Hey fellows s3 owners,
I have a huge battery drain problem when I'm at school. My battery plummets insanely. The signal isn't too good, but my battery stats show that the signal isnt the main issue. Its consistently either android os or android system draining it, I don't know what it is doing and have been through multiple s3s and no fix. All my friends have the same issue. I'm on stock unrooted and locked.The only thing to do is airplane mode it all day everyday and I really need signal to get through the day for obvious reasons. I need a fix to this issue, and it is a huge problem. ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED GREATLY AND I WILL CONSIDER DONATIONS!:good:
Attached are screenshots from BBS and the stock battery stats in the settings
Thank you!
rockingrubberducky said:
Hey fellows s3 owners,
I have a huge battery drain problem when I'm at school. My battery plummets insanely. The signal isn't too good, but my battery stats show that the signal isnt the main issue. Its consistently either android os or android system draining it, I don't know what it is doing and have been through multiple s3s and no fix. All my friends have the same issue. I'm on stock unrooted and locked.The only thing to do is airplane mode it all day everyday and I really need signal to get through the day for obvious reasons. I need a fix to this issue, and it is a huge problem. ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED GREATLY AND I WILL CONSIDER DONATIONS!:good:
Attached are screenshots from BBS and the stock battery stats in the settings
Thank you!
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Don't see screen shots on tapatalk but if u r saying airplane mode fixes the battery drain then u already solved ur problem Cuz it sounds like the os is killing the battery trying to get a good signal so only way to fix is a) try flashing a different modem to get good signal at school or b) switch to a carrier that's gets service there
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Don't see screen shots on tapatalk but if u r saying airplane mode fixes the battery drain then u already solved ur problem Cuz it sounds like the os is killing the battery trying to get a good signal so only way to fix is a) try flashing a different modem to get good signal at school or b) switch to a carrier that's gets service there
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i need signal at school though. how do i keep it on while not eating the battery?
Edit. I misread
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rockingrubberducky said:
i need signal at school though. how do i keep it on while not eating the battery?
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Search for modems for or device and flash a different one each day til u find one that gives u better service there should be a modems thread in ur device sub forum with instructions and u can ask there if anyone in or area using which to get best service but generally modems r a trail and error to see which works bestv
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Do you keep it in 4g? If so use a app like phone info and throw it into 3g only and see how it does (cdma auto prl)
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okay now today it appears my battery drain is a bit more than yesterday. according to my battery settings i have 55% time without a signal, yesterday it was like 15% but my display was taking up much more of the juice. what can cause this? seems weird to be different everyday.
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Post it in Q &A maybe? Ya that's it, that's your problem. Get it girl! Use those big girl brains of yours
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Members are so helpful. Pull the tampon out your backside please....
Anyway...could this have something to do with the reported radio issues? I haven't checked my tws to know if I'm effected
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Make sure your set on home only in the wireless settings. This usually solved all of my issues.
I usually also use roam control app to set on sprint only just as a backup plan haha. My tws went to zero and has stayed there since doing those two things. Ymmv though...
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I believe it's not the time without signal but the time the phone is looking for signal. As far as I understand, when the phone is looking for signal it really sucks the battery juice. So I'm not sure if putting the phone to home only is going to solve it. But it's definitely got a lot to do with the radio they are having issues with. Give it some time and they'll get it updated. They already confirmed that they are working on a fix.
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I had a Nexus too, and in places where my Evo has 0% TWS (time without signal), the Nexus has 50%, and battery life is very short.
I think I tried Home only and the TWS stayed the same.
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okay now today it appears my battery drain is a bit more than yesterday. according to my battery settings i have 55% time without a signal, yesterday it was like 15% but my display was taking up much more of the juice. what can cause this? seems weird to be different everyday.
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As you know very well (since you post the same stuff every day on multiple venues), the NS4G has problems with its radios. Whether they are hardware or software is unknown at present. They may or may not be solvable.
I repeat, the problems are *known*, and there is no point in having the same person repeat them every single day!
Didn't you say you were returning the phone anyways? Just go ahead and do it.
To the mods:
From his profile, Fixx is a member of long-standing and apparently has been helpful in the past. However, his current non-stop posts about NS4G signal problems have passed the threshold for spam. Yes, the problems are serious and real, but to post multiple times daily (under different guises) about the exact same problem is just spamming.
I'm running ViperXL 3.2.8 and I'm sure the rom has nothing to do with my battery draining really fast. For instance I charged my phone last night to 100% but after doing a road trip today, it literally drained down to 14% before I shut it off. My problem is I live in a rural area and when I travel through the curvy roads, my phone loses the signal. Is there a way for me to turn off something for it not to try to re-connect to a signal when I know it will not find a signal. I think airplane mode will work but I am not sure, can anyone suggest something for me. At home I can always use my wifi to get a signal but will that drain my battery?
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I'm running ViperXL 3.2.8 and I'm sure the rom has nothing to do with my battery draining really fast. For instance I charged my phone last night to 100% but after doing a road trip today, it literally drained down to 14% before I shut it off. My problem is I live in a rural area and when I travel through the curvy roads, my phone loses the signal. Is there a way for me to turn off something for it not to try to re-connect to a signal when I know it will not find a signal. I think airplane mode will work but I am not sure, can anyone suggest something for me. At home I can always use my wifi to get a signal but will that drain my battery?
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You can try just turning mobile data off, that should conserve battery. You can even have a toggle within the quick settings so you can quickly toggle it on and off within the pull down menu
I'm in the same boat as you lol. 15 minutes out from any direction with no signal. Airplane mode works perfectly for me.
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exad said:
You can try just turning mobile data off, that should conserve battery. You can even have a toggle within the quick settings so you can quickly toggle it on and off within the pull down menu
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Thanks for the info. My next question is probably a dumb question but since I'm a noob I might as well try it. I know that Elemental X and Bulletproof can improve battery life, is there anything out there that can improve signal strength or does it not exist? Which of the 2 kernels would you recommend, I know Elemental X needs to have Hboot off to install.
Kernels will not improve signal. Only radio firmware can and there's no set best radio either. Its reliant on carrier, location and hardware.
You can flash different radios and check signal levels and data speeds until you find the best one.
I believe S-off is required to flash radios.
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I believe you can flash radios whole s-on as long as your hboot is <1.14.
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timmaaa said:
I believe you can flash radios whole s-on as long as your hboot is <1.14.
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I know you can on 1.09 being I have many times before
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melemel said:
I'm running ViperXL 3.2.8 and I'm sure the rom has nothing to do with my battery draining really fast. For instance I charged my phone last night to 100% but after doing a road trip today, it literally drained down to 14% before I shut it off. My problem is I live in a rural area and when I travel through the curvy roads, my phone loses the signal. Is there a way for me to turn off something for it not to try to re-connect to a signal when I know it will not find a signal. I think airplane mode will work but I am not sure, can anyone suggest something for me. At home I can always use my wifi to get a signal but will that drain my battery?
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I still keep the data on, my "fix" is to turn off autosync (toggle on the screen) to turn it back on at home on wifi. This way I can still use mobile data for Skype or kik messenger.
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slimslim said:
I still keep the data on, my "fix" is to turn off autosync (toggle on the screen) to turn it back on at home on wifi. This way I can still use mobile data for Skype or kik messenger.
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Turning off autosync won't fix his problem though, the problem is that in a low/no signal area the radio is working too hard to connect and therefore draining battery.
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timmaaa said:
Turning off autosync won't fix his problem though, the problem is that in a low/no signal area the radio is working too hard to connect and therefore draining battery.
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Well I went ahead and installed ElementalX and I see a big improvement in performance and battery life from it. It did improve the signal a bit and it does work better at my home. On the curvy roads I just turn off the data because I might as well conserve the battery than to have it trying to connect to a signal that is not there, thus draining my battery.
exad said:
Kernels will not improve signal. Only radio firmware can and there's no set best radio either. Its reliant on carrier, location and hardware.
You can flash different radios and check signal levels and data speeds until you find the best one.
I believe S-off is required to flash radios.
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Have you worked with any radios that you would recommend to me? By the way, I installed ElementalX on my phone (with s-off) and the overall improvement and performance of the phone is great. I also noticed longer battery life.
melemel said:
Have you worked with any radios that you would recommend to me? By the way, I installed ElementalX on my phone (with s-off) and the overall improvement and performance of the phone is great. I also noticed longer battery life.
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A radio that works well for one user won't necessarily work well for another user. It all depends on where you are among other factors. The best thing to do is flash a few radios, note their signal strength (not the bars, the actual strength displayed in settings/about phone/network) and performance, and settle with the best one.
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exad said:
Kernels will not improve signal. Only radio firmware can and there's no set best radio either. Its reliant on carrier, location and hardware.
You can flash different radios and check signal levels and data speeds until you find the best one.
I believe S-off is required to flash radios.
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Have you worked with any radios that you would recommend? I installed ElementalX and it is a big improvement on performance, my phone is actually faster and I noticed longer battery life. love the sweep to wake and sleep. Regarding the signal, I just turn off data when I drive on curvy rural areas that way I conserve battery life.
I have H-boot 1.14 and s-off.
Thanks for all your help.
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Have you worked with any radios that you would recommend? I installed ElementalX and it is a big improvement on performance, my phone is actually faster and I noticed longer battery life. love the sweep to wake and sleep. Regarding the signal, I just turn off data when I drive on curvy rural areas that way I conserve battery life.
I have H-boot 1.14 and s-off.
Thanks for all your help.
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Please see my post about radios above.
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A radio that works well for one user won't necessarily work well for another user. It all depends on where you are among other factors. The best thing to do is flash a few radios, note their signal strength (not the bars, the actual strength displayed in settings/about phone/network) and performance, and settle with the best one.
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Since I just installed ElementalX, I think I will hold off on installing a new radio. Then I will decide if I still need a new radio, I have noticed a little more signal strength and extended battery life since I installed it. Thanks for all your help.
Looking to hopefully fix this cell standby battery drain. Is it possible to turn off volte on Verizon S6?
thanks
Settings then advanced calling.
Turning it off will not help. This is a known issue.
What has worked for me is turning advanced calling off, wiped cache, turned advanced calling back on.
One time I forgot to turn volte back on and I still had the drain until I turned it on.
Let me know your results. I had to get a replacement because nothing stopped the drain on my first s6
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So I followed your advice for advanced calling and my phone is at 95% and cell standby shows 1%. Is this good?
Give it a day and post your battery stats with info on how long you were on wifi. Way too small of a sample size here to determine
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Will do. But where can I get the WiFi stats?
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That's just your estimate.
Ex: out of my total 24 hours I was on wifi for about 20.
I don't know if there's a way to know exactly how long you were connected to wifi unless you turn it off every time you leave where you are on wifi.
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So I my phones at 14% are 7hrs 16mins on battery. I was on wifi probably about 75% of the time. my cell standby is at 15%. Stats in the screen show.
Is this bad?
For reference... Almost 100% WiFi today, 50% left battery power.. Mostly phone calls today, and doing some reference look ups. I don't play games on my phone.
Having cell standby at 15% on mine. Is that to high? I was doing a lot of data transfer today over wifi. Coping files to my google drive.
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So I my phones at 14% are 7hrs 16mins on battery. I was on wifi probably about 75% of the time. my cell standby is at 15%. Stats in the screen show.
Is this bad?
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Yes your standby is too high. Have you done the workaround? Also what was your sot
Here's what I've been getting
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When you say workaround, do you mean wipe cache then turn on advanced calling.? I've done that and also factory reset and then the advanced calling again.
Anything else to try.
thanks
rdefino said:
When you say workaround, do you mean wipe cache then turn on advanced calling.? I've done that and also factory reset and then the advanced calling again.
Anything else to try.
thanks
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Time for a replacement device
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Bummer. So does the cell standby increase usually when on wifi most of the time?
Also, I;m rooted and I know I need to unroot before going to version, but should I unroot before calling thier tech support?
rdefino said:
Bummer. So does the cell standby increase usually when on wifi most of the time?
Also, I;m rooted and I know I need to unroot before going to version, but should I unroot before calling thier tech support?
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Most people experience it while on wifi. Some people have reported they still get the drain while not on wifi.
I never call tech support. I always walk into a corporate store. On this occasion I said I have terrible battery drain. Told them quickly it was before and after the OTA, tried a couple workarounds I found on xda. No questions asked and they ordered my replacement. Took him longer to make a minor account change (changed first name from David to Dave) than the replacement process took.
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sounds good. I'll flash back to stock and head to verizon.
thanks
rdefino said:
sounds good. I'll flash back to stock and head to verizon.
thanks
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Good luck my friend. If there's anything else I can help with let me know
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Are folks with the cell standby issue that return the phone for a new one, not seeing the issue. I guess it's a crap shoot if you get one that doesn't have the issue....right?
Just wondering if this will ever be resolved.
thanks again
Hey all
I have a Sprint Galaxy S 6 that I just updated with an update that claimed to be to improve "battery drain".
It is losing 13% in a half hour without using the phone.
I have no apps running.
I go to settings and it seems that Google Play services is always the one that uses most of the battery.
I never got great battery life but this update seemed to make it worse.
Am I missing something big???
Any advise would be appreciated.
Mike in St. Louis
mikeinstlouis said:
Hey all
I have a Sprint Galaxy S 6 that I just updated with an update that claimed to be to improve "battery drain".
It is losing 13% in a half hour without using the phone.
I have no apps running.
I go to settings and it seems that Google Play services is always the one that uses most of the battery.
I never got great battery life but this update seemed to make it worse.
Am I missing something big???
Any advise would be appreciated.
Mike in St. Louis
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Probably your phone won't go into deepsleep. This is caused by wakelocks and alarms. You can fix this by rooting your phone and install powernap or factory resetting your phone & start all over again.
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_SDroid said:
Probably your phone won't go into deepsleep. This is caused by wakelocks and alarms. You can fix this by rooting your phone and install powernap or factory resetting your phone & start all over again.
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I would rather not root my phone... I did it with my last three phones and was more trouble than it was worth for me. The phone has all of the features that I like and I don't have a need to flash ROMS.
Any other suggestions?
mikeinstlouis said:
I would rather not root my phone... I did it with my last three phones and was more trouble than it was worth for me. The phone has all of the features that I like and I don't have a need to flash ROMS.
Any other suggestions?
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In that case factory reset your phone, this will delete all of your apps and data so also the wakelocks and alarms. From then your phone will go into deepsleep and you won't lose so much juice when you don't use the phone
Hi, I'm also having battery life issues. I've factory formatted from recovery menu, but I still get battery issues. I charge my phone about 3 times a day and I don't have any significant drain according to the battery usage settings.
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Plain Water said:
Hi, I'm also having battery life issues. I've factory formatted from recovery menu, but I still get battery issues. I charge my phone about 3 times a day and I don't have any significant drain according to the battery usage settings.
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The same here. I have everything okay according to battery stats. But I lose like 5-8% an hour when screen doesn't work. Don't know what to do.
I basically surf the net and use WhatsApp. By early afternoon, I'm down to 60% battery. I unplug my charger at 6am everyday.
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I'm curious if you have cell satndby being used constantly, as that is my problem.
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My wife has an s7 which I updated to the latest version 6.0.1 with sep. 1st security update, but the battery started draining super fast after that and the phone gets hot.
Is there a fix for this? I've tried resetting the phone. I would even go back to the previous version if I knew how.
I seem to have the same issue
My battery life and signal have been horrible! Constantly losing 4G ... when I lose it, my signal bars show as being full but can't make or receive calls. Been needing to reboot about 3 times a day in order to get signal - even after a factory reset ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...firmware-sm-g930t-odin-restore-t3367007/page1 . In that forum post there is several firmwares, you could also download them directly from www.sammobile.com , which is samsung's firmware download site.
I have a T Mobile Galaxy S7 and I've been having SEVERE battery drain issues. Possible solutions I have in mind: rooting and flashing a proper ROM, replacing the battery
Any ideas? Any recommendations? Tired of having to battery pack recharge three times a day.
Angsuman said:
I have a T Mobile Galaxy S7 and I've been having SEVERE battery drain issues. Possible solutions I have in mind: rooting and flashing a proper ROM, replacing the battery
Any ideas? Any recommendations? Tired of having to battery pack recharge three times a day.
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Some devices drain much more than others, which kind of sucks to be honest. I've heard people get amazing battery life however, I'm on your same boat my S7 is a lemon and it drains very fast. The only temporary solution I've found is to flash the U firmware, change the CPU governer to conservative and to install ampifly, greenify, and power nap and then activate the modules using Xposed.
Doing this gets rid of the drain we usually experience while our devices are idling, so the only battery drain we experience are from apps we are using while the device's screen is on.
Man, can't believe it! Since CyanogenMod is out of the mix and LineageOS doesn't support the this particular T-Mobile version of the GS7... It appears we have to resort to these measures.
Angsuman said:
Man, can't believe it! Since CyanogenMod is out of the mix and LineageOS doesn't support the this particular T-Mobile version of the GS7... It appears we have to resort to these measures.
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Well I mean they would most likely add support if we had unlocked bootloaders in the first place... It's not their fault.
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Well I mean they would most likely add support if we had unlocked bootloaders in the first place... It's not their fault.
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Ah, not blaming the CM team whatsoever. Just longing for CM on my phone!