12 hours of screen on time

[dpham00]

I wanted to see how much screen on time I could get on the stock battery, and was surprised that I could get 12 hours.

 

[kjung7]

How is this possible? I can barely get 4!!!

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[dpham00]

How is this possible? I can barely get 4!!!

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with normal usage, about 4 hours is right. I was just trying to see what the max that i could get.

 

[Kench33]

Did you not ever turn the screen off?

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[Forgetful]

How'd you do that? Just leave the screen on without doing anything.

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[ryanr509]

That is not possible without everything turned off and brightness set to dimmest setting.

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[dpham00]

How'd you do that? Just leave the screen on without doing anything.

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There is a "Screen On" app from the play store. you can set which apps you want the screen to not shut off.

That is not possible without everything turned off and brightness set to dimmest setting.

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oh but it is, if you know how to do it.

 

[dpham00]

Did you not ever turn the screen off?

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the phone was on for over 15 hours.

 

[cjsmoove]

You know whats funny is you can charge your phone and the reading will still be the same.... Which is why some peeps are getting these outlandish times. My SIII lasted 12 hours n some change with around 3 hours screen time and when I plugged in the charger I charged it half way but the time never recalculated so AFTER I charged it half way it read 21+ hours when ACTUALLY I got 12hours....so in closing Im really wondering about some peoples claims of these crazy hours being reported.

 

[Dave4321]

There is a "Screen On" app from the play store. you can set which apps you want the screen to not shut off.



oh but it is, if you know how to do it.

When people give cryptic answers like that is screams "my original post is BS".

 

[dpham00]

You know whats funny is you can charge your phone and the reading will still be the same.... Which is why some peeps are getting these outlandish times. My SIII lasted 12 hours n some change with around 3 hours screen time and when I plugged in the charger I charged it half way but the time never recalculated so AFTER I charged it half way it read 21+ hours when ACTUALLY I got 12hours....so in closing Im really wondering about some peoples claims of these crazy hours being reported.

If you plug in the charger, you would get the green line at the bottom of the graph in the second screen shot that I posted for the duration that it was plugged in. If you don't believe me, just try it.

 

[didiwags]

I got about 9 hours on my phone yesterday. I was even traveling 2 hours away from were I currently was. I will have to see what I get in the cities(minneapolis/st. Paul) were I live. I have been up north since Friday.

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[dpham00]

When people give cryptic answers like that is screams "my original post is BS".

It is very much possible if you know how to do it. If no one figures it out, I will post tomorrow how i did it, and it will be a way that is reproducible by anyone if so desired to verify my claims.

 

[d1ez3]

It is very much possible if you know how to do it. If no one figures it out, I will post tomorrow how i did it, and it will be a way that is reproducible by anyone if so desired to verify my claims.

This is a community for S3 users, why are you acting like a child holding some big secret? Just say what you did

 

[dpham00]

I was testing out "picture frame" mode here is what I did:

-I turned off the radios using the "phone info" app, which is similar to airplane mode.
-Screen brightness to min.
-Turned on all power saving options.
-Used "screen on" app to keep the screen on.
-Used the gallery with a pitch black picture(I didn't want to get screen burn in)
-The radio was turned on just prior to the screen shot so that I could e-mail myself the screen shot.

 

[zxphenomenalxz]

Because this makes the phone completely useful?

Next time try doing something where it makes the phone useful in every day life. I'm not trying to be rude but this was a pretty silly test done on your part.

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[ryanr509]

Because this makes the phone completely useful?

Next time try doing something where it makes the phone useful in every day life. I'm not trying to be rude but this was a pretty silly test done on your part.

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Ya seems like a useless test as no one would ever do this with their phone... ever.and like I said before to the op that it wasn't possible without everything turned off and brightness at the dimmest setting.

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[kalnel#WN]

I can believe four or five hours of normal screen time with 15 hours of battery time -- maybe even a little more. But, 12? No so much.

When I tried running my battery down to zero last week I was able to get almost four hours of screen time with 26 hours of battery time. (No charging.) I had the screen set on auto-brightness and the 4g, GPS, and Bluetooth on.

 

[gsxr150]

The battery is sick on this thing...I got two full days out of it with moderate use.

 

[NIKSTORM]

How do I reset my battery clock to 0? now I'm gonna start doing some real world tests.

Op... Not that you didn't conduct a real test, it's just that I do not know how said information will help me.