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Looking for some guidance in VZW GSIII rooting

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.

z06mike said:
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!

killswitch11 said:
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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Standby battery life

Hello i think my battery life it's not so good as the other's people. In standby (screen off) i see consumption around 1% per hour with 2g network and closed data.
Also, i have the greenify and i sleeping all applications except go sms pro, SwiftKey, and alarm clock.
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After update to 4.4.2 kitkat i have did factory reset in settings.

They use custom kernel to save battery life
Sent from my XT1034 using xda app-developers app

all people in this topic using custom kernel?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52055705#post52055705

giorgos3924 said:
Hello i think my battery life it's not so good as the other's people. In standby (screen off) i see consumption around 1% per hour with 2g network and closed data.
Also, i have the greenify and i sleeping all applications except go sms pro, SwiftKey, and alarm clock.
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After update to 4.4.2 kitkat i have did factory reset in settings.
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Same problem here, let me know if you get any solutions?

buntysatya said:
Same problem here, let me know if you get any solutions?
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i am waiting for answers...
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no custom kernel, all stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52035812&postcount=589

I'm no expert in battery life of the moto g, i'm still trying to get used to the phone but for me having spent 1% per hour in a day with no use and those settings is pretty good, i mean if i go to sleep with 70%+ battery left, i don't even bother to charge the phone.
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yes, <1,5% is good in idle but it can be better because for me, its 0,3-0,5%/h, sometimes only 0,1%/h (it means 0,6-3% max. for my 6 hour night)

Geenify
Maybe the apps which you didnt greenify cause this battery drain ( not sure if this is a high drain as im using tweaky one Rom with faux kernel.. Maybe try to greenify those apps which you dont habe greenified now one after the other and tell us if it made a difference.. Also look in your settings if you disabled all things you dont need like print GPS etc.. Hopefully this helps

ItzzAce said:
Maybe the apps which you didnt greenify cause this battery drain ( not sure if this is a high drain as im using tweaky one Rom with faux kernel.. Maybe try to greenify those apps which you dont habe greenified now one after the other and tell us if it made a difference.. Also look in your settings if you disabled all things you dont need like print GPS etc.. Hopefully this helps
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Would you recommend to greenify motorola services? I did once and couldn't check for updates and get it back working was a pain in the arse. I am currently having around 1% drain with wifi on 24/7 but once I had around 0.4 to 0.6%/h. Can't find wakelocks aswell, currently on stock kernel and rom.

I dont think that Motorola services darin mich battery..

I want the moderator to ban me.

downgrade your OS to make it work again.

Driving me mad

I can't get this awful battery life under control. Hasn't really been out doing much

Fwosh said:
I can't get this awful battery life under control. Hasn't really been out doing much
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App usage 78% - try to use BetterBattery stats to check which apps, but As far as I can see, one of them is Play Services.

Ok thanks. Root is required for better battery stats?

Fwosh said:
Ok thanks. Root is required for better battery stats?
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Yes

How is it to disable spesific service in google play service, in G3 forum they mention some tools but i am not sure it will work on one plus

More information would be good. The more info the better, currently with the info you've provided it's pretty difficult to help. What ROM are you on? Stock or custom kernel? Are you currently using any battery saving techniques or apps? As suggested above, use BetterBatteryStats for a day and post the results here so we can analyse.

note 3 exonys,lollipop and worst battery life.

hello all.i ma using now dr ketan lollipop version since 8 days and i am getting only 2.5-3 SOT hours..it is draining like 1%per minute or so....
waht is the possible solution to this?
i have read other thread about battery life.seems they get descent time with greenify,amplify and other stuff but lollipop not allowing me to install xposed framwork and module..
some advice please

same problem here with arya7.2 and lean kernal.

LOL! Use 2G when you are not enabling Data!

Check your battery...Did you wiped everything after going to lollipop...try not to use SD card but if you use it make sure its of class 10...Try to disable some samsung apps then see...

any process running out of control? like media server?

debloat it!
blackcaz said:
same problem here with arya7.2 and lean kernal.
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Arya 6.0 + Lean 6.3 (on stock setting)
(freezed 30 system apps and services, no greenify or amplify or powernap, no Sview and Weather widgets)
minimum 6 hrs SOT

Thread closed.
Please use the existing battery life discussion thread, here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2459947
Thank you.
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Any battery saving tips?

I'm on RROS and I'm rooted, using Greenify's aggressive doze and so far it seems to be working pretty well. I was curious to see what you guys are doing to save battery throughout the day and if you want to share any tips you've found helpful in managing your battery life. Thanks!

davidwanglol said:
I'm on RROS and I'm rooted, using Greenify's aggressive doze and so far it seems to be working pretty well. I was curious to see what you guys are doing to save battery throughout the day and if you want to share any tips you've found helpful in managing your battery life. Thanks!
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Install GovTuner or try the one in L Speed.