Ok so how long do u have to see some good battery im on my 3rd charge and its been lasting me 6 to 7 hours but i have only text and some surf and a bit of gaming i am on the latest stock rom rooted and i have hotspot hack and sprint boot that i installed
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That's pretty terrible even if it's not conditioned yet. Especially because it sounds like you have only light use. You may want to take it back and replace the battery. Either that or you're in an area with terrible signal.
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No i have full bars
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Did you let the battery completely drain and then charge to 100% after you bought your phone?
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Did you let the battery completely drain and then charge to 100% after you bought your phone?
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I let it drain and did full charge but i charge it while it was on
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Take it back and get a new one. I just bought one on friday and even with heavy use my battery has lasted 20+ hours.
Sounds like a bad battery then. Happened to me on another phone. I just asked for a new battery and they gave it to me no problem.
I don't even have full bars and I get a minimum of 12 hours on pretty semi heavy use. I don't use wifi and I get at least 3-3.5 hours of screen on time.
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Basically you shouldn't have to worry about battery life if your only using the phone "normally".....
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Sounds like a bad battery then. Happened to me on another phone. I just asked for a new battery and they gave it to me no problem.
I don't even have full bars and I get a minimum of 12 hours on pretty semi heavy use. I don't use wifi and I get at least 3-3.5 hours of screen on time.
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thanks im just gonna ask for another batteryi like this phone its just battery issue that all
Same thing with me:
Guess I'll get a new battery....
Do i have to go to the repair store to ask for it or can i go where i bought the phone in sales store only official sprint store?
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Do i have to go to the repair store to ask for it or can i go where i bought the phone in sales store only official sprint store?
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A sales only store is unlikely to have any batteries on hand, we hoard a ton of new and used ones at my store, but we're a repair store...we're always getting folks coming from sales only stores for batteries.
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A sales only store is unlikely to have any batteries on hand, we hoard a ton of new and used ones at my store, but we're a repair store...we're always getting folks coming from sales only stores for batteries.
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I just talk to the sales store and they wanna look into my phone and im rooted i just want them to check the battery by it self grr
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Yeah even when i'm in a crappy service area I still get at least 12 hours of medium use, with at least 2 hours of screen on time. I'm using the stock ROM as well. I have 2 email accounts on push. And don't use wifi
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I just talk to the sales store and they wanna look into my phone and im rooted i just want them to check the battery by it self grr
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Just tell them you're in a hurry and don't have time. They just gave me a new one and then I was on my way...
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Just tell them you're in a hurry and don't have time. They just gave me a new one and then I was on my way...
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Cool thanks ill try that
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Good luck...
Omg i got a new battery but had to pay for it but oh well i got with external battery ut omg god i see the difference on the first one the percent will go dows every min now is like there for a while
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Omg i got a new battery but had to pay for it but oh well i got with external battery ut omg god i see the difference on the first one the percent will go dows every min now is like there for a while
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Excellent news, glad it worked out. Where did you end up getting your battery? And if you don't mind me asking, how much did it set you back?
Apps like Facebook would drain my battery really fast. I use friendcaster now. Also make sure your not using the wireless location in the gps setting.
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If this is true and they let us buy them , its somthing to look forward to
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2011/11/batteries-energy-kung.html
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We just have to wait 3-5 years
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Yeahhhhhh
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paranoid android85 said:
We just have to wait 3-5 years
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That should coincide perfectly with the first MR from Sprint & Samsung for our phones then!
Weeeeeeeee!!!
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That should coincide perfectly with the first MR from Sprint & Samsung for our phones then!
Weeeeeeeee!!!
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That's not funny.. OK its funny..
Battery life is easily the worst part of this phone. Better batteries can't come soon enough.
I typically get 16 hours of normal usage (phone, text, email). I don't constantly stream Pandora or Netflix over 3G though...
Light usage gets me 24-26 on average. Of course, I start getting nervous once the battery gets below 40%. I'm used to it dropping like a rock after that from my days on the Moment with Froyo.
Watch Apple buy them out and patenting the technology
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Thats like bacon ona sammich. Samsung get on it!
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Watch Apple buy them out and patenting the technology
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Don't even say that! And I couldn't imagine samsung letting them do that. They know it would crush them. This service will never come in time for this phone but it doesn't later cause this phone had the best battery life of any phone I have used our seen hands down. With multi core processors and more energy efficient phones and this new battery technology coming it is going to be so nice. I'll want me a electric crotch rocker that will go 10x father than the beastly ones that they have now. Pros for posting this for us sir. I appreciate it
Hi everyone I got my phone 4 days ago and have been through charge cycles but my battery life sucks. I only get a Max of 2hrs on screen time and 12 hours with the phone on (if its in airplane mode the whole time). Also, it takes forever to charge. I charged it from 7pm to 10:30pm and it went from 2% to 34%. And as i type this message (on wifi) I lost 3% battery life. What should I do?
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Also it seems that display takes up 50% battery (which is good) but as soon as I send one text, phone immediately goes to 50% and display down to 18%. It stays that way all day and rebooting does not help. And the battery percent goes up and down without charging. And yes I have calibrated it multiple times
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Have you considered getting another battery
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I would not like to spend anymore money on this phone if possible. I just spent $680 on it. What kind of battery life are u getting?
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You should return it. My on screen time is 3hrs and I still have 61% left.
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Yup, I can get 4+ hours screen time, not on power saver. You need to swap your phone out, something's not right.
Something is definitely wrong. I had a 45 minute conversation in my car today with the screen on for navigation and it only drained 15%. I was quite impressed.
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Call up T-Mobile and tell them your battery is defective and they will send you a new one free of charge. Plus you can keep your old one.
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Well I went back to the tmobile store and just swapped the phone. Hopefully this one will be better than the last.
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Hi everyone I got my phone 4 days ago and have been through charge cycles but my battery life sucks. I only get a Max of 2hrs on screen time and 12 hours with the phone on (if its in airplane mode the whole time). Also, it takes forever to charge. I charged it from 7pm to 10:30pm and it went from 2% to 34%. And as i type this message (on wifi) I lost 3% battery life. What should I do?
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Most likely, you have a lemon, and you should exchange it.
keep in mind, if you store your phone in a hot place it will drain considerably quicker..happen to my S2
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keep in mind, if you store your phone in a hot place it will drain considerably quicker..happen to my S2
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I always have my phone in my pocket so its not really ever in a hot place. But thanks for the suggestion
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Scoutamis said:
I always have my phone in my pocket so its not really ever in a hot place. But thanks for the suggestion
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You clearly have something defective.
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Call up T-Mobile and tell them your battery is defective and they will send you a new one free of charge. Plus you can keep your old one.
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are you serious? can someone verify this?
Do you have low signal. At my home I had the same issue, but on sprint. Using something like juice defender extended my battery life considerably.
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are you serious? can someone verify this?
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Here we go. Now everybody and their mom is gonna try to scam T-Mobile like Charlie did HTC for the battery covers. :-[
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The_Biz said:
Here we go. Now everybody and their mom is gonna try to scam T-Mobile like Charlie did HTC for the battery covers. :-[
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Then they'll start charging. My friends Sensation legit needed a back cover for his phone (power button was shot and volume rocker fell out) but he couldn't get one from HTC after three attempts.
Try doing a factory reset. It helped on my S3.
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Do you have low signal. At my home I had the same issue, but on sprint. Using something like juice defender extended my battery life considerably.
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Signal is strong where I live so that wasn't the issue
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vince2398 said:
Try doing a factory reset. It helped on my S3.
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Tried that and it didn't help so I got it replaced. Getting much better results with the new phone
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Auto brightness off that's about it moderate use a YouTube video Facebook and twitter that's it. Stock jb. No root. And don't plan to root.
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horr1blek1tten said:
Auto brightness off that's about it moderate use a YouTube video Facebook and twitter that's it. Stock jb. No root. And don't plan to root.
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JB has been known to have very bad battery life. If your not rooted, it's hard to help you from here. Maybe try some of the battery saver apps?
Juice defender but its outdated
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Go to settings , backup and reset, turn off collect Diagnostics. Also keep wifi and gps off when not in use.
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Go to settings , backup and reset, turn off collect Diagnostics. Also keep wifi and gps off when not in use.
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Turned off diagnostics how does that affect battery life? And that usage was on 4g just got home and turned on WiFi. GPS is always off. Anything else?
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Turning GPS and WIFI off makes no difference. Those draw no power unless they're in use. WIFI only passively looks for a signal when it's on (every 30 seconds and gps is only active if an app uses it. Juice Defender will cause your battery to drain faster too.
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My battery life takes a dive when leaving GPS on all the time I don't know if it has something to do with jelly bean or not? It also keeps the phone awake, thus definitely using more battery.
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So many devs would like to have a talk with you...
T-Mobile Galaxy S 3, stock and rooted.
Actually the 4G radio uses more battery than wifi. Wifi can turn itself off after inactivity, having apps syncing all the time if you have it on will drain battery immensely. Mainly because it's suppose to be sleeping yet it still running and working and those apps will have a great time doing that. also depends how long you had phone, I have read batteries tend to drain faster after about 5 to 6 months of use.
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My phone is new bought it two days ago.
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Ever since Jelly Bean (cm or tw) battery life just isn't what it was on ics I was pulling 20 hour runs with 4 hours of screen time with ics, now I can barely get 9-10 hours with 2 hours of screen time.. It's almost like I'm afraid to use my phone because it'll die.. Very frustrating ik. Hopefully Google addresses this issue in android 4.3 (presumably key lime pie)
Until then, turn off Google Now, and maybe try to pinpoint some random app possibly causing wake locks and not letting the phone sleep properly (with the use of this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809 )
Also, I highly recommend checking out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741
Good luck
I use google now for weather info and sports scores. Ive disabled pretty much all bloatware and only my email syncs nothing else.
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I use google now for weather info and sports scores. Ive disabled pretty much all bloatware and only my email syncs nothing else.
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I know you said you don't plan to root, but if you're looking for some real results you may have to..I'm talking about flashing a new rom/kernel. If you do decide to go this way, I recommend a debloated and slimmed down tw rom with lean kernel.
Something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024174
Heres an update worse if anything.
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Dude rooting the device is the only way to go. If you plan on using it the rest if the stock then you're gonna have to deal with it. Sorry
Possibly a defective battery. You sure its a s3 and not a note 1? Lol
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Possibly a defective battery. You sure its a s3 and not a note 1? Lol
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U think so? I just bought my phone should I go return it then?
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horr1blek1tten said:
U think so? I just bought my phone should I go return it then?
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Its a possibility I would definatly try before your out of your return period even on stock your battery life should be at least 4hrs on time with 12-14 hrs standby I've had 2 sg3's one international and one u.s. and both had triple almost better than that buddy
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Its a possibility I would definatly try before your out of your return period even on stock your battery life should be at least 4hrs on time with 12-14 hrs standby I've had 2 sg3's one international and one u.s. and both had triple almost better than that buddy
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Could be there is still new or what would be safe to trade it in
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boyblue302 said:
Dude rooting the device is the only way to go. If you plan on using it the rest if the stock then you're gonna have to deal with it. Sorry
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Yo!
I hope im posting this in the right thread. Im experiencing bad battery drainage. I will charge my phone at least 3 times a day. Once fully charged it will last usually 2 hours if im on it off and on. Until it hits 30% then it will turn my radio off, and i will have no connection. So i restart my phone and it will come back on with 2%! UGH! Ive tried conditioning my battery by draining completely and charging completely. Maybe its a lemon, i dunno. So has anyone out there experienced this same issue?
Thank you for any info i can get!
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B-noob said:
Yo!
I hope im posting this in the right thread. Im experiencing bad battery drainage. I will charge my phone at least 3 times a day. Once fully charged it will last usually 2 hours if im on it off and on. Until it hits 30% then it will turn my radio off, and i will have no connection. So i restart my phone and it will come back on with 2%! UGH! Ive tried conditioning my battery by draining completely and charging completely. Maybe its a lemon, i dunno. So has anyone out there experienced this same issue?
Thank you for any info i can get!
B-noob
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What ROM are you using? Stock or custom kernel? If custom kernel which one?
Mostly sounds like a bad battery to me. This has been showing up more often over the past couple of months. This device has gotten up in age and the batteries are giving out. Even users who have only had the device for a few months have seen this happening. While the purchase of the device maybe recent there is a good chance it has been sitting around at the store or a warehouse for a while.
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Nope this is just a stock phone for the moment. So nothing special about this phone.
Yeah that what I though too. This phone is 2 years old and so is the battery. Time to root it and buy a new battery. Thanx for the incite!
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Nope this is just a stock phone for the moment. So nothing special about this phone.
Yeah that what I though too. This phone is 2 years old and so is the battery. Time to root it and buy a new battery. Thanx for the incite!
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If you want to save a few steps I suggest skipping rooting. Just Odin a custom recovery then flash a custom ROM. All custom ROMs are rooted already so the only reason you would need to root is if you plan on sticking with the stock ROM.
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Thanx! I've never heard of that before so maybe I'll give it a shot!
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We got new batteries after 8 months of having our phones (s3 and note2) mainly to have the old batteries ad back-ups. Have to say that i was pretty surprised at the difference. New batteries were sooo much better!
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Nice! I just purchased a new battery off of Amazon. It's a Beltron, hope it's good.
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Nice! I just purchased a new battery off of Amazon. It's a Beltron, hope it's good.
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I got knock-offs for both phones. Paid a lot less then if i had bought samsung batteries. And, i think both batteries have held up a lot better then the originals ☺
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Nice! I just purchased a new battery off of Amazon. It's a Beltron, hope it's good.
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I am still running original battery so not sure about any replacements. Although the normal philosophy applies buy cheap get cheap. Not saying buy the most expensive is best but those $5 Chinese batteries are never a good option.
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What's the best app to use to determine what's draining your battery? I took my phone off the charger and within 15 mins it's down 6%
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What's the best app to use to determine what's draining your battery? I took my phone off the charger and within 15 mins it's down 6%
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Wake Lock Detector.. but it needs root access.
Never tried WLD, but hear of it being used more and more. I've always used Better Battery Stats. I imagine either one will work just fine.
Batteries do go bad though. So if it's been in use for over a year, might be time to look into a replacement.
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Never tried WLD, but hear of it being used more and more. I've always used Better Battery Stats. I imagine either one will work just fine.
Batteries do go bad though. So if it's been in use for over a year, might be time to look into a replacement.
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u r the pro man! I will give your suggestion a try as well.. WLD lacks much information but still is the better one if u r looking for a free one
I used Advanced Battery Calibrator, Battery Life Repair, and Unbounce. I seem to be getting much better battery life
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u r the pro man! I will give your suggestion a try as well.. WLD lacks much information but still is the better one if u r looking for a free one
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There's an xda edition of BBS too. It's the full version, free for xda members.
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What's the best app to use to determine what's draining your battery? I took my phone off the charger and within 15 mins it's down 6%
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Using WLD because BBS is pretty damn confusing.