So I know that the battery goes by 10% increments so at 60% I have anywhere between 60 and 69.
What happens when it reads 15%? Then 10%? Does it switch to 5% increments
I am using circle battery widget, which doesnt go by 10 increments. Currently it is showing 8%.
Going to the battery manager shows 10%
hmm really? The Battery meter thread just closed because they said it was hardware the limited it to 10% increments, maybe I just misunderstood. I do that often.
yea, I saw that too. The thread was locked so I couldnt reply. I think jug6ernaut even said that the widgets also read by 10%. Maybe someone should try the circle battery widget, see if its the same results im getting.
Maybe I misunderstood that thread also
Currently the widget is displaying 4%, battery manager says 5%
I think what you are seeing is similar to other Moto phones. I have a Moto Defy and this is a thread that's going on over in the Defy forums about the battery %.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=950888
If hardware is limited to 10%, how come circle battery widget can read it in 1% increments. It seems that 100% actually means 95-100, and 90% actually means 85-95
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When I first got my x7501 it came equipped with WM6. When I was tinkering with it, the battery life bar gave me the exact percentage like 87% for example. After a hard reset, the battery life bar only gives me the percentage in increments of 10. It will say 90% for the longest time, then it'll all of a sudden drop to 80%. I'm wondering if I did anything by accident to make it function in increments of 10 instead of 1.
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When I first got my x7501 it came equipped with WM6. When I was tinkering with it, the battery life bar gave me the exact percentage like 87% for example. After a hard reset, the battery life bar only gives me the percentage in increments of 10. It will say 90% for the longest time, then it'll all of a sudden drop to 80%. I'm wondering if I did anything by accident to make it function in increments of 10 instead of 1.
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Mine has always been in increment of 10%. I don't recall ever seen it in exact percentage before.
same for me i only get it in 10% to
hmmm... maybe it was all in my mind.
Another vote for increments of 10 here. It would be nice if it was single digits, though...
same here increments of 10, any fix yet? should we buy a new battery?
its like that default,you can even keep an eye on the factory battery meter...theres no fix yet
The real problem is that the % remaining is only a rought SW evaluation of the battery power remaining.
10% step I think is the MAXIMUM to have something reliable IMHO...
1% steps? Unreliable I believe...
Hey guys,
I have been looking for an accurate battery app that shows battery drain for every % level. I have tried many different apps that claim to show each % drop, but these apps tend to show every 10% drop, not every 1% drop. Unless I'm doing something wrong, does anyone know of an app that will actually show each % drop? I am trying to monitor my battery drain, now that I am on GB, and an app like this would help a lot. Apologies if this has been brought up in an older thread.
Thanks!
https://market.android.com/details?id=fr.depoortere.android.CircleBatteryWidget
Thanks for the reply. I decided to go with CherryBlur, and the % drain indicator works.
Last night I was have force close issues with a game so i did a soft reset(took battery out) and to my surprise it powered back on to 3% battery life. I lost over 60% battery life doing a soft rest.So i quiclky threw it on the charger and left it there all night. I woke up this morning afrer 8 hours of charging to only 28% battery life. I unplugged it and plugged it back in verified it was charging and took a shower and all that when I was finished and ready for work I looked at phone still charging and unplugged it and still only 28% battery life. Anybody else see this problem?
Try an actual reboot? Try to let the battery die and see what happens? Lastly did you try a hard reset?
Yes, I suspect the battery is not really down. Today I had the phone on charger, when I went to unplug I hit the button to wake up the phone and it said only 5% remaining and to plug it into the charger. I then unplugged and went into the battery widget and it said 99%, WTF. Once before it was fully charged, took it off the charger an in a minute or so it was dead, put it back on the charger and it took forever for it to get to 27% but as soon as it hit 29% it went straight to 100% instantly. I suspect the software.
There are a lot of people reporting similar battery issues. You might download battery monitor widget and put battery temps in the notifications bar because you might be having high battery temps, which can fry a battery. Some people have had batteries replaced but I'm not sure it isn't a general software issue with charging. Hopefully the upcoming update will take care if this.
Is there a good solution or quick way to see the actual % of the battery?
I always use battery life for accurate temp and % since the hero days
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.curvefish.batterylife
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Are you running a custom rom? Might be a software issue when reporting the battery life. Could try a hard reset to verify.
How are you guys getting the battery to show in 1% increments?
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How are you guys getting the battery to show in 1% increments?
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There's various battery widgets on the market. I use batter monitor widget. It has a notificationbar display you can use without turning on the recording function.
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There's various battery widgets on the market. I use batter monitor widget. It has a notificationbar display you can use without turning on the recording function.
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Cool, thanks. I've been using battstatt pro and battery indicator pro and they just mimic the MoPho's displaying usage in 10's. I'll try the battery monitor widget.
Battery monitor widget was only showing in %10 increments for me.
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The app I'm using to monitor my battery in 1%'s is Battery Circle in the market by Adrian Ulrich, it is a taskbar widget so can be viewed in any screen.
You can also use Minimalistic Text to output an exact Battery % as well to place on the home screen or lock screen.
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Battery monitor widget was only showing in %10 increments for me.
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You have to turn on the 1% function in the settings.
about an hour ago my battery was displaying around 80% and then after picking it up to send a text, it jumped up to 99 and after about 20 minutes it bumped down to 98 and then later to 97.
Tried a reboot and still popped up as 97. and did a battery pull and still 97. I looked at my battery info and im at 4.016Volts and its showing 97%. i cant remember if this sounds right or not. turned on GPS, bluetooth, and wifi and was able have it drop to 96
I wiped batt stat and shes sitting at 95 now. my hands are up in the air, maybe i found the magic battery
What rom are you on? If I'm not mistaken the photon battery shows battery drops in 10% increments not 1%. Try charging to full with phone plugged in, get battery calibration from market, and calibrate it see if that works.
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What rom are you on? If I'm not mistaken the photon battery shows battery drops in 10% increments not 1%. Try charging to full with phone plugged in, get battery calibration from market, and calibrate it see if that works.
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runnin cybik's CM7 with Jokers CM7 kernel. i did do stress tests on the CPU yesterday evening and then a battery test, so maybe she got a little confused. ay 95% right now and battery info says 3.874Volts. im thinking 3.8 range should be more in the 70% range not 90.
Edit: now its at 94% but jumped up to 3.967Volts. very odd
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runnin cybik's CM7 with Jokers CM7 kernel. i did do stress tests on the CPU yesterday evening and then a battery test, so maybe she got a little confused. At 95% right now and battery info says 3.874Volts. im thinking 3.8 range should be more in the 70% range not 90.
Edit: now its at 94% but jumped up to 3.967Volts. very odd
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I don't think the cm7 photon rom reads the battery stats correctly. I'd actually disable that if I were you. I'm referring to the percent mod in the battery icon if that's what's bothering you or in cm7 settings. To measure battery stats correctly try downloading "battery monitor widget" (free) from market and it will give you correct temps, volts etc. Then again my theory could be completely wrong about this whole 10% to 1% deal but worth a shot.
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I don't think the cm7 photon rom reads the battery stats correctly. I'd actually disable that if I were you. I'm referring to the percent mod in the battery icon if that's what's bothering you or in cm7 settings. To measure battery stats correctly try downloading "battery monitor widget" (free) from market and it will give you correct temps, volts etc. Then again my theory could be completely wrong about this whole 10% to 1% deal but worth a shot.
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i have "battery Left" installed and its displaying the same as my CM7 system battery display. I downloaded the app you suggested and its displaying the same % and voltages. good looking app too.
I turned on wifi and streaming pandora to see what a drain would do to it and it seems to be dropping as normal. apparently a giant wireless charger must have rolled over the roof of my office and charged my phone for me lol. im not too worried about it, just never seen anything like this before. time will tell. im gonna let it drain till shutoff and see what happens after a full charger, will take a while to drain this sucker.
I have had the same confusing problems running the same rom and kernel.
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Has anybody had luck resetting battery stats with CWM?
Its just an issue with battery stats. Download battery calibration and run it at 100% and see if it still happens
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So I have just flashed the CM7 ICS Themed BETA, wiping everything.
I then charged to 100 percent, and used Battery Calibration app.
I have just setup some apps, and I have lost 10% battery life in 40 minutes
Display is using 85% battery life apparently.
Please help?
It can take up to a week to fully calibrate the battery. Since the battery doesn't have memory the phone has to get a feel for how much juice it actually has. Try it for a few days running the battery down and then charging it to full without unplugging. If that doesn't work you might want to try charging all the way then reflashing and immediately do a calibration.
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Yeah, I'd calibrate the battery - wouldn't hurt.
Ideally always flash on a 100 % full battery to avoid problems like yours..
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Ideally always flash on a 100 % full battery to avoid problems like yours..
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Cheers guys I've taken this all on board.
I'm on 13hrs on battery, its showing 16pc. Battery calibration app shows 3609mv however. This doesn't seem right to me. Am I correct in assuming the phones battery power is the mv listed and no battery is more like 100mv??
Could anyone explain the 'mv' term to me?
Is 0mv when it powers down? Is this indicative of power?
Thanks.
Lithium ion batteries never fully discharge. If they did the battery would not recharge again.
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mv referers to mV, as in Milivolt. Most li-ion batteries are rated at 3.7V or 3700mV. A nominal full charge should be around 4.2V or 4200mV.
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So I have just flashed the CM7 ICS Themed BETA, wiping everything.
I then charged to 100 percent, and used Battery Calibration app.
I have just setup some apps, and I have lost 10% battery life in 40 minutes
Display is using 85% battery life apparently.
Please help?
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That's 35 minutes of active use. 10% isn't outside the realm of the possible.
I usually can go a full day on 60% battery, but this morning Facebook, the interwebs and text messaging put me from 100% to 77% in the course of 30 minutes. Draining 10% in 45 minutes does not seem out of the realm of possibility
I get mine to last around 20-26 hrs on a single charge, of course depending on use. but i hardly leave the house and dont use it a whole lot. One thing to make sure of is setting up profiles on SetCPU and/or undervolting. i just posted my setup on another thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20284361&postcount=28
so after you clicked the battery calibration button and it said calibration successful, you're wondering why the battery is dropping so fast under use right away?
Easy answer my friend, when you first use the battery calibration app, the first cycle (when phone is being used) will always drain a lot faster than the 2nd and 3rd time around.
The battery calibration app, wipes the battery stats, and makes a new one, however that does take at least 1 - 2 times of a full charge/discharge of the battery. There is a battery tread in the atrix general forum i believe for cailbration steps, etc to go about successfully doing a complete calibration when flashing from rom to rom.
Hope this helped
Hmm, maybe I am just upset that I have to charge every night.
Coming from a BlackBerry 9780 I could go 2 days with semi-heavy use.
I am now using the official Motorola cable, and only charging from very low to full.
Thank you for the advice.
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So I have just flashed the CM7 ICS Themed BETA, wiping everything.
I then charged to 100 percent, and used Battery Calibration app.
I have just setup some apps, and I have lost 10% battery life in 40 minutes
Display is using 85% battery life apparently.
Please help?
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Try getting one of these:
4800mah extended battery
1900mah extended battery
Problem Solved.
Bluetooth radio was killing my battery. WiFi is fine leaving it on as it disables in stand by, but bluetooth was absolutely draining everything.
thanks for the update
I agree, 10% loss in 40 minutes of active usage is not bad. If the OP had better battery life before he flashed to new ICS themed CM7 beta rom, maybe the new rom is to blame??? I'd OC/UV, possibly with the latest faux123 kernel.
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Problem Solved.
Bluetooth radio was killing my battery. WiFi is fine leaving it on as it disables in stand by, but bluetooth was absolutely draining everything.
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Thanks for the tip!!!