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Hello,
I'm currently experiencing an unexplained battery drainage issue and need some ideas from you all! I used to get a battery drain from the phone while it was asleep and connected to my wifi of -10 to -14Ma, where as I now get -76Ma! I'm using "Current Widget" from the market to monitor battery usage which is logged to a file. I have no idea where the additional % is coming from and after exhaustive testing over the last day I'm beginning to go out of my mind here... The phone is consuming too much battery while idle and therefore running flat far too quickly.
I can't quite determine when this started to happen. I'm running LBC v0.5.4 and have been for ages, I upgraded to the latest radio 06.02.03_M although I've tried reverting radios to most of the older ones and can't seem to loose the problem. I've completely reset the device, using the WIPE script (format commands) and installed fresh LBC v0.5.3 and v0.5.4, after the initial install I get the minimal drain (-10Ma) to start with but after the first device reboot its back up -76Ma, this happens both with & without a google accounts configured.
I have no additional applications installed from the market and am installing only current widget from its apk. AUTO-SYNC is off. I've even tried multiple full resets, re-flashes of the ROM, differing kernels, multiple Radios and setup using a different google account (my wifes) and the same thing STILL happens.
It can't be the router related as my wife phone a brand new DESIRE S (still running STOCK) is getting -16Ma from the same router, which I have rebooted. It can't be current widget as I'm running the same apk that my wife is and she isn't getting the problem, plus I've run it for months now and not seen this drain!
I'm considering going back to STOCK! which can't be good. Please help....any ideas and/or suggestions welcome.....(except use my wifes phone!) I must be missing something?
If you can't think of anything that I'm missing, could you at least state the ROM & RADIO version that you're using and the battery consumption that you get in a similar state.
have you tried deleting the file battery_history.txt on your SD card?
kartkk said:
have you tried deleting the file battery_history.txt on your SD card?
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I only have a currentwidget.log file on the SD card that's produced by the Current Widget application and I've tried removing that a couple of times with no effect.
What produces battery_history.txt? isn't that another battery consumption application?
It's the Battery Monitor Widget. Try that and report the results.
ben_pyett said:
I only have a currentwidget.log file on the SD card that's produced by the Current Widget application and I've tried removing that a couple of times with no effect.
What produces battery_history.txt? isn't that another battery consumption application?
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Opps I thought you were refering to battery monitor widget
Try battery monitor widget like shrome suggested
Other than the reading how is the battery life doing,it is possible that the reported reading is incorrect ,if the reading is right your device should be out of battery very fast
kartkk said:
Opps I thought you were refering to battery monitor widget Try battery monitor widget like shrome suggested
Other than the reading how is the battery life doing,it is possible that the reported reading is incorrect ,if the reading is right your device should be out of battery very fast
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No problem...
The battery life unfortunately does seem to be reduced. I have always had that widget on my main home screen so notice its reading whenever I'm operating the device for months now and its normally accurate which is why I spotted the change.
Although I'll be honest since I spotted the change in the reading I've been constantly flashing, wiping, restoring etc which are all heavy operations on the battery life so its really difficult to tell.
Next time the battery hits 100% charged I'll also re-calibrate.
EDIT: Have wiped battery stats from recovery
EDIT2: Have switched and am now testing with battery monitor widget, will report back
ben_pyett said:
No problem...
The battery life unfortunately does seem to be reduced. I have always had that widget on my main home screen so notice its reading whenever I'm operating the device for months now and its normally accurate which is why I spotted the change.
Although I'll be honest since I spotted the change in the reading I've been constantly flashing, wiping, restoring etc which are all heavy operations on the battery life so its really difficult to tell.
Next time the battery hits 100% charged I'll also re-calibrate.
EDIT: Have wiped battery stats from recovery
EDIT2: Have switched and am now testing with battery monitor widget, will report back
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Is your device getting heated ?
Have you tried switching battery & the sim card with the other DS you have?
ben_pyett said:
EDIT: Have wiped battery stats from recovery
EDIT2: Have switched and am now testing with battery monitor widget, will report back
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Have again fully wiped, reset and re-flashed LBC v0.5.3. I configured no accounts and turned off auto sync. Flashed v0.5.4 update and am running with the latest RADIO (20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03)
No applications installed except Battery Monitor Widget. No screens contain any widgets apart from the clock.
My device is clocking battery consumption figures of -36mA to 100mA...
Yet my wife's new (STOCK 1.30)) with 03.02.11 radio is clocking just -7mA!
kartkk said:
Is your device getting heated ?
Have you tried switching battery & the sim card with the other DS you have?
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My device isn't particularly warm.
Although good call on swapping Battery and SIM I'm doing that now, just one at a time in the hope that it is one of these then I'm able to identify which one
EDIT: rather than change too many things at once I'll also try a different SD card in mine after these initial tests.
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Have again fully wiped, reset and re-flashed LBC v0.5.3. I configured no accounts and turned off auto sync. Flashed v0.5.4 update and am running with the latest RADIO (20.28I.30.085AU_3805.06.02.03)
No applications installed except Battery Monitor Widget. No screens contain any widgets apart from the clock.
My device is clocking battery consumption figures of -36mA to 100mA...
Yet my wife's new (STOCK 1.30)) with 03.02.11 radio is clocking just -7mA!
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OK, this is downright weird. The issue is probably in the kernel, not Radio. Try switching kernels, go to Unity V2.
EDIT: This may be a hardware issue. I think i read your wife has a desire s. Try switching batteries.
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OK, this is downright weird. The issue is probably in the kernel, not Radio. Try switching kernels, go to Unity V2.
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LBC mod 5.4 comes with unity v2 kernel as default
& also it can't be a software problem as he has been using the device with the same setup before without a problem
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LBC mod 5.4 comes with unity v2 kernel as default
& also it can't be a software problem as he has been using the device with the same setup before without a problem
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Correct, I tried switching kernels back to stock earlier and saw no difference.
Swapped SIMs and saw no noticeable difference the new device was still clocking incredibly low numbers.....<10mA whereas mine (with her SIM) still clocked ~50mA
Swapping batteries now.
what's the reading on your wift's battery?
If all else fails, try switching ROMs altogether. Go to virtuous unity. Aosp roms have battery drain, so you won't have any luck on those. Maybe an upcoming update of lbc mod fixes this issue.
mind trying and tell us your reading?my friend who's on hd2 android has reading around 1-4 mA..
tcchuin said:
mind trying and tell us your reading?my friend who's on hd2 android has reading around 1-4 mA..
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1-4 mAH ?!?!?!?! This is freakin impossible on desire s. 7-10 is normal. I think he posted in the first post.
Edit: ok, this is a shot in the dark. My friend on Virtuous ha similar readings, so i was following this closely. Turns out, he was checking the widget rather than the file in te sdcard (battery_history.txt) the file shows the stats for when the phone is asleep. Check carefully. The widget will usually show 70-100 mAh, as while checking the widget, the phone is awake.
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what's the reading on your wift's battery?
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Was still testing, as I need to collect a few continuous minutes of screen off testing to make it fair.
Although as you mention in the LBC thread. which hopefully shows that this can't be a hardware issue with my device, unless it's from the w-ifi attena itself?
If I swicth off the wi-fi completely on both devices, which I've just done then the drain disappears from my device and it starts clocking ~13mA, although hers is still consistently putting in 7mA.
Now time to try a new SD card in mine, must try that before reverting to stock ROM.
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1-4 mAH ?!?!?!?! This is freakin impossible on desire s. 7-10 is normal. I think he posted in the first post.
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Easy....he said his friend with a HD2, its a known fact that there is a battery drain issue on the DS as if you were to compare its drain to that on the old Desire its over twice the idle.
There are plenty of threads early on covering this issue....although none of them ever identified any reason. Its interesting to see what the CM7 ROM can achieve in this respect.
Newer processor = more battery consumption
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Edit: ok, this is a shot in the dark. My friend on Virtuous ha similar readings, so i was following this closely. Turns out, he was checking the widget rather than the file in te sdcard (battery_history.txt) the file shows the stats for when the phone is asleep. Check carefully. The widget will usually show 70-100 mAh, as while checking the widget, the phone is awake.
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Fair call....but unfortunately I'm checking both but only rely on the results from the file.
Here is the thing, i'm enjoying the whole end of ghost calls thing BUT since I flashed the 21e ROM, my battery drainage is 'over the roof', i lose almost 20 to 30% in 2 hours of standby, and its been happening with both promethius and bluekernel. I'm on Promethius 1.4+ ROM.
I've deleted system apps, like I've done since ThiaiZ ROMS, which I'm missing now but no significant increase in battery life.
Any thoghts? I'm guessing its not just me, I've seen similar complaints in other topics but no resolution.
Same here, I think that is wi-fi related, since I've changed the wifi sleep policy to "When the screen is off" my battery life is ok....
I think there are a bunch of things that are killing the battery:
- screen brightness / auto brightness (not working properly, no change when less than 50% brightness?? I have mine set to auto but it don't feel right...)
- wifi (definitely a bunch of issues since day 1 of this phone, I leave mine off when screen off too even though its annoying waiting for connection)
- data (i've noticed using apps like 2x battery, or juice defender can help a lot which disables data when screen is off)
- poorly programmed LG integrated software... I freeze as many LG apps as possible in system using Titanium Backup, helps a bit too.
- incorrectly calibrated battery, re-calibrate with CWM. Do a full charge, then reset battery stats in CWM and let the phone fully drain till shut down and then re-charge non-stop to 100% again. Then its properly calibrated.
Hope any of that helps, it seems to have helped me a bit. I can get between 18-30 hours of mixed use, but more to the light/standby side.
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Here is the thing, i'm enjoying the whole end of ghost calls thing BUT since I flashed the 21e ROM, my battery drainage is 'over the roof', i lose almost 20 to 30% in 2 hours of standby, and its been happening with both promethius and bluekernel. I'm on Promethius 1.4+ ROM.
I've deleted system apps, like I've done since ThiaiZ ROMS, which I'm missing now but no significant increase in battery life.
Any thoghts? I'm guessing its not just me, I've seen similar complaints in other topics but no resolution.
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Actually the 21E stock ROM/kernel has better battery life than any previous GB or Froyo stock ROM, like many people have already reported here. I'm loosing only 1-2% overnight on standby, so if you lose 20 to 30% in just 2 hours of standby, then the problem is not the 21E but something else.
The best way to check is the problem is related to the stock or custom 21E ROM/kernel, is to go back to the stock 21E. If this is too time consuming, you could follow the recommendations of crazycage, or check/disable any apps that cause battery drain (like, turn off background sync or apps that connect periodically to the net, like mail, news feeds etc)
Thanks guys, but the drainage happens even after these steps, with this phone I have became used to doing all these steps after flashing a new rom, i delete or freeze most of the system apps, i only activate wifi when i use it and background data is off almost all the time.
The only thing I'm used to that is not good for battery is keeping the brightness at maximum, but on older roms battery life was ok, I could get It through the day with no major issues.
Do anybody have the stock 21e kernel in a flashable package? 'Cause in the past two weeks I have flashed and reflashed it over and over to get it to work and flashing it again would really be a pain in the a.
vitorcruzbr said:
Thanks guys, but the drainage happens even after these steps, with this phone I have became used to doing all these steps after flashing a new rom, i delete or freeze most of the system apps, i only activate wifi when i use it and background data is off almost all the time.
The only thing I'm used to that is not good for battery is keeping the brightness at maximum, but on older roms battery life was ok, I could get It through the day with no major issues.
Do anybody have the stock 21e kernel in a flashable package? 'Cause in the past two weeks I have flashed and reflashed it over and over to get it to work and flashing it again would really be a pain in the a.
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your battery may not be holding a charge I have heard of others that had bad battery
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wayno140 said:
your battery may not be holding a charge I have heard of others that had bad battery
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But it was ok before 21e
vitorcruzbr said:
Thanks guys, but the drainage happens even after these steps, with this phone I have became used to doing all these steps after flashing a new rom, i delete or freeze most of the system apps, i only activate wifi when i use it and background data is off almost all the time.
The only thing I'm used to that is not good for battery is keeping the brightness at maximum, but on older roms battery life was ok, I could get It through the day with no major issues.
Do anybody have the stock 21e kernel in a flashable package? 'Cause in the past two weeks I have flashed and reflashed it over and over to get it to work and flashing it again would really be a pain in the a.
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You mean that you've re-flashed a clean stock 21E ROM/kernel and still have battery drainage without deleting/freezing apps or installing new ones? That's strange because most people actually report better battery life with the 21E than any previous ROMs.
If you think that it's not a faulty battery like wayno140 suggested, you could go back to an older GB ROM to have a test.
No, only did first boot on stock 21e, and flashed Promethius, deleted system apps and did all the battery-friendly steps but still no improvement
Battery drains 100 to 0 in 2~3 hours.
It occurs even sitting in idle and my spare battery shows the same problem.
I've flashed cm7, cm9, and stock roms but the problem still persists.
I have no idea whether it is a hardware issue, or RIL&baseband related.
switched off GPS, wifi, and auto-sync, lowered backscreen light to 25%
downclocked cpu to 245
battery calibration
battery saving apps
fix50
factory reset
Nothing could solve the problem... any help?
yoricome said:
Battery drains 100 to 0 in 2~3 hours.
It occurs even sitting in idle and my spare battery shows the same problem.
I've flashed cm7, cm9, and stock roms but the problem still persists.
I have no idea whether it is a hardware issue, or RIL&baseband related.
switched off GPS, wifi, and auto-sync, lowered backscreen light to 25%
downclocked cpu to 245
battery calibration
battery saving apps
fix50
factory reset
Nothing could solve the problem... any help?
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So your saying that even with a fresh install (no apps installed) you're having the same problem? The android system seems to be consuming a lot of battery, normally its around 2 to 3%. Do you have an SD card? have you tried scanning it for viruses? Or may be you could try installing an antivirus just to be sure and put your device and sd through a full scan.
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So your saying that even with a fresh install (no apps installed) you're having the same problem? The android system seems to be consuming a lot of battery, normally its around 2 to 3%. Do you have an SD card? have you tried scanning it for viruses? Or may be you could try installing an antivirus just to be sure and put your device and sd through a full scan.
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thanks for reply. havn't thought about virus. now i'm trying full scan. hope this work.
After all these following tests, the problem still persists and now I think it is related to mechanical issue..
I will try to contact HTC reps.. Thanks for your advice anyway.
I have the same problem
yoricome said:
Battery drains 100 to 0 in 2~3 hours.
It occurs even sitting in idle and my spare battery shows the same problem.
I've flashed cm7, cm9, and stock roms but the problem still persists.
I have no idea whether it is a hardware issue, or RIL&baseband related.
switched off GPS, wifi, and auto-sync, lowered backscreen light to 25%
downclocked cpu to 245
battery calibration
battery saving apps
fix50
factory reset
Nothing could solve the problem... any help?
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android system on my htc chacha is using something like 48%, I charge my phone three times a day, was ur problem related to a virus or something? I try not to buy a antivirus since it costs too much and also I believe it drains much more battery than android system..
yoricome said:
After all these following tests, the problem still persists and now I think it is related to mechanical issue..
I will try to contact HTC reps.. Thanks for your advice anyway.
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I doubt whether a hardware problem could be the cause, android system should not consume so much battery in any case. Did you wipe all data, cache and dalvik cache when you installed the custom roms?
I didn't install a custom rom, the only thing that I did was S-off and rooting the phone, could it have caused this issue?
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yoricome said:
Battery drains 100 to 0 in 2~3 hours.
It occurs even sitting in idle and my spare battery shows the same problem.
I've flashed cm7, cm9, and stock roms but the problem still persists.
I have no idea whether it is a hardware issue, or RIL&baseband related.
switched off GPS, wifi, and auto-sync, lowered backscreen light to 25%
downclocked cpu to 245
battery calibration
battery saving apps
fix50
factory reset
Nothing could solve the problem... any help?
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You said in your first post that you have flashed cm7 and cm9 and I am guessing you must have done it using clockwork recovery. I am a little confused now. Did you factory reset the device?
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You said in your first post that you have flashed cm7 and cm9 and I am guessing you must have done it using clockwork recovery. I am a little confused now. Did you factory reset the device?
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I did factory reset more than ten times.
Actually, this battery issue has started to happen since I flashed cm9. At first, I thought this came from mismatched RIL & baseband.
(Note : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1549488)
Sadly GetRIL doesn't support chacha, so I just flashed back to the one I used before - with full wipe - but it couldn't resolve the issue.
The last thing I could think of was flashing back to stock rom and I followed this guide.
(Note : http://androidforums.com/chacha-all...lash-back-stock-rom-chacha-please-sticky.html)
I agree that it is strange Android System process eats too much of battery, but I couldn't find any errors from it when I checked the process log.
Are you sure there is nothing wrong with your actually battery? try getting a replacement and see if that helps.
To me android system consumes the same amount and I have like 5 hours full use(e.g. browsing + 3G) , I believe there might be a problem with ur own battery, try replacing it and see whether it works for u or not
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atrix4g18 said:
Are you sure there is nothing wrong with your actually battery? try getting a replacement and see if that helps.
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pakdaman said:
To me android system consumes the same amount and I have like 5 hours full use(e.g. browsing + 3G) , I believe there might be a problem with ur own battery, try replacing it and see whether it works for u or not
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I have two brand new batteries and both of them have the same issue.
Today one of HTC tech reps told me they checked my cell and found a problem with mainboard. They will replace it.
I will close this thread. Thank all of you guys for supporting.
Hello,
I know such tread were posted several time before and i read all of them but i did not find any solutions to my problem. My battery drain is really bad with stock battery, Anker battery, Mugen and others.
Battery darins like 1% per minute or 5 minutes even if Data,Wifi,Sync are off and i the phone not used at all.
So far i have tried the following:
1) Installing different ROMs (I even tried installing the ROMs and not adding any new applications and not modifying any settings to see if it is a problem with an app i have or ROM). So i flash a ROM and leave it as it is, without isntalling anything, but battery drain is still very bad
2) I have tried calibrating (charging 100% and wiping stats) several times
3) I have tried different batteries including Mugen and Anker.
4) I tried those all together several times..
5) I have tried better Battery stats and battery widget to check whats wrong but did not find anything unusual.
6) i have tired to charge my battery longer than ususal (to make sure it is 100%)
battery Usage says 89% of battery is used by Android OS
I suspect this might be a hardware problem but how can i check this? and is it possible to fix? Maybe i should go to recovery and check how long does it take for the battery to go from 100% to say 5% ? but i need some figures to compare with.
so my questions are:
A) Did anyone have similar problems? if yes were you able to fix ?
B) How can i check if there is a hardware problem with my battery connection or something else that might cause battery drain
C) Can anyone let me know how long does it take for the battery to go from 100% to 5% (or 10% or 20%) if the phone is all the time in recovery mode?
D) Can the charger be the problem? I am using stadard Sensation charger..
Any help and advice will be highly appreciated
Thank you
I don't know how long it takes for the battery to go from 100 to 5% in recovery but I've forgotten my phone at home and not plugged in the charger and it has lasted all day.
Do you just test right after the installation of a rom? My battery usually drains fast after I flash a new rom but I'll let it go from full to dead then charge it overnight and the battery will last way longer after that charge.
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do you use Titanium Backup? if so, find the app called "Google Backup Transport" and back it up real quick. then delete it, reboot into recovery and wipe dalvik + cache. then reboot the phone to see if that helps.(wait 2-3 days) back on the MT4G there was an issue where that app caused the Android OS to use a lot of the battery, might work here too in your case.
Hello,
I am still having the problem with my battery drain. I have tried finding Google Backup in Titanium Backup but it was not listed.
However, checking the battery use Android OS takes more that 85%...
I have installed another ROM.
Android OS now disappeared compltely. and it is Cell Standby that is eating all the juice now... But the battery drain is the same. I think the battary Usage indicator does not give any usefull information on what is using the battery..
But the bettery is getting quite warm... and continues to discharge. I just charged to 100% and went asleep. When I woke up next day after 8 hours I onli had 20% of battery remained... WiFi, Data, GPS were switched off.
umka83 said:
I have installed another ROM.
Android OS now disappeared compltely. and it is Cell Standby that is eating all the juice now... But the battery drain is the same. I think the battary Usage indicator does not give any usefull information on what is using the battery..
But the bettery is getting quite warm... and continues to discharge. I just charged to 100% and went asleep. When I woke up next day after 8 hours I onli had 20% of battery remained... WiFi, Data, GPS were switched off.
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what rom do you have installed now? if your problems keeps happening after switching roms, theres probably 1 of 2 problems. Bad battery (Im canceling this out because you said youve used multiple batteries) or a rogue app that is running in the background, killing your battery
also, have you tried formatting your SD card? save all the important stuff and try formatting it, then transfer all the data you saved back to the card
You should try changing your charger. Once I bought a new charger from ebay and I had a lot of probs, the phone took forever to charge, it got hot when charging, the battery would hold less charge.
I suggest you try deleting system,cache,userdata,boot with fastboot commander.Here The instructions to use it:
-download tool
-unpack zip and click on .exe application (is a stand alone app, so you have to click and confirm installation, that's all!)
-open tool
-put DHD in "Fastboot Mode"
-plug it to your pc usb
-Wait for "print of device succesfull"--(if fails, check your sdk driver)
-here you go to "misc"
-select: erase partitions (system,cache,userdata,boot) Don't select recovery
-click on "Erase chosen partition"--
-Done
-manually reboot dhd to recovery
-don't care about error message like E:/can't found recovery log" or something like this.
(It's just recovery wich telling you that partitions are not mounted!)
-So wipe data factory reset to re-mount partitions, otherwise you can't flash anything!
-now flash your rom
this way you are sure that your phone is completely wiped! And when I said completely I mean COMPLETELY!! (except for recovery)
This tool is very useful to solves strange issues that a normal wipe cannot solve! Sometimes happen
Last but not least you could try updating your recovery to the latest version.
Hope you solve your problems:good:
Hello,
1) Yes i tried 3-4 different batteries. Is it possible they all are damaged? By say damaged charger?
2) As for charger, will USB charger work fine (connected to PC) ? Currently I am using the wall charger, but i do not have a sapre one to try.
3) I will try to wipe everything using the tool provided. Thank you.....
I think I already have latest recovery.
P.S currently I am swothching between MIUI roms, but i had ARHD and other roms before that with smae problem...
Do you spend a lot of time in an area with bad cell reception? If so it will spend a lot of battery constantly trying to ping a cell tower.
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umka83 said:
Hello,
1) Yes i tried 3-4 different batteries. Is it possible they all are damaged? By say damaged charger?
2) As for charger, will USB charger work fine (connected to PC) ? Currently I am using the wall charger, but i do not have a sapre one to try.
3) I will try to wipe everything using the tool provided. Thank you.....
I think I already have latest recovery.
P.S currently I am swothching between MIUI roms, but i had ARHD and other roms before that with smae problem...
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If you want you can try using my combination of rom/kernel, you can find them in my signature, I myself had battery problems, but with my Anker and this configuration I get 24 hours of medium usage. Yes the USB charger will do the job and just check if your wall charger has the right output voltage (5v).
Another thing you could do is download this app from Playstore Battery Monitor Widget. It shows the current mA drain/charge.If you see that battery drain is strangely high (example 200mA in standby than your problem isn't the battery/charger. I get a drainage of 3-10mA in standby, which is pretty good. Good luck finding the couprit:good:
Thank you all for your advice!
1) as for ROM i do not think any other ROM/Kernel is going to make a difference. I tried to many of them by now. And I do not think ANY rom is so bad to drain 10-15% per hour while phone is not in use
2) i tried different SD cards and tried pulling out the SD completely, so it should not be the case...
3) I am in good reception area. In fact the phone used to work just fine in the same area when i just bought it... but then something went wrong (cannot find what)
4) If it is an application - than should be something inbuilt in the ROM. because I have tried installin ROM and keeping it clean without installing anything at all. not even changing settings... but the problem was still there...
and 5) I am using Battery Monitor Widget and it is between -35mA and -75mA.
Seems too much but I still cannot find the cause..
IT seems that i also have this issue!!!
using 2 sense 4 roms and my battery usage never ever come down to -40mA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i can not find culprit yet...
really annoying
I have learned a lot about my device since i bought it. The only thing I cannot figure out is the details about the Radio, and which one is the best for me. Can it be that the problems with battery are caused by radio?
What are three best radios to use with JB MIUI Member's choice and othe MIUI Roms?
Thanks
It seems like it was Radio after all.
I have checked my version and it was displayed as N/A instead of 11.68
so i reinstalled the radio and it seems like the problem is solved. at least today i have no problems. I will see if it will be fine tommorow and thereafter..
umka83 said:
It seems like it was Radio after all.
I have checked my version and it was displayed as N/A instead of 11.68
so i reinstalled the radio and it seems like the problem is solved. at least today i have no problems. I will see if it will be fine tommorow and thereafter..
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hmm thats weird? has your data connection gotten any better after changing radios, or is it still the same? good to hear you fixed the battery drain
Hello,
not the connection 3g, data. wi-fi works just as it used to work - just fine. The only thing that changed is that the battery does not die within few hours.
in standby - i have now easily more than 24 hours....
It seems liek the problem is back again. I did not isntall anything new or changed any settings. but suddenly i woke up with 40% of battery on my phone istead of 100%..
it really start to irritate me. There is nothin i mgiht have done to cause this. But the phone is noticabely warmer when it eats the battery for no reason....
Android OS is responsible for 83% of battery drain. While battery life was OK it only had 2-3%...
PS
Today i lost 60% of battery (from 100% to 40%) while sleeping and my phone not used.
umka83 said:
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Today i lost 60% of battery (from 100% to 40%) while sleeping and my phone not used.
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Try installing CPU Spy from Play Store and see if the phone is in deep sleep while not being used. Although this tool doesn't give a lot of information, but at least the 1st thing we can see from this tool is whether the CPU is put into deep sleep while the phone is sleeping. Losing 60% while sleeping is very likely that the CPU didn't go into deep sleep state. So this tool should give you some indication. If the CPU ever goes into deep sleep, you'll see the Deep Sleep entry below 192Mhz.
Hi Guys, i'm noob, i wana ask about my htc sensation, after 2 year i'm using it, today i found
when battery charging (htc Senstaion) dismiss displaying percentage of battery after i restarting while charging.
****battery charging ------> Battery percentage displaying 60% then i restarting the phone while this situation
and then when phone finish restarting and ready to use battery precentage displaying 100%(full)
is it normal?
sorry my english bad
Boot into recovery and wipe battery stats.
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if not all many users(including me) have this situation
it is a htc's common issue after rooting the device
there is no a solution yet
it is just a percentage misreading
by the way i don't know if wipe battery stats will help
rzr86 said:
if not all many users(including me) have this situation
it is a htc's common issue after rooting the device
there is no a solution yet
it is just a percentage misreading
by the way i don't know if wipe battery stats will help
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After rooting??? R u sure about that ??
I was suffering same issue before rooting and after rooting..
Wipe battery status is useless here ..
Its HTC's fault....
Itsakash said:
After rooting??? R u sure about that ??
I was suffering same issue before rooting and after rooting..
Wipe battery status is useless here ..
Its HTC's fault....
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before rooting?
for me that never happened
also wipe battery stats is useless and indeed it is htc's fault
rzr86 said:
if not all many users(including me) have this situation
it is a htc's common issue after rooting the device
there is no a solution yet
it is just a percentage misreading
by the way i don't know if wipe battery stats will help
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Just a percentage misreading? But if the phone thinks it's at 100% won't it stop charging then?
emrvb said:
Just a percentage misreading? But if the phone thinks it's at 100% won't it stop charging then?
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probably it stops
i am not sure about that
edit: the point is the battery is increasing its percentage slower when it passes 60%-70%
but it charges the same
so if you reboot the device then it jumps at 90% or full charge
rzr86 said:
probably it stops
i am not sure about that
edit: the point is the battery is increasing its percentage slower when it passes 60%-70%
but it charges the same
so if you reboot the device then it jumps at 90% or full charge
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Is it known what causes this?
Someone above said "it is a htc's common issue after rooting". Is there any source on that? For all I know, percentage of charge of battery is determined by a combination of output voltage and amps, preferably referenced by a table taking battery age into account (correct me if I'm wrong though).
Rooting the device should not be an issue, unless HTC did something in their rom to detect this and let the battery percentage be wrong. Then again, most of us aren't on the stock rom. To be on another rom, the bootloader needs to be unlocked. Did HTC do something that unlocking the bootloader makes voltage/discharge readings unreliable? I doubt that...
I'm interested in this because I unlocked and flashed a Sensation XE for a friend of mine (SultanXDA's KitKat rom), but the battery discharges very, very fast, without an obvious cause. So I wonder whether it could be the battery is not fully charged and/or the phone decides it's empty to early.
"it is a htc's common issue after rooting"<- i said that
it was a source but i can't find it now
also i don't know if htc did something with unlocking the bootloader by purpose
if you flashed the rom recently don't judge the battery too early
give it 4-5 cyrcle charges until it settles down then see how it goes
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I unlocked and flashed a Sensation XE for a friend of mine (SultanXDA's KitKat rom), but the battery discharges very, very fast, without an obvious cause. So I wonder whether it could be the battery is not fully charged and/or the phone decides it's empty to early.
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I have exactly this problem.
It sounds like the same ROM, Saltan kit kat. I am using the latest kernal 3.4, having tried two kernals I get the same results. For example I charged the phone to full, and after 2 hours of use I'm down to 55%, WiFi on and browsing, gmail synced but not much else, screen brightness turned down etc.
I only flashed a couple days ago, will it improve massively over the next few days?
The phone was giving a days charge easily before flashing.
I am also noticing a message saying 'unfortunately process com.android.phone has stopped working' (or similar). When this happens and I click OK I notice the signal disappears for a few seconds before coming back. Could this be the cause of the problem?
Could it be he ROM?
I'm new to all this but managed to unlock, root, flash recovery, and flash the ROM thanks to the brilliant guides on XDA. Any help with the above would be appreciated.
Rob
i am facing the same problem , rather my problem is goes much further .
iam on stock ROM and not rooted my sensation. my device often restart automatically even when battery is about 90% or battery is 40% and it continue this from last 2-3 months.
and after restarting battery percentage is also changed, see attached pics.
i am tired of this rebooting , i observed that restaring is mostly when i connect to calls or text msgs.
can somebody pleeeeeeaase help me.
tAheEr73 said:
i am facing the same problem , rather my problem is goes much further .
iam on stock ROM and not rooted my sensation. my device often restart automatically even when battery is about 90% or battery is 40% and it continue this from last 2-3 months.
and after restarting battery percentage is also changed, see attached pics.
i am tired of this rebooting , i observed that restaring is mostly when i connect to calls or text msgs.
can somebody pleeeeeeaase help me.
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since you are completely stock then the only thing i can tell you is to check your battery if it fits correctly
also how old is it?
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since you are completely stock then the only thing i can tell you is to check your battery if it fits correctly
also how old is it?
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thanks for ur reply ,
i have inserted plastic card behind battery for proper contact (adviced by many people at xda) but problem is not solved. my battary is 6 month old.
may be it is battery as i purchased from local market.
i have ordered new battery and soon will recive that . will let you know.
i have observed that mostly mobile got restart when i make/recieve calls and sms.
Spawn-uk- said:
I have exactly this problem.
It sounds like the same ROM, Saltan kit kat. I am using the latest kernal 3.4, having tried two kernals I get the same results. For example I charged the phone to full, and after 2 hours of use I'm down to 55%, WiFi on and browsing, gmail synced but not much else, screen brightness turned down etc.
I only flashed a couple days ago, will it improve massively over the next few days?
The phone was giving a days charge easily before flashing.
I am also noticing a message saying 'unfortunately process com.android.phone has stopped working' (or similar). When this happens and I click OK I notice the signal disappears for a few seconds before coming back. Could this be the cause of the problem?
Could it be he ROM?
I'm new to all this but managed to unlock, root, flash recovery, and flash the ROM thanks to the brilliant guides on XDA. Any help with the above would be appreciated.
Rob
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Does anyone have any ideas? Today the phone lasted around 12 hours but with minimal use which isn't really good enough. I thought rooting and flashing would improve battery life but so far I am disappointed. I may try another ROM tomorrow.
Rob
i'm try to buying new original batery but still same problem,
now i'm trying viver rom sc.5.1, with last Sebastian FM kernel
this rom verry awesome i'd like this but baterry percentage still problem:
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DEVICE: HTC Sensation Z710e
PREVIOUS ROM:Rooted Stock Rom ICS Sence 3.6
CURRENT ROM:ViperS 5.1.0 JB Sense 5
FIRMWARE:3.32.401.5
PREVIOUS KERNEL: htc kernel
CURRENT KERNEL:kernel 3.4.10 by SebastianFM
BOOTLOADER:unlocked
HBOOT VERSION:1.27.0000
RECOVERY:4EXT recovery touch v.1.0.0.6 RC1
S-ON
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tAheEr73 said:
thanks for ur reply ,
i have inserted plastic card behind battery for proper contact (adviced by many people at xda) but problem is not solved. my battary is 6 month old.
may be it is battery as i purchased from local market.
i have ordered new battery and soon will recive that . will let you know.
i have observed that mostly mobile got restart when i make/recieve calls and sms.
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This really sounds like your battery, especially if it's not the original or equivalent. But, it could also be an app on the background, keeping your phone from "deep sleep". Bad cell coverage (very low signal) also drains your battery relatively quickly when you're on 3G. A good WiFi connection consumes less power than 3G with bad signal. Another possibility could be (but unlikely) is that your phone is intended for another region and thus having trouble communicating with the GSM network.
- Check your battery.
- Check what your battery is used for.
- Check your battery time with network set to GSM only.
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rzr86 said:
"it is a htc's common issue after rooting"<- i said that
it was a source but i can't find it now
also i don't know if htc did something with unlocking the bootloader by purpose
if you flashed the rom recently don't judge the battery too early
give it 4-5 cyrcle charges until it settles down then see how it goes
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Still you keep saying "after rooting" which is significantly different from unlocking the bootloader and flashing. Furthermore, to me it seems far more people report "better battery life" with their new roms.
About initially flashing the rom: i thought format of system, data and cache (including dalvik cache) ought to be enough. It has had somewhere between the 10 and 20 charge cycles by now. Battery life improved a little, but it's still far from acceptable. The battery percentage between reboots should only differ marginally between reboots (might need a few minutes of usage to become accurate). Also notable: over 20% difference in percentage reading between rom and recovery.
I wouldn't mind investigating this. So I wonder if anyone with "proper" battery life could provide me a "dumpsys" for the battery service and would perhaps have the time to take a look at /proc with me.
emrvb said:
Still you keep saying "after rooting" which is significantly different from unlocking the bootloader and flashing. Furthermore, to me it seems far more people report "better battery life" with their new roms.
About initially flashing the rom: i thought format of system, data and cache (including dalvik cache) ought to be enough. It has had somewhere between the 10 and 20 charge cycles by now. Battery life improved a little, but it's still far from acceptable. The battery percentage between reboots should only differ marginally between reboots (might need a few minutes of usage to become accurate). Also notable: over 20% difference in percentage reading between rom and recovery.
I wouldn't mind investigating this. So I wonder if anyone with "proper" battery life could provide me a "dumpsys" for the battery service and would perhaps have the time to take a look at /proc with me.
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i unlocked the bootloader and root the device at the same period and i stayed for months with the stock rom
i don't know which one is responsible for percentage misreadings
also don't get confused
i am talking only for percentage misreadings and not for better battery life
and only when you charge the device.not unplugged
of course i had(and i still have) very good battery life with whatever rom i have flashed
by the way i have noticed the percentage difference between recovery and rom but i don't remember if it was 20%
rzr86 said:
i unlocked the bootloader and root the device at the same period and i stayed for months with the stock rom
i don't know which one is responsible for percentage misreadings
also don't get confused
i am talking only for percentage misreadings and not for better battery life
and only when you charge the device.not unplugged
of course i had(and i still have) very good battery life with whatever rom i have flashed
by the way i have noticed the percentage difference between recovery and rom but i don't remember if it was 20%
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Alright, thanks for clearing that up. I really want to solve this issue, so I'm quite keen on getting the facts straight.
Back to my issue then (yeah I'm effectively hijacking this thread): is it possible the percentage misreading is causing the battery not to fully charge and/or discharge? Or should I direct my search to another cause?
This is what I found (or did not find) so far:
- Stand-by time seems great, the drain occurs when the screen is on.
- There is nothing in the normal battery usage (usage goes to screen)
- I was unable to detect an obvious culprit with better battery stats.
- I did notice that when I do a dumpsys, service battery shows voltage in V, while my Sony shows it in mV.
- I tried offline charging for about an hour today (light still orange), after boot the battery indicator showed 100%. It dropped to 86% in 7 to 8 minutes.
emrvb said:
I tried offline charging for about an hour today (light still orange), after boot the battery indicator showed 100%. It dropped to 86% in 7 to 8 minutes.
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probably never truly reached the full charge(100%) when charged it in that one hour
by the way how old is your battery?
did you try with a new one?
rzr86 said:
since you are completely stock then the only thing i can tell you is to check your battery if it fits correctly
also how old is it?
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please see attached screenshots
what do u think , is this battery or some hardware etc fault??