Actually no, I've not bothered to perform a reset as of yet, since it has performed okay thus far. But, if it hiccups again, I will 
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my battery life is good, but not that good... i can get a full day of heavy use, but after that it is pretty much time to charge.
i use my phone a lot though, im guessing you're a light - moderate user.
i use my phone a lot though, im guessing you're a light - moderate user.
I am a light user. Typically since I'm at my desk and thus on my computer, I perform all social media stuff via the computer, versus using my device.
Wow! Are you a light user? I am somewhat heavy. I am at 40 percent at 1PM light to moderate use. I took it off the charger about 8:30.
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Wow! Are you a light user? I am somewhat heavy. I am at 40 percent at 1PM light to moderate use. I took it off the charger about 8:30.
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Wow! Are you a light user? I am somewhat heavy. I am at 40 percent at 1PM light to moderate use. I took it off the charger about 8:30.
Duh.... Sorry. How do you manage to get those times? What brightness and other settings do you use?
I have power saving mode on and I have my screen at less than 50%, probably about 40-45. I don't use the automatic brightness. I've always liked a brighter screen and when I got this phone, I just turned it down to about 75% only took a few hours to get used to and just kept turning it down.
One thing that can really affect battery life, if you are in a place all day that doesn't have a great signal. Also I keep wifi, bluetooth, GPS etc off and only turn them on if I need them at the moment.
One thing that can really affect battery life, if you are in a place all day that doesn't have a great signal. Also I keep wifi, bluetooth, GPS etc off and only turn them on if I need them at the moment.
Okay I usually use power saver. And I keep GPS and WIFI on. But my signal is not great about 2 out of 5 bats.
Might want to download AT&T's Smart Wifi, it can record places for you and I think you can set it to basically have the wifi off when you aren't in range of a saved spot.
Hmmm.. Wouldn't that need GPS? I made a trip this afternoon and dropped from 90% to 40ish. But I used navigation, radio, and a few other apps. Half of this was with power saver off... Maybe I am just a heavy user. I really don't want to have to do a factory reset. So far I have "Survived" with my current battery life. But I do a few outdoor activities where a charger is not going to be around. So I want to make sure I am getting the most out of what I've got. P.S. Thanks for all the great advice so far. Sorry for any mistakes. I am a new user here. Also, the last part of the history is when my phone was charging in the car for about 45 minutes.
https://picasaweb.google.com/113715886170481618506/121112?authuser=0&feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/113715886170481618506/121112?authuser=0&feat=directlink
Don't know how the smart wifi works, but don't think you need GPS. It's a free app, so you should try it and see how it works for you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.att.android.attsmartwifi
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.att.android.attsmartwifi
See if that works, but if it doesn't, turning off wifi and gps except when you use it saves a lot of battery.
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It looks like it may be a bug in JB. I'm having the same problem and I found several bug reports filed that describe the problem:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=37199
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