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Ok its me aging hopefully this hasn't been posted either cuz I haven't came across it....but anyway today I decided to calibrate my battery let it die out and charge while the phone is off...and this was around 5pm....I fell asleep and it is now midnight and its still charging and I know stock batteries don't need a lot of time to charge unlike extended batteries.....has anyone else come across this or does this phone need 7hrs plus of charging??
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Ok its me aging hopefully this hasn't been posted either cuz I haven't came across it....but anyway today I decided to calibrate my battery let it die out and charge while the phone is off...and this was around 5pm....I fell asleep and it is now midnight and its still charging and I know stock batteries don't need a lot of time to charge unlike extended batteries.....has anyone else come across this or does this phone need 7hrs plus of charging??
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There is no need to calibrate the battery. When the phone reaches 99% charge capacity, it will take a while for it to achieve 100%. Once it achieves 100%, it will let the battery drop back down to 95% then it will begin charging back to 100%. It is a repeated process. It will keep doing this until the phone is removed from the charger.
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There is no need to calibrate the battery. When the phone reaches 99% charge capacity, it will take a while for it to achieve 100%. Once it achieves 100%, it will let the battery drop back down to 95% then it will begin charging back to 100%. It is a repeated process. It will keep doing this until the phone is removed from the charger.
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Yea I understand that as far ad the phone being on and charging right?? But my phone was off and after 7hrs my charging like was still red I just turned it on and it was at 90 and just like that it went to 70
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Yea I understand that as far ad the phone being on and charging right?? But my phone was off and after 7hrs my charging like was still red I just turned it on and it was at 90 and just like that it went to 70
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That is interesting.. Are you using the stock battery/charger? Are you connected through an outlet or usb port?
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That is interesting.. Are you using the stock battery/charger? Are you connected through an outlet or usb port?
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Yes stock battery and its through an outlet I never do usb cuz i don't believe it charges fully (IMO)
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Yes stock battery and its through an outlet I never do usb cuz i don't believe it charges fully (IMO)
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Once you disconnect, your battery drops from 90 to 70 in a matter of minutes?
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If that is the case, I would say bad battery. BUT I do remember reading that there were some Evo 3D's that suffered from the same problem, and they were also getting extremely hot. If that is the case, I suggest exchanging.
Was your phone normal before?
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Happened to me before when my phone died..... This battery takes forever to charge.
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Once you disconnect, your battery drops from 90 to 70 in a matter of minutes?
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Yes it did there was a lil notch gone in the status bar next thing I know the battery is at the 70% Mark
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EricSS619 said:
Happened to me before when my phone died..... This battery takes forever to charge.
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I have yet to experience this substantial drop. Hmm...
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If that is the case, I would say bad battery. BUT I do remember reading that there were some Evo 3D's that suffered from the same problem, and they were also getting extremely hot. If that is the case, I suggest exchanging.
Was your phone normal before?
Ok and yes I got the phone 2days ago and besides the 3 digit weather issue my phone was normal to my knowledge
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So at one point and time, it was normal? Have you installed any apps since then?
Edit: Have you done any of the OTA's?
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Happened to me before when my phone died..... This battery takes forever to charge.
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Ok well ill do another test later on cuz if the phone takes this long to charge I would think we should have awesome battery life say 10 hours plus I could be wrong tho
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So at one point and time, it was normal? Have you installed any apps since then?
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It was normal as no issues that I've noticed but this was the first time I charged the phone being off also and I doubt an app wouldn't cause this specially when the phone is off so therefore nothing running
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Ok well ill do another test later on cuz if the phone takes this long to charge I would think we should have awesome battery life say 10 hours plus I could be wrong tho
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Let the phone die down to 15%, then charge it. If it drops significantly again, then we may have a problem. It could be a bad battery or an app you must have downloaded.
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It was normal as no issues that I've noticed but this was the first time I charged the phone being off also and I doubt an app wouldn't cause this specially when the phone is off so therefore nothing running
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A smart phone is like a pocket sized computer. There can be malicious apps that can harm the phone. But if that isn't the case, I suggest hard resetting. If that still doesn't work, replace.
Edit: Try my other solutions first.
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A smart phone is like a pocket sized computer. There can be malicious apps that can harm the phone. But if that isn't the case, I suggest hard resetting. If that still doesn't work, replace.
Edit: Try my other solutions first.
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Gotcha thanks....ill try all the above
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I personally had strange battery problems the first week I had the phone, and after that my battery life became quite good (I did the battery calibration technique from the og evo and it helped a lot also).
So if you're saying it's strange after a couple days I'd say give it a chance to go through a couple more charge cycles. I'd bet the issues will sort themselves out.
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Yes stock battery and its through an outlet I never do usb cuz i don't believe it charges fully (IMO)
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What makes you think this?
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I personally had strange battery problems the first week I had the phone, and after that my battery life became quite good (I did the battery calibration technique from the og evo and it helped a lot also).
So if you're saying it's strange after a couple days I'd say give it a chance to go through a couple more charge cycles. I'd bet the issues will sort themselves out.
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I'll give it to the end of the week and see what happens ......thanks everyone
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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?
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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?
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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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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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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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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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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%
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I cant stand it no more ... i bought sgs3 2 weeks ago .. now my battery is not ok ... what shoukd i do ? I got warranty but they just switched tjlhe battery andit is back again
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I cant stand it no more ... i bought sgs3 2 weeks ago .. now my battery is not ok ... what shoukd i do ? I got warranty but they just switched tjlhe battery andit is back again
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Your battery is okay. You probably turned your screen too bright or viewing your screen in bright environment. Leaving brightness in auto give slightly more than 2 hours screen time with 3G and push all on.
Facebook sync it's probably your major problem
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The sync is off .. and i saw people with 30 hours on the battery
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Battery drain might be bcoz of Jelly bean update itself. I've had my S3 for three months, battery lasted me for 2 days until I updated to jellybean. Now 5 % goes every hour even without using it. I'm sure an update will come out to fix this
If you are still using stock mod, have you removed any bloatware? Take a look in Apps/Running Apps to see weather or not your battery drain is being caused by unwanted/unused applications.
using latest wanam lite with persus kernal
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using latest wanam lite with persus kernal
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All you basically did was make calls, no wonder you got 18 hours
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Samsungnooby said:
All you basically did was make calls, no wonder you got 18 hours
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Its doesnt seem that he just did calls.. the display use is almost 3 hrs with 40% still remaining ..
The battery life is dependent on too many variables..
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Its doesnt seem that he just did calls.. the display use is almost 3 hrs with 40% still remaining ..
The battery life is dependent on too many variables..
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I'm not saying his screen shot isn't real it's just I don't trust people's screen shots as I can take a screen shot of up to 50 hours by basically plugging in my phone and not letting it reach 100% then unplugging it back to 20% then back to 80% and so on.
I'd love to have 18 hours at 50% by playing games and using internet and making calls and other uses but don't think that's possible.
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Do a hard reset and use your phone for 2-3 days without installing any apps. If your problem persists you have a faulty device. Here is my battery life using insert coin:
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Do a hard reset and use your phone for 2-3 days without installing any apps. If your problem persists you have a faulty device. Here is my battery life using insert coin:
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This is because you have wifi/data off when the screen is off.
Most people prefer to have those on to receive notifications.
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All you basically did was make calls, no wonder you got 18 hours
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Wrong, how can you say all I did was making calls when:
1, i attached a picture of my screen on time with 3 hours of usage,
2, when screen usage was 62% while Voice Calls was only 21%
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Its doesnt seem that he just did calls.. the display use is almost 3 hrs with 40% still remaining ..
The battery life is dependent on too many variables..
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Thank you. :highfive:
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I'm not saying his screen shot isn't real it's just I don't trust people's screen shots as I can take a screen shot of up to 50 hours by basically plugging in my phone and not letting it reach 100% then unplugging it back to 20% then back to 80% and so on.
I'd love to have 18 hours at 50% by playing games and using internet and making calls and other uses but don't think that's possible.
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Nothing in your first post stated that my screen shot was fake, even if you did, your statement would still be wrong.
Also if I was an idiot to do what you would,(In bold). The graph in my first screen shot wouldn't be decreasing from (start, finish). It would have shown spikes of increasing.
I think you just really need to read better, and stop assuming everyone lie about their battery screen shots.
There's no point for most others and I to do that,
I posted my screen shots with a simple intention to help OP to achive better battery life on his SGS3.
As I know the phone has the potential.
Thus the reason I stated "using latest wanam lite with persus kernal".
Then you chime in with all these non sense.
I know I have probably wasted 5 minutes of my time writing this as you probably will just ignore the facts.
But as you are a senior member on XDA so please,
The least contribution you can make is by not plaguing XDA with false information and negativity.
People like you make us lose faith in humanity.
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Wrong, how can you say all I did was making calls when 1, i attached a picture of my screen on time with 3 hours of usage, 2, when screen usage was 62% while Voice Calls was only 21%
Thank you. :highfive:
Nothing in your first post stated that my screen shot was fake, even if you did, your statement would still be wrong.
Also if I was an idiot to do what you would,(In bold). The graph in my first screen shot wouldn't be decreasing from (start, finish). It would have shown spikes of increasing.
I think you just really need to read better, and not assume everyone will be lying. There's no point for me to do that, I posted my screen shots with a simple intention to help OP to achive better battery life on his SGS3 as I know the phone has the potential to make him happy. Thus the reason I stated "using latest wanam lite with persus kernal". Then you chime in with all these non sense.
I know I have probably wasted 5 minutes of my time writing this as you probably will just ignore the facts. But as you are a senior member on XDA so please the least you can do is to not plague XDA with your false information and negativity.
People like you make us lose faith in humanity.
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Well maybe when you post screen shots you can explain what you used it for instead of just posting a screen shot and going away.
More information is more helpful and will give people a more understanding.
I've seen people in here boasting and showing screen shots of 35 hours but giving no information of how, what battery they used or how they used their phone or what settings they used and when I asked got no reply.
Your screen shot didn't really show much to be honest other than you used a custom Rom.
Lastly I never said yours was fake but just wanted more information.
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I'd love to have 18 hours at 50% by playing games and using internet and making calls and other uses but don't think that's possible.
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Its not 18 hours at 50% but its certainly possible to achieve good battery life playing games and using Internet etc.
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@ OP
Media looks high to me on your screenshot. You may have the media server wake lock draining battery.
As a temporary solution force close the media server. It should be OK until you reboot. Then you will need to close it again.
Some people (myself included) have had success in overcoming this by formatting the external SD.
Good luck
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corrsea said:
Its not 18 hours at 50% but its certainly possible to achieve good battery life playing games and using Internet etc.
See screen shots below.
@ OP
Media looks high to me on your screenshot. You may have the media server wake lock draining battery.
As a temporary solution force close the media server. It should be OK until you reboot. Then you will need to close it again.
Some people (myself included) have had success in overcoming this by formatting the external SD.
Good luck
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Yeah but how?
I get 5 hours at the most when playing games or using the internet on WiFi and sick of having to charge my phone and don't want to sit near a plug socket in case my s3 overheats or something.
I've got an extended battery coming because I've tried and failed at finding an answer with my normal battery.
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How are you guys getting +14h and have so much battery left? wow!! I'm finally getting decent battery life and was pretty happy and then see your screenshot and get all sad again. I don't think I even got that kind of mileage on ICS
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Hi. Could someone tell me if it's normal for my s3 to not charge while playing games or movies etc when it's plugged in? Thanks.
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Get a battery app such as better battery stats. I bet it is charging, but since playing a game or a movie will drain your battery...
Do like I did a while back, spent 22 bucks on a QCell 4200mah extended battery.
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Depends. Its certainly not abnormal. Depends how much power is being used. Games more so.
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If i get this right the games or movies are draining the battery faster than it can charge. And considering how long it takes to charge thats sounds right. I looked at a few of the extended battery packs. Saw one on ebay 20,000 mah for $25. Quick question wont they be the same as a charger being plugged in and still charge at the same slow rate or are they actually an extension to the battery? Sry for the noob questions first phone ive owned that the battery didnt last a few days.
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stockcar said:
And considering how long it takes to charge
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Do you mean when you're not playing a game or watching a video?
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Wrong forum?
Yeah it takes forever to charge when not in use. Atleast 3-4 hrs.
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Yeah it takes forever to charge when not in use. Atleast 3-4 hrs.
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I'm not even sure what normal is anymore.
Use this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abmantis.galaxychargingcurrent.free
To check your maximum when charging. It should be 1000 (or 999) when on AC, 475 on USB 2 and 900 on USB 3.
This might not work with your model S3, I don't know it, you're in the wrong forum
Nope your right it doesnt work. Thanks for your help. Gonna go look for the right forum
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I wonder if it can make it another 2 hours... using 2x battery and setcpu.
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I wonder if it can make it another 2 hours... using 2x battery and setcpu.
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If you're on stock TouchWiz or Hyperdrive you should be able to get 4+ days no problem.
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If you're on stock TouchWiz or Hyperdrive you should be able to get 4+ days no problem.
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On stock battery? What universe do you live in, the never-use-my-phone-iverse?
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On stock battery? What universe do you live in, the never-use-my-phone-iverse?
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LOL Oishikatta that's what I was thinking. I'm usually lucky to get a full day during the week. Didn't really use it that much this weekend...
I get up at 5am take phone off of charger start Bluetooth audio streaming at 7am and stop it at 330pm go home play some games text facebook and all.
when I go to bed at 10pm im usually at 15 percent with 4hours screen on time.
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On stock battery? What universe do you live in, the never-use-my-phone-iverse?
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Probably with an onscreen time of 30 minutes.
I go on average 36 to 48 hrs...
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I get an average of 20-25 hours per charge. Usually I plug it in around 15-20% charge left. Screen on time varies from 4 1/2 hours to 6 hours 45 minutes. Depends if im using the browser more.. Can't beat that. Coming from a Rezound....this is killer battery life.
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I get an average of 20-25 hours per charge. Usually I plug it in around 15-20% charge left. Screen on time varies from 4 1/2 hours to 6 hours 45 minutes. Depends if im using the browser more.. Can't beat that. Coming from a Rezound....this is killer battery life.
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You have sync off or something?
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You have sync off or something?
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I never knew it was turned on in the first place. I don't use it . Why? Are you having short life issues?
Not bad, I have greenify, setcpu, etc. Screen on usually about 3 3.5 hours.
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One great feature of our phones is the option for an extended battery. I run a 5200mah battery and these shots are from a day when i was testing out how many hours screen on time I could pull off
On normal light usage days/weeks I could probably get 4 -5 days no problems. Just I reboot and flash a lot so rarely do I get those screen shots lol
Also I run Mahdi ROM with KToonsez kernel...
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Are you using SetCPU free or the paid version?
I got the paid version. Actually think I got it way back when either the first DROID came out, or when I had my incredible.
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