Hello!
I recently got the Galaxy Mega 6.3 i9205 and the experience so far has been nothing but bad.
1. First thing I noticed was that the cpu area of the phone got quite hot after about 10 minutes of normal web browsing.
2. Second was that the battery drained quite fast. I got an app that told me that it was using about 15-20% an hour with really light use!
3. The reception is really bad! I struggle to keep 3/5 bars of signal, and most of the time it has no reception at all.
I had a Note 2 previously and both the battery life and reception was top notch. Also it was never overheating.
I've turned of loads of battery draining settings and have not installed any 3rd party apps.
I've tried to factory reset it twice with no change in behaviour.
I am in the process of returning it for a new one, but I just want to make sure that this is not a common problem.
Does anyone else experience this or have I just been really unlucky?
MegaObsessed said:
Hello!
I recently got the Galaxy Mega 6.3 i9205 and the experience so far has been nothing but bad.
1. First thing I noticed was that the cpu area of the phone got quite hot after about 10 minutes of normal web browsing.
2. Second was that the battery drained quite fast. I got an app that told me that it was using about 15-20% an hour with really light use!
3. The reception is really bad! I struggle to keep 3/5 bars of signal, and most of the time it has no reception at all.
I had a Note 2 previously and both the battery life and reception was top notch. Also it was never overheating.
I've turned of loads of battery draining settings and have not installed any 3rd party apps.
I've tried to factory reset it twice with no change in behaviour.
I am in the process of returning it for a new one, but I just want to make sure that this is not a common problem.
Does anyone else experience this or have I just been really unlucky?
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I would say you have been unlucky, my experience is exactly the opposite of that, Great battery no overheating and exceptional performance.
You may got a defective item... Mine is heaven
i9205 Tmobile USA
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You may got a defective item... Mine is heaven
i9205 Tmobile USA
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Same here.
A little heat when playing maybe? But all phones do, even my wife's Note 2. Also : try the Nexus 4 and you ll see what is a hot phone
As for reception, I have to say it is also on par with the wife's Note 2
I had the i9205 first then I got an i9200. I noticed that the i9200 performed better camera wise and performance wise. The notification bar didn't stutter or slow down and there was no dim bug. For some reason the i9205 LTE model had a bunch of problems, at least the one I tried.
Battery life was also way way better on the i9200.
MegaObsessed said:
Hello!
I recently got the Galaxy Mega 6.3 i9205 and the experience so far has been nothing but bad.
1. First thing I noticed was that the cpu area of the phone got quite hot after about 10 minutes of normal web browsing.
2. Second was that the battery drained quite fast. I got an app that told me that it was using about 15-20% an hour with really light use!
3. The reception is really bad! I struggle to keep 3/5 bars of signal, and most of the time it has no reception at all.
I had a Note 2 previously and both the battery life and reception was top notch. Also it was never overheating.
I've turned of loads of battery draining settings and have not installed any 3rd party apps..
I've tried to factory reset it twice with no change in behaviour.
I am in the process of returning it for a new one, but I just want to make sure that this is not a common problem.
Does anyone else experience this or have I just been really unlucky?
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I also had this issue, but I also had and issue where it randomly rebooted. I took it in got a new one and now the over heating issues are starting again. And its not just little overheat, its feel it straight through pockets and still noticably warm. It is warm specifaclly in the camera region. One other issue I have is the reception. I get it, but every ten or so minutes, I have to close all apps and then clear ram and then wait about ten seconds until it resets the antenna because for some reason it gets stuck sending data and continues to send in a loop. Most noticably when using any browser and I have to refresh six or seven times before I can load any page because it keeps sending and not recieveing. Any ideas or thoughts?
No problems at all with my i9205...it works very well.
2SHAYNE-MeGa
shayneflashindaily said:
No problems at all with my i9205...it works very well.
2SHAYNE-MeGa
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Same here - none of the OP's issues.
i have the same problem. french mega 6.3.
my cell standby is often at 2nd point of %.
i live in italy and i thought could be the baseband optimized for france that gives me a bad reception?
realista87 said:
i have the same problem. french mega 6.3.
my cell standby is often at 2nd point of %.
i live in italy and i thought could be the baseband optimized for france that gives me a bad reception?
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Quite possibly, flash another modem and try it.
Sprint I9200 same issue
I've only had my Galaxy Mega for five days now & was noticing how terrible the battery life was ( getting around 10 to 12 hours with moderate use instead of 20+ hours). Then I noticed my cell reception was only 1 out of 6 bars indoors while my old Note 2 & my wife's Galaxy S2 were getting full bars. I called Sprint regarding the issue and was told they don't have anything on record because this device is fairly new. Was told to update my profile & prl and then reboot. Didn't fix it. The gal did some more research and discovered that there is a radio firmware issue, but there isn't a fix for it. I'm going to return the phone which is too bad because I was really excited about it.
You got a dud.
*2SHAYNEZ-P.A.-KCCO*
To be honest i would say it's a faulty device...As I run my mega at either full clock speed with performance governor, or over clocked on the kernel I'm building and testing at 1.9 ghz...and my mega has never once gotten more than warm on the back, never registering a battery temp over 93 degrees...which is 6 to 10 degrees less than my note 3 running stock browsing for a little while. If possible return it or swap it for another...If not, it's kind of a tough spot as there are no Tw based custom kernels yet and mine won't be ready for a few days or more. You could try a rom like a deodexed that's less taxing but nth probably won't make really any difference but given the alternatives it may be worth a shot. good luck i hope you get this all worked out, as the mega is an amazing device and I love mine.Mega
I highly recommend the stock rom optimized by megalomaniac
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You are not alone!
I know this is an old thread and that you've probably already moved on, but I wanted to let you know that I have been experiencing overheating issues as well. My phone shuts off in my pocket and the CPU area is often quite hot. The phone must be so big it can't handle being in my pockets, which usually fit the phone like a glove.
i think also you are a unlucky person. But your thinking level is very low. because i had use it in past. i feel better to use this. ok. if you have many money then you can choice another,,
MartialRanger23 said:
I know this is an old thread and that you've probably already moved on, but I wanted to let you know that I have been experiencing overheating issues as well. My phone shuts off in my pocket and the CPU area is often quite hot. The phone must be so big it can't handle being in my pockets, which usually fit the phone like a glove.
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Maybe its the hardware issue...i have use my mega for months and i never experiencing overheat,battery drain,poor signal etc..play a high graphics game such as gangstar vegas and it works as it should be..Maybe you should go for a new one or for a better size..note 3 lol!
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I highly recommend the stock rom optimized by megalomaniac
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What do you mean by megalomaniac here ?
I think here you discuss about Powerful stock ROM optimized. Do you think it ?:silly:
My Galaxy Mega is doing the same thing.It overheats with minimal use and freezes up.I keep having to restart after I let it cool down before using it again. I'm kinda scared to put it next to my face!
Samsung Mega I527 - SetCPU settings
If you have wifi on and everything else, like NFC and Bluetooth, you do end up with a lot of heating. Best thing to do is to dim your screen, turn off what is not in use (especially if you are running Wifi and Bluetooth at the same time - they can cause conflicts on some phones). Root your phone and install 'SetCPU'. Create profiles that set the speed to run in performance mode while battery over 60%, normal mode 40%-60%, and in slower speeds when not. You can also set the speeds to bottom out when your phone is off. I keep the low value and something about 800Mhz during sleep/off.
You might want to check your browser. If you are running FireFox and have a lot of extensions/add-ons they could be driving your CPU at full speed and causing the overhead condition. Lastly, check the age of your battery. See if it is developing a small amount of thickness. It should set flat on the table and not rock. If it is "fat" or rocks, you need to replace it. That could also be a major point of problems.
Normally a battery is only good for two years hard use. They are supposed to last between 3 and 5 years, but you get less time over the life of the battery.
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Been debating for a month or so whether i should buy the SGS2 with a contract for free, or import the Galaxy nexus and sell whatever phone i can make the most profit on to offset the price of the Nexus.
Well i finally decided that the SGS2 would be a better choice, and was also cheaper, so i bought it about a week ago.
I love the phone except for these two huge deal breakers:
the first is battery life when im on a AOSP rom.
Im on CM7 KANG from 11-29. Battery life is pretty awful. When im home its decent about 3% standby drain per hour. I was at school where the service isnt that great and this is what happened:
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I dont see how anyone is getting decent battery life from this ROM.
Personally, one of my favorite things about android is being able to run different kinds of roms, particularly CM and MIUI. I really feel that if thats what you like then this is the wrong phone for it.
I have no doubt that i wouldnt be having these issues with a nexus phone. So im starting to come to the conclusion that maybe i should sell it, and import the SGS2, or try to get the nexus S for cheap, and then wait until the price drops a bit.
Do whatever you feel is right for you.
It took me about a week to identify and tune my gs2. I wasn't getting more than 14 to 16 hours before. I'm getting 24+ now.
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rhost said:
It took me about a week to identify and tune my gs2. I wasn't getting more than 14 to 16 hours before. I'm getting 24+ now.
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what rom/setup are you using?
I'm getting fantastic battery life with Siyah and KJ4. Easily 20+.....
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I'm getting fantastic battery life with Siyah and KJ4. Easily 20+.....
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Should i try out that kernel with cm7?
i have no doubts that other roms will have good battery life, (the ones designed for i777) but i get awful life when using cm7 and other aosp roms. This is my biggest problem.
And I'm getting better battery today than the other day. I'm down to 75% after 7 hours. But this is with minimal use and full service, and connected to wifi.
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I get 20+ hours easily with MIUI. When I first got the phone I was getting about 12 hours. Took me a while to tune it.
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I get 20+ hours easily with MIUI. When I first got the phone I was getting about 12 hours. Took me a while to tune it.
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Please explain your "tuning"
Are you changing voltages? Apps? Breaking the battery in? Etc? This would help
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What the hell is Dogg Catcher...seems to be taking a lot of your battery away xD
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What the hell is Dogg Catcher...seems to be taking a lot of your battery away xD
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Podcast player. And 8% is negligible. Non-issue.
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Please explain your "tuning"
Are you changing voltages? Apps? Breaking the battery in? Etc? This would help
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No voltage changes. Removed widgets that were causing some battery strain, switched email from push to poll, prevented some stuff from auto starting, froze some system stuff with Titanium Backup. I tested the drain last night, went to bed with 100%, woke up 6 hours later with 99%.
As far as 'tuning' to stop apps from starting I give a huge +1 for autostarts! Can't remember who recommended it first on this forum but noticeably added to my battery. I have at least 150 apps on my phone and there was a good number set to start 'after boot'.
Not too often does one change make a difference you can feel. I can't really give a number as I've just set it up yesterday and usually go through a full charge with an extended battery, 9+ screen on hours in one day, kinda sad when I think about it. It'll take a few more days before I can really tell the difference it's making. But it 'seemed' like it added a full hour more of screen on time yesterday. It'll blow me away if that's true. Hope the numbers repeat.
As a note I tried stopping 'camera' from auto starting and it did a hard reboot of the phone. Guess that was it's way of saying don't touch.
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Similar to everyone else I had to play with my settings and apps. I would also recommend checking out the thread on known apps that are battery hogs. I'm using CM7 with the latest Kang build and the battery life is MUCH improved. Running siyah 2.3 kernal oc'd 200-1600 ondemand. Try turning down the screen brightness some or put it on auto if you haven't. Also, I may be wrong but I bet the battery does get conditioned after a few drain/charge cycles and improves.
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Similar to everyone else I had to play with my settings and apps. I would also recommend checking out the thread on known apps that are battery hogs. I'm using CM7 with the latest Kang build and the battery life is MUCH improved. Running siyah 2.3 kernal oc'd 200-1600 ondemand. Try turning down the screen brightness some or put it on auto if you haven't. Also, I may be wrong but I bet the battery does get conditioned after a few drain/charge cycles and improves.
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Im coming from a captivate with a similar steup, so ive got everything almost down to a science.
Brightness has been another gripe ive had with this device. Auto brightness is way too low, and is also unresponsive. Auto on both my phones side by side shows the flaws (IMO) of the SGS2. When its dark, both are the same, when i shine light on it, the captivate reacts accordingly. As a result, I keep the phone at half brightness.
Ive had battery problems with both phones when running AOSP roms. My captivate would last for 36-48hours with minimal use on a captivate based rom, and then 10-14 hours on CM.
15 hrs. mostly in standby with some light web surfing and constant txt messaging. running at 200mhz-1200mhz on conservative with entropy's DD 12/01/11 release battery is at 72%
Not to mention you cant possibly believe you are going to get a brand new phone that already has similar battery life or maybe a little worse to this phone and flash brand new roms on it and get better battery life. I dont believe the cards are going to fall in your favor. Although the Nexus is a nice phone and would be pretty sweet to own...if battery issues like this are your reason for jumping ship....it may be a long swim to shore.
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Not to mention you cant possibly believe you are going to get a brand new phone that already has similar battery life or maybe a little worse to this phone and flash brand new roms on it and get better battery life. I dont believe the cards are going to fall in your favor. Although the Nexus is a nice phone and would be pretty sweet to own...if battery issues like this are your reason for jumping ship....it may be a long swim to shore.
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Lol ^^ very well said
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Not to mention you cant possibly believe you are going to get a brand new phone that already has similar battery life or maybe a little worse to this phone and flash brand new roms on it and get better battery life. I dont believe the cards are going to fall in your favor. Although the Nexus is a nice phone and would be pretty sweet to own...if battery issues like this are your reason for jumping ship....it may be a long swim to shore.
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sorry i read this a few times. I dont get it lol.
I'm not sure if this will help u, but try check ur google maps's setting and sign out of google latitude. My gs2 has been draining battery so fast lately, n now it seems back to 17+ hrs average.
just get another battery or keep more chargers around
Not really an Amaze question, more of a general smart phone question.
How much of your battery is being used while your on a phone call? My phone seems to use about 1% per minute if not more. Is this normal? I've used the HD2, sensation, and now the amaze. They all seem to be the same, reguardless of ROM or kernel.
While the phone is asleep, battery life is great. Talk on the phone for 30 minutes and your SOL!
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It all depends. If you are on 4G rather than 2G. If you are using a Bluetooth. If you have WiFi on. There are many things that factor into the battery usage while on the phone. I am always on 4G with my Bluetooth on. I kill my battery like it's nothing.
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Not really an Amaze question, more of a general smart phone question.
How much of your battery is being used while your on a phone call? My phone seems to use about 1% per minute if not more. Is this normal? I've used the HD2, sensation, and now the amaze. They all seem to be the same, reguardless of ROM or kernel.
While the phone is asleep, battery life is great. Talk on the phone for 30 minutes and your SOL!
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Well, the other user said something about 4g, wifi, etc.. and is partially correct. The biggest factor is signal STRENGTH. I live in Jacksonville, and the 4g here is pretty strong in most areas. With screen off and a weak signal, you might get a little bit worse battery life.. but actively using the data, or voice, while in a weak signal area- that is the noticeable difference.
I talked for several hours last night, and I lost maybe 15% battery. But I'm pretty sure that is because this town has such good signal strength.
One of the build.prop edits is supposed to tell the phone to stop searching for stronger signal once it has a solid signal.. I'm not sure if that is just cell signal, data signal, or both.. but using it seems to make a big difference. I think the change is included in xboarders roms, but I can't be sure because I use my own build.prop.
Thanks for the reply guys. I usually have pretty good service everywhere I go, dont have to venture out of the metro area much. Always the same results.
Doesnt matter about the wifi/signal/bluetooth it seems for me. Of course 1%/minute may have been a bit of an exaggeration.
But I cant even imagine being on the phone for a couple hours without a few backup batteries!!
splsales said:
Thanks for the reply guys. I usually have pretty good service everywhere I go, dont have to venture out of the metro area much. Always the same results.
Doesnt matter about the wifi/signal/bluetooth it seems for me. Of course 1%/minute may have been a bit of an exaggeration.
But I cant even imagine being on the phone for a couple hours without a few backup batteries!!
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talk time on the phone is about 6 hours supposedly, but i suppose they are talking not 4g or 2g talktime, just plain old gsm talk time with no data! 4g is probably closer to about 3 or 4 hours, I ran out of batteries (from 100 percent) after about 4 hours 20 minutes talking to my GF on 4g.
....Which would be approx 1% per 2 minutes.....hmmmm....sounds about right. I just think that is pretty lousy considering we do a million other things with the phone.
Phone calls just arent a priority for us anymore...ha.
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Thanks for the reply guys. I usually have pretty good service everywhere I go, dont have to venture out of the metro area much. Always the same results.
Doesnt matter about the wifi/signal/bluetooth it seems for me. Of course 1%/minute may have been a bit of an exaggeration.
But I cant even imagine being on the phone for a couple hours without a few backup batteries!!
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I have no idea if you are on stock rom, or if you are rooted, etc.. if you are using one of xboarders roms you should already be using a build.prop like this one, but if not and you ARE rooted.. use a program like root explorer and rename build.prop to build.prop.bak, then copy the attached file(just remove the .zip) to /system
That will hopefully keep your phone from scanning for stronger signal, maybe xboarder or someone else can pop in with a different idea why you would have such issues.
Please check your battery strength- settings>about phone>battery>battery use>then click the part on top where it actually shows how long you've been on battery.. take a screenshot and post it. The more green it is, the better your signal. Yellow is worse to the point it is probably scanning for better signal and it is going to affect your battery.. red would be pretty bad signal(or maybe total loss). This is how you can really know how good your signal is, mine is mostly green or yellowish green. Here is what mine looks like when I'm in the same place all morning, pretty strong signal http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13692699/2012-01-26_11-26-53.jpg
My battery usage is about the same as your is today as far as signal is concerned. A picture right now wouldnt really help, Ive been on wifi calling all this morning and havent used the phone to talk much today.
I am on Forth Bar ROM (which totally rocks!).
I am an Android dummy so thanks for the breakdown on how to install the zip and all. I will post a picture in the next day or so when I have been on the phone longer to show you what I am talking about....
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My battery usage is about the same as your is today as far as signal is concerned. A picture right now wouldnt really help, Ive been on wifi calling all this morning and havent used the phone to talk much today.
I am on Forth Bar ROM (which totally rocks!).
I am an Android dummy so thanks for the breakdown on how to install the zip and all. I will post a picture in the next day or so when I have been on the phone longer to show you what I am talking about....
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I have heard all kinds of mixed results with wifi calling, ultimately it is only useful if you are in a weak to no signal area, but my experience with it- it would kill my phone 1% per minute if I was using it. My battery life actually got better by removing it from my phone altogether, but others have reported opposite results.
There is a possible easier way to edit the build.prop.. open in on a computer or the phone with a text edit app, go to the end where it says xboarders tweaks, and copy those values into the ones in your stock build.prop, there is an app called absolute system(and a ton of other ones) that has a feature to edit build.prop and will even make a backup of the original..
But if you are on wifi calling, or even have it enabled when you make normal calls, I think that could be why you experience the drain you do when calling..
Ya I hear ya on the wifi calling but at work I really do have horrible signal so wifi helps a lot! And not to mention the call quality on wifi calling, UNREAL!!! I am at a point where even at home where I have great cell signal I still use wifi just bc the quality is so amazing!
But, I actually think I get better battery usage on wifi calling....
Like I said in the OP, this isnt an Amaze, ROM, or kernel rant.....just a rant to rant I guess.
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Not really an Amaze question, more of a general smart phone question.
While the phone is asleep, battery life is great. Talk on the phone for 30 minutes and your SOL!
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Quite a shock for me too. New to Amaze and pretty much AOSP with beastmod right now to test battery life. Looks fine when asleep but once I start using it the battery drains way faster than my previous 3G or 4G phones, for making calls over 4G data and normal use.
With my moderate use it's hard to get thru the day on one charge. Have to either try a different ROM or find more stuff to freeze / disable!
Just like the title says, after 5 hours of light usage my prime factor for battery drain is CellStandby at 42% (the phone itself was down to 70%).
Anyone experienced this so far? I'm aware that LTE is rather demanding but it can't be that bad vs HSPA which drained next to nothing on standby
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Just like the title says, after 5 hours of light usage my prime factor for battery drain is CellStandby at 42% (the phone itself was down to 70%).
Anyone experienced this so far? I'm aware that LTE is rather demanding but it can't be that bad vs HSPA which drained next to nothing on standby
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It's a bug in the software.
Thanks, I did search (albeit quickly) in the forums here and didn't see any mention of it.
I did see an article about the international model being affected by a similar glitch so.. all models would have this ?
I've had the phone for 5 days and gone through maybe 8 batt cycles. I'm not getting more than 2hrs screen time on any cycle. This is stupidly horrible battery life. There has got to be something severely wrong. I don't do much with the phone. I can't even with less than 2hrs to work with. Overnight batt loss is maybe 8%.
Any help is ENORMOUSLY appreciated.
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Thanks, I did search (albeit quickly) in the forums here and didn't see any mention of it.
I did see an article about the international model being affected by a similar glitch so.. all models would have this ?
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I believe all have this bug. It's just that, a bug. And there is a fix, but I'm too lazy to apply it. (Assuming it works to fix the bug in the U.S. variant software)
I'm on HSPA with TMO but it seems to depend on reception more than anything in my experience. Here's my log from today:
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a bug as in it isnt actually draining the battery or it is really draining it?
I'm in the same boat, and there is no way that the standby is just a calculation error. If I sit and use my phone continuously after charging I can get 2 hrs of screen time while the battery drops from 100% to ~65%. During a normal day of light use I completely drain the battery and my screen time might be 1h50m at most. So something is definitely up - although I'm also getting terrible signal strength, and I think that might have something to do with it. I've searched every thread and have made sure that I have no rogue apps or processes consuming the battery either.
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edited - I take it back, after restoring my phone last night I have gotten 2h25m screen time after 11h45m since charging and I'm at 17%. So, doing better but not great by any stretch.
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a bug as in it isnt actually draining the battery or it is really draining it?
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I read that it is simply a graphical error. It should be reading 3.4mw but it's set to 34 so it's showing far more use than it really is
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This seems to be an issue on all SGS3s. I have both the LTE and international model and they both show high cell standby. Check this thread out for more info on the i9300 forums to understand why its showing so high which is actually a calculation error
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
My i747 is rooted so I decided to make a backup and flash the zip fix they provided and seemed to work. But the risk is inherently yours if you want to try it. Its just an xml file so I wasn't worried trying it in my case. I am more sending the link so you can see why it reports using so much battery
My cell standby battery usage went from over 50% to 5%
Basically, cell standby is not really killing your battery, it overestimates the power usage as being 10X more than what it is from my understanding
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cloudyphiz said:
I'm in the same boat, and there is no way that the standby is just a calculation error. If I sit and use my phone continuously after charging I can get 2 hrs of screen time while the battery drops from 100% to ~65%. During a normal day of light use I completely drain the battery and my screen time might be 1h50m at most. So something is definitely up - although I'm also getting terrible signal strength, and I think that might have something to do with it. I've searched every thread and have made sure that I have no rogue apps or processes consuming the battery either.
gary
edited - I take it back, after restoring my phone last night I have gotten 2h25m screen time after 11h45m since charging and I'm at 17%. So, doing better but not great by any stretch.
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Yes yes yes! This is exactly my experience too! There must be something wrong if all others report 4+hrs screen time and we can barely break 2hrs. I'm in San francisco. My previous atrix "4g" would do at least 3hrs during my day to day.
Please, help. I'm really sad. Was really looking forward to at least an extra 30min over the atrix in my day to day.
So is the battery actually draining that fast with the cell stand by issue... Or us the battery actually higher charge than reporting?
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"I've had the phone for 5 days and gone through maybe 8 batt cycles. I'm not getting more than 2hrs screen time on any cycle. This is stupidly horrible battery life. There has got to be something severely wrong. I don't do much with the phone. I can't even with less than 2hrs to work with. Overnight batt loss is maybe 8%.
Any help is ENORMOUSLY appreciated."
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"I'm in the same boat, and there is no way that the standby is just a calculation error. If I sit and use my phone continuously after charging I can get 2 hrs of screen time while the battery drops from 100% to ~65%. During a normal day of light use I completely drain the battery and my screen time might be 1h50m at most. So something is definitely up - although I'm also getting terrible signal strength, and I think that might have something to do with it. I've searched every thread and have made sure that I have no rogue apps or processes consuming the battery either.
gary
edited - I take it back, after restoring my phone last night I have gotten 2h25m screen time after 11h45m since charging and I'm at 17%. So, doing better but not great by any stretch."
Are exactly the same thing I'm also experiencing. I've come close to taking it back and exchanging it for another one but I'm not sure if this is how all of the US versions of the S3 are. Been reading through threads here and posted on a few of them and it looks like short battery life is a pretty common problem. I hope someone comes up with a fix pretty soon before I run out of time to exchange or return it.
dante2512 said:
I read that it is simply a graphical error. It should be reading 3.4mw but it's set to 34 so it's showing far more use than it really is
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You are close, but not exactly right.
When writing the software one of the developers entered 34mw for how much the battery should drain at standby instead of 3.4mw. A simple typo, but im sure if there isnt a fix already that there will be soon :]
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You are close, but not exactly right.
When writing the software one of the developers entered 34mw for how much the battery should drain at standby instead of 3.4mw. A simple typo, but im sure if there isnt a fix already that there will be soon :]
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There's a fix that's available on this forum but that only fixes the reporting. It doesn't fix the poor battery life.
BonesHopkins said:
"I've had the phone for 5 days and gone through maybe 8 batt cycles. I'm not getting more than 2hrs screen time on any cycle. This is stupidly horrible battery life. There has got to be something severely wrong. I don't do much with the phone. I can't even with less than 2hrs to work with. Overnight batt loss is maybe 8%.
Any help is ENORMOUSLY appreciated."
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"I'm in the same boat, and there is no way that the standby is just a calculation error. If I sit and use my phone continuously after charging I can get 2 hrs of screen time while the battery drops from 100% to ~65%. During a normal day of light use I completely drain the battery and my screen time might be 1h50m at most. So something is definitely up - although I'm also getting terrible signal strength, and I think that might have something to do with it. I've searched every thread and have made sure that I have no rogue apps or processes consuming the battery either.
gary
edited - I take it back, after restoring my phone last night I have gotten 2h25m screen time after 11h45m since charging and I'm at 17%. So, doing better but not great by any stretch."
Are exactly the same thing I'm also experiencing. I've come close to taking it back and exchanging it for another one but I'm not sure if this is how all of the US versions of the S3 are. Been reading through threads here and posted on a few of them and it looks like short battery life is a pretty common problem. I hope someone comes up with a fix pretty soon before I run out of time to exchange or return it.
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Should we start a new thread? I've been posting in all the various battery threads to avoid getting yelled at for starting a poor battery issue thread. You're the fifth person to note the same issue. I too restored my phone this morning and it seems to be doing better, but still nowhere near what others are reporting. Also not nearly on par with my previous Atrix.
Maybe we have valid reason to start a new thread?
I applied the fix but still have poor battery life. Just as bad if not worse than my epic 4g.
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SOLUTION!
Steps to solve the problem (only for rooted smartphones).
Download the updated file (510kb) from MediaFire.
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Put the file on microSD card or internal storage.
Reboot your phone into ClockWork Mod (CWM) Recovery mode.
Choose "Install zip from sdcard" and select the downloaded file.
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Link to Article:
http://www.mobilenapps.com/articles/2901/20120630/samsung-galaxy-s3-battery-drain-issue-reasons.htm
Link to XDA thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
CDMA people make sure you post your carrier when discussing battery life. GSM battery life for me hasn't been too bad. 10 hours constant use or so on wifi and around 6 hours or so on hspda. Standby time is very good. Especially for stock kernel.
I'm sure we can get some more once the LTE switch gets added.
That fix is just for the calculation of cell standby drain, not for how much it is actually taxing the battery. Several people on AT&T seem to have a real problem with excessive battery drain in standby, and (for me at least) it seems like it's happening when I have a poor signal. Unfortunately, that is mostly all of the time.
I found this old thread, and the APN listed there seems to help. It's just an interim solution though and I have to imagine AT&T will have a software fix for us soon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338109
gary
Hey guys, I just bought an HTC ONE X+ last week with a contract from AT&T. I came from a One S on T-Mobile. So here's my problem, I would use my One S all day with WiFi and data on for about half the day and the screen turned on low and I'd still have 50% battery by 8 pm. That was after starting the day at 7 AM. I've tried to do the same with this X+ but leaving power save on and data and WiFi off nearly 20 out of 24 hour, just eats through my battery. I want to be able to USD my phone and I don't want a battery case. I was thinking of returning it for a regular One X with the dual core snapdragon as is in the One S. Would my battery longevity be similar in the One X? Would rooting and using set cpu to lower the cpu clock cause the one X+ to get better battery life?
herokid672 said:
Hey guys, I just bought an HTC ONE X+ last week with a contract from AT&T. I came from a One S on T-Mobile. So here's my problem, I would use my One S all day with WiFi and data on for about half the day and the screen turned on low and I'd still have 50% battery by 8 pm. That was after starting the day at 7 AM. I've tried to do the same with this X+ but leaving power save on and data and WiFi off nearly 20 out of 24 hour, just eats through my battery. I want to be able to USD my phone and I don't want a battery case. I was thinking of returning it for a regular One X with the dual core snapdragon as is in the One S. Would my battery longevity be similar in the One X? Would rooting and using set cpu to lower the cpu clock cause the one X+ to get better battery life?
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Hmmm would a V4 engine consume less gasoline than a V8 engine, I do believe so but might need a rocket scientist here for that one .
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Hmmm would a V4 engine consume less gasoline than a V8 engine, I do believe so but might need a rocket scientist here for that one .
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The reviews on battery life are so mixed. The AT&T version One X still has NFC and the POGO pins so besides a 1.6 MP camera and a (hot running) quad core Nvidia that sucks battery life im not missing out. Actually V4's arent's very common, most are I4's on cars, you will see V4's on motorcycles. Just wanted to clarify... I have no experience with a One X and was just asking for opinions before I can return it to see if I really should do it.
Lol what are you talking about battery life is great 4-5 hours of screen on time
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Then what the hell?
I must be doing something wrong or I'm just used to having more.
Look at my graph, that's barely using the phone at all all day. As soon as I turn on WiFi, my battery just jumps off a cliff... I have Google now, sync, and location disabled and I disabled all the possible apps I could think of that would drain batter.
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herokid672 said:
I must be doing something wrong or I'm just used to having more.
Look at my graph, that's barely using the phone at all all day. As soon as I turn on WiFi, my battery just jumps off a cliff... I have Google now, sync, and location disabled and I disabled all the possible apps I could think of that would drain batter.
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No you haven't done anything wrong you haft to break in your battery give it two weeks before you complain your battery Is being calibrated
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herokid672 said:
I must be doing something wrong or I'm just used to having more.
Look at my graph, that's barely using the phone at all all day. As soon as I turn on WiFi, my battery just jumps off a cliff... I have Google now, sync, and location disabled and I disabled all the possible apps I could think of that would drain batter.
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Poor mobile signal causes significant battery drain.
herokid672 said:
I must be doing something wrong or I'm just used to having more.
Look at my graph, that's barely using the phone at all all day. As soon as I turn on WiFi, my battery just jumps off a cliff... I have Google now, sync, and location disabled and I disabled all the possible apps I could think of that would drain batter.
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I really don't know where these Battery Cry Babies crawl out of? They must think as soon as they charge the device one time out of the box, have everything turned on and enable such as NFC (who even uses this, really?), wifi, bluetooth, gps, etc. that they will still have great battery life on this or any quad core device? Here's a thought, only enable gps when you use it, only enable wifi, when you use it, only enable bluetooth when you are going to use it, etc. By simply doing this, have battery save mode enabled (really no reason to ever have it off unless maybe playing a tegra 3 hungry game), you will see actually great battery life from this device. Also fully charge it from 100%-0% at least 3 times to get the full effect, same applies after flashing a new rom and make sure you don't have some bunk 3rd party battery hungry app running as there's tons out there if you're not careful!
deeznuts said:
I really don't know where these Battery Cry Babies crawl out of? They must think as soon as they charge the device one time out of the box, have everything turned on and enable such as NFC (who even uses this, really?), wifi, bluetooth, gps, etc. that they will still have great battery life on this or any quad core device? Here's a thought, only enable gps when you use it, only enable wifi, when you use it, only enable bluetooth when you are going to use it, etc. By simply doing this, have battery save mode enabled (really no reason to ever have it off unless maybe playing a tegra 3 hungry game), you will see actually great battery life from this device. Also fully charge it from 100%-0% at least 3 times to get the full effect, same applies after flashing a new rom and make sure you don't have some bunk 3rd party battery hungry app running as there's tons out there if you're not careful!
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You're totally right because I forgot to mention how I had everything running all at once all day.... Oh yeah I did say I turned everything off and only used WiFi when I needed it and same goes for data. Is it so hard to answer whether the One X will outperform the One X+ on battery or are you just the official pretentious all-knowing bastard troll of HTC phones? I use a timer to charge my phone 3 hours before I wake up so it's always at 100% when I start the day.
Thank you to those who offered some real answers and support.
herokid672 said:
You're totally right because I forgot to mention how I had everything running all at once all day.... Oh yeah I did say I turned everything off and only used WiFi when I needed it and same goes for data. Is it so hard to answer whether the One X will outperform the One X+ on battery or are you just the official pretentious all-knowing bastard troll of HTC phones? I use a timer to charge my phone 3 hours before I wake up so it's always at 100% when I start the day.
Thank you to those who offered some real answers and support.
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I had all of a sudden a huge battery drain; first I couldn't figure out what was going on. I disabled all AT&T apps especially the AT&T locker app and now I am back to great battery life.
Huge drain occur only when cpu are set to full clock. Gotta feed that beast
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herokid672 said:
You're totally right because I forgot to mention how I had everything running all at once all day.... Oh yeah I did say I turned everything off and only used WiFi when I needed it and same goes for data. Is it so hard to answer whether the One X will outperform the One X+ on battery or are you just the official pretentious all-knowing bastard troll of HTC phones? I use a timer to charge my phone 3 hours before I wake up so it's always at 100% when I start the day.
Thank you to those who offered some real answers and support.
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Now I have the regular att one x and usually I use it pretty heavily and I'm at 60% around 8 pm taking off at 7am...it all depends on the user...but like others said your battery is being calibrated and once you flash a new Rom your battery will have to take a few days to see more trust worthy battery..alsoyour dalvic cache is rebuilding itself the first little while so I can assure you after a little while you'll see improvements in battery life ...on my one x I got significantly better battery life after putting a couple roms on their and choosing the CPU/voltages how I want....and if your heavy user and complaining just think if you and someone else have the same car and your just flooring yours everywhere you'll get worse gas mileage..
I just got a new AT&T One X+, and noticed that some of the AT&T bloatware was using battery.
I let Play Store update some of the bloatware and then under Settings->Apps, I disabled
AT&T Code Scanner
AT&T Family Map
AT&T Locker
AT&T Messenges
AT&T Navigator
AT&T ReadyToGo
I can't remember which one(s) were using most power, but disabling them all means that you never accidentally run them and don't see then on the Apps screeens.
HTC Checkin service also seems to use a lot of power, but not much I can do to stop that.
But for now, I just plan to use the phone as I want to, but make sure I can plug it into power if it gets low on juice.
BelleauCarl said:
Huge drain occur only when cpu are set to full clock. Gotta feed that beast
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So far thats my experience, if i load up a game that uses that Tegra 3 to its full extent then goodbye battery.. I did go disable all the ATT apps however
But heck, if i watch Youtube videos and such i dont have much of a problem, My first day i managed about 15h with almost 3h on the screen... I gotta say unlike my GNex, this phone is picky on what you're doing in regards to battery usage, Probubly because unlike the One X+ the GNex's screen was the worst offender in regards to battery life....and unlike the GNex I dont have to go running when i hit 20% because 20% on my GNex meant "I'm going to drop dead in 5...4...3..2...1"
BTW stupid question, Where I live I know theres a very good HSPA+ tower (like full signal all the time, -75dbm) but my One X+ likes to stay on the LTE tower which has a dinky 1-2 bar signal strength to it(Not sure on the dbm on it, Havnt checked), Even though im using Wi-Fi at home, wouldnt it still be bad for battery life as the cell tower has a weaker signal?
I'd not mind a battery case, Had one on my iPhone 4 and my GNex, But I cant seem to find one, Do the Mugen ones for the One X work on the Plus as well?
KenjiS said:
BTW stupid question, Where I live I know theres a very good HSPA+ tower (like full signal all the time, -75dbm) but my One X+ likes to stay on the LTE tower which has a dinky 1-2 bar signal strength to it(Not sure on the dbm on it, Havnt checked), Even though im using Wi-Fi at home, wouldnt it still be bad for battery life as the cell tower has a weaker signal?
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I would also prefer to use HSPA over LTE to save battery, but after some googling I realized that AT&T does not want us to have this option. There are some cumbersome phone codes you can enter to hop onto HSPA and not LTE, but no practical solutions yet
ashamir said:
I would also prefer to use HSPA over LTE to save battery, but after some googling I realized that AT&T does not want us to have this option. There are some cumbersome phone codes you can enter to hop onto HSPA and not LTE, but no practical solutions yet
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That stinks of annoying marketing over practicality... At the very least when one isnt using a ton of data at the moment they should have the phone "throttle" the connection down to the strongest connection available, even if its EDGE...and if you're on a Wi-Fi network it should connect to the tower with the strongest signal, not the best data connection
At my house I get HSPA+ with full bars running at 7.5mbps, LTE runs at 5-6mbps and 1-2 bars
Ok granted, when i leave the house yes, i get pretty good LTE speeds up to 20-23mbps, and thats where i care about LTE working since at home i can just use my Wi-Fi network, what im more annoyed with at home is the fact that in the background im connected to a tower with 2 bars of strength which im pretty sure is killing my battery life because its STILL pushing Cell stuff to it (IE, my calls/texts) in fact while I havnt really been able to test this much a few of the times when i go downstairs (Thus losing the poor LTE tower and hopping over to the very good HSPA tower) i notice my battery drain seems to get a lot lower... But as i said i cant test that a lot
Andrew149 said:
No you haven't done anything wrong you haft to break in your battery give it two weeks before you complain your battery Is being calibrated
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if no one ever told u that before i will tell u now....
stop! belive!! in!! myth!!!
or u know better then the android progremers?
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if no one ever told u that before i will tell u now....
stop! belive!! in!! myth!!!
or u know better then the android progremers?
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No my battery has continued to get better every day here's some more proof,
Yes it may be some what of a myth but than again your phone needs to build up cache sync everything and than settle down
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I've had pretty good battery life on my HOX+ so far, but, I've only owned the thing for a week. I think a lot of it depends on how you use the phone and also how much you prioritize battery life over convenience.
For example, I've got Google Now turned off along with all the AT&T apps removed entirely. In addition mobile data is usually turned off unless I actually need to use it and so on. So things might not be as convenient for me, but, battery life is pretty good. Although, when gaming it does go down quickly as expected.
The other night I took my phone off the charger around 2am when I went to sleep and when I woke up at 10:30am it was at 98%.
I recall someone mentioning that they lost 1% of battery life very 10 minutes when Google Now was running. So I just started it on my phone and then disabled it. Although, I believe it is 'off' by default.
I almost never install programs that run constantly in the background. Especially if it is one that will restarts after being terminated even though it isn't necessary. I've read you aren't supposed to terminate running processes, but, I just hate having some games 'billing service' running in the background all day because I played it 8 hours ago. I am pretty selective with when and how I end processes as it just wastes battery life to 'free memory' and then have all those same processes start running again.
Unfortunately this post probably doesn't add too much useful information, but, I need 10 posts so just bear with me, lol.
Heres my count for today...
Basically, a bit of youtube, a bit of music playing (around an hour i think) some web browsing, a little cut the rope (around 20ish mins?) played in Google Earth a bit (One app that never ran well.. until now!) Really and honestly i am not complaining one bit...
My cell signal in the background sucks, Thats probubly not helping matters (I know I can get a much better more solid connection if it was the HSPA+ tower but theres no way for me to disable the LTE apparently ) So basically I'm just annoyed that i feel the battery life could be extended if i could force it to connect to the tower with the strongest signal instead of the one with the LTE signal im not using at home because i have 40mbps FiOS....
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I don't get your problem i have 2 Batterys if o have to get thru the whole day and night without changing. But 12-15h with one Battery are no Problem for me, and i use Bluetooth Headset GPS Wlan NFC all the time
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I don't get your problem i have 2 Batterys if o have to get thru the whole day and night without changing. But 12-15h with one Battery are no Problem for me, and i use Bluetooth Headset GPS Wlan NFC all the time
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First, based on my usage over the past 3 days, I don't know how that would be even remotely possible. Right now, I have all of that turned off, and my battery is dying just sitting there laying dormant....never saw that before, even with something as small as an iphone 4.
Second, I think you actually proved my point when you said you have to use 2 batteries. I've had iphones and an galaxy note 3 and s5 before and it was never an issue before that I even had to think about having a second battery. I used to read reviews of people saying that a benefit of a samsung over and iphone was the removable battery....while it's true that the battery might be removable, with the iphone you don't need to.
You should not exaggerate, sure this is not the phone if you're a really heavy user.
But I'm using it with everything ON, and never had a problem with it, I'm charging it every night.
But if you do have battery issues, you can buy yourself the 2500mah extended battery.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/apple-iphone-6-battery-life-test/
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-alpha-exynos-5430-battery-test/
I am a heavy user and average about 4 hours of SOT with LTE Web Browsing and about 30 minutes of calls BUT I will probably get the 2500 Mah Battery ..
Also there may be a 20 -25% difference between Qualcomm and Exynos Versions with Exynos better ( wild guess on my part on %).
Still coming from a Note 3 , Alpha could be a shock.
Should have been 8mm thick with 2700 Mah
Battery and Ram and Camera and SD like Note 4....THEN Alpha would not be discontinued...lol.
I think you have somehow faulty phone, because this phone has awesome standby time, even with nfc/wifi/GPS on. And it can even survive 30mins of talking with just 3% of battery. Usually the battery in my alpha and in some other alphas survives 12+h with wifi/nfc on and with 3-4h SOT.
Sounds like the phone or battery is messed up. Just replaced battery. If it still doesn't fix, contact carrier
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I've had my Alpha for a week now (Exynos version) and I'm disappointed in the battery as well. I bought it for music playback and I took a six hour drive over the weekend with it functioning in airplane mode streaming music through the headphone jack. That was it. It was down to 9% at the end of my drive. Call me crazy, but that's unacceptable for it not being connected to ANY network. It was just playing music and an audiobook located on the device. Is this normal? I can return it, but I love the form factor and the audio quality is second to none, so I will probably just live with it.
-Collin-
There is an extended battery that you can get if you need some extra juice.
Try latest Firmware... BOA2 gave me 20% better battery life
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If you completely disable NFC the battery lasts for more than 2 days.
Can you post screenshots of your battery use? It would be interesting to see why your phones battery die so many times faster than mine
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Can you post screenshots of your battery use? It would be interesting to see why your phones battery die so many times faster than mine
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Yes, I would love to. Please let me know how to do that. I will also try to look it up, but I haven't used android in a while so it's all new to me again.
Incidentally, I continue to be dissatisfied with the battery compared to my past iphones. I have everything turned off, e.g., NFC, bluetooth, etc. And, I hardly have any apps installed.
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@ skirush, you either have a bad phone or an app that is draining your battery in the background. And don't blame the "pathetic" battery. I'm getting 70 minutes of screen time when my battery drains to 20%. Also, I am not using the power save modes.
Did you buy your phone new? It is very odd that you are not getting better performance from your Alpha.
I'm not really sure what to do. I'm pretty pissed about this whole thing. I went out on a limb and bought it new online. Once I got the phone, I confirmed with both AT&T and Samsung that the phone was legit and both said yes. In fact, Samsung even said that the phone is covered under warranty. So, instead of returning it (due to the poor battery life) I kept it. Now, I might be too late to return it to the company I bought it from. It's been over their 14 day return policy.
I have had the feeling that its messed up ever since I first got it, but I decided to stick with it since samsung said it was legit. Now, I'm regretting it.
thumbs down for Samsung support
I called Samsung tech support/customer service. Get this, they are willing to replace the battery...IF, I first send them my battery that's currently in my phone. That's just not possible. Like most people, I have one cell phone with one battery. I don't have a landline phone. So, I don't have spare batteries just lying around to use in the mean time.
That's bs from my perspective. I've had replacements on phones sent to me before. For example, ATT sent me a replacement Note 3 and they took my credit card info on file. After I returned the old unit back to them they release a hold in the amount of the phone.
Not sure why samsung is unwilling to do this. Seems ridiculous to expect someone to send them a battery for their phone, thus rendering it useless. And who knows how long it would take them to send a new one back to me. Could be a total 2 weeks without a phone between me mailing them the old battery and them sending me a new one. Who can do that?
a battery costs about 10$ and for longer trips you may need a second one. So why don't you buy an second one and send the battery from the phone to Samsung?
skirush said:
First, based on my usage over the past 3 days, I don't know how that would be even remotely possible. Right now, I have all of that turned off, and my battery is dying just sitting there laying dormant....never saw that before, even with something as small as an iphone 4.
Second, I think you actually proved my point when you said you have to use 2 batteries. I've had iphones and an galaxy note 3 and s5 before and it was never an issue before that I even had to think about having a second battery. I used to read reviews of people saying that a benefit of a samsung over and iphone was the removable battery....while it's true that the battery might be removable, with the iphone you don't need to.
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I am an ATT user so I did have the 850A version with the snapdragon and I did notice that the battery life was pretty bad, but not as bad as you illustrate - and yes this phone gets nowhere near the life as the IPhone6 (my wife has one too).
modpunk said:
If you completely disable NFC the battery lasts for more than 2 days.
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I totally agree with this. The NFC chip on this phone kills the battery. I dropped from 100 to 65 % in 4 hours with the phone in standby. I turned off NFC and 3 hours later it only dropped another 6%
LochNiss said:
@ skirush, you either have a bad phone or an app that is draining your battery in the background. And don't blame the "pathetic" battery. I'm getting 70 minutes of screen time when my battery drains to 20%. Also, I am not using the power save modes.
Did you buy your phone new? It is very odd that you are not getting better performance from your Alpha.
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I had a DLNA app in the background running (just the service) and it too drained the battery as it was constantly trying to find DLNA ready devices.
Bottom line: Either you have a defective battery/phone or you have a consumer that you have not discovered yet.
BTW I switched to the 850M with the samsung chip just because I get the rooting support that the A version will propably never get. Plus the phone outright is cheaper.
ski_rush said:
....Not sure why samsung is unwilling to do this. Seems ridiculous to expect someone to send them a battery for their phone, thus rendering it useless. And who knows how long it would take them to send a new one back to me. Could be a total 2 weeks without a phone between me mailing them the old battery and them sending me a new one. Who can do that?
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I purchased this aftermarket battery as a backup. it's been working like the original one. $6 shipped to you is a steal for me. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-Battery-For-Samsung-Galaxy-Alpha-G850-/111584617173
Sucks that Samsung is making you jump through these hoops. I would check with the retailer you bought it from if you can exchange it. If not, file a claim with your credit card. Good luck