yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Maybe, maybe not.

Search xda for betterbatterystats and use that to find out what is keeping your phone awake.

The wakelock for fast dormancy is Secril_fd_interface so if you see that holding the phone awake a lot then that's your problem.

Also if you are rooted you can download gokhanmorals fast dormancy app from the play store.
[Galaxy S III General] SneakySonBeach:
Quick question sorry new to the forums...

i know im in the international version but does anyone know if this will work on the verizon version GS3?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
It has already been answered and it is confirmed working from few thread members

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[Galaxy S III General] bader871:
im sorry, im a noob

does this require root? (im not talking about the CWM file im talking about the steps)

and may you please make a step by step video?

i dont understand anything
[Galaxy S III General] vegeta1:
To acess the files to edit ul need root mate
[Galaxy S III General] mongoms:
I can see that many people have said that this DOESN'T boost your battery life. But in my experience it does! I've gone from 10-11 hours to 16 hours WITH 40% battery left. And i have even used it more than i normally do.

What do you say to this??
[Galaxy S III General] XVI™:
Strange, but I too have notice a big improvement with battery life.
[Galaxy S III General] nodstuff:
Impossible, all this does is fix the reporting of cell standby in battery stats, NOTHING ELSE.

It changes an entry in a XML file to 3.5 from 35 (Samsung forgot the . )

That is it, nothing magical, just a nice fix from bala and andreilux for the cell standby reporting issue.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
Battery life? Good example for placebo effect :p

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[Galaxy S III General] mongoms:
For me it seems like the battery actually had a lot more power, but with the wrong stats (phone radio), it would also show the wrong battery percent.

I am sure to say that this improved my batterytime! No matter what you say, it has been greatly improved, and if it isn't due to this fix, there has certainly been something magical going on! Haha.
[Galaxy S III General] swift2fly:
ARHD and cell standby

Hi guys, I flashed ARHD 2.1 a few days ago and I was getting great battery life and it seems as if the readings were correct. Just yesterday I flashed ARHD 2.2 and noticed the cell standby issue, but didn't really measure the discharge time due to testings of different apps etc (addicted to root) Now i'm not sure what the cause of my issue is. It could be that Mike included this fix in 2.1.1 and forgot to include it into 2.2? It could be the ROM as well, i'm not sure but i'm just wondering if I should flash this fix for ARHD 2.2.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
check your power profile settings via gsam battery monitor preference tab... if the radio value is 34 then its not fixed, if you see 3.4 then its fixed
[Galaxy S III General] Ev0d3vil:
Wait so how do I do the fix? Anyone guide me?
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
Just download, go to custom recovery and flash.

Of course you must be rooted.
[Galaxy S III General] Ev0d3vil:
CWM recovery you mean?

---------- Post added at 03:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:08 PM ----------

Also, if i flash a new custom rom, do i have to apply this fix again?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
Yes

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[Galaxy S III General] bee002:
then can i just edit from 34 to 3.4 using gsam battery monitor ?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
give it a try, i dunno whether the change made there will be permanent or not.
[Galaxy S III General] fabryd67:
Hi all... I apologize in advance for my "stupid" question... :o

I have understood pretty nothing about what you are saying about how to replace the power_profile.xml file because you write as "experts" and I don't know exactly what you mean for abn commands, cwm, cf-root, etc.

I've tryed to search about cf-root and found that "replaces your original Samsung kernel with a rooted variant".

Well, since this update don't affect battery life but simply correct the usage statistic, I don't want to waste time to do something I don't know and place some action that may "hurt" my phone because I don't know what I am doing... :rolleyes:

So my "stupid" question is: can I simply update the power_profile.xml file without any change to the original samsung system, rom?

And... If yes, where can I find an "idiot proof" guide? :D

If no, I can only wait (and hope) for a samsung's patch?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
If you are total newbie and don't feel like rooting your device, there is absolutely no need to apply this "patch".

It does absolutely nothing other than cosmetic change, not even a noticeable one when considered as such.

But, if you are rooted and has CWM recovery, then the idiot proof way is to flash the zip via recovery.

No need to mess with xml.
[Galaxy S III General] doutlaw:
After I flashed the zip I get this. Can anyone offer suggestions how to fix? It now seems to be displaying the time the phone has been on and not predicted time.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Fix what??

Predicted time??
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
It has always been showing the time the phone has been on.

Mixed it up with your laptop battery time?
[Galaxy S III General] nineworlds:
This issue has been known for a while and I am surprised that it is still not fixed in the latest official firmware. What gives?
[Galaxy S III General] fabryd67:
I'm so newbie that I don't know exaclty what do you mean with "rooting the device"... :confused: If you mean replace part or all the operating system the phone come with, I preferr no...

But... is there any simply software that allow user to act as root and replace the file?

When I installed kaspersky mobile security on my phone, the software prompt me that it must act as root for some special feature (lock device or delete data in remote mode, etc.)... well if this software can act as root is there any other explorer software that can do the same?

Or may I suppose that those kaspersky's remote command won't work since I haven't "rooted" the phone?

Totally confused... :confused::eek:
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
Don't worry about this fix. Just learn how to root and install cwm recovery.

That will be needed for more important things like backing up your phone using Titanium Backup or nandroid. Revisit this in the future when you are more experienced.
[Galaxy S III General] fabryd67:
No, I preferr don't do this because I read that this would cause a warranty invalidation...

Sorry for the OT question, but... now, I'm just wondering if the kaspersky mobile security that I've installed, needs a rooted phone or just works as root by itself :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
There is no such thing as an app that work as root on its own.

That is called a security hole.
[Galaxy S III General] przmus:
Yeah, Samsung still didn't fix it in the Official firmwares...

Maybe they'll fix it in Jelly Bean, lol
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
From what I understand it's been fixed in the JB leaks.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
yes, it is fixed in both the leaked jb builds... so it should be the same for the jb release too.
[Galaxy S III General] Gigabytex:
It fixes Cell Standby reporting, but does it affect the total percentage used displayed? Like 5 hours would use 10% battery and 50% standby, but now it would be 1% battery 5% standby, under same circumstances? Is it related?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
instead of using 34mA for calculation this mod uses 3.4mA for the same. This is neither accurate nor approximate unless the actual power draw is found.
[Galaxy S III General] android_master:
wanamlite v1.4 now include this,,v1.4 available at around 8pm IST today:good:
[Galaxy S III General] GadgetCheck:
Stock Power_Profile

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<device name="Android">
<item name="none">0</item>
<item name="screen.on">71</item>
<item name="bluetooth.active">17</item>
<item name="bluetooth.on">0.3</item>
<item name="screen.full">380</item>
<item name="wifi.on">0.3</item>
<item name="wifi.active">96</item>
<item name="wifi.scan">70</item>
<item name="dsp.audio">44</item>
<item name="dsp.video">280</item>
<item name="radio.active">250</item>
<item name="radio.scanning">82</item>
<item name="gps.on">1</item>
<array name="radio.on">
<value>34</value>
<value>34</value>
</array>
<array name="cpu.speeds">
<value>12000000</value>
<value>10000000</value>
<value>800000</value>
<value>500000</value>
<value>200000</value>
</array>
<item name="cpu.idle">4</item>
<array name="cpu.active">
<value>577</value>
<value>408</value>
<value>249</value>
<value>148</value>
<value>55</value>
</array>
<item name="battery.capacity">2100</item>
</device>

Now there a major problem here with the OP's Post...

The .XML @Bala has attached is a straight pull off the framework, please also add the decompiled one of the .XML so we can avoid confusion !

What you need to mod

<array name="radio.on">
<value>34</value>
<value>34</value>
</array>

To

<array name="radio.on">
<value>3.4</value>
<value>3.4</value>
</array>

this is what is to be changed :cyclops:
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
Hi GC, yes i can add the decompiled XML, but it wont be that useful for people who are not good with compiling/decompiling. In order to use the file they have to recompile it again. hence didnt added it :)

the xml file in the op is compiled with values set to 3.4, so that it can be simply added to framework-res with 7zip .
[Galaxy S III General] GadgetCheck:
i understood that ;)

but just so that u have sources to let people understand what and where needs to be changed :D
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
done ;)
[Galaxy S III General] SColl07:
just done my first ever flash using CWM. installed all ok.
[Galaxy S III General] gaui:
Petition so Samsung fixes this miscalculation:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1729299
[Galaxy S III General] nativestranger:
I don't think it's just a mis calculation of the battery usage. Even if I turn of sync, weather updates and Facebook notification my GS3 still drains about 7% overnight compared to 0-1% on my sensation xl. And that's even though it has a much larger battery and much more efficient 32nm quad processor. The drain by cell standby its real as fat as I can tell.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
The overall drain of 7 percent in night is dependent on various factors including wake locks.

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[Galaxy S III General] Poker gypsy:
I'm 100%. Sure Samsung will be fixing it, but even with my battery life excellent
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Turn off wifi and data from the notification bar at night and see the difference. The drain is not from cell standby in my experience.

Could be the hardware for wifi / data is power hungry or wakelocks are causing them to be used.
[Galaxy S III General] nativestranger:
Wifi is off and data is on 3g on both phones. There's no reason the older phone with a stone age soc can outperform the SGS by that much. There are no wake locks as well. I checked the sleep time in battery usage.
[Galaxy S III General] MrPhilo:
I'm more interested in the cpu monitor! Whats the app called?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
its cool tool
[Galaxy S III General] AndreiLux:
I want to add that this is pretty useless as far as correct power reporting as long as the CPU power values are incorrect. This basically means CPU light apps are incorrectly reported using less power than in reality, and CPU heavy apps more than they really are. This skewes the percentages again.

People need to realise that the battery statistics are calculated estimates and not measured reality.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
+1 for that.

this removes the wrong "cell standby" usage report in battery statistics and is nothing related with actual power usage.

btw wanted to ask you this.

regarding cpu power values, as most of the custom frequency states are filled with "55" (it was the same with sgs2 too). is there any way of calculating the actual power draw?
[Galaxy S III General] rdy2go:
+1 unfortunately :-(
[Galaxy S III General] Diaze:
so does this increase the battery life or just correcting the values?
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
Ok so heres the million dollar noob question(s)....

So if this is only a cosmetic change, why are users reporting longer "phone on" time?

Why is my phone not staying powered longer when I upgraded to a 2900 MAH battery?

And finally I have a verizon 19300 model....when is it likely i'll see jelly bean?

I have downloaded GSam battery monitor and its showing my stats as 34 for all radios and 2100 as my battery. I have the stock software and any technology that I try to manipulate tends to explode instantly. Its actually a miracle my keyboard hasn't exploded as I write this. Any answers would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S III General] davidcsv:
I can recall there being a setting in the power_profile.xml file which configures the battery properties as well, and this was set to a default of 2100. Have you tried to change this value to match your upgraded battery and then testing for any changes in 'stamina'?
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
meaning did I change the value in the GSam app or in the phone? I don't have root access, so I did in the app but not in the phone
[Galaxy S III General] davidcsv:
No, I meant to change a setting in one of the files in framework-res.apk. In order to do this you would need at least root access. I usually prep the samsung stock rom and root it, cleanup some bloatware (if required), and in this case apply the battery reporting fix for the 'cell standby' value (concerns the same file you need to make a change in).

The exact line in this file looks as follows...
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
if I do this will my phone battery actually last longer? I don't understand why its dying faster if this is only a cosmetic bug. Is the phone turning itself off when I really have 40% capacity remaining or something?
[Galaxy S III General] davidcsv:
The reporting issue concerning cell standby usage is most probably just a cosmetic one, I agree. But the parameter which defines the battery capacity could be used in calculating when to issue low battery warnings and when to force a shutdown... I honestly don't know and haven't looked into the matter enough to say for sure. It wouldn't hurt to try, right?
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
well if i root the phone I'm screwed when they release a new update or if my phone breaks or needs repair

I see all these phrases like rom, kernel, flash etc and I have no idea what any of this means. I just wanted to buy a top of the line piece of technology for once in my life but I think I'm in way over my head. Thanks anyway guys.
[Galaxy S III General] davidcsv:
Actually, if you read into the matter, it really isn't such a big fuzz... if you're just 'handling' minimally altered samsung stock roms and don't use CWM and/or CM mods to 'play' with custom roms, then there shouldn't be any problem at all.

Anyway, my rooted phones (which use the samsung stock roms) still upgrade through Kies or OTA. This is the reason why I suggested changing that 'battery capacity' value in the first place to test whether you can get better performance with your higher capacity battery; it didn't necessarily mean having to get into the realm of experimenting with custom roms.
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
Is there anywhere that shows how to do this in layman's terms?

Edit: nevermind, found it, hiding in plain sight. I'll read it over before I decide what to do. Once again thanks for babysitting me and answering my questions :)
[Galaxy S III General] davidcsv:
Let me know if you need any help with getting started. I can prep your choice of stock rom with the above mentioned changes for you to test the capacity issue if you like... then all that's left for you to do is flash it with Odin.
[Galaxy S III General] d1mitrov:
Ok so im not rooted and i really dont want to do it unless i have to, so how can i find out if my phone has this issue for sure? I have the T-Mobile USA version of the phone.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
just flash the zip, if there is an issue it will be fixed, else no harm will be done.
[Galaxy S III General] d1mitrov:
wait there is a zip i can flash without rooting?! where can i find that lol! let me thank you in advance ;)
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
root is a must :good:
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
The way I see it : if you don't know you have this issue, you don't need to fix it.

It is cosmetic.

(Like having a scar on your butt. Haha)
[Galaxy S III General] AndreiLux:
Because you are a fool and got ripped off for buying one of those cheap knock-off batteries with bloated mAh rating while in reality they may even have less than the stock battery. The biggest stock sized batteries available with true capacity don't exceed 2400mAh (PolarCell).
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
haha me and getting ripped off go together like cheese and fine wine, sodium and chloride, fall and football etc.

It was 3 batteries for $10 through Ebay, so it wasn't money I was really afraid to lose. The batteries themselves say 2900mAh, but even if theyre not that great its still a couple batteries I don't mind abusing and running into the ground.

My question still stands though......is the phone assuming the battery is dead and shutting down for protective measures with the false reporting or does it not turn off until the battery is really dead?
[Galaxy S III General] faisalblink:
Same Issue Need Help

Hello Guys !!

I just bought SGS3 and I have the same problem. as I am new to Android, I can not figure out a way to do this .... I mean how can I access the system root files ?? do I have to root my phone ?? is there another way to do this ??... does rooting will void warranty ?? please let me know ... any help will be appreciated .. Thanks

Faisal
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
its clearly dead
[Galaxy S III General] Siberian Tiger:
1.yes

2.no

3.yes

;)
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
put a fork in it! Thanks. I know they say its not great for lithium ion batteries to fully deplete so I didn't know if the phone had a mechanism to protect itself from idiots like me.

As far as protecting my phone from idiots like me, I think I'm going to hold off rooting until after jelly bean drops, and I find a valid reason to do so. i would like to circumvent Verizon making me pay out the *** for using my own data, so I think the wireless tethering just may be that reason.
[Galaxy S III General] faisalblink:
Thanks buddy ...

one more question .... does samsung issues a fix for this ?? if I use a app GSAM Battery Monitor will that help .. because it can edit the power profile ... ??
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
What do you think guys. Do I have this issue? Or maybe something else? 14hr does not seem much to me. Brightness is about 60% most of the time.
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
I don't think you have the issue, your screen is eating up the battery, (it looks like you were playing games). Plus it looks like you have wifi on and not your radios, so it may be hard to tell. try staying on your mobile network for an extended period of time in a decent service area. If your radios are using 70% of your battery or more, you probably have the bug.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Thanks, the game I ran just for 5 minutes so that's not it. Most of the time my data is off because I have wifi in the office.

So the battery hit is probably a bad reception while I'm at the office + screen time?
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
Take what I say at face value, if you read my previous posts you'll quickly realize I'm the poster boy for technological incompetence....

That being said, this issue is caused by the battery estimator assuming your radios (4g LTE, 3g, 1x etc) are using ten times the power they actually are. (34 instead of the real 3.4 per X amount of time) If your radios are off, you might as well be on Jupiter as far as signal strength goes, it won't impact your battery. Your wifi signal looks strong enough to not deplete battery power.

If somebody out there can correct me please do so, but I think you may have a program or application that is forcing your phone to stay awake, and thats the cause of your "rapid" depletion. As a side note though, almost 15 hours on a single charge is actually pretty good all things considered.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Actually it is in Deep Sleep most of the time. (See pic.)

Don't know 14-15 hours looks kinda low to me. when 70% of the time the phone is sleeping.
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
well 30% of the time (4 hours, 12 minutes) it was being used, think of it that way I guess.
[Galaxy S III General] terminalsigh:
Power Fix for AT&T S3

Will this fix work on the AT&T version of the S3?

I feel like my phone's standby is eating too much juice, even with JuiceDefender and task killing apps to help save.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
All those apps is probably what is eating it in the first place.
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
exactly. The s3 comes with internal task manager and battery management programs. Why waste space and your phone's energy and time downloading apps that haven't been useful since 2.2?
[Galaxy S III General] faisalblink:
Actually fixes ???

Hello Guys !!

Is this FIX actually fixes the battery drainage problem or it only fixes the UI reporting problem ?? Please I need to know this If I am going to root my SGS3 and void warranty .. Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] pwhoeler:
the answer to that question has been posted about 25 times in this thread, including the original post
[Galaxy S III General] so_ony:
delete
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
i read it ;)
[Galaxy S III General] faisalblink:
Thanks for the info ..
[Galaxy S III General] MatangaChanga:
Killing some apps is contraproductive, since the phone will start them again, going into a vocious cycle eating your battery.... :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] ayoi92:
not root device

Can i use this without root my s3?
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
no, root is a must

updating the thread title, as this question is asked again n again
[Galaxy S III General] bms231:
I forget what page this post was on, but, u do get esignature failure if you try to flash with e3 on a stock root injected rom.

"Just put the zip file in sdcard and boot to recovery (volume-up+home+power) from phone off state of course.

Then choose to flash the zip from sdcard."

My S2 was hard bricked w/ cwm touch flashing an apok rom. Cost me 400 bux for the SIII. Not going near cwm again even though I have used it a million times.

Any way to get this flash to work w/ the stock recovery?

In case you are curious this is the root image i used:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

ATT I747UCALG1
[Galaxy S III General] kchiman:
sorry for asking...

this fix can be applied on all samsung stock rom in 4.0.4?

i mean that are different version of the samsung stokc rom in different region.
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
No, stock 3e recovery is porbably only for flashing official samsung signed packages.

If you don't want to use CWM, this mod is actually one of the few that you can do by hand.

Instruction is on OP.

How to?

1.Open you framework-res.apk file via 7zip or winrar.

2.Navigate to "framework-res\res\xml".

3.Delete the existing "power_profile.xml" file and add the attached one here.

4.Now pull back the framework-res.apk back to your mobile

5.Restart your mobile.
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
he still needs root to touch the system files ;)
[Galaxy S III General] bms231:
If you read my full post you will see I am rooted. I did read the thread title and a lot of this thread :)
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
Yeah. And I still think you should get out of your cwm phobia.
[Galaxy S III General] matt5039:
aosp

hi

is it work with aosp? sorry if someone already answer this, using phone, cannot use search button

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
Only for samsung ics roms.

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[Galaxy S III General] matt5039:
Ok.. Thanks