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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pow001:
Has anyone else found the device gets really hot randomly without doing anything task intensive?

My latest battery temp went up to 45 degrees Celsius (113 fahrenheit).

Please shed any light on the matter!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsimpoyris:
After 15 mins of Dead Space, my SGS3 feels a little bit warmer than normal.

Also the same on HSPA+ and heavy browsing.

But 45 is way better than the 63 of HOX, maybe it's normal, maybe not.

Do some more testing, what app did you use to see the temperature?

I can test my phone and come back to this thread with results.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinguin1987:
I have the Problem to but the temprature was up to 54 °C. I dont know why. The Phose is going hot only by surfing. The first days it be cold. After 5 Days it will be war/hot. The battery is going fast down too. The Benchmarks are bad too, antutu e.g. 3 to 5 thousand points. After Buying 12 thousand. Energy-Safemode is deactivated. The CPU Frequency is up to 800 Mhz not 1.4 Ghz.

And today....all is going fine. Its cold, the Benchmarks are high and the CPU ist 1.4 Ghz......

Very curious

and yes, my english is bad ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsimpoyris:
What ROM are you on? Do you have any weird apps that run in the background?

Definitely sounds like overheating problems. Phone gets too hot, CPU scales down, standard procedure... Never happened to me.

Load the newest ROM for your area,do a full wipe, don't install many apps, check it for a day or two.

If the same happens, take it back for replacement.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinguin1987:
Thanks, i look the next days. if the phone going hot i make a full reset. The ROM is the original Rom from Samsung. Nothing changed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avetny:
On bad reception any sync app can cause overhit.

Dude we got 4 cores !

What do you expect:D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pow001:
Thanks

Hi all,

Thanks for the the replies.

The ROM - is the the original I haven't rooted (I hope that's what you mean...I'm a noob at this)

I have got rid of that horrible touchwiz with apex launcher but that about the only thing that I've done (apart from install a few apps)

As the last guy said "we've got 4 cores dude" haha.

Just seems to get pretty hot had it up to 47 degree. Toasty! but haven't noticed anything drastically wrong with the battery life.

Piece out all. Thanks for all the help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasp3690:
I don't seem to suffer from this but having said that I haven't used the phone to watch a movie yet or anything like that so o don't know.

Battery going down is only normal when its hot.

sent with SGS3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsimpoyris:
Well, if it gets hot while on stand-by or out of the blue, take it back.

My phone idles at 27-33c with normal use. After 15mins of NOVA 3 gameplay it goes up to 45c and feels a bit warm.

If your phone gets hot with 3G and browsing or recording video and such, 47c is totally normal, especially if you consider 4 cores and no cooling whatsoever. 47c is nowhere near to toasty though :P

I hope I helped you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g@l@xyS:
i am starting to get extremely pissed with my new sg3... i dont know if this a phones prob or roms prob... the screen every now and then open and closes after 1 sec by itself without touching the phone at all... it gets really disturbing and i am just wondering if i have to return back my phone and get a new one...

any opinions / help ?

thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reviewers:
Do a factory reset and more information would help.

Are you rooted/on a custom ROM?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g@l@xyS:
yes i am rooted and i have a custom rom (omega)

i will do as you said and come back with the results...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tg9413:
might not be related to your issue, but by any chance are you using a case?

often times if the case's molding is not perfect, it will apply pressure on the power button, so a slight touch on it will fire off the wake up/sleep call. It happened a lot when I was using cheap case.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonathanyong:
Surely you need to eliminate the possibility that it's being caused by the custom Rom before sending it back? Does it do the same thing on stock Rom?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g@l@xyS:
i just installed another rom to see if it does the same... if yes i will install the stock rom and see the results...
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Hello Everyone.

There is a battery drain issue in in cell standby and I think I just solved the issue. Let me go back to when I last experienced such an issue. It was when I flashed a ROM for my SGS1 Captivate called Cognition. There was a bug that left wifi not only on but it was active during sleep mode.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12294219

It was later solved by the Dev and the draining went away.

What is different here is that the SGS3 only has this bug when wifi is on. Look at my battery charts when I have wifi on and wifi off. The red area shows the slope with wifi and the blue area shows it without wifi. This is during standby times.

So is this due to the wifi dual banding just taking up more battery? Or is the phone not properly tuning the wifi down in standby? Solving this issue is out of my hands now and I will have to hand this over to someone else.

For now, change your wi-fi sleep policy to shut off when in sleep mode.

EDIT:

So I think i figured out why the wakelocks are happening. Other people have the problem with dynamic IP addresses.

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/563008-battery-saving-tip-really-works.html
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
I don't know why these other fanboy war threads are bumping and so popular but a serious problem doesn't even get a response or a second look. Does anyone else have any comments on how we can get this fix? We need Samsung to fix this problem too.
[Galaxy S III General] JSale:
I will make this post for two reasons;

To bump the topic

To say that i would also like this "bug" to be solved :)
[Galaxy S III General] ceo.mtcl:
hi slim,

I agree with you here as well. However I've not noticed any battery drain. I've got about 35% left after good full day of use.

Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Aratheba:
I'm experiencing some kind of battery drain too with sgs3, but mine it's not wifi related. I have as first voice in battery stats page Cellular Standby. I mean, it's almost impossible it drains more then the screen!

Anyway, giving a look at your screenshot, I can clearly see some areas you didn't red boxed when wifi was on, screen was off but battery drain was not terrible at all.

How do you explain them?!

Looking at your screenshot
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Yeah, I mean my battery life is still good, but I know it can be better. Now that I made it turn wifi off when it's asleep the battery life, the slope you can see there in blue, is a lot better. It's not so slanted and draining as quickly.

A lot of other people that complained about bad battery life I noticed the same trend, it's their wi-fi also. If you notice the long blue line on the bottom, that's when wi-fi is active and those extreme slopes have to be caused by wifi. Cell standby shouldn't be draining the battery more than the screen I don't think.

It's either wi-fi, the radio or both.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
I don't know, I guess that is when the wifi properly shuts itself off.

When I look at my screen while I'm not doing anything at all I can see the orange arrow on the wifi on, and it stays on even though I'm not using the internet or anything. What can that mean? Is the orange arrow "uploading" or "downloading?"

EDIT: It's downloading. And I set the wifi to shut off if the screen shuts off. The Wifi sometimes shuts off. But right now it refuses to turn off even in sleep! And the orange arrow is lit up!
[Galaxy S III General] uf21:
How do you get the wifi to shut off when the screen shuts off?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
It's there in advanced wifi settings.

Did any of you people tried flashing different modems to resolve this?

《tapatalked from galaxy s3》
[Galaxy S III General] hpsauce37:
If you turn off the wifi then wont it just use the normal data connection and so use more battery? I was led to believe that using wifi was less demanding than say 3g.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Yes that is correct, but read my OP and the thread I posted. A wifi bug is the wifi not powering down in sleep mode. It stays on at full power during sleep and drains your phone.
[Galaxy S III General] uf21:
Just a thought. Dont all phones stay conne ted wifi while the screen is locked?
[Galaxy S III General] ronj1986:
No, some turn off the wifi radio if the phone goes to sleep

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] harise100:
I tried a couple of modems, but in vain. Cell Standby is always much too high. Wifi is beyond good and evil.

I would by now also lean towards a bug. Unfortunately I'm not a Android dev. My knowledge ends at developing apps.
[Galaxy S III General] ronj1986:
I am satisfied with mine
[Galaxy S III General] Notor1ouS-:
ive noticed smth:

with Droidwall blocking everything -> still wlan sends smth & causes traffic

hows that possible? u guys can experience the same?

under 3g/edge and droidwall everything blocked: no traffic anymore -> everything is ok!
[Galaxy S III General] salada2k:
Have any of you guys tried easy battery saver? One of the features is to disable radios when screen is off. I wonder if it is more successful in doing this than the built in setting.
[Galaxy S III General] furt890:
I got the same cell standby problem so I went ahead and flashed Omega ROM, yesterday was my first day full with that ROM and the result was quite good. I ended up with about 45% battery after about 15-16 hours. Well I'm on wifi for like 3-4 hours though.
[Galaxy S III General] Dworkin_gospel:
Drain caused by exchange sync process. Kill this process and see how battery life will change. Sorry for my english.
[Galaxy S III General] cmd512:
Curious, which F/W are you on? I was getting oddball WIFI battery drain using an older LE9 insecure kernel to root at first (WIFI would actually shut off and come back on after coming out of idle... even though I had it set to "always on.")

Completely went away after I flashed back the stock LEF kernel that my phone shipped with.

For reference below, no drain issues during idle with WIFI left "always on."
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
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UPDATED 6/21/12

I wanted to thank everyone who offered kind words and support during this crappy situation I was pulled through. I really really appreciate all the nice things everyone said and offered for me. I also want to thank everyone who contributed towards me getting a new phone, I absolutely honestly would not have been able to buy a replacement phone without the additional funds raised here on XDA by the community. Thank you all so very much.

I wanted to thank kennyglass123 especially for his kind PM he sent me and his suggestion for me to link my PayPal account in case anybody was interested in lending me a hand. If it was not for his suggestion, I would not have had the opportunity to reach out to the community for help and to have my phone replaced.

Thanks in part to your donations, T-Mobiles willingness to give me an early full upgrade and credit of one free month and my wife for being cool enough to let me buy a $400 in less then a month of having another $400 phone stolen from me, I was able to upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy SIII today.

Thank you all so much, I'll be forever grateful to this community :)

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I work at a propane facility and I'm unable to keep my electronics on me while working.

I had my phone in my drawer and we had a temp labor worker here. He left, I came inside to grab my phone and it was gone.

I contacted T-Mobile who said because I don't have the insurance they cannot use GPS to track my phone. They said my window is past for insurance and due to that, they cannot add the feature to track my phone.

Is there ANY way at all I can possibly track this phone if I don't have an app on there? Any way at all? I just got this phone like a month ago as a gift that my wife somehow managed to save for and now its gone. I need ANY advice at all.

Please.

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Per the request of Kennyglass123 I have linked my PayPal account to XDA. I have received a few small donations since doing so and I wanted to thank anyone who decides or who has already decided to donate towards the replacement of my phone. Thank you all so much from the bottom of my heart. My wife was truly moved when I told her what Kenny had suggested I do :)

Donation Amount To Date: $125.28

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zapek666:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lrs421:
Go to the play store and download the app linked above to your phone. You can then track it from the my lookout website, assuming the phone is turned on. Damn office temps!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
How do I search from their website?

It's asking me to login which I don't have a login...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Once you have the app downloaded to your phone and are registered you can log in on there website and track your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arzbhatia:
1. Install Plan B to the phone that you are trying to find from the Android Market website: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb.

2. Plan B will start automatically and send your phone’s location to your Gmail address.

3. To locate again after 10 minutes, borrow a friend’s phone and text the word “locate” to your lost phone.

You might want to try out the 3rd option mate. Some person commented that he found his lost phone.

Best of luck and keep your hopes up!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
I tried and I'm getting nothing. I have a bad feeling because I unchecked the "allow apps to use GPS to track my location" that it won't work. I always disable that and enable it only when I'm using Maps so it doesn't drain battery (Facebook and such).

I've tried texting it several times with no luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Amphibliam:
If the guy was smart and shut data off or factory reset, then there's no way to track it. It's GSM, so you can't blacklist the ESN even. Sorry. I don't think there's much you can do but keep texting "locate". :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
Cops just left. I filed a report. I have to call and give them the IMEI number tomorrow so if it gets pawned, they can find it. I'm sure he's smarter then that though and he'll just sell it to a friend.

Pretty much just lost my phone and there's nothing I can do. Sucks so bad, I can't afford a new phone. God, this is so horrible. Just got the phone, wife doesn't work because our son, and now I can't afford to replace it. This is the worst feeling in the world.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
temp labor is not that smart, from my experience those are people that cant hold jobs due to drug problems, or freshly out of jail.

Call and the agency let them know that you will be filing charges as your office has CCTV set up and has it all on camera, state you will not press charges if the phone gets returned.....

Then feel really bad when you find out tomm, you left it in the bathroom at work
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
I wouldn't really know but if he is/was working at your workplace wouldn't you guys have some info on him?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HemRoyd:
Don't know what your situation is but most homeowners insurance policies might still cover it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jpg71:
His company's insurance should cover it. They don't allow him to bring his phone with him, they should provide a safe place for him to keep it in. Stolen on company property, so it should be their insurance any way.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
I agree in theory, but I'd be willing to bet there's some clause in his job contract saying they're not responsible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] android01:
I hqve had some form or another of tracking software installed to all my nexus devices, but the best one is cerberus. Even after a factory reset it remains installed. You may try pushing it to the phone and then log in via the website. It should give you info if it is connecting to a tower, it also will email you a photo when the phone is unlocked. Brilliant stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beaumontcali48:
+1 on the app Cerberus I have it installed in my nexus its the best out there bro so when u get ur phone back or get it replaced make sure u install it bro .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beaumontcali48:
Damn man I feel for u bro I hope everything works out for u .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ingenious247:
Yeah, get the temps name and agency give it to the cops and track it the normal way don't play detective lmao
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phatmanxxl:
I hope you find the thief and he gets what he deserves.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SocialReject:
That's why I installed Cerberus.

Sorry for your loss.

Sent from the future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Sounds good!:)

Call minutes are not important to me as i'm more of a data guy:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
Same here but if its free, why not!

I've been calling T-Mobile every day so far and I've been having nothing but issues with my full upgrade promise.

Let's hope all goes well Thursday!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
We humans sure like free stuff..:D

Google giving out free nexus next?:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
My advice, keep calling. CSRs, especially in retentions, are given big leeway on what they can offer you to make you sign a new contract. Remember how one gave you only a partial upgrade, while another was willing to give you a full one? So if you get one that one give you a full upgrade, simply thank them, hang up, and try again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Product F(RED):
I've heard about talking to a Customer Loyalty department or something like that, not Retention. Apparently they go above and beyond.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] harveydent:
yeah, I think we're talking about the same thing. Basically the guys trying to prevent churn
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
One of the first things I do is install the avast antivirus just for the anti theft feature. With a simple text command I can lock it, make it scream, gps it, anything. I'm surprised more people don't do this! It's a free app and if have root can even disable access to recovery it have it write to system level to make it hard reset proof. A bit late now but info for your next device. One of my favorite features is you have to have password to remove it from device admin so someone can't just go in and turn that part off and remove the app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sarni84:
Cerberus does all that and more and for 3 bucks and some change it is well worth it. Its a one time fee. Anyways it installs as a system app and u can hidefrom drawer and view. I get to the app by dialing a 6 digit number in dial pad. And if new sim is inserted it will notify up to three people whom u choose with all of the new Sims info including all SMS and call logs . Dude u can put a lock on lock screen and when the thief trays to unlock it it snaps pics . All info goes right to an email that u choose. U can screenshot there is so many features that I tested dude the app is with it and such a killer app. I remember when u got the phone it was right around when I got mineso I hope everything works out bro. I seen this story and grabbed cerberus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Product F(RED):
We know about Cerebus lol. It's been mentioned 3 trillion times in this thread. I think he gets the point (no offense).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sarni84:
I know that I was just basically saying Cerberus is better than avast. It is worth the 3 and change. The guys is a good guy I wanted him to know that I hope everything works out and want him to get the best security for his phone. Not an app because its free:confused:. Is that OK with u??? Smh
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I'm soo lucky. My mother works at the Telecommunication of Singtel (which my phone is under). If my phone gets lost, she could track it down even if my phone is off. She won't tell me how. She says its her job's secret.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diegomtoscano:
This is how much Samsung galaxy s3 goes for here in my country believe it or not...so if anyone wants to sell me one on 500USD I'll buy it eyes closed :D

http://celulares.mercadolibre.com.ec/samsung-galaxy-s3_Desde_11 :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
WOW! That is crazy expensive.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diegomtoscano:
Worst part.... people is actually buying at those prices!!!!! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
Looks like craziness here too.

Found out via screen shots today that T-Mobile is going to charge $329 point of sale for the upgrade and you get a $50 mail-in rebate. That means its going to cost me $279 when I expected it to cost $199.

Not sure I can upgrade to the Siii now, though I'm going to try to swing it.

What a rip off, T-Mobile.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KennyG123:
See if they are offering 2 versions. Sprint has the 16GB version for $199 and a 32GB version for $249. Maybe you saw the 32GB version?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
I know you are tight on money but you are getting a 600 dollar piece of hardware for less than half price, how are they ripping you off?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrsbelpit:
Go with a Value plan if you're going to renew your contract. For 2 phones I pay $109 for 1000 minutes, unlimited text and 5 gigs of data with hotspot included. Add a studentrate discount of 10% and you're at $100. Pay $629 for the phone: a $229 down payment and $20 interest free payments for 20 months.

I avoided renewing the value plan contract by not using their interest free payments, and just buying a Gnex. When I get the GS3 for my husband, I'll just buy it from Amazon or Walmart, and avoid renewing the contract.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rusty!:
She wont tell you how because she can't.

If it's on and connected to cell towers, it can be tracked. If it's off/in airplane mode, there is no way to do it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jnr21:
Heh, you don't have to believe all things your mom say to you :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] -Psycho-:
I'm not suprised.... the absolute lowest price I have seen for the GS3 here is just above 900 USD.. and most of them are closer to 1000. And of course people are buying them here as well... simply infuriating :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
The GS3 go for around USD$788 in my country without contract..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
Its not so much the price as it is the fact that T-Mobile is charging almost $100 more then all the other carriers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
I'm 3rd in line for the S3 guys.

Wish me luck!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Enjoy your big screen:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
Thank yout to everyone who made this possible fir me! I am ever grateful to you guys. Thank you so much!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Heh, how is your pocket?:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
Came out to $379 I believe. $140 was credited to my account and you guys donated $125. Most of it was covered :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Enjoy your new device..:)

Good to know that we have a good community.:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uoY_redruM:
Very awesome and supportive community!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KennyG123:
I am so happy for you! I have to wait for July 1st for mine!