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Lost 30% battery over night

Hi. I had 80% battery when I went to bed. But now, when i woke up there's only 50% left? I have posted some pics and it seems like the Wi-Fi is eating everything! Is this normal? I'm using apex and frencos kernel. Tried with the apex kernel and same battery lost.
thanks in advance
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jullejul said:
Hi. I had 80% battery when I went to bed. But now, when i woke up there's only 50% left? I have posted some pics and it seems like the Wi-Fi is eating everything! Is this normal? I'm using apex and frencos kernel. Tried with the apex kernel and same battery lost.
thanks in advance
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your phone is awake a lot without the screen on. Check for rogue apps.
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danielvc said:
your phone is awake a lot without the screen on. Check for rogue apps.
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okay. But is there any program that shows what's on and how Mich battery is use? I know that enhanced email is syncing every 5 minutes. But how much can that take?
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jullejul said:
okay. But is there any program that shows what's on and how Mich battery is use? I know that enhanced email is syncing every 5 minutes. But how much can that take?
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Syncing every 5 minutes will be pretty hard on the battery
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Also those random lines of GPS usage is weird if you were sleeping. I would suggest turning the GPS radio off when you aren't using it.

Is it LTE or GSM

Wow, your awake time looks like mine during the day.

Bisazz said:
Also those random lines of GPS usage is weird if you were sleeping. I would suggest turning the GPS radio off when you aren't using it.
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Okay. Will turn off GPS.
Rem3Dy said:
Syncing every 5 minutes will be pretty hard on the battery
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:-/ bad because I need to sync every 5 minutes. But I will turn off auto sync on nights.
Meets34 said:
Is it LTE or GSM
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GSM
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Phone was having nightmares.. give it a break
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Battery improved after jelly bean!

Ok when I had 4.0.4, my battery life was terrible and that was because of battery leak from android os. Now , android os is taking battery normally anyone else noticed this?
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kyokeun1234 said:
Ok when I had 4.0.4, my battery life was terrible and that was because of battery leak from android os. Now as you can see from screen shot, android os is taking battery normally anyone else noticed this?
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What screen shot?

Sorry, didn't upload for some reason
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Nob battery life has decreased but oh well .
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godefoy said:
Nob battery life has decreased but oh well .
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Hm... Maybe it's only me? I noticed about 20% difference which is huge, you know?
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My battery life got worse. Sad
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NIK516 said:
My battery life got worse. Sad
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Mine is not too bad. 78% after about 8 hours of usage, standby. I'm at work, so barely used the phone today.

Ah my battery life increased too. Glad to see Google fixing some problems ICS had.
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Well mines at 45% after 1 hour screen on time, i use to get 3 hours . Maybe needs time to settle
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Why is Google service draining my battery?

Weird... Never had this problem in my like before until today when I noticed my battery life being not as good as it used to be... Why is this taking up my battery? I've set everything as same as any other time..
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Yeah I have been noticing that too on my sprint gnex and nexus 7. don't know what's the deal.
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...? I've already did a search and didn't find much of a help.
Again, I've set everything to my old settings
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Same issue here. Gnex gsm, running stock yakju 4.2.1 (rooted), exept in my case Google Services is eating more than 50%, and screen ~25-30% .
Can't find anything about it, only people complaining of the same issue :crying:

Is this considered good battery life?

I'm a heavy user and I got this today with Darthstalker + Lean Kernel. Dying now at 4:30. Is this the best I can get with a stock battery? Using half brightness btw, streamed a soccer game, constantly texting, tweeting, Facebook, xda, listening to music, Internet browsing, etc. Thanks for any feedback I can get
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About 4 hours is what I get too. I stream video with the screen on all day long. I also have 6 batteries and 2 external battery charger for that phone.
On my Note 2 with the same usage I get about 5+ hours.
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whatsitsnamenow said:
About 4 hours is what I get too. I stream video with the screen on all day long. I also have 6 batteries and 2 external battery charger for that phone.
On my Note 2 with the same usage I get about 5+ hours.
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Yeah I really want a note 2, no one is willing to trade even with a good amount of cash.
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Have you cycled the battery yet. Did 3 fill charges and drain to about 20%? I had the same problem and nlw my drain is good. Different rom and kernel though
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I get the same with lean and version X I think it'd best unless me and you are the unlucky ones with bad batteries lok
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The battery life is actually pretty good already. I use all my phone pretty much the same way (streaming videos). My previous phones never even made it to the 4 hour mark.
Htc evo 4g = 2.5 hrs
Motorola photon = 3.4 hrs
Galaxy S2 = 3.2 hrs
iPhone 4s = 3.? hrs
Htc evo Lte = 3.5 hrs
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is that all on wifi or 4g? if wifi i think it can be a bit better. i can consistently get 4 hours of screen time, streaming and what not.

tdotdot said:
is that all on wifi or 4g? if wifi i think it can be a bit better. i can consistently get 4 hours of screen time, streaming and what not.
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Mixed, mostly wifi though. I'm thinking an extended battery anyone have any recommendations?
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nyyankees1237 said:
Mixed, mostly wifi though. I'm thinking an extended battery anyone have any recommendations?
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i'd say it's "ok" battery life in that case.

tdotdot said:
i'd say it's "ok" battery life in that case.
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How would I go about improving it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741
T-Mobile SGS III

I don't even know what good battery life is.. Any thing is better than the hd7 I use to have. You'd lose a Chung for plaiyin angry birds (their only game) for 3 mins.. So your lif looks good to me.
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mt3g said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741
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Tried most of that all already doesn't help with heavy users.
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Its not bad. I usually get around 14 hours with around 4 hours screen time with about an hour of music
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falcons2 said:
Its not bad. I usually get around 14 hours with around 4 hours screen time with about an hour of music
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I can pull about 2 and 1/2 hours with 14 hours but that's with non - constant use. If I use the phone constantly it'll end up with what I posted about 6 hours with maybe half of that with the screen being on.
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No that's horrible battery life. I easily get five hours screen on time.
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Crisisx1 said:
No that's horrible battery life. I easily get five hours screen on time.
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Is that from a nexus 4? If so why are you posting on s3 forums lol if not then how the heck are you getting that life?
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I know he has a nexus 4 available to him so i think it is considering there is no reason for him to have a Nexus 4 build prop
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mt3g said:
I know he has a nexus 4 available to him so i think it is considering there is no reason for him to have a Nexus 4 build prop
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Yeah I could care less about nexus 4 battery life as I don't have one.
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You can't compare to other people's usage like this because you stream videos. For example I told you earlier I get about 4 hours of runtime on my Galaxy s3 with a lot of video streaming. If I use my Galaxy s3 sporadically I get times like these.
Your runtimes are normal if you stream videos.
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Battery life...

Okay I've been reading reviews on people getting 20 hours on battery with the same usage as I am, but my battery dies around 12-15 hours which I think is pretty good. Well I'll post up screenies to show you guys. Just checking if my battery life is normal before jumping ahead and buying a new battery.
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I'm getting about that with about 6 hours of audio play mixed in.
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Oh okay. Thats good to know. I play music about the same amount.
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May I ask how battery life is on AOSP roms, like cm?

So what's the overall way to increase battery without disabling the awesome features of this phone? I read in this thread to over charge for an hour or two, but in another thread it says not to over charge the battery... I'm confused
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I'd like to know all of your settings, I wish my battery life was that good!

joshua.justice said:
I'd like to know all of your settings, I wish my battery life was that good!
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+1 I would like to know too
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kevinrubio1 said:
So what's the overall way to increase battery without disabling the awesome features of this phone? I read in this thread to over charge for an hour or two, but in another thread it says not to over charge the battery... I'm confused
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It all depends on how you use your phone. If you have a bunch of apps synching, terrible reception, and the screen on the brightest setting all the time you most likely won't get good battery life. I'm more than happy coming from the Nexus 4 though. That phone had horrendous battery life.
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nbeebe24 said:
It all depends on how you use your phone. If you have a bunch of apps synching, terrible reception, and the screen on the brightest setting all the time you most likely won't get good battery life. I'm more than happy coming from the Nexus 4 though. That phone had horrendous battery life.
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I could get a full days use with my nexus 4 and only use like 40% tasker can work wonders. I'm going to try to it on my s 4 when I let the battery settle from all my changing apps and flashing

joshua.justice said:
I could get a full days use with my nexus 4 and only use like 40% tasker can work wonders. I'm going to try to it on my s 4 when I let the battery settle from all my changing apps and flashing
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Interesting... I use my phone A LOT though and the S4 has impressed me since day one. My nexus dies in a little over a day with no use at all.
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nbeebe24 said:
Interesting... I use my phone A LOT though and the S4 has impressed me since day one. My nexus dies in a little over a day with no use at all.
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I just set up my galaxy s 4 to do the same, I'll try it for a few days. I just use tasker to set it to turn off internet unless I have an app open which requires it.
You can set it to turn on internet and sync at intervals too.

I didnt really change anything. Shut off all features. Brightness like 25%. But I did underclock to 1.3ghz. Which stilll ran really smooth.
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My brother and I have the same phones, the s4 and his battery is better. I don't understand why! We have the same exact settings, but his is black and mine is white
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Ive notice that some apps like google maps kills battery too. Even if youre not running it. So check if your running applications.
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PestiferouSx said:
Ive notice that some apps like google maps kills battery too. Even if youre not running it. So check if your running applications.
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I just disabled google maps, I'm testing the battery out today

kevinrubio1 said:
I just disabled google maps, I'm testing the battery out today
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Alright. Now the waiting game.
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PestiferouSx said:
Alright. Now the waiting game.
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The battery, somewhat, got better!
But I'm installing a kernel in a few to see if that helps!
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kevinrubio1 said:
The battery, somewhat, got better!
But I'm installing a kernel in a few to see if that helps!
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Try ktoonez kernel and set it on koonzservative.
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Also are you on stock and fully bloated?
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Just do what I do. I use an old car battery and I soldered leads into the back of the phone. Sure, my arms get tired and people stare at me in Wal-Mart... but I NEVER run out of battery. :laugh: :good: