So i got my ankers and first thing im doing is draining battery to 0 then back to 100% but i got it and it had 66% dropped it to 36% and restored a backup could it affect performance as its first charge ?? Really i hope not :/
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And i noticed it drains faster then earlier still not At 0%
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Any1??
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You should be okay, lithium ion batteries aren't hugely reliant on cycling when they are first used but its still good to do so just in case, but ignore your phone telling you its fully charged, use current widget while charging and check 'ma' value before disconnecting from power and when its sat at around 15 to 30 ma for half an hour or so while the phone is charging and doing nothing and then you can safely assume its fully charged or just leave overnight and check ma in the morning. This is because your phones still used to the ma and mv readings of a smaller battery so it thinks its full before it is. It will also say you have 100% battery for ages after a charge but again that's the phone not used to readings from a bigger battery.
Hope this helps
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You should be okay, lithium ion batteries aren't hugely reliant on cycling when they are first used but its still good to do so just in case, but ignore your phone telling you its fully charged, use current widget while charging and check 'ma' value before disconnecting from power and when its sat at around 15 to 30 ma for half an hour or so while the phone is charging and doing nothing and then you can safely assume its fully charged or just leave overnight and check ma in the morning. This is because your phones still used to the ma and mv readings of a smaller battery so it thinks its full before it is. It will also say you have 100% battery for ages after a charge but again that's the phone not used to readings from a bigger battery.
Hope this helps
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Thanks for the tip!! I have charged back to 0% and now im at 36% im really impressed because at this time usualy i would have left 10-15% let's hope it gets better and better !
I charged it overnight so i forgot does these battery charge faster then stock ?? Because stock takes like 3 hours from 0 to 100%
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sparx180 said:
You should be okay, lithium ion batteries aren't hugely reliant on cycling when they are first used but its still good to do so just in case, but ignore your phone telling you its fully charged, use current widget while charging and check 'ma' value before disconnecting from power and when its sat at around 15 to 30 ma for half an hour or so while the phone is charging and doing nothing and then you can safely assume its fully charged or just leave overnight and check ma in the morning. This is because your phones still used to the ma and mv readings of a smaller battery so it thinks its full before it is. It will also say you have 100% battery for ages after a charge but again that's the phone not used to readings from a bigger battery.
Hope this helps
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Whats a good battery widget to show the ma values etc ?
Well mine lasts me at least 12-14 hours of heavy use most days. To fully charge it will take longer due to the size difference but your phone will always say its charged before it really is, I don't bother watching the ma value much anymore I just give it a good 4-5 hours when it gets down to about 5%. Youl get used to it
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let it go 0% then charge to 100%, then pull phone off charger, and put it on loader again (it auto resets batterystats) and then let it charge again for an hour (now ur sure its 100%)
then use it till 0% and do the same, load to 100% and pull it out, then put it in and charge
after u done this twice u should be ok in my eyes and get good performance
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Whats a good battery widget to show the ma values etc ?
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Current widget is the best in my opinion.
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let it go 0% then charge to 100%, then pull phone off charger, and put it on loader again (it auto resets batterystats) and then let it charge again for an hour (now ur sure its 100%)
then use it till 0% and do the same, load to 100% and pull it out, then put it in and charge
after u done this twice u should be ok in my eyes and get good performance
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What do you mean put it on loader ??
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First cycle and this is how it looks... Any thoughts ??
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yea that looks about right, thats what i usually get on my anker.
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yea that looks about right, thats what i usually get on my anker.
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Problem is i got some similar results on stock but anyways first charge so nothing to worry whit now people says it indicates its 100% but its not really 100 if i put it into bootloader mode and it wipe battery stats wouldn't that make the battery less good / accurate ??
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I think he means charger when he says loader. I am also using Anker battery and I'm very happy with its performance!also, go to your settings and make sure your screen light is dimmed. Turn off, things like vibrate on key press, touch tones, touch sounds make sure your apps ate not running in background! This is a huge battery drain! Believe it or not settings can make quite a difference!m going from 8am to 11pm heavy use without a charge! Some custom Roms are also made to increase battery life! You might want to look into that! I get so many extra hours out of Virtuous Inquisition 4.0.2 , than I did with stock! I was amazed! Also don't use live wallpapers I know they are wonderful looking but they are quite a battery drain also. Good luck and hope I've helped you!
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I think he means charger when he says loader. I am also using Anker battery and I'm very happy with its performance!also, go to your settings and make sure your screen light is dimmed. Turn off, things like vibrate on key press, touch tones, touch sounds make sure your apps ate not running in background! This is a huge battery drain! Believe it or not settings can make quite a difference!m going from 8am to 11pm heavy use without a charge! Some custom Roms are also made to increase battery life! You might want to look into that! I get so many extra hours out of Virtuous Inquisition 4.0.2 , than I did with stock! I was amazed! Also don't use live wallpapers I know they are wonderful looking but they are quite a battery drain also. Good luck and hope I've helped you!
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Hey thanks for the reply !
I have turned off stuff like vibration and so on except for screen is being 100% because i think we have to right to enjoy a sexy screen !
What would be the point to see barely nothing and not enjoy your phone fearing your battery gonna die ?
And yeah im not much onto live wallpapers ^_^ but again thanks for the tips now took it off charger and plugged again its going to charge for another hour i guess ..
Btw no more overheating issue its awesome !
And sucks to see it still drains while listening to music...
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Is overnight charging decrease battery performance ?? Because when i come home from school i always end up whit 45-50% and i drain it to 0 but the time it gets back to 100% i gotta sleep and turn off phone because i dont want to loose % overnight and won't have time to charge in the morning before leaving for school...
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Nope it won't decrease battery performance. Your battery will not overcharge or anything if you leave it on, the phone will only pull enough power to maintain a full charge when its reached 100%
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Nope it won't decrease battery performance. Your battery will not overcharge or anything if you leave it on, the phone will only pull enough power to maintain a full charge when its reached 100%
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Alright thanks !
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I know there are threads out there. but my concern is
The Anker battery 1900 MaH displays incorrect battery stat continuously.
no matter how many times i charge and discharge, it shows incorrect percentage. it stays on one percentage for a long time, and then drops 1 percent, but upon rebooting, it drops 4 percent straight away.
i have continuously charged now and rebooted and charged then rebooted and charged to try and get rid of this inconsistency but it doesn't seem to work.
Now on rebooting it has just jumped form 81% to 100%
anyone else with this problem and cure?
Which battery do you own or will buy
I don't think that's an anker battery problem my regular battery did the exact same thing....
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I have a anker battery. Had it for about a month now. It reports fine. No random shutoffs or anything. I calibrate it every chance I get though.
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I don't think that's an anker battery problem my regular battery did the exact same thing....
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thanks, the more feedback i can get the better
trying a different rom now anyway, if more people can confirm this issue and what rom they are using. im having the issue while im on leedroids rom
Have you tried wiping battery stars?
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ikhzter said:
thanks, the more feedback i can get the better
trying a different rom now anyway, if more people can confirm this issue and what rom they are using. im having the issue while im on leedroids rom
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its a recovery issue bro... i told on many threads... during unlocking procedure we have messed up basic batt safety limit , so ppl r getting dead sensations coz of batti reverted to stock s-on to chk the same anker batt holds solid 48 hrs and same on s-off keeps irritating on batt %......
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its a recovery issue bro... i told on many threads... during unlocking procedure we have messed up basic batt safety limit , so ppl r getting dead sensations coz of batti reverted to stock s-on to chk the same anker batt holds solid 48 hrs and same on s-off keeps irritating on batt %......
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interesting point. although i have the latest recovery, but this also happens wehn just rebooting normally, and i have tried wiping battery stats.
I'm using Momax 1700ma
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I'm using Momax 1700ma
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im tempted to use the evo 3d battery, still get the temp sensor with that and also its oem. but not sure about the extra voltage 0.1 mv
Even before root my bat always.did this
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I love my anker battery.
My stock battery did the same thing.
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thanks, the more feedback i can get the better
trying a different rom now anyway, if more people can confirm this issue and what rom they are using. im having the issue while im on leedroids rom
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I'm using LeeDroid the newest update it has calibration built into it. All you have to do is charge it to full and reboot.
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LeeDroid 2.1 and having v weird battery issues at times. Might try 2.2 soon but still oh 2.1 as of now.
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interesting point. although i have the latest recovery, but this also happens wehn just rebooting normally, and i have tried wiping battery stats.
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recovery will not help...its a myth... may b as i assume the exploit used to get s-off dangerously messed up the battery safety limits and charging system...coz all now is sw controlled....to get rid of this... its recommended to return to s-on and stock and re unlock via htc code.... untill a safe method like dhd comes up using a safe exploit
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recovery will not help...its a myth... may b as i assume the exploit used to get s-off dangerously messed up the battery safety limits and charging system...coz all now is sw controlled....to get rid of this... its recommended to return to s-on and stock and re unlock via htc code.... untill a safe method like dhd comes up using a safe exploit
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Ouch, isnt that kinda harsh? My HTC battery seemed like it was like this before S-OFF as well, but I could be wrong.
I wonder if Alpharev is aware of this potential problem?
It seems that even though a reset causes the % to go up, it quickly comes back down to what it was at before. The charging stops at 4.12v, like it should, so I would say there may be something else up.
I was having the same problem with my stock battery AND my Anker. What I ended up doing is getting my battery to a low charge, then I wiped the battery stats in Recovery. I then charged the phone to 100% and used the Battery Calibration app to calibrate the battery. I used the phone and drained the battey untill it died, it was still reporting wrong percentage. Fully charged and did it again and drained the battery once more, from there it starting reporting normal precentages and still has to this day. Did this about a week ago.
Try it and report back.
A short summary of this would be to
1. Get phone to a low charge
2. Wipe battery stats.
3. Fully charge.
4. Use battery calibration app once it hits 100%(try to leave it charging for another hour after it hits 100%)
5.Use the device normally until it dies.
6. Charge the device again and repeat #5.
7.Report back here and tell me if it worked for you and then Thank my post if it did
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Ouch, isnt that kinda harsh? My HTC battery seemed like it was like this before S-OFF as well, but I could be wrong.
I wonder if Alpharev is aware of this potential problem?
It seems that even though a reset causes the % to go up, it quickly comes back down to what it was at before. The charging stops at 4.12v, like it should, so I would say there may be something else up.
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well yes bro...but after s-off the batt voltage when sensation dies was merely 2.5v not even enought to charge again... so b cautious i am 100% sure batt safety limit is broke... and i helped 5 of my frndz to jumpstart after all dies and all had same voltage 2.49 so it is risky.... though on stock if fone dies still it charges coz it has min charge to b alive
I don't recommend the Momax battery, I tried one and the phone seriously overheated and switched itself off, then the battery wouldn't charge again.
That's the first and last time I'll try a cheap battery.
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ikhzter said:
im tempted to use the evo 3d battery, still get the temp sensor with that and also its oem. but not sure about the extra voltage 0.1 mv
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Try team win recovery, I heard that helps. Cwm is having a lot of battery bugs right now, it's not your battery specifically. I too have an anker.
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lalitsehgal21 said:
well yes bro...but after s-off the batt voltage when sensation dies was merely 2.5v not even enought to charge again... so b cautious i am 100% sure batt safety limit is broke... and i helped 5 of my frndz to jumpstart after all dies and all had same voltage 2.49 so it is risky.... though on stock if fone dies still it charges coz it has min charge to b alive
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Strange! Ive never seen a lithium ion go below 3.3v when dead. When I let my battery die (to where I cant reboot the phone without letting it charge some) it is around 3.4v.
I wonder if S-OFF may have hurt some people and not others, purely by chance? I dont have any charging problems, but do see the miracle capacity boost on reboot. (Although it quickly drops down with some use). The only thing I see that is serious is reported standby current.
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I don't recommend the Momax battery, I tried one and the phone seriously overheated and switched itself off, then the battery wouldn't charge again.
That's the first and last time I'll try a cheap battery.
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Ive got a "cheap" battery and so far so good. ChiChitec 1900mA/Hr. I dont like that it doesnt report temperature. That pisses me off! Do any other the higher end extended range batteries report temperature correctly?
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Try team win recovery, I heard that helps. Cwm is having a lot of battery bugs right now, it's not your battery specifically. I too have an anker.
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I didnt know teamwin had a recovery. I will have to look into that, all I have seen is CWM. I wonder why there hasnt been any other mention of this on the forum?
Matt
This is a quick little review of some 1600mah extended batteries for the desire HD. thees batteries where bought off of ebay from 2 different sellers, but both seem to be the same quaility and same manufacturer.
first of all, you can get these here
2x 1600mah extended battery with charger - LINK
1x 1600mah extended battery - LINK
So now for a bit of a review...
2x batteries and charger. - both batteries arrived relatively quickly, in a padded envolope. with there free shipping it was a little bit less than a week. came it great condition.
1x battery - paid $5 extra for expedited shipping, arrived in 2 days. works perfectly
Battery performance - all of the batteries have around the same performance. the ones with the charger have slightly less battery life but it is still better than the stock 1230mah. i can now easily go a full day of browsing the web and playing games without recharging. although, i dont like my batteries getting too low, cuz i know if they fully discharge it can be bad for them so at 20% i swap the one ive been using for one that ive charged overnight. the way i have it set up, i always will hae a battery fully charged. i have one in the phone and one in the charger overnight. wake up take both and put the other extended in the charger while i am gone. come back and before i go to sleep i swap again. they all get used equally then.
One problem that i have seen though, is that sometimes when i reboot or swap them out, when the phone starts up, it says there is 0% battery left. it is usually fixable by a quick wipe of the battery stats in recovery. has only happened to me in aosp roms though, sense runs fine.
overall, id give them a 4/5 rating because of the low cost and quality, but also because of that glitch(although it could just be software related)
pics up soon to show exact battery life and the batteries themselves
Okey n1 review. Perhaps i will get one of those batteries hate to charge all the time
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i can now easily go a full day of browsing the web and playing games without recharging.
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I would love to see some stats/screenshots of Battery Monitor Widget just so that we can see what you mean by saying that you are browsing and playing games all day.
When i'm using my phone with the screen on all the time then i've got a drain of 1% per 5 minutes. That gives me a bit more than 8 hours before the phone is dead.
On the other hand the maximum standby time is a bit more than 100 hours (1% per 60 minutes) or more than 4 days.
That said you could have really great battery life if you've got more than 2.5 hours of screen on time in one day or it's terrible because the screen on time is way below 2.5 hours.
That's allways based on the assumption that your battery is depleted after 24 hours. "a full day" could also be a work day meaning unplugged at 6 am and recharching at 6 pm.
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about that 0% glitch: I'm using an Evo3D Anker 1900mAh battery in my DHD and got the same problem. I also think that it's related to me using an aosp rom.
I actually have this one!!! ordered from dealextreme.com!
its working fine 1230 mah real size! there is no bigger batteris than 1300 mah!
Pruikki said:
I actually have this one!!! ordered from dealextreme.com!
its working fine 1230 mah real size! there is no bigger batteris than 1300 mah!
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There IS a battery that is more than 1300mAh, the Mugen 1500mAh. Search for it on this forum
There is also the Mugen skin that clips on and holds another 2000?mAh, but that is not entirely practical...
Pruikki said:
I actually have this one!!! ordered from dealextreme.com!
its working fine 1230 mah real size! there is no bigger batteris than 1300 mah!
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That's why you should stuff an Evo3D/Sensation battery in there
Those have 1500mAh or more (and really do!)
Dlog said:
That's why you should stuff an Evo3D/Sensation battery in there
Those have 1500mAh or more (and really do!)
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These batteries do hold more juice than the stock. I don't know why people are complaining about them. For $9 you get 2 batteries and a charger. Even if they where only the stock size, you can still swap them.
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Problem is, these claims have no substance without numbers. Do you have any test results proving the battery life is greater over stock?
LobotomyTH said:
Problem is, these claims have no substance without numbers. Do you have any test results proving the battery life is greater over stock?
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i dont atm, cuzi usually have my phone off for my first 3 periods at school, so displaying thoughs wouldnt be accurate. ill leave it on all day tommorow and post the stats
That would be greatly appreciated.
Sounds great, let's see what you can tell us tomorrow!
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i dont atm, cuzi usually have my phone off for my first 3 periods at school, so displaying thoughs wouldnt be accurate. ill leave it on all day tommorow and post the stats
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great....clicked the "thanks" button instead of the "quote" button....
anyway:
it doesn't matter if your phone isn't on for some time....just let Battery Monitor Widget run from 100% to 0% and then show us screenshots of the stats it gathered.
Thoughts about how well your batteries performed aren't needed. I bet you i could give you the exact same thoughts you have about your batteries only that the time from 100% to 0% differs by as much as a day....
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great....clicked the "thanks" button instead of the "quote" button....
anyway:
it doesn't matter if your phone isn't on for some time....just let Battery Monitor Widget run from 100% to 0% and then show us screenshots of the stats it gathered.
Thoughts about how well your batteries performed aren't needed. I bet you i could give you the exact same thoughts you have about your batteries only that the time from 100% to 0% differs by as much as a day....
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Here are the stats as of now, I have been texting, listening to music, surfing the web, and surfing through xda all day.
If I would be using the stock battery, it would have been dead already.
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And phone is overclocked between 1.2ghz and 1.4ghz too
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Battery Monitor Widget:
It's in german so this is what it says in english:
(in the info bar at the top you can see that i had still got 31% charge)
- has been unplugged for 1 day and 2 hours
- has been used for 5h20m or 20%
- screen was on for 2h31m or 9%
- wifi was on for 2h03m or 7%
- bluetooth was on for 1h32m or 5%
It doesn't say anything about how much the gpu was used (for example there is no reliable way of telling how much the usage of opengl drains your battery...at least as far as i know).
But it still gives you better info about how i used my phone and how much you'd get if you were using the same battery.
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Battery Monitor Widget:
It's in german so this is what it says in english:
(in the info bar at the top you can see that i had still got 31% charge)
- has been unplugged for 1 day and 2 hours
- has been used for 5h20m or 20%
- screen was on for 2h31m or 9%
- wifi was on for 2h03m or 7%
- bluetooth was on for 1h32m or 5%
It doesn't say anything about how much the gpu was used (for example there is no reliable way of telling how much the usage of opengl drains your battery...at least as far as i know).
But it still gives you better info about how i used my phone and how much you'd get if you were using the same battery.
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I'll try it for tommrow
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Hello all!
Ive noticed rather unusual thing. For example - when i get around 50% of battery left i can reboot the device and get about 80% but of coz its dropping faster then normal charged %.
Iam on mugen 1950 mah and have done wiping battery stats and done the calibration.
ROM - HyperNonSence 1.5 with faux 006u kernel.
Any suggestions?
Thanks all in advance!
Yeah this has happened with every Android phone and every battery I've had.
Don't think there is anything you can do about it to be honest. You could reboot it again and sometimes the indicator will fall closer to where it was before.
Or you can use it i.e. play a game or browse the web and usually it will fall to a more accurate level.
Alternatively, just plug it back in and wait till it charges to 100%, unplug and then reboot. If it is still green then it's likely charged fully.
So, it stays 100% after reboot rly long, its true fully charged.
Iam not crying about my battery life, i think its OK, but it can be better of coz =)))
F.e. on my HTC G2 i havent got this problem - percentage raises only for 3-5% after reboot not for 30% like on Sensation. BTW both batteries are Mugen.
Maybe i should try Mugen calibration tool? but seems to me its just a simple original calibration tool.
But TY anyway =p
Wiping the stats through recovery did not help? I do this with every new rom. Perhaps a app from market might help?
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WarcoLLapsE said:
So, it stays 100% after reboot rly long, its true fully charged.
Iam not crying about my battery life, i think its OK, but it can be better of coz =)))
F.e. on my HTC G2 i havent got this problem - percentage raises only for 3-5% after reboot not for 30% like on Sensation. BTW both batteries are Mugen.
Maybe i should try Mugen calibration tool? but seems to me its just a simple original calibration tool.
But TY anyway =p
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I'd say so.
Try the Mugen tool as that might help.
Iam wiping battery stats with every new flashing. Its like a Bible =)
OK, ill try mugen soft from market.
Had my baby for a little over a year and a half, been nothing but a great phone in that time. This is where the problem starts... I'll be using it like normal, texting and surfing, and will have 98% battery, the phone will shut down, and when it decides to start back up, I will have 14% battery or less.... But it will go up if I leave it alone..... I've tried wiping the battery stats, even charging with the phone off, nothing is working. I will attach screenshots so you can see what's up.
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Had my baby for a little over a year and a half, been nothing but a great phone in that time. This is where the problem starts... I'll be using it like normal, texting and surfing, and will have 98% battery, the phone will shut down, and when it decides to start back up, I will have 14% battery or less.... But it will go up if I leave it alone..... I've tried wiping the battery stats, even charging with the phone off, nothing is working. I will attach screenshots so you can see what's up.
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Your battery is bad. Same thing happened to me, I recommend just buying a new OEM battery from a reputable dealer on Amazon, that's what I did. Try setting it down on a table and push on one side and if it rocks back and forth its bad. Or you can just look at it and see its swollen
Mine did that and it was just a bad battery. If you take the battery out and place it on a flat surface you may notice that it rocks left and right. If it rocks a lot or if you feel the middle and it feels swollen it may be symptoms of a bad battery.
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Same thing has been happening to me for the past two days. I just took out my battery and sure enough it is swollen. Thanks for input!
edit: Is it dangerous to keep using it like this for the next few days until the new battery comes in?
brenduh said:
Same thing has been happening to me for the past two days. I just took out my battery and sure enough it is swollen. Thanks for input!
edit: Is it dangerous to keep using it like this for the next few days until the new battery comes in?
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It is dangerous because battery acid can get on you and cause sever skin irritation. You can continue like this for 1 to 2 days MAX until you get your new battery. Try not to use it because using it more will cause it to swell more, DUH try to only use it for emergencies and then once you get the new battery clean the terminals and you'll be good to go
I used mine got a while like that because i didn't know it was the battery lol
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Thank you all, I wasn't sure what it was cause I can still pull over a day of battery life when it wants to lol. Looks like I'm on the hunt for a new one
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I'm curious about charging habits of the people who have bad batteries. I have had my phone since the day it came out and my battery is still fine. I never let it get below 30% unless I'm testing a new ROM. Killing lithium ion batteries is really bad for them. So how many of you drain it all the way on a regular basis?
I'm still using my old vibrant battery (at times). I don't think that it's as strong as the spare that I purchased a few months ago, but, is on par with the 18 month old battery that came with the phone. I zap them all the way down a lot of the time (then swap to a fully charged one). I do(try) to recharge to full before use though.
Mine does it but only when I'm using wifi or data could that still be a bad battery
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I'm curious about charging habits of the people who have bad batteries. I have had my phone since the day it came out and my battery is still fine. I never let it get below 30% unless I'm testing a new ROM. Killing lithium ion batteries is really bad for them. So how many of you drain it all the way on a regular basis?
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I run mine down to 1 percent on a daily basis. Never let it die though. I was under the impression that if you let it drain to zero you're asking for trouble. I could easily change my ways though.
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Hechoen.......I use mine till under 10% or so and then full charge it. Been doing that over a year now. My wife however plugs hers in off and on throughout the day without letting it full charge all at once and she has a bad battery....
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Shallow discharge cycles are generally accepted to be better for Li-ion batteries than deep ones.
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codealarms said:
I run mine down to 1 percent on a daily basis. Never let it die though. I was under the impression that if you let it drain to zero you're asking for trouble. I could easily change my ways though.
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That is probably a bad idea. I would try to plug it in around 15-20% with 20% being the best time. According to the batteryuniversity website 20-80% is ideal for li-ion batteries because it keeps the heat down. Charging from less than 15% creates heat because that is a low level and takes a bit longer to charge from therefore exposes the battery to more heat. A good charger and battery will shut off the charger once it hits 100% and only allow for a trickle charge if the battery drops below 100%. But I have seen my phone get hotter from about 85% to 100% if Im using it ie: plugged in and streaming music or using navigation.
Hi I have an HTC sensation I thought the phone was good but now the phone says its charging but will actually decrease. I have it on a custom ROM and it just charges up to 70 percent or less when I look leave it on all night. Any help for this noob would really be appreciated.
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ruefrancis said:
Hi I have an HTC sensation I thought the phone was good but now the phone says its charging but will actually decrease. I have it on a custom ROM and it just charges up to 70 percent or less when I look leave it on all night. Any help for this noob would really be appreciated.
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i think u need to calibrat the battery. go on recovery wipe battery state, maybe this will delete the old wrong battery information for android.
ruefrancis said:
Hi I have an HTC sensation I thought the phone was good but now the phone says its charging but will actually decrease. I have it on a custom ROM and it just charges up to 70 percent or less when I look leave it on all night. Any help for this noob would really be appreciated.
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You need to calibrate the battery...
Follow this, charge the phone till u r sure its fully charged(not what the battery shows), reboot to recovery, wipe battery stats...
After the restart, keep the phone on charging for half an hour to 45 min.
Hopefully this should help unless the battery itself has gone faulty.
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'Calibrating the battery' is not actually a real thing.
It's a myth that has been thoroughly debunked. The battery stats only show what has used the battery, not how much of it should be left.
And nothing relating to battery stats would explain why the battery level is decreasing while it's plugged in. However 2 things will explain that.
1) You are using a charger that's less than 1 amp. The stock charger than came with the phone and most any other smartphone charger is a 1 Amp unit. If you are using a generic charger it might not have the power needed to charge the phone while you're using it. Same with charing via a USB connection on a computer. Or, you do have a stock 1 amp charger and it's just gone bad. Test this by trying another charger. However if the phone loses battery while plulgged in and not being used, then the charger probably isn't the problem.
2) Your battery is on it's last legs and needs to be replaced. They don't last forever. After a year, maybe two, they start to lose their ability to take and hold a charge. This is the more likely problem. The sollution is to just get a new battery. New stock batteries cost about $10 on Amazon. New Anker larger capacity battery will last longer and only cost about $18.