[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jonnyredcorn:
[ROM] AOKP(Jellybean 4.2.2 )Task650 (2.20.2013) (AT&T)

lol I know you hate the Note 2, I used to have that same feeling until I got one. It's basically a large International GS3 seeing as it has the Quad Core Exynos processor except with LTE, plus the battery life is amazing and I can easily get 3 days out of a charge with 5-8 hours of screen time w/ Google Now enabled. It's also fun to play with the Spen when bored.

Anyways I know you want to stick to this ROM in this thread which was my replies primary concern I just went off topic a bit.

I didn't notice any difference in battery drain on my Nexus 7 or Note 2 after enabling Google Now so I didn't think it would affect my GS3 neither. It seems after looking at CPUspy that my phone is spending around 25% of the time at 486 instead of the usual ~95% of deep sleep I'm accustomed too. On my Nexus 7 and Note 2 I still get that high % of deep sleep w/ Google Now enabled so that is why I feel it's odd. I'm gonna charge to %100 tonight and turn off Google Now and make sure Maps is not running before I sleep and see if there is a difference. I remember when I first flashed one of your JB builds back in the day that even with Google Now disabled Maps seemed to turn itself on and run very often and I would have to FC it manually...only to have it turn itself back on again later. I don't have that issue with other devices...but again like you said, this is a GS3 AOKP thread not a note2 or nexus 7 thread so I apologize, I was just using them to compare the fact that Google Now doesn't seem to have that effect on my other devices.

Like I said though despite the battery drain my GS3 has never run better and it seriously FLIES and everything is so smooth. I work at ATT and when a customer comes in asking for an iPhone 5, I show them my GS3 with your ROM on it, and how fast it is and how much better Googles Voice search is and how natural the voice responses are when compared to Siri the customers instantly change their mind about the iPhone, even die hard apple fans. The only sad thing is that the GS3 they get doesn't have your ROM on it....I've had customers come back later asking me to make their phone like mine, and my boss lets me root their phone and put your ROM on it. I had to make a contract of sorts though for them to sign to let them know their voiding their warranty and that we aren't responsible for anything that happens that they have to sign, even though I tell them that I can get their warranty back if ever needed. After my boss seen how many people come back and want their GS3 to run like mine he gave me permission to do it as long as I do it on my own time and charge them a small fee which I make a small commission off of which I originally declined but because he makes me do it at home on my own time I take it because he won't let me do it at the store obviously and if ever asked he knows nothing of it because I assume he and myself could get in a lot of trouble if it was done as an AT&T service and not third party(me). I wouldn't feel right charging people to do it because I didn't make the ROM, but I see the money I make from it as a sort of working from home payment. Plus since I work at a dealer, we make no money on iPhone sales, so it's in my boss(or rather owner of my dealer location) interest to do whatever it takes to sway people from the iPhone.

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