In the CleanROM ICS thread, Marine6680 posed an observation that I think bears looking into.
Please vote only if you are using an ICS ROM.
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Also please vote based on how your phone behaves while it is turned on. If you experience different behavior when the phone is off, please post that as a response.
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Marine6680 said:
I have both the stock and the extended battery. My stock battery has stopped charging fully, only to 92%, my extended charges normally. My fiance's battery will not charge fully either. It is stock as well.
So it could be that these new 3.8v batteries (which are tweaked chemistry versions that have a slightly higher voltage than standard 3.7v) are not supported by the new kernel's charging controls. (which seems odd that it wouldn't) That is, if that is even controlled by the kernel and not hard wired into the mainboard.
So it may be an issue with the batteries... or not. If it only happens with the stock batteries then it will be harder to say for sure.
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I've posed the question in both the CleanROM and Ineffabilis ICS threads, but figured I'd post here to try to get all ICS ROM users to see it.
So far, all responses in those 2 threads have been that people with charging issues all had 3.8v batteries and that people with no charging issues (myself included) had 3.7v batteries.
Please respond here with your findings. Just pull out your battery and look on the back, top line of text.
I'm not sure what can be done about it, but at least it would answer a question that seems to be annoying a lot of people across ALL ICS ROMs.
Great idea for the poll, but still wrong section. Should be posted in General.
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Great idea for the poll, but still wrong section. Should be posted in General.
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Sorry. Can a mod please move?
I have the 3.7 battery and have had no issues with charging at all.
I have a 3.8 for about another 3 hours. I'm stopping by Verizon and getting a 3.7. I dare them to try to tell me no.
I have a 3.7 with no charging issues.
Well, my battery lasts like 2 hours since I put ICS on there but I can't tell if thats the usual terrible Rezound battery life or something wrong with my rom.
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I have a 3.7 with no charging issues.
Well, my battery lasts like 2 hours since I put ICS on there but I can't tell if thats the usual terrible Rezound battery life or something wrong with my rom.
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If I charge too 100% while it's turned off (since I have the 3.8v battery), I get great battery life on ICS. Yesterday I got around 16 hours with 4g on all day under normal use. On stock GB and the two GB roms I tested out, I was getting between 14 and 15 hours on average with 4g turned off.
If I try to charge with it turned on and experience the 87% ceiling, I get horrible battery life. 10 hours max, and the battery seems to discharge very quickly when I'm actually using it.
on my De-Sensed ICS Rom it doesn't charge up to 100% pretty much stops at around 98%~.. I have pretty amazing Battery life Could go an entire day with out hitting 20%, but then again I don;t have alot of apps
I have a 3.8v battery, running ICS, no charging problems, no battery life issues.... no nothing.
The ONLY strange issue I have, and I've had it since day one on GB, is that when i unplug my phone from the charger it will say either 99 or 100% on my battery widget, however if you wait a bit and then look at the battery stats chart later in the day, it shows that it began discharging from 93-94% rather than 99-100%. I simply assumed the battery scaling in software was slightly off from what the battery itself is reporting, but since it doesn't seem to be a problem at all I have just ignored it. The battery easily lasts all day with plenty of juice to spare for me.
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I have a 3.8v battery, running ICS, no charging problems, no battery life issues.... no nothing.
The ONLY strange issue I have, and I've had it since day one on GB, is that when i unplug my phone from the charger it will say either 99 or 100% on my battery widget, however if you wait a bit and then look at the battery stats chart later in the day, it shows that it began discharging from 93-94% rather than 99-100%. I simply assumed the battery scaling in software was slightly off from what the battery itself is reporting, but since it doesn't seem to be a problem at all I have just ignored it. The battery easily lasts all day with plenty of juice to spare for me.
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That's normal if you're not bump-charging.
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If I charge too 100% while it's turned off (since I have the 3.8v battery), I get great battery life on ICS. Yesterday I got around 16 hours with 4g on all day under normal use. On stock GB and the two GB roms I tested out, I was getting between 14 and 15 hours on average with 4g turned off.
If I try to charge with it turned on and experience the 87% ceiling, I get horrible battery life. 10 hours max, and the battery seems to discharge very quickly when I'm actually using it.
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wow, 10 hours is bad battery life on a lte phone?
If you aren't in a LTE area, make sure to set the phone to CDMA only instead of CDMA/LTE since it will forever search for an LTE signal... Thought I'll share that little tib bit.
Oh and In my situation I'm always connected to Wifi, Home,School, Work so I go into *#*#4636#*#* and under Phone Info I switch to CDMA only (1x) instead of CDMA Auto (3G) since in my commute I'm not stream/downloading anything... So keeping the Phone at 2G all the time makes for an even better battery life
But To each their own
** Since the issue is more ICS centered, I (among others) would blame this on the Leaked (unstable) battery/power drivers... So only until the official release we can't blame ICS as a whole (for now)
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on my De-Sensed ICS Rom it doesn't charge up to 100% pretty much stops at around 98%~.. I have pretty amazing Battery life Could go an entire day with out hitting 20%, but then again I don;t have alot of apps
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Got 1 day 4 hours with 40 percent left on your rom everything left as is. My issues with the music player was the only reason I went back to GB. That issue was across all ICS roms.
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wow, 10 hours is bad battery life on a lte phone?
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Maybe "horrible" was an overstatement, but it's certainly worse than what I was getting on GB or when I'm actually able to charge fully. That's also with 4g disabled, which I should have mentioned.
I have 2 different rezound batteries and both are 3.7v and had zero charging issues with any of the ICS roms I've been running.
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So... do you want a 3.7v or a 3.8? Whats the difference?
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So... do you want a 3.7v or a 3.8? Whats the difference?
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0.1 volts
Sorry, had to do it.
I have a 3.8v and my battery only charges to %90 max. Running Scotts ICS 2.1 ROM
a.mcdear said:
I have a 3.8v battery, running ICS, no charging problems, no battery life issues.... no nothing.
The ONLY strange issue I have, and I've had it since day one on GB, is that when i unplug my phone from the charger it will say either 99 or 100% on my battery widget, however if you wait a bit and then look at the battery stats chart later in the day, it shows that it began discharging from 93-94% rather than 99-100%. I simply assumed the battery scaling in software was slightly off from what the battery itself is reporting, but since it doesn't seem to be a problem at all I have just ignored it. The battery easily lasts all day with plenty of juice to spare for me.
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Which rom are you on?
Posted this in another thread but:
Just got off the phone with Verizon, they said they are pushing an OTA that addresses battery issues. Take that with a grain of salt
He texted me the info: 2.01.605.00: Baseband:0.95.00.1118r
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Hello dear members
I'd like to ask if an everyday charge will harm my battery.
It's my first week with my phone, and I can't keep my hands off it
As a result, battery runs out every day!! So I charge it...
Will something happen to the battery?
thanks in advance
This phone has a litium ion battery. They don't have a memory effect but in the first time they need some time to become the full potential. So it doesn't matter if you charge the phone every day.
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Thank you so much!!!!
It's a relief
To maintain better battery life it might be a good idea to make sure that u dont fully drain the battery
That shouldn't be a problem the most battery's should have electronic inside to prevent this but I can't guarantee it. You can read also the Wikipedia article about lithium ion batteries it's quite interesting.
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It is better for you to charge daily and often when the battery still has charge and not leave it until the battery is totally flat.
Thanks so much everyone Point taken
I'll never let it fall under 10%.
Well, Battery is average. If it weren't for the 2.3.3 bug, it would rock! In order for it to be normal, I keep ****ting Services.(under Services menu) like Voice talk, SocialHub(which drains a lot of battery) etc
Anyways, thanks to everyone
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It is better for you to charge daily and often when the battery still has charge and not leave it until the battery is totally flat.
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Isn't it actually opposite, I mean somewhere I heard that if a Full charge is given after a Full drain then the battery gets conditioned (optimized I think), can't remember the source but I do remember the fact.
Sleepycat3 said:
It is better for you to charge daily and often when the battery still has charge and not leave it until the battery is totally flat.
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I'm glad this thread exists. I'm so used to running a battery down to the minimum before charging it that I probably would have been in that habit for my SGS2. I'd actually come here to ask the same question now I've been through my first four or five "full" -> "red" -> "charge to full while off" cycles.
Is it confirmed both from the SGS2 & LION technology point of view to now keep it charged up, even if using only half/quarter charges etc to do so?
My battery is giving me around 40 hours a time so not too bad but I'd like to keep it running as well as I can.......
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Isn't it actually opposite, I mean somewhere I heard that if a Full charge is given after a Full drain then the battery gets conditioned (optimized I think), can't remember the source but I do remember the fact.
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Nope. Li-ion batteries these days prefer constant top-ups and full drain actually kills it faster. Totally opposite of what people have been taught over years of NiCD battery use that I've got friends who absolutely refuse to charge their iPhones unless it's at 10% or less. Their loss.
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Isn't it actually opposite, I mean somewhere I heard that if a Full charge is given after a Full drain then the battery gets conditioned (optimized I think), can't remember the source but I do remember the fact.
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No that's only good to do once in a while. Full discharges daily put stress on the cells and wear out li ion batteries quicker.
CarpathianUK said:
I'm glad this thread exists. I'm so used to running a battery down to the minimum before charging it that I probably would have been in that habit for my SGS2. I'd actually come here to ask the same question now I've been through my first four or five "full" -> "red" -> "charge to full while off" cycles.
Is it confirmed both from the SGS2 & LION technology point of view to now keep it charged up, even if using only half/quarter charges etc to do so?
My battery is giving me around 40 hours a time so not too bad but I'd like to keep it running as well as I can.......
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Yes it's common for all lithium ion batteries to charge as often as possible. Its true for all phones on the market today and quite a lot of discussion on this is all around the web.
Also a replacement stock battery for any cell phone today is around 20 dollars, so really you can't do much wrong since its so cheap to buy a new OEM battery replacement.
Thanks for the replies. I think this will catch a few people out so hope the thread doesn't get missed amongst all the other battery ones!
Looks like I'd better change my charging habits!
I'm running Gingervitis, just flashed it a couple days ago. So far I really like it but I'm noticeing some battery issues. Not sure if it's due to the ROM itself, gingerbread, or my phone.
First, it seems like the battery drain is a lot quicker that when I was running Froyo. Doesn't bother me as much I guess.
Last night I plugged my phone in at about 2:00 AM. It was at about 20%. It is now 9:30 and it is at 8:00 is was at 85% and now at 9:40 it's at 96%. Over 7 hours and not fully charged???
That seems crazy to me. The phone sat idle all night so I don't think there was any load eating up any additional power.
What is causing this?
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I'm running Gingervitis, just flashed it a couple days ago. So far I really like it but I'm noticeing some battery issues. Not sure if it's due to the ROM itself, gingerbread, or my phone.
First, it seems like the battery drain is a lot quicker that when I was running Froyo. Doesn't bother me as much I guess.
Last night I plugged my phone in at about 2:00 AM. It was at about 20%. It is now 9:30 and it is at 8:00 is was at 85% and now at 9:40 it's at 96%. Over 7 hours and not fully charged???
That seems crazy to me. The phone sat idle all night so I don't think there was any load eating up any additional power.
What is causing this?
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Known issue, unknown fix afaik.
Try flashing imos latest kernal--did not do well with my phone but the charging seemed to be a lot faster IMHO.
schmaltzy said:
I'm running Gingervitis, just flashed it a couple days ago. So far I really like it but I'm noticeing some battery issues. Not sure if it's due to the ROM itself, gingerbread, or my phone.
First, it seems like the battery drain is a lot quicker that when I was running Froyo. Doesn't bother me as much I guess.
Last night I plugged my phone in at about 2:00 AM. It was at about 20%. It is now 9:30 and it is at 8:00 is was at 85% and now at 9:40 it's at 96%. Over 7 hours and not fully charged???
That seems crazy to me. The phone sat idle all night so I don't think there was any load eating up any additional power.
What is causing this?
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Read my new post. Thanks n good luck! (Check your kernel)
4Geezy ON DopeDiculous's ROOTED TBeezy!
Charging speed seems fine until it gets into the upper 90s. I've been waiting for 20 mins for it to go from 98-99 to 100 so I can finally do my battery calibration.
(Imo's latest and DasBamf GingerRemix)
Gotta love the Thunderbolt's ability to destroy a fully charged battery and take forever to recharge. I was using rooted stock and now I'm on Cyanogenmod and I haven't seen too much of a change in charge/discharge behavior.
I know this may not be the answer you are looking for but if you could go without your phone being on for an hour or so than just power it off to charge, it goes a lot quicker n.n
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Charging
To address the OP and your comment......
Yes try a different kernel, Dream's new one is based off IMO's with some nice tweaks. As for charging to 90%.... thats standard for any device that utilizes quick charging. You can NOT charge a battery on fast charge all the way to 100% with out ruining the battery. Some kernels have issues with quick charging, so they disable it, others quick charge to 60% and then trickle charge.
Apple and HP were one of the first companies to throw in the quick charge method 80/20 80% quick charge @ ~1% per 1min and then trickle for the last 20%.
Hope that helps....
jschecter said:
Charging speed seems fine until it gets into the upper 90s. I've been waiting for 20 mins for it to go from 98-99 to 100 so I can finally do my battery calibration.
(Imo's latest and DasBamf GingerRemix)
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ready5 said:
To address the OP and your comment......
Yes try a different kernel, Dream's new one is based off IMO's with some nice tweaks. As for charging to 90%.... thats standard for any device that utilizes quick charging. You can NOT charge a battery on fast charge all the way to 100% with out ruining the battery. Some kernels have issues with quick charging, so they disable it, others quick charge to 60% and then trickle charge.
Apple and HP were one of the first companies to throw in the quick charge method 80/20 80% quick charge @ ~1% per 1min and then trickle for the last 20%.
Hope that helps....
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Thanks for the suggestion. I think I'll give it a try.
Might as well ask another question right away.... I have not been having good luck with the battery life on these new GB ROMS. I've been running Das BAMF 2.0.5 for a couple days now and it seems to not be so great on the battery. With pretty much NO usage today, my battery is already at %80.
My battery usage shows it off the charger for a little over 5 hours, and normally I'd say 5 hours and %80 isn't bad, but like I stated above, I haven't used it at all today. No texts, phone calls, or games.
Any battery improvement with Dream's kernal?
I don't know about the battery life but after you plug your phone in to charge just reboot it and it should charge fine. I read that somewhere on here and just did it this morning. Worked great for me.
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schmaltzy said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I think I'll give it a try.
Might as well ask another question right away.... I have not been having good luck with the battery life on these new GB ROMS. I've been running Das BAMF 2.0.5 for a couple days now and it seems to not be so great on the battery. With pretty much NO usage today, my battery is already at %80.
My battery usage shows it off the charger for a little over 5 hours, and normally I'd say 5 hours and %80 isn't bad, but like I stated above, I haven't used it at all today. No texts, phone calls, or games.
Any battery improvement with Dream's kernal?
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I dont like recommending one ROM over another.. but there is alot of buzz over Th3oryofGinger, its got some.. but not alot to do with the ROM. Try that if you like none other. The kernel is key. Try dreams with Th3oryofGinger and see how that works. Remember to run speedtweak.sh in terminal and use the extreme setting (extremely undervolted, overclocked to 1400mhz) and then select the setting to remove limits for governor. I use interactiveX with setCPu and get decent results.
No ROM, MOD or Kernel will give you enough battery allday with normal intended use be it gaming or business. Fact is it was a crappy hardware design in that respect. With the Tbolt you should expect 1hour per 10% of battery for decent use... 10 text messages, 4 emails, and a few pages of internet searches on 3g per hour is what I consider decent use. Realistically it should last an 8 hour work day... with some to spare before you charge on the ride home. Dont expect much more.
ready5 said:
I dont like recommending one ROM over another.. but there is alot of buzz over Th3oryofGinger, its got some.. but not alot to do with the ROM. Try that if you like none other. The kernel is key. Try dreams with Th3oryofGinger and see how that works. Remember to run speedtweak.sh in terminal and use the extreme setting (extremely undervolted, overclocked to 1400mhz) and then select the setting to remove limits for governor. I use interactiveX with setCPu and get decent results.
No ROM, MOD or Kernel will give you enough battery allday with normal intended use be it gaming or business. Fact is it was a crappy hardware design in that respect. With the Tbolt you should expect 1hour per 10% of battery for decent use... 10 text messages, 4 emails, and a few pages of internet searches on 3g per hour is what I consider decent use. Realistically it should last an 8 hour work day... with some to spare before you charge on the ride home. Dont expect much more.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I may give Th3ory a try. I download the newest Dream kernel but before I flashed it I jumped on Imoseyon's page and found out that I was running an OLDER version on his kernel with Das BAMF. So I flashed his newest (3.0.1 test 1) and am going to try that out for a couple days and see how it is.
I do disagree with you on the fact that a phone should last a little more than an 8 hour work day. On some Froyo ROMs and kernels I was getting a least 15+ hours with minimal/medium usage.
Mine charges very slow, running liquid ginger 1.1 battery goes down faster too.
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Just wondering if anyone else has very poor battery life with the new ICS. Any fixes?
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wollitaj said:
Just wondering if anyone else has very poor battery life with the new ICS. Any fixes?
just sharpening my RAZR
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My battery life has definitely suffered.
I've also noticed under the battery section of my settings that it says that media is taking up most of it. I've never seen that before I upgraded. Any ideas?
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wollitaj said:
Just wondering if anyone else has very poor battery life with the new ICS. Any fixes?
just sharpening my RAZR
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ethan.r.besbris said:
My battery life has definitely suffered.
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I've also noticed under the battery section of my settings that it says that media is taking up most of it. I've never seen that before I upgraded. Any ideas?
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Guys, it's because you've probably spent every millisecond that your eye lids were parted from each other playing around with new features, thus using the phone more often now than you probably were prior to the ICS update........ Oh wait, sorry that was an evaluation of my own battery issue.
Strange hearing this. I was more than a month on ICS china leak and battery was great. Now i went back to oficial 2.36 due to waiting for genuine ICS and bat life is terrible. Clean system, no apps installed, no play, just couple of calls and emails, phone didnt last 14 hours. Where is this ics!
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refuse2bstopped said:
Guys, it's because you've probably spent every millisecond that your eye lids were parted from each other playing around with new features, thus using the phone more often now than you probably were prior to the ICS update........ Oh wait, sorry that was an evaluation of my own battery issue.
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You're probably for the most part right, but I still think my battery life on ICS is less than GB. I managed to use up the entire battery in less than a day, on my first day with ICS. This is something that never happened with GB, even on the first day I got my Maxx. My battery usage doesn't show anything unusual. 60% of it was used by the screen (auto brightness).
NOt sure what builds we are talking about but here are my stats using the baddass battery monitor.
OTA GB (.181) = 2days average battery life
.79 Moto leak = 1 day average battery life
So in reality my battery lif is half what it used to be, with the Android OS using about 20%.
Here's to hoping the ICS OTA update is better than the 4.0.3 .79 build.
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NOt sure what builds we are talking about but here are my stats using the baddass battery monitor.
OTA GB (.181) = 2days average battery life
.79 Moto leak = 1 day average battery life
So in reality my battery lif is half what it used to be, with the Android OS using about 20%.
Here's to hoping the ICS OTA update is better than the 4.0.3 .79 build.
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I'm on the OTA, and the Android OS is using 10%.
I'm rooted on the .211 leak and noticed a considerable drop in battery life when I first flashed. I did some digging using the 'badass battery' app and found that winamp had been draining my battery for some reason. After uninstalling winamp my battery life immediately returned to normal. I highly suggest getting that app and looking at the 'app sucker' breakdown to see which apps are using the most battery as opposed to androids stock usage breakdown.
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It says my screen is taking up 74 percent of my battery and my battery life is significantly less after the ICS update
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Questions belong in Q&A. Moved
Cheers
For me, it's working really good I'm in the latest ota retail Brazil update!
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refuse2bstopped said:
Guys, it's because you've probably spent every millisecond that your eye lids were parted from each other playing around with new features, thus using the phone more often now than you probably were prior to the ICS update........ Oh wait, sorry that was an evaluation of my own battery issue.
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You're probably for the most part right, but I still think my battery life on ICS is less than GB. I managed to use up the entire battery in less than a day, on my first day with ICS. This is something that never happened with GB, even on the first day I got my Maxx. My battery usage doesn't show anything unusual. 60% of it was used by the screen (auto brightness).
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Well actually, this is kind of scary. I got off work at 6 am this morning, came up and went to sleep somewhere between 7:30 and 8 am. I woke up around 3 pm and my batter was left charging via usb from the computer with about 80% battery THEN. So I woke up at 3 pm and my battery was COMPLETELY DEAD. I had to plug it up to a power outlet. I understand that, but what I DON'T understand is how in the heck did the battery die in the FIRST place when all it was doing while I slept is being charged from my computer (which I ALWAYS do) and was already at 80% when it was plugged up?
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Well actually, this is kind of scary. I got off work at 6 am this morning, came up and went to sleep somewhere between 7:30 and 8 am. I woke up around 3 pm and my batter was left charging via usb from the computer with about 80% battery THEN. So I woke up at 3 pm and my battery was COMPLETELY DEAD. I had to plug it up to a power outlet. I understand that, but what I DON'T understand is how in the heck did the battery die in the FIRST place when all it was doing while I slept is being charged from my computer (which I ALWAYS do) and was already at 80% when it was plugged up?
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Sounds like your maxx was charging your computer...
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refuse2bstopped said:
Well actually, this is kind of scary. I got off work at 6 am this morning, came up and went to sleep somewhere between 7:30 and 8 am. I woke up around 3 pm and my batter was left charging via usb from the computer with about 80% battery THEN. So I woke up at 3 pm and my battery was COMPLETELY DEAD. I had to plug it up to a power outlet. I understand that, but what I DON'T understand is how in the heck did the battery die in the FIRST place when all it was doing while I slept is being charged from my computer (which I ALWAYS do) and was already at 80% when it was plugged up?
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Sounds like your maxx was charging your computer...
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:laugh: IKR lol
They took out task manager. In developer options there is a choice " destroy app as soon as you leave it" interferes with go launcher tho
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It says my screen is taking up 74 percent of my battery and my battery life is significantly less after the ICS update
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I have the same issue. I fully charge my phone every night. I drive a truck for UPS so I don't look at my phone too often throughout the day. By end of day, I have about 30% battery left and over 70% of it has been consumed by the screen!?
Also, I have noticed the battery takes MUCH longer to charge. Usually, when I had GB, I would get home from work, usually with about 60% battery left. I would plug it in and go take a shower. When I got out, it would be fully charged. About 30 minutes. NOW, I get home with a 30% battery and 30 minutes of charging gets me up to about 45% battery. I don't get it. Is there anyway to go back to GB?
My issue was, I was rooted on GB and I could NOT update to 4.0.4. It would download, get about 1/4 way installed and fail. I unrooted the phone and got the same results. Used rootkeeper etc. So I had to sideload the OEM ICS from Verizon. Nothing but horrible battery life ever since.
Some people are having battery issues, but it's not a universal thing. I'm getting great battery life. I was about a day and a half with moderate use on my Maxx and was down to 60%.
People having these issues, I'd look at all your installed apps and maybe you guys can find a commonality. It's a known issue that Facebook's apps is a battery killer, maybe others are under ICS.
Try epsilon V2.
My battery life is pretty bad. It was bad on stock and still not any better with eclipse. It dies after about 6 hours and I only use it for 5 minutes every hour in that time. I even exit apps before putting it in my pocket. Badass battery and stock battery app both give similar info. The screen accounts for 70% or more even though its only on for a total of 30 minutes in those 6 hours. Charging is also incredibly slow. With gingerbread it would last for 8+ hours and usually only be at 30-40% by then.
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.
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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.
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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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Hey guys,
I've been lurking in the forums for the past year and lately I've noticed that my battery has been crapping out. I'm running CM 10.1-20130807-NIGHTLY-i777 (I update it once a month), i777UCLE5, with CWM 6.0.3.5.
With the stock battery I get just about 1.5 - 2 hours of active usage. If I listen to music on it for 45 minutes, the battery drains over 30%. This is with JuiceDefender on.
I invested in two Anker batteries which worked for about 2-5 months then started locking up my phone. When I rebooted, battery went from 98% to 13%. Happened to one of my two batteries in month 2, and the second battery crapped out in month 5. Then I got a so called "stock battery" from eBay -- had the same model # and everything but didn't have NFC on it. Crashes my phone and drains the battery instantly too.
I'm wondering -- is there any way I can make these after market batteries work with my phone? I'm guessing it has something to do with not having NFC. They probably have much better life than my stock battery but I just can't make use of them.
Any tips appreciated.
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Hey guys,
I've been lurking in the forums for the past year and lately I've noticed that my battery has been crapping out. I'm running CM 10.1-20130807-NIGHTLY-i777 (I update it once a month), i777UCLE5, with CWM 6.0.3.5.
With the stock battery I get just about 1.5 - 2 hours of active usage. If I listen to music on it for 45 minutes, the battery drains over 30%. This is with JuiceDefender on.
I invested in two Anker batteries which worked for about 2-5 months then started locking up my phone. When I rebooted, battery went from 98% to 13%. Happened to one of my two batteries in month 2, and the second battery crapped out in month 5. Then I got a so called "stock battery" from eBay -- had the same model # and everything but didn't have NFC on it. Crashes my phone and drains the battery instantly too.
I'm wondering -- is there any way I can make these after market batteries work with my phone? I'm guessing it has something to do with not having NFC. They probably have much better life than my stock battery but I just can't make use of them.
Any tips appreciated.
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You need to search for the free xda version of Better Battery Stats so that you can take a more detailed look at what is causing your battery to drain.
You can find some great information by reading this thread.
You likely have something (or perhaps more than 1 thing) holding a wakelock that is not allowing the phone to get into a deep sleep and conserve battery power.
AJ Newkirk said:
You need to search for the free xda version of Better Battery Stats so that you can take a more detailed look at what is causing your battery to drain.
You can find some great information by reading this thread.
You likely have something (or perhaps more than 1 thing) holding a wakelock that is not allowing the phone to get into a deep sleep and conserve battery power.
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Thanks for the tip. I will try that out over the weekend.
Any advice to make non OEM batteries work with the i777?
power86 said:
Thanks for the tip. I will try that out over the weekend.
Any advice to make non OEM batteries work with the i777?
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You can use replacement batteries, but they will render NFC useless. Only OEM i777 batteries have the necessary equipment to make NFC work.
You may want to do a search in the Accessories forum here and see what people recommend.