Samsung S3 battery drain

[Anonymous]

I've had my Samsung S3 for nearly a year and it is pretty much the best phone I've used but my S3 battery is draining really quick. This morning I took my phone off at 7:30ish and I made no calls, texts, didn't use 3G if and I was listening to music via Spotify while offline and as of now my phone battery is at 91% which to me it rather annoying since I did not use my phone hardly at all this morning.

My phone is running Android 4.3 (which is up-to-date) and I have wi-fi, data, gprs and bluetooth turned off, Screen brightness around 25% and I have also used the power saving mode feature but I hardly notice any different with battery life (If anything it makes my phone laggy when doing simple task) I also barely have any apps installed since I did a massive clear out with apps.

Has anyone else got any more suggestions before I go hunt down a spare battery?

Cheers,

Alex

[Cleoriff]

Hi @Anonymous 

Please come back and update us. It all helps others with the same problem..:smileywink:

[viridis]

Also just to add, power saving modes will cause many phones to "lag" and is perfectly normal.
The powersave function restricts CPU performance and/or disables a core or 2 in multi core systems.

[Anonymous]

Fair enough but it is frustrating to try and use the phone when you want to do the simplest task such as texting or browsing call logs.

[viridis]

It shouldn't lag to the point of hindering basic functions.

[Sammy_boy]

Could be a rogue app causing drain and lag? Check battery usage in settings to see if anything is using excessive battery. Might also explain the lag you're experiencing.