***The Official Samsung Galaxy S III Thread***
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I want to try out the CPU setting.. But I'm one of those people that wants to save battery, but doesn't want to forfeit any of the goodies.
I doubt changing the CPU is going to save you much battery. The screen is the major battery hog and when in idle (deepsleep) the CPU collapses and takes up next to no power regardless of what frequency it is set to.
You can do a test by changing up battery to 100% and after 1 hour screen time what percentage the battery is on, with your different CPU settings. Not the most scientific but gives you an idea that CPU settings don't affect the battery much.
To save battery:
- set screen to low brightness
- reduce or delete sync hungry apps (facebook, google+)
- Use wi-fi as much as possible over 3G
- have good reception
After hearing nothing from vodafone, I thought Id pop into my local store and see if they knew what was going on.
Not only did they have my S3, but they have had it since Fri!!
Id be hacked off if it wasn't for the fact I have a lovely new shiny toy
It is so fast!
Not only did they have my S3, but they have had it since Fri!!
Id be hacked off if it wasn't for the fact I have a lovely new shiny toy
It is so fast!
Pebble Blue is the girly choice for this phone.
So you couldnt wait and had to settle for white then....
Right, so I've rooted the phone. What do people recommend I do next?
Play with it for hours and hours, post boring stuff over and over again and then play with it again. It's what all the Android geeks do.
Right, so I've rooted the phone. What do people recommend I do next?
First step get AdAway from the market
Play with it for hours and hours, post boring stuff over and over again and then play with it again. It's what all the Android geeks do.
Will do.
First step get AdAway from the market
Ah yeah, I vaguely remember someone mentioning that earlier. Thanks.
Nova Launcher is awesome, NL Prime offers so many options it's unreal, as mrk previously stated Go Launcher was the best but Nova Launcher has surpassed it.
Does anyone know how to change the top bar so the battery and reception icons can be changed to a blue colour without rooting the phone?
Does anyone know how to change the top bar so the battery and reception icons can be changed to a blue colour without rooting the phone?
I guessed as much. I'm not really willing to alter my screen brightness which is about 60%. I have Facebook, twitter, Gmail, pulse and whatsapp all syncing, and I want them all running. Battery is lasting long enough so far though. Text input on the ics browser+ is very annoying though, know of any other browsers as fast as it?
Just been watching this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46IiRyigUH0&feature=player_embedded
Amazed at how much you can connect to it! ps3 and 360 controller will be great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46IiRyigUH0&feature=player_embedded
Amazed at how much you can connect to it! ps3 and 360 controller will be great.
It completely depends on what you're doing. If you're gaming then 1.4GHz is used exclusively, dropping that to 1GHz using power saving means your games still run just as fast but the power drain is less; Saves battery.
On this phone it will differ slightly due to the new nature of the CPU but on previous dual core phones, underclocking has been proven to increase battery time, even a small amount is satisfactory if the experience isn't compromised, on the S3 that's certainly the case.
The screen does use a lot of power, but this way you're helping the battery by giving the CPU some slack. 1GHz vs 1.4 generates less heat as well when doing intensive things.
On this phone it will differ slightly due to the new nature of the CPU but on previous dual core phones, underclocking has been proven to increase battery time, even a small amount is satisfactory if the experience isn't compromised, on the S3 that's certainly the case.
The screen does use a lot of power, but this way you're helping the battery by giving the CPU some slack. 1GHz vs 1.4 generates less heat as well when doing intensive things.