Ok since I've had my Thrill, the battery sucked...HARD. Upgraded to every GB and kernel..still sucked. Went over to the Rogers kernel the day it was released. Still have is stock, just rooted.
Fast forward a few months to Monday afternoon, while on my way to a meeting and using the GPS, I noticed that my phone was near dead. Noticed that it was indeed plugged to the car charger, but not charging. tired the usb to my laptop and nothing. Decided to check the port, I smelled it and BAM!!, the smell of burnt electronics.
At this point I'm sure that the phone is history after the charge goes. After a few tries I wiggle and wiggle and was able to some how find a sweet spot at an angle to get it charging. After I got to my meeting, I left it charging at that magical angle til I got back.
Got back unplugged it, fully charged.
OK HERES THE CRAZY PART. Figured I would have to buy a new phone, so I left it in my pants pocket and just went to bed around 11pm. Got the next day, never looked at it figuring it was dead by now as usally until around 6pm Tuesday.
Amazingly the battery was not dead, but the level was still 80%!!! ...Like WTF.
On top of that, the charging works perfect now, and the damn thing is still running off a charge from Monday and its Wednesday morning. Battery level at is 60%. Wifi anf GPS on the entire time, and I''ve been using it all day.
A BLESSING FROM THE LITHIUM GODS!!!
This is very strange....
And so I have spoken it.. and so it shall be.
Cool story, bro
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Talk about luck cool post, wont be trying it myself. More info plz very interesting. +1
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That is very bizarre about the battery. Great story tho. My battery life improved a lot since the upgrade to GB.
i find if i charge it with the phone on to full then turn the phone off charge for an hour wile its off it last a whole lot longer
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Hi everyone, I need help finding out what is wrong with my Hero before I throw it out the window!!! I am having HORRIBLE battery life. I can unplug it and it's dead within 30 minutes at times. I am running the latest CyanogenMod 7 (GingerBread) 2.3 on the C Spire (Cellular South) network. I have recalibrate my battery to see if it would help but no change. I have also changed chargers but no change. I have checked to see if there is an app draining it but nothing is draining it no more then usual. This has been going on for weeks and when it started happening I had not changed anything on my phone. It just started happening out of the blue. Now I am having bigger problems out of it now that it is having trouble even getting a charge. For instance, when I plug it in sometimes it will charge and sometimes it won't. Sometimes it will start charging then stop. Like I said, I have changed chargers so I know it isn't a bad charger. Also the biggest problem now is that when I do get it to charge, it won't charge past 86%. It will stay there til I unplug it then it will drain down to 60% within 10-15 minutes, so now I can't even recalibrate the battery now to see if it will help. I thought well maybe my battery is bad but when I check the battery health in the settings it says Good. I do not have another battery to test it against. I also have freezing problems. Somethings it will freeze up and will not unfreeze. I will have to eventually take out the battery and reboot it. Then if I don't let it set for a little bit after I reboot it and I touch it during that time, then it will freeze again and I have to reboot it again. I really LOVE my phone, I have had it for a little over a year now! I have never had any problems like this out of it! PLEASE HELP ME!!! THIS PHONE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY NOW!!!! THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
Anyone? PLEASE!
I just tried my sis in law's battery and no change. She has an HTC Hero also.
$5 on Amazon
Or
After a complete drain, Charge while its off overnight then turn on but into recovery so u can erase battery stats. Then reboot
Either way I'd still spend the $5 and u can probably find free shipping for black Friday.
U can also try a ROM called hero deck without adding anything. This ROM rocks on the battery life. Then for giggles put it in airplane mode with wifi off to see if it drains...
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero
It will not charge while it is off, that is another problem I'm having.
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It is not the battery cause I put my battery in my sis in law's phone and she played on it forever and the battery did not drain and it also charged fast. I put her battery in my phone and it drained fast and would hardly charge, just like my battery does in my phone. So it is not a battery problem, it has something to do with my phone. BUT WHAT?!?!
Just to rule out if something didn't went wrong during flash of CM7. Try a different ROM and see if it same issue.
I did, I tried the ROM vidaljs suggested. Still draining my battery!
What charger ru using?
Is it different than ur sisters charger. That could be the problem.
I use a blackberry charger that has the same power output. So verify that the wires are not damaged and if it's not the hero charger then verify the proper power output.
V's CDMA Hero
I have used HTC charger, Blackberry charger, and Garmin GPS charger all with the some result, slow to no charge. The main problem is it draining too fast. Last night I unplugged my phone, which was on 40%, walked next door to my sis and bro in law's house, which is about 100 ft away, when I walked in their house it was on 11%!
Any suggestions?
Well if u visually look into the female plug on phone.. does it look damaged?
If not perhaps it may just be damaged in another way.
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It looks fine. I had a Hero before this one and the charger port did break but this one looks ok!
Well I have kinda solved my problem! I have the cable to my charger pulled tight and taped to the side of it and it is charging now, but it take literally all day and all night for it to get a full charge! It still drains FAST when unplugged! This still does not explain the fast battery drain and how it still won't charge on other chargers that I know work! Oh well, C Spire has a Holiday Sale going and I can get a Samsung Galaxy S for FREE, plus my $65 replacement fee since I have only completed 20 months of my 24 months! So $65 for a Samsung Galaxy S sounds like a good deal to me!!! This might be one of my Christmas presents from my hubby! I might get him one too! Gonna miss my Hero though! Good times, good times!!!
Right on.... ur issue still bugs me when j think about... but a new phone compared to the hero is awesome. I got the nexus S 4g last week for free except for taxes and activation and it is awesome.
So the galaxy does sound like a great plan and gift
Good luck
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I just (10 min ago) went to check the time on my phone, and when I grabbed it, it was extremely hot. When I turned it over (I put it face down at night so the notification led doesn't bug me) it was showing the battery charging screen except it was a question mark. The phone was plugged in since 10 pm (its 5 am now) and when it had cooled down enough I turned it back on and it said I only had 50%, even though it had been charging all night. Has anyone else had similar overheating issues, and should I return it for a new phone?
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Tried a hard reset? If ao, return the phone is what I would do. No way its supposed to drain that quick or heat up. Charging, navigating and playing music over BT and my phone is warm, not hot.
Had a similar issue about 3 weeks ago. Wasn't plugged in charging though. It was just sitting in my pocket. I thought it felt warm against my leg so I pulled it out and the phone was super hot! Turned the phone off immediately, let it cool down, and it hasn't done it since.
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The other day I was charging (stock moto AC charger) my battery (40%) and downloading stuff via 4g and mine got to 46 degrees C. I slid open the keyboard and put it in a opening of a vent that was blowing 60 degree F air. 1 hr latter battery was 80% +/- and i dl'd more stuff.
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You said there was a battery with a question mark. Was your phone booted up at this point, or were you in the 'battery charging mode'?
Sounds like the phone overheated, which can sometimes happen. You could try to get a replacement, but unless it happens consistently they might give you trouble trying to return it.
The annoying thing is, they say our batteries aren't supposed to be removed. It was nice being able to swap in a spare when my wife was done with her A855 moto Droid and same with having a "spare" incredible...
Anyone know the reason they made ours not come out?
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It is my understanding that they used a special type of battery to get it so thin. The downside to this special type of battery is that they are easily bendable, but explode when bent
As a result, they don't want anybody touching the battery and exploding themselves.
Somebody who is more knowledgeable in battery tech could probably give a better explanation.
Couple weeks ago I was using the GPS and had the phone on the Motorola cardock while plugged in (with a Verizon charger) to the car. Took the phone off to make a call and I literally couldn't touch it. I kept it on the side and opened the battery doctor app, told me the battery was 58C. Immediately pulled aside and turned off my phone. Stupid phone has the locked battery door also so I couldn't pull it off to let the battery cool faster. Worst battery door design by Motorola.
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You said there was a battery with a question mark. Was your phone booted up at this point, or were you in the 'battery charging mode'?
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It had been booted, it wasn't in charge only mode. I forgot to mention I was on cm9 april 27 build. Its been working since then.
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About a month ago while hiking I had my Mexus 6 in a zip lock hoping to keep it safe from water (I now realize how stupid that was). With ziplock in my backpack I waded through chest deep water. Later on I opened my bag and to my dismay there was water inside the zip lock. The phone was operational.
I took it home and tested it. Worked fine for the most part. However when I shut it down it would not bit back up for a day or so. And after charging it for 24+ hours it would randomly boot. Basically I couldn't let it run out of battery or it would be unresponsive for a day or two.
Somehow over time this issue was not valid anymore. My phone could now reboot normally.
A couple of days ago I noticed the phone going into shutdown claiming 0% battery even when battery was 40%. It kept galloping numerous times. Open the camera, phone shuts down showing it's out of battery. The battery saver also makes to kick in as it makes its come and the top and bottom bars turn red/orange.
This has happened more than 20 times now. I did not get the battery shutdown when phone has 80%+ battery. But it started as I dropped below that. At 48% it got so bad that after a shutdown, if I restarted phone, it would, then immediately shut down. When battery was 60%+ it would at least start back up and let me use it for a bit.
Now I know I messed up with the zip lock thing but it's there any thing I can do now? Should I try to change the battery? I have changed battery on iPhones before by myself.
Can I somehow calibrate the battery using software?
Attached are screenshots of my battery stats.
I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks in advance!
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Sorry to hear this is happening, mine started doing the same thing after three months of use. I tried everything, including a trick someone posted of letting it die and charging it only using the quick charger. I use a QI charger and it was completely unacceptable to think that feature couldn't be used. So I contacted Motorola and they just did a warranty on mine and sent me a new one. I had it the next day.
Dacian said:
Sorry to hear this is happening, mine started doing the same thing after three months of use. I tried everything, including a trick someone posted of letting it die and charging it only using the quick charger. I use a QI charger and it was completely unacceptable to think that feature couldn't be used. So I contacted Motorola and they just did a warranty on mine and sent me a new one. I had it the next day.
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What info did you have to give for warranty. I don't have original sales receipt. Thanks. I will try the same.
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I got my S6 Active 2 days ago, it came with around 60% battery, which of course I burned to the ground messing with the phone. I left it charging overnight (first full charge) so yesterday morning it was at 100%. I used the phone for quite a bit during the day, didn't charge it at night so this morning it was at 40% when I woke up. So, summarizing, in around 24 hours the battery went down 60% with moderate use (around 4h 30m SOT).
The weird thing happened today. For some reason, the battery has been going down much faster. In around 5h, with pretty light use, it's gone down 27%, with around 40m SOT. I haven't installed anything new, changed any significant setting, anything...
Don't get me wrong, 5h SOT is pretty good, but I'm just curious if this is something that has happened to someone else, maybe a problem with my battery, or maybe I just need to give it more charging cycles? I've attached a couple screenshots of battery usage from before starting to charge it again, and another one while charging it for a bit because I forgot to include the usage of other apps. I can see how Google Play Services is second after Screen, very close, while yesterday I believe it wasn't as close... maybe that's the problem? I'm not sure why it would do that though, like I said I haven't changed or installed anything this morning...
Thanks in advance for any input!
Use it for a few days before you freak out about how long the battery lasts. AoN
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Use it for a few days before you freak out about how long the battery lasts. AoN
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Yeah I'm aware of the need to wait a few charging cycles, it's just that I've never seen a battery behave like that. I'm not really bothered by how long it lasted, it's more about how there was such a sudden drop in its charge for no apparent reason. Thanks for the reply though
I know Samsung claims the usb port is waterproof but I am telling you right now DONT get water in that port, itll **** it up..
I was naive and thought this was the best ever....until I got water in that hole... i made a thread about it.. its beyond ****ed up we should sue for false advertisement.
Perhaps you got a defective unit? I've had mine in the pool, taken underwater pics, etc. and have no issues. Although I did let it dry out for a couple of hours before plugging it in again.
i updated my post, that may be the issue..letting it dry longer...
but im a distance runner and in the heavy rain i never had a problem, i even dunked it in the sink and it worked.. ive had this phone a month and it was great up until yesterday...however..it seems to be fine now.
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i updated my post, that may be the issue..letting it dry longer...
but im a distance runner and in the heavy rain i never had a problem, i even dunked it in the sink and it worked.. ive had this phone a month and it was great up until yesterday...however..it seems to be fine now.
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I have had mine in the ocean as well as the pool almost a dozen times and haven't had any issue as of yet. I use the Qi charger so I don't think drying is an issue at all.
If you plan on it regularly getting wet, it may be worth investing in a Qi charger.
I never use the USB cable. I always use a Qi charger never had trouble after being in rivers and rain. Using USB only scratches up the phones USB port anyway lol.
i have a QI charger but never use it
So today while visiting a friend and doing a couple things on my phone the battery showed 81%. Suddenly it cut off and would not cut back on. I put it on the charger for about 20 mins and it came back on and showed 16%.
When I took it off the charger it was at 100% and I didn't use it at all between her house and mine. It's also eating battery super fast now. I'm not rooted or anything but this has me concerned. I signed up for the 1 to 1 trade but I'm worried about waiting now. Anyone else experiencing weird battery issues?
I'd be a bit concerned about that. If the battery really was at 81%, and the hardware decided the battery was dead, it really makes new wonder if this wouldn't allow it to become over charged and go "pop"..
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toastido said:
I'd be a bit concerned about that. If the battery really was at 81%, and the hardware decided the battery was dead, it really makes new wonder if this wouldn't allow it to become over charged and go "pop"..
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That's exactly my concern. I just don't wanna have to take it back and get something else because until today I haven't had any problems with the phone.
Step away from the phone. Lmao. Jk. I had too.
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So today while visiting a friend and doing a couple things on my phone the battery showed 81%. Suddenly it cut off and would not cut back on. I put it on the charger for about 20 mins and it came back on and showed 16%.
When I took it off the charger it was at 100% and I didn't use it at all between her house and mine. It's also eating battery super fast now. I'm not rooted or anything but this has me concerned. I signed up for the 1 to 1 trade but I'm worried about waiting now. Anyone else experiencing weird battery issues?
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Last night mine went from 21% to 15% instantaneously while watching YouTube. Not worried, however, it's going back when the replacements arrive.
So now I get a Samsung+ warning that my device is draining battery faster than its charging. I was using my official wireless fast charger. After noticing that the phone only got up to 30% after a hour I switched it to the wall charger that came with it. charging is still going slow. I even did a factory reset.
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So now I get a Samsung+ warning that my device is draining battery faster than its charging. I was using my official wireless fast charger. After noticing that the phone only got up to 30% after a hour I switched it to the wall charger that came with it. charging is still going slow. I even did a factory reset.
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I'd do another factory reset and let the phone sit for a while before setting it up. Then I'd make do and exchange it ASAP! Keep a careful eye on charging temperature in the meanwhile. I'm thinking of charging mine on a baking sheet so it can't ignite anything, lol! Since you are having such unusual problems, can't be too cautious!
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So today while visiting a friend and doing a couple things on my phone the battery showed 81%. Suddenly it cut off and would not cut back on. I put it on the charger for about 20 mins and it came back on and showed 16%.
When I took it off the charger it was at 100% and I didn't use it at all between her house and mine. It's also eating battery super fast now. I'm not rooted or anything but this has me concerned. I signed up for the 1 to 1 trade but I'm worried about waiting now. Anyone else experiencing weird battery issues?
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This happened to me exactly the same way. I had over 70% left and then all of a sudden it wouldn't turn on. I plugged it in and phone showed it was at 0%.
I've done a full reset and hasn't happened since.
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So same thing today. Phone has been warm all day. Battery got down to 60% and died. I probably had about 45mins screen time
Same thing happened to me 2 days ago. I was at 60% and put it down to do some yard work and an hr later when I came back to check on it it was completely dead!
I was like wtf!!
Hope they fix this ****!!
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Today my battery has lost it mind. Has died on me after roughly 4 hrs from fully charged, and not being used but for half a dozen messages. I did notice some extreme usage my Android and Google which I haven't seen these numbers this high in a long time
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Mine was at 30% and turned off. I've also noticed sometimes my battery says 100% but will still have the red led charging light on,rather then green when it's fully charged. I wonder if it has something to do with the battery stats.
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Might be a good idea to clear the cache as well. I do it every three days and it works wonders for me.
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A week ago, I posted over in the Sprint forum about this happening with my note 7, though, as you can see, nobody cared, lol. Now that all this battery fire stuff has come out, I'm looking at my phone with a bit of suspicion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-note-7/help/worried-battery-falloff-t3452711/page1
Edit: Haha, I was looking at the screen shot from my thread and saw 4% battery. I thought my phone's battery hand tanked again and was about to drop it before it burst into flames!
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A week ago, I posted over in the Sprint forum about this happening with my note 7, though, as you can see, nobody cared, lol. Now that all this battery fire stuff has come out, I'm looking at my phone with a bit of suspicion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-note-7/help/worried-battery-falloff-t3452711/page1
Edit: Haha, I was looking at the screen shot from my thread and saw 4% battery. I thought my phone's battery hand tanked again and was about to drop it before it burst into flames!
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Is your phone running hot? Mine is always warm and I'm getting very high cpu usage from Android system and Android IS. It didn't die outta no where today, but my battery life is horrible. Today I got 57 mins of Screen time by the time it 15% in about 7hrs and that was with battery saver on all day.
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Is your phone running hot? Mine is always warm and I'm getting very high cpu usage from Android system and Android IS. It didn't die outta no where today, but my battery life is horrible. Today I got 57 mins of Screen time by the time it 15% in about 7hrs and that was with battery saver on all day.
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No, it actually runs very cool. I also am getting good battery life (about 5 hours sot). Actually, everything went back to normal after the bizarre battery behavior that I had one night a week ago.
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No, it actually runs very cool. I also am getting good battery life (about 5 hours sot). Actually, everything went back to normal after the bizarre battery behavior that I had one night a week ago.
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Weird. Mine did it twice, battery life has been horrible and my wireless fast charger wont charge it. Says it's draining faster that it's charging. I've factory reset 3x already. Can't wait until my replacement Note comes in.
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A week ago, I posted over in the Sprint forum about this happening with my note 7, though, as you can see, nobody cared, lol. Now that all this battery fire stuff has come out, I'm looking at my phone with a bit of suspicion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-note-7/help/worried-battery-falloff-t3452711/page1
Edit: Haha, I was looking at the screen shot from my thread and saw 4% battery. I thought my phone's battery hand tanked again and was about to drop it before it burst into flames!
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Guys,
This is not a single issue, I also had been running into the same battery dying out of nowhere. Check the thread I started
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-issue-ive-t3457179/post68587101#post68587101
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Damn,
I'm thinking forget this mess and switching over to the Iphone 7 Plus. I'm getting pretty tired of figuring out battery issues, debloating etc. I just want my damn phone to work.
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Guys,
This is not a single issue, I also had been running into the same battery dying out of nowhere. Check the thread I started
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-issue-ive-t3457179/post68587101#post68587101
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Damn,
I'm thinking forget this mess and switching over to the Iphone 7 Plus. I'm getting pretty tired of figuring out battery issues, debloating etc. I just want my damn phone to work.
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Haha, I'm thinking of going iPhone, too, but I'm a little scared to wait the week, and I don't have a phone to use in the meantime.
Nutzzer said:
Guys,
This is not a single issue, I also had been running into the same battery dying out of nowhere. Check the thread I started
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-issue-ive-t3457179/post68587101#post68587101
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Damn,
I'm thinking forget this mess and switching over to the Iphone 7 Plus. I'm getting pretty tired of figuring out battery issues, debloating etc. I just want my damn phone to work.
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Who's to say some problem won't crop up with the new iPhone? Maybe you shouldn't rush in. I wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for the high price and my plan to use the promotions to mitigate that. I always wait a couple of months to buy but by then the promotions would have expired. Anyways, it's done, now trying to stay positive and remember I have a Tab and SD card for my trouble.
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Haha, I'm thinking of going iPhone, too, but I'm a little scared to wait the week, and I don't have a phone to use in the meantime.
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