The battery saver on the g3 seems more gimmick. I feel like the s3's battery saver function has more features or functionality than the g3. The s3 at least shuts down or reduces some of the phone's cores to reduce battery use. What's your experience?
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Power saving on the galaxy was awsome with it being able to reduce cpu speeds at ANY level of battery.
I don't even use the one built into the G3 because it's soo garbage. Power savings on the G3 just sucks sack, why should i have to wait till 30% for power saving that doesn't even save power to be enabled, i should be able to force enable at 100%. not only that but the power savings feature of the G3 doesn't do anything for my phone except disable haptic feedback, which is probly the only power saving feature i don't disable.
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Hello,
my name is Udi and I have a new Transformer Prime. I wanted to ask how do you maximize the battery life? from all aspects - is overcharging right? is full discharging right? etc.
thanks!
The single biggest improvement will come from going into the advanced WiFi settings and setting WiFi to turn off when the screen is off.
Also you should run using balanced or power saver performance modes unless you plan on running an intensive app like a game.
Aside from that normal things like turning down screen brightness, disabling GPS and setting your accounts to sync every hour (or more) rather than every 15 minutes can do wonders for extending battery life.
I hve been using my phone on power saving mode from 2 days to save battery and to hve more life out of it. I wana ask tht it is ok to use it continuously on power saving mode forever??
Any ideas??
No problem in using power mode all the time. It's a feature Samsung enables to save battery
Yep. Can't see a problem except the expected performance downgrade etc.
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Personally I hated the power saving modes in every smartphone i had cause it affects performance. I will buy a spsre battery and a charger. If you are ok with the performance in power saving mode you should use it!
Enjoy your phone to its maximal potential. Don't let the battery saving issue to disturb your user experience.
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My phone doesn't decrease in performance with saving mode enabled. It is always fast.
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My phone doesn't decrease in performance with saving mode enabled. It is always fast.
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Not the case with mine, I notice a decrease in performance. It most likely under clocks the CPU...
In regards to the original question, no there is nothing wrong with leaving the phone in power saver mode. In fact you could probably argue that its better as the phone creates less heat.
Ideally I'd like to overclock mine
Well there is no such thing as saving power without sacreficing preformance. (unless you undervolt it or use more power effectient drivers)
But you should be ok running in power save mode all the time, although I do question why you bought a top of the line smartphone then. I think you would have saved more power (and money) buying a lower end phone.
It does govern the cpu. You can uncheck it. I leave mine checked.
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Truely speaking i cant see diiference of even 1% in comparison to power saving and normal mode. Any one knows y battrey depleting though good but at same rate in both modes??
juice defender app does a good job for me. i use the basic settings but you can tweak it to save more battery.
Power saving appears to cap the clock speed at 1.0 GHz rather than 1.4 GHz and it may also disable cores, too. Most of the time it feels just as responsive to use. It is less snappy for some apps and benchmarks quite a bit slower, but I feel I'm splitting hairs as it still feels quicker than my last handset.
I see two days of moderate use with Power Saving on. I don't quite see two days with it off, but the difference is probably not statistically significant and the device is still new.
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im using a power saving application on Xperia S ... is it okay to keep it working all the time??
thank you ....
ButterMaker: first of all, wrong forum, also battery saving apps are known to interfere with androids way to handle memory so I would say no
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ButterMaker: first of all, wrong forum, also battery saving apps are known to interfere with androids way to handle memory so I would say no
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Yes, should not use battery/ram optimization apps. They interfere with androids core system.
I uninstalled all these apps after trying and researching. They eat more battery then they save. I only use battery stats apps to keep a log of battery drain.
Now I easily get 40+ hours on my S3 with moderate uses.
So, what exactly does Power Saving mode do? Have seen reports for the GS3 that it lowers clock speed, others that say it disables a core, so obviously there is no consensus as to what it does. It's not that I need it, this battery is beastly, but I am curious as to exactly what it does.
When you click power saving in the settings (instead of just switching it on) it tells you, but it dims the screen and changes the browser to a blue hue to reduce battery drain and also turns off haptic feedback, it also limits your processor speed to 1.1ghz instead of 1.6ghz
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I use it at night alot because it dims the screen. i notice about 30% longer battery life...i just recently netted 50hrs of battery life with 7hrs screen on. still had 12% remaining!
I'm looking to squeeze a little extra battery life out of my DNA. I've used JuiceDefender in the past, but it looks like it hasn't been updated in forever. I've never used GreenPower, but it looks like it gets decent reviews. I think I tried BatteryGuru when it first came out (maybe a year ago?) and wasn't too impressed. Does anyone use any of these and get good results?
On the newest stock rom, under power settings, there is a toggle for "Sleep mode". It says it turns off data "during long periods of inactivity". Has anyone noticed a difference with this on or off?
I already do the standard battery saving stuff (turn brightness down, turn off Wi-Fi/bluetooth when not in use, etc.). Doors anyone have any other suggestions to get longer battery life? Thanks!
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I'm looking to squeeze a little extra battery life out of my DNA. I've used JuiceDefender in the past, but it looks like it hasn't been updated in forever. I've never used GreenPower, but it looks like it gets decent reviews. I think I tried BatteryGuru when it first came out (maybe a year ago?) and wasn't too impressed. Does anyone use any of these and get good results?
On the newest stock rom, under power settings, there is a toggle for "Sleep mode". It says it turns off data "during long periods of inactivity". Has anyone noticed a difference with this on or off?
I already do the standard battery saving stuff (turn brightness down, turn off Wi-Fi/bluetooth when not in use, etc.). Doors anyone have any other suggestions to get longer battery life? Thanks!
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Not sure if this will help, but I just started using a combination of greenify and wakelock detector today in an attempt to prolong battery life. I know these both operate completely different than the apps you asked about... I've noticed that most apps that "actively manage" settings to control battery usage end up burning quite a bit of juice themselves. Plus, it seems like you're already managing the setting those apps attempt to. Thought I'd stick to managing everything manually with a little help/info through greenify and wakelock d. I've also read good reviews on Gsam (similar to wakelock d). I'll let you know how well the combo works.
Hello,
Is anyone of you has tried this function and noticed a bigger consumption of the battery?
Thanks for feedback.
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I use the feature and i still have great standby power usage. I'll attach screenshots of my battery usage and screen on time.
Yes, I also use the feature and have great time on battery.
But do you think this feature consume more battery than if you don't use it ?
I can't make me an opinion about that. One time I think it doesn't consume more and on the next charge I think it consume more.
Rather difficult for me to be sure about that...
Anyway, if it consume more it seems to be very light.
Well yes it definitely uses more battery than if you turn the feature off. The standby usage from the feature is quite minimal though. As you can see in the screenshot, my standby battery drain is almost non existent. I've used the feature on other devices with custom ROMs and the drain was far worse. Sony's implementation of the Double Tap to Wake is the best that I've seen, even better than the LG G2/3 and HTC M8.