Help S3 loses 75% of power in 35 minutes

horsegirl363636 · Mar 9, 2014

Ever since the update a few months ago, my phone has been whack.

As soon as I update I ended up having to do a factory reset for it even to stay on.

Then, a few weeks later, my phone would drop 50% shortly after I unplugged it in the morning. According to the battery settings, Google Services was murdering the battery to I switched parts of it off, problem solved.

Now, it's even worse, but google services isn't the culprit. I unplugged my phone this morning at 100%, 35 minutes later I was at 26%. This is the screen on my battery settings. Some days Andriod OS is the battery killer, Media has never been there, so I don't know what's with that. I also don't use google plus ever, so i don't know why that was running.

On top of that, I will plug it back in and it won't charge back up, perhaps because some processes are still running? I close all tasks down, but it doesn't seem to help.

Any ideas? I'd like to us my phone longer than an hour in the mornings. It seems to be fine if I recharge it and take it off again in the afternoon.

Thank you.

Galaxy Tab2 47 · Mar 9, 2014

horsegirl363636 said:
Ever since the update a few months ago, my phone has been whack.

As soon as I update I ended up having to do a factory reset for it even to stay on.

Then, a few weeks later, my phone would drop 50% shortly after I unplugged it in the morning. According to the battery settings, Google Services was murdering the battery to I switched parts of it off, problem solved.

Now, it's even worse, but google services isn't the culprit. I unplugged my phone this morning at 100%, 35 minutes later I was at 26%. This is the screen on my battery settings. Some days Andriod OS is the battery killer, Media has never been there, so I don't know what's with that. I also don't use google plus ever, so i don't know why that was running.

On top of that, I will plug it back in and it won't charge back up, perhaps because some processes are still running? I close all tasks down, but it doesn't seem to help.

Any ideas? I'd like to us my phone longer than an hour in the mornings. It seems to be fine if I recharge it and take it off again in the afternoon.

Thank you.

My best guess is that your battery is failing.

I see nothing in your setup picture that is really a problem. :thinking:

horsegirl363636 · Mar 9, 2014

Thanks for the idea, I'm not sure it's my battery though because sometimes it's fine. Also when it does die fast I charge it up again, unplug it, and it loses power normally. I am contemplating just getting a new battery to see though.

horsegirl363636 · Mar 9, 2014

It isn't the Wi-Fi, the battery drops when I am in my home which has Wi-Fi so it is not searching, thanks though.

horsegirl363636 · Mar 9, 2014

Wi-Fi has never been an issue, I'll give it a shot though. I don't have unlimited data, so Wi-Fi is important for me to use.

horsegirl363636 · Mar 9, 2014

It's not dying right now, Wi-Fi is on, and I'm not in a Wi-Fi area. It does in the morning, when I'm home, where I use Wi-Fi. My battery suddenly drops, then stabilizes shortly after being unplugged. But it doesn't always drop.

Mikestony · Mar 9, 2014

Let keep it nice in here and try to help the OP ok?

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dmcjr22 · Mar 9, 2014

wifi can be a battery hog depending on apps needing internet access, other battery hogs are your network internet 3g/4g etc for same reason apps needing access. you can turn your network off you will still be able to make/recieve calls and texts, no mms though you need network for that and obviously no updates on your socialmedia apps if you have any. also gps is a hog too

dmcjr22 · Mar 9, 2014

this app juice defender https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender might help ya figure it out

gordonfink · Mar 9, 2014

Wife's SII had a similar problem.

We let it run all the way down to 0 and shutdown, then charged to 100%, then repeated once more.

After that, it worked fine. Something to do with battery calibration getting out of whack, in that the phone reported 100% when it was really actually not anywhere close.

Galaxy Tab2 47 · Mar 10, 2014

Maybe it's just giving a false low battery level. Does the phone seem to not work correct? :thinking:

horsegirl363636 · Mar 10, 2014

Now I'm really confused! I watched it closely this morning.

As soon as I unplugged it (it charged to 100% from 5%) it dropped to 23%, then in a second went back to 100%. After using it for a minute it dropped to 90%. Then I plug the charger back in and it drops to 22%.

Wi-Fi was off. Bluetooth off. Updating off. The only thing I used was Facebook and instagram. At this point I wonder if my battery just randomly went bad. I thought it would slowly go bad, but maybe not.

horsegirl363636 · Mar 10, 2014

I'll use a different charger to see if that matters tomorrow, and try recalibrating by battery too.

ilyabyk83 · Mar 10, 2014

Mam', do you have a stock battery, or did you buy "larger size" on eBay??

Stuntman · Mar 10, 2014

horsegirl363636 said:
Now I'm really confused! I watched it closely this morning.

As soon as I unplugged it (it charged to 100% from 5%) it dropped to 23%, then in a second went back to 100%. After using it for a minute it dropped to 90%. Then I plug the charger back in and it drops to 22%.

Wi-Fi was off. Bluetooth off. Updating off. The only thing I used was Facebook and instagram. At this point I wonder if my battery just randomly went bad. I thought it would slowly go bad, but maybe not.

On my last phone, my battery went bad and I experienced something similar to what you described. I would suggest you check your battery. When my battery went bad, it started to bulge. I noticed that I began having a little difficulty closing the back panel because the battery started to bulge. A bulging battery indicates that it went bad. My old battery also had some white rectangle that started turning red.

gordonfink · Mar 10, 2014

It either needs calibration or has gone off to Valhalla.

If you want to check the recalibration, just leave it on the counter until it is completely dead. Only then plug the charger in and go all the way to 100%. Then, leave it out and let it die all the way again. Don't get to 10% and plug it in - let it die, then plug it in.

Wifi takes battery, but not like you're describing.

Brand new OEM Samsung batteries are in the range of $10 on ebay. You can get aftermarket ones for about $4, but they only seem to last about half as long on a charge.

The battery in mine is holding its charge less, and I keep an aftermarket charged up and with me, in case mine bites the dust while I'm in a place I can't do much about it. Honestly, it's about time for me to buy one as well.

I did have a customer return an SII that was doing what you describe. He thought it was a charging error, and returned the phone for an exchange. I took his and put a new battery in - problem solved. His was much like yours is doing - charging %'s all over the place, but the battery never really charged, and lasted minutes.

horsegirl363636 · Mar 11, 2014

Thanks everyone!

I let it die and recharged it, it took forever but only dropped to 76% this time when unplugged. I'll let it die again and hopefully it'll recalibrate! I ordered a new battery anyways, can't hurt have a spare.

ilyabyk83 · Mar 11, 2014

gordonfink said:
It either needs calibration or has gone off to Valhalla.

If you want to check the recalibration, just leave it on the counter until it is completely dead. Only then plug the charger in and go all the way to 100%. Then, leave it out and let it die all the way again. Don't get to 10% and plug it in - let it die, then plug it in.

Wifi takes battery, but not like you're describing.

Brand new OEM Samsung batteries are in the range of $10 on ebay. You can get aftermarket ones for about $4, but they only seem to last about half as long on a charge.

The battery in mine is holding its charge less, and I keep an aftermarket charged up and with me, in case mine bites the dust while I'm in a place I can't do much about it. Honestly, it's about time for me to buy one as well.

I did have a customer return an SII that was doing what you describe. He thought it was a charging error, and returned the phone for an exchange. I took his and put a new battery in - problem solved. His was much like yours is doing - charging %'s all over the place, but the battery never really charged, and lasted minutes.

New Samsung battery, or again cheap knockoff from eBay??

horsegirl363636 · Mar 15, 2014

So I recalibrated the battery and got it to hold a 64% charge.

I got the new, samsung brand, battery in the mail. Once it died I plugged it in and when it got to 35% my phone said it was fully charged and unplug it. What in the world???

ilyabyk83 · Mar 15, 2014

horsegirl363636 said:
So I recalibrated the battery and got it to hold a 64% charge.

I got the new, samsung brand, battery in the mail. Once it died I plugged it in and when it got to 35% my phone said it was fully charged and unplug it. What in the world???

When you say "new", what does that mean??

horsegirl363636 · Mar 15, 2014

Not refurbished, not used, brand new.

ilyabyk83 · Mar 15, 2014

I mean, where and who made it?! Are you sure it's not a knock-off..??

gordonfink · Mar 15, 2014

horsegirl363636 said:
So I recalibrated the battery and got it to hold a 64% charge.

I got the new, samsung brand, battery in the mail. Once it died I plugged it in and when it got to 35% my phone said it was fully charged and unplug it. What in the world???

Leave the new one plugged in over night, and see what happens. I just replaced mine with a new Samsung branded battery, and I left in overnight, even though it said it was charged. Then, discharged it completely, and did it again.

Honestly, it's not all that much better than the old battery was.

gordonfink · Mar 15, 2014

ilyabyk83 said:
New Samsung battery, or again cheap knockoff from eBay??

As far as I know, real Samsung batteries can be had for about $10

ilyabyk83 · Mar 15, 2014

gordonfink said:
As far as I know, real Samsung batteries can be had for about $10

Agree, possible to find one.

So I just got myself 4 batteries, I keep them all charged (I also have a single battery charger)

I use my phone as a MP3/Radio player (iHart Radio App) in the gym.

I have very nice Bluetooth Hands-free by Plantronics (Voyger); it works as a MP3 player headphone and my phone at the same time.

My battery gets used up very good after a gym (that's where you listen to music); So after I'm done working out, I simply exchange the batteries.
But the Bluetooth device makes my life so much easier. I can control incoming phone calls by my voice. So if my hands are tied up and I get a phone call, after it reads out the name in my phonebook or simply says "Incoming Call" if that number is not in my book; with my voice (hands are still tied up by the exercise machine) I could say "Ignore" or "Answer" and it does it...

Back to battery.
Well, because the phone eats energy, I simply carry a replacement battery (charged).

Well, this is me...

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