Android system eating battery! - Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)

Hey guys, i got my Samsung S3 yesterday after having my S2x for 8 months. Really happy with the phone except for the battery life. My phone dropped 15% in 1 hour with screen on for 15 minute in Wi-Fi. This is the screen shot of my battery...
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its syncing all your google stuff dude. aka contacts apps and any settings you have set to auto backup.

I'll try turning off sync for the day, see if that helps
Thanks for the reply!
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Syncs a major killer, first think I turn off. If you root, theirs no need for most of the stuff it does

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Syncs a major killer, first think I turn off. If you root, theirs no need for most of the stuff it does
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Can you explain why rooting eliminates the need for the functions "sync" provides?

Do a factory reset. Syncing has nothing to do with this issue. I sync three emails, facebook and twitter. I am easily getting 15-20 hours with over 2 hours of screen-on time.

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Can you explain why rooting eliminates the need for the functions "sync" provides?
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Because you can use titanium back up for everything, I still use Google sync tho, the first days is the ones the takes the biggest hits after that I think is fine unless you keep updating contact and what not
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I've got the same problem. I may try a factory reset as fillyo suggested.
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If there was a way to sync Google contacts only when a contact has been added on the device or from the web, I'd turn off autosync. The random syncs seem to be my problem, but I'd be up the creek without them.

Don't think sync is the culprit - I have had android phones for quite some time now and they all been sync'ing same amount of data - no such drain. This is something SGS3 specific. There's a lot of modules listed under Android System. One thing I suspect is that I switched network to EvDo/CDMA/Something/WCDMA, which might be not a particular good idea. Turned back to CDMA only, since LTE is not available here just yet (waiting for this damn Sunday!) and will see if that improves the stats.

having the same problem in my Verizon s3
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I had GPS toggled on the past 2 days and got horrible battery life and high Android System use.
Toggled it off today and it has been much better.
The weather app likes to use it. And I also noticed it firing on randomly. Just turn it off. Maybe it's the GLONASS support, but it sucks down battery particularly well.
I wish Google would separate out Location permissions from GPS permissions. Then in CM9/10 we could just uncheck GPS permissions.
Some apps I like general location, but they have no business using GPS.

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My MAJOR improvement in battery life and how I did it so simply

Settings > Locations and Security > Uncheck everything in the first portion.
I happened to find my 'Use wireless networks' turned on one day, and after turning it off, my battery life improved (on the next charge) from (based on screen-on time, seen by checking Display in Battery Usage) 2 - 2.5 hours to 4.5 - 5 hours. That's double!
A battery recalibration is recommended after doing that.
It worked for me but it might not for you, so I don't guarantee any results. This is just my experience and the advice I'd like to give.
If it worked for you, enjoy!
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It is always the same with this smartphone things. Mostly everytime you switch off some battery draining stuff, you loose comfort. I often want my phone to know where I am, because of wheather widget, bus/tram widget and so on.
This is good for someone who doesn't use these things.
yeah i always have this enabled because i want weather updates every 2 hours or so and sometimes use it ti check in to places, it doesn't use up that much battery compared to some other things.
Thats true. I didn't notice any difference because I don't use those things.
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Disabling 'Background data' in 'accounts and sync' does a lot too .. I mean in the case you don't use it, and you have both wifi and mobile network off, so nothing can't connect anyway.
Mercury0660 said:
It is always the same with this smartphone things. Mostly everytime you switch off some battery draining stuff, you loose comfort. I often want my phone to know where I am, because of wheather widget, bus/tram widget and so on.
This is good for someone who doesn't use these things.
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agree it more comfort like where you want to use foursquare or facebook to check in
You can turn off:
Wi-Fi
Data
Bluetooth
GPS
Auto Sync
3G
Might as well have one of these
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You can turn off:
Wi-Fi
Data
Bluetooth
GPS
Auto Sync
3G
Might as well have one of these
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I use to have one of those!
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how do you recalibrate the battery?
moedin said:
how do you recalibrate the battery?
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Look at my signature to make a correct battery calibration bro
THUDUK said:
You can turn off:
Wi-Fi
Data
Bluetooth
GPS
Auto Sync
3G
Might as well have one of these
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I don't get why anyone plunks down $400+ for the latest and greatest smartphone and then turn everything off.
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I don't get why anyone plunks down $400+ for the latest and greatest smartphone and then turn everything off.
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The same reason why ppl buy iphones....only to fit in.

amazing battery life

Just few quick tips that will help you get amazing results:
1. get the app called Autostarts from the market
2. in the app kill after reboot google maps, talk and social hub(you can find it on scond line in the application from the possible options.
3. Get Titanium
freeze wifi sharing manager and wifi manager.
You are done
Enjoy!
Have you tried dl'ing anything from the market after doing this? Because in the help section it says you might not be able to dl anything from it if you disable Google Talk.
Why not just log out from Google Talk instead?
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O-o-ps!
I just realized that I've madeb a mistake:
I was meaning google voice but not google talk.
SORRY!
Elaborate on point 3 please.
What is wifi sharing manager and wifi manager?
You can stop most, but not all services by going to Settings, Applications, Running...
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You can stop most, but not all services by going to Settings, Applications, Running...
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I think the point is to have it done automatically every time.
Exactly! You can stop them manually but they will reappear again. With the program mentioned above you can do it for good - google maps, google voice will not longer drain the battery without need. Tiatanium will take care for wifi sharing manager and wifi manager - yet another big, big battery drainer that won't affect the phone in any way
Thanks for the tip. I got the program autostarts but I am not able to manually disable google map and voice. I just see several lines of google services framework. Is this it?
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Time to do some testing. I already had autostarts on another recommendation, but was lost on what to do with it.
I have found that using a very (very) minimal homescreen on a black background, using a dark profile for all apps that have the option, and turning wifi off when not needed, I can get at least 2 and a half days out of one charge with light use.
Going to see if this impacts my numbers any. Thanks!
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That is what i see. I want to see which item you have crossed out/disabled.
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Keep in mind, phone has to be rooted for app to work.
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That is what i see. I want to see which item you have crossed out/disabled.
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It says which in the OP...
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The trick of my recommendation is that the phone is folling in deep sleep when not in use and by that way you can almost double the battery life, of course if not in constant use. To be sure that you are doing alright go get frkm tne market Battery monitor widget, install the widget and if you are running at about 50mA in sleep mode you are just fine.
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found quite a number of Autostarts, but didn't see the one mentioned.

Android OS using loads of battery.

Have noticed that android OS seems to be using loads of my battery, even more than the screen this morning which is a bit odd I think. Why is this? Have only had about 25 min screen on this morning so far.
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Is your sync on? If yes, then that's what is causing the high drain of Android OS. I personally just choose which Google Services are allowed to sync to minimize the drain of syncing of the Android OS.
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Yes sync is on but only gmail, contacts, chrome and calendar. And gmail is the only thing that's synced in last 4 hours... Surely that can't be responsible?? Gnow is off too.
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It's very likely caused by some app applying wake lock. I had a music player which was monitoring accelerometer for shake to change song feature. Then Android system started to drain a lot of battery. Battery life returned to normal after disabling that feature.
OK then. So is there a way I can see what process or app is causing that wake lock then, so I can disable it??
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AW: Android OS using loads of battery.
fredcorp6 said:
Yes sync is on but only gmail, contacts, chrome and calendar. And gmail is the only thing that's synced in last 4 hours... Surely that can't be responsible?? Gnow is off too.
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I had a similar problem with gmail a few days ago. I tried to send some pictures via gmail, but the content was to big to be sent. There wasn't a warning about this as it is in the web version. I deleted the drafts from the gmail app, while they tried to be sent. After this I left the phone on the desk and after a hour I noticed the bttery was about 20% down. So I force stoped gmail and cleared all data, after a restart all was on the right way.
I had some problems with the calender sync too, since I didn't use it I disabled the calender sync and so far no problems.
Don't worry about Android OS
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Prior to 4.0, there were no wake locks computed for Android OS. It is now just the dumping ground for all of the time the device was awake that wasn't otherwise blamed on someone. So it is (total awake time) - (total app/system wake lock time) - (total screen on time).
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If you are actually noticing tremendous battery drain and not just concerned with the high overall % of Android OS (which is NOT a problem) then get an app like Better Battery Stats and begin watching it.
Android OS = Apps running constantly in the background
When your phone is in deep sleep it shouldn't be draining any power, but it won't go to sleep if there's a app running even when the phone is not in use. If you're using the Facebook app, then that could be the main culprit for your battery power loss.
Go to settings > Apps > slide over to the right > See running services

[Q] Anyone know what's going on here?

I have a Tmobile Note 3 and I am getting, in my opinion, horrible battery life, can anyone she'd some light on what's going on?/offer a fix? For the record this is rooted, however the problem was there since I got the phone
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I have a Tmobile Note 3 and I am getting, in my opinion, horrible battery life, can anyone she'd some light on what's going on?/offer a fix? For the record this is rooted, however the problem was there since I got the phone
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get this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.batrsaverpro&hl=en_GB
The latest firmware update has made battery life even worse.
Looks like a classic case of over-syncing...
Exhange services = Non-Gmail Sync. That won't cause a wakelock if it's set to manual.
Do you actually use Google Play Music? No? Disable it.
Do you have location services on?
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Looks like a classic case of over-syncing...
Exhange services = Non-Gmail Sync. That won't cause a wakelock if it's set to manual.
Do you actually use Google Play Music? No? Disable it.
Do you have location services on?
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What would be your main tips for saving battery life
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What would be your main tips for saving battery life
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If you're willing to sacrifice a bit of functionality for good old fashioned manual control, the best things to do are:
- Turn off all Sync options (so you have to manually retrieve email, update facebook and such)
- Turn off WiFi when you're not using it
- Turn off Mobile Data when you're not actively using it (when you turn off auto sync, leaving mobile data on is a bit pointless. ) This makes about 2 days of difference.
- Kill off as much bloatware as you can, the amount possible differs between root and non-root. (I'm not rooted.) Particularly the Google Play related and Samsung Hub apps tend to remain active even if you never use them. We never even had Google Play Music and Books here as they were US only, and yet the apps kept running anyway.
- Set the screen brightness as low as you find comfortable. I know the screen is gorgeous, but it's also one of the main drains
- Turn off GPS and all location settings (in both Settings and in Maps.)
- Disable all auto-update features in Google Play, Android itself and such
- Don't run too many widgets
- Black eats less battery than white in terms of screen drain (as black on AmoLED is a disabled led.) So a black background/wallpaper/theme on something will drain less than a White one. (Which makes all the white websites twice as irritating.)
If you get a decent battery life with all these settings, you can then decide one by one what is and isn't worth turning back on.
With 4.3, I believe Google services has started eating more battery. Have the same issue on note 2 4.3
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Looks like a classic case of over-syncing...
Exhange services = Non-Gmail Sync. That won't cause a wakelock if it's set to manual.
Do you actually use Google Play Music? No? Disable it.
Do you have location services on?
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So meanwhile you troll my thread and not this question weird e?
OP... are you in the return period?

GPS Battery bug

Hi all, got my Note 3 Thursday and I love it, came from a Z1 and what I love the most is the battery life. I'm a pretty heavy user and so far I'm getting at least 6hrs screen on which is awesome for me!
Anyway I noticed today that even though my GPS hasn't been on its showing on in battery stats
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but when I did turn the GPS on it shows its off, it's like it's inverted strangely....rebooted phone still same.
I will back up and factory reset it tomorrow, but wanted to check if anyone else had this before, I did search but nothing came up. BTW I'm stock unrooted.
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never heard of this.
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never heard of this.
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A colleague of mine is having same problem but with wifi, it's inverted....I will point out though it doesn't seem to have an effect on battery life. Must be a visual bug.
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Edit: mine wasn't inverting like yours, just showing the gps on when it was off.
I isolated this down to google maps, I didn't notice a drop in battery, but It bugged me none the less. Once location was blocked in Xprivacy it stopped reporting GPS-on in the battery stats. This might fix it: Try temporarily disabling google maps from app info and see if it stops, then re-enable.
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OP screen looks strange and looks nothing like mine: I have GPS on all the time and actually used maps for driving from work today and GPS shows active only when screen was on. With screen off on mine GPS shows off as well, where OP shows GPS active all the time. I wonder if OP has some program requesting GPS position at all times, even with screen off. Maybe some anti theft tracking or showing OP position to friends and family? Maybe same program over rides off setting? I never heard of settings being inverted, but maybe there is some system error.
Thanks for your feedback, after trying a few things: disabling Gmaps, rebooting device, turning off location services still no joy. So before doing a factory reset I reset the app preferences, which you can do but going to settings>app manager>all>press menu and then select ' reset app preferences' and it worked.
So it must if been some app causing this, I don't have a tracking app apart from the Android device manager, which is on, a bit stumped what it was but now glad it's gone as my OCD was going through the roof!! ?
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I had the same problem,all my GPS settings were set to off but somehow the Battery stats were showing that the GPS was all time on! I tried many things until I found the real culprit, and in my case was not the OS software but an App that is keeping the GPS on despite closing it! The App (2GIS) is of course related to GPS as it includes navigation among its features.The solution was to close the app and reboot my device instead of deleting that app as I really want it! So I will advise anyone with this problem to find every app on their phone which uses GPS and monitor them, hopefully you will track down the culprit!

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