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In addition to my other issues, refer to thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=43272 (ERROR: ITWriteDisk - An internal error occurred), I have noticed that battery meter on my 8125 flashed to the the imate aku2 rom, is always at 100%. I'm unsure whether this will effect charging since when I plug in the charger, the led turns green immediately and stops charging, and I have had the device turned on for 4 or 5 hours disabling all the power saving features, leaving the backlight on, turned on BT and wifi, and its still at 100%... either its a great battery, or somethings screwy.
small update.
after about 5 hours the battery meter started to drop quickly. Although this is good, the problem that comes up for the first 5 hours, you cannot charge the device as it thinks the battery is full.
Am I the only one experiencing this?
same here.... after 24 hours battery meter droped from 100 to 94
bafore it was 90 after 24 hours
maybe they improved something.. thats why it does not go so fast as before
I think it is the fact that the new rom seems to be much better with power consumption. I am getting almost a 50% gain between charges due to my pattern of usage!!! Very happy!
I'm more then happy at the battery improvement, what I am not happy about is that if this is a bug (granted there is improvement), the problem becomes when charging the phone, so I have it for 12 hours, its still showing 100%, I have an offsite meeting the next day, and would not be able to charge the phone for the entire day, the battery will start to drop very fast since the phone thought it was fully charged, when it really was not... I'm confusing myself here, but I think you understand what I am saying.
Also, while my battery was at 84%, I did a soft reset, when the phone came back up, it showed 100% battery and refused to charge... this is a problem.
You might want to inquire about a replacement device or battery - in case it's not the sotware.
My laptop has this issue. It's always been on external power and somehow that's weirded out the control circuit telling the machine how full the battery is. It will read 100%, but it's actually at 75%. Then if I disconnect it, it will go down to 5% in 8 minutes. However, it will happily run for 3 hours+ on that last 5%. Similarly, if I hook it back up to the charger, it goes to 99% (leaving the battery indicator light amber) in another 8 minutes. Takes many hours more for it to get back to 100% (making the battery indicator light blue).
With any luck the control circuit will be in the battery (I believe it is), and the easiest way to check is to exchange your battery for a temporary new one and see if the problem goes away.
Bebbo said:
I think it is the fact that the new rom seems to be much better with power consumption. I am getting almost a 50% gain between charges due to my pattern of usage!!! Very happy!
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Agreed.
If you think your battery is stuck - just do this little test.
Turn on Bluetooth, WiFi, make a GPRS connection, and set back light at 100% and don't let them turn off or let the unit power off. The battery should drain pretty quickly in this senario.
I thought mine was stuck, but it dropped 5% in less than 10 min in this mode.
FYI,
JB
I'm not so sure its the battery.. another issue that I just noticed, is taht even though the backlight is turning off, the screen itself is not turning off after the designated time I set...... this is rather bothersome as if I forgot to manually turn off the screen.. it remains on constantly.
Even with my original Qtek 9100 EN ROM, the screen doesn't turn off - only backlight. If you want the screen to be off, you'd need to go to Standby, or use a third party utility to turn the screen entirely off.
Although lithium batteries are best kept at a full charge, they should be periodically drained to recalibrate the fuel gauge.
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm
I was also having this problem but after about 2 days use it began to go down. My G3 device seemed to hang at 100% and drop quickly after it hits 25%. I believe this must be a hardware issue as I now have a G4 (setup identically to the G3) and it does not have this issue.
i am having the same issue but i believe it the battery because my phone 8 months old and if you read the battery thread it has all the same issues your having
Hey all,
I took my N1 out of the charger 5 hours ago. I checked 1 website, that took like 1min. I've been voicecalling for 25min and 4s (had the speaker active for 4 minutes). That's all I've done with my phone. All the other time it's been idle with it set to use 2G only to save battery (I'm in an area where 3g is weak, so it keeps switching, and I heard that kills battery quite a bit, so that's why I set it to 2G only, correct me if I'm wrong on that).
Now my phone only has 15% of battery left.
I can't imagine this is normal, so my question is: Is this normal? If not, what % of battery should I have left normally after 25min of voicecalling?
Thanks in advance.
Rico
Do you have any background apps that are refreshing a lot? What's the screen setting while on a call (how long for the screen to turn off), does the screen stay ton while on speakerphone? Are you sure you were at 100% when removed from the charger? GPS? bluetooth?
No idea how the battery couod drain that quickly without at least a couple of these things being some sort of a role.
Sorry, forgot to mention those things.
- No things running in background. Just mail checking once every hour.
- GPS is on, but normally that doesnt drain my battery at all, can leave my phone idle for 12 hours and still have 80% or more left.
- Screen is on auto adjust, and it wasnt bright at all while I was using it, when i normally use my screen I can use it for at least 2+ hours before battery is at 30% or less.
- Screen was on during the speaker, but that was only 4min. The screen does go off when I'm calling without the speaker on.
- Yes it was at 100%, I'm 100% sure.
- Bluetooth is off, wifi was also off.
I've had problems with the phone draining during phonecalls with the same length of talk time.
That, or playing movies/youtube, but i can understand why that would happen.
What ROM are you using?
After i switched to the undervolted CyanMod Rom, it helped with battery length.
I'm running the stock ROM with update 1.
As an extra note, I tried to start the camera, but it didn't want to start. Not even after multiple tries.
I don't know if that has anything to do with this problem.
I've been posting here as well, there's some extra information as well: google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=3b2399fce53a8f2a&hl=en
run your battery completely dead... like when your phone turns off open the boot loader and just kill the thing till you cant even get the boot loader to come up...
take the battery out wait a few seconds to make sure all the extra juice has discharged in the phone and put it back in...
start charging again and dont turn it on until it is fully charged (green light should show up and then wait smore after that)
Hey,
this is my first posting, so hi to all! I´m glad this community exists
Well, this is my problem: My HTC One is Week old. A few days ago, i was sitting in the train, battery was up to 40%, when its suddenly turning off. So i tried to reboot it, but its always turning off again. I use the recovery to wipe and clean the system und rebooting again, after a few seconds, its turning off again. Because the battery was up to 40%, my first thoughts was, its broken...but i tried to charged it, and first its working. System was up, running normal. But again, at 35-40% (surfing in the web) its suddenly turning off again. So i was thinking i could be the battery. I searched in the web, and found the same problems with the other HTC-One Modells (can someone confirm this?!). So i tried to calibrate the battery (non-root, so i used the "turning on-charge-turning off-charge"-method). Working fine. I tested the device with the antutu battery-test, its worked fine from 100% to 3-4%, no problems. I charged it again up to 60%, so i can test it quick again and not had to wait so long. Down to 30% again, no problems. But at 25% its starting again rebooting. This time, the LED ist blinking red, indicating the battery is low-voltage oO (right?) i pluged in the power an the LED turns instantly green...oO i waited some minutes, plugged in power. At the moment its charging again, so i have to wait before i can test it again.
Anyone had the same issues?? Is it right, that it could be the same problems, as with the other HTC-Models?? (that would be bad for everyone..) Any suggested what i else i can do? Thank you folks for every help!
First thing I'd do is to attempt to calibrate the battery by charging it to full, unplugging and letting it run down until the phone turns itself off, and then immediately plugging it in and recharging back to full. Not sure if this was the process you took in the re-calibration earlier, but if not, it's worth a shot. It sounds like you're suffering from some cell mismatches that can generally be fixed with calibration. You can decrease the amount of time it takes to completely discharge by doing things like increasing your screen-on time, full brightness, playing games/movies etc.
If that doesn't work and your phone is still continuously shutting off when it reads 30-40% battery life, I'd just send it in for an exchange. There could be a defect in the battery causing it to register the percentage incorrectly, and it would be better for you in the long run to deal with it now (while you're still under warranty).
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First thing I'd do is to attempt to calibrate the battery by charging it to full, unplugging and letting it run down until the phone turns itself off, and then immediately plugging it in and recharging back to full. Not sure if this was the process you took in the re-calibration earlier, but if not, it's worth a shot. It sounds like you're suffering from some cell mismatches that can generally be fixed with calibration. You can decrease the amount of time it takes to completely discharge by doing things like increasing your screen-on time, full brightness, playing games/movies etc.
If that doesn't work and your phone is still continuously shutting off when it reads 30-40% battery life, I'd just send it in for an exchange. There could be a defect in the battery causing it to register the percentage incorrectly, and it would be better for you in the long run to deal with it now (while you're still under warranty).
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Thanks for your advise I will give it a try! If there any problems in the next 2 days again, i will send it back and get a new one.
Something is wrong with the way the phone indicates the battery charge. For example, when I play on my Milestone and the battery is getting close to 20%, after a few minutes it drops to 15% in a few minutes then immediately to 5% and 1%. Also I noticed that even though it indicates it only has 1% battery left, it still is able to run for 20-30 more minutes (perhaps less) with the screen on. Also putting it to charge right after it indicates 5-1% boosts it up instantly to 20% or sometimes even 60% which is weird... I've tried multiple times to reset the battery stats (which doesn't do anything) or I've followed another guide that specifies to charge the battery completely, restart then pull out the battery once the Motorola logo shows up with the charging cable still plugged in. That worked before and the battery would return somewhat to normal, but now that doesn't work anymore.
So is there anything I can do to fix this? I'm using Kabladan's CyanogenMOD 7.2.4f (if anyone has other suggestions for a better ROM for this phone please do let me know =D )
I have the same problem with my stone, and I'm pretty sure it's the battery's fault and the phone and rom has nothing to do with it.
My guess is one or more cells are worned out in the battery so it doesn't store any capacity but it still reports full capacity to the phone.
It could be that it's the battery's fault, but in my case it's a bit the reverse of yours, a lot less battery is reported that it should.
Also, how is CM 9.1.0d working out for you? Does it have any improvements over 7.2.4f? =)
Too bad Kabladan abandoned all progress on his Milestone ROMs, they were quite useful for this deadbeat unsupported phone.
I'm satisfied with it.
I do the "heavier" tasks on my N7, so I use my MS mainly for internet thethering, calling, etc. After some days it gets a bit laggy (it can be within 3-4 days or 2-3 weeks, depending on usage), but after a restart it gets fast again, so it is not a big deal. I'm using CM9 because I use a few apps that requires at least ICS and basically it is more user-friendly than GB.
I recommend you to try it, test the different settings (zRam/swap,etc) and see if it suits your needs.
Hello everyone!
This is my second post here...but I really felt like I had to take attitude this time and actually do something.
So my samsung galaxy s3 is acting so weird that I can't use it without something bad happening for one day.
So...first of all...my battery doesn't last more than four hours straight if, for example, I am listening to music.
It literally goes down about 1% every few minutes.
Also..there is something really weird happening with my battery even after it completely shuts down. Lets's say I am on 1% and the phone shuts off. After the screen goes black and I plug it in...the charging screen appears and the battery seems to be half charged. I open the phone again and it is already at 45%. All this operation takes a matter of seconds...but still it goes from 1% to 45%. After the phone is up...this percentage starts to go down even faster than before...in the end my phone shuts down again...and this time it starts to charge from 0%.
Today it shut off...and when I got home and plugged in the charger it didn't do anything...i just left it like that for about 10 minutes then tried to power it on without the charger being plugged in...and it worked. After that it started to charge. I have no ideea what is happening.
Also...my charging time is really big. I do not know why but when I use another charger from a samsung galaxy mini 2 it seems to charge way faster.
That's pretty much all so far. If you need more details, please let me know.
I hope you can help me sort this out!
Best regards!
Ilie Mihai said:
Hello everyone!
This is my second post here...but I really felt like I had to take attitude this time and actually do something.
So my samsung galaxy s3 is acting so weird that I can't use it without something bad happening for one day.
So...first of all...my battery doesn't last more than four hours straight if, for example, I am listening to music.
It literally goes down about 1% every few minutes.
Also..there is something really weird happening with my battery even after it completely shuts down. Lets's say I am on 1% and the phone shuts off. After the screen goes black and I plug it in...the charging screen appears and the battery seems to be half charged. I open the phone again and it is already at 45%. All this operation takes a matter of seconds...but still it goes from 1% to 45%. After the phone is up...this percentage starts to go down even faster than before...in the end my phone shuts down again...and this time it starts to charge from 0%.
Today it shut off...and when I got home and plugged in the charger it didn't do anything...i just left it like that for about 10 minutes then tried to power it on without the charger being plugged in...and it worked. After that it started to charge. I have no ideea what is happening.
Also...my charging time is really big. I do not know why but when I use another charger from a samsung galaxy mini 2 it seems to charge way faster.
That's pretty much all so far. If you need more details, please let me know.
I hope you can help me sort this out!
Best regards!
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1.Might be the battery is dead or broken, or its not calibrated. How old is the phone and battery?
2. It seems to take ages to charge my s3 lte too, give us a number in hours how much time you need?
3. The problem where phone wont turn on or show charging when battery is as low as 1%, i had this too, i think its normal, its protecting the battery
4. Do you have overcloacked anything? It happend to me when i had ovecloaced and did benchamark test, the phone froze and battery eas 5% when i restarted the phone, but before it was 45.
Not realy helpful but i am trying XD. Also might wanna buy new battery, its not that expesive
if you are running stock rom with no rooting no anything....100% it's the battery.
if not install stock and see how it goes...if it's acting normal then the mods are the problem...if it's the same it's the battery.
Do a factory data reset on stock recovery. See how that works out first
Starting from factory reset is bad idea - it should be the last step IMHO.
First what in such case we need to check is battery health.
Percentage we see on our phone is weak indicator, because it is calculated
Better to see the voltage in different situations. How to check this (terminal app or adb in console):
cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/voltage_now
The lowest voltage that device can handle without heavy usage is less than 3500mV (I saw even 3240mV, but with low brightness, no data connection and after trying to make a call phone turned off).
The maximum voltage is obout 4300mV.
When You see 1% of battery and voltage is realy close to 3500mV or battery is charged and voltage after removing charge is dropping realy fast to then your battery very likely need to be replaced.
I bought Samsung Extended Battery (3000mAh) and this tripled the time usage than my 2 years old normal battery 2100mAh. You can see that difference in their capacity is much smaller - about 43% biger, but give me 300% much time on battery so old one was realy worn out.
BUT if your battery wasnt used for longer than half year, you can do as follows:
1. Discharge battery
2. When phone turns off - turn it on again, but into download mode (Home-VolumeDown-Power)
3. Leave phone for as long as it turns off again and repeat step 2 till time that Download Mode wont even boot.
4. Take off battery and place it back, and again try point 2 (start Download Mode) - do it until phone will show Download Mode for only 2-3 secconds
5. Again and last time replace battery and charge phone, but turned off
6. When phone will be charged, turn it on and leave it on charger for about one hour
After those steps use your phone lightly and try to repeat whole process one more time but only when the battery will normaly discharge and phone will turn off.
I tried those steps and battery for sure can work longer FOR ONE RUN, but unfortunately it can lead to loss of capacity much faster, but it will be noticable after one year - IMHO its always good time to buy new battery.
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Starting from factory reset is bad idea - it should be the last step IMHO.
First what in such case we need to check is battery health.
Percentage we see on our phone is weak indicator, because it is calculated
Better to see the voltage in different situations. How to check this (terminal app or adb in console):
cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/voltage_now
The lowest voltage that device can handle without heavy usage is less than 3500mV (I saw even 3240mV, but with low brightness, no data connection and after trying to make a call phone turned off).
The maximum voltage is obout 4300mV.
When You see 1% of battery and voltage is realy close to 3500mV or battery is charged and voltage after removing charge is dropping realy fast to then your battery very likely need to be replaced.
I bought Samsung Extended Battery (3000mAh) and this tripled the time usage than my 2 years old normal battery 2100mAh. You can see that difference in their capacity is much smaller - about 43% biger, but give me 300% much time on battery so old one was realy worn out.
BUT if your battery wasnt used for longer than half year, you can do as follows:
1. Discharge battery
2. When phone turns off - turn it on again, but into download mode (Home-VolumeDown-Power)
3. Leave phone for as long as it turns off again and repeat step 2 till time that Download Mode wont even boot.
4. Take off battery and place it back, and again try point 2 (start Download Mode) - do it until phone will show Download Mode for only 2-3 secconds
5. Again and last time replace battery and charge phone, but turned off
6. When phone will be charged, turn it on and leave it on charger for about one hour
After those steps use your phone lightly and try to repeat whole process one more time but only when the battery will normaly discharge and phone will turn off.
I tried those steps and battery for sure can work longer FOR ONE RUN, but unfortunately it can lead to loss of capacity much faster, but it will be noticable after one year - IMHO its always good time to buy new battery.
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Nothing good will come from that procedure. Those steps were useful in the epoch of nickel-cadmium batteries, where the battery had no internal circuits to monitor itself and had a tendecy to uncalibrate. Those stops would force the device and the battery to re-adapt to one another.
But now we're using Li-Ion batteries, and those DO NOT like to be fully discharged. Hell, the device might not even recognize the battery, if it has really been fully discharged.
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Okay...so I went to the shop from where I bought my s3 (Orange shop) And they told me to send it to their service and I did so...as I still had it under warranty. It was there for exactly a week and today I got it back. They told me they replaced the battery (which they actually did...I checked that) and the power connector from my phone. The battery it's still not good enaugh in my opinion. Immediately after I got it back...I turned it on and it had 79% battery. In about an hour it went down about 25% (so to 54%) but I didn't used it havely (note: the mobile data option was on). I really do not know what to do. I asked someone and they told me to send it again because this is not normal.
My s3 is running stock 4.3 and used to last waay longer back in the day.
What should I do? I literally got about max 5 hours of use before I sent it and I am afraid this will happen again. I do not even want to think what is going to happen if I listen to music for example.
I turned the phone off a few hours ago...then let it charge up to 59% and then stopped because I had to leave. I used it moderately for about 4 hours and 51 minutes (as my phone says) and i have about 2h and 15minutes of screen on time. My screen is using 50% of the battery and also Android system is using about 17%...chrome 12% Android OS 7% and I think everything else is less important as they use 7%<. After those almost 5 hours...while the mobile data option was on all the time I am at 14% battery.
What do you think? Is it good enaugh? Should I send it back? I really need help!
I am waiting for suggestions.
Best regards!
Ilie Mihai said:
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I turned the phone off a few hours ago...then let it charge up to 59% and then stopped because I had to leave. I used it moderately for about 4 hours and 51 minutes (as my phone says) and i have about 2h and 15minutes of screen on time. My screen is using 50% of the battery and also Android system is using about 17%...chrome 12% Android OS 7% and I think everything else is less important as they use 7%<. After those almost 5 hours...while the mobile data option was on all the time I am at 14% battery.
What do you think? Is it good enaugh? Should I send it back? I really need help!
I am waiting for suggestions.
Best regards!
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I think so, the fact that you have the screen on top of Android OS (and not the other way around) pleases me. You had your screen on for 2h15m, of course your battery went down fast
Test it, charge it full, and use it. Normally.
Do this for 2 or 3 days, and check how the battery lasts