Hi,
I have my Diamond for about 1 year now. About three weeks ago I could not charge my battery anymore, so I bought a new battery (original HTC). With the new battery installed everything worked fine again.
After a week the problem retruned. The phone switched itself off after the battery level low warning and I tried to charge the battery after about 5 hours. So a second battery became useless.
I also tried charging by USB-cable with several PC's but without any result. I measured at the + and - poles of both batteries and measured about 0,3 Volts, so the batteries must have been drained completely. I guess the protection circuit in the battery/phone prevents charging.
On one battery I directly put power on the battery poles from another power supply, which deliveres about 10 Volts for a very short time (only for about 2 seconds). Then I measured the voltage on the battery poles; it was about 3 Volts now! I put the battery back in the Diamond and to my surprise it charged normally. I also did this with the second battery and it also functions normally again.
Tonight one of the batteries was drained again and the charger was connected after about two hours and again no charging was possible. I did 'the trick' with the other power supply and afterwards everything was working fine again.
In other situationss, when I connect the charger directly after the phone switches itself off after the battery low warning it also works normally.
The problem seems to be that the phone drains the battery completely when left without charging and when it gets too low charging is not possible in the normal way. The phone swithes itself off at about 5% charge level, so the software seems to be working ok.
Does anybody know this problem, and maybe propose a solution.
I'm using the latest stock 2.03 ROM from HTC.
Thanks in advance!
I'm having the charging issue. Having it with both of batters. Overnight charging and only 40%. Also drains like with in hour. Any solution?
Hello,
For the last week I've noticed that in the morning when i unplug my phone from the charger the battery percentage shows 82%, although the phone was connected over the night with the charger.
The idea is after the battery is fully charged it begins to drain, but never when i unplugged the phone in the morning (after a night spent plugged with the charger) the battery was drained (or so drained).
If i don't unplug the charger when the battery is fully charged, the battery starts to drain.
I've used the home charger, car charger and the usb.
Did this issue happened to someone else?
This issue happened because I've deleted the battery stats?
Sorry for my english.
This issue happened because I've deleted the battery stats
Unlikely back up data and factory reset as first step .
jje
1. Do a factory reset
2. Turn off phone
3. Charge till full
4. Delete Battery stats
5. Drain till autoshutdown
6. Charge till full again.
alysiper said:
Hello,
For the last week I've noticed that in the morning when i unplug my phone from the charger the battery percentage shows 82%, although the phone was connected over the night with the charger.
The idea is after the battery is fully charged it begins to drain, but never when i unplugged the phone in the morning (after a night spent plugged with the charger) the battery was drained (or so drained).
If i don't unplug the charger when the battery is fully charged, the battery starts to drain.
I've used the home charger, car charger and the usb.
Did this issue happened to someone else?
This issue happened because I've deleted the battery stats?
Sorry for my english.
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i assume you are on gingerbread?
pennzoilgtr said:
i assume you are on gingerbread?
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yes, i'm on gingerbread 2.3.3 (darky 10 5.3), and i don't know why is happening this because i've installed the new rom with the battery full, or maybe i thought that the battery is full.
i'll try to recalibrate the battery and see if it works.
I have the same problem. I am on gingerbread as well
Just plug in again till it says charged and do it again after, mine is the same jvb.
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Did you try to calibrate the battery? Mine discharged from 40% to 0% in a peir of hour till I used this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
Shaglok said:
Did you try to calibrate the battery? Mine discharged from 40% to 0% in a peir of hour till I used this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
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ok, tks, i'll follow your advice and use this app.
please help.
after inserting a new battery, I cannot charge to more than 86%.
even when it shows 100% with the charger, after disconnecting the charger, it drops to 86%. I thought it was a bad battery, I bought another, but the situation is the same.
It behaves the same with another S3mini with the same CM11 (20140829) from Maclaw as mine...
apart that, battery life is ok.
I tried to discharge until the phone switched off, then charge several hours with phone off, turned on, but again it shows 86%.
When I insert my old battery back, everything is correrct.
thank you
stoffan said:
please help.
after inserting a new battery, I cannot charge to more than 86%.
even when it shows 100% with the charger, after disconnecting the charger, it drops to 86%. I thought it was a bad battery, I bought another, but the situation is the same.
It behaves the same with another S3mini with the same CM11 (20140829) from Maclaw as mine...
apart that, battery life is ok.
I tried to discharge until the phone switched off, then charge several hours with phone off, turned on, but again it shows 86%.
When I insert my old battery back, everything is correrct.
thank you
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check this: http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-calibrate-the-battery-on-your-android-device
So I think i found an issue with this case.
I was at 35% battery on my phone and the case was at 1 light. I plugged in the charger at night hoping to charge both the internal battery and the case to 100% when I woke up. The phone was on charge for about 7 hours, which is more than enough to charge both internal and external battery.
I woke up to the phone battery being at 65% and the Zerolemon with the 4 light blinking.
What I think happened is this: At 4 AM my phone got charged to 100% (this was confirmed in the battery settings) , but because the charge is being relayed/passed through the the zerolemon battery, the zerolemon battery disconnected the charge when the internal battery reached 100% as it is designed to do to avoid overcharging the battery. After the disconnect, the internal battery began to discharge at its normal rate and when I woke up at 730, the battery was at 65%.
I'm not sure why the Zerolemon battery wasn't fully charged with 4 solid lights, isntead the 4th light was blinking.
Can anyone shed some light on this behaviour? If this is normal case, then I don't think I can ever get 100% charge on my battery overnight as the zerolemon will always disconnect the charge when the internal battery reaches 100%?
I don't have this case...But if your phone was discharging at it's "normal rate", and was at 65% when you woke up after it charged to 100%, you have a serious issue.
flashhsalf said:
So I think i found an issue with this case.
I was at 35% battery on my phone and the case was at 1 light. I plugged in the charger at night hoping to charge both the internal battery and the case to 100% when I woke up. The phone was on charge for about 7 hours, which is more than enough to charge both internal and external battery.
I woke up to the phone battery being at 65% and the Zerolemon with the 4 light blinking.
What I think happened is this: At 4 AM my phone got charged to 100% (this was confirmed in the battery settings) , but because the charge is being relayed/passed through the the zerolemon battery, the zerolemon battery disconnected the charge when the internal battery reached 100% as it is designed to do to avoid overcharging the battery. After the disconnect, the internal battery began to discharge at its normal rate and when I woke up at 730, the battery was at 65%.
I'm not sure why the Zerolemon battery wasn't fully charged with 4 solid lights, isntead the 4th light was blinking.
Can anyone shed some light on this behaviour? If this is normal case, then I don't think I can ever get 100% charge on my battery overnight as the zerolemon will always disconnect the charge when the internal battery reaches 100%?
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I've got this case, and haven't had this problem, but I will keep an eye on it. That seems weird. Your battery shouldn't have dropped that much in such a short period of time anyway. Try leaving your phone unplugged overnight without the case on it and see if the battery drains that badly in its own. This would at least let you know if the case is causing the problem or your phone is.
Ryano89 said:
I've got this case, and haven't had this problem, but I will keep an eye on it. That seems weird. Your battery shouldn't have dropped that much in such a short period of time anyway. Try leaving your phone unplugged overnight without the case on it and see if the battery drains that badly in its own. This would at least let you know if the case is causing the problem or your phone is.
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Agreed, I'll do another test tonight without the case to see what the discharge is without the case. I did go through 4 alarm clocks during the 4am to 730am period, but i agree the battery drain is excessive for 3.5 hours of no use other than alarm clocks.
I really hope the case isn't causing any battery drain when its not charging the phone.
jellybear456 said:
I don't have this case...But if your phone was discharging at it's "normal rate", and was at 65% when you woke up after it charged to 100%, you have a serious issue.
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I've never let the phone on without a charger overnight, so i have no way of knowing for sure if it was the zerolemon case or normal battery drain even if excessive.
I'll do more tests to find out.
I also have the case, and like the above commenters, I haven't had this problem. My best thought would be that the connection from the case to the phone is faulty, or not totally secure. Maybe take everything apart and reconnect it. Hopefully that does the trick
Hi,
We checked the issue with our engineers. It should be the phone itself which drains the battery . Below is the battery how to work. 1. Plug the battery case with your note 5 in it to wall with original charger 2. cell phone itself will get charged to 100% first(battery meter will show 100%),then it will be switched to charge the external battery until the indication lights are 4 solid lights which proves the external battery is fully charged. 3. After the 2 steps, your cell phone battery meter may drain to 95% or 90% it all depends. Your cell phone will get charged again to 100%. 4. All charging completed.
flashhsalf said:
So I think i found an issue with this case.
I was at 35% battery on my phone and the case was at 1 light. I plugged in the charger at night hoping to charge both the internal battery and the case to 100% when I woke up. The phone was on charge for about 7 hours, which is more than enough to charge both internal and external battery.
I woke up to the phone battery being at 65% and the Zerolemon with the 4 light blinking.
What I think happened is this: At 4 AM my phone got charged to 100% (this was confirmed in the battery settings) , but because the charge is being relayed/passed through the the zerolemon battery, the zerolemon battery disconnected the charge when the internal battery reached 100% as it is designed to do to avoid overcharging the battery. After the disconnect, the internal battery began to discharge at its normal rate and when I woke up at 730, the battery was at 65%.
I'm not sure why the Zerolemon battery wasn't fully charged with 4 solid lights, isntead the 4th light was blinking.
Can anyone shed some light on this behaviour? If this is normal case, then I don't think I can ever get 100% charge on my battery overnight as the zerolemon will always disconnect the charge when the internal battery reaches 100%?
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Tried all above steps. Battery connection is secure, all four lights are solid on. Phone is at 100% then drains during day without the zerolemon battery taking over and charging. I'm about to send it back unless the manufacturer has other suggestions. This should be dead simple..... but I'm not getting a charge.
The Note 5 has a HUGE battery drain issue that is model driven. AT&T note 5 will lose a HUGE amount of battery overnight and this is due to AT&T being the worse coders in the world.
I have the 8500 mah zerolemon battery case. .for me , the charging of the battery case takes a longer time indeed. Close to 15-16 hrs to charge it fully. Not sure if its the same for everyone or this should charge quicker. Would it make a difference that bought this case in USA, and using now in India?
lastfugi1979 said:
I have the 8500 mah zerolemon battery case. .for me , the charging of the battery case takes a longer time indeed. Close to 15-16 hrs to charge it fully. Not sure if its the same for everyone or this should charge quicker. Would it make a difference that bought this case in USA, and using now in India?
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I've had a few Zerolemon cases. Here is how they seem to work:
1. The charging passes through to the phone until the phone's internal battery hits 100 percent.
2. The case starts charging itself, ignoring the phone, until the case is at 100 percent. Depending on how much battery drain you have with your ROM and kernel, this may cause the internal phone battery to drop by 30 percent or even a little bit more.
3. Once the case is at 100 percent battery, it will charge the phone back up to 100 also.
It's not perfect, but it normally charges both my case and phone fully overnight. In cases where both were really close to dead, I've charged them separately and this seems to be quicker. Any microUSB charger is fine for the battery case, since it doesn't support rapid charging anyway.
Also, if you disconnect the charging cable and reconnect it, even for a split second, the case will go back to step 1.
It feels obvious that the case should be able to charge itself and the phone at the same time, but it seems not to be possible. And having used (and hated) a Mophie case that claimed to have that feature, I can tell you that just because the manufacturer claims the case can charge itself while it's also charging the phone, that isn't necessarily true.
Have we found that alarms will cause a problem? Mine will cease all charging at night. trying to figure out. I'll wake up with 20% down on phone(from start of charge) and single light on case blinking. After 6 hours+.
Note5, 8500mA case.
I used to use the case with no problem. The overnight charge was always sufficient for both, phone and zerolemon charge bank. This morning I got 43% and only one light blinking after the overnight charge.
Prior to that I was "playing" with some battery apps, installing, trying, uninstalling. IS IT POSSIBLE that any app can change setting to make zerolemon battery not to be charged or else?
Recently, I encountered a serious problem on my phone. When plugged into a wall charger, it won't get past 8% of charge. I even tried switching it off and charged but still it's stuck at 8%. Also, after a few mins, the battery would start draining.
I tried battery calibrator pro , but with no results.
I am running cm12 official.
Ashwin200014 said:
Recently, I encountered a serious problem on my phone. When plugged into a wall charger, it won't get past 8% of charge. I even tried switching it off and charged but still it's stuck at 8%. Also, after a few mins, the battery would start draining.
I tried battery calibrator pro , but with no results.
I am running cm12 official.
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Have you tried charging it from within recovery? I ran a ROM once that was too power hungry to charge and the phone (m7) occasionally refuses to charge while off (for me).