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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mamntfca:
same boat

I have been having the same problems!

Losing 8% in standby and 10% in use.

I used to go from 8am to 7pm with heavy use.

Today I did not use the S3 much and I am down to 25%!

I am going to try a factory rest

AND I am thinking of re-inserting the JB Root through Odin.

At this point I'll try anything.

I removed the bloatware, facebook and the maps.service.

Anyother official fixes?

This cant be the new normal battery usage.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Grnfinger:
11 hours 42 mins of use today and I have 44% battery remaining.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Russ77:
too funny. mine is almost identical. averaging 5% per hour but if you look at the stats I've been using it a pretty good amount. idle is around 1-1.5% per hour.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] beartrap:
I was also having battery drain issues and saw media was keeping my phone awake. After trying different things, I tryed signing into my samsung account and it wouldn't do it. I deleted it and created It again and now I can sign in. I also canceled all Samsung account syncs just in case. Much reduced battery consumption since noon today.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Russ77:
I got a hair over 16 hours letting it get down to 5%. 3:22 screen time, about 2 hours Bluetooth music streamingstreaming, about 2 hours of headphone music. average was 6% per hour. deep sleep is around 1% per hour.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Grnfinger:
I found a huge increase after removing svoice and s suggest. Do we really need a Samsung account?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mes3:
Played music over headphones for about 8 hours. Streamed Spotify for about an additional 30min. Screen on time is around 30min. Battery is sitting at 51%. Most of the day was spent on HSPA+.

Yesterday Android System was going nuts. Did a battery pull (left it out over 10min) and everything has been good since.

S Voice, S Suggest, Music Hub, Media Hub, All Att bloat, Yahoo bloat, and all Google bloat (expect music play) disabled. Background location in Maps is also disabled (this helped a lot). Google Now is also disabled (I personally found it to be useless).

[edit: Forgot to mention I always turn sync off when I'm at work. So, 8 hours with sync off.]
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Grnfinger:
And here I thought I was the only one who found google now a waste. Maybe for USA it works better but basically all I get is weather cards
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Cusa:
I deleted half the apks that come with cm10 and the phone is still staying awake.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] polobreaka:
if i restore each nandroid, do i have to boot into it and then reboot back into recovery to redo the backup as tar?

or can i just restore nandroid, stay in recovery, and backup as tar from the same session?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Russ77:
oh, that's a good question... i booted the phone and initiated the backup through rom manager.

in theory you shouldn't have to though. just don't delete the .dup version and maybe boot the .tar version to test it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Grnfinger:
I just did a complete wipe. Installed stock rom with Odin then rooted. My only change in setup is not registering and signing in to the Samsung account and im chugging along with 6.5 hours use and 89% battery remaining
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] HiKsFiles:
So did I a few days ago (factory reset), froze a bunch of bloat in TiBU (including Samsung account related stuff) and, since then, battery life has been MUCH better!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Russ77:
i had frozen s-voice but decided to try it out. while there was no impact to battery life, apps pop open and closed a LOT faster with it active than with it frozen.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bogdaryl:
Well Wednesday I gave up and did the complete factory reset. Wow do I wish I had all my game data but for some reason everything disappeared from my TIBU file. But....... I shall not complain a bit, After doing the reinstall of stock JB rooted from mrRobinson My BATTERY LIFE HAS BEEN TERRIFIC. Of course AT&T hates me right now because I've redownloaded all my apps over 3G ( lucky for me I've never let them talk me into going to one of the new data plans I'm still grandfathered in on the real Unlimited Data plan from years ago) I have really started liking my SGS3 even more than I did before. It's fast, I mean so much more responsive than before. Shoulda done the reset from the start. Thanks to everyone for the advice.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Rbar1975:
I didn't get a chance to read up completely. New to XDA. I was getting horrible battery life and found Google Now, Maps, and Media to be the culprits. Disabled Google Now and uninstalled updates to the Samsung account and media hubs. I never use them, but I did sign into them once to check and see what they were all about. Since I uninstalled the updates, it also removes my account info from the phone so it can't proceed. This seems to have fixed alot of my issues.

Not sure if you would say this is good battery life or not, but it's alot better than my old Photon.

Usually take phone off charger at 7am. Check emails, facebook, twitter, etc. for about 10-15 min over wifi. Phone then is primarily idle until about 10:30 or so when I arrive at work. I then listen to music from my SD card all day. I play on my phone during my lunch break too (say 30 min of browsing, facebook, etc)

When I leave at 7pm, I'm usually around 30% battery left. I get home and it's wifi again and I'll end up having to throw it on the charger before bed (1ish). I'm usually in the 15% range when I do that.

Prior to me turning off Now and media hub, I was dead by lunch (2:30). I just turned off the location services, so I'm assuming now maps will go down too.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] polobreaka:
i redid all my nandroids to tar. took all morning to boot up into each nandroid and restore as tar. haha

after doing a full charge with phone off, i booted up and left it idle for 30 mins, woke it up to check battery status, media still showing high usage with over 50%.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheQat:
It may be this? https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=37199

Known issue with media scanner in 4.1.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MasterDecker:
I had a conversation this afternoon with AT&T about my wife's phone, and we got to talking about teh update for the S III. The tech informed me that the S III is "supposed to have an OTA update within the next week to fix several of the bugs that were left in the JB update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Russ77:
did you delete the .dup format backups? what about the blobs folder?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] polobreaka:
yup. i tested the tar backup before deleting the dup nandroids. when i clean backup data via CWM, it deleted all the blobs. so i dont have anything in the blob folders anymore.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Evilweasel47:
I am having pathetic battery life, but when I check the settings, Gallery.app is draining close to 50% of the battery. Anyone else experience this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Nizda1:
I already posted about the update and battery a few times in general, but I assumed the reason they left that ota update process running in the background is exactly for that reason, or their incompetent. The media issue isnt like the issue with some versions of CM or the same on the s2 with media scanner. I just removed all of samsungs garbage and dont get any drainage from media. Although if you loaded up that music hub and added your songs or have it play through your directories it sometimes will scan in the background, eating your battery. If thats the case, just go into the directory's with any music or video and create a blank file named

".nomedia" and it wont check the folder.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aboveusonlysky:
My issue isn't gallery or media. Mine is android system. It is destroying my battery life. I found an app using root uninstaller called wssyncmlnps and I backed it up and then uninstalled it. Battery is lasting longer now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] pvc_:
I'm wondering if this battery drain issue is limited to people who got their phone the first few days it was released.... I got mine the first day it came out and have had this problem with it ever since I got the phone. I finally got so fed up with it after Jelly Bean that I called ATT and got a replacement phone under warranty. Before the swap I was restarting the phone several times a week even though I had most of the att\samsung stuff disabled. Now, I've had this new one for a few days and so far it looks promising....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Cusa:
I have the same problem. Android System is killing my battery like crazy and I can't stop it. How did you delete wssyncmlnps because I can't seem to find it? On my phone Android System keeps my phone awake for hours on end and I have disabled 99% of all programs from startup and it's still keeping my phone awake.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aboveusonlysky:
If your rooted download root uninstaller its at the very bottom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] InstigatorX:
Some other things that work for me...

1. Delete/Rename gsiff_daemon

2. Delete/Rename qosmgr

Both were running rampant on my phone.

3. Freeze TwDVFSApp 1.0

4. Freeze Software Update v2.2.9

5. Freeze Software update v5_1209_3_1

I'm sure this is posted elsewhere, but figured I'd share what I did.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aboveusonlysky:
The only one of the 5 you posted that I have is twdvfsapp 1.0 I backed it up and deleted. Will report back later.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kbiz:
My GF just got a GS3 this week because of my GN2... but her battery is horrible!! I haven't rooted it yet because shes not sure shes keeping it but I can tell you its got something going on that is definitely different from my Note... this SG came with JB so it doesn't seem to be an upgrading thing necessarily...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Grnfinger:
I noticed a huge increase in battery life after a complete format of the internal sd.

Keeping Samsung account off is also a huge improvement.

I easily get 24+ hours from a charge where before I was lucky to see 10.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aboveusonlysky:
I did a factory reset on mine 2 times and didn't sign into the Samsung account and my battery life was horrible still. With me deleting wssyncmlnps I got 25 and a half hours yesterday.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xchrisknightx:
What does wssyncmlnps actually do? Just curious before I delete it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Russ77:
I had my device replaced last week due to a screen issue. I rebuilt from root 66 instead of mobile Odin flashing/rootin the official firmware. using all tips in this thread I'm under 1%/hour idle and easily getting 24+ hours with 3+ hours screen time. nothing drastic done with sync schedules or oc/uv kernels
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aboveusonlysky:
its a samsung updater app. ive backed it up with root uninstaller and deleted it. have had zero issues since deleting.
[HTC One X] AngelDeath:
Greets all I asked this question in the JB thread in the General forum, but got no responses at all. I'll make it brief:

I have two HOX's both UK phones both with HTC-001 Cid's, one phone got the small battery update, and then the JB update, I pulled the JB update from my first phone because I thought someone could use it but no one responded, but at the same time my other HOX still hasnt recieved the update, and am wondering does the Software update check to see if your rooted and bootloader unlocked when your checking for the update? If not, could someone tell me if I can update my other HOX with the OTA? the file is: OTA_ENDEAVOR_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.14.401.27-2.17.401.2_release_298985n1wwcwzs385c0bvz.zip.

When I downloaded the OTA it was put on the SDCard in the "Download" folder, but I dont know if the stock recovery will pick it up or if I have to rename it as something else for it to update, I know I will have to lock the bootloader, but I dont know if unzipping it and flashing it is the way (Which I would think not), or if I have to rename it.

Any help would be great.

Thanks.
[HTC One X] AngelDeath:
wow really guys? no one has the answer to this or am I asking that stupid of a question?
[HTC One X] adonix:
I too am interested with the answer.

I've been looking for a while, but all that i've found is that we need to goto stock Recovery.

however, in stock Recovery, it doesn't mount the SDCard, therefore, not possible to flash! I'm on stock, unrooted, locked bootloader.
[HTC One X] XxVcVxX:
You don't need to lock bootloader.
[HTC One X] ghori1989:
You dont need the ota file. Football leaked the 3.14.401.xx ruu. You can flash that. I have downloaded it from file factory. Pm me if you want my dropbox link
[HTC One X] AngelDeath:
I will look at footballs file depositry, but with the OTA I was looking to see if there was a way, cause I was looking at the stick guide, but it doesnt explain how to do the OTA on a phone that is stock everything except rooted and bootloader unlocked, but from a custom rom, which I dont have. I wanted to get an idea cause I wanted to make a couple of changes in tyhe OTA before flashing it, like for exmaple changing the MMS size MAX. with the RUU I wouldnt be able to do that.
[HTC One X] EddyOS:
You can't (easily) manually flash an OTA - better to use the 3.14.401.27 RUU now it's out
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryvandal:
I have just purchased a note 2.

Went from a galaxy s2x to this beautiful peace of technology

I need some help finding a good rom though...

I want a rom that has epectacular battery life...

Of course I want to keep all the s-pen as I havent really fooled around with it

Can anyone recommend a rom that has: Good battery and s-pen apps?

Thanks :) I am very excited right now!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spycedtx:
Search the threads. This is a very common question and everyone starts a new thread for the same thing. So, it's been answered!

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I would love to help you, but help yourself first: ask a better question

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RizSher:
ARHD 5 with Parseus kernel - great battery life and ARHD is no different to Stock rom in UI, so, all the S-pen functionality is fully retained.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yrcimim:
You really don't need another ROM. Try Nova launcher; stock ROM behaves well with regard to battery life and you retain nearly all TouchWiz functionality with another launcher. The only thing you lose are the buddy pages, ie. the additional pages for taking out Spen or inserting headphones. But you can still let the Note app popup when you take the s pen out or start the music player whenever the headphones insert and that's basically what you want most of the time. ..

Note'd too from my N7100...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dmwitz:
I agree with Yrcimim. You do not need another rom. The one you have should give you about 19 - 24 hours intense usage and upto 2-3 days light usage.

"If it aint broke, don't fix it!"

Seriously! Try some launchers Nova, Next launcher, SSlauncher etc

Install some very useful apps: SwipePad, Data Easy, (the list is long).

Enjoy you phone.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryvandal:
I actually just realized my phone stock rom does NOT have multitasking windows (which is one of the main features)

seems like my carrier doesn't have an update for that as of yet... so a custom rom is needed to enable the power of my phone...

So I need to get a custom rom otherwise i'd totally rock stock.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] graffixnyc:
Hello all,

I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm graffixnyc and I have recently been assigned to help moderate the forum. If you guys have any issues please do not hesitate to let me know. As always, please follow the rules and treat each other with respect.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] d3cka:
Thanks mod... More clean thread please
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] 74M3NUMB3RS:
Hello new mod...

WuT?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] -CALIBAN666-:
greetz from germantown!!!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] deathnotice01:
hi there,

hope you enjoy your stay at SGY forum,

we're all dedicated to help you serve the community better :good:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] m.h.mahadi:
Welcome to sgy forum sir!!!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Soul reaper:
We welcome u mod

we hope you enjoy with us our here and may not face prblems with us ^_^
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] whitexp:
where the captain ?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] hacker0377:
Welcomeee!:laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] blue.wave:
Hey Mod

Welcome bro. :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Andromeduh:
Hello boss! Welcome to SGY XD

BTW where's Captain?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Droid_beginner_student:
welcome sir :)

please keep this forum tidy.

we are your 'eyes' :D

Sent by Schoolar Boy who wanna help and being a devs
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Soul reaper:
The captain is assigned to another

post

Please check the new thread mods

(mods have been assignd for region and devce specfc threads)

:)

Caprains gone for nthr thread

Rom-Hyperion ver.7

Theme- custom violet theme

Kernel-white kernel 1.2.5

Tweak-a load of it!!!

I Gezerve Shome Shanks,

Like If U Know What I Mean!!;)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] -Scratchy-:
Will the other mods introduce themselves.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Hrustus:
Welcome in SGY section ;]
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Ganesh A:
Welcome mod, please delete some threads in the dev section which has nothing...
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] _akash:
Please give links to thread..

It will be easier for mods..

Sorry i am late

Welcome mods..

Fawkes here..

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] 74M3NUMB3RS:
the captain is now moderating in Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

WuT?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Ganesh A:
I already pm ed the mod some threads!!!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] raj.parekh07:
Welcome sir

If i help you press thanks button

sent by my Y using hyperion rom frm XDA Premium
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] menewtoroot:
so if i make good connections with u..

can i break some rules and u will deal with it.?

lol just kidding...

hope u enjoy here...:D

**rooting is new for me...and i am noob to root...:D:D**
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] alemad:
Welcome to SGY forum!!!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] graffixnyc:
Thanks for the welcome guys. Since we restructured I have many more forums to mod (all international Samsung devices) so the report button is your friend and helps us out greatly. I'm going to start to just glaze over all of my new forums and see if anything sticks out as not belonging but I could spend months going through each and every thread. We also count on you guys to let us know about things :)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] xomanuel:
Oh, Welcome!

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] strassern:
Wow Germantown, close by! (assuming WI)

Welcome graffixnyc from Waukesha WI!

Regards,

Strassern

Sent from my Vipered Dinc2 using the xda-dev app
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] TingTingin:
Hello new mod am gonna miss saying The Captain though lol but many greets also I crack a lot of jokes so don't take anything I say seriously including that lol...whatever that means

"[Sent from a galaxy y far far away] *ominous voice* Hit THANKS"
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] graffixnyc:
haha I'll take note of that. And just wait I start to crack them myself when people post stupid stuff. For example, if I handle a report for the "best rom" or "best kernel" I usually tell them the rom on the iphone5 is hands down the best and they should give me their android device and run out and buy an iphone5 ASAP! or that I'm running the windows phone 8 kernel and it's amazing! :angel:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] strassern:
NICE!!! It's like a refreshing version of the blinker fluid or winter air in the tires jokes all over again. REINVENT!!! :laugh:
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] TingTingin:
Lmao I don't really see what enters these people's thought process who makes treads like that do they really expect that everyone's gonna say Rom "x" or kernel "x" is the best lol but if I see 1 like that I'll be sure to crack that joke before reporting it lol

"[Sent from a galaxy y far far away] *ominous voice* Hit THANKS"
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] deathnotice01:
oh thank god,

we've had a lot of those garbage in the Q&A thread lately,

we also have stickies about it but well,

you know,

people are people,
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] TingTingin:
Lol they should have a tread where people would put the worst tread they ever saw started...hmmmm *lightbulb appears over head*

"[Sent from a galaxy y far far away] *ominous voice* Hit THANKS"
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] nikufellow:
OMG

We are going to see many iphone buyers from our galaxy y forums soon enough :p

i don't answer tech support questions via pm for am a noob .
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] deathnotice01:
more like hybrid WP8 + iOS + android triple boot kernel WindowsCE, CM10, XXS kernels which i thought only existed in fairy world,

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By staring at this post you have waived your right to privacy

Complaints will be trolled accordingly
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] TingTingin:
Lol

"[Sent from a galaxy y far far away] *ominous voice* Hit THANKS"
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] humaid.locastic:
Off topic but btw did u guys came to know htc hd2 got win8 port too!!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] TingTingin:
Eh? Windows 8 is it even usable also the joke still stands lol

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This post uses the patented TingTingin®™ method I would teach it to you but you are not yet worthy (come back in a hundred years)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Deadly:
@graffixnyc... hello there!

Seems I came late to party... well nice to hear you crack jokes too...:thumbup:

Otherwise it would be boring.. wish you check pm's though...

I mean I know how hard that would be to do with all those forums to see & check pm's..

But being in app most of the time and report option not being there.. & ours being a low end device sucks if you wanna use browser from this app to report.. its a PIA...

So, was wondering... if pm was possible with any of new mods..

And waiting to see other mods intro posts or threads...

Lastly thanks a lot for making time in your busy schedule to give intro..

Have a nice day man!

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If my post doesn't make sense, Ask HTC;)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Filip98:
Hi xD
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Ganesh A:
Hey mod,

please delete this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1967172
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Deadly:
Why do you ask do delete this thread?

You can continue your work in that thread.... what's wrong with this thread?

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If my post doesn't make sense, Ask HTC;)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Ganesh A:
i decided to close it..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Nachiket.Namjoshi:
Congrats sir ;) u hav been assigned as new moderator :) .... hope everyone follows the rules :D
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] 74M3NUMB3RS:
Pm sent to mod..new mod please check it :)

U..Y U NO PRESS THAT THANKS BUTTON IF I HELPED U >.<
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] bluechipsss:
Hello :) welcome :)