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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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computerkid23 said:
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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EricSS619 said:
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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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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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.
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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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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
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I thought this is a myth that a google engineer confirmed
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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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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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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
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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ILPsycho said:
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.
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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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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My battery
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I give up
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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
my screenies:silly:
Ok, after I rooted I seem to be having a strange. Battery issue .. anyone have a fix for this? (I user antutu to control CPU and for now I'm busting using it to monitor+ dropped my phone iinto eco mode ( where it usually is) I can counter bat loss by doing the normal stuff but I never had to do.anything other then turn off data before... and even then... but from 10:50 pm to 2:40 am the phone went from 90% to 12% . And that was ..( eco was off) lol ... but I have never had that happen. Before even with that.
Thanks for any advice
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Check out the battery graph?? Does android system keeps awake all time??
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Check out the battery graph?? Does android system keeps awake all time??
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75% it was on the whole time...even though screen was off....
This is the screenshot its a straight drop over the hours mentioned ... slope stays steady so its Constant power drain until I noticed ( you can see on the graph)
None of those apps were open, and I had done a restart right before. ( I fell asleep which is why I know I wasn't using it)
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On top of the screen i see the skype is running in backgroud..
Just sign out from skype and also close wifi..
Try it bcz to know the exact battery issue trial and error method of clossing apps is best.
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75% it was on the whole time...even though screen was off....
This is the screenshot its a straight drop over the hours mentioned ... slope stays steady so its Constant power drain until I noticed ( you can see on the graph)
None of those apps were open, and I had done a restart right before. ( I fell asleep which is why I know I wasn't using it)
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Skype and Words with Friends destroy battery life if you don't completely kill them. Show us the top of your usage stats, not the graph.
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Skype and Words with Friends destroy battery life if you don't completely kill them. Show us the top of your usage stats, not the graph.
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+1. Or show both. Apps that stay on data/wifi will murder battery, even on eco mode.
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Close that both skype and worda apps, it drains much battery.
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Guys they were not open before lol! I opened them right before xda to postthis
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Guys they were not open before lol! I opened them right before xda to postthis
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LOL
Hahaha.. :thumbup:
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Right after I rooted mine I had terrible battery as well. I ended up reformatting (not wipe, actually formatting my system and caches) and then installed my rom again, fixed permissions and my battery life has been amazing. If I don't use the phone my battery maybe drains five percent all day long. If I use it a lot it will last most of the day as well.
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Right after I rooted mine I had terrible battery as well. I ended up reformatting (not wipe, actually formatting my system and caches) and then installed my rom again, fixed permissions and my battery life has been amazing. If I don't use the phone my battery maybe drains five percent all day long. If I use it a lot it will last most of the day as well.
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yeah mine actually stabilized after i worked with it a bit, i have to open up the bootloader still
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The other thing you should check is you fast dormancy.
If you're flashing custom ROMs it's best to do it at a FULL 100% charge. In the past, before I started doing this, I had major battery life "problems." My phone would drop from 100 to 1 in a matter of hours and just hang on 1% for hours on end. If you haven't done this, download Battery Calibration, turn off your device and plug it in. Once it reaches 100%, turn the device on, run the app, and restart your device WHILE STILL PLUGGED IN. Once everything settles you should be good to go.
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