FINALLY!!

[anneemonster]

I know how you feel like I got mine on Friday and haven't put it down lol.

 

[Gekko]

Anyone have any suggestions to help with battery life?

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ones-dies-every-night-help-2.html#post2213915

 

[Glitzy35]

Does anyone know where the sample video wonders of nature is located on the phone? I can't seem to find it

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[Chillidog66]

I've had mine for a couple of months and I love it. I originally did not like SwiftKey but now I actually really like it once I went into the settings and tweaked it to my likings.

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[badbrad17]

Anyone have any suggestions to help with battery life?

Battery life is always a big topic. Check that link out, but for the most part I believe that when you get a new phone you play with it a lot and you will use battery when the screen is on.

Also batteries do take a bit of time to get settled. Usually after a week or so you will get to a proper flow on battery.

The biggest thing that I find works is turning off the things you don't use. Wifi, data, gps, blue tooth etc. all suck power even when the phone is sleeping. Especially with LTE. The phone will keep looking for signals and if you are in a weak area it will drain faster.

So use the power control settings at the top of your notification pull down and turn off whatever you don't need. I turn everything off when I am not using my browser email etc.

A general goal for most smart phones is to get a full morning until bedtime usage out of it. Charge it when you go to bed then you are ready with a full charge in the morning.

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[paintdrinkingpete]

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ones-dies-every-night-help-2.html#post2213915

Here is the quote from that linked post, for reference:

i suffer no hardships doing this -

Battery Tips for Android

1. Toggle off LTE, WIFI, GPS, BT, NFC, Hotspot. Toggle on as needed.
2. Display Brightness - Turn off Auto Brightness and Reduce Setting Bar to Minimum.
3. Sign out of Google Latitude, GTalk, G+, Google Now, and Messenger. Disable Location Reporting/History.
4. Beware of constantly syncing Apps and Bloatware like Facebook, Twitter, News, Non-Push Email, etc. Set Sync interval for every 1 hour or more.
5. Turn off keyboard haptic feedback.
6. Don't use Live Wallpaper. Use dark wallpaper if possible.
7. Set Display Sleep Setting to 2 Minutes or Less.
8. Set WIFI to Always stay on during Sleep if you regularly use WIFI.
9. Turn off vibrate for Emails.
10. Be careful of using too many live widgets.
11. Sync Exchange Emails 30 Days or less.
12. Do NOT use a Task Killer App.

To be honest, you could do all things and yes, each will give you a little more power to spare ... my advice is however, not to go too crazy worrying about applying ALL these suggestions, but do apply the ones you can live with.

For example, I keep LTE, WIFI, and BT on all the time. I like to have them available as needed, and prefer not always be switching them on and off. (I hate when in my car and the phone rings and I realize I forgot to turn bluetooth on!). I also stay signed into GTalk, G+ and a few others, and have apps that sync on regular intervals (but if possible I set the sync interval to higher numbers).

I way I see it, I have an awesome phone with tons of awesome features...why stifle it for a few extra mV/hour?

For what it's worth, my battery drained SUPER fast the first few days I had it because I was fiddling with it so much -- but it does get better. Even with all the settings I like turned on, I can usually get from wake up to bed time on a single charge, although some days I do have to plug in at some point in the afternoon if I've been using it a lot. Seems very acceptable to me, but then again, my last phone was a Thunderbolt with much worse battery life.

 

[sloan31]

I've found that's it talking on the phone that drains my battery the fastest. If I don't talk much during my day it's awesome. Typically take it off the charger around 7am and can put it back on charger at 11pm still holding around 40% battery. And I haven't done all those battery saving tips...and use my phone heavy for data usage.

 

[geekymcfly]

Does anyone know where the sample video wonders of nature is located on the phone? I can't seem to find it

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It was deleted from the s3. Check YouTube out though

"all animals are created equal but some animals are more equal than others" animal bylaws- animal farm

 

[smooth4lyfe]

Awesome! My friend just got his too I'm gonna show him the ropes

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 Boyyyyyy!

 

[smooth4lyfe]

Get an extended battery too it makes u love the phone more!

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 Boyyyyyy!

 

[geekymcfly]

Here is the link courtesy of Jake via XDA.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/85121545/Wonders_of_Nature.mp4

Wonders of Nature

"all animals are created equal but some animals are more equal than others" animal bylaws- animal farm

 

[anon(631531)]

Best phone i've ever owned!!!