S3 Mini Battery - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello . This is my first post here. I am having a problem with my battery. i recently bought a new one with 1700mAh,is a compatible one. now the thing is i left my phone to fully charge but is charging only to 89% and stops. my guess is that the phone only see the 1500mAh and the rest of 200 cannot. is there any way to make the phone charge to 100%? Thanks in advance!

Nemo91 said:
Hello . This is my first post here. I am having a problem with my battery. i recently bought a new one with 1700mAh,is a compatible one. now the thing is i left my phone to fully charge but is charging only to 89% and stops. my guess is that the phone only see the 1500mAh and the rest of 200 cannot. is there any way to make the phone charge to 100%? Thanks in advance!
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i too have a 1700mah battery from the Ace 2 and it works like a normal 1500mah battery would. the first time when i put it in i shut down my phone completely and left it charging for 16 hours (although it did have 50% out of the box). Another thing i learned is that it's better to charge Li-ion batteries when they are below 20%, because they have a limited charge cycle (about 300 charges i think) so when you charge it from 70% to 100% it counts as 1 charge. i used to charge my original battery like that and only lasted 7 months (then my phone restarted randomly, couldn't turn on when actually having more than 70% battery left (the indicator said the battery's dead, but when i pluged it into a charger and turned the phone on it had more than 70% left) !!

so is there any way to make the phone see the 1700mAh?

Nemo91 said:
so is there any way to make the phone see the 1700mAh?
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Does your new battery 3 or 4 contacts? The original batteries have 4 contacts. I think that by the fourth contact phone receives information about the charge, and if the new battery does not have that contact phone does not receive charge Information so it approximates.

what's your 1700mah battery brand and model ?

ivanZG said:
Does your new battery 3 or 4 contacts? The original batteries have 4 contacts. I think that by the fourth contact phone receives information about the charge, and if the new battery does not have that contact phone does not receive charge Information so it approximates.
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the battery have 3 contacts same as the original. also the brand of the battery is Andida for samsung I8160 but is also compatible with my s3 mini.

ok i've got the same battery and the only advise i can give you is to charge the phone 16 hours non-stop and see what happens (better be turned off). that's what i did when i charged my battery for the 1st time.

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koragg97 said:
ok i've got the same battery and the only advise i can give you is to charge the phone 16 hours non-stop and see what happens (better be turned off). that's what i did when i charged my battery for the 1st time.
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after you charged the phone 16 hours non-stop does your battery shows 100% fully charged?

Nemo91 said:
after you charged the phone 16 hours non-stop does your battery shows 100% fully charged?
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yes. when i turned on my phone it showed 100% (although it drops from 100 to 90 in like 5 mins with the phone just sitting there doing nothing at all)

koragg97 said:
yes. when i turned on my phone it showed 100% (although it drops from 100 to 90 in like 5 mins with the phone just sitting there doing nothing at all)
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you put the phone to charge off or on?

Nemo91 said:
you put the phone to charge off or on?
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off

Nemo91 said:
you put the phone to charge off or on?
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koragg97 said:
off
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Try to calibrate it manually. Charge the battery to 100% then with a root explorer go to data/system & delete batterystats.bin file & then unplug the charger.

mauam said:
Try to calibrate it manually. Charge the battery to 100% then with a root explorer go to data/system & delete batterystats.bin file & then unplug the charger.
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that might work too. what does the batterystats.bin file do?

Nemo91 said:
that might work too. what does the batterystats.bin file do?
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I don't know, but I think it stores the battery statistics

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ok phone is charging for about 11 hours until now. i will let it until tomorrow morning and i will come with a feedback. thanks all for your time.

Nemo91 said:
that might work too. what does the batterystats.bin file do?
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I think that clearing the batterystats.bin file won't do anything, cause it just stores the info which is shown in the battery usage window in settings. And every time you charge your phone it generates a new batterystats.bin file. Not sure though
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koragg97 said:
yes. when i turned on my phone it showed 100% (although it drops from 100 to 90 in like 5 mins with the phone just sitting there doing nothing at all)
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try wiping dalvik cache turn off your phone charge it for 5 minutes then turn on your phone & let it charge till 100% after that restart your phone

xAbsoLx said:
try wiping dalvik cache turn off your phone charge it for 5 minutes then turn on your phone & let it charge till 100% after that restart your phone
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I did that and still from 100 to 90 in a few mins. I read somewhere that this is because all of the background apps but it still lasts a day with normal use (a little games, little browsing, a lot of listening to music and a few calls ) so it's no problem for me.
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Ok so in this morning,the phone was 100% and off. i open the phone and its 92% :laugh: 1 day is normal for this phone? with a little bit of games,web,talk and SMS?

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[Q] How to calibrate battery

My Galaxy Tab have problem with battery. Please let me how to calibrate battery. Thank everyone
overkilli900 said:
My Galaxy Tab have problem with battery. Please let me how to calibrate battery. Thank everyone
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any details? rom (custom or stock)?
ovigt71 said:
any details? rom (custom or stock)?
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Stock rom. Each cycle, i use 15% to 3% it suddenly.
overkilli900 said:
Stock rom. Each cycle, i use 15% to 3% it suddenly.
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Very strange! With stock rom my battery it drain in 2 days and aprox 10 hours. Have you try to discharge full the battery until the phone is switching off by it self, than make a full charge without starting. After that start your device. Try this...
ovigt71 said:
Very strange! With stock rom my battery it drain in 2 days and aprox 10 hours. Have you try to discharge full the battery until the phone is switching off by it self, than make a full charge without starting. After that start your device. Try this...
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I tried but not effective
overkilli900 said:
I tried but not effective
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I think is better to check with service for a further investigation......it shouldn't keep less than 2 days......have you check what services running in background? any application which has not stopped and drain the battery?
what's nice about android is that if you go into device info, you can see battery usage.
it shows quite accurately what's draining your battery. today I saw that cell standby service was draining 13% of my battery, and I don't have a simcard inserted, so I put the tab into flightmode.....
that your batterylevel jumps from 15 to 3 percent is strange. reminds me of ios.
you play a game afterwards you've got like 30% left, after a few minutes it jumps back up to 50% or something...
1)completely discharged battery
2)battery charging and when fully loaded delete file with root explorer of the route "data/system/batterystats.bin
3)restart device
my experience :
1. keep using the gtab till the battery 15% or less then
2. charge the gtab till 100% then
3. repeat the #1
it works for me

Charging the battery with phone off makes it last longer?

Havent you noticed that when you charge the phone powered off it takes like 40 % more time for the batetry to charge but it also makes the battery last longer? is there any truth in this or im just crazy?
Chad_Petree said:
Havent you noticed that when you charge the phone powered off it takes like 40 % more time for the batetry to charge but it also makes the battery last longer? is there any truth in this or im just crazy?
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This is a very well know issue related to battery calibration. Take a look at the many calibration threads to learn about bump charging.
Basically, it takes longer with the phone off (or when you pull and put back the battery while charging) because in some cases android was stopping the charge before a full charge.
Try this
Charge your phone to 100% (inside android)
Turn you phone off
Reboot
Pull the battery before it boots
Wait for the ?
Put the battery back in and notice the %
If it says 60%, then you had 40% of your battery not being charge.
If you leave it in that spot and wait for it to go to 100%, your battery will be better calibrated.
Sent from my Milstone running CM7
Caz666 said:
This is a very well know issue related to battery calibration. Take a look at the many calibration threads to learn about bump charging.
Basically, it takes longer with the phone off (or when you pull and put back the battery while charging) because in some cases android was stopping the charge before a full charge.
Try this
Charge your phone to 100% (inside android)
Turn you phone off
Reboot
Pull the battery before it boots
Wait for the ?
Put the battery back in and notice the %
If it says 60%, then you had 40% of your battery not being charge.
If you leave it in that spot and wait for it to go to 100%, your battery will be better calibrated.
Sent from my Milstone running CM7
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and this hasnt been fixed even with gingerbread? yeah i have gotten the message saying it has 60 % :/
I pay no attention to the battery meter anymore. I've found that it just reads low. It's not that it doesn't get a fully charge, the phone can't read the level correctly. I tried draining the battery once by playing an episode of Top Gear with the screen on full brightness. The phone said the battery was at 5% but the video kept playing for another 1.5 hours.
baoli said:
I pay no attention to the battery meter anymore. I've found that it just reads low. It's not that it doesn't get a fully charge, the phone can't read the level correctly. I tried draining the battery once by playing an episode of Top Gear with the screen on full brightness. The phone said the battery was at 5% but the video kept playing for another 1.5 hours.
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noup , when my batetry says low , it dies pretty quickly
Go with mV.
4200mV=100%
3200mV=0%
Battery monitor widget kicks ass
zeppelinrox said:
Go with mV.
4200mV=100%
3200mV=0%
Battery monitor widget kicks ass
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mV?
Chad_Petree said:
mV?
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millivolt. there are other ways to read out this value... I'm using osmonitor, since it's installed anyways

Battery indicator fail

NOTE: These tests were done using branded Orange PL firmware as well as UK Global
symptoms:
1. phone is charged by 100% then unplugged after about one hour
2. 100% is kept for the next 6-7 hours
3. during the day battery drops as normal till about 50%
4. once phone is rebooted battery instead of 50% shows 32%
I don't think the latest phones needs battery calibration (or am I wrong)
Sony has screw up the battery measurement
Hope they will soon release an update
Does anyone have similar issue?
masi0 said:
NOTE: These tests were done using branded Orange PL firmware as well as UK Global
symptoms:
1. phone is charged by 100% then unplugged after about one hour
2. 100% is kept for the next 6-7 hours
3. during the day battery drops as normal till about 50%
4. once phone is rebooted battery instead of 50% shows 32%
I don't think the latest phones needs battery calibration (or am I wrong)
Sony has screw up the battery measurement
Hope they will soon release an update
Does anyone have similar issue?
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Only happened on second or third day that phone was on last 1% for half hour other then that it is accurate to me.
[edit:] no harm done in deleting /data/system/batterystats.bin after full charge, unplug, let phone go to 1% and then fully charge.
Sent from my Xperia T
tumult said:
Only happened on second or third day that phone was on last 1% for half hour other then that it is accurate to me.
Sent from my Xperia T
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I think I need to wait till 1-2% then charge it up to 100% - then we shall see
masi0 said:
I think I need to wait till 1-2% then charge it up to 100% - then we shall see
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yes, i just edited my post to suggest it
Sent from my Xperia T
Deleting battery stats will do nothing. Battery needs to be calibrated by charging full, unplug, turn off, plug back in till full, pop battery about 30 seconds, put battery back in then boot.
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masi0 said:
NOTE: These tests were done using branded Orange PL firmware as well as UK Global
symptoms:
1. phone is charged by 100% then unplugged after about one hour
2. 100% is kept for the next 6-7 hours
3. during the day battery drops as normal till about 50%
4. once phone is rebooted battery instead of 50% shows 32%
I don't think the latest phones needs battery calibration (or am I wrong)
Sony has screw up the battery measurement
Hope they will soon release an update
Does anyone have similar issue?
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Not sure if this is the definitive answer to this, but you should not believe your battery percentage meter, read this to know why
gregbradley said:
Not sure if this is the definitive answer to this, but you should not believe your battery percentage meter, read this to know why
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This article is a b***t:laugh: How come these problems do not exist on the Xperia S or even iPhone 4s?
I hope Sony will release system update soon
@rbiter said:
Deleting battery stats will do nothing. Battery needs to be calibrated by charging full, unplug, turn off, plug back in till full, pop battery about 30 seconds, put battery back in then boot.
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and didyou read my post? I said no harm in that, but he should do full charge.. and suggestion to pop out the battery fails a bit as T has unremovable battery

Battery discharge to sub 97 upon unplugging

hey everyone , my phone's battery drops to 95-98% within a few minutes after i unplug it from the charger when the green LED shows up. I've tried battery calibration apps and everything but it didn't help, i've also charged my phone by keeping it powered off and that still hasnt solved the issue, i've read on some forums that the battery in many phones doesnt charge to 100% completely for the health of the battery, is it true? is this issue normal? i've also tried charging my phone to 100% when powered on, then i turned it off and charge it till green LED, and then turned it on and it gave 100% battery life. Most of the time , restarting my phone puts the level back to 100 or 99 %, is there a fix for this or is this normal? I'm currently running Android Revolution HD ROM on 4.4.2 KitKat. Any help will be much appreciated, thanks
muhammad.uzi1994 said:
hey everyone , my phone's battery drops to 95-98% within a few minutes after i unplug it from the charger when the green LED shows up. I've tried battery calibration apps and everything but it didn't help, i've also charged my phone by keeping it powered off and that still hasnt solved the issue, i've read on some forums that the battery in many phones doesnt charge to 100% completely for the health of the battery, is it true? is this issue normal? i've also tried charging my phone to 100% when powered on, then i turned it off and charge it till green LED, and then turned it on and it gave 100% battery life. Most of the time , restarting my phone puts the level back to 100 or 99 %, is there a fix for this or is this normal? I'm currently running Android Revolution HD ROM on 4.4.2 KitKat. Any help will be much appreciated, thanks
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check THIS out
kamilmirza said:
check THIS out
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Thanks man, I'll give it a try and then post the results here
kamilmirza said:
check THIS out
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It didnt work
bro its quite normal and good for the battery to have 97% battery after unplug
you should not worry about it
just use your phone normally
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kamilmirza said:
bro its quite normal and good for the battery to have 97% battery after unplug
you should not worry about it
just use your phone normally
Sent from my One using Tapatalk
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Thanks, I read somewhere that it's common with 4.3+ HTC One's so it's all good

Rooted/Flashed: Battery issues

I've tried to fix this on my own, to no avail. Whenever my phone gets down to 50% battery life or so, it shuts off. Then, when I charge, it says 0% and will charge up to 100%, then shut down at 50%. It'll shut off around 30% occasionally. I've tried different ROMs- currently on Rapture 3.1. I've tried various battery reset programs- nothing has helped. What now?
traakin said:
I've tried to fix this on my own, to no avail. Whenever my phone gets down to 50% battery life or so, it shuts off. Then, when I charge, it says 0% and will charge up to 100%, then shut down at 50%. It'll shut off around 30% occasionally. I've tried different ROMs- currently on Rapture 3.1. I've tried various battery reset programs- nothing has helped. What now?
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Sounds like you got a bad battery. Is it swollen at all? You may just need a new one
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ShrekOpher said:
Sounds like you got a bad battery. Is it swollen at all? You may just need a new one
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Not swollen at all. Ill try that next, though.
Adding screenshot from betterbatterystats. This time I went from 61% to 14%. I got a few minutes in between 14% and 10%, and then dropped to 0%.
traakin said:
Adding screenshot from betterbatterystats. This time I went from 61% to 14%. I got a few minutes in between 14% and 10%, and then dropped to 0%.
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Definitely a bad battery. I use Anker batteries and they works great. You can buy Anker battery set for around $20 on amazon.
I purchased a new battery (Samsung oem)- received it today, and put it in. Charged it to full, used it a bit, and at around 50%, my phone shut off. Any other ideas?
traakin said:
I purchased a new battery (Samsung oem)- received it today, and put it in. Charged it to full, used it a bit, and at around 50%, my phone shut off. Any other ideas?
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Do a battery calibration
traakin said:
I purchased a new battery (Samsung oem)- received it today, and put it in. Charged it to full, used it a bit, and at around 50%, my phone shut off. Any other ideas?
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Though it's highly unlikely, but did you make sure that you didn't put old battery in your phone instead of new one ?
Battery Cal seems to have solved it, and is also obvious when I think about it.

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