Develop Bugs

[Q] battery drain problem JB back to stock.

i updated to jellybean LI8 from stock t999 LH2 version, but because of super heavy battery drain i flashed it back to LH2 thru odin.
However i still get same heavy battery drain. i use up 10% every 1 hr just with screen on. before i used up about 3~5% for 1 hr.
i was able to get about 14~16hrs with normal use before, but now i dont think i can even get 10hrs.
it seems that the sim card area gets hot whenever the screen is on, and cools down when off. before flashing my phone was never heated
unless i was playing heavy graphic games..is there a way to completely flash the system files? or to fix this problem...pls help. thanks

Your numbers don't make sense. Need a screenshot.

I also observe the battery drain.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using XDA Premium HD app

Aerowinder said:
Your numbers don't make sense. Need a screenshot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
phone this morning for 2.4 hr usage and already 74% left...

Give it a few full charge/discharge cycles to work itself out.
How did you update to jb? How did you revert to ics? Custom roms, otas or full firmwares?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

DocHoliday77 said:
Give it a few full charge/discharge cycles to work itself out.
How did you update to jb? How did you revert to ics? Custom roms, otas or full firmwares?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did jellybean update thru OTA here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850534, then i reverted to ics using odin and using the stock ota file here http://androidromupdate.com/2012/08/25/restore-back-t-mobile-samsung-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999-back-to-original-ics-4-0-4-t999uvalh2-stock-firmware/

Screen time is fine. I don't see a problem here.

Aerowinder said:
Screen time is fine. I don't see a problem here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes the screen % is fine so i dont know where its draining the battery...
i think something wrong with system file because my phone really didnt get warm just from having the screen on.
is the method i reverted to ics correct? or is there another way to completly reset/overwrite my phone back to stock?

If your phone is working, your method wasn't incorrect. If you flashed the stock firmware through Odin, that's as virgin as it gets.
Battery Info and KakaoTalk are obvious culprits. Tell me about your wifi situation. Are you connected to a wifi network?

yeah usually i leave wifi and kakao talk on most of the day but it doesnt drain battery this fast...it just messed it up after the jellybean update., it was 100% this morning, 4 hours and now i got 60%. usually i would probably still have around 85%+

I'm in xquizit v26 and observed that I'm not getting a deep sleep and the battery drain in less than 5 hours. I reflash the rom with full wipe and still have the same issue. I step back and investigate what cause this problem. It seems that when I flashed the kitchen v6 with open vpn cause not to have a deep sleep. With out the open vpn I was able to get a deep sleep. On the first cycle I was able to get the 15hrs battery life. I will continue to observe this because the battery behavior can only be observed after 3 days.
I tried to post this in the ROM section but XDA wont allow it because I only have less than 10 post.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using XDA Premium HD app

accrisostomo said:
I'm in xquizit v26 and observed that I'm not getting a deep sleep and the battery drain in less than 5 hours. I reflash the rom with full wipe and still have the same issue. I step back and investigate what cause this problem. It seems that when I flashed the kitchen v6 with open vpn cause not to have a deep sleep. With out the open vpn I was able to get a deep sleep. On the first cycle I was able to get the 15hrs battery life. I will continue to observe this because the battery behavior can only be observed after 3 days.
I tried to post this in the ROM section but XDA wont allow it because I only have less than 10 post.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using XDA Premium HD app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You should pm this to wildchld. As far as i can remember this is the first ive heard of it and maybe the same for others.
Search the thread first to see if anyone else has reported. If not or if you think you have information to add shoot him a quick pm.
If you dont want to let me know and ill get the info to him so we can test it out.
Thanks man!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
---------- Post added at 10:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:46 PM ----------
yjsjin said:
yeah usually i leave wifi and kakao talk on most of the day but it doesnt drain battery this fast...it just messed it up after the jellybean update., it was 100% this morning, 4 hours and now i got 60%. usually i would probably still have around 85%+
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you can go without, try uninstalling those two apps and see if it settles at all. Also get cpuspy to see how often the phone goes into deep sleep.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

okay so i jus instaled the cpuspy and saw that theres a lot of deepsleep so i guess theres no problem..?
and i think its not the app but the thing with screen. whenever the screen turns on, it gets hot and the batt uses alot..
i tried re-flashing using odin while ago but still the same.

I would suggest flashing wildchlds XquiziT or DJintrigues Frosty JB. They both have done very good jobs at getting more out of your battery while still remaining stable. Being on the full stock leak i doubt you will easily find a way to acceptable battery life. At full stock i kind of remember LI8 being one of the worst for battery.
There are actually multiple causes, some depend on how you use the phone.
Another thing you can do to help hunt it down is get Better Battery Stats.
Also in Settings > Dev Options check show cpu usage and itll tell you what processes are using the processor in real time. You will likely see 2 or more that seem to stay at the top of the list.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

DocHoliday77 said:
I would suggest flashing wildchlds XquiziT or DJintrigues Frosty JB. They both have done very good jobs at getting more out of your battery while still remaining stable. Being on the full stock leak i doubt you will easily find a way to acceptable battery life. At full stock i kind of remember LI8 being one of the worst for battery.
There are actually multiple causes, some depend on how you use the phone.
Another thing you can do to help hunt it down is get Better Battery Stats.
Also in Settings > Dev Options check show cpu usage and itll tell you what processes are using the processor in real time. You will likely see 2 or more that seem to stay at the top of the list.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i checked the XquiziT's ROM and i think lots of people are saying the battery problem was solved so mayb ill try it with this one, however when i went over the posts it seemd that theres prob with the kitchen? thingy and they took it down. is it possible to jus flash the XquiziT Rom without the kitchen features?

Yes you can flash rom without kitchen. Hes actually working on a new release hoping for today I believe.
Kitchen was taken down due to possible bricks when using wallet and mobile odin.
Also, battery problems are not 100% solved in either rom but are close!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

hey thanks for the replys...
ive tried to flash the v26 through recovery boot menu but it says E:verification error. i think its because i flashed back stock by odin, how can i solv this problem?

Have you reinstalled twrp or cwm? Stock recovery wont flash that.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

Remove the battery for 5 min...and then check for the drain. Mine fixed itself up this way.

okay so i installed twrp and did the install but still same prob with the heating battery lose. i will try few more wipeout+install and the battery takeout thing too and post up

Insane amount of maps Wake locks killing battery

Just 13 minutes and 102 wakelocks!! Same pattern continues right now at 3 hr 45 min and over 2800 wakelocks. colleague of mine has sprint version with even more services running gets way better battery life
Help!!!!
screenshot below
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

What options to search for location do you have selected ?

I do have locarion options on all three. Then I have report rtfeom location and location history on. I did disable any of maps locations off and itwas bad as well.
Interesting yhing wasy colleague s have Sprint and with same options and it is twice as mich battery efficiency
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

sdmarathe said:
I do have locarion options on all three. Then I have report rtfeom location and location history on. I did disable any of maps locations off and itwas bad as well.
Interesting yhing wasy colleague s have Sprint and with same options and it is twice as mich battery efficiency
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can't really compare devices, they all act different and too many things come into account when comparing battery life.

No I am comparing same device gs iii. They have same options and get twice as much battery life
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

sdmarathe said:
No I am comparing same device gs iii. They have same options and get twice as much battery life
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's what I meant.

Worth mentioning all that started with jelly neam upgrade. Ever since this phone had hundreds out wakelocks even hour for no reason. I am not using detect location on weather apps etc. Either. I am not using maps actively either
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

sdmarathe said:
Worth mentioning all that started with jelly neam upgrade. Ever since this phone had hundreds out wakelocks even hour for no reason. I am not using detect location on weather apps etc. Either. I am not using maps actively either
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Having your location access/GPS on will do that for you. Also same thing if you use Google Now.

BWolf56 said:
That's what I meant.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
THe difference between sprint version and AT&T should really be the LTE radio that is about it. they have Wifi on all the time so their radio is mostly standby. mine does the same too. I can not believe - with the same apps - how can Sprint version (2 of them) get twice as much batter as mine !
we all bought the phone the same weekend. I even have AT&T and most samsung services Disabled. Looking at the wakelocks - there is something insanely wrong with way GOogle implemented for AT&T vs Sprint. I guess AT&T version is hogging much more esp with JB
by the way, the same comparison exists for IDLE scenario (bed time)

BWolf56 said:
Having your location access/GPS on will do that for you. Also same thing if you use Google Now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree. but not using google now and location services somehoe defeats JB purpose (apart from project butter
the thing that is puzzling is why Sprint implementation with same or even more options has twie as battery life
i have yet to come across any customization of wakelocks. Does anyone know if we can control these insanely frequent wakelocks? i know there is backitude - but that did nothelp either ;0(

sdmarathe said:
THe difference between sprint version and AT&T should really be the LTE radio that is about it. they have Wifi on all the time so their radio is mostly standby. mine does the same too. I can not believe - with the same apps - how can Sprint version (2 of them) get twice as much batter as mine !
we all bought the phone the same weekend. I even have AT&T and most samsung services Disabled. Looking at the wakelocks - there is something insanely wrong with way GOogle implemented for AT&T vs Sprint. I guess AT&T version is hogging much more esp with JB
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually has nothing to do with AT&T vs Sprint phones. Although, if your phone isn't debloated, then yes, it will impact.
But like I mentioned, 2 identical S3 is impossible. The best example to this, one will handle OC/UV and the other won't (that being 1 example outta 100s). Which also makes it that 2 S3 side by side running the exact same thing with the exact same apps and settings will give different stats.

sdmarathe said:
Worth mentioning all that started with jelly neam upgrade. Ever since this phone had hundreds out wakelocks even hour for no reason. I am not using detect location on weather apps etc. Either. I am not using maps actively either
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you should have mentioned this at the beginning. a lot of device issues arise after this firmware update. not that this is a guaranteed fix, but i'd wipe the phone. my wife's s3 began having gps, wifi and other issues after the update. boot into the stock revovery to wipe data and cache. of course this will reset the phone but i'd rather take 30 minutes to restore backups/reinstall apps than deal with update bugs for days on end. my wife hasnt had any problems since i reset it. actually, i went a step further by wiping data/cache, flashing the latest firmware via odin and wiping data/cache again in stock recovery. boom...

xBeerdroiDx said:
you should have mentioned this at the beginning. a lot of device issues arise after this firmware update. not that this is a guaranteed fix, but i'd wipe the phone. my wife's s3 began having gps, wifi and other issues after the update. boot into the stock revovery to wipe data and cache. of course this will reset the phone but i'd rather take 30 minutes to restore backups/reinstall apps than deal with update bugs for days on end. my wife hasnt had any problems since i reset it. actually, i went a step further by wiping data/cache, flashing the latest firmware via odin and wiping data/cache again in stock recovery. boom...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This. Those kies updates are terrible. What a terrible program that is for updating firmware

I did that. I actually tried cm 10.0 and 10.1 before settling back to stock. Since even cm 10.1 (android 4.2) was bad battery how I was afraid if they're was anything in my phone and they're back to full stock after wipe somehow cm 10.0 android 4.1.2 seemed tad bit better
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

Did you see if you enabled "auto check in" in maps?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

diablo009 said:
Did you see if you enabled "auto check in" in maps?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope
The location sharing and check in are not enabled. Location histpory and detect location is ON - but even if I remove it not a great deal of differnece either

How about clearing dalvik once?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

diablo009 said:
How about clearing dalvik once?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i have everything stock right now - did not see dalvik cache clear option on stck recovery. ?? is that some hidden option on stock recovery? i cleared regular cache and had wiped data earlier when i went stock from CM 10.1

My wife has stock ROM. All I did was load custom recovery (CWM). When she had an issue like this earlier, I cleared dalvik, and it resolved the issue.

I follow this post everytime I install a new ROM. It's a link from Better Battery Stats discussion forum on XDA. It's solved my maps battery drain problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29420959&postcount=7059

Kernel wakelock mdm_hsic_pm0

So I've been having this kernel wakelock for a while already AND it's been happening even after getting a new note 2 from T-Mobile (using warranty).
Basically I think I narrowed it down to it happening whenever I receive a new notification (missed call or new text) and I don't check it back right away.
This causes the wakelock mdm_hsic_pm0 to keep my phone awake UNTIL I do a battery pull.
Now, this wakelock sometimes also appears randomly, so I'm not exactly sure that the notifications keeping it awake is the only trigger. I am on stock 4.3 but it was also happening on 4.1.2 on 2 different phones. This could also mean one of my apps may be triggering it, but I would like to rule out other stuff before I do a hard reset
Does anyone have any other suggestions? I ordered an extended battery but I would like that to be my last resort.
Thank you in advance.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app

I got that on my Note 2 too. As you already knew, it was totally unpredictable. One day I got a few minutes out of a few hours of total time. Other days it kept my phone fully awake. I searched and read and asked and nobody seemed to know...
I got an extended battery (6200 mA) and forget about it...

I have (had) similar problem that my note stayed awake all the time. My solution is to manually shut down some apps what I don't use but they run in background like whats up, facebook, blink and more. On top of that a manually shut down all google services, samsung push, and more. I noticed that most of those services are automatically reloaded but note2 can go into deep sleep. Another thing I noticed that maxton browser once is used, keep my note awake even after shutting it down via application manager and I need to reboot my phone to preserve battery.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app

testrider said:
I got that on my Note 2 too. As you already knew, it was totally unpredictable. One day I got a few minutes out of a few hours of total time. Other days it kept my phone fully awake. I searched and read and asked and nobody seemed to know...
I got an extended battery (6200 mA) and forget about it...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi, thanks for replying. I just received my 6200 battery and, unfortunately I guess I'm going to have to do the same.
If anyone else can chime in that'd be awesome. I will see how it goes.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app

Evofusion said:
So I've been having this kernel wakelock for a while already AND it's been happening even after getting a new note 2 from T-Mobile (using warranty).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have gotten this wakelock on the last phone I had (skyrocket) as well as my current Note 2 when using most custom roms. It appears to most often be caused by running gentle alarm on my phone all night while the phone is charging. I would check it an hour or two after unplugging to see if the wakelock was there (with BBS), and if it was, I would reboot, which always fixed it. I am currently using the Skynote Air rom for AT&T (a touchwiz rom) and have not experienced it.

Well it's been a month now and I still have the wakelock. I do have a 6200mah battery now but my OCD still makes me check for it and if I see it I will do a system reboot just to get rid of it for a few hours.
I really don't want to have to resort to rooting especially since I don't know if it voids warranty or whatever. I haven't been into the modding scene since I got my note.
Hopefully someone else can chime in. This sucks
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app

Hi!
I had the same issue on DN3 ROM and Devil Kernel 2.3.2 but I found my own solution:
1. Download the newest modem for my device (Vodafone N7105BUUEMK2)
2. Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache
3. Flash new modem
4. WiFi extended settings, switch to never at standby
5. Disable Google to use Wifi to locate position while Wifi is off
After that, phone is sleeping like a baby!

pastalavista said:
Hi!
I had the same issue on DN3 ROM and Devil Kernel 2.3.2 but I found my own solution:
1. Download the newest modem for my device (Vodafone N7105BUUEMK2)
2. Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache
3. Flash new modem
4. WiFi extended settings, switch to never at standby
5. Disable Google to use Wifi to locate position while Wifi is off
After that, phone is sleeping like a baby!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi I remember you provided me with a list of modems for s3 LTE.. Those modems were based on regions.. Should I flash the one for my region or any latest ones?
I remember I had the no imei issue while trying to flash a rom and had to fix that by flashing some modem.. I guess after that I am having this issue.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk

I've come to the conclusion that it is related to Google services. Sometimes my phone will run at 200Mhz and not deep sleep. I checked BBM and no wakelock present... I changed kernels and same problem. I changed to aosp rom and still had the issue. This is related to Google services on this phone... I'm just going to wait it out until the LG g2 pro comes out... Bye bye Samsung.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app

luv4greenleaves said:
I've come to the conclusion that it is related to Google services. Sometimes my phone will run at 200Mhz and not deep sleep. I checked BBM and no wakelock present... I changed kernels and same problem. I changed to aosp rom and still had the issue. This is related to Google services on this phone... I'm just going to wait it out until the LG g2 pro comes out... Bye bye Samsung.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well I have a Galaxy S2 which is running MIUI, also based on android 4.3. Only difference is it uses some other version of gapps specific to MIUI roms.. So it's definitely some particular gapp.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk

muhib.al.karim said:
Well I have a Galaxy S2 which is running MIUI, also based on android 4.3. Only difference is it uses some other version of gapps specific to MIUI roms.. So it's definitely some particular gapp.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's Google services
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
uncheck this one..
I had the same problem..now my phone sleep like a baby
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk

ardcifliku said:
View attachment 2580744uncheck this one..
I had the same problem..now my phone sleep like a babyView attachment 2580746
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am using cyanfox 2.0.1 which is based on cyanogenmod 11. I get the following setup from - settings > locations
Note :All were off all the time, still phone didn't go to deep sleep
Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk

Well,location in my phone is On all the time. I'm using navigation (gps) a lot, so i don't know what to say. ..
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk

I have that same annoying one. Battery Is just dying like crazy
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk

So switching roms won't help? I like TW since I have the gear, but battery life is horrid. Sometimes I have to just pull my battery out for a temporary fix after unplugging from the charger. So annoying.

This happened to me when I flashed 4.3 through Odin and then flash Jedi Master x2. Battery was draining 15-20% per hour.
I decided to downgrade back to 4.1.2 following Zephr5 instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2566303 by flashing stock 4.1.2 through Odin. My battery life is back to normal now. Hope this helps.

The latest test...if you keep this box check'd......
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk

ardcifliku said:
The latest test...if you keep this box check'd......
View attachment 2588517View attachment 2588518
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your test. I followed your steps and it solved the drain. However, when I need to use Google maps it takes a while before the phone detects your location with allowing only the GPS to access your location. Though this is the only solution to avoid the drain unless you want to restart it every time you see the drain appear and have ocd like me to check BBS and wake lock detector to make sure the phone is in deep sleep.

7210 said:
Thanks for your test. I followed your steps and it solved the drain. However, when I need to use Google maps it takes a while before the phone detects your location with allowing only the GPS to access your location. Though this is the only solution to avoid the drain unless you want to restart it every time you see the drain appear and have ocd like me to check BBS and wake lock detector to make sure the phone is in deep sleep.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wait, what did you do to solve this wakelock problem? I have the same problem... If you uncheck use wireless networks then Google now doesn't work for location based cards.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app

Bad battery drain issuse

My phone has a bad battery drain after switching to cyanogen mod 10.2, I hate stock and don't want to go back. Do any of you have any suggestions on mods or something to save battery? Greatly appereiciated!

EpicLordPhone said:
My phone has a bad battery drain after switching to cyanogen mod 10.2, I hate stock and don't want to go back. Do any of you have any suggestions on mods or something to save battery? Greatly appereiciated!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had a very similar issue with Cyanogenmod with the Chomp messaging app installed. Uninstalling it solved my problem. Do you have this installed, by any chance? If you go to Settings --> Battery, what do you see sucking up the most power?

I dont have chomp installed, and its showing my screen is taking most the power. The drain even happens when my screens off so i dunno lol. i may just buy a new battery to see if that helps, thanks for the reply though!

EpicLordPhone said:
My phone has a bad battery drain after switching to cyanogen mod 10.2, I hate stock and don't want to go back. Do any of you have any suggestions on mods or something to save battery? Greatly appereiciated!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I feel your pain. Ive had this problem since the inititial stock ICS update though, not when i switched to cyanogenmod. Long story short, I tried just about every rom and kernel available to no avail.
Turns out the problem was my phone wouldnt deep sleep for very long, even when idle for hours. I reverted back to stock GB 2.3.6 and that seemed to work. I left my phone idle for about 10 hours (During the night and morning) and it only drained 16%. After calibrating the battery it lasted even longer. I know you hate stock, so heres another possible cause/fix: The process mediaserver seems to be draining plenty of peoples batteries. I found the attached .apk somewhere on XDA and its supposed to kill mediaserver and keep it from restarting. I havent tried this personally but it appears to work for other people.
If the kms app doesnt work, take a quick look and see if your phone isnt liking nap time-- If thats your problem, here is the link for stock GB (Rooted, of course). The download contains Odin and the .tar file you need to flash. Dont worry about wiping your data or anything. Just go into download mode and let odin do its work.
Good luck
--Edit--
Found a great ICS rom based on el29 so it will deep sleep. Called The Blu Kuban, I'll post link when I'm home. Fixed my issues and then some, definitely worth trying. Use the Nova launcher not Apex. Much better.

invaderyugi said:
I feel your pain. Ive had this problem since the inititial stock ICS update though, not when i switched to cyanogenmod. Long story short, I tried just about every rom and kernel available to no avail.
Turns out the problem was my phone wouldnt deep sleep for very long, even when idle for hours. I reverted back to stock GB 2.3.6 and that seemed to work. I left my phone idle for about 10 hours (During the night and morning) and it only drained 16%. After calibrating the battery it lasted even longer. I know you hate stock, so heres another possible cause/fix: The process mediaserver seems to be draining plenty of peoples batteries. I found the attached .apk somewhere on XDA and its supposed to kill mediaserver and keep it from restarting. I havent tried this personally but it appears to work for other people.
If the kms app doesnt work, take a quick look and see if your phone isnt liking nap time-- If thats your problem, here is the link for stock GB (Rooted, of course). The download contains Odin and the .tar file you need to flash. Dont worry about wiping your data or anything. Just go into download mode and let odin do its work.
Good luck
--Edit--
Found a great ICS rom based on el29 so it will deep sleep. Called The Blu Kuban, I'll post link when I'm home. Fixed my issues and then some, definitely worth trying. Use the Nova launcher not Apex. Much better.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the help, I'll try the apk asap, but I'm on the virgin mobile s2, so im not 100% sure if I can install a ics or GB rom on here...
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA Free mobile app

EpicLordPhone said:
Thanks for the help, I'll try the apk asap, but I'm on the virgin mobile s2, so im not 100% sure if I can install a ics or GB rom on here...
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When I get home later I'll check if you can use GB or ICS roms (Found an ics rom that works yesterday). I believe you should be able to but I'm not 100% on that. Let me know if the kms apk worked, if not I'll try to find another solution.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA Free mobile app

invaderyugi said:
When I get home later I'll check if you can use GB or ICS roms (Found an ics rom that works yesterday). I believe you should be able to but I'm not 100% on that. Let me know if the kms apk worked, if not I'll try to find another solution.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, and I installed it and trying it out now. I'll let you know if it works or not
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA Free mobile app

EpicLordPhone said:
Thanks, and I installed it and trying it out now. I'll let you know if it works or not
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did some research and the Virgin Mobile model is virtually identical to sprints so those roms will work. The carrier wont know the difference (and the phone either) so the network should be fine. Let me know if the kms worked and/or if u installed a custom rom.

invaderyugi said:
Did some research and the Virgin Mobile model is virtually identical to sprints so those roms will work. The carrier wont know the difference (and the phone either) so the network should be fine. Let me know if the kms worked and/or if u installed a custom rom.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, I'll try another rom like ICS or GB later when I hit WiFi, and the kms dosent seem to be working
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA Free mobile app

EpicLordPhone said:
Thanks, I'll try another rom like ICS or GB later when I hit WiFi, and the kms dosent seem to be working
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To bad the kms didnt work. The only ICS rom i got to work for me was The Blu Kuban... Id recommend trying that and then a GB rom (All GB roms should work).
Lemme know what happens, fingers crossed!

invaderyugi said:
To bad the kms didnt work. The only ICS rom i got to work for me was The Blu Kuban... Id recommend trying that and then a GB rom (All GB roms should work).
Lemme know what happens, fingers crossed!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As soon as I hit WiFi I sure will! :thumbup:
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA Free mobile app

Good ol rooting questions

Hi guys
I dont mean to ask questions that have been answered or sound like a total noob. I have a stock s III with 4.4.2 and the gps is just GARBAGE. Im so mad at it. I saw a smiliar thread on this but my situation is a little different. I want to fix it. Whats the best rom to run on my phone that wont require a lot of work/maintenance. I had the OG epic and was constantly working on it to keep it tolerable before i got this. is 4.4.4 safe and mostly bug free? Please let me know and thanks for the help. Links with instructions or youtube videos are much appreciated.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app

Bump
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app

IMO Wicked X is a great stable rom.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

If you're on the ND8 modem, try NDC. Or vice versa. I'll get back to you with the name of an app that *could* help.
Have you tried in the stock dialer ##72786# and then update PRL and Profile?
Those are about the only thing that might change your GPS performance unless you get into experimental file tweaking, but I can't help you there.
Is it the actual GPS that's the problem or the mobile data? If your mobile data is weak, Google Maps won't work with or without a GPS signal.
Personally, I doubt if any other ROM would make a difference.
[BATTERY] Plasma Battery! ??? & wickeddecimalbarwide_colors
Charging still shot
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Conquest: Singularity v6.3, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.

I read some crazy stuff about GPS issues on the Web, when they first started being posted on XDA. One being that the issue related to loose screws. Said to take the back off the s3 and tighten the screws in the back (like 6?). Didn't bother to check into it, but stranger things I've seen/heard...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2

Im stock so idk what my modem is. Ive tried the prl and profile update several times. Its not the mobile data network cuz its ****ty even with wifi. It started acting up as soon as the phone updated to 4.4.2. "GPS" was changed to "Location" and everything related to the two just works like crap. Ive seen a lot of other ppl with the issues.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app

bpsears90 said:
Im stock so idk what my modem is. Ive tried the prl and profile update several times. Its not the mobile data network cuz its ****ty even with wifi. It started acting up as soon as the phone updated to 4.4.2. "GPS" was changed to "Location" and everything related to the two just works like crap. Ive seen a lot of other ppl with the issues.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes GPS was changed to Location but you have the option to use high accuracy, power saving or only the gps....and you will know what modem you have even on stock if you have sprint its ND8 if you have boost or virgin you have NDC

Ok. I have sprint. And ive tried all those settings. I guess to be more specific. It has no problem finding me. It has problems following me. So itll find me and set my route but when i hit start navigation itll take the arrow thingy that represents u and jump to another spot. Like itll put me in the middle of a field. And it wont matter if im driving or what my signal is. Itll stay in one spot. ive uninstalled app dates. Uninstalled google maps it self. Tried other navigation apps. And nothing.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app

See and im connected to wifi
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app

I just failed at posting a screenshot lol
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app

bpsears90 said:
I just failed at posting a screenshot lol
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just look at the additional options part when you make a reply...there is attach files and manage attachments button....and this is on the computer once you click manage attachments you can upload basically any file but some can be "to big" for the file type and wont upload but once you upload the pic press close window text and then submit your reply or preview it just to make sure it's there

Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app

bpsears90 said:
Im stock so idk what my modem is. Ive tried the prl and profile update several times. Its not the mobile data network cuz its ****ty even with wifi. It started acting up as soon as the phone updated to 4.4.2. "GPS" was changed to "Location" and everything related to the two just works like crap. Ive seen a lot of other ppl with the issues.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would do what I and others have suggested several times in extreme weird situations like this. Start back completely fresh:
Assuming you have a 16GB SPH-L710.
1. Backup everything you want to keep from your phone and internal storage to your SD card or computer.
2. Download the stock ND8 tar in the development thread (non-original). Extract the tar from the zip you download. Doubly check the MD5 hash of the tar to make sure what you downloaded matches what it's supposed to. You might need to run a search on that thread for MD5 to find it.
3. Download Odin v3.07 and the most recently available tar.md5 of Philz Touch Recovery.
4. Charge the phone full, turn off your phone and eject the SD card. Keep the SD card out for the rest of this.
5. Put your phone in Download mode: hold Home and Volume Down, and press and hold the power button at the same time until you see anything on the screen, then let go of all of them. It should say on the screen to press Volume Up "to continue". Do this.
6. Run Odin v3.07 on your Windows PC.
7. Plug the phone into the PC with a known good USB cable. After drivers load, Odin should show something like COM: 5, meaning it sees your phone.
8. Click PDA in Odin and direct it to the stock ND8 tar.
9. Uncheck Reboot in Odin.
10. Click Start. This'll take 5-10 minutes.
11. After done (Odin will say successful) unplug phone from cable and remove the phone battery to turn it off. Put the battery back in.
12. If you want to be able to root and make and restore backups, repeat steps 5 through 11 for the Philz Touch Recovery tar.md5.
13. If you want to root, boot into recovery (same as booting into Download mode but Volume Up instead of Down), click Advanced in Philz, and click the re-root option.
14. Before you do anything else with the phone including before putting the SD card in or installing apps, test the mobile data and GPS.
If any problems with mobile data, ##72786# in the stock TouchWiz dialer and then update PRL and Profile. That happens sometimes after Odining a stock tar or flashing a ROM.
If your problem is solved I would backup everything from your external SD card that's still removed and reformat it. That has solved some weird issues for myself and others, too.
[BATTERY] Plasma Battery! ??? & wickeddecimalbarwide_colors
Charging still shot
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Conquest: Singularity v6.3, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.

Ok. Thanks guys. Sounds like its just a bug since its uncommon to you guys which is reassuring
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app

bpsears90 said:
Ok. Thanks guys. Sounds like its just a bug since its uncommon to you guys which is reassuring
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I read a few other posts about terrible GPS, and it sounded like a bear to resolve. Never had a problem with GPS. Works perfectly (knock on wood). I went back through the posts and someone had mentioned that they fixed it by turning off Google location (in Google settings). They later turned Google location back on and (still) no longer had the problem...
Wondering if you had tried that?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2

If you mean by toggling the location tab on and off in the drop screen yes i have. Ive tweaked the settings and tried multiple things. No use
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app

bpsears90 said:
If you mean by toggling the location tab on and off in the drop screen yes i have. Ive tweaked the settings and tried multiple things. No use
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What I meant was to go into your Google settings app, and turn off "location"
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2