Yesterday morning I pulled the TAB from the net adapter. Immediately it beeped and turned off. Plugging it back in, the battery indicator went from 0 to 100% in 5 minutes.
Turning it back on, it died in 10-20 minutes.
Turned it back off again, fully loaded it again and played a movie on it, 50% back-light. It lasted for just 20 minutes.
I made a backup to SD, did a factory reset and charged the unit (powered off) to 100%.
Did a restore, and everything worked again.
Battery is still working at 80% after an evening of restoring apps and a night of stand-by.
What the heck happened?
perhaps one of your apps? try installing them a few at a time to see which app is causing it
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perhaps one of your apps? try installing them a few at a time to see which app is causing it
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I also think it's a software problem, after the problem disappeared with the factory reset.
I'm going to check slowly which program is the culprit.
I just can't imagine that a program can stress the TAB so hard it realy drains the battery.
I think it could probably be a misguidance of the android OS from a wrong setting?
I had a similar problem but not nearly as bad as yours. I had my tab unplugged for a while and checked the batter: 30%. So that was fine so I opened up dolphin and INSTANTLY the screen went really dim and said I had less than 3% battery which I did not believe.
Turning the tab off and back on the battery was now at 27%. This only happened that one time and I havent seen it agian. Must be some weird battery level reading bug.....
I have the same situation and also make a backup and factory reset amd later a restore.
That was 2 months ago and until now it works like a charme.
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Power off g tab drain the batt
I have my Galaxy Tab for about 3 days ago. Charge to 100% the battery, and then, I decide power off (totally) the Tab. Hold power button, and in the pop-up window, power off the phone!!
After a 1 hour, I saw the screen message with the android icon "POWER RESET or UPLOAD MODE"....and drain totally the battery!!!
What can I do???
See the attached image.......please help me!!
Only 2 things are likely to cause this, the battery being stuffed, or the battery stats database getting corrupted. You could try the "bump charge" method and see if it resets it. (Charge fully while on from AC, unplug, turn it off, charge for an hour or so from AC, unplug, turn it on, turn it off again once booted, charge for another hour or so, unplug, turn it on).
The battery stats can be wiped from the CWM recovery if you wanted to flash that, I'm not sure where the file lives to do it manually.
Dann said:
I have my Galaxy Tab for about 3 days ago. Charge to 100% the battery, and then, I decide power off (totally) the Tab. Hold power button, and in the pop-up window, power off the phone!!
After a 1 hour, I saw the screen message with the android icon "POWER RESET or UPLOAD MODE"....and drain totally the battery!!!
What can I do???
See the attached image.......please help me!!
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Hi, just like to share my experience with you guys. I encountered the same problem as mentioned, especially the sudden request to shut down due to battery becoming 3%, although it has 50% left. I tried recharging a few times but the same thing happens, something, it will shut down at 30% battery power level. Then, one afternoon, while I was looking at my pictures (at Gallery), I saw duplication of my photos (3 times) that appeared on my gallery folder. But the key issue is I stored all these pictures (taken by camera or by transfer from PC) in the microSD card (8GB). I tried to do a deletion on the addition pictures (it showed 3, so I tried to delete 2). But to no avail, and the system keep processing even though I tried stopping it. After about 2 minutes, the promot came up, requesting me to do a shut down saying the battery level was low, although I have about 50% battery power left. So, I shut down the tab immediately and removed the microSD card. After that, I switched on the tab and it says 50% power left. But I have to make sure it is possible to utilize the tab until it drains out the battery. Finally, I managed to cross the 20% power level and the tab can still be used .
I was curious about my microSD card, thinking that it may be faulty. I used a pc to open up the content and I discovered the SD card has no problem at all, it didn't have duplication when viewed from the pc. For your information, I have installed "angry bird" onto the 8GB microSD card, I am not sure if it is causing any problem to the tab or draining power from it, because the download (from Goggle market) mentioned something about "preventing phone from sleeping - System tools". I am not sure how this is link to the duplication of the pictures in the gallery folder as well, but I am glad I have found the fault to the draining of the power by the tab.
I would suggest, before anyone proceed with the factory reset, do a check on your storage card or the apps that you have installed in your tab, try to solve the simple way and it can save us a lot of troubles .
I hope it helps............
Henry Lam
As knightnz mentions ~ It's the Battery Stats Database being corrupt.
To repair, simply:-
Connect the Tab to it's Charging Cable and ensure the Tab is switched Off.
Next, hold the Power On Button whilst at the same time touch and hold the screen.
You will notice the battery indicator will pop up.
The Tablet will now reboot.
Everything should now return back to normal.
This procedure can also be used for a Tab that refuses to switch on.
Should I do this when the tab is off? or when it is on?
I actually tried both, but I dont see "the battery indicator pop up" as mentioned.
Beards said:
As knightnz mentions ~ It's the Battery Stats Database being corrupt.
To repair, simply:-
Hold the Power On Button whilst at the same time touch and hold the screen.
Next you will notice the battery indicator will pop up.
The Tablet will now reboot.
Everything should now return back to normal.
This procedure can also be used for a Tab that refuses to switch on.
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shinji21 said:
Should I do this when the tab is off? or when it is on?
I actually tried both, but I dont see "the battery indicator pop up" as mentioned.
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Actually, I missed out an important ingredient ~ The Power Cable.
You need to have the Tab connected to your charging cable as if you were charging the Tab and the Tab switched Off.
Next, hold the Power On Button whilst at the same time touch and hold the screen.
Next you will notice the battery indicator will pop up.
The Tablet will now reboot.
Everything should now return back to normal.
I'll amend my previous instructions to include the Power Cable.
Beards said:
Connect the Tab to it's Charging Cable and ensure the Tab is switched Off.
Next, hold the Power On Button whilst at the same time touch and hold the screen.
You will notice the battery indicator will pop up.
The Tablet will now reboot.
Everything should now return back to normal.
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This is not working for me. The battery indicator pops up, but nothing else happens. The battery indicator even does not do any animations.
Beards said:
Actually, I missed out an important ingredient ~ The Power Cable.
You need to have the Tab connected to your charging cable as if you were charging the Tab and the Tab switched Off.
Next, hold the Power On Button whilst at the same time touch and hold the screen.
Next you will notice the battery indicator will pop up.
The Tablet will now reboot.
Everything should now return back to normal.
I'll amend my previous instructions to include the Power Cable.
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Hi Beards,
Sorry to ask again, is there any way to verify that it has been solved without really draining the power to 0%? Is there any clear indication?
Thanks.
Henry
loonyt said:
This is not working for me. The battery indicator pops up, but nothing else happens. The battery indicator even does not do any animations.
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Hi Beards,
Sorry to ask again, is there any way to verify that it has been solved without really draining the power to 0%? Is there any clear indication?
Thanks.
Henry
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The trick is in holding the screen whilst powering up.... It bypasses the normal start-up routines, resetting any errors that would sometimes require a Factory Reset to correct.
This info was passed on to me by a Samsung representative.
Easy fix, get a replacement, thts bad hardware, shouldn't have a problem exchanging, assuming it was purchased thru an auth retailer. No sense in messing with software and having a headache over it.
Seriously, the press screen thing doesn't work at all. Eventually, I brought it to the service center to do a firmware upgrade and it is back to normal...............
New upgrade:
Baseband version: P1000DXJM2
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9 [email protected]#1
Build number: FROYO.DXJM4
The funny thing is my wife has a unit that was using the same version as mine (old version, we bought them at the same authorised dealer), but she did not encounter such problem. I am just puzzled.
It did not work for me either. Is the charging cable supposed to be plugged in to the power socket or just the cable? (I tried both and neither worked)
I also did a firmware upgrade with Roto JMIv2. And I still see the problem.......Anyone having any suggestions please?
If your GALAXY Tab is running from fully charged to flat in under 20 minutes I wouldn't recommend anything other then... Sending it back to where you go it from?!
It doesnt go flat in 20mins. As a matter of fact, it lasts a couple days with my work load. Its just that when i put it in standby mode let say overnight at 80%, when i turn it on in the morning the battery will be at 50-60%. But when i restart it will go back up to 78-79%.
So im not losing battery capacity here i believe, but its annoying to have inaccurate reading, especially when i am on a trip or sth.
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I can understand your predicament, I have those "moments" before. Mine just dies off and need reset to get the battery back. The unknown is always not welcomed to all since we paid so much for them.
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My Galaxy Tab this evening seems to have started experiencing a rather catastrophic problem. I boot the thing up, and then within a few minutes it powers itself down.
It seems to be confused about how much batter power it's got. I have had it on the charger all day long while I was working. About 15 minutes ago I picked it up to have a play, and the next thing I now it was telling me it had no power and was shutting down.
But I can immediately start it up again without any problem. It boots up and shows almost full charge. However, within a few minutes it shuts itself down. Sometimes I see the battery indicator go flat before this happens.
Actually while typing this up, it has rebooted a couple times. While off it first shows no power on the "off, but charging screen". However, it then quite rapidly goes to full charge (according to the same screen).
This happens while the tablet is both on and off the charger.
Has anyone experienced anything like this or have a clue?
This is, btw, a Galaxy Tab I bought from a Car Phone Warehouse in the UK (in case that makes a difference). It has the stock ROM on it -- nothing done to it except installing way too many apps.
Any tips on what to try to get it back in working order? Perhaps some sort of hard reset? Or is this maybe an actual hardware problem?
(alas, I won't be able to visit the Car Phone Warehouse until Monday...)
I hate to say it but the term "defective" pops into my head.
Have you tried doing a factory reset just in the slim chance that some piece of software is causing this?
The battery on my GT has been great. The issues you are describing sounds like a hardware defect or the actual OS having a problem reading the battery. Neither are going to be good for you.
As a technical care representative with T-Mobile I would have to second that. Anytime the phone shuts itself off and does not reboot on its own typically means a physical power issue such as the battery. If the phone rebooted itself I would say likely a software issue. It never hurts to try the master reset though. My tab is due to be delivered on Tuesday so I am keeping my fingers crossed I don't have any similar issues. Best of luck to you.
-Scottprotege
Dear
1. please try hard reset by
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remeber that it will erase all your internal storage. Back up all data before do it
2. If this cannot solve your problem, you need to upgrade to latest version
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I wouldnt bother trying to fix it return if you can as it is defective. I bought my galaxy from CPW too have an issue with losing wifi and data connection constantly so i will be paying them a trip for an exchange.
I got the same problem. Just unplugged after a night, it can show me 0 % left and shut down.
And I can turn it on, and then it shows me 100%.
I think it have happend 4-5 times in the last 3 weeks.
Hmmm maybe it's time to upgrade the firmware.
Sent fra min Galaxy Tab P1000 med Tapalot
For how long did it work fine before this started to happen?
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Same problem here
I bought my Galaxy Tab on November 3. It worked well for about two weeks but then I noticed that when the battery indicator reached about 40% it would drain the remaining charge very rapidly. It basically went from 40 to 3% right away. Today I could actually watch how the battery indicator gradually went from 75% to 0 in about 5 minutes. When I started charging the battery level was at 91% so I guess the charge is there but the pad doesn't recognize it some how.r
scottprotege said:
As a technical care representative with T-Mobile I would have to second that. Anytime the phone shuts itself off and does not reboot on its own typically means a physical power issue such as the battery. If the phone rebooted itself I would say likely a software issue. It never hurts to try the master reset though. My tab is due to be delivered on Tuesday so I am keeping my fingers crossed I don't have any similar issues. Best of luck to you.
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Thanks everyone for the advice.
Oddly, within about a half hour of leaving the office last Friday, my Galaxy Tab magically sorted itself out. I do plan to visit the store about the problem and see what they say.
I suspect you are right Scott, and others, that I'll be best to just exchange now while it's still new... Let's see what they say....
Ayern said:
I bought my Galaxy Tab on November 3. It worked well for about two weeks but then I noticed that when the battery indicator reached about 40% it would drain the remaining charge very rapidly. It basically went from 40 to 3% right away. Today I could actually watch how the battery indicator gradually went from 75% to 0 in about 5 minutes. When I started charging the battery level was at 91% so I guess the charge is there but the pad doesn't recognize it some how.r
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YEAH, Same problem HERE >.< this TAB just run out the battery after i charged it, i charged in the night, unpluged in the morning at 9am (100%), play some games, download with 3G, listen to music, and the indicators show around 60% and i open some games, than it just show 3% need recharged (araund 12pm), weird, need some help here... after i see 3% battery, i turn off n turn on again, and it shown 48% again until now... O.O' Heeeelllppp... >.<
Occasionally the battery dat file becomes corrupt.
Try this ~ With the Tab screen off Press & Hold the Power Button AND place your finger on the screen.
Wait until you see the battery indicator pop up.
Now power down the the Tab and then power back up again.
You should now see a correct battery readout.
Beards said:
Occasionally the battery dat file becomes corrupt.
Try this ~ With the Tab screen off Press & Hold the Power Button AND place your finger on the screen.
Wait until you see the battery indicator pop up.
Now power down the the Tab and then power back up again.
You should now see a correct battery readout.
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what screen off ? just normal screen off or need to turn off device?
With normal screen off, then placing my finger on the screen while pressing the power button does me nothing. It just normally doing screen on like it should.
Please guide me.
denis_sianto said:
what screen off ? just normal screen off or need to turn off device?
With normal screen off, then placing my finger on the screen while pressing the power button does me nothing. It just normally doing screen on like it should.
Please guide me.
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The Tab powered fully down first, then power up whilst touching the screen.
This should bring up the battery indicator and hopefully now rectify the battery dat file.
Once done power back down and then restart the Tab.
Beards said:
The Tab powered fully down first, then power up whilst touching the screen.
This should bring up the battery indicator and hopefully now rectify the battery dat file.
Once done power back down and then restart the Tab.
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I had this '40% to 3%' or '30% to 3%' etc battery problem before. I searched around for a solution and Beards' instructions above was one of them. Unfortunately, none of the proposed solutions worked.
For Beards' above, turning off then turning on the Tab while pressing the screen did not reset the battery stats database.
I tried many proposed solutions... a factory reset, deleting battstat.bin file, 'bump charge method' etc... all did not solve the issue.
Finally sent the Tab to the service centre and they upgraded the firmware. Samsung service centre claims that it is an issue with Froyo 2.2. They claimed Froyo 2.2.1 solves the issue. Can anyone verify??
After the upgrade, my battery problem is gone now, no more irritating '40% to 3%' issue. I am a happy man now... only for the fact that now I have a firmware with a protected bootloader.
greemme said:
I had this '40% to 3%' or '30% to 3%' etc battery problem before. I searched around for a solution and Beards' instructions above was one of them. Unfortunately, none of the proposed solutions worked.
For Beards' above, turning off then turning on the Tab while pressing the screen did not reset the battery stats database.
I tried many proposed solutions... a factory reset, deleting battstat.bin file, 'bump charge method' etc... all did not solve the issue.
Finally sent the Tab to the service centre and they upgraded the firmware. Samsung service centre claims that it is an issue with Froyo 2.2. They claimed Froyo 2.2.1 solves the issue. Can anyone verify??
After the upgrade, my battery problem is gone now, no more irritating '40% to 3%' issue. I am a happy man now... only for the fact that now I have a firmware with a protected bootloader.
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Yes, I have heard of this being a more wider problem and that as you say 2.2.1 corrects the problem.
Interesting you couldn't sort out the problem by deleting the .bin file as the method I mentioned is supposed to reset this (tip came from a tech at Samsung) and has been used successfully by some members over at Android Forums.
It's also good at reviving a 'stuck' Tab, one which when you switch it on it either will not fire up or stays at the glowing Samsung sign at bootup.
Beards said:
The Tab powered fully down first, then power up whilst touching the screen.
This should bring up the battery indicator and hopefully now rectify the battery dat file.
Once done power back down and then restart the Tab.
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I turned off my tab completely, then place one of my fingers to the screen, while pressing the power button. And NO, there is no battery indicator showing up at all. Rather it goes straight to the samsung intro.
And, why did you say 'hopefully rectify battery dat file". Did this kind of battery indicator thingy happen by chance?
Did you know 'wipe battery stats' method from recovery? Whats strange is, I've tried this method on my tab, and there's no usual status messages showing that 'wipe battery stats completed' or such...
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I had this '40% to 3%' or '30% to 3%' etc
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I currently have this problem too.
You can refer to below links, all related to batteries issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924500&page=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928732&page=3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921848&page=2
You are not alone
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I am having this problem since i bought my first tab, i had to sell it off and get another new one. this is my 2nd galaxy tab and i am fedup with it. I am in asia with version dxjm2. Can anyone help me? I have been sending my tab to samsung twice already and all they said was do not download anything from android market. If that is so, what is the point of having a big tablet with nothing in it? Can i get a new replacement from samsung? Please anyone, i really need help.
jeromejeremytay said:
I am having this problem since i bought my first tab, i had to sell it off and get another new one. this is my 2nd galaxy tab and i am fedup with it. I am in asia with version dxjm2. Can anyone help me? I have been sending my tab to samsung twice already and all they said was do not download anything from android market. If that is so, what is the point of having a big tablet with nothing in it? Can i get a new replacement from samsung? Please anyone, i really need help.
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i Jeremy, if you are adventurous, you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986067&page=4 , currently, I am monitoring the status, so far so good. Now, I am doing my second charge after battery drained to 19% (I can't wait for it to go to 0% ). Before did, I will not be able to reach 19% and sometimes, the battery will prompt me to shut down due to battery left 3%, in actual fact, it is 30%.
Regards,
Have my Galaxy Tab for about 1 month, without any problems.
I recently noticed that the Tab is not recharging anymore.
When I plug in the USB charger that came with the Tab, it will very quickly charge to 100% (and I suppose stop charging at that moment)
When I then unplug th device and start using it, I can see it count down the Batterylevel in the Status screen. It counts down the batterylevel from 99% to 15% in a matter of minutes, at which point it tells me to plug in the power cable.
Does anybody have similar experience, or is my tab simply broken?
You should send it back to Samsung for warranty claim. This is very likely a batt failure
Update:
I have done a hard reset of the device and recharged it to 100%.
I was able to use it during several days, in a normal fashion, meaning that I use it during the day, and in the evening let it recharge.
So, the problem seemed to have disappeared. This suggests to me that it must be a software or configuration problem, not hardware related.
However, today I'm again in the same situation again.
I already installed the OS monitor tool to check on active processes and their cpu consumption, but nothing abnormal there :-(
Anybody any suggestions on where to look next to try to figure this out?
thanks
Hi,
I have the same problem. I use my Tab for a month and it always works well until last friday.
In the morning I pull out the chargerplug and after a minute or so the Tab tell's me that I needs to charge and when I putt it on charge after 10 sec's it's fully charge.
So I call samsung support and they told me to bring the Tab to the repaircenter and that's what I want to going to do last friday. But before I bring my Tab I complete hard reset my Tab.
Today tuesday I get a call from the repaircenter that they cannot find any problem what so ever and the battery is hours draining.
They ask if I use a memory card and I say that I was using one (sandisk 16gb) and they ask if I can bring it over so they can test it.
But when I insert the card everything stay's as normal, so I take my Tab at home without a repair and restore my backup with Titanium Backup and I have the same settings as last friday.
This is given me not a fine feeling as I realy tust on my Tab and hope this was a one time only.
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jawadde said:
Have my Galaxy Tab for about 1 month, without any problems.
I recently noticed that the Tab is not recharging anymore.
When I plug in the USB charger that came with the Tab, it will very quickly charge to 100% (and I suppose stop charging at that moment)
When I then unplug th device and start using it, I can see it count down the Batterylevel in the Status screen. It counts down the batterylevel from 99% to 15% in a matter of minutes, at which point it tells me to plug in the power cable.
Does anybody have similar experience, or is my tab simply broken?
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I have the same problem....pretty sure it's not the charger too.
Anyone else have this issue?
strawdog74 said:
I have the same problem....pretty sure it's not the charger too.
Anyone else have this issue?
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If you are adventurous, please try this, as I have encountered the same issues previously. By disconnecting and connecting the battery, it somehow reset the battery memory in the processor and everything works fine after that.
You can read the thread for more information: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986067
Battery issues.
Hi..
I tried the rebooting the phone method by pressing the power on key along with up volume key.
I saw four options and I selected the first one i.e. Reboot. I noticed a triangle with ! inside it and symbol of android. I left the SGT in the same mode for an hr after which nothing happened. I powered off the tab . And when I tried to power on, the tab was not all getting powered on..
I am really worrying what could be the wrong.. !
Please some one help me to bring back my tab to life...
I think that you have to reset your battery stats.It is very simple in clockworkmod recovery (aka CWM). I don't know how to do that on stock rom, but you can search this information.
Regards.
NOTE - I added this post here thinking the CM9 experts could help. I then realized it should be in the Q&A section. If this does not belong here, I ask a moderator to please delete it.
I have been running CM9 nighties for some time now with no issues on my 16GB US WiFi only Touchpad. I installed TWRP and after some time decided to remove it and just use CWM. After trying several things from the posts (which would not work) I decided to remove CM9 completely then reinstall. This is where I got into trouble...
I loaded all necessary CM9 files in the cminstall folder on the Touchpad. I successfully ran ACMEUninstaller and got back to the WebOS language selection (i.e. the initial WebOS screen from factory). Instead of logging into WebOs (felt there was no-need since I never use it), I put the unit in Download mode (vol down + power). I then ran ACMEInstaller2. I received an error (text on the black touchpad screen which I assume is the bootloader) saying the needed files were not installed and something like "remove the wall". I thought I would reboot the unit and now log into WebOS and reinstall the CM9 files (thinking I made a typo when loading them). Now I cannot get the Touchpad to reboot - totally black and even when connected to the PC I dont get the USB connection sound.
Does anyone know if there is a hardware method to bring the unit back (maybe a different sequence of button presses or shorting a pin on the USB connector)? I have tried home+vol up+power, home+vol down + power, home + power, and of course power only and home only. Each combination was held for 30 seconds and then again for a minute and with power connected, PC connected, and nothing connected to the USB port.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Resolution: In a post I saw dated May of 2012, the user indicated HP was still honoring their warranty. I contacted HP via their Chat service, after giving them my model and serial number, I was told I had three weeks remaining on my warranty. HP sent me the return box with authorization and in a week I received (what seems to be) my exact Touchpad... only now it booted just fine. I have since reinstalled ICS and am running fine. Thanks to all who responded. I wanted to share this as I am extremely impressed with HP's warranty service (no questions were asked if I had rooted the device, where I bought the device, etc).
I remember this happened on my brothers and what it was is that the battery was completely dead. I believe it has a backup that needs to charge before the main one. That's the only time I have personally seen this happen. Perhaps if you leave it on the charger for a while it will boot and u can use web os doctor to get it to stock.
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chozyn said:
I remember this happened on my brothers and what it was is that the battery was completely dead. I believe it has a backup that needs to charge before the main one. That's the only time I have personally seen this happen. Perhaps if you leave it on the charger for a while it will boot and u can use web os doctor to get it to stock.
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Thanks, I let it charge all night then tried it this morning (as described not just powering it on). Of course, with only a black screen I can't tell what the charge is. I have checked the cable and am now using a different power supply in case that had failed. I think because this happened during the removal/install process I scrogged something in the bootloader?
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Thanks, I let it charge all night then tried it this morning (as described not just powering it on). Of course, with only a black screen I can't tell what the charge is. I have checked the cable and am now using a different power supply in case that had failed. I think because this happened during the removal/install process I scrogged something in the bootloader?
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It's a good idea to use only stock cable and charger.
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enmriley said:
Thanks, I let it charge all night then tried it this morning (as described not just powering it on). Of course, with only a black screen I can't tell what the charge is. I have checked the cable and am now using a different power supply in case that had failed. I think because this happened during the removal/install process I scrogged something in the bootloader?
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Are you able to get into download mode at all?
A$$h4t said:
Are you able to get into download mode at all?
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No, totally black device. I was hoping at least I'd get the USB connection on my PC, but not even that.
enmriley said:
No, totally black device. I was hoping at least I'd get the USB connection on my PC, but not even that.
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This happened once to my TP when I first put CM7 on the device a while back. I woke up one morning, forgot to plug it in overnight and it had died. No response to any charger, I was getting worried but then I found a solution. With it plugged in, hold the power button and home button down together for 15 to 30 seconds. It was that or hold the power button down and keep pressing the home key over and over. Not 100% sure, but it came back to life and I remember it took me a couple tries. Try holding both down simultaneously for 30 seconds or a minute, if that doesn't work, push and hold power first then home right after and hold both for 30 seconds.
Okay.... hard reset has been a life saver for me. Hold the home button down, then press and hold the power button, so you will be pressing them at the same time. Keep holding them till you see the HP splash screen, it may take a few min and seem like nothing is happening. I thought I fried mine the first day I got it, but this worked for me!
Good luck!
And, if you decide that does not work for you there is such a thing as the WebOS doctor which will get you back to stock. Link here: http://en.m.webos-internals.org/wiki/How_To_Recover?wasRedirected=true
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Okay.... hard reset has been a life saver for me. Hold the home button down, then press and hold the power button, so you will be pressing them at the same time. Keep holding them till you see the HP splash screen, it may take a few min and seem like nothing is happening. I thought I fried mine the first day I got it, but this worked for me!
Good luck!
And, if you decide that does not work for you there is such a thing as the WebOS doctor which will get you back to stock. Link here: http://en.m.webos-internals.org/wiki/How_To_Recover?wasRedirected=true
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This post should do the trick for you....just press the power and home buttons at the same time, hold them down for about 30 seconds until you see the HP logo on the screen then release them...good luck!!!:good:
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This post should do the trick for you....just press the power and home buttons at the same time, hold them down for about 30 seconds until you see the HP logo on the screen then release them...good luck!!!:good:
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Nope... As stated in the OP, "I have tried home+vol up+power, home+vol down + power, home + power, and of course power only and home only. Each combination was held for 30 seconds and then again for a minute and with power connected, PC connected, and nothing connected to the USB port."
I need to know if ACME Installer is doing anything in the Bootloader. I have flashed and reflashed CM7, CM9, and multiple ROMs. Even uninstalled CM all together when I went from CM7 to CM9. I am familiar with getting into Download Mode and the hard reset (which apparently isn't solving this issue).
I appreciate the feedback, just hoping someone familiar with the Bootloader and Touchpad partitions can help out.
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Nope... As stated in the OP, "I have tried home+vol up+power, home+vol down + power, home + power, and of course power only and home only. Each combination was held for 30 seconds and then again for a minute and with power connected, PC connected, and nothing connected to the USB port."
I need to know if ACME Installer is doing anything in the Bootloader. I have flashed and reflashed CM7, CM9, and multiple ROMs. Even uninstalled CM all together when I went from CM7 to CM9. I am familiar with getting into Download Mode and the hard reset (which apparently isn't solving this issue).
I appreciate the feedback, just hoping someone familiar with the Bootloader and Touchpad partitions can help out.
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If the battery was low when you got into this state then it could be that there is not enough power to even let the charging circuits work properly. WebOS has better protection against getting into this fix.
I experienced this once and the trick that fixed it for me was to connect the standard micro USB to the Touchpad and use the standard HP charger unit. Then repeatedly remove the big USB from the charger, wait about 5 seconds then plug it in, wait about 10 seconds and repeat the cycle. After about twenty goes I was rewarded with the battery low icon and it started charging again. I think the theory behind this trick is that when you first plug the power in the battery gets a bit of charge before the circuits kick in, detect very low battery and stop the charging cycle. Doing it enough times gets enough charge into the battery to kick start proper charging.
Now I am not saying this will fix your problem but it might be worth giving it a go.
To prevent myself ever getting into this state again indavertently I now have Tasker set up to shutdown the whole device if the battery level drops below 8%.
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If the battery was low when you got into this state then it could be that there is not enough power to even let the charging circuits work properly. WebOS has better protection against getting into this fix.
I experienced this once and the trick that fixed it for me was to connect the standard micro USB to the Touchpad and use the standard HP charger unit. Then repeatedly remove the big USB from the charger, wait about 5 seconds then plug it in, wait about 10 seconds and repeat the cycle. After about twenty goes I was rewarded with the battery low icon and it started charging again. I think the theory behind this trick is that when you first plug the power in the battery gets a bit of charge before the circuits kick in, detect very low battery and stop the charging cycle. Doing it enough times gets enough charge into the battery to kick start proper charging.
Now I am not saying this will fix your problem but it might be worth giving it a go.
To prevent myself ever getting into this state again indavertently I now have Tasker set up to shutdown the whole device if the battery level drops below 8%.
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Bobtidey
To prevent myself or more importantly my daughters tablet ever having this problem I have now purchased Tasker as recommend by yourself and others. But cannot yet figure out how to setup an automatic shutdown, if you have the time could you possibly advise how to do it . I have read the guide but am struggling any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Bobtidey
To prevent myself or more importantly my daughters tablet ever having this problem I have now purchased Tasker as recommend by yourself and others. But cannot yet figure out how to setup an automatic shutdown, if you have the time could you possibly advise how to do it . I have read the guide but am struggling any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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In Tasker add a New profile and give it a name like Battery_Low
Choose State and then Power for the profile.
In Power choose Battery level and set From to 0 and To to say 8%
Set New Task and do Add give it a name like Shutdown and then pick the Misc category
Choose Reboot and set Reboot type to Shutdown
All done. When battery level drops to 8% or below then Tasker will shut the tablet down. Note it will do this without warning. I think one could probably arrange a pop up warning first but I preferred to keep it simple.
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If the battery was low when you got into this state then it could be that there is not enough power to even let the charging circuits work properly. WebOS has better protection against getting into this fix.
I experienced this once and the trick that fixed it for me was to connect the standard micro USB to the Touchpad and use the standard HP charger unit. Then repeatedly remove the big USB from the charger, wait about 5 seconds then plug it in, wait about 10 seconds and repeat the cycle. After about twenty goes I was rewarded with the battery low icon and it started charging again. I think the theory behind this trick is that when you first plug the power in the battery gets a bit of charge before the circuits kick in, detect very low battery and stop the charging cycle. Doing it enough times gets enough charge into the battery to kick start proper charging.
Now I am not saying this will fix your problem but it might be worth giving it a go.
To prevent myself ever getting into this state again indavertently I now have Tasker set up to shutdown the whole device if the battery level drops below 8%.
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I have tried this since your post - thanks. No luck, but will continue to try. I found a post online with disassembly instructions. I think I may try pulling the battery. Looks rather easy... with the right tools.
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I have tried this since your post - thanks. No luck, but will continue to try. I found a post online with disassembly instructions. I think I may try pulling the battery. Looks rather easy... with the right tools.
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The only way I know is to put it on a Touchstone and after an hour or so it Will come back to life. All thanks to Reverand KYLE. His site is well worth checking out.
I recently went on a 3 month trip. Before I left, my nook was working perfectly fine, when i got back, it didn't work at all. It's not dead because i left it plugged in overnight but it still didn't turn on. when i plug it in the LED goes from orange to green and then off (or green to orange, i can't remember). The screen doesn't turn on at all. I can't get to recovery either.
This is a Nook HD, I believe it had CM11.
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Can this be fixed
or should i plan it's funeral
Same here
The same has happened to me. Screen doesn't turn on, but there is power, I can play it into my laptop and something is there, just not enough.
Good excuse for a new tablet!
It can be fixed. I've done it before. It has to do with the fstrim not being compatible with certain hardware versions of our device. If I can remember how I fixed it, I'll post it here. Trying to fix mine (again).
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It can be fixed. I've done it before. It has to do with the fstrim not being compatible with certain hardware versions of our device. If I can remember how I fixed it, I'll post it here. Trying to fix mine (again).
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If would be fab if you could fix. Seems to be a common issue
I was able to fix it. YMMV.
1) Make sure the Nook is completely off and unplugged
2) Take out your sdcard
3) Hold down power button until the "battery depleted" icon shows, then promptly plug in the power before the icon disappears.
4) Let it set. The screen will go black, then it will attempt to boot and get stuck on the faint black screen, but this time, the charging light should stay amber.
If you want to be safe, wait until the device reboots itself. That could take hours though. If you're plugged into the wall wait at least 30 - 45 minutes before holding the power button down til it shuts down and then rebooting it (with the sdcard inserted).
Good luck, I hope it works for you.
EDIT: Also, I've read this may also have to do with wifi sending the device into some sort of strange bootloop when the screen is off. I personally believe it has more to do with the fstrim of JB but perhaps changing the wifi sleep policy may prevent this issue from happening again. I'm skeptical, but figured I'd pass that info along if anyone wants to try it as well.
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I was able to fix it. YMMV.
1) Make sure the Nook is completely off and unplugged
2) Take out your sdcard
3) Hold down power button until the "battery depleted" icon shows, then promptly plug in the power before the icon disappears.
4) Let it set. The screen will go black, then it will attempt to boot and get stuck on the faint black screen, but this time, the charging light should stay amber.
If you want to be safe, wait until the device reboots itself. That could take hours though. If you're plugged into the wall wait at least 30 - 45 minutes before holding the power button down til it shuts down and then rebooting it (with the sdcard inserted).
Good luck, I hope it works for you.
EDIT: Also, I've read this may also have to do with wifi sending the device into some sort of strange bootloop when the screen is off. I personally believe it has more to do with the fstrim of JB but perhaps changing the wifi sleep policy may prevent this issue from happening again. I'm skeptical, but figured I'd pass that info along if anyone wants to try it as well.
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Not sure we have the same problem. My screen doesn't come on at all, I don't get a battery depleted icon, no matter how long I hold in the power button. The only sign of life I get is when it's plugged in, when it goes from orange to green after about 10 seconds.
Thanks for the help, but I think it's a lost cause.
YMMV. But mine was the same issue. You should be able to get the icon by holding the power button down for 5 or 6 seconds. I'd say just eff with it until that icon appears. Try different button combinations. I used power and home trying to get the icon to show.
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when it goes from orange to green after about 10 seconds.
Thanks for the help, but I think it's a lost cause.
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Anyway... since people are continually running into this kind of issue...
Give or take 21 seconds after turning orange it turns green during actual boot cycle into rom
Give or take 10 seconds after turning orange is cwm internal recovery.
After about 10 seconds the charging screen image disappears.
The charging screen image once finally no longer may not show up again until full power off/on (holding power button > 10 seconds or full battery discharge). Unplugging and plugging back in does nothing except making the device look bricked if there's too much light shining on it.
Device may not automatically leave the above state under a specific situation(s). May still need manual full power off/on.
Guessing 10 seconds could also be something else during the early/late boot process or other. The light changing color though should indicate that something is indeed happening.
Light should stay green during the boot process if its completely and fully no questions asked 100%. If you go based on that than yours doesn't appear to be completely fully charged which should either mean its turning on and using battery or not charging correctly.
The light turning off is curious. The device could be shutting off. If light comes back on a moment later then the device has rebooted. if the light stays off = n/a.
If its booting into recovery then the device would be available via adb. At that point it could be further evaluated.
On the off chance the screen was damaged it should boot and usb should be available via computer as well as adb.
If not then its probably toast unless its simply not getting a good enough current causing mislead battery stats and/or not enough energy to get to charging screen (bad wall power adapter in use, damaged power cable - though could be bad battery, defect, damage or whatever). OR there's some major error on behalf of the user happening (think should have tried that in the morning not while 1/2 asleep or came home from long trip and forget how that works).
Maybe the only other things are the emmc brick bug, was left sitting in the sun or heat or ocean air or other physical damage/defect even to the power port as well.
Or maybe it was mad that you left it. Shouldn't have hurt its feelings you know. At least its not crying battery acid on you.
That should just about cover everything except for the things not mentioned. Since its your device, you decide what happened.
Its complicated so anyone see any improvements, clarifications, or mistakes? Please put it in a post.
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when i plug it in the LED goes from orange to green and then off (or green to orange, i can't remember). The screen doesn't turn on at all.
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Bumping this thread to make it aware that there is a real answer. I have been able to duplicate this problem and rather easily too.
The problem is indeed from bad power. The device isn't receiving the correct amount of power needed to charge and start from a fully discharged battery.
To safely* duplicate this you can use a usb extension that isn't fully connected to the nook power cable. You may need to fully connect it first then slowly disconnect/connect till the light turns green when it should actually be charging. It won't actually charge in this state, or if it is, its very little and the battery percentage will continue to drop.
Leave the cable as is and unplugged. After the tablet is fully discharged, connect the usb cable. The light will change through the modes and turn off. The device will not turn on.
There are probably other ways to cause the problem like for instance a portable usb battery that doesn't put out enough juice (not the orange kind). Etc.
* It didn't hurt mine, but not my fault if it breaks your device.
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Bumping this thread to make it aware that there is a real answer. I have been able to duplicate this problem and rather easily too.
The problem is indeed from bad power. The device isn't receiving the correct amount of power needed to charge and start from a fully discharged battery.
To safely* duplicate this you can use a usb extension that isn't fully connected to the nook power cable. You may need to fully connect it first then slowly disconnect/connect till the light turns green when it should actually be charging. It won't actually charge in this state, or if it is, its very little and the battery percentage will continue to drop.
Leave the cable as is and unplugged. After the tablet is fully discharged, connect the usb cable. The light will change through the modes and turn off. The device will not turn on.
There are probably other ways to cause the problem like for instance a portable usb battery that doesn't put out enough juice (not the orange kind). Etc.
* It didn't hurt mine, but not my fault if it breaks your device.
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I actually ended up fixing it yesterday!! I haven't touched it in about 3 months, and I was planning on just throwing it out getting rid of it some how. For the heck of it, I decided to plug it in, assuming that it was gonna go through the same process. But this time it went from green to amber, but it never went off. So I pressed the power button and the battery icon appeared. This was a really good sign. So I left plugged in for about 5 to 10 minutes then tried to power on.:fingers-crossed: As soon as I saw that '' Nook" boot up screen, my heart stopped. It booted up perfectly and I almost blew up from excitement :victory:. So I then flashed the stock firmware back onto it, so this would never happen again.
I guess the battery had to be completely depleted or just had to cool down. Idk but either way this was one heck of a miracle
So I recommend for anyone having this problem to just leave it off and don't mess with it. I wouldn't say for 3 months like I did but maybe test it each week or wait a month if you have good patience
Wow. Man, that's awesome! Glad you posted that update on it. Thought if you had posted an update it would be the opposite as in trashed it
Actually, I guess only you could answer if you had also moved/unplugged the power cable from the wall adapter or put it into a different wall adapter, etc. Thinking there could have been a difference there.
These modern day devices are so finicky, guess anything is possible. Like you say, maybe sitting without power is another answer.
From some experimentation I have etermined that your power adapter (that plugs into the outlet) is the issue. It does not like to be leaft plugged in indefinately. It will continually use power even when the nook is not plugged in.
Also, if you use a differnt adapter you will have the same problem unless it is also of the exact same voltage and amps.
So, multiple times now my Note 5 has died within a minute or so of hitting 5% battery. The battery percentage will quickly plummet to 0 and shut down. However, when I plug it in and it shows the charging while the phone is off screen, it shows approx 5% battery. I assume this is a software bug and there isn't anything I can do about it until the next update. Either way, I wanted to see if anyone else is having this issue.
Don't let it get so low anyway. It shortens the battery life.
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Yes, thank you. The phone had only ever hit this low a small handful of times.
Regardless, the phone's behavior is not normal. It reminds me of the Galaxy S2 that I had for all of a month in which I was certain was a defective unit. The entire battery would not last more than two hours of use as it would plummet like a rock -- especially in the last 50%. Similar behavior in the note, except --thankfully-- it's only at the last five percent and the battery appears to still have that five percent inside it. The phone just seems to think that it doesn't and shuts down.
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Yes, thank you. The phone had only ever hit this low a small handful of times.
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Turn off your phone, and then turn it on pressing and holding Volume Up, Home, and Power button at the same time until you see a warning. Then press Volume Up to continue, and navigate using volume keys and select wipe cache/factory reset with the Home button, then reboot.
Please note that by doing this all your data will be lost.
I likely won't restore my phone unless I get super annoyed by this. I'm going to wait until the Marshmallow update to see if this improves with it.
I just watched the phone go from 8 to 1 percent. It wasn't doing anything and I was just staring at it. This was the first time I had ever plugged it in right before it turned off. When I plugged it in, it shot right to 7 percent. I then unplugged it and watched it go back down over a few minutes. This is very odd.
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I likely won't restore my phone unless I get super annoyed by this. I'm going to wait until the Marshmallow update to see if this improves with it.
I just watched the phone go from 8 to 1 percent. It wasn't doing anything and I was just staring at it. This was the first time I had ever plugged it in right before it turned off. When I plugged it in, it shot right to 7 percent. I then unplugged it and watched it go back down over a few minutes. This is very odd.
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Why do you damage your battery this way? Keep it topped off always as much as possible. Letting it run low shortens it's life. This is a known fact with Lithium Ion batteries.
Sounds like a bug. Easy fix with update
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Did you try just wiping the cache without wiping the whole device? My suggestion is charge it to 100%, unplug charger, wipe cache (While phone is off, press and hold Vol Up + Home + Power buttons, release Power button when you see the initial Samsung Galaxy logo), power down, plug charger back in to make sure it stays 100%, then switch phone on.
People (edit: same person both times ) need to calm down over the fact that I occasionally use my battery to 5%. I mean, really.
Yeah, I imagine it would fix with an update.
Shadow, I'll try that. Thanks.
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People (edit: same person both times [emoji14]) need to calm down over the fact that I occasionally use my battery to 5%. I mean, really.
Yeah, I imagine it would fix with an update.
Shadow, I'll try that. Thanks.
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Hey - just trying to offer some useful input. Do what you like my friend
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Zachhockey2 said:
People (edit: same person both times ) need to calm down over the fact that I occasionally use my battery to 5%. I mean, really.
Yeah, I imagine it would fix with an update.
Shadow, I'll try that. Thanks.
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Download Battery Calibration from Play Store.
Same **** here. So annoying!
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Same **** here. So annoying!
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I knew there HAD to be others experiencing this. Do you have an AT&T model?
I'm currently attempting the battery calibration app route. Most seem to be root only, but I found one that didn't need that. The instructions were to charge to 100%, then use the app to calibrate, discharge fully, then charge to 100%. I'm currently on the last charge -- it discharged over night.
Hopefully this works.
It seems that the battery calibration app has done the trick.
I have this issue as well
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