Hi, what would you say for that? The phone is being charged, let's say it's in 40% of charge, than I slightly (really very slightly) punch one of its corner in the table or just put the phone on the table and the percent value of charge jumps at once to 100%. Very strange and annoying. The same thing is happening on old and new bought battery, so it's not a problem with battery I think. What do you think?
That's strange. Is it actually on 40% then? What does it show when you disconnect from charger?
The battery is now on 85%. At first I had 95% . Then after 3 unexpected turn off's of the phone the battery dropped to 62% . After 4th turn off it had 78% . In front of my eyes I saw jump from 78% to 79% . Then in may hand the phone had turned off another 3 times. The battery has 85%. The phone now turns off straight after I enter PIN, then I see the main menu for few seconds and phone turns off consistantly. It happens on my ol battery 1500 mAh and the new one 1650 mAh.
Are you on stock fw or did you flash any ROM?
I have stock ROM, with NO root
Below are my parameters:
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000
Android: 2.3.6 Gingerbread
PDA: I9000XWJVZ
PHONE: I9000XXJVT
CSC: I9000OXXJV9
Build Info : Fri Nov 25 2011
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For now I was able to turn on the phone and see 90% battery level, so it moved from 85% to this 90% .
As you didn't root it, you can send it to Samsung and they'll repair whatever doesn't work.
Now the phone had turned off yet another time - it's 8th or more turn off - and after that i cannot turn on the phone. The one way is to wait for few minutes, then turning it on is possible or reinsert the battery which also makes it possible to turn on. But after entering the PIN, few seconds in the manu the phone turns off and the situation repeats what I had written before. Plus these strange behavior of the battery - once it is at full level and after turn off it may drop to 0% or 60% but now I observe that after these turn off's the battery remains at almost full power (90%)
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It was a purchase from second had store unfortunetly. The seller tried to fix the phone three times with no result according to my ealier posts/descriptions. He doesn't want to repair, he doesn't want to give the money back. He is deaf for any complaints which I direct to him. It's difficult and quite hopeless now.
Well, you could look what happens if you flash a custom ROM, and if it doesn't help, you can still pay for the repair if the warranty is lost.
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I was too excited and upgraded to 2.3 GB with my battery not at 100% (it says make sure your battery is at 100%)
Now when my phone is charging i will say it has charged to 100% but when i unplug the charger it will drop to as low as 90%.
I have tried bump charging and bump draining the battery with no success.
What would be the best thing to do?
Agin, I am a noob so if you could list in steps that would be great.
Charge 100%. Turn off the phone and charge till 100%. Repeat that a few times then boot in cwm and delete battery indo (its in advance). That should recalibrate your battery.
Hey I was having the same problem, everytime I charged my phone to 100% and when I unpluged it the percentage drop to 96%. I tried battery calibration and it didn't work, but in the end all I did was to turn on wifi and set the screen brightness to max and screen timeout to 10 mins, plug the phone back and guess what this time the phone was charging to the real 100%. I guess it's a battery bug or something. But make sure to not let the screen goes off because when it does, it's going to give you a fake "Battery Full" notification.
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prbassplayer said:
Charge 100%. Turn off the phone and charge till 100%. Repeat that a few times then boot in cwm and delete battery indo (its in advance). That should recalibrate your battery.
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Thanks. I have been trying the bump charges with no luck. I guess i will have to read up on CWM before i try what you mentioned.
So i think i need to root my phone first? then use clockworkmod as an app to manage the phone?
Thanks
Nick0703 said:
Hey I was having the same problem, everytime I charged my phone to 100% and when I unpluged it the percentage drop to 96%. I tried battery calibration and it didn't work, but in the end all I did was to turn on wifi and set the screen brightness to max and screen timeout to 10 mins, plug the phone back and guess what this time the phone was charging to the real 100%. I guess it's a battery bug or something. But make sure to not let the screen goes off because when it does, it's going to give you a fake "Battery Full" notification.
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Thanks Nick!
So you have to do this everytime you charge your phone?
You will need a kernel with cwm. Or Root and use terminal emulator and type "su" enter (it will ask for super user) then type "rm /data/system/batterystats.bin" enter. To confirm you deleted it write the same thing again If it says such file doesn't exist then you did it right.
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You will need a kernel with cwm. Or Root and use terminal emulator and type "su" enter (it will ask for super user) then type "rm /data/system/batterystats.bin" enter. To confirm you deleted it write the same thing again If it says such file doesn't exist then you did it right.
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Thanks
Reading up on kernels and cwm before i try them.
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Thanks Nick!
So you have to do this everytime you charge your phone?
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I didn't charge my phone for two straight days, I guess that I'll found out tomorrow.
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I didn't charge my phone for two straight days, I guess that I'll found out tomorrow.
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Two days in a row? damn. I get 12 hours max. I'm cool with 12 hours but this damn charging prob is so annoying. This morning i unplugged it and it dropped all the way to 90%
I wonder if the root of my problem is because my phone wasnt charged to 100 when i did the upgrade over kies.
Anyhow thanks and im gonna try the screen left on for 10 minutes when i charge again in the morning.
They tell you to charge to 100 just to make absolutely sure your battery doesn't die during the update and they have to replace a brick, it does not affect anything. I flash my phone from as low as 25%.
when you say it droped all the way to 90, and someone else said 96, it is due to the way lithium ion batteries are charged: they are charged to full, then it stops to prevent damage from overcharging, let's it drop and starts charging again st what is supposed to be 95 or so...
well first off cliff it is NOT because you didnt flash at 100%. you dont have to.it is just recomended so you dont run out of power while in the middle of a flash. the other day i flashed 4 roms and my nandroid backup and a stock rom.
how many times do you think my battery was at 100?
none.
its a bug. its also a bug that was seen in the leaked att 2.3.3 i think from what i remember.
ive also heard of touchwiz force closing.
i think we may see another rogers update.
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damn studa beat me to it!
I remember flashing a rom where i DID experience this. unplug > drop! not the usual drain to 95% and back up charge cycle.
but i havent flashed the rogers update yet.! lol of all people
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well first off cliff it is NOT because you didnt flash at 100%. you dont have to.it is just recomended so you dont run out of power while in the middle of a flash. the other day i flashed 4 roms and my nandroid backup and a stock rom.
how many times do you think my battery was at 100?
none.
its a bug. its also a bug that was seen in the leaked att 2.3.3 i think from what i remember.
ive also heard of touchwiz force closing.
i think we may see another rogers update.
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damn studa beat me to it!
I remember flashing a rom where i DID experience this. unplug > drop! not the usual drain to 95% and back up charge cycle.
but i havent flashed the rogers update yet.! lol of all people
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Interesting. Thanks.
The way Rogers updates I should expect to live with this battery bug for the next while.
Thank you to Studacris.
2.3.3 has the Android OS bug. Where Android OS will use up something crazy in battery use. If it gets passed 10% reboot your phone.
unplugged it today and it was at 97%. Better but still bugging me.
If I do a data reset does it reset the battery bin file? Unrooted phone reset i'm talking about.
Thanks
Like I said Anywhere from 100 to 95 when unplugged is NORMAL and always has been...
The bug TRusello mentioned is sometimes on gingerbread when it drains to 95 it doesn't start charging again so when you unplug you get a significant drop (way more than 5%) but that is really really random and not everyone gets it and those who do don't get it every time. I've had it like 5 times total, mostly dropping to high 80's but once all the way to 35.
Again what you are seeing when it drops to 95% is normal, Idk how you haven't noticed that before?
studacris said:
Like I said Anywhere from 100 to 95 when unplugged is NORMAL and always has been...
The bug TRusello mentioned is sometimes on gingerbread when it drains to 95 it doesn't start charging again so when you unplug you get a significant drop (way more than 5%) but that is really really random and not everyone gets it and those who do don't get it every time. I've had it like 5 times total, mostly dropping to high 80's but once all the way to 35.
Again what you are seeing when it drops to 95% is normal, Idk how you haven't noticed that before?
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Thanks again.
When i was on 2.2 froyo the most it ever dropped was to 98% and 99% but even then that probably happened like 5 times total for the 4 months i used froyo. Then as soon as i updated to 2.3.3 like 4 days ago it does this all the time (rogers was like the last carrier to update to 2.3) The time it dropped as low as 90% was a let down but i guess i'll get used to it.
Lol no Rogers isn't the last carrier to update. At&t still hasn't we have just between using leaked firmwares from Samsung, there has been no official release for the I897.
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Lol no Rogers isn't the last carrier to update. At&t still hasn't we have just between using leaked firmwares from Samsung, there has been no official release for the I897.
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Oh, I thought we were the last to get it
Even with this percieved percentage drop i still think the phone is lasting longer on a single charge then it did back on froyo.
Hello there!
I want to ask you to write -how many time does your battery work until the phone asks to charge it?? And can you add, do you keep your wifi, gps, bluetooth, auto rotation,3g,background data,auto-sync on? What programs do have running in the background?:}
You see, the problem is that i have my mini for about a week now, and i'm a bit dizzy about the fact, that my battery stands for ~9 to 14 hours, AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT, i have everything what i have mentioned above TURNED OFF. I use only wifi for about ~30 minutes a day and listen to music while i'm traveling somewhere..
My mini has android v2.2.1 Maybe newer versions can extend the battery life?
Cheers!)
Hi letmepass,
I understand your problems with battery life as I'm sure a lot of others here can sympathize. I am running android 2.3.7 and my experience is that even from 2.3.4 onwards the battery life is significantly improved.
Currently I run wifi constantly and sometimes gps when I'm outside. Gps doesn't seem to pose a huge threat running in the background although WILL drain your battery if in constant heavy use (maps/navigational applications etc). I suggest upgrading your firmware version of android to at least 2.3.4.
Also theres a quick check to see whats hogging all your resources which I always find to come in handy. Go into settings, then application settings and choose running services. Press your info button on the mini and touch show cached processes (press again to switch back to running processes) From there you can get a pretty good idea of what is using your system resources and you can pretty much guarantee thats a huge drain on battery also.
Hope that helps.
Thanks a lot Fraser1978 ! I'm thinking about upgrading my android, the only thing stops me is warranty, i don't want to loose it yet. And of course the risk to brake my phone.. Am. Can you tell me please how often do you charge your mini?
I sometimes only charge once a day but it depends on how heavily I use the phone. In general my phone is charged twice a day. How often do you have to charge your mini?
Fraser1978 said:
I sometimes only charge once a day but it depends on how heavily I use the phone. In general my phone is charged twice a day. How often do you have to charge your mini?
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Once or twice a day.. Uh, I thought.. I've read somewhere, that mini can stay alive up to 2-3 days.. You know, it's my first smartphone, so didn't know the battery behaves this way ;D before i had Samsung s5230, and it worked for 3-4days, so it's a big difference
One day i downloaded avg antivirus for mini and ran it. Can you imagine, it discharged the full battery in about 3-4hours ;D ...
Thank you anyway!
Did not use rooted 2.2.1 for long.
2.3.3 and 2.3.4 (stock rom), rooted, with CPU tuner installed helped getting 40+ hours of battery life - no wifi; GPRS on full time, 1hr + talk time. 15 to 45 minutes browsing. This meant charging alternate days.
With CM 7.1, it charge alternate days, but if first charge is today morning, next charge is tomorrow evening.
Edit:- This also a bit operator / location dependent. If you travel a lot, phone will obvious discharge fast. Try using a different operator (if possible), or using in a different location.
Changing operator selection to "manual" might help.
I really feel your pain! It's the main drawback for me with this phone. Its my third smartphone and second touch smart phone. My last 2 were both symbian. It's a great phone but the battery life is really disappointing!
Mine can survive up to 2 days...I'm running CM7.1 with governor interactive x and scheduler sio(using no frills).
I use my phone in two ways: one as a simple phone, with just 15 minutes of 3g, about an hour of call, and a lot of SMS...and it stands up two days...the other way is about an hour of 3g and a bit of gaming, over the phone using...and I can get a whole day
I keep everything disabled when not using, and (the most important thing) I use "battery calibration" every time I flash a new ROM
Try my suggestions and let me know ;-)
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Thank you guys for your replies!!)
For me it survives in a normal day (with travel, in Froyo 2.2.1 with 3G and tweeting every 30 mins) from 7AM to 8/9PM, If I stay at home with the wifi always on and a few calls 1 day and 12 hours...
I wish they had thought about the battery life before finishing the product!
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And you're welcome letmepass
Max 7 hours if full network
Fraser1978 said:
I wish they had thought about the battery life before finishing the product!
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And you're welcome letmepass
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That's a problem with all smartphones, have you seen the battery stats for the HTC Titan.....3 to 4 freaking HOURS before charge....I think that's just irresponsible!!!
OK I have one more question, is it ok to leave mini charging over night? I mean, doesn't it have bad effect on the battery life?
Hello friends!
I have good news:} I think I've found the solution for my situation:} In my case, the "Use packet data" was on, which means that phone was always using/reconnecting to the EDGE:} I turned it off and battery works just fine!!:} Now there is only one thing to look for is for how many time will my battery survive!;D
Just in case anyone find it useful;}
Cheers!
hmmm , im using wifi up to 8 hours but only sms my phone up to 48hours !
I wonder i just bought a new Xperia T (james bond version).
But what i found out is that the phone is really fast empty.
I had a htc one v, and i didnt use my phone and was up to 60-70%,
With my xperia T i will not even make the complete work day (most of the time the phone is in my pocket)
I did do bravia engine off, screen in the middle/dark, auto on/off.
I do have sync on, facebook/twitter but dont the auto one that you can setup with sony
I run the same apps as i did on my htc.. but why is it empty so quick?
Is it a software issue because the phone is so new?
Please post in the correct forum. There's even a sticky about this in the General section.
Thanks
AvRS
Check out the battery life thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913735
There have been mixed results on battery life. Personally my phone has been great on battery life but I'm careful what I install and keep an eye on what might be draining my charge.
If you don't have 5-6 hours screen time and your phone is still discharging within 12 hours or so then it's likely to be an app hammering your battery.
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You could also try installing CPU Spy to make sure the phone is going into deep sleep mode.
You could also try turning off WiFi when not in use to see if that makes a difference.
Hi,
I was playing a game with my phone when suddenly the phone crashed (errors about framework or something) and now it is stuck at the bootscreen. Anyone who can help me?
It's running GB 2.3.6, rooted phone. I'm able to get into CWM-recovery and downloade mode.
I have a backup from a week ago but I don't want to lose my data from last week.
Thanks
The least you could do is clear cache and dalvik cache and see if your phone boots. If not..data wipe is the only way.
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First of all thanks for the replies. I ran a full recovery backup yesterday and my problem was "solved".
Today I played The Simpsons again and my screen started flikkering. I thought it was due to low battery but I still had 60-70% battery.
When I rebooted my phone I could start it, fill in my pin code and it worked-ish. After a few seconds my screen started flikkering again and shut off my phone.
I turned it on again and quickly went into flight mode, everything seemed fine, untill I activated my 3g connection again. The screen started flikkering immediatly again and shut my phone off. You guys know what possible could be going on?
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It is also flickering when in flight mode...When there is load it flickers it seems...
Battery problems. I just faced the same problem like right now.
Was stuck at boot screen :/
Keep your phone for charging for like 15 minutes.
Recovery will work.
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Change that battery of yours. it should solve everything, if the battery is bloated
Qwerty123 \m/ said:
Battery problems. I just faced the same problem like right now.
Was stuck at boot screen :/
Keep your phone for charging for like 15 minutes.
Recovery will work.
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Change that battery of yours. it should solve everything, if the battery is bloated
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I'm thinking it's the battery too because the battery doesn't seem to fit very well, it's a bit wobbely
I replaced my battery, everything is working fine now. Gonna send my old battery to Samsung to see what they will say about it.
???.. are they accepting faulty batteries? i have 2... may be they can figure out what going on
I want to see if re-calibrating the battery on my Note 9 will make any difference on how long the battery lasts. I've looked at a three videos, all of which say to wipe the cache, then boot up, go into the dialer, and type *#02880#. Then select Quick Start, and it will reset calibration. I won't cover the rest here...
But two things: When I enter that code on my Note 9 (U.S. version), it does not reset the stats.
Also, on two of the 3 videos it says to totally discharge your phone until it turns off automatically, and they both say to charge it to 200%. Uh...I don't think that's possible. Interesting both vids make the same mistake.
Any thoughts
ewingr said:
I want to see if re-calibrating the battery on my Note 9 will make any difference on how long the battery lasts. I've looked at a three videos, all of which say to wipe the cache, then boot up, go into the dialer, and type *#02880#. Then select Quick Start, and it will reset calibration. I won't cover the rest here...
But two things: When I enter that code on my Note 9 (U.S. version), it does not reset the stats.
Also, on two of the 3 videos it says to totally discharge your phone until it turns off automatically, and they both say to charge it to 200%. Uh...I don't think that's possible. Interesting both vids make the same mistake.
Any thoughts
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It works for European versions , don't know for your one but at least you should do things in the right way to see because in you tube or generally in internet there are a lot of bad explanations for doing this :
1. Charge your phone to real 100% (wait until after reaching 100% the flash sign [emoji298] in the battery icon goes away) then disconnect the cable
2. Go in dialer and type *#0288#
3. Select quick start
4. Wait a wile (one minute) and then riactivate the screen if it went away wile waiting
5. If Android wasn't calibrated with the real battery value, you will now find the percentage of the battery capacity less then the initial 100% value.
6.a If point 5. figures out, charge again the battery until it reaches 100% and wait until the flash sign in the battery icon goes away to pull out the cable... now Android is calibrated to the real battery capacity.
6.b If point 5. doesn't figure out and so nothing changes and still having 100%, doesn't mean calibration doesn't work, means that Android and battery were already calibrated....
However, calibration with the past two or tree OS's is not so much needed because the battery gauge of Android is precise... I remember that up to Android 6, this method was good once evey two months because charging and discharging cycles made the measurements inaccurate after a wile .
If this doesn't solve your problems, look for apps that are draining your battery... If you find someone that does it, go in settings - applications, select the app and in its menù find and do a wipe cache and a wipe data to it..if doesn't work, try even uninstall and installing the app again.
Take present that after a year having your phone, maybe a new battery is needed so everything you can do, like changing and maneging settings, is worthless...
joedellosso69 said:
It works for European versions , don't know for your one but at least you should do things in the right way to see because in you tube or generally in internet there are a lot of bad explanations for doing this :
1. Charge your phone to real 100% (wait until after reaching 100% the flash sign [emoji298] in the battery icon goes away) then disconnect the cable
2. Go in dialer and type *#02880#
3. Select quick start
4. Wait a wile (one minute) and then riactivate the screen if it went away wile waiting
5. If Android wasn't calibrated with the real battery value, you will now find the percentage of the battery capacity less then the initial 100% value.
6.a If point 5. figures out, charge again the battery until it reaches 100% and wait until the flash sign in the battery icon goes away to pull out the cable... now Android is calibrated to the real battery capacity.
6.b If point 5. doesn't figure out and so nothing changes and still having 100%, doesn't mean calibration doesn't work, means that Android and battery were already calibrated....
However, calibration with the past two or tree OS's is not so much needed because the battery gauge of Android is precise... I remember that up to Android 6, this method was good once evey two months because charging and discharging cycles made the measurements inaccurate after a wile .
If this doesn't solve your problems, look for apps that are draining your battery... If you find someone that does it, go in settings - applications, select the app and in its menù find and do a wipe cache and a wipe data to it..if doesn't work, try even uninstall and installing the app again.
Take present that after a year having your phone, maybe a new battery is needed so everything you can do, like changing and maneging settings, is worthless...
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I really appreciate your input. I'll give it a go.
I have had my phone over a year, and was thinking about a new battery.
INterestingly, I have been thinking I have caused poor battery times myself. I do a LOT with my phone, and have installed apps for some smart home stuff, which also needs my location. So, it has a lot of actdive stuff, and I expect the battery to be used up quicker. But I'm not sure it should be as bad as it is.
I'll give this a go, and then maybe try a new battery.
Hey People I have a SM-N960F/DS and upto date with software wanting to know of a way to recalibrate battery that code does not work for me
Essentially you cannot recalibrate a battery . Calibration is a battery process .
See Google must be a million posts on the subject .
https://www.google.com/search?clien...&ved=0ahUKEwiNz_r7tcXsAhXnRhUIHYWBCJcQ4dUDCAw
imation_nz said:
Hey People I have a SM-N960F/DS and upto date with software wanting to know of a way to recalibrate battery that code does not work for me
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It still works for me on a note 9 exynos with android 10....don't paste and copy the code directly on the dialer because sometimes it won't work.
I found out another thing ...the code is not *#02280# but it's *#0228#
Open the dialer and then press every single botton to compose *#0228# ....after the last one (#), automatically the the battery status panel appears .
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JJEgan said:
Essentially you cannot recalibrate a battery . Calibration is a battery process .
See Google must be a million posts on the subject .
https://www.google.com/search?clien...&ved=0ahUKEwiNz_r7tcXsAhXnRhUIHYWBCJcQ4dUDCAw
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Calibration is intended as a battery and OS synchronization because after a while the OS goes out of the right value of the battery .
joedellosso69 said:
It still works for me on a note 9 exynos with android 10....don't paste and copy the code directly on the dialer because sometimes it won't work.
I found out another thing ...the code is not *#02280# but it's *#0228#
Open the dialer and then press every single botton to compose *#0228# ....after the last one (#), automatically the the battery status panel appears .
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Calibration is intended as a battery and OS synchronization because after a while the OS goes out of the right value of the battery .
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thanks this worked for me too.