Im a little fed up. Ive had the phone for over a year, and the batteries always been the worst, but lately its been even worse. I left the house at like 7:15am this morning and its 1:45 and the phone just died, and all ive done is text and have a 30 min phone call.
I hoping a couple of you can tell me what youve done to get some more life out of your battery. Ive been running CM7. Ive used Glitch kernel with it before, but didnt see any improvement at all, though i dont know what i was doing.
please help me.
When I was using CM7 my battery was terrible until I switched back to a froyo rom. I am running trigger right now and my battery lasts me all day unless I am constantly watching videos. I use my phone all day long though, from surfing the web to talking and texting and listening to my podcasts and it still lasts me all day.
Battery calibration app and an extra battery is my best advice. I bought a wall charger off ebay from hong kong for $1 it also came with 2 spare batteries that I keep charged at 100% and switch out often because I agree about battery life not being as good as one would like on GB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11285391&postcount=1
HOW TO RECALIBRATE YOUR BATTERY (by heartagramm):
COMPLETE GUIDE!!!
You'll have to use the phone for about 1-4 days (although it varies depending on the phone and battery used; every phone is an individual). It runs out of battery. Yes. Let it run. Recharge. After 3-4 recharges the battery will "gain" it's performance back.
After 3-4 full charge/full drain -cycles, do the following:
1. Charge the battery up to fullest.
2. Keep it plugged in to charger, and reboot to recovery.
3. On the recovery, go advanced, wipe battery stats, scroll on to yes BUT Don't wipe them yet. When you're ready, quickly remove the battery cable and push to wipe the battery stats.
4. Reboot the phone, use normally. Let it run completely out of battery.
5. Charge the phone back to full. Turn off phone. Charge until it says 100% on the green bar and vibrates for full charge.
6. The Important Part. Remove the charge cable for 0-0.5 seconds and plug it back in instantly. Let it charge to 100% again. Do this 1-2 times again, so you've done this 2-3 times total.
7. Reboot to recovery, wipe the battery stats again as on the step 3.
8. After wiping the battery stats, plug the charger back in the phone.
9. Reboot to ROM. Keep the cable plugged in. Keep it plugged in for about 30 mins to 2 hrs. Unplug. Should say 100%, mine did for about 40 mins after it depleted onto 99%.
And this is the way you should really gain great battery performance.
Simply Galaxy V2.7 XE SweetHoney
Oskiee said:
Im a little fed up. Ive had the phone for over a year, and the batteries always been the worst, but lately its been even worse. I left the house at like 7:15am this morning and its 1:45 and the phone just died, and all ive done is text and have a 30 min phone call.
I hoping a couple of you can tell me what youve done to get some more life out of your battery. Ive been running CM7. Ive used Glitch kernel with it before, but didnt see any improvement at all, though i dont know what i was doing.
please help me.
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i think u may have a bad battery, when i was on cm7 i didnt even calibrate my battery and i could go all day and now im running tard 2.1 froyo and i can go all day with a good amount of use and have 40% left
bmc17 said:
When I was using CM7 my battery was terrible until I switched back to a froyo rom. I am running trigger right now and my battery lasts me all day unless I am constantly watching videos. I use my phone all day long though, from surfing the web to talking and texting and listening to my podcasts and it still lasts me all day.
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Just shut your data off when not in use your battery will last all day that way
Oskiee said:
Im a little fed up. Ive had the phone for over a year, and the batteries always been the worst, but lately its been even worse. I left the house at like 7:15am this morning and its 1:45 and the phone just died, and all ive done is text and have a 30 min phone call.
I hoping a couple of you can tell me what youve done to get some more life out of your battery. Ive been running CM7. Ive used Glitch kernel with it before, but didnt see any improvement at all, though i dont know what i was doing.
please help me.
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Download juice defender from the market and tell me how you're doing after a few days of using it.
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Hey guys...
Last night plugged the phone in, as u do.
Woke up to find the phone pretty damn hot and showing the charging icon on the screen (it seems this is SE's way of charging without loading the full android is now, which could be handy for quick charges.)
Anyway, it would appear the phone had charged right up, then way down again to the point it had died and started charging again.
Gonna use a different charger tonight to see if it makes a difference.
Anyone got any experiences with this happening yet?
On 1.6 this never happened. Worse case scenario was wake up and the battery was hovering around 90% but that's better than waking up to a phone that'd turned off and charging sitting at 25% Battery that's far too hot. If you've ever used your phone as a gps in the car you'll have an idea how hot!
Anyway, thanks guys for any replies.
Cheers
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Hey there buddy, i havent had ny problems myself, if ur having problems try flasing the firmware again and see if ur getting the same problem. Soz if i aint bin any help.
sofir786 said:
Hey there buddy, i havent had ny problems myself, if ur having problems try flasing the firmware again and see if ur getting the same problem. Soz if i aint bin any help.
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Hey mate,
Thanks for replying
I'll maybe leave it a while till people have experiences with the phone on 2.1 rather than post the problem 1 day after release lol.
Thanks again!
My phone was churning for hrs after the update, hot and killing the battery, lagging...
Some people have none of these issues, reasons arent clear, just hang in there - let us know how it is after another 24hrs?
Mine was plugged in and the battery level was going the wrong way and it was pretty damn warm. Plugged in got it to 100%. Still plugged in and using it after about 2 hours it was at 90%. eventually went back to 100% and has staied there since.
Mine became hotter than usual a couple of times, another problem I'm facing is I'm getting at 45% after 3 hours without using my phone... and camera isn't working anymore don't know why... yey
Me too - X10a, Australia, Telstra, flashed with B1n4ry's thingummy
Here's what I did with my battery and now it's much better than before the upgrade!
1. I rooted the phone.
2. I charged it fully, to 100%.
3. Using Better Terminal Emulator application, I typed:
su
rm /data/system/batterystats.bin
4. Reboot.
5. Let it fully discharged until it shuts down (NO connection to the PC as it would charge while there).
6. I charged it fully, to 100%.
7. Let it fully discharged until it shuts down.
Now my battery with constant GPRS, for Gmail Push and Gtalk, moderate to heavy usage, lasts for 24-30 hours.
FRiKiNFRoG said:
Mine became hotter than usual a couple of times, another problem I'm facing is I'm getting at 45% after 3 hours without using my phone... and camera isn't working anymore don't know why... yey
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Last night I drained the battery down to 10% then recharged it. Battery seems fine now, down to 95% after 3 hours without major use (went to facebook once, twitter once, 2-3 sms). Seems everything is fine (also camera is now working after emptying the picture/video folder in DCIM folder of the SD card)
yey
Having bad Battery Life? Read this.
I have the same issue, battery going the wrong way even on charge. I'll try your solutions guys and see what happens!
My_Immortal said:
Here's what I did with my battery and now it's much better than before the upgrade!
1. I rooted the phone.
2. I charged it fully, to 100%.
3. Using Better Terminal Emulator application, I typed:
su
rm /data/system/batterystats.bin
4. Reboot.
5. Let it fully discharged until it shuts down (NO connection to the PC as it would charge while there).
6. I charged it fully, to 100%.
7. Let it fully discharged until it shuts down.
Now my battery with constant GPRS, for Gmail Push and Gtalk, moderate to heavy usage, lasts for 24-30 hours.
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This seems to have worked okay. 18 hours, moderate usage - about as good as 1.6, but nowhere near as bad as the last week
this happened to me the other night. freaked me out cause i was at 7%, plugged it in, and next thing i know i'm at 5% and battery's over 120 degrees F. turned off the phone, took out the battery let everything cool down, started it back up and everything was fine, but i'm rather concerned if this is happening to a handful of people...
This might be the same issue I've had..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833786
1. Updated with Flashtool
2. Formated SD and removed all pictures (1000+)
3. Factory reset
4. Restore with PCC 2.0
5. Factory reset
6. Format SD
Hi all,
I have a question about battery life on the Simply Honey 2.7.2 ROM
My phone is usually idle overnight, but i notice a drop of about 25-30% in 8 hours. Is this usual?
Here are some screenshots
Battery Plot (1.26 am to 9.26am) Battery was 100% at 1.26
System details
Top Apps
Is this pretty normal for overnight battery drain? The Device usage indicates almost no use..so i'm wondering why the battery is draining.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
I'm having the same issue. With Darky's 9.5 the phone easily last a day, now it's lasting 9 hours or so. I just flashed the new ROM yesterday.
This is from the Simply Honey post:
HOW TO RECALIBRATE YOUR BATTERY (by heartagramm):
COMPLETE GUIDE!!!
You'll have to use the phone for about 1-4 days (although it varies depending on the phone and battery used; every phone is an individual). It runs out of battery. Yes. Let it run. Recharge. After 3-4 recharges the battery will "gain" it's performance back.
After 3-4 full charge/full drain -cycles, do the following:
1. Charge the battery up to fullest.
2. Keep it plugged in to charger, and reboot to recovery.
3. On the recovery, go advanced, wipe battery stats, scroll on to yes BUT Don't wipe them yet. When you're ready, quickly remove the battery cable and push to wipe the battery stats.
4. Reboot the phone, use normally. Let it run completely out of battery.
5. Charge the phone back to full. Turn off phone. Charge until it says 100% on the green bar and vibrates for full charge.
6. The Important Part. Remove the charge cable for 0-0.5 seconds and plug it back in instantly. Let it charge to 100% again. Do this 1-2 times again, so you've done this 2-3 times total.
7. Reboot to recovery, wipe the battery stats again as on the step 3.
8. After wiping the battery stats, plug the charger back in the phone.
9. Reboot to ROM. Keep the cable plugged in. Keep it plugged in for about 30 mins to 2 hrs. Unplug. Should say 100%, mine did for about 40 mins after it depleted onto 99%.
And this is the way you should really gain great battery performance.
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I'm going to try this and hopefully it works.
Let us know if it sorts itself out after a couple of days...
Chris.
Thanks. I will try this.
I recently downloaded a Battery Calibration App from the market too (NeMa) and calibrated my battery using that..but I'll try this method also.
Let me know if you have any improvements also.
Thanks!
riskaa
I switched to Doc's ROM and battery life is back to normal. I'll try Simply again after a few versions.
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I don't think there are going to be new versions, because he's now doing some Gingerbread based ROMS.
Which one is Doc's ROM?
I'm on SimplyHoneyV1.0XE and have been for a couple of days. This is my first Simply Honey experience but I think this is the best battery life I've ever gotten on ANY ROM including stock. Given it is a little early in my test to determine just how good it is going to be but I would recommend you give it a try and see how it does on your battery.
P.S. My findings were based on the fact that after a 100% charge, light usage (2-4 phones calls, and several texts) for almost 10 hours I still had 89% of my battery. Pretty impressive if you ask me.
riskaa said:
Thanks. I will try this.
I recently downloaded a Battery Calibration App from the market too (NeMa) and calibrated my battery using that..but I'll try this method also.
Let me know if you have any improvements also.
Thanks!
riskaa
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I'm pretty sure they perform the same function. When you touch the "Calibrate Battery" button, the app automatically performs all the steps mentioned (wipe battery stats, mainly).
One app you might try is Juice Defender. I've used it a few times, and it worked well when battery life was an issue for me (I've switched to Axura, and it isn't anymore. Neither with Bionix).
Not battery life.
Today i noticed my battery meter has been sticking, any way to fix that? It'll drop 20% upon reboot.
Today i noticed that my battery would spike up from 95% to 100% while charging and not go anywhere in between,. Is that normal? Battery calibration app kept going off early, and then as soon as it hit 100% i unplugged it without calibrating it, and it dropped to 99%. Happened twice in five minutes.
Also, instead of using clockwork recovery, i use Battery Calibration app to wipe my batt stats.
What mV should i be on?
One last thing, how do you bump charge? And is it really that unsafe?
Nikolai2.1 said:
Not battery life.
Today i noticed my battery meter has been sticking, any way to fix that? It'll drop 20% upon reboot.
Today i noticed that my battery would spike up from 95% to 100% while charging and not go anywhere in between,. Is that normal? Battery calibration app kept going off early, and then as soon as it hit 100% i unplugged it without calibrating it, and it dropped to 99%. Happened twice in five minutes.
Also, instead of using clockwork recovery, i use Battery Calibration app to wipe my batt stats.
What mV should i be on?
One last thing, how do you bump charge? And is it really that unsafe?
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I noticed this yesterday, I had my phone plugged in and it was at 94-95% and 2 minutes later it was at 100%.
To bump charge, once your phone is at 100%, unplug your phone power it down then replug it in. Once it shows the green LED meaning 100% charged boot your phone up and keep it plugged in. Might go back to being orange saying its not 100% yet so let it get to 100%. Unplug it and replug it back in a couple times until every time you plug it in it shows green for 100%.
I would think that it would be bad for the battery if you do this every day, but I can't give a definite answer for that. I use Battery Calibration to do that too, but between today and yesterday after I flashed over the new CDMA/LTE radio leak from the Radio thread my battery life hasn't been great. Considering going back to the stock radio.
I've noticed similar things on my bolt and even my dinc. To counteract this, I stopped looking at the battery % and got battery left instead. This app tells you how much longer your battery will last in hours rather than %. I no longer freak out about my battery life, %, or what others are getting; I've never been happier.
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necosino said:
I've noticed similar things on my bolt and even my dinc. To counteract this, I stopped looking at the battery % and got battery left instead. This app tells you how much longer your battery will last in hours rather than %. I no longer freak out about my battery life, %, or what others are getting; I've never been happier.
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Sounds like a good idea especially for me lol. I noticed this morning that my phone was 56%, down from 74%. 18% drain over the time span of like 6-7 hours or so while I was sleeping. Not sure how good or bad that is, but for me it was just like wow.
You're being anal. Don't worry about it. Your phone is working fine. The battery level will appear to jump around a bit, especially when going on/off charger, or rebooting. Search around if you feel a need to know why.
Hi XDA,
Ive been getting alotta help from you, great developers, and had this question
that dont think has been solved yet. (I searched for 2 days)
So my current situation is;
Im running the latest energy rom (sense 3.0) with stock kernel, (as it was recommended on the post).
After flashing custom roms, beats audio and etc via ADB, i believe my
battery stat display is not normal.
It would take at least 90~120minutes to reach 100% from 99%.
And sometimes even if I have the charger hooked up to the phone
it would still drop to 99% from 100.
I have two batteries (Stock and Anker) and tested them both.
It looks like no matter how long i charge it, as long as i have 100% or 99%
on the battery, it takes around 12minutes and 13seconds screen-on time to drain 10% of the battery. Which it was way less than i expected.
but after dropping around 68~63%, the battery seems to last longer on each
percent points.
On top of that, I think my phone is not charging anymore when I turn to power off. I can feel the phones gone cold and not charging, but the orange light is always on and never turns green for some reason.
So my question is:
IS THERE ANY SOLUTION (LIKE BATTERY CALIBRATION THAT ACTUALLY WORKS?) TO THIS? IVE READ SO MANY THREADS ABOUT THIS BUT NOTHING IS GIVING ANYBODY A CLEAR ANSWER.
I have the same problem as you. I'm on Sense 3.5 RC1.6. Infact I just restarted my amaze in hboot mode and then back into normal. My battery went from 10% to 60%. Then after like 15 minutes of usage it went back down to 10%. Also my battery drains to almost dead at about ~3 hours of screen time with moderate-heavy usage.
have you guys fully charged it ? gone into advanced in Clockworkmod and deleted battery stats?
i havent hacked my amaze but when i had my g2x after every flash i would charge teh battery to 100% then wipe battery stats x2 and then let the battery drain to 0 percent. then it should give you accurate readings
I did that but I used Battery Calibrator app from market. 2 times and discharge to 100%. Also how long should the battery last on average?
I'm runnign stock, it lasts me a day, but depends on usage. I text alot, some calls, twitter facebook, a lot of music, some FML, and some camera lasts me all day, (i charge in the morning so it lasts me a full 24 hour cycle)
Hmm seems as if my battery drains pretty fast. I timed it with medium-low brightness just leaving the screen on, with 3g and music. I get 1% per 3 minutes on. No auto-sync or background data either.
as most of people usually say i should fully drain my battery and charge til 100%,
im doing that right now.
My phone got shut off during my jelly defense stage 13 session
and plugged the phone but it didnt turn on for like 10 minutes.
so i kinda freaked out that the clockworkmod recovery that i have right now
does not support charging when the phone is not awake, but i guess the charging is really slow since i have finally turned on my phone.
im just gonna let it sit on my side table charging, and ill prolly fall asleep..
cuz im definitely not in the mood to watch LeBron James' face tonight.
I will let you guys know.
Thanks.
tofuwrice said:
I have the same problem as you. I'm on Sense 3.5 RC1.6. Infact I just restarted my amaze in hboot mode and then back into normal. My battery went from 10% to 60%. Then after like 15 minutes of usage it went back down to 10%. Also my battery drains to almost dead at about ~3 hours of screen time with moderate-heavy usage.
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i hear you.
but after searching several threads about HTC AMAZE's bad battery life,
im slowly being convinced that 3 hours of screen time doesnt sound really that
bad. lol
mine just died around 2 hrs 45 min screen time while the phone was up without a charge for 14 hours. well i guess if i start using the phone nonstop after a full charge, then maybe ill get 3 hours or more.... but still...its only 3 hours...
mspecnur said:
so i kinda freaked out that the clockworkmod recovery that i have right now
does not support charging when the phone is not awake
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Once it`s charged make sure you flash 5.5.0.4 recovery. Using the toolkit makes that easy.
marleyfan61 said:
Once it`s charged make sure you flash 5.5.0.4 recovery. Using the toolkit makes that easy.
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thanks. will do right away.
ive overheard from someone that 5.5.0.4 is causing bootloops when flashing
other roms, but did you have any problem with this?
So I have a HTC EVO 4G and last week I got my battery to 100% and wiped battery stats using the recovery. And after that I drained the battery and recharged it to 100%. But since then my battery has been acting very wired. When I unplug it since in the morning around 7 it is at 100%. But in a matter of seconds it drops to 80%-89%. And all I have done is checked my tweets that came in when I was sleeping. I know it takes data but a 10-20% drop??? That's is just wierd. I would really appreciate if someone could help me out. My battery however does stay for a while in the 50-75 range. If I don't have anything on besides 3G which gets all my emails and tweets in, I could last in that range all day. Please help me
Like made this entire post and lost 1% battery. I still had email and tweets being pulled in. Oh and I'm running CM7.1.
km00000 said:
So I have a HTC EVO 4G and last week I got my battery to 100% and wiped battery stats using the recovery. And after that I drained the battery and recharged it to 100%. But since then my battery has been acting very wired. When I unplug it since in the morning around 7 it is at 100%. But in a matter of seconds it drops to 80%-89%. And all I have done is checked my tweets that came in when I was sleeping. I know it takes data but a 10-20% drop??? That's is just wierd. I would really appreciate if someone could help me out. My battery however does stay for a while in the 50-75 range. If I don't have anything on besides 3G which gets all my emails and tweets in, I could last in that range all day. Please help me
Like made this entire post and lost 1% battery. I still had email and tweets being pulled in. Oh and I'm running CM7.1.
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Maybe you unpluged your phone form charging too quickly. When it shows 100% in locker battery is not full yet (hence a drastic first drop). When "full" try charging for about a hour more. I had simillar issue on CM7.2 and now i charge battery until lightning in battery simbol in status bar is not present any more. Hope it helps
sounds like its the rom not the battery, i would make a backup and reflash the rom again and see if it still happens again. if it still happens then flash a diffrent rom that they have for your device.
You could try using an SBC kernel since you're on AOSP. You don't get the initial 10% drop and you get longer life in general. Your phone will not blow up on you, so don't be freaked out by the stories. At least one of those stories was from someone that didn't even use SBC. Ultimately it's your choice, but I think it's worth it.