I'm Desperate, Let's Fix My Battery Life

[akaleshnikov]

I have a T999V (Wind Mobile) running TouchWiz 4.4 (with towel root) on the Wind Mobile network. This phone has a brand new Anker 2200mAh battery.

Unfortunately, my battery life is under 9hrs. I get about 2hrs of screen on time, which consumes about 20% of battery, and then the combination of Android System, Android OS, Google Services will consume a whopping 50% battery.

I have Wakelock Detector, BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor installed.

How do we diagnose what's causing this problem?

I'm usually at home, using my home WIFI. Other issues I've noticed with my phone are that I notice slowdowns sometimes with Swiftkey, when a lot of app updates are going on, Google Maps, Google Chrome address bar. This phone did have water damage at some point and I had to have the power button replaced. Could this affect the battery drainage and or the slowdowns?

 

[getochkn]

I have a T999V (Wind Mobile) running TouchWiz 4.4 (with towel root) on the Wind Mobile network. This phone has a brand new Anker 2200mAh battery.

Unfortunately, my battery life is under 9hrs. I get about 2hrs of screen on time, which consumes about 20% of battery, and then the combination of Android System, Android OS, Google Services will consume a whopping 50% battery.

I have Wakelock Detector, BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor installed.

How do we diagnose what's causing this problem?

I'm usually at home, using my home WIFI. Other issues I've noticed with my phone are that I notice slowdowns sometimes with Swiftkey, when a lot of app updates are going on, Google Maps, Google Chrome address bar. This phone did have water damage at some point and I had to have the power button replaced. Could this affect the battery drainage and or the slowdowns?

Thats about what I get with a new stock battery. If I leave it on and roaming all day while at work and I get no signal, I'm down to 40%, few hours of screen time. airplane mode all day at least gets me to 60-70% by the end of the day.

Is what it is. lol. Plague of all smartphones.

 

[YPG70]

you can't expect a good battery life that you desire. because samsung s3 has a powerful CPU, and a good high resolution screen which will take power to run. You will be lucky to get about 5 hours on a stock battery. If you really want to do stuff.. try under clocking the CPU too 1GHZ or below. that would probably give you 1-2 hour extra battery but other than that..

Try the basics: - GPS off, location off, Data off. etc.

 

[JustZaphod]

I have a T999V (Wind Mobile) running TouchWiz 4.4 (with towel root) on the Wind Mobile network. This phone has a brand new Anker 2200mAh battery.

Unfortunately, my battery life is under 9hrs. I get about 2hrs of screen on time, which consumes about 20% of battery, and then the combination of Android System, Android OS, Google Services will consume a whopping 50% battery.

I have Wakelock Detector, BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor installed.

How do we diagnose what's causing this problem?

I'm usually at home, using my home WIFI. Other issues I've noticed with my phone are that I notice slowdowns sometimes with Swiftkey, when a lot of app updates are going on, Google Maps, Google Chrome address bar. This phone did have water damage at some point and I had to have the power button replaced. Could this affect the battery drainage and or the slowdowns?

Dude, your battery is normal, we all have the same or similar battery time.
If your concerned with battery life, try an extended battery..

 

[akaleshnikov]

In 3hrs I've used 70% of the battery with 2.5hrs of screen on time. I find it hard to accept that this is normal for these phones.

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[getochkn]

In 3hrs I've used 70% of the battery with 2.5hrs of screen on time. I find it hard to accept that this is normal for these phones.

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What were you doing during those 2.5hrs of screen time? With wifi or 4g on, I can kill mine in a few hours, with a new battery. Don't know what you expect.

 

[serio22]

Disable Google now from the app settings, in WiFi advanced settings make sure 'always scanning' is disabled, only sync what is necessary from the accounts section in stock settings app, only enable WiFi, Bluetooth, etc, when you use it.

 

[IDisposable]

First, bigger battery: http://www.amazon.com/dp/9838427837/
Second, Turn off background WiFi scanning (in CM11, Settings / WiFi / ::: menu (lower right) / Advanced / uncheck Network notification, uncheck Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep, uncheck Scanning always available)
Third, Deny wake rights for Google Play Services (in CM11, Settings / Privacy / Privacy Guard / ::: menu (top right) / check Show built-in apps / long-press Google play services / scroll down to Wake up and Deny , scroll down to Keep awake and Deny / BACK once / long-press Google Services Framework / deny Keep awake )

That'll get you 2 days in MY usage