Alright, I understand that the G1 is not exactly known for its "amazing" battery life (lots of sarcasm intended), but recently... mainly after I rooted my phone and started installing roms. The battery has been draining in a matter of a few hours with limited use and the rest on standby mode. The CPU is not being overclocked, and I've turned EVERYTHING off, including 3G, WiFi, Location, GPS, I've purchased a battery off ebay that claimed to be a 1700 mah battery to see if it helped, and it actually got worse. And I've tried recalibrating the battery.. (draining it to 0% until it turns off), and then I would keep it on the charger while it's turned off.... is there anything I can do to change this?
P.S. I haven't installed any apps recently that could be draining the battery like this, and i disable auto-sync as well. I've wiped the phone just in case tho
And if not, can anybody recommend a battery for this phone except for the extremely bulky ones that requires a new battery casing for the phone? And where's the best place to buy one?
What rom are you using?
Hero and Eclair roms have massive battery drain.
nephron said:
What rom are you using?
Hero and Eclair roms have massive battery drain.
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Right now, I'm using Sense Hero 1.4 and it's amazing. But the drain was also on Cyanogen's 4.2.7.1, though it wasn't as bad, it was close
have you deleted the battery bin file on a fully charged battery, used till it was drained and then fully charged with it cut off?
I did this and it seemed to help, though I admit my battery has been draining really fast lately. I usually will charge it at work and at home.
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have you deleted the battery bin file on a fully charged battery, used till it was drained and then fully charged with it cut off?
I did this and it seemed to help, though I admit my battery has been draining really fast lately. I usually will charge it at work and at home.
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No I have not tried that. I see an option in Amon Ra's recovery 1.5.2 that says reset battery stats... not sure what that does... but where is this bin file you mentioned?
Hello all,
I'm having a weird battery problem and am not sure if it is software or hardware. Basically, I have charged and it will last about halfway through the day. I'll look at it and between 50-55% of battery life it will turn off and go dead. I'll turn it back on and the battery is at 0% - no warning or anything. I have to then charge it back up and it seems to take a while from 0-25% and then it will skip to 90% and finish charging to a 100%. I've tried several different roms and all are giving me the same problem - currently on oxygen 2.3.7
How old is your battery, and is it a stock battery?
You may want to calibrate your battery. There is an app on the market that is specific for the N1 and instructions for it can be found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9583271&postcount=340
It isn't the easiest thing to do, but if you do have a decent battery (some cheaper knockoffs don't have support of figuring out your battery age), it can get your phone to properly detect your age of your battery and show the correct stats for it.
As for it dying half-way through the day... have you checked to see if apps are chewing up your battery time? If they aren't, it may be time to get a new battery anyway.
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How old is your battery, and is it a stock battery?
You may want to calibrate your battery. There is an app on the market that is specific for the N1 and instructions for it can be found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9583271&postcount=340
It isn't the easiest thing to do, but if you do have a decent battery (some cheaper knockoffs don't have support of figuring out your battery age), it can get your phone to properly detect your age of your battery and show the correct stats for it.
As for it dying half-way through the day... have you checked to see if apps are chewing up your battery time? If they aren't, it may be time to get a new battery anyway.
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It is the stock battery I got when I got my phone in May of 2010, so I can expect to be not as a good as a new battery but it's bothering me that i can't have a an accurate reading on how much battery I have left. I feel like I have half a battery left and then all of the sudden it will die. I'll try the calibration and see what that does. I don't think its apps because I've flash and reflashed my phone and never have many apps as a result
Hi guys,
after flashing the starburst rom and over clocking and several tries to calibrate the battery my battery is still draining a mile a minute. I used the battery calibration app....have let the battery fully drain and charge at least 5 times now and I still can't get back my battery life!
I'm thinking the root of the problem, well...when I go to settings than battery use it says the screen is using between 70-80% of the battery...I am assuming that what is sucking the life out of my battery but I have no idea how to fix it. my screen time out is at 30 seconds...brightness is almost as low as it can get. ITS DRIVING ME NUTS
I am assuming I calibrated the battery correctly cause it does not drain at all when the screen is locked.
please, any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I am ready to rip my hair out!
I just opened battery calibration app its at 70% 4mv isn't it supposed to be like 4000mv? or is just abbreviated?
I just flashed a new rom and still having the same issue!
trying to calibrate the new rom using battery calibration and its barely charging...been stuck on 61% 4mv for about a half hour now..
is it possible that this problem is being caused because I installed the roms with ROM manager and not CWM?
I apologize for what questions may seem dumb...I am a noob....but i have searched relentlessly for answers on this specific problem here with out finding much yet.
disregard that last question..lol..u can see how badly this has my brain turned upside down
Hello, it's me again with problems. I have an extremely battery drain, even Juice Deffender can't handle on this. When I put the phone on charger, when he turns off after 0 % battery status, indicator shows me 50 % min after only few seconds on charger, and it's fully charged for half an hour maybe. When I turn on 3g and connect to Net, from 100 % to 0% is ONLY 15 min ?!?! I have cm-7-20120812-NIGHTLY-cooper ROM, but when I had offical 2.3.6, it was the same problem. Can I check some-how what is the problem- software, calibration or battery? I did a few calibration without any success. I'm really sorry on my very bad English. I will be grateful if anybody can redirect me on the right topic. Thanks in advance
3G eats a huge battery. I would not expect anything nice from it. But seems that your problem is a bit more problematic. How long do you have your phone?
Make sure you are charging your phone until its actually full not just when it says 100% look here for more details:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28658849
Did you try wiping battery stats in CWM or recalibrating it?
I've tried wipe stats with Battery Calibration, and with CWM wipe battery stats. I've tried different ROMs, DroidACE, official 2.3.6, cooper nightly ROMs, and all of them have same problem. I've noticed that the battery is a little thicker in the middle, before it was flat, and now is a little convex in the middle. I've tried also discharging and charging for a 5+ hours, didn't help me. literally be emptied by 20 min of Use
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I've tried wipe stats with Battery Calibration, and with CWM wipe battery stats. I've tried different ROMs, DroidACE, official 2.3.6, cooper nightly ROMs, and all of them have same problem. I've noticed that the battery is a little thicker in the middle, before it was flat, and now is a little convex in the middle. I've tried also discharging and charging for a 5+ hours, didn't help me. literally be emptied by 20 min of Use
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Sheesh guys. Battery Calibration doesn't affect battery life on your phone. It's just for accurate readings -_-"
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I've tried wipe stats with Battery Calibration, and with CWM wipe battery stats. I've tried different ROMs, DroidACE, official 2.3.6, cooper nightly ROMs, and all of them have same problem. I've noticed that the battery is a little thicker in the middle, before it was flat, and now is a little convex in the middle. I've tried also discharging and charging for a 5+ hours, didn't help me. literally be emptied by 20 min of Use
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Yeah man, Ive got the same problem.
If I charge it for about 3-4 Hours, I get a max of 5 Mins or so, with Wi-fi on.
When the Battery is about 10%, and I put it to charge, It immediately says 99% charged.
I've changed 2 roms, and still no effect, infact, its got worse.
Even Juice defender (even the ultimate version) dosent work, Not even Underclocking.
I saw the battery recalibrating thing and Ive wiped the battery stats, still no use.
I think there's a problem with the battery itself?
Im just sick of it.
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Yeah man, Ive got the same problem.
If I charge it for about 3-4 Hours, I get a max of 5 Mins or so, with Wi-fi on.
When the Battery is about 10%, and I put it to charge, It immediately says 99% charged.
I've changed 2 roms, and still no effect, infact, its got worse.
Even Juice defender (even the ultimate version) dosent work, Not even Underclocking.
I saw the battery recalibrating thing and Ive wiped the battery stats, still no use.
I think there's a problem with the battery itself?
Im just sick of it.
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I also think that the battery itself has a problem, not any ROM. I'll go to service for a few days and I'll tell you about what was the problem.
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I also think that the battery itself has a problem, not any ROM. I'll go to service for a few days and I'll tell you about what was the problem.
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Yeah, I suspect it is a problem with the battery.
Anyways, thanks man
If it's deformed, then your battery's life is over, that's it, get a new one.
You can try the freezing method to try and squeeze it for a bit of juice:
Charge to 100, Plastic wrap, in the freezer for maybe an hr (not too long), take it out, put it in your phone, charge it till it says fully charged, turn on your phone and check duration.
seems a deep sleep issue
Just abuy a new battery. I suggest a Anker branded one. Search a battery review topic at the Accesoires section. If you buy the Anker 1400mAh, your battery life will be even better than the original battery life. And Anker is trusted and cheap.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1783344
I listened to your advice and bought a new battery, now I'll see what was the problem, battery or maybe hardware/ROM. I'm charging it now. Any advice how to charge new battery? Advice for scripts or ROMs? I'm going to use nightly cooper cm 7.2 and juice deffender. What about cm9 and this model?
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I listened to your advice and bought a new battery, now I'll see what was the problem, battery or maybe hardware/ROM. I'm charging it now. Any advice how to charge new battery? Advice for scripts or ROMs? I'm going to use nightly cooper cm 7.2 and juice deffender. What about cm9 and this model?
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Since we're in 2012, I'm guessing it's a lithium ion battery.
Just plug it in and wait for some time (~15 minutes)after it reaching 100% to actually fully charge.
It would be best if you don't let it discharge below 20-30%.
Read more about lithium ion batteries by searching around the web for more info.
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I listened to your advice and bought a new battery, now I'll see what was the problem, battery or maybe hardware/ROM. I'm charging it now. Any advice how to charge new battery? Advice for scripts or ROMs? I'm going to use nightly cooper cm 7.2 and juice deffender. What about cm9 and this model?
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So, How did it go?
Was there a problem in the battery?
or, is something wrong in the phone?
there was a problem in battery, I bought a new battery, not Samsung, but also has 1350 mAh capacity, and it's 2nd time on charging, life is about 2 days of using, average 2-3 h 3g, and playing games, half hour voice and maybe 30 sms and mails, and for me this is a very huge improvement from 15 minutes before death battery. Cheers, sorry again on my bad English
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there was a problem in battery, I bought a new battery, not Samsung, but also has 1350 mAh capacity, and it's 2nd time on charging, life is about 2 days of using, average 2-3 h 3g, and playing games, half hour voice and maybe 30 sms and mails, and for me this is a very huge improvement from 15 minutes before death battery. Cheers, sorry again on my bad English
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Hmm, I did get slight improvement once i calibrated using another app.
But Im still getting a new battery
anyone knows why phone's display blink-up randomly? I saw that earlier, and I thought that was because of battery, but obviously, wasn't that. It's totaly random. And, I have another question, I've played with *#*#4636#*#* code, and sometimes phone can't receive or sent messages, except when preffered network type is GSM only and only after turning on and again off airplane mode. I have cooper cm 7.2 newest nightly ROM.
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anyone knows why phone's display blink-up randomly? I saw that earlier, and I thought that was because of battery, but obviously, wasn't that. It's totaly random. And, I have another question, I've played with *#*#4636#*#* code, and sometimes phone can't receive or sent messages, except when preffered network type is GSM only and only after turning on and again off airplane mode. I have cooper cm 7.2 newest nightly ROM.
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I had the same issue when I was using Elegant white by TAZ.
But Then I flashed a fix for it.
I suggest you should too get in touch with the dev.
But first, flash the rom again.
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I had the same issue when I was using Elegant white by TAZ.
But Then I flashed a fix for it.
I suggest you should too get in touch with the dev.
But first, flash the rom again.
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Thank you. Anyone knows where is the official topic for cm 7.2 nightly cooper? I found one topic in development section, but at the end of it someone wrote that topic is closed on developer's request. And where I can find changelog? I saw that there is newest nightly update from 19.8. http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=cooper
CAn anyone suggest how to fix battery drain im on fxp Cm 12 02/09 and i turned everthing off and battery on low brightness.Also this happend before on other roms.NEEd a fix please reply fast:crying::crying:
What other ROM's did this happen on? Were they also Lollipop ROM's? I personally experienced this once on CM12, my phone went from 70-ish % to 1% overnight by doing absolutely nothing! My advice is to come back to Lollipop when it is more stable, it's way too buggy right now to be used as a daily driver IMO.
ok
Ok ill try crystalpa 8.50 and will let you know about the battery. Well i dont in the first place why my battery is draining it wsnt draining last week i use to leave my phone overnight. It used to be 100% to 95%.NOw its 100% to 79% which is bull****:crying::crying:
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Ok ill try crystalpa 8.50 and will let you know about the battery. Well i dont in the first place why my battery is draining it wsnt draining last week i use to leave my phone overnight. It used to be 100% to 95%.NOw its 100% to 79% which is bull****:crying::crying:
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What's using the battery the most? Check in settings.
STATs
ITS mostly android system mediaserver and google playservices all of these are making the battery drain at night.:crying::crying:
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ITS mostly android system mediaserver and google playservices all of these are making the battery drain at night.:crying::crying:
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try this sarbjot1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-google-play-services-battery-t2832525
i tryed
I have already implemented that guide it works for 5 mins and then starts again to drain. How much screen on time do you usually get.:crying::crying:
Have you switched back to KitKat yet? I noticed the battery going down a lot quicker on Lollipop myself.
i use stock jelly bean, and i get 5 hours screen time on average, sometimes i get 6h+
kitkat
Yes I'm on KitKat now crystalpa 8.50 that battery is still draining and how do you get 6hours battery screen on time on jellybean please explain the method thanks:crying::crying:
battery efficient rom
Can anyone please suggest a good battery ROM that doesn't drain battery thanks.:crying:
The stock Sony ROM's have the best battery life.
My battery drain faster then Light!
Since 4-months I seeing that my phone battery draining like as faster as saying 123456789.before 4month its worked really fine suddenly what happed i could not understand! My phone battery is 4000mAh at first its worked really fine...But what happen now? yaa i changed the Rom to Lollipop but after saw this problem i came back into kitkat again... My phone model is Walton Primo GM..Hope I will get my solution! Thanks All!
Same here with the battery. I returned to stock 4.3 to see will the problem remains.
i have been using one plus x charger since few days.. battery charges from 14% to 70% in around 30 minutes (with 3g onn!!)
What could be the problem for this? Few days ago i didn't have problems with battery and then suddenly yesterday morning it went to 50%, though i charged it at 100% the night before.