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[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] BonesHopkins:
"I've had the phone for 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 don't do much with the phone. I can't even with less than 2hrs to work with. Overnight batt loss is maybe 8%.

Any help is ENORMOUSLY appreciated."

and

"I'm in the same boat, and there is no way that the standby is just a calculation error. If I sit and use my phone continuously after charging I can get 2 hrs of screen time while the battery drops from 100% to ~65%. During a normal day of light use I completely drain the battery and my screen time might be 1h50m at most. So something is definitely up - although I'm also getting terrible signal strength, and I think that might have something to do with it. I've searched every thread and have made sure that I have no rogue apps or processes consuming the battery either.

gary

edited - I take it back, after restoring my phone last night I have gotten 2h25m screen time after 11h45m since charging and I'm at 17%. So, doing better but not great by any stretch."

Are exactly the same thing I'm also experiencing. I've come close to taking it back and exchanging it for another one but I'm not sure if this is how all of the US versions of the S3 are. Been reading through threads here and posted on a few of them and it looks like short battery life is a pretty common problem. I hope someone comes up with a fix pretty soon before I run out of time to exchange or return it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Advantageous:
You are close, but not exactly right.

When writing the software one of the developers entered 34mw for how much the battery should drain at standby instead of 3.4mw. A simple typo, but im sure if there isnt a fix already that there will be soon :]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] BonesHopkins:
There's a fix that's available on this forum but that only fixes the reporting. It doesn't fix the poor battery life.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] eatkabab:
Should we start a new thread? I've been posting in all the various battery threads to avoid getting yelled at for starting a poor battery issue thread. You're the fifth person to note the same issue. I too restored my phone this morning and it seems to be doing better, but still nowhere near what others are reporting. Also not nearly on par with my previous Atrix.

Maybe we have valid reason to start a new thread?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] itisagoodname:
I applied the fix but still have poor battery life. Just as bad if not worse than my epic 4g.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] rickstermar555:
SOLUTION!

Steps to solve the problem (only for rooted smartphones).

Download the updated file (510kb) from MediaFire.

http://www.mediafire.com/?x7lhcpjjr9pg4mb

Put the file on microSD card or internal storage.

Reboot your phone into ClockWork Mod (CWM) Recovery mode.

Choose "Install zip from sdcard" and select the downloaded file.

Reboot your smartphone.

Link to Article:

http://www.mobilenapps.com/articles/2901/20120630/samsung-galaxy-s3-battery-drain-issue-reasons.htm

Link to XDA thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Aridon:
CDMA people make sure you post your carrier when discussing battery life. GSM battery life for me hasn't been too bad. 10 hours constant use or so on wifi and around 6 hours or so on hspda. Standby time is very good. Especially for stock kernel.

I'm sure we can get some more once the LTE switch gets added.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] cloudyphiz:
That fix is just for the calculation of cell standby drain, not for how much it is actually taxing the battery. Several people on AT&T seem to have a real problem with excessive battery drain in standby, and (for me at least) it seems like it's happening when I have a poor signal. Unfortunately, that is mostly all of the time.

I found this old thread, and the APN listed there seems to help. It's just an interim solution though and I have to imagine AT&T will have a software fix for us soon.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1338109

gary
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] JayFReaZy:
I too have the "cell standby" draining most of my battery. However, I do have about an hour of talk time and a little more than 2 hrs of on screen time with 28% of battery life remaining. Unplugged the charger about 11 hrs ago. At this rate I should get about 14 hrs of usage with close to 3 hrs of on screen time. Not too bad. I tried uploading a screen shot, but it says the database is not working.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] rwc3b:
Is there a fix for this for those that aren't rooted?

I saw one which requires root to replace an .xml file.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
It's not actually draining your battery if I remember correctly. I can't remember where I read it, but I saw someone do a writeup that clarified that there is a coding error, it's not actually draining your battery, but it's because of something like a misplaced decimal point. Pretty much, the cell standby is only using .34 amps (or something like that) but the software thinks Cell Standby is using 3.4 amps. It's not using that much, but due to a misplaced decimal point, it thinks it is.

---------- Post added at 08:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:40 AM ----------

I'm not sure which provider you have, but LTE will use more battery than CDMA/HSPA. If you are in an area where there is a poor LTE signal (like I am) your phone will keep switching between CDMA/HSPA and LTE. It results in a faster drain. Once LTE is out in more areas the drain will be mitigated but LTE WILL use more power than CDMA/HSPA no matter what. We are still in first gen LTE hardware. Just like when EVDO and UMTS (HSPA predecessor) came out, battery life suffered. As the hardware matured so did the battery life, due to increased batter size and more efficient hardware.

Nothing more can be done about poor battery life once reporting is done short of shutting off Mobile Data. As far as I know Carriers have disabled the ability to disable LTE in the US. Once we get other radios in theory we will be able to which will grant us longer battery life also.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] drksilenc:
actually nature you are wrong one one point. this is 2nd gen lte hardware in our phones. 1st gen required a seperate chip. aka the thunderbolt. this has the lte hardware built into the proc so we dont have to power a second chip.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Halmo:
Hmm, I get on avg 4-4.5 hrs screen time there must be something wrong with your battery or some setting you changed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Narcistic:
And I tvoughtbibhad bad battery life getting 4 hours screen time and total of 15 hours from charge.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] nk_blu:
I'm clocking in around 4 to 4.5 hours of screen on time. This is with LTE off, auto-sync on, kakaotalk and whatsapp, and auto brightness on. However, I go great lengths to not Web browse (white background kills our battery) and use black background apps wherever possible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] WindRunnerXC:
Think you hit the nail on the head here...you have LTE off. Those with LTE in the US can't (physically unable) to turn it off, even if in a region without LTE.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Matrix_19:
Someone said in another thread that chrome beta is draining the battery... with a hidden process
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Fyran:
Just wanted to chime in. The phone is still on its first cycle. I am hoping that the OP's problem is due to a bug because I am still trucking along from the initial charge.

1d1h3m and 55s as of this post.

3h 13m screen time on.

45% battery left.

I have Tango and Kakaotalk constantly running due to my frequent international calls and contacts. Those two have been running for about 13 hours.

No ad based games or apps.

Settings-

About 0%- 5 % screen brightness. I rarely turn it up unless I need the phone outside in the glare.

Power saver on. I have CPU and Screen Display UNCHECKED. I don't want to gimp my new phone.

ATT user. I have horrendous signal here in my apartment but at least I seem to be staying at one bar 99% of the time; which may negate the battery drain from constantly switching from no service to at least one bar service.

Stock lock screen. Wallpaper with lots of colors.

I have yet to use data for majority of the time due to having wifi at the house and at my workplace. I imagine having 4g/LTE will severely cut my battery time by a long shot.

Unfortunately, this is my second post so I can't link imgshack T.T
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] sfernandez:
Other than this one no sorry(I did this and it works for me on ATT)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1732722

[FIX] compiled "power_profile.xml" file to fix cell stand by issue
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Snook321:
Heres mine Tmobile
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] vinuneuro:
There aren't any unusual results in this thread. When no one posts LTE, screen brightness or usage details, obviously some will seem out of place.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] TKDaemon:
Actual battery drain

I'm actually seeing real battery drain. For instance I charged to 100%, took off the charger, left phone alone for 1 hour 22 minutes. When I checked it battery was at 87% and cell standby had used 66%.

Here is a picture of 2 hours and 56 minutes into that charge, where after the initial hour and 22 minutes I had only used the phone to respond to a few texts.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] takeheart:
First picture shows you having loss of service, and the other is 0 bars, and you're wondering why you have awful battery life?

(Apologies if you or someone else pointed to this earlier in thread, but your culprit is very obvious)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Earthdog:
Load CPU SPY and confirm you are going into Deep Sleep.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] xThe Enforcer:
Bugs fail!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] TKDaemon:
My Atrix lasted longer on AT&T and I haven't moved locations. And no phone I've had loses 14% battery after an hour of standby.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tefloncoated:
I have the same issues - good screen on time if using constantly and a full battery drain in stand by overnight .

I posted my screenshots here, thinking it was an issue with the custom rom, but looks like we are all in the same boat here...

The xml file fix only addresses the reporting of the usage, not the actual battery drain.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinfreak:
Hi there!

I have flashed N7000XXLQ2 with mobile ODIN as downloaded from SamFirmware. All seemed well until i got the NULL keyboard error. After *#1234# it appears that CSC: Unknown

Is there a vlaid CSC file within the N7000XXLQ2_N7000XXLPT_N7000XEULP4_HOME.tar file? How do I manually extract the CSC or should i try getting it from another source?

I am literally selecting the tar file in mobile odin and letting it do the rest....

But I have moved CSC which I think is part of the problem. If so, where/how do I get a CSC XEU file that i can flash in recovery?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavenY2K3:
I had all sorts of issues getting the CSC back when I flashed that ROM, flashing a multi CSC file and wiping from within the device :eek: (on a safe kernel, though I think it was risky even with that in place) that was the only way I could get it to change/go back.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpyderTracks:
Just extract the tar file with 7zip till you have 3 files. The one labelled "cache" is the csc. Reflash that with a safe kernel as above poster said as it will do a full wipe.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinfreak:
I tried flashing the cache.img but that did not work in both mobile odin and recovery. I have not used CWM though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Just flash CSC with same full ROM file

Ope PC odin, select CSC tab, point to Full ROM file , leave rest of field as it is and Flash.

Note: This (any method mobile odin/CWM/PC odin) will wipe your device, as well you shud know wiping data is not safe on ICS.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinfreak:
Fantastic - simply works like a charm...apart form losing root but I'll just have to go and get that back!

Thanks,

John
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonpaslim:
If i get a null error from keyboard all i do is i just reflash the rom and everthing is fine again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.ketan:
Changing csc won't erase root, just erase data only.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basha:
Just update.

I also done same as you mentioned to correct CSC error.

Phone get fully flashed since you pointing whole rom file under CSC on PC ODIN.

I lost root and rerooted again with PhilZ-cwm6 under ICS.

But this is the easy way of overcome keyboard null problem due to CSC error.

Thanks for direction.:laugh:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3to4:
Hello,

On my GT-3110, I am running ROM][P3110][Jelly Bean 4.1.1] kwbr Expresso, and I wanted to add an exit button to the stock browser by adding a line in others.xml in CSC folder. Then, I noticed that I don't have CSC folder. I searched and I came to your post.

I have the rom zip of ][P3110][Jelly Bean 4.1.1] kwbr Expresso. So, I wanted to do what you say. (flashing with CSC checked), but I cannot flash a zip file with Odin, it seems. What is the best solution to have a CSC folder? Maybe I am missing something basic...Can you give some advice?

PS: I looked in the rom zip, and there seems to be no CSC folder. So, I suppose I need to change the rom...

PS2: Well, I installed stock rom and backed up the csc folder and the 2 files, by copying them to SD card. Then, I installed stock rooted debloated and deodexed rom (which I found in the meantime, but which has no CSC folder), and I simply copied back the csc folder and the 2 files. Then, I edited feature.xml. As a result, I have an exit button in my stock browser now. I don't know what I did is correct, but at least I have an exit button.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fredryk:
I was wondering, what is the process like of porting the mods in CM9/AOKP/etc over to 4.1? Will it be a long process?

I am not asking for ETAs

, just wondering if ROM devs will have to start over from scratch once source drops or if it will be a pretty simple cut-and-paste job.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
When the code makes it to AOSP they can work their magic.

It will be a much smoother transition than GB to ICS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Alexithymia2010:
The reason why CM9 took so long to come out after ICS did was because they rewrote their code base. It should be quicker to get JB to CM10 than ICS did to CM9.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] striketrue:
I kinda feel bad that they JUST came out with the CM9 release candidate only to be overshadowed by the JB release
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
Yes, that's the "smoother transition" I alluded to.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erosinelysium:
Me and my partner got our two I9300's today but for some reason when we set the text message vibration to "heartbeat", it seems to only vibrate as if it's set to "direct call".

Please help?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bully4x4:
Hey is there any way to make this work on our Photons?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1590430
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bully4x4:
I found this one for the defy and defy+ by the way I have tried both both abort install.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1604108
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bully4x4:
Found these as well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1607054
[Motorola Photon 4G] vasilisxxx:
the photon allready have this i think the paranoid rom have it
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bully4x4:
It is in the AOKP ROMs newer versions as well just trying to a add it to cm9.

Sent from my MB855
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeyLee:
It's in Paranoid. It just looks a little different
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] r3a1ist:
I need some help. At&t won't unlock the Sim claiming "exclusivity" although this device is released by every provider known to man. Anyways, the voodoo sim unlock app for the international S3 is not compatible yet for the At&t 747. What should I do? I need to use straight talk and would like to be able to use t mobiles network. Should I return it or wing it? Anyone been in this position before? Does anyone have any info on whether voodoo app developer can or is working on building an unlock app for US versions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mobilehavoc:
So even if you paid full retail they won't unlock it? That sucks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] r3a1ist:
I did pay full retail and the answer is no, they won't.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lgkahn:
Cellunlocker.net I have att and got mine unlocked by them.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] r3a1ist:
How long did it take for you to get your code? I just processed an order with them.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] r3a1ist:
done, unlocked. now i need some t mobile hspa radio's to flash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bothfly:
Hey when I enter the *# code to see if my ATT GS3 is locked I don't get that screen that pops up on the vid showing its locked. How can I tell the phone is locked to ATT?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] r3a1ist:
U check by putting a non att sim in. It will ask for unlock code. You dial *#06# to bring up your phones IMEI number not to check if its locked.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bothfly:
Well there was a video on the website that had a *# code to show if your phone was locked, so I tried that and got nothing so maybe I need a dif SIM other than the ATT one
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rthamilton:
yea i think it only works on international one. doesnt work on mine either
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] entropism:
Ummm... Straight Talk uses AT&T's network. You don't need to unlock the phone to use it with them.

Edit: you're using it with ST's T-Mo sim? Why? o_O
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ExTREmE99:
root it, then go here. id stay away from direct patching, but it shouldnt harm by plugging it in, reading the nvram.bin and generating a code

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1731931
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DataHawg:
I was wondering the same thing. I thought I read you could use either an Att phone or a TMO phone on straight talk with their sims. Also in the TMO GS2 threads there are people saying they didn't even need an unlock code to use the GS2 on straight talk. I've never used Att or TMO but I'm taking a close look at straight talk. In general is it true Att has better coverage than TMO? I know they are both better than Sprint.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djkinetic:
Would be great, if the required nv_data.bin file was actually in efs like in the international version, i checked for the file in /efs and it doesnt exit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kiwi32:
Same here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] r3a1ist:
There's differences in coverage. T mobile more hspa speed 6-7 mb/s, at&t 2-4 mb/s. At&t has more coverage overall coverage tho.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] entropism:
But the AT&T version can't run on T-Mobile's bands. Nobody even knows if it will eventually be able to, either. Until then, you're not even going to get 3G
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kiwi32:
Well,bought the unlock code from cellunlocker instead,well see how it goes.I want to use the att version on the Rogers network.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kiwi32:
Got the unlock code works fine,now using the att cersion on rogers's 4G network !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DataHawg:
Thanks for the info on the two networks. I am thinking about waiting for the next GSM unlocked Nexus phone and running that on a prepaid plan that uses TMO or ATT's network. Hopefully we'll see one before the holidays.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] beakybuzzard:
In the past when I needed a phone unlocked I would tell att that I was going overseas and needed an unlock code. Provided you've been a customer for more than 90 days, you're in good standing, and obviously the place you're going to supports this phone, they'll give you an unlock code. I got my unlock code from att for my captivate when I went on my honeymoon to Costa Rica with no problems. But, the service provider there didn't support iphones with micro sims, so sometimes specific phones aren't supported.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] murdermonkey9000:
As far as I know, the Att doesnt have 1700mhz and 2100mhz, but the t mobile has theirs as well as att 1900mhz as tmo is rolling out that spectrum, so tmo is capable of hspa+ on both networks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mobilehavoc:
I got a code from them too. None of the instructions work in their email so I guess I'll have to find another SIM and do it the old fashioned way.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] indianx:
how are the chances that there will be unlock tool or app for the i747 or i747m

I cannot find the efs folder in the i747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] woody1:
What did they charge? Does anybody know who has the best price for an unlock code that definitely works?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Will of fire:
Straight talk doesn't need unlock I though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dLo GSR:
tried with AT&T last week and they said no because i was still within my 30 day window to return.

tried again today out of boredom and they said they are opening a case for me and will get back in a week. got a case # and everything. so we'll see how that goes. heading to london next Thurs so I need to either get this or buy a code by then.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pblocal:
I also used cellunlocker.net and after about an hour they sentme the unlock code. I then went to t-mobile and asked to borrow a micro sim. Put it in, the unlock box popped up on boot up, input the code and the phone unlocked.

did a test call on the t-mobile sim and it worked perfectly.

(on a side note, I then had an issue and had to do a factory reset. that wont re-lock the phone will it?)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lukerv:
Tried a couple of times to have ATT unlock mine, but they won't. So, I bought from cellunlocker. Must use out of network SIM because none of the other method described in the email works, and I confirmed this with their tech support.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] woody1:
So what does cellunlocker charge? I can't find the prices on their website.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pblocal:
27 US