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I charge my battery overnight. I'm guessing this is bad for the battery but how bad? And is there some app or something that will stop the charge once it hits 100% while still plugged in? Thanks

I believe the phone has overcharge protection circutry in it already

has anyone noticed that, with the new radio, it takes longer to charge and sometimes it doesn't even reach 100%. however when i reboot it, it actually is at 100%. The the batter indicator isn't as accurate anymore.

JDMr2 said:
has anyone noticed that, with the new radio, it takes longer to charge and sometimes it doesn't even reach 100%. however when i reboot it, it actually is at 100%. The the batter indicator isn't as accurate anymore.
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yes i have, i wanna say its because its not an official mod, but im using the jf update? maybe its build specific, which one you using jd?
i thought i was the only one to notice

I've used the sapphire radio update w/ 5.0.2Hr5 and the new ADP radio update w/ JF1.5. I noticed this with both combinations.

I am noticing this as well with JF's build
So what is the deal? Is the phone actually fully charged after 2 hours and the meter doesnt actually realize it? will this cause any problems with leaving the phone charging in the wall and overcharging?

I highly doubt it has anything to do with overcharging since it's not a hardware issue.

LOL! It's never been accurate at all with any software build or radio combination. I can charge my phone all the way and pull the battery and reboot and get an accurate reading then. The battery life and measurement has been the biggest flaw with this phone. It hasn't gotten any better with a new build or ever will, imo.

wasn't THIS bad when i had JF1.42 RC33. it was just when I updated to Haykuro's or JF's 1.5 builds. An example will be where I begin charging my phone at 5% and after 3-4 hours, it'll only be at ~65%. I reboot the phone and it automatically fixes itself to 100%. It normally only takes ~2hrs for my phone to charge to 100%.

I'm running The Dude's ADP 1.5 and I noticed also that it takes a lot longer to charge the phone.
Normally if I plug it in, it was fully charged in 2-3 hours. Now it takes more than 5hours

John5788 said:
I am noticing this as well with JF's build
So what is the deal? Is the phone actually fully charged after 2 hours and the meter doesnt actually realize it? will this cause any problems with leaving the phone charging in the wall and overcharging?
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I am also seeing this same issue. I unplugged my phone from the charger at 11am and it was 100%. At 12:45 it was down to 87%. I fell asleep by the pool and woke up and it was at 52%, this was around 3p. I went home and charge the phone. I looked at it around 5p and it was at 72%. I rebooted the phone with Call+Menu+End(thanx JF, Dude took this out his buld) and it was at 100% when rebooted. It may be that TMOBILE branded G1's may have a underlying hardware/software issue which does not allow the OS to fully read the battery. My assumption and im just taking a stab at this is that possibly since ADP 1.5 features processor frequency change (ie, 528mhz to 384, 122 when sleeping) it may be reading the battery when at 528mhz and then when it drops to 122mhz the phone cant write to the RAM or somehow it gets lost b.c on refresh it reads 100%. I may not know anything about what I wrote but its just a stab at an idea. Maybe someone can do some testing to see what happens internally between ADP and RC33 and/or G1 & ADP.

JDMr2 said:
wasn't THIS bad when i had JF1.42 RC33. it was just when I updated to Haykuro's or JF's 1.5 builds. An example will be where I begin charging my phone at 5% and after 3-4 hours, it'll only be at ~65%. I reboot the phone and it automatically fixes itself to 100%. It normally only takes ~2hrs for my phone to charge to 100%.
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I agree... it HAS gotten worse with 1.5 builds. It takes for ever to charge up to 100% (especially if you have something running in the background. it might just be the overclocking that's doing it). After rebooting, it will give a more accurate reading. I've noticed also (with all builds) that if you reboot with the charger plugged in... it will give you a false, higher battery reading than if you rebooted with it not plugged in. If you get (or suspect) a false reading, pull the battery while phone is on and let it sit idle for a couple seconds and then reinsert and power on. That should be pretty accurate but it seems most false readings happen while the phone is charging. One way to get around this without rebooting to make sure that it's fully charged is to charge the phone while its off. Just remember green light means 90% or higher and not 100% like ALL other HTC devices. That is part of the problem itself....
if the light turned green when it is charged 100%, alot of these false readings would not be happening. I know that sounds silly but the OS/hardware have to judge when its at 90% even when it's powered off. Kinda more complicated than just orange light when charging and green when fully charged (like all other HTC devices). Instead we have to go from red flashing to red to orange and to green. Maybe that makes sense to some? I don't know for sure... it's merely my long-winded theory about the crazy, ****ed up battery life for this otherwise fantastic device, lol! Sorry for the loooooooonnnnnng reply...

I have dudes. 93 and that's when I ran to the issue you guys are talking about. I happened to just install a battery widget and thoughy that's why it had to reboot for accurate reading it hasnt been long to recharge after uninstall. The other builds all seemed accurate to me. It also seems like my battery doesn't last as long with the new radio but at the samew time it seems that it quickly drops out of the 90's and 80% range but sticks in the lower ranges longer. I don't know why with all of our technology laptops and phones can do the carziest things but only for an unreasonably short amount of time...

I drained my battery letting the phone die, took the battery out, put it back in after a min or so, and began charging. It seems to have fixed the long charging issue. It fully charged my battery in ~2.5hrs. I'll report back if the battery life lasts just as long as it charges.

[Q] Suddently battery draining!

Hello.
I have a Touch Pro Raphael 100. Using Energy room from januar 2011. Have work fine until last week as it suddently start to drain the battery. If I fully charge the phone(it gets really hot when charging, not the battery, but the back of the phone, around the camera.) it will last for max 10 minuts when I power it one with no charger in.
And it keeps draining to empty if the phone is on and charger is plugged in. So the charger can't keep up with the draining. Charge time with phone of is about 10 hours!!
So is the phone crazy, or do I just need a new battery?
Thanks for answers

Did this start happening after you modified something or installed an app? Also, have you considered flashing to a newer ROM? I would check these and see if a hard reset helps. I've never had that happen to my Fuze while using NRGs ROM from January. So, I am taking a stab at your devices problem at best.

no, I haven't installed apps lately. I would try to flash with the newest NRG room and see if that helps! thanks..

tried to install the newest NRG room now, but it drains like crazy, in tbattery it shows -200 - -300 at current. and battery temp is at 50 degree C.

I hate to say it but it sounds like it might be a battery issue. Have you another battery to see if this is the case? I have a backup battery just in-case this one decides to "give up the ghost"

Chargins issue on NEW EVO SHIFT

My wife had a problem with the screen on her EVO SHIFT so she went to a sprint store and they ordered her a replacement phone. it came in on Friday. I have it rooted and running a custom rom and kernel. that part is OK. HOWEVER, it doesnt seem to charge. I have tried 5-6 different cables (AC Charger). It seems like it is charging and you can see the charge % go up SOME but it seems to never get past 50%. I also tried different batteries (I have 4 spare batteries). The Amber charger light is on and the phone says it is charging and connected to AC.
Any ideas what would be causing this? I thought about it being a bad charging port but it is showing connected and charging... Any help would be appreciated....

dahauss said:
My wife had a problem with the screen on her EVO SHIFT so she went to a sprint store and they ordered her a replacement phone. it came in on Friday. I have it rooted and running a custom rom and kernel. that part is OK. HOWEVER, it doesnt seem to charge. I have tried 5-6 different cables (AC Charger). It seems like it is charging and you can see the charge % go up SOME but it seems to never get past 50%. I also tried different batteries (I have 4 spare batteries). The Amber charger light is on and the phone says it is charging and connected to AC.
Any ideas what would be causing this? I thought about it being a bad charging port but it is showing connected and charging... Any help would be appreciated....
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What ROM/Kernel are you running?
You might want to let the battery drain completely, then plug it in and see if a battery charges. If it does go to 100% (which it should), then thereafter, reset the Battery Stats.

konichwa said:
What ROM/Kernel are you running?
You might want to let the battery drain completely, then plug it in and see if a battery charges. If it does go to 100% (which it should), then thereafter, reset the Battery Stats.
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Running Supreme Sense X with dodge kernel 1.6.. his evening I got it to charge to 100% and the green light came on.. took it upstairs and plugged it in after a few minutes... the light came on amber and it said it was charging but after about 2 minutes went off and was no longer charging.. I then pulled the charger out and pushed it back in and it started charging again. I giggled the cord and the light didnt go off.
HOWEVER... just went in and the light is green again.. picked up the phone and giggled the cord.. light when off.. then I unplugged the charger and plugged it back in.. now its amber again.. I wonder if it is the port.. this is a replacement phone we got from a service center that we had to wait over a week for. I would hate to have to un-root and take this back for a second time.. its a pain to unroot and then get a phone and have to downgrade and re-root.
Im reading that the EVO SHIFT has a LOT of bad charging ports.. is this true?

dahauss said:
Running Supreme Sense X with dodge kernel 1.6.. his evening I got it to charge to 100% and the green light came on.. took it upstairs and plugged it in after a few minutes... the light came on amber and it said it was charging but after about 2 minutes went off and was no longer charging.. I then pulled the charger out and pushed it back in and it started charging again. I giggled the cord and the light didnt go off.
HOWEVER... just went in and the light is green again.. picked up the phone and giggled the cord.. light when off.. then I unplugged the charger and plugged it back in.. now its amber again.. I wonder if it is the port.. this is a replacement phone we got from a service center that we had to wait over a week for. I would hate to have to un-root and take this back for a second time.. its a pain to unroot and then get a phone and have to downgrade and re-root.
Im reading that the EVO SHIFT has a LOT of bad charging ports.. is this true?
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The EVO Shift does not have a history of Bad Charging ports. Because it's a Refurb, there may be a possibility of it. But it might also be that when you jiggle the USB Cord your momentarily interrupting the connection enough to make it think it's been Unplugged. Then the device detects that it's plugged in, it starts the charging process all over. Also as a built in safety most devices do not charge the Battery to 100%. What happens is the Battery is charged to a preset level. Usually between 95-98% , but it will register as 100% . This is to prevent overcharging of the Battery. That is why when you first unplug a device the battery appears to drop the first 1-5% very quickly. Then drain slower after that.

prboy1969 said:
The EVO Shift does not have a history of Bad Charging ports. Because it's a Refurb, there may be a possibility of it. But it might also be that when you jiggle the USB Cord your momentarily interrupting the connection enough to make it think it's been Unplugged. Then the device detects that it's plugged in, it starts the charging process all over. Also as a built in safety most devices do not charge the Battery to 100%. What happens is the Battery is charged to a preset level. Usually between 95-98% , but it will register as 100% . This is to prevent overcharging of the Battery. That is why when you first unplug a device the battery appears to drop the first 1-5% very quickly. Then drain slower after that.
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Thanks. I know all of this as I have a regular evo. The shift is my wife's. I don't believe what you are describing is the issue. Hmm
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Do you have any other odd issues occurring? Did you do a Full Wipe before Flashing?

If you have another shift, check the battery in it. I've said before, and I'll say it again....some of these shifts end up with a bad sensor somewhere for the battery. GF has the same problem with hers, but when I use her battery, it's charged 100%. Phone needs to be replaced, or needs to be checked in hardware. It's not a rom isse, charging port issue, or anything else.

There are several chargers available at Amazon. Maybe this would be a good option for you. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...prefix=battery+charger+for+evo+shift,aps,1622
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Chad The Pathfinder said:
There are several chargers available at Amazon. Maybe this would be a good option for you. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...prefix=battery+charger+for+evo+shift,aps,1622
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...pretty sure it's not the charger. The charger doesn't decide when the battery stops filling. Something isn't reading correctly. Maybe it's a system issue, something software but not the rom (like a faulty BIOS as opposed to the OS)
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The charger can sometimes be an issue if it's not the Factory Charger, or a suitable replacement. I've seen several people run into issues by not using the correct charger. It is quite possible to damage the device, and the battery by not using the correct charger. Also some of the cheaper car chargers do not have an over-charge protector built in. While saying "over-charge protector" is a misnomer, what your actually trying to avoid is the battery continually trying to be charged when it's already charged. With some of the cheaper chargers it will cause the battery, and or the device to overheat.

It was the phone. Sprint sent me another shift and works fine....
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dahauss said:
It was the phone. Sprint sent me another shift and works fine....
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Glad you got it all sorted :cyclops: .

[Q] Battery problems

I hope I am in the right forum for this...
Lately my two year old tf700t won't stay on for more than 10 mins at a time. I have the dock and both parts say more than 100% charged.
Due to my device being out of warranty and thinking something was wrong with my stock asus rom. I downgraded the rom, rooted it, unlocked and tried several different roms.
My tablet is still turning off even though it says it is 100% charged.
Is my problem a bad battery? I think it has discharged "fully" (to where it warns me) maybe 10 times in the two years i've had it in the dock. It has almost always been plugged in or lightly used around the house. It has never been drained and recharged repeatedly to the point that I would have thought it to be worn out by now.
When I've had batteries go previously, they just drain fast from 100% to 0%. Both batteries are at 100% and it won't stay on but maybe 10 minutes unplugged. When I plug it in, it takes about 5-10 mins before it turns back on again. Meanwhile, the led by the power button blinks orange like the battery is dead. When it turns back on, it tells me I'm fully charged. grr
Does anyone know what is going on? Is there a way to test the battery or is there some chip inside the thing that needs to be reset or something.

jesman0 said:
I hope I am in the right forum for this...
Lately my two year old tf700t won't stay on for more than 10 mins at a time. I have the dock and both parts say more than 100% charged.
Due to my device being out of warranty and thinking something was wrong with my stock asus rom. I downgraded the rom, rooted it, unlocked and tried several different roms.
My tablet is still turning off even though it says it is 100% charged.
Is my problem a bad battery? I think it has discharged "fully" (to where it warns me) maybe 10 times in the two years i've had it in the dock. It has almost always been plugged in or lightly used around the house. It has never been drained and recharged repeatedly to the point that I would have thought it to be worn out by now.
When I've had batteries go previously, they just drain fast from 100% to 0%. Both batteries are at 100% and it won't stay on but maybe 10 minutes unplugged. When I plug it in, it takes about 5-10 mins before it turns back on again. Meanwhile, the led by the power button blinks orange like the battery is dead. When it turns back on, it tells me I'm fully charged. grr
Does anyone know what is going on? Is there a way to test the battery or is there some chip inside the thing that needs to be reset or something.
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It sounds like that you have a calibrations issue with your device. When your device is shut off by itself, you should leave it unplug about a day. Then recharge your device after a day of depletion and hope that it will solve your problem, good luck...:fingers-crossed:

Mhhhh - "almost always plugged in"?
Not the best use for these batteries. 2 years of that could have killed it.... And then - may not have anything to do with it if the battery went bad. 2 years is not an unreasonable life expectancy for a battery for a portable device.
In addition to LMK's suggestion, you could try this:
Let it die and then sit for a day unplugged.
Connect it via USB to your PC and let it trickle charge for 8+ hours (charging indicator will not even come on). Make sure your PC doesn't shut down or go into sleep mode during that time.
It should be charged enough to boot it. Check if it made a difference.

Weird battery drain - 1% per second even when charging

Hi, I decided to post this in a new thread because it's a different behavior from others I've seen in this forum. If the admin says I shouldn't, I can delete it and post it on other thread!
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https://youtu.be/3Fk4TffxwZM
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My nexus 5 had a custom ROM, unrooted, simple apps (facebook, twitter, etc) and original screen and battery.
After crashing the screen, I bought a new one plus a new battery. Immediately after connecting the new screen plug and the new battery plug, the flat cable started to overheat, and the screen never turned on - ok, something is bogus. I tried again with the old battery and had the same problem. So, the screen must be no good, I just reinstalled the other broken one that still works.
However, since then, the cellphone always is turned on with 100% battery even knowing that it is not fully charged. And, a little while after, it starts to drain, 1% per second, even when I'm charging it, untill it turns off, or - sometimes - get back to 100%.
While on bootloader, it never turn itself off, thou. But if I turn it on, sometimes this happens, sometimes the cell only works untill the lockscreen and immediately turns itself off - even while charging or hours after charging. (pls check the youtube videos)
What i have tried:
Change the charger and cable
Use original charger
Switch back to the old battery (same problem)
Reinstall ROM
Reinstall Original ROM from google
Wipe batterystats.bin (I know, I know, just in case)
Install battery calibration apps
Root and install battery calibration apps
Charge to 100%, let it drain to 20% and recharge (thou it constantly drops)
Charge all night
Wait to drain a lot and charge again
Wait to drain a bit and charge again...
And nothing worked.
I saw no similar issue on this forum, even on the "battery drain while charging" posts, they're not exactly the same issue.
So... is it possible that crappy screen broke my both batteries? Anyone know what else could I try?

dvdfranco said:
Hi, I decided to post this in a new thread because it's a different behavior from others I've seen in this forum. If the admin says I shouldn't, I can delete it and post it on other thread!
Posted videos of the issue:
My nexus 5 had a custom ROM, unrooted, simple apps (facebook, twitter, etc) and original screen and battery.
After crashing the screen, I bought a new one plus a new battery. Immediately after connecting the new screen plug and the new battery plug, the flat cable started to overheat, and the screen never turned on - ok, something is bogus. I tried again with the old battery and had the same problem. So, the screen must be no good, I just reinstalled the other broken one that still works.
However, since then, the cellphone always is turned on with 100% battery even knowing that it is not fully charged. And, a little while after, it starts to drain, 1% per second, even when I'm charging it, untill it turns off, or - sometimes - get back to 100%.
While on bootloader, it never turn itself off, thou. But if I turn it on, sometimes this happens, sometimes the cell only works untill the lockscreen and immediately turns itself off - even while charging or hours after charging. (pls check the youtube videos)
What i have tried:
Change the charger and cable
Use original charger
Switch back to the old battery (same problem)
Reinstall ROM
Reinstall Original ROM from google
Wipe batterystats.bin (I know, I know, just in case)
Install battery calibration apps
Root and install battery calibration apps
Charge to 100%, let it drain to 20% and recharge (thou it constantly drops)
Charge all night
Wait to drain a lot and charge again
Wait to drain a bit and charge again...
And nothing worked.
I saw no similar issue on this forum, even on the "battery drain while charging" posts, they're not exactly the same issue.
So... is it possible that crappy screen broke my both batteries? Anyone know what else could I try?
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Hey, did u ever figure out the reason ? I'm having a similar issue.. maybe we can work together n figure smthn out

sorry bro, I just gave up. It was too much to pay for another screen or new parts; I never discovered what the real problem was =(

dvdfranco said:
sorry bro, I just gave up. It was too much to pay for another screen or new parts; I never discovered what the real problem was =(
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Figured out the problem and fixed it. Posting it here in case someone has this issue, so after trying everything from getting a new battery to installing different roms, installing various apps rooted and not to see what's draining my battery. Funny how the phone was never going into deep sleep. Anyway long story short the problem was hardware, I changed the flex cable, the whole strip, some may call it the charging strip. Now it's fixed charges to 100% in 2 hours and battery lasts all day.