yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] AndreiLux:
Hook up a multimeter and measure the current for max load on all frequency states and then populate the XML with the values. I did this on the S2 at one point and might do it on the S3 if I get bored and have nothing to do, but other than that, no, there's no way.
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
Could I ask what this value is on similar phones. It's cell standby so it should not vary a lot.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
its 3 mA for galaxy s2

@ AndreiLux

Then ill wait until you get bored ;) because i couldnt do that multi meter thingy.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
After last charge I left wifi on and so far battery is looking great. Running checkrom v1,siyah 1.2.6 overclocked to 1.6 and LF5 modem.

And although this fix doesn't affect battery life, at least reporting looks more realistic.
[Galaxy S III General] Cyclone44:
Many thanks for this :)
[Galaxy S III General] TecQuality:
wow superb!!! :p
[Galaxy S III General] dxbsuresh:
may noob question can i flash the zip with out rooting
[Galaxy S III General] ianjd:
Sorry for a noob question, but I'm trying to flash this from CWM recovery, select the ZIP on the external card, and I get "E:signature verification failed" when recovery tries to Verify the update package... Am I doing something colossally stupid?
[Galaxy S III General] hisee:
just flashd its aswsome but after falshing this one my battery temp is always 36 C before that it was in between 30-35 c when in stand by ..
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
try flashing with latest version of cwm, toggle signature verifcation if needed.

restart your mobile, it will be k. this mod has nothing to do with temps .
[Galaxy S III General] ianjd:
Bingo, thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] hisee:
:) back to 29 C after restart.... :) thks :good::good::good:

it wont harm any thing na :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] Quintinio:
Is this meant for Samsung stock roms?

Or could we also use this on CM9?

Thanks ;)
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
only for stock samsung roms.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I've never seen the cell standby problem myself.

However, appreciated for your work nevertheless!

Good job :)!
[Galaxy S III General] janek1:
Good job!
[Galaxy S III General] rafalense:
Wonderful!! Many thanks!! :good:
[Galaxy S III General] morell2:
thanks work!
[Galaxy S III General] Rider63:
Nice work, I've always suspected battery data was wrong! Now they make sense.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] beautyangel:
Thanks to all genius here

+1 Great community great Forum members and Awesome and Mind blowing DEVS.:good:
[Galaxy S III General] ChilliBo:
works great on checkrom 1.5 :)

thanks so much!!
[Galaxy S III General] varunkumars:
I just flashed, curious to know if this improves the battery life ???
[Galaxy S III General] bordikun:
nope, only fix is the wrong report in the battery settings
[Galaxy S III General] sohebq:
i flashed but it stuck on boot
[Galaxy S III General] allcilagdo:
video

show me the video .I am new for andrioid if you could show
[Galaxy S III General] TecQuality:
just flashed (LF6) everything works flawlessly! :D

but i'm wondering about this issue: i know that's a simple stats issue, but correct if i'm wrong, if the stats are broken also the battery's usage could be broken, so the device can be empty but it isnt really empty ...
[Galaxy S III General] KEVK:
Improved battery life

This fix took the cell standby usage from 45% to 5% during the same time period. Thanks for the fix. My battery life has been greatly improved.

Forgot to add I am using an AT&T galaxy s3
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
The battery life will be the same. Only the usage report varies.

《tapatalked from galaxy s3》
[Galaxy S III General] edd080:
Hi in order to apply this fix do i have to have my S3 rooted, and if yes is there a root only option without installing CWM ?? I do not wish to lose the official firmware updates from Samsung.

Thanks for the help..
[Galaxy S III General] edd080:
Iam able to transfer the apk file to my pc, open it with winrar and add the modified xml file however when iam trying to overwrite the modified apk file with the original iam getting an access denied error. Can anyone help me out please?

Thanks..
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
if you are pulling the file using adb commands then use adb remount before pushing back the file
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
afaik rooting wont affect your updates as long as you dont change your csc
[Galaxy S III General] edd080:
Thanks for the reply, so I can use CF-Root for example without any problems ?

'if you are pulling the file using adb commands then use adb remount before pushing back the file'

I am not using adb commands i am transferring the file to a folder, I am using ES file explorer i copy paste the apk file to the download folder, modify it and transfer it back there, it is the actual overwriting of the apk file which is giving me the error, is it possible to link me to a guide on how i can use these adb commands please? sorry for the noob question but iam practically new.. and iam having the cell standby issue as posted in your first post exactly I would appreciate if you could help me out :)

Thanks alot..
[Galaxy S III General] bordikun:
One quick question, is cell standby not optimized and really draining the battery? Or are we just imagining it cause by the wrong report?
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
Combining part 1 and part 2 of your reply,

I guess you are not rooted yet?

So no, you can't overwrite system file using ES File Explorer in non-root mode.
[Galaxy S III General] edd080:
No I am stock root and not rooted... that is why i am unable to overwrite.. I am a bit cautious of rooting since I know from past rooting on other devices that if the rooting will also install CWM you will not receive the official firmware updates from the actual company. I don't know if this is the same case..

Thanks for your reply..
[Galaxy S III General] kitch9:
Your battery life hasn't been greatly improved, its just fixed a reporting issue only.
[Galaxy S III General] edd080:
Decided to root, what the hell :)

Root worked out fine, and power-res.apk got overwritten successfully.. thanks bala_gamer for your help... :) Cell standby percentage has decreased as per your first post.
[Galaxy S III General] leon0602:
hello, I have modified the file but I can't copy it in the framework folder with root explorer (my phone crash), so I want try with adb, can someone wright for me the correct line command with windows? (I know I have to use remount to put file in system folder) .

THX a lot :laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] zool80me:
Just download n install, worked fine, thanks, now the result on the battery usage is much reasonable
[Galaxy S III General] edd080:
Not sure if this might help you, have you tried copy pasting the file using ES File explorer?
[Galaxy S III General] leon0602:
I know I can simply use the zip file, is only for the purpose of learning. :good:

I have already tried the zip file and it works perfectly.

---------- Post added at 12:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:28 PM ----------

No, I don't, but think that root explorer do the same thing. the trouble is that when I try to put the file the process start but then my phone totally crash and the only way is flash the rom again. so I think have to use adb or maybe the order of the operation I do (rename old file and past the modified file) is not correct
[Galaxy S III General] M4zinkaiser:
Seriously ****ing impressive, this is one of the moment wich i love stay on XDA board. Another great improvement to the S3.
[Galaxy S III General] edd080:
When I overwrote the file the screen went all black for me and I got the fright of my life :eek: after several seconds the homescreen came back to life :angel: phew, rebooted my S3 and usage of the standby went dramatically down..
[Galaxy S III General] sheriefsobhy:
my s3 wont open

i flashed the zip file and my s3 wont open, samsung appears on the screen and thats it. what can i do?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
did you flash it via cwm? if so, enter cwm again and try clearing cache and dalvik cache
[Galaxy S III General] M4zinkaiser:
sherif use cwm, scroll down and you see update from update.zip, locate che .zip attached in first post and after a reboot the S3 save a lot of energy.
[Galaxy S III General] leon0602:
it's not correct, only fix is the wrong report in the battery settings :good:

thus wrote the author of the post
[Galaxy S III General] tark:
I'm confused. This fix wont actually improve the battery life right?

I think maybe my phone could be deffective then?? I'm looking at 4 hours of usage (very little usage, dull screen, not much browsing, no calls) and the battery is showing as 43% life left.

Now when you guys are saying it's not improving battery left but only the reporting, do you mean the overall reporting of bettry life or just the battery usage in "settings"?

If the overall reporting, then will my phone stay alive even if the battery indicator goes to 0%?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
it only modifies the wrong reporting of power usage by radio (cell stand by). if your battery life is low check for wakelocks using better battery stats and bad ass battery monitor
[Galaxy S III General] ser8210:
:good:

I edited it manually in a Stock ROM(Odex) and works perfect.

Edit the xml with ES File Explorer, reboot and don´t have any problem.

Thanks a lot.:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Salu2
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
The xml is compiled which makes it illegible without decompiling it. Perhaps you are mistaken?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
even i did saw some symbols along with radio.on values using root explorer. editing an xml file in that format might corrupt the file.
[Galaxy S III General] eatkabab:
So I've had the phone for like 5 days and gone through maybe 8 batt cycles. I'm not getting more than 2hrs screen time on any cycle. This is stupidly horrible battery life. There has got to be something severely wrong. I only have 2 gmail accounts going and chatON. Phone is mostly used for looking up medical things during the day. I'm usually in surgery so I couldn't use the phone if I tried...

Any help is ENORMOUSLY appreciated.
[Galaxy S III General] titans1187:
Thank you so much for posting this fix. Before installing the fix the battery stats were reporting cell standby at around 35%. After the fix it now shows just 5%. Sounds a lot more normal now. This coupled with flashing a new modem has given me a perfect phone and setup.
[Galaxy S III General] AndreiLux:
Seems that the placebo is working better than expected...
[Galaxy S III General] titans1187:
Not really....I'm just glad that there is nothing wrong with my phone. The cell standby issue had me wondering. The new modem is giving me better/stronger reception at home which equals to better battery life for me all around.
[Galaxy S III General] zodiaxe66:
This is kinda weird.I had horrible bad and slow data connection and wifi disconnecting all the time.battery was fair 16 hours.so to see if this would improve my battery life I flashed the cwm zip.battery is still about the same(30-60 min improved).BUT my data connection is now awesome and my wifi only disconnected twice yesterday(usually 20-30times a day).did not change kernel or modem or any other settings.

For the first time since I got the phone I am pleased with it.

So Bala,THANK U

Placebo or not,this worked
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
@zodiaxe66

thats a clear placebo buddy ;) this mod has nothing to do with battery life or data connection ;)
[Galaxy S III General] zodiaxe66:
Yeah I know,but still,I got my gs3 on 11/6,so I had some time to test things,like change modem,kernel,wifi power savings off/on,tried different data speed up method.but non of them had ANY effect what so ever.read my post I also think this is weird.this shouldn't improve data or wifi.but no matter how I turn this,it is improved drastically,not just a little bit.I couldn't dl. files because wifi turned of and manually turn it on again.I have a 4 mb dl.speed,but testing it before,it was 350/15-30 dl./up speed.now its 1.6 mb dl. and 310 kb upload speed.

Yesterday I dl. Checkrom,no prob.and got curious,then tried wanemlite and omega aokp and only disconnected once during dl.

As I wrote.placebo or not,this "fix" fixed my data and wifi problems

PS. Tested speeds every time I changed something and that's a lot of times.lol

It was like this out of the box and waited 5 days before I even rooted.I posted my prob. several times in various threads
[Galaxy S III General] Buckyball60:
Can this patch be used on the ST&T version of the phone?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
Is that version having wrong cell standby values?

《tapatalked from galaxy s3》
[Galaxy S III General] mmse88:
NEVER thought of that and was thinking after upgraded from Kies problem will be fixed. Can't believe such big company of Samsung will made such mistake. I just choose to flash. Thanks a million mate. ^__^b
[Galaxy S III General] Lpuboy87:
ah this is AWESOME... AWESOME WORK ON FINDING THE BAD VALUE :highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive:

Ill try this when I get home
[Galaxy S III General] uoY_redruM:
US versions also have the radio set to 34 instead of 3.4 (decompiled and checked myself).

Just to be safe, I decompiled and recompiled with the fix myself and then used the flashable zip you guys provided on this thread with the framework-res.apk I fixed.

Just reporting it worked perfectly :)

Thanks for the work here guys, much appreciated!
[Galaxy S III General] lgkahn:
Can someone to the att framework that also has the fix in it for tethering.
[Galaxy S III General] sheriefsobhy:
thanks a lot, done and all is good.

but will this enhance my battery life?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
In English?
[Galaxy S III General] lgkahn:
Can someone apply this fix to the version of the at&t framework-Res that already had the modification that allows tethering to work.
[Galaxy S III General] NDUTU:
Easy tutorial

Can anyone post an easy tutorial of HOW TO FLASH : cell_stand by_Fix.zip

And how to resolve the Galaxy S3 battery drain issue?

I am a Newbe...:(
[Galaxy S III General] Frostyeo:
Hmm, is this the same issue as battery monitor widget reporting a constant mA value?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
It's all over here, spending a few mins will be enough to get it. But Nyway install cf root via odin, then enter cwm and flash the zip file from there.

《tapatalked from galaxy s3》
[Galaxy S III General] amg009:
do the latest firmware version have this bug...??

i mean the XXALF6....:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
yes...
[Galaxy S III General] jamieboy32:
cell standby

Call me a bit thick lol. but I dont understand the instructions fully.

like how does one "Firstly, open up your framework-res.apk file via 7zip or Winrar."

is that via my PC

I have read the comments from XDA forum and see that it works and also my SGS3 is displaying the cell standby drainage @ 51% top of the list so my phone has this "fault"

please be patient and provide more detailed instructions .....thanking you clever guys in anticipation

regards Jamie :o
[Galaxy S III General] rayarny:
I dont know why the zip is giving me bootloop :S
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
do not bother about opening it in 7zip, there is a zip file attached in the op, just download it and flash via cwm.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
clear cache and dalvik cache if needed
[Galaxy S III General] jamieboy32:
help

again sorry I dont understand the jargon "op" etc @bala gamer

can you please provide idiot proof instructions as i am what would be classed as a "newbe"

please idont understand "there is a zip file attached in the op, just download it and flash via cwm."

I want to learn and I will be reading as many Threads & comments as possible so I can understand the jargon

thanking you again in anticipation

Jamie:o
[Galaxy S III General] apisfires:
Mr Bala, many people confused with your MOD because they think can improve battery life through your method. I can't argue with them anymore, lol..
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
hmm i dunno what to say!

1. download cf root and flash it via odin(see the guides here in xda for how to)

2. download the zip file and copy it to sd card.

3. select cwm app from app drawer and select recovery there.

4. now your mobile will reboot into cwm.

5. select install zip from sd card and choose the zip file you copied.

6. reboot your mobile!!
[Galaxy S III General] zodiaxe66:
And "OP" means original poster, the person that opened the thread.look in op means 1 post in this thread. Downloadable content is highlighted in red.

look in the op for zip(or tar) is in first page in red. But always read the "op" before flashing anything.

Ps. For easy rooting and flashing, look for Samsung galaxy s3 toolkit by mskip.
[Galaxy S III General] allendj81:
will this zip work for the tmobile US version? just download and flash in cwm? I got the same bad stand by high reading.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
check your xml file with some hex editor, i have atteached the reference file in the 1st post, if the values look similar(most probably it will), then flash it. ofcourse make a backup.
[Galaxy S III General] tommyfai:
do v need do anything before doin the fix ? root or flash ? stock phone able to do this ?
[Galaxy S III General] nativestranger:
This does nothing to fix the drain. It just makes the cell standby value look better but there is no evidence that the original values were wrong. Especially since the drain in standby is very much worse than other phones that has a lower cell standby figure.
[Galaxy S III General] NDUTU:
DONT WORK

I modyfied the : power_profile.xml according to the instructions (7zip the Framework file), BUT

NO, NO , DONT WORK.

I get NO MORE the 5 hours of usage of my galaxy.

I have the SPAIN version: GT-I9300,

Baseband version: I9300XXLF2

Build number: IMM76D.I9300XXALF2

There has to be another solution to fix the battery drain.

I shoud get up to 10-11 hours of normal phone usage.....:crying:
[Galaxy S III General] outz:
from what i read, it does work. this simply corrects the battery usage reporting, not magically gives you more battery life. apparently there was a miscalculation with "cell standby" reporting and this resolves it.
[Galaxy S III General] cparolivar:
LED now does not work

I've flashed the battery drain fix but now the LED does not work for notifications... any solution? I know it's a minor issue but if the cellphone has it, well it has to work.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
first of all this is not a fix for battery drain and next to that this mod has nothing to do with led notifications.
[Galaxy S III General] komugi:
Man, this thread has become so convoluted. First it was Cell standby misreporting, then people come in saying they have improved battery life, then people come in saying they have worse battery life. Now people are blaming it for Notification LED not lighting up... :confused::confused::confused:

Didn't people read the OP at all?:eek:
[Galaxy S III General] hscac:
Question

Sorry I am very new to flashing rom or update....

"Or you can simply flash the below cwm zip, thanks to @ ausdim for packing this "

It says we flash the zip using recovery mode and install from ex_card

I can get into recovery mode by pressing "volume UP + HOME+Power"

That gets me into 3e recovery mode, which is different from cwm...

Just want to know do I need to install cwm from Google play store first in order to update using this zip?

Can anybody give me a walk through of what exactly I need before I do this? Thanks very much in advance.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
If you root using chainfires cf root method you should already have cwm. If you are not rooted, please be aware, you need to be.
[Galaxy S III General] sagytb:
I have a question, if I want to impliment this fix on stock rom, I have md5 file, with img files inside.

How can I edit the system.img file?
[Galaxy S III General] cybersindiket:
its that means..just replace the framework-res.apk use root explorer??:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] Sidneymac:
okay I used this fix but now android system is using 70% of the battery .. even more strange than cell standby..
[Galaxy S III General] komugi:
If you have sync enabled. That's pretty normal
[Galaxy S III General] Sidneymac:
It was disabled for most of the time..Just got it running again..
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
If you're concerned, use something like betterbatterystats to identify what's using it.

It is not however, a discussion for this thread. I'm sure there are plenty of battery life threads you could post in.
[Galaxy S III General] beso_012:
i'm used this in omega v6 .. good work
[Galaxy S III General] ynotkg3:
Excite

Wow I'm trying for test it.Thanks a lot:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III General] Sidneymac:
The change happened after installing this fix.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Please make an attempt to understand what thus fix is.

Battery stats shows the percentage breakdown of what has used the battery up to that point.

These percentages must collectively add up to 100%. Always.

If;

cell is 50%

Screen is 20%

Android is 30%...

Then you realise cell is only 10% then;

Screen is 35%

Android is 55%

Because its always 100%.

Therefore if somethings % goes up after this, then that is entirely normal. It is not using more battery. It is simply calculating a more realistic % of the battery. It uses the same
[Galaxy S III General] Buckyball60:
After I turned of GPS it is much much better.

After 11h 32m on battery

with

45% Cell standbye

30% Screen

6% Wordds with friends

10% Android OS and System

I have 67% left.
[Galaxy S III General] ssaqib4e:
I guess something went wrong!!!! :|

I flsshd the zip file... bt as u can see in the sceeenshots. The cell stand by is nt listed now in rhe battery stats.. also y duplication of res folder???
[Galaxy S III General] lucas_lui:
I have flashed the zip file.

it works! the standby usage has greatly decreased.

it's great!!! however... I hv the same problem as the user cparolivar

The LED got problem. it lights as blue sometimes as normal

but when I m trying to set it with some external applications,

it doesnt work

anyone have the same problem?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I've NEVER been able to change the led with applications.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
your mobile is on battery for 12m, dont expect cell stand by to pop in within that time unless you keep your mobile idle.
[Galaxy S III General] Logar2:
Using with Galaxy Note

Hi all, thanks as always for your precious help.

I have a Galaxy Note and since last upgrade to android 4.0.3 I have noticed a huge battery drain, due to standby cell.

Before trying to install this zip file, I just ask a question: I read in the decompled file that "battery.capacity" is set to 2100, while the galaxy note has a 2500 mAh battery. Is this a problem?

TIA
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
Though it won't affect the battery life, the battery usage statistics would be wrong

《tapatalked from galaxy s3》
[Galaxy S III General] ssaqib4e:
Ohh yeah... i had figurd that out... thnxx :)
[Galaxy S III General] Buckyball60:
I think switching off GPS finally solved the problem for me.

Battery charge last night 10 pm: 51%

Battery charge this morning 9 am: 44%

7% battery drain in 11 hours (.63%/hour) standby seems very good to me.
[Galaxy S III General] lucas_lui:
hahaha

I mean this app

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1735331&highlight=led

light manager. it's quite good
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
havent tried that. Tried tasker and LightFlow because I need to turn the LED off at night.

tasker doesnt. LightFlow simply breaks the LED all together, even before setting it up.
[Galaxy S III General] Sidneymac:
Anyone got the default ppower profile ?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
In every stock ROM mate.