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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.
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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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shahkam said:
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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elflip88 said:
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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elflip88 said:
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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OK so the bottom of my phone is getting extremely hot and I just can't seem to pin point it. I'm running freeza's odexed ROM of the latest OTA. Nothing else. Not sure what else to include so if you have any questions just ask please.
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What's using your battery?
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What's using your battery?
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It only gets hot when I am on data. And its not because of the area I am in because I get full 3g at my house.
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Reminds me of a post I just read, thus guy was having lousy battery life and his phone was super hot, turned out he had a crazy amount of apps running in the background. Check what apps you got and how often they are pulling data etc. I'll edit with a link if I can find it.
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007997
How to conserve battey life?
Side note how's your antenna is it super hot even on WiFi?
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Nope it can't be that I barely have any apps on my phone. I don't even have the Facebook app. And no it never gets hot while I'm at home. But as soon as I leave WiFi and I start using data it starts heating up. And like I said in op I don't get poor service in my area so it can't because my phone is searching for service. I'm thinking I just have a defective phone..:/
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The GS3 does get hot when it's working hard. That's why people are suggesting a list of what apps show up on your battery list. How is your battery life? If you provide a screengrab of the battery screen that shows the apps and the activity it could give the folks here some information. It's most likely an app that keeps the phone awake and running at full power.
Agreed a screen grab would be excellent, I just found an app that was draining my evo4g from full to absolute zero it was ridiculous especially with a 3500 battery on board. Still waiting for my S3 in the mail, but steal my friends to mess around with when I can 'b
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poit said:
The GS3 does get hot when it's working hard. That's why people are suggesting a list of what apps show up on your battery list. How is your battery life? If you provide a screengrab of the battery screen that shows the apps and the activity it could give the folks here some information. It's most likely an app that keeps the phone awake and running at full power.
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Just got done charging my phone to 100%. I even turned off my phone competely while charging it. Once it starts getting low I will capture a couple screenshots for y'all.
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Agreed a screen grab would be excellent, I just found an app that was draining my evo4g from full to absolute zero it was ridiculous especially with a 3500 battery on board. Still waiting for my S3 in the mail, but steal my friends to mess around with when I can 'b
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Mine was too, no apps running in the back round. I flashed ktoons kernel fixed me right up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800576
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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devoureddreams said:
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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^^^^
Any help would be appreciated.
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And what is the issue???
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And what is the issue???
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It's abnormal!... Somehow...
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OP we need more info, what is the actual problem?
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LittleRedDot said:
OP we need more info, what is the actual problem?
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Extreme battery drain, like 4 hours total on battery and this was above my screen.
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Extreme battery drain, like 4 hours total on battery and this was above my screen.
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What you need is better battery stats. That will help you find what's draining your battery. Also we don't know what apps you have or what's even draining your phone. Those screenshots don't really give us much to go on
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brandonarev said:
What you need is better battery stats. That will help you find what's draining your battery. Also we don't know what apps you have or what's even draining your phone. Those screenshots don't really give us much to go on
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Okay, will download, my battery was never this bad. And for the lte test, should it be doing that? I dont have lte.
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Okay, will download, my battery was never this bad. And for the lte test, should it be doing that? I dont have lte.
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just judging by your 2 screenshots its looking like your phone is constantly looking for a signal. That usually KILLS your battery.
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just judging by your 2 screenshots its looking like your phone is constantly looking for a signal. That usually KILLS your battery.
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I just posted 2 new ones, I always have service to my knowledge except for one turn in my town and its like 3 minutes, but my screenshots of betterybatterystats says different...
Go to settings/battery and touch the graph at the top. Take a screen shot of the screen that pops up and post it. Here is mine. Curious as to what yours looks like. Also GSAM battery has monitor that will tell you what % your phone's signal has been (second shot).
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In better battery stats at the top drop down menu take a screen shot of kernel wake locks and partial wake locks. This will tell us what is draining you down.
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I wanted to know other people's experience with battery guru. I feel it's hindered my battery performance instead of helped it. Please share your experience on this thread about your battery life. Thanks.
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My battery was already bad, this app pretty much did nothing to help me out... but I left it running, mostly as a placebo effect lol
I feel as though if u can toggle on/off wifi and mobile data this app will do nothing for you.
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I've been using it for a week and haven't really noticed that much of a difference over stock. Pretty much all it does is stop things from syncing all the time.
I use Juice Defender and I do notice a big difference
Don't notice a difference either. It's been almost a week.
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