Related
I've recently started having this problem. I charged my wizard overnight, saw the battery was 100%, then as soon as i removed the charger, it drops to around 80%. If i follow this with a soft reset, it drops to 50%. During normal usage the drainage isn't so sudden, but it is still a lot faster than usual. For e.g. a 20 min video would drain 30% of the battery.
My extended rom is clear, I first installed the 2.26 tmob rom, then wrcx1, so I dont think that should be an issue. I've installed the power saving cabs as well. What else could be the problem? I'd really hate to have to switch to another rom just to sort this out...
Forgot to add, this is a recent problem. I used to get excellent battery life, this has just suddenly started happening. I haven't changed my charger or battery.
which BS are you using?
I was using the latest BS release (0263 i think) but have removed it from my today screen and still the problem is persisting...
Battery... that's what driving me crazy now! With WM5, I can use my device almost 2,5 days with lots call/sms and solitaire. Tried 3 WM6 version and couldnot save the O2 life last more than 3 hours (uncontinuosly). Please any one help to solve this.... (
Sounds like either your battery is screwed (they DO go bad after a year or two) OR you've got one seriously ****ed up ROM.
By the way, BatterySpace is known to do this if you use the dynamic overclocking. Somehow something in the ROM or Registry gets trashed, and then the system will peg the CPU at 100%.
This will WASTE the battery like nobody's business! Once this happens the only fix is a HARD RESET - I've not figured out what's getting scrambled, but whatever it is, a reboot doesn't fix it.
Shut off the dynamic overclocking if you're using it and see if the problem goes away.
I just had the same erratic behavior from my battery, it was over a year old. It would charge to 100%, but when off the charger strength would read random levels and drain really fast. I could kill the battery in about 30 minutes of browsing web pages.
A new battery solved it.
Genesis3 said:
Sounds like either your battery is screwed (they DO go bad after a year or two) OR you've got one seriously ****ed up ROM.
By the way, BatterySpace is known to do this if you use the dynamic overclocking. Somehow something in the ROM or Registry gets trashed, and then the system will peg the CPU at 100%.
This will WASTE the battery like nobody's business! Once this happens the only fix is a HARD RESET - I've not figured out what's getting scrambled, but whatever it is, a reboot doesn't fix it.
Shut off the dynamic overclocking if you're using it and see if the problem goes away.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK, thanks!
Now I'm thinking about downgrade to WM5 to check wherther battery died or not, before buy a new one.
I have the same issue on the g3 wizard connected thru tmobile us running the bd3 rom. I have had excellent battery life in the past but in the past 3 days or so the battery status is just inaccurate. The main prob is that when you go connect to the internet 5 min later the device restarts and sometimes it just keeps restarting in a loop. Then sometimes it restarts but battery is at critical, when before it was at 80%.
But i noticed when it gets stuck in the boot loop, just stick it on the charger for a sec and it will start back up fine, but then die after a couple phone calls or so.
I have also cleared the rom thinking it was some battery drain issue that usually happens when you don't flash the original rom before you flash a cooked one. I installed the tmobile original one and then flashed "boring rom for tmobile". That rom works quite well. But the battery is still draining.
I also changed the radio rom from the 2.69 and now went to the 02.25.11 but still the same issue.
I didn't try running straight wm5 and see if it did it their, but the previous poster is trying it so ill see if that worked for him or not.
The next step is to try a new battery but this battery is only like a year old
Believe me when I tell 'ya that Lithium Ion batteries, when they die, do so exactly like this.
Try a new battery.
daishi17 said:
I have the same issue on the g3 wizard connected thru tmobile us running the bd3 rom. I have had excellent battery life in the past but in the past 3 days or so the battery status is just inaccurate. The main prob is that when you go connect to the internet 5 min later the device restarts and sometimes it just keeps restarting in a loop. Then sometimes it restarts but battery is at critical, when before it was at 80%.
But i noticed when it gets stuck in the boot loop, just stick it on the charger for a sec and it will start back up fine, but then die after a couple phone calls or so.
I have also cleared the rom thinking it was some battery drain issue that usually happens when you don't flash the original rom before you flash a cooked one. I installed the tmobile original one and then flashed "boring rom for tmobile". That rom works quite well. But the battery is still draining.
I also changed the radio rom from the 2.69 and now went to the 02.25.11 but still the same issue.
I didn't try running straight wm5 and see if it did it their, but the previous poster is trying it so ill see if that worked for him or not.
The next step is to try a new battery but this battery is only like a year old
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
mine is doing the same thing..
if i start any aplication that requests more procesing, the device keeps rebooting, even if the battery was indicating 100% when i started using it
if i plug the charger when he is rebooting, he comes back to life 80-100% charged..
if i do not use it, and leave him on stand by, the battery lasts for like 2 days without any issues.
Draining in Sudden Bursts! Sounds like it feels good.
well i guess i will just get a new battery and hope that solves the problem since I have tried everything besides just using regular wm5, and someone posted that this is what lithium ion batteries usually do, so I'll give it a shot and report my findings after christmas, lol I hope I get a mda battery for christmas
anyone bought a new battery?
did it worked?
i´m still waiting for mine to arrive
I bought a new battery, but i cant say yet whether its working or not. It seems to work fine at times, and gives the same problem at other times. Not sure what acould be wrong....
Are you using TNT5 ROM? I've flashed two days ago this ROM to give WM6 a second go and my battery vanished like smoke... the battery that used to last for about 4 days, was gone in only half a day :\ I'm back to my ROM!
I'm using TNT5 for a few months now. All of a sudden i had batteryproblems. Tried everything but solved the problem with a fresh battery. Only 9 dollars on Ebay....
And now the phone is running smoothly again (lasts about 2 days)...
still waiting for mines to come should come wednesday, its getting worst and worst i used to be able to use it for at least an hour now only for about 15 min off the charger, when it says its at a 100%
I'm having a different kind of problem, except for the burst that I get after taking off power or after a soft reset, my battery life is exceptional. My last charge lasted about 7 hrs (including ebooks, mp3s, sms, and some phone calls).
I flashed XDA Mobile 6 Release 5 RC1 with .NET CF 3.5! recharging full battery. After flashing It showed low battery warning and when i restarted it, it showed full battery. And one hour later it swiched off. Now i flashed another rom .No problem yet.
Hi everyone!
Wondering if there is or are anyway to calibrate Omnia battery? I think it is draining too fast, first i left my phone charging for 5hours to completely charge and just send 1 message and download Samsung App "Now" and in 1 hour since has now 92% of it. I use brightness in minimun, use Edge connection and nothing more to spend so much...in moment im using "mirolg" mi7ROM mango 8107 DFT, great by the way!
Any ideas?
Thanks!
xpc21 said:
Hi everyone!
Wondering if there is or are anyway to calibrate Omnia battery? I think it is draining too fast, first i left my phone charging for 5hours to completely charge and just send 1 message and download Samsung App "Now" and in 1 hour since has now 92% of it. I use brightness in minimun, use Edge connection and nothing more to spend so much...in moment im using "mirolg" mi7ROM mango 8107 DFT, great by the way!
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Or you can consider to try to change a battery.
Draining the battery fully will probbly calibrate it, though there may be a Calibrate feature in the Diagnostics app as well.
However, it's pretty normal for smartphones to only have battery life for about a day. 8%/hour, including downloading an app (which is moderately power-intensive) isn't way out of line with what I'd expect. Do you sync email? Do you have any live tiles? Do you use any background agents? Those all use power.
Also, custom ROMs - especially newly-released ones right after they become available - can have battery problems. Did you see the same result on the stock ROM? If not, your ROM may have a power issue.
GoodDayToDie said:
Draining the battery fully will probbly calibrate it, though there may be a Calibrate feature in the Diagnostics app as well.
However, it's pretty normal for smartphones to only have battery life for about a day. 8%/hour, including downloading an app (which is moderately power-intensive) isn't way out of line with what I'd expect. Do you sync email? Do you have any live tiles? Do you use any background agents? Those all use power.
Also, custom ROMs - especially newly-released ones right after they become available - can have battery problems. Did you see the same result on the stock ROM? If not, your ROM may have a power issue.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your attention bro! I just donne it, used my phone until completely run out of battery, pulled out the battery and left for 2 days in this state....today i plugged the charger and phone in airplanemode for about 7 hours and showed me 97% of charge....plugged it out cause maybe could be a bug, power on and for my surprise it showed 83%...gave it up...i dunno but when i had Galaxy S there was a way to calibrate battery i´ve already asked here but nobody knows about Omnia 7....also, i remeber that custom rom causes this bugs, i couldnt get 100% but with stock it completely charge.
xpc21 said:
Thanks for your attention bro! I just donne it, used my phone until completely run out of battery, pulled out the battery and left for 2 days in this state....today i plugged the charger and phone in airplanemode for about 7 hours and showed me 97% of charge....plugged it out cause maybe could be a bug, power on and for my surprise it showed 83%...gave it up...i dunno but when i had Galaxy S there was a way to calibrate battery i´ve already asked here but nobody knows about Omnia 7....also, i remeber that custom rom causes this bugs, i couldnt get 100% but with stock it completely charge.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
New or Used phone? The battery might be deteriorating.
drupad2drupad said:
New or Used phone? The battery might be deteriorating.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks bro! It´s used but it was bought 7 months ago, the phone its like new, these lithium batteries dont mean to have better capabalities?
Hi
I have a TF700T, unlocked, TWRP and CROMI 3.0.4.
My battery meter is acting weird. For example I recharged both my tab and the dock this afternoon. I unplugged them around 16:30. I've been using my tab for the last few hours (it's now past midnight), not all the time, but quite often. The meter on the tab is still showing 100%. The one for the dock is showing 94%. This is not the normal behavior of my tab and it's been doing that since I unlocked and installed TWRP and CROMI. Before, it would start to go down almost immediately, and would start recharging only at 70%, like it's supposed to.
Last time it stayed at 100% for a while and then started to drain very quickly, and then stabilized and started to act normally.
I'm trying to understand whatcould be the problem. Last time it got "stuck" like that I went to recovery and TWRP was also showing 100% power left. So it's not CROMI. But it's something... Anybody else with the same problem? Or anyone got a solution, an idea? Because I'm worried this will get worse...
Thanks
You could try clearing the battery stats. I think TWRP has the option to do it, not sure about CWM.
Ok thanks sdbags, I'll look into that...
Is there an ideal moment to do that? After a full recharge?
Usually you do 100% charge, clear stats, reboot let it get back to 100% and unplug but to be honest it probably doesn't really matter.
You'll know fairly soon if you still have the problem.
I just checked mine and it started with tablet battery until down to 89%, then dock battery kick in maintain the tablet battery around 89-90%.
The dock shouldn't recharge the tab unless it reaches 70% or lower. At least it's what it was doing before, and what's documented as normal behavior. Since my tab spends 99% of its time docked, I don't know how it would behave undocked...
Looks like it solved the problem for now. Thanks sbdags!
Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk 2
Well, unfortunately, it isn't solved. When I deleted batterystats.bin it went back to "normal" at first, the tab was fully charged and it started to go down almost immediatly after I unplugged it. But yesterday it died on me while the gauge was still showing a little bit less than 30%!!! I did a full charge last night, and it's back to its old tricks: stucked at 100% for the last 8 hours (overnight).
This is very annoying... Is there anything I can do to recalibrate the battery gauge?
And why is this happening? I didn't have this problem when locked with stock ROM and recovery... I'm not complaining, I just want to understand and maybe try to fix this! Thanks!
acme99 said:
Well, unfortunately, it isn't solved. When I deleted batterystats.bin it went back to "normal" at first, the tab was fully charged and it started to go down almost immediatly after I unplugged it. But yesterday it died on me while the gauge was still showing a little bit less than 30%!!! I did a full charge last night, and it's back to its old tricks: stucked at 100% for the last 8 hours (overnight).
This is very annoying... Is there anything I can do to recalibrate the battery gauge?
And why is this happening? I didn't have this problem when locked with stock ROM and recovery... I'm not complaining, I just want to understand and maybe try to fix this! Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Could be a battery hardware issue? Sounds like it's not reporting its current and voltage correctly.
You need to get some battery monitoring apps on it so you can see what is really going on.
sbdags said:
Could be a battery hardware issue? Sounds like it's not reporting its current and voltage correctly.
You need to get some battery monitoring apps on it so you can see what is really going on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Could be, but it's weird that it started just after I decided to unlock. It was fine the first 4 months of its life...
Any battery monitoring app you recommend? There are a few on Google Play... I have Battery Widget Reborn, it does some monitoring, but it doesn't provide a lot of information. I'm sure there is an "ultimate battery app" or something... Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated!
acme99 said:
Could be, but it's weird that it started just after I decided to unlock. It was fine the first 4 months of its life...
Any battery monitoring app you recommend? There are a few on Google Play... I have Battery Widget Reborn, it does some monitoring, but it doesn't provide a lot of information. I'm sure there is an "ultimate battery app" or something... Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try battery monitor widget. It does everything you need.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
sbdags said:
Try battery monitor widget. It does everything you need.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, thanks... Will try that and report!
Ok... So I did some testing... My tab is shutting down (more like crashing) at 28% and showing 6561 mV. I then have to plug it in and wait for 5-8 minutes before it will allow me to boot it.
So I plugged it in... It reached 100% at 8169 mV... But then, it continued to charge. As of now, it is at 8296 and still going up as I'm writing this!!
This issue is the same as issue #2 in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2090826
Now, I don't know, but it look suspicious to me that this problem started when I installed TWRP and CROMI. Could it be related, somehow??
Additionnal details:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41224
acme99 said:
Additionnal details:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41224
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What happens if you wipe the battery stats again?
The only other thing I can recommended is a total wipe, reflash Asus stock to redo the bootloader, TWRP and reflash CROMI. Others don't have this problem so it is something particularly to your setup.
All those posts you linked are pointing to the 4.2.1 update causing the issue. As we only have 4.1.1 I can't see any relationship unless Asus injected some 4.2.1 code into their latest update which seems unlikely.
sbdags said:
What happens if you wipe the battery stats again?
The only other thing I can recommended is a total wipe, reflash Asus stock to redo the bootloader, TWRP and reflash CROMI. Others don't have this problem so it is something particularly to your setup.
All those posts you linked are pointing to the 4.2.1 update causing the issue. As we only have 4.1.1 I can't see any relationship unless Asus injected some 4.2.1 code into their latest update which seems unlikely.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I wiped the stats yesterday. Looks like it doesn't do much.
I'll go ahead and reflash stock...
Thanks!
acme99 said:
I wiped the stats yesterday. Looks like it doesn't do much.
I'll go ahead and reflash stock...
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I suggest you should do a full wipe and reflash cleanrom and kernel. This way you can eliminated all the possiblility with software and pin it on hardware.
acme99 said:
Could be, but it's weird that it started just after I decided to unlock. It was fine the first 4 months of its life...
Any battery monitoring app you recommend? There are a few on Google Play... I have Battery Widget Reborn, it does some monitoring, but it doesn't provide a lot of information. I'm sure there is an "ultimate battery app" or something... Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same problem with my battery meter, and just like with you, it started when my TF700T was almost exactly 4 months old. The batteries (dock and tablet) have to be close to drained. I've been using the tablet without batteries for many hours, both yesterday and today. But my tablet battery is showing 100% and the dock battery is at 95%. That has to be wrong.
I have GSam Battery Monitor Pro. It can only tell me about the tablet battery (it's blind to the dock battery). Yesterday when I looked at this, it was telling me that the screen used no power. I'm looking at it now and it says that screen is using 68.6% of the power - that's more like it. But it's weird that yesterday the number was zero. It tells me that the unit has only been unplugged for 5 seconds, and has been telling me that since I unplugged it yesterday. GSam usually saves history, but not in this case because it thinks the unit has only been running on battery power for 5 seconds.
I also have a battery widget that is dual-battery aware. It has a history chart, but it doesn't tell me much. It shows the tablet battery at a constant level of 100% with no dips, and the dock battery very slowly dropping from 100% to 95% over the last two days. This is just wrong.
What's been happening is that the tablet will suddenly shut down when I think it's charged, and then I can't turn it on. I didn't realize what was wrong until I discovered that if I plugged it in for a while, I could turn it on again. Obviously the battery is draining completely, but the meter is incorrect. Also, draining the battery completely then recharging to green (which I hope still means "complete charge") has done nothing to recalibrate the battery.
I'm afraid this is a hardware problem. I guess I need to contact Asus?
I'm also having problems with constant browser crashes - doesn't matter what browser it is, I've tried them all. In general, this tablet has been a huge and expensive disappointment.
Edit: I'm running ICS 4.0.3 stock, rooted but not unlocked. I don't want to upgrade to JB because I need the volume booster app. I've read that the volume problem is just as bad under JB but the volume booster apps don't work (nor do many other programs I use). There is nothing in JB I need. From what I've read, people running JB have all the same browser crash problems, battery meter problems, etc.
permutations said:
I have the same problem with my battery meter, and just like with you, it started when my TF700T was almost exactly 4 months old. The batteries (dock and tablet) have to be close to drained. I've been using the tablet without batteries for many hours, both yesterday and today. But my tablet battery is showing 100% and the dock battery is at 95%. That has to be wrong.
I have GSam Battery Monitor Pro. It can only tell me about the tablet battery (it's blind to the dock battery). Yesterday when I looked at this, it was telling me that the screen used no power. I'm looking at it now and it says that screen is using 68.6% of the power - that's more like it. But it's weird that yesterday the number was zero. It tells me that the unit has only been unplugged for 5 seconds, and has been telling me that since I unplugged it yesterday. GSam usually saves history, but not in this case because it thinks the unit has only been running on battery power for 5 seconds.
I also have a battery widget that is dual-battery aware. It has a history chart, but it doesn't tell me much. It shows the tablet battery at a constant level of 100% with no dips, and the dock battery very slowly dropping from 100% to 95% over the last two days. This is just wrong.
What's been happening is that the tablet will suddenly shut down when I think it's charged, and then I can't turn it on. I didn't realize what was wrong until I discovered that if I plugged it in for a while, I could turn it on again. Obviously the battery is draining completely, but the meter is incorrect. Also, draining the battery completely then recharging to green (which I hope still means "complete charge") has done nothing to recalibrate the battery.
I'm afraid this is a hardware problem. I guess I need to contact Asus?
I'm also having problems with constant browser crashes - doesn't matter what browser it is, I've tried them all. In general, this tablet has been a huge and expensive disappointment.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I feel your frustration, I have seen more and more people with this issue. Well, we could say that either software or hardware, (not every situation is the same), so usually I recommend to do a factory reset then reflash a full Asus firmware, if the issue stills existed, then we can assume it's hardware issue. At this point, we can give Asus tech support a call.
buhohitr said:
I feel your frustration, I have seen more and more people with this issue. Well, we could say that either software or hardware, (not every situation is the same), so usually I recommend to do a factory reset then reflash a full Asus firmware, if the issue stills existed, then we can assume it's hardware issue. At this point, we can give Asus tech support a call.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your reply. Have you heard back from anyone who has done a factory reset and reflashed the Asus firmware? Has anyone reported the problem going away after that?
The other thing I'm worried about is that it's a hardware problem that Asus doesn't know how to fix because they don't yet know what's causing it. I can't recall anyone saying they've found a solution to this. I've only seen reports of the problem.
I have other serious problems with this tablet, too. It runs short of memory all the time, though this isn't supposed to happen on Androids. I often have to manually clear memory to view screenshots in the Play Store. And the browser is constantly stalling, freezing, and crashing - every browser. I've tried more than 5 of them. This is especially inconvenient for me, since I make heavy use of the browser on the tablet.
I keep thinking of that pressure-sensitive Samsung tablet I almost bought instead...
Hi
All of a sudden my battery started draining rapidly. See the attached screenshots for ref. I thought maybe it was a software bug since it started happening 2 days ago. I tried booting into the safe mode and the fast drain didn't stop. I also did hard reset with same result. At this point I'm thinking about getting new battery. Just wanna see if xda community has any tips if maybe I've missed something. It's just strange that this sudden degradation happened overnight.
Obviously, that draining is not normal.
In the upper left corner there is a warning that some app is running in background.
When you did the hard reset also you did a restore from some backup? Is the device warm/hot?
Sometimes it shows carrier utility or people apps running in the background. I restored from Google backup (forgot to mention in the OP). Device isn't hot at all.
i stared clean with LeeDroid ROM (had original Sprint ROM on) after wiping the data and the fast battery drain remains. at this point i'm going to replace the batter since it's not a software issue.
I'd definitely say your battery has shat itself. I'd also try something like gsam or battery info in *#*#4636#*#* to see the health of your battery. I'd be interested to know if it reports it as "good" health
It's strange but the standby seems to be better now whereas it was going fast before. Thought maybe it 'fixed' itself, however during a phone call (4min) I lost %3. That's definitely not normal 4636 is not showing any battery info. Can't find anything in gsam showing health status of the battery. Is it in pro?
If the battery drains fast during calls can be due to poor/weak network reception (the modem tries to maintain the best quality and scans the network over and over).
3 sot with 50% (or little more) battery left is a good value, in my opinion.
Oh, when recoveries are made due to some problem is better to not restore from backups. In that backup can be the app or setting that is causing the problem.
Anyway, with the last google play services (14.7.99) I also have noticed a bit more drain during standby.
Sounds like you need to replace it
yaboc said:
Hi
All of a sudden my battery started draining rapidly. See the attached screenshots for ref. I thought maybe it was a software bug since it started happening 2 days ago. I tried booting into the safe mode and the fast drain didn't stop. I also did hard reset with same result. At this point I'm thinking about getting new battery. Just wanna see if xda community has any tips if maybe I've missed something. It's just strange that this sudden degradation happened overnight.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have about the same issue. The battery is draining too fast and it's very noticeable when idle, even when idle in safe mode + airplane mode it loose 20% during an 7 to 8h night. I tried all htc nougat and oreo official and unofficial roms and nothing fixed the problem.
I also used the htc diagnostic tool to determine whether my battery is "good" or not and..... according to the diagnostic tool it is "good". Notice that according to diagnostic tool the battery is defective only if it goes from 100 to less than 75% during the test. Mine goes from 100 to 93 during the test which consists in showing a kind of dark grey screen at full brightness during 1 hour.
Even with a battery rated as good I decided to sent my device for repair because it was not good.
I received the device back and it has not been repaired because it passes the diagnosric tool test. test.
So i'll replace the battery myself as soon as i'll receive my new battery.
I suggest you to run the diagnostic tool test and if you get a decrease from 100 to less than 75, they should repair it under warranty, if not, suggest you to replace the battery yourself or pay somebody to do it for you.
deadlynounou said:
I received the device back and it has not been repaired because it passes the diagnosric tool test. test.
So i'll replace the battery myself as soon as i'll receive my new battery.
I suggest you to run the diagnostic tool test and if you get a decrease from 100 to less than 75, they should repair it under warranty, if not, suggest you to replace the battery yourself or pay somebody to do it for you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I already ordered the battery and will do the replacement myself if the wait times are similar to those of screen replacements. Plus everything points to a bad battery so another test with official app is pointless. Sounds like we both will be doing the swap ourselves.
So I put new battery in and the drain seems slower than before and the charging is not erratic (jumping). When I was removing back cover the black layer came off so I figured it'd be good time to try clear cover mod . I like the look but unsure if anything will interfere with the radios and such due to the missing protection.
Hello all, so the original battery on my Google pixel, almost 3 years old, went to complete hell. It turns off in about a minute once unplugged, despite 100% battery life. So I went and replaced it with two Amazon bought batteries. The first one (definitely not OEM) had the same issue but my pixel would at least last about 10 minutes of regular use, unplugged, before shutting down. So I thought it might be the battery but the second one has the exact same issue. The second one at least looked like OEM with the exterior but since it came from Amazon, it's not 100% certain.
The problem is that the phone charges very fast, like 100% in less than 15 minutes and then discharges 10-20% in just a few minutes. If I last below 70% that would be out of the ordinary.
Is it possible that it's not a battery issue but maybe a different issue? A friendly person on another forum suggested that my core or graphics IC is overheating, attempting to throttle down; and then just shutting down when it looses the battle. Which makes absolute sense since the phone mostly shuts down when I'm playing games on my phone and usually turns off just under 80%.
I also found out that a recent google play store version was found to be the culprit for the extensive battery loss for other folks. Could this also be reason?
Are there any tests I could do to further determine the actual cause?
Thank you.
Two ideas:
- Deactivate Play Store app in Settings -> Apps & Notifications -> All -> Play Store -> Deactivate
- To rule out a damaged third party app as a cause for the battery drain (which actually is quite unlikely in your case), you can reboot into safe mode. For that, long-press the power button and then long-press 'shut down', confirm with OK. At the reboot, all non-system apps are freezed. Then you can check if the battery behaves differently.
Did you try charging your phone for about two hours longer, even if it says it is already at 100%? Maybe just the battery percentage measurement system is somehow damaged.
But you already tried that I guess. So maybe somebody else got another tip for you.
do you try flashing stock image? maybe the battery cache is in trouble
Similar to OP, my Pixel XL had started to have some odd issues beginning almost a year ago. It got REALLY bad in just the last six weeks or so when it would shut down at relatively respectable battery percentages (something like 23% - 57%, randomly).
- Deactivate Play Store app in Settings -> Apps & Notifications -> All -> Play Store -> Deactivate
- To rule out a damaged third party app as a cause for the battery drain (which actually is quite unlikely in your case), you can reboot into safe mode. For that, long-press the power button and then long-press 'shut down', confirm with OK. At the reboot, all non-system apps are freezed. Then you can check if the battery behaves differently.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for these ideas, BenjyTec.
When I deactivated ("Disabled" in my settings), there was no change in behavior. In fact, I had forgot I did that until giving things about a week and had forgotten when the phone behaved the same way, LOL (I just now re-enabled it).
I also tried the Safe Mode (which I had not previously known about - thanks!), and the phone still died out pretty quickly from a "full" charge.
Did you try charging your phone for about two hours longer, even if it says it is already at 100%? Maybe just the battery percentage measurement system is somehow damaged.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had also done this several times. The really odd thing is many times I will have it on the charger all night or for several hours, and when I take it off it is only at a very low percentage - from 1% to 16%. !!! Of course more often than not it does get to a higher percentage.
do you try flashing stock image? maybe the battery cache is in trouble
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, gonzakennyn - I have not done a "stock" image, but have factory reset the phone, with no joy. This was actually one of the things I did months ago even before it got really bad, because I wondered if maybe the battery cache or something at the kernel level had deeper issues.
Hopefully the OP might have had better luck or found something...
All these complaints sound like power supply issues.
Use the phone while it's in the charger, and there's no overheating/throttling/shutdown, right?
toucan said:
Similar to OP, my Pixel XL had started to have some odd issues beginning almost a year ago. It got REALLY bad in just the last six weeks or so when it would shut down at relatively respectable battery percentages (something like 23% - 57%, randomly).
Thanks for these ideas, BenjyTec.
When I deactivated ("Disabled" in my settings), there was no change in behavior. In fact, I had forgot I did that until giving things about a week and had forgotten when the phone behaved the same way, LOL (I just now re-enabled it).
I also tried the Safe Mode (which I had not previously known about - thanks!), and the phone still died out pretty quickly from a "full" charge.
I had also done this several times. The really odd thing is many times I will have it on the charger all night or for several hours, and when I take it off it is only at a very low percentage - from 1% to 16%. !!! Of course more often than not it does get to a higher percentage.
Thanks, gonzakennyn - I have not done a "stock" image, but have factory reset the phone, with no joy. This was actually one of the things I did months ago even before it got really bad, because I wondered if maybe the battery cache or something at the kernel level had deeper issues.
Hopefully the OP might have had better luck or found something...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unfortunately, I did not find a solution. After replacing the battery twice I pretty much resigned to my fate. I'm going to hold out until Pixel 4 comes out.
Once fully charged, I could use my phone for browsing or watching videos for about an hour before I get to around 30-40%. Then I could leave it unplugged all night and wake up to my battery at 1%. It actually stays that way for a bit.
However, if I use my phone to play any games, I could only use it unplugged for about 10 minutes. My phone will power down without fail at 80% or below only when I play games. Weird thing is, whenever I power it back up, my phone will be 1% but despite that it could last quite a while.
As post-mortem mentioned, I could use my phone while charging without issues so maybe it is a power supply issue, in which case, I have no idea what I could do.
When it's not plugged in to a charger, the only power supply is the battery. Hence, I feel that even your "new" battery is not new.
So a little update all. I updated my phone to the latest Android 10 patch and the battery life has gotten significantly better. It's still not enough to last all day but it can last probably 6-8 hours with minimal use. If I use it constantly, it might last two hours.
I am no longer tethered to my charger when playing games, which is really good news and all the prior issues with the phone shutting down ~80% is gone.
Perhaps the previous Android patches contained faulty code?
I would do fresh install and see if problem resolves. Fresh install fixes all sorts of software issues.
So my battery woes aren't as bad as yours but I did get to the point where I had the battery replaced. I went to uBreakiFix and I have no idea what battery they put in but the bottom line is a brand new battery didn't help much. I got a little better battery life but not as much as I had hoped. I'm assuming that it's either due to the apps I have installed and my usage or the phone is getting old and something is drawing a little more power than it used to. I have not gone to the trouble of factory resetting to see if that would help yet.
JoeHockey said:
So my battery woes aren't as bad as yours but I did get to the point where I had the battery replaced. I went to uBreakiFix and I have no idea what battery they put in but the bottom line is a brand new battery didn't help much. I got a little better battery life but not as much as I had hoped. I'm assuming that it's either due to the apps I have installed and my usage or the phone is getting old and something is drawing a little more power than it used to. I have not gone to the trouble of factory resetting to see if that would help yet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Factory resets didn't help my old issue. Updating to the latest Android os helped immensely. As stated above I no longer have the initial issues. I estimate I now have about 70-80% capacity, which is not bad at all considering I bought my battery through Amazon for around $20.
I thought if you got your battery replaced at ubreakifix, then they are obligated to fix your issue or refund you your money.