Trent Reznor
Android Expert
Impressive... much better than I see with my Gnex!!
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S III Battery use
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Impressive... much better than I see with my Gnex!!
Shockwave78
Android Enthusiast
I am starting to think the people with really bad battery are getting tons of notifications via push...I have seen a bunch of post with people saying they get 150 emails a day along with all these other notifications, I think that would be a huge battery kill compared to others that that don't get. 1/4 the notifications
Today I charged my phone at around noon, then used it intensively all day until I just got home in the last half hour or so.
My usage was: Plenty of trivia games (non-stop for nearly 2 hours at a potluck), lots of video and music playback, several voice calls and text messages and I had TripLog (GPS app that logs your mileage using GPS) running the whole time as well, including actually tracking me over a 1.5 hour drive.
The other day I got roughly 4.5 hours of screen usage and the battery was down to around 25% after all day on the road, but that was 90% phone calls (which is normally my daily usage for business) and that made me very happy. I have no worries I'm going to run the thing down with my usual daily horde of voice calls.
The battery usage is excellent, I have no complaints. To do as much as you can with a huge screen and the horsepower behind it, and still get that much usage, it's amazing. Of course, this is coming from someone who remembers using the StarTAC
People just don't know how good they have it these days... /get-off-lawn-mode 
My usage was: Plenty of trivia games (non-stop for nearly 2 hours at a potluck), lots of video and music playback, several voice calls and text messages and I had TripLog (GPS app that logs your mileage using GPS) running the whole time as well, including actually tracking me over a 1.5 hour drive.
The other day I got roughly 4.5 hours of screen usage and the battery was down to around 25% after all day on the road, but that was 90% phone calls (which is normally my daily usage for business) and that made me very happy. I have no worries I'm going to run the thing down with my usual daily horde of voice calls.
The battery usage is excellent, I have no complaints. To do as much as you can with a huge screen and the horsepower behind it, and still get that much usage, it's amazing. Of course, this is coming from someone who remembers using the StarTAC
People just don't know how good they have it these days... /get-off-lawn-mode husonfirst
Newbie
This is what I got on my second full charge. WiFi and Bluetooth turned off. No phone calls. Mostly used the browser.
phatbass30
Newbie
Yesterday was the most time I used my s3. Listened to music for 2 hours, phone calls, played few games, downloads lots of wallpapers and browse the net, social networking, messengers and lastly emails.
I could say it's a good battery. What do you guys think?
I could say it's a good battery. What do you guys think?
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phatbass30
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xtremecanefan
Lurker
How do you do this?
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
Settings >syc
Then that would remove all the contacts that I've synced between Facebook and Google. Is there any other way?
BrownMasterV
Newbie
Here's mine. I feel like something's wrong. Any advice?
When I bought the phone new, the battery was at about 40%. I drained it completely before charging it. Will it have permanently reduced battery life because of this?
Screen time: 4h 4m 49s
This is my first full charge.
When I bought the phone new, the battery was at about 40%. I drained it completely before charging it. Will it have permanently reduced battery life because of this?
Screen time: 4h 4m 49s
This is my first full charge.
naviwilliams
Android Enthusiast
Within the Facebook, Google+, Instagram and Twitter apps, I simply turned off the notification. After all it is Social Media, it is not that important. If someone needs me, they can call, text, or email me 
Make sense?
Make sense?
Here's mine. I feel like something's wrong. Any advice?
When I bought the phone new, the battery was at about 40%. I drained it completely before charging it. Will it have permanently reduced battery life because of this?
Screen time: 4h 4m 49s
This is my first full charge.
I think 17h battery time with 4h screen time, wifi always on and moderate signal strength is normal.
zemerick
Android Enthusiast
Accounts and sync should just be a container for other options. Something like background data, auto-sync, and a per account option for various syncing options such as frequency.
Personally, on my Inc I have autosync off and background data on. This allows my emails to come through whenever it checks as the email app is separate. Then for twitter, weather, etc it will just update whenever I open those apps. I then turn off background data at night along with mobile network.
Do you have gallery set to sync to picasa or google photos? You can turn that off in sync settings for each account.
chasemyaccord
Member
I'm at 78% with 5h 40m 49s. Battery life has been pretty solid. I unplugged this morning, ate breakfast, drove to work (15 minutes), walked into my building, sat at my desk, and still at 100%. I didn't even turn off 4G. Freakin awesome so far.
I think this has been fixed by the latest firmware upgrade. Mine stays at 100% for 30 minutes after a full charge and unplugging the charger before going down to 99%.
dennygreen
Android Enthusiast
I notice I'm the only one that has media server high on their usage list. Today, it was #1, even higher than screen.
I guess if you listen to music and podcasts 8 hours a day, you can't expect the insane battery life some of you are getting.
I guess if you listen to music and podcasts 8 hours a day, you can't expect the insane battery life some of you are getting.
I'm pretty impressed with my battery as well. Took an hour to drop 2% (from 100% after a full charge) and that's with checking emails and a 15 minute phone call. Used semi-lightly for Facebook, calls, GPS on maps, messed with the camera's features, downloaded new apps, got about 50 gmail/yahoo emails pushed etc...screen time is at 1hr, with 6h 48 min on battery and I'm still at 76% battery life.
Coming from my Incredible, my phone would've been dead hours ago.
Coming from my Incredible, my phone would've been dead hours ago.
DROID_SCOTSMAN
Member
You are correct. If you look at their screen shots you will see they are hardly accessing the internet, not playing music and not playing games. YMMV- i'm actually pretty pleased with mine, I can make it through the day at work in a notoriously poor signal area. somethings that always help for battery tricks is turning off mobile when you have a poor signal (I haven't), turning off push notifications (I haven't) and not streaming or accessing the internet... I think most that say moderate use are really closer to what I would consider light to very light use.
Either way, mess with your memory settings (clear cache), battery settings, shut down unused applications and generally shut down things you aren't using by backing out of them, turn off a lot of your push notifications (just check ur social stuff when you want to) and you will see an improvement in your battery life.