Battery drain while charging - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

I experience this issue no matter what ROM I'm on, including stock, and I noticed that after about 10 minutes of using my phone while charging the phone gets way too hot and then the battery begins dropping drastically. None of the older threads relating to this really helped me much so I just wanted to know if this is normal?
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No. Get a new battery

LuigiBull23 said:
I experience this issue no matter what ROM I'm on, including stock, and I noticed that after about 10 minutes of using my phone while charging the phone gets way too hot and then the battery begins dropping drastically. None of the older threads relating to this really helped me much so I just wanted to know if this is normal?
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and a new charger.

yea that's what I figured.. just had to be sure. Thanks
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Battery is dying extremely fast

On my gfs epic she's running aokp build 4 She has had the battery since the phone first came out.. She routinely leaves it on the charger every night.. everything is turned off except for wifi in the settings and gtalk has been signed out off and I have tried everything to conserve battery from rootdim which didn't do anything to build.prop tweaks in omairs thread.. The phone doesn't last at most five hours screen on with an hour and a half screen on.. Is this normal or is it time to buy a new battery
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Maybe try odin to fc09 factory and see if it makes any difference. Best advice I can give you, is to leave a womans phone alone. Just trust me.
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b16flybye said:
Maybe try odin to fc09 factory and see if it makes any difference. Best advice I can give you, is to leave a womans phone alone. Just trust me.
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She loves it though, if you only knew her.. I didn't make the decision but thanks for the response
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Change the processor to conservation, and tell her to turn off mobile data when not in use.
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It is probably time to get yourself the SGS2's 1800mah battery. It fits in our original case, snug, but fits.
Before getting the battery, odin back to FC09, boot up and synch PRL and profile. Then odin CWM and flash the current AOKP build for Jelly Bean. Only restore SMS and/or call log from backups if you must. Doing those steps will ensure you have a clean install and anything affecting your battery will either be a rogue application or the battery itself.
Gotta be careful with the Gs2 battery. The Tmobile version doesn't fit our phone. I would play it safe and get the epic touch battery.
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stevie13.xo said:
On my gfs epic she's running aokp build 4 She has had the battery since the phone first came out.. She routinely leaves it on the charger every night.. everything is turned off except for wifi in the settings and gtalk has been signed out off and I have tried everything to conserve battery from rootdim which didn't do anything to build.prop tweaks in omairs thread.. The phone doesn't last at most five hours screen on with an hour and a half screen on.. Is this normal or is it time to buy a new battery
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Time for a new battery.... I can routinely get more than 3 hours screen on time (even with ics and jb roms)
flastnoles11 said:
Time for a new battery.... I can routinely get more than 3 hours screen on time (even with ics and jb roms)
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I think that's the right the to do.. It's running in airplane mode too
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stevie13.xo said:
I think that's the right the to do.. It's running in airplane mode too
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Lol yep definitely time for a new battery then...
Ugh, its like a vicious circle.. "Girlfriend complains about battery, refuses to go back to stock/touchwiz"
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stevie13.xo said:
Ugh, its like a vicious circle.. "Girlfriend complains about battery, refuses to go back to stock/touchwiz"
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I know that feel lol.
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Need battery tips for 6+ hrs screen time

Hi guys using wicked with trinity 7b. See a few people posting 2 days on one charge and over 6 hours screen time. Would like to know how as i cannot get anywhere near that. I use system tuner, odex my Rom and kill my tasks whenever possible. I use lh2 modem.
Anyone with huge battery time please help us out here. I'm sure many of us would like some help. Also if you tweak your build.prop press share that.
Looking for details. I'm not a noob
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They are not using the stock battery. If you want battery like that, buy an extended battery. That is the only answer.
What I find most telling in many of these screen shots is that Device Idle and Cell Standby are almost always in the top.
Woodrube said:
What I find most telling in many of these screen shots is that Device Idle and Cell Standby are almost always in the top.
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Cell standby is actually lying. It was coded with a decimal in the wrong place and so it shows that it uses a lot more than it actually does. Purely cosmetic really, but can be annoying when testing battery issues.
Edit: many custom roms have corrected this btw.
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No it's on stock battery. I get about 5 hours now looking to take it to a higher level. Pun intended
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DocHoliday77 said:
Cell standby is actually lying. It was coded with a decimal in the wrong place and so it shows that it uses a lot more than it actually does. Purely cosmetic really, but can be annoying when testing battery issues.
Edit: many custom roms have corrected this btw.
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Ya, I saw that before. There is a zip floating around here somewhere that moves it from .34 to 3.4 and fixes it. But you're right that most custom ROMs have this (Cell Standby) fixed.
I just mainly think that Device Idle even being in the top 3 or 4 is a very telling sign that the phone is not being used very much.
Install the easy battery saver app.
I hate to be the jerk... but OP has spammed every rom thread nearly bugging about screen time. Nowadays its hard to get 6+ hours of screen time. Maybe switch to an older, dumber phone with not as sexy as display and you will have better luck. Or carry a spare battery... or strategically place chargers in common spots.
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GalaxyS3Guy said:
I hate to be the jerk... but OP has spammed every rom thread nearly bugging about screen time. Nowadays its hard to get 6+ hours of screen time. Maybe switch to an older, dumber phone with not as sexy as display and you will have better luck. Or carry a spare battery... or strategically place chargers in common spots.
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Do i here snake Nokia phones?
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Im running liquid smooth and ktoonz kernel overclocked to 2.1ghz With max brightness here's my results
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shehade08 said:
Im running liquid smooth and ktoonz kernel overclocked to 2.1ghz With max brightness here's my results
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This isn't a battery screenshot thread. You charged your battery anyways.
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The only way i could probably make 6 hours screen on time would be to lower brightness all the way down, turn off data whenever Im not using it, turn of autosync, underclock and undervolt. But then what would be the point of me having such an awesome phone
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Because you CAN.
elflip88 said:
The only way i could probably make 6 hours screen on time would be to lower brightness all the way down, turn off data whenever Im not using it, turn of autosync, underclock and undervolt. But then what would be the point of me having such an awesome phone
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I do all those things (-underclocking and undervolting), and more, because I don't need most of this on all the time, and my screen time is great. Plus, I bought a 4400mah extended battery & get 4-5 days on a single charge.
Then u need an old nokia.
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This isn't a battery screenshot thread. You charged your battery anyways.
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When you plug you phone in the charger the hours reset, my screenshots were to show that its not impossible to get 6+ hours, if I under clock and turn everything off I can probably get that.
The liquid smooth ROM has amazing battery life, you should give it a try I think you will like it.
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shehade08 said:
When you plug you phone in the charger the hours reset, my screenshots were to show that its not impossible to get 6+ hours, if I under clock and turn everything off I can probably get that.
The liquid smooth ROM has amazing battery life, you should give it a try I think you will like it.
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Screen shots are great guys. I do want to see them. Most importantly trying to see if there are deeper settings and apps to freeze or avoid and tweaks to build.prop etc.
Rom and kernel and modem used would be helpful.
Also, you did charge but the timer will only reset when you fully charge the phone.
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shehade08 said:
When you plug you phone in the charger the hours reset, my screenshots were to show that its not impossible to get 6+ hours, if I under clock and turn everything off I can probably get that.
The liquid smooth ROM has amazing battery life, you should give it a try I think you will like it.
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That's not true.. I just plugged mine in and the hours did not reset. I think they only reset after you hit in he high 90s
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That's not true.. I just plugged mine in and the hours did not reset. I think they only reset after you hit in he high 90s
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Oh really? Mine seems like it resets automatically...I guess I don't pay much attention to it
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This is most I can get with everything normal on ( data, sync, and music) I can reach six but I would have to under clock to 1.3-1.2ghz and turn off data.
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Overheating issues..

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.
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Extreme battery drain

I can only use my phone for around 5hours on time until she dies. This is super annoying because of school it dies before lunch :/. Have flashed many different ROMs, tried different radios, one or two ROMs seemed to fix this but don't remember which ones did . Phone dies 1% every 3 minutes it feels, this is retarded is there any known issues with that or fixes? Sticking with juice defender till I find a better option
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I can only use my phone for around 5hours on time until she dies. This is super annoying because of school it dies before lunch :/. Have flashed many different ROMs, tried different radios, one or two ROMs seemed to fix this but don't remember which ones did . Phone dies 1% every 3 minutes it feels, this is retarded is there any known issues with that or fixes? Sticking with juice defender till I find a better option
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do you leave your mobile data on?
also what is your cpu settings?
what rom and kernel you running
and take screenshot of battery usage page and post please
I always leave data on, yes. ROM: Jedi jelly 4, I believe that its insecure kernel because idk any other tw jb kernels. Also on the lb7 blaze radio but I constantly switch those up when I get frustrated with battery. Screenshot may not be accurate because I just flashed at like 430 today, so battery was at like 78% ish on last charge which was around an hour and a half ago. CPU settings are untouched atm
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Download GSam battery monitor to find out what is draining your battery. Then we can look at assisting you in fixing it.
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Bad battery maybe?
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Read my reply to the post here. It's an optional and known way of saving battery life for almost any Android phone and help prevent any overheating that you may experience with the phone.
Is your GPS on all the time? Account sync? Settings and data backup? Auto brightness or manual?
Always let the phone drain to 10% or less then fully charge it uninterruped, meaning dont unplug it.
CPU management always helps, especially with screen off. Also use wifi instead of data if avail at school or anywhere else for that matter
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I'm betting its the battery. Place it on a flat surface. If it doesn't lay flat and it has a bulge that causes it to bounce around, your batteries screwed.
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Got gsam, have ran it for a day. 100% at 6:00 am, 31% at 3:57 pm. This normal ? I flashed back to stock koodo everything , so is this just the quality of the phone? Yes, GPS is always on. Data is normally left on, although I do turn off WiFi from time to time. I used to have a nexus s and the battery would last for days, yet it's smaller and I never had to turn off things. I even get battery drain like this on cm based ROMs ?!
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I went from Jedi Knight 6 to Jedi Jelly 4 two days ago and the Rom is super fast and snappy. Very little lag and no issues with fc so far. I do have a little bit of a battery issue myself. When I use the phone for anything I can sit there for an hour and watch the phone dip to below 80% after a full charge. It seems to eat battery when in use but overnight I get almost 14 hours of left untouched. I would like to get at least 8 hours with medium to heavy use. Is that a reasonable number? I have gone through three battery cycles so far.
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Hey man would you mind not posting this here I've created this topic to resolve my issue not necessarily others, please create another thread if you need some help.
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Hey man would you mind not posting this here I've created this topic to resolve my issue not necessarily others, please create another thread if you need some help.
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Actually we are already discussing battery drain in this thread, so the previous poster did exactly what he should have. We don't want multiple threads for one topic.
Regarding your stats.. That's not too bad, but it's hard to say without seeing screen time, app usage, etc.
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For anyone requesting input on battery life, please post screenshots of your battery screens as well as screen time. Also post a screenshot of the app sucker list in GSam battery monitor. It's impossible to say what's going on without seeing anything that's using your battery.
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Battery drain

I juat have a question in regatds to battery drain issue. It seems like evrytime i unplugged my phone from the wall charger battery goes down to 99% right after. Any one having issue like this? I recalibrated it using rhe app and still the same. Im using ktoones latest kernel and rom.
Any suggestions?
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j_r17ca said:
I juat have a question in regatds to battery drain issue. It seems like evrytime i unplugged my phone from the wall charger battery goes down to 99% right after. Any one having issue like this? I recalibrated it using rhe app and still the same. Im using ktoones latest kernel and rom.
Any suggestions?
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Happened all the time to me. Before you unplug it next time reboot it and let it charge the rest of the way.
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Happened all the time to me. Before you unplug it next time reboot it and let it charge the rest of the way.
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Ok. Ill try it. Thanks
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That's pretty normal. I wouldn't worry about that 1%

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