Well, I dont use my phone often because I use my Xperia but when I do, I charge it to full battery, then I turn it off, as you do to save battery, but next time a turn it on, it wont turn on causing me to plug it in, and Flat Battery! Do I need a new battery or should I try flashing a new ROM?
Thanks!
BTW Im using the Factory Battery that came with the phone
AzNTypeR said:
Well, I dont use my phone often because I use my Xperia but when I do, I charge it to full battery, then I turn it off, as you do to save battery, but next time a turn it on, it wont turn on causing me to plug it in, and Flat Battery! Do I need a new battery or should I try flashing a new ROM?
Thanks!
BTW Im using the Factory Battery that came with the phone
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Try with reflashing roms and if you see that its still flating that buy a new battery
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Happened to me once. Here's what I did -
Charged the battery, let it drain totally. Then removed the battery. Without the battery pressed the power button. Then put the battery and tried it.
If not, check whether the battery has bluged or the cover is not fitting well. If yes then you need a battery. If no then you need to flash a new rom.
WATCH OUT! Before flashing a rom, charge the battery without switching on your phone. (When the phone is off connect to the charger and you will see a battery charging animation.) Even if it says, charged, keep on charging cause you don't want the phone to shutdown while flashing. That may hard brick the phone.
I've Flashed A New ROM, Lets See if I Have The Same Problems
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There have been about eleventeen thousand questions across multiple threads on how to calibrate the battery properly...figured it probably should be a sticky in here if possible.
You have to know how to get into Recovery mode. You can do this with Quickboot when the phone is on, or the powered off phone method:
1. Power off phone or pull battery and replace.
2. Hold all three of these buttons down: Vol-Down, Camera button (lower left as you look at the phone) and Power on button).
3. You will see a small graphical menu come up. Most of us are using Clockwork, so I will focus on that - it will be a green menu.
For the battery wipe, Go to Advanced, navigate the menu with the vol up/down keys, and select using the camera button.
There are three ways so far:
The Drain Way:
1. Drain it down until fully dead.
2. Charge normally to full.
3. Reboot to Clockwork recovery and wipe battery stats (under advanced, on second page), reboot phone.
4. Turn everything on, flashlight, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Pandora, the whole nine, to quickly drain it completely dead.
5. Charge normally to full.
The Powered Off Charge way:
1. Charge your phone 100% while it’s on
2. Unplug it from the charger, power off, then charge it up to 100% with it in a powered off state.
3. Unplug charger from phone. Power it on, and then charge it to 100% while the phone is on.
4. Unplug the charger and then reboot into Clockwork, go to advanced and clear the battery stats.
5. Power on, charge to full, and then enjoy.
Third option (thanks squshy 7), I paraphrased it and wrote it out a bit for ease.
Maybe we can call it the Mr. Miagi Charge way....aka Power On, Power Off, Charge On, Charge Off way lol
(the parentheses are the state of the phone)
1. Start with the phone powered on.
2. (Phone on) Charge battery until the LED turns blue
3. (Phone on) Unplug the phone from the charger, wait until the LED turns off
4. Power off the phone.
5. (Phone off) Plug the adapter into the phone, charge it up until the LED turns blue
6. (Phone off) Unplug, wait until the LED turns off
7. Power the phone on.
8. Wait until the phone is booted back up all the way, and then power it off again
9. (Phone off) Plug the adapter into the phone, charge it up until the LED turns blue.
10. Boot the phone into recovery mode
11. Go to Advanced, and then choose Wipe Battery Stats.
12. Power the phone on and use normally.
Still a noob, but what would exactly need you to have to Calibrate Battery? Also what exactly does it do for the user?
P.S I'm sure I could look this up but it would be nice to see it in your thread for others to see
turtlenator694 said:
Still a noob, but what would exactly need you to have to Calibrate Battery? Also what exactly does it do for the user?
P.S I'm sure I could look this up but it would be nice to see it in your thread for others to see
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Well it's really a matter of semantics...you're not calibrating the battery, per say...it's actually calibrating how android is reading the battery. (these phones use Li-ion batteries, which don't use memory, so they themselves never actually need "calibrated" like some older types of rechargeables)
But...as far as what this means to you, its kind of a big deal! It improves battery life in letting android know when your battery is actually at 100%. When flashing new kernels and ROMs, its very likely that the phone will read your battery at full, when in reality its probably less. So it would seem like your phone isn't getting as good battery life (when in actuality it just hasn't been charged fully but you don't know that because android reads it as full because it hasn't been calibrated )
also, without a calibration, you might notice your battery gauge draining oddly...for example, you might see it quickly drop from 100 to 89, then drop steadily to 72, and then hang for a while at 71 (these are all just made up numbers)
so it means alot! but everybody has different methods and i've never seen anything officially released by spring or samsung to confirm methods...
I will say this though...I've read plenty about how since these Li-ion batteries don't have memory, the DRAINING method, while maybe correctly calibrating your battery, actually HURT the long-term life of your battery.
so heres what ive always done:
(the parentheses are the state of the phone)
(phone on) charge battery till LED blue
(phone on) unplug, wait till LED off
[POWER OFF]
(phone off) plug in, wait till LED blue
(phone off) Unplug, wait till LED off
[POWER ON]
When completely booted, power off again
(phone off) plug in wait till LED blue,
boot into recovery, wipe battery stats
unplug, reboot phone and use
it's always worked so try it out
Actually I'm pretty sure it doesn't fully charge to prevent over charge.. and the whole deal with you guys chargings 2-3 times after the light turns blue is just killing the life of your battery.
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My question why is this in devolpment?
Fyi: both methos work but the complete drain does kill battery life. The pluging in multiable times dont. Android nows wheb to stop charging the battery to prevent over charge.
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something must be wrong....
With my battery because I've done the above procedure and my battery doesn't even last 5 hours. Its starting to get annoying. Any ideas?
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Actually I'm pretty sure it doesn't fully charge to prevent over charge.. and the whole deal with you guys chargings 2-3 times after the light turns blue is just killing the life of your battery.
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If it can stop at 92 percent to prevent overcharging, then it can do the same thing when it reaches 100 percent, no matter how many times you plug it in.
I don't know of many, if any li ion battery packs made today that don't have circuitry in them that prevents overcharging.
I put it in development because when you load roms, generally battery is a big concern. I cant tell you how many times ive searched for the same topic all over, I just figured it would be as helpful to others as it would have been to me had it been here and been a stickie at the top.
I've always thought battery calibration was more of a placebo effect, but I have no data either way. On a related note, here's an interesting article about battery stats and charging that was posted a week or so ago:
Android Police: Your Battery Gauge is Lying to You...
Having a battery keep at a full 100% for a long time is not good for li-on batteries. The 10% between 90 and 100% is basically used as a safety buffer. That's why the charge drops between 100 and 90 is much faster than the drops from 80 to 0. even though there ways to increase the actual capacity of the battery by using the methods above, you will still see a quicker drop from full to 90 almost instantly after unplugging the charger. I am in no way saying that those methods don't work in helping the phone read the actual charge of the battery, but they do help increase capacity a little bit. by rearranging the electrons in the battery. There actually is an article on google and on xda that backs it up. I'll try finding it
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Thank you a ton for posting this. Ive been trying to find a good thread on this all over the place and there never seems to be one. So thanks again.
will the "Drain Battery" way work with a droid1 with the default battery?
doublea500 said:
will the "Drain Battery" way work with a droid1 with the default battery?
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Will work on any android device
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Will work on any android device
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thanks believed it or not, you really helped me
mysteryemotionz said:
My question why is this in devolpment?
Fyi: both methos work but the complete drain does kill battery life. The pluging in multiable times dont. Android nows wheb to stop charging the battery to prevent over charge.
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Lol.. wow alright.
Yes COMPLETELY draining a battery is really bad for a battery; infact if you do so you may end up with a 'bricked' battery.
But the phone also knows not to 'over drain' so with the method of clearing batt stats there's no harm done..actually. allowing your phone to die before charging is healthier than plugging it in before it dies.
I won't argue on the other note anymore; well simply because I don't know enough to continue just know I won't be taking that path
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Thanks for the response. But also if you have a separate charger because you have multiple batteries, do you need to have to go through any of this? Or will the charger charge them to their true full state?
It will charge them to 100%. You'll notice it holds 100% for a lot longer.
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The only thing that needs to be done to calibrate the battery is either flash at full charge or charge to full then delete batterystats, all this drain to dead and charge this way and that is pointless, though u will all argue otherwise, pointlessy
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Yes thank you very much! I'm gonna give this a shot probably tonight after the Christmas Eve service and see what happens.
You should definitely add that NONE of this matters if your first usages out of the battery aren't proper. When you get the phone, you need to kill the battery before charging.. charge for 10-12 hours w/the phone off or in a dock, kill battery.. repeat 2 more times to condition the battery physically.
Hi,
i got this weird problem in my XT720
the battery icon is showing "?" and its not charging using any means i.e. wall charger/USB.
Battery monitor service is running,market apps can read the battery status(battery gauge,android asistant).
where can be the problem with battery or phone ?
kindly help..
This happened to me. Just try reflashing wat ever rom ur on And ur should fix ur problem. What Sis u do for this to accur.
easye420 said:
This happened to me. Just try reflashing wat ever rom ur on And ur should fix ur problem. What Sis u do for this to accur.
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I had nandroid restored of wanhu's rom from khalpowers.
it was working fine,suddenly this problem occured.
then i restored to rusmod,khalpowers but no change.
note that USB port is working i could connect memory card storage to pc well.
I took off the battery when it was at 40% last night.
and when i put it back in the morning it was dead.
connecting to charger shows big battery icon with "?".later on only the 4 leds up.
will have to check for new battery then only i can use rsdlite flash.
This has happened to me back in Feb. My theory is the phone gets confused about how charged the battery is and enforces some mechanism to protect the battery incorrectly. The way I got out of it is to start it charging and watch carefully to keep it from booting. Every time it starts to autoboot, yank the battery and put it back. Repeat this for a few hours. Then do the battery calibration proceedure. I eventually got a wall charger and an extra battery because I got sick of this game and flashing ROMs seems to make it happen often (I do a lot of flashing ).
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This has happened to me back in Feb. My theory is the phone gets confused about how charged the battery is and enforces some mechanism to protect the battery incorrectly. The way I got out of it is to start it charging and watch carefully to keep it from booting. Every time it starts to autoboot, yank the battery and put it back. Repeat this for a few hours. Then do the battery calibration proceedure. I eventually got a wall charger and an extra battery because I got sick of this game and flashing ROMs seems to make it happen often (I do a lot of flashing ).
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Yes i connected it to wall charger,leds lit up.half an hour later phone booted.
the market battery app showed 5% battery but phone notified connect charger and went off.
what if it charged to full and phone behaves the same.then how battery calibration will be done.cannot delete the battery bin file then.
can we delete files using openrecovery?
Mioze7Ae said:
flashing ROMs seems to make it happen often (I do a lot of flashing ).
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when we get new rom published every week/fortnight we are supposed to do that.
but my flash count is negligible compared to you
So my phone doesn't want to charge when it drops down past like 40% and when I try to charge it when it completely drains it just turns on instead. The only way I get a charge is when I take the battery out and let it sit for a bit but now that's not working, I'm going to try and leave it for a couple of hours and then try but this is really annoying and I have tried a new battery and no difference, phone simply doesn't want to charge
Has this happened to anyone before?
Try a new charger
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tried many chargers lol its very strange like my phone is off and as soon as I plug in the cable the phone turns on, but doesn't charge...
Hello, try to load it via USB, or a phone reset (factory setting), there must be a program kidding.
If your phone is flashing, the places of origin, and try again.
Have you touched the wipe of your battery ?
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So my phone doesn't want to charge when it drops down past like 40% and when I try to charge it when it completely drains it just turns on instead. The only way I get a charge is when I take the battery out and let it sit for a bit but now that's not working, I'm going to try and leave it for a couple of hours and then try but this is really annoying and I have tried a new battery and no difference, phone simply doesn't want to charge
Has this happened to anyone before?
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What ROM ru using? And what kernel is it using?
Does it have a fast charge option?
Either way, flash back to a GB rom that was stable for u and charge while off. Then turn it on to recovery and from there wipe battery stats.
U should be good.
There's more but first see if this solves the issue
Vs Nexus S 4G
Try cleaning the USB port and or replacing the battery.
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I'm using a Verizon SIII rooted with the bootloader unlocked. This problem just showed up today. I put the phone on the charger at 13% then, more than 2 hours later still on the charger my phone drops to 8%. I want to restore to from a Nandroid but I'm afraid the phone will die out before it can finish. What should I do?
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I'm using a Verizon SIII rooted with the bootloader unlocked. This problem just showed up today. I put the phone on the charger at 13% then, more than 2 hours later still on the charger my phone drops to 8%. I want to restore to from a Nandroid but I'm afraid the phone will die out before it can finish. What should I do?
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Sounds like either your phone was not charging at all, your battery has gone completely bad, or your phone is not reporting the battery stats correctly. Try a different outlet? Use an external charger? Different cable?
What all have you tried? I.E. changing wall plugs, doing a battery pull that kind of stuff.
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I got this phone quite recently. I hope the battery isn't bad. But the battery is charging, or at least the phone thinks it is because my red LED is on indicating the phone is charging. It may be data related as I turned airplane mode and power saving on and its now charging. I'll be able to restore to a Nandroid soon and hopefully whatever is causing my problem will go away. Anyway have any other idea what could have happened?
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I got this phone quite recently. I hope the battery isn't bad. But the battery is charging, or at least the phone thinks it is because my red LED is on indicating the phone is charging. It may be data related as I turned airplane mode and power saving on and its now charging. I'll be able to restore to a Nandroid soon and hopefully whatever is causing my problem will go away. Anyway have any other idea what could have happened?
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Well it really depends what your charging it with. If its not getting enough power from a certain outlet or power source then it might burn juice faster than its taking in.
Neverendingxsin said:
Well it really depends what your charging it with. If its not getting enough power from a certain outlet or power source then it might burn juice faster than its taking in.
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I used the same outlet I always have. I'll try another one.
Neverendingxsin said:
Well it really depends what your charging it with. If its not getting enough power from a certain outlet or power source then it might burn juice faster than its taking in.
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I took this for you guys if it helps. Normally my screen is what takes the most of my battery. Now however, its the android system. Any ideas?
Undivided said:
I got this phone quite recently. I hope the battery isn't bad.
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I got my GS3 Tuesday and i had to replace mine Friday because it was dead and wouldn't take a charge so it might be your battery.
Why don't you shut the phone off and then charge it. Then restore your back up.
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Hi all i recently bought a htc sensationand it was on a custom rom cm10 its rooted and all that good stuff but now theres just one problem! the phone takes forever to charge!or if i reboot it it will say charged. also when im out and about and listening to music or whatever the phone drains the battery so fast. all i want to know if its a problem with the phone itself or can i fix this myself
mostly i want to fix the battery draining so quickly.HELP PLEASE!
I think the issue is with your battery..
Your battery need to be replaced..
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ruefrancis said:
Hi all i recently bought a htc sensationand it was on a custom rom cm10 its rooted and all that good stuff but now theres just one problem! the phone takes forever to charge!or if i reboot it it will say charged. also when im out and about and listening to music or whatever the phone drains the battery so fast. all i want to know if its a problem with the phone itself or can i fix this myself
mostly i want to fix the battery draining so quickly.HELP PLEASE!
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First off, I agree with Anumunir. Replace the battery. It's a used phone. The slow charging is an indicator that the battery is old and worn out. Good batteries are cheap (Search for Anker on Amazon or eBay and that's what you want)
However, the issue with the phone jumping to 100% is adding to your problems. That's kind of normal....but it can be minimized. The problem this creates is that the phone thinks it's at 100% so it shuts off the power circuit to the battery so it stops charging. But it's not at 100%. It's at like 70%. So after you unplug, it quickly starts dropping to what the actual charge is. So it looks like it's draining fast.
Here's how you minimize this...
Frist, get the new battery..because why not?
Second, drain the battery until the phone shuts off. Restart it, plug it in, and let it charge all the way. Don't reboot. Don't mess with it. Just let it charge. When it gets to 100%, keep letting it charge more for another hour.
Third, use the phone until it drains all the way down and shuts off again. Play videos or a graphically intensve game if you need to in order to burn the battery down. Don't reboot it until you use up the battery.
Fourt, plug it in and recharge it all the way back up again. Now it should be smoothed out a bit so you don't get those big battery jumps on reboot.
Don't bother with 'battery calibration' apps or wiping battery stats that someone will repond to you thread with. They don't do anything. It's an urban myth.
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First off, I agree with Anumunir. Replace the battery. It's a used phone. The slow charging is an indicator that the battery is old and worn out. Good batteries are cheap (Search for Anker on Amazon or eBay and that's what you want)
However, the issue with the phone jumping to 100% is adding to your problems. That's kind of normal....but it can be minimized. The problem this creates is that the phone thinks it's at 100% so it shuts off the power circuit to the battery so it stops charging. But it's not at 100%. It's at like 70%. So after you unplug, it quickly starts dropping to what the actual charge is. So it looks like it's draining fast.
Here's how you minimize this...
Frist, get the new battery..because why not?
Second, drain the battery until the phone shuts off. Restart it, plug it in, and let it charge all the way. Don't reboot. Don't mess with it. Just let it charge. When it gets to 100%, keep letting it charge more for another hour.
Third, use the phone until it drains all the way down and shuts off again. Play videos or a graphically intensve game if you need to in order to burn the battery down. Don't reboot it until you use up the battery.
Fourt, plug it in and recharge it all the way back up again. Now it should be smoothed out a bit so you don't get those big battery jumps on reboot.
Don't bother with 'battery calibration' apps or wiping battery stats that someone will repond to you thread with. They don't do anything. It's an urban myth.
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Well the original battery is the original so i got one of amazon and it still does that
Still the same?
ruefrancis said:
Well the original battery is the original so i got one of amazon and it still does that
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Ey mate, I have the same problem. My battery is fully charged after ten hours or more. I cant afford to buy a new one, so, what did you do with yours¿?