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#914339 13-Oct-2013 16:33

Damager: Just as a follow on from my recent issues re battery life, I've turned off location services as suggested previously, and also turned fast dormancy off as that seemed to top the kernel wakelocks . I'm on Telecom. The fast dormancy seems to have decreased now.

What is fast dormancy, and how do you turn it off?

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#914341 13-Oct-2013 16:45

timmmay:
Damager: Just as a follow on from my recent issues re battery life, I've turned off location services as suggested previously, and also turned fast dormancy off as that seemed to top the kernel wakelocks . I'm on Telecom. The fast dormancy seems to have decreased now.

What is fast dormancy, and how do you turn it off?

Explanation here:

http://www.androidnz.net/2012/06/at-your-own-risk-how-to-disable-fast.html

From market here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gokhanmoral.fastdormancytoggle.i9300

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#914355 13-Oct-2013 17:11

Interesting, thanks. I keep mobile data turned off when I'm not actively using it, and fast dormancy is using 0.0% of my battery, so I think I'll leave it at defaults for now.

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#914671 14-Oct-2013 11:17

I was on Omega V12 and Google Location service was draining my battery hard out, thought I try a different rom.

Installed Foxhound v2.0 looks really good but had the same Google Location service bug.

That bug wasn't there on Omega V11 maybe the new XXUDMl1 build roms have that bug?

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#914673 14-Oct-2013 11:18

Bacha: I was on Omega V12 and Google Location service was draining my battery hard out, thought I try a different rom.

Installed Foxhound v2.0 looks really good but had the same Google Location service bug.

That bug wasn't there on Omega V11 maybe the new XXUDMl1 build roms have that bug?

I have been playing Plants vs Zombies 2 and man it sucks the battery. How do you know the Google Location Service is sucking your battery? I should check that too since I have Omega v12

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#914689 14-Oct-2013 11:29

networkn:
Bacha: I was on Omega V12 and Google Location service was draining my battery hard out, thought I try a different rom.

Installed Foxhound v2.0 looks really good but had the same Google Location service bug.

That bug wasn't there on Omega V11 maybe the new XXUDMl1 build roms have that bug?

I have been playing Plants vs Zombies 2 and man it sucks the battery. How do you know the Google Location Service is sucking your battery? I should check that too since I have Omega v12

Every time I check my Battery (through settings etc) I have Google Service on the top and it stays up there until I restart my phone and during that time I get notification of checking my location etc.

Yes I could turn the location and GPS off but it didnt happen when I was on Omega V11

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#914745 14-Oct-2013 12:38

networkn:
Bacha: I was on Omega V12 and Google Location service was draining my battery hard out, thought I try a different rom.

Installed Foxhound v2.0 looks really good but had the same Google Location service bug.

That bug wasn't there on Omega V11 maybe the new XXUDMl1 build roms have that bug?

I have been playing Plants vs Zombies 2 and man it sucks the battery. How do you know the Google Location Service is sucking your battery? I should check that too since I have Omega v12

Man tell me about it. PvZ2 just hammers the battery. Fun game but you can't play for it long being away from charger.

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#917249 19-Oct-2013 00:00

Official 4.3 is out!
- OpenGL 3.0 Support
- GALAXY GEAR Support
- TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)
- ANT+ Support
- Samsung KNOX Implementation (KNOX bootloader and dedicated application)
- Samsung Wallet comes pre-loaded
- Improved RAM management
- Improved Display colour reproduction (Display looks much sharper than before)
- Improved TouchWiz Launcher (Much less launcher redraws and less lag)
- New Samsung Keyboard
- New Samsung Browser (Full screen by default, new tab interface and more)
- New Reading Mode (Optimises display for reading, used by only a few specific applications)
- New Camera firmware
- Minor UI tweaks (Contacts app, Flashlight Widget, dialog boxes etc)

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#917255 19-Oct-2013 00:46

tanivula: Official 4.3 is out!
- OpenGL 3.0 Support
- GALAXY GEAR Support
- TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)
- ANT+ Support
- Samsung KNOX Implementation (KNOX bootloader and dedicated application)
- Samsung Wallet comes pre-loaded
- Improved RAM management
- Improved Display colour reproduction (Display looks much sharper than before)
- Improved TouchWiz Launcher (Much less launcher redraws and less lag)
- New Samsung Keyboard
- New Samsung Browser (Full screen by default, new tab interface and more)
- New Reading Mode (Optimises display for reading, used by only a few specific applications)
- New Camera firmware
- Minor UI tweaks (Contacts app, Flashlight Widget, dialog boxes etc)

How do we get it?

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#917474 19-Oct-2013 18:10

Just flashed custom i9505 rom Echoe on the new official 4.3 base. No wipe and everything is going nicely!

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#917476 19-Oct-2013 18:13

What's new?

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#917485 19-Oct-2013 18:21

timmmay:
Damager: Just as a follow on from my recent issues re battery life, I've turned off location services as suggested previously, and also turned fast dormancy off as that seemed to top the kernel wakelocks . I'm on Telecom. The fast dormancy seems to have decreased now.

What is fast dormancy, and how do you turn it off?

If you're on Telecom then you need Fast Dormancy disabled. If not then the battery life will suffer. The inverse is true for other networks.

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#917503 19-Oct-2013 19:30

tanivula: Official 4.3 is out!
- OpenGL 3.0 Support
- GALAXY GEAR Support
- TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)
- ANT+ Support
- Samsung KNOX Implementation (KNOX bootloader and dedicated application)
- Samsung Wallet comes pre-loaded
- Improved RAM management
- Improved Display colour reproduction (Display looks much sharper than before)
- Improved TouchWiz Launcher (Much less launcher redraws and less lag)
- New Samsung Keyboard
- New Samsung Browser (Full screen by default, new tab interface and more)
- New Reading Mode (Optimises display for reading, used by only a few specific applications)
- New Camera firmware
- Minor UI tweaks (Contacts app, Flashlight Widget, dialog boxes etc)

@joker87 ^^ that's what's new if that's what you were asking :-)

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#917539 19-Oct-2013 21:30

hmm tempting ... is your phone a local phone or import?

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#917542 19-Oct-2013 21:45

joker97: hmm tempting ... is your phone a local phone or import?

Bought from Telecom on release day. Was stock until 2 weeks ago. Amazing i stayed stock for so long, apart from being rooted, but I was pretty happy with stock performance, and in all honesty, since I've gone custom, my battery life hasn't been as good, but some tweaks and I'm back to good again.

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