Problems with stock 4.3 - Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help &

I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...

Use wakelock detector to see what's draining your battery. In my opinion 4.3 si much more battery friendly than 4.1.2 .

stan40 said:
I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...
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More than a weeks use to recalibrate battery .

stan40 said:
I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...
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Are you in Portugal? Im also experiencing battery drain but not much. I think my case is a baseband problem, im in Brazil with Germany 4.3

stan40 said:
I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...
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turn off google geolocation

4.3 makes battery lasts much longer than 4.1.2, for me I flashed germany firmware (not vodafone) , battery life is great, without power saving ON it lasts 2 days.

shucrut said:
Are you in Portugal? Im also experiencing battery drain but not much. I think my case is a baseband problem, im in Brazil with Germany 4.3
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hmm actually im not in portugal and maybe that is my problem, im in bulgaria and as far as i can see the mobile data makes the problem for now.

stan40 said:
hmm actually im not in portugal and maybe that is my problem, im in bulgaria and as far as i can see the mobile data makes the problem for now.
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Use a modem for where you are ,

JJEgan said:
Use a modem for where you are ,
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i would like to...., but that could trigger knox waranty am i right?

After flashing the uk version of 4.3 and after a full wipe the phone is very smooth and the battery it's ok, like 4.1.2 before. I'm from Romania and i flash a rom version from uk, so it fits from another country...

4.3 bricks internet browsers close every time I use cf autoroot for root and without root the same problem.

i'm from Germany, got the update to 4.3 for about two weeks now (carrier is vodafone) and my battery drain is killing me. I got betterbatterystats on my phone for a while and now i got a wake lock i've never seen before. My phone doesn't go into deep sleep AT ALL because of the wake lock mdm_hsic_pm0 - what the hell is this? the words deep sleep dont even show in the app because the phone is awake all the time. I am checking my open apps in the manager constantly and i tried closing pretty much everything. The wake lock still doesn't disappear..
My Phone needs about 9 hours to go from 100 % - 10 %, last night it went completely out while i was sleeping (8 hours, 70 - 0 %)
I already read about the different storys regarding the battery drain under 4.3 so i am 99 % sure it has to do sth with this update.
The wake lock doesnt show with anything like fast dormancy, i am using 4G most of the time, internet is fast and i almost never use wlan and gps (so theyre always out)
please help me finding the source of the drain

I had the same problem on my n9005 but an update fixed it. In the meantime you can try an app called DS Battery Saver from Play Store.
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strange, i havent had any battery drain issuse since installing the update,, but iv had battery charge issuse

thats funny, i've also experienced charging problems but i thought it was a hardware problem.
This morning, the battery was also almost dead, when i tried to charge it, nothing happened, not even after putting the battery out and back in.
Solved the problem by using a different charging station.
And then, next funny thing - mdm_sic_ ... was gone for almost all day. But now its back, draining my battery again...

Juuliet said:
thats funny, i've also experienced charging problems but i thought it was a hardware problem.
This morning, the battery was also almost dead, when i tried to charge it, nothing happened, not even after putting the battery out and back in.
Solved the problem by using a different charging station.
And then, next funny thing - mdm_sic_ ... was gone for almost all day. But now its back, draining my battery again...
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yeah my problem was charging with usb on the computer,, but plugged into the wall it charged normaly

LucasBass said:
4.3 makes battery lasts much longer than 4.1.2, for me I flashed germany firmware (not vodafone) , battery life is great, without power saving ON it lasts 2 days.
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I tried Germany 4.3 is the best so far compare with other langarge version.:good:

luis
stan40 said:
I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...
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Hello my friend, im own to a portugueses rom from vodafone and it look great, better than 4.1.2, you got to see if there is a apk making trobles....

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Battery problem

Hi Folks, I hve had my note for 1 year now and haven't had any battery problems until 2 days ago when I flashed a jb rom. All was fine for about 10 hours when I started to recharge the battery again that went fine, charged to 100% and unplugged, the phone said it was at 100%. After another few hours the phone cut out, no warning just cut out. I could get the phone back on but only when plugged into the charger. So, heres my problem, phone says battery is fully charged but when I unplug the charger it cuts out now. if I boot in to recovery with out the charger it stays on for hours. if I try to start the phone up normally with out charger it doesn't work. I have tried another battery again it started fine for almost a day then the same problems again. I have tried several kernels and roms in case it was one of those that was causing the problem but its the same every time. Im not a newb when it comes to flashing roms some im 100% sure its all ok in that department. any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Graham
My note is also about 10 months old. I want to know if my battery stats. I feel like my phone is giving me short time.
My question is do i need a replacement with these stats????
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qazibasit said:
My note is also about 10 months old. I want to know if my battery stats. I feel like my phone is giving me short time.
My question is do i need a replacement with these stats????
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What really matters here is your screen on time (I can get around 4h30 with heavy use). I also see you have a few notifications so there might be some draining apps running in the background (like that *** Facebook app which is constantly running in the background even with notifications off). In any case BBS should help you identify the "rogue" app (if any). Also I don't use Google Now as it's kind of a battery killer.
this problem is same with me...after 1 year use gnote
and this is battery problem..i dont know whats is causing it...
i try to enter recovery mode and ..battery is good..almost 4 hours screen on recovery mode
but if I try to start the phone up normally phone is reboot after 1minute in homescreen android
trying with different rom jb ..same problem ..
after replace my battery ..problem is gone..
@strachg If the phone used to work well before you flashed JB I'd recommend going back to ICS to see if the problem persists. If it disappears the reason is JB which would not supprise me since all JB roms for the Note are not really bug free. If the phone continues to behave like you described and changing the battery does not help either I'd say it's a hardware failure.
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altae said:
@strachg If the phone used to work well before you flashed JB I'd recommend going back to ICS to see if the problem persists. If it disappears the reason is JB which would not supprise me since all JB roms for the Note are not really bug free. If the phone continues to behave like you described and changing the battery does not help either I'd say it's a hardware failure.
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Hi, Yeah I already tried going back to ics and it was just the same, it just seems like a bit of coincidence and really annoying lol. The only thing I can think off that is causing it is as you say that its a hardware fault and it must be overcharging the battery and breaking it. If it was JB that was causing it im sure I wouldn't have been the only one by now.
thanks
Graham
how did you install jb? Was it clean on safe kernel? You havent eliminated the possibility of software issues.
Qazibazit, it looks ok.
Guideline 3,5-4,5 hours on screen time is normal (if you play games can be less, thus is from full to 1%). Total standby time, usually more then 24 hours is normal.
If you have a lot less, go read ahalfords sticky on wakelocks. All you need to know to optimize battery.
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Hi baz 77 yeah using safe kernel, tried a few actually. And using utackas. Version of paranoid android now again tried a few Roms. Everything was wiped and redone the process about 20 times. I looked through all the roms. And kernel threads and no one has had this problem. New battery coming so will see how it goes now.
Cheers
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strachg said:
Hi baz 77 yeah using safe kernel, tried a few actually. And using utackas. Version of paranoid android now again tried a few Roms. Everything was wiped and redone the process about 20 times. I looked through all the roms. And kernel threads and no one has had this problem. New battery coming so will see how it goes now.
Cheers
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yep thats pretty definitive, at least if all those roms are not having same base and thus posibly same issues.
Your new battery will improve your experience quite a bit if its a good one!
Have fun with it and let us know if it worked for you

RAZR i: Screen killing battery (JB?)

My screen is using all the battery and I'm not totally sure if this is JB but I do think I got more juice on ICS. Whatever the case, my settings are:
1. Simple wallpaper, mostly black
2. Brightness at 50%, auto-dim on
3. Smartaction: using music turns brightness down to absolute minimum
Result? Phone lasts about one day, but it last longer on ICS. The battery says about 75-85% of the juice has been used by the screen alone. How can this be? Time on is about 2-2.5 hours per day.
Anyone else? Any tips, ideas?
The following tutorial/patch might help you
[MOD] Changing the brightness curve in the stock framework
SharpnShiny said:
My screen is using all the battery and I'm not totally sure if this is JB but I do think I got more juice on ICS. Whatever the case, my settings are:
1. Simple wallpaper, mostly black
2. Brightness at 50%, auto-dim on
3. Smartaction: using music turns brightness down to absolute minimum
Result? Phone lasts about one day, but it last longer on ICS. The battery says about 75-85% of the juice has been used by the screen alone. How can this be? Time on is about 2-2.5 hours per day.
Anyone else? Any tips, ideas?
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Can anyone else confirm if there is a battery life issue on JB? I have downloaded the udpate but not installed yet. The feedback I have been reading is very mixed from significantly shorter battery life to actual improvements after the update.
P!
pohlipit said:
Can anyone else confirm if there is a battery life issue on JB? I have downloaded the udpate but not installed yet. The feedback I have been reading is very mixed from significantly shorter battery life to actual improvements after the update.
P!
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This thread might be of interest too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943058&page=5
So far I've noticed great battery stats on ICS but many people complaining after JB. Hopefully there's some tweaks we can do to resolve it.
SharpnShiny said:
This thread might be of interest too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943058&page=5
So far I've noticed great battery stats on ICS but many people complaining after JB. Hopefully there's some tweaks we can do to resolve it.
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Well I'm on JB and have awesome battery life.
About 2 days and a half with 6 hours screen on and 1 or 2 hours GPS.
I froze a lot of apps, including google search (google now) wich for some people seems to be a battery drain app.
You're lucky ^^ I will steal your phone and leave mine :good:
OK I chatted with Moto, they said the first thing to do is reset the phone. I doubt if that will do much, but I've done it anyway, I'm charging so will report on this probably tomorrow.
Another tip I've read is to reset cache in the recovery menu, I haven't been able to access it in JB for some reason.
OK I can say that after resetting the phone to factory settings after the Jelly Bean update has helped a lot. Now I'm very happy.
SharpnShiny said:
OK I can say that after resetting the phone to factory settings after the Jelly Bean update has helped a lot. Now I'm very happy.
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Can you tell me which ROM you are using? I'm on the EU and experienced bad battery life after the JB update, I'm trying a factory reset now.
coldtech said:
Can you tell me which ROM you are using? I'm on the EU and experienced bad battery life after the JB update, I'm trying a factory reset now.
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My phone was bought in Germany and exported from there. So, EU ROM? The factory reset helped me a lot.
P.s. I notice that the testers at GSM arena achieve 7 hours internet use or 8 hours video use at 50% brightness. I want to achieve this! The best I've got is about 5 hours mixed screen use.
End of page - http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_i_xt890-review-828p2.php
I did that too but after a few weeks it went back its old ways
I updated to JB eventually, reset the phone from scratch and can't notice any difference in battery life.
Just FYI....
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Beagan said:
I did that too but after a few weeks it went back its old ways
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This is what has happend to me...the first couple of weeks afterward, it helped, a few weeks later...the battery life isn't so impressive.

[Q] Ridiculous Battery Drain

Dear People of XDA,
I have this issue since a few days and I don't know how to solve it. My battery drains out after 10 min while using wifi and the phone will shut down of course. Leaving it for about an hours time, some power will be regained and I can continue using my device. It all started when I reverted back to stock ICS from cm 10.1. I thought flashing Carburano's ROM might help but apparently not, same problem. I know batterys don't always go nuts but when they do, it's progressive. Any one know what might be wrong?
Regards....
TheNesski said:
Dear People of XDA,
I have this issue since a few days and I don't know how to solve it. My battery drains out after 10 min while using wifi and the phone will shut down of course. Leaving it for about an hours time, some power will be regained and I can continue using my device. It all started when I reverted back to stock ICS from cm 10.1. I thought flashing Carburano's ROM might help but apparently not, same problem. I know batterys don't always go nuts but when they do, it's progressive. Any one know what might be wrong?
Regards....
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Use the better battery stats app and check which app running in the background is draining your battery without allowing the device going into sleep....
but if the drain is like what you have described....then it is time to move on to another battery....
just a word.....Kernel is something (other things being Baseband) which takes care of the battery performance....so maybe you can try changing this and check which one suits you well.
CHECK IN THE FORUM TO FIND INFO ABOUT APPS LIKE GREENIFY...
Hope this helps you
TheNesski said:
Dear People of XDA,
I have this issue since a few days and I don't know how to solve it. My battery drains out after 10 min while using wifi and the phone will shut down of course. Leaving it for about an hours time, some power will be regained and I can continue using my device. It all started when I reverted back to stock ICS from cm 10.1. I thought flashing Carburano's ROM might help but apparently not, same problem. I know batterys don't always go nuts but when they do, it's progressive. Any one know what might be wrong?
Regards....
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Thinking it like this: the phone probably can drain a fully charged battery in 10 minutes if you turn on every major component, like vibration, flash, display to 100%, gps, wifi, 3G and what else... But having just wifi on and getting a phone shutdown in 10 min seems excessive. This would suggest your battery is not charging properly. This can result from end-of-lifetime battery only charging to some 10-25% of original capacity, broken charger, battery self-discharge and probably some other reasons I could not think of right now.
The best solution, most likely, is to replace your battery (like SREEPRAJAY above already suggested), but if you like to troubleshoot you could try to charge your phone via USB to reduce the charging current (Li-ion batteries show a lower voltage during charging with lower charge current until 100% is reached). This way you may be able to charge to higher capacity. Also, it may hint that some kernel might work better for you, but I'm not sure about this, since I don't remember what part of Android (SW, charger HW or what) handles the charging logic, i.e. what triggers the charging actually to stop.
Thanks...I'll try the suggestions
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TheNesski said:
Thanks...I'll try the suggestions
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well maybe your battery isn't so good anymore or you must try also other roms like jelly cream and those kind of roms and if you wanna know the rom slimbean and cm10.2 from tonyp are also pretty smooth and battery saving but cm10.2 is sadly not working camera still but further it's damm good
Hi I have experienced some issues with battery draining, when I check battery stats it says that most of the battery is drained from Android . media. Service... I have no idea how to work out or disable whatsoever is using those services.. Btw I'm on cm10.1 latest nightly
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Battery drain between 100% and 85%

Hi guys,
I have a strange issue with my Z1 (still on 1.534...). In just 1 hour and 30 minutes the battery goes from 100% to 85% with a very minimal use of the device. My phone is really "clean" (I mean a few and good apps). Then it goes very slowly and I can cover the whole day, but it's really annoying to see this kind of thing. I've done two recalibration of the battery but nothing changes. What can I do? Do you know if it's a known issue with my old firmware version? If yes, they fixed it with the latest release?
Thanks a lot and happy Christmas holidays!
88Mike said:
Hi guys,
I have a strange issue with my Z1 (still on 1.534...). In just 1 hour and 30 minutes the battery goes from 100% to 85% with a very minimal use of the device. My phone is really "clean" (I mean a few and good apps). Then it goes very slowly and I can cover the whole day, but it's really annoying to see this kind of thing. I've done two recalibration of the battery but nothing changes. What can I do? Do you know if it's a known issue with my old firmware version? If yes, they fixed it with the latest release?
Thanks a lot and happy Christmas holidays!
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Same here, no matter what version I use.
88Mike said:
Hi guys,
I have a strange issue with my Z1 (still on 1.534...). In just 1 hour and 30 minutes the battery goes from 100% to 85% with a very minimal use of the device. My phone is really "clean" (I mean a few and good apps). Then it goes very slowly and I can cover the whole day, but it's really annoying to see this kind of thing. I've done two recalibration of the battery but nothing changes. What can I do? Do you know if it's a known issue with my old firmware version? If yes, they fixed it with the latest release?
Thanks a lot and happy Christmas holidays!
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perhaps your phone is still new? my phone did the same in the first two weeks, down to around 80% really fast, and then lasted between 80-65 the rest of the day.
now after a while it's changed, i get almost a full hour of screen time before it reaches 90%.
Yes, it has 20 days. I hope it's due to this fact. Thanks for sharing your experiences. Any others?
I got Android 4.3 FTF .290 and my battery is just fine. I will recommend to update.
I hope it arrives fast on my device!
Have mine now for 3 months: in Stamina-mode when not used at all I find it sometimes with 98% after 8 hours since unplugging ..........
88Mike said:
I hope it arrives fast on my device!
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I suggest you update to 257 while waiting for 290 to get to you.

Battery Draining fast After 4.4.2 update

hey guys i recently did the 4.4.2 update but notice that my battery from 100 to 96 on screen within 7mins of usage. i did a factory reset but still giving me the problem. i was wondering if anyone was able to fix their battery issue after the update.
One person claimed nova launcher caused that on kitkat
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dadiall discourse
its un rooted i followed one of the steps from the kitkat fix on the forums here.
Subzero24 said:
hey guys i recently did the 4.4.2 update but notice that my battery from 100 to 96 on screen within 7mins of usage. i did a factory reset but still giving me the problem. i was wondering if anyone was able to fix their battery issue after the update.
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That is a very common issue with Kitkat on the ATT Note 3. Custom roms have helped it, but not much. I use to get about 2 days out of my phone. I switch batteries everyday now. I have the spare battery charging system.
So we can only wait for ether the bootloader to be unlocked or for ATT to fix it.
Unrooted and can only get 18-23 hours of charge after the Kit Kat update. Before I could do 2-3 days, easily!
Dr. Evo said:
Unrooted and can only get 18-23 hours of charge after the Kit Kat update. Before I could do 2-3 days, easily!
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damn thats what my batery life use to be. I heard something about knoxraid that helps with the battery life but it sucks that we have to wait for an update.
Subzero24 said:
damn thats what my batery life use to be. I heard something about knoxraid that helps with the battery life but it sucks that we have to wait for an update.
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A word to the wise, I wouldn't be mentioning KR around here. It is considered a taboo subject after what the creator did.
android core apps always used to show as the top battery culprit for me under 4.4.2 - the google search app with the cards ended up being the app i isolated for my issue and disabling it fixed my battery drain issue.
I have also read about a bug with the camera app - but I haven't consistently had that issue so I stopped restarting my phone after using the camera.
My battery life has also went down since the kitkat update. I am at 36% at 11hrs 39min and 3.5 hrs of screen time. That's not bad, but previously I would be around 50% around this time...
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Whenever you charge your phone to 100% (after it got to at least 15%) unplug it and reboot right a way. That fixed the problem for me.
from the tip of my fangers...!
This helped with my note, and managing "power hungry" apps also made a big impact.
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This helped with my note, and managing "power hungry" apps also made a big impact.
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