I tested to see if power saving reduces performance and it indeed does. Try doing a quadrant test while using power saving and then after and you'll see the difference.
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If you use an app to monitor cpu usage you'll see it underclocks it to 1GHZ instead of 1.4GHZ (as a maximum)
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I tested to see if power saving reduces performance and it indeed does. Try doing a quadrant test while using power saving and then after and you'll see the difference.
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Yes, this was known for awhile now. I lightly touched upon it from a review my topic. It does however increase the battery life by %20 to %25.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662822
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s3-battery-en.shtml
Don't use it myself but my brother tested it last week. He had over 3 days on battery with over 20% left.
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Get a slower phone
A Ferrari is not meant to be driven, its meant to be raced
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Get a slower phone
A Ferrari is not meant to be driven, its meant to be raced
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That's nice, but what if you're 400 miles away from a gas station? It would be awesome if the "ferrari" had the ability to adjust its engine and fuel injectors to give it another 2 to 4 mpg.
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That's nice, but what if you're 400 miles away from a gas station? It would be awesome if the "ferrari" had the ability to adjust its engine and fuel injectors to give it another 2 to 4 mpg.
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Why would anyone even drive a ferrari outside of the city? Putting that many miles on it is useless
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Why would anyone even drive a ferrari outside of the city? Putting that many miles on it is useless
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Omg, are you serious? Did you not understand it was an analogy? It doesn't hurt to have the option. If you're on a long plane ride, it's obviously beneficial to have such a feature.
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I'm using power saving mode and it increases the battery life a lot. Games are running just fine and no slowdown at all. I don't care if I'm getting a lower score in some ****ty benchmarks I'm talking about real life usage.
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Yes, this was known for awhile now. I lightly touched upon it from a review my topic. It does however increase the battery life by %20 to %25.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662822
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s3-battery-en.shtml
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Very good review.
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I'm gonna change that fugly homescreen wallpaper cause I think it looks like crap.
http://www.google.com/search?q=gala...isch&tbs=simg:CAESEgm_1ROHEuoqj2yEwgptZq7y50Q
I'm going to see how far I can overclock my specific device stably
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I'm going to see how far I can overclock my specific device stably
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overclock that monster CPU? For which reason if it's just Blazing fast and no lagg at all ? Just to consume more battery?
the first thing i will do is using browser and see how beautifull is surfing web with this incredible device
No reason not to make it faster i say. Not needing something is no reason not to.
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No reason not to make it faster i say. Not needing something is no reason not to.
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Battery life.
ale0crysis said:
overclock that monster CPU? For which reason if it's just Blazing fast and no lagg at all ? Just to consume more battery?
the first thing i will do is using browser and see how beautifull is surfing web with this incredible device
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Firstly, it's mainly just out of curiosity, I just want to see how far me device can go. Also, take my SGS2 for example, stock 1.2ghz, at the end of the day when I put it in to charge at about 9pm, I am left with about 20%+ battery. In my opinion that is useless battery life, as it is not enough to get through the next day, so it is just being wasted. So to overclock to 1.4 or 1.5ghz on my s2 to increase speed and battery life isn't an issue at all, why shouldn't I gain the extra speed? Same will hopefully apply to the SGS3
I can easily get to 1.6ghz at 1375mV and it's rock stable, but I do notice a battery drain when that high. It's all about personal balance between performance, heat generated by OC'ing and battery, for me 1.5ghz is the sweet spot for all three. Also I do heavily under-volt both cpu & gpu. My GPU isn't overclocked as their isn't a game that taxes it at stock, but it's nice knowing I can OC the GPU perfectly stably & safely to 400mhz from 267mhz and get a sizable performance boost, if I ever need it in the future.
turn it on?
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Take it out of the box!
Do a little dance!
watch it
Try to smash it and see how hard it takes to break, and then buy another one
Post here
ROOT it . (If available)
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Make a phone call to see if it works.
No honestly... it's also a phone...
Do a drop test
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Hold it on my hand for 10minutes and then get it rooted.
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Arsaw said:
Hold it on my hand for 10minutes and then get it rooted.
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Erahgon said:
Make a phone call to see if it works.
No honestly... it's also a phone...
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Its a what now???
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Make love to it
Say 'Hi Galaxy'
Hey I have the sprint version and normally can achieve a score around 4200. Ive seen as high as 5034, after closing all apps and clearing RAM. What are you guys averaging?
Anywhere from 4500 to 5000
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Hey I have the sprint version and normally can achieve a score around 4200. Ive seen as high as 5034, after closing all apps and clearing RAM. What are you guys averaging?
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I've noticed heat plays a large factor in this phone. Try this for an experiment. Take your phone and use it normally for about 5 minutes (Texting, Phone Call, Whatever) and then run Quadrant see what you get. Then take your phone and set it by your A/C vent for a few minutes and let it chill. Run Quadrant again and I'll bet your score is significantly better. I was having problems with my T-Mobile S3 not reaching 5000+ in Quadrant. I use the phone heavily but could only manage to get like 3500 - 4000. I let my phone sit above the A/C for 5 minutes and ran the test again to get 5100!
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I've noticed heat plays a large factor in this phone. Try this for an experiment. Take your phone and use it normally for about 5 minutes (Texting, Phone Call, Whatever) and then run Quadrant see what you get. Then take your phone and set it by your A/C vent for a few minutes and let it chill. Run Quadrant again and I'll bet your score is significantly better. I was having problems with my T-Mobile S3 not reaching 5000+ in Quadrant. I use the phone heavily but could only manage to get like 3500 - 4000. I let my phone sit above the A/C for 5 minutes and ran the test again to get 5100!
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Sigh.. glad you found your answer at least.
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International Version?
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International Version?
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Correct!
joshnichols189 said:
Sigh.. glad you found your answer at least.
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Yeah phone performs flawlessly and when I need to I can hit those benchmark scores now. Just can't run one after the phone has been being used heavily beforehand.
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CPU - 13274 WOW! Now imagine if they put 2GB of ram in the International Version now that would be THE ultimate phone.
yea ive definitely noticed that heat is a factor in the quadrant scores. Ive been turning my phone off for about 30mins to a hour, either once a day or every other day, to let it cool down. The AC cooling idea is cool but im a little nervous putting the phone through two different extremes like that too often
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yea ive definitely noticed that heat is a factor in the quadrant scores. Ive been turning my phone off for about 30mins to a hour, either once a day or every other day, to let it cool down. The AC cooling idea is cool but im a little nervous putting the phone through two different extremes like that too often
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I don't think you have to switch off the phone to cool it down. Just letting it sit idle seems to do the trick. I too confirm three effect of heat on quadrant score. It was on the 4100 range when hot, but after some idle time it hit 5100. Never switched the phone off in between.
Yea I keep my s3 in a cooler iced down properly, I'm getting 9000 quadrant score consistently after it thaws a bit.
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Not bad for bone stock.
Just a tad better than Sprints out the box
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Yea I keep my s3 in a cooler iced down properly, I'm getting 9000 quadrant score consistently after it thaws a bit.
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Lmao. Did you wipe cache before freezing it down? I heard that puts it over 10k.
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yeah the only reason the U.S. version score above the htc one x is because of the ram. the cpu is like half the speed.
Well that was the idea of the extra G of ram... I still don't see the need for quad cores in phones just yet.
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I've noticed heat plays a large factor in this phone. Try this for an experiment. Take your phone and use it normally for about 5 minutes (Texting, Phone Call, Whatever) and then run Quadrant see what you get. Then take your phone and set it by your A/C vent for a few minutes and let it chill. Run Quadrant again and I'll bet your score is significantly better. I was having problems with my T-Mobile S3 not reaching 5000+ in Quadrant. I use the phone heavily but could only manage to get like 3500 - 4000. I let my phone sit above the A/C for 5 minutes and ran the test again to get 5100!
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Hot (20 minutes of RiptideGP @ max details): 4818
Cold (5min AC): 4928
After reboot: 5174
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I have been asking this in few threads lately and no one yet to answer. I installed system tuner to check the cpu temperatures and seems to be a little high compare to other devices that I owned. With regular use the temps seems to be around 45-50C and with heavy use and gaming it would go up to 60C. The device also feels a little warm around the camera area. I would appreciate if someone could check their temps. Thanks.
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I have not really noticed any heat just yet
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Those temperatures are very normal... The phone feels so hot because the back is glass.
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Vanhoud said:
I have not really noticed any heat just yet
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Could you check the temps with system tuner by chance? Curious to know what are your readings. Thanks
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Hottest mine got was 108°f(very hot in hand), I deleted some Google apps and it's been running great since... Better battery also
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No warmer to the touch than any other smartphone I've ever had.
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lonz358 said:
Hottest mine got was 108°f(very hot in hand), I deleted some Google apps and it's been running great since... Better battery also
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108F is about 42C, which is not hot at all. Mine gets over that while texting.
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No heat here at all.
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I'm at 46 right now
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Haven't measured, but mine gets SUPER hot sometimes. Usually when playing games, or like last night, I was on skype for ~4 hours. It get's hot, but I would expect it or any device to get hot when doing that type of stuff.
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I have been asking this in few threads lately and no one yet to answer. I installed system tuner to check the cpu temperatures and seems to be a little high compare to other devices that I owned. With regular use the temps seems to be around 45-50C and with heavy use and gaming it would go up to 60C. The device also feels a little warm around the camera area. I would appreciate if someone could check their temps. Thanks.
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I don't own one but those temps are right in line with the average desktop pc. I think once temps hit about 65-70C under heavy load, then there is reason for concern.
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So far no hotter than my galaxy s got.
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Yeah...my Captivate gets just as warm to the touch (or warmer) with its aluminum back.
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Mine got up to something like 42 degrees C yesterday while browsing. Got the temperature readout using Cool Tool. Heat was mainly around the top / camera area where I assume the antenna is.
38° C max and that's when i m charging and using the phone.
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38° C max and that's when i m charging and using the phone.
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Are you sure that is not the battery temp? It just sounds very low!
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Mine got up to something like 42 degrees C yesterday while browsing. Got the temperature readout using Cool Tool. Heat was mainly around the top / camera area where I assume the antenna is.
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42 is not hot. Its warm. To qualify as hit it has to reach at least 50.
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ceroglu said:
Are you sure that is not the battery temp? It just sounds very low!
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Yeah lol, it's the battery temp
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I'm starting to wonder if my N4 is defective since I haven't had any real heat issues. It gets a little warm but no more than my GNex did and nowhere near as hot as my Sensation was.
I had it in my pocket today and it was hot I felt the heat on my flesh I pulled it out it was hoooot idk why will get hot on idle
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Within about 20 seconds of me trying to use my phone it warms up so its almost uncomfortable to hold!?!??! I mean what in the world..
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twolfekc said:
Within about 20 seconds of me trying to use my phone it warms up so its almost uncomfortable to hold!?!??! I mean what in the world..
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Something must be terribly wrong. I notice it gets warm slightly when playing around with custom kernels or gaming but not to the level where it is uncomfortable to hold. If you are on stock rom then you should contact google.
I think its because of the radio.. Hot when it isn't on airplane mode. Fine when its off
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I think its because of the radio.. Hot when it isn't on airplane mode. Fine when its on airplane mode
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That kind of heat is an issue. RMA that pronto.
Download system tuner and see what the temperature is when its " too hot"
Mine gots rrally hot when running Angry Birds Star Wars. What about you guys?
I've had two N4's and neither one ever even got warm. At least not noticeable in hand. Even with extended gaming. Agree on the RMA.
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Download system tuner and see what the temperature is when its " too hot"
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48.0C when just looking on twitter or something
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As the title says. It stops charging.
If I press *#*#4636#*#* it shows ac connected but not charging.
This started on 4.3. Never saw this on 4.2.2
Edit: pics at post 6
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It's probably a safety net feature. To avoid complete meltdown. Charging heats up the phone too.
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It's probably a safety net feature. To avoid complete meltdown. Charging heats up the phone too.
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Yes it might be but it is really weird cause when it stops charging, it doesn't resume once the phone has cooled down. You have to unplug and replug.
Which isn't very helpful.
Btw totally stock.
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Yes it might be but it is really weird cause when it stops charging, it doesn't resume once the phone has cooled down. You have to unplug and replug.
Which isn't very helpful.
Btw totally stock.
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That's happened to me when play in summer and just use the fan. Checking the cpu temp shouldn't clock past 50 degrees or it gets pretty bad. I usually just place it in the fan, then on the air conditioner for a minute or two and usually keep the cpu status app open to watch the drop in temperature. Atleast Nexus keeps this safety throttle, S4 would probably give you a nice bacon house.
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That's happened to me when play in summer and just use the fan. Checking the cpu temp shouldn't clock past 50 degrees or it gets pretty bad. I usually just place it in the fan, then on the air conditioner for a minute or two and usually keep the cpu status app open to watch the drop in temperature. Atleast Nexus keeps this safety throttle, S4 would probably give you a nice bacon house.
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I think is not CUP related but battery related. I am trying to upload 2 pics but for some reason upload is not working.
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Well if the cpu heats up so will the battery both are working hand in hand. It's like your engine is hot and so will your spark plug be. For the safety of the parts and since lithium ion batteries are dangerous when overheated, it's a safety net.
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Well if the cpu heats up so will the battery both are working hand in hand. It's like your engine is hot and so will your spark plug be. For the safety of the parts and since lithium ion batteries are dangerous when overheated, it's a safety net.
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I guess you're right, but it's pretty annoying imo.
Finally the pics
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I guess you're right, but it's pretty annoying imo.
Finally the pics
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For someone who's Russian. Your English is impressive I couldn't understand much from the screenshot but I am curious, people say the guru app is useless since it's placebo effect
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For someone who's Russian. Your English is impressive I couldn't understand much from the screenshot but I am curious, people say the guru app is useless since it's placebo effect
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Haha. Thanks I am Greek not Russian
The two screenshots just show how the one in the higher temp is still charging and a few minutes later it stopped and the other one with the low temp says that battery is overheated, AC connected but not charging.
The guru app I think it helps a bit as about 5%, but no more than that.
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For someone who's Russian. Your English is impressive I couldn't understand much from the screenshot but I am curious, people say the guru app is useless since it's placebo effect
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Thats greek i guess ... Im from México so my only different char from english is the ñ
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