Hows your battery life?

**sandman132** · 07-01-2012, 11:30 AM

So far my battery has not been good. Everything is pretty much stock right now.

I know there are some mods out there for the battery, I plan on doing the camera mod specially since it makes the video 30fps! What is the Evo LTE fps?

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**willybeen** · 07-01-2012, 08:04 PM

I got the phone today, rooted it, synced my gmail, charged it.... and the screen has only been on for merely an hour and 35 minutes.. and i'm at 16% now.

I'm really hoping it was due to poor signal where i was or perhaps needing to be conditioned.

Sigh.

**Skunkape60** · 07-01-2012, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by sandman132

So far my battery has not been good. Everything is pretty much stock right now.

I know there are some mods out there for the battery, I plan on doing the camera mod specially since it makes the video 30fps! What is the Evo LTE fps?

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There's a mod out for the Sprint gd3 that turns off one of the cores whenever the screen is off.

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**mak916** · 07-01-2012, 09:27 PM

When I have a good signal, I can get over 10 hours out of my phone. But that's the problem, getting a good signal. Spring's service is really bad right now. I'm looking forward to the upgrades.

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**ducatti20** · 07-01-2012, 10:38 PM

So I am at almost max drain mode for me, (frequent syncing, playing with everything), I'm at 5 1/2 hours post full charge, screen has been on a little over 2 hours total. I have been using GPS, downloading, facebook, text etc, making no effort to save battery. I had 54% remaining, which is awesome for me. My epic would be dead already. My "normal" use is gonna net me 16 hours minimum... great phone.

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**criffaaa1** · 07-01-2012, 10:40 PM

Mine has been awesome

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**walterwood44** · 07-02-2012, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by mthompson8

NEWB question...what is the purpose of using wi-fi when you can get it? I have wifi in my home. If I just use the Wifi what is the advantage? and this may be a dumb question, but will i still receive phone calls?

In addition to better battery life when using WiFi, you will also get faster download speeds (assuming you are not in a Sprint LTE area).

I came from an Evo 4G and had to use a larger battery to get through a day. When I got the S3 I tweaked everything in sight to give me the best battery life BUT still allowing me to use the device the way I wanted to use it. WiFi, GPS and BT are on all the time. I put a widget on the desktop to allow me to keep the brightness set to a level that is comfortable and bright enough to see without straining. I have not installed any app to help save the battery other than the download Sprint pushed out.

Yesterday morning I unplugged my phone and left the house for several hours with the phone on 3G but hardly used. After I came home (WiFi) I streamed three albums from Google Music and listened to them using my Samsung BT stereo headphones. I also did the normal few calls, email, Twitter, Facebook and usual stuff but not overly heavy. The phone was on overnight but not plugged in. Today I listened to a podcast (again BT but to the car radio) while driving to an appointment. Now at 5 PM after 34 hours off the charger I still have 23% battery. My wife is getting similar battery life with her S3.

So far, I am very happy with the battery life and everything else with this phone.

**jamal2323** · 07-02-2012, 06:46 PM

Could have went longer but it was bedtime

**maverick0316** · 07-04-2012, 09:33 PM

I am not very impressed with the battery life of the GS3 so far. I am coming from a BB Bold, with a lot less bells and whistles, but this is rediculous. Fully charged in the morning, 5 minutes of calls during the day, dead by 4 o'clock. I am trying to find where to change the sync intervals for gmail, facebook widget, yahoo news widgets (all widgets actually) and I can't find it. I suppose that GPS is a killer, so I have turned that off. Also, moved to "CDMA" instead of "LTE" network setting. Wifi off in sleep mode as well. Any comments/ideas?

Do have an issue at work (bad reception; good data signal - go figure). I do really want this to work out, because other than the battery life, I love this phone. Don't want to go to iPhone.

Thanks!

**Murphy5111** · 07-04-2012, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by jamal2323

Could have went longer but it was bedtime

That's how everyone should show it. 5 hours of screen on time is pretty impressive in my book

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**jcochran1977** · 07-04-2012, 09:57 PM

How do we screenshot again?

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**jcochran1977** · 07-04-2012, 10:56 PM

Plus if your signal isn't great wifi is faster

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**markmebane** · 07-05-2012, 08:18 AM

12-15 almost always

**GrooveRite** · 07-05-2012, 08:28 AM

My battery life is AWESOME!!!!!!!! True story!!

**bryanw504** · 07-05-2012, 08:35 AM

Battery life is awesome for me coming from the OG evo that barely got 4 hours.

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**Luca_Blight** · 07-06-2012, 01:38 AM

Battery life is wonderful. I rooted my phone and running the blazer Rom. Been talking texting watching Netflix I even played a hour of Tera using Wi-Fi tether app. I love this phone beats the Hell out of my OG evo. I could never get through 5 hours without charging my phone.

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