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So just recently, my phone's battery life has suffered a lot. Right now I'm at 73 percent after an hour and 24 minutes with just light web browsing on wifi. On every rom I've been on, its like this. So, I'm thinking I'll need a new battery?
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I also can't last 6 hours. It just drains very badly. I think I need a new battery.
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I just received my new 3500 mah battery last night. It's been off the charger for about 30 mins and after some pretty heavy usage (overclocked), it's still at 100%. I paid about $12.00 for it shipping and all.

aaCotyaa said:
I just received my new 3500 mah battery last night. It's been off the charger for about 30 mins and after some pretty heavy usage (overclocked), it's still at 100%. I paid about $12.00 for it shipping and all.
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Haha, I'm sure you'll get great battery life outta that one, but I don't want the bulk.
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sounds like a bad battery, best bet is to just buy some off eBay, look in the accessories sub-forum and go from there.

After you've installed "every rom", do you use TB to reinstall your apps?

djvoleur said:
After you've installed "every rom", do you use TB to reinstall your apps?
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Every rom i mean, all ics roms. And first I'm going to clean up my charge cycles for a bit and see if it improves, if not, I'll see about getting a new battery, and no, I do not use titanium backup.
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Well ICS, and battery just don't go well together if you use your phone, with the phone on standby you can last for a long time but if you're using it... that just means terrible battery life is to be expected. I would say 7 hours was pretty good for me if I had screen on time for any thing near 2 ½ hours
Check that by battery then click on display and see screen in time.
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aaCotyaa said:
I just received my new 3500 mah battery last night. It's been off the charger for about 30 mins and after some pretty heavy usage (overclocked), it's still at 100%. I paid about $12.00 for it shipping and all.
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Where exactly did you buy it at?

You could try wiping the battery stats in recovery when the battery is full, run it all the way down to zero and see if that helps, but mt3g is right.

Maybe I'm used to being in school where i would have 90 percent battery at 3:30 in the afternoon, so then i would have only half the day to use it. Maybe its not the battery, maybe its me being thrown off from being on summer break. But then again, a can sit here just letting my phone sit with the screen on and watch the battery just drain...

Anthony1596 said:
Where exactly did you buy it at?
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This Guy.
If you do a search for 3500mah batteries in the forums, you'll find that a LOT of people from here order from this guy, because the prices are reasonable and the shipping is fast.
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ehafling said:
You could try wiping the battery stats in recovery when the battery is full, run it all the way down to zero and see if that helps, but mt3g is right.
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Letting your phone drain to 0%/dead is bad for lithium ion batteries and will actualy shorten their life span.
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Just a quick tip: I noticed even with the new batter that after about 70% the battery started to drain a little a faster. The biggest culprit was "Cell Standby" which hovered around 50% I set my network preference to GSM/WCDMA (Auto Mode), and this cut this battery drainer down by 50% or more.

Before switching your battery , try the BetterBatteryStats app, it helps you figure out whats eating your battery if its not actually bad. If this doesn't work, your last resort it to change your battery but i would suggest to try the app and read thru the thread for that app in the App section of this website. It will help you tons.

2500mAh Battery

hi guys,
i found this :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-2500mAh...537090?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a74d9d902
should i buy it? or 1900mAh ANKER battery?

it's not 2500 mah, I can tell you that for free.

If I have to choose between this two I would buy Anker because it has very good reviews so I would rather pay more for something tested and recommended.

by the way, what's the strongest battery that's available? 1900 mAh?

thanks for your help guys

This actually is a very good battery. Been using for almost a month. I got a full day of battery use without charging with the Viper Sense 4.0 Rom. I would recommend this battery, provided that you go through the standard charging cycles and calibration methods :beer::beer:
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thanks

I found this, 1700mah Extended Batteryshould i buy it? I was afraid to buy poor quality batteries, this warranty, looks nice.

Anker or nothing
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jwspcr said:
This actually is a very good battery. Been using for almost a month. I got a full day of battery use without charging with the Viper Sense 4.0 Rom. I would recommend this battery, provided that you go through the standard charging cycles and calibration methods :beer::beer:
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After further testing on this battery, I got to say this was the best $9.99 I spent in a long time. Posted a screen shot below. Using Elegancia's latest Sense 4.0 Rom and Sebastian's kernel. I haven't undervolted yet.
Calibration Method: Go through standard wipe and install procedures for rom, once booted up, let rom sit for 10 mins then reboot. Let battery drain down to 10-15%, boot into recovery and wipe battery stats and reboot. Once booted up charge phone without break, wait till its 100%, then reboot while still charging phone. Once phone is fully booted and phone shows that its charged, unplug and there you go! :beer::beer::beer:
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Thanks for the tips guys. I just want to be sure though.. I'm no battery genius
So 1900 mAh or 2500mAh Battery. And also the Anker brand?
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Thanks for the tips guys. I just want to be sure though.. I'm no battery genius
So 1900 mAh or 2500mAh Battery. And also the Anker brand?

Little off topic sorry dont want to open a new thread : the mytouch battery works whit the sensation but ive seen one that was i think 2100mah will it fit whit the sensation ?
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Ste_JDM said:
Thanks for the tips guys. I just want to be sure though.. I'm no battery genius
So 1900 mAh or 2500mAh Battery. And also the Anker brand?
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Thanks for the tips guys. I just want to be sure though.. I'm no battery genius
So 1900 mAh or 2500mAh Battery. And also the Anker brand?
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1900mah and yeah ankers you can't gi wrong whit it
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You don't do anything wrong if you choose the Anker battery. It's worth the money I spent into.

I have had the Anker 2x lost one of the batteries and the other went unstable on me after a little over a year. Now, I went to go buy a new set and I ran into these batteries review looks good but is it false ad or legit if any one knows. Sorry to hijack thread but I dont wanna post a new thread. :fingers-crossed:

i could have almost bought this battery
thanx for your comments, guys,
now i clearly see i need only Anker

Just wanted to throw my 2 cents into the mix...
I have my 1900 Anker about a year and 6 months now and its good for 2 days without charge. In my opinion if it blows up in the morning its the best $8 I spent and that was 18months ago. Theres too many of them out there and in daily use for them to be a bad battery!

Root cause battery die
Root cause battery die

I have had mine Anker 1900mh for more than a year now, no problems at all. Lasts longer than original HTC battery. Bought it for around £10 at that time. Worth every penny !!:good:

jwspcr said:
After further testing on this battery, I got to say this was the best $9.99 I spent in a long time. Posted a screen shot below. Using Elegancia's latest Sense 4.0 Rom and Sebastian's kernel. I haven't undervolted yet.
Calibration Method: Go through standard wipe and install procedures for rom, once booted up, let rom sit for 10 mins then reboot. Let battery drain down to 10-15%, boot into recovery and wipe battery stats and reboot. Once booted up charge phone without break, wait till its 100%, then reboot while still charging phone. Once phone is fully booted and phone shows that its charged, unplug and there you go! :beer::beer::beer:
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How may i know this is the proper calibration method i read so many differents one on xda i just don't know which one to use anymore ..
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i agree
chrisund123 said:
it's not 2500 mah, I can tell you that for free.
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not 2500..

Safe battery temperature?

I received my Nexus wireless charger today, and the only issue I've noticed so far is that it really heats up the phone... A lot.
I have a battery temperature monitoring app, and it reported a battery temperature of about 107 degrees Fahrenheit. At that point I stopped charging because I was afraid of damaging the phone.
I really like the wireless charger, but I'm afraid for my phones hardware integrity. How hot should I let it get before being worried?
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Bumping, I can't be the only one with this issue.
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kehlan said:
Bumping, I can't be the only one with this issue.
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No, you aren't the only one. I have two tylt Qi charger chargers and they both heat the phone to 108F while charging. The tech support at tylt is good and they said they tested several different brands of Qi chargers in the Nexus 5 and they all heat the battery to that temp. They also said that it's a bit higher battery temp than they've see with their charger on other Qi compatible devices. Apparently just happens on the Nexus 5.
I asked them if I should be concerned about battery life and they said they have been unable to obtain specs for normal operating temps for the battery in the Nexus 5.
I believe the people at tylt but I'm still going to open a new thread specifically asking people to post their battery temps while Qi charging.

I did a bit of research, and apparently smartphone batteries are mostly in a good operating range when they're beneath 125 degrees Fahrenheit.
If I actually experience any quality decrease in my Nexus 5, I'll contact Google and pin it on them. I'm literally only using their products with this phone.
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kehlan said:
I did a bit of research, and apparently smartphone batteries are mostly in a good operating range when they're beneath 125 degrees Fahrenheit.
If I actually experience any quality decrease in my Nexus 5, I'll contact Google and pin it on them. I'm literally only using their products with this phone.
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Lithium batteries are rated much higher for discharge temperature than charging temperature. 125F sounds like a discharge rating.
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Everyone please post your Qi wireless charging device and max battery charging temp here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544768
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kehlan said:
If I actually experience any quality decrease in my Nexus 5, I'll contact Google and pin it on them. I'm literally only using their products with this phone.
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Battery degradation is a fairly long process. It may not be evident until after the warranty runs out. It will also be difficult at that time to know how much excess battery wear was due to the heat.
Wouldn't matter that much to me if the battery was removable and easily replaced.
I will probably continue to risk the battery on the Qi charger and attempt to replace it if it gets weak. It's just going to be more involved to replace. I'll also bet the replacement batteries are more expensive than if the phone was designed for a removable battery. This would be due to less demand for replacement batteries.

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NCguy said:
Lithium batteries are rated much higher for discharge temperature than charging temperature. 125F sounds like a discharge rating.
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Everyone please post your Qi wireless charging device and max battery charging temp here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544768
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Battery degradation is a fairly long process. It may not be evident until after the warranty runs out. It will also be difficult at that time to know how much excess battery wear was due to the heat.
Wouldn't matter that much to me if the battery was removable and easily replaced.
I will probably continue to risk the battery on the Qi charger and attempt to replace it if it gets weak. It's just going to be more involved to replace. I'll also bet the replacement batteries are more expensive than if the phone was designed for a removable battery. This would be due to less demand for replacement batteries.
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From what I understand, almost all the components under the hood are easily replaceable. I think I'll be okay with replacing the battery.
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kehlan said:
From what I understand, almost all the components under the hood are easily replaceable. I think I'll be okay with replacing the battery.
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looks like getting the case off might be a bit of a challenge but agree it looks doable. Probably have to buy the ifixit toolkit.

turning off daydream has dropped my tylt charging temp by up to 12F to a max of 98F.

The less your phone is doing while it charges the better. Not only will it charge faster but it will not reach as high of a temperature.
Try enabling Airplane mode when you need a quick charge or to keep your temps down.

looks like I got a bit too optimistic. I was hoping that I wouldn't have another random overheating incident with my 2 tylt chargers. I just pulled my phone off the charger with no charge, 70% full and 132F battery temp. As much as I love my tylt chargers it may be time to throw in the towel. That kind of temp not only ruins the battery but it could potentially ignite the battery if the battery were to develop a thermal runaway condition. I'm truly heartbroken.

Hi,
Here is the max battery temperature according to the thermal-engine.conf file (thermal throttling after), so considered as safe I think:
Code:
[battery_monitor]
algo_type monitor
sensor batt_therm
sampling 10000
thresholds 480000 550000
thresholds_clr 460000 500000
actions battery battery
Maybe a little above is safe also...

viking37 said:
Hi,
Here is the max battery temperature according to the thermal-engine.conf file (thermal throttling after), so considered as safe I think:
Code:
[battery_monitor]
algo_type monitor
sensor batt_therm
sampling 10000
thresholds 480000 550000
thresholds_clr 460000 500000
actions battery battery
Maybe a little above is safe also...
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Not sure what those numbers mean. Maybe you could interpret?
I do know that lithium shouldn't get hotter than you can comfortably hold or it will definitely lessen it's life. If it has reached that point then red flags because that's a sign that it could continue and ultimately reach thermal runaway.

Its still normaly while charging
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bene1 said:
Its still normaly while charging
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That doesn't tell me what 500000 stands for. It certainly can't be degrees. You can't just throw out numbers like that with no explanation if you expect credibility. Lithium fires burn at 2000 F so a heat threshold of 500000 C or F makes no sense at all.
I can tell you that my phone triggered a "Battery Overheating" condition at something less than 132 F so what's the phone using for it's own internal thresholds?

Using phone while charging

Is it okay to use my S8+ while im charging?
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Sure why not?

peachpuff said:
Sure why not?
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In my experience my phones always loose battery life a bit every time I use it whilst charging. I just got an S8+ a month ago, I'm too scared to do it. Good thing the battery life is pretty good! I can charge it for a bit and use it for a while!
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Lukey618 said:
In my experience my phones always loose battery life a bit every time I use it whilst charging. I just got an S8+ a month ago, I'm too scared to do it. Good thing the battery life is pretty good! I can charge it for a bit and use it for a while!
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You mean it doesn't charge fast enough to keep up with your use, or you mean the battery health degrades by using it?
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Is it okay to use my S8+ while im charging?
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Absolutely. I do it all the time. I have used a cable fast charger while surfing the internet or shopping on Amazon. I regularly set it on my wireless charger in the car and play music, or the wireless charger at my desk and watch movies.

Mr. Orange 645 said:
You mean it doesn't charge fast enough to keep up with your use, or you mean the battery health degrades by using it?
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Absolutely. I do it all the time. I have used a cable fast charger while surfing the internet or shopping on Amazon. I regularly set it on my wireless charger in the car and play music, or the wireless charger at my desk and watch movies.
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I mean my batter health degrades by using it that's my theory but I don't know if it's true or not haven't done much research but this is my experience with all my devices, even ones that aren't phones :/ idk I'm just scared to do it probably not a big deal
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It's not a theory - it is truth, but ONLY because of the HEAT. Phone is hot when charging, and by using it, IF YOU PLAY GAMES or such heavy use, battery and phone gets even warmer. So it degrades battery life. A TINY BIT. But I wouldn't worry about it if you don't do it every day for an hour and with heavy usage (CPU/GPU intensive games)... Don't be a slave to a device, that device is to be of use to us not the other way round. And in a year or so, you can always replace the battery, it is not that expensive. Cheers.

Alternative Power Supply

due the power issue on my pixel 1 , and we know this device really consume the power so much
so i connect it to my power bank 10,000 mAh to treat it as my battery
it works good , no overheat , no ghost touch and i love it to use my pixel all day long without thinking about battery
i also consider to replace my battery but i think its useless
2700 mAh ? it cant fit my daily usage
i hope what i do is safe
Anyone wanna to share yo idea with this device ?
Feel free [emoji4]
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I have the same feeling. I'm thinking to upgrade to Pixel 3. Meanwhile, i control background apps restrictions, low bright and have a charger near to me.
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I forgot to write that i changed my battery in August, 2019 because factory battery was dead. I saw improves but now, that battery is small.