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Dead Battery?

The battery in my SGS will not charge. I have had the phone since September and have had the phone replaced in December, so the phone is 3 months old, but the battery is about 7 months old.
About a week or so ago the phone started to not charge well. It would take upwards of 6 hours to charge from about 50%. Last night I plugged the phone in and again, it took about 6 hours to fully charge and the charged tone went off (it woke me at 5:15 am). I unplugged the phone and within an hour the battery was down to 38%. I had it charging in the car for a couple of hours and it did not charge at all even though the charge indicator was on. When I got home I plugged it in and turned it off and it has been charging for a hours now but the battery will not charge at all.
My phone was on stock JL2 with the SpeedMod kernel, but I flashed it back to stock JL2 with the stock kernel when I got home.
Any ideas? Is it normal for these batteries to die after about 6 or 7 months? How good or bad are the batteries sold on eBay, the ones where you get two batteries and a charger for about $10? I'd hate to have to spend $40-$50 bucks on a new battery. I paid $500 for the phone and have had a lot of problems with it.
Thanks for any help,
Ian

Try to wipe battery in CWM. I hope it will help

I did wipe battery stats and it didn't help.

Maybe you can try this:
1) full wipe first (factory reset and flash new).
2) charge until full
3) use until it shutdown by itself
4) charge full again
That's what I would try before buy anything
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Hannibal226 said:
2) charge until full
4) charge full again
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The battery will not charge.

Battery will not charge try another battery to see if its the phone the charger or the battery is your only choice .
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280611921222
Thats a genuine battery .
jje

What is the voltage range the SGS works at? My battery reads 2.99v. Should the phone still work at this voltage?
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Well, I made a desktop charger from an old cell phone charger, a couple of brass nails and a block of wood. I charged the battery for about an hour and the voltage now reads 3.14v. I would presume the phone should work at this voltage since the normal voltage is 3.7v and 3.14 is less than a 20% drop.
I guess it's my phone that is no good. It's back to the service center for me.
Thanks,
Ian

Am other idea: You checked the charge cable?
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Anyway, I stripped the wires on an old charger and connected it directly to the battery pins on phone and bypassed the battery and the phone boots, so I guess it's the battery.
Does anyone have any feedback on the eBay batteries. The ones you get two and a charger for around $10?
Ian

Battery charging

Is it normal for the battery to take 8 hours to charge? My fascinate would take about 2, the battery on this thing drains faster than it charges! Love the phone, but is this normal?

mtmichaelson said:
Is it normal for the battery to take 8 hours to charge? My fascinate would take about 2, the battery on this thing drains faster than it charges! Love the phone, but is this normal?
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I've noticed it takes a while to charge mine too...granted, not 8 hours. But more like 3-4, which still sucks.

Ya, I plugged mine in 3 hours ago and am only at 38%.

Check the amps on the charger. USB from the computer is usually 500mA. The charger that comes with it, and most others are 1A. If you can find a 2A charger go for it. you can get one that was for the ipad that is 2A.

My experience so far is it charges approximately 20% per hour on a Motorola 850mA wall charger. Really slow compared to my OG Droid which seemed like it would fully charge from nearly dead in about 90 minutes on the same charger.

With the wall charger I can full charge from 20% in 1 to 2 hours. I never charge more than 2 hours to get full.
USB takes longer but not that much. 3hrs maybe.

Battery Charging Issues
I do fuel cell research and we deal with rechargeable batts. There is a drawback with rapid charging it generates heat and shortens lifespan. Be very careful with exceeding the manufact. specs on amperage. I have seen packs explode and burn when current overload protection fails.
My batt life is about 8 hrs after I deep discharged/charged for a few cycles and the charge time is quicker now. My Rev stays cool unlike my flashed Omnia 910.
I will not be too surprised if LG issues a software fix.
In the dawn of the smart-phone one has to accept short battery life and deal with ac chargers, I do on a daily basis. Only so much energy can be stored in a small form battery.

Through USB, it takes me about 8-9 hours to charge, and if thats if the alarm doesn't go off on it. Bad news if it does because its either stop charging, or draining because I wake up sometimes a couple hours after a certain alarm and only have 38% battery.
Even on the wall, it takes too long to charge. The time it takes me to charge sucks.

smokedkill said:
Through USB, it takes me about 8-9 hours to charge, and if thats if the alarm doesn't go off on it. Bad news if it does because its either stop charging, or draining because I wake up sometimes a couple hours after a certain alarm and only have 38% battery.
Even on the wall, it takes too long to charge. The time it takes me to charge sucks.
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Takes about 8hrs tops for me from dead on USB. However on the wall charger it only takes me 2 hours from dead. But i usually plug it in around 15% so really about 1hr 45min on average with the wall.
I tend to do the USB when i sleep though because as far as battery tech goes, the slower the charge the longer the battery will last(life wise, not throughout the day charge wise)

Just to give an update, my frustration level with my phone of 6 hour discharge and 8 hour charge times I decided to root, cwm, and decrapify it. Instant difference! After 1 day I put my phone on the charger at 8:30 last night with 1% battery left, it was fully charged by 10:30. Took it off of the charger at 10:30 last night and it is now 5:00 pm and I am still at 25%! This is with moderate usage, 4g on the whole time, Beautiful Widgets w/auto updating weather and location, Plume widget, Facebook widget, Youtube widget, and plenty of XDA scanning. If you haven't done so, I highly recommend the upgrades!
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[Q] How long does it take to charge your phone?

As topics says and like your battery is under %20 percent approximately how long does it take to get it fully charged

About 1.5 - 2 hours

Mine seems about the same, however if your using the phone wile charging it takes a lot longer, which is strange because there should be enough current to charge and use simultaneously.

1 hour 45 minutes from 25%, also I have juice plotter installed and theres a widget that you can put on your homescreen that changes from time left to how much time it takes to charge when it is actually charging which is kind of neat.

ty i think my phones charge time is increased will try tonight again

3:35 from 0 to 100

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3:35 from 0 to 100
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yep! for a moment was wondering if there was something abnormal with my phone.
/h2

You guys could try a 2 amps charger (such as the one that comes with the ipad), theres some evidence it will charge faster, although not by much.
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30 seconds.
(battery swap )
But seriously, about 3 hours from empty to full on the charger that came with it, and about 2 hours with my 2amp galaxy tab charger.

mfractal said:
You guys could try a 2 amps charger (such as the one that comes with the ipad), theres some evidence it will charge faster, although not by much.
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True when I charge my GS2 with my Galaxy tab charger its dramatically faster.

._. there must be something wrong with my gnote then ... it takes around 4h30m to fully charge from around 10%... and even longer if using phone at same time...
I had several smartphones and this one is the one with the worst battery ever ... my dell streak's battery charges faster and even tho it also has a 5" screen, its 1500mAh battery lasts longer with the same usage.
Yesterday my gnote battery took 3h30m to go from 100% to 13% just from playing 2h30m of games and 1h browsing... innaceptable! and I do use betterbatterystats and I have few wakelocks that could be draining battery...
This phone charging scheme is really crappy, as I understand from my use, while charging instead of the charger powering both the phone and the battery at same time, I think it only charges the battery and the phone is always powered by the battery alone...
I din read about it yet, but I almost sure the gnote works like that, cause if i use Skype video call for example, i only get a 1% charge increase around every 10mins, which is really ridiculous ...
plus, while with my other smartphones I could take out the battery while charging it and the phones would keep powered, same thing doesn't happen with the note... battery off while charging, phone also off, which can only mean IMO that the phone is 100% only powered by the battery even when charging...
Besides making it take longer to charge, won't the battery life also decrease that way?..
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Charging time and use

Hi,
How long does it usually take u guys to recharge ur note from dead or almost?
It took mine. Over 8 hours to charge from 12%.
Also if keep my note on charge but im usimg it for browsing or whatever, my note still dischares.
Is this normal for the note as my htc Desire didnt diacharge while using it while connected to the charger.
Thanks
Neil
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Hmmm I've never really timed it but its gotta be around 4hrs for a full charge.
I have been playing Stardom even when charging and it gains battery.
That doesn't sound normal at all.

If u r charging from USB port den its possible. Charging from ac will be a different story
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Charging by USB is at around 12% per hour, so it does take 8 hours.
Charging by a/c is upwards of 35%/hr.
Some of the apps usage would demand battery usage at 20-25% per hour, so if your battery usage is more than your charging rate then you would be losing battery which is what might have happened when you are using USB charging etc.
If your stats are for a/c charging, then I suspect the charger.

Yeah i charged for 8 hours with ac and also got discharge while using the note and charging.
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neilmc81 said:
Yeah i charged for 8 hours with ac and also got discharge while using the note and charging.
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Are you using the stock charger? What is the battery time you are getting?

neilmc81 said:
Yeah i charged for 8 hours with ac and also got discharge while using the note and charging.
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Depends on what you are using for, but it still doesn't sound right.
Mine charges from 5% to full in about 3 hours when it's just sitting
on the table and I'm just using it for a phone call every now and then.

charging shouldn't take more than 4 hours when done from an AC outlet. just check if you have original batteries and charger. if not, take it to the shop and get it replaced immediately. 8 hours is just too much.

anilisanil said:
Are you using the stock charger? What is the battery time you are getting?
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Im using the stock charger.
Rocket rom / Abyss 4.2 kernel
And battery life was around 20% after around 14 hours then i put it on charge and used it for about an hour but it discharged to 12%.
I am using the device heavily at the moment as ive had it only a few day.
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I am using the device heavily at the moment as ive had it only a few day.
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When you are using it heavily while charging it might be normal,
try leaving it alone while charging for one cycle, that'll give you
an indication.
If it's still substantially higher than 3 to 4 hours under these circumstances
you've got a problem, either battery or charger have an issue, or there's an
app sucking battery like hell.

as said, 3-4 hours is normal. Do you have a battery drain issue when in normal use? if yes, then u can use betterbatterystats to check which process is using the juice.
Also, its advisable (in the first cycle after flashing a rom) to charge the phone with switched off. After full charge, take out the battery, wait for 1 min , reinsert & restart. This will help to reset the battery & start afresh.

From 8% to 100% with the charger it took me less than 3 hours.

I only charge by USB on my PC and its never taken close to 8 hrs for a full charge..
The only time charging has taken a very long time for me is when I ran a ICS ROM.

So i did a charge with my usb cable and it tool half the time. Maybw theres a problemwith my ac charger.
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use a different charger, i put it down to a **** charger from samsung as mine did the same, woudl discharge even tho was supposedly plugged in and charged

[Q] Slow charge?

I'm using the "fast charger" that comes with the phone, but it seem to charge slower than I predicted. It says 1 hour until full charge when they phone is at 55%.
Is this right?

did you use the cable that come with the phone?
not all microusb cable can do fast charge.

netnerd said:
did you use the cable that come with the phone?
not all microusb cable can do fast charge.
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Yes. I'm using everthing that comes with it.

The next question is.... were you messing with the phone while it gave you that estimated 1 hour left to fully charged? If you have the screen on and doing a lot of crap with it, of course it will take longer (this may be obvious to some, I'm not trying to insult you if you didn't know this, just stating the fact)
My experience with it went like this yesterday - note that I haven't even unpacked the factory charger, was using the Motorola Turbo Charger for this "experiment"
0% (phone died over night off charger to make this test)
30 mins on Turbo Charger - 45%
1 hour on Turbo Charger - 85%
Had to take it off to go to work, but those are some great numbers for a charger not necessarily designed for this phone, but the device was in Fast Charging mode the whole time, of course, so it was comparative

Is there some way to turn on fast charge? Because 6hours to fully charge or even charge a lot I don't have.
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Pure+ said:
Is there some way to turn on fast charge? Because 6hours to fully charge or even charge a lot I don't have.
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Use the fast charger that came with it or the Turbo Charger and it comes on automatically, 6 hours was with me using wireless charging which is always going to be slower than any wired 2+ amp charger will do

KryptosXLayer2 said:
Use the fast charger that came with it or the Turbo Charger and it comes on automatically, 6 hours was with me using wireless charging which is always going to be slower than any wired 2+ amp charger will do
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Lol I plugged into the the stock charger from the box and it said 6hrs to charge (from 0) switched outlet just incase that outlet was wonky but same result. The I said screw it and just figured I use to wireless charger so at least the phone would be near me, low and behold it says 3hrs (from 0). So apparently wireless is the way to go.

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Lol I plugged into the the stock charger from the box and it said 6hrs to charge (from 0) switched outlet just incase that outlet was wonky but same result. The I said screw it and just figured I use to wireless charger so at least the phone would be near me, low and behold it says 3hrs (from 0). So apparently wireless is the way to go.
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You must have had something else going on with the phone for it to say 6 hours on the factory charger....... I don't remember what mine said because I plugged it in, powered it on, and started watching the clock in the kitchen, turning on the phone screen only to check battery levels at those specific intervals I stated! I didn't even touch the device to start anything when I started this experiment, so it wasn't running any apps other than Android system level stuff, but no, wireless definitely isn't going to be faster, despite what the estimated timer said on the phone!

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You must have had something else going on with the phone for it to say 6 hours on the factory charger....... I don't remember what mine said because I plugged it in, powered it on, and started watching the clock in the kitchen, turning on the phone screen only to check battery levels at those specific intervals I stated! I didn't even touch the device to start anything when I started this experiment, so it wasn't running any apps other than Android system level stuff, but no, wireless definitely isn't going to be faster, despite what the estimated timer said on the phone!
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Well it's charging super quick compared to that factory charger. On the factory charger (plugged in right after phone died) went from 0 to 5 percent in about 25 minutes. on the wireless charger right now its gone from 5 to 16 in under 20 minutes. more than twice as fast.
Aslo, I am using the new Samsung wireless charger that is supposed to support fast charging.
**EDIT**
It charges even faster if I plug it directly into the cable for the wireless charger. Now it says 1hr29mn instead of 2hrs.

Pure+ said:
Well it's charging super quick compared to that factory charger. On the factory charger (plugged in right after phone died) went from 0 to 5 percent in about 25 minutes. on the wireless charger right now its gone from 5 to 16 in under 20 minutes. more than twice as fast.
Aslo, I am using the new Samsung wireless charger that is supposed to support fast charging.
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It charges even faster if I plug it directly into the cable for the wireless charger. Now it says 1hr29mn instead of 2hrs.
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Thanks buddy, this worked for me. I was having the exact issue as you.:good:

I had this same issue guys. Make sure your cable is plugged ALL the way into the charger itself. Mine was not in all the way and I was getting super slow charge times.

superb battery backup than s5

Pure+ said:
Is there some way to turn on fast charge? Because 6hours to fully charge or even charge a lot I don't have.
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same thing here.. got my phone today.. Seems like my S5 charged faster.

deepen915 said:
same thing here.. got my phone today.. Seems like my S5 charged faster.
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Make sure the cable is plugged all the way in to the charging brick. If it's not plugged in all the way, even a few mm, it will charge much slower.

amsguitarist said:
Make sure the cable is plugged all the way in to the charging brick. If it's not plugged in all the way, even a few mm, it will charge much slower.
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yeah I figured it out eventually LOL

Does the phone get hot while fast charging for anyone else?

HRodMusic said:
Does the phone get hot while fast charging for anyone else?
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I believe the laws of physics dictate that this will happen.