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[Q] Restarting the phone gives MORE Battery?!

Yes, this is exactly what I get lots of time. Today, I had been charging my phone for around 3 hours starting from 14% battery. Till now it had reached around 55 % when I had to remove the charger and I put my phone somewhere. Then after some minutes I connected my phone to the PC to charge via PC now, as the charger was unavailable to me for the moment. I found that the phone had been turned off automatically. OK, so I turned it on but I saw that the battery is 100% !!
Similar thing happened yesterday when I was charging phone and decided to restart mobile thinking of getting more RAM, for it had not been restarted since a while. I restarted at 20% battery and turned it on to find that it was above 50% !
Why is it happening? Does my battery get charged quickly but phone does not tell me or is my battery behaving funny? (actually, not funny at all)
My brother's HTC Amaze charges from zero to 100% in around 2.5 hrs and other brother's Xperia Arc also charges from zero to 100% in around 2 hrs.
But my Sensation normally takes 5-6 hours.

This is a known "issue" and is due to (closed source) htc drivers. Those jumps are rather large though, could also be due to bad battery calibration; something to be expected just after flashing a rom.

84Guzz said:
This is a known "issue" and is due to (closed source) htc drivers. Those jumps are rather large though, could also be due to bad battery calibration; something to be expected just after flashing a rom.
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I have never flashed or rooted.. didn't they give a solution?

Actually it happens even if you're completely stock. It's a known issue in everyone sensation, i think. I also think It won't give you more juice as percentage will reduce faster to where it should be.

extrem0 said:
Actually it happens even if you're completely stock. It's a known issue in everyone sensation, i think. I also think It won't give you more juice as percentage will reduce faster to where it should be.
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That's what I experienced yesterday.. it dropped down real fast.
As mentioned above, it may also be a calibration issue. I am saying this because I sometimes charge with charger and sometimes with PC (USB charging Mode), and even sometimes switch between these while going from 0-100%.

I think it doesn't matter how you charge or deal with your phone. I don't think that battery calibration will solve it. If you reboot it'll increase your battery percentage, even if you don't use a charger.

it is a common htc issue with battery percentage
it happens with my device too
while charging if i do a reboot it jumps to a higher percentage

[Q] Battery temp too low and not charging

Hi All,
I have this problem of the tab not charging,
Was searching all week and had no luck. Seems like a common problem among phones especially on SGS and SGS2.
When it was on , it showed a message saying charging paused Battery temp too hot or cold.
Now the battery is drained, and when charged to the mains, it would show a yellow triangle, and a thermometer.
See picture attached..
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j236/akatora1984/20130703_204829.jpg
Just wondering if anybody had any luck figuring out why this is happening and any work around?
Just to rule things out, Tab had not been in any wet places...

service manual
I was going through the service manual and it was saying,
"If the battery will no longer charge, completely you need to replace it with a new battery. Take you device to your local service centre.."
Thoughts?..
akatora1984 said:
Hi All,
I have this problem of the tab not charging,
Was searching all week and had no luck. Seems like a common problem among phones especially on SGS and SGS2.
When it was on , it showed a message saying charging paused Battery temp too hot or cold.
Now the battery is drained, and when charged to the mains, it would show a yellow triangle, and a thermometer.
See picture attached..
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j236/akatora1984/20130703_204829.jpg
Just wondering if anybody had any luck figuring out why this is happening and any work around?
Just to rule things out, Tab had not been in any wet places...
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Well first if you still got factory warrenty...
get it fixed by samsung...
If you want to save a few dollars you could attempt to pry the screen out from the back cover and charge the battery externally then if thats a NO GO buy another battery online and then put it back together.
Ive read before with charging problems that if teh battery gets completely Flat it wont have enough charge in it to activate the charging circuits.eg when you plug in charger you get black secreen and no battery icon,you need to pop the screen out and remove the battery and charge it from a external source.then replace it.
Never seen anything about your particular problem though...

I will enquire to Samsung, not expecting much because, tab7.7 was never officially launched in Aust.
Ho do you go about charging, externally?
MRBR7 said:
Well first if you still got factory warrenty...
get it fixed by samsung...
If you want to save a few dollars you could attempt to pry the screen out from the back cover and charge the battery externally then if thats a NO GO buy another battery online and then put it back together.
Ive read before with charging problems that if teh battery gets completely Flat it wont have enough charge in it to activate the charging circuits.eg when you plug in charger you get black secreen and no battery icon,you need to pop the screen out and remove the battery and charge it from a external source.then replace it.
Never seen anything about your particular problem though...
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Try plug in wall charger for 30 mins then hold power button for 15 seconds.This is good for waking it out of deep sleep and getting it to trigger charge.
another thing is possible fix from factory reset in twrp?
i would try a few things like this and leave opening it up as a last resort.
for your info google how to open up galaxy tablet and you can find pics
how to prise the screen out of the back cover.ive bought tools for this but havent done it yet as worried about damadging screen or cracking it.
there are clips around it and you have to pop the clips out.
Australia samsung probly wont fix it as not australian model..

another thing to ry is charge using ipad 2ma charger...

Experienced exactly the same issue in May 2013. It was functioning well and charging without problem all along and suddenly turned out like this. Tried different method to have it charged but no luck. I have to bring it back to the service center for repair finally.

sk78 said:
Experienced exactly the same issue in May 2013. It was functioning well and charging without problem all along and suddenly turned out like this. Tried different method to have it charged but no luck. I have to bring it back to the service center for repair finally.
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Did the Samsung guys tried to explain anything about this?
What did they replace? Did they just replace a battery?
Please let me know.
Cheers
JK

Galaxy GT-N5110 Note 8.0 - Charging paused...battery temperature too low...
I purchased a Galaxy Note 8.0 (GT-N5110) last July. It's been working great until yesterday when a window popped up stating "Charging paused. Battery temperature too low."
I tried shutting the Note down and charge the battery whilst turned off. It seems to be charging just fine at the moment. Will check it in a few hours when the battery has been fully charged.
I installed an app called Battery Monitor Widget. It's reporting that the battery temp is around -2c to -4c while charging.
UPDATE: Battery is charged @ 100% and the Note is still on AC power. Battery Monitor is reporting that the battery is -3.7c then to -5.9c...
My next test is to completely drain the battery and see about charging then.... Will keep you posted...
Can't post screenshots for now...
Skol!
~Z
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TheZStation said:
I purchased a Galaxy Note 8.0 (GT-N5110) last July. It's been working great until yesterday when a window popped up stating "Charging paused. Battery temperature too low."
I tried shutting the Note down and charge the battery whilst turned off. It seems to be charging just fine at the moment. Will check it in a few hours when the battery has been fully charged.
I installed an app called Battery Monitor Widget. It's reporting that the battery temp is around -2c to -4c while charging.
UPDATE: Battery is charged @ 100% and the Note is still on AC power. Battery Monitor is reporting that the battery is -3.7c then to -5.9c...
My next test is to completely drain the battery and see about charging then.... Will keep you posted...
Can't post screenshots for now...
Skol!
~Z
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UPDATE: Now on battery, the battery temperature is reporting at -4.7c...

I some how fixed it by accident..
First I thought it was a faulty battery only to realise that replacing the battery did not work...
Next I followed one of the remedies I read where it said to connect the charger to the unit with the wall charger connected and connect the battery (there is a ribbon cable).
Some how it worked. Started charging etc.
I noticed that the battery had full charge as I had it plugged in for a whole night before when i was experiencing the TEMP too low symptoms.
It seemed as if it was charging all along but was showing that stupid error on the surface...
Hope this helps some people.
JK

Have this issue with one of my S4's (fortunately I have a couple so can swap things about)
The phones had a life of luxury on my desk, except it suddenly started reporting 'battery temperature too low' issue and not charging
The same battery in another S4 is absolutely fine, so the battery itself is ruled out (and indeed 2 other batteries will not charge in the unit having problems, despite working fine in other S4's)
It seems that something has died in the S4 itself internally. and is likely going to require replacement/fix at a service centre.
How many other people have this? - it could be an issue with the device build.

[Q] Battery drain issue

Hi.....
I am new on XDA.
Need help regarding battery drain issue on Samsung Galaxy I9103. I am using this Smartphone since November 2012 with default stock ROM and found it a good phone. No Root, no custom ROM flashed ever. But recently I faced the battery drain issue, sometimes it is worse. I change the charges as well to assuming that my charger is not charging battery properly but result was same.
I was about to change the battery. But today mobile is delivering outclass performance again which is very surprising for me. Last day I charged my mobile 3 times and every time battery drain out so quickly on idle / stand by mode.
Last night I charged the mobile about 65% and switched off. Then in morning I charged it again while mobile was still switched off and unplug the charges when battery was around +90%.
Question
1. Whats wrong with mobile?
2. Should I change my battery?
3. Any other issue.
Battery usage screen shots attached in PDF.

Muhammad.Muzammil said:
Hi.....
I am new on XDA.
Need help regarding battery drain issue on Samsung Galaxy I9103. I am using this Smartphone since November 2012 with default stock ROM and found it a good phone. No Root, no custom ROM flashed ever. But recently I faced the battery drain issue, sometimes it is worse. I change the charges as well to assuming that my charger is not charging battery properly but result was same.
I was about to change the battery. But today mobile is delivering outclass performance again which is very surprising for me. Last day I charged my mobile 3 times and every time battery drain out so quickly on idle / stand by mode.
Last night I charged the mobile about 65% and switched off. Then in morning I charged it again while mobile was still switched off and unplug the charges when battery was around +90%.
Question
1.Whats wrong with mobile?
2.Should I change my battery?
3.Any other issue.
Battery usage screen shots attached in PDF.
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the possible reason cld be,
1. some backgrnd process running constantly
2. device not going in to deep sleep when screen is off (requires root to check )
3. cld be a faulty charger or faulty battery in worst case scenario.
but i suspect reason 1 or 2.
if u r not rooted, very liitle v can know the cause of your problem
Sent from my GT-I9103 using Tapatalk 2

vipul12389mehta said:
2. device not going in to deep sleep when screen is off (requires root to check )
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BBS can operate without root.

vipul12389mehta said:
the possible reason cld be,
1. some backgrnd process running constantly
2. device not going in to deep sleep when screen is off (requires root to check )
3. cld be a faulty charger or faulty battery in worst case scenario.
but i suspect reason 1 or 2.
if u r not rooted, very liitle v can know the cause of your problem
Sent from my GT-I9103 using Tapatalk 2
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Hello
Good day.
Please review yesterday performance image. Most important, when I gave nap around 7-8 hours to my mobile, it is delivering good battery backup.
Further I was searching on net to regain Li-Ion batteries for smart phones and got following. Kindly validate this method.
Disclaimer: This should be used only if you believe there’s been an obvious decline in your battery life.
As promised – here is one method for bringing trusty dusty back to life
1) Turn your phone on and charge for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the phone and turn it off, then and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the phone turn it on wait a couple minutes then turn it off and charge for another hour
Your battery life should almost double.
The logic behind this method is that your phone runs on battery power all the time even when its plugged into the charger. One side of the battery gets charged while the other side is keeping the phone on. So…if your phone is on while charging it never gets charged 100%. Doing this once or twice a month should recalibrate the battery and bring it up to full usage.

Muhammad.Muzammil said:
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Hello
Good day.
Please review yesterday performance image. Most important, when I gave nap around 7-8 hours to my mobile, it is delivering good battery backup.
Further I was searching on net to regain Li-Ion batteries for smart phones and got following. Kindly validate this method.
Disclaimer: This should be used only if you believe there’s been an obvious decline in your battery life.
As promised – here is one method for bringing trusty dusty back to life
1) Turn your phone on and charge for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the phone and turn it off, then and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the phone turn it on wait a couple minutes then turn it off and charge for another hour
Your battery life should almost double.
The logic behind this method is that your phone runs on battery power all the time even when its plugged into the charger. One side of the battery gets charged while the other side is keeping the phone on. So…if your phone is on while charging it never gets charged 100%. Doing this once or twice a month should recalibrate the battery and bring it up to full usage.
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Dear All
Need your response on above mentioned method to regain the battery life. Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help.

galaxy j7 battery problem

i think my phone has some serious problems and i'm wondering if it's the battery dying or a short circuit
when i plug it on a charger while of it shows a normal charging image but how it switches from one animation to the other so i can see the status of battery percent it's like a short on the screen happened
it chargers to 100 but when i switch it on it shows mybe 95 but never 100 and if i connect it to a charger to get to 100 it only decreases
it gets warm now days which did not happen and it like drains 50% overnight which is obviously not normal. these two days the battery life is like 4 hours with internet wich with j7's battery it should not happen. if i switch it off and then on again i loose like 20% of battery and if that is all i had i get 0% and the phone doesnt switch on. the phone never had contact with water . it's been 4 days since this started and it happened all of sudden like today my phone stays up to two days at most and i just woke up it barely finishes a day without data and with power saving mode
i'm sure it's not about background apps or any activities because i hard reset it already and i don't have any app. and it's not about wifi or sync or poor network i tried all that. i did everything it didnt help. i could buy a new battery but i'm scared it might be a short because i don't think a battery can just die in one night like this.
can anyone help me with this or it's nothing serious and i have to change the battery
galaxy j700H
running custom rom enigma v6
i had a habbit of charging my phone when i sleep and unplug it in the morning and i always switched it off while charging. never used it while charging

311y said:
i think my phone has some serious problems and i'm wondering if it's the battery dying or a short circuit
when i plug it on a charger while of it shows a normal charging image but how it switches from one animation to the other so i can see the status of battery percent it's like a short on the screen happened
it chargers to 100 but when i switch it on it shows mybe 95 but never 100 and if i connect it to a charger to get to 100 it only decreases
it gets warm now days which did not happen and it like drains 50% which is obviously not normal. these two days the battery life is like 4 hours with internet wich with j7's battery it should not happen. if i switch it off and then on again i loose like 20% of battery and if that is all i had i get 0% and the phone doesnt switch on. the phone never had contact with water . it's been 4 days since this started and it happened all of sudden like today my phone stays up to two days at most and i just woke up it barely finishes a day without data and with power saving mode
i'm sure it's not about background apps or any activities because i hard reset it already and i don't have any app. and it's not about wifi or sync or poor network i tried all that. i did everything it didnt help. i could buy a new battery but i'm scared it might be a short because i don't think a battery can just die in one night like this.
can anyone help me with this or it's nothing serious and i have to change the battery
galaxy j700H
running custom rom enigma v6
i had a habbit of charging my phone when i sleep and unplug it in the morning and i always switched it off while charging. never used it while charging
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same thing happening with me from last one week since i left my phone charge at night while i was sleeping. ? after unplugging it goes from 100% to 95% suddenly and battery backup dropped don't know what's happening and yes after removing battery and reinsert it it goes down by around 20% may be someone can help.

Also got same issue..just replace the battery

Sahibjeet Singh said:
Also got same issue..just replace the battery
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Did it work for you... I mean how is the battery life after you have replaced it

311y said:
Did it work for you... I mean how is the battery life after you have replaced it
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I get around 4hours of screen on time

Best way to calibrate the battery

Hello!
So my battery drops from 96% to 67% in 30 minutes. Sometimes the phone restart at 60% and the battery drops to 5%.My camera drain the battery instantly to 0%.If my phone is charging the battery acts normaly. My questions is what is the best way to recalibrate the battery?The factory reset will fix this,or updating with huruupdater?
My phone is rooted.
Thank you!

I forgot to say that the phone randomly restart but battery % remains the same and sometimes is charging very slow

Mine was doing the same thing. You will probably need to replace the battery. I bought one on ebay for $8. I followed a youtube tutorial. You will need a hair dryer, phone tools and alot of patience.

Robertzzel said:
I forgot to say that the phone randomly restart but battery % remains the same and sometimes is charging very slow
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you need to purchase a new battery. calibration will not correct it.
I had the same issue, i can really one time i had to connect my power bank to take a picture lol