Just curious to see what everyones battery usage is like. I'll post mine tonight after my battery drains down 
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Just curious to see what everyones battery usage is like. I'll post mine tonight after my battery drains down
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I charged it up during the day yesterday, but then hammered it syncing my emails, sms messages and other things.
So, last night was my first real charge. I took it off the charger at 6am this morning, and right now, at just a few minutes less than 5 hours, I'm at 83% with 70% use being cell standby.
I'm sticking with HSPA+ today, because I know that will drain the battery more than WiFi (at least that was the case on my Atrix) and I'm trying to get a feel for the battery life when away from WiFi.
Now, full disclosure, my phone has 6 email accounts setup for push. An Exchange account, two Gmail accounts and three Imap idle accounts using k9 mail. Still, I would say it's burning battery at a little higher rate than my Atrix with those same six push email accounts.
I'm seeing a significant increase in battery life whith the s3 over the s2
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Cell standby hogs the battery more than other phones like US One X with same SoC. I think kernel devs can work on this since this is not normal.
To get a good idea on battery life, everyone needs to show their screen on time as it should be the biggest drain.
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^^ I had power saving off for the first 3 hours of the day, and screen was set to 1/4 brightness. I changed screen to auto brightness, disabled wifi network scanning/notification, turned on power saving mode (all options), and it's been like that since about 3 hours into the day. I've done some driving with Slacker Radio streaming via bluetooth to my Jeep.
Seems like cellular standby eats juice. I am in an LTE area.
Heavy usage today including a 30 minute trip in the car using gps and lte im at 42% right now
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I haven't seen a way to switch. The person in question is probably in a market without LTE like I am and is stuck on HSPA+
I went to work yesterday at 4:30pm and showed people my phone all day as well as had the screen on the entire time for my lunch. Got home at 11:45pm and my battery was at 91%. This is on LTE the entire time also. My Nexus was usually at 60-70% by the time I got home.
are you rooted? cause 91% left and you had it on for about 7 hours??? that's damn good. where you running any apps?
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You might be thinking of older batteries, but Li-ion batteries shouldn't be overdischarged or overcharged, and they keep better if you partially charge them.2Thought I'd just throw this out for others to see. Today I wanted to push my battery bc I haven't been very happy with it. So, I've been on it b.s.ing most of the day to see where I could go with screen on time. I am using wifi today since I'm home and have been busting my data plan open all week. Anyway, here's a screen shot. Will update later tonight when this thing drains.
Edit:
I'm outta the box stock and auto brightness.
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This is not a bug. This is to prevent overcharging of the battery.
Batteries held at near 100% don't last for very long. Your phone will allow your battery to charge up to near 100%, then it'll cut the charge, letting the battery decrease until it hits 90% before it starts charging again.
Now, manufacturers have the option to either show you the true percentage (90%), or they can make you feel that much more satisfied when you unplug your phone in the morning, THINKING that it's at a full 100%.
Which option do you think they chose?
Some people just happen to unplug their batteries when they are at 99% as opposed to 91% (even though both are probably shown as 100% immediately after unplugging)2So I have a friend who just got his S3 with ATT. He's completely stock and gets better battery life than me. Last time I checked his phone, he had 10 hours with 5 hours on-screen time. I got mine back in July. Did I just get one from a bad batch? This whole time I thought my battery life was relatively reasonable, but after seeing his phone perform so much better, I can't help but wonder...
Could it just be my battery itself and not the phone? There was a time that I went completely stock, and I still didn't get similar battery life. I even have automatic syncing off, whereas he has it on
Luck of the draw my friend. Every phone is different. I'd say your friend got lucky..... However, don't think he will always have it that good. Once he starts downloading apps and such.... It will take a hit. JMO.2I had pretty sad battery life, so I made some adjustments. I changed:
- Autobrightness to on
- Auto Adjust screen tone
- Disabled "Wake up Command" in S voice
Most of my battery drain was with the screen off and it has been about 50% better today, so the only setting that makes any sense is the Wake up Command setting. It's the only one that really could have had this much of an impact on my battery life.
Something to try, for those of you having issues.
