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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Battery life. If you're getting a good signal, it doesn't mean much if the radio is pulling a lot of extra power and draining the battery. If you get a good signal with any radio, go for a weaker one, because it will draw less power overall and save your battery life. If you're in a weaker area, a stronger radio would be better since you wouldn't be searching for signal as much, and it would save your battery life a little. It seems that the differences in speed are marginal, so just base your decision on the strength of signal you need.

Summary:

- Weaker radio (LG2, LG8) means better battery life in strong-signal areas

- Stronger radio (LF9) means better battery life in weak-signal areas
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] elosogrande7076:
Makes sense, thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ChrisM0678:
Incredible

Wow, I picked up my SGS3 yesterday before work and was anxious to try out the data speeds since I live in a 4G market. Got it home and still hadn't seen it kick on. I searched all over the settings thinking it had a toggle similar to the WiMax radio on my Sprint Evo 3D but couldn't find it. I stumbled across the "More Settings" menu and clicked into Mobile Networks to find that my preferred Network was CDMA. I decided to select the other option LTE/CDMA thinking this would solve the problem but it didn't. Low and behold as soon as I flashed the LF9 radio and updated my profile and PRL I was sitting pretty with a super fast 4G connection. Thanks everyone for taking the time to troubleshoot this and compile a thread with all the radios and their individual advantages. Check out my screenshot below :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Upstreammiami:
Thank you for this thread
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Upstreammiami:
How can I update prl if I'm on jb
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
Nandroid back to a touchwiz rom and do a hands free activation
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fredrik949:
anyone in Orange County CA figured out the best modem for our area?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
LG8 makes a Huge difference in areas where LG2 was weak, and Always dropping calls.

Used all day today, and not a hiccup with the LG8, whereas the LG2 was useless in the same area since I got the S3.

Update:

Still dropping calls in certain areas where the SE4GT had no issues.

In one particular instance, the battery was down to 25%, and was dropping calls. Changed battery, and dropped calls stopped from the same area to the same caller. Other times when dropping calls, battery is full.

This is getting really frustrating.

All I could say at this point is that the S3 is dropping calls where the SE4GT did not not.

I don't know the cause, but I'm sure of the symptoms.

Very disappointed with this important issue, from an otherwise really nice device.

At least the issue only has to do with constantly dropping calls. It's not that important. I always have my Apps and data access.

I'm being completely sarcastic.

Of course this issue is Very Important.

Frustrating for me and the person that called, or who I called.

Sprint and Samsung gotta be aware of this.

Let's fix it.

I resigned a contract, and want this issue resolved.

At this point, I don't know if it's how I'm holding the phone, the towers, the radio, or what.

I pay for Sprint and Samsung to know.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
Hey guys thought id post a lil review of the extended batteries i just bought. came with 2 4500mAh batts with 2 extended covers for $20 of eBay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/14078494234...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_3383wt_1270

the battery doors are not made of the same type of plastic the OEM door is but its still nice quality. its a harder plastic and less flexible but snaps on the phone just fine and feels nice and sturdy. actually feels more sturdy than the OEM door and i actually like the added thickness. as weird as that might sound one hand use is sooooo much better. i wear dress paints at work and the thickness does make the phones presence in my pocket more apparent but its not bad by any means since the phone is so thin to begin with.

i had troubles getting the battery to charge while in the phone to 100% using a 1amp charger. i bump charged it about 10 times no joke. even tried charging while it was turned off. every time it would charge from 98% to 100% in a few minutes then as soon as i would unplug the charger to would immediately drop to 98%. after that i just left it plugged in for about 8 more hrs over night.

in the morning when i unplugged it it dropped to 99% right away. 10sec later it dropped to 98%.after getting to work 20min later i checked again and it was at 95%. but after that it seemed to drain somewhat more normal. i will post some screen shots after i have ran it down till it dies and then the cycle after that as well.

right now im at 13% after 1day 8h 44min. about 3:45 of screen time and over 2hrs of Pandora over WiFi. also used some WFi direct sharing that says it took up 13%. no power saving stuff. just auto brightness and connecting to WiFi when its around. also might note all my radios are on except for GPS since i RARELY ever use GPS. i know its not even close to being calibrated yet because you can actually see the graph go back up a few % at times even tho i never charged it.

more details to come and please ask any questions i might be able to help with.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
First cycle. As said before the battery never really charged to 100% so results may get better but im definitely seeing a major improvment. On the OEM Battery i was seeing about 12-14hrs with 4hrs screen time.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] blackguy101:
Nice review! I personally think that ill stick with my stock battery though seeing how im able to actually pull out 4 hours of on screen time. Anyways this was much appreciated!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
i hear ya. i think most ppl will be able to get by with the OEM batt just fine. case and point i bought the 2 pack to give my wife the 2nd batt but shes been getting over a day on her OEM batt with about 2.5hrs screen time avg. so she doesn't even want to use it... i have not been doing so well on the OEM batt tho, on days i really used my phone i could get about 5 hrs screen time but id be at 10% before i got home from work and then id be tethered to the charger from the rest of the night. with this new batt i should be able to get a full work day and then some, with probably over 8hrs screen time. which is perfect :D

also i know for some the added thickness is a big issue but for me this phone is seriously too thin with the OEM batt. i actually had problems with one handed use unless i had it in a case. now with this extended batt it feels so perfect in my hand. even more so when gaming or typing long winded emails or post on forums. whats interesting is all my friends enjoy the grip/feel of the phone when i showed them the new batt. most of them are SGS2 owners.

the only issue is now i have to mod a case to get this thing to fit now which sucks because the feel is so perfect now. i dont want to mess up the grip but i know these screens NEED protection sooo.. :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
GPS even though it shows on, it will not be utilize till an app actually touches it.

can you do a test without wifi? cell ID is what killing the bettery, wifi will actually save battery by alot, unless you have it in discover mode which then does more harm than good.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
Sure thing. Ill try to do this 2nd cycle on as much 4G/3G as possible.

I just tend to get really bad service at my house, even more so when im downstairs in my "man cave". Most the time i get 3G speeds that make you want to pull your hair out. So thats actually the only reason I use WiFi. Ironically the 4G in my area reaches speeds Much faster than my WiFi. At work i get 40-50mbps down but I just can't get service at my house.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
still on battery power since my last post. i tried to run it down last night playing some games, browsing and whatnot but couldn't do it. lol

you can see its still not calibrated properly tho. at some points in the graph it flat lines for an hour or so even tho i was using it.

after this cycle ill get a to see whats its like during a workday.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jamesbra:
Lack of a case is a huge hassle. I can't use my phone without a kick stand. That said glad you're doing this review

Sent from my slowly but surely customizing SGS3
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
click on the graph and take picture of the inside, thats more telling than the other two picture you got.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
no prob.

current screen shot with 3:36 screen time
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
end of 2nd cycle
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Araltd:
Dude, fantastic find and review. I'm getting decent performance from my original battery, but I find my self turning off stuff I'm not using, leaving power saver on, killing wifi when not in use, never use gps, etc... I would like to be able to leave everything ON (radios, etc), max out screen brightness, etc and NEVER have to worry about running low on battery. So this would be great for me. I know most people don't like the cheapie chinese aftermarket batteries (myself included) but wow, $20 for 2 backs/batteries.. hard to beat that. I hope he has a blue one. :good:

Many thanks for the find.

---------- Post added at 05:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:35 PM ----------

blue ones...

http://goo.gl/Ku0gO
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Araltd:
I couldnt resist... I ordered a set too
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
glad i could help. :)

cant really go wrong for $20. like a said before worst case if they didnt last as long as a "4500mAh" battery should id just solder up 2 OEM batts in parallel and have a "Samsung" 4200mAh battery. :)

oh and i checked, 2 OEM batts fit with this cover with room to spare. might do this regardless and compair.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Araltd:
Oooh.. that'd be a good idea!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
turn out im getting much better battery life than i thought with these MAX power batteries. i went out yesterday and wanted to have my phone in a case so i popped the OEM batt ON and went about my day like normal. 6hrs later i was at 50% :eek:

i really need to make or get a extended battery case ASAP!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] zmore:
Know anyone with a 3D printer? Laser scan your phone for sizing and have 'em print you out a one-of-a-kind plastic case. :) Granted, it's not the best case (like silicone/TPU/hardpolycarb hybrids)... but it'd work.

This kinda thing should become more common in the future
[Galaxy S III Accessories] knarfl1:
Pretty light use looks like. Disappointing for a "4000mAh" battery.

Using stock battery, I get 24 hrs simply turning off fluff and using good ol' Juice Defender.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
as with any battery review, the battery life would be relative. like i said, my wife can grab over a day with about 2hrs screen time with text & FB on the OEM batt. i however can't get even half that as the way i use my phone and the service i get in the areas we are in are different. the best i ever got on the OEM was about 16hrs with just under 4hrs screen time. it was a light use day to say the least.

personally i wouldn't rate the MAX power battery @ 4500mAh as it it advertised. i would however give it about a 40% bump over the Samsung 2100mAh. but still $20 for 2 of them? for a heavy user its a very nice cheap option considering whats available. the Mugen one is a joke... $100 for roughly 4000mAh? thats ridiculous x10.

FYI: i have ordered a 2nd Samsung OEM batt to wire up to the OEM that came with my phone. i will post the results when i get them.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jamesbra:
I hope wiring them in parallel works for you. Oem batteries operate so much closer to their stated mah

Sent from my slowly but surely customizing SGS3
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
not to hijack my own thread buuuut... wired it up last night. :)

bumpcharged up to 4.32v on both batts. then wired emm up and bump charged one last time. played SNES F-Zero for 15min then Mario64 for 20min. messed around on the web for a few and was only at 98% :p

charging from 98% to 100% took MUCH longer than it normally does so im pretty confident both batts were getting charged which was the main thing i was worried about not working properly.

i will start another thread in a day or 2 with a DIY after i test things like NFC and whatnot. ;)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Slimegod:
Is there a extended protective case for the GS3 if someone has a extended battery?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
Hyperion makes one in sereval different colors. but it looks like it wont fit the slimmer battery door that the MAX Power batts come with. :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Slimegod:
I searched in Ebay but didn't find any, I'll try Amazon.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
yea im at a loss. the Max power battery door is much more form fitting so id like to stay with it opposed to the Hyperion door. the Max power door really makes the phone feel sleek instead of feeling like a brick in your pocket or hand.

i ordered some cheap Silicone cases on eBay. im going to attempt to cut them to fit. i dont know how well it will work out as the case may need to wrap around the phone across the back to hold in place.

ill post an update here i i find a good solution.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Slimegod:
Is there a protective case for the GS3 that has a extended battery?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] DarkManX4lf:
Yes. Hyperion makes one for their extended battery. Look for it on Amazon.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Triskite:
custom fab

i have a 3d printer, anyone care to send me a design?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Araltd:
What were the results with the 2 samsung batteries?

I got my order for these max batteries. I seriously do not like the feel of the battery cover. Just feels much lower in quality vs the original. It took a long time for delivery. :(

I hate that using the thicker battery will cause loss of NFC, but I don't know anyone else with a GS3 anyway.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Araltd:
No good......

After a couple of days and charging cycles with this "extended" battery, I'm sadly disappointed. I get less on time with the thicker 4200mah extended battery vs the slimmer factory samsung battery. (yes, the samsung battery is better and lasts longer).

NOT HAPPY. :crying:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
wow... that sucks man. :confused:

i get a full day out of these things with out issue. i actually have 3 off these batts. the 3rd was shipped at a different time and they all seem to be constant in the life span.

i do get a bit more out of my 4200mAh samsung battery. but not a whole lot more.

id send a msg to the seller. they were reasonable when i asked for a replacement battery. got it 2 days lalter.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Araltd:
I'm much more interested in using 2 genuine samsung batteries.. Did you (or anyone) daisy chain 2 samsung batteries together?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s0me guy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1800177&highlight=samsung+4200mah ;)

ill post a DIY in a few days
[Galaxy S III Accessories] KD3501:
Hi there,

Thanks for the review. Would you recommend it to somebody who is not able to get the Hyperions? (I live in Canada, and I can't have them shipped through Amazon and the Canadian site charges the full $34.99.)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] uf21:
Are the max power just another Chinese brand battery or are they a reputable brand?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] olgatudor:
I do have two of these too. $20 for two batteries and two covers seemed a good deal. However, I have a few issues with these batteries, maybe someone knows how to fix.

1. Battery never charges to 100%. Up to 99% and then falls rapidly to 94-95%. I thought first few cycles will solve this but it didn't.

2. When about 60% if I snap a picture, phone shuts down and I can't restart unless I plug the phone to a charger. Then it shows that the battery is empty (gray battery in the middle of the screen). After a few seconds battery goes back up at about 65% and phone boots up. Any tips on how to fix this? Both batteries do the same, and there is no issue while using the stock battery.

Do these batteries need to be "calibrated" so the phone knows about the increased capacity? Or just plug it in and that's it...

The S3 I have is the Verizon one.

Thanks for any tips
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ModdedS3:
That battery don't seem that good this is my Hyperion 4200mah battery so far this is its first charge .
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jessbowring:
I got this battery a while ago and at first also had the issue of it not charging to 100% and falling rapidly. I did a couple full cycles on it and wiped the battery stats and now i get great batter life, it charges to 100% and take more than a minute to fall from there. I use wifi all day and hours of screen time. Currently 7hrson battery and at 74%, screen time taking up 67% of the drain.

Would love to find a case tho. My biggest issue with this battery. :(
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ReidStylez:
For $10.99 (looks like with that link they are half off now but for that price for 2 extended batteries is awesome.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] jessbowring:
ya i only paid like $5.00 for mine. Was worth the try and Im pretty happy with it. Thinking about getting a few knock off extended cases to try modding one to fit. I like the shape the made this cover, not sure if theres anything like it out there or not.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ReidStylez:
Just ordered these with a blue cover. I have a rotation of 3 stock size batteries and I usually change out my battery halfway through the day and then I'm good.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] chenwok:
can you provide more details how you did it? thanks

can you provide more details how you did it? thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ReidStylez:
I can only get about 3 hrs on screen time.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ShaTR:
Would love to know how the battery is holding out now. Time on battery and screen time :)

Also did you every wipe battery stats?

ps. Does NFC work?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] dharmarth:
How many charge/discharge cycles completed?

Hi Thanks a lot for writing review. Very useful.

I'm planning to similar battery for my Galaxy S2(GT-I9100) from ebay.in I have some questions.

How much time it is taking for full charge?

How many charge/discharge cycles completed in battery life?

Thanks,

Dharmarth
[Sony Tablet S] ideas2imp:
Can someone please send me with the recovery files which i can use to boot up my Sony Tablet SGPT111US/S tab using the SD card boo table option.

My tab suddenly failed to boot up one morning and got stuck on the sony logo. I have tried the factory reset option but it didnt work. I read many posts about the files which needs to be renamed to setup.zip., and this can help booting the tablet.

Can anyone please send me the files which can be helpful to me. Please help me out. I desperately need help in this.

I will be waiting for your reply.

thx
[Nexus 7 General] demandarin:
I posted a possible solution in QnA section. Thread title is similar to this one. Check it out. Doesn't involve any coding. Prime had a similar issue on a few firmware updates. This was solved for us(before Asus came around to enabling it themselves) by adding in a wifi supplicant file and renaming an older one. Then setting permissions on the new file. Here is the link to that thread. There's a good chance it will work without the file needing to be modded. It came from a galaxy tab LR something and worked fine on prime. Its worth checking out.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1438297
[Nexus 7 General] wikid24:
thanks for the tip and I tried it out, which is essentially the same type of solution but it didn't think work as there is no wpa_supplicant2 file in the nexus 7.
[Nexus 7 General] wikid24:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1777413
[Nexus 7 General] wikid24:
here's some more useful information for enabling ad hoc:

http://szym.net/2010/12/adhoc-wifi-in-android/

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/27522-howto-connect-to-ad-hoc-wireless-hotspots/

http://www.olsr.org/?q=olsr_on_android

http://hostap.epitest.fi/gitweb/git...ob_plain;f=wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

I'm doing what I can right now to try and enable it.

Some more experienced android users whom know what they're doing would be better than me trying it out, though!!
[Nexus 7 General] nexususer0101:
Did any of those sources of information get you any closer to enabling ad-hoc?
[Nexus 7 General] jenda.69:
Just FYI that Nexus S "ad hoc enabling file" doesn't work on NS with Jelly Bean.
[Nexus 7 General] wikid24:
None yet, I need some help to do so. There is a file called "wpa_cli" that I need copied from another device, because I can't find it on the internet.

If anyone could find it in their "/system/bin" folder and attach it to this tread, I could certainly try it.

I've also requested the same thing in the Q&A forum here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1793437
[Nexus 7 General] Protocol 7:
Bumping; I have the same condition. I'm in Italy and bought an internet package for my laptop--I'm sharing it with all my other devices but the N7 doesn't see the adhoc connection. Like OP said, I had a Transformer TF101 and remember flashing a file to fix it.

Thanks in advance.

Just an FYI: Also checked my GNex for a wpa_cli and came up empty.
[Nexus 7 General] wikid24:
Just wanted to give quick update, i have not been able to find anyone to help me and also my life is kinda hectic right now... Hopefully someone will be able to pick up where I left off, in the meantime my nexus 7 is pretty much useless to me until resolved.
[Nexus 7 General] rdelfin:
One more "me too".

I'm here to share my sympathy to everyone else's pain as I have a nexus 7 that I can't connect to my phone's adhoc Hotspot. I have also posted my query in Android Central, but no one seems to have been able to know a fix as of yet. (topic can be found here: Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com > Google Nexus 7 Tablet Forum > Nexus 7 Rooting ROM's & Hack's > *** CONNECTING TO Adhoc WiFi WITH THE NEXUS 7 ***)

As I said in that thread.. not being able to connect to phones hotspot makes my beautiful nexus 7 feel like a handicapped tablet. :rolleyes:
[Nexus 7 General] demandarin:
I haven't seen any reports/posts of people checking out or trying what I mentioned in post #2..lol. on prime we had this exact same problem. Then we found the supplicant file to replace one we had and then adhoc tethering worked after that. You only need to be rooted to do this as you need to rename a file and insert new supplicant in there and set permissions. You can always backup and rename original file. So if it doesn't work, you can easily revert back to stock file. I have a feeling this new file will work. Just haven't tried myself yet as I haven't brought tablet outdoors yet to need tethering. I might eventually see if it works if no one else does.

Look at the thread I linked in second post and you will see prime owners had exact same problem and we solved it. It worked for the transformer 300 also. Will likely work for nexus 7 also. The file is, in a sense, universal.
[Nexus 7 General] rdelfin:
I have tried. It does not work :( -- WiFi refuses to turn back on with this new supplicant file. And yes, I made sure to follow your instructions exactly as described in the procedure.

With the N7, there is no such thing as a wpa_supplicant2 file originally in /system/bin (only the one without the '2' exists in the N7 which is the one running the show here, I know this for a fact as when restoring this file, the WiFi in the N7 becomes functional again). So I tried this same file you provide both with and without the '2', with no better results.

I suspect that only a developer that knows what he's doing would be able to come up with a new wpa_supplicant file specifically tweaked for the N7 (as opposed to using one that did the trick for the Prime or for the Xoom or whathaveyou).

Thanks for the suggested idea though... anything else you think we should try?