Hey!
I have a big problem.
In my HTC Desire S, I use a MugenPowerBattery with 1800 mAh. But the Battery Monitor Widget tells me, that it can only be charged up to 1450 mAh (capazity of the default battery from HTC). What can I do, that the phone let the battery charge up to 1800 mAh?
(And sorry for my bad english ;p)
firstly i dont think the reading within the widget is accurate as the widget doesnt charge the phone i think that the battery understands when its at full capacity and stops charging so to speak so even though the widget tells you 1450 you actually have 1800 if you recalibrate the battery with proper instructions. The widget is for "monitoring" and nothing else i think.
Secondly you can manually tell battery monitor widget in the settings that your battery is 1800mah and not 1450.
znarf2369 said:
Hey!
I have a big problem.
In my HTC Desire S, I use a MugenPowerBattery with 1800 mAh. But the Battery Monitor Widget tells me, that it can only be charged up to 1450 mAh (capazity of the default battery from HTC). What can I do, that the phone let the battery charge up to 1800 mAh?
(And sorry for my bad english ;p)
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Do you have S-off? If so you can go into recovery and reset batt stats. When your rom next boots up the phone calibrate the battery as a new battery.
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Hello!
I've read many battery calibration threads. There are many methods and many ways to do it. So I am a little confused.
I am now on Stock battery with Revolution HD rom.
My Anker battery arrives on monday and I am preparing for it's use. To get the most juice out of it, I have to calibrate it.
My friend bought the ChiChitec 1950 and runed it down completely and then charged fully. In the Battery Monitor Widget it doesn't say that the battery capacity is more or less than the stock - shows 1530. Which means, the widget is showing wrong because the battery is different.
I do not want this problem.
I've read that you need to fully charge/discharge the new battery a few times first. So I have a few questions:
1) Which is it first: Charge or discharge? Puting the battery in, do I discharge till 0 or do I charge it to 100?
2) Is it better to charge it turned off or on - for the first time?
3) When to wipe battery stats: When at 100% or almost no charge?
4) Which calibration method for a new battery works for you?
I'll be greatly appreciate some help here. Thanks in advance. [:
The official response regarding battery calibration from HTC was:
1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour
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Although that was during the EVO 4G days.
Here's the original thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990
So, I did everything as said in that post [ battery - amazing for now ].
Umm, the only problem is what I feared. The Battery Monitor Widget still says that it's 1580 not more. How to fix that, does anybdy know this?
I do know that u only wipe battery stats when it is at full charge
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One thing I feel I should add to this thread that I've read elsewhere is that discharging the battery completely is not good for it.
I got the two chichitec batteries with the wall charger about a month ago. I've labelled these #1 and #2. After a few discharges I noticed #2 drained a lot faster. I thought something was wrong with my phone, but #1 holds its charge much longer and better.
My only reasoning is that it's been discharged less. But this could be a coincidence and just a bad battery for all I know.
There is a setting to manually overwrite the mAh on battery monitor pro widget.
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That mah reading is default for sensation
Yes, found the manual override. Much better.
Well. I think my Anker today drained a little bit too fast, so I will not dishcarge it completely again. Will test for a while.
Battery Life on the new CM7 #5 Stock kernel
Seems about average
Have a sensation 4G yrsterday i exchanged the stock 1540 mah battery with the xe 1730 mah battery
Waited for the battety to drain completely then from cwm i deleted the battery stats bin
Left the phone overnight to charge
At 100% cutrent widget is reading 4206 mv
After unpluging from power by 15 min battery reads 100% still but 4039 ma
Pluged it back to power battery jumped to 4150 ma instantely
Is that normal ?
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Current widget will not measure the ma correctly on the sensation. You will need to use battery monitor widget and set sensation in the settings. As far as i know battery monitor widget is the only one that will measure the ma correctly. I thought my phone had gone mad as well when i was using current widget until i found out the above info. hope this helps. There is a forum on xda for battery monitor widget somewhere. It's free on the market
well i tried: battery status, elixir and current widget the 3 give the same result, anyhow am trying battery monitor to check
but usually is that a normal behavior ?
read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871051
could explain what ur are observing
Hey, (first Post )
I noticed that too (got a 1900 Anker). I Think, when you plug in the charger, Current Widget shows you how much V or A the battery gets from the charger. When disconnect the charger the widget shows you how much is left.. Just thinking
aapman88 said:
read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871051
could explain what ur are observing
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yup thx, so basicaly buy a new battery (Mugen 3600mah) or bump charge the batt and screw it in 3 month i would prefer going with the second option since i change my phones very often
the problem is, even with a 1730 mah batt. am not able to play for longer than 3 hours on the phone :'( any advise ?
hello,
i replaced the original battery 1500 mah with 1900mah battery by ebay. but the capacitiy of the new one shows 1500 mah wich will not be true.
so what to do in order to show the 1900 mah.
thx
Your phone cant show battery capacity, maybe you are using some software that shows standard capacity (because it was written to show that).
oh realy? its not possible to display the real capacitiy after replacing in different batteries in differen mAh?
hence i cannot determine the capacitiy of the battery, i must blind trust what written on the battery?
thx
U have to mesure it more professionally or your software is good and your battery is really a 1500mah. But most of all - check it in real life usage and compare.
I've got the anker 1900 but I'm dissatisfied. It lasts as long as the stock 1580 or maybe less...
I dunno whether it's bad luck or not, but something is wrong.
1) In battery widget the reported mAh is 1580, isn't it supposed to be auto detected correctly 1900?
2) I've wiped batterystats, and recharged it fully, but i.e. today the phone lasted only from 10.00 till now. Do I have to give it more recharghing cycles before to judge it?
What do you think?
zooster said:
I've got the anker 1900 but I'm dissatisfied. It lasts as long as the stock 1580 or maybe less...
I dunno whether it's bad luck or not, but something is wrong.
1) In battery widget the reported mAh is 1580, isn't it supposed to be auto detected correctly 1900?
2) I've wiped batterystats, and recharged it fully, but i.e. today the phone lasted only from 10.00 till now. Do I have to give it more recharghing cycles before to judge it?
What do you think?
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Depends on usage, the way I use it - that would be a good amount of capacity.
Did u do 3 full discharge and charge.
Im on my 2nd cycle and my Anker is rockin'..
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Where did you buy it from?
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
I bought iy on ebay from an irish seller. And I've still not completed 3 full cycles.
But what about the reported mah?
Did you have to set manually the mah as well?
And I'm experiencing strange behavior with the reported left charge. It stayes at 100% long, and then it start lowering the % much faster.
zooster said:
I bought iy on ebay from an irish seller. And I've still not completed 3 full cycles.
But what about the reported mah?
Did you have to set manually the mah as well?
And I'm experiencing strange behavior with the reported left charge. It stayes at 100% long, and then it start lowering the % much faster.
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Might be a faulty battery perhaps you have warranty ? I bough it from ebay : laptopmate_usa hes legit and gives 1 year warranty ! Mine stays on 100% long time but starts draining fast until 92 then becomes normal..
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
Battery monitor widget reports 1580mAh and I have to overwrite the data to 1900, does it happen to you too? Il this normal?
With battery monitor widget, if you go in to "Calibration", then hit "Change", you can enter a different capacity. You don't have to name the battery, although you can if you want. Then the stats should change.
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I have used battery monitor widget in the past, and had to manually change it to 1900. Although I have not used it lately and don't know if it should automatically adjust the calibration.
IHaggardI said:
With battery monitor widget, if you go in to "Calibration", then hit "Change", you can enter a different capacity. You don't have to name the battery, although you can if you want. Then the stats should change.
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I have used battery monitor widget in the past, and had to manually change it to 1900. Although I have not used it lately and don't know if it should automatically adjust the calibration.
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I have the anker 1900 too and to quickly see if battery is actually registering as larger than 1500 (ie your battery stats have been adjusted due to calibration or wipe). Charge your sensation to 100% (green light), power down, and if your charging while powered down for my then 5 min or so its still at 1500. (orange light on)
I know it seems obvious but my experience is that my anker battery will always charge full if turned off no matter what rom I'm running.
if the rom isn't reading the battery i'll turn on my sensation and i'll be at 100% charge for a few hours Xp
Which should be max. battery voltage ?
I have never seen voltage greater than 4.170 mV at 100%, according to Battery Monitor Widget.
My Desire HD instead, reaches 4.201 mV at 100%.
Is this normal ? if not, what should be done ?
iangelo said:
Which should be max. battery voltage ?
I have never seen voltage greater than 4.170 mV at 100%, according to Battery Monitor Widget.
My Desire HD instead, reaches 4.201 mV at 100%.
Is this normal ? if not, what should be done ?
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Volts are not overly important. It's the mAh that matters. My phone's battery has gone from 3,600mV at 70% to 3,755mV now at 37% (and rose to 3,759 and dropped to 3,756 while I was typing this). My old BlackBerry Torch 9810 used to do the same, my Wildfire S before that. As long as the Elvison battery widget (get it if you don't have it) tells you that your battery is in good health, then you have nothing to worry about.
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Volts are not overly important. It's the mAh that matters. My phone's battery has gone from 3,600mV at 70% to 3,755mV now at 37% (and rose to 3,759 and dropped to 3,756 while I was typing this). My old BlackBerry Torch 9810 used to do the same, my Wildfire S before that. As long as the Elvison battery widget (get it if you don't have it) tells you that your battery is in good health, then you have nothing to worry about.
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Thanks for your answer.
I agree, it' s like this during operation.
My problem is the max. voltage when fully charged, which is low compared to the max. voltage of my Desire HD.