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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] treedog5:
Is it normal for my kernel to have the highest drain on my battery?

Sent with a sweet GS3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gpgorbosjr:
I had a bad experience with Recovery A because I couldn't find their file for another phone. When I got my new phone I saw no difference between Recovery A and Recovery B so chose Recovery B because they never made my life difficult. That's the point.

He was talking to me but didn't quote.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Stock kernel? Or did you do something else?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ramondel:
Nadict, I am using GSam Battery monitor and it shows the Kernel as the number one user. When I check how it is using the power out of 15 hours it uses CPU for 22 minutes by a bunch of processes. This only accounts for 16.8% of the usage though.

Ramon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Looks ok to me... But, you using cpu control or voltage control or cpu sleeper or... Well, anything else that is monitoring performance? Also, do a Google on "what does phone kernel do"... You will see that the Kernel pretty much runs your hardware...

On another topic.. That crazy sound ever come back? You ever figure out what it was? :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TookRDerbs:
Anyone else having the problem with WiFi switching on when putting the phone to sleep? Been looking for a while and cent find anything on it sorry if it's already been addressed. Running freegs3 v.0.1.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Turn off automatic connections... In settings...more settings.. Auto connection...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Xalky:
I just downloaded system tuner from the play store. That's a great app, thanks. I can't seem to find gsiff running though. Maybe I need the pro version? Or maybe I'm doing something wrong?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Putrid Polecat:
System Tuner -> Task Mgr ->(lower right)System

If gsiff_daemon is not at the top you don't need to kill it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Xalky:
Ok thanks. Got it. It's like 25 processes down the list with a zero% tag. It will be one of the things I'll watch for. My battery life has been pretty darn awesome on this Rom. Maybe that's the problem with Google now, I don't run it. I use regular Google search. I discovered the horrible battery with Google now the first time I installed it, and got rid of it promptly. The JB theme also sucks battery, so I don't use it anymore either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ramondel:
I am only using System Tuner Pro. I can not recall what crazy sound you are talking about, I bowled last night so I consumed a few beers and killed some more brain cells.

Ramon:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steve97ta:
I renamed the file just for grins. This is a solid build either way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] treedog5:
This is same thing my phone is showing, just thought it was odd to see kernel as highest user. Gsam monitor is the only app that i have used that has actually shown the kernel usage at all. strange

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Hey naddict, yep that crazy sound came back. just like i thought it would, i give up. i will just have to deal with it i guess.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iamsavedme30:
Ok so I'm not the only one having bad battery life.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
I've had that happen once. A reboot fixed it for me.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steezc:
I flash a lot and it took me about 2-3 cycles to get it right or 2-3 charges so I don't know where some are getting horrendous battery life.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bmark34:
Could be spotify, which open media server, both combined could drain your battery...android server is really high too

-sent from my OG Motorola StarTac
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
For all of you with bad battery life.

Are you using the stock charger which is 1.0 or olders ones from EVOs or Epics which are 0.5?

Those won't charge the phone even its says 1.000 percent. Try that first before cycle your battery, say sh*t about ROMs, etc...

And thinking about it. If you have an app monitoring the others, don't you believe it can drain your battery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Nvm on the crazy sound... It was someone else (treedog5)... When he shook the phone... It made a funny sound... Was just checking to see how it was lately.... :D

Edit: treedog5... That is crazy... And this sound was also on your old phone too? PM me... We need to fix.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steezc:
I have GSam battery monitor. It doesn't drain that I know of and still getting that avg battery life I want for sure =)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
But entirely true.... I have had a number of of old chargers from past phones. To the point where I have a charger for every room in my house, I have no issues charging my gs3 with any of them.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
Well. In my case I don't use any monitor. And I can get even 20 hours without charge. Always on Internet or Tapatalk. No more than 5 text(if someone needs my help) and as much as 3 calls a day. Damn, Sprint stole me almost 1400 minutes monthly. :eek:

But I use the stock charger or a MiFi2200 which is 1.0 too.

Same battery life as Blazer(boring as hell) or CM10(buggy as hell).

Thanks Clark for this ROM. Will donate as soon as I got paid.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
Thanks for that app, has a lot functions in it. For me gsiff_daemon is way down the list with 00.00s of CPU usage, which I understand is good.

Noticed that with app you can change the CPU governor, my current is "ondemand". There is a "powersaver" one, going to fully charge and use it for a few cycles and see how it goes.

I abuse the phone a bit too much and my battery life isn't that great :/ sometimes I'm able to full off 18hrs other just 10 and some 5hrs. Grooveshark should be the culprit since I use this to stream music while at work and FB...

That being said, battery performance on any ROM is greatly dependant on the user and what apps/services they are running.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] casmi:
With all the talk on battery life, does anyone calibrate their battery after flashing? My battery life has done well on the last few builds that I have flashed but used to calibrate my battery on previous phones after flashing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ramondel:
the only thing that having a .5 charger and a 1.0 charger is the time that it will charge. The battery will continue to charge as long is it is connected to the charger and not at max Amps. I have seen my phone connected to the stock charger and it reaches 100@ and continue to charge for another 10-15 minutes before the charge light goes out. I have gotten as much as 1.5 days out of a charge and still have 15% left over with light to medium usage.

Ramon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
Lithium ion batteries need no calibration....

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ramondel:
There was a post on the OG EVO from an Engineer at Google that stated this is a myth. There is no need to calibrate the battery according to her.

Ramon:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lowetax:
i got wild media server one time, and i hadn't even listened to any music, etc.

nan restored and that's long gone now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jyarborough:
Well it looks like I'm going to have to reflash the rom.... again.. battery life was geting better but then out of the blue I'm get TV's on phone process . Maps process. Hopefully
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
I'd take down the pic ASAP, it has the phone numbers displayed and anyone can easily prank call...

Other than that, haven't had that problem...try like you said, wiping clean and reflashing. Also fix permisions in recovery...

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Then, is it ok to use the OG EVO chager to charge this one? Cause I was about to buy a second Samsung charger for work as soon as I saw the post refereing to the diference in amps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr. Moe:
Good thing my number doesn't show up. JY, LOL Edit this post bro.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djjroc007:
Finally got around to flashing third last night. Figure I'd check it out for the weekend. Haven't been able to tear myself away from wicked. Have to say, for the first day on it, with 3hrs screen on, it looks pretty damn good! Can't wait to see how long it lasts after it settles in for a couple days. The aroma installer was a pretty cool experience. Being able to pick and choose what to install with the rom is a nice option. Haven't used update me yet, but I do like the idea of it. All Rom specific mods right at your fingertips without having to fish through the thread.

One question...

Is the stock kernel any different/better than the custom jelly bomb kernel? Flashed the theme, but noticed quite a few people asking for the no kernel version.

Nice job Clark and team sonic!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
LOL edit your post too. :silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
Try to turn on your stove with your microwave cable. Then tell me if it tooks more time or not even turn on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uofajac:
I love Google Now on my Nexus 7, but it just isn't working properly on the S3. Gonna have to go back to the old google search. Anyone else having issues with Google Now?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lowetax:
edit your post bro - and you proceed to post the picture again - classic !
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
Those are 2 completely different appliances. Horrible analogy. I can charge my phone with any micro usb cable and it charges just fine and hold charge.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
The powersaver governor I believe limits the CPU to 50% which I think is like the 918mhz freqency. It's the one right in the middle depending on what you have enabled, and since this is stock kernel, they're all enabled.

It may help slightly, but if you're playing any games or anything, you may experience stutter or lag.

LOL, you can't be serious.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
110/220 and 0.5/1.0. What's the difference?

Well... Still using any micro usb. A land line GS3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lowetax:
i can't get sports cards. edit teams is grayed out.

it did send me a card yesterday when i went to the big apple,

telling me time back home.

i turn it off in settings and just use the voice search, which works great.

i'll probably set up espn for college football scores.

hhhmmm tonight at the Yankee game, i'll ask "YANKEES"

think she'll respond: " yer at the frickin game stupid - you tell me ! "
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steezc:
I know what you mean lol. I haven't download those battery monitors until now because i was just curious of what my phone is doing etc. Other than that I average 17-20hrs a day.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
Gotcha! I'll just leave at the default of "ondemand" for now...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lowetax:
car charger

i picked that up for sprint htc evo lte

ok to use on sprint sgs3 ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] irock1985:
I actually had to turn on the optimizer and then turn it off for it to stick as it was off to begin with
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
What issues do you mean? I have two phones... Both work according to the settings I have on each phone... Cards work properly when you have Google search history on, etc... Somewhere in the historic annals of this very thread lie discussions that contain the exact settings necessary to make Now function properly... Please take a look and make sure you have things set up right. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I'm not 100% on that, that's just what I vaguely remember from the OG Epic days. Ondemand and conservative were the two most popular governors from what I recall. They both take a little bit to spin up to max, but I haven't had any real big problems with ondemand with the SGSIII.

If anyone is reading your post from the app, I don't think they can see your title for your post (car charger), FYI. But I see your humor ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] csmasn:
Suppose to. 1A too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] averymlewis:
Anyone get the new Google Now on their freeGS3 rom yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Where is this "new" Google Now? Link please!?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jordan23945bulls:
Can anyone tell me where do I go to change the color of the percentage and the clock I want to change them ics blue. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
It's baked into the systemui. apk... Check the post I did in themes thread or two days ago in this thread.. Made some flashables for alternative options.

Additionally, Josh might have a flashable that does that... Not sure, but it would probably mess up the features in version 1.1. ICS blue makes me sad,:o so I stay away from it. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wolfeyes30:
Was happening to me too. I had to remove it from system/apps with root explorer. Redownload from the market, then fix permissions in recovery. Been working great since. YMMV.

Edit: I'm talking about Voice Search not Google Now voice search btw.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uofajac:
My cards work great. It's the search function I'm having problems with. It just sits there on a blank white screen after I hit search. I'll check the thread to see if my setting match up. I'm also doing a clean install to see if that fixes it. Thanks for your input.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stu5797:
Where is google now located in root explorer?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] irock1985:
clock i dunno but battery like this...

This theme is Blue and White found here Here or in the UpdateMe app

Sent from my Sprint GS3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jyarborough:
I just deleted the op. I'm doing this from my phone. But I reflashed and still there. Will do a fresh start ASAP. But its more then just the phone. I'm losing 3g. To
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] averymlewis:
Is that a galaxy note 2??? Nope it's my galaxy s3 lol. It's sexy and you know it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
in system/apps

filename is velvet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djdant:
Is it me or does anyone else keep having to set app defaults? And when rebooting it says optimizing apps even when I didn't install anything else?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uofajac:
Just did a clean install as well as changed the settings in GN and everything is running great. Thanks for your help Naddict!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Google now - fyi only

Maybe this link will help some, explanation of how to get NOW to work properly...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1817640;)

and this link will help some also, fix NOW or even going back to stock search...read full post! http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29756226&postcount=2856
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lowetax:
thanks for the links.

i didn't ask GN about the Yankees while at the game,

as the O's Gonzalez shut the Bronx Bombers down big time. oh well.

what is this about the NEW google now ?

i have what came with the rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clark44:
anyone wanna get on IRC for something secret? ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jyarborough:
Yes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] howdyace:
i never make it in time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steezc:
we're back in!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
How about these?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] averymlewis:
Just a quick question were all of you able to update your Google Now?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
I asked for a link to the update...do you have it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steelersmb:
Can you please post the link?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] averymlewis:
No I don't have it I'm tying to get it lol by the way is Clark 44 integrating the new version?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steelersmb:
LOL...sorry, misunderstood you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
OK,

The current Google Now is fine in the current rom if it is setup correctly. There are two links that Now users or haters need to read to familiarize themselves about how to properly use and set it up, and there is also a link that has some different versions of the Now app and also has a way to go back to google voice.

Take a look here, please read both. Trust me when I say, Clark will have the best performing Now app in any work he does.

Explanation of how to get NOW to work properly...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1817640;

How to fix NOW or even go back to stock search app...read the full post! http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29756226&postcount=2856
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jyarborough:
Battery went from 80% to 60 % in less then 4hours with no use at all... this can't be normal .....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
Rouge app chewing your battery to shreds.... I don't lose that much in 8 hours while using the phone during those 8.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] djjroc007:
Anyone else get this when trying to share a YouTube video to Facebook?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Ha! "rouge" app...what does red have to do with it...???:laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrischoi:
Sucks that out of the blue my screen turned on and drained my battery. I always end back up at FreeGS3, when I need my battery to last.

I tried that SuperBatteryStats or something and it gave me an error. I also can't turn off Latitude and Now to get Maps to stop triggering.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Speedin07si:
See all of those unchecked? It's with in the Google maps settings.

Sent from Pluto.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Xalky:
Battery life looks real good, but why is maps so high up on the list? GPS on?

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I use an app called "startup manager". To disable apps from auto starting. It works real good. I only let apps that I want notifications from to auto start. Everything else only starts when I click on it. In your case you should be able to disable latitude and maps. Give it a shot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] evoer:
Battery stats are amazing, I've never come close to that. Been on Clarks stuff for some time now. One thing I gotta ask though, did you actually use the phone for anything?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lowetax:
come on now, don't you see the alarm clock icon ?

unless you're streaming/playing music with display off, i think screen on time is what's important in judging how you are doing with battery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trev186:
So after the most recent update did anyone else lose the ability to copy/paste ? My phones crashes 100% of the time now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
No... Crashes? How? In what app are you using copy /paste? Need more info in order to help you. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lowetax:
copy paste work fine and no crashes here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Putrid Polecat:
Gsiff_daemon. Search thread and xda.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrischoi:
I'll try that. Thanks.

I do have them all unchecked. No idea.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jordan23945bulls:
I only found the thread on the battery mods.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xtrezpasor:
This may but be the right place to ask but every one here send very helpful, dies any one know where the graphics for the in call and out call arrows is stored that are used in the phone call log? I want to theme them to just say in or out because I always forget which is which lol

Sent from my SPH-L710...if some one helps you press the thanks button
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
look in theming thread also....Bizdady is doing some stuff, you may like that. He has Purple, blue and White and it goes well with this rom.

Here..http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1814049
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] drahcir0789:
For those experiencing huge battery drains with the JB theme, try flashing the stock kernel. Just did it and it really helped me with my battery drain issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jptesar:
Does anyone use Volume +? I can't get it to work with the stock player or google music.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ionthedemon:
I think it's a touchwiz thing, even before I rooted my phone my copy and paste stopped working and when I tried it, it crashed everything. Maybe try flashing another rom or factory reset.

Also having problems with the battery I tried to let it settle but I can't wait another couple of days, yesterday it went from fully charged to 50% in 7 hours with only 7 minutes screen time. The thing taking the battery was android system, but I looked at it and it wasn't the gsiff_daemon and I did kill it just to make sure. Will come back though, I always do
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steezc:
Happy labor day weekend guys! :good::good::cool: time for some beer!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Ahhh, now we are hearing that this problem was BEFORE the rom?

Please..and this goes out to all folks/readers/poster in the thread...this type information is very important to know so that we can try to troubleshoot and narrow down problems.

Not having as much information on the front end creates additional posts to ask questions, and then, with others posting about other issues, the thread gets very messy with multiple issues in the thread. We are here to help. But by posting a problem and alluding that it is the rom, when in fact it is more than likely an app issue (at least in this instance) we are doing the developer and the helpers a disservice by clogging things up.

In this instance, the Q and A thread would have been a better place for this post as the problem is is not rom specific. Thanks for your understanding. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steezc:
And the link is below our sigs :p Please thank us both as we are trying to reach 11K in thanks lol! :good::good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jordan23945bulls:
I've seen his themes before, I just want to theme the wifi battery 3g etc... the jelly bomb theme is customized way too much to personally liking. I don't like it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Yuuuup... I just want UOT to catch up with ics/jb... That way we can modify more than battery... It'll happen soon enough I guess.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jordan23945bulls:
Ive been looking at the threads and i cant find anything on changing the color of the clock and percentage. Im here \system\app\SystemUI.apk\ do i go to res?and if yes which folder is it under? or is it under AndroidManifest.xml?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jyarborough:
How do I fix this wakelock issue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akarol:
Naddict, I cleared cache and dalvik cache and then tried Fix Permissions to resolve the FCing when opening all apps sporadically. I was good for a couple of days, but this morning it happened again. Had to clear the Task Manager to get it going again. As I mentioned earlier, this was also happening with Blazer. Do you think it may be an app that is causing this? I don't see how it could be hardware-dependent.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
yes, given what information you provide, I am thinking it is a ram optimizer or another app that monitors your running programs...A startup manager maybe?

What you got running/installed? Could even be anti virus...did you do a restore app/data from titanium previously...??? So many things could be doing this...give me more please! I am here (and others of course) to help! ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jyarborough:
Now this feels like home. M good ****e man
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jf11time:
Hey, anyway to disable the volume rocker for camera shutter and get zoom back?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clark44:
***Whistle whistle***

"Walks away"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jf11time:
How stable is it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] elephant007:
reflash not selecting the option... that would be how I did it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clark44:
Very :)

Only bugs are MMS and Rotation. Smoothness is MUCH improved from the T-Mobile Port :)