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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tghockey07:
So far on my first run-down, I'm at 16 hours with 30% left on Verizon. That is excellent compared to my Bionic. With my Bionic I could only get maybe 10 hours with light usage and it would normally die by 2pm every day. I'm impressed. I have left GPS and LTE on, power saving off.

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Was brightness all the way up as well?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JayFReaZy:
Battery is getting better. I think I was getting horrible battery life before due to memory leaks. I have restarted my phone and it doesn't heat up any more. I'm pretty happy with battery life now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Scoutamis:
I'm getting absolutely horrible battery life on the T-Mobile version. I get 2hrs Max on screen time. And 12 hours in standby if i have airplane mode on constantly. Also, when I send a text, phone takes up 50% of my battery. And it stays that way all day and I can't fix it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] katrina99:
12hrs 5%:(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bc760:
Alright here's mine

Sent From My Galaxy S III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BDorestant:
Not bad.....I have an Anker 2200mah battery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] napdragon001:
Here's mine after a full charge from 0-100% while phone was off.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] anubus45:
Using CM9 Nightly 7/13, Faux Kernel, CPU Sleeper, and mild use, though quite a bit of sitting.

The only thing which confuses me is Chrome, because it's CPU time was less than 5 minutes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] em2drvr03:
My battery will say 100% then if i unplug it goes right to 98%. It does bother me but it lasts me all day.Anyone else with that problem? I might call and see if i can get a new battery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Scoutamis:
Same thing happened to me, got a new battery and still have the same problem. Ill just live with it I guess.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] GalaxyHeart:
I had this problem on my Captivate.

I think it's a software issue, rather than hardware.

The fix, for my Captivate, was to plug it in again. Annoying, but a simple fix.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] em2drvr03:
My friend with a nexus s was telling me that samsung does this on purpose bc they dont want to over charge the battery and it extends the life of the battery.His only goes to 96%.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JayFReaZy:
For people having absolutely horrible battery life, it might be an app causing the battery drain. Chrome seems to be an app that drains an unusual amount of battery.

Also, restart your phone from time to time. I had my phone on for about a week and a half without a reboot or shut down. I noticed at times my phone would get very warm when idle. I'm guessing it was due to certain apps that never closed from memory leaks. After I restarted my phone my battery life was drastically improved. Restarting and shutting down your phone every few days seems to help with battery life. Give it a try.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kschumake83:
Not too bad for playing gta3 for a bit. I can say that battery life on this thing blows my captivate away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dbett4:
do you use any battery saving apps or anything? what carrier are you on because that is incredible
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MoJoePin:
I'm really impressed with the battery life on my stock AT& T S3.

My best cycle yet:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] weedolo9y:
not sure if this is a fluke but wow

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] em2drvr03:
Is anyone else having the charging problem i am. Charges to 100% then drops to 99 or 98% right after unplug.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] d3athsd00r:
after my second full day, here is what I have.

Running ktoonsez's custom kernel and with only 1-2 bars of 3G service in my apartment.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] woshiweili:
That happened to me after the first charge. But since then it would be a minute or two before it drops to 99%.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] em2drvr03:
so it still happens tho?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jxs1984:
55 hours up-time with 3hr and 30min screen on-time. Just basic usage nothing special: sms/mms, email, fb, reddit, browser. I'm at the point where I no longer turn my phone on every 30 sec lol. However I don't remember using google map... weird.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iastonish:
That's beastly lol

I'm on 12 hours, 2 hours screen time and at 51%

Rooted and running tuchmi s3x
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ovoxo.:
Mind if I ask what rom you're running?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] erikiksaz:
This is not a bug. This is to prevent overcharging of the battery.

Batteries held at near 100% don't last for very long. Your phone will allow your battery to charge up to near 100%, then it'll cut the charge, letting the battery decrease until it hits 90% before it starts charging again.

Now, manufacturers have the option to either show you the true percentage (90%), or they can make you feel that much more satisfied when you unplug your phone in the morning, THINKING that it's at a full 100%.

Which option do you think they chose? :p

Some people just happen to unplug their batteries when they are at 99% as opposed to 91% (even though both are probably shown as 100% immediately after unplugging)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] em2drvr03:
Awesome...My friend with a nexus s was telling me the same thing. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a phone problem or a battery problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lostsoul565:
I am sorry but i have to call you out on this and say this is bullsh@t. I might be wrong but 55 hours up-time with 3hr and 30min screen on-time and you never plugged it in once to charge it? I just don't believe it and here is why...

you running sms, email, fb, reddit and still getting 55 hours? with 3.5 hours of screen time ? nah!!!! here is what I found out and I can probably prove it. I can show you a screen shot of my sgs3 with 5 days on battery and as many on screen hours as you want. All i need to do is charge the battery and keep it charged every day if i want to 60% or whatever as long as it does not hit full charge.. If i am wrong than i am sorry but i don't believe it with the stats you posted on usage...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] G1_enthusiast:
it so sad to see people limiting the capability of their smart phone because of freaking battery..man the hell up get a bigger battery with bigger case, i had a mugen on my SGII and always laugh at my friend for doing stupid stuff like turning his screen down, turn off sync, using wifi every place, charge when he is in his car. its a smart phone, you wont become uncool because you got a bigger smart phone than the iphone, use your stuff as intended not limiting it capability.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jxs1984:
Diet ICS rom but it's really Ktoonsez's Sammy Kernel with undervoltage tweaks. Sips less battery juice during screen off time/stand by.

Here you go, as you can see I never plugged the charger. Keep in mind that 3.5 hours of screen time in 2 days (~1 hour and 45min per day) is very minimal usage.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OnceAMatrixMan:
Wow some of these stats are amazing!

All stock Verizon, not rooted. Also over the weekend so less frequent email pinging.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paullu:
I thought is my battery but after I ask my friend (guy have gs3 too)samething like me as soon as you unplug battery go down to 99% but if you plug in again let it charge for couple mins it will hold at 100% for 5-7mins long
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] itechscs:
At&t running the stock ROM all bloat disabled.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Diversion:
Verizon S3.. horrible battery life here on LTE.. I've been a long time owner of the Thunderbolt.. also had the Nexus briefly.. And now the S3.. I'm on a custom stock rom with all the optimizations and de-bloat, etc.. The rom even has a CPU sleep mode installed and working and just sitting on my work desk.. In a little over 3 hours from being off the charger overnight, i'm down to 87%.. Sync is turned off, gTalk is signed out.. This thing can't be any more idle than it is..

If something doesn't change, the device is going back.. I'm a well seasoned person when it comes to battery conditioning, etc... It's been properly cycled a few times.. Wiped battery stats.. etc.. Samsung just loves rushing any kernel out of the gates with not a care about optimization.

And since the Verizon models will never see the light of day for custom kernels.. you better get used to constant battery drain.. In fact, it's not even much better on the battery when sitting on 3g.. I'm trying not to assume that my particular phone is a lemon because the battery drain isn't what i'd consider unusable.. just way more than anything else i've seen. Just sitting on my desk with the screen off doing nothing leaves no actual hardware to be the culprit (like the screen).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iam_ultrasonic:
something is killing my battery overnight. anyone experiencing this? it did not happen before.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Diversion:
I lose about 30% over 8 hours (overnight) myself. What carrier are you on?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] happybay:
how can it be? mine, 5.2 hours @45% left
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] iam_ultrasonic:
AT&T. Looks like the cell standby is culprit. 56% battery use overnight.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] happybay:
oh, most of the time I'm surfing internet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] s0me guy:
im noticing a 15-20% drop for every hr im "using" the phone (screen on w/ auto brightness on, power saver off )

at idle it uses maybe 1-3% a hr regardless if im on WiFi, 3G or 4G (screen off, power saver off)

the only way i can get a full day (14-18 hrs) out of this thing is random charging throughout the day or just flat out avoid having the screen on. one day i got 14hrs on one charge before i dropped below 10% but for the last 4-5hrs i was streaming Pandora over WiFi and never turned the screen on but a few times to skip the song.

i just cant roll like that so i grabbed some extended batts of eBay, the 4000mAh ones that are thicker w/extended batt doors. i grabbed then from a US seller. comes with 2 doors and 2 batts for $20 and ill post a review and link in the accessories section once i get emm. i dont expect the rated capacity TBH but even if they are over 3000mAh one should get me thru a full day with out compromising my usage. if the eBay batts totally suck i will just grab a 2nd offical Samsung batt and solder it to my original Batt in parallel.

with 4200mAh (real rating) i should be able to get over a day and a1/2 with my usage. ;)

just not sure how much ill like the added thickness and dremel modification to get cases to work...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] FractalSphere:
This lasted over two nights - unplugged it in the afternoon after a full charge Saturday, and Monday morning it was down to the 17% you see in the screenshot. And I was using it - pictures, texting, emails, some games. So it wasn't just stand-by time, but the stand-by time is amazing on this thing!

Right now this is rooted, but still running stock ROM. This is on Sprint and no LTE right now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] knyque:
I am on stock rooted Sprint, froze some bloatware with TB. I didn't use it much except a few phone calls, some web surfing, and a short game or 2. I wanted to see what would happen. I unplugged it Friday morning, and Sunday afternoon, I needed it more, and had to go out and take pictures, so I had to plug it in. I probably would have gotten at least 3 days out of it. Granted, I didn't use it much, and it was on WIFI almost the entire time, but still, great standby. I think it lost 2% over each night.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Fyi the cell standby DOES NOT drain battery. Its simply a mis reading in the framework. It reads 34mA instead of 3.4. Some lazy engineer missed a period :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ilogik:
I'm on stock Verizon rom and I get about 1 day 2 hours standby with about 3 hours of screentime with WiFi off on LTE the entire time. What I did notice is that after installing some widgets like "one more clock widget" would cause the phone to loose about 10% battery per hour, after uninstalling the rouge software things went back to normal.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Eddie Bombay:
Not bad for almost 24 hours unplugged. Almost 4 hours screen time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Babydollll:
This was from yesterday...

Throwing bricks since 2008.....and proud of it. :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dbett4:
I was having troubles in terms of battery life with my Vzw sgs3 when i first got it. That was 11 days ago. I now use Power saving and all setting checked in the settings, JuiceDefender from google play, and i ALWAYS turn off Wifi or data (whichever im using at the time) when i turn off the screen. Those are the biggest changes i've made. I'm rooted on the stock rom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] throwback1718:
What's wrong with my phone guys? I haven done any modifications to my phone yet aside from putting on a couple apps. Look at this terrible battery life.

Its NO where close to you guys. What am I doing wrong?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stkiswr:
This is a travesty. Not amazing. If Verizon its less than typical.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stkiswr:
Look. If your can reach 4 hours screen on stock then there is nothing wrong! Everything is fine!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkredD14:
One thing to note is that your android system is taking more power than your screen after 3 hours of screen time! I was having that issue when rooted since I removed the root fixed the issue. Mine was really tearing into my battery though that is why I removed root. I was not using juice defender or power saving though.

I attached my screen shots from today.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkredD14:
Nothing. Your phones doing really well. 4 hours of screen time is amazing. I would recommend using the screen some what less and you'll be fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] acesxclaw:
Does that apply to just international versions or AT&T too? Because my I747 is getting around 30-40 cell standby and my battery thus far has been mediocre.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jaydawgx7:
Mine is terrible. AT&T stock rooted. Today I was at 8 hours, 1h8m screen time and down to 30%. Have yet to make it through a full day rooted or not with light use. I just don't get it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AeCeEm:
Still on 40% :good: maybe i just haven't used the phone much though.

(OT: I love this swipe to screen shot thing. My friend is looking at his I-phone like "Why cant u do that... :crying:")
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dbett4:
yeah i was confused about that...i knew the cell standby was just an error and isn't really taking up that much but not sure about the android system. I won't consider removing root tho i will look around for another solution so if you guys know of any lemme know.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] redline57:
Send From My GS3 Untouchable Thanks to Blazer V 1.5/ ICS Domination V6
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] m77m7:
I don't sync anything, and disabled all apps and processes I don't need or want in applications manager. I also drain the battery until dead before I charge or swap batteries.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] colemac:
Telus Galaxy S3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkredD14:
I have been reading this thread a lot but have yet to see any solution. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1748301&page=2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] uzii305:
Here are my screen shots. This is with wap.cingular apn, cpu sleeper, rooted stock rom, juice defender ultimate, battery fully charged and discharged more than 10 times, 4g on the entire screen on time, settings optimized, gestures off, battery saving mode off, gps on, web browsing most of the time, 2 push mail accounts, 1 mail syncs every hour, brightness at 35-40%, and all bloatware disabled, anything else, just ask me. Anyone with knowledge on this please let me know if this is acceptable, or ill go get a replacement unit tomorrow. This is an ATT unit.

This thing wont let me post shots directly?? Why not..?

Well, 6:30 hrs on battery, 4:30 hrs screen on time.

Is this good or bad???
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SamsungVibrant:
Pretty sure that is normal, phones have been doing that for a while now. When you have it in the charger, the phone senses when it is reaches 100 percent, then it turns off charging despite still being plugged in. Once charging is turned off without your knowledge you start using your battery up again, and when it falls under a certain threshold it starts charging again until you come along and unplug. It does this over and over to preserve the battery and keep it from overcharging. When you unplug and see it falling down to 99 percent instantly, or 98 percent, it was probably in state of discharging, meaning it had already achieved 100 percent while you were asleep or something, and was again resuming normal cell activities and discharging but had not reached the threshold to start charging again, so when you unplugged, you saw it at 99 or 98.

Did that make sense?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kenneth.Torres:
Heavy usage, lots of Facebook/instagram/YouTube/music. Lte/4g/wifi, 2 1/2 hours screen on. Running Tuchmi S3x with fauxs kernel underclocked and Eugene's power save app. Easily could have done 24 hours+

Sent from AT&T GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OnceAMatrixMan:
I was not speaking of my experience; I was speaking of others. But coming from a rooted Incredible to a non-rooted S3 and only my second day with it at the time, I'm still pretty happy. I just disabled a some bloatware so hopefully it will get even better.

BTW it is checking 5 email accounts every 30 minutes during the day off-peak. And bluetooth on all day. And no power saving measures.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lostsoul565:
Nice!!! like i said i could be wrong. That's awesome stats.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Zylograth:
Bought on Sunday, full charge Sunday night. Here is my results for Monday. Pretty heavy usage. Watched an episode of Breaking Bad on Netflix over WiFi.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkredD14:
Edit your post and attach the screen shots or upload them to say drop box, imgur etc and just use the [ img ]URL HERE [/ img ] just don't put spaces in the img tags.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eve_y:
This is with fairly heavy usage (Facebook, browser, messaging and a few voice calls) on power save mode with wifi on about 50% of the time. I try different things on different days, turning off wifi or power save and it's pretty consistent. Charge the phone roughly ever 24 hrs.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkredD14:
Wow amazing. What are your screen settings? I know wifi helps the phone so much the radio just kills the battery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] devmaster321:
Seriously, post up your settings so we can all pull that in! I'm getting only a couple hours at most with heavy use :rolleyes:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] d1ez3:
I listen to podcasts on my phone for 5-8 hours a day. I used to use my ipod but the experience is much better on the phone. The problem is that the phone stays awake the whole time and kills the battery pretty quickly, even with mobile network off. Are there any apps that use less power for listening to pod casts? I am currently using pocket casts
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dbett4:
why would you charge your phone for such little time in the middle of the day. I'm pretty sure that will kill your battery
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] weedolo9y:
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] d1ez3:
Why would that kill the battery? It's actually better to charge Li-ion batteries more frequently than waiting til it's almost dead for one big charge
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] weedolo9y:
Hate to tell you but you are wrong like wayyyy wrong

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eve_y:
Maybe you misunderstood me. I let it fully charge once a day. The battery lasts the whole day, usually about 24 hours.

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I hadn't changed any of the factory settings. Just checked off everything under power save mode.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] darknecross:
You might be thinking of older batteries, but Li-ion batteries shouldn't be overdischarged or overcharged, and they keep better if you partially charge them.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ewingr:
I've been trying a few changes to find best battery life. The best way, IMO, is to test how much it loses per hour with NO interaction from me. That would be as close to consistent use of the phone to compare with. Below is current results:

OnDemand/Noop - Stock Kernel, Rooted, G1

Overnight/11 hours/15% drop/1.362 per hour

OnDemand/Noop-Sammy Kernel, Rooted, G1

Overnight/12 hours/15%/1.25% per hour

SmartAssV2/SIO-Sammy Kernel, Rooted, G1

Overnight/8.5 hours/20%/2.35% per hour

OnDemand/Noop - Stock Kernel, Rooted, G1 - CPU Disabler installed

Overnight/10 ½ hours/12%/1.14% per hour​

I"m hoping to get to .75%/Hour ultimately.

BTW...in all of those: GPS, WIfi, BT all on. Battery Saving on.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] knights665:
normal? almost on WiFi all day a little lte no 3g with auto brightness good? bad?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] d1ez3:
Actually no, I am correct.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] naturefreak85:
I can't speak about the Exynos, but Yesterday I was on the phone for an hour and I only went down about 6%. That's a marked improvement over my SGSII running CM9
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ormandj:
I think you need to wait a week before making judgement calls like this.

#1 - From all of the screenshots I've seen, it's cellular standby which is chewing the most power. I'm sure someone will get to the bottom of this.

#2 - These phones are all probably on their first battery cycle. I know mine was. In a week, we should have a better idea of what's going on.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] naturefreak85:
There really isn't a science to the "Battery Cycle" or breakin period. Really it's "New Device Syndrome," you have a new device, you use it more than you normally would. Turning the screen on to check something, everything. As you get used to the device you settle into your normal usage pattern (not a device usage pattern) and you get your optimal battery life.