[Q] Does Smart Stay and stock bln drain too much battery?

[omar.abbas]

Hi there fellas using s3 like me its been 2days since i've bought this beast and i really wanted to know if using smart stay and keeping bln on does affect the battery much or not, as i couldn't come up to the conclusion yet. So what do you guys think who have owned this phone for some time now??

 

[shamsin]

Smart stay affects battery consumption.

 

[bordikun]

Well it affects battery file but not to the point that it drains the battery. Plus its a very useful feature

 

[UpInTheAir]

Some, but negligible affect on overall battery life.

Sent from my GT-I9300T using xda premium

 

[dennisfisch]

whats "bln"?

 

[CalInTheZone]

Back Light Notification a thing of the past with S3... think op is thinking of notification led...

 

[omar.abbas]

I guess i'll have to agree with you guys because i kept it on for a day and off the other, there wasn't any noticable difference

 

[jonny68]

Yes and no, if you constants get text messages / notifications then the BLN might have an effect on battery, same as if you stare at the screen for a long time the Smart stay might have an effect but in general compared to other apps,etc i wouldn't think it's what one would deem to be a big problem.

 

[dtdmdrums]

It's hard to tell since I've only had the phone since for 2 days and have been using it constantly, but I think it may be a light load on the battery. I had one instance already where it think it was wake-locking the phone. (seen using betterbatterystats)

I will report back later after I have investigated a little further. It may not even be worth it to me...I'm pretty well trained in turning off my screen immediately after I use it, I don't let it time out on its own.