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Ugh.. getting mad at battery life!

I have not changed anything... I was getting 16+hours and still having between 15 and 20% left but the last two days I'm hardly getting 10 hours! WTF!
What is a good program for seeing what apps are open when they don't need to be? Would that just be like a tast killer?
Just a little rant... sorry. When I complain to my friends they just call me a nerd... I need to vent to people that understand, haha.

does your ranting require a new thread?

Wow people, how on earth do you guys get battery life of 16hrs. I can hardly get 3 hours on my phone...

suchavibrantthang said:
does your ranting require a new thread?
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Yeah, Its as pointless and useless as your post. Yet we both wanted to say something... so here we both are... wasting space.

Have a great day! Enjoy your battery.
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stanton93 said:
Wow people, how on earth do you guys get battery life of 16hrs. I can hardly get 3 hours on my phone...
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you using the phone for straight 3 hours? if yes that's normal.
To the OP check the new apps you've downloaded.
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Nope.. I use it moderately. listening to music for maybe an hour brings down my battery levels from 90 to 58% and this thing is draining 1% every 2 mins on standby...
Btw while I was charging my phone and it magically jumped from 8 to 34% in jus 10mins or so(I had switched it off before charging and after few mins of charging, I switched it on to find it on 34%). Is this a factor??

that's ridiculous, that must be an application eating up type battery
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stanton93 said:
Nope.. I use it moderately. listening to music for maybe an hour brings down my battery levels from 90 to 58% and this thing is draining 1% every 2 mins on standby...
Btw while I was charging my phone and it magically jumped from 8 to 34% in jus 10mins or so(I had switched it off before charging and after few mins of charging, I switched it on to find it on 34%). Is this a factor??
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jumping percentage means your battery stats is ruined. wipe it, but the battery drain on idle mode isn't about the stats.
what rom are you running?
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Bionix 1.3.1 with whitehawkx kb5 modem.
Fml.. Even while charging, the battery % is decreasing

stanton93 said:
Fml.. Even while charging, the battery % is decreasing
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If you're charging via USB, you may wish to connect to AC. USB doesn't charge as fast and your phone (apps running, etc) may using power faster than the USB can replenish it.
If you're on AC, turn the phone off and charge it that way. If it continues to decrease this way, there is something seriously weird with your device.

I re-flashed bionix but the battery drain still continues.. Should I change back to toxic darky 9.5 and see how the battery on that thing is working?

stanton93 said:
I re-flashed bionix but the battery drain still continues.. Should I change back to toxic darky 9.5 and see how the battery on that thing is working?
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go back to stock,
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At the OP. Use Android Assistant in the market, then from there check battery use. Always been useful to me.

iynfynity said:
go back to stock,
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When you say go back to stock.. you mean odin back to UVJFD and a 512.pit file correct? i have done this a few times... i always wonder about clicking on re-partition because it jsut sits and does not go on.. so i unclick it. but yeah thats what i just did also... Ugh i remember a year ago i had a rom kernel set up that i was getting over 2 days EASY... then i flashed a different rom adn forgot what i was running ha. oh well.
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At the OP. Use Android Assistant in the market, then from there check battery use. Always been useful to me.
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Thanks ill check that out if just going to stock and redoing everyhting does not help me

yup that's what you should do, anyway when you go back to stock do you restore apps from titanium backup?
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iynfynity said:
yup that's what you should do, anyway when you go back to stock do you restore apps from titanium backup?
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titanium backup needs root

stanton93 said:
Bionix 1.3.1 with whitehawkx kb5 modem.
Fml.. Even while charging, the battery % is decreasing
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U have to recalibrate your battery. I normally get 10 hrs of batt time when I re calibrated my battery...

Also im on bi winning rom....edt...always greate batt life

nomadrider123 said:
titanium backup needs root
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you can root stock right.
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Jb battery drain on latest update 4.1.2

i updated my s3 from jb 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 19300xxelkc and my battery drain is too much..
i turn my phone to flight mode before going to bed but still i see 20 or 25% drain without wifi on.
my battery last from 100% to 45% in 16 hours.... my battery was fine before this update...
help plz

Install betterbatterystats to find the culprit mate did u wipe all before upgrade? I'd give that a go too if BBS doesn't report anything
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*#0228#
quick start

yoske said:
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quick start
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what does the quick start button do? it just turned off my screen.

Ausboy 2011 said:
Install betterbatterystats to find the culprit mate did u wipe all before upgrade? I'd give that a go too if BBS doesn't report anything
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no i didnt wiped any data. will that affect the battery life????????? i was having no prob with 4.1.1 when i upgraded from ics

yoske said:
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quick start[/QUOby running quick start my battery dropped from 50% to 38% why that????
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Install 50 gsam battery monitor from playstore and agter a full cycle u will see what is eating the battery. In my case it was facebook app...
Cheers!
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Whatever you have or haven't done...
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LenAsh said:
Whatever you have or haven't done...
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how do u get that much battery life??

Just a suggestion.
You can disable Rescan Media
or Change to another modem
I had the same battery issue after 4.1.2

LenAsh said:
Whatever you have or haven't done...
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By barely using the phone... look at his screen on time.

authmn said:
Just a suggestion.
You can disable Rescan Media
or Change to another modem
I had the same battery issue after 4.1.2
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how do i do that????? after pressing quickstart code my battery have improved much

By barely using the phone my battery life is good compared to 4.1.1 and 4.0.4

Imo battery life on 4.1.2 is pretty good. I had lots of smartphones and on s3 is best. Once i squised 5h of screen on from this device, with the mention that i watched a 3 hrs movie.
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Jikul said:
By barely using the phone... look at his screen on time.
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You completely missed the point the OP made about flight mode didn't you?
Read again and then make a constructive comment.

hey
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quick start
hey can you explain to use what does quick start does to the phone, i did it to and my battery drops from 75% to 68%, but i saw that ims99 said about an improve on his battery and i tried too, please let us know

awesome update for 4.1.2
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I also get 30h odd battery life with JB 4.12, same or more to ICS..:laugh:

my battery also been improved by entering this code, i think quickstart resets battery status and after that u able to charge battery up to real 100%
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Battery Draim with GO SMS

Like can you see in the screen shot my GO SMS are crasy , dont know what to do ..
4.2.1 android version , rooted and unlocked bootloader.

Use another app
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Like, what he said.^^
Did you have a message get stuck trying to send?

god_ said:
like can you see in the screen shot my go sms are crasy , dont know what to do ..
4.2.1 android version , rooted and unlocked bootloader.
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Heard of this issue...maybe you should contact the app developer.:d

estallings15 said:
Like, what he said.^^
Did you have a message get stuck trying to send?
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I delete all the sms and mms so no i dont have..
ShawnZhang said:
Heard of this issue...maybe you should contact the app developer.:d
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I will do that , this is dam strange , i like a lot this app but this is a dam problem :crying:

God_ said:
Like can you see in the screen shot my GO SMS are crasy , dont know what to do ..
4.2.1 android version , rooted and unlocked bootloader.
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So after 1 day and 16 hours without charging and 30% left of your charge you are worried that GoSMS used 70% of your battery?
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draiken78 said:
So after 1 day and 16 hours without charging and 30% left of your charge you are worried that GoSMS used 70% of your battery?
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Yes.... , if the app are waking up all time i have to spot it :crying:

God_ said:
Yes.... , if the app are waking up all time i have to spot it :crying:
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Gotcha. Actually, now that you pointed it out, GoSMS generally shows up as my biggest battery hog too. Oddly enough though, if I reboot my phone and check the stats again, GoSMS suddenly shows a much smaller % being used. Could this actually be an OS issue?
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draiken78 said:
Gotcha. Actually, now that you pointed it out, GoSMS generally shows up as my biggest battery hog too. Oddly enough though, if I reboot my phone and check the stats again, GoSMS suddenly shows a much smaller % being used. Could this actually be an OS issue?
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I reboot mine and same % , but possible a OS bug , i can do 1day and some hours with good usage of the phone and dont make sense this % of GO sms .. ok i send a lot of sms but more that 50% of battery to one app is to much

Galaxy S4 Battery Drain Please Help

I bought a S4 manufacturer refurbished new with battery, charged it for like 6 hours as it is new, I've been using it for nearly 5 hours now and it is at 41%, from the very start I've disabled nearly everything apart from WiFi and the Samsung features such as air gestures and stuff and even mobile data (as I have none atm) have been disabled and brightness has been just slightly higher than lowest, how is it possible that the battery is draining so fast???

ShadowBlazeSheff said:
I bought a S4 manufacturer refurbished new with battery, charged it for like 6 hours as it is new, I've been using it for nearly 5 hours now and it is at 41%, from the very start I've disabled nearly everything apart from WiFi and the Samsung features such as air gestures and stuff and even mobile data (as I have none atm) have been disabled and brightness has been just slightly higher than lowest, how is it possible that the battery is draining so fast???
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look at your settings and go to the "battery" section, and have a look at whats eating up your battery.
you can use "greenify" from google play to suspend any applications too.

Here look Twitter is nearly highest, I find it highly unbelievable that Twitter has been eating my battery this fast, I've seen S4 users have their screen brightness to the highest watch videos social networks etc for 16 hours and still have juice left

ShadowBlazeSheff said:
Here look Twitter is nearly highest, I find it highly unbelievable that Twitter has been eating my battery this fast, I've seen S4 users have their screen brightness to the highest watch videos social networks etc for 16 hours and still have juice left
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Hi.
U might want to refer in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532210
Cheers.

Hello, sorry I don't have anything setup to buy the better battery stats yet

ShadowBlazeSheff said:
Hello, sorry I don't have anything setup to buy the better battery stats yet
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Get the free BBS app from the thread.

I have downloaded it but I'll give reading when battery is at 50%
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ShadowBlazeSheff said:
Hello, sorry I don't have anything setup to buy the better battery stats yet
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I switched off the phone but forgot the battery stats go, but as I remember these are the things running that took most of the charge

You need to look at the partial wake locks in other on bbs

And here is the battery stats from Android
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ShadowBlazeSheff said:
I switched off the phone but forgot the battery stats go, but as I remember these are the things running that took most of the charge
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Oh ffs, oh well I'll do it again tomorrow
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Here are the Android Battery and BBS stats
Edit - I did charge it from like 30% to 65% then it went down again to the percentage you see on screenshots

Direct track is killing your battery. You need to find out what that wake lock is and get rid of it. Google directtrack wakelock

Music also seems to have taken a lot when I didn't even use it a lot
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jd1639 said:
Direct track is killing your battery. You need to find out what that wake lock is and get rid of it. Google directtrack wakelock
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I can't find any way to get rid of it

ShadowBlazeSheff said:
I can't find any way to get rid of it
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What music app do you use?

jd1639 said:
What music app do you use?
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The default music app player not Google Play or Samsung music, on the first day I didn't use any music players but still saw exceptional battery drain

ShadowBlazeSheff said:
The default music app player not Google Play or Samsung music, on the first day I didn't use any music players but still saw exceptional battery drain
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Freeze that app and see if that helps the battery drain

jd1639 said:
Freeze that app and see if that helps the battery drain
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How do I freeze it?

ShadowBlazeSheff said:
How do I freeze it?
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Go into settings, apps and see if you can disable it

How is your battery life. Please discuss here

Have to fully charge mine before I can give numbers.

Phonearena says its execellwnt but I wait for real user reports

hamad138 said:
Phonearena says its execellwnt but I wait for real user reports
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All reviews I've read online have said that it'll last the day easily which is all I need. Extreme Power Saving Mode is a handy feature too.

Off the battery at 7AM EMT, so far at 94% with GPS and wifi on. Doing well! I wish I could check on screen time though...
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As of this post, it is 9:27AM right now.

overlord727 said:
Off the battery at 7AM EMT, so far at 94% with GPS and wifi on. Doing well! I wish I could check on screen time though...
EDIT:
As of this post, it is 9:27AM right now.
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Use Gsam battery monitor to check on screen time.

I forgot I purchased that a while back. Thanks! Hopefully I don't need the root companion to it..

slybeans said:
All reviews I've read online have said that it'll last the day easily which is all I need. Extreme Power Saving Mode is a handy feature too.
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The Power Saving Mode isn't in the Verizon variant yet. Said to be coming in an update.
Battery drained about 1% per hour overnight. GPS and Wifi on.

brar.arsh said:
Use Gsam battery monitor to check on screen time.
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Here's mine so far

jaythenut said:
Here's mine so far
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So in 2 hours screen time battery is 30%?
Not as good as every reviewer was saying.

brar.arsh said:
So in 2 hours screen time battery is 30%?
Not as good as every reviewer was saying.
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Phone was just released yesterday. As with all other battery powered devices, give it a few days and break it in. That's when you see just how good or bad it really is. One day later does not give you a definitive answer.
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brar.arsh said:
So in 2 hours screen time battery is 30%?
Not as good as every reviewer was saying.
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That says 1min 51sec, not 1hr 51 min.

Sledutah said:
That says 1min 51sec, not 1hr 51 min.
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hehe.. Sorry I didn't see that.. Now charge it completely and then we will see in next few days how it goes.

This is my first day on a full charge. Less than my Note 3 and Flex.
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That's a horrible example lol. Obviously something wrong on network there....others are much closer to reviewed stats
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6 hours tops heavy use, full brightness.
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I've used it pretty heavy today. Where can I find the screen time?
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Just now charging it fully for the first time - will report back when I have more.

alhadee12 said:
I've used it pretty heavy today. Where can I find the screen time?
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Install GSAM Battery Monitor from the Play Store.
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alhadee12 said:
This is my first day on a full charge. Less than my Note 3 and Flex.
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Seriously............

First full charge meh. 2-3 hours screen on. Hoping to see an increase in a few days
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