Hi there.
This is not my issue but a friend. He got his OPO a month or so ago and recently came across this issue. His phone would say 100% for a very long time and not show any sign of drain even after usage for 6 hours. Then once it starts draining it would die at about 30%. He's not rooted or anything. If there's any way to solve this without a factory reset or root that would be preferable. He's on 38R.
EDIT: Just something more. He got a Moto 360 last Wednesday and noticed the battery percent was off last Thursday. Perhaps there's a connection there?
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Is he letting it discharge completely and then charging it completely?
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Same here. Happened to me twice. At around 17% it shut off. Didn't bother me much since I am averaging 1 day and 5 hours on 5+ hours screen time. However this morning after a full charge at around 11 pm the night before, I woke up at 6 am and it was at 76% and 40% by the 12th hour which was unusual. I usually wake up and turn off the alarm and it's at 98% and around 70% by noon.
So I turned phone off and fully charged. Once charged, powered it back on and left it plugged for about a couple of minutes before unplugging and started using. So far, it's back to normal power consumption.
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Is he letting it discharge completely and then charging it completely?
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He says he's tried that. No luck.
minicoop7 said:
Same here. Happened to me twice. At around 17% it shut off. Didn't bother me much since I am averaging 1 day and 5 hours on 5+ hours screen time. However this morning after a full charge at around 11 pm the night before, I woke up at 6 am and it was at 76% and 40% by the 12th hour which was unusual. I usually wake up and turn off the alarm and it's at 98% and around 70% by noon.
So I turned phone off and fully charged. Once charged, powered it back on and left it plugged for about a couple of minutes before unplugging and started using. So far, it's back to normal power consumption.
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Don't think he's tried that yet. I guess I'll tell him.
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Is there a reason your friend isn't asking these questions himself?
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Is there a reason your friend isn't asking these questions himself?
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He doesn't want to make an account. And I already have one.
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Calibrate your battery using: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=nl_BE
Problem sorted.
Gamm86 said:
Calibrate your battery using: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=nl_BE
Problem sorted.
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If you read the OP he doesn't have root. He did look for that but it said root so he can't do it.
stab244 said:
If you read the OP he doesn't have root. He did look for that but it said root so he can't do it.
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Missed that!
Then root it already...
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Missed that!
Then root it already...
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This is a post for a friend and he doesn't want to. Mine is already rooted with all the stuff I need.
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There's another option (wipe battery stats in recovery) but I guess if your friend doesn't even want to root his phone, he most likely doesn't want to install a custom recovery either, am I right?
If that's the case, there's not really a solution for his problem. (unfortunately)
I really don't understand why he doesn't want to root it... But I know some people are very paranoid about it... for no obvious reason really. Just know that you can always unroot your phone after having fixed the issue.
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There's another option (wipe battery stats in recovery) but I guess if your friend doesn't even want to root his phone, he most likely doesn't want to install a custom recovery either, am I right?
If that's the case, there's not really a solution for his problem. (unfortunately)
I really don't understand why he doesn't want to root it... But I know some people are very paranoid about it... for no obvious reason really. Just know that you can always unroot your phone after having fixed the issue.
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He doesn't want to bother with setting everything up again after wiping from unlocking boot loader.
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He doesn't want to bother with setting everything up again after wiping from unlocking boot loader.
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He might not have a choice here. It isn't really that hard to setup the phone again.
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He might not have a choice here. It isn't really that hard to setup the phone again.
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He's probably going to try @minicoop7's suggestion first. But yeah if there isn't anything else he probably will. When he has time.
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Hi. I have a two-months-old Nexus 5 (stock ROM & kernel; rooted). Two days ago my battery suddenly started having some problems. First of all, it doesn't last more than 1-2 hours with normal phone usage. Then it often becomes hot, even when not charging. Last but not least, if I keep using my phone while charging, it charges incredibly slowly, or it doesn't charge at all (the charge remains stable). I'm using the stock charger. Any suggestion?
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Hi. I have a two-months-old Nexus 5 (stock ROM & kernel; rooted). Two days ago my battery suddenly started having some problems. First of all, it doesn't last more than 1-2 hours with normal phone usage. Then it often becomes hot, even when not charging. Last but not least, if I keep using my phone while charging, it charges incredibly slowly, or it doesn't charge at all (the charge remains stable). I'm using the stock charger. Any suggestion?
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What does the battery settings show?
Paste your battery screenie, please..
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What does the battery settings show?
Paste your battery screenie, please..
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Just buy another phone that has higher than 2300 milliampz
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Looks like wakelocking. You'll need root and BetterBatteryStats to fix it (without guessing).
dicecuber said:
Just buy another phone that has higher than 2300 milliampz
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The Nexus 5 has been proven to last longer then an SGS4 which has a bigger battery, and the HTC one with the same size battery (under proper testing conditions) all while using a faster SoC. Do you troll the forums for those phones as well?
Maybe a Moto G or LG G2 would suit some people better for their increased battery life, but that doesn't mean you need to troll every thread on here with false accusations.
If you'd like any more proof on how the N5 battery lasts longer and is more efficient than competing phones of higher prices, just let me know.
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Looks like wakelocking. You'll need root and BetterBatteryStats to fix it (without guessing).
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I did what you said; I have attached some screenshots. I'm not an expert about this, but it seems like you were right. What shall I do?
The most important stat to look at is partial wakelocks - it lets you see which app or apps are waking.
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I'll have to check on that... I think it might not be that easy...
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Just attach the log, missing info from those screenshots.
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Just attach the log, missing info from those screenshots.
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Sorry for the delay. Here you go:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5og53439mj8b5cg/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-28_175226040.txt
Jaggions said:
Sorry for the delay. Here you go:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5og53439mj8b5cg/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-28_175226040.txt
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Go into device settings > Location. Set Mode to Device only. Ensure that the Google location reporting in that same area is off.
Take another BBS log and post it.
I experience the same issues. Not charging when connected or even lose charge when connected. I am still figuring out what causes it. First of all try using the original cable and charger. Second, disconnect the charger when the screen is on, I read somewhere that can help as well.
Today I had the same issue again, but just before I started charging, the battery would lose 1% per 2 minutes and my phone became very warm.
If I find out more, I will let you know.
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Go into device settings > Location. Set Mode to Device only. Ensure that the Google location reporting in that same area is off.
Take another BBS log and post it.
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I did what you said and today the battery drained much faster then before. Here you have the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5temccnzh1mnky/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-29_121755481.txt
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I did what you said and today the battery drained much faster then before. Here you have the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5temccnzh1mnky/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-29_121755481.txt
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EntriesRefresh_wakelock (com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.Google Search): 4 h 47 m 17 s (17237 s) Count:0 98.6%
That is the problem. That particular wakelock belongs to Google Now. I hope you don't use it, because the solution is to turn it off (from within the program). You could try force stopping and/or wiping it's data. But the fact of the matter is that it's a bug in the app.
Google Now has been this way since it was released. The only conclusion I can draw is that Google doesn't care. It's never behaved properly. And that location reporting (that you've now disabled) is completely out of control, been that way for a year now. I actually greenify the Google apps now. I'm tired of putting up with the lazy programming. Keep, Now, Chrome, Drive, Maps, I greenify all of those. I still allow them to sync, but Greenify will kill them again after they are finished.
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I did what you said and today the battery drained much faster then before. Here you have the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5temccnzh1mnky/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-29_121755481.txt
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Thank you. I'll try disabling google now and I'll let you know.
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I can confirm that I have no battery problems anymore (today after 6 hours of average usage it was still at 80%!!). Thank you all for your help!
Good to hear. If anyone else see's Android OS or Search taking up 50% or more of your battery that can be mitigated.
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Hi. I have a two-months-old Nexus 5 (stock ROM & kernel; rooted). Two days ago my battery suddenly started having some problems. First of all, it doesn't last more than 1-2 hours with normal phone usage. Then it often becomes hot, even when not charging. Last but not least, if I keep using my phone while charging, it charges incredibly slowly, or it doesn't charge at all (the charge remains stable). I'm using the stock charger. Any suggestion?
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Take out your Battery, put it on a flat surface say a table. Try to Spin it....if it spins over 2 rounds then you need to buy a new battery.
Hi, I recently RMAd my nexus 5 for a sudden death which required a new PCB. I've had it replaced about 2 weeks ago and last night a similar thing happened. I had about 40% battery and it instantly turned off so I feared the problem recurred, however this time I am able to charge it up again and it seems to be working... Is there a fix for this? Could it be a possible miscalibration of the battery since the RMA, or should I sent it back again? See the screen shot for the battery stats. I am running stock 4.4.4 and am not rooted.
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Hi, I recently RMAd my nexus 5 for a sudden death which required a new PCB. I've had it replaced about 2 weeks ago and last night a similar thing happened. I had about 40% battery and it instantly turned off so I feared the problem recurred, however this time I am able to charge it up again and it seems to be working... Is there a fix for this? Could it be a possible miscalibration of the battery since the RMA, or should I sent it back again? See the screen shot for the battery stats. I am running stock 4.4.4 and am not rooted.
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You can try to fully charge it, then delete /data/system/batterstats.bin and reboot.
This is not the problem you posted about, but your phone isn't sleeping very well. Will take a look at a BBS log if you post one. Also, not too sure what's going on with your signal...
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You can try to fully charge it, then delete /data/system/batterstats.bin and reboot.
This is not the problem you posted about, but your phone isn't sleeping very well. Will take a look at a BBS log if you post one. Also, not too sure what's going on with your signal...
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OK cheers. Can I delete that file without root? Also will post log in a min
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OK cheers. Can I delete that file without root? Also will post log in a min
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Honestly, I'm not sure. I think not, but you can try.
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Honestly, I'm not sure. I think not, but you can try.
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OK cool. I'm reluctant to root as I may take it back to the shop and I don't want to unlock the bootloader. I can't post BBS without root either
If your signal is very poor and you're on data....then battery can drop like a rock. And faster the more apps you have that are trying to sync over data.
Just so you know.
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Also, sometimes things get stuck and suck your battery dry if not caught. Usually a reboot will fix it. If it only happens a couple times....that's what's happening.
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If your signal is very poor and you're on data....then battery can drop like a rock. And faster the more apps you have that are trying to sync over data.
Just so you know.
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Also, sometimes things get stuck and suck your battery dry if not caught. Usually a reboot will fix it. If it only happens a couple times....that's what's happening.
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Mm I understand but surely it couldn't cause it yet drop from 40% to 0% in a matter of seconds. I would have felt it get hot if that was the case
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Mm I understand but surely it couldn't cause it yet drop from 40% to 0% in a matter of seconds. I would have felt it get hot if that was the case
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Calibrate and see how it goes.
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OK cool. I'm reluctant to root as I may take it back to the shop and I don't want to unlock the bootloader. I can't post BBS without root either
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And why is that? BetterBatteryStats has an option to use root features if you want. In advanced settings. So install it and see how it goes. You're probably going to want to take a look at partial wakelocks to see what's killing your battery.
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And why is that? BetterBatteryStats has an option to use root features if you want. In advanced settings. So install it and see how it goes. You're probably going to want to take a look at partial wakelocks to see what's killing your battery.
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OK I'll try this
Hi, I also discovered this problem recently. Have you found the best solution yet?
Thanks
Hey guys, I got the same issue, so i'm reopening the thread since I can't find any clue on internet (everything is about fast drain because of lollipop)
My batterie goes instantly to 0% which result in a shut down of the device, it happens randomly, I am still trying to guess what could cause it
Things to know : My phone is rooted, and I did change the screen (which means I touched the inside, and could be the connectors...
But since the guy before had this problem without any of those manipulations..
Here is a screen of the battery. It happens once a day at least if i'm not plugged (otherwise no problem when plugged)
So... Starting yesterday, about 5:00pm, my battery started charging extremely slow. I plugged my phone back up since the battery went down pretty quick at about 9:30am in the morning. It went to 30% battery and from there, I don't view if it's going up anymore. I took a screenshot at 9:42am and once closer to 10am, also taking another as I typed this. I've also tried 2 different chargers, and multiple outlets.
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@rootSU, sorry for tagging you. You just seem to be extremely helpful, and reliable. ?
The last screenshot, I just hit 31%... Literally changed when I clicked the battery tile.
When you tried multiple chargers, did you also try different USB cables?
You need to rule out if it is slowly charging or if it is draining quickly whilst charging. Try turning it off and charging.
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When you tried multiple chargers, did you also try different USB cables?
You need to rule out if it is slowly charging or if it is draining quickly whilst charging. Try turning it off and charging.
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I attempted that yesterday when I first noticed it yesterday. I plugged it up, and left it off while I went to the market.
I left it plugged up, and I'm now at this from earlier.
I'll attempt that now with another cable.
I'm now at 100% after letting it charge while off.
Curiousn00b said:
I'm now at 100% after letting it charge while off.
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Cool
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Cool
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Pointless comment.
The device is still doing doing it. Seemed to charge faster from USB earlier, but now it seems to be back where I was earlier. I'm starting to think that maybe the charging port is the messed up part of the phone.
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Pointless comment.
The device is still doing doing it. Seemed to charge faster from USB earlier, but now it seems to be back where I was earlier. I'm starting to think that maybe the charging port is the messed up part of the phone.
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This is why I asked you to charge whilst off. It rules out software as an issue if the same result is seen. If you've changed the cable AND power source, it can only really be the port.
Is it stock unrooted?? Does seem like the kernel gets involved in charging whilst off too , so if you're not stock, I would consider reverting to stock.
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Pointless comment.
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Why cant I be happy for you?
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This is why I asked you to charge whilst off. It rules out software as an issue if the same result is seen. If you've changed the cable AND power source, it can only really be the port.
Is it stock unrooted?? Does seem like the kernel gets involved in charging whilst off too , so if you're not stock, I would consider reverting to stock.
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I swapped back and fourth between cables and reboots after returning to stock. I went to stock 4.4 and upgraded all the way through. I then noticed it started to charge faster, or the battery actually read that it was going up. I had Current Widget on my home screen which seemed to be pushing around 900MaH the whole time.
For now, it's back to normal, I believe. Thanks RootSU ~:good:
is it back to normal?
my phone is doing the same take forever to fully charge but i dont know if its the battery or the port
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is it back to normal?
my phone is doing the same take forever to fully charge but i dont know if its the battery or the port
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Sorry for the late reply, it I've downloaded CurrentWidget where I can see the mA output. The OEM charger seems to be pushing out at 20-300mA. I've plugged up yesterday to an old HTC cable that I have, and although it's all beat up and near its end, it's pushing out 300-600mA.
I believe the original OEM output is near 1000mA. Possible that it was my charger that was faulty. I've been using a lot of different chargers in the past week testing with the mA's.
Hi, until few days ago I was getting 6h of on screen time without a problem(including some gaming), however 4 days ago for no reason i was surprised by having 19% battery left with just 1h20m screen on. It did not deteriorate over time, it was just one night fine and other night I was late to work because 50% was not enough, and it has shut down. Has anyone been affected by something similar? I am using xiaomi.eu rom, and did not make any update during past week. I tried rebooting and wiping cache but it did not help.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Hi, until few days ago I was getting 6h of on screen time without a problem(including some gaming), however 4 days ago for no reason i was surprised by having 19% battery left with just 1h20m screen on. It did not deteriorate over time, it was just one night fine and other night I was late to work because 50% was not enough, and it has shut down. Has anyone been affected by something similar? I am using xiaomi.eu rom, and did not make any update during past week. I tried rebooting and wiping cache but it did not help.
Thanks for the feedback!
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And what does it mean in english?
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And what does it mean in english?
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Google Translate says 'Night savings'
Where is that option? I'm having the same issue.
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Where is that option? I'm having the same issue.
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Should be underneath 'Energy saving mode'. I don't have the phone (yet), so I'm not able to test. You'll have to do it with my translation I guess
Don't have any settings like that with locale set to United Kingdom
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Don't have any settings like that with locale set to United Kingdom
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go setting, battert, scenarios
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No such option for me.
If anyone is wondering, only reflashing rom helped. To be frank, it helped beyond my expectations, few days ago I got almost 11h SOT with 13% battery left, and currently 8h+ SOT, and still have 33% left, mostly using youtube and gmaps.
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If anyone is wondering, only reflashing rom helped. To be frank, it helped beyond my expectations, few days ago I got almost 11h SOT with 13% battery left, and currently 8h+ SOT, and still have 33% left, mostly using youtube and gmaps.
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With full wipe or?
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If anyone is wondering, only reflashing rom helped. To be frank, it helped beyond my expectations, few days ago I got almost 11h SOT with 13% battery left, and currently 8h+ SOT, and still have 33% left, mostly using youtube and gmaps.
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Dude, can you help me? I want to do this procedure, but im new in Android and I don't understand how do I do this "reflash"? pls help me
With full wipe or?
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Yes, i did full wipe but did not attempt dirty install beforehand so I cant say whether it would work or not.
Dude, can you help me? I want to do this procedure, but im new in Android and I don't understand how do I do this "reflash"? pls help me
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To be honest I don't think you should do it if you are still on stock rom(and I assume you are) as you would need to factory reset your phone in order to unlock bootloader(and probably lose warranty), flash recovery and then flash one of custom roms. If you are having similar issues with battery drain, I would first recommend factory resetting your phone, and only then looking into custom software. If you have decided to go for it I would recommend following this guide: https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/how-to-flash-xiaomi-eu-rom-tutorial.40557/ and getting xiaomi.eu rom.
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If anyone is wondering, only reflashing rom helped. To be frank, it helped beyond my expectations, few days ago I got almost 11h SOT with 13% battery left, and currently 8h+ SOT, and still have 33% left, mostly using youtube and gmaps.
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What ROM are you using at the moment? And some special settings to reduce power consumption without loosing important notifications?
I´'m only about 5 1/2h of SOT.. Using ROS 9.5.29 at the moment.
Thank you very much in advance!
To be honest I don't think 5 hours of SOT is bad. You have SOT where you game hard and screen gives bright light and you have SOT where you watch youtube in a dark room. SOT will be a whole different thing than.
I need help! I have stock rom with locked bootloader and I only get about 4 hours SOT. NO gaming, just some apps and youtube, webbrowsing. I am familiar with unlocking bootloader and flashing twrp recovery. So how can I fix my battery drain problem?
After the Jan 6th Android 11 update for my Pixel 3 XL (installed last night - stock ROM, not jailbroken), my battery suddenly dropped to zero and refused to charge. Unplugging it would make it shut off immediately. See battery history here , I plugged it in before the update, ran the update, then when I came back it was at 0. This was plugged in the whole time.
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It would sit at 0% while saying "charging rapidly". If I unplugged it, it would die.
Let it charge all night, and it ended up at 5% somehow. Not good. Pulling it off the charger, however, the batter percentage started to INCREASE! It got up to about 25% before I tried plugging it back in... At which point it steadily decreased again.
So, clearly my batter calibration is completely corrupted. Factory reset did no good, and looks like you can't wipe the system cache an more which was my first thought.
Unsurprisingly Google support was no help and wouldn't even take responsibility for repair cost despite it being clearly linked to their software upgrade.
Any ideas? Or am I borked?
What is the battery voltage? This will tell you it's actual charge state.
Try discharging until it auto shutdowns then fully charge it; recalibrate the dumb Android. Maybe someone knows a better way to recalibrate this?
Hard resets rarely solve this kind of problem; you need to find the root cause and correct it otherwise even if the hard reset works it will most likely only pop up again down the road.
A hard reboot be the most I would try. Even needing to do that indicates a apk or potential hardware issue. A good running Android never needs this.
Accubattery claims 4.227V at 69% charge, but lord knows how accurate that is. (Edit: I'm now up to 72% charge and it's claiming the same... So, yeah. Oh, and that +3% is without charging.)
Root cause is almost certainly some variable overwritten or system file corrupted during the Android system update, since it happened immediately after the update.
abt12 said:
Accubattery claims 4.227V at 69% charge, but lord knows how accurate that is. (Edit: I'm now up to 72% charge and it's claiming the same... So, yeah. Oh, and that +3% is without charging.)
Root cause is almost certainly some variable overwritten or system file corrupted during the Android system update, since it happened immediately after the update.
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So flashing a custom rom should work?
Umm
abt12 said:
Accubattery claims 4.227V at 69% charge, but lord knows how accurate that is. (Edit: I'm now up to 72% charge and it's claiming the same... So, yeah. Oh, and that +3% is without charging.)
Root cause is almost certainly some variable overwritten or system file corrupted during the Android system update, since it happened immediately after the update.
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I think 4.2 volts is near a 100% charge.
4.127 is about 75% on my 10+
Can't recall as I rarely go that high.
jjgvv said:
So flashing a custom rom should work?
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Think that's my next step. Just tried running it all the way down to see if that would recalibrate it, no such luck. Died at 79%, now I'm charged "up" to 56%
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abt12 said:
Think that's my next step. Just tried running it all the way down to see if that would recalibrate it, no such luck. Died at 79%, now I'm charged "up" to 56%
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At what voltage did it die?
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Root cause is almost certainly some variable overwritten or system file corrupted during the Android system update, since it happened immediately after the update.
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Yes, this issue got several times reported in different forums.
jwoegerbauer said:
Yes, this issue got several times reported in different forums.
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Was it a reporting error only or did it jinx the charging parameters too?
blackhawk said:
Was it a reporting error only or did it jinx the charging parameters too?
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The 1st
jwoegerbauer said:
Yes, this issue got several times reported in different forums.
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Any idea if reflashing the factory ROM fixed it in those cases? Don't want to waste the time if not.
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Any idea if reflashing the factory ROM fixed it in those cases? Don't want to waste the time if not.
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If the firmware doesn't have the same error... either that or go into the existing one and correct the mistake.
This is one of the reasons I'm not rooted. Too many loose ends... and very time consuming.
Maybe someone here has can help you in detail, good luck.
If jwoegerbauer is correct this only effects the battery % reported, not charging parameters or actual battery capacity. So it shouldn't harm the battery.
The charge level can be calculated by battery voltage which appears to accurate. I saw a chart for this but can't find it now.
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If the firmware doesn't have the same error... either that or go into the existing one and correct the mistake.
This is one of the reasons I'm not rooted. Too many loose ends... and very time consuming.
Maybe someone here has can help you in detail, good luck.
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Sad thing is I'm not even rooted. This is a completely stock phone. Since it's out of warranty google DGAF.
abt12 said:
Sad thing is I'm not even rooted. This is a completely stock phone. Since it's out of warranty google DGAF.
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My bad, sorry. You stated that.
It seems the update got corrupted or was badly coded.
I'm always afraid this will happen with auto updates as you have no control over the process or download.
You need to get it reflashed to the last working version for that phone. Or live with it as is.