So I've bought a new battery for my nexus s and the problem is that it shuts down at around 40%, then when I plug it in it will show 0%. I looked around the forums and I have tried to calibrate the battery by resetting battery stats, draining it and then charging it to full. I have also gotten a replacement on the battery, still the same problem. The difference of these ones are that it is 1440 mAh and the original is 1500mAh. Does anyone have a suggestion to fix this problem?
Many thanks
What ROM and kernel are you using?
Either way, try a new or different ROM with a different kernel to see if does it on that one too.
Good luck
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I'm using XenonHd rom and marmite kernel , I'll try and flash a different rom later. Also I don't get the problem with my stock battery it just happens on the other one which is strange. But thanks I'll give your suggestion ago
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mrkevstr said:
I'm using XenonHd rom and marmite kernel , I'll try and flash a different rom later. Also I don't get the problem with my stock battery it just happens on the other one which is strange. But thanks I'll give your suggestion ago
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The battery could be a cheap knock off depending on where u bought it.
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vidaljs said:
The battery could be a cheap knock off depending on where u bought it.
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Yeah that's what I thought too, but another theory of mine is that its 60mAh different from the original so that have messed up battery meter on the phone, I've tried changing the kernel but still the same thing happens. I'll keep on trying to calibrate the battery meter to see if it makes any difference
Hi, it seems to be a bad "new" battery, anyway, to be sure, try to have a look which of your apps are running in the background, try to find if such app can cause a huge battery drain.
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And also, it seems your signal from the your operator is not very stable (=battery drain) - try to switch 2G only, try to switch-of wifi, on your screenshot - the battery collapse comes at 70% (?)
Update, I have just installed a new rom and kernel, and I think it is just a extremely inaccurate battery reading as it would also turn off at 40% on the battery icon in the status bar ( The graph shows that it dies off at a higher battery percentage which I'm not sure why". But after it dies, I can turn it back on and it would still have some battery life left, approximately another 20 mins of usage before it goes completely flat. So I think wiping the cache/davlik or installing the new rom made a slight difference.
'pgcz' The huge battery drain you may see from the battery graph is not battery drain, but it is me using the phone, playing apps etc. until it turns off so I can get a screen shot to upload onto here but thank you
I will keep on trying the battery calibration method I've found which hopefully would help, otherwise I'll just leave the situation as it is and keep the battery as a backup one
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Update, I have just installed a new rom and kernel, and I think it is just a extremely inaccurate battery reading as it would also turn off at 40% on the battery icon in the status bar ( The graph shows that it dies off at a higher battery percentage which I'm not sure why". But after it dies, I can turn it back on and it would still have some battery life left, approximately another 20 mins of usage before it goes completely flat. So I think wiping the cache/davlik or installing the new rom made a slight difference.
'pgcz' The huge battery drain you may see from the battery graph is not battery drain, but it is me using the phone, playing apps etc. until it turns off so I can get a screen shot to upload onto here but thank you
I will keep on trying the battery calibration method I've found which hopefully would help, otherwise I'll just leave the situation as it is and keep the battery as a backup one
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ok, I understood your graph now, anywat, if you are going to run new rom and kernel, I can recommend rom Jelly Shot v.3.2 (or upper) with Marmite 8.4 CM kernel
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my lg g2x drains my battery when turned off
the most previous experience was last night when i had my battery at 39 percent when i turned it off the next morning when i turned it on it was at 19%...
At first i thought it was the faux's DebouchedSloth (the one with the funky readings) so i paid no mind to it. (i just left it on during the night in airplane mode, which actually gave me better battery life) Later, i flashed the trinity kernel, only to find out the same thing happens
what do i do?
im running the latest cm7 kang build from baldwinguy77 with trinity kernel T15max 20122011 if thats any help.
thanks in advance
try a "battery calibration"
let it drain out completely and then let it charge 1 to 2 hours extra after it has reached 100%. worth a shot but i doubt it will help
or try wiping battery status in recovery
also, set up setCPU with profiles
Hmm.. I wonder how the battery drains even though it is off? o_o
Did you try turning it off, than remove the battery and put it back in? And see if it drains.
For me, my battery drains 0% overnight on airplane mode.
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my lg g2x drains my battery when turned off
the most previous experience was last night when i had my battery at 39 percent when i turned it off the next morning when i turned it on it was at 19%...
At first i thought it was the faux's DebouchedSloth (the one with the funky readings) so i paid no mind to it. (i just left it on during the night in airplane mode, which actually gave me better battery life) Later, i flashed the trinity kernel, only to find out the same thing happens
what do i do?
im running the latest cm7 kang build from baldwinguy77 with trinity kernel T15max 20122011 if thats any help.
thanks in advance
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I just want to make sure when you say you turned your phone off you mean you shut it down right? I'm just trying to get a answer out of the way because I have seen so many post go a long way only to find out the original post misinterpreted a phrase. If it was in sleep mode a 20% battery drain isn't terrible. I've seen better and worse. If it's draining while it's shut off then I ask are you using the stock battery? It seems to be a big issue and I could easily see it leaking energy while off or giving misread.
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try a "battery calibration"
let it drain out completely and then let it charge 1 to 2 hours extra after it has reached 100%. worth a shot but i doubt it will help
or try wiping battery status in recovery
also, set up setCPU with profiles
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there was an article on the xda homepage posted not that long ago. it was about how battery calabration doesnt effect battery life, but only the battery graph found under settings. basicaly it said that the batterystats.bin file only has to do with that battery graph, it tells the phone whats been eating the battery. here it the link if you want to read the article:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
anyways back to the point. nope i calibrated my battery a few days ago, so it didnt help
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Hmm.. I wonder how the battery drains even though it is off? o_o
Did you try turning it off, than remove the battery and put it back in? And see if it drains.
For me, my battery drains 0% overnight on airplane mode.
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i dont know... and i used to leave it on overnight in airplane mode too with faux's kernel, it drained alot less leaving it on over night then turning it off. but the thing is, leaving you phone on for too long makes it sluggish, so i want to turn it off once in a while to help make it more snappy. I wanted to try that with trinity kernel, but ya thats not really working lool
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I just want to make sure when you say you turned your phone off you mean you shut it down right? I'm just trying to get a answer out of the way because I have seen so many post go a long way only to find out the original post misinterpreted a phrase. If it was in sleep mode a 20% battery drain isn't terrible. I've seen better and worse. If it's draining while it's shut off then I ask are you using the stock battery? It seems to be a big issue and I could easily see it leaking energy while off or giving misread.
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yupp it was shut down. i turned it off. i dont know why it drains whens its shut down :/
battery drain
for me my phone has none of the problems that most g2x,s do until i use any faux's kernel,s all rom combos all correct faux's kernel combos don't know why wasn't always that way
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for me my phone has none of the problems that most g2x,s do until i use any faux's kernel,s all rom combos all correct faux's kernel combos don't know why wasn't always that way
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I don't know what that has to do with anything and I would suggest trinity
Anyone?
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I would suggest trying a new battery first. I purchased a couple of 3rd party batteries for $20. If it still drains while the phone is OFF, you have some sort of internal hardware problem.
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I would suggest trying a new battery first. I purchased a couple of 3rd party batteries for $20. If it still drains while the phone is OFF, you have some sort of internal hardware problem.
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okay thanks thats what iv been guessing too
NeKr0MAtiK said:
I would suggest trying a new battery first. I purchased a couple of 3rd party batteries for $20. If it still drains while the phone is OFF, you have some sort of internal hardware problem.
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okay thanks thats what iv been guessing too
sometimes it's the ROM, i've tried EaglesBlood, PheonixBlood and i get above then norm battery life. I'm on Xboard's OTA and my battery life is sweet
i'm having the same issue as well even when using 2 different batteries and an external charger (for the battery itself).
'normal' drain on the eaglesblood AOSP is about 20% an hour and when I turn off the phone, remove the battery, put it back in, and turn it back on after an hour, the battery drains till it's almost empty!
maxesxp, did the new batteries work? or was it some combination of rom + kernel that did the trick for you?
Weird I just thoughts about looking for this cause I had this happen for the first time. I was at 40% had no charger around so turned the phone off, turned it on the next morning and was at 2% effing weird!
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My phone does this too. Some days it will drain only a percent or two and others it will drain like 20-30%. From what I can tell the kernel or something is not turning everything off on the phone. Try turning your phone off the next time you do and remove the battery and then when you go to turn it on put the battery back in and see if it drained then. If it did then it is a problem with the battery and if not it is a problem with the phone. If it is the phone there is not much you can do about that, sorry.
Hi I have HTC Sensation, and 1,5 ghz kernel, dar forest rom. And I calibrate battery, and I am after few cycles, becouse some says that after flashing new rom, u must wait a couple o cycle to battery to be good. And my battery last about 19 hour with about 3,5 hour screen on. Is it good or bad, and what can I do if its bad
Hi,
If you are using a data plan and sync data, try increasing the frequency interval or use manual sync. Saves Battery.
Good or bad?
But, how do you guys think is it good battery life, medium or bad?
Its average
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nyorbee said:
But, how do you guys think is it good battery life, medium or bad?
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I'd agree with average. One thing you can do is install 'CurrentWidget' from the Android market and place the widget on your homescreen. Change the refresh interval to 10 seconds, turn the screen off and then wait around a minute for the phone to settle. After a while, turn the screen on again and look at the reading the widget gives. It should be around 3-5mA (that's what I get on my HD2). If it isn't you may want to try turning off different wireless things and anything you think may cause high battery drain. Turning off background data is a MUST, you have to turn it back on to use the market but with background data off I get 3-5mA whilst with it on I get around 20mA. It doesn't stop you using data, just turns off some unnecessary syncing. Despite the pathetic 1230 mah battery in my HD2, I can easily use it for a whole school day (including music on the way to school and gaming for about 20 mins before registration) and have around 40% left by the end of the day. I charge it every night anyway but it's reassuring to know it can last me that extra day if I need it. Hope this helps
if somtimes play games, music... it's normal but if you sometimes call or sms it's not good
ok
Than what is good?
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Its average
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average like other said..if you dont do nothing but calls and sms and it lasts like that..that would be bad..more use=more battery drain.
Try using wifi as often as possible. Also 3g is a much better battery saver than using WiMAX. Also the Tiamat SBC 4.1.0 kernerl is amazing on saving battery life! And it even works with the ICS roms.
19 hours of battery life sounds reasonable to me considering that the sensation is a dual core phone.
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Oh and by the way I've recently come across articles that actually say recalibrating (wiping battery stats) your battery doesn't actually do much.
I'd rather try to avoid over charging to prolong your battery life (pull out the charger as soon as it touches 100%) and try to use it til you're out of juice instead of constantly charging.
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19 hours of battery life sounds reasonable to me considering that the sensation is a dual core phone.
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Oh and by the way I've recently come across articles that actually say recalibrating (wiping battery stats) your battery doesn't actually do much.
I'd rather try to avoid over charging to prolong your battery life (pull out the charger as soon as it touches 100%) and try to use it til you're out of juice instead of constantly charging.
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I read somewhere, that for Li-Ion battery is no difference, that u charge it when its empty or little bit at the time.
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Try using wifi as often as possible. Also 3g is a much better battery saver than using WiMAX. Also the Tiamat SBC 4.1.0 kernerl is amazing on saving battery life! And it even works with the ICS roms.
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Yes, but with Tiamat SBC 4.1.0 kernerl i dont have 1,5 ghz. And also I never flashing kernel alone. Always it goes with roms. Can I change kernel without reinstaling rom?
Battery drains has many situation, as little information you provide, it's hard to figure out how and what makes this happened.
Maybe you can check how many apps running on the background, or services still running while shouldn't run.
Or, tell you what, you also can flash your ROM to a stable one like ARHD's rom.
my 2 cents
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Battery drains has many situation, as little information you provide, it's hard to figure out how and what makes this happened.
Maybe you can check how many apps running on the background, or services still running while shouldn't run.
Or, tell you what, you also can flash your ROM to a stable one like ARHD's rom.
my 2 cents
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I am using darkforest rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423684 tell me why ARHD is better rom, I had it for 5 minutes, but shame that this rom dontt have such simple stuff as Stock % Battery, and advanced power menu and quick settings. Ho do you think why ARHD is better than dark forrest, what are the main differences?
my NS4G with MIUI 2.6.1 and Matrix 20.0 Kernal goes to 98% as soon as i pull off the charger. if i use it for 45 minutes unplugged its dead. if i use it while its plugged in, it will die!
should i get a new battery?
Yeah that doesn't happen to me... I would try a full wipe and reflash the same ROM (or a different one) and reflash kernel.
If that doesn't work then I would try another battery because that drain seems abnormal
I just wanted to say that I have been having similar battery problems. Using the exact same ROM and Kernel as the OP, today my phone died within 6 hours of use, with the screen having been on for no more than 50 minutes. I also turned off data, and sync during this time, and had my screen's brightness at the minimum.
I've wiped and flashed AOKP b-38 today, and the consumption seems to be much better.
Any thing to help?
thought i was the only one.
is it the kernal?
or is it because its time for a new battery?
How could I test to find out which it is...
Swap kernels. Probably easiest way to test.
Very possible its just an old worn out battery.
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hoping its just an old battery.
ive switched to CM9 / TouchWiz mod thinking it might be the ROM
im going to use the stock kernal from CM9 for a day to see if i could tell a difference.
ordered a new battery anyways.
saw on a forum somewhere a guy complaining about this problem since he switched to ICS ROMs .. hopefully thats not the case because i LOVE 4.0.X
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Yeah that doesn't happen to me... I would try a full wipe and reflash the same ROM (or a different one) and reflash kernel.
If that doesn't work then I would try another battery because that drain seems abnormal
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same problem, switched from MIUI to CM9 ... still using Matrix 20.0
Try wiping battery stats
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If it were processes/functionality causing your battery drain, that quick, the phone would be piping hot at the same time!
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Try wiping battery stats
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No. Why would that have any effect on anything?
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If it were processes/functionality causing your battery drain, that quick, the phone would be piping hot at the same time!
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yes, the screen also gets EXTREMELY hot!
Well in that case, what have you got installed? If you have apps constantly syncing, that could be part of the problem. What are your battery stats saying is using the most battery? My phone gets warm, but as expected since its being used. If its not being used,it could be a rogue app or the phone could be constantly searching for a good signal.
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i have barely any apps.
i only have facebook, xda, sportscenter and instagram installed besides GApps.
i have the problem even before i download apps as i just flashed CM9
also its so bad, that if i start using my battery when its @ 10% PLUGGED IN, it will eventually die on me. even though its charging..
Hello, I'm currently running cm 9, however the battery life is just awful
When the phone is on sleep it loses like 1 percent every 5-10 minutes
I am using an extended battery as well, please tell me what to do I was on GB before and the battery was outstanding, I could go on one charge the whole day with heavy usage, now i dont think I can make it through the day with light usage on this
thank you
EDIT: This could be a sleep problem, because when the device is on, the battery is normal
If you flashed the Feb 27 cm9 you should flash proton kernel so you can watch videos. Battery life isn't as good as gb no matter what you do. Also give it some time to settle in. It takes more than a couple hours.
alright thank you... I just flashed the newest version of cm9 a few hours ago, I was flashing a bunch of roms and this one seemed the best... do you know how to force a device into deep sleep cause that seems to be the problem i believe
OK I was just on 20 percent, then i rebooted my phone, and now im on 2 percent... im seriously considering going back to gb
Sounds more like a battery thing? With CM9.? + Proton I'm getting at least a day* with light use. Maybe a bad app or combo of apps? What does BBS say is eating the charge?
* - I say at least a day because I can't not use it for that long.
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Stuck on hold said:
Sounds more like a battery thing? With CM9.? + Proton I'm getting at least a day* with light use. Maybe a bad app or combo of apps? What does BBS say is eating the charge?
* - I say at least a day because I can't not use it for that long.
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just the screen and the android system... very interesting thing though is happening
I'm running a bunch of quadrants to get the battery down to 0, and the battery is all the way down to 1%, however it's been on 1% for like 6 quadrant tests... maybe its just a problem with the indicator, however another indicator also says it's at 1%... very interesting
If you are on CM9, I suggest you flash Hefe or Proton.
I use Hefe because according to the posts being made it puts your phone into deep sleep, which means longer battery life.
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OK I was just on 20 percent, then i rebooted my phone, and now im on 2 percent... im seriously considering going back to gb
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Definitely a battery problem. This happens to me on one of my batteries but not on another. Time to buy a new one. I haven't tested it fully but it does appear to be just a display issue. Sometimes the bad battery will make the phone display 1% but it will still act as if it had way more than 1% charge left. I haven't done any testing on that regard but that's what it appears to do.
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Definitely a battery problem. This happens to me on one of my batteries but not on another. Time to buy a new one. I haven't tested it fully but it does appear to be just a display issue. Sometimes the bad battery will make the phone display 1% but it will still act as if it had way more than 1% charge left. I haven't done any testing on that regard but that's what it appears to do.
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I don't believe it to be a battery problem, because I've been on GB with absolutely no problems and exceptional battery... I just upgraded to ics not long ago, and the battery life instantly screwed up
Have you set the cpu governor to anything silly like performance?
Have you let it charge up fully at least once?
Search xda for "better battery stats" app, use it to see if you're getting deep sleep.
Flash hefe over release 8 and youll have a little better battery. Proton doesnt deep sleep
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Proton DOES deep sleep. That was one of its major features.
Certain scheduler/governor combinations work better on different kernels, though. If the specific one you like most sleeps better on Hefe, great. If the one you like does best on Proton, great. Just be aware that most issues are either physical or user-inflicted...
In this case, your battery is almost certainly dying. The variance in power over a reboot is a definite tell that your battery is probably swollen. If you can spin it on a table, the cells are starting to die. This does not mean you can't keep using it, but it does mean that your battery life will be irregular. It also means that you'll have significantly "higher" battery levels if you reboot the phone with external power connected, but the battery will discharge very quickly if it hasn't actually reached whatever level it believes it should be at.
Bought a new battery
Used NamelessRom for a two days, and now my battery goes down to 50% normally, after 50% the screen goes black and phone power offu
If I try to power on, can't get even the screen on. Connect the phone to charger, boots up at 0%, instead of 50%
Go back to stock, and tried to calibrate the battery in any ways posible (supercharger scritps, leaving the phone all night charging, battery stats erased) and no luck
The voltage of the battery full charged is 4180mv (the highest value I have reached) and the minium with 0% es 3476mv
What happened?
PD: Also recieved a DM from @kael.yagami and he said the 4.4 roms have messed up with two of his batteries too.
Greetings;
I've never tested the nameless rom. And i got the same problem.
And yes.. I also had a 4.4 rom before.
Yesterday i tried:
delete the battery stats under cwm; installed "battery calibration" application.
Charged the device until full; pressed "battery calibration" button (inside the app; then gave an exaustive use to my device so i could drain my battery faster; charged the device again and so far seems ok. Im going to give another exaustive use to see how it behaves.
I also noticed (yesterday) that at reboot battery percentage gets mad by displaying:
i.e last night from about 50% (52% to be precise) to 5% instantly just with a reboot.
I went: wtf!?
I am using DDLF2 rom.
There may exist an explanation for this.
But it is too much coincidence to be the 3rd person that has installed a 4.4 rom.
It is possible though...
A rom that was designed for specific hardware/devices can make different harware and battery usage.
Due to that reason it lead me to try some alternatives.
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I used kk roms in my sl since the beggining and dont have problem with battery. Its your new battery original? May be you dont know that wiping battery stats.bin you are misscalibrating your battery, thats why you have wrong indication level. Read a bit about that.
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I always thought battery stats were only "Battery Usage Information".
Didn't knew that it could mess the calibration. Wich Acording to this website:
http://m.androidcentral.com/wiping-battery-stats-doesnt-improve-battery-life-says-google-engineer
There are no effects on battery. And like i said: status info only.
I've been searching for that but couldnt find info regarding de-calibration when batterystats is deleted.
I actually do it whenever i flash a new rom. Never had a problem until now. But i dont believe it is due to the Battery stats.
Wakelocks maybe?
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Ok i found my missing part of this in wich i didnt knew.
It is confirmed that battery stats stores information.
By deleting the battery stats there is no harm for your battery.
What happens when you delete the battery stats is you will delete all the infomation the battery uses to perform better.
Erasing battery stats and
Recalibrating is good when you flash a different rom. But not necessary.
The catch is whenever you delete the stats you will have to let the stats be build again. And that will take several days (if not weeks or months of charges).
Only then battery will perform on its best.
I can confirm this fact with my other phone.
It started to last 5 times longer than the day i bought it.
In this case to be precise since the last batterystats. (it was in January).
I dare to say that my other device lasts until the very last bit of battery. Wich is awsome!
Note that you can recalibrate by letting your device discharge completely (until it wont even turn on); charge it untill 100%; done.
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