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I have a Telus SG3 (Canada) and my battery was empty after 7 hours without any usage (stand by and a couple of text messages that's all). This was happening mostly during the week (when I'm at work).
I suspected something with the LTE and taking the subway. Yesterday my cell battery was draining really fast, I decided to reboot the cell phone and the draining stopped. I was at 60% at 12h32pm and then 46% at 13h42 without any usage (lte and wifi on, stand by). I rebooted my SG3 at 13h55 while I was at 43%, afterwards much better, I was at 40% at 15h12pm and 36% at 16h48.
Today, I closed my cellphone before entering the subway and opened it up after the ride. It's 14h00 and I'm at 86% !!!!!
I'm telling you guys, this is a huge concern for Samsung. But for now, I'm just glad I found an alternative to this huge problem.
Ref: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777226&page=5 (HTC One X)
This is normal. When your phone loses signal...the radio works twice as much to try and gain a stable signal back. So even though you're not actually using your phone, it the radio causes your phone to stay on. Unless you put your phone in airplane mode.
babymatteo said:
This is normal. When your phone loses signal...the radio works twice as much to try and gain a stable signal back. So even though you're not actually using your phone, it the radio causes your phone to stay on. Unless you put your phone in airplane mode.
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But why should it work twice as much after I regained the signal (I'm talking about 45 minutes ride). The battery drain starts when I get out of the subway station.
I have no signal at work and the battery would be dead by the time I would head home. Now I put it on airplane mode > use wifi + google voice to text. The battery is usually around 70% when I head home.
Because Im seriously curious... This phone has a rap of being "atrocious" in terms of battery life... Now I'm not making this post to be mean or anything, In fact I really do want to know what IS causing it or some theories.. and share one theory I have
But my personal experience really says otherwise, Tonight I set a new "record" on my One X+, 16 hours 28 minutes with 2 hours 43 minutes screen on time... And I didnt do anything "extreme" to achieve it, My Google Now is on, my location services are on, autosync is enabled.. About the only thing I have done is install JuiceDefender (My previous record without Juice Defender was about 15-something hours) I watched youtube videos, Read some websites, listened to music, and even played some games... I'm completely stock, no roms or anything
Now, I will note, I had a problem the other day where my battery killed itself, FAST.. After a bit of digging around and tweaking, I discovered the cause was that my One X+ wasnt entering Deep Sleep, and thus the processor was staying at 475mhz or so even when the screen was locked (Causing the battery to be drained like i was using it) What caused this? My Wi-Fi, of all things, While I had a really good signal, I had it prioritizing the 5.8ghz radio, and in my room, the 5.8ghz signal is fairly weak as im a ways from my router... so the phone was switching between it and the 2.4ghz signal, causing the phone to be unable to sleep, Removing the 5.8ghz AP from my phone fixed the issue completely and my phone returned to "normal" behavior...
Yeah i know it sounds really farfetched and weird, and took me a bit of googling to get the idea that this might be what was causing my issue (I tested my hypothesis by turning Wi-Fi off completely and using Cell data, Sure enough my phone slept like a baby and barely used any battery.. i flipped Wi-Fi on and suddenly the phone was drinking its battery down rapidly.. I disabled the 5.8ghz AP and suddenly the phone worked 100% properly again)
I suspect that this is the cause behind some folks who are saying their phone is draining down 7% in 20 minutes with it locked, Its simply not entering deep sleep, the processor is doing something in the background... Could some of them be having the problem i just described? Its possible, Especially if you have multiple Wi-Fi points in your house.. Could the wi-fi in the One X+ be bugged? I dunno, Thats possible to, Thats why I'm posting this...
Now of course some people need a phone that is going to go for 2-3 days without a charge, and no, this isnt the phone for you (There arent many smartphones out there that can manage that if you actually USE it any) But really.. 16 hours with 3 hours of screen on time is pretty darn good.. Thats getting quite close to my Galaxy Nexus with a 3500mah Extended Battery (Around 18h standby, 3.5-4 hours screen on) despite all of the "handicaps" the One X+ has over the simple GNex (Like LTE and a Quad Core processor) and is vastly better than my stock Galaxy Nexus battery which died constantly...
And yes, heres a screenshot as proof if you dont believe me...
I just want to add that I find that googlenow also drains the battery and as such I always disable it. It was a problem on my S2 and thus I have disabled it on my HOX+
Honestly, mine wasn't lasting longer than 8 hours until I rooted it and simply "froze" all of the AT&T apps I wasn't using. That alone gave me an extra 2-3 hours a day of battery life! (I've read here that the AT&T apps, even if you aren't using them, keep running in the background) The other thing that seems to help is an app called Smart WiFi toggler that's done wonders for both myself and everyone else I know who uses it in terms of minimizing WiFi battery usage.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sebouh00.smartwifitoggler&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5zZWJvdWgwMC5zbWFydHdpZml0b2dnbGVyIl0.
I'm sure other folks have other tips, but this has been the winning combo for me.
I should add that i also froze every ATT app i could and never opened ANY of them.. So maybe thats part of it as well..
JuiceDefender i believe is doing something similar for me with the Wi-Fi by turning it off when its not needed...
My battery life was terrible when I first got this phone. I let it charge out completely once this month and I've been using LBE Security Master. Those two things have greatly extended my battery so much I have been able to go more than a day with it before charging. Another factor might be that my phone isn't carrier branded or anything.
The "My Wi-Fi isnt letting my phone enter deep sleep" thing is actually starting to get annoying, I thought i fixed it but it keeps coming back...and yes, it is legitimately killing my battery at twice the normal rate because the phone will -not- enter deep sleep
My phone goes into deep sleep just fine if i turn Wi-Fi off...and my battery drain returns to normal....So it cant be some app downloading stuff or constantly pinging the internet or else it would do the same thing when im on LTE...
Also i've reset the "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" option to never 20 times now, it keeps going back to "always" on me...
Ideas?
My battery life is ok. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2067143
Mine is too, Provided i turn Wi-Fi off or i get the bug to go away for a bit (basically toggling wi-fi on and off a few times and twiddling with the settings makes it work right, but the problem comes back minutes or hours later)
Otherwise, Wi-Fi wont let my phone enter deep sleep, and my battery drains like im using it..
The thing thats annoying me more is that the "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" setting will not stay where i set it and keeps going back to the default setting....
I guess i can just toggle wi-fi on and off manually...
So I got a galaxy s3 from kogan, and it arrived with android 4.1.1 on it, but as soon as I connected it to my home wifi, it downloaded 4.1.2
i'm not sure if my battery life is the norm, but i get up at 6:30, get my phone off the charger at about 7:15, catch the bus for about an hour to get to school, and by the time i'm at school, the battery is already down to 90%, or lower, and that is only with the occasional facebook message or comment, and a few snapchats. by the end of my school day (3:05) i have about 50% battery, with only maybe half an hour total useage since i got of the bus at school. by the time i get home (5 ish) i'm usually down to 30-15%, depending. i don't play any games on my phone (because i'm trying to save battery), and my phone is connected to the wifi at school and the wifi at home but it is off during the travel time in between. I have power saving on and my screen brightness down to the lowest with auto brightness on. is this normal or is my battery draining faster than it should?
p.s. I am not rooted and on the stock rom 4.1.2
Here are some screenshots of the battery usage, it wouldn't let me attach them before
Nathan
Try disabling the notifications from Facebook and Messenger. It's probably the main cause for your battery drain.
Also try to disable the Sync option, Mobile Data (turn on when needed, not all the time! you won't believe how much battery it saves) etc etc..
I turned off notifications for facebook (but not messenger, all my friends are on prepaid so i dont txt much, i use messenger instead) and sync, and the battery still drops the same! my battery usage says that media server is using at least %20 of the battery! why is this?
you may try using the apps Greenify and DS Battery Saver
I use SotMax ROM and I for the same use for about 2 days the phone: P
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you may try using the apps Greenify and DS Battery Saver
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Greenify one of the best
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raied115 said:
Try disabling the notifications from Facebook and Messenger. It's probably the main cause for your battery drain.
Also try to disable the Sync option, Mobile Data (turn on when needed, not all the time! you won't believe how much battery it saves) etc etc..
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lol ... you can switch of everything and have a nice paperweight
Now seriously... If you don't use data then in Settings-Network switch to GSM only, set sync to 2 or 4 hours (depends how many emails you getting).
Fully charge the battery (switched OFF when charging), when charged (100%) don't turn ON, remove battery and touch the battery connections on the phone for about 15 seconds. Then reinsert battery, boot into Bootloader and go to Advanced - Battery stats and clear them. Then reboot... You should be fine after this.
Root phone and use greenify.
Also remove useless apps, which you can find in running tab
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So I got a galaxy s3 from kogan, and it arrived with android 4.1.1 on it, but as soon as I connected it to my home wifi, it downloaded 4.1.2
i'm not sure if my battery life is the norm, but i get up at 6:30, get my phone off the charger at about 7:15, catch the bus for about an hour to get to school, and by the time i'm at school, the battery is already down to 90%, or lower, and that is only with the occasional facebook message or comment, and a few snapchats. by the end of my school day (3:05) i have about 50% battery, with only maybe half an hour total useage since i got of the bus at school. by the time i get home (5 ish) i'm usually down to 30-15%, depending. i don't play any games on my phone (because i'm trying to save battery), and my phone is connected to the wifi at school and the wifi at home but it is off during the travel time in between. I have power saving on and my screen brightness down to the lowest with auto brightness on. is this normal or is my battery draining faster than it should?
p.s. I am not rooted and on the stock rom 4.1.2
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use greenify to hibernate hungry battery eating apps and youll surely get the best out of ur S3s battery life
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well how to stop the media ???
I already disable it, but still will pop out in battery, any idea ??
and will drain a lot battery which also cause phone very warm
If you already have not. Disable the connection optimizer. Somehow it got enabled after the update. I was at 20% battery almost half way through my day. Now I finish my day with 60%. Battery life is actually great now!
Settings > More Settings > Mobile Networks > Connection optimizer ( MAKE SURE IT IS UNCHECKED )
bdude52 said:
So I got a galaxy s3 from kogan, and it arrived with android 4.1.1 on it, but as soon as I connected it to my home wifi, it downloaded 4.1.2
i'm not sure if my battery life is the norm, but i get up at 6:30, get my phone off the charger at about 7:15, catch the bus for about an hour to get to school, and by the time i'm at school, the battery is already down to 90%, or lower, and that is only with the occasional facebook message or comment, and a few snapchats. by the end of my school day (3:05) i have about 50% battery, with only maybe half an hour total useage since i got of the bus at school. by the time i get home (5 ish) i'm usually down to 30-15%, depending. i don't play any games on my phone (because i'm trying to save battery), and my phone is connected to the wifi at school and the wifi at home but it is off during the travel time in between. I have power saving on and my screen brightness down to the lowest with auto brightness on. is this normal or is my battery draining faster than it should?
p.s. I am not rooted and on the stock rom 4.1.2
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maybe your phone doesn't go into deep sleep mode, use better battery stats to see what causes a kernel wakelock
hit thanks if it helps
I came from a ICS custom ROM and kernel and now have a JB (4.1.2) custom ROM and kernel.
And I don't know if it's me, or now the battery drains faster. I have done all the things a man can do to stop draining: minimun brightness, not a single one automatic synchronization, maaany system apps frozen, using Greenify to hibernate another bunch of them, power saver mode activated... anything I have ever read since I got my android phone (more than a year).
And still, with only a few minutes on WhatsApp and other few on wifi, I only get like a day, more or less.
Is that normal? I want to know the average, because I don't know if it is my phone/battery, or the new JB, or if all of this is just in my head.
Also, viewing streaming videos over wifi drains a lot. That is normal, right? Like two hours of video over wifi, is that OK?
Thanks.
You can try a custom kernel or custom rom xD
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That's what I already have...
I just want to know if this is normal or not.
2 hours of video on a HD display will surely drain the battery and even warms up the phone. that is normal.
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It's also normal that I hardly get a day of battery with normal-low use?
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maybe your phone doesn't go into deep sleep mode, use better battery stats to see what causes a kernel wakelock
hit thanks if it helps
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What settings in bbs to see that?
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Welcome,
I've just bought i9205. Great device, but I'm a bit worried of battery consumption. When I'm using 3g ( LTE/WCDM/GSM ( auto ) mode ), and have energy saver switched to on, device "eats" 1% battery per every 5 minutes !!! I'm not using LTE ( have no this mode in my mobile tarrif plan ).
I've rooted the toy, froze Samsung Push Serivce, get cassie's xtraliterom, switch energy saver off, and on Wifi at home the device "eats" 1% per 7-8 minutes. Haven't tested it on mobile data mode, yet.
Is that normal ?
Bear1974 said:
Welcome,
I've just bought i9205. Great device, but I'm a bit worried of battery consumption. When I'm using 3g ( LTE/WCDM/GSM ( auto ) mode ), and have energy saver switched to on, device "eats" 1% battery per every 5 minutes !!! I'm not using LTE ( have no this mode in my mobile tarrif plan ).
I've rooted the toy, froze Samsung Push Serivce, get cassie's xtraliterom, switch energy saver off, and on Wifi at home the device "eats" 1% per 7-8 minutes. Haven't tested it on mobile data mode, yet.
Is that normal ?
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No It's not normal. Try turning off 3g data to see if this improves. Something downloading in background is a one cause of battery drain. I can read on the browser and wifi with 6 hours screen time and have 35% battery left at the end of the day.
Browsing for the last twenty minutes on wifi and used 1% mobile data and gps are off. I'm no longer using stock rom but it wasn't much different when I was. On standby overnight with everything off mine loses about 1% an hour.
With everything off, in my case, cell standby constantly consumes 12% over and an 8-hour period.
I posted this in another thread too.
What worked for me:
1. WCDMA only - using this depends on whether 3G coverage is good where you're at
2. WiFi ON always - using this depends on whether you need background syncs and are often near WiFi
I use My Battery Drain Analyser to track my drain rate. Link Here
With those two options, my drain rate during sleep is 0.5%/h.
I realize that solution 1 is not for everyone, but try it anyway, but keep tabs on when you lose cell reception entirely to see if this solution is viable for you.
You can also have a look to this thread
I think we've ALL been here. Is there any uniform answer to this?
Let's be honest, I'm one of the not so frequent xda user, I always read several articles but have been, so far clueless.
I have the international model running on CM10 and constantly switch between ROMs of stock and CM, I've always liked AOSP ROMs, love the simple and uncluttered interface as opposed to the ever so bloated touchwiz. What else can I say? It has 32GB SD card and 16GB onboard storage, and it has a little trouble with 3rd party chargers (lose connection / disconnects every so often ) Its an old phone in technology time, but its still great.
So, I've tested wirh CM, stock and 2 other kernels which still make me feel like the phone is gobbling up a power plant everyday. One main culprit is Cell Standby which is very odd since it's usually just in my room (I use an other phone otg) and has a pretty decent signal (3-4bars)
On the most recent checks:
Cell Standby - 25%
Android OS- 18%
Screen - 15%
Google Services - 10%
Phone idle - 10%
Android System - 6%
And the rest are some of my apps..
I just recently started using Deep Sleep Battery Saver and wakelock detector. I'll send the info when the results are in for a day.
I'm not that fond of using 3G since data rates in my country are time-based and the KB-based pricing is off the charts. So I only use my phone for call and text and the occasional casual gaming and browsing (usually the cnet app)
I can only say that, if we could help on this either way, there are a ton of xda threads related to fast battery drain with varying issues because of Androids openness, I can only think if there would be some sort of centralized thread for this, or if you guys could help. That would be pretty awesome.
Ask any question or request anything so I could get this phone going. Thanks
Cell standby will be highest because you don't use your phone.
It's not a culprit,it is normal that it is up on the chart
But if you are experiencing any battery drain of more than 1-1.5% on standby then you have to look for an app or similar service running in background otherwise there is no problem
Press thanx if i helped you in anyway...
I don't think so. I left my phone's battery last night at 29% and after waking up 6-7 hours later, I got 16% left.
So that's around 13% consumed in one night without using it, or 2-3% drain per hour.
I already greenified Facebook and Lookout which were the biggest wakelocks, deep sleep gave me no noticeable difference even on Slumberer mode. I'm suspecting this is due to cell standby. the location which my phone was in had 3/4 bars of signal, wifi and location services are also turned off.
What's the big problem here really? I suspected it may be due to facebook but nothing has changed so far
Update: Signal strength is 73-80+ dBm, When I got home today the phone was dead from 16% this morning. The highest consumer is Cell Standby at 26%, Facebook is already turned off and everything, Still no perf difference.
So I also have a friend on and he's got a GS4, battery life was terrible for him since the kitkat update.
Anyone??
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