yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
What Battery Drain?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TeeX2.0:
dang, man! what's your setup?

That's really impressive battery life. Any kernel changes or drastic settings anywhere?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Basically, when you flash the ROM, the settings you see as Default are how I have my phone set up.

No Sammy apps, Nothing in Misc except Ad-Free and Dropbox. And I use my 5x6 TW Launcher.

Thats it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] savaytse66:
My battery life overall seems okay; nothing stellar, but not bad either. Media is my biggest offender though. Upon a clean installation, I installed all Google Apps, SMemo (no other Samsung Apps), TouchWiz launcher with 4x4 grid, Terminal Emulator, AdFree, and Flash. I have installed no other media apps, and all of my Google accounts are set so that they DO NOT synchronize Picassa or Music.

I have never had Media "drain" my battery before though. I'm not sure it's a major issue for me since the overall battery is okay, but anecdotally, it seems like I'm getting slightly faster discharge than on 3.1.

Overall, liking the ROM.

Just my $0.02...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ElementR:
I am getting about 32 hours w/ light use in CR 4.0, no complaints from me.

Can you add the option for AOSP MMS with the next Aroma install?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dave_k605:
16 gig internal is plenty.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ljv:
Quote:

Originally Posted by arkady2k View Post

Hi, I already asked this question, but did not see a reply, or i missed it. What is the best tethering app for this rom? I hear FoxFi is not working, native one is probably not hacked. is there another one that works? I am on the old plan and don't have tethering for free.

Quote:

The native tether works, but only if you select if from the notification pulldown menu.

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If this hasn't been mentioned, I installed kindacrapmods 2.0 and you can do native tether (hotspot) with either the toggle or from the settings/menu with no verizon verification.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
Media drain is back today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
I have not experienced any media battery drain issue since this dropped. It has to be something people are installing (or not installing?) maybe...

For the record, when I installed I did not install any Samsung apps except for smemo. I also didn't install any yahoo, ad free, or accuweather stuff. I did install polaris. I did NOT install the RPM. Only mod I've installed is the no padlock/remove wifi notification. No themes. I have 8GB sdcard full of stuff.

In other words this acts identical to CR3.1 on the battery life front but of course add all the JB butter.

Out of curiosity has anyone done an install then a reboot and let sit for a while before installing any apps or mods to see if it has the media issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Excessiveidling:
Couple of questions:

1. If I install cr4.0 then restore my nandroid back to 3.1o does that wipe the rpm file I flashed? I noticed the modem/baseband did not change (it still is vbl15) but was not sure on the rpm

2. call recording..theres many apps for but removing the brightness slider, any ideas on that? I just use auto brightness and it actually works for me quite well :)

3. Is there an irc (aka chat channel) all you dev's talk together or do you all just read each others forums/post on here? I still have dreams of a day when all dev's will work together for the greater good and create (insert dramatic drum roll) the ULTRAAAAAROMMM of doom! ;)

Regardless the answer or non answer to these questions thank you to all the devs out there that continue to make lesser geeks like me enjoy our 'toys' more and more every day
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] psyjohn:
As someone else already said, the beauty of Android is having choices. There are several good browsers to choose from. I like Chrome because it seamlessly and effortlessly syncs with my desktop browser. I frequently switch from desktop to phone throughout the day. Some sites are just better to look at on the desktop and when I'm at work some innocent sites are inadvertently blocked so I switch to the phone and hit the link on there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
Scott will be able to answer more thoroughly but I'll give it a go. 1. If you do a full wipe then yes I'm fairly certain. As for the baseband/radio/modem you'll have to flash that separately. 2. I use auto brightness too and would prefer slider be removed. Scott might make that an option in aroma at some point. I've never needed call recording don't know anything about it :p 3. Not for this specific rom that I know of. Would be cool. I'm sure anyone could start one.

And amen they make our phone es so much fun and we should all be very grateful!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] knights665:
Seeing alot of data drops while tethering but this thing is smooth as silk great job:thumbup:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] p-slim:
You are just like me, I frequently switch from devices and I use that option "other devices" quite frequently. Also I like that option when I click on smaller links it zooms in and lets me make the selection easier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Pete7ate:
I really like this rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ascssmith:
On the first page all Scott says is to copy Rom over and flash, just to make sure, as I'm on ICS clean Rom, do I need to flash Radio and Modem?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
Up to you, not needed but iirc Scott recommends it. Radio=modem=baseband. All the same thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ascssmith:
Thanks....:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] arkady2k:
is Nova or Apex lauchers free versions or paid versions that are included with this rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scassel:
Free.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sfobrien:
Just an idea. When you flash ROM go with TW launcher then download others from the PlayStore. That way you can test them all and decide which you want to use.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nutzzer:
Getting the media battery drain as well. Is this ROM worth staying on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] McDastardly:
So after turning off Google now, maps in 4.0 is still killing my battery. I do have Google's location service turned on and did in ICS as well and didn't have this issue. Anyone got some suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rwc95:
I'll post you guys a zip when I get home tonight to remove the brightness slider. I removed it in my themes but ill make one for the stock look
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
tyvm! Using your other mod (wifi notification and padlock icon removal) and appreciate it. Will flashing your new brightness slider removal mod mess with the other wifi notification/padlock mod?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcurley:
Kinda Crap mods has it as an option and it works great with this ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fawkiPhone:
Anyone have an lag issues when going from lockscreen to home screen? No media drain here! Idk why I am the lucky few.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stang6790:
Well I've been trying to track down the media battery drain all morning. I froze every app I had installed all at once along with all of the other recommendations I had seen in system apps plus anything in system that I didn't think was needed and still had the issue. After looking at my battery stats with gsam battery monitor I noticed Downloads was listed under media. So I went into app manager and force stopped the download app (the one with a black box and green arrow) and I no longer have battery drain. I don't know what all this is responsible for but it seemed to fix the issue. I tried this multiple times and it worked every time. If you are having the issue try this and see if it works.So if someone who knows what they are doing could look into that maybe they can figure why it is causing the issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ExcludedDroid:
I've also noticed that there are two "Downloads" while tracking media usage in Gsam batt monitor. Instead of freezing the one with the Icon, I froze the one with the default Android icon...Haven't seen media drain since. In addition, I've frozen all the clocks I could and also live wallpapers. We'll see if it shows back up later. Somebody (can't remember if it was in this thread or not) also reported freezing "Media Storage," which stopped their media from running wild.

Cheers,

ED :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
Nope none at all. Every now and then I experience a slight stutter though after swiping to unlock then upon first scroll from home screen to another screen. It's very minor. One of those curses that I'm so "aware of and tuned in" to UI interactions. It's all good though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
This is a full list of what I have frozen. No media issues with these selections.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pkd600:
For those having problems with Media Server battery drain issue, try installing this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

It's just battery stats, but will show you more detail than the default battery settings. Of particular importance are the Partial Wakelocks and Processes. I don't have any of the Media Server issues, but this might help you to figure out the root cause.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] p-slim:
What I realize about the media drain is that it really isn't a drain. It works really hard when the phone is reset for 6 minutes. So it will be at the top for awhile. As the day goes the time of it being used is still the same 6 minutes so media falls down the list, that's my experience
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nutzzer:
How's everyone's battery life on the new radios? Seem mine is draining alot faster. Might switch back to the HE radios.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rwc95:
No it won't effect it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] david_hume:
For some reason, my data randomly vanishes at times. That could be fixed by going into airplane mode and back, but is anyone getting this issue?

Sent from Sterilized and Jelly Bean S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kujayhawks77:
I'm getting great battery life. So many factors effect battery life though so a flash to HE may help.

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Haven't had any problems with data. What radio are you using?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
My battery life has never budged on any of the radios and I've flashed them all and tested them extensively over a period of at least 2 full days each. What does change is handoffs. Signal strength is not affected either between any of the radios/modems out for our phone. Of course ymwv and this is my experience. Go with what works best for you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hhunt29:
Amazing Work

Scott, I wanted to say Thank you and what an amazing Job on this latest 4.0 Rom it is smooth as Butter!! I really appreciate all your hard work and admire your talents!! Great Job I love it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jerseykirby:
Still on 3.1, using as my daily. Battery life has been great so far and this is without another radio or rpm. Is 4.0 ready to go as daily or still beta?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sipple31:
It's been running great for me. I flashed 4.0, plus the RPM & Radio. Ran great. Now I added the KT747 kernel and it's sure running smooth! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
Here are two more screen shots on battery info
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcurley:
Using the removal of the wifi and lock, did not effect my kindacrap mods.

Thank you!

sent from CleanRom 4.0, 1.21GW
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hakoreh:
i had this problem and then flashed new modem and has been good since..thank GD
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Good to know!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prenedo:
I think they added a fade animation so it may seem like it lags... Another animation that is starting to annoy me is when opening a folder. It doesn't speed up with any of the transition scale options.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] supermandroid:
Fix Media Battery Drain

This was a problem that plagued the incubus Jellybean releases even before the VZW leak (at least on my phone). What I did to fix it (I saw it in a video) was to download Rom Toolbox (I have the Pro version, but I think the free version does the same in this regard). Once in the application go to:

Auto Start Manager >

Hit the magnifying glass in the top right corner and search for: "Media"

Media Storage will pop up, long-press on it and open up "Advanced Freezer" >

Uncheck:

Receivers

(Media Storage).MediaUpgradeReceiver

(Media Storage).MediaScannerReceiver

Services

(Media Storage).MediaScannerService

Exit out of the app, and you should see your Media's battery usage start to decline.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] STVERDI:
How's the battery and performance on this ROM? Also, does data drop as it does on AOSP now that it is jelly bean?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] The5Venomz:
Major battery drain today... Yesterday averaged 9%/hour...right now 19.6%/hour. Whoa...

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No data drops since this is the Verizon TW leak.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
Normally don't post these, but so many questions regarding battery life. This is all wifi. Swap that for all 4G and you can subtract ~20 off the 61% remaining. I've tested it countless times. This was the exact same on CR 2.x and 3.x roms. No variation what-so-ever between ALL of the radios/modems/basebands as well. On average I get 5.5 hrs screen on all wifi and 3+ hrs screen on on all 4G. This includes 3 email accounts push sync'ing, ~1hr of phone calls per charge cycle, and ~100 texts.

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Outstanding for me. No data drops here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chill145:
I'm still on ule and have still been experiencing random reboots due to apps freezing but I'm wondering how has clean rom held up. Are people experiencing force close issues and those reboots or no because I may switch unless it's just a jb issue which I'm sure it is
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hopesrequiem:
Clean rom has been flawless. Amazing battery life and everything
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
Love the new notification light and that it varies its brightness on notifications depending on ambient light, way cool
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcurley:
+1 for that, does not light up my room at night!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GlassEyedPete:
Better than Advertised

I've had better quadrant scores with this rom than any other (5,600+), including those using kernels that allow over-clocking. I haven't found anything that doesn't work properly and the battery is great. Excellent work Scott.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
After this canbu still access the media cards and save regularly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Your thinking the way I am right now...

1. No

2. Later

3. Its called.. wait for it... GTalk :D I talk with Beans almost every day, I talked with Incubus a few times, I talk with Kindacrap almost daily, not to mention all the other devs from other devices. My Gtalk is only used for other Devs to chat with.

Lots of stuff behind the scenes you will never see. Although we all seem to be doing our own thing... And we are... we still help each other out.

Look at the OP of each ROM and see who's name is in there and that will tell you who talks to who.

Each one of us is using something that another Dev did... For me its Crap mods, for Incubus, he is using my rooted boot image, Same for beans plus I host the site that beans downloads come from (for free!)

What can I say, IM a hell of a guy :highfive:

(Just wanted to give a little insite).

If you have to ask that question then the answer is no.

Not really.

Wow, thats interesting....

Taking note of this...

Thats what it SHOULD do... BUt I think for some people it runs on for a longer time.

Thank you sir!

Depends if you get the media drain issue or not, lol. I called it stable. But dont forget... Its based off a LEAK. Meaning the operator did not want it so therefore its not a ROM they are going to use.

THis may have been the most informational post yet. You and the other one I just noted...

You both got me thinking....

Somewhere between Utterly amazing to OMG this is horrid. You result will fall between. Im serisous when I say that. No joke.

As far as Data. Not a problem here... Ever...

You use your phone hardcore, I need you to be on my bet testing team, lol :highfive:

Seems to be a JB issue. Not sure... How many Apps do you run that F/C? You may want to look for alternative apps.

Indeed. Same here! :highfive:

Its cool!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Actually, that helpls me find it in the AM, lol

Good deal!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Time for work then on official vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank the post if you are happy for me that I am finally on a vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Div033:
So yeah... this happened. Reboot fixed it, but still was odd to see. Those are all the toggles I have enabled. No idea what triggered it, seemed random.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Valkyrie743:
not sure if this has anything to do with the battery thing people are talking about but i woke up with my phone and this

the devices keeps waking up? i have most sync or notification things off (for gmail and facebook) ??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cbrehob:
Force Closes

Scott, the FC issue is actually starting to become annoying. I'd love if we'd just get the "X App is not responding" msg, with an option to kill the app or wait for it to respond. I'm having it here and there with several apps. Seems to be mostly occurring while adding widgets to the home screens.

Also, made a pretty substantial donation to you, I've used your CleanROM on the GS3 since you first released one, and thank you a ton for it. CleanROM makes the GS3 exactly what I've wanted in a phone.

Confirmation: 65J62101KC924040A
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
I get this today :( Sorry, you are limited to 8 thanks per day :p

But seriously enjoy your vacation! And I'd be glad to test anything. I am rough on my phones battery

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I've seen it on all iterations of CR. It's random and seldom. A quick rotate to landscape and back to portrait will take care of it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scorchedsky:
Wow...first boot, CPU0 would max at 1 GHz for some reason. Rebooted after re-setting all my widgets etc...this is after a fresh boot. Guess it's getting 1.51 GHz :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] supermandroid:
It's been awhile since I've been on a JB TW rom, (Jellywiz RLS8, I believe) so I can't verify 100%. But I do not recall having any negative repercussions when I did this freezer trick. I will probably jump on CleanRom 4.0 (2.1 has held me over quite well for some time! :victory:) and test this on Scott's rom instead to verify myself.

Here's the video I found that explains it step by step on incubus's Custom RLS6. Skip to 3:27 to hear about Media battery drain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq2dVRkZC1k&list=PL3594A688386ACAF6&index=19&feature=plpp_video

Scott, I love your roms and please don't think I'm being disrespectful by posting a video involving someone else's rom. I'm just giving credit to my sources of information!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Morkai Almandragon:
A few things I have noted.

The reboot issue happens on all the VZW leak roms, but not the Galaxy Mod rom (based on the sprint rom).

Call recording works on neither of those roms (skvalex call recorder) on the stock or Ktoonsez kernel. This one really is odd since this was the first phone I have ever used where call recording was flawless ALL of the time including with a Bluetooth device while completely stock and rooted. Usually you need Alsa (flaky as hell) or a modified kernel (Ziggy used to release kernels with the mod a lot). This really dumbfounds me as the Note 2 already has JB and it supposedly works flawless on it too.

Not sure if it helps but someone in general got rid of the wifi nag for Synergy rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974917

I realize they say that the specific version mentioned is an ICS base, but I wonder if this would not be a simple fix for JB too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ckamc:
So I tried doing the wifi notification mod (to turn off the TW notification)

Didn't work, is this a known issue or is there another way to turn it off?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kujayhawks77:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33695609&postcount=5331

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I'm beginning to think I have a magic S3... no media drain, no reboots, no FCs, great battery life.

My current setup

Clean Rom 4.0 - Stock TW Launcher, all gapps, s-memo, s-voice (only installed for voice cmds), accuweather (I like that damn widget)

WasabiWa83 Blue Steel

WiFi/Lockscreen removal mod

4.2 Camera (no Note II camera)

Google Wallet Mod (mainly because when I get my coffee in the morning people think I'm magic)

and my 100 some odd apps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bond32:
Same here! I was very hesitant to root/rom with this phone as I felt it performed rather well stock. With the addition of of FoxFi rooting wasn't a concern for me anymore. Then I saw the leak and got curious... This rom on the phone is a whole new experience. My few gripes about stock are gone such as random hang ups like returning home or backing out of screens. Phone really does fly and I know lots of people say that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NotATreoFan:
Running the 11/3 release of this currently, and I cannot get it to see my car when trying to pair it with the radio in my 2013 Sonata. No issues with CM10 or AOKP. Anyone else run into this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sipple31:
Weird. Pairs with my 2012 Frontier just fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NotATreoFan:
I bring up the pairing screen on the radio, and then search with my phone, but SONATA never shows up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chill145:
Yeah, the apps that have done it so far are rom toolbox, Facebook, g script lite, and sometimes when I'm changing settings in different apps. Very strange but from post above this one a little it seems to be all roms with this base at the moment so can't fault you Scott. Thanks again for all the hard work. Enjoy your vacation and donation coming on Friday
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
Thanks again Scott no bugs for me at all every thing running super smooth. I'll donate when I pay PayPal the large sum of money I owe them!

Sent from Vzw Galaxy SIII running CleanROM 4.0 w/CleanKERNEL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ilkevinli:
Is anyone else having an issue where the screen will not power off on its own ? Doesn't happen all the time, but it has happened a lot for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbdan:
paired it with Sorento about 30 minutes ago was perfect and almost instantaneous. Music and nav sound great

Never heard of this. Running any mods/themes? Over or under clock ing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emckai:
Are you talking about how when your phone is off and you try to turn it on with the home button, sometimes you have to press the home button twice??