yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Gear S3] HR-Miko:
As I have already said, the downgrade to 2.3.2.3 has also improved the situation for me, but this is not enough to consider it as an acceptable solution.

I sent it to a repair, service replaced motherboard (and I believe the battery also) and now on FW 3.0.0.1. with the same settings i get 3-4 days.

1.5 day is OK for someone who wants to boast of having an outdoor watch that can go to the mountain, but if you really go to the mountain for 2-3 days then in fact most of the time you just wear jewelry that is nothing more than a dead weight.
[Samsung Gear S3] obsydian:
I really wonder here, i had a Gear S3 about 13mths old, after Tizen battery went down from 3 to 4 days to like 1 or 1.5 days !!!!!!!

I tried everything, even sent it back to Samsung, morons just master reset (which i said i had done) then they said tough you battery is only covered for 1 yr.

In the end in bought a new one and returned the old one in its place the next day.

For me Samsung must have done something, a battery does not just go bad like that, i suspect foul play.
[Samsung Gear S3] Roger_K:
I can't even think why you'd want a watch battery to last 4 days. Ironically, that's for someone going to the mountains, not for someone who is happy to charge it every day or so like I am. LoL. I don't know what you were trying to say there. Sounds like you're boasting. :rolleyes:

Actually, I don't happen to wear my watch 24 hours a day. I don't know... maybe people get turned on by wearing it in the shower, to bed at night, while having sex. Not me. A watch for me is a tool I use *while I'm awake*. Maybe I'm too old school. I don't need the watch to *guess* via fuzzy logic if I had a good night's sleep. I know that when I wake up.

In the morning, I put it on charged, and if it gets me through my 18 hour day with battery to spare, I'm stoked. Each to their own.

Why they would have to change your motherboard is anyone's guess. I actually find that to be bizzare. And it tells me there was something else wrong with your device if they actually did swap it out. As for your new battery, of course it wil last longer than it used to - it's new!

Finally, what I was was trying to say is that my watch is now back to the performance it was *WITHOUT* a new battery, and *WITHOUT* a new motherboard, and that proves it was the firmware [3.0.0.1]. That fact is observable, and measurable because I am using the same hardware as I was before. I am using the exact same watchface. I have exactly the same apps installed. I use Samsung Health the same amount of time every day. That needs to be considered.

There are people here, like me, that want[ed] a solution without getting a refurbed unit (which could end up being worse), or having their internals swapped out.

Rolling back to 2.3.2.3 firmware does the job perfectly.

For those interested, I'll update again in a few weeks.
[Samsung Gear S3] HR-Miko:
First of all, I was not intent on offending anyone and I'm sorry if my previous post sounded like that, but what I want to say and what I'm pointing to is that when you buy a watch that has an integrated GPS, an altimeter, a HRM, a battery that should endure up to 4 days, and all packed in a rugged and durable case then you definitely bought the OUTDOOR watch, so there is nothing boasting about it if you really use it in that way.

One of the main reasons why I chose the Gear S3 was the stated battery life, because unfortunately (or fortunately) my lifestyle is such that I can not put a watch on the charging station every night so the 1.5-day autonomy is useless to me.

But enough about it, everyone has the right to use what he paid in the way he wants.

Let's go back to the technical issues, namely my upgrade / downgrade chronology and accordingly the battery life:

Bought:

FW. 2.3.2.3 (3-4 days)

upgrade:

FW. 2.3.2.4 (3-4 days)

FW. 3.0 (barely about 1 day)

downgrade:

FW. 2.3.2.4 (about 1.5 days)

FW. 2.3.2.3 (about 1.5 days)

upgrade:

FW. 3.0. (barely about 1 day)

FW. 3.0.0.1 (barely about 1 day)

sent to repair

- Replaced motherboard, after repair comes with the installed FW. 2.3.2.3.

- upgrade immediately after the first pairing

currently:

FW. 3.0.0.1. (3-4 days)

Conclusion: It's not just about the SW version, but the update in some cases obviously can lead to a partial HW failure. Samsung obviously knows it well and admits its mistake, especially when my watch was repaired without asking any additional questions, or trying to blame me as a user.

Logical question: Why to be happy with the semi-functional device that uses the old FW, avoiding any subsequent upgrades - improvements, when we can easily have a fully functional device with the latest FM version, that includes options the old FW doesn't have and yes - the battery that lasts as it is and declared.
[Samsung Gear S3] BangNguyenFL:
I confirm as well. I did receive my watch back from Samsung over a week ago. So, that's what they did. I'm using the PalmLanta watch face. After taking it off the charging cradle this morning at 4am, still have 60% battery life left at 4pm.

My issue is after the initial 3.0Tizen update, the watch would run hot and shut down when running third party watch faces. The drainage was worse than yours. It would shut down with about 40% battery life left. The full charge would only last about 4 hours with the 3.0 update.
[Samsung Gear S3] Landstre1cher:
How do you disable the weather app? Since the weather shown on the watch is NEVER up-to-date, this app is useless anyway. So, might as well kill it. Unfortunately, you can’t uninstall it from the watch - suppose it’s because it’s a system app...
[Samsung Gear S3] adfree:
[MENTION=9220922]Landstre1cher[/MENTION]

Only as info.

It is possible to "deactivate" apps... like this:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76539496&postcount=21

Best Regards
[Samsung Gear S3] Landstre1cher:
Well that looks a hell lot like command line stuff. How do I get to the command line on my watch?

Cheers
[Samsung Gear S3] adfree:
[MENTION=9220922]Landstre1cher[/MENTION]

Eventuell verstehst Du deutsche Sprache? :confused:

With SDB Tool for instance:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74585286&postcount=330

I would first check App names... example:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76510264&postcount=527

pkgcmd -l

You could find something like this:

system apps pkg_type [tpk] pkgid [com.samsung.weather] name [Weather] version [3.1.4] storage [internal]

Aha... first attempt to deactivate could be this Command for Weather:

pkgcmd -D -t app -n com.samsung.weather --global

Best Regards
[Samsung Gear S3] Landstre1cher:
[MENTION=1030585]adfree[/MENTION], ja, ich bin der deutschen Sprache mächtig :)

Still don’t know how to send command line commands to my watch. Do I need a specific app on my Mac to connect to the watch?

Thanks
[Samsung Gear S3] adfree:
Ja, SDB.

Das ist in dem Link mit drinnen... wo SDB steht.

Bin allerdings Windows Fanboy...

Keine Ahnung von Apple...

Du kanns auch ADB nehmen... thheoretisch...

Nix desto trotz...

Bitte guck nochmal in diese Link:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74585286&postcount=330

Lade mindestens das Ding hier... und guck mal rein:

SDBstarterKidv1.zip

--->

sdb_2.2.60_macos-64.zip

-->

Keine Ahnung, ist MAC Zeugs..

MfG
[Samsung Gear S3] dafadau:
I lose 18% walking to the station (10 mins).
[Samsung Gear S3] bigdaddyrobb:
Had the watch about a month and battery life is horrible.
[Samsung Gear S3] Zeblade:
Nope battery life is great. The only problem I now have that came from the last update was.. charging SOMETIMES says its over heating which it didnt do before
[Samsung Gear S3] VNNGYN:
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[Samsung Gear S3] xperiaatic:
done all that and still battery runs out less than 12h just wearing it and when active tracking is in use battery last only little over an hour. i have tested several phones and configurations but no real effect. this is happening since tizen 3 upgrade and every other update have been doing nothing to fix this issue. i'm just tired of waiting real fix from samsung, this is just not acceptable, i think i'll return mine.
[Samsung Gear S3] afgp87:
How is you battery life after u did that ? I downgraded mine to 2.3.2 because 3.0 kill my battery like crazy my watch was dainty overnights, so in the morning when I wake up not watch before I update to 3.0 never dies, I will let u know my experience with the downgrade I hope they fix this in tizen 4.0 because tizen 3.0 is the worst think they did
[Samsung Gear S3] davtse:
i'm on the latest korean update(non-lte version, update ending in a 5. had the watch on for 2 days, 54% battery left.

watchfaces make a big difference in terms of battery life for me. with GWD's new openweather complications, the battery wont last half a day, with a basic face and only s-health complications the battery lasts 3 days or more.
[Samsung Gear S3] afgp87:
How can get the last Korean version, thanks for that I will try to put a simple face and what is GWD’S
[Samsung Gear S3] davtse:
i got mine shipped from korea so mine natively uses the korean updates. i think it should be rolling out to the different CSCs soon. GWD is gear watch designer. allows you to design your own watch.

not sure if it factors in anything but every update i do a factory reset of the watch(same as i would android phones). you never know when some bits of old firmware lying around will cause conflict with the new code.
[Samsung Gear S3] davtse:
With the latest update.
[Samsung Gear S3] dersie:
Really great battery life with Tizen 3.0.0.2 :)

End the day wit 73% battery life when same use I last with 5% (and some time 0%) on a wear watch.
[Samsung Gear S3] davtse:
Yes I confirm if not using with a battery draining watch face, watch lasts at least 3 days, more often 4
[Samsung Gear S3] highaltitude:
My battery barely makes it from 7 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., so at lunch I switch to my Huawei watch 2 on Gear OS. Which lasts a couple of days. My Samsung s3 battery has gone downhill considerably.
[Samsung Gear S3] xperiaatic:
i sent my gear s3 frontier (no lte) to service and they replaced battery and motherboard. now it seems to be much better even with latest tizen 3 and software revision. running an hour with endomondo actively tracking took only 6% battery and today i have been using it for 12 hours as regular watch with no battery saving option in use (complex watch face, watch always on, all notification going to watch, wifi/bt on, activity detection on, etc.) and it shows 65% left.

update:

now it is 24h from fully charged and battery shows 53% left so it took around 10% over night.
[Samsung Gear S3] badmania98:
I did the same thing. Service+replaced battery and motherboard.
[Samsung Gear S3] burnthepriest:
I'm on my third day without charging from 100% and it's currently at 46%, so not too bad for how I use it.
[Samsung Gear S3] troxter:
My gear s3 was fine. about 40hours on one charge. Since few days Battery is horrible! from 100% to 30% in 4hours. Also I see that my S8 is draining faster than usual. I see that Gear S plugin on my phone is on the top of battery usage. I restet gear, reinstall Gear Wearable, but still the same problem..
[Samsung Gear S3] DaWeav:
Well, over the last few months, irregardless of these battery fix updates, my S3 battery was going nutz. And lately, my watch wouldn't get through the day at all as it would be down 20-30 percent in the first hour, and it would just turn off after lunchtime and not come back in. Even though I couldn't turn it back on, I would get home and put it in the charging cradle, it would show 80 to 90 percent. And after a full charge, if I rebooted it a few times, the battery was dead again. Wow.

So, I just replaced the battery last night after getting the triwing screwdriver bits from Amazon (Y000 worked for me). I let it charge up to 100%, then I played around with it for an hour or so, rebooting it a few times, and it just stayed at 100% the whole time!!!

I got my S3 at launch back in December if 2016, so the original battery only lasted 1.5 years. I would accept maybe 2 years, but just 1.5 years is really hard to swallow for a $300 device.

The battery was $26 from Ebay and the triwing bits were $8 on Amazon. The total cost to replace the battery was less than $35, and one hour of time, but I was just being very diligent and precise taking the watch apart. It went back together in just a few minutes though. Also, I recommend the YouTube video for taking it apart, but the video suggested the Y00 bit, but it was too large for mine so I had to use the Y000 triwing bit. So there may be some manufacturing differences with those backplate triwing screws on the Frontier models.

Update: My S3 with the new battery is only down 17 percent so far after 9 hours today. It's fixed.
[Samsung Gear S3] Eric214:
I can't speak to anything prior to the 3.0 firmware as I just got my watch a couple days after the Galaxy watch was announced and found it to be lacking compared to the S3. Mainly because of the lack of MST. Playing around with it was using battery but never much more then 40% from 6am to about 7pm which I was fine with. I took the August 13 update )CH1 I think) and it took a dive (about 65-70% in 12 hours off charge). So I reset the watch removed all the apps on the phone and set it back up. The battery life is significant now. the last 2 days after the reset I am only losing 7% over an 8 hour work day. Today was a little lighter but I took it off the charger at 7am and it was at 94% and just looked at it now at 10:34pm and its still at 83%. So 11% in 15.5 hours. I will usually charge it most nights if not every other night so it more then lasts for me. If the people that are having the issues haven't yet, I would delete all apps from phone and reset the watch and set it back up. I only had my watch for a week or so and it was still a pain but worth it.

Now granted I have it set up the same as before the update. I really don't have any fitness tracking on, AOD off but wake gesture on, bezel wake on. Brightness set to 7. Watch Maker faces being used. Syncing and set up to answer calls on watch with strong vibration set for long vibration. Notifications set to not wake the screen though as I have sensitive messages that come through. Samsung pay set up and use all the time. I receive 30+ Textra texts a day, about 30-40 emails, so it's always doing something.
[Samsung Gear S3] adfree:
Only as info...

sh-3.2# cd /csa
sh-3.2# ls
00000000.authtokcont TEE bluetooth csc ese factory imei lost+found prov prov_data recovery sensor skpm_OTA_CSR_OCF_ECC_P256 skpm_sk.dat skpm_supported_list wd
sh-3.2# cd sensor
sh-3.2# ls
baro_cal_data gyro_cal_data hrm_eol_data
sh-3.2# cd ..
sh-3.2# cd factory
sh-3.2# ls
batt_cable_count battery_cycle battery_full_count cal_date default_bt_state default_nfc_state default_wifi_state dfms_failhist earjack_count fdata hist_nv hwver nad_data test_nv
sh-3.2# ls -a1l
total 37
drwxrwsr-x 2 root system_share 1024 Sep 1 12:00 .
drwxrwsr-x 14 root system_share 1024 Aug 22 10:45 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 2 Mar 3 2017 .ksb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 0 Jan 1 2016 .nv_created
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 0 Jan 1 2016 .nv_ready
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root system_fw 3 Sep 9 05:42 batt_cable_count
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root system_share 4 Sep 9 11:34 battery_cycle
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root system_share 4 Sep 9 06:00 battery_full_count
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 10 Mar 2 2017 cal_date
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 1 Aug 22 10:46 default_bt_state
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 1 Aug 22 10:46 default_nfc_state
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 1 Aug 22 10:46 default_wifi_state
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 4 Mar 3 2017 dfms_failhist
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root system_fw 1 Jan 1 2016 earjack_count
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 4 Jan 1 2016 fdata
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 36 Aug 26 08:37 hist_nv
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 8 Mar 2 2017 hwver
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 5 Nov 20 2017 nad_data
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root system_share 2000 Aug 26 08:37 test_nv

Maybe reason why downgrade not help...

CSA partition is not wiped... because contains blabla Security blabla crap...

But if Calibration data from battery also inside CSA partition...

Also found few SQLITE files with battery status crap inside...

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77569069&postcount=623

This what my SM-R760 shows...

sh-3.2# cat batt_cable_count
189
sh-3.2# cat battery_cycle
1038
sh-3.2# cat battery_full_count
9185
sh-3.2# cat cal_date
2017,03,02

Best Regards
[Samsung Gear S3] efe34:
How it is made: I can not it. (I ha ve a rooted note 8 & s3gear)

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Gear S3] adfree:
Only as info... Gear S3 is not alone...

https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...y-watch-R800XXU1BRH3-eats-battery/td-p/391825

https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Wearable-Tech/Battery-drain-on-gear-sport/td-p/362187

:D :rolleyes:

I saw also many posts like this with FIT, FIT2, S2... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Best Regards
[Samsung Gear S3] Innlegmar:
How to recalibration battery for s3 frontier?

Hi,

How to recalibration battery for s3 frontier?

I find /csa/factory/cal_date: 2018,11,08

restoring one week earlier and result: battery drain, 10%/hour

- I try: recovery,

- I try: recovery 3x

- I try: die battery 0% and power off and state charging of 100%.

- I try: charge 5x 100%

- I try: tizen 3.0.0.1, 3.0.0.2, 4.0.0.2

- I try: change country code, result ota update 4.0.0.4 (germany), but battrey drain

- I try: my phone uninstall s-plugin, and earlier app version install

- I try: *#0228#, quick button not working
[Samsung Gear S3] Roger_K:
Hi All,

After some time, my beloved Gear S3 had battery life so bad, even on Tizen 2.3, that I decided to replace the battery in the watch. Not hard to do, and I did it myself.

Watch is now like new. I think that's the only solution for those with battery performance problems. I put it down to when I originally upgraded to Tizen 3, and it never charged to 100%, and made the watch as hot as an oven. The old battery I pulled out had some swelling.

New battery makes this watch awesome again.

Hope this info is useful to someone.
[Samsung Gear S3] Ozric13:
I just changed the battery for a new one, 15 minute process, easy enough.

No difference, losing 10% every 2 hours, does not even last the day.

Will try and flash an older firmware today
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] omnitarget:
Hey all,

This is my first official post despite being a member here for some years and it comes with the unfortunate issue I am experiencing with my PH-1.

I've noticed as I'm using my browser or social apps recently that there is huge lag where images or even text won't load, and I figured maybe it was the wifi. I would then use my LTE connection, and I would still have the same issue. I then tested the down/up rate using speedtest and I can literally see the data staggering and not getting the full down/up rate it should like it's struggling. I still have my other phone (leeco pro 3) on the same wifi running the same test at the same time, and it's fine.

Just wondering if anyone else has this issue and if there's a fix? (Also I have the same apps and setup as my other phone but I'm trying to pinpoint if it's something running that's causing it.)

Oh, also I'm on stock with latest update NMJ32F
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] JoseOfCarim:
I tryed a few custom roms on my redmi note 4, but they were very laggy...

LineageOs is smoother on my redmi note 3
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] ayush.gl:
Yes i also face this lagging issue sometimes on RR rom. Do you know what cause it to lag??
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] JoseOfCarim:
I asking because want to know

The only thing i can Imagine is that There is a "battery Save" profile

But i won't reflash the rom Just ti try
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] ink3n:
I build the AOSP successfully but in my case the microphone is buggy ... everything else is working. Is there Anyone who build it with a working mic? I've build r30 and r32 with the same result :/
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] kevev:
I have not yet. Ordered my XZ1c yesterday. Should be here Monday. Hoping for more developer colaberation. Thank You for working on this!:cool:
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] andTab:
Because of Treble it should be possible to build Lineage OS without interfering with the fingerprint sensor and T-Mobile VoLTE functionality, no?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] N1ghtr08d:
Can I ask, how is the camera on the AOSP build? Is it still the ****ty quality/green blob effect camera? I want to desperately have root on my xz1 and I know I can have it with AOSP but I don't want to sacrifice the camera.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] not_a_doggo:
It's still going to be bad. Until we get a proper DRM backup method all custom ROMs will take awful photos.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] crummmcakes:
Issues Flashing Build

Hi there -

If you don't mind me asking, did you run into any issues when flashing the build? I was able to build android-8.0.0_r30 successfully. After flashing android-8.0.0_r30, my phone boots to a screen covered in distorted colors. There is a small message, but most of it is cut off. From what I can tell, it seems that something is corrupt, or so I believe the partial message said.

Did you run into any issues while flashing?

Could you please offer some insight into your process?

Thank you for your time,

Dominic

[Edit]

I am getting the same screen of distorted color after the Sony screen when flashing android-8.1.0_r7.

Before flashing again this time, I went to another machine and used Sony's flashing tool, Emma, to flash a stock Sony ROM back to the device. This allows me to boot to what I assume is Sony's most current build available. The phone boots no problem this way. I decided to try another flash.

My specific steps for flashing post build:

sudo fastboot flash boot boot.img

sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

sudo fastboot flash system system.img

sudo fastboot flash oem SW_binaries_for_Xperia_AOSP_O_MR0_4.4_v05_yoshino.img

[Edit]

I am able to successfully use Sony's Flash Tool, Emma, on a separate system to get the phone booting to the stock ROM. Emma shows the following under Software:

Application Software:

1307-7511 47.1.A.8.49

[(Delayed) Edit]

I rebuilt AOSP from source and was able to successfully boot into the OS after flashing the partitions.

Maybe a corrupt image was generated during the build process.

Either way, I am updating this in case anyone else comes across it. Downloading the source and rebuilding it resolved the issue.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ecarl65:
I have an LG G6 US997 (unlocked) phone. The bluetooth works nearly flawlessly on my fairly low end stereo. But we bought a 2016 Honda Odyssey last year and now whenever I try to connect to bluetooth on that minivan it works for a few seconds and then my phone says something like, "Bluetooth service has stopped." Whenever I try to reconnect that just keeps happening. Is this a problem with my phone or a known issue with Honda Hands Free Link stuff? I want to say it used to work fine, but this just started a month or two ago.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] guapinoy:
Do you use Google Play Music? That's what causing the crash. Disable or uninstall the app.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ecarl65:
Are you being serious? I do use Google Play Music. Is that actually a known issue/bug when combined with Honda?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] guapinoy:
It's a bug between the G6 and Google Play Music. I use YouTube Music for now. I'm hoping it'll be fixed by Oreo.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] barotropic:
I've been using my US997 G6 via bluetooth with my 2017 Honda Ridgeline flawlessly for long periods during the past 3 months, so doesn't appear to be a hondalink issue.

But i don't use Google play music. I'll try to check that out tomorrow and report back.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] ecarl65:
I see, thanks for the info. I appreciate knowing where it's coming from, but that's disappointing on Google's part. I'll try removing Google Play and seeing if that helps the issue. Thanks again for the response, I never would have guessed that's the issue.