Recent content by jkra

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    Don't do factory reset

    Okay thanks! I was planning to do the rest because my battery life was totally messed up by this update, but I guess I won't bother with reset. That means I probably have to deal with Verizon and their BS bureaucracy, and try to get a new phone. *sigh*
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    Major Battery Drain after OTA 4.1.2 update

    Maybe I'm not being clear. I hardly used the phone, and the phone was 100% charged at night. In the morning, the battery was already down to ~50%.
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    Major Battery Drain after OTA 4.1.2 update

    Okay so I did this. Before I erased the cache, there were random background apps constantly running (craps like Backup Media, PageBuddy, even Google Maps and Playstore even though I didn't even use them...etc). I stopped them from running. After the reboot, I checked again and these apps were...
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    Major Battery Drain after OTA 4.1.2 update

    I'm fairly new user of Galaxy SIII (updated from iphone) and to be frank I don't use the device much except for calls, texts, occasional web browsing, and that's it. The phone would last at least 2 days, usually 3 days because of minimal use. I'm also not too familiar with Android, except basic...