S III Battery life...

[anon(153966)]

Curious, doesn't having the brightness so high affect your viewing of the screen? I tried it once and it seemed rather too bright...

This is a very heavy use day with screen brightness set at 100 percent, nearly 3 hours of on screen time, an hour of Google navigation and Pandora, an hour of Web viewing and email... And then small amounts of getting play updates and downloads. I am not on LTE though. I also used my phone as a wifi hotspot for about 45 minutes for my kids while I was driving. This is pretty good considering how hard I worked the battery today.

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[jcp007]

The Power Save mode helps quite a bit. Yes the screen is a little darker when browsing the web and in certain apps. I would rather save the battery than having the screen so bright so Santa will ride my sleigh tonight and all the reindeer will love me.

 

[anon(153966)]

One hour 53 minutes screen time...

 

[komatoez]

Bam, how ya like me now? Only almost two hours of screen use...

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This screen capture reflects LTE coverage. Are you on LTE all day?

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[PrincessKick]

Don't know if I should be impressed. I mean, I was until my assistant manager pulled out his phone (One X on Sprint). We had both been working 8 hours, took our phone off the chargers at the same time, and he was at 91% battery and I was at 56%... Granted the cell phone signal where I work is HORRIBLE on AT&T. On Sprint it's bad, but not as bad but I can barely get service where I work. So i was kind of upset that his One X on Sprint was light years ahead of the S3 and he knows nothing about power management so he keeps wifi, bluetooth, etc. on all the time where as I turn them off and he still embarrassed my S3.


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Screen up time was about an hour and 20 minutes total. Had auto brightness on.


Again, not super impressed with a 2100mAh battery like this.

Um, the One X is an AT&T phone. If he's on Sprint, it's got to be a different HTC phone.

 

[soulsmilen]

Um, the One X is an AT&T phone. If he's on Sprint, it's got to be a different HTC phone.

Sprint has a One X series phone, it's called the Evo 4G LTE. Same as the AT&T One X version, but a few more tweaks... a 'muscle car' One X, so to speak. LOL

 

[anon(153966)]

...yes, Atlanta, GA, and when I'm home, Kennesaw, GA.

This screen capture reflects LTE coverage. Are you on LTE all day?

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[komatoez]

Great, thanks for the reply!

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[CarlGalgano]

...yes, Atlanta, GA, and when I'm home, Kennesaw, GA.

Is the LTE decent in ATL and NW suburbs? We are just about neighbors. Im in Marietta, on the southside of the mountain...... Im guessing there is an LTE hole where I live.

 

[PrincessKick]

Sprint has a One X series phone, it's called the Evo 4G LTE. Same as the AT&T One X version, but a few more tweaks... a 'muscle car' One X, so to speak. LOL

Gotcha. Not the OneX but similar.

 

[XChrisX]

My phone seems to last an entire day which is good enough for me. I don't have to find the nearest charger mid way throughout the day.

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[jeffreii]

Freaked out this morning when I realized my phone had been off the charged and unused (with good reception) for 2 hours and was down to 75%. I spent an hour with Better Battery Stats trying to figure out what was going on but was totally perplexed.

A simple reboot fixed everything. Whew.

 

[nkd]

Does anyone know why the android os is consuming so much power for me. It was fine for the first two days but today the android os is at 65%.

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[The Hustleman]

*blushes* Thanks I appreciate the compliement!

you're welcome.

not used to attractive women being on this type of site LOL

 

[anon(153966)]

Yes, I get LTE in Atlanta and Kennesaw. Seems to work very well...

Is the LTE decent in ATL and NW suburbs? We are just about neighbors. Im in Marietta, on the southside of the mountain...... Im guessing there is an LTE hole where I live.

 

[anon(153966)]

Maybe there is an app running in the background or something. Either restart the device or hold the home button down for a few seconds and then kill all the apps from the Task Manager.

Also change the brightness from auto to say 45-50%

Does anyone know why the android os is consuming so much power for me. It was fine for the first two days but today the android os is at 65%.

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[Zulu Warrior]

One hour 53 minutes screen time...

Hey Navi, on this screenshot, were you just using the phone for normal calling, texting once in a while? I'm guessing it was pretty light use, as less than two hours of screen time in a full day isn't too much. I'm just very impressed by the 1day+ time, and still at half battery. If I can get that good of battery life on an LTE network, I don't even see the need to worry about turning LTE off.

 

[anon(153966)]

Mainly text, twitter and very little use of Facebook. I think I may have made two or three short calls.

Hey Navi, on this screenshot, were you just using the phone for normal calling, texting once in a while? I'm guessing it was pretty light use, as less than two hours of screen time in a full day isn't too much. I'm just very impressed by the 1day+ time, and still at half battery. If I can get that good of battery life on an LTE network, I don't even see the need to worry about turning LTE off.

 

[anon(153966)]

...and for my next trick:

 

[oldmanjenkins]

About 16 hours per charge with moderate usage.

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