Right i seriously need help now guys.
My battery is completely and utterly- f*cked.
It says it is charging but it doesnt charge- the number changes but it goes for 80% then drop to 70% etc so i can never get a full charge.
I thought i fixed it last night when i drained it and recharged it back to as high as i could get it (94%), unlocked it this morning and it went from 70% when i locked it last night to 50%- and thats not the worst part- i sent 3 texts and it went to 15% battery, yes, 15%.
I am appaled at it and its well and truly put me off buying another Android phone or Samsung phone.
I need help now, if you guys cant fix it for me, my warranty is over from Carphone Warehouse and i cant be arsed with it.
I cant afford to simply go and buy a new phone so please dont say that kind of dumb suggestion.
Thank you.
Also i want to know if the problem is my phone, the battery itself or the charger/usb cable.
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Well, alittle phone info might help.
What phone is it?
How old is it?
If you do have warranty, I would suggest using it.
If you're rooted, try calibrating the battery, Either wipe the battery stats manually in CWM or just use this handy app from the market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&feature=search_result
be sure to follow instructions precisely.
Check to make sure that all your apps that have updates where it can notify you are set to update in intervals of.every 1-2 hours. If you have several games on the phone that have a simulation theme to it like paradise island there are constant clocks that will run in the background regardless if you use a task killer. That I'm only like 90% sure but of. If you think about It things kinda evolve in the game each little item takes a form of clock in the code..which drains battery. The more.games you have the more constant clocks that will run. If you have several social networking apps I.e Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Google+ etc or any other app that can post to one another social i.e Twitter will also post one Facebook at the same time. One post Will run both apps if one is always set to update like every 30 minutes both with run in the background. If any app that you log in with logs in with a.Facebook account then once you open that up and your signed in then the internet app will be active.because.its accessing.the internet to log in. So in the end check to see what the intervals are when apps refresh for notifications. Try setting your peek times and off peek times for updates, and uninstall Any apps that you haven't gone to for over a 4 days. The chances.are you rarely use them. Hopefully this helps. One last thing is that some batteries if it only takes 4 hrs to fully charge the battery stops charging and uses its own power regardless if its plugged in. Ie you plug the phone in when you go to bed at 10pm the phone takes 4hra so at 2am the battery no longer runs off the charger it runs from the battery itself. Then when you wake up it may aleady be at 80%.
I'd any of this helps let me know. Gold luck.
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thinkncode said:
. One last thing is that some batteries if it only takes 4 hrs to fully charge the battery stops charging and uses its own power regardless if its plugged in. Ie you plug the phone in when you go to bed at 10pm the phone takes 4hra so at 2am the battery no longer runs off the charger it runs from the battery itself. Then when you wake up it may aleady be at 80%.
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So what your saying is when everyone that unplugs their phones in the morning and it says 100%, it actually means 80% or something other than what it reads? May I have some of what your having? That's crazy talk right there.
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I never said everyone i said some.batteries and there's not many. If the meter says 100% then its at 100%. But my brother im not sure what phone he has but.when he unplugged his phone its at 94% and that when I said the battery will stop charging after its fully charges is what a Verizon store told him.
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Thanks man, i will try your suggestions, it seems to off fixed itself- it drained itself twice over the past few days so ive just left it charging in my USB port and its got to 100% with the notification please remove charger, so yeah i think its fine now!
Will keep you all updated thanks.
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Thanks man, i will try your suggestions, it seems to off fixed itself- it drained itself twice over the past few days so ive just left it charging in my USB port and its got to 100% with the notification please remove charger, so yeah i think its fine now!
Will keep you all updated thanks.
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You bet man. Hopefully thing work out.
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Yeah, its not fixed aha, it went from 50% to 30%- whilst charging -.-.
Does clockworkmod v4 automatically get uninstalled when you flash a new rom as i flashed my device back to stock 2.2 so is CWM gone now?
CurtisAndroid5 said:
Yeah, its not fixed aha, it went from 50% to 30%- whilst charging -.-.
Does clockworkmod v4 automatically get uninstalled when you flash a new rom as i flashed my device back to stock 2.2 so is CWM gone now?
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You need to redownload the Rom manager and do a new flash recovery. Other than that i think your battery might be just old. Batteries do have a limit to to how many times they can be recharged. That's why on new battery packages they say 1000 charges or something like that meaning after 1000 charges the battery will begin to increasingly die quicker. Sorry for the wording I'm not sure how to to word that. Youll probably be better off buying a new battery.
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I cant do a new flash recovery as my phone isnt on the Clockworkmod Rom Manager list- i had to install it via ODIN, its alot of hassle.
Ive had this phone barely 6 months- it got replaced last time it got repaired, i find it hard to believe the battery is gone already :S
CurtisAndroid5 said:
I cant do a new flash recovery as my phone isnt on the Clockworkmod Rom Manager list- i had to install it via ODIN, its alot of hassle.
Ive had this phone barely 6 months- it got replaced last time it got repaired, i find it hard to believe the battery is gone already :S
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if you had your phone replaced you may have received a refurbished phone. Most businesses do that if your not there to pick a new one up.
I can try as a favor. Exactly what brand of phone do you have and version. I.E HTC Hero. if its a device that is on multiple carriers which carrier. I might have a battery laying around. If i have one they are in good shape I keep tons from friends who give me there old phones I use the phones for robotics but not the batteries So if you let me know what you have and if i have it i can mail the battery to you for free. I know how it feels when someone is in this case im more then will to help. its up to you.
That would be fantastic.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Europa (5)
i5500
Its on o2 but its unlocked i think as i used my old Orange sim in it before i switched to o2.
Thanks
CurtisAndroid5 said:
That would be fantastic.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Europa (5)
i5500
Its on o2 but its unlocked i think as i used my old Orange sim in it before i switched to o2.
Thanks
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Ooo. Galaxy I haven't gotten one of those. But if you look on the battery its should have information like 2600mAh Li-Polymer Rechargeable Battery. 3.7V 9.6Wh.
And on the bitten it will say "for use with Sprint smart devise EVO 4g by HTC Sony cells." That's for my phone yours will be different but similar. With that info i can try and find a battery that is compatible. If i don't I have a friend where i live that is the co owner soft this battery surplus store. They have every kind if battery imaginable. I can get one there and send it to you. Its not a problem because phones are a requirment and your in a sitiuation that I have no problem helping out with. Let me know what the battery info is and ill see what i can do
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It says
3.7 V Li-ion Battery
1200 mAh
It doesnt say anything else apart from Caution: Please refer to manual before use, along with a 12 digit code with 4 letters along with a S/N code and the official CE logo.
Thanks
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I only have a 1500 mAh
What's the serial.
Does it match this.
2xca20cc075864
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I'm also not sure what you mean by bump?
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Calibrate the battery.
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Isn't that a little bit sad?
Since the support for this phone is realy crap.
I have the issue where the bat does not charge to 100%.
I have to remove the cable when it hits the green LED (99% full) and reconnect it again (LED turns red) to get to 100% finally.
When I contact HTC they tell me to send it for repair.
Buit this is obviously a software issue, not a hardfware issue.
An update would fix it easily.
My GF has same issue, and I swapped tyhe phone at the store in the first week because of this. New phjone exactly same problem.
Help?
You need to see a number to know your
phone is charged 100% overnight?
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Get an iphone and GTFO!
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Sover3igN said:
Isn't that a little bit sad?
Since the support for this phone is realy crap.
I have the issue where the bat does not charge to 100%.
I have to remove the cable when it hits the green LED (99% full) and reconnect it again (LED turns red) to get to 100% finally.
When I contact HTC they tell me to send it for repair.
Buit this is obviously a software issue, not a hardfware issue.
An update would fix it easily.
My GF has same issue, and I swapped tyhe phone at the store in the first week because of this. New phjone exactly same problem.
Help?
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Normal behavior. And if this is the only issue you are having (not really an issue) you are doing pretty well. The phone has a built in overcharge protection (as all phones do) that will charge the phone to 100% or just under then let it discharge to 90-95% and then charge again to 100%. There are SBC kernels for other phones that will change this effect by charging to 100% and then trickle charge it to keep it at 100%, but none made for the EVO3D because it really doesn't seem like a huge deal. And if you are really sending phones back over 1%, you are one picky dude.
I think your thread title is wrong. There are some great fully functional ROMs out there.
The battery will fluctuate from 95%-100% while on the charger. Think it's an HTC issue, or maybe Android. This isn't something to get all pissed off about IMO, maybe I am missing something though.
yep.. is 100% normal.
i'm running on a shawn3d 1.4 rom, with a akernel v10.07, have a battery life of over 2 days, with bluetooth and wifi on, medium use..
everything but I mean everything works..
so euhm... whats the problem again???
OP,
Why you butt hurt?
Just kidding. These issues are all normal for android phones. I have seen these issues on the Heroc, OG Evo, Samsung Epic and now Evo 3D.
It is not that I am picky.
You must agree that it is quite anoying if you sleep for 8 hours while charging, and you then see a green LED, but then to see 99%.
When you for instance have the alarmclock ringning, you drain 2 or 3%.
It is not normal behaviour I think. PLus bat-life was 2 days in the first 2 weeks, now I barely last a day.
Any thoughts?
Edit...: 3 HTC phones before NO problem at all
Sover3igN said:
Isn't that a little bit sad?
Since the support for this phone is realy crap.
I have the issue where the bat does not charge to 100%.
I have to remove the cable when it hits the green LED (99% full) and reconnect it again (LED turns red) to get to 100% finally.
When I contact HTC they tell me to send it for repair.
Buit this is obviously a software issue, not a hardfware issue.
An update would fix it easily.
My GF has same issue, and I swapped tyhe phone at the store in the first week because of this. New phjone exactly same problem.
Help?
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There is no such type of issue on my evo 3d. I've tried around 15 different ROMs and all were functioning as they should.
The issue you have posted is not an issue. If you see green LED and numbers below 100% then your phone went to 100% before but you havent noticed that. I advise you to keep your eyes on the battery icon when the LED is red and % are near 98-99. You will notice it goes to 100% and red LED turns green. Then the numbers will go down as your battery discharges.
It is an overcharge protection made by the manufacturer.
Sover3igN said:
It is not that I am picky.
You must agree that it is quite anoying if you sleep for 8 hours while charging, and you then see a green LED, but then to see 99%.
When you for instance have the alarmclock ringning, you drain 2 or 3%.
It is not normal behaviour I think. PLus bat-life was 2 days in the first 2 weeks, now I barely last a day.
Any thoughts?
Edit...: 3 HTC phones before NO problem at all
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What ROM are you on? Try a custom ROM for better battery life. I'm using ViperROM and plenty of people provide screen shots in that thread of their own findings (e.g. ridiculously long battery life).
Sover3igN said:
Isn't that a little bit sad?
Since the support for this phone is realy crap.
I have the issue where the bat does not charge to 100%.
I have to remove the cable when it hits the green LED (99% full) and reconnect it again (LED turns red) to get to 100% finally.
When I contact HTC they tell me to send it for repair.
Buit this is obviously a software issue, not a hardfware issue.
An update would fix it easily.
My GF has same issue, and I swapped tyhe phone at the store in the first week because of this. New phjone exactly same problem.
Help?
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You want your battery percentage to stay at 100 when you charge it? Get rid of your 3d, get an evo 4g, put a froyo ROM on it and use a sbc kernel. Other than that, quit *****ing. Like others have said its a built in over charge protection from HTC. Some may argue if its actually needed because i used an sbc kernel on my old evo ever since it was available and never had a problem with my battery. But is like 3-4% really that big of a deal?
Saying that there are no fully functioning roms is a bit rude imo, there are tons. I use warm 2.3 and it has zero problems.
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I have no problem or whatsoever
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Seriously.. some of you gents are out of line.
He's asked a question, he thinks it's wrong, you don't because you think you know better. No need to go ASBO on him, you could have been polite about it.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions &
Read the Forum Rules Ref Posting
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Sover3igN said:
Isn't that a little bit sad?
Since the support for this phone is realy crap.
I have the issue where the bat does not charge to 100%.
I have to remove the cable when it hits the green LED (99% full) and reconnect it again (LED turns red) to get to 100% finally.
When I contact HTC they tell me to send it for repair.
Buit this is obviously a software issue, not a hardfware issue.
An update would fix it easily.
My GF has same issue, and I swapped tyhe phone at the store in the first week because of this. New phjone exactly same problem.
Help?
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It's not a issue, it's supposed to be that way. It has a "maintain" function once it reaches 100, it will let itself drain back to 95, the charge back to 100, then back down, etc.. It's to maintain the battery correctly .
Dumbass with a smartphone.
It's not an issue you idiot. It's so your battery doesn't die for good after a short amount if time. They're not supposed to be fully charged like that. Educate yourself instead of looking like a fool.
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If a lithium battery were brought to 100% and the charger kept charging it to keep it at 100%, you would have far worse issues than a 5% fluctuation, you would likely have a house that has burned down. Lithium batteries are very picky about their voltage, too much and they go into a runaway exothermic condition and become fireballs, too little and they go into a runaway exothermic condition and become fireballs.
Check out youtube videos about damaged or overcharged lithium batteries.
Honestly, this is a problem with all Android phones, I've gone from the EVO 4g to the E3D and I've had the same issue, though I wouldn't exactly call it a "problem"...
What I do when I wake is unplug my phone, check my email/social networks on it for a few minutes, let the battery drain a few % points, then plug it back up while I shower. It sounds weird, but unplugging and re-plugging really helps, as my battery then stays at 100/99% for at least an hour after I leave my house before beginning to drain.
I've noticed that if I don't do this, the battery drains a lot faster than it would if I had...
Hope this helps
yea it is eternity 130
My amaze is automaticaly shuting down,and before shut down its showing 48% battery life,it is automatically restarting and showing 4% then after 1 hour its restarting one more time and showing 16% ,,, i cant understand what it is,,,and i have changes rom,from off to custum,its not helpeing ,now i am in energy stock rom,,,how can you help me,what can i do?!does it battery problem,or calibration ??!?!
gogjhan said:
My amaze is automaticaly shuting down,and before shut down its showing 48% battery life,it is automatically restarting and showing 4% then after 1 hour its restarting one more time and showing 16% ,,, i cant understand what it is,,,and i have changes rom,from off to custum,its not helpeing ,now i am in energy stock rom,,,how can you help me,what can i do?!does it battery problem,or calibration ??!?!
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I have a similar problem. My phone randomly turns off/restarts. Afterwards, my battery icon turns gray for a few minutes. When it comes back, it drops by ~10-20%.
This actually happened to me before several months back. Last time, I called HTC and they gave me a new battery. That worked for a couple of months, but now it's back. I'm currently working with HTC tech support to get it figured out.
kered424 said:
I have a similar problem. My phone randomly turns off/restarts. Afterwards, my battery icon turns gray for a few minutes. When it comes back, it drops by ~10-20%.
This actually happened to me before several months back. Last time, I called HTC and they gave me a new battery. That worked for a couple of months, but now it's back. I'm currently working with HTC tech support to get it figured out.
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yes the same,,,when i bought it has that problem,but after one month it fixed,,,now after 5 months it begins and i cant fixed and i ma really getting nervous of it!!!
kered424 said:
I have a similar problem. My phone randomly turns off/restarts. Afterwards, my battery icon turns gray for a few minutes. When it comes back, it drops by ~10-20%.
This actually happened to me before several months back. Last time, I called HTC and they gave me a new battery. That worked for a couple of months, but now it's back. I'm currently working with HTC tech support to get it figured out.
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Are you stock
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Are you stock
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I was, but I recently installed Energy rom. The problem is still there. I'm running my phone in safe mode now and seeing if my phone restarts.
Quite a few people have problems with stock batteries. I encounter the same problems regardless what ROM I'm running. I bought a couple Anker 1900 mAh batteries and will report back.
You need a new battery, but you can try draining the battery all the way down to the point that the device can't even come on, then it charge it over night all the way back up. See if that helps, it tends to help with this battery issue.
Ido I have the same prob but I was thinking how about resetting battery stats in recovery
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I am so relived to hear that I'm not the only one with this problem. Let me tell you guys my experience with up to 3 batteries, various roms, and weeks of googling...
So basically, changing battery do fix the problem; but only temporarily. It can fix the problem for about a couple weeks or months, but the problem will come back anyway. I am on my third battery now and switching between the batteries; so, I am pretty sure that it is only a temporary fix. Cycling between the three battery sometimes is pretty helpful (but again, it is just a temporary fix).
Another way to fix it temporarily that works pretty well for me is to take out the battery, wait for about 5 seconds, and turn on the phone again. It only fix the problem for about a couple days though; so, might as well switch battery if you got another battery.
Another possibility to fix it without playing with the battery, you can try factory reset or install another custom rom. It sometimes helps also, but a pain if you are not the type that likes to try different roms.
Lastly, the better and simpler fix is to reboot to recovery, wipe all caches and dalvik, fix permissions, and reboot again. This can fix the problem (but only temporary).
Out of those four tries, I find that swapping battery or full wipe / install
Custom rom tends to fix the problem for a longer time. I haven't been able to find any permanent fox for the random shutdown yet. But, I hope those information helps for anyone who have the same problem
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Dark Nightmare said:
You need a new battery, but you can try draining the battery all the way down to the point that the device can't even come on, then it charge it over night all the way back up. See if that helps, it tends to help with this battery issue.
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its not helping i have tried 3 times before writhin here.... (
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The draining battery does work. Just turn EVERYTHING on to drain it (brightness, GPS, bluetooth etc.) and watch some videos to drain it down all the way. After this do a mini power cycle (pull battery wait awhile, put it back, then leave it charging for at least 10 hours).
This solved the problem for me
sedrader said:
The draining battery does work. Just turn EVERYTHING on to drain it (brightness, GPS, bluetooth etc.) and watch some videos to drain it down all the way. After this do a mini power cycle (pull battery wait awhile, put it back, then leave it charging for at least 10 hours).
This solved the problem for me
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Exactly, worked for me and quite a few others, I've tested it myself when I had bought my second device used, it came with this very issue, I killed what was left of it and let it charge over night, it's been remarkable ever since, but different folks different strokes, the next best thing to do is to change the battery since that solved it for others. And for the record, the oem battery is the best to replace it with since some anker batteries have only made it worse for some.
getting my newly acquired Amaze device in a couple of days and will see if i run into this issue... god hope not lol... if battery issue does occur - will follow thru the full batt drain solution (mentioned above).
Dark Nightmare said:
Exactly, worked for me and quite a few others, I've tested it myself when I had bought my second device used, it came with this very issue, I killed what was left of it and let it charge over night, it's been remarkable ever since, but different folks different strokes, the next best thing to do is to change the battery since that solved it for others. And for the record, the oem battery is the best to replace it with since some anker batteries have only made it worse for some.
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10 hrs tho?
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10 hrs tho?
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I don't know about 10 hrs, I just put mine to charge when I went to bed, was perfectly fine and back to normal, fully charged when I woke.
gogjhan said:
its not helping i have tried 3 times before writhin here.... (
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What batteries did you use?
I have this problem too, it annoys me every dam day, if I get rid of this phone any time soon it'll be just because of that :/
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fuego77 said:
I have this problem too, it annoys me every dam day, if I get rid of this phone any time soon it'll be just because of that :/
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Get a new stock battery should fix your problem for while
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I'm having this issue as well. My phone would randomly just shut off on me while using it at say, 75%, then turn off. When I boot it back on, it drops to around 50% or so.
Does the battery drain fix truely work? My girlfriends phone does the same (its an acer though).
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justin0025 said:
Does the battery drain fix truely work?
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I have my stock battery and 2 Ankers. The phone will randomly die with any of the batteries. The battery drain trick seems to work okay, but it certainly isn't a "fix" IMO.
I drained my stock battery last weekend and charged it to 100% on the Anker charger. Worked great down to 10% on Sunday. Charged the phone to 100% on the nightstand, while I slept Sunday night. Phone randomly shutoff at ~25% at work on Monday. Had similar results with the two Anker batteries too.
Check this out boys and girls. Approximately 2 months ago I got a new stock battery to replace the original that was causing reboots, which then showed the battery level at 0.
Started using the new battery and the same thing started last week. Reboot, low battery even when it was recently fully charged.
So I put the original in which hadn't been used in 2 months. Blast a full charge, wipe stats. And sure as ****, it works fine.
I almost wonder if it sitting for a spell and not being charged "refreshes" or replenished the life?
I'll keep you updated but thought it was weird.
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Sounds like it's worth a shot...awaiting your results.
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There's something definitely fishy with the amaze. I had 2 of them, and I'd swap batteries with different charges, say one had 80% and one had 40%. After swapping the one amaze would read close to what the other did, within a couple percent, and the other one was way off, like 30% higher, and it would die way before reaching zero. Funny thing it was only the one that did that with a battery swap, so the amaze is just weird when it comes to reading the battery charge.
andy55 said:
There's something definitely fishy with the amaze. I had 2 of them, and I'd swap batteries with different charges, say one had 80% and one had 40%. After swapping the one amaze would read close to what the other did, within a couple percent, and the other one was way off, like 30% higher, and it would die way before reaching zero. Funny thing it was only the one that did that with a battery swap, so the amaze is just weird when it comes to reading the battery charge.
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either the hard ware is the problem, or the firmware/software is problematic... i'm leaning to both
Yep same here for me. My battery stats are honky all the time and its frustrating. Sometimes when its at 20 percent I take the battery out then put it back in and goes up to 54 percent ...what gives?
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nelly_85 said:
Yep same here for me. My battery stats are honky all the time and its frustrating. Sometimes when its at 20 percent I take the battery out then put it back in and goes up to 54 percent ...what gives?
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It's not jstu the stats Nelly. It's the overall performance and the intermittent shut offs. Since putting the "old" battery back in I can report that after 1 week I have had zero shut offs. Battery is giving me about 7 hours on heavy usage.
Cant figure it out.
Definitely leaves me scratching my head at times.
I just started having a similar issue.
For example, I would be checking my email, or checking facebook, then BAM! Phone reboots/shuts off. The battery icon says I have 47% but in ext4 i have 85%. Wipe battery stats in ext4, works fine for like 30min. Same **** starts again.
Going through this everyday since 3days ago.
using 8.6.12 energy rom
ce3jay said:
I just started having a similar issue.
For example, I would be checking my email, or checking facebook, then BAM! Phone reboots/shuts off. The battery icon says I have 47% but in ext4 i have 85%. Wipe battery stats in ext4, works fine for like 30min. Same **** starts again.
Going through this everyday since 3days ago.
using 8.6.12 energy rom
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Have you contacted HTC. Call HTC direct and explain the issue. Ask them to send you a replacement battery. Stay calm, nice and let them know you need a new battery. They will ask you for a credit card to put on file and will tell you to return the old battery. If you dont have a cc ask them to speak with a suprevisor. They can waive the CC requirement if you are polite and don't get into a shouting match. As far as my battery, i am back to my original and it seems to be doing good still. I did have one reboot last week. But that's about it.
ce3jay said:
I just started having a similar issue.
For example, I would be checking my email, or checking facebook, then BAM! Phone reboots/shuts off. The battery icon says I have 47% but in ext4 i have 85%. Wipe battery stats in ext4, works fine for like 30min. Same **** starts again.
Going through this everyday since 3days ago.
using 8.6.12 energy rom
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Well, you can stop wiping battery stats as a step, since it does nothing.. tons of info out there to show this is 100% fact https://www.google.com/search?q=wiping+battery+stats+does+nothing
If the engineer who helped design android isn't a good source, not sure who is.
As for the accuracy of reading the battery, pretty sure everyone has this issue.. someone recently posted something about the sensor being low quality, but who knows.
Apart from having reboots(which is an issue likely unrelated to battery except for maybe the OP), if you know your battery has 20%, but after a reboot it says you have more/less.. why does this matter, you know you have 20% worth of life left.
As for the OP, you may want to try flashing the stock RUU as there may be a serious problem with your system files, and flashing the RUU in the bootloader is the quickest way to know that EVERYTHING has flashed properly. Instructions in the bible in my signature.
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Apart from having reboots(which is an issue likely unrelated to battery except for maybe the OP), if you know your battery has 20%, but after a reboot it says you have more/less.. why does this matter, you know you have 20% worth of life left.
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It matters to me. A few times the battery icon/widget says 0 and the phone shuts off. I use the Vol and Power to get into recovery, and it says 20% or whatever it may be. Sure, I know it has 20%, but the OS detects it at 0 and shuts off.
I just remembered, a day or two before my initial post, my battery became super hot. I remember this because, I had the phone in my pocket, and it got really hot. Battery monitor widget reported the temp at 129 deg F. I guess the battery is shot.
I already ordered 2 anker batteries w/the wall charger.
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I already ordered 2 anker batteries w/the wall charger.
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I had the same issue about a month ago. Since receiving my Ankers no problems at all. On top of that 18-24 hours on a single battery is a pretty amazing perk for a $25 purchase
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Just got my ankers in last night. Gonna test for the next few days. I'll post my results
EDIT: 9.05.12 0250hrs
Been testing out the batteries extensively. OC'ing, flashing roms, backing and restoring in ext4, netflix, games, and LOTS of data lol. No random shutoffs as of yet.
I'm on Bulletproof 2.5 and after unplugging my Amaze, it stays at 100% (or whatever % i unplugged it at) for 10-30 minutes then my battery goes down by 2% increments and sometimes it hangs around at a random % for about 15 minutes and then continues its 2% increments again. Does any one have a similar issue? Is there a fix since wiping battstats does nothing.
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Me and my wife have both an amaze. Her phone started to do the same thing and a couple of weeks after hers mine started. Since I'm an electronic technician I knew there has to be a problem with the connection on the battery. After inspecting the batteries I noticed that the four connections on both batteries had deep marks on them. To fix them, I used a small flat screwdriver and using the flat side scratched the four connections until the deep marks where mostly gone. It's been 3 months since I did that on both batteries and the problem hasn't come back. FYI the two connections on both ends are the + and - and the ones in the center are used for reading the battery status. Hope this help those with this annoying problem.
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Hi all here is my situation I've had my phone now for about 18 months or maybe a bit longer it wont charge to 100% every single time sometimes does sometimes doesn't. Phone turns itself off even at 50% power left then when re-started shows 0%, wait a while, maybe 10 or 20 mins then re-start again sometimes shows more power than before (today went off @ 56% came back on @ 84%, go figure). Back in the old days of nicads and ni-mh batteries there is a phenomenon called "recovery" where they magically get recharged from "sub-space" and then they last a bit longer.
up untill the past week I thought li-ion batteries were immune from the phenomenon of "recovery" but they have now showed me to not know as much as I thought....
Oh, the other dead (pardon the pun ) give away that my battery is dying, is the fact that it has started to buldge and is now a little hard to get out of the phone lucky for me *touch wood, its not getting hot while charging, cause u know these things can go BANG and make big damages....
Just thought I'd share some wisdom of something new I've learned, who knows maybe some else can learn something new too...
P.s. I've already ordered a battery set from eBay, 2 * 1500 mAh plus wall charger for AU$ 10 +$4 quick delivery... will have to see if those batteries are better than the stock batteries.
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Sorry to hear, but my stock battery's the best. It still provides advertised hours of stock, sometimes even more on custom ROMs.
But on the contrary, I did use two other third-party batteries, both from eBay, both from Hong Kong with the dreaded 6-week shipping to Canada. The first one lasted fine after the first year, the second one died on the day I used it @ 30%. I threw it in the snow (I think that's illegal and dangerous, oops) in rage. But the first one, as it aged its very short third-party imitative age, began to bulge, like yours.
I stopped using it and placed it in my wallet pocket as an emergency battery for whenever I'd really need it. Since my wallet is always on my person and I live in cold-cold-Canada, the battery was always warm from body heat, something I believed damaged it to the point of disrepair.
A few months ago on a trip to the States, I had to use it, but unsurprisingly it lasted for around half an hour at every charge and would never charge > 16%. Ouch.
I'm now back to one battery, but it suits me. The only thing I need now from my Legend is SMS and Wi-Fi Hotspot.
Regarding difficulties in removing the battery, have you tried the red lever? My bulgy battery was bulged for months before I figured that thing out, so I always either had to use it as a primary battery, or spend a few hours periodically shaking it out in a very gross, suggestive hand gesture before it got out ENOUGH to push the battery out. Pain in the bum! I found it, and it was a godsend from HTC, them probably knowing we'd use third-party batteries. <3
Yes, thanks for the red lever tip, although I did know that one already I could not use my finger to pull the red tab/lever down as the battery was a bit tight, I had to get a flat screw driver to latch onto the red tab to pull it down as it hurt like hell trying to use my finger.
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Finally received my set of 2 * 1500 mAh and charger today now for the endurance testing
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Well this is fantastic, now my phone lasts all day and doesn't turn off at random intervals even when showing 92%. I have a thought how the hell can the health report for the old battery shows "good" when its doing what it was
My first full charge I got 23 hours this encluded 2 hrs 30 mins of continues screen on and mobile internet (gave it a good hammering) 2*20 min phone calls and various other short stints on the net and sundrys.
Next endurance test will have to be continues music playback, back in the old days I used to get about 9 hrs music playback.
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before you put to trash your old battery, just try this software to see any improvement?
Battery Calibration 1.2, by marosige
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
Mine friends too battery is dying but the calibration app works for sure to an extent.wat a phone was that in those days.
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before you put to trash your old battery, just try this software to see any improvement?
Battery Calibration 1.2, by marosige
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
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Thanks for the idea, how ever, this is something I do already. No this doesn't help, because the battery was stuffed.
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Here's a bit of an update, it is about 5 months since getting those new batteries, and they are now both showing signs that they are not very good, I have had to swap them out regularly as they cannot last a whole day, even with reduced usage. So it looks like the old saying of you get what you pay for is very true, best to avoid cheap Chinese ebay batteries.
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Well I had hoped that this day wouldn't come,
But.... My TrueSmart has stopped working.
Not sure what the issue is..... I went to turn it on this morning like I always do... (I turn it off at night).
Pushed the "on" button and got no response from the watch. So I pulled the battery, put it back in, watch will flash white for a few sec and then be dead.
I swapped in the other battery I have... same thing.... So I thought that somehow the batteries drained themselves... so I connect it to charge and there is NO indication that it is charging... Left it for a while to see if it would come alive...
Nothing.
Very disappointing.
I was actually enjoying the watch very much looking forward to what the Devs were coming up with next. Pretty bummed out.
I guess I will put it in a drawer and one day when Laurent Le Pen opens a repair center I might be able to get it fixed.
Back to wearing my Pebble I guess.
Such a shame.... it was a nice piece of tech that started many conversations when people saw it.
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I would not give up and still try to revive it. If the battery it's very low it will take some time and several tries before the watch will show signs of life. And the connectors of the dock may not be perfectly working, or even the cable may be faulty. I find it hard to think that the watch just stopped working out of nowhere.
If the battery drops below a certain level the watch will never charge it. The part of the firmware that is supposed to prevent this........doesn't work. The only option is to use an external charger but there may be a fire risk.
The battery situation sounds like it may be accurate as I did drain the battery the other day.
So if my only way to try and get a charge into the battery is to remove it and put it in a stand alone charger, what charger should I use?
D.
That's the problem most likely.
What Loki said is true, many users reported that and even XDA review said same.
It would be great if someone knows for a external charger on ebay we buy and use if that happens.
Even there's a way to charge battery with a stripped wires on usb charger - that's something you shouldn't do if you don't know what are you doing...
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What battery level percentage is this? I've used mine down to about 10% and it's recharged fine before.
I think you have to let it run right out.
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What battery level percentage is this? I've used mine down to about 10% and it's recharged fine before.
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Well...probably ~ 0%.
The trick is to never let TS turn off by itself because of the battery level is too low...
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Well...probably ~ 0%.
The trick is to never let TS turn off by itself because of the battery level is too low...
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I have let my TS run out by itself several times already, and it charges fine even after that. But it's noted that this is a bad idea..
Anyway, the batteries that came with my watch was about 70% charged from the box, so it sounds unlikely that the other battery that OP tried is completely drained as well. My guess is that there is something else wrong with the watch.
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I have let my TS run out by itself several times already, and it charges fine even after that. But it's noted that this is a bad idea..
Anyway, the batteries that came with my watch was about 70% charged from the box, so it sounds unlikely that the other battery that OP tried is completely drained as well. My guess is that there is something else wrong with the watch.
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Could be....
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Well...probably ~ 0%.
The trick is to never let TS turn off by itself because of the battery level is too low...
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I use my TS without cell signal and I've found if I turn off the device and don't use it for a while then power it back on the clock and date will be out of sync until you turn on a data connection. This leads me to suspect it draws no power from the battery to retain these settings when the device is off, which would make sense about why it has this issue? I know for sure Samsung phones etc they display the battery percentage without the reserve to prevent such an issue happening on their devices. As Loki mentioned broken firmware maybe something could be written to prevent this or even to just show the percentage differently.
The time/date issue is because they removed the back up battery (to save space) that keeps the time on all normal sized phones.
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The time/date issue is because they removed the back up battery (to save space) that keeps the time on all normal sized phones.
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My galaxy note tablet has this problem.... it runs down fast and then just looses all date and time lol...
I think the issue is my batteries....
I was doing some experimenting today and with some fiddling around I got the watch to respond....
Battery #1 was 8% and then in about 2 min of being connected to the charger was reporting 55%
Battery #2 won't even do anything....
So, I am convinced that the issue is the batteries and not the watch.
Laurent has contacted me and provided a way to get my watch replaced, but it will require me to send it back and then wait for a replacement to be sent
Rather than going through all of this just yet, I wanted to see if I could solve it first.
So, if I wanted to get a replacement battery on my own, any ideas where I could get one from?
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no idea. maybe see if anyone near your area also had a TS and is willing to loan you a spare battery for a beer? haha
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watchdog service that prevents the battery from draining completely does not work on any of the firmware that Dees, Adam myself and other tested. So even if the battery is the best battery in the universe, an Omate can kill it. I even went so far as to test it with a Motorola battery and it killed that too.
Yeah. It looks like the batteries are toast.
I managed to get one to charge to 100% and was able to use the watch for about 30 min then it died. No signs of life and can't get it to charge again.
I really wish I could source a replacement battery to make sure it is the battery and not the watch so I don't waste the time and money sending it back.
The shipping cost to mail it back is crazy from Canada.
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"Omate - something new..."
It surly is... ?
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Yeah. It looks like the batteries are toast.
I managed to get one to charge to 100% and was able to use the watch for about 30 min then it died. No signs of life and can't get it to charge again.
I really wish I could source a replacement battery to make sure it is the battery and not the watch so I don't waste the time and money sending it back.
The shipping cost to mail it back is crazy from Canada.
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We should get them to tell us a model number so we can source OEM's. What's the motorola battery model Loki tried with his?
Mines run down completely a number of times without issue but I think I'll have Tasker cut it at 5% from now on.