Heavy use

**hossman12** · 12-31-2012, 12:55 AM

hey guys, a couple of thoughts tonight. First of all, my S3s battery has gotten progressively better in handling heavy use situations since I got it a month or so ago. It seems like it used to reallyy drain down. Tonight I watched The Big Lebowski with my gf on 90% both brightness and battery and only went down 25%battery after the whole movie. I played close to an hour of NFS Most Wanted with the same brightness settings.. currently at 50% bat. I think that's pretty amazing considering I was wi-fi streaming the movie, and how graphic intense Need For Speed is.

Are you guys also getting great battery performance with heavy use? Does anyone notice their battery having a "temper" so to speak? Some days it seems my phone charges faster and lasts longer.. does weather affect these conditions? Just curious how other ppls phones act.

Ps- on a quick sidenote, I purchased GTA III and hear the music with the opening credits, but as soon as the gameplay starts I hear nothing. Anyone know what's going on?

Sent from my MetroPCS GS3

**Soundtrack to Chaos** · 12-31-2012, 12:58 AM

Netflix doesn't hurt the galaxy S3 battery much at all, I pretty much watched every episode of breaking bad on it while barely losing power

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**Almeuit** · 12-31-2012, 09:48 AM

Mine is great with heavy use on wifi. However the weak data from Sprint (until LTE is fully deployed in my area.. It's in a few places around here so far) will be my biggest battery drain haha.

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**funkylogik** · 12-31-2012, 10:07 AM

Has it been better since upgrading to 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 or just gradualy
I get like 5hrs really heavy use but an easy day of dumbphone use

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

**hossman12** · 12-31-2012, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by funkylogik

Has it been better since upgrading to 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 or just gradualy
I get like 5hrs really heavy use but an easy day of dumbphone use

MERRY XMAS!!!X
Unbranded international s3 with Official 4.1.2 JB. Paisley, Slotland, Western Europe :beer:

Just gradually I guess.. in the beginning I always plugged my phone in to do anything heavy. I guess the battery calibration wasn't there yet.

And funk, thx for calling me out bro! Im still on 4.0.4

im kind of a "if it aint broke dont fix it" type person and since ive never had a phone thats so smooth and never crashes im afraid to change anything

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