Battery life is horrid, am I missing something? - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

I'm running the stable cm 10.0 build with lean kernel. Brightness at half. From these images I'm barely achieving 9 hours with less than 3 hours of screen on time. I'm confused, I thought this rom/kernel combo was supposed to produce great battery life? Can someone help me. Thanks.
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nyyankees1237 said:
I'm running the stable cm 10.0 build with lean kernel. Brightness at half. From these images I'm barely achieving 9 hours with less than 3 hours of screen on time. I'm confused, I thought this rom/kernel combo was supposed to produce great battery life? Can someone help me. Thanks.
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Calibrate battery if that's a new ROM give it a few days. My phone sucks battery no matter what kernel or battery. Just ordered an extended one a few hours ago. Hopefully, by the time i move to the fifth generation galaxy device, this retard battery issue will be solved
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If your are planning to get a battery extension i suggest get the 3000 mAh of samsung this Jan 5th that would increase your battery life up to 49% (i read that here in XDA idk where is it but its true ) and also try TRINITY kernel would be awsome if you done like it you could revert back to lean - its only a suggestion
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Is this your 1st battery cycle in this rom? usually that is normal the following charging cycle would be stable from what you expect

Been using this for 2-3 weeks now I was hoping it would improve but I
it hasn't. I'll give trinity kernel a try, thanks.
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nyyankees1237 said:
Been using this for 2-3 weeks now I was hoping it would improve but I
it hasn't. I'll give trinity kernel a try, thanks.
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And in addition to that you might wanna read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741 also might help you.

osmosizzz said:
Calibrate battery if that's a new ROM give it a few days. My phone sucks battery no matter what kernel or battery. Just ordered an extended one a few hours ago. Hopefully, by the time i move to the fifth generation galaxy device, this retard battery issue will be solved
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I would go for an extended battery but I need a case on my phone, that's the only thing holding me back. It isn't new, I've been on this for almost 3 weeks.
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And in addition to that you might wanna read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741 also might help you.
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Yeah I saw that, some of it doesn't work but ill check it out again, thanks.
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nyyankees1237 said:
I would go for an extended battery but I need a case on my phone, that's the only thing holding me back. It isn't new, I've been on this for almost 3 weeks.
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If you need the extended and a case, look for the seidio active extended. I did about 5 hours of research to ensure i get what fits me best.
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My girlfriend gets 30 hrs+ on her phone with average usage while I get approx 16 hours with barely using my phone. It's crazy how much it varies.

moraha1287 said:
My girlfriend gets 30 hrs+ on her phone with average usage while I get approx 16 hours with barely using my phone. It's crazy how much it varies.
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Are you both on stock?
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Bump?
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Calibrating is useless, its a bunch of snake oil. So don't even bother with that.
Sounds like you need to check for a bad app preventing your phone from sleeping, otherwise flash to stock and re flash.
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Brightness at HALF? Why??

Etabindu another
I went with the qcell extended battery, currently running the Aeonfluxx v6 rom. On heavy use days I usually have 50% battery left. My stock battery didnt last 6 hrs before. The sg3 is my second Samsung phone, and both sucked with battery life.

Try a touchwiz rom bro... might save you some battery. also less widgets, check what apps are running during sleep mode and my favorite
Just carry an extra battery <---- problem solved
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I found that cm10 roms do not give a good battery at all no matter which rom i tried... So i ended up flashing paranoidandroid and ive noticed a huge battery gain its hard to set the rom up because it has tons of settings but once its done its great !!
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shahkam said:
I found that cm10 roms do not give a good battery at all no matter which rom i tried... So i ended up flashing paranoidandroid and ive noticed a huge battery gain its hard to set the rom up because it has tons of settings but once its done its great !!
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What kernel are you using man?
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nyyankees1237 said:
What kernel are you using man?
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KToonz kernal is amazing on PA.

djpingpong said:
KToonz kernal is amazing on PA.
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As much as I prefer stock Android to TW, the battery life is unforgiving. Will give this combo a shot. Thanks guys
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shahkam said:
I found that cm10 roms do not give a good battery at all no matter which rom i tried... So i ended up flashing paranoidandroid and ive noticed a huge battery gain its hard to set the rom up because it has tons of settings but once its done its great !!
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Isn't PA based on cm10
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Is this battery life normal?

Since my last post went completely off topic and hopefully will be deleted soon I am going to try again. I flashed CM7 last night and ran a battery calibration and I only had a 4hr 19min battery life with moderate use I updated my radios but my baseband still says 2.15.00.05.02 Instead of 2.15.00.08.02 did I do something wrong in the flash? I put it in the root of my SD card and flashed it just as I would with any zip. Here is the screenshots from my test.
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If you want the current radios see this.
Has the recovery install as wall as hboot install.
Edit: did you have this with your previous rom?
Perhaps a new battery will help if yours is old?
Yea that is definitley not normal batt life. I'm not saying mine is great, but usually i can go a day on my batt with light to moderate usage. Usually just checking fb, xda, mikmik, and a few minutes of internet surfing
Yeah battery life was right about the same I never tested it. It was sprint lovers rom. I have a new battery coming in as soon as tomorrow so I'll test it again once I get it. Is there any suggestions for things I might try?
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this is average for me
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Yeah I'd kill to have battery life like that so I could actually listen to music on my way to and from the gym plus while I'm there. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong
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dmonger11b said:
Yeah I'd kill to have battery life like that so I could actually listen to music on my way to and from the gym plus while I'm there. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong
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Well this is from my galaxy s3, But when I had the evo I had decent battery life. Have you tried flashing a rom?
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You could also calibrate the battery again.
The Creator of Suds N' Bubbles
I just did before I let it drain but I'll try again. But I am having an issue updating my radios. I downloaded the newest one from the link above and I've tried installing zip from SD and apply update from SD and neither one of them worked it says installation complete but my base band doesn't change and the steps posted in the link don't show up when I'm doing the update what am I missing? I am using revolutionary instead of amonra
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I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
Well this is from my galaxy s3, But when I had the evo I had decent battery life. Have you tried flashing a rom?
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Yes I am using CM7 atm
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I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
this is average for me
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dmonger11b said:
Yeah I'd kill to have battery life like that so I could actually listen to music on my way to and from the gym plus while I'm there. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong
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There is no need to kill anybody son... Just get "Juice Defender" like he did and you'll go a day or 2 the same way... No real mystery to it...
Ok I am assuming no disrespect was intended but do not refer to me as son being 27yrs old and a veteran I can't stand that. And secondly thank you much for the juice defender idea I'll go dl right now and give it a shot
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dmonger11b said:
Ok I am assuming no disrespect was intended but do not refer to me as son being 27yrs old and a veteran I can't stand that. And secondly thank you much for the juice defender idea I'll go dl right now and give it a shot
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Yo where you from?? We New Yorkers say "Son" alot...
I'm from California so that probably explains the misunderstanding of the context used. Out here son, junior kid things like that are used to talk down to someone
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Geez, with pretty normal use, I only use about 30% over the course of a day.
Guess I'm blessed. Extended battery helps a LOT too
This is normal for me.and I'm still at 69%
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This is normal for me i love it running classic rom with underworld v8 kernel
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With no disrespect intended its great you guys have good battery life however that in no way helps me with my problem
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dmonger11b said:
With no disrespect intended its great you guys have good battery life however that in no way helps me with my problem
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I think maybe its your battery try getting a new one from amazon i got the anker 1700 mah battery it works great
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AOKP Jelly Bean Build 5 - What does everyone think of it?

Just put build 5 on my S2, and I gotta say, its pretty amazing. Its a lot smoother, and has some more options. But mostly, there is a noticeable difference of smoothness and look. I was crashing once or twice a day with build 4 as well. So, I am happy. What are your thoughts? Any other Jelly Bean ROMs that are better?
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Its pretty smooth for me too but one thing which i can't figure out is that I can't see any of my pics and music in the stock gallery or player pro. anybody got solution for this?
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adil17 said:
Its pretty smooth for me too but one thing which i can't figure out is that I can't see any of my pics and music in the stock gallery or player pro. anybody got solution for this?
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Have not run into this problem. Did you factory reset before... That's what I did. You might want to try reinstalling...
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Where are you guys getting build 5 from? All I see is build 4?
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OneOneSix said:
Where are you guys getting build 5 from? All I see is build 4?
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Goomanager. I myself am in love with this release. Everything has been smooth as butter. Implemented the usual build.prop tweaks for graphical glitches. CPU settings are all stock ondemand/cfq, went for 20-21 hours yesterday with 3-3.5 hours screen on time and that was my first cycle!! Of course no RR or SoDs either. Can't wait to see what whitehawk has in store for this update!
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OneOneSix said:
Where are you guys getting build 5 from? All I see is build 4?
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I noticed it in Goo yesterday, haven't flashed it yet though I think I'm still going to wait for the updated SBean.
This is the first aokp rom that I have tried and I am very happy with it. Everything is very smooth and fast. The only problem that I have with it is the lock screen. When I hit the power button the screen comes on really bright for about a second then goes back to the normal brightness level that I have it at. I usually have have it on the lowest setting. It doesn't always happen but most of the time it does. Anyone know how to fix this?
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Goomanager. I myself am in love with this release. Everything has been smooth as butter. Implemented the usual build.prop tweaks for graphical glitches. CPU settings are all stock ondemand/cfq, went for 20-21 hours yesterday with 3-3.5 hours screen on time and that was my first cycle!! Of course no RR or SoDs either. Can't wait to see what whitehawk has in store for this update!
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I only get about 6hrs with 2h30m screen on, and 20% of battery left. It is so sad. I like this rom, but i dont know why im getting a bad battery life. I did a clean flashing btw.
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Alarmmy said:
I only get about 6hrs with 2h30m screen on, and 20% of battery left. It is so sad. I like this rom, but i dont know why im getting a bad battery life. I did a clean flashing btw.
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What are you using for a radio? Sounds like something is sucking the life out of your battery or you're in an area with crap reception and your radio is draining your battery trying to get a good signal. I myself am using uvle1 for a radio. I've had nothing but bad experiences using uvlh1.
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Alarmmy said:
I only get about 6hrs with 2h30m screen on, and 20% of battery left. It is so sad. I like this rom, but i dont know why im getting a bad battery life. I did a clean flashing btw.
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Try it again and try the new Kanger or whatever kernel.. Getting great battery life my friend
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Over 4 hours of screen on time AND almost 10 hours of battery life?? I'm in love with this ROM.
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peppersu812 said:
Try it again and try the new Kanger or whatever kernel.. Getting great battery life my friend
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This. This ROM and kernel together wins hard
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Would love to give feedback except I have far too many force closes.
I can't even get into the themes or device option under settings.
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firebane said:
Would love to give feedback except I have far too many force closes.
I can't even get into the themes or device option under settings.
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Try reflashing using these steps. You shouldn't have any issues afterwards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926754
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I didnt mention it at first but I guess I will, my battery only lasts a couple of hours. With or without ROM. Anything I can do? Factory reset doesn't so anything.
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Build 5 is working good. But I am seeing Youtube app flickering quite a lot than the build 4.
Any ideas on fixing this?
Edit - Its fixed!! A little help from Google helped : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904827
Is the headphone volume still really low on this rom? That's the only issue that's keeping it from my dd.
pieman13 said:
Is the headphone volume still really low on this rom? That's the only issue that's keeping it from my dd.
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Not on my phone. The volume is quite right.
OneOneSix said:
Where are you guys getting build 5 from? All I see is build 4?
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Build 5 is working great for me. No issues so far and been running it for over a day. Using it with custom Kernel and OC. I must admit that its very smooth. My battery seems very good, wasting about -6%/hr, with WIFI on the whole time and messing with the phone constantly.
If you need the link for the build and kernel the links are below:
http://goo-inside.me/devs/aokp/hercules/aokp_hercules_jb_build-5.zip
Give thanks to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1828728
Using this Kernel with it and its running fantastic:
http://androtransfer.com/get.php?p=DAGr8/Kernel/KKO.11a.t989-.zip
Give thanks to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950894
So I did the factory wipe.. Everything is good.
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Battery life on AOKP build5

Hello everyone
I am running AOKP build 5 since this morning. And the battery drains super fast with 6hrs awake including 2h30m of screen on. I would like to know what you guys get on battery to be sure this issue comes from my end, or from the rom.
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Alarmmy said:
Hello everyone
I am running AOKP build 5 since this morning. And the battery drains super fast with 6hrs awake including 2h30m of screen on. I would like to know what you guys get on battery to be sure this issue comes from my end, or from the rom.
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I've recently had alot of trouble with roms and battery after leaving AOKP Build 4 to try a CM10 Nightly and then going to AOKP Build 5 since it came out that night. I get around 8-10 hours of battery life and it could be better. I leave for school at around 6:40 AM and need my phone to work til around 10:30 PM. So its not just you (unless we both are missing something )
My battery life is awesome. Using the UVLE1 radio with all stock CPU settings, 100% brightness, and no data disabling.
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RushAOZ said:
My battery life is awesome. Using the UVLE1 radio with all stock CPU settings, 100% brightness, and no data disabling.
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Dafuq?
anker battery?
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bzlik88 said:
Dafuq?
anker battery?
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LMAO no it's the stock battery.
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Try calibrating your battery. Did you wait 10-30 when you flashed the rom ?
The issue is gone after the second cycle. Today i got 12hours with 3:30 screen on and still had 8% left. Maybe the rom need time to settle down.
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Which kernel do you prefer?

The subject says it all~
Which has the best batter life? That's the main thing I'm looming for!
P. S: Not trying to offend any developers out there!
All kernels out there are great, I'm just having a hard time choosing between them. Thanks for the hard work!
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Out of the 3 I've used to date, Phantom has shown the best battery life. Bluetooth and wifi are on 90 percent of my day.
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SuiSid3l said:
Out of the 3 I've used to date, Phantom has shown the best battery life. Bluetooth and wifi are on 90 percent of my day.
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Thats the infamous rom's kernel right?
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Weird battery issue

I had been running aokp task for a while and decided to go back to stock. I flashed stock and did a battery calibration. What I've noticed is that I get excellent battery life from 100 to about 40 percent. But from 40 percent onwards my phone dies very quickly. It starts draining about 20 to 30 percent in an hour. Any ideas why? Wakelocks seem normal too... Any suggestions?
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Give it a few charging cycles for it to recalibrate the battery, or go back to tasks rom, that thing had great battery life
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mattio781 said:
Give it a few charging cycles for it to recalibrate the battery, or go back to tasks rom, that thing had great battery life
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Areed, I had a similar problem started freaking out, after two three days it was back to normal
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mattio781 said:
Give it a few charging cycles for it to recalibrate the battery, or go back to tasks rom, that thing had great battery life
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Oh alright. Thanks for reply. And I wanted some stock features so I went back.
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Areed, I had a similar problem started freaking out, after two three days it was back to normal
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I was also freaking out but Ya I'll wait it out. Thanks.
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imcol said:
Oh alright. Thanks for reply. And I wanted some stock features so I went back.
I was also freaking out but Ya I'll wait it out. Thanks.
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I did the same thing because the Bluetooth would change the pitch, I did get better battery life with tasks rom though, but streaming Pandora on my deck wasn't working for me
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mattio781 said:
I did the same thing because the Bluetooth would change the pitch, I did get better battery life with tasks rom though, but streaming Pandora on my deck wasn't working for me
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give it sometime and it will be better than ever ...........transition effect from custom roms back to stock usually takes some times for your phone to adjust back to stock mode, there is nothing to worry about all is good just how devices act

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