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I have read several articles in where people use different methods to charge theyr battery.Maybe it has been talken in XDA too but i havent found nothing that regards charging
How do u charge the battery ?U keep the level from 90 % to 50 % and once a month u fully discharge and than fully charge ?
Or u fully charge it after it shuts off cause of low battery?
Thanks
I'm a bit of a battery abuser, I tend to charge randomly when I think it will be under heavy load such as long drive in the car listening to music I will plug it in with my cigarette usb adapter thingy..
Most other times just plug it into my laptop. My habit for discharging and turning it on until it dont turn back on is maybe every couple weeks to a month if I remember to. Bout that time is when I start cycling out old apps I don't use and just maintaining clean phone status.
...Wall charger every night, all night, while still on, while I sleep. Been doing it this way for 2 years and still using the original battery.
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I just charge it whenever it's anywhere between 40-50% and have access to an outlet.
I use USB to charge my phone I plug it in at night around 9 and it's good around 10am then I unhook it. It stays good till about 6 or 7 pm
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Lithium Ion batteries don't have memory effect, so the only reason to run a complete drain and recharge is if the battery fuel gage needs calibration.
I leave mine on the AC or USB charger everynight. The Captivate's power management chip reduces the charging current when the battery approaches full. After becoming fully charged, it stops charging for an hour or two, waiting until the voltage has dropped about 0.1 V, then resumes the small trickle charge until full again.
You want to avoid getting the battery too hot, because that will reduce battery life (life= number of battery charge cycles). I have an alarm set in battery monitor widget (bmw) when the battery temp is 45 degrees C or higher. you can get bmw or other battery tools on Google Play.
you can read more about charging Li Ion batteries here:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
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It is my second time that i fully drain and fully charge my battery.
It is wrong what im doing ?
I don't think of it as right or wrong. You don't need to drain it all the way or charge it to 100% if it is not convenient.
I put my phone on the charger at night even if the battery is 60% or more full, with the phone on. I want it at 100% in the morning. During the day, it often gets charged while I am driving or when I am using my laptop. Is is seldom fully charged during the day, and it rarely gets drained all the way.
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Hamsters...
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Lol !
And the hard part was that it took ya 2 months to train the one hamster to say, "Beeeep ! Fully charged !"
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4-2ndtwin said:
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Lol !
And the hard part was that it took ya 2 months to train the one hamster to say, "Beeeep ! Fully charged !"
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Exactly! But we're still having issues with his timing!
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I just plug it into a wall socket when it drops below 50% ... been doing it that way for a couple of years and haven't had any issues.
on a normal day, my cappy gets to 10% and under and then i charge it everynight
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Hamsters...
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Yeah, and you want to give 'em hummingbird food for faster charging and best compatability with the captivate's cpu. With this charging method, you can even hear the hummingbird hum if you put your phone in a conch shell and hold it up to your ear.
I use a potato battery.
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I use a potato battery.
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Good to see you still popping your head in the cappy forums
I charge my phone whenever the hell I feel like it. No thought to it, always have. Battery still holds a charge perfectly fine.
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I use a potato battery.
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how many potatoes in series does it take to get 5 Volts?
one potato, two potato,
three potato, four?
five potato, six potato,
seven potato, more?
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how many potatoes in series does it take to get 5 Volts?
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I have four batteries for my Captivate, because the original seemed sorta crappy, and I found supposed-OEM batteries pretty cheap on Amazon.
My micro-USB port seems to have taken a crap, and the phone will no longer charge via that method. So basically, I have an extra-battery wall charger going all the time, and I swap batteries whenever the battery in the phone dies.
I just connect the usb cable port from my Xbox to the phone when I'm at the man-cave table. At night to my computer's usb port since it still power's up when the computer's off which is convenient :laugh:
My note 10.1 is with something rom jb4.1.1
Fewdays ago, I found that my note 10.1 charging speed becomes extremely slow. For example, I wentbed with 50% left , and after 7 hours of sleeping, after I woke up, it was only 88%
This never happens in the past, and only start in this few days
Any help?
Sry for my badenglish
omnia1994 said:
My note 10.1 is with something rom jb4.1.1
Fewdays ago, I found that my note 10.1 charging speed becomes extremely slow. For example, I wentbed with 50% left , and after 7 hours of sleeping, after I woke up, it was only 88%
This never happens in the past, and only start in this few days
Any help?
Sry for my badenglish
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Are you using the original cable? I had the same problem with a 3m no-name cable I bought off ebay.
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Are you using the original cable? I had the same problem with a 3m no-name cable I bought off ebay.
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I m using the original cable
Try a different mains wall socket. This has worked for me in the past.
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Try the usb connections are firmly connected
Also like a member suggested try a different power source and a non upa source is preffered
Check if you have not left any application or game running in the background
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Try a different mains wall socket. This has worked for me in the past.
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Will do that.
Thx
All of a sudden my note has become extremely slow to charge.
Tablet was off whilst charging and only managed 8% an hour. After 6 hours charging it was at 50%
What happened?
Do you have a big red x over the battery icon?
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I have a feeling that the power saving mode on slows the charge down. That's the only setting I had changed recently.
Ill test tonight.
Charged overnight and battery charged less then 50%. Ive had it had on charger for hour and a half and has charged 7%. I think it was the update. Many problems for me since update, but this is the biggest one.
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Shine 52 said:
Charged overnight and battery charged less then 50%. Ive had it had on charger for hour and a half and has charged 7%. I think it was the update. Many problems for me since update, but this is the biggest one.
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I had the same issue for a bit. Someone said to try disconnecting and reconnecting the usb from the power block about 4 or 5 time relatively quickly and that fixed it for them... tried it and have not had an issue since even when connected to an extension. But also make sure its firmly in.
Oh.. and do this with the note plugged into the mini end of course
I have to say that I have been very happy with the crazyondigital wall charger that was bundled with my case. I used the OEM charger for the initial charge but began using the crazyondigital charger because it's more convenient due to the fact that it's longer. It also seems to charge more qiuckly. Perhaps slow charging with the OEM charger has something to do with the USB wall wart wiring design.
I seem to have the same type of problem I had mine on charge for 2 days now I done nothing different in the way I normaly charge, I tried both having ny note off over nite and with it on both with no luck, both time my note not fully charged.
This started on Friday gone,
If this dont charge soo. I will try factory reset since thats the other option bar getting a new charger
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You sould try to use the device till it dies then try to charge it again see what happens, maybe wipe battery stats if you have cwm. Also try to get one of those battery stat monitoring apps and see if its registering proper voltage and heath
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Had the same problem yesterday. my note went out of energy and shut down. So, after a while I connected it with the cable to charge. And what happened? After a hole night I got only 50% -.- I was like wtf?? then I tried the galaxy s3 charger and there was a red cross on the battery icon. Then I tried the note charger, again nothing, and like the other poster said, after a few times in and out it worked again.
another one here with slow charging, this is a big problem, its so slow it means it drains when you are using the tablet when its plugged in, you should be able to use it and charge at the same time. I could understand if it didnt charge much when I was using it but to not charge at all is a real fail.
Has anyone logged this issue to samsung?
Nothing has solved this problem for me.
Taking 8 hours to charge 79% is just beyond comprehension. Can't use it plugged in as it drains anyway. I want a update asap or I'm ditching this tab.
I don't know what caused this, it was fine a few weeks after the update and suddenly crippled.
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I don't know what caused this, it was fine a few weeks after the update and suddenly crippled.
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So it's not the update then? If it was fine for a few weeks and then suddenly crippled JB is not the problem.
More likely an Application is NOT properly compliant with JB and is draining battery or hogging
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So it's not the update then? If it was fine for a few weeks and then suddenly crippled JB is not the problem.
More likely an Application is NOT properly compliant with JB and is draining battery or hogging
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Nothing shows up as running and hogging the battery. It doesn't drain fast once charged. It just charges slow.
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Nothing shows up as running and hogging the battery. It doesn't drain fast once charged. It just charges slow.
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Indeed, it charges so slow it drops when you are using it plugged in, if anyone has registered their tab properly with samsung perhaps they could log a fault, I havent had chance to do this yet.
Also, has anyone tried switching back to stock to see if it resolves it?
I have a wireless charging system, but once the battery reaches a full charge it no longer charges and the battery will start to drain. Is there any way to prevent this from occurring?
I don't know exactly what wireless system you are using but haven't heard of this problem before. I am guessing that it is in the system of the wireless charging and would have to contact the manufacturer to see if they included that option because I haven't seen any different wireless charging options for GS3
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I have a wireless charging system, but once the battery reaches a full charge it no longer charges and the battery will start to drain. Is there any way to prevent this from occurring?
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It is made this way even tho you plug your regular cord it should drain once full as far as I remember....
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shahkam said:
It is made this way even tho you plug your regular cord it should drain once full as far as I remember....
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But when I charge it with the cord it will hold the charge at 100%. I am use the touch stone mod. It ll charge fine just once it hits 100 percent it will start to drain
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But when I charge it with the cord it will hold the charge at 100%. I am use the touch stone mod. It ll charge fine just once it hits 100 percent it will start to drain
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Oh I don't know then.. if I would take a guess it would be made so to not damage the battery perhaps..
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which wireless pad are you using?
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which wireless pad are you using?
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Palm pre
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I have the LG pad (VZW)and the official VZW back. The issue with mine is the every time you place the phone on it, it beeps and throws a message up on the screen. I stream music while on the pad. Once it's fully charged, it will make the beep, if I leave it on it will continue to beep every 1-2 minutes. Gets really annoying. I have to pull it to the side and let the battery drain down a bit and then place it back on. Another annoying thing is that when it does beep, it cuts into my music.
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Heard my tab dying from across the room so I went and got it to charge it and it won't bring up the charging animation. It also will not power on while plugged in or unplugged. It still has some remaining power because I can get it to boot into Odin mode but that's it. PC will recognize it in ODIN mode but no visible signs of charging.I am rooted on stock everything else besides CWM. I have left it on in ODIN mode unplugged to try and drain the battery 100% to see if it will charge from dead but its been 10 minutes already so I'm not sure how long that will take. No charging via original charger, PC, generic charger, Galaxy S3 charger, iPad charger, etc...
Try put your wall charger in and leave it for at least 15 mins..
then long hold the power button for at least 15 secs..
this will wake it from deep sleep.you should see the charger icon flashing then can power again and turn it on.If the answer is no sounds like needs to be repaired.ive had this before mine went into deep sleep and i thought it died but came back.
Left it plugged in for 7 hours and it won't do anything now...
EDIT I'm gonna hope it s the battery. I ordered a new one from Samsung today, we'll see when it gets here. said 10-20 days. It seemed to me that the battery life was very short anyways when I got it secondhand. I could go like 5 days or so with my transformer as opposed to a day or so with this tab.
Ok, so I got the new battery and installed it. tab booted right up with 40% battery life. I shut it off and plugged it into my PC to charge as my oem charger is broken and I'm waiting for my new one in the mail. It (finally) charged to 99%. I let it drain completely so as to calibrate the battery and now it won't charge off the PC USB again...
Hit it with a TWO AMP SAMSUNG A/C charger. ie. SGS4 (Sorry for shouting). Max charging A/C rate (from memory) it's actually 1.5 A. Edit : here it is....
https://github.com/UpInTheAir/P6800...mmit/064a3f7de67380c997e21f9a899a5d4996eb80c4
I hope you never deplete the battery to zero again.....
Although there are "protection" circuit to hopefully prevent battery damage, deleting to zero can still do this. There is no memory effect in modern device batteries, but a large (uninterrupted) charge cycle will help with calibrating your battery. But to be always on the "safe side", not from zero.
Depleting to zero might not be the only cause, but hope using a better A.C.charger (that your tab recognises and allows full input) will help you. some chargers will supply the full charge current, but the tab won't accept it.
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SumCanadianGuy said:
Ok, so I got the new battery and installed it. tab booted right up with 40% battery life. I shut it off and plugged it into my PC to charge as my oem charger is broken and I'm waiting for my new one in the mail. It (finally) charged to 99%. I let it drain completely so as to calibrate the battery and now it won't charge off the PC USB again...
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I found that if it goes flat it wont charge off USB, you need to charge it from the wall charger, like UpInTheAir said, not enough amp off the USB ones
I fiddled around with my charger and removed the connector that plugs into the wall and plugged a cable into it (prong was broken off my charger) and it charges fine now. Thanks for all of your time guys, looks like it should be OK now. Still waiting for a new oem charger in the mail.
Hi guys I fear my battery is byond the point of no return as tab is completely lifeless and not even recognised by pc, no charging symbol when plugged in to wall socket.
My question is there a test I can carry out before purchasing a new battery? Any help appreciated.
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gingerdude said:
Hi guys I fear my battery is byond the point of no return as tab is completely lifeless and not even recognised by pc, no charging symbol when plugged in to wall socket.
My question is there a test I can carry out before purchasing a new battery? Any help appreciated.
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Check your device socket and charger connections for physical damage.
Try as I suggested in my previous post, then leave it connected for a while before checking.
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Thanks for the reply, the charger is ok as it charges my note 10.1. Someone mentioned a few posts back about opening the tab and charging the battery manually, im able to open the case but don't know how to charge the battery manually. Can anyone give me a simple explanation of how to do this.
Regards, steve
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gingerdude said:
Thanks for the reply, the charger is ok as it charges my note 10.1. Someone mentioned a few posts back about opening the tab and charging the battery manually, im able to open the case but don't know how to charge the battery manually. Can anyone give me a simple explanation of how to do this.
Regards, steve
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No problem, but I mentioned a TWO amp charger...... Give it a good "kick start"
So how were the sockets?
There might be some useful info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303902
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No problem, but I mentioned a TWO amp charger...... Give it a good "kick start"
So how were the sockets?
There might be some useful info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303902
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Thanks for the guide , I will study it when I get back from work but the internal connector looks fine. I did forget one thing that maybe important,
When I had tab open and plugged ito my note 2 wall charger ( which is 2.0 amp 5v output) the battery stayed cold but the long silver metal strip to tbe right of the battery became warm to the touch...... not sure what tbat means though.
Is the note 2 charger too weak to kick start battery?
Again thanks for your time and effort.
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gingerdude said:
Thanks for the guide , I will study it when I get back from work but the internal connector looks fine. I did forget one thing that maybe important,
When I had tab open and plugged ito my note 2 wall charger ( which is 2.0 amp 5v output) the battery stayed cold but the long silver metal strip to tbe right of the battery became warm to the touch...... not sure what tbat means though.
Is the note 2 charger too weak to kick start battery?
Again thanks for your time and effort.
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If the Note 2 charger works with other device, I can't imagine being a problem with it.
Sorry, haven't studied the internal hardware, so can't offer any comment on that.
If you could somehow connect up a external power supply and try charge you might have success or narrow down the problem (if it's actually the battery or part of the charging circuit). Maybe you could PM the OP of that guide for further advice. Seems he's been fairly thorough and recent experience with our device internals. But please report here your outcome, we can all learn something.
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Adding to my previous post, there are many examples of this suggestion on the internet..........
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-tips-for-extending-lithium-ion-battery-life/
4: Avoid completely discharging lithium-ion batteries
If a lithium-ion battery is discharged below 2.5 volts per cell, a safety circuit built into the battery opens and the battery appears to be dead. The original charger will be of no use. Only battery analyzers with the boost function have a chance of recharging the battery
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The cut-off level may be different, but same principle..... That's why it's been reported that a high capacity and good quality charger has been able to "kick-start" dead (sleeping) batteries into life.
I have no idea about using or obtaining / connecting "battery analyzers with the boost function" to your battery. Please refer to the previous tutorial link I gave you (which may or may not help).
Cheers,
UITA
Update on my tab. All efforts have failed so have ordered new batt and am awaiting arrival. Will post if it works or not so orhers may gain some insight if they experience similar issues.
Fingers crossed chaps.
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gingerdude said:
Update on my tab. All efforts have failed so have ordered new batt and am awaiting arrival. Will post if it works or not so orhers may gain some insight if they experience similar issues.
Fingers crossed chaps.
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I had a similar problem where I let my Tab battery drop too low. I tried various fixes, similar to the ones in this thread. Finally got it to work by letting the battery totally drain by leaving it on the Samsung logo, then opened it up, disconnect then reconnect the battery. Then charge using the wall charger. All good.
P.S. Be careful when opening the case. Refer to Youtube ''How To" vids.
Has anyone seen, or recovered from the below symbol (battery with yellow triangle and a crossed out plug)?
I left it in my luggage for a few days and when I took it out it was around 20% so I just turned it off. Later it wouldn't turn back on so I charged it overnight, over 9 hours.
I've tried holding power and volume down and I can get into Oden mode but otherwise it won't respond.
I tried the hold power button and touch screen for 30 seconds method as well, the farthest I got was the swirling Samsung screen during bootup, then it shuts off.
Afterwords it alternates between a battery charging icon and a (see attached) battery icon with a yellow triangle and a crossed out plug. Has anyone recovered from this?
I just passed one year since I purchased it and am in the middle of a long business trip where I typically depend on it so will be bummed if it's trashed. I don't mind replacing the battery but am not sure if this is the solution, and won't be able to get a battery for about two weeks so I hope there is another way. Many thanks!
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Has anyone seen, or recovered from the below symbol (battery with yellow triangle and a crossed out plug)?
I left it in my luggage for a few days and when I took it out it was around 20% so I just turned it off. Later it wouldn't turn back on so I charged it overnight, over 9 hours.
I've tried holding power and volume down and I can get into Oden mode but otherwise it won't respond.
I tried the hold power button and touch screen for 30 seconds method as well, the farthest I got was the swirling Samsung screen during bootup, then it shuts off.
Afterwords it alternates between a battery charging icon and a (see attached) battery icon with a yellow triangle and a crossed out plug. Has anyone recovered from this?
I just passed one year since I purchased it and am in the middle of a long business trip where I typically depend on it so will be bummed if it's trashed. I don't mind replacing the battery but am not sure if this is the solution, and won't be able to get a battery for about two weeks so I hope there is another way. Many thanks!
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For the sake of anyone who has a similar problem. I believe this was due to a faulty charger, which I bought off Amazon so assumed was good. I took it to Bestbuy and tried with one of the display chargers and everything worked as expected. It's a pain but at least I know the battery isn't bad.
It's charging just fine, but it doesn't show that it's charging. Running GT-P5100 CyanogenMod 4.2.2.
Keep in mind that it's charging fine, but doesn't show me that it's charging. Do I factory reset?
Try THIS way
1. Reboot in to recovery mode
2. Wipe battery status
3. Reboot
Hope it helps
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Didn't work. Last night, I left it at 28%. I was up for another hour, so I checked it. It was 39%, though it still didn't show that it was charging. When I woke up, it said it's 100%. ATM it's 98%
Didn't work. Last night, I left it at 28%. I was up for another hour, so I checked it. It was 39%, though it still didn't show that it was charging. When I woke up, it said it's 100%. ATM it's 98%
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i found that they are huge drain in XM/XM dual after updating or rom changing
to solve it
use this
Battery Calibration
install the app
charge the phone till 100
remove plug from phone
click battery calibration..
reboot
problem should be solved by this for most of the guys..
before using this my cell drain 5-10% in 1 hr even on screen off
but now after this app 1% FOR 4-5 HRS
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blue_drt29 said:
i found that they are huge drain in XM/XM dual after updating or rom changing
to solve it
use this
Battery Calibration
install the app
charge the phone till 100
remove plug from phone
click battery calibration..
reboot
problem should be solved by this for most of the guys..
before using this my cell drain 5-10% in 1 hr even on screen off
but now after this app 1% FOR 4-5 HRS
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This is not what I mean. My tablet is charging alright, but it just doesn't notify me that it's charging. You know up there, the charging circle spins when it's charging. Not for me, but it's still charging.
It DID spin in the past, though.
Have you changed charging cords? Is this through a wall or computer USB?
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Have you changed charging cords? Is this through a wall or computer USB?
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Well, not a wall... I used a plug extender, and tried it in the wall but still doesn't show. I might try buying a new charger.
By the way, the charger is a USB that is plugged in the you know, plug. I think you know.
Anyways, My friend borrowed me his white iPad, and I noticed that the plug is from his iPad. I called him to look at his plug, and it said it's made by Samsung.
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Well, not a wall... I used a plug extender, and tried it in the wall but still doesn't show. I might try buying a new charger.
By the way, the charger is a USB that is plugged in the you know, plug. I think you know.
Anyways, My friend borrowed me his white iPad, and I noticed that the plug is from his iPad. I called him to look at his plug, and it said it's made by Samsung.
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Heop
I really need help