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[Q] Does battery calibration work?

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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battery drain

hi
IM using the latest miui 1.10.28. XXJVK with Kernel 2.6.35.12-gdf10700 pawitp. my battery drain very fast. doesn't take a day. anyone can help? on other forum I read about to change for tiamat kernel but don't find any place for galaxy s only for htc. android os and sys is shows 33% and 29% of battery.
thx
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balazscsernus said:
hi
IM using the latest miui 1.10.28. XXJVK with Kernel 2.6.35.12-gdf10700 pawitp. my battery drain very fast. doesn't take a day. anyone can help? on other forum I read about to change for tiamat kernel but don't find any place for galaxy s only for htc. android os and sys is shows 33% and 29% of battery.
thx
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Your Android OS is draining your battery waaay too much. Does MIUI still have the Android OS bug? Reboot into recovery and clear cache and davlik cache, and continue monitoring the Android OS. It should be less than 10%.

Hi.
Thanks for the advice.
I did what u said. battery usage android os 31% and sys 29% but when i change for unplugged usage it shows sys 18% OS 9%. The previous is the total usage. Do u think its fine?

Hi, I'm using MIUI Mint Berry Edition 1.10.28 and the battery is very good, perhaps you should give it a try. Another trick is to delete google talk if you don't use it

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you think google talk drein battery?realy?

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you think google talk drein battery?realy?
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I believe the default options in Google Talk is to have it login automatically. I never used it before, but when I first got an i9000 I remember going through apps I didn't use, and noticed that Google Talk—even though I never, ever used it—was signing it and staying signed in the entire time I had my phone. I quickly got rid of it (although you could probably just turn off the automitic login).

hi guys!
THX for the ideas but I got one yesterday from another forum. I just wiped in recovery mode the darwick memory or what and now its perfect. I charged the battery fully yesterday at 17:55. Was playing and using wifi ,still have around 20%.
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wipe dalvik , wipe cash , format
then put miui on your sdcard and flash it
after that , clear dalvik cash and wipe cash partition again
calibrate your battery using battery calibration app ,
reboot.
the problem should be solved , but i must tell you , miui is battery HUNGRY and u will NOT get more than 3-4 hours screen time

You could try Juicedefender. That should buy you some time!

balazscsernus said:
hi guys!
THX for the ideas but I got one yesterday from another forum. I just wiped in recovery mode the darwick memory or what and now its perfect. I charged the battery fully yesterday at 17:55. Was playing and using wifi ,still have around 20%.
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I'm glad you found an answer, although I already told you that exact same thing.
upichie said:
Your Android OS is draining your battery waaay too much. Does MIUI still have the Android OS bug? Reboot into recovery and clear cache and dalvik cache, and continue monitoring the Android OS. It should be less than 10%.
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tkruijer said:
You could try Juicedefender. That should buy you some time!
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I find apps like this normally do the opposite, Just another service eating up CPU power. Also don't judge a ROM's battery from the 1st charge. Calibrate and the battery tends to settle.. Though IMO Cm7 ftw, 2 days usage from it

avatar_43 said:
I find apps like this normally do the opposite, Just another service eating up CPU power. Also don't judge a ROM's battery from the 1st charge. Calibrate and the battery tends to settle.. Though IMO Cm7 ftw, 2 days usage from it
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I sort of agree, but it depends on how much battery the app is saving you. Sure, it takes some CPU usage to be able to work, but if it's saving you 5x as much battery by doing so, then it's obviously beneficial. Lots of people swear by Juice Defender, so it must work as such.

Hello ppls. I've seen a lot of posts about high battery drain. I am wondering about my battery life.
So, i unplugged my SGS at 10am,said 100% when i unplugged it dropped to 96% (i read its normal, the protection against overcharge), left at 10.30 listened to 1h of music,15m of just twiking,writing 1 sms,at 13:30 already 59%
Faze II: 15m on facebook via wifi,wrote 5 sms,played 10 mins- 39%
III 1h music +10m gaming+ 15m twiking, at 8pm 20%.
IV about 5m of audio recording, and probabably about 10m of gaming->10% at 12:30 am next day.
No 3g, wifi only when using internet apps, using juice defender ultimate.
I'm using Darky's rom 10.1 . I bought the phone with this rom, and i can't flash a new one cause i can't connect it to my pc in anyway(same on other pc's too)
To the battery : Is this normal? Thx

[Q] phone showing wrong battery charge

hey guys,
i got a little problem with my sgs: it shows me that the battery charges itselfs if i don't use my phone for a little bit (for example: i play half an our lane splitter and battery goes to 23% then i leave it for an our in standby and when i come back it shows 28!)
I hope the screenshot might can help you.
P.S.: Sorry for my bad english

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Did you also try battery calibration app from market?I don't know if it does anything else than clearing battery stats, but I think it's worth trying...root is needed though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
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I have tried it with the app and with cwm. Both didnt help.
I think both do the same thing.
Sorry for bad english.
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You can try to do a wipe battery stats in recovery after you have done a full charage.

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Maybe just your battery is already death, try another battery if you have a possibility.

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I have this issue too. I think it estimates battery and when it is left to idle it gets more accurate. I notice if I continue using it it still dies but idling saved battery..... could show battery percentage according to usage ? ( although I'm guessing here)
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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

[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%