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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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Juice defender but its outdated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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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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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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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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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.
(from my phone)
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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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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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Most people in this forum are far more tech savy when it comes to cell phones.
Post your personal tips for battery conservation. Include specific apps if you'd like.
Regards,
ab
I don't worry about battery life, brightness all the way up, sync on, widgets on every screen, Wi-Fi always on. I usually get about 14 hours
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I'm very conservative. WiFi off, data off when not using it, brightness depends, auto sync off, no battery sucking apps like facebook
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Liteflow is the one everyone should watchout i have 2x better standby time simply by deleting it and i put airplane mode everywhere i get like 1bar/signal it helps a bit also.
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The simple solutions are the best.
Extension cords in the house.
Car chargers/docks in the cars
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I get phenomenal battery life out of my S3 (stock).
I had an Epic 4G and was afraid to leave my desk because of the battery drain. With moderate usage (30-60 mins talk time, texting, chat, some web, exchange, ect) I can easily get 16-20 hours. Signal quality in your area will impact it more than anything. Also, wifi is vastly easier on the battery.
PS Facebook app SUCKS. Just bookmark the webpage and use that. Works better and doesn't ruin your phone.
Here how it looks like ! Lovin this screen on time..
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I have a whole thread with tips and tricks.
[How to] --->You Want Better Battery Life:::Read This
It is pretty extensive too.
Woodrube said:
I have a whole thread with tips and tricks.
[How to] --->You Want Better Battery Life:::Read This
It is pretty extensive too.
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Thats a great thread man! Thanks for linking to it!
You guys should definitely check it out if you haven't already. Lots of great info!:thumbup:
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Liteflow is the one everyone should watchout i have 2x better standby time simply by deleting it and i put airplane mode everywhere i get like 1bar/signal it helps a bit also.
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I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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Awesome thread!
I am noticing that Google Chrome uses half the amount of RAM the stock Internet Brower uses.
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I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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I think it depends on how its configured. I've seen it eat the battery but also not use it much at all. Been a bit since I messed with it though so don't remember what settings made the difference.
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I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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I checked in betterbatterystats and it gave me a ton of wakelock so the phone couldnt go onto deepsleep..
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I checked in betterbatterystats and it gave me a ton of wakelock so the phone couldnt go onto deepsleep..
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i have betterbatterystats too but have no idea what the wakelocks affect and how to get rid of them.
Post a screen shot and I'll tell ya what could be happening.
You can improve battery life by switching to custom roms with less bloatware, and updating to more efficient kernels. (This is on a Rom/Kernel level)
Software wise, just figure out what apps are causing wake times and try not to use them. Basically whenever an app/widget refreshes/updates content, it may cause phone to wake (like weather/clock widgets for example).
I have been using cpusleep and it seems to have helped my battery life ... also using a custom rom without the bloatware is key for me.
my current setup is freegs3 release 6 with the latest trinity kernel...even though its overclocked my battery has been amazing and phone has worked flawless.
Im also using system tuner which has given me the ability to manage the cpu with on demand and other customizable settings
The only thing I synch is my k9 mail account
I also have frozen several samsung apps which helped...
Im now getting over 20 hours of basic use between charges...I dont use games/videos so might be a little skewed . I use this phone for business calls/internet/messaging/photos/navi...pretty basic
4500mah stock
Only 58% of battery
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I have been using Gigajoule lately by feckmu and it has given me the best battery life out of all the custom roms I have tried. Even with GPS, WIFI, and screen at full brightness I can make it through the entire day with 30-40% battery left. If your looking for a rom-based solution to your battery life, check it out!
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4500mah stock
Only 58% of battery
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That isnt impressive at all.. 2hours screen on time and 15 hours standby ? I can doo that on stock 2100mah.
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I've been running the ota rooted JB ROM since it came out. I am not running any tweaks at all. Only difference is that I am rooted. Well battery life at first was awesome I would go 15+ hours with 3.5-5 hours of screen time. Now for the last week I have only been able to get 10 hours with 2.5 hrs of screen time max. want to know if anyone else has noticed this.
Oh and my phone seems to heat up a lot when I am only on FB and texting.
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Your best bet when experiencing battery problems is to just do a factory rest , clear all cache and see if that helps. It usually does the trick.
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I get atleast 2 days without charging
Don't want to do a factory reset lol
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my battery life has been worse since JB
Update on this. I still only get 2.5 hours on with 12hrs max off charger. This is with ktoonz kernel and mw86's tweaks
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cbass15 said:
I get atleast 2 days without charging
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Setup please.....
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Setup please.....
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That was before I was rooted! Haha!
check any installed app to see if they are using your internet.. for example every time Facebook updates its app.. They decide to change my settings to update every 15 mins..
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check any installed app to see if they are using your internet.. for example every time Facebook updates its app.. They decide to change my settings to update every 15 mins..
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I only have my gmail on sync everything else is shut off. And better battery stats isn't showing any unusual wake locks.
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Update on this. I still only get 2.5 hours on with 12hrs max off charger. This is with ktoonz kernel and mw86's tweaks
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You could be in the same boat as me. My phone don't play well with ktoonz kernel. Horrible battery life no matter what I did. Went back to stock and I'm back to 4+hours screen on and 15-16 hours off the charger and even longer over wifi
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You could be in the same boat as me. My phone don't play well with ktoonz kernel. Horrible battery life no matter what I did. Went back to stock and I'm back to 4+hours screen on and 15-16 hours off the charger and even longer over wifi
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I'll let it go one more day, used the official Samsung charger this time to see if that has some effect on it.
If not I will try stock kernel over the weekend.
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You should know these batteries are Lithium ion batteries. So their life decays as time goes on and as you charge them. You may need a new battery
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I'll let it go one more day, used the official Samsung charger this time to see if that has some effect on it.
If not I will try stock kernel over the weekend.
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Did you switch back to stock kernel? Any results?
My T-Mobile note 2 battery is draining extremely fast its NOT rooted. So I don't understand why isn't draining so fast someone please help. And if anyone is having this same problem how did you fix it without getting a replacement device.
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See if anything in the Better Battery Stats thread will help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809&nocache=1
That will at least allow you to see what's doing it.
I will thanks
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Check the battery stats for "gpsd". Mine started draining after updating to 4.1.2. It appears (for me at least) that the Samsung "find-your-phone-if someone-steels-it" was behaving badly.
If this is the case for you. Switch the service/function of and notify Samsung.
How many hours do you get when your battery is draining fast?
My stock phone started to drain fast as well. Within 6 hours unplugged I see myself having only 60 percent remaining with barely an hour screen on time. I tried to narrow it down to a rogue app but it seems the OTA was more plausable and easier to blame lol
Now back to using Jedi again.
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Dmwitz said:
the Samsung "find-your-phone-if someone-steels-it" was behaving badly.
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What app is that? I was not aware of that feature.
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What app is that? I was not aware of that feature.
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It's called DIVE and does more than just recover lost phones, it is a management suite, not that I've spent a lot of time on it so far.
http://www.samsungdive.com/about/forwardSiteGuide.do#
http://www.samsungdive.com/DiveMain.do
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It's called DIVE and does more than just recover lost phones, it is a management suite, not that I've spent a lot of time on it so far.
http://www.samsungdive.com/about/forwardSiteGuide.do#
http://www.samsungdive.com/DiveMain.do
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Are you sure Dive and the remote control functions are supported on our phone?
My phone isn't rooted. And Im new too this so I'm a little bit lost on what to do. Before that T-Mobile update I would get 24hrs+ but I'm lucky enough too get 8hrs and that's without heavy use
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tabashir said:
It's called DIVE and does more than just recover lost phones, it is a management suite, not that I've spent a lot of time on it so far.
http://www.samsungdive.com/about/forwardSiteGuide.do#
http://www.samsungdive.com/DiveMain.do
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That's only for international version like N7100... US don't get that feature on T889.
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That's only for international version like N7100... US don't get that feature on T889.
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Thats what I thought.
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Same here. Hope it can get fixed soon
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Because you have Some 'crap ware app like faabook runni ng
its notorious for drain.
See what ywve got running In the background and that where the answer will be
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Because you have Some 'crap ware app like faabook runni ng
its notorious for drain.
See what ywve got running In the background and that where the answer will be
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That's not it ever since this multiwindow update battery life has diminished. I can't figure it out. Like right now all I did is a little bit of fb twitter Tapatalk gps music and thats it and its at 38% unplugged since 6 hrs and on screen time is 2 hrs.
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I turned off the multi window under settings cause I rarely use it and ive been unplugged for 9 hrs and have 56% left I also am syncing manually. Hopefully this will help
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Yea multi view does seem to contribute to see extra drain. But as I see it my phone lasts all day no matter what I do to it. I've never EVER had to say...dang where's my charger. Not with this phone. It's perfect for me . I use it HEAVILY
I trade commodities so I'm constantly on the Internet and syncing prices all day long. I don't use wifi. Ever
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Yea multi view does seem to contribute to see extra drain. But as I see it my phone lasts all day no matter what I do to it. I've never EVER had to say...dang where's my charger. Not with this phone. It's perfect for me . I use it HEAVILY
I trade commodities so I'm constantly on the Internet and syncing prices all day long. I don't use wifi. Ever
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I don't use mult window just to sgow off to my friends I ise my phone moderately and can get 8 hrs max 4, 5, or 6 with heavy use r u stock?
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after rooting and getting my note 3 on att I have to say I am just in awe how good the battery life is.
I have sync on for gmail, facebook, linkedin and moderate use I am at 2 days and 7 hours off the charger with 18% left. Screen time of 5 hours and 6 minutes.
Killed a lot of apps with TI and it has really just been awesome
Yeah, I'm about to hit éight hours of screen on time, pretty damn good for a stock unrooted phone.
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Steve Lazarus said:
Yeah, I'm about to hit éight hours of screen on time, pretty damn good for a stock unrooted phone.
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Battery life is incredible. Im on my first cycle, 1 hr on screen time, 9 h off charge and 75% left. Fantastic.
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I'm totally stoked on how awesome the battery life is! Full day of listening to SiriusXM, while using the built in pedometer, texting, and using Google Hangouts for face to face chatting, and still last all day!
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According to my usage scheme, I had to replace battery twice with s3, and once with Note 2, but this thing can leave even more than 10%!
It even can last five days if you leave it idle 24/7.
Not bad
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Not bad
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cool. i got 9.35mins display time, 1.13 hours call, wifi on and 4g.
help
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Not bad
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how do you get such good battery life??
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how do you get such good battery life??
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By not using your phone
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By not using your phone
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Yea that's what I try to do and it works, but I would love to get 7 hours of screen time
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I think the common element here is all these people where getting great battery life before KK dropped. I know mine has gone downhill after KK.
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I think the common element here is all these people where getting great battery life before KK dropped. I know mine has gone downhill after KK.
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If you're rooted, try disabling DVFS through Wanam. It substantially increased my battery life.
Thanks Ill give it a try....
There is already a Battery Life thread.
Please search before posting
Thanks
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