Battery Tips Anyone?

[meyerweb#CB]

I upgraded to 4.1.1 and experienced the battery life drop out from 100 to 50 within minutes, and I had Juice Defender enabled. I also experienced my phone getting hot even when not in use.

What has worked now for about a week and another methods working is this (for me at least):
1. Disable all battery saving apps right now. Clear your RAM, active apps, etc.
2. Remove your battery for about 10-15 minutes, until it cools. Then reinstall and activate your phone.
3. Download MobileCare.
--Clean up phone through that app.
--Activate its battery saver options. Use ONLY that one.
--Set task killer to once an hour.

I've had 16-18 hours of battery life. Now I think due to some issue with the hardware or Jelly Bean, the phone has been reverting to its heating/draining ways. Repeat the simple process, and get the life again. My phone's temp is around 70 degrees (that's cool) usually. I keep data off unless I need it, but typically use Wi-Fi mostly.

It's weird and it takes some small work, but its worked.

Next step: Disable Mobile Care's battery saver. You probably had some cache or file corruption after the update that was causing the problem, and Mobile Care cleaned that up. You don't need a battery saver app on the S3. They're likely to do more harm than good.

If the problem keeps recurring, then you probably have a corrupt app (possibly even a factory app) that's causing the cache to be corrupted. A factory reset will almost certainly fix it once and for all. But before taking that step, you should try to figure out what app is actually draining the battery.

 

[EJM1985]

Next step: Disable Mobile Care's battery saver. You probably had some cache or file corruption after the update that was causing the problem, and Mobile Care cleaned that up. You don't need a battery saver app on the S3. They're likely to do more harm than good.

If the problem keeps recurring, then you probably have a corrupt app (possibly even a factory app) that's causing the cache to be corrupted. A factory reset will almost certainly fix it once and for all. But before taking that step, you should try to figure out what app is actually draining the battery.

I did the factory reset step already about a month ago longer after getting Jelly Bean (which I should have done right after the installation took place). Nonetheless, I'll turn it off and see how it goes.

 

[meyerweb#CB]

It just dawned on my that I'm in the AT&T forum? You might be falling prey to the "battery plummet" problem. http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...e-random-heavy-battery-drain-aka-plummet.html