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S III Battery use

...for the past two days, something has been killing my battery, quick. I think it might be the weather widget. I just put it back on my main screen a few days ago. Albeit, the update was set to three hours!

Anyway, I've removed it, and gone back to just a clock widget.

Also, I installed Google Reader and Google Voice this week. I think I'll uninstall those; not like I use them anyway, and we'll see how the battery behaves.
 
...something is seriously wrong with the battery life on Samsung device(s). It has been this way for a few days now, and various users, and various Samsung devices(s). I bet an update to an app is causing this.

Today I woke up to a dead device, after going to bed with it at 78%, and NOTHING was running in the background.

I just did a factory reset, and now I'm at 100% (11:05 EST). Let's see where it is when I leave the office around 16:00 today.

Anyone else?
 
naviwilliams said:
...something is seriously wrong with the battery life on Samsung device(s). It has been this way for a few days now, and various users, and various Samsung devices(s). I bet an update to an app is causing this.

Today I woke up to a dead device, after going to bed with it at 78%, and NOTHING was running in the background.

I just did a factory reset, and now I'm at 100% (11:05 EST). Let's see where it is when I leave the office around 16:00 today.

Anyone else?
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Meh. That's quite a blanket statement. References? Links? I'm having no issues here. You've got something going on with your individual phone.
 
ok, forgive me for being a complete novice on this. How do you "turn off mobile data", and how do you "turn off 4G"? I'm on T-mobile. Thanks!
 
The battery life is so much better when I'm not using Social Media.

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naviwilliams said:
...something is seriously wrong with the battery life on Samsung device(s). It has been this way for a few days now, and various users, and various Samsung devices(s). I bet an update to an app is causing this.

Today I woke up to a dead device, after going to bed with it at 78%, and NOTHING was running in the background.

I just did a factory reset, and now I'm at 100% (11:05 EST). Let's see where it is when I leave the office around 16:00 today.

Anyone else?
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So, I see from your post today that your battery life is better. Do you think it was the factory reset that fixed it, or just the usage you had that day compared to now?

I have been studying this thread trying to figure out what i can do to improve battery life.
 
I have had my phone for a couple weeks and have really been unimpressed with phone battery life. Today I have hardly used my phone and am down to 30%. I am not sure how to capture my screen so here are the stats.

battery at 30%
screen on time - 44 min
time since charge 10 hours

Cell standby 45%
screen 15%
OS 10%

I have sync off, wifi was on but connected all day, bluetooth and GPS both off. I didn't have any apps running and only did a few things all day, check email and send a few texts.

Any ideas? Would a factory reset be a good idea?
 
I believe so. Plus, I turned off GPS (I turn it on when needed), and auto brightness is off, too...

jpt19 said:
So, I see from your post today that your battery life is better. Do you think it was the factory reset that fixed it, or just the usage you had that day compared to now?

I have been studying this thread trying to figure out what i can do to improve battery life.
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I get good battery life, but this is what I do:
- GPS is off, I turn it on only when I need it. Now that I think about it, I think I'm gonna make my city maps available offline- reduce data usage and improve battery life even more.
- I stay off the network (mobile data is turned off) whenever I can- at home and at work, I'm always on wi-fi. If I'm going out, then I'll turn on mobile data and turn off wifi. I never have both on. I feel that when I'm on 4G/3G the battery drains faster.
- Never underestimate the power of airplane mode- this is like adding 1000mAh to your battery. I use it during classes and meetings.
- screen brightness is a bit past 1/3
- no sounds except for the screen unlock
- all motion gestures are off
- s-voice is totally disabled- none of that funny business with the home button
- I vet all my apps- either it's brand-name (i.e. starbucks, google, etc) or has consistently good reviews.
 
mak916 said:
What do you mean by social media? The reason I am asking is because something is eating my battery as well. I have not been able at figure it out yet.
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Facebook eats the crap out of battery. Make sure you turn sync off and location services turned off.
 
Honestly, the best thing i've noticed about saving battery is TURN MOBILE DATA OFF and use wi-fi whenever, jesus..saves so much.

The S3 actually has a amazing battery life!!!
 
naviwilliams said:
...something is seriously wrong with the battery life on Samsung device(s). It has been this way for a few days now, and various users, and various Samsung devices(s). I bet an update to an app is causing this.

Today I woke up to a dead device, after going to bed with it at 78%, and NOTHING was running in the background.

I just did a factory reset, and now I'm at 100% (11:05 EST). Let's see where it is when I leave the office around 16:00 today.

Anyone else?
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My phone completely stopped charging altogether after about 3 weeks of use. I'd leave it on the charger over night and it wouldn't charge over 45%. Later it wouldn't charge pass 4%. Sent the phone (along with the factory charger, & battery) back to Samsung to get fixed, they replaced some component, and got it back yesterday and still having the same problem.

I'm in the process of doing a warranty exchange through T-Mobile, but I fear the newer phone will have the same problem.. :mad:
 
Wisheezy said:
Honestly, the best thing i've noticed about saving battery is TURN MOBILE DATA OFF and use wi-fi whenever, jesus..saves so much.

The S3 actually has a amazing battery life!!!
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The battery life is amazing for the first two weeks.

Wait until your phone stops charging. I'm sure your tune will change.
 
I actually ended up doing a factory restore, and it was fine after that.

Also, I installed AirPush Detector - it tells you which apps have ads (thus I removed those) ;)

E22WWU said:
My phone completely stopped charging altogether after about 3 weeks of use. I'd leave it on the charger over night and it wouldn't charge over 45%. Later it wouldn't charge pass 4%. Sent the phone (along with the factory charger, & battery) back to Samsung to get fixed, they replaced some component, and got it back yesterday and still having the same problem.

I'm in the process of doing a warranty exchange through T-Mobile, but I fear the newer phone will have the same problem.. :mad:
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daneaston said:
I'm finding my battery to be very good. But could anyone explain why, when I'm asleep, the phone appears to be awake for periods when nothing is going on? (notice the long gap where wifi and screen were off, but the phone was awake about half a dozen times)
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I too am wondering about the awake time while the screen is off. When I first got the phone I was having terrible standby time. When I checked the usage the phone was constantly awake. I realized that I had changed the setting so wifi would never sleep. Now my phone is awake intermittently like yours. I'd like to figure out what is waking it up.

Let me know if you figure anything out. Could it possibly be the LED notifications?
 
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