I've noticed that on low brightness/dark backgrounds, I have some flickering on the 3a's screen when my phone is connected to the charger and has 100% charge. Initially I thought it might have been a PWM thing, and hadn't even thought that it was a charger issue. After finding that some people on earlier Pixel models had this problem I tried unplugging the charger and every time I do the flickering stops. It looks basically identical to this.
So far I have tried using a PWM free app, but on low brightness I can still see the flickering. I have tried the stock kernel as well as the new Elemental X kernel. I have tried with/without adaptive brightness as well as Night Mode. The only fix so far has been unplugging the charger.
The next thing I am going to do is just set the phone up to never charge to 100% and see how that goes. Some people with the original Pixel were saying the flickering went away with software updates and others said it didn't.
Anyone else having these flickering issues?
My rootless theory No.1 the battery voltage of pixel 3a is too high at full charge and can't hold itself...thus the voltage to the display driver goes out of the spec?
So, hardware or software?
So far my solution of limiting the charge to 90% seems to work. I am still interested if anyone has noticed this behavior. I found other people having this problem happening on previous Nexus/Pixel devices (I never noticed it with my N6 which I had been using before the 3a), but this device is so new there's not a lot of stuff published yet.
I feel the new thread with so many pages but no clues if it's hardware or software...
Just a thought, but could it be the "Always On Screen" being activated/deactivated rapidly? Just a thought.
Wdenton said:
Just a thought, but could it be the "Always On Screen" being activated/deactivated rapidly? Just a thought.
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Not sure. I have that feature turned off.
Cancambo said:
I've noticed that on low brightness/dark backgrounds, I have some flickering on the 3a's screen when my phone is connected to the charger and has 100% charge. Initially I thought it might have been a PWM thing, and hadn't even thought that it was a charger issue. After finding that some people on earlier Pixel models had this problem I tried unplugging the charger and every time I do the flickering stops. It looks basically identical to this.
So far I have tried using a PWM free app, but on low brightness I can still see the flickering. I have tried the stock kernel as well as the new Elemental X kernel. I have tried with/without adaptive brightness as well as Night Mode. The only fix so far has been unplugging the charger.
The next thing I am going to do is just set the phone up to never charge to 100% and see how that goes. Some people with the original Pixel were saying the flickering went away with software updates and others said it didn't.
Anyone else having these flickering issues?
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For some reason my battery meter both stock and the widget I installed get stuck at the same level for hours. Only way to get an accurate read on my battery level is to reboot the phone.
Anyone else having this issue?
Not sure if it's the widget causing this or not since it also shows stuck on the stock battery meter in the task bar.
This has been discussed in other forums (androidforums.com) as well, though I can't recall if I've seen it here as well. There is a bit of debate over the cause.
I personally have had it happen only 1 time in the past 2 weeks of owning the device.
Others commented on that they thought it might be if they used a different cable than the one that came with the device, or an Apple branded wall-charger.
I personally have used an HP Touchpad charger that can put out more amperage (2.1A) and have not had trouble with the battery meter getting stuck since that one time.
I'm sure others will have their opinions on the cause as well.
Also, FYI-some people who have had this happen often enough have brought the battery back and gotten a new one as it might also be a firmware or even hardware problem on the battery itself.
Hi all,
Started using the phone just 2 days ago and noticed some issues. The main one is the phone dies over night. I have nearly 40% battery then I can't turn the phone on the next day. When I plug the charger in it goes up from 0%. I then turn the phone on when it reaches around 15% and to my surprise the switched on phone days 58% battery!
This happened two nights in a row now
Other things I've noticed :
- some camera noise while on the screen which takes the photo. Is that normal? The resulting images aren't blowing me away either.
- screen tint on white background. This is my first amoled and my eyes are finding it hard to adjust. I heard this is normal? Mine is a bit yellow all over and greenish at the bottom. Should I be worried?
- some lag on chrome. This is mainly pages with ads maybe I need an ad blocker. Can someone with an ad blocker confirm that it speeds up the browser.
GaMeFaNaTi3 said:
Hi all,
Started using the phone just 2 days ago and noticed some issues. The main one is the phone dies over night. I have nearly 40% battery then I can't turn the phone on the next day. When I plug the charger in it goes up from 0%. I then turn the phone on when it reaches around 15% and to my surprise the switched on phone days 58% battery!
This happened two nights in a row now
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There's something wrong with your battery's calibration. Considering you've only had the phone for two days, I'd switch it out for another unit if you can.
I was going to try a factory reset but if the battery stats are out of sync then do you think it's a hardware problem?
Hi all
Fixed the battery by doing a factory reset.
I'm still getting camera noise aka pixelation when taking photos in low light. My photos don't look anywhere as good as others.
Also my headphone jack is stiff I have to use a lot of force to get my headphones in.
My whites are more greenish than white with a bit of pink at the top.
Are these things normal or should I get it swapped?
Anyone??? Waiting before I go return it.
Seems chrome lag is normal, it's not well adjusted for the s6, I use the stock browser it works well, plus it has that cool finger print feature to log into websites.
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Anyone??? Waiting before I go return it.
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i would say "return it"..for the price they are charging you for this crap get your entitlement.
GaMeFaNaTi3 said:
Hi all,
Started using the phone just 2 days ago and noticed some issues. The main one is the phone dies over night. I have nearly 40% battery then I can't turn the phone on the next day. When I plug the charger in it goes up from 0%. I then turn the phone on when it reaches around 15% and to my surprise the switched on phone days 58% battery!
This happened two nights in a row now
Other things I've noticed :
- some camera noise while on the screen which takes the photo. Is that normal? The resulting images aren't blowing me away either.
- screen tint on white background. This is my first amoled and my eyes are finding it hard to adjust. I heard this is normal? Mine is a bit yellow all over and greenish at the bottom. Should I be worried?
- some lag on chrome. This is mainly pages with ads maybe I need an ad blocker. Can someone with an ad blocker confirm that it speeds up the browser.
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everything else is normal battery was abnormal but u fixed it on moled whites look slight yellowish but if its too much and the pink tint issue i m not sure take it to service centre!
Thanks all. Took it to my retailer who said nothing is wrong. I also saw a display unit which looked worse on the tinting. I might just need to adjust to this display first time I've used an amoled. The headphone jack is loosening up and the camera looks really good in daylight so guess it's just not great with low light.
I need to do some research on rooting now to get the best out of this phone!
You need to let the battery calibrate for a few days.
Display wise, changing the brightness affects the tint of the display. You'll notice less pinkishness on a higher brightness setting.
You can try change your screen mode too depending on whether you like saturated or more natural colours.
I don't like having the display too bright it will hurt my eyes. There's a bit of pink tint at the top in the middle I'm going to try and get used to it.
I did find this app called screen balance which has reduced the yellowness of my screen! I've also installed adaway and now have no chrome lag at all
Hello community,
So, I've got myself a Nexus 5.
Problem (?):
When I'm charging my N5 and the battery indicator reaches 96%, the charging led goes green, indicating that it's fully charged. It doesn't STOP to charge at 96% like to prevent overcharging, it just shows green led at 96% and continues to charge to 100%. It thought the problem may be the stock kernel that comes with Cataclysm ROM, so I've flashed ElementalX kernel (Without wiping anything, do I have to wipe?) and the problem's still there.
Is that behavior normal?
Here are details about my phone:
Cataclysm ROM, 5.1.1 (Jun 20, 2015, stable build)
ElementalX Kernel, latest version for 5.1.1 (4.04)
I got my N5 one or two months ago, I rooted immediately but I believe it had this issue right out of the box. And I'm using the stock wall charger & usb cable which I received with my N5.
Thanks to anyone trying to help me.
Regards
I remember a Marques Brownlee Youtube video where he was talking about Li-On battery overcharging - they don't apparently, since there is circuitry in the battery to regulate the charging. From memory, he described it as a sort of "bounce" effect, where the charging gets close to 100%, cuts out, then says "Maybe a bit more" and starts again - and it may do that a number of times. So I reckon that this behaviour is what you're seeing, and you don't have any problem.
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I remember a Marques Brownlee Youtube video where he was talking about Li-On battery overcharging - they don't apparently, since there is circuitry in the battery to regulate the charging. From memory, he described it as a sort of "bounce" effect, where the charging gets close to 100%, cuts out, then says "Maybe a bit more" and starts again - and it may do that a number of times. So I reckon that this behaviour is what you're seeing, and you don't have any problem.
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Thank your for your reply
Now I know that everything's behaving normal. I almost thought that I have to replace the battery - and it's non removeable, so that would be a hard nut for me to crack, even with the right tools.
Last question, if I would replace my current N5 battery with another (original) battery, would the 'problem' vanish? Now I know, everything's OK.. but I'm a sorta perfectionist when it comes to devices. In other words, is that behavior related to the battery?
Here's the Marques Brownlee video I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrcbcm11830
So the answer to your question is: no, a new battery will (most likely) make no difference at all - a lot of trouble, risk and expense for nothing. I leave my phone on a charging pad every night, on a timer switching off around 03:00, and it's usually around 95-97% in the morning. Like you, I'd much prefer 100%, but I've learned to live with it, especially as my Nexus 6 very rarely drops below 50% during the day - I'm a light user.
And a word of warning to anyone reading this. We tend to go looking for solutions to problems we've already suffered, when it can be too late. I managed a few months ago to drain my Nexus 5 battery down to zero, and when I recharged it the radio was stone dead - no SIM recognised, no data service (but wifi ok), no phone calls, no texts. There are many people reporting the same thing, so beware:
DON'T LET YOUR NEXUS 5 BATTERY DRAIN TO ZERO!!!
Unbenannt0412 said:
Now I know that everything's behaving normal. I almost thought that I have to replace the battery - and it's non removeable, so that would be a hard nut for me to crack, even with the right tools.
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There is no need for you to replace your battery - the percentage issue might be solved with a simple battery calibration.
But just to answer your question, the hardest part when replacing the battery is getting the old one out since it's glued in pretty hard.
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There is no need for you to replace your battery - the percentage issue might be solved with a simple battery calibration.
But just to answer your question, the hardest part when replacing the battery is getting the old one out since it's glued in pretty hard.
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Can you please forward me to some sort of instructions of how to calibrate properly? Can't find anything but the batterystats.bin hoax.
Anyone?
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Anyone?
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disccharge from 100% until your phone shuts down, then charge it to 100% while it is off
As far as I know, this issue is software side, not hardware. Have you ever encountered this problem before ? On my ROM (which is SAOSP), the LED started turning green at 95%. This could also mean that the green LED is set to appear at 95% - 96% charge.
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As far as I know, this issue is software side, not hardware. Have you ever encountered this problem before ? On my ROM (which is SAOSP), the LED started turning green at 95%. This could also mean that the green LED is set to appear at 95% - 96% charge.
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Yes, I've thought about that too. The LED could be the problem. Is there some sort of workaround for this?
And no, I'm encountering this for the first time. I've rooted and flashed Cataclysm ROM right after I unpacked my N5, so I don't know if the problem was on stock too.
Unbenannt, I would say that you need to stop looking at this as a problem - it doesn't seem to be one. You'll spend a lot of time and energy on this (you already have...) and the concensus seems to be that it's not worth the trouble. If you run down your battery you risk bricking the radio (and I know that GtrCraft is saying only until the phone shuts down, not drained to zero) but really, why take the risk of damaging a beautiful device for such a minor reason?
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When I'm charging my N5 and the battery indicator reaches 96%, the charging led goes green, indicating that it's fully charged.
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did you said charging LED ? wooh I've been using this device for 2-3 months and never seen LED blink when full charged !!
you are using any app or something for that ? bcz i'm on stock and i can't see any option to turn it on and No charging light for me at all !
does all people see it on stock ?!
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did you said charging LED ? wooh I've been using this device for 2-3 months and never seen LED blink when full charged !!
you are using any app or something for that ? bcz i'm on stock and i can't see any option to turn it on and No charging light for me at all !
does all people see it on stock ?!
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I'm running a custom ROM (Cataclysm), so that's probably why.
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Unbenannt, I would say that you need to stop looking at this as a problem - it doesn't seem to be one. You'll spend a lot of time and energy on this (you already have...) and the concensus seems to be that it's not worth the trouble. If you run down your battery you risk bricking the radio (and I know that GtrCraft is saying only until the phone shuts down, not drained to zero) but really, why take the risk of damaging a beautiful device for such a minor reason?
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Yeah, maybe you are right.
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I'm running a custom ROM (Cataclysm), so that's probably why.
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Oh..i thought you were fully stock before flashing custom kernel.
OK now im starting to worry a little about my choice as I am starting to see this popping up with people. Has anyone here had any issues like these as im not seeing it discussed here
https://www.gsmarena.com/now_the_google_pixel_3_is_overheating_while_charging-news-34148.php
https://9to5google.com/2018/11/08/pixel-3-overheating-charging/
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-3-overheating-problem-923456/
it doesnt sound good
No issues for me on my pixel 3xl. Then again, I don't use it whilst it's charging, however I've never felt it feel particularly hot on any occasion.
to be honest neither do i usually use the phone when charging goes on charge at night when im asleep, however if its a real issue then its still not good
I use it often while its charging and had none overheating
I noticed that too. Checked the temperature and it was 39°.. never had those problems on the 2XL. It's quite strage!
I think this could be solved by software anyway, o really hope Google gives a look into that. Anyway I tried getting into airplane mode and it did help a bit, it's useful if you can use that mode for a bit of course
I felt it get warm when mid charge, but that's usual for quick charging. I've never used it while charging, or had it get hot while in use.
Thanks for the feedback folks mine comes tomorrow hopefully so I'll let you know what mine is like
My Nexus 6P would get really warm when plugged in using Android Auto & Google Maps navigation. Nothing so hot that I was worried, but warmer than I expected. My Pixel 3XL barely gets warm under the same conditions. Pretty pleased considering the issues others have experienced.
I haven't experienced it with mine so far. Knock on wood.
Ive noticed the back of my pixel 3xl warm after leaving on charge stand. Only got the stand Friday. Assume it's normal?
had my phone for around 24hrs now and no overheating currently @micks_address I would say it may get a little warm when wireless charging as can happen when wired charging
Yeah. Mine overheats and shuts down while taking photos outdoors.
Maybe it's the new AI chip Google put into these phones.
Would Google admit the chip has a problem?
My keep overheating when I'm using Viber on video call and charging in same time, and become very hot in the time.
Any help please thanks
aureon said:
My keep overheating when I'm using Viber on video call and charging in same time, and become very hot in the time.
Any help please thanks
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don't do it at the same time. charging with the stock charger will heat up the battery and when using an app to video call it will make it even hotter (SoC/CPU runs hotter) and then at 50°C batterytemp (don't know at which temp exactly) the phone will shutdown.
Last night my S6 did not charge and was at 9% when I got up. It would not recognize the charger being plugged in. I then tried it on its original charger (which I had downstairs). It would not recognize that either.
I rebooted the S6 and all is fine again and it sees both chargers.
So that's two software bugs now. This and the WiFi crashing. Both fixed by reboots.
Mine has been perfect so far. Return it imo than to have this potential problem rearing it's head from time to time.
All the best
Don't think it needs returned as it appears to be a software problem not a hardware problem. The fact a reboot resolved it makes me think software. The charging issue has only happened once so far and hopefully a future patch will fix it.
charging should not be software. It may report wrong, but should charge.
There is a software component to evaluating the the charging connection. I that case above rebooting the tablet resolved it. That would not have helped if it was hardware.
Anyway it has not done it since.
I have mine set to MAX charge @ 85%, saves wear on battery I like this feature.
having same issues on charging. I need to reboot/restart my tablet for charging to work.
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having same issues on charging. I need to reboot/restart my tablet for charging to work.
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I have not seen it happen since that one time I reported it.
scaramonga said:
I have mine set to MAX charge @ 85%, saves wear on battery I like this feature.
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Hi. How do you set your max charge?
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toomie said:
Hi. How do you set your max charge?
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Settings > Device Care > click on Battery (bottom left) > three dots (top right), Settings > Protect battery (bottom).
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I have same issue right now. Device is closed and battery is empty I think. Tried all chargers no luck Any ideas?