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I second this. Did you not use your screen much?
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My Samsung Galaxy S4 Battery life is Rubbish!
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I second this. Did you not use your screen much?
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Is anyone else experiencing the battery issues that I have described above since the update?
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This an android forum under the samsung galaxy s4 subsection...
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I've been getting garbage battery life out of my s4,htc one and now my Sony experia z, these new phones are so hard to put down my screen kills them, greenify has helped alot
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Yes, I got mine fixed by unchecking the setting for allowing google to use wifi to find my location. My drain was always with wifi off, and always the culprit was google services. I leave gps on for google now, and I'm getting much better battery life.
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I've heard synching can be a real battery drain. Gmail, other mail apps, FB, twitter etc...
I think you're spot on with that
I think you're spot on with that
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And? That doesn't mean much. If you rarely use your phone and it just idles all day.. Then you use your screen for 5-10 minutes it will be like 80%. Screen is always the biggest drain so if nothing else was using power really and you used the screen a little it would make it a high %... It doesn't mean he used it for a long time.. Could be under 30 minutes easily.
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Of course. It causes the phone to do stuff and to also use the data connection.
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The screenshot he posted is about what I was getting consistently before the last update (I am on ATT). I don't find what he posted to be outlandish at all. Before the last update, I was getting 22-26 hours every day with 5.5-6.5 hours of screen time. That was out of the box new, with the only thing I really turned off being the Samsung Air and Smart features. After the update though, my battery is garbage. Closer to 3 hours of screen time and the battery dropping 45% to dead while I sleep for 6 hours. Some in this thread seem to be pleased with 3 hours, but I was getting double that before this update. 3.5 hours of screen time isn't acceptable to me, but Samsung offered no viable fix and doesn't seem to want to acknowledge that the update is the problem. ATT offered me a used replacement which does nothing to solve the problem either. The phone is obviously capable of great battery life. My first few weeks with the phone bear that out. Since the update though, it is garbage. I am about to put mine on the charged after 12 hours, with only 3 hours of screen time. That's a joke and I hope the next update corrects it. If you can avoid the update, do it in my opinion.
BTW, the screenshot I was referring to was the guy who got over 24 hours out of his battery. I got that daily and clocked over 5.5 hours screen time easily easily, before the update.
BTW, the screenshot I was referring to was the guy who got over 24 hours out of his battery. I got that daily and clocked over 5.5 hours screen time easily easily, before the update.
I have found an extended battery for my S4. The battery from graybean.com is pretty good. And there is always a cover with the extended battery. So nice! hope it can help you.
Amazon.com: Onite 4500mAh Extended Battery for Samsung Galaxy SIII S3 i9300 Sim Free Smartphone, Marble White Cover: Cell Phones & Accessories
May I ask what kind of battery life you're getting with that extended battery? Thanks.
So I don't know what happened with this latest charge, but I got the hours and screen time that I typically get. I called ATT yesterday regarding the poor battery life. I had to remove the battery to get the IEMI. I popped it back in, charged it and got the hours and screen time listed below, which is exactly what I was getting before the update.
The only thing I can think of that was different is that the Otterbox was off while it charged. Could that have been the cause of the battery drain? Poor charge due to the Otterbox? I have pulled the battery 2-3 times since the issue started, so I doubt that was it.
Anyway, thought it was weird. I'm going to do the next charge with the Otterbox on and see what kind of battery life I get. I'm really confused now, because I assumed the accelerated battery drain was due to the update.
I've never posted pics here, so let me know if these don't work:
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If you have a low signal level it will eat the battery! When the received signal is low the phone will transmit on the highest output to try to remain in contact. This usually causes the phone to be warm even when not in use!
I had a magnetic snap case that turned my HTC Shift on when it was in the case. I turned the phone face in and solved this problem. Just something else to check!
I had a magnetic snap case that turned my HTC Shift on when it was in the case. I turned the phone face in and solved this problem. Just something else to check!
Well basically first my battery was real bad and drained heavly....Somewhere read about disabling the apps and it quite helped...My phones charged at 100% at morning 6:30 and get to play games from 11 to 12...till that time the battery is at 90 %.After an hour of playing fifa 12 or dead trigger or csr, the battery is about 75 to 70 %.And when bak from college play for an hour ,listen to music and surf wic drains heavely to 38%
My b*Re: My Samsung Galaxy S4 Battery life is Rubbish!Well basically first my battery was real bad and drained heavly....Somewhere read about disabling the*apps*and it quite helped...My phones charged at 100% at morning 6:30 and get to play games from 11 to 12...till that time the battery is at 90 %.After an hour of playing fifa 12 or dead trigger or csr or the battery is about 75 to 70 %.And when bak from college play for an hour ,listen to music and surf wic drains heavely to 38%
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Here is a great article on misbehaving apps that have "no sleep" bugs that drain the battery when you don't expect it.
'No-sleep energy bugs' drain smartphone batteries
"The researchers studied 187 Android applications that were found to contain Android's explicit power control APIs, called "wakelocks." Of the 187 apps, 42 were found to contain errors - or bugs - in their wakelock code...The glitch has been found in interactive apps, such as phone applications and services for telephony on Android that must work even though the user isn't touching the phone. The app may fail to engage the sleep mode after the interactive session is completed."
'No-sleep energy bugs' drain smartphone batteries
"The researchers studied 187 Android applications that were found to contain Android's explicit power control APIs, called "wakelocks." Of the 187 apps, 42 were found to contain errors - or bugs - in their wakelock code...The glitch has been found in interactive apps, such as phone applications and services for telephony on Android that must work even though the user isn't touching the phone. The app may fail to engage the sleep mode after the interactive session is completed."
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