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[Improve Battery Performance] LATEST XXELLA SGS3 JB ROM STOCK. BBS Stats plzz

Hi all as we all know there has been plenty of discussion regarding SGS3 battery life. I class myself as a heavy user and was pulling my hair out with my battery needing to be charged by EARLY afternoion...
I tried reinstalling and doing full whipes did nt change my battery life so after extensive reading and tweaking this is what i have done and it has really improved my battery to the point that the afternoon charge is no longer and i can now get up to 13 hours without charge
Im rooted XXXKLC JB Sammy Rom 4.1.2
Now tested on XXELL4 Sammy 4.1.2 stock rooted and works great still
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You may not need to use all these tips at once. You may find that one or two may give you the desired result it is really up to the individual.
***It is highly recommended that you read all instructions if using pimp my rom. Also prior to pimping flash the rescue package within the application. AND always do a nandroid back up just in case*******
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Ok better battery guide
1. Disable media scan app via google play
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=rescan+media+root
2. In Call Settings i enabled Roaming (i know this sounds crazy but i read it somewhere and it works)
3. installed Juice Defender
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=juice+defender
4. i also installed Pimp My Rom as that has some usefull tweaks
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=pimp+my+rom
5. I also disabled fast dormancy with this app
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=disable+fast+dormancy&rlz=1Y1XIUG_enAU514AU514
This has given me deep sleep back
6. Fully charge the battery (Powe off) drain to 10% and fully charge again power off
6. Set wifi sleep policy to Never
Settings/wifi/advanced/ check wifi never sleeps
So this worked well for me if anyone tries it please leave some feedback and let me know if it worked for u
Cheers All
If it works hit the thanks button
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Better Battery Stats ... we now have Deep Sleep
Pimp my rom screenshots
just
Fast Dormancy Setting
Settings/mobike &wireless/More Settings/ mobile networks / data roaming
Juice Defender Settings

Juice Defender multiple posts on here that say it drains battery .
jje

JJEgan said:
Juice Defender multiple posts on here that say it drains battery .
jje
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I have read that as well I'm only getting 2 to 3 min wake locks with JD it manages my data and wifi extremely well and I am getting a good saving on my battery there I may un install it and see what difference it makes
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JJEgan said:
Juice Defender multiple posts on here that say it drains battery .
jje
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If you don't use you're phone for several hours its a real battery saver with the right settings!

ritchie46 said:
If you don't use you're phone for several hours its a real battery saver with the right settings!
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Agree with that I really noticed that
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colang said:
Hi all as we all know there has been plenty of discussion regarding SGS3 battery life. I class myself as a heavy user and was pulling my hair out with my battery needing to be charged by EARLY afternoion...
I tried reinstalling and doing full whipes did nt change my battery life so after extensive reading and tweaking this is what i have done and it has really improved my battery to the point that the afternoon charge is no longer and i can now get up to 13 hours without charge
Im rooted XXXKLC JB Sammy Rom 4.1.2
1. Disable media scan app via google play
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=rescan+media+root
2. In Call Settings i enabled Roaming (i know this sounds crazy but i read it somewhere and it works)
3. installed Juice Defender
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=juice+defender
4. i also installed Pimp My Rom as that has some usefull tweaks
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=pimp+my+rom
5. I also disabled fast dormancy with this app
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=disable+fast+dormancy&rlz=1Y1XIUG_enAU514AU514
This has given me deep sleep back
So this worked well for me if anyone tries it please leave some feedback and let me know if it worked for u
Cheers All
If it works hit the thanks button
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can you show ur setting on pimp my rom?

hock0827 said:
can you show ur setting on pimp my rom?
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be careful with pimp my rom, make the reset thing first.

dazza7111 said:
be careful with pimp my rom, make the reset thing first.
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why?
and how to save battery with this app?

hock0827 said:
can you show ur setting on pimp my rom?
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All done screenshots added
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13 hours of screen time?
Could you specified more before after difference of your battery life and usage? I really like to try these steps, thx.

Single biggest improvement in battery life is turning my mobile data off when I won't be using my phone, such as when I'm at work. I used to finish work at lunchtime with 50% battery left, now it's more like 70-80%.
Maybe I'm missing something with Android, but I can't see why there isn't a setting in mobile data to only have it activated when screen is on, just like wifi. This is essentially what juice defender does (I know it has plenty more options), but it should be built in already, imho.
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Basil3 said:
Single biggest improvement in battery life is turning my mobile data off when I won't be using my phone, such as when I'm at work. I used to finish work at lunchtime with 50% battery left, now it's more like 70-80%.
Maybe I'm missing something with Android, but I can't see why there isn't a setting in mobile data to only have it activated when screen is on, just like wifi. This is essentially what juice defender does (I know it has plenty more options), but it should be built in already, imho.
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Agree 100 % and that's the aspect of Juice Defender That I enjoy the most. Only because I forget to manually turn data off. Plus I'm always on and off my phone
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nailrik said:
Could you specified more before after difference of your battery life and usage? I really like to try these steps, thx.
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Ok prior to following the above I would be looking for the car charger by about 130 2pm most days my day normally starts about 6am..... Now I'm not looking for a recharge until about 8 pm same usage just lots less battery
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Basil3 said:
Single biggest improvement in battery life is turning my mobile data off when I won't be using my phone, such as when I'm at work. I used to finish work at lunchtime with 50% battery left, now it's more like 70-80%.
Maybe I'm missing something with Android, but I can't see why there isn't a setting in mobile data to only have it activated when screen is on, just like wifi. This is essentially what juice defender does (I know it has plenty more options), but it should be built in already, imho.
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Agree. But, I do feel that it defeat the purpose of having data plan. Lol. Pay a fair amount of money every month on data package but since than just 1gb of data was used every month. That's 4gb unused data waste.
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azrieqb said:
Agree. But, I do feel that it defeat the purpose of having data plan. Lol. Pay a fair amount of money every month on data package but since than just 1gb of data was used every month. That's 4gb unused data waste.
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Lol can't have your cake and eat it too lol ... I guess I'm more talking about idle time .. You for instance may find just by enabling Data Roaming your phone may deep sleep more and still saving you battery. ... I have read so many forums post's ect what I have tried to do here is let sgs3 owners know what works for me. Just by using one of the tips on the first post may save you battery. .. Good luck n happy holidays
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Well actually the best setting is to keep data on always otherwise it will defeat the purpose of having a smartphone.
But keep wifi off when screen is off.
If you turn off wifi and data when screen off then why do you even need to keep data on in the first place. Because when you turn on your screen wifi will be on and available and so don't need data.
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rl421403 said:
Well actually the best setting is to keep data on always otherwise it will defeat the purpose of having a smartphone.
But keep wifi off when screen is off.
If you turn off wifi and data when screen off then why do you even need to keep data on in the first place. Because when you turn on your screen wifi will be on and available and so don't need data.
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Agree that's where juice defender comes in handy as it looks after that and only turns data on when it's required
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colang said:
Agree that's where juice defender comes in handy as it looks after that and only turns data on when it's required
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If its working for you then it's great. It didn't worked for me so I removed all battery saving and task remover apps.
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rl421403 said:
If its working for you then it's great. It didn't worked for me so I removed all battery saving and task remover apps.
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What version of Juice Defender were you using paid or free ??
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colang said:
What version of Juice Defender were you using paid or free ??
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I tried the ultimate or pro version. It was good for a while but then I rooted and flashed a few roms.
I then uninstalled it and tried to compare the difference and I concluded it wasn't saving much battery.
To each his own.
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Basil3 said:
Single biggest improvement in battery life is turning my mobile data off when I won't be using my phone, such as when I'm at work. I used to finish work at lunchtime with 50% battery left, now it's more like 70-80%.
Maybe I'm missing something with Android, but I can't see why there isn't a setting in mobile data to only have it activated when screen is on, just like wifi. This is essentially what juice defender does (I know it has plenty more options), but it should be built in already, imho.
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I agree the mobile data eats battery.
Try go into setting > more settings > mobile networks > network mode - try using only GSM when you dont need fast internet (for me this allows EDGE data connectivity) instead of auto because I think the phone will automatically try find 3G connectivity. When you need faster internet (for youtube) then you go to auto mode or WCDMA only.
This itself has proven to save a bit of battery.

[Q] short battery life s4

I takes about 10 hours, the lesson download much battery? when I go to sleep I lose almost 15% of battery. Any solution?: (

Battery life is terrible.
I refuse to do what my friend does:
Turn vibrate off
Turn screen brightness to lowest
Phone is always connected to Edge - unless he's using the Internet - then he switches back to Edge
Syncs his email every 15 minutes (pull not push!!!)
Always 'freeing ram' and exiting apps
His life sucks.
I am the opposite. Full brightness, 4g , push mail for my 4 emails, exchange server (email and calendar) for work and so on.
I manage this by always having a spare battery that I charge with my battery charger dock lol.
Will be doing the same thing once I can get one for my S4

I know, so far it's been below expectations for me too - I ordered a portable energy bank from Amazon this morning, and I guess I'll just carry it around with me from now on.. What a shame - the phone is extremely powerful too..

Install gsam battery monitor and let it monitor your phone and see what is causing wake locks. Also let the battery go through 3-4 battery cycles before you start comparing battery life.

That'd weird. Isn't the 9500 or the 9505?
My battery exceeds my expectations by quite a lot. Best battery I've had on a smartphone so far, and I've had a few.
Where my 920 died, this one still has 50-70% remaning.
Thats with push mail, air view, air gestures, wifi, mobile data, auto brightness, screen rotation, sync, gps and multiwindow on constantly.
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Anyone tried this app yet?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app
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Slai said:
That'd weird. Isn't the 9500 or the 9505?
My battery exceeds my expectations by quite a lot. Best battery I've had on a smartphone so far, and I've had a few.
Where my 920 died, this one still has 50-70% remaning.
Thats with push mail, air view, air gestures, wifi, mobile data, auto brightness, screen rotation, sync, gps and multiwindow on constantly.
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Same here, battery life is phenomenal. I really dont see how folks are having bad battery life
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Slai said:
That'd weird. Isn't the 9500 or the 9505?
My battery exceeds my expectations by quite a lot. Best battery I've had on a smartphone so far, and I've had a few.
Where my 920 died, this one still has 50-70% remaning.
Thats with push mail, air view, air gestures, wifi, mobile data, auto brightness, screen rotation, sync, gps and multiwindow on constantly.
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Same Best smartphone battery life I've ever had and I too had quite a lot smartphones from HTC, Samsung, Motorola and LG. Those lasted only half as long with the same usage pattern.

barondebxl said:
Same here, battery life is phenomenal. I really dont see how folks are having bad battery life
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chalid said:
Same Best smartphone battery life I've ever had and I too had quite a lot smartphones from HTC, Samsung, Motorola and LG. Those lasted only half as long with the same usage pattern.
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Seriously? how much is the battery life? can post some pics?

I am also curous how many hours does it take for the battery to reach 15% and how much screen on time do you get. Please post a few screenshots!

After a day i have like 30% left. Screen on time is about 2h.
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battery life is not a issue here I don't think I can get to 15% easily most day I do not but I will try to get some pics posted after an all day use no promises I manage to be busy a lot lol.

I am constantly using it.
Whatsapp
Instagram
Facebook
Push mail for 4 gmail (only one is really active)
Synced exchange server at work (calendar only)
In 10 mins of use, it'll go down 2mins

MaKTaiL said:
Anyone tried this app yet?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app
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I'm trying it right now. It takes a bit more than two days for the app to learn certain usage patterns. I still have to wait 8 hours until the actual battery savings start. Will report as soon as I have it working.
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pedrohz said:
I'm trying it right now. It takes a bit more than two days for the app to learn certain usage patterns. I still have to wait 8 hours until the actual battery savings start. Will report as soon as I have it working.
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Let us know as soon as you can. Mine is still one day away of starting the battery saving.
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monkteo said:
Seriously? how much is the battery life? can post some pics?
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I get similar battery life as well. Sometimes 4 ton6 hours screen times
16 hour days
I found my battery life improved when I got rid of a poor quality 32gig media card and used another spare old16gig one.
I also dumped corrupted mp3 files and videos and got new ones.
I think poor sd card quality and bad mp3 files are partially responsible for lower battery life.
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just got mine
first charge cycle
4 hours on screen
total 8 hours
15% left
not very good but i think it will get better
9505

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Let us know as soon as you can. Mine is still one day away of starting the battery saving.
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So far with battery saving on it seems that nothing changed... Will test it further with daily use. But battery life here, even before using the app was not bad by any means.
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Gillion said:
I get similar battery life as well. Sometimes 4 ton6 hours screen times
16 hour days
I found my battery life improved when I got rid of a poor quality 32gig media card and used another spare old16gig one.
I also dumped corrupted mp3 files and videos and got new ones.
I think poor sd card quality and bad mp3 files are partially responsible for lower battery life.
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Yep. I'm really impressed with this phone s battery life, not too far from the note 2 battery life but not quite there.
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HTC One 4.2.2 Update UK

I just updated my HTC One yesterday and the battery drain is ridiculous. I took my phone off the charger at 6am today and watched some of a film listened to a bit of music and sent texts as usual and phone went dead at 2pm !
Usually it would last till 6pm with heavy usage but since the update the battery life has deteriorated.
My phone is less than a week old and overall really impressed with it till now.
Anyone else having this issue and can suggest a fix?
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ipmanwck said:
I just updated my HTC One yesterday and the battery drain is ridiculous. I took my phone off the charger at 6am today and watched some of a film listened to a bit of music and sent texts as usual and phone went dead at 2pm !
Usually it would last till 6pm with heavy usage but since the update the battery life has deteriorated.
My phone is less than a week old and overall really impressed with it till now.
Anyone else having this issue and can suggest a fix?
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You may need to give it a few days and a couple of battery cycles to settle itself down again. Try installing Greenify to 'hibernate' running services in the background and BetterBatteryStats to monitor kernel wakelocks and what's using your battery in general..
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redbull123 said:
You may need to give it a few days and a couple of battery cycles to settle itself down again. Try installing Greenify to 'hibernate' running services in the background and BetterBatteryStats to monitor kernel wakelocks and what's using your battery in general..
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I am not rooted at present. I see no need with the new phones coming out.
Hopefully the next cycle will improve as at present I can see the battery percentage decrease far to quickly.
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ipmanwck said:
I am not rooted at present. I see no need with the new phones coming out.
Hopefully the next cycle will improve as at present I can see the battery percentage decrease far to quickly.
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Sorry, forgot Greenify was root only.. BetterBatteryStats would help identify any strange kernel wakelocks though
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Have you turned auto-sync on and for all apps that are listed?
I noticed an extremely improvement in battery consumption when deactivating sync for few apps.
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.vermilion said:
Have you turned auto-sync on and for all apps that are listed?
I noticed an extremely improvement in battery consumption when deactivating sync for few apps.
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I will take a look. Thanks man. Are you on the new update though ?
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ipmanwck said:
I will take a look. Thanks man. Are you on the new update though ?
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Yes, I am!
Here my battery results (2 cycles)
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- display brightness all time at minimum
- auto-sync on, but deactivated for some apps
- only 2G network
- power saving mode on all time
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.vermilion said:
Yes, I am!
Here my battery results (2 cycles)
- display brightness all time at minimum
- auto-sync on, but deactivated for some apps
- only 2G network
- power saving mode on all time
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Dude, might as well switch it off...
Battery drain is definitely higher after the update. Frankly not a great update at all...

lysergic said:
Dude, might as well switch it off...
Battery drain is definitely higher after the update. Frankly not a great update at all...
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Agreed. Just downloaded green power premium from play store and juice defender ulitimate lets see if they can help. I like to have auto brightness a d to use my phone so this update is bugging me (((
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For me the 4.2.2 update has improved my battery life.
Everything completely stock, get about 35-40 hours battery life (100% to ~1%) with 2 to 4 hours on screen time. Obviously depending on what you do with that screen on, will dictate just how much battery life you use. But for me, usually browsing, reading, watching YouTube. Dont really game or do anything massively intensive.
Also everything on stock normal, (locations, gps, auto sync, blinkfeed, etc).
As I said depending on what you do with your phone, your battery life with on screen time will increase/decrease. Also whether you use it as a smartphone (all sync etc on) or reduce it to a phone (2g, power saver, screen dimmed, etc) makes a huge difference.

ipmanwck said:
I just updated my HTC One yesterday and the battery drain is ridiculous. I took my phone off the charger at 6am today and watched some of a film listened to a bit of music and sent texts as usual and phone went dead at 2pm !
Usually it would last till 6pm with heavy usage but since the update the battery life has deteriorated.
My phone is less than a week old and overall really impressed with it till now.
Anyone else having this issue and can suggest a fix?
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Try a hard reset. My battery life is fine.
come scaricare musica da youtube

lysergic said:
Dude, might as well switch it off...
Battery drain is definitely higher after the update. Frankly not a great update at all...
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I'm working in dark rooms so why keeping display brightness not at minimum? And on most places I only got 2G network, so why not forcing the phone to only use this?
And sync... Yeah... I don't need the weather to be updated every hour... Or news... They're appearing on my BlinkFeed anyways...
And I'm using my phone as a smartphone as well Over 6 hours screen on time is mostly Facebook, WhatsApp and browsing.
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Nokiacrazi said:
For me the 4.2.2 update has improved my battery life.
Everything completely stock, get about 35-40 hours battery life (100% to ~1%) with 2 to 4 hours on screen time. Obviously depending on what you do with that screen on, will dictate just how much battery life you use. But for me, usually browsing, reading, watching YouTube. Dont really game or do anything massively intensive.
Also everything on stock normal, (locations, gps, auto sync, blinkfeed, etc).
As I said depending on what you do with your phone, your battery life with on screen time will increase/decrease. Also whether you use it as a smartphone (all sync etc on) or reduce it to a phone (2g, power saver, screen dimmed, etc) makes a huge difference.
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I though we moved on from doing all this crap.
Why can't android manage battery like windows does or even better htc work with Google and sort the issue.
All I know is before this update I had ok battery life now I have extremely poor life. I would suggest it's the update.
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ipmanwck said:
I though we moved on from doing all this crap.
Why can't android manage battery like windows does or even better htc work with Google and sort the issue.
All I know is before this update I had ok battery life now I have extremely poor life. I would suggest it's the update.
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100% agree with you..now the phone charges quicker but it discharges quicker too.. yes i did hard reset, autosync etc etc.. no change of my usage patterns, i now get half the usage..
dont know why htc just didnt go straight to 4.3 as this significantly improves battery life..4.2 acrosss the board was a bad update.

Anyone tried the Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app

Had the same issue after official ota. Tried a hard reset but didn't work. Then I unlocked bootliader and switched to maximus 10 Rom and I'm back in the game!
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try this made a difference (for me at least)
Wifi settings
keep wifi on during sleep - Never
Also downloaded lux to change brightness...
both have made a significant difference.

dahmmy said:
try this made a difference (for me at least)
Wifi settings
keep wifi on during sleep - Never
Also downloaded lux to change brightness...
both have made a significant difference.
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Same. :good:

Please continue discussion about the 4.2.2 update here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2305490

Battery Woes - Help and ideas welcomed!!!

So I have had my S5 for a week now and my batt life is aweful. Yet I hear everyone saying its awesome...
Here is my setup. Nova Launcher, Wifi always on, but disable scanning and set it to only keep on while sleep if plugged in. Bluetooth always on, I use it 3 hours a day. So need it....
GPS always on, High accuracy...
Brightness in the middle and set to auto.
Here are two pics...
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So I have had my S5 for a week now and my batt life is aweful. Yet I hear everyone saying its awesome...
Here is my setup. Nova Launcher, Wifi always on, but disable scanning and set it to only keep on while sleep if plugged in. Bluetooth always on, I use it 3 hours a day. So need it....
GPS always on, High accuracy...
Brightness in the middle and set to auto.
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I disabled print services and my battery life improved.
Settings > printing > turn both off.
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What's your screen time
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trikotret said:
What's your screen time
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15 seconds.
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rmd0311 said:
15 seconds, changed at 88% today.
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That's it. Just 15 seconds. Something is running on three background or you have a DOA device
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There's something wrong with the camera on these phones. After I open up the camera or snapchat, my battery drains fast. The phone doesn't go into deep sleep after closing camera apps. I restart my phone multiple times per day, but my battery drains at 2-4%/hrs with a couple hours screen on per day.
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LocoFreek25 said:
There's something wrong with the camera on these phones. After I open up the camera or snapchat, my battery drains fast. The phone doesn't go into deep sleep after closing camera apps. I restart my phone multiple times per day, but my battery drains at 2-4%/hrs with a couple hours screen on per day.
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What's your total usage for the day
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Don't get me wrong. 16 hours is great compared to other phones in the past. Tomorrow I will try setting gps to power saver and only changing to high accuracy when needed.
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What's your total usage for the day
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Last 100-8% took 40 hours with almost 5 hours screen time. Neither power save modes were on. I had WiFi 70% of the time, with a decent 4G signal otherwise. This is 2-3 times what I get if I use my camera without restarting my phone.
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This should be posted in q&a not general
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I have a similar set up as you. I keep BT always on and GPS always on w/ high accuracy, turning BT off doesn't do much to the battery life imo.
The absolutely biggest difference for me was to go into location settings and hit Google Location Reporting and turn off location reporting and history. Also turn off geo-tag for the camera, and locations setting on FB.

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What's your screen time
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I'm sorry I thought you were asking how long I had my time out for. Re reading now I see you were asking about. How long the screen was on. End of day was like 3 hours.
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I have GPS on accuracy and use Firefox. I watch YouTube videos and all that. Sounds like a major issue.
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I have GPS on accuracy and use Firefox. I watch YouTube videos and all that. Sounds like a major issue.
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Did you make any changes at all?

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Did you make any changes at all?
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I did disable every Verizon / pre-installed application I could. I keep brightness at auto. I keep wifi off at all times because I have unlimited data. Stock on this phone is pretty impressive.
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Maybe I am nuts... But does the charging cable matter... I'm not using the OEM one, never bother to take it out of the box... Using a basic microusb cable from my previous phone that was already there. Maybe that sounds crazy...

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Maybe I am nuts... But does the charging cable matter... I'm not using the OEM one, never bother to take it out of the box... Using a basic microusb cable from my previous phone that was already there. Maybe that sounds crazy...
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It shouldn't matter. For what its worth, I'm not seeing anywhere close to what others have posted in terms of battery longevity. I use bluetooth for everything. Car stereo, bathroom speaker, gym headphones, etc. Wifi is always on, but connected 80% of the time. GPS rarely on. Screen time doesn't push past 2 hours and I can BARELY get about 1 day of battery life. I do use the stock charging cable, but I use others as well.
It seems like a big variance, even with drastic use differences.

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It shouldn't matter. For what its worth, I'm not seeing anywhere close to what others have posted in terms of battery longevity. I use bluetooth for everything. Car stereo, bathroom speaker, gym headphones, etc. Wifi is always on, but connected 80% of the time. GPS rarely on. Screen time doesn't push past 2 hours and I can BARELY get about 1 day of battery life. I do use the stock charging cable, but I use others as well.
It seems like a big variance, even with drastic use differences.
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Battery life is ok for me I guess. It gets me through a day. I am not impressed by the battery life at all, probably because I was spoiled with my old MAXX. I still expected at least a few more hours but something in the background sucks battery. When root comes, I'm sure battery life will improve a bunch. Its also not that big of a deal because the back is removable. What stinks is this is my battery life with power saving enabled for over 1/2 of the day. I really do not understand how people were getting over 10 hours of screen time and this day and a half battery life. The only way I get that is if I charge it before bed and count those 12 hours towards my battery life and I still wouldn't break 24 hours.
Maybe I'm missing something?
GPS is battery saving, print services are disabled, screen timeout at 15 seconds, screen is at auto brightness with adapt display, power saving enabled most of the time, wifi and 4g bounce between whichever is better, network mode is LTE/CDMA and I have disabled a ton of bloat. Maybe its because I have ART enabled.
Definitely not impressed by battery life but I am a heavy user and I love that you can swap batteries.

What does 'power saving mode' do? I can clearly see what 'ultra power saving mode does', but I was wondering if anyone knew what regular power saving mode does? I tried searching the Q&A forum but didn't find much and Googling it just led me to a bunch of pages touting the ultra power saving mode. Thanks in advance!

What's wrong with my note 4 ?

Hi everyone,
I have a Note 4 (SM-N910F) running android 5.1.1 (build LMY47X.N910FXXU1COH4) for about 1 year and a half now and i'm so surprised of how the performance have decreased, plus i have some weird things happening every now and then such as :
{
"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"
}
Having no internet connection, but i'm on wi-fi. This doesn't come from the network i'm using because it happens even when i'm connected to a different one.
My battery life is really ****ty... Plus when i'm around 30%, my phone shuts down and when i turn it back on again, i'm like at 1%.
I'm not root.
I really don't know what to do. Is there any information i can give you that will give you tips on things i'm maybe doing wrong causing my phone to have weird behavior ?
The thing i want to know is if flashing a new rom was a good idea, and maybe if you have advices to give me on roms.. I'd like to be as up to date as possible, and a light rom. Doesn't care about touchwiz feature. I just want my phone to be reactive, fast, and working normally.
Thanks for your answers.

Change your battery. Some posters claim to have lag when their battery are nearly dying as well.

yesteryearisoverhere said:
Change your battery. Some posters claim to have lag when their battery are nearly dying as well.
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I second this suggestion.
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lucasriondel said:
Hi everyone,
I have a Note 4 (SM-N910F) running android 5.1.1 (build LMY47X.N910FXXU1COH4) for about 1 year and a half now and i'm so surprised of how the performance have decreased, plus i have some weird things happening every now and then such as :
Having no internet connection, but i'm on wi-fi. This doesn't come from the network i'm using because it happens even when i'm connected to a different one.
My battery life is really ****ty... Plus when i'm around 30%, my phone shuts down and when i turn it back on again, i'm like at 1%.
I'm not root.
I really don't know what to do. Is there any information i can give you that will give you tips on things i'm maybe doing wrong causing my phone to have weird behavior ?
The thing i want to know is if flashing a new rom was a good idea, and maybe if you have advices to give me on roms.. I'd like to be as up to date as possible, and a light rom. Doesn't care about touchwiz feature. I just want my phone to be reactive, fast, and working normally.
Thanks for your answers.
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Do you update regularly (Apps & OTA update)?
Try to turn off WiFi & then turn it on again.
As for battery....it's degraded to only 70% of its full capacity.
Usually when it reaches around 40% your phone will stutter + lagging heavily, so make sure to charge at around 50% if you are still considering to use that "broken" battery.
My Advice is to buy a new OEM battery or any good 3rd party battery.

It is a little similar with my 2014 Note 10.1. It also shuts down on its own at right arount 33%. But only sometimes. And yes, it also stutters. I can not vouch for other branded devices. But, I have heard similar stories from friends on their Samsung devices. Definitely get a new battery. Like another post staited. OEM is a great choice. Or, at least a very reputable 3rd party. I purchased a battery for my Note 10. And even though it was new, it was not the same. I found that the circuitry in the cheap aftermarket battery was sub par. The seller sent me a free replacement battery. And it also had issues. So, make sure you get a reputable battery.
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d4rkkn16ht said:
Do you update regularly (Apps & OTA update)?
Try to turn off WiFi & then turn it on again.
As for battery....it's degraded to only 70% of its full capacity.
Usually when it reaches around 40% your phone will stutter + lagging heavily, so make sure to charge at around 50% if you are still considering to use that "broken" battery.
My Advice is to buy a new OEM battery or any good 3rd party battery.
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Batteries aren't linear though. Its voltage drops off in a curve. (e.g. 4.2v = 100%, 4.1v = 90% and 3.7v = 20%)

Same problem on my 10 months old Note 4 N910C. And it was started about 2-3 months ago, so the battery lasted about 6 months!? Also, there's a burned-in damage on my screen (notification bar)! Yes, warranty is still valid, but anyway... NEVER AGAIN Samsung phone!
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P. S. My brother has the same problem on his SG S6
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zviki said:
Same problem on my 10 months old Note 4 N910C. And it was started about 2-3 months ago, so the battery lasted about 6 months!? Also, there's a burned-in damage on my screen (notification bar)! Yes, warranty is still valid, but anyway... NEVER AGAIN Samsung phone!
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P. S. My brother has the same problem on his SG S6
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You also need to look at your signal - it is awful and you have some wicked wake lock issues that need to be addressed.
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You also need to look at your signal - it is awful and you have some wicked wake lock issues that need to be addressed.
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Hm... You right about signal. I never looked at this, because whenever I use the phone (at home) and I'm always on 4G internet (unlimited plan), signal meter is on 1-2 bars.I don't know why is signal so bad, when phone is off. Power saving is always ON. About wake locks... I believe that they are from my smart watch (bluetooth),but Bluetooth version on Note4 should be low-power (connection is lost when I'm 4 meters away (in my department)), so... This days I can't reach 2h of SOT (4h-5h when it was new).
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Hm... You right about signal. I never looked at this, because whenever I use the phone (at home) and I'm always on 4G internet (unlimited plan), signal meter is on 1-2 bars.I don't know why is signal so bad, when phone is off. Power saving is always ON. About wake locks... I believe that they are from my smart watch (bluetooth),but Bluetooth version on Note4 should be low-power (connection is lost when I'm 4 meters away (in my department)), so... This days I can't reach 2h of SOT (4h-5h when it was new).
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Interesting. I'm curious about the power saving if that actually reduces your signal by keeping it in a lower power state. I have never used power saving mode and my rom doesn't recommend it. I wonder if running in normal mode would effect it.
Might look at what apps are using the bulk of your battery as well to see if something rogue is running.
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nine5raptor said:
Interesting. I'm curious about the power saving if that actually reduces your signal by keeping it in a lower power state. I have never used power saving mode and my rom doesn't recommend it. I wonder if running in normal mode would effect it.
Might look at what apps are using the bulk of your battery as well to see if something rogue is running.
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Before Note my phone was Sony Xperia Z and power saving on that phone did a great job.That's why I still use this feature. I also put many apps into the "optimizing mode"... There's no any special app which uses battery. There was Facebook, but I uninstall it.Battery monitoring apps are useless for me because phone is not rooted (still under warranty). Maybe I should try hard reset.
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I know it's old thread, but anyway... Last week I finally take my phone to the service, because it's still under warranty. They changed the screen because it was burned-in, they changed the battery (sudden power-offs) and strangely - they changed some faulty system connector. Phone worked and charge befor the repair. I always use only original charger, so how can be some system connector burned??? They changed it for free under warranty, so I assume that it must be some factory fault. I know few people with the same "sudden power-off" problem on different Samsung phones, so...
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