I was running paranoid for weeks and never had an issue, but as of about 2 weeks ago (roughly), I have had my battery drained pretty hard. My co-worker had the same result. I finally grew tired and tried codename, but after the first charge my battery has been bad again. I also have installed Ktweaker's kernel.
I am not sure if anybody else is being met with this challenging dilemma, but I hope someone can at least point me in the right direction. At this point I love these ROM's, but I am only getting about 8 hours battery life with barely using it when I used to get about 18!
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Hi guys,
Rooted my GS3 today and flashed the Blazer ROM. I've read that sometimes it takes people a few days before this ROM runs smooth...
Seems to be draining battery quicker than my stock root, and it has occasionally been running extremely hot.
Should I be concerned or should I just let it play out for a few days?
I think this phone just runs hot in general. I know mine did - both on stock and on a custom ROM.
Stock didn't seem to run hot for me. Seems to be OK unless I'm using 3G. That's when I seem to notice a drastic increase in the phone temps...
Also my phone has been off the charger for 7 hours, and under light use the battery is at 42% - which also seems low to me...
Thoughts guys?
piercenkc said:
Also my phone has been off the charger for 7 hours, and under light use the battery is at 42% - which also seems low to me...
Thoughts guys?
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Try to reflash the rom, and let it settle for 2-3 days and see if you get better results.
*sigh* i just got all my apps/widgets where i wanted them...
do i need to rewipe everything?
Well hello there sir, I am sorry to hear about your overheating/heating up problem and I can assure you, it is somewhat normal. Depending on how hot the phone is really getting.
I wish you had given us/me more information to help better assist your question and maybe solve it for you.
Download battery solo widget, which comes with a widget to install on your home screen, once you have installed it, press it and it will tell you the temperature of your current phone.
I will say, I did just get my Galaxy S3 about five days ago, and Rooted it two days ago. Same exact Rom also, blazin fast.
I will tell you, I installed Battery Solo Widget and my phone with use usually stays around 94 degrees with the house being 70 degrees.
My old OG EVO 4G heated up to 102.65 then shut off. I haven't gotten my S3 past 95 which is totally normal.
To be on the safe side, PLEASE re-install your current Rom, remember to backup your current Rom/SetUp, remember to factory reset/clear cache & dalvik cache then flash the Rom again. I let the phone sit for about 15 or so minutes after flashing before I turn on the screen and set the phone up.
Please let me know how hot your phone is really getting and maybe its not a concern.
Please let us know how the outcome comes along, I am curious and here to help. Thank you!
The only way I make my phone hot is by using Wave, app for GPS and live reports. I know is the app. Is the only way I could make my phone think I guess. Between the 3g and gps that app seems to drain and make this an Oven..
ON BLAZER 1.7 /JELLYBOMB 10
i'm at 95 without breaking a sweat. light browsing on 3g, that's all.
battery's down to 27% now. very frustrating...
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i'm at 95 without breaking a sweat. light browsing on 3g, that's all.
battery's down to 27% now. very frustrating...
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Give it about a day or 2 and the battery should be good. About the overheating, for whatever the s3 runs a bit hotter than other phones.
I'm at 77%. Took it off the charger at 6:58a.m. and it's 10: 29p.m. That is with light use. Let's say around 20 texts an hour, give or take.
Do the math.
Don't worry about your battery the first 72 hours. Your phone is basically "warming" up to all the new settings etc etc.
If the problem is still there after hour 80, there is a problem, and most likely with either the download or your phone is really screwed up (which probably isn't the case).
Thank you. That is all.
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You need Team Sonic's FreeGS3 ROM. Look it up.
Greetings, its been a while since ive visited the forums, but i did a bit of searching and didnt find anything. I upgraded to CM10.1 a couple of weeks ago and have been having terrible battery life compared to CM10. At first i figured it might be just a new rom (i had to do a full wipe before everything started working normally) and the battery had to normalize. But no, its been 2 weeks or so and 3 updates and the same crappy battery life. I looked at the battery usage and this is from today, but it was the same last friday when i started looking at it.
I can believe 15 mins, or 20 mins of screen time. Not 45. Ive been at work... working. So i dont know, maybe its a bug, but im barely making a work day without having to plug the phone in. Can anyone help out?
Try a new kernel. 10.1 is a bit of a battery killer. All stock-like ROMs are. I use LeanKernel, but I don't believe he utilizes your s2. Try ktoonsez?
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Hi,
I've searched through various threads here and in the development/ROM forums but need some advice and didn't find advice for my specific scenario.
From Jan - Sept this year I was rooted but running the stock 4.1 Android (Rogers), I tried CM10 and a few other custom ROM's but eventually went back to stock carrier TW, with the only root change being the 4.2 Camera (for Photosphere) being installed (via CMW). During that time my device ran pretty ok in terms of battery life.
Then in Sept I started getting serious battery drain issues. I've got a few extra batteries and an external battery charger so I ended up swaping in and out charged batteries twice or three times a day.
So I decided to re-enter the root world and have since tried a variety of ROM's to see if the battery issues might be fixed. Installed TWN recovery rather than CWM, Tried ROM's such as Task650, CM10 Stable, CM10 Daily, and I still am encountering pretty dismal battery life?
I've tried various battery apps and generally keep screen brightness to a minumum, turn off mobile data, and have wifi/gps/bluetooth/sync off for most the day
I can't imagine it's the battery themselves, 1 is the original that came with my GS3 last year, 1 is official Samsung bought a few months ago and two are Anker ones that worked fine for months.
Can anyone recommend a specific ROM that may have worked for you? I haven't really messed around with custom kernals much, only played with kernals and governors a while back when trying out SETCPU (which I havent used in ages).
Any ideas?
Thank You.
Try the app BetterBatteryStats and see what is using up the battery. After a few hours of having the phone idle, look up the process running on the phone that uses the most wake locks.
Hi,
BBS did not really reveal one glaring thing draining the battery while the screen was off.
Any other ideas?
I'm curious about flashing it, but I'd rather get some opinions, experience first
it has huge battery drain issues and some bugs, but it's android 12 so i'd recommend waiting until the full release or flashing it if you only use it at home
edit: battery drain was just a furry venti issue. it's fixed.
Actually I have been using it as daily for about 4 days now. Battery life was great 2 days, bad one day, rebooted device, and now battery is ok again. I like it allot.
I'm on Android 13 and was hoping this would sort out the overheating problem I had with Android 12 (I read in a few places that it would), but it did not. The phone gets very warm when charging, and hot when streaming video, and just generally through simple use, nothing particularly demanding. I haven't rooted this phone because I did not see the need, but I would consider it if it was the only way to fix the problem. Is anyone experiencing the same, and does anyone have a solution?
I could be wrong but generally speaking in my experience, going from one major upgrade to another the phone works a bit harder to re-train itself to your use patterns. I just did my upgrade yesterday and experienced some slight to moderate heat as well. I also noticed that battery is draining a bit faster which I think again is part of the process. I'm going to give it a week or so and if I'm right it should improve.
I'm biased because I've had my Pixel 6 Pro rooted (and updated every month) since last November, and I also use Kirisakura custom kernel with its companion apps and currently have the one app set to the maximum battery savings.
So I can't really compare to 100% stock unrooted with the stock kernel, as I'm only briefly on the stock unrooted kernel each month after I manually flash the latest update.
Several others have commented, and I've experienced too, that with Android 13, we've no longer experienced as severe higher temperatures when charging. I don't remember if the others were rooted and using the same custom kernel, or if these were general Android 13 comments, so your mileage may vary. Sorry I can't give you any more concrete information.
Good luck!
Granted this is for my 4a5g but I wouln't be suprised if/when I get a 6 that its battery performance would be less than stellar after a good days use of phone and/or screen and radio/network. i.e. stock. Before I went to Lineage on my 4a5g I think my battery would cut a good 30-50+ percent each day. I put lineage on it and I poop you not, can go from a 75% to around 20% in about 5-6+ days. I tend to have my screen brightness around a little less than 1/4th on the slider bar.
When I had an HTC M8, after around 2 or so years (this was around 2016/7 or so. got phone oct '14) on the stock firmware the phone couln't keep it on for more than a day. Ran ViperRom for a bit then switched to cm/lineage and that stretched my usability of the phone another 5 years. It got to the point where the phone would shut off when it got to around %50 charge and go ding dong and turn off--without pluggin it in I had about 8 hours run time on it. My battery was beyond gone and no way would I have gotten that usability on the stock rom.
So, to answer your question, yes, trying different roms and kernels (rooting) could be to your advantage to prolong the life and performance of your phone.
Even if you choose to run the stock OS, with root, you could disble any bloat running in background. Kill any programs/services leeching CPU (and hence battery) cycles. You could definately make it run more efficient for YOU. Maybe not for the next guy who needs his facebook, twitter, ticktok apis and stuff loaded and at the ready. Everyone is different. But they tend to make the phones (they think) for everyone. in mind and as a result, device performance and lifespan become affected.
I definitely have heating issues and this is on a warranty exchange. The 2 previous P6Ps had all the same issues as this current device.
My phone was hot on A12 (41/45°) and since i clean flashed A13 and wiped it is cold (32/35°) for the same usage.
Greetings.
Good topic.
I have bought this phone a day before. I'm facing device heating even under simple tasks like scrolling messengers, browsing etc.
Previously I had OnePlus 7 Pro (Snapdragon 855), that one was cold all time except while charging or playing games.
However, Pixel looks warm or even hot even upon light using.
I'm a bit confused about that.
Is it a common problem of this device? Or probably exactly my device is affected?
I haven't faced overheating or alerts about that, however, it feels hot for my hands that got used to feel a cold phone while low load.
Currently, I have about 37-38 degrees while browsing on XDA and writing this post.
Just wondering that digits you have?
I did a warranty exchange on my P6P for a different issue and I'm glad I did. My replacement device has much better thermals than my original. My original one would get quite hot while charging and restoring apps and was almost uncomfortable to hold and to the touch. Could always try a warranty exchange and see if the replacement device is better for you. Also, Kiri kernel has been reported to help with the thermals. I've seen several reports of users commenting that their device runs cooler. Good luck!
I had heating issues and battery issues when I first received my P6P. Once I got it out of the box, I set it up and restored backups, rooted it, updated to android 13 without wiping, rooted again, and then flashed the Kirisakura kernel. I decided to try and flash android 13 again but keeping the -w flag to wipe userdata and didnt restore my backups and I've had amazing battery life and no overheating. If you haven't yet, try doing a factory reset. As simple as it sounds it may very well help
My fully stock P6P (on A12) gave an overheat warning yesterday while we were having a day out, it was only 22°C although we were in and out of the sun as the clouds rolled by but the phone was showing 46°C after being sat in my pocket.
I think Google have released the worlds hottest running phone, i have never owned a phone that heats up so much and so fast.
MrBelter said:
I think Google have released the worlds hottest running phone, i have never owned a phone that heats up so much and so fast.
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Try OnePlus 9 Pro
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Try OnePlus 9 Pro
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Thing is I have never experienced overheating on any phone (that i have owned) in UK before, using an Exynos as the basis of Tensor and then whacking an extra big core in it was a pretty bad idea unless you live in a fridge.