Battery % goes down while charging? - T-Mobile LG G2x

Rom: Weapon 3.01
Since rooting to Weapon, I've loved this phone. My battery life has been a non-issue. After installing GO Launcher, my battery drains super fast (within hours) and now when I charge it, it made it to 12% but now it's going down as I charge it. Down to 7%!
I reset the battery stats, but that has made no difference. Is this a problem with Go Launcher?
The phone was pretty stable until I installed Go SMS a week or so ago, and then the launcher (TwLauncher) got buggy.

Are you charging via USB port on a computer or laptop? If so thats your problem. You need to charge from an AC adapter.

It's the same on either, but I have been using it on a wall. I did use it as a flashlight extensively yesterday (just posted about it)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373640
Wondering if I fried my battery. I used the flashlight LED for a total of maybe 20 minutes.

monteburns said:
It's the same on either, but I have been using it on a wall. I did use it as a flashlight extensively yesterday (just posted about it)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373640
Wondering if I fried my battery. I used the flashlight LED for a total of maybe 20 minutes.
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Time for a new battery.

What do you have running? (Including widgets and LWPs)

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Battery -6 hours charging - 49%! What is wrong?

I have another problem with battery. I charge TP for 6 hours. after that time it still showing CHARGING, round light bimkning and when I enter battery, it shows 50-70% and charging! when I make soft reset it show full and stop charging, anyone knows how to fix this?, I'm worring about my battery I have oryginal rom. Thanks for reply.
I know that it is in other tread but I try to find solution
Are you using the supplied charger?
This happened to me when I tried to charge it with a Motorola V3 charger.
yes, the original charger is one amper powered which is very strong, all other chargers I have in my car or whereever output much smaller amount in milliampers (starting from 200 mA even). BUT never forget that slower charging is always better to preserve battery durability
bubble said:
Are you using the supplied charger?
This happened to me when I tried to charge it with a Motorola V3 charger.
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oryginal delivered with TP
How long did you charge it the very first time?
dificult to say, i thing over 8 hours, but battery is really ok, it keeps 2-4 days.
i think i got close to an hour wait for 3/4ths charge
so prob about an hour and a half for max???
I had this same problem yesterday. It was at 30% after 4 or 5 hours of charging, then after I reset it, it was at 100%...
had same prob. Fixed after hard reset
nqw said:
had same prob. Fixed after hard reset
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You sure you don't mean soft reset? some people make this mistake all the time and it makes for horrible advice to n00bs.
migsims said:
You sure you don't mean soft reset? some people make this mistake all the time and it makes for horrible advice to n00bs.
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HARD reset help
I had this problem and was hesitant to do a hard resent and have to reload and re-enter all my settings.
Turns out I was charging through USB that was connected to a cheap hub that didn't supply enough power to charge the phone. Connecting my sync-USB cable straight to the computer fixed it all.
Silly oversight but it might help somebody with the same issue.
hmm, mine started doing this a few days ago...i do remember I used to have the usb charge hooked up directly to the computer but i noticed it was now connected to the usb hub. Let's hope hooking it directly to the computer fixes it...i can't rmember when i switched it to the hub ;p
EDIT:
yep, connecting it directly to the computer fixed it
Thanks!
even charging throught eh computer is slower than plugging it into teh wall. the usb charging only sends SOME of the power to the phone and therefore takes much more time than charging through a wall outlet...
Same thing happened to my wife's TP. Using Stock 1.90. When charging it would reach 85% and stop there irregardless of how many hours I charged it after that but after using the TP car charger it would resume the charge and reach 100%. So the TP would be normal for a few days and then the same problem would occur. Don't know why though but I would use the car charger to normalise it as soft resetting doesn't work.
Where as I'm using the Stock 5.05 euro without any probs....
i to have been having problems with battery life, and ive noticed as previously mentioned a significant differance between usb and mains charging. i charge my tp every night and last month i started to leave it on the usb rather than putting it on the mains in the bedroom. it was then i noticed a drastic drop in batterly life, after a full day at work (12hr approx) and average use ( txts/emails/games/vids) i wa left with only 10-15% battery. but when i returned to mains charging the same usage now leaves me with 45-55% battery. so now i just stick to mains charging through the night. just my 2 cents
This is what solved my problems...
Turn off your phone and plug it in to the wall, wait until it is fully charged. Then you can turn your phone on, and use it like you regularly would, but use it until you run out of battery, I mean 0%, it turns off randomly. Don't charge it again till it's fully drained.
Then fully charge it again, this time don't plug the phone back in until it reaches 1 or 2%.
Hope that helps!
elathan said:
i to have been having problems with battery life, and ive noticed as previously mentioned a significant differance between usb and mains charging. i charge my tp every night and last month i started to leave it on the usb rather than putting it on the mains in the bedroom. it was then i noticed a drastic drop in batterly life, after a full day at work (12hr approx) and average use ( txts/emails/games/vids) i wa left with only 10-15% battery. but when i returned to mains charging the same usage now leaves me with 45-55% battery. so now i just stick to mains charging through the night. just my 2 cents
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yep, that's because the USB does not deliver the full power to teh device. that's why charging it via the supplied charger is much more efficient and powerful and lasts longer. USB should not be used to charge unless necessary for this reason
I had the same problem with I first got my Fuze. I even tried the ritual draining and recharging but nothing worked.
So I called AT&T and they swapped my battery for a new one. Problem solved.
majkeljj said:
dificult to say, i thing over 8 hours, but battery is really ok, it keeps 2-4 days.
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Wow...2 days! I'm lucky if i get one! I check email every 15 mins and recharge it for like 20 mins every evening to make it through the night...
sdbe said:
I had the same problem with I first got my Fuze. I even tried the ritual draining and recharging but nothing worked.
So I called AT&T and they swapped my battery for a new one. Problem solved.
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swapped or sent you a new one? i want a free battery!

How-to Train your Dragon[Battery]

To help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly:
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 Your battery life should almost double, I tested this on my pops evo and my epic...MAJOR DIFFERENCE
After installing a new Kernel it is recommended tat you recalibrate our battery to get the most life out of your battery. I suggest using Phoenix kernel but your a grown man[or woman] choose your kernel
Hope this helps
Thx to bigdbag for these additional steps
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My god. I was highly skeptical of this but I tried a quick version of the instructions.
I did the following:
1. Charge to 100% while phone = ON
2. Once at 100%, unplug charger and turn phone OFF
3. Plug in charger for 5 minutes while phone = OFF
4. Unplug charger and turn phone ON
5. Leave phone ON for 5 minutes
6. Plug in charger for 5 minutes while phone = OFF
and the results... are miraculous. I'm running Phoenix Kernel v.1.43 and stock rom w/ drm removed.
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Trick trick trick trickle charge Battery is in fast charge mode when it begins charging from a certain percentage (although slow). When the charge is in the 90's and you unplug and plug it back in it trickle charges to completion. This does indeed work. Works best in my opinion when you do this after you let the battery completely drain, plug in, recovery mode, wipe battery stats and then turn on.
And then do what you stated above.
Yes!!!!!!!!
Totally gonna do this since my battery seems to be on the down side compared to everyone else's. :]
dcorn619 said:
Totally gonna do this since my battery seems to be on the down side compared to everyone else's. :]
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i also reccomend an external battery charger that u place the battery into. no need for the trick. Ive used this trick before i got the external charger and yes it does work very well!
+1 on the ext charger. I have two batt. If I charge with the phone... one- goes from 100 to 97 withing sec from when I unplug it and two- it doesn't last as long. Using the charge and switching out the batts. Stays at 100 for a while and it will last forever too.
Sent from my SPH-D700
a454nova said:
+1 on the ext charger. I have two batt. If I charge with the phone... one- goes from 100 to 97 withing sec from when I unplug
Sent from my SPH-D700
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I noticed this as well, so when my indicator LED turns blue and it says 100%, I unplug, then immediately plug back in until blue.. lather rinse repeat.. after about 3 or 4 times it finally stays at 100% when unplugged..
That being said, I'm gonna have to try to find an external charger and another battery...
My local sprint store sells a charger with extra battery for $49.99. Its an external charger that fits in your pocket. With charging cord of course.
Zei said:
To help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly:
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 Your battery life should almost double, I tested this on my pops evo and my epic...MAJOR DIFFERENCE
Hope this helps
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tried this, doesnt' seem to work for me. I unplugged, turned phone off, and charged, but phone said fully charged after like 15 minutes, I assume once it says 100% on the green battery that shows up when phone is off that I shouldn't just let it sit there? its not charging at that point anymore is it?
then i unplugged, turned on phone, waited 2 minutes, turned off, charged again, 15 minutes or so it was fully charged again.
This reminds me of the chargobics that some ppl did on their evo to get better battery life....never really helped me.
gazment said:
Trick trick trick trickle charge Battery is in fast charge mode when it begins charging from a certain percentage (although slow). When the charge is in the 90's and you unplug and plug it back in it trickle charges to completion. This does indeed work. Works best in my opinion when you do this after you let the battery completely drain, plug in, recovery mode, wipe battery stats and then turn on.
And then do what you stated above.
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So what you're suggesting (re: recovery/battery stats) is the following:
1. use the phone until the battery completely dies.
2. plug the phone in
3. boot into recovery (clockwork ?)
4. wipe battery stats
5. turn the phone on
6. do the 'plug me in' dance after it's fully charged
What if the battery is fully charged and you wipe the battery stats ?
idk i think i used to do something similar on my Hero and even back on my (WinMo) Mogul and Touch Pro and never really got much out of it......
However, today I did this and I swear I'm getting great battery life today. Have never gotten past 12 hours and I'm currently sitting at about 40% left at 12 hours. Could be the placebo effect but we'll see..... even played some angry birds today.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370437955345&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
FTW!!!
Took 11 days to get here, but worth EVERY penny. I never need to worry about to battery life anymore. Hell, now that I charge my batteries using the external charger, I get atleast 8-10 hours with constant use, and my battery doesn't drop from 100 right away. I never get to the 3rd battery by the end of the day and thats with a 18 hour day unplugged. Worth it.
I have noticed some weirdness with the battery. I looked at the juiceplotter graph after the battery had been left charging all night, and it would charge to 100 and then over th course of half an hour drop down to 95% or so and then recharge up to 100 over and over and over again. I have taken it off the charger sometimes and the battery has gone from 100% to 96 % within a couple minutes and other times it stays at 100% for over an hour. It was a matter of luck as to when I pulled my phone off I guess, when it was really at 100% or really at 95-97% or anywhere inbetween.
Gonna try this PITA method of charging. Hope it works, but damn is it inconvenient.
The external battery charger is the way to go. i have also noticed when i rarely charge from the phone that it sometimes wont stay at 100 but for a minute then drop to 97. i get 55 hours to one battery with moderate usage.
This didnt really do anything. Unplugged from my charger at 1:50pm, its been exactly 2 hours and its at 77%. Mostly my phone was in my pocket, and I did very light browsing over 3g (maybe 10 minutes).
I'm on Latest Epic Experience with Mixup Kernel. And I don't have OC widget or Setcpu.
omair2005 said:
This didnt really do anything. Unplugged from my charger at 1:50pm, its been exactly 2 hours and its at 77%. Mostly my phone was in my pocket, and I did very light browsing over 3g (maybe 10 minutes).
I'm on Latest Epic Experience with Mixup Kernel. And I don't have OC widget or Setcpu.
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Try running the same setup with phoenix 1.43 kernel. Still super snappy and way better battery then mix up.
I'm also using external charger, 30+hrs with screen on for 6hrs
sewhuy said:
Try running the same setup with phoenix 1.43 kernel. Still super snappy and way better battery then mix up.
I'm also using external charger, 30+hrs with screen on for 6hrs
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Is it really that much better? If so, what causes it to be better on battery life? I am getting great battery life using the mixup kernel because I have juicedefender and setcpu working hard to conserve battery life. Would Phoenix make a difference?
Just a FYI, Lithium-Ion batteries don't hold a memory like NiCad batteries did. It is also NOT good to drain them all the way down.
read and follow directions
robl45 said:
tried this, doesnt' seem to work for me. I unplugged, turned phone off, and charged, but phone said fully charged after like 15 minutes, I assume once it says 100% on the green battery that shows up when phone is off that I shouldn't just let it sit there? its not charging at that point anymore is it?
then i unplugged, turned on phone, waited 2 minutes, turned off, charged again, 15 minutes or so it was fully charged again.
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Following the directions exactly. dont think follow directions
sewhuy said:
Try running the same setup with phoenix 1.43 kernel. Still super snappy and way better battery then mix up.
I'm also using external charger, 30+hrs with screen on for 6hrs
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Do I have to wipe anything?

[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"

(HELP) Phone consumes more battery than charge?

I have a HTC Sensation rooted and running on the VIPER rom 1.0.1 i've had that ROM for a month without any problems until this week I charge my phone using the charger i got with the phone and it take a very long time for the battery charge. i can leave the phone in the charger overnight but it would not get fully charged. On some occasions even with the phone charging the battery level falls.
I was like totally lost. I had that charger for almost half a year and it worked perfectly on my device without any problems.
ive bought a new battery off ebay and the problem still persists
ive also tried charging with my usb port on my pc and nothing has changed.
Now the problem that I'm experiencing is that my phone discharges faster than it charges. and that totally sucks. I need some advice,
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I have a HTC Sensation rooted and running on the VIPER rom 1.0.1 i've had that ROM for a month without any problems until this week I charge my phone using the charger i got with the phone and it take a very long time for the battery charge. i can leave the phone in the charger overnight but it would not get fully charged. On some occasions even with the phone charging the battery level falls.
I was like totally lost. I had that charger for almost half a year and it worked perfectly on my device without any problems.
ive bought a new battery off ebay and the problem still persists
ive also tried charging with my usb port on my pc and nothing has changed.
Now the problem that I'm experiencing is that my phone discharges faster than it charges. and that totally sucks. I need some advice,
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check which app is consuming most battery and turn off auto sync, bluetooth, wifi, nfc
use better battery stats to know exactly what is consuming most battery
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats&feature=search_result

Average battery life.

Hi everyone, I'd just like to ask what's the average battery life of the G Pro 2? I somehow feel my device drains really fast for what it's worth.
I had around 3 hours of run time and it went from 100% down to 85% with only 53mins of screen time. 2 of those 3 hours were used on 2g, text messaging only, when I got home i used facebook and wifi for about 30mins (but wifi connects as soon as i get home).
so I'd say around 15% after 3 hours of moderate usage. is this acceptable? though I'd like it to drain a little slower.
I'm currently on V20a Lollipop, rooted but stock everything. also the brightness was set to 20% the whole time.
Could anyone also help me out (like literally hold my hand) in choosing a lightweight, resource saving ROM? Kernels are a bonus but right now, it's a bit unsettling to see lollipop eat away 6gb of my already small 16gb internal storage.
My device is still 2 days old, so I'm still a bit jumpy with it xD thanks in advance!
no, thats not normal. what does the battery option say uses most battery in settings?
UPDATE:
just did another 3-hour monitor, right now I'm looking at 3h10min on battery and it dropped from 100 to 91%.
WIFI was on but I didn't use it, 50min screen on time with 15min of voice calls.
Is it just me or is Lollipop a bigger battery drain than kitkat?
BUMP
here's what i've got:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwszk4ShCM21YUtMOWFHVkxESjA/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwszk4ShCM21VXY3MWFYWjVNZVU
You're pretty lucky, on an average I get 3 hours of usage from my phone. Legitimately from 100%-0%. On WiFi using only WhatsApp, playing a few rounds of a game and some music. Don't get me started on when I use it for navigation.
UPDATE:
I forgot to mention in my OP that i already had Amplify and Greenify and still had those kinds of stats.
Now I installed DS battery saver to drain the least amount of battery when I'm not using the phone, and so far it is GREAT.
Before I left for school (around 12:30pm local time) I was able to charge it to around 85% and as of writing (1:27am) it's sitting at 33% with 2hrs of screen on time. Note that those 2 hours I used for gaming, youtube, app downloading, and web browsing on wifi; I guess it's also important to note that I play really heavy 3D games (Maersk's quest for oil for instance).
Considering the load i placed on it for those 2 hours, I'd say battery life improved quite a bit, though not amazing, still a lot better than before.
When screen is off, it drains less than 1% an hour. I went to sleep 3:30am with 100% charge, woke up 10:30am with 96%, in 7 hrs i lost only 4% while the screen was off (compared to around 10% for the same amount of time before DS Battery Saver)
I encourage other LG GP2 users to try it out. Root your device to be able to use the "tune cpu" option.
vangeodee said:
UPDATE:
I forgot to mention in my OP that i already had Amplify and Greenify and still had those kinds of stats.
Now I installed DS battery saver to drain the least amount of battery when I'm not using the phone, and so far it is GREAT.
Before I left for school (around 12:30pm local time) I was able to charge it to around 85% and as of writing (1:27am) it's sitting at 33% with 2hrs of screen on time. Note that those 2 hours I used for gaming, youtube, app downloading, and web browsing on wifi; I guess it's also important to note that I play really heavy 3D games (Maersk's quest for oil for instance).
Considering the load i placed on it for those 2 hours, I'd say battery life improved quite a bit, though not amazing, still a lot better than before.
When screen is off, it drains less than 1% an hour. I went to sleep 3:30am with 100% charge, woke up 10:30am with 96%, in 7 hrs i lost only 4% while the screen was off (compared to around 10% for the same amount of time before DS Battery Saver)
I encourage other LG GP2 users to try it out. Root your device to be able to use the "tune cpu" option.
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What rom are you using? i had a problem charging my Gpro2, it takes 4-6hours to fully charge.
i don't know if its a hardware problem or kernel/rom..
I'm using LP rom and rooted, i also use amplify, greenify and DS battery saver. i'll get back after after a few test this week, i'll check my cable, adapter then replace my battery if necessary
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What rom are you using? i had a problem charging my Gpro2, it takes 4-6hours to fully charge.
i don't know if its a hardware problem or kernel/rom..
I'm using LP rom and rooted, i also use amplify, greenify and DS battery saver. i'll get back after after a few test this week, i'll check my cable, adapter then replace my battery if necessary
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Using stock LP rom V20a but rooted. Are you using the charger and cable that came with the device? I believe it was rated 1.8A. I tried 3 setups since it was weird because it originally took me 3hrs to fully charge:
1.) New charger + cable (the ones that came with the phone)
2.) My old LG Optimus G's charger + new cable
3.) Optimus G's cable + new charger
I tried these setups out on the same outlet and the new charger+cable charged faster, but it was still around 2hrs or so. So I tried it on another outlet, one that we (my dad and I) attached, and voila, around 1hr 30mins to charge while on and even less that when the device is off; note those numbers are for 0~100%
We're just living in a rented house and some of the outlets are pretty old, and I bet delivers low current (possibly due to small wires) while the new outlets we attached used high-gauge wiring.
If you're charging slow with the charger and cable that came with the phone, try to charge at another outlet that uses high gauge wiring.

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