Hey all,
I just received my new Anker 1900mAh battery today and since there so much battery tips and tricks on the forums im confused about how to handle it when i put it in my phone for the first time.
Im a light user and on the stock battery with ARHD i sometimes get over 2 days on a full charged battery.
I just want that little bit extra that anker has to offer
My question is (since i see so much devided opinions) whats the best 1st charge time and what do i do to get the max out of my new battery ?
Do i need to reset battery stats in my phone before putting it in ?
Do i need to drain it first before giving it a full charge ?
How long do i need to charge it for the first (or first few times) ?
Do i need to drain the batt to 0% before recharging it ? or recharge it more often at eg 30%
Any imput on the subject is much appreciated.
Cheers in advance.
PS: ive added a pic of my stock battery usage, not to bad hey
I just want that little bit extra of the Anker and have a spare battery with me in case of emergency.
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well there isnt much to it. what ive always done is just drain it till it turns off. then full charge overnight or ~8 hours. after that, you can charge it when it gets to around ~30%, letting it go lower wont do anything bad to it either. their supposed to prefer short frequent charges and to never let itself drain so low that its damaged. leaving it on the charger for long times will not damage it, their built to prevent overcharging. but battery stuff is very controversial. what i always do is drain until ~10% then charge it until its green for about half an hour. good luck. impressive battery results btw. im a moderate user and get ~2 days on anker, yours will probably last 2.5-3 days with that anker
Thanks for the answer m8.
I don't really do anything special to preserve battery, just have my brightness very low cuz the screen is the nr1 drainer and appart from that I turn WiFi and mobile internet on and off as I don't need them both at the same time.
Ill post back when i have the anker in use.
Cheers.
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my method following partial guide in thread, but i couldn't locate it.
1. Charge till 0mAh displayed in currentWidget
2. reboot into recovery and wipe battery stat
3. boot into phone normally
4. Settings > Power > turn off fast-boot
5. let it drain till 0%
make sure you charge until 0mAh (or close to) in currentWidget, all the time
hope it helps =)
I got mine a few days ago and all I'm doing is following the instructions in the manual.
So after charging to 100% I let it drain to around 10% and then charge to 100% again.
Repeat another 4 times. I'm on the 3rd cycle.
Im on the 3rd cycle now as well, i just let my batt drain till 2-10% and full recharge.
Im getting between 2days-16hrs and almost 3 full days...
Lovin the Anker so far
Not to resurrect an old thread, but I just got this battery. It says on the battery not to use anything above 4.2v. I have 5v chargers. Am I going to destroy this battery by charging with more than the 4.2v in the warning?
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Hi,
anyone has the same problem as mine?
my battery max at 93. fully charged it will still display 93.
when ur batt is charging, it will display charging. but when it's full it will display charged.
yeah. my charged will display 93%. LOL?
I thinks its normal for the nexus s that it doesnt max out at 100%.
Mine usually is fully "charged" when its at 96% Battery.
i can confirm this, mine stops usually at 98%
Mine varies between 94 and 99, but most of the time it stops at 95.
From what I've heard, it's performance thing. Full discharges reduce li-ion life span, and 100% charges might also, to a lesser degree.
D720 is the same.
Yup mine gets to 95 and is done, I don't realty mind that but what I do mind is battery life I want it to last longer right now I barely make it a work day and I have to charged on my way home I'm tuning some services cause I need them just like I do in my iPhone but the battery dies too fast sometimes hopefully us cause I have for like 3 days
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Normally mine stops charging at 95% but I've gotten to 100%.
Here's how I did it:
1) Charge the phone until it stops charging
2) Turn off the phone and continue to charge until the battery meter stops blinking
3) Turn on phone and enable "stay awake" while charging
4) Run an app that drains the battery (I used Angry Birds) and leave it on, don't turn off the screen
5) After about an hour it reached 100%
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ps. It may be bad for the battery to constantly charge to 100%.
This is a known case to some Samsung devices, unfortunately
Thus, actually i would advice people to actually use it as it is, and dont let it bother you. after all, nexus s still have some pretty good battery life in general.
94% then as soon as I un-plug it drops to 89% but still lasts a day.
What's good for battery life? I have this device for over a week and I feel like it doesn't last the long, how much does it last you guys?
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Download from the market ''Battery Calibration''. I almost forgot, i think u need a rooted phone because it deletes the battery.bin file.
samsung actually added this feature into the batt to protect it from overheat.
I think its weird and un-necessary anyway
but cos I have this phone i just need to live with it until I buy some new toy
Mine's roof is @ 95% :/
I have max on 97%
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Q: I unplugged my phone, and my battery dropped from 100% to 95% immediately, or it won't/takes along time to charge past 99%, what gives?
This is by design. Your phone will slow down and eventually stop pulling charge at or slightly greater than ~95% regardless of what your battery indicator says. This is to extend the overall life of the battery, as constant 100% to 0% charge/discharge cycles will cause it to fail prematurely. If you're interested in really pushing it to 100%, you can use a technique that is called "bump charging" and is better detailed here: http://bit.ly/f6xiZ0
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The answer is found in here. I suggest you look for the answer b4 posting the question next time.
Anyone have this problem? Charging time takes 4 hours to 100%? It's really annoying. Charging time used to be only 2 hours (--and actually still only 2 hours to 100% if phone is off - ).
Mine is about 4hours from 20% to 100%. Sometime it take more than 4hours. I am on endymion 3.3. Is there something wrong?
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Mine is CM7. Have you try switching your phone when charging? I get full charge in 2 hours when device is off.
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Mine is about 4hours from 20% to 100%. Sometime it take more than 4hours. I am on endymion 3.3. Is there something wrong?
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I will try with phone off tonight and reply tomorrow.
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2 h AC, 4 h USB charging time
Hi, I am new here but I think it will reset over time...
I have a DS with two different batteries (Stock 1450 mAh and Mugen 1800 mAh). I have noticed that charging them from USB takes about 4 hours and from AC about 2 hours.
I am using the Battery Monitor Widget Pro and soon the Mugen Power app to get the most out of the batteries.
2h 40min from 9% to 100% with phone off.
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Check under about phone->status->battery status if it is charging with usb or AC.
FYI the stock 1450mAh battery charged from USB to 2-100 % in 4h38m in off-state (involuntary...: )
Will submit further info on new charging times as they occur.
My charging also lasts 4h since I switched to Endymion. Here is my charging graph, looks very awkward. 0-80% in 2h is OK, but 80-95 in 1h45 and then last 5% in 15mins looks bad.
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Maybe you should check how much Amp your phone is charging between 80-95%. It could be that it is much lower than between 0-80%. I assume you use a genuine HTC charger?
I am having the same problem aswell, it just took forever to fully charge my phone now. I only just got this phone back in August, so I doubt it's the battery fault.
Would charging over AC be faster than charging over USB?
Yes, IMHO , charging over AC is definitely better & faster than USB !
Just tried it again and 100% is still 4 hours. I am charging AC.
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I think its just rom related, but i can't confirm.
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Battery Monitor Widget says that my average "AC full-charge" is 3h42min. With Reaper ROM.
I think it's not bad..
But would there be a difference with some other charger? Now I'm using HTC's charger.
i also have the same problem with you guys, but for months now
my phone used to charge 0->100% in 2 hours and now it takes up to 4.
i get the same graph from battery widget as above.
The strange thing is, when battery is at 80% (after 2hours charging) the mV value reaches highest because battery is really full. Try to restart phone and percentage will jump to 100%!
This happens with every custom rom
Anyway, battery has a 6 month guaranty (phone has 2 years) and now I know why
when i was on stock rom my phone took 2hrs to charge using AC. after rooting and romming a month ago it now takes 3-4hrs. i've had Coredroid as my rom for around a month and only noticed recently the long charge times using AC. battery monitor widget for me also says 3hr42m for full AC charge. i'm beginning to think its custom rom related as well.
So I bought this battery for my XE and received it on Monday.
As a reference, stock battery lasts me 16 hours.
I charged it for the 12 hours in my phone on Monday night. Started using it yesterday. After 7 hours the battery was down to 34%. After 12 hours it was down to 13%. Not what I expected (even if it does need conditioning).
Last night I charged it for 12 hours again, took it off charge this morning and 2 hours later (now) battery is down to 80%. With stock it did not go below 90% after 4 hours.
So far I am not impressed at all, is this really a matter of conditioning the battery? Did anyone else have the same experience?
Update:
77% after 2 hours 45 mins
74% after 3 hours
73% after 3 hours 2 mins
2nd update:
72% after 3 hours 22 mins
71% after 3 hours 24 mins
68% after 3 hours 34 mins
3rd update:
What a joke, 13% left after 8 hours and 30 minutes...
so it's not that great after all? or maybe you're using your phone more than before the new mugen?
No, same usage as before. So far I am not very impressed by it... The stock battery managed to hold 10% for 4 hours, that includes 2 email accounts on push, twitter and facebook once an hour and google+ on sync.
I am unsure if I believe this conditioning of a battery. So far its looking like I'll end up at 34% with 7 hours use again.
I will give it a fair chance til Saturday, then it will have had the first 5 full charges/discharges and if it is no good then, I will be demanding a refund.
So far stock battery has ~ 46% more capacity than the Mugen battery...
I can't believe I paid £30 for this...
I bought two new batteries, Mugen and Anker before 3 days.
I started with Anker and now I am in cycle 4, it is 16% after15 hours with more than normal use, I noticed that its performance increases with me.
I will start to use Mugen next week and write my feedback here.
Thanks for updating your feedback.
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Right, my battery just died. When it hit 10% I put it in power saver mode. I am still at work too.
9 hours and 45 minutes it took for this battery to go from 100% to 0%.
I know I shouldn't let it die or anything, but I didn't do anything to make it die, it's been sat on my desk all day lol... How annoying.
My Anker also died two times, one time it was 8% and died in 20 mins while the phone in sleep.
I think Mugen will perform better than Anker.
You have to adjust your setting to save your battery and also try to change the Rom that you use.
Good luck with Mugen.
Through 9 hours today, I've used about 40% of the battery life. that includes ~2 hours of on screen time, 3 hours of music, 5 of those hours with WiFi enabled/connected. A handful of texts, and a couple uses of the camera. Constant internet browsing otherwise while the screen was on.
Chances are you either got a fake/dud battery, or your phone is just chewing through it for some reason. The mugen is offering me incredible gains on what the original battery ever did.
I have an Anker battery 1900 and its pretty good. Took me 55hrs on 33% battery. But I will get mugen power soon and see how its goes.
I think you need to fully charged until 100% or leave it for 24hours.
Instead of following Mugen's instructions on leaving the phone on while charging, I've turned it off and charged for 12 hours. Checked voltage when I took it off charge this morning. 4.2v.
See picture from this morning's usage, I have been abusing it badly to see how the battery does.
What do you think?
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Maybe this can help you
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/user-guide
can some one with this battery report the life time here ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1425263
thanks
Who is the winner in autonomy between ANker 1900 and Mugen 1950 ?
I went into the battery usage details and looked at how much battery the screen was using; 48% or 224 mAH. At this point I had 75% battery, so I took half of the 25% that was used, which is 12.5%. If 12.5% of total battery capacity is 224 mAH, then the total battery capacity is 1792mAH?!?!?! That makes no sense at all, since my LG V10 has a 3000mAH cell, and even if there were errors it should not have been off by 40%.
Is there a reason for this, or do I need to recalibrate my battery or something?
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If you're rooted you can get a battery calibration app that will reset the stats file.
This phone is weird when it comes to batteries I have 3 different sizes of batteries a 3000 factory, 6500 and 9000...every time I switch batteries the stats and battery gauge is way off.
If I continue to use the battery like this it will turn off because it thinks the battery is drained. At this point I pull the back, pull the battery then reinsert it turn it back on I've magically got 40% battery left.
If you are not rooted I suggest draining the battery all the way down and then recharge it to see if it clears up this problem. When recharging don't use the phone and if you can charge it completely with the phone off.
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If you're rooted you can get a battery calibration app that will reset the stats file.
This phone is weird when it comes to batteries I have 3 different sizes of batteries a 3000 factory, 6500 and 9000...every time I switch batteries the stats and battery gauge is way off.
If I continue to use the battery like this it will turn off because it thinks the battery is drained. At this point I pull the back, pull the battery then reinsert it turn it back on I've magically got 40% battery left.
If you are not rooted I suggest draining the battery all the way down and then recharge it to see if it clears up this problem. When recharging don't use the phone and if you can charge it completely with the phone off.
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If I get root ; could I solve this issue?
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I'm having an issue with the battery level after a reboot that is fairly consistent and happens regardless of how much battery life I have left.
After a reboot the battery level will show a very low reading (anywhere from 1-10%) regardless of what the battery level was prior to the reboot. It's been as high as 98% before reboot.
If I plug it in to the charger again and immediately reboot, the battery will read a higher level again.
I've seen a battery not hold a charge, but am not sure that's it since plugging it back into a charger immediately increases the level by over 50%.
Anyone have any experience with this or know what the issue might be?
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The battery could be starting to fail. You could try Accubattery or other similar app to check the health of your battery. Has the phone seen heavy usage (charge/discharge), and/or exposure to high temperature?
It was a display model so it's definitely seen heavy usage. I'll have to check out accubattery.
Here's a screenshot of how the remaining battery life wildly fluctuates.
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That's the kind of thing that my Samsung Galaxy S3 used to do, until I replaced it with a Pixel about 6 weeks ago.
If you do replace the battery, I suggest using Battery Charge Limit to prevent charging above 60 or 70%.
I'm guessing you have the original battery which is 2 years old. I'd have it replaced.
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FYI, Google contracts with the UBreakIFix chain for repairs. They aren't in every town but they specialize in Google phone repairs.
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Before I consider getting the battery replaced, anyone think this could be software related?
I did a factory reset already and the problem still persists, but I still find it weird that the battery level would go up after a restart.
Today, with limited use the battery seemed ok and slowly went from full charge to 54%. I took a picture and the phone shutdown. On restart it was 8%. I charged it up to 62% and then restarted to see if it would drop again. After the restart it said it was at 85%.
I understand a bad battery not holding a charge or discharging very rapidly, but not showing an increase in remaining battery life.
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The whole concept of battery percentage is a fabrication to help us understand (and attempt to predict) how much longer a battery will last. Batteries have voltage and amperage. The amps are constant, but the voltage drops while the battery is being discharged. When a battery cell starts to fail, strange voltage fluctuations can take place. This confuses the algorithms which calculate battery percentage.
As a former display unit, your phone's battery likely stayed at 100% charge for months, including while being used. Keeping a rechargeable battery fuy charged for a long period of time is detrimental to its overall health.
Edit: Here is a great article on how to (and how not to) charge lithium-based batteries.