[Q] Does battery calibration work? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Just a quick one and any responses from personal experiance would be great.
Has anyone used an app to re-calibrate the battery? If so did it help or did it seem to make the battery life worse?
I had a major drain on my battery so did a complete reinstall of tweaky ROM and the drain has stopped. Just wondering if I should bother to recalibrate
Thanks
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Calibration did not help me, I have the same stamina... JVH + Criskelo v56 + CF-Root 3.2

from those many many times i have tried to do calibration in all possible ways that has being suggested even waiting a few days for the cycle to end...
my conclusion its bull**** it depends on the rom or apps that are running ....
the only thing it does it shows u 100% when u finish charging in case u dont see it already.

Does it work or does waiting two weeks for battery to settle down work .
jje

My findings are similar to JJE. After flashing a ROM, it will take 4-5 charge cycles (just charging every night, nothing special....may run down to 0% after first charge) before I see a stable, decent battery life.

Kops said:
My findings are similar to JJE. After flashing a ROM, it will take 4-5 charge cycles (just charging every night, nothing special....may run down to 0% after first charge) before I see a stable, decent battery life.
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Ditto, I try not to judge a ROMs battery appetite until about a week, espescially if I was to lazy to flash at 100%.. But I think that is what is meant by battery calibration..

Ok thanks guys, think I'll wipe battery stats next time I flash a new ROM 100% battery
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Question on # Arrow # [ROM][JS8][3/24/11]Continuum v4

Hello,
I was wondering if i did something wrong when flashing, I flashed me phone yesterday, love the rom, but the battery life stinks, today I have been off the charger for 3 hrs, 1 20 min phone call and check download my email and my battery is at 73%. This morning before I unplugged my charger I went into oxdin and removed battery stats to see if that helped, any advise would be helpful, I did flash to stock with oden3 one click and I had 85% battery and plugged in charging when I flashed to this rom. I want to keep this rom as it is super fast and no issues found other than the battery
Thanks in advance for any help
Tonyzz
I would give it another day or so. It can take it a little while for the battery to settle in. if that doesn't work you could try flashing another kernel or modem.
Just a few opinions...
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yes like the previous post
you have wait for few days cz it takes tym recalibrate battery stats. couple of charges and discharges will fix the battery drain
Thank you,
I'll give it a few days and see if it fixes itself, this is the best rom I have tried and would hate to have to change as everything with it is how I would do it if I had a clue how to custom a rom
Thanks
Tony
Like the others have said give it a few days, my battery life VASTLY improved after 3 discharge cycles. Also, another thing to check is the cell standby and make sure that you're not having the 50% time without signal bug. I had that this morning and it drained 20% in barely over an hour.

[Q] Battery draining very quickly after calibration

I was messing with my phone (rooting, testing out roms, etc.) and I decided I just wanted plain old stock. So I put it back to stock (official 2.3.5 gingerbread) and rooted it. Then I decided to calibrate the battery by using the Battery Calibration app in the Play Store.
Now my battery drains about 15% every hours in standby mode. Do I need to wait more time for the Battery calibration to take effect?
The calibration doesn't work on stock it only work on custom ROMs... kies calibrates the phone and reset the batterystats.bin so there should be something else killing your battery especially 3g...disable what ever you are not using rotation/data sync/bt/ ect.
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It's still draining that fast on airplane mode.
Nicamarcel1 said:
The calibration doesn't work on stock it only work on custom ROMs... kies calibrates the phone and reset the batterystats.bin so there should be something else killing your battery especially 3g...disable what ever you are not using rotation/data sync/bt/ ect.
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"Calibrating" the battery is huge myth. It does absolutely nothing.
batterystats.bin is used to display what has been using your battery in about phone/battery use. That's it. Has nothing to do with calculating the remaining battery, or does not improve or decrease battery life in any way.
Furthermore it is reset EVERY TIME YOU CHARGE TO 100%
studacris said:
"Calibrating" the battery is huge myth. It does absolutely nothing.
batterystats.bin is used to display what has been using your battery in about phone/battery use. That's it. Has nothing to do with calculating the remaining battery, or does not improve or decrease battery life in any way.
Furthermore it is reset EVERY TIME YOU CHARGE TO 100%
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That's what I've read but it must do something, because since I ran that app and 'recalibrated' the battery, the battery dies in about 7 hours on stand-by. It would last me all day before I ran that app.
I did find one thing that was using battery on standby...my Beautiful Widgets Live Wallpaper. I set the wallpaper turned off the screen and after three hours I checked the battery use. I found that 'Display' was using the most at 50%. And during that time, it drained about 45%. I'll keep testing.
Oh yeah forgot live wall paper kill around 20% never use it so case close....
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It looks like that's the culprit. I must've put on the live wallpaper sometime after 'recalibrating' and didn't remember. I'll let you know if I have anymore problems.
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Galaxy S i9000 some unique battery problems

Hi guys i have a galaxy s phone and it's working really great, but now a days it shows me some weird battery problems...
ProblemNo:1.Some times my battery shows like 45% or like that and it goes up to 46 or 47% after a few minutes during discharge
2.Some times when i have about 55% then if i remove my battery and put it back and when i reboot it shows only 5%, this problem is very rare but it's occurred more than 2 times
3. when i am charging my phone it's reach up to 99% then it drop down to 98% then 99,100
These are my problems,i am using MIUI 2.4.20 ROM
what causing these problems is it my battery faulty or do i have a hardware problem
or is it the ROM
please any one help me.....
Have you tried wiping the battery stats in cwm?
Or, trying a battery calibration app from the play store? For example, Battery Calibration.
Problem number 1 occurred to me a few times it isn't a serious issue.
Problem 3 you need to wipe battery stats and calibrate your battery (play store has apps for that)
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My guess is that using multiple batteries is playing havoc with your battery stats, but what the solution is I have no idea to be honest
nyloncrack said:
Have you tried wiping the battery stats in cwm?
Or, trying a battery calibration app from the play store? For example, Battery Calibration.
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Yes i use battery calibration and every known app to wipe my battery stats file also i even wipe it from cwm but no luck
the problem still exist
slaphead20 said:
My guess is that using multiple batteries is playing havoc with your battery stats, but what the solution is I have no idea to be honest
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i am using only one battery not multiple batteries
i don't think that battery stats file has anything to do with this problem, it's something else...
my worst fear is that is it my phone's any hardware part is faulty.....!!
Or guys is this problem occur if my battery is faulty....?
help me to sort out the problem............
I have this issue also.. I checked and my battery is on good health, really annoying but nothing I can't live with
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I fond that if its at say 50% and I reboot and it drops to say 5% it takes ages to discharge that 5% so I guess it has the same charge just reading it wrong, if I leave it for a while without using it it will go back up
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I was thinking of a back up phone. I guess this is off the list.
i have 5 batteries haha i dont need to worry about my battery i dont care

Help with battery drainage (stock ROM)

Hello.
I was a PA 1.6 and PA 2.X user since last week, when I decided to install stock ROM to check if battery life would improve.
I've been trying different ROMs and realized that battery performance was worst,so I decided to check stock ROM to see if I could get any improvents in battery life.
Yesterday I installed SGN_XX_OXA_KJ1_FACTORYFS stock ROM, but during the night I lost 50% of the battery (I didn't turn Flight Mode on) and now it's draining at 3.5%-5% battery per hour.
I reinstalled the RADIO, but I cannot understand how stock ROM + RADIO can have this much of battery drainage.
Any ideas on what can be happening and how can I solve this?
The only thing left is to format all SD partitions and pray. :laugh:
try slim bean with sync off and just 3g
and check ur battery
if it presists then try flashing xxlrk or xxlr1 modem
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go read the sticky on wakelocks
Have you checked the battery section of settings to see what are the apps drawing the battery? install betterbatterystats and head over to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878828 to understand whats going on
nokiamodeln91 said:
Have you checked the battery section of settings to see what are the apps drawing the battery? install betterbatterystats and head over to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878828 to understand whats going on
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Yes, I already bought better battery stats but haven't find any wakelock issue... it looks as if it got normalized and now I'm getting 1.5 % per hour, which seems pretty decent...
ptolomeo said:
Yes, I already bought better battery stats but haven't find any wakelock issue... it looks as if it got normalized and now I'm getting 1.5 % per hour, which seems pretty decent...
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good one! hope it lasts all Christmas, Hanukkah or other holiday celebrations!
ptolomeo said:
Yes, I already bought better battery stats but haven't find any wakelock issue... it looks as if it got normalized and now I'm getting 1.5 % per hour, which seems pretty decent...
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Ok.. great..
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[Q] battery gauge problem

hello
after flashing a few roms, my battery gauge is messed up.
the things i noticed, when my ace turns off deu to low power. the gauge shows 0%.
but when my ace shuts it self down and i plug in the wall charger. the battery gauge shows me a percentage around 75%.
the things i have done to solve this problem is deleting battery stats by cwm and a calibration app nothing did solve the problem.
also i have let the battery drain to zero and then charge it up to 100 and let it drain to zero again. also that didnt solve my problem.
so i flashed back the stock rom by odin. also not solving the problem.
is ther another way to solve the problem
Get a new battery.:thumbup:
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The problem is not with your battery. It's with the battery notifier in the ace. It works well for a time and then goes absolutely crazy. Whenever your battery gets low, about 10% for example, connect the charger and charge blindly for 3 hours. Don't worry about the 100% notification. Try your battery now. It should be fine now. But if you're using battery extender kernel, there's a bug in it that brings down the battery for 50% in a short time after using.
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Venomous Viper 119 said:
The problem is not with your battery. It's with the battery notifier in the ace. It works well for a time and then goes absolutely crazy. Whenever your battery gets low, about 10% for example, connect the charger and charge blindly for 3 hours. Don't worry about the 100% notification. Try your battery now. It should be fine now. But if you're using battery extender kernel, there's a bug in it that brings down the battery for 50% in a short time after using.
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i`am on stock gingerbread, the phone is about two years old. i also noticed that when i turn of my phone and pull the battery out for about three minutes en then put it back in the percentage is higher. so i do think that the battery gauge is messed p but when i use a calibration app to solve it, it gets worse or doesnt change. when i use code *#*#4636#*#* the status of my battery is good. im thinking to buy a new battery but i doubt that it would solve my problem.
Calibration is all fake. Do as I said and you'll definitely witness the results.
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Venomous Viper 119 said:
Calibration is all fake. Do as I said and you'll definitely witness the results.
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Hi, I have the same problem with the ace of my wife. When I charge it, it says 100% after 10 min charging !
And when I use it not charging, it drops down ...
I try to let it charge longer, but is that sure that the battery continue charging even if the notifier indicates 100% ?
I'm on [ROM] CM7.2-DEMOCRACY FINAL EDITION .. is there also a kernel to change to help ?
Thanks for your answers, by default I will let it charge for 3h.
PS : is there an app to check the battery life ?
Venomous Viper 119 said:
Calibration is all fake. Do as I said and you'll definitely witness the results.
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i did what you said and it seems to solve the problem step by step
Liell said:
Hi, I have the same problem with the ace of my wife. When I charge it, it says 100% after 10 min charging !
And when I use it not charging, it drops down ...
I try to let it charge longer, but is that sure that the battery continue charging even if the notifier indicates 100% ?
I'm on [ROM] CM7.2-DEMOCRACY FINAL EDITION .. is there also a kernel to change to help ?
Thanks for your answers, by default I will let it charge for 3h.
PS : is there an app to check the battery life ?
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in dialer u must enter the code *#*#4636#*#* there will appear 4 tabs there is one for battery tap it and you wil see the health of youre battery.
Guys, forget about battery level notification, etc. Any app doing so would collect the info from the android itself. Just do as I said. Everything will be fine.
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I've the same issue. I charged it for 3 hours, it's not fine, it goes to 50% in about 15 minutes, and when I reboot my Ace, it drop to 15% !
I noticed that when I turn it off and charge it, the green battery indicator is at 80%...
Any idea ?
I tried differents ROM such as CM10.1 CM10 CM9,PAC, same issue.
I bought my wife a new battery @2000mA and she lasts 2 days now, so the answer seems to be the battery-life ...
Liell said:
I bought my wife a new battery @2000mA and she lasts 2 days now, so the answer seems to be the battery-life ...
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its a bit risky! u r using 2000mA for 1350mA phone.
Haer said:
I've the same issue. I charged it for 3 hours, it's not fine, it goes to 50% in about 15 minutes, and when I reboot my Ace, it drop to 15% !
I noticed that when I turn it off and charge it, the green battery indicator is at 80%...
Any idea ?
I tried differents ROM such as CM10.1 CM10 CM9,PAC, same issue.
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CM 9, 10.1,PAC consume battery like hell, but not that much also.
If there r such huge drops that too after charging the fone for 3 hrs then i guess there is a problem with the battery.
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Mandark52 said:
its a bit risky! u r using 2000mA for 1350mA phone.
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Yup u can use without any problem untill voltage n other parameters are as per requirements...
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Yes I thing the battery is dead, it's slightly inflated...
I too have the crazy battery problem, but funny thing is if i were to ignore the indicator and just use it from a 3hr-full charge till it dies off, i could achieve 2.5hours of internet surfing (wifi not 3g). To me this is good enough, all calibration fixes do not work for me. Any suggestions?
PS: I have the system time problem too with S'perience Rom, Eg. when i shut down the phone at 1pm to remove the simcard, after booting up the phone the time shows 11am. This happened to me more than 5 times this week. I dono if it's the rom or the battery that gives this problem. I dono about how it was when running stock rom because this phone does not belong to me. Any help is much appreciated.
jeromejeremytay said:
I too have the crazy battery problem, but funny thing is if i were to ignore the indicator and just use it from a 3hr-full charge till it dies off, i could achieve 2.5hours of internet surfing (wifi not 3g). To me this is good enough, all calibration fixes do not work for me. Any suggestions?
PS: I have the system time problem too with S'perience Rom, Eg. when i shut down the phone at 1pm to remove the simcard, after booting up the phone the time shows 11am. This happened to me more than 5 times this week. I dono if it's the rom or the battery that gives this problem. I dono about how it was when running stock rom because this phone does not belong to me. Any help is much appreciated.
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Try a full discharge and then plug your phone until it is fully charged, finally without unplug it boot into CWM and wipe battery stats, finally reboot and charge it until 100%

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