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Why is my cell standby always so high up? Right now the phone has been on for 3 hours and the cell standby is at 41 percent.
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What ROM are you using?
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I'm not sure but could it possibly be from the device constantly trying to get or maintain signal? Or perhaps it's just the most used thing on your phone? My battery has only dropped 15% in the last ten hours because I was working and barely used my phone, yet the cell standby was 51%.
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ChrisM0678 said:
What ROM are you using?
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I am using the stock rom.
owlchemist said:
I'm not sure but could it possibly be from the device constantly trying to get or maintain signal? Or perhaps it's just the most used thing on your phone? My battery has only dropped 15% in the last ten hours because I was working and barely used my phone, yet the cell standby was 51%.
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Yeah that's what it means. But why is it so high. My old HTC Aria only used about 15-20 percent battery for cell standby.
boom10ful said:
Why is my cell standby always so high up? Right now the phone has been on for 3 hours and the cell standby is at 41 percent.
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Now i'm even having trouble staying connected to my 5ghz network. I'm literally standing right next to my router and the phone just drops the connection like every hour.
As you use other stuff those percentages go up.
IF you have had your phone on for 3 hours and done nothing with it then cell standby will be high as the stuff below it was used a lot less.
I ve had mine on the battery for 20 hours and cell stand by is 34%
If you were to say play a game for a long time then your game and screen would go up in time.
Cell standby should not be that high no matter if you're using your phone or not. This sounds like the bug the the og sgs1 epic had that always caused the phone to have a high time without signal that drained battery. It was eventually fixed with the gingerbread update. Can one of you click on cell standby so we can see if the time without signal bug is back? I would like to know b4 I upgrade.
Edit: my cell standby never goes above 7% on my SGSII. And once the og epic got the fix the cell standby would remain below the 10%. Cell standby should be at the bottom of list unless you have crappy reception and the phone is constantly searching for service.
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RayTrue04 said:
Cell standby should not be that high no matter if you're using your phone or not. This sounds like the bug the the og sgs1 epic had that always caused the phone to have a high time without signal that drained battery. It was eventually fixed with the gingerbread update. Can one of you click on cell standby so we can see if the time without signal bug is back? I would like to know b4 I upgrade.
Edit: my cell standby never goes above 7% on my SGSII. And once the og epic got the fix the cell standby would remain below the 10%. Cell standby should be at the bottom of list unless you have crappy reception and the phone is constantly searching for service.
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here it is.
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here it is.
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I need you to actually click on cell standby from that screen. If your time without signal is high then it's the same bug from og epic days.
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Here's what a normal cell standby looks like.
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Here's some info on it. They even tell you how to work around it. I honestly forgot about airplane mode. Brings back memories when I did it after every power up lol
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13744
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Cell Standby is a bug, easily fixed. Use the Flashable zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
Some ROMS may not have this fix included, but most does. If you see that you have really high Cell Standby try this out. Worked for me, I was on FreeGS3 and the version I was running didn't have it, now the lastest release has it included.
Now new problem. the phone turns on for 2 seconds and then turns off again. this is random though. Usually happens every 2 hours or so.
RayTrue04 said:
I need you to actually click on cell standby from that screen. If your time without signal is high then it's the same bug from og epic days.
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Here you go.
RayTrue04 said:
I need you to actually click on cell standby from that screen. If your time without signal is high then it's the same bug from og epic days.
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Here you go.
boom10ful said:
Here you go.
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Lol it doesn't even show it! Maybe Samsung new about it so they just hid the time without signal from displaying on the cell standby
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boom10ful said:
here it is.
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im using wicked sensations v.1.... at the beginnig of his rom post post about mid way down the is a flashable cell stand-by fix... just fyi....goodluck
boom10ful said:
Why is my cell standby always so high up? Right now the phone has been on for 3 hours and the cell standby is at 41 percent.
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This is probably due to a well known bug on the Galaxy S III series, originally reported in the international version. The actual power consumption of Cell Standby is being overstated in the stats by a factor of about 10. This is a reporting issue, not an issue with actual power consumption. See this XDA thread.
It needs a fix from Samsung.
Battery life is very good compared to the previous releases. I ran for forty minutes with Bluetooth turned on while listening to tune in radio and using endomondo app. Google now turned on. I lost fifteen percent compared to losing 35% with similar usage. Very satisfied.
What do you think?
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Why would you make a thread linking to a post you made in another thread?
Bit unnecessary. To answer the question it's too early for me to thoroughly test battery life.
Bump
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thats not fantastic at all...
I would wait for at least 2 complete battery cycles to make a thread like this.
ssvijay said:
I would wait for at least 2 complete battery cycles to make a thread like this.
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Ditto. My phone ran like a champ on a freshly flashed ROM. Then my phone realized it was born as a Verizon-Nexus mutt and had a psychological breakdown to the point of 1.75 hours of on-screen time the day after.
Twas a sad day
I'm reading my work email over the exchange service account. After upgrde to 4.2 the exchange service process eats my whole battery so I can't tell about any improvement.
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When it comes to battery life (in general, though especially true with this newest release), it's crazy how many divergent opinions you get. Some people claim to get amazing battery life (exactly what quantifies for amazing?) and some people claim the battery life is crap. This is just to remind you that unless you have a good way of measuring battery life, your measurements can be plus/minus hour(s). Someone who just leaves their phone on a black screen with no wi-fi and cell may get 10 hours of screen-on time. Someone who is watching videos with cell/wi-fi might only get 2 hours of screen-on time.
In the future, I can make two recommendations:
Always report a complete cycle (from 100% to close to 0%). This is because the battery does not discharge at a constant rate.
Always report screen on time
Average for GNexus in previous builds was 2-4 hours. I've no idea about the plus/minus, but they tend not to be under 2 and over 4 with moderate usage. I think an average of 3-3.5 hours is what most people are happy to report.
And that is really sad because my old atrix used to get over 8 hours on Wi-Fi with over twelve hours of standby time. I wish they would make this phone but with a smaller screen size. The technology used on this phone is not battery efficient at all.
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This tells us nothing....u don't show ur screen on time and uve been charging off and on..
Battery life in sleep mode is worse for me. I am losing 3% an hour with the screen off, I used to lose only 3% total overnight with the screen off not per hour. I tested this over the last 4 hours only waking the tablet up long enough to check the battery level and it has gone down by 3% each time. Nothing has changed with any apps or setting since I upgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.2. I got concerned when I noticed this morning that my battery was over 15% less then when I went to sleep. Anyone else notice this?
This is very good battery by my standards.
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Soldier 2.0 said:
This is very good battery by my standards.
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Not great by mine....and I have an LTE GNex
This is my battery life stats after using 4.2 for 2 days... Is it good?
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The screen on time is good but not much of an improvement. Also it appears you had WiFi off for most of the time.
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Last shot before my battery dies...
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50% left 23h 11m on baterry. wifi and location on all the time and 10% wasted on need for speed most wanted also. brightnes at 80% aprox. im very pleased with the baterry really maybe becouse the phone is relatively brand new and the battery still very fresh allways charging with care after discharge not on and off the charger all the time
yeah using the 4.2 factory image with trinity a4 and getting great battery life
Just got a replacement Epic from Sprint about a day ago. Looks new, probably refurbished. They replaced my old one because it started having some problems along with fast battery drain and inconsistent battery level readings on the device.
So I have my new device along with a new battery from sprint, and I thought all would be well but my new epic and new batter is still draining about 10% every 20 minutes with light use (internet browsing over wifi w/ lowest screen brightness setting). Also, when the phone gets to about 30 or so percent battery life it starts lagging and when I pull the battery or reboot it, the batter meter will read real low (like under 10%) once it powers back up.
I am rooted, I installed The Peoples Rom all according to the instructions from qbking77 on youtube just as I had with my last phone without problem.
I have calibrated the battery twice, and wiped the battery stats in recovery.
I was having these same problems with my last epic which is why I had it replaced. Now I have a new one and new battery and the same problems. How can I fix it?
Also not using GPS, Bluetooth, etc
Just wifi and web
j2gifted said:
Just got a replacement Epic from Sprint about a day ago. Looks new, probably refurbished. They replaced my old one because it started having some problems along with fast battery drain and inconsistent battery level readings on the device.
So I have my new device along with a new battery from sprint, and I thought all would be well but my new epic and new batter is still draining about 10% every 20 minutes with light use (internet browsing over wifi w/ lowest screen brightness setting). Also, when the phone gets to about 30 or so percent battery life it starts lagging and when I pull the battery or reboot it, the batter meter will read real low (like under 10%) once it powers back up.
I am rooted, I installed The Peoples Rom all according to the instructions from qbking77 on youtube just as I had with my last phone without problem.
I have calibrated the battery twice, and wiped the battery stats in recovery.
I was having these same problems with my last epic which is why I had it replaced. Now I have a new one and new battery and the same problems. How can I fix it?
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Sounds like an application you are installing is the culprit. Search XDA for "better battery stats" and download/install that application. It will tell you what wakelock is your problem.
Wiping battery stats has been stated to do nothing to benefit the phone/battery/user. It's a placebo. (http://www.androidcentral.com/wiping-battery-stats-doesnt-improve-battery-life-says-google-engineer)
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Also not using GPS, Bluetooth, etc
Just wifi and web
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GPS and Bluetooth being enabled is fine. They remain inactive until a process calls that action; such as opening Facebook or Maps.
I don't have many applications installed. I installed the battery app just now, so now what do I do with it? How do I use this information?
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j2gifted said:
I don't have many applications installed. I installed the battery app just now, so now what do I do with it? How do I use this information?
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Play with the settings in the middle and last drop down menus to pick a duration of time and then toggle the top menu to see what's keeping your phone awake. usually "partial wakelocks".
Also, if you have a virgin install, then you can very well have a battery on its' last leg. We have an old phone, so it is very possible you have an old battery. Yes, even from Sprint.
If you don't see any outliers in BetterBatteryStats, then I'd suggest just spending the $12 or $20 on an Epic 4G Touch battery. That one is a 1800mAh battery, compared to our phone's 1500mAh and fits in our phone.
The only thing that seems to stand out is No or unknown connection (something like that) screen (which is always on lowest setting) and wifi (which I'm mostly connected to indoors) the battery that sprint sent me for the replacement is from the GS2 (that 1800mah that u were talking about)
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Here's a screenshot of the battery stats I just took. Its been about 20 minutes since I unplugged that phone, when I unplugged it, it was at 98%... I believe it was at 87% in that pic.
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Toggle the "other" drop down menu and select "partial wakelock".
Also, check your time without signal in: settings > battery > cell standby menu on your phone. Anything greater than 3% will be a battery drain.
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Ok here's screenshots of the things u asked for... all I've done since last post was browse a couple of webpages, and took a long shower lol
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Things seems normal from the screenshots. Could just be an old or bad battery. You could complain to Sprint about it, 50/50 chance on getting a free replacement.
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Ok I'll try that and hope for the best, are u sure there's nothing else i can check? Just to make sure?
Also, even if I get another replacement from Sprint, I may still go to Amazon or ebay... can you recommend any sellers or specific batteries... after market or OEM?
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nikon120 said:
Toggle the "other" drop down menu and select "partial wakelock".
Also, check your time without signal in: settings > battery > cell standby menu on your phone. Anything greater than 3% will be a battery drain.
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The cell standby percentage is, in fact, greater than 3%
hence battery drain.
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j2gifted said:
Ok I'll try that and hope for the best, are u sure there's nothing else i can check? Just to make sure?
Also, even if I get another replacement from Sprint, I may still go to Amazon or ebay... can you recommend any sellers or specific batteries... after market or OEM?
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I got mine off Amazon. I made sure I got an official Samsung battery (1800mAh). You shouldn't have any issues locating a few on there.
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Put your phone in airplane mode for 3-5mins, then take it off. Check and see if battery still drains.
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jeffreyjicha said:
The cell standby percentage is, in fact, greater than 3%
hence battery drain.
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How can you tell?? What do I do to fix it?
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j2gifted said:
How can you tell?? What do I do to fix it?
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The screenshot you posted showed a cell standby percentage of 7%. I'm not sure what to do to fix it because it hasn't happened to me before.
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So I pulled out my old battery last night and put it in the phone, and allowed it to charge overnight. This morning I put my phone through its normal use. I've been on my old battery for a little over 30 minutes and have on dropped about 8% in this time. I still feel like that's a lot, but its better than 10% every 20 minutes on the "new" battery they sent. So I'm guessing this would mean it is the battery that sprint sent that's causing the problem?
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So late last week I installed liquid smooth and it was working awesome! was seeing -2.3% an hour on my battery drain. but as of two days ago, i'm getting a low of -13% drain an hour and sometimes all the way up to -38% an hour! The charge rate has even fallen from 24% an hour down to a cahrge rate of 10% an hour.
I think the culprit is the screen because it shows at >50% on the battery monitor and in the app "battery drain"
I've honestly searched and searched but can't find a solution to this. How can I pinpoint why my screen is using so much battery (brightness is on auto) even when my phone is in standby most of the day?
Same problem mate, mine is almost 80% drain by screen only..I replaced new battery also in RMA but its also not worked, maybe new update of android fix the problem..mine currently is 4.2.2 JB on nexus 7
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H4CK_H0PP3R said:
Same problem mate, mine is almost 80% drain by screen only..I replaced new battery also in RMA but its also not worked, maybe new update of android fix the problem..mine currently is 4.2.2 JB on nexus 7
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Wrong forum fellas, this belongs in Q&A. Try BetterBatteryStats to see what the culprit is.
What are we developing?
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Omg omg omg omg i have nightmares every time i see wrong post in DevSection
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I'm not sure what's going on with the graph from my battery usage page. For some reasons, it would jump to 100% which is impossible. Anyone of you has seen something like this before?
Thanks in advance!
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Same here... Every discharge cycle. But performance and battery life are not compromised....
I noticed the same thing today for the first time. But not as bad or as much as yours is showing.
I see those spikes on my Nexus 7 2013. And I get a terrible battery as well. My tablet loses about %30 of its battery charge during night when it is in sleep mode. Does anybody experience the same issue? Is there a way to fix this?
rezaaz said:
I see those spikes on my Nexus 7 2013. And I get a terrible battery as well. My tablet loses about %30 of its battery charge during night when it is in sleep mode. Does anybody experience the same issue? Is there a way to fix this?
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You must have an app installed that's causing that much drop off. Mine drops off like 2%.
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I have seen spike on mine, too, but not up to 100%, only 1-2% more than its actual level. I thought it's because it was the first charge cycle and the reading weren't yet calibrated. I'll see if they go away after a few more cycles.
I don't have battery drain, as well, I lose 2-3% overnight with wifi and sync still on.
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con100 said:
You must have an app installed that's causing that much drop off. Mine drops off like 2%.
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Oh. Bummer. Do you know how I can find which application that is?
rezaaz said:
Oh. Bummer. Do you know how I can find which application that is?
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You can try an app called BetterBatteryStats it gives you a more detailed look at what's using your battery.
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Hey everyone,
My Nexus 7 (2013) is having the same problem with battery graph. There are about 2-3 spikes to 100% in every discharge cycle.
I noticed this problem has been reported in different cycles, but no one seems to be able to give a definite answer of what the source of this problem is.
BTW, after a reset to factory settings, the problem still persists.
ANY idea why this is happening???
SEARCH b4 posting!!!
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henklbr said:
SEARCH b4 posting!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381550
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You just keep referring to that forum without actually answering my question, even on that forum