My wife has the GSIII from Verizon and is experiencing massive battery drain issues. She doesn't really use any TouchWiz features and apparently the recent update from Verizon breaks LTE and creates a lot of problems. I told her to hold off on the update for now. I'm thinking, at this point, that rooting and installing a stock-based ROM might be the best route. There's just so much bloat running in the background.
I'm familiar with rooting, as I have a rooted Nexus 4 with a custom kernel. Just looking for some suggestions on a clean simple ROM. She doesn't need anything fancy or feature loaded. She actually seems to like the stock 4.2.2 on my N4. Any ROMs/kernels that have proven themselves for you guys? I'm not at all familiar with the modding community for the GSIII but eager to learn...!
If you want to root and stay as stock as possible, go with CleanRom! There is nothing better!!
Also, have you looked at your wife's battery stats to see what's causing the drain? Post some shots of the battery graph so we can help you out.
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If you want to root and stay as stock as possible, go with CleanRom! There is nothing better!!
Also, have you looked at your wife's battery stats to see what's causing the drain? Post some shots of the battery graph so we can help you out.
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Not sure how detailed any non-root apps can be. I looked at the battery stats and the Android OS is a huge offender. Also, there has even been drain when she puts the phone into airplane mode overnight. I turned off automatic location updating in Maps and have tried some little tricks to extend battery life, but it's been non-effective. I will look into CleanRom....! (I'll also see about posting screenshots when I can...)
Download Gsam battery monitor and look into the wakelocks!
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Not sure how detailed any non-root apps can be. I looked at the battery stats and the Android OS is a huge offender. Also, there has even been drain when she puts the phone into airplane mode overnight. I turned off automatic location updating in Maps and have tried some little tricks to extend battery life, but it's been non-effective. I will look into CleanRom....! (I'll also see about posting screenshots when I can...)
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I don't think BetterBatteryStats requires root but I may be wrong.
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Doing a check on wife's atrix2 bc her battery will drain very fast some times and other times not like 3 hours sitting on the table. i downloaded app OS Monitor to see if there was an app sucking the battery down. under message tab the cpu1: shutdown then cpu1:booted secondary processor it keeps repeating that over and over about every 10 seconds. has anyone seen that and is that something that would drain the battery very fast? any help would make my life better thanks
Install supercharged script will increase battery life!
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Install supercharged script will increase battery life!
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How do we do that?
Here is the original thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16635544#post16635544
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First of Apex is correct, this should be in Q&A. But since it is asked, we'll try to answer.
A little more info about the phone would be helpful in getting an answer to you. Is your phone root? If so, is it running a custom ROM, and what mods have been done? Is it running ICS or GB?
A good app to find a battery drain is BetterBatteryStats.
I also second the SuperCharged script as a battery saver (in most cases). It is quite easy to setup once you understand how to do it. Also be sure to read all of the first two posts in the thread. You will need to be rooted to run the script.
Hope this helps and hope we can get you squared away.
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Doing a check on wife's atrix2 bc her battery will drain very fast some times and other times not like 3 hours sitting on the table. i downloaded app OS Monitor to see if there was an app sucking the battery down. under message tab the cpu1: shutdown then cpu1:booted secondary processor it keeps repeating that over and over about every 10 seconds. has anyone seen that and is that something that would drain the battery very fast? any help would make my life better thanks
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Seeing as how you have OS Monitor installed to try and track down the cause for the drastic discharge in battery, I have to assume that your wife's Atrix 2 is not rooted, and you are likely on 2.3.6, since the only way you would be on ICS is by obtaining root access and flashing either of the two leaked versions of 4.0.4. That said, we need to know a little about the 'usage' of the battery that is causing the sudden discharge. If you can go and get a screen capture (with another camera phone or otherwise) and post the screen shot of the battery statistics from navigating to Settings or System Settings>Battery>and show what the linear graph can tell us about the usage of the battery. How long has this issue been occurring? If not long, comparatively to the length you've owned the device, I'd rule out hardware issues. Likely, you have a rogue app, or something else like a kernel or power wakelock that is causing constant drastic discharge rates. I've written up a rather extensive guide for getting the most out of your battery (as seen below in my signature), and you can have a look at that to see if any -or all- of those measures are helpful. It sounds like the battery itself could also be the culprit, but again, without further information to go off of, it's so hard to pinpoint...
Has anyone else had their Android OS showing as a higher than normal battery usage since updating to JB? I updated Friday and it's been around 16% ever since, today it has 35 minutes of awake time longer than screen on..
I haven't noticed it since the jb update, but it did happen to me on ICS quite a bit. A simple reboot of the phone seemed to fix it. At least worth a shot.
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I haven't noticed it since the jb update, but it did happen to me on ICS quite a bit. A simple reboot of the phone seemed to fix it. At least worth a shot.
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Thanks, I'll give that a shot, battery life still seems to be great so I'm just curious
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My apologies, thanks Kenny
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Thanks, I'll give that a shot, battery life still seems to be great so I'm just curious
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I have not seen any issue yet.
I've noticed a huge battery drain with JB. I'm experimenting with a few different fixes.
The one I've noticed the biggest difference with is turning off Google Now. This was KILLING my battery. I really won't know how much this fixes the problem until a full day of work.
I've also noticed that just with using my phone for a few minutes, it gets really hot. (Back, lower right)
(I've even did a wipe and reload trying to resolve these issues but nothing has changed.)
I read on another thread that if you updated using the "non data wipe" version of the JB ROM, that this is one of the side effects.
Try installing JB fresh with everything wiped,
I had the huge battery drain after JB update, ended up disabling couple of google apps tweaking couple of location/gps settings and now I'm back to about 1% drain per hour when phone is in idle/deep sleep. For some reason either the update or one of the apps was keeping the phone constantly awake so i had to pull the battery/restart couple of times. Also for some reason the keep screen on while charging was on in the developer options, i think that's why the phone took forever to charge first time after the update. Hope this will be of some help to you guys, gl!
Better Battery Stats, which is available on xda, is a recommended app to determine which apps are causing battery draining issues. From how I use it, unplugging from the charger to when your phone dies, it is most accurate in detailing what's been using battery the most but it works best when the phone is idle. The few times I've had Android OS or Android System taking up battery, it helped me detail which app was the cause however it takes a few hours to properly identify battery draining apps which is expected.
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Thanks all, I also tweaked some location settings and battery life is back to normal
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I have a Verizon GS3 that I recently flashed CleanROM 5.5.1 onto, it works great and I'm really enjoying it.
Just one quick question: I noticed that my "Android System" has been using a larger percentage of the battery life relative to the unmodded phone. After a whole day of average use, the Screen is took up 28% of the battery, while Android System is in second place with 15-18 % each day usually.
For those that are also running the ROM, what percentage do you guys get for Android System?
That's normal on jellybean for some reason it still gets great battery life. The best combo for me so far iscleanrom 5.5.1 the HE modem and Ziggy's kernel it has awesome standby time too! I also disables Google now since I don't use it much
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I have a Verizon GS3 that I recently flashed CleanROM 5.5.1 onto, it works great and I'm really enjoying it.
Just one quick question: I noticed that my "Android System" has been using a larger percentage of the battery life relative to the unmodded phone. After a whole day of average use, the Screen is took up 28% of the battery, while Android System is in second place with 15-18 % each day usually.
For those that are also running the ROM, what percentage do you guys get for Android System?
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Since you just flashed give the Rom time to adjust
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Yea, Give it a break and time. If you use phone Android will be low. If you let it idle it will be high. But if you look usually the actual time on wake is pretty low. Lot of apps using maps and any app that polls uses Android also. Have to look at how they work together. We are seeing when good idle is like 1.5%/hour. Bad is like 3%/hour. ICS was running like 1%/hr but we may or may not have had Google Now. which is a battery hog.
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I have been sticking to ice cream sandwich as I saw that there were several negative reviews about the jelly bean update specifically regarding battery life. I was wondering whether I should update or stick to ICS. Also I am rooted currently on ICS, what is the best way to update to JB?
Flash a jellybean rom, and the new modems.
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Hmm, I was kind of looking for an evaluation of battery life mainly and whether its worth it to actually upgrade since I treasure my battery life, so have they been able to fix the issues with jb?
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Hmm, I was kind of looking for an evaluation of battery life mainly and whether its worth it to actually upgrade since I treasure my battery life, so have they been able to fix the issues with jb?
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There are several threads to help with battery life on jb.
Maybe I set up my device differently but I have not noticed any degradation in battery vs tw and this is from a month of consistent use.
I happen to do a similar setup and use all the same apps and I honestly can't tell a dif in day to day battery life. I still get close to or over 6 hrs screen on time on cm10.1 vs beans 14/13 w the stock kernel in a decent signal area on 4glte pi only and no WiFi at all but I use a Samsung OEM extended 3000 mah.
I too was pretty concerned about battery life. After researching, it turns out most battery related issue is centered around Google Now. This turns out to be true. Just turn off Google Now, then go into Maps>Setting>location setting, uncheck everything (especially "report from this device"), and you won't have any battery issue.
Also, install Greenify, and greenify everything that should go into deep sleep mode when you're not using the phone.
Man I couldn't imagine shutting down all the things I use. Only thing I turn off is GPS when I am not using it on tw. On cm10.1 I leave everything on and don't try to save battery...no issues. I do agree with going into maps and turning off location reporting
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So , I have decided to upgrade to JB, but Ive forgotten how i should do this. Im rooted currently on ICS, but Im not sure if I have an unlocked bootloader ( how would i check?) .
Can anyone suggest a tutorial as to how I would go about doing this since im rooted.
Why don't you just flash a JB ROM? If you want to factory OTA I would search "how do I unroot my S3."
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Hello.
I have a battery problem on my nexus 5. Seems like no matter what I do, my Nexus 5 discharges like it never sleeps. It first occured on Cataclysm with franco r32, I wiped everything and tried Cyanogen, same happened. Now with AOKP and Purity and Sanity - SAME PROBLEM.
What am I missing?
I am using multirom twrp.
Does anyone have any idea?
Thank you
miHah said:
Hello.
I have a battery problem on my nexus 5. Seems like no matter what I do, my Nexus 5 discharges like it never sleeps. It first occured on Cataclysm with franco r32, I wiped everything and tried Cyanogen, same happened. Now with AOKP and Purity and Sanity - SAME PROBLEM.
What am I missing?
I am using multirom twrp.
Does anyone have any idea?
Thank you
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Unfortunately, as good as some on XDA are at troubleshooting, none of us can see your phone. Or what apps you have. Or battery stats. Or wakelock detection. I think you get the point. Just saying I have bad battery life is absolutely worthless without other details to explain what is going on. I'd suggest looking into the apps: Bettery Battery Stats and / or Wakelock Detector. Both of these, over the course of some time will be able to get you a better idea of what's up, or at least that and some screenshots posted here might be able to provide some more insight. If you can use that to track down some problem areas, it's possible the app Greenify can help hibernate it and keep it from making so much trouble.
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Unfortunately, as good as some on XDA are at troubleshooting, none of us can see your phone. Or what apps you have. Or battery stats. Or wakelock detection. I think you get the point. Just saying I have bad battery life is absolutely worthless without other details to explain what is going on. I'd suggest looking into the apps: Bettery Battery Stats and / or Wakelock Detector. Both of these, over the course of some time will be able to get you a better idea of what's up, or at least that and some screenshots posted here might be able to provide some more insight. If you can use that to track down some problem areas, it's possible the app Greenify can help hibernate it and keep it from making so much trouble.
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I would tell you more about apps and wakelocks but the thing is I have been testing those roms i mentioned completely stock. I tried greenify with every rom, gsam reported 23min SOT with 7hours battery life when I checked (at 4% battery). So I tried another rom - I am on Vanir right now.. don't even have google account set up and still experiencing the same drainage.. 30% in 2hours idling..
Well, you could test till your fingers fall off, but if you don't share your findings, then how could we help you? I'm not saying that I can or can't help, but there are many here with a lot of experience with these issues and a breakdown of your findings might help someone point you in the right direction. Plus if there are other users in your situation, and they see your findings coincide with theirs, then that's more subject material to help troubleshoot. I've flashed dozens of roms and have not experienced anything similar, before or after sync. Not saying I haven't had battery issues, but usually brought upon by myself and playing with kernels and settings. Just haven't had that kind of drain through multiple roms and what not.