I've had this battery problem for a while now and tried to fix it last night with reflashing firmware. I put generic back on (idk where to find the original at&t firmware) and then charged to 100% (4200mv). I calibrated the battery with Battery Calibrate and then installed wolfbreaks CMv6. Now my battery lasts about 12 hours and when its at 1% it still says 3800mv.
Any help is appreciated...
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hey i think it's probably safe to say that your battery is pooched. I think a new one costs like less than $10 on ebay. invest in another one. it should last you a while
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I run my P500 with two batterys, the official LG one and one i got elsewhere as a reserve, i usualy run the reserve and it usualy lasts 2+ days with ease.
However after updateing to 2.3.3 v20g i noticed a issue with the battery getting to around 30/40% then within 15-30 mins 0% and phone shutting off, after reading up i noticed about removing the battery cache.
I dont recall seeing this option in clockworkmod but anyway i later removed clockworkmod and totaly reset my phone with just the v20g rom.
Put my LG battery in, went 48+ hours no problem, put my other battery in and again when i hit 30-40% the drain hits really fast and soon after the phone shuts down, this battery worked fine with 2.2!
Im unsure if the battery cache stores info for seperate batterys or not? also my phone is running limited apps and not much going on in the background.
And my final question is does rooting a phone cause anymore drain than usual? my phone is currently unrooted as Gingerbreak refused to work on my phone last time i tryed it.
Thanks in advance.
Well since the official battery doesn't cause this problem, the only conclusion is that your other battery has developed a fault. If you think this is being caused by updating, then the update should affect both batteries equally, not in this way. I would say it is a problem with your other battery.
And recovery and/or root are not in any way related to the battery life.
maybe the reserve battery you have is from China ......
anyway the capacitor should be spoiled or battery leak.
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Will order a new spare. Thanks all
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One way to check if there is any problem with the battery is to install Battery Monitor Widget and record a full discharge with a constant current as I did ( see 78michel.unblog.fr/HTC Desire battery shutdown analysis)
I got a constant discharge current o about 250mA with ''GPS test'' with ''keep screen on '' option.
This is a very simple way to have a quite precise battery capacity evaluation.
So I was one of those who was finding my battery life to not be sufficient on the Photon and bought the Seidio extended battery. First thought is that it does make the phone heavier, but I can deal with that. Not a deal breaker.
My issue is that the Photon doesn't recognize the fact that I now have the extended battery. I've spent the last two days using Battery calibration software (charging overnight to 100%) and then trying to discharge completely and recharge. The problem is that the phone continually is showing 1% for almost 3-4 hours if not longer. I can't get it to recognize that there is more juice in there.
While it's great that it seems to be working well (first real work day with it today), having the battery drain like mad (or seemingly) and then sitting at 1% for half or more of the day and not knowing when it will die is a problem.
I wonder if this is why the stock seemed to drain so quickly - maybe it's a programming bug? Firmware bug? I dunno. In any event, any suggestions on how to make the phone actually see that there's more juice would be great.
As an FYI I've used "Battery Calibrator" - both of them and Battery Drainer and Fast Discharge to get the phone down. I am rooted, but everything is stock other then the root itself.
I spoke with Sedio - they said I should unroot the phone and do a master reset. I can't believe that would make it work better - but I'd rather ask this community first.
Thanks!
Check in the accessory forum there is a couple things on the Seidio battery and some people there that have them may have run into the same issue and have a fix for it.
Can't seem to find a thread where people talk about aa problem with it. Can you point me in the right direction?
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I meant about the battery not that specific problem. If you post there they may have had a similar issue
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Ahh.. Ok - actually someone on AndroidCentral just responded indicating the same issue on a non-rooted phone.. I'm gonnna try doing a full restore to see if that helps..
Yeah. Give that a shout and let us a know if it helps.
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have this battery, after the initial eight cycles allow nearly complete discharge, allow to charge for at least two hours after phone indicates battery is fully charged..... my battery is working very well, just use a battery indicator from the market, I didnt piss around with any battery calibrators, think this might be your problem, have never used a calibrator on any of my phones with extended batteries. Android market probly has an app to wipe your ass.....do you really need it? Hope the analogy is clear to you.
LOL fair enough. I did do the full flash this morning - so I'm unrooted.. Hasn't seemed to help - drain looks the same.. Been through about 6 full cycles since I got the battery. What battery indicator program are you using? I have battery circle and it's got the same issue.
Again - battery lasts just fine - but the amount of power left is never accurately indicated to me - and that's the problem.
I have had many Seidio Batteries, dating back to the OG EVO. The problem I have with this particular battery is this: These batteries work "properly" when charged on an Independent Charger, NOT inside the phone. If you Cycle/Discharge/Charge with this Battery on an External Charger, the Battery should calibrate correctly. I still believe the issue with charging within the phone, is that the Mopho doesnt accurately measure the Battery Capacity. Try and External Charger, should solve your problems....
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Riggy -
Battery def is charging fully as I get tons of life - the MoPho only shows 1% left though for hours on end.. It's a matter of it doesn't see the correct amount of juice left. As per cutter2668, it may just be a situation of discharge - charge. Dunno.
As an FYI I did the full flash this morning, and I haven't really seen a difference in the phone telling me how much batt life I had left. I'll give it another day and hopefully after a period of time it will start reflecting a true number.
I have also emailed Seidio support directly on the issue.
So as an update, seidio is going to be sending along a new battery to see if that solves the issue. I guess we will see!
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Keep us posted and let us know how it goes.
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Don't know if said already but used battery monitor widget pro can be found on apktop or 4shared if can not find it let me know
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For free?
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So as an update, seidio is going to be sending along a new battery to see if that solves the issue. I guess we will see!
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Any luck on the new battery? Just noticed my extended battery is doing the same thing. :-(
So things still aren't working right. Battery shows 1 percent for half my day and the Photon just doesn't know. However, I read a thread on Amazon about a generic extended battery and someone suggested using Battery Monitor and using Voltage Based monitoring. Its certainly not perfect but it gives you a somewhat accurate reads on remaining battery. I truely wonder if this is OS or a hardware limitation.
Oh well.
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Why doesn't anyone wipe the battery stats from recovery (only available if you have CWM recovery)?
kusanagi-sama said:
Why doesn't anyone wipe the battery stats from recovery (only available if you have CWM recovery)?
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I did with bootstrap recovery this morning, no difference. Sitting at 1% for the last couple of hours.
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I did with bootstrap recovery this morning, no difference. Sitting at 1% for the last couple of hours.
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Maybe this is an Android issue, I've read the LG Optimus S has the same problem with extended batteries.
Hey guys,
Bought one of these on ebay (only costed $9) now waiting for it to arrive. So i thought i might ask being a brand new battery what is the best way to get the most out of it? do i do a battery re calibration? I know this is useful on used batteries but unsure of a new one... Do i charge it first wipe the battery stat? or drain whatever power it comes with wipe battery stat?
I know this is a noob question to ask, but I'm learning and you guys here have been a great asset in helping me thus far.
Has anyone bought one of these off ebay? if so could you give me your experiences have or had with it?
Cheers.
i bought two off of ebay and have arrived about 2 days ago. I'm currently in the process of fully charging the battery - wiping the battery stats, rebooting and draining the battery til it doesn't turn on. Charging it up again etc etc. I'm not too sure if it's what you're meant to do but an 'ebay' battery is probably as good as if not better than an official SE battery.
I have a battery like that. Exactly the same as SE battery. Not better, not worse than the SE one.
Do you know where to get one?
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Do you know where to get one?
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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GOLD-243...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item19ca5ae8f1
There u go my friend, I'm hoping this will pack a little more punch into the battery life, if it doesn't its only a $10 investment. will report once i have it and used it.
I have the 3300mah battery and I just charged, drained and recharged the batt and its amazing now
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kylec said:
I have the 3300mah battery and I just charged, drained and recharged the batt and its amazing now
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And where good sir did you find a 3300mah battery?
Hi All,
I am facing a wired scenario right now.
My phone works good however once it reaches around 75% battery or 25% battery it suddenly switches off stating battery zero.
When i try to restart, it doesnt start, however if i put it on charging even for two minutes it starts working and lets say it switched off on 75% so will still show me 75% and in one time on the battery charge graph i can see that battery went down from 75 to zero instantly.
My Device is 1 1/2 yrs old and by my signature you can understand that i have not been very kind with my device.
I was using tweaked stock rom i tried changing to few other roms also so doesn't looks like a software flaw to me.
When i checked with a local sony repair Shop they are asking me to submit it atleast for a day and then will inform me about the issue. I thought i would first check here to see if some things i could try.
Note : I did tried wiping the battery status 4-5 times.
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Hi All,
I am facing a wired scenario right now.
My phone works good however once it reaches around 75% battery or 25% battery it suddenly switches off stating battery zero.
When i try to restart, it doesnt start, however if i put it on charging even for two minutes it starts working and lets say it switched off on 75% so will still show me 75% and in one time on the battery charge graph i can see that battery went down from 75 to zero instantly.
My Device is 1 1/2 yrs old and by my signature you can understand that i have not been very kind with my device.
I was using tweaked stock rom i tried changing to few other roms also so doesn't looks like a software flaw to me.
When i checked with a local sony repair Shop they are asking me to submit it atleast for a day and then will inform me about the issue. I thought i would first check here to see if some things i could try.
Note : I did tried wiping the battery status 4-5 times.
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just in case did you try SE stock firmware instead of any custom?
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just in case did you try SE stock firmware instead of any custom?
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My actual rom was a stock rom only i have just removed some apk's from it and tweaked hosts file.
Anyways i was using doomlord's tweaked SE kernel but you are right i will give it a day or two on stock ROM complete non rooted Stock.
Right now i am able to find some pattern behind the shutdown. Like right now if i keep phone on 2G its not causing the issue however switching to 3G causes the pain
. Anyways i need to replace backcover also so i am planing to purchase a battery and backcover from ebay.in costing me < 30USD (< 1500 Rs). (Official repair center is suggesting nearly 3-4 times the charge for replacing same parts.)
I've got this problem right now apart from mine does it from 85% the problem is the battery cells are separating as I was told in a similar question I posted up about the same Topic the battery is dying low load on phone keeps it ok but using 3g and WiFi and videos and that it eats up what's left in the few good cells then dies as I type now my battery was at 100% just took it off charge and now it has dropped 4% so far plan on getting a new battery for your phone also I've noticed that the battery has swelled up abit and the back cover doesn't fit properly aswell have you got that issue aswell?
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I've got this problem right now apart from mine does it from 85% the problem is the battery cells are separating as I was told in a similar question I posted up about the same Topic the battery is dying low load on phone keeps it ok but using 3g and WiFi and videos and that it eats up what's left in the few good cells then dies as I type now my battery was at 100% just took it off charge and now it has dropped 4% so far plan on getting a new battery for your phone also I've noticed that the battery has swelled up abit and the back cover doesn't fit properly aswell have you got that issue aswell?
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If battery has swelled up then better get a new battery soon.
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I've got this problem right now apart from mine does it from 85% the problem is the battery cells are separating as I was told in a similar question I posted up about the same Topic the battery is dying low load on phone keeps it ok but using 3g and WiFi and videos and that it eats up what's left in the few good cells then dies as I type now my battery was at 100% just took it off charge and now it has dropped 4% so far plan on getting a new battery for your phone also I've noticed that the battery has swelled up abit and the back cover doesn't fit properly aswell have you got that issue aswell?
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Swelled up battery is an indication of bad and dying battery.. buy new and you r good to go...
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Exactly what happened in my case.
I did some test's and was waiting for the results. so there is what happened.
i didn't noticed but the battery was a bit swollen. repalced with a new battery purchased on ebay and its giving me all the good times.
so if we face a issue where we see random shutdowns coupled with quick battery exhausiting then this is a job of dieing battery.
P.S. Sony center was selling battery at 2900 INR where is i got the battery from ebay @ 900 INR.
Well i think i also know the reason of my battery dieing on me. I was using my kindle fire charger to charge my battery which is double the capacity. which i think is the reason for the messup on battery.
Dont use different chargers, amp output is different.. Once in a while is fine but not regularly
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My samsung galaxy s2 has some inconvenience issues to be solved. Since last month ago it begin warning high voltage when charging the turn-on phone. Then it would stop the charging the battery . It can be charged only if I turned off the phone and turned it on when it says 100%.
Not sure whether was the battery go wrong and its battery life already very crappy, and the things even worse when the phone was upgraded( it drained a lot as constantly searching for 4G). In fact a few weeks before, I asked help from friends borrowed his MPJ spare battery for this battery issue. His replacement battery was better but why Sprint and Samsung know this is the major complaint but still have failed to correct ever…
I also have been to store but nothing is solved unless to pay to have it back to repair. then I have to begin purchased extended batteries(one even have much higher capacity at amazing 5000mAh) and chargers followed with the friend who helped me so that i keep several charged and ready to change out as needed. but i still wonder anyone know why it would warning the high voltage and it did not appear again after changing batteries?
Could be the battery, but you fail to mention which version of the S2 you have (assume you have the i777) AND what you upgraded the firmware to. If you did a stock OTA update and you're not rooted, there's really nothing anyone can help you with other than suggest a new battery.
If you're rooted, I would flash a different rom first before investing in a replacement battery.
If you decide to get a new battery, I recently bought this one for $5 and can vouch for it's compatibility (minus NFC, which has never really worked properly for our phone anyway).
You will find after a fresh flash most roms will seem to consume more battery than it used to. Give it a few charging cycles before you decide that your battery is bad,or the rom, or the kernel is bad. It may need to settle in a bit.
Sweet deal on the battery Steve:thumbup:
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