yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ewingr:
Battery Tests.

I have done 4 different tests on power usage based on different situations. One is after installing this script via the app:

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​

The one in red is based on using this script. Insignificant reduction in battery use, but there is a reduction.

As you look at the list, you will find that prior to installing this, my best usage for this type of test was 1.25% per hour, and with this, it is 1.14% per hour. If you divide 100 by the percentage per hour, you would find 80 hours of usage for the 1.25% one, and 87.71 hours with this installed. OF course, that is based on never turning the screen on or doing anything. The reason I'm using that method to test is that is the only way to do a consistent type of test.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ewingr:
To disable this, is it as simple as turning off the check mark on Enable at Boot?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Envy718:
Eugene I saw you have this in the market now but every time I try to go to download this in either cm9 or 10 it says it's not available for my phone? Any idea why?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thejust:
hey i searched the thread a bit but couldnt find anything

im running aokp on my sgs3 (i747m) and seems like your app version isnt bringing the second core back online?

is it suppose to come online right away or is there a delay?

thx!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ewingr:
What app do you use to determine core usage?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thejust:
im using system tuner

edit: uninstalled re installed seems to be working, is it possible its causing a bit of batt drain?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Envy718:
Is it possible to make this available for phones not using stock roms for the gs3? I can't get this downloaded onto cm9 unless I flash back to stock then download and back up the app then flash back. I keep getting a prompt in the market saying it's not available for my phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] supergaijin:
looks cool, I'm gonna try this out. is there any possibility that only turning off the one core will affect wear on the other? is it possible to alternate which core turns off during sleep?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Interesting, I'll give this a go. Will report back in a bit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PhantomHacker:
Nice, will check it out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
Thanks Guys,

It's been Confirmed working Perfect for all Dual / Quad Core Device!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clark44:
Thanks Eugene! Are we allowed to include these in our Roms?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PhantomHacker:
Probably wouldn't be much use until we get a kernel with init.d support, unless we already have one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] master acehole:
Very interesting will give this a go
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clark44:
My Rom has It :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
If I post it, it's cool to use.... Credit is nice, but not required!

That's what open source is about correct :)

~Enjoy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clark44:
That's right :) I will give credit and link to this thread! Thanks Eugene!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Indeed it is, though some people get cranky about it. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] klarthur:
Will this script still work correctly if i have a setcpu profile to downclock when the screen is off?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
I wouldn't use a script like that.

1) This phone already sleeps like a champ.

2) The script looks like it may interfere with samsung's way of handling the second core.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ghostzyden:
Soon as I saw Eugene I flashed it lol Seems to be running nice, hope to see battery savings. Every little bit helps haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The_Real_D/\SH:
just want to be sure, i can flash the flashable version to my sprint sgsiii correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ghostzyden:
Yes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
Deleted.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jchap2k:
Installed your script (prior to all this drama)

I have to say I'm very impressed. Before if I forgot to plug my phone in at night I would wake up and it would be down to about %10-15 by morning. I forgot to plug it in today and found I was only down 5%.

I'd say I'm happy with the results and wanted to say thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
thank you, the script does work very well & it's so simple I can see how people would think it doesn't work...

However, this isn't the case & it works awesome...

Funny how a little script can make life better...

PS.

I turned this into an App also.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Medic1013:
Is there any way to check if the script is running?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jchap2k:
Awesome. I'll download the app too for future use :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bman55:
how can we check if the script is active?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rob Irizarry:
Thank you for this. I just installed it on Dagr8's King Kang RC1. I'll report back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xtrezpasor:
any way to add a stop service option to the app? In case there is some side effects? Thanks

Sent from my SPH-L710...if some one helps you press the thanks button
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
App Removed until it's fix from getting its PID Killed...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
It worked great for me today. It would be cool if you expanded the app to an all in one cpu controller, or at least force both to run while the screen is on
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
Both CPU's do run while Screen on...

however I have found an issue with running the App or Smanager.. The PID is getting killed so after a bit in sleep it stops working...

I highly recommend using the Script via init.d at this point until these issues are resolved in the App.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
So this mod does the following:

!) If the phone is awake, every 1 second, it enables the second core, regardless of load. It overrides the default Samsung multicore routines which only enable the second core when it's needed.

2) If the phone is sleeping, every 1 second, it disables the second core, regardless of load or really anything. It just keeps plugging it.

How does this save battery life?

First of all, you are gonna get less battery when the phone is awake - it has an extra resident process which keeps the second core enabled even if it's not needed.

Secondly, when the phone is sleeping, it keeps disabling the second core over and over, every 1 second. Even though Samsung has once disabled it, and it's not needed. This sounds to me like less battery life while sleeping.

I'm guessing that the positive results reported by some users are merely placebo effects. Or worse, people are getting worse battery life.

Can anyone explain to me, w/o saying bs like "I don't care, it has been proven before", and with providing real evidence with numbers and logs, how this actually works?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
Do they run all the time while the screen is on? And what's the PID? I noticed after awhile it would get stuck on the lowest cpu setting. Gonna try the script, hope you get it all worked out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
No they don't run all the Time, but they have to be kicked back on after being shut off...

The PID is Process ID
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
Okay guys, The app is now fixed & working....

No longer Runs any kind of script at all..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
Everything and anything you flash in this forum is always to be considered beta

Every phone and every user is different so may not get the same results when flashing

If the script didn't work for you post a logcat or help diagnose

Negative comments help NO ONE.

No one forces anyone to use anything on XDA and all is AT YOUR OWN RISK

Backup your stuff, be respectful and be helpful or be gone

Thank you for your cooperation

Friendly Neighborhood Moderator
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
App Download: CPUSleep.apk

Version 1.3 Release Notes:

~ Fixed issue with Phone getting hot

~ Secondary Cores will now Disable while Talking on Phone if Needed

~ Secondary Cores Now Come back online

~ Fixed Superuser Notification being displayed every second

~ Fixed Cores Coming back online while screen is Off

~ Phone's while charge semi-faster while not being used

~ Fixed Lag issue when coming back online

~ Auto-Start on Reboot is still borked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Much appreciated sir. Will report.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crzy619:
Fyi The super user notification still pops up ever second or so on my phone but i just turned off notifications on the su app. No biggie. Thanks for your work :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
check to make sure you don't have the other app installed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] radrian92:
It's it safe to use the app even with a Rom(blazer rom) that has the script included?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
sure is :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crzy619:
First time installing mod. Deff don't have the other app installed. Phone is laggy too, from unlock screen till few seconds unlocked but if I get awesome battery its something to put up with for now...

Edit: tried app yesterday and today... im at 51 percent, 5 hours on the battery with a screen on time of 1 hour. Deff something is wrong. I Went from 18 hours on a full charge and 5 hours screen time. Uninstalled. Ill try it again once the tweaks are worked out. Thanks tho.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] siirus09:
I'd like to hear a good response to this also please
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fergie716:
Man its good to see you here! What variant of the SGSIII did you snag up? I used your kernel on my NS4G forever lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
He doesn't have the phone. He cannot test if his script works. And it doesn't.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
hell I immediately tried it on my EVO with great results
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
Script may not?

But I know the App works for sure.

Yeah it's been more less confirmed working for any dual core phone regardless of what "Some" might say..

I'll be pushing another update to the market later today that should eliminate the screen on lag.

v1.4 will be Posted here. " Currently v1.3"

Market update will be v1.5.

v1.5 Fixes

~ Battery Drain issues

~ SU issues 100% fixed

~ Auto-Start on reboot Fixed

~ Fixed Auto-Start killing Cell Service " Only a few Reported this "

~ Su Request on Screen Wake Fixed

~ Debugging enabled for those wanting to check if it's working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
Not to be contrary but my s2 does that stock below 800mHz, in sleep state, or below 50% load regardless of clock rate ... and if you have anything like set cpu or just a battery profile script out means that the phone getting above sleep is hard
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
what?

This is nothing like what you just described at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
Is it? I'm saying if I'm not crazy as all get out the cpus do go offline as aforementioned
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
If you are running a rom with the script built in is there a reason to run the app?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tennandcoz1:
No
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
Okay guys, I finally found the issue / source of the power drains....

1.2% battery drain per hour now. with my kernel on AOKP...

was doing 1.9% to 2.7%

I'll have the Update on the Market tonight.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] antonio8:
I am new to the Galaxy S3.

So when you you say "my kernel on AOKP" are you saying this is a custome kernel? If it is will it work on the stock kernel?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ghostzyden:
No no, this is an app just read the title lol yes it will work on any dual/quad core device ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] antonio8:
I understand it's an app.

He said he was running his kernel. I am just trying to clearify is it a different kernel than stock. And if is, how will it work on yhe stock kernel?

Hopefully I am not coming off as being mean. Just want to be sure before I install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
forget the kernel!

That was a comparison between the two battery usage test on my phone...

My kernel is for the SG2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AndreiLux:
How about answering this man here Eugene? He posted some tough evidence, or is again some of that "they are reported offline but they really arent"? I still can't believe you're being allowed to keep these threads opened.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eugene373:
Well considering I import pegasusq governor from sgs3 source to test battery drains...

without app / script I get 1.4% to 1.6% battery drains, which isn't bad...

however, I keep hearing you!

With that being said, with app / script I get 0.7% to 0.9% battery drains...

I've put the work in to double check & verify it does work due to nay sayers like yourself, so despite what you have to say nor anyone else, I know for a fact it works, and it works nicely...

The only problem I had was the script running to often while awake via the app & cause more of awake battery pulls, however I did get this issue resolved.

Last time I respond to pointless post like this.

~Eugene
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Moricon:
Giving this app a try. Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Thank you! Good work! :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] worldwidepmp:
Excellent work on this, I definitely see an improvement.

Sent from my Jelly Beaned Kindle Fire!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
Thanks for the app. I've had no issues whatsoever.

________________

Just Flash It !!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] khrizg35:
Working flawlessly thanks man!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mossolb:
App is working great. I installed it last night before heading to bed. You can see where the CPU actually goes offline in the awake area. Battery went down 2% with WiFi being on. Will have to try it again out of airplane mode since I leave it on in the house when it's constantly roaming.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GalaxyHeart:
Works great with Task's AOKP ROM.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bgolden84:
I can deff say this app works for sure. Before install I avg about 2% drain per hour while asleep sometimes hover. After install of this app the drain while asleep is less than. 5% per hour. The drop in battery was when. I woke up and started using the phone. This app is awesome thanks a million.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skunk Ape1:
What's up? I can't seem to get the download link to work.

EDIT: Never mind. It's working now.

________________

Just Flash It !!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nightwind Hawk:
Thank you!!

I notice your app on the marketplace is 2.4... is it better to get it from there? Recently updated?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
Just get it from the market

I would assume so. Updates automatically
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] edlee:
Can you tell me if my setup will work with this script?

I have pegasusq governor, sio scheduler, cm9, chris41g rc10 kernel with "built in battery tweaks", undervolting each cpu and gpu state by -50mv, wifi idle sleep timer set to 10 seconds instead of the default.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mw86:
Eugene used your app on Blazer rom ICS and it runs great. I have switched to Jelly Bean Roms, would you be willing to add Jelly Bean support? OP says compatibility ICS and Gingerbread. Thanks for your reply in advance. You do great work! I had awake battery pulls when I tried it but that was while the current rom had a noted reboot issue. This is on JB though I know as OP states its not in the list of supported OS. I'll rety on the latest rom without the noted reboot issues anymore. Again ran perfect on ICS as you know it does.

Edit:

:( the play store says this when I checked it out. This app is incompatible with your Sprint Samsung SPH-L710 :(

worked good on it on ICS though :)

I miss your app Eugene....

edit:

weird says this in your app description "Samsung Galaxy SIII (d2spr)" as compatible.

i'm on Paranoid Android 1.97a which is CM10 base. Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ghostzyden:
So far its not compatible with any aosp ROMs. Maybe he'll support it in the future? :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
this is such a great, must have app... if you want decent battery life
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Humzaman:
Two month bump. Nice...

Sent from my SPH-L710 running FreeGS3 v0.2.0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dotpro:
My first full day with gs3 today and it lasted 5 hours... pathetic. Battery saving mode sped up the battery drain!!!

Does anyone now if this works with the 4.1.1 leaked ROMs?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
I doubt it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] btemtd:
Lol @ 5hrs take your phone back it's wrecked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Ramy:
I believe it. Unless codes been changed, when this was first released, we found out that the second core was being turned on and off every second regardless of weight, and thereby killing battery. Hopefully he's changed the code, if not, then the app would simply be a placebo effect and tends to actually reduce battery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dotpro:
lol

Well, those 5 hours include about 50 minutes of youtube video+2 exchange and 5 gmail accounts.

I installed it on 4.1.1, lets see. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Kchitown1977:
military???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tarheelsmj12001:
Didnt all the developers remove this from their ROMs because it did more harm than good?? I could be mistaken tho.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dotpro:
What harm?:confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tarheelsmj12001:
I dont remember exactly, but I believe it kept the phone awake or something. I remember running it when the S3 first came out n my phones battery drained like crazy. But like I said, I could be completely wrong.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dotpro:
Ok it must be an old issue or something else...

I installed it around 4:35pm EST and its 5:18pm, it went down about 1.2% :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Ramy:
Yup they all removed it for the reason I mentioned in my last post, but sorry can't quote myself at so check my last post :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] derrick1976:
i installed this last night on the LIH leak and it seems pretty good,all phones are not created equally:D:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Ramy:
I confirmed the issue on my end back when we first heared of this app, using system panel app from play store, downpoad it, use the monitor function, and watch how the cores are acting for a couple mins, and youll know if the issue is there for ur device or not. Im on the same leak and Its great without this :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
I keep having to go way down my participated threads to find this.... Why?

Force fed a failcake via Swype
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VikingoRMCF:
Doesn't work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] adio201:
Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place but will this script work with jelly bean and and I have a sprint galaxy nexus with baked ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
No it weird but when I flash a different ROM I gave to find this thread again to get the app

Force fed a failcake via Swype

---------- Post added at 10:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 AM ----------

Don't think it works on jb

Force fed a failcake via Swype
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mmillercts:
Seems to be working. On miui jb
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Works on king kang too!:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
How do I make this work on the gnex on 4.1.1?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shadowlink217:
Works flawlessly for me on FreeGS3 1.0 JB. Tripled my battery life too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
This app is garbage. It turns the second core off when the phone's screen is off, but it's doesn't "resume normal usage" when the screen is on - instead it turns the second core on, which stays on constantly.

This results in reduced battery life when the screen is on. And if your phone is already sleeping properly (you don't lose more than 0.5% battery an hour with a decent cellular signal strength), you won't get much benefit when the phone sleeps either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monty_python:
What app are you using to verify this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Newest doesn't work on jelly bean!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
I'm giving it a try on Goodness ..... my battery needs help ....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monty_python:
I have it on goodness I think it works pretty good but then again I'm underclocked to 1080 max 345min so I would imagine that I'm only using one of my CPU's anyway
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
I tied it by itself and it helped some. I'm underclocked and undervolted and added juice defender free to the mix and got this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monty_python:
I think that's a pretty good result.. better than most folks are getting
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jwitt418:
Ouch..that's not to great rascal. And by the way I remember you from the evo forum. What rom you on? Might want to try a dif kernel? Or it could be draining from the 8 million things you got going on in your status bar! Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
Lmao yeah I remember you also. I'm on goodness with ktoons 747 kernel and not doing bad today. I added juice defender to the mix. The missus is dying after about 9 hours running stock unrooted and not even using her phone all day. Worse since the ora jb update. I'm near a charger and Carry two batteries and will get it right. Not sure what to do for her though. Good to see you over here. Wish rope and carhauler would toss a tweak or two out. The carodope tweaks rocked
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jwitt418:
Well for hers try dimming her screen and maybe add Juice Defender to the mix. Maybe get that GPS unchecked in bar.

I find on ktoonsez, I go intellidemand and so, i don't remember the exact max min but around 190/970. I did the cm9 brightness setting that was introduced to us while on the evo, and turned off the capacitive lights on the bottom. I got 1d 8hrs last full charge, and still cod have went another 2 hours or so. Give it a go. And I highly recommend AOKP ROM in the original section
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
Thays SUPER battery life!! I ran AOKP for awhile. Several times but never for more than a few days..... I'll try some of the things you just recommended though for sure. I'm set around 384/1080 for uc at present using ktoonservative.

Thanks

edit: I don't remember the brightness thing from CM9 or where to turn off the capacitive ights
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jwitt418:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27209292

[GUIDE] CM9 Auto Brightness Values in above link....

As for capacitive lights, its there, but I never used the ROM your on so not sure where to look
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
thanks...

I went back to a nandroid of AOKP and will see how that works for a couple of days. I love having the options goodness offers but hate having to tweak and tweak again just to get the phone to last all day without worrying about it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
Does the latest work on jb again?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Frostacious:
My question exactly. Op states gingerbread and ics. But no mention out jb.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] adrianr514:
im on cm10 4.1.2 and it works flawlessly