I just flashed a new ROM this morning. I have had my phone unhooked from the computer for 3 hours now. I am now down to 79% battery left. Is this normal? Is there a way to make it better??
chadhoard said:
I just flashed a new ROM this morning. I have had my phone unhooked from the computer for 3 hours now. I am now down to 79% battery left. Is this normal? Is there a way to make it better??
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yea dont charge it until its anywhere between 5 and 1% so it can properly charge.
and dont take it off while it charging back up because you could mess up the cycle.
I only plug it in to charge at night and in the morning, I unplug it. I do not know what % I am at at night. I figure this way I will have all day without having to plug it in. Should I wait to plug it in when it gets to about 5%?
That's not normal, but more info would be helpful. Like what rom, kernel, modem? Do you gave gps enabled? Background data enabled? Brightness settings? Wifi on? Email/gmail check frequency? All things I would check first...
I just flashed Trigger v2.5 and the mod for an accurate battery. Everything else is the same I have used with other ROMs. I only have to fetching my gmail and freetext. My brightness is set as low as possible. WIFI is off. GPS only used every half hour for my clock/weather wiget.
Hmm. That's the same one I flashed this morning too. Right now mines charging, but I do know if I surf the net, my battery will drain fast (normal). Did you run trigger 21 or 211 so you have something to compare? The reason why I ask is because Ka7 will go through battery life VERY fast. KB1 which was in trigger 2.1.1 was a little better. My favorite for battery life is still JL5. Try running the phone with data off and weather off. See what happens. Try the older version of trigger, but first... maybe it was the battery mod? Maybe reflash without that mod then test. All things I would be trying if it were my phone. However I know from experience that I have drained 70% battery in about one hour using 3g KA7.
Can't I just flash KB1??
You can but keep in mind the KA7 in 2.5 is voodooed.
I am new to all of this stuff. I do not know what that mean?
KA7 has voodoo lagfix because people complained that kb1 was causing launcher pro to hesitate. In the thread they talk about flashing kb1 back but to disable the lagfix. Personally, I have flashed several different modems and not had to worry about that. Let me see if there is info in that thread...
chadhoard said:
I only plug it in to charge at night and in the morning, I unplug it. I do not know what % I am at at night. I figure this way I will have all day without having to plug it in. Should I wait to plug it in when it gets to about 5%?
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Yea plug it in when its at 5%
and try flashing a different modem, they really have an effect on battery drain because they effect how your device connects to the network.
Go here and pick a modem for your firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868774
Kernals make a big difference to, search the dev forums for them.
Mix and match modems and kernals for your best experience
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yea dont charge it until its anywhere between 5 and 1% so it can properly charge.
and dont take it off while it charging back up because you could mess up the cycle.
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EVERYTHING about this post is WRONG.
Please stop spreading misinformation. This thread is full of really, really bad stuff for Li Ion batteries.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...-is-the-best-way-to-use-an-li-ion-battery.ars
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Hmm. That's the same one I flashed this morning too. Right now mines charging, but I do know if I surf the net, my battery will drain fast (normal). Did you run trigger 21 or 211 so you have something to compare? The reason why I ask is because Ka7 will go through battery life VERY fast. KB1 which was in trigger 2.1.1 was a little better. My favorite for battery life is still JL5. Try running the phone with data off and weather off. See what happens. Try the older version of trigger, but first... maybe it was the battery mod? Maybe reflash without that mod then test. All things I would be trying if it were my phone. However I know from experience that I have drained 70% battery in about one hour using 3g KA7.
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If I am not mistaken, I am currently using KB1, as long as the baseband version of T959UVKB1 means I am using KB1 modem.
You're right. I went back and reread the thread. Then I would narrow it down to either something running in the background or you just might need to do the "reset" for the battery. Lots of info on that.
So...I take it I was right on what modem I am on?!?!? Also, what do you mean by "Reset of the battery"?
In recovery mode, wipe battery status. There is a procedure to do it right though. Run a quick search for it. Yeah its ka7 kernel, modem is kb1. The lag fix is relevent for the kernel, sorry for the confusion.
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EVERYTHING about this post is WRONG.
Please stop spreading misinformation. This thread is full of really, really bad stuff for Li Ion batteries.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...-is-the-best-way-to-use-an-li-ion-battery.ars
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First of all dude, how about take in consideration whats using the power of the battery then decide on whats right and whats wrong.
First of all even if you followed those steps on that link you posted, none of it matters because theres different kernals and modems that effect battery life, not to mention the ROMs themselves.
My advice come from many sources here at xda that say you should actually let your phone get that low and then charge it back up to get it at a complete charge.
and you know what it actually works!!
After i do that with every flash my battery turns out pretty great.
So Mr so know alot, u should feel really dumb for your non-thoughtful post
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So...I take it I was right on what modem I am on?!?!? Also, what do you mean by "Reset of the battery"?
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You can check your modem by going to settings/About then scroll down until you see baseband:
Your modem = Last 3 characters
Ex. KA7
And kernal version should be right under that.
EDIT: He ment wipe your battery stats in Clockwork Recovery
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Hi everyone, I really don't know where locate this "thing" is happening to my hero but it is definitely related to ROMs.
I recently post my battery problem in the battery's thread in this forum but seems like a battery calibration was not the solution.
I used to have Floyo on my hero and it worked perfect, also battery life was pretty good. Since I changed it to try another one, I can not have any 2.2 ROM in my hero cause battery drains almost 15-20%/hour with wifi off, sync off, screen minimum, 2G network, just the necessary to receive calls.
I've tried all 2.2 ROMs with different kernels, always wiping everything and none of them works property. I decided to install a 2.1 ROM and voila, more than 2 days of battery. Does anyone have any idea of the problem?
Other thing is driving me crazy is why I have to use toggle set (because of handset problem->always is on even when is not plugged) but only with VillainROM 12 I don't have this problem, I thought it was a hardware problem.
For all of this, my hero is understandable, any light to see what's going on? Thank you all
BEfore flashing a 2.2 ROM, wipe EVERYTHING, including battery stats. Let then the battery drain to 0, and charge the phone with the wall charger for 6-7 hours, then turn it on while it's still plugged and leave it like that for 1-2 hrs. Then unplug it and there will be no more drain.
Maybe this could also help you, when you set up your 2.2 rom for the first time,
have you ever disable google backup?
I have been told that drain battery like hell....
yukinok25 said:
Maybe this could also help you, when you set up your 2.2 rom for the first time,
have you ever disable google backup?
I have been told that drain battery like hell....
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Yes I did, actually I don't have now any data plan in my mobile cause I'm living abroad so I don't use internet/data at all. Thanks
adritati said:
Yes I did, actually I don't have now any data plan in my mobile cause I'm living abroad so I don't use internet/data at all. Thanks
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You welcome, worth of giving a try..
RaduG said:
BEfore flashing a 2.2 ROM, wipe EVERYTHING, including battery stats. Let then the battery drain to 0, and charge the phone with the wall charger for 6-7 hours, then turn it on while it's still plugged and leave it like that for 1-2 hrs. Then unplug it and there will be no more drain.
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Thanks, I'll try next time doing it in this way and I'll see the results thought I think it won't change cause even if it's not fully charged I wipe battery stats also when i flash
Batteries die with time, so if you keep having a problem, you can consider investing $20 in a Mugen Power extended battery (1550 mAh) which doesn't need the back cover to be changed.
I greatly recommend it.
***NOTICE***
The ROM Manager version of CWM does NOT wipe battery stats properly, as with many other things. What you need is jt1134's version of CWM that is all happy and works and stuff.
You can find his happy CWM here. And here. And also here.
And here.
Big thanks to LegionTHEFecalExcretion for the heads up on that.
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NOTE: On current DL30 and EB01 ROMs, you will not see battery life like you did on DL09 with undervolted kernels. There are NO undervolted kernels as of yet, everything kernel wise with Froyo ROMs in very much stock. These steps will improve your battery life in comparison to when you flashed Froyo, but you are not going to see spectacular changes in battery life up to what you were getting with undervolted DL09, etc. It's just not possible until we get undervolted kernels and Froyo matures for our device, development wise.
Hi everyone, I've been seeing a lot of threads about bad battery life, whether switching to Kaoscinate, Vanilla, or DL30. Stop it! Just kidding. There is a simple process everyone should follow when switching between different enough ROMs, like AOSP, CM6 and TW Eclair and Froyo. This is how you retrain your battery.
1. Charge your battery to 100% (when it gets there, let it SIT there, your phone is NOT reporting correctly).
2. Reboot to Recovery and Advanced -> Wipe Battery Stats.
3. Reboot, and use your phone until it is VERY low (5-10%, you can let it die if you want).
4. Charge your phone back to 100%
5. (Optional) Power down, then power on phone. (Thanks goes to BrwnSuperman for this suggestion, give it a try!)
Your battery issues should be solved. This needs to be done every once in a while, especially when switching between different ROMs and OS versions.
User dalrym05 posted this alternate method for retraining the battery on page 4 as well, so I thought I would share it here in the OP. I'm posting this as a USE AT YOUR OWN RISK method, as I have not tested it, and am not quite sure what the *228 steps for it actually accomplish and have to do with retraining the OS battery reporting, so I'm leaving it quoted to dalrym05 for the time being.
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Here were my steps to better battery.
1.*228 option 1
2.*228 option 2
3. Run battery completely dead to 0%
4. Plug in and boot immediately into cwm
5. Wipe battery stats and dalvik cache
6. Reboot and let charge fully before unplugging
7. Completely discharge again and fully charge again.
After this you should notice a very nice increase in battery as I did. My battery life is back up to par with eclair.
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NOTE: I did edit his post to make it a little more clear. I'm slightly anal retentive that way.
HybridByNature had an excellent suggestion on page 4. If people have good tips and tricks for maintaining good battery life, and they are easily reproducible, then I will gladly add them to the OP here. What works for you?
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This might also be a good place to add tips & tricks to extending battery life.
IE
-Close programs that you aren't using.
-Don't leave your camera or navigation running in the background.
-Turn off WiFi & GPS etc when you aren't using them.
-Don't run your screen at full brightness if you can help it.
-Figure out what uses more battery life than other things:
Pandora, internet browsing, downloading, camera/camcorder, Angry Birds etc.
If you are rooted, try and narrow it down to the best kernel/theme for your situation. I've found that I have better battery with a non-voodoo kernel but the performance increase is worth it so that's a trade-off that I make.
Let's hear from our readers: What is working for you?
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Would not surprise me if this is all it is. I have turned my phone off at 5% for an hour and turned it back on without charging and then it showed 45%. I know when batteries are low letting them sit a little bit can help, but not that much.
It is just being reported inaccurately by the OS.
This how to has been reposted like 9001 times. But yes, this is one day to do it.
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This how to has been reposted like 9001 times. But yes, this is one day to do it.
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Yes, but not as a thread, it gets posted in everyone else's "Why does my battery life suck ass" threads, so I made this so maybe people would see it and try it before posting another useless question thread in Development.
Definitely works though. Did it yesterday. Good post. It has been posted in other threads ... but I think we all know people don't read through everything very often.
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I have the battery charger and 3 batteries, I always run my battery low and leave it in the charger for a day.
I did this last night and it didn't work too well for me.
Also, when I go to wipe battery stats in the recovery, it doesn't tell me if it wiped or not, just goes back to the advanced menu.
And also, should I be concerned that when I cold boot into the recovery, it doesn't appear to be CWM? It says Android recovery...I know I have CWM recovery installed.
Samerhing happens to me... and I just took it off the charger and I'm on 96 percent in less than 1 min
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Samerhing happens to me... and I just took it off the charger and I'm on 96 percent in less than 1 min
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Wow same here..I just took mine off the charger bout 10 minutes ago and it's at 95% now. I guess I'm gonna let the battery run completely dead and charge it and see what happens.
I did something similar. I charged to 100% while it was on, removed from charger then powered off. When phone was off I plugged charger back in and waited til it was at 100% then unplugged again and powered on. Waited until phone was completely on then unplugged again and connected to charger. Waited til it was at 100% and while still plugged in at 100% booted into recovery and wiped battery stats. Then rebooted phone into OS and unplugged. I had tried this previously with DL09 and it helped a little. Last night I wanted to see how my battery would drain after doing this. With WiFi on and I got about 10 emails during the night, from 8:30pm to 6:00am I lost only 13%!!! Previously I would have lost from 35 to 40%. ymmv
jv
my phone doesnt sleep even though my screen is off... how can i fix that
miguel11691 said:
my phone doesnt sleep even though my screen is off... how can i fix that
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Spare Parts says "Time spent without sleeping: 53m 15s (100%)
Wow.
If I go to Battery History and change the top dropdown to Partial Wake Usage, it says Android System at the top with a bar that's at least 75% full.
ataranine said:
Spare Parts says "Time spent without sleeping: 53m 15s (100%)
Wow.
If I go to Battery History and change the top dropdown to Partial Wake Usage, it says Android System at the top with a bar that's at least 75% full.
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Looks like Samsung has to make an update or patch to this LEAKED version LOL. I'm so fed up with people failing from Samsung and Verizon for this device.
Syn Ack said:
Looks like Samsung has to make an update or patch to this LEAKED version LOL. I'm so fed up with people failing from Samsung and Verizon for this device.
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Yeah looks like I'll be going back to DL09.
ataranine said:
Spare Parts says "Time spent without sleeping: 53m 15s (100%)
Wow.
If I go to Battery History and change the top dropdown to Partial Wake Usage, it says Android System at the top with a bar that's at least 75% full.
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Give it some time. I was showing that as well but after about half a day I rechecked and it showed the correct percentage for Running time.
jv
johnnyv5 said:
Give it some time. I was showing that as well but after about half a day I rechecked and it showed the correct percentage for Running time.
jv
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yours was also telling you it spent 100% of it's time without sleeping? Mine's been doing it for 2h 9m 25s...the same amount of time my phone's been on.
ataranine said:
yours was also telling you it spent 100% of it's time without sleeping? Mine's been doing it for 2h 9m 25s...the same amount of time my phone's been on.
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I was pulling my hair out trying to figure this out too. It seems to have solved itself. Right now it is showing 47% usage. Sorry I couldn't help.
Jv
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This is a proven technique, and it takes patience. Seeing the battery drop from 100% down to 95 or 96% after unplugging is normal behavior. I've done this already. Left my phone unplugged overnight and lost 1% battery. If you're too impatient to take the time to do this, that's your loss. You'll see the battery life "improve" over the course of a few days as the reporting gets more and more accurate.
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I agree with supplysidejesus. This is a standard practice and should be done with each major rom or kernel install. This leak hasn't been put long enough for most of us to know what our expected battery life will be yet. Give it a few days for your phones to adjust.
ataranine said:
yours was also telling you it spent 100% of it's time without sleeping? Mine's been doing it for 2h 9m 25s...the same amount of time my phone's been on.
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try disabling gps in the notifications, that worked for me, but once i turn gps on again, it will drive up to a high percentage.
Hi,
I just flashed SuperClean 2.9.2 (non-voodoo) yesterday, and I love the speed, but it really drains the battery pretty fast. For example, with minimal usage it drains from 100 to 82 in less than two hours. That's a lot worse than the stock settings I had on there before. Since I'm new at this, is that normal? If I switch to a better kernel would that fix it? Any suggestions on what to do or tweak?
Thanks!
[Update] 3/30/11
So after a full day of observation, I've noticed that it seems to go from 100 to 80 fairly quickly (less than 2 hours), but then the rate slows down. It took 4 hours to go from 80 to 62. Then last night I left it on all night, starting at 78 and it is now at 48 (almost 12 hours). Obviously I wasn't using it much overnight, but I wasn't using it much when the initial drain from 100 to 80 happened. Might just be that the meter is not consistent? But at least I know that it's not draining faster than the old setup.
Still looking into the idea of an undervolted kernel. Any good suggestions?
Thanks!
An undervolted kernel might help but who knows... if I get over 5 hours I usually consider myself lucky.
i updated this morning, have an extended battery, and seem to notice massive drains, but i guess with power comes sacrifices
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An undervolted kernel might help but who knows... if I get over 5 hours I usually consider myself lucky.
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5 hours?! Dude, that totally sucks! Hmmmm, maybe it's time for a new battery?
Mine lasted about 6 and a half hrs then was at 8%
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ericklind said:
5 hours?! Dude, that totally sucks! Hmmmm, maybe it's time for a new battery?
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It's brand new.
Dude this battery is acting like the Droid incredible batterry that's bad
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Not sure why this double posted. Must have been my frustration waiting 5 minutes just to edit an already posted post to correct the name of the app....
Each phone reacts differently to ROMs / Kernels when it comes to battery life. Same setup shows different battery life for different people.
First I would use the "Spare Parts" app and see if you can find any app taking up a lot of your battery life and remove it. (included in SC ROMs)
People also report different battery life with different Kernels. You can flash different Kernels that work with your ROM to see if you can get better battery life.
You also may need to remap your battery. There are posts on how to do so. Basically you charge to 100%, shut down and wait for it to show 100% with power off, then boot, go into Terminal gain SU and type bstats. Phone will reboot. This should be done anytime you flash a new Kernel and some do it with ROM flashes too.
Also don't run screen at 100% bright, use auto or something at or less than 30% unless you are in sunlight.
When not in use turn off WiFi and GPS as well.
All I can think of right now
acarter316 said:
i updated this morning, have an extended battery, and seem to notice massive drains, but i guess with power comes sacrifices
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I know some of the kernels are designed to recognize an aftermarket battery (see link below)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012571
Each phone is different, but when you are getting 18+ hours with dj05 then you go to sc 2.9.2 and only get 5 hours after you follow the directions there is a problem
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Running not even 2 hrs yet and mines at 70% right now from a full charge, so I feel your guys(gals)' pain. I checked with Spare Parts and noticed that under "Network Usage" there is a "0" that seems to be using up a LOT of juice. Searching it up on google brought me to a possible issue with GSM/CDMA (Time w/o signal issue). I remember issues with this with the D1 and the Eris, usually you could fix it on those phones by turning on Airplane Mode for a little while, then turning it back off.
EC10 is based off a GSM SGS phone if I'm not mistaken, and because of that may make the phone try to find a GSM signal. My time without signal was around 45% this morning so I dug around threads with similar issues with other phones brought me to this Hero CDMA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651848 .
Now we do have the same menu as shown here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sung_Galaxy_S_Series&oldid=13336#Secret_Codes
My thing is that I can't access it using SC 2.9.2. It doesn't automatically go to any of the menus. Anyone else have an issue getting into any of the secret menus?
It also looks like turning the airplane mode on and off seems to work for now.
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Running not even 2 hrs yet and mines at 70% right now from a full charge, so I feel your guys(gals)' pain. I checked with Spare Parts and noticed that under "Network Usage" there is a "0" that seems to be using up a LOT of juice. Searching it up on google brought me to a possible issue with GSM/CDMA (Time w/o signal issue). I remember issues with this with the D1 and the Eris, usually you could fix it on those phones by turning on Airplane Mode for a little while, then turning it back off.
EC10 is based off a GSM SGS phone if I'm not mistaken, and because of that may make the phone try to find a GSM signal. My time without signal was around 45% this morning so I dug around threads with similar issues with other phones brought me to this Hero CDMA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651848 .
Now we do have the same menu as shown here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sung_Galaxy_S_Series&oldid=13336#Secret_Codes
My thing is that I can't access it using SC 2.9.2. It doesn't automatically go to any of the menus. Anyone else have an issue getting into any of the secret menus?
It also looks like turning the airplane mode on and off seems to work for now.
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so a solution for now would be a stock rom? Or an aosp?
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selvikin said:
Running not even 2 hrs yet and mines at 70% right now from a full charge, so I feel your guys(gals)' pain. I checked with Spare Parts and noticed that under "Network Usage" there is a "0" that seems to be using up a LOT of juice. Searching it up on google brought me to a possible issue with GSM/CDMA (Time w/o signal issue). I remember issues with this with the D1 and the Eris, usually you could fix it on those phones by turning on Airplane Mode for a little while, then turning it back off.
EC10 is based off a GSM SGS phone if I'm not mistaken, and because of that may make the phone try to find a GSM signal. My time without signal was around 45% this morning so I dug around threads with similar issues with other phones brought me to this Hero CDMA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651848 .
Now we do have the same menu as shown here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sung_Galaxy_S_Series&oldid=13336#Secret_Codes
My thing is that I can't access it using SC 2.9.2. It doesn't automatically go to any of the menus. Anyone else have an issue getting into any of the secret menus?
It also looks like turning the airplane mode on and off seems to work for now.
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Read like 20 threads about the "0" and came to no conclusion haha. People just said it means root... and it could mean any app that requests Super User/Root permissions. Who knows though... I'm about to wipe date and reinstall afresh.
I have a serious problem.
My battery is draining more charge when it is powered off than when it is on!
First off, yes, I am powering it off and not just putting it in sleep.
What happens is this; I power it off for the night, battery at 100, turn it on in morning, battery is at 70-50! Now get this, I reboot this morning, battery instantly drops another 10%!!!!
What on earth is going on here? Does anyone else's have similar problems? I did Google it, but can't find a solution, although it looks like I am not the only one with the problem!
Please help!
Edit: here is a screenshot of my battery use, if anyone wants (sorry, don't know how to post picture other than as attachment)
I had this situation once before. After I updated my firmware to 2.3.5 from 2.2, it never happened again. Hope this help.
Tim_Lau said:
I had this situation once before. After I updated my firmware to 2.3.5 from 2.2, it never happened again. Hope this help.
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Mine is US version, comes with 2.3.5.
Use the original version 2.2 Froyo that came with it. I did not want to update because everything works fine. no bugs of any kind. I think I did the right thing, because I have read several bugs related to the update to 2.3.5.
Do not always update is really necessary. Unless something does not work well or update the device will really improve. But this is not always true.
In my case the battery has excellent durability. An exception to games but that's with any Android. Even with a 2500 MAH as the G70. Luckily, I'm not adept at games.
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Use the original version 2.2 Froyo that came with it. I did not want to update because everything works fine. no bugs of any kind. I think I did the right thing, because I have read several bugs related to the update to 2.3.5.
Do not always update is really necessary. Unless something does not work well or update the device will really improve. But this is not always true.
In my case the battery has excellent durability. An exception to games but that's with any Android. Even with a 2500 MAH as the G70. Luckily, I'm not adept at games.
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Please read my post above you;
U.S. version=2.3.5, not downgradable!
Hey man I had the same problem with mine several times now, last night I decided to disable my wifi and this morning I still have full battery, not sure if the two are connected but I thought I would post this anyway!
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Jeremiah_1988 said:
Hey man I had the same problem with mine several times now, last night I decided to disable my wifi and this morning I still have full battery, not sure if the two are connected but I thought I would post this anyway!
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I've notcied that my battery would drain faster when connected to wifi at home.
I have 5.0, 2.3.5 US version. I had a problem getting mine to charge to 100% (seemed to stop at 80%), but finally it hit 100%. Got to 80% in 3-4 hours, got to 100 in 6 hours extra!
Mine seems to drain "normally", at 65% after 23 hours. Not been doing a lot with it, just messing with apps (installing, rearranging). I always turn off wifi when not using it (especially if there's none around).
You might install "Power Tudor" and see what exactly is using that much power to drain yours that fast. Could be something stuck syncing (like if you have mail set to sync every 10 minutes).
Well, the thing is, it shouldn't be syncing or doing anything while powered off! Oh well, I have just gone to putting in airplane mode, then letting it sleep at night, doesn't burn any battery that way anyway!
Just curious, isn't "airplane mode" the same as just turning off wifi, since it has no cell radios?
I also question the time scale on the battery chart, never seems right to me. If your graph is 10 hours, and it was off at night, I would think it should register than 6-8 hours (or whatever your "night" was. Looks like it was only about an hour.
iJimaniac said:
Well, the thing is, it shouldn't be syncing or doing anything while powered off! Oh well, I have just gone to putting in airplane mode, then letting it sleep at night, doesn't burn any battery that way anyway!
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airplane mode turns off all antennas (wifi,GPS,FM radio). Yeah the battery chart doesn't make Denver to me either, but whatever.
Just keep it plugged in at night, I guess.
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airplane mode turns off all antennas (wifi,GPS,FM radio). Yeah the battery chart doesn't make Denver to me either, but whatever.
Just keep it plugged in at night, I guess.
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Either that's a joke I don't get or a really funny autocorrect
yup, that would be auto correct!
either was the word I'm looking for.
And im not sure what to do. I need some advice because I just cant find the issue! This morning was the final straw, my phone was at 100% charged and all i did was take about a 3 hour nap woke up to an over heated phone and the battery at 10%. WTH?? I use cpu spy and juice defender and nothing. I barely have any apps other than a wellsfargo one and 3g watchdog. Im running [ROM]<=TASK650's ICS'd OUT! V5 right now and i just switched over from cm7 because i thought maybe that would've been the problem? I dont know if its a deep sleep issue because ill look over at it sometimes and the screen just turns on out of nowhere and ill have to press the sleep button for it to turn back off. It also like to randomly turn off as it please. AHH THE FRUSTRATION .
Anyway enough rant can someone help? Or at least give some advice on what I should try or do? Thanks.
Your screenshots are inconsistent with your stated behavior... Loss of 20-30%/hour and an overheated phone says the thing is stuck at 1200 MHz and full load - but your CPUSpy graph shows only 9% at 1200, and a total of maybe 40-50 minutes since reset.
Also the battery graph in your first shot has a major discontinuity... It drops from 100% to 10% instantly. I've seen glitches of 20-30% jumps at a time after a fuel gauge reset, but never anything like that.
So then what your saying is I should kill it with fire and then return it and grab another one? lol I dont know anyone else with this type of situation. Im not just one to go and ask a question because im too lazy to search. I swear i looked and googled EVERYWHERE for some type of solution but i just haven't found someone with this type of problem.
as Entropy mentioned, that jump in the first screenshot makes no sense. You should probably recalibrate the fuel gauge.
Looking at the 2nd screenshot, a lack of deep sleep seems to be the culprit. You'll need to track down what's keeping your phone awake. I've read something about exporting the wakelock log but perhaps there's already an app for that...
Also, clicking on the graph (in the first SS) will show you a more detailed burn down which might help isolate the issue.
Lastly, did you change kernels as well?
Im sorry im fairly new at this. It just has the kernel that the rom came with. I recalibrated the fuel gauge like you said and retook some screen shots that ill just leave here. It keeps over heating and Shutting off on me every half hour or so. On top of that The battery just drains in a mater of 3 to 4 hours. I think the problem is just the phone itself. Im going to try and put the original stock rom on it later this week when i have time (Finals are driving me crazy) and then Im going to try and send it back and get another one. I might need a usb jig thingy tho. Its very frustrating this phone isn't even a month old and like i said before i googled for a full hour and a half and I just couldnt find a solution to this.
mmmk this just happened.
That certainly doesn't look normal. When it takes those sharp dives is the phone rebooting? Also when you flashed your new ROM did you wipe all data in cwm first?
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I had a similar problem (phone got extremely hot) when i first flashed to UnNamed but after re-calibrating the fuel gauge a few times everything was all good.
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mmmk this just happened.
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Suggest running better battery stats from a full charge and when you get that instant drop go into bbs look at partial wake locks.
Also have you done any
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Running ICScrewD ROM
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That certainly doesn't look normal. When it takes those sharp dives is the phone rebooting? Also when you flashed your new ROM did you wipe all data in cwm first?
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Yes it shuts off every half hour or so and when i realize it and turn it back on the battery is drained significantly and yes i wiped all the data in cwm.
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Suggest running better battery stats from a full charge and when you get that instant drop go into bbs look at partial wake locks.
Also have you done any
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Running ICScrewD ROM
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Ok Ill definitely give that a try the moment I have a chance and report back here the results. I haven't done any oc/uc either. Thank you guys for taking the time to help me figure this out.
I would try a CWM Backup. Then Factory Reset, Cache Wipe. Then install a fresh copy of Task v6. If that doesn't fix it, restore back to your backup you did.
I was having fun with undervolting myself (would crash my phone). Every battery pull I did, I lost 20-50% battery life. JUST turning the phone back on! Though in my case the phone would stick at this percentage for a long time, then when it caught up, eventually draining. I would assume the battery was not calibrated, but people keep telling me "this battery does not need calibration" (Whatever).
It seemed to fix itself for me though, after letting it drain down a bit more. I let it fully charge this time with the official wall charger. This was with Task & Siyah. Has not happened since.
I hope your battery works itself out!
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Yes it shuts off every half hour or so and when i realize it and turn it back on the battery is drained significantly and yes i wiped all the data in cwm.
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kk so I'd guess your battery really isn't that low, it's just reading low after those reboots. For whatever reason sometimes the phone will show a significant loss after a reboot, but really didn't lose that much. However something still isn't rite obviously. I'd suggest redownloading your ROM and clearing/wiping everything in CWM. And do a fresh install. Someone might be better able to help, but if I was getting random power downs that's probably what I'd try. (I might be wrong, but I don't see how wakelocks would be causing it to power down)
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Thanks for the input everyone. I just got back from class now and my phones dead no surprise there but Im gonna let it charge back up and ill repost some screen shots of cpu spy and betterbatterystats since i just got that running on the phone. Afterwards Im going to try to just wipe everything on cwm reinstall a rom and see what happens from there. I bought a usb jig that should be coming in by the end of the week just in case all else fails and i'll just send it to att and have them ship me a new one. Thanks for all the feedback you guys are awesome!
OH I forgot to mention I dont think the phone actually shuts off because I was talking on it for a bit but i was talking through my bluetooth headset. I went to check if i had a text message and the screen wouldn't power on but I was still able to talk on the phone WTF? Makes no sense to me.
Really starting to wonder if your CPU has voltages it can't handle...