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What is the best ROM for Desire S in terms of battery.
I used virtuous unity 1.29.0 and it's battery backup was quite good then my original ROM.
But after updating to new virtuous unity 1.31.0 the battery backup goes quite bad.
Anyone know a good battery backup ROM for desire s?
Calibrate your battery, really works!
Instructions:
1. Turn your phone on and charge it for 8 hours our more
2. Deplug charger, turn your phone off And charger it fit one hour
3. Turn your phone on, wait 2 minutes,turn your phone off and charge it for one hour
4. Turn phone on and your battery life should be much better now
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Don't forget to sacrifice a virgin and hire a shaman.
Cmon ppl! Li-Ion and Li-Poli batteries do not require forming (yeah its forming not formatting). Ni-Cd and Ni-MH were the types that required this.
In extreme situations (charging over 20hrs) you can even damage/reduce capacity of your phone's Li-Ion battery.
ptenteges said:
Don't forget to sacrifice a virgin and hire a shaman.
Cmon ppl! Li-Ion and Li-Poli batteries do not require forming (yeah its forming not formatting). Ni-Cd and Ni-MH were the types that required this.
In extreme situations (charging over 20hrs) you can even damage/reduce capacity of your phone's Li-Ion battery.
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So are you saying NOT to calibrate your battery that way?
Yeah.. is that really works?
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try miui rom.......... my battery life is superb.. i tried every custom rom in my point of view miui is perfect... try it once......
olyloh6696 said:
So are you saying NOT to calibrate your battery that way?
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I'm saying that the type of the battery used in Desire S is not formable. Additionally in extreme situations you can damage it by overcharging it. This is more complicated, because it also depends on the type of charger, and charging hardware in the phone.
What DesisreS says looks exactly like forming process, hence my response.
What you (possibly) can do, is calibrate your device/os to properly read battery status and use it more efficiently. But this is done through some software tricks I don't know.
Our battery is smart.
Overcharging it won't do anything. It just cuts off the electricity when reaching 100%. Full voltage is around 4.2V. If you look at your voltage while charging, it's already at 4.2V at around 70%. I have no idea why it does that.
And at 0% it's not really empty. It still has around 3.5V. It gets dangerous at 3V where it won't be able to charge again.
Just clear your battery stats in recovery or use an app from the market and see what happens.
Read and search around the forum for more info.
ptenteges said:
I'm saying that the type of the battery used in Desire S is not formable. Additionally in extreme situations you can damage it by overcharging it. This is more complicated, because it also depends on the type of charger, and charging hardware in the phone.
What DesisreS says looks exactly like forming process, hence my response.
What you (possibly) can do, is calibrate your device/os to properly read battery status and use it more efficiently. But this is done through some software tricks I don't know.
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You can use the app called battery calibration from the market for the calibration
Charge battery to 100% & run the app
This does not increase battery life but helps the OS read the battery more accurately & this needs to be done after installing a new ROM
kartkk said:
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You can use the app called battery calibration from the market for the calibration
Charge battery to 100% & run the app
This does not increase battery life but helps the OS read the battery more accurately & this needs to be done after installing a new ROM
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Uhuh, this is what I mean. But lets go back to the original question, what are your experiences with different ROMs and battery life? I'm going to be Desire S user soon so I'm curious too.
ptenteges said:
Uhuh, this is what I mean. But lets go back to the original question, what are your experiences with different ROMs and battery life? I'm going to be Desire S user soon so I'm curious too.
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LeeDroid ROM. Offers great battery life and very close to stock ROM. I got 1/2 day use on stock ROM with heavy use when I first got it, then put leedroid on, now I'm having 1 full day heavy use before I have to charge my phone (15%)
(Includes a lot of syncing, WiFi, web browsing, music,games etc the whole day)
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Thanks guys.
I decided to go with virtuous rom. it's new version is coming out with very good battery life.
vishalduggal said:
Thanks guys.
I decided to go with virtuous rom. it's new version is coming out with very good battery life.
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not just good battery life but many more awesome features
@olyloh6696 i think you should also try the vu beta im impressed by it
i really hope the next version of miui for desire s will have better battery life, i think it's the best looking rom and i will definitely keep it when battery is improved!
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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jahmezis45 said:
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 %......
lalitsehgal21 said:
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.
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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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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ikhzter said:
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
lalitsehgal21 said:
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
mrg02d said:
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.
cheesinar said:
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?
Knucklessg1 said:
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
Hi every one,
I was wondering if there is need to recalibrate the battery on each rom update, custom and lg official releases?
Also i bought a 1900mAh battery so I think it need to calibrated for better performance?
Any advice will be great
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no.
Battery calibration does not affect battery performance, it just changes the accuracy of the battery %age display. There is also no way of calibrating the battery, as it is directly read from the li-ion battery itself. Deleting the batterystats.bin Does nothing besides resetting androids About Phone>Battery Use data - which already resets itself on a full charge (And also broken on O3D GB Roms)
Its actually likely that calibrating the continually will eventually result in considerably worse battery life, as li-ion batteries are best operated between 20-80% charge.
oyanezg said:
Hi every one,
I was wondering if there is need to recalibrate the battery on each rom update, custom and lg official releases?
Also i bought a 1900mAh battery so I think it need to calibrated for better performance?
Any advice will be great
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I saw on the battery calibration app, that it must be recalibrated, since each rom has diferent files to manage power, and it will actually help the battery managment.
Thats what i know, im not an Expert.
tachi_do said:
I saw on the battery calibration app, that it must be recalibrated, since each rom has diferent files to manage power, and it will actually help the battery managment.
Thats what i know, im not an Expert.
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I saw that too, on battery Calibration by NEMA it says:
calibration needs to be done after flashing a new ROM. but you calibrate.. etc. the whole message that why my initial post was about, I saw other posts saynig that it must so ill do it just in case I dont think that will do anyharm at all.
wasn´t calibration just a matter of charging till 100% when off, then remove battery, insert battery and then start phone and plug again??
i do this and my battery it's all good, although i cna't watch a video for more than 3 hrs hahahaha
It actually worked on my ZTE Blade. I believe it's called overcharging.
hi
i dont think so need callibration after each new rom!
it might harmful for battery!
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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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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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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bduvel said:
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.
htcg2 said:
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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Hey all,
recently I have encountered a rather big and annoying problem on my phone. It has to do with my battery. I've looked it up on xda, but nothing was really exactly like my problem.
The problem is that my battery level has gone absolutely crazy.
First, charging my phone takes many many hours. After around 5 hours it still wasn't fully charged.
Then when rebooting the phone, it magically said 100%. However, after this the phone drained extremely fast. Think around 20 percent per hour, while using it normally!
Secondly, around 40 percent the phone automatically turned off, without the usual HTC logo. When I turn it on again the battery level is suddenly 2 %. After a few times turning off and on the battery level goes up to 30 percent. This can be seen very well on the pictures.
The phone is 1,5 years old and I haven't installed a custom ROM.
Am I dealing with a broken battery or is the problem in the software?
Hi,
I'm not an expert, but I think your battery is exhausted.
But before you run buying another battery...
What charger are you using? Stock HTC or custom? If custom, what are the Voltage/Current output values?
probably your battery is dying as the above user said
or the battery it doesn't connect properly
check it
Kalashnikov94 said:
Then when rebooting the phone, it magically said 100%.
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about this it is a htc's common issue
try this https://dl.dropbox.com/u/47039397/MODs/Battery Auto-calibration Script.zip
TheWall-[ITA] said:
Hi,
I'm not an expert, but I think your battery is exhausted.
But before you run buying another battery...
What charger are you using? Stock HTC or custom? If custom, what are the Voltage/Current output values?
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It's HTC stock.
rzr86 said:
probably your battery is dying as the above user said
or the battery it doesn't connect properly
check it
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Okay, thanks a lot! I was planning anyway to buy an Anker battery.
Kalashnikov94 said:
Okay, thanks a lot! I was planning anyway to buy an Anker battery.
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Nice
Sorry for off topic: do you think it's better Anker or Mugen battery?
I had a similar problem. and my phone turns itself off.
i send phone to repair and he change display, battery and headphone
TheWall-[ITA] said:
Nice
Sorry for off topic: do you think it's better Anker or Mugen battery?
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While reading on some forums about a better battery for the Sensation I haven't encountered Mugen, only Anker, which has some good reviews.