Great battery improvement

[Zulu Warrior]

I recently disabled s- voice on this thing, and my battery life has improved drastically. I never even really used s- voice, but I guess the services in the background still caused an intense drain. I just know that my battery life has gone up by a huge amount with that disabled. Has anyone else seen this?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3, please excuse my brevity.

 

[miketko]

I recently disabled s- voice on this thing, and my battery life has improved drastically. I never even really used s- voice, but I guess the services in the background still caused an intense drain. I just know that my battery life has gone up by a huge amount with that disabled. Has anyone else seen this?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3, please excuse my brevity.

I wonder if restricting background data in background In settings would have the same effect

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[LadiJae]

Thanks,I just disabled mine as well.
I would like to use it but it doesn't work that great

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[OWybPPgO]

How do you disable it?

 

[radyoactive]

I have S-Voice and Gestures turned off. Both are too gimmicky and are probably using up battery and system resources waiting for something to happen. I did leave the screen shot gesture on for the hell of it.

 

[GrooveRite]

Disabling it how?? Like from the home button so its more responsive or somewhere else??

 

[soccerdude2014]

Disabling it how?? Like from the home button so its more responsive or somewhere else??

Settings > Application Manager (all) > S Voice > Disable.

 

[GrooveRite]

Settings > Application Manager (all) > S Voice > Disable.

Thanks!

Just when I thought I had everything set up and figured out, lol! Now I feel like I need to go through my phone again and tinker some more!

 

[Almeuit]

I'm intrigued by this... Might have to try since I don't use s voice. Wouldn't mind a battery boost

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[sparksd]

Probably something simple I am missing but after executing --

Settings > Application Manager (all) > S Voice > Disable.

How do you re-enable it? I go back into Application Manager after disabling it and S Voice no longer shows up (I did check under "All").

Dave

 

[simba115]

Try scrolling all the way to the end. Disable apps are normally listed at the end.

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[HOLLYWOODANT215]

Probably something simple I am missing but after executing --

Settings > Application Manager (all) > S Voice > Disable.

How do you re-enable it? I go back into Application Manager after disabling it and S Voice no longer shows up (I did check under "All").

Dave

Good question I would like to no b4 I disable it

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[junglejunkie]

I can confirm that it is listed at the end of the "All" list.

 

[OWybPPgO]

Try scrolling all the way to the end. Disable apps are normally listed at the end.

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They're definitely at the end of the "all" list.

 

[sparksd]

Try scrolling all the way to the end. Disable apps are normally listed at the end.

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That's it - thanks!

Dave

 

[miketko]

Probably something simple I am missing but after executing --

Settings > Application Manager (all) > S Voice > Disable.

How do you re-enable it? I go back into Application Manager after disabling it and S Voice no longer shows up (I did check under "All").

Dave

Strange. I'd like the answer to this as well

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[Roboticz]

Try scrolling all the way to the end. Disable apps are normally listed at the end.

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Thank you for that! Nearly scared myself wondering how I get the S Voice program back... lol

 

[Scotlac]

It's down at the bottom of the list.

Edit: Damn, you guys are fast....
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[Roboticz]

Something else I've noticed is that you can use this "Disable" feature to get rid of the Cell Carrier bloatware as well! You may need to Uninstall Updates first...

 

[Zulu Warrior]

Yeah, I really am loving this new battery life. I pulled it off the charger at 8:00 this morning, and it's now 8 at night. 52 percent battery life left, and I used it a fair amount today (youtube streaming on my Samsung tv, Web browsing, messaging, and in a crappy service area too. Really not too bad, I recommend giving it a try. As others have said, disable is useful for a lot of things, I've gotten rid of almost all boat ware from both carrier and samsung. I also have most gestures turned off, as most of them are gimmicky too. Hope you guys get as much of an improvement as I have!

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3, please excuse my brevity.