Samsung S3 battery drain

[dark twister]

android version of my S3 is 4.1.2.
Recently i have been facing the problem of battery draining very quickly.
i have turned off wifi, Bluetooth, GPS. I am on 3G and reception is good.
i have observed whenever screen is on it discharges very quickly. i use it only for whatsapp, kindle, FB.
If you see attachments, the steep drop in battery is when i used the kindle reader. i think it shouldnt be that steep. brightness was 25-30%. I only got sceen on time of 4 hr 18 min while using the phone for mostly kindle and few minutes of FB, whatsapp and Temple run.
Is it normal or i have a problem with phone
Plz help

 

[SpiralBorg]

Have you tried turning off your phone? Then turning it back on?
Perhaps, hold power and volume up to soft-reset your device.
Might help.


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[dark twister]

Have you tried turning off your phone? Then turning it back on?
Perhaps, hold power and volume up to soft-reset your device.
Might help.


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yes but in vain

 

[SpiralBorg]

This worked for me, when my XOOM was being a battery waster.
Do you have a launcher installed. Sometimes they can go a bit too memory heavy.

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[dark twister]

no, i havent installed any launcher.
what could be the reason for screen consuming so much of battery?

 

[dancapitan]

what could be the reason for screen consuming so much of battery?

The Screen Itself

 

[meyerweb#CB]

^^
Yep. It's pretty clear from those stats. 4+ hours of that big bright screen being on does, unfortunately, use a lot of juice. Not much you can do about other than:

1. Turn the brightness down some more
2. Stick it on the charger more often
3. But a spare battery / large capacity battery

 

[dark twister]

i agree
but i only app i used was kindle for reading books that too at only 25-30% brightness. Is 4 hr screen on time for such moderate use normal for S3? and also the sudden dip in charge for such app is okay?

 

[SpiralBorg]

How long can use your device, before it dies?
4 hours, really.

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[dark twister]

yes
screen on time is 4 hrs. while using simple apps like whatsapp, kindle. with 20% brightness

 

[dark twister]

^^
Yep. It's pretty clear from those stats. 4+ hours of that big bright screen being on does, unfortunately, use a lot of juice. Not much you can do about other than:

1. Turn the brightness down some more
2. Stick it on the charger more often
3. But a spare battery / large capacity battery

but i keep brightness very low and use apps like whatsapp, kindle and not any HD games or videos

 

[Tricia Morrison]

Download juice defender

 

[thomasv23]

Try a different launcher. Right now apex launcher is a lot easier on my battery than touchwiz was

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[iHackPro]

Download juice defender

Apps like those don't work and do nothing except drain your battery faster.

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