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I'm starting to thinking that my battery is defect because I had Nexus S [sold] prior to purchasing another Nexus S, which I'm currently using.
It used to last me about a day, now it lasts about 5 hours.
I set it to auto brightness [which seems to use about 70% of my battery according to battery use on Settings].
I sync my school email every one hour, GMail, and few other SMS-alternative applications that pops up.
I have Live Wallpaper.
My settings were pretty much identical to my previous Nexus S so I'm not sure what exactly is wrong.
Any suggestions on improving battery life?
Is auto-brightness equal to better battery life or lowest (1) setting? I'm totally fine with auto brightness but I can't seem to see well outdoors when it's set to lowest brightness setting.
Do you use setcpu? It can help extend your battery life to last you throughout the day.
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navlem said:
Do you use setcpu? It can help extend your battery life to last you throughout the day.
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I set my CPU below 1 GHz when battery is under 50% but I can see it lag and since the battery seem to go down to 50% pretty quickly, I'm not sure if that's a feasible option.
16 hours, 55 minutes on battery ... and battery left = 69% ...
It was mostly on wifi, games, browsing, etc.
Mine lasts about 12 hours with fairly heavy useage. MSN messenger via beejiveIM, texts, emails via gmail and loads of web.
I bought a second (genuine) battery and an external charger so I always have 2 available and charged.
I tend to leave setcpu at 800MHz max unless I particularly need the horsepower, in which case I can bump it up to 1.4GHz if I need it.
johnkim0011 said:
I set my CPU below 1 GHz when battery is under 50% but I can see it lag and since the battery seem to go down to 50% pretty quickly, I'm not sure if that's a feasible option.
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The important part is to underclock your CPU to a very low clock when it's screen is off. That will boost your battery significantly
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The important part is to underclock your CPU to a very low clock when it's screen is off. That will boost your battery significantly
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Yep, I checked my profile again and screen off is set to 800 max 100 min. Should I lower even more?
Temp > 50.0 C is 400 max 100 min
Charging is 1000 max 1000 min.
Battery < 50% is 1400 max 1000 min.
Cycled 3 times now and the first day with moderate use I went about 8-9 hours. It was awesome. Now that I'm using it a little heavier and will actually be using it quite heavily with data, gps, browsing, phone calls etc. I am noticing maybe that really isn't enough... I need like 12 hours or more like I hear some people are getting...
So I ask you XDA, what is THE BEST way for me to achieve super long battery life with heavy use. I'm already using SetCPU (settings below)
2100 maH battery? (Will this even be a huge difference from our current battery? I don't know what our stock battery maH is..)
3800 maH battery? (If this ends up being the best solution...I need a good case to support it and these usually don't have those...)
A way to turn off LTE?
...any other way to get 12+ hours out of my phone with heavy usage? I'm never in the car long enough or at a desk long enough some days to be able to plug my phone in and charge...
Also, I've searched and searched and can't find anything other than "The LTE is still on even if you use X ROM, or turn X settings off, or install X kernel/radio." Is there any new update on how to turn off LTE on the Skyrocket when rooted?
My SetCPU settings:
Clock max 1350 MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Profiles:
Screen OFF
Priority 60
Clock max 432 MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery >=50*C
Priority 55
Clock max 756 MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery <= 20%
Priority 50
Clock max 702MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery <= 50%
Priority 45
Clock max 918MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery <= 80%
Priority 40
Clock max 1188MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Please help. I NEED to find a way to do this. I'm a network technician and having no access to phone calls and emails is tough. Also my family and loved ones after the work day and I'm still out doing errands for another 4 or so hours and my phone is 0% dead isn't a good thing.
*Note: If the 2100maH battery takes the stock back plate and it can give me what I'm asking for I would PREFER it. I have an Otterbox case I dropped $50 + SH on and I'd like to keep using it....
Phone specs:
SKY ICS 4.2F-7A
Kernel:
3.0.8-perf-1727RUXLF3-CL611724
syypher said:
Cycled 3 times now and the first day with moderate use I went about 8-9 hours. It was awesome. Now that I'm using it a little heavier and will actually be using it quite heavily with data, gps, browsing, phone calls etc. I am noticing maybe that really isn't enough... I need like 12 hours or more like I hear some people are getting...
So I ask you XDA, what is THE BEST way for me to achieve super long battery life with heavy use. I'm already using SetCPU (settings below)
2100 maH battery? (Will this even be a huge difference from our current battery? I don't know what our stock battery maH is..)
3800 maH battery? (If this ends up being the best solution...I need a good case to support it and these usually don't have those...)
A way to turn off LTE?
...any other way to get 12+ hours out of my phone with heavy usage? I'm never in the car long enough or at a desk long enough some days to be able to plug my phone in and charge...
Also, I've searched and searched and can't find anything other than "The LTE is still on even if you use X ROM, or turn X settings off, or install X kernel/radio." Is there any new update on how to turn off LTE on the Skyrocket when rooted?
My SetCPU settings:
Clock max 1350 MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Profiles:
Screen OFF
Priority 60
Clock max 432 MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery >=50*C
Priority 55
Clock max 756 MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery <= 20%
Priority 50
Clock max 702MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery <= 50%
Priority 45
Clock max 918MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery <= 80%
Priority 40
Clock max 1188MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Please help. I NEED to find a way to do this. I'm a network technician and having no access to phone calls and emails is tough. Also my family and loved ones after the work day and I'm still out doing errands for another 4 or so hours and my phone is 0% dead isn't a good thing.
*Note: If the 2100maH battery takes the stock back plate and it can give me what I'm asking for I would PREFER it. I have an Otterbox case I dropped $50 + SH on and I'd like to keep using it....
Phone specs:
SKY ICS 4.2F-7A
Kernel:
3.0.8-perf-1727RUXLF3-CL611724
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I found a 2250maH Battery on ebay.. MFG is Andida. $13 shipped. Fits in the stock battery location with the stock cover. I have an OtterBox case. All is well! Worth the 7 day wait!
hemibat said:
I found a 2250maH Battery on ebay.. MFG is Andida. $13 shipped. Fits in the stock battery location with the stock cover. I have an OtterBox case. All is well! Worth the 7 day wait!
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Thank you Hemi! Is Andida a good brand or something? Or are you just letting me know so I can find it? Just curious. How has the life been? I had an Atrix before the SkyRocket and I know a MAJOR issue with that phone was anything above stock that was breaking the 2000maH mark WOULD NOT register in the battery's true %. No matter what cycling, "fixes", battery stat resets etc. that you did. Does the battery on here show you the actual stats? Would this battery last long enough to meet my needs? 12 hour day with heavy usage?
Sorry for the question bombardment...but if this will really answer my needs which I really need answered ASAP, I will drop the $ for this immediately.
Buy an extended battery, then UC/UV like crazy
OFWGKTADGAF said:
Buy an extended battery, then UC/UV like crazy
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How do you UV?
Also, what do you guys who've under clocked found as a good clock to keep it at? 1.5ghz is REALLY high IMO and I normally have it cap around 1.2ghz...anyone found a good clock to run around and it still be snappy and smooth?
Also..how do the guys with stock batteries get those 12 hour times? Is it just moderate usage? Will the 2100mah or 2200mah batteries give me what I want? 12 hours high usage? Or do I need to go with the 3800mah seidos I've been hearing a lot of good reviews on...?
syypher said:
How do you UV?
Also, what do you guys who've under clocked found as a good clock to keep it at? 1.5ghz is REALLY high IMO and I normally have it cap around 1.2ghz...anyone found a good clock to run around and it still be snappy and smooth?
Also..how do the guys with stock batteries get those 12 hour times? Is it just moderate usage? Will the 2100mah or 2200mah batteries give me what I want? 12 hours high usage? Or do I need to go with the 3800mah seidos I've been hearing a lot of good reviews on...?
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Can't help with the battery, but I run 1080 max 192 min, battery is more or less same as 1500 max for me. I get 4hrs screen on time, maybe 3.5 if there's above average voice use. This is with data on the whole time. I've found my battery is just about completely dependent on screen time, minus some expected drain over the course of hours but that's very minimal.
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hemibat said:
I found a 2250maH Battery on ebay.. MFG is Andida. $13 shipped. Fits in the stock battery location with the stock cover. I have an OtterBox case. All is well! Worth the 7 day wait!
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In my experience the Extended Samsung Nexus battery is a better solution than the Andida.
syypher said:
Thank you Hemi! Is Andida a good brand or something? Or are you just letting me know so I can find it? Just curious. How has the life been? I had an Atrix before the SkyRocket and I know a MAJOR issue with that phone was anything above stock that was breaking the 2000maH mark WOULD NOT register in the battery's true %. No matter what cycling, "fixes", battery stat resets etc. that you did. Does the battery on here show you the actual stats? Would this battery last long enough to meet my needs? 12 hour day with heavy usage?
Sorry for the question bombardment...but if this will really answer my needs which I really need answered ASAP, I will drop the $ for this immediately.
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The battery and mfg is the only one I found that was a 2500maH. It was the largest I found that kept everything I wanted (stock battery, cover, etc). There might be another CO that makes one, but this is what I've found. Two weeks and running. It charges the first 65% like a banshee, then slows down for the remainder.
It's worked well for me, extending my day and making life easier. It really doesn't take any longer to fully charge than the stock one did, just longer life throughout the day.
Hope this helps.
You thought about getting external mobile charger or just spare batteries? you charge everything when you got the time and then just swap around when needed.
have i got a solution for you my friend...
I'm testing a set of tweaks i made for my old phone which is working well. These tweaks provide excellent battery life and incredible performance gains.
Just to give you a quick snapshot, I'm at 22+ hours uptime @ 28% under moderate use. I'm not oc/uv either, and i am on official aokp Rom.
I plan to have it finalized by Sunday as long as my normal life duties don't interfere...
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I am the exact same way with my skyrocket, heavy use for work and need at least 12hrs+ battery. So after much research, Looking at extra batteries to carry around or the tweak/root/rom method, which is way more convenient then carrying around batteries all the time.
I rooted my device, put SKYICS on it, and tweaked the CPU and UV, and now I'm using my phone heavy and at hour 12 i'm at 39%, so happy now with this phone now. It does me. Give it a try, believe me you wont be disappointed.
thomas.raines said:
have i got a solution for you my friend...
I'm testing a set of tweaks i made for my old phone which is working well. These tweaks provide excellent battery life and incredible performance gains.
Just to give you a quick snapshot, I'm at 22+ hours uptime @ 28% under moderate use. I'm not oc/uv either, and i am on official aokp Rom.
I plan to have it finalized by Sunday as long as my normal life duties don't interfere...
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Where will you posting it when it's done so i know where to find it?
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once i get all the bugs ironed out, I'll post it on the dev section
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syypher said:
Cycled 3 times now and the first day with moderate use I went about 8-9 hours. It was awesome. Now that I'm using it a little heavier and will actually be using it quite heavily with data, gps, browsing, phone calls etc. I am noticing maybe that really isn't enough... I need like 12 hours or more like I hear some people are getting...
So I ask you XDA, what is THE BEST way for me to achieve super long battery life with heavy use. I'm already using SetCPU (settings below)
2100 maH battery? (Will this even be a huge difference from our current battery? I don't know what our stock battery maH is..)
3800 maH battery? (If this ends up being the best solution...I need a good case to support it and these usually don't have those...)
A way to turn off LTE?
...any other way to get 12+ hours out of my phone with heavy usage? I'm never in the car long enough or at a desk long enough some days to be able to plug my phone in and charge...
Also, I've searched and searched and can't find anything other than "The LTE is still on even if you use X ROM, or turn X settings off, or install X kernel/radio." Is there any new update on how to turn off LTE on the Skyrocket when rooted?
My SetCPU settings:
Clock max 1350 MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Profiles:
Screen OFF
Priority 60
Clock max 432 MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery >=50*C
Priority 55
Clock max 756 MHz
Clock min 192 MHz
Battery
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Hello guys,
Guys post your battery temp during normal use,gaming,heavy app use plz..m facing heating issues and want to compare with other Xperia L's
This is during my normal use with 3G which heats upto 40 sometimes
Screenshot attached
Normal Usage using Wifi
Normal usage with wifi:
After playing around 10 minutes of Asphalt 8 on High settings:
The CPU was at 50 degress but it goes to 48 when I took ss.
damian01211 said:
Normal usage with wifi:
After playing around 10 minutes of Asphalt 8 on High settings:
The CPU was at 50 degress but it goes to 48 when I took ss.
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Mine goes 42 degrees with gaming like FIFA12 etc and in 3G use it stays around 35-40 and with wifi 34-38..are this temperatures normal?
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I cannot said what the temperature is when I use 3G as my data package is out for this month already, but I think the temperatures provided by you are normal. Like when you are playing Fifa the CPU is cooler than mine. I think they are normal. Most of modern phone's have heating issue during playing.
damian01211 said:
I cannot said what the temperature is when I use 3G as my data package is out for this month already, but I think the temperatures provided by you are normal. Like when you are playing Fifa the CPU is cooler than mine. I think they are normal. Most of modern phone's have heating issue during playing.
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Hmm but i rarely play games ..also sometimes temperatures rises during charging period with moderate use while charging and battery temperature reaches 43 degrees..is this harmful? Well i think its harmful..
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Raj joshi said:
Hmm but i rarely play games ..also sometimes temperatures rises during charging period with moderate use while charging and battery temperature reaches 43 degrees..is this harmful? Well i think its harmful..
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Well, don't think so. My phone also heats up during charging when I use it. I'm not sure if this work or not but you of course when you wan't can enable option that Nexus 4 has. It's like when a phone reach certain temperature a cpu/gpu clock is lower to prevent battery overheated.
I don't have it enable as mostly I don't play or do anything more stressful that will make phone hot.
damian01211 said:
Well, don't think so. My phone also heats up during charging when I use it. I'm not sure if this work or not but you of course when you wan't can enable option that Nexus 4 has. It's like when a phone reach certain temperature a cpu/gpu clock is lower to prevent battery overheated.
I don't have it enable as mostly I don't play or do anything more stressful that will make phone hot.
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Are you pointing towards frequency lock?
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Raj joshi said:
Hmm but i rarely play games ..also sometimes temperatures rises during charging period with moderate use while charging and battery temperature reaches 43 degrees..is this harmful? Well i think its harmful..
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dude you have a fit right...oh you sold it, still that device was about half as powerful okay 1/3 rd yet the battery temp with 0 activity and mostly in deep sleep is at 30 C.
now xperia L is way more powerful so should get a tad bit hotter too right(of course that's based on CPU activity) try it put is down for say two hours no charging , no nothing so that in deep sleep(lowest freq) also no 3g(that has its own daemon that eats cpu power i.e. causes cpu to work and hence battery drain and heat). wifi is okay(stable connection hence minimal cpu usage as no reconnections).
now check yor battery temp should be around 35C so your device is fine.
all this is based on stock heat and power management cant comment on custom kernels.
to check battery temp via device(no app) use code *#*#4636#*#*
Dark Passenger said:
dude you have a fit right...oh you sold it, still that device was about half as powerful okay 1/3 rd yet the battery temp with 0 activity and mostly in deep sleep is at 30 C.
now xperia L is way more powerful so should get a tad bit hotter too right(of course that's based on CPU activity) try it put is down for say two hours no charging , no nothing so that in deep sleep(lowest freq) also no 3g(that has its own daemon that eats cpu power i.e. causes cpu to work and hence battery drain and heat). wifi is okay(stable connection hence minimal cpu usage as no reconnections).
now check yor battery temp should be around 35C so your device is fine.
all this is based on stock heat and power management cant comment on custom kernels.
to check battery temp via device(no app) use code *#*#4636#*#*
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Yup bro i sold my gfit...and yeah you are correct my battery temp reached 30 degrees wihout any data connection any charging..
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Raj joshi said:
Yup bro i sold my gfit...and yeah you are correct my battery temp reached 30 degrees wihout any data connection any charging..
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if you are on a custom kernel the best practice is to uv and NOT oc also change the governor to Interactive since thats far better than performance.(spimply put performance goes to top cpu freq even when not required and slowly scales down while interactive scales up fast and down fast at user touch events) for heating and basic phone wear and tear purposes.
and one of the main reason along with more ram(i mean lower bloat hence more free ram) that i want a cyanogen mod ROM.
Before and after playing candy crush.lol
When charging,it will up to 37-39 degrees
Qualcomm makes the MSM8230 chip that you see in L, there are 4 different "types" based on how it meets their quality standards. These are Slow, Nominal and Fast (Faster is on Higher end chips like APQ8064). The main difference IIRC between these types is how stable each can handle undervolting. CPUs that are "Fast" for example come pre-configured at a lower nominal voltage than a "Nominal" type CPU, and more so than a "Slow" type. IIRC, there's like only a -50mV difference between Fast and Slow out of the box, however Fast CPUs should be able to handle lower voltages than Slow-type.
This may explain why some people complain higher temp than others on account of same tasks. Although there can be other reasons. I'm not quite sure.
To find out what binned CPU you have, I recommend the following:
YOU MUST BE ROOTED! And installed busybox
1) Install Terminal Emulator
2) Reboot your phone
3) Open Terminal Emulator, and type:
su
dmesg | grep PVS
(if you don't see anything, try it.immediately after fresh reboot)
For example I've fast binned cpu
So basically, far as I understand I got Fast CPU which isn't going to be as hot as the Slow type due to lower voltage ?
Dark Passenger said:
if you are on a custom kernel the best practice is to uv and NOT oc also change the governor to Interactive since thats far better than performance.(spimply put performance goes to top cpu freq even when not required and slowly scales down while interactive scales up fast and down fast at user touch events) for heating and basic phone wear and tear purposes.
and one of the main reason along with more ram(i mean lower bloat hence more free ram) that i want a cyanogen mod ROM.
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Bro no interactive governor present in stock extended kernel v3 :/ any other tips? @Dark Passenger
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Raj joshi said:
Bro no interactive governor present in stock extended kernel v3 :/ any other tips? @Dark Passenger
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then go for ondemand the performance might be a tad bit slower than preformance governor but your battery life should be better along with the heating...also no oc.
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Ya bro i also face the same..when i use my phone during charge time..and normally it is about 35-40. @Dark Passenger what are stats about your XL? Can u post it here?
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I have a fast binned CPU
The result number shows the characteristic of cpu binned (AFAIK) Source : http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/qualcomm-cpu-binning-is-yours-slow-nominal-fast-or-faster.2842/page-5
1 : slow
2: normal
3: fast
4: faster
my tab become so hot hen i use it .. no matter at what frequency i set cpu!
im using next kernel right now ! but even at stock kernel its the same..
im wondring if there is any way to reduce this!??
thanks in advance
lilpaka7 said:
my tab become so hot hen i use it .. no matter at what frequency i set cpu!
im using next kernel right now ! but even at stock kernel its the same..
im wondring if there is any way to reduce this!??
thanks in advance
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Few recommended tips:
1.Off your GPS, WIFI, DATA CONNECTION and BLUETOOTH when not in use. ( they are battery suckers)
2.Use original Samsung charger to charge your tab.
3.Watch your apps which consumes much processor and Ram, after that if they are not important just install them.
4.See your screen brightness, try to increase in daylight and decrease in nights.
5.Use power save option in your tab.
6.Try to charge your tab in switch off mode.
7.While charging don't do task, let it be only charge.
8. Charge only once a day completely without interrupt, rather than always keep on charging for few minutes and then few minutes and so on.. ( You will loose its original capability if you continue doing charging)
Edit: Make sure to uninstall apps which consumes more Processes.
You have to do it manually, no other Magic to keep your tab unheated. Follow above tips.
Underclock your gpu to 307Mhz or 153 mhz (through next kernel) , it will clearly reduce overheating amd battery consumption
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Hi guys, I have got the Lenovo legion Y90 phone a few days ago and while checking the battery's condition though the Accubattery app, I have noticed that the battery voltage is very high ranging from 7.8V to above 8.2V when it's fully charged. As far as I know the normal voltage for the phone's lithium ion battery should range from 3.9V to 4.2V when fully charged and it could be very harmful to the battery life if it goes higher than that but what I got is actually double the normal voltage. The phone has got dual batteries but I have never had this high voltage reading with any other dual battery phones that I have had before this one. Can anyone advise on that please? Thanks
i have the same issue im not sure what to do on k50 gamig
SAaied said:
i have the same issue im not sure what to do on k50 gamig
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Does the k50 gaming edition have dual batteries too? Now I am starting to believe that this is an issue with the Accubattery software itself when dealing with dual batteries. I think it might be reading each of the batteries alone and summing-up the 2 voltages like doubling it! Because the phone usually doesn't get hot even with the high voltage reading
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Does the k50 gaming edition have dual batteries too? Now I am starting to believe that this is an issue with the Accubattery software itself when dealing with dual batteries. I think it might be reading each of the batteries alone and summing-up the 2 voltages like doubling it! Because the phone usually doesn't get hot even with the high voltage reading
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I don't think so coz i have one plus 8t and the voltage is fine
Anyways i returned the phone coz it was also getting hot
Dr Amro Elbehidi said:
Does the k50 gaming edition have dual batteries too? Now I am starting to believe that this is an issue with the Accubattery software itself when dealing with dual batteries. I think it might be reading each of the batteries alone and summing-up the 2 voltages like doubling it! Because the phone usually doesn't get hot even with the high voltage reading
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SAaied said:
I don't think so coz i have one plus 8t and the voltage is fine
Anyways i returned the phone coz it was also getting hot
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Maybe its a failure with the phone if its getting too hot, about having the double Volts is expected as these phones are game made and need hgh voltage to avoid increase the amp(which leads to high temeperature). so yes the divided battery is expected to delivery more voltage, but this is not risk, its just planned to be so.