Battery Usage on 4G + Hostpot - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i only manage to use it for about two hours after a full recharge ..i only tether my laptop on my cellphone with 4g connection..other battery sipping settings have been turned off including background data
how about you? is this normal?

Yes this is normal even though I think my battery only last about an hour and half maybe because im using apps on my phone too.
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AbductedCasper said:
Yes this is normal even though I think my battery only last about an hour and half maybe because im using apps on my phone too.
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thanks for that..guess i have to keep my charger with me always

my phone working for 9 hours . screen 6 hours. wifi or 3g full connected is this normal ?
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Battery at 48% after 17 days and 18 hours without charge.

Hey guys,
I live in the uk and went to Bulgaria for 16 days. I left my S3 home and took an older phone with me. Didn't want my samsung stolen, etc.
So, before I left the house I charged the phone up and left it in airplane mode.
I got back more than 2 weeks later to find the phone still on in standby mode with 48% of battery left. Meaning that it could go for about 34 days in airplane mode with one charge.
I know we can't do much with this info but I felt the need to share it.
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That's awesome. My sgs2 can only make it for about a week in airplane mode, with a 2100mah extended battery.
Are you using the stock ROM? Looks like touchwiz icons from the screenshot you posted.
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Cool info man. Nice to know that.
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This is completely useless... But very interesting ha ha
I wonder how long would it go without airplane mode on
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Teio said:
This is completely useless... But very interesting ha ha
I wonder how long would it go without airplane mode on
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Speak for yourself...
This is a discovery!!!!!!
Something along those lines.....
Thanks for sharing... Great Info
RicarduZonta said:
Hey guys,
I live in the uk and went to Bulgaria for 16 days. I left my S3 home and took an older phone with me. Didn't want my samsung stolen, etc.
So, before I left the house I charged the phone up and left it in airplane mode.
I got back more than 2 weeks later to find the phone still on in standby mode with 48% of battery left. Meaning that it could go for about 34 days in airplane mode with one charge.
I know we can't do much with this info but I felt the need to share it.
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Holy crap
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I could've told you that from GSMArena's spec sheet
Stand-by Up to 590h/25days (2G) / Up to 790h/33days (3G)
We need to know your rom version !
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you didn't take "precious" on holiday with you? How very dare you!
lude219 said:
I could've told you that from GSMArena's spec sheet
Stand-byUp to 590h/25days (2G) / Up to 790h/33days (3G)
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There is absolutely no way it could go that long with the radio on. Mine was in airplane mode.
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Fredo13127 said:
We need to know your rom version !
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Everything is stock unbranded uk. Still on ICS.
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So in order to get great battery life all we need to do is never turn the screen on and never use it as an actual phone, great find!
I bought my s3 from cex (a popular exchange chain here in UK) and when I got the phone it was at 8% charge with 34 days of standby. The phone was left on, without sim card inserted, but with WiFi on, even if wasn't connected to any network. I thought it was pretty cool as the same happened with a one x I bought two weeks before, always from cex, and in the same condition the HTC was on 8 days standby time when it discharged completely in my hand
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Nice!!!
Actually there is a point to this...
I think that this is a very interesting post. Why?
Because I suspect that for most people, there are times of the week when they don't actually use the phone or even need it available to take calls but (like me) don't want to have to turn it off at night and turn it on again in the morning.
So, using a tool like Llama, you can set your phone automatically to put itself into Airplane mode at night and to reconnect in the morning - so extending your stand-by time.
(Note: I actually go further than this - and put mobile data on only 3 minutes every 30 when screen is off. And I get great battery time - or would do if I didn't use the screen so much!!)
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Too many wake locks
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Well, I have lots of apps installed. Could have last much longer after a factory wipe I guess.
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ggresso are
lol, pretty impressive.
My old smartphone with data and radio off could last about a week at most.

How much battery do you lose overnight?

Just curious because I lose about 7-8% overnight and I feel its a bit much. Feel free to share your results.
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At most 3 percent, usually 1 or 2
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Doesn't it depend on widgets and how many apps are using Push?
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0 for me. In fact, the battery gets charged to full over night. I put it on the wireless charger by the bed right before I go to sleep. :laugh:
My device sat unused for two nights and it only lost 6%.
i lost yesterday about 4% in 14 hours. do this ** settings- wifi - advanced - keep wifi on during sleep - only when plugged in ** you will see huge battery improvement. also you can use greenify app to hibernate apps that wake you tablet during sleep
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VinBertinelli said:
Just curious because I lose about 7-8% overnight and I feel its a bit much. Feel free to share your results.
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Yeah I have the same battery drain. I have WiFi of during sleep.
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GPS off?
Anderson2 said:
GPS off?
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Yes
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big_b0sss said:
i lost yesterday about 4% in 14 hours. do this ** settings- wifi - advanced - keep wifi on during sleep - only when plugged in ** you will see huge battery improvement. also you can use greenify app to hibernate apps that wake you tablet during sleep
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Just wondering.. Is your auto sync off too?
Mine has been very good. Been unplugged for 7days 12hrs, WiFi on the whole time, couple hours of screen on time and still got 20% left. Overall I'm happy.
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7-8% for 8 hours. Using CM10.2 and greanify.
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Just wondering.. Is your auto sync off too?
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nope my Google location service, gps and auto sync on. but if u keep ur wifi off while screen is off auto sync will not work then when u turn ur tablet on wifi gets connected you get all the notifications. no point to get notifications on tablet while im getting those notifications on my phone. also ive noticed that the more you charge the battery it gets better
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cowabunga said:
0 for me. In fact, the battery gets charged to full over night. I put it on the wireless charger by the bed right before I go to sleep. :laugh:
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Ditto. However, I did forget to plug it in one night an it was about 2-3%, FWIW...

Battery drain on 4.4.2

So after upgrading to kk I notice my battery is dropping more than usual
Pictures attached is that normal ?
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Yeah mine is too. My battery stats say my wifi is on which is not.
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Southern_mind said:
Yeah mine is too. My battery stats say my wifi is on which is not.
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Is your wifi enabled at all? If it's enabled and not connected then chances are it could be scanning for networks which would cause significant power drain.
My wifi is off never been on
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Sh*the mine says WiFi is on too Abu it sure isn't on
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Yes my wifi is off I've turned it on them off again and it still says on. Been like that since day one. I don't ever use wifi. It even reports it on if I'm using the hotspot.
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I'm at work can't really search if anyone found a fox for it . U think they got a fox or not yet. I'm running baja rom
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I put the phone in airplane mode and the wifi did also stop .
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I went into the wifi /menu/advanced and turnedoff the wifi scanning for Google Apps and location even when wifi off. That is insane! Made an hour a day difference in usage.
On a side note, the signal on this firmware is better than. The wife's retail version has no signal in a store and I had 4g with two bars
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manatti said:
I went into the wifi /menu/advanced and turnedoff the wifi scanning for Google Apps and location even when wifi off. That is insane! Made an hour a day difference in usage.
On a side note, the signal on this firmware is better than. The wife's retail version has no signal in a store and I had 4g with two bars
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Thanks, thanks, thanks that seems to have fixed it. I was not liking this kit kat battery life. Hopefully it will get better now.
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No problem I get 4 hours or so of screen time when on 4.3 I only got 3 I was debating getting a new battery til I found that
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This is what mine was right when I found that setting the other day and when I turned it off
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So much better now.
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Gladyscoleman said:
If you force stop your all unusual apps and use cell phone on battery saving mode then you will not face this issue again in future.:good:
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manatti help to fix it. Look at the post before yours.
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Following up with having everything corrected and streaming blue tooth still at 88% with 44 MIN of screen time. Loving this
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manatti said:
I went into the wifi /menu/advanced and turnedoff the wifi scanning for Google Apps and location even when wifi off. That is insane! Made an hour a day difference in usage.
On a side note, the signal on this firmware is better than. The wife's retail version has no signal in a store and I had 4g with two bars
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Thanks , I will try that as well . My battery life is bad so far on KK...went from 83% -64% in 30 minutes just listening to music and light Internet browsing.
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mjh68 said:
Thanks , I will try that as well . My battery life is bad so far on KK...went from 83% -64% in 30 minutes just listening to music and light Internet browsing.
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I feel like my battery life is slightly worse as well. Although that could be attributed to what seems like weaker data signal. So idle time seems to hold up just as well. But the battery seems to drain faster when using data. I was going to monitor it for several more days and if it's still bad, i'm going to try flashing the MJE modem
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I feel like my battery life is slightly worse as well. Although that could be attributed to what seems like weaker data signal. So idle time seems to hold up just as well. But the battery seems to drain faster when using data. I was going to monitor it for several more days and if it's still bad, i'm going to try flashing the MJE modem
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That's what I am seeing as well...drains much faster while using data.
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For those running 4.4.2 on the Verison Note 3...did you all have to subscribe to the Chinese bot-net via Kingo Root, or is there another method to install a ROM? Is Safestrap the only option, or is there a full recovery available?
Thanks.
cayers71 said:
For those running 4.4.2 on the Verison Note 3...did you all have to subscribe to the Chinese bot-net via Kingo Root, or is there another method to install a ROM? Is Safestrap the only option, or is there a full recovery available?
Thanks.
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Kingo. SS is the only recovery available

Lightflow & Swapps app keeps force closing

Hello!
I have an AT&T Note 3 running on root and I've noticed that my Lightflow & Swapps app keeps automatically force closing at random times in the day.... this never happened before until I decided to root my phone, and even then, in the beginning everything was running smoothly. Any idea of what could be causing this? I am using the NOVA launcher but I wouldn't see why that would cause an issue... and on Kitkat 4.4, I'd appreciate anyone's input!
Get rid of lightflow! It just sucks up your battery!
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speedyjay said:
Get rid of lightflow! It just sucks up your battery!
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Do you recommend an alternative app that does the same? It's never given me any battery issues.
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TagYouRPregnant said:
Do you recommend an alternative app that does the same? It's never given me any battery issues.
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Me personally, I recommend none because they all drain battery. How much usage do you get out of your battery before you have to charge it? I get around 1d 8hrs with moderate usage.
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speedyjay said:
Me personally, I recommend none because they all drain battery. How much usage do you get out of your battery before you have to charge it? I get around 1d 8hrs with moderate usage.
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From what I do, it actually does last me a while but I do have to charge it when I am at work. From 9 to about 3:30p.m I have to charge it because it's at 10% due to me watching Netflixs all through my work shift, including lunch, while also texting back and forth whenever I need to. My shift ends at 5:30, so by then it's at 100% because I started charging it around 3:30p.m. On a day like the weekend, I hardly use my phone at all since I have my PC so my batter life lasts a really long time without me having to charge it by the end of the day and even then I have about 60%. On a day where I am up and about, my batter lasts me till about 40% all day until I have to charge it. I hope that makes any sense. I don't pay much attention to my battery life since all I use my phone for is netflixs while I am at work and SOMETIMES some gaming, but not all the time. I also hardly call or text anyone.

Battery drains fast!!!! Help!!!

For the past few days I've been noticing that the battery is draining terribly fast, a quick check in the battery details page revealed that my wifi is being used throughout the time my phone is on, even though the wifi is off in settings and quick songs notification panel. How's that possible?. Is it some app which is using the wifi?. But can the app use the wifi which is off? . My S4 is a GT-I9500 model running 4.4.2
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MidhunCN said:
For the past few days I've been noticing that the battery is draining terribly fast, a quick check in the battery details page revealed that my wifi is being used throughout the time my phone is on, even though the wifi is off in settings and quick songs notification panel. How's that possible?. Is it some app which is using the wifi?. But can the app use the wifi which is off? . My S4 is a GT-I9500 model running 4.4.2
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WIFI is always ON in your example, but it is not the issue you are looking for.
You have to find what application ( or wakelock) is running in background when your graph is in AWAKE state.
Drain? What drain? There is absolutely no drain visible on the screenshot. Your screen uses power. That's normal for a screen to do.
Smart Stay and adaptive (screen mode) drains battery a lot so you should consider disabling it.
I've turned off adaptive display, ill check if it will improve the battery life. Thank you
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It came down from 95 to 13 within 7 hours, no games, no text's, 4-5 phone calls. Dats it. I once in a while turn on the screen for checking time and browse through my gallery. The charge went down 7% while i was typing this reply
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MidhunCN said:
It came down from 95 to 13 within 7 hours, no games, no text's, 4-5 phone calls. Dats it. I once in a while turn on the screen for checking time and browse through my gallery. The charge went down 7% while i was typing this reply
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Callibrate it.
If that doesnot help,try another ROM
Thank me if I helped
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As u can see from this graph, my phones charge came from 95 to 15% in just 7 hours, with hardly any usage. Is this issue hardware related, could a faulty battery be the culprit. My phone is just 3 months old and still under warranty, should i consider replacing it.
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MidhunCN said:
As u can see from this graph, my phones charge came from 95 to 15% in just 7 hours, with hardly any usage. Is this issue hardware related, could a faulty battery be the culprit. My phone is just 3 months old and still under warranty, should i consider replacing it.
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Look at your processes and see what is draining the battery.
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