So, on cm7 with the matrix kernel I was able to charge to true 100%. But on oICSv43 ,no matter how many times I set it in nstools, the setting reverts to 96%. So, my question is, how do I get the phone to charge to true 100% battery? Thanks guys
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michaelg117 said:
So, on cm7 with the matrix kernel I was able to charge to true 100%. But on oICSv43 ,no matter how many times I set it in nstools, the setting reverts to 96%. So, my question is, how do I get the phone to charge to true 100% battery? Thanks guys
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Its not possible. If it said 100% it probably wasn't accurate. Its to extend the battery's life. It doesn't go past 96%.
michaelg117 said:
So, on cm7 with the matrix kernel I was able to charge to true 100%. But on oICSv43 ,no matter how many times I set it in nstools, the setting reverts to 96%. So, my question is, how do I get the phone to charge to true 100% battery? Thanks guys
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you were not charging to true 100 with matrix. its a hack that shows 100, purely cosmetic, it wasnt a real 100%. but there is a way to charge to 100%. either finish charging with the screen on or charge with your wireless hotspot on(wireless tether) on. it could take a long time to charge between 96 and 100% btw.
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My phone is charging and it's draining...-_-. Using VMax Kernel 1.2 @ 1ghz with CM7 Nightly #34. How is this happened?
Also my phone gets really HOT at the top. I'm just doing normal stuff on it too.
Trying Bionox v1.3 with Trinity Max 1.1 @1ghz and it's still happening.
Do I need a new battery or is this a whole hard ware problem?
Having everything on gps, Bluetooth,wifi, max screen brightness, as well as using it at the same time will give very little charge if not drainage. If the above is true, you're just draining more mA than your charger can keep up with. Which is completely normal.
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peeturr said:
Having everything on gps, Bluetooth,wifi, max screen brightness, as well as using it at the same time will give very little charge if not drainage. If the above is true, you're just draining more mA than your charger can keep up with. Which is completely normal.
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Only thing that's on from the things you mentioned is the brightness (which is at highest level) , but bluetooth and gps is off.
James_Caliber said:
My phone is charging and it's draining...-_-. Using VMax Kernel 1.2 @ 1ghz with CM7 Nightly #34. How is this happened?
Also my phone gets really HOT at the top. I'm just doing normal stuff on it too.
Trying Bionox v1.3 with Trinity Max 1.1 @1ghz and it's still happening.
Do I need a new battery or is this a whole hard ware problem?
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You're overclocking and complaining about battery drain? Try stock and see if the same thing happens first?
I believe the stock wall charger is rated at 700 mA. If you're consuming more than that with your screen on then you'll see drainage. You can check your drainage with the battery monitor apps on the market. If you have a lot of bright colors as well as max brightness then yeah, you,really probably draining more. Vmax kernels use more power as well.
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You're overclocking and complaining about battery drain? Try stock and see if the same thing happens first?
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I was running at stock though. No overclock, I'm not an idiot lol. I tried stock, I reverted back to stock Kernel and Rom and the battery draining stopped, I have to now figure out which kernel and rom are the best for my phone :/ Phone runs REALLY hot though doing normal stuff, is that normal?
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I was running at stock though. No overclock, I'm not an idiot lol. I tried stock, I reverted back to stock Kernel and Rom and the battery draining stopped, I have to now figure out which kernel and rom are the best for my phone :/ Phone runs REALLY hot though doing normal stuff, is that normal?
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Use setcpu to see how hot your phone actually is and post here.
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Use setcpu to see how hot your phone actually is and post here.
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Okay nvm the battery still drained by 1%, it was charging for about 40min, with the screen off and everything with stock kernel and stock rom, I feel like this is either a battery problem or a hardware problem. WTF I'm mad.
peeturr said:
Having everything on gps, Bluetooth,wifi, max screen brightness, as well as using it at the same time will give very little charge if not drainage. If the above is true, you're just draining more mA than your charger can keep up with. Which is completely normal.
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lol I frequently run like that while I'm driving somewhere new. Always have my BT in, of course I have GPS on, and the screen might be a little bright. Usually, I leave on WiFi just out of laziness. I always charge my phone while I'm doing this using a $4 charger I got off of Amazon and it always shoots up very quickly. An hour or two long drive will give me almost a full charge.
I've been using it for ten minutes on the charger and for some reason the screen brigntness was low. So I went to the settings and it says "to avoid overheating maximum brightness has been reduced".. and my temperature is 47 degrees now. Anyone elses phone getting hot?
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This used to happen with my Samsung Vibrant 4g... i believe you could burn the phone if it continues, it might be a factory issue.
Same here, charging on the wall charger with screen off, it hit 47c and won't go to max brightness.
I've also jist noticed after 50% the charging time decreases significantly. I went from 50% to 90% in 45 min
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Mine got hot and I lost all service. It was up to about 93% charge and it just lost all cellular service. I had it rooted but didnt carrier unlock it. Got a replacement phone this morning and Im leaving it alone to see how it does while charging. With the long charge times this could be an issue. Not everyone can let a device set and not mess with it for 3-4 hours, lol I know I cant.
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Technically I don't think you are supposed to be using your phone while on the charger... This happens to all phones just some heat up faster than others.... My old ATT Startac did that, SE W900, Captivate, and this one.
It really kills the life of the battery too as well. Nature of the beast....
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Mine got hot and I lost all service. It was up to about 93% charge and it just lost all cellular service. I had it rooted but didnt carrier unlock it. Got a replacement phone this morning and Im leaving it alone to see how it does while charging. With the long charge times this could be an issue. Not everyone can let a device set and not mess with it for 3-4 hours, lol I know I cant.
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How is it working now
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How is it working now
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Had to get a new one but so far so good, 95 degrees F while charging.
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Just an update, charged past 50% on the new phone and its picking up speed and charging much faster. Temp is steady at 87F. Seems like I really just had a bad unit because the other phone got up to 116F just charging with the screen off.
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I just got my ns4g 2days ago and it wont seem to charge past 95%...anyone know why??...or how to fix this issue??..oh n i cant sync my facebook contacts!
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That's not an issue. Its intended to increase the longevity of the battery by preventing over charging.
Lol I asked the same question before. Its just designed that way to prolong the battery life. There's a few kernels that allow you to charge to 100%
Fb thing... Idk lol
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if you charge it the rest of the way with the screen on, itll charge to 100%. or if you charge it with your wireless hotspot enabled(wireless tether) itll charge to 100%.
Ok thanks..my battery life sucks though...barely make it threw n 8hr work day..n im only texting
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hi guys. I'm having a pretty simple problem - my phone will charge up to full according to the battery icon when it's off, and when it is on it says charged on the lockscreen, but it says 96% on the battery widget that I have and as soon as I unplug it it drops to 96% on the lock screen. I know this is a problem common if a tomorrow was flashed with a not full batt, but I haven't flashed anything. I have only rooted. Deleting batterystats .bin didn't seem to do anything.
Thanks in advance. Hopefully it's an easy fix.
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No problem for you. It's made to charge up to 96% to "extend battery life" or whatever. Don't worry about it.
Some kernels provide a cosmetic fix that shows 100% charged, but it charges only to 96%. Another alternative is to bump charge the battery (explained here on the forums) but I don't see why you would do that. Not much to gain anyway.
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it's safety feature in order to protect battery
That extra 4% - not that significant. I've tried to bump it to 100% (have to wait significantly long), but not much gained in term of extra uptime.
flodb113 said:
No problem for you. It's made to charge up to 96% to "extend battery life" or whatever. Don't worry about it.
Some kernels provide a cosmetic fix that shows 100% charged, but it charges only to 96%. Another alternative is to bump charge the battery (explained here on the forums) but I don't see why you would do that. Not much to gain anyway.
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Ah cool. Thanks for the info.
It's not like that extra 4% is a big deal, I was just curious if i needed to recalibrate or not.
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Ah cool. Thanks for the info.
It's not like that extra 4% is a big deal, I was just curious if i needed to recalibrate or not.
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Nothing to worry about. Just enjoy your NS with ICS
read here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040229
and try installing Nexus S charger app in the market, got 100% charged on my Nexus S 4G !!
acutally , for Li-ion battery , if you everytime drain it to 0% or charge it to 100%, would damage it and short its lifetime...
If you wan't charge 100% use a custom kernel or Rom.
Exemple : Peter Alfonso : http://www.peteralfonso.com/
Hello,
My Nexus S battery is only charging to 95% and it is not rooted(at least i dont think it is).
What should I do? Any way to fix it?
aspirex said:
Hello,
My Nexus S battery is only charging to 95% and it is not rooted(at least i dont think it is).
What should I do? Any way to fix it?
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Its set up that say in order to protect the battery life
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aspirex said:
Hello,
My Nexus S battery is only charging to 95% and it is not rooted(at least i dont think it is).
What should I do? Any way to fix it?
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its not broken. its working just as it was intended to work.
It's built in that way
Custom roms would make them go away (i.e, M4 makes your battery look like 100%> yet in fact, it's 9X % charged
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Flash a custom kernel such as Matr1x or GlaDOS. Then install NSTools from Play Store. Bump up battery charge level to 100% as you like.
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Flash a custom kernel such as Matr1x or GlaDOS. Then install NSTools from Play Store. Bump up battery charge level to 100% as you like.
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its not really a 100% with those kernels, he will still actually charge to his 95% even though itll say 100%. its just a cosmetic fix. if you actually want to see 100%, charge it to your normal 95% then charge the rest of the way with your screen on. itll eventually hit 100%.
i finally found the answer to my battery
thanks to this thread...
95% is normal
Mine says charged, 100%. on a 1500m milliamp batt and the Sprint backup batt I bought that's a 14xx.
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Mine says charged, 100%. on a 1500m milliamp batt and the Sprint backup batt I bought that's a 14xx.
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If you have support, run this BLX
echo 100 > /sys/class/misc/batterylifeextender/charging_limit