back to the three shop today, explained all. Guy in shop took a couple of photos of the battery stats, and said he will call me back, I just want a new phone
I had an HTC U11 previously, with all the same apps installed, and a lower capacity battery, and phone would last me all day with 45% or so at the end of the day. All settings the same.
I'm convinced it's a faulty battery.