After charging the battery to full my HTC EVO 3D always shallow cycles it until unplugged from the charger. In Battery Monitor Widget I can see the battery alternating between discharging to 95% and charging back up to 100%. This is done to prevent overcharging and to extend long term battery life.
My new EVO 4G LTE on the other hand simply stays at full charge after reaching 100% and until unplugged. I can't see any cycling in BMW. Any idea why the change in behavior and wouldn't it negatively affect battery health? Meanwhile, I'm going to make it a habit to unplug the phone after charging and not leave it plugged in overnight.
The evo 3d stayed awake when plugged in. The evo lte is asleep when plugged in causing no discharge meaning no need to cycle up and down
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84guy said:
The evo 3d stayed awake when plugged in. The evo lte is asleep when plugged in causing no discharge meaning no need to cycle up and down
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That does not make much sense. If EVO LTE draws less current than EVO 3D when plugged in, then overcharging is even a bigger problem. I don't think your observation is correct though: CPU Spy shows both at around 95% in deep sleep CPU state after a night on the charger.
One of the biggest battery complaints of the 3D was the fact that it wouldn't charge to 100% and now your complaining when HTC got it right for a change. These aren't nicad batteries and there is no need for what your describing. Welcome to 2012 and the technology that we have now. Leave it plugged in and be happy that you start the day with 100% battery power.
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One of the biggest battery complaints of the 3D was the fact that it wouldn't charge to 100% and now your complaining when HTC got it right for a change. These aren't nicad batteries and there is no need for what your describing. Welcome to 2012 and the technology that we have now. Leave it plugged in and be happy that you start the day with 100% battery power.
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I certainly wasn't complaining about EVO 3D starting the day at 95% battery if that meant extending its useful lifespan. Li-ion is indeed quite different from Ni-Cd, however they do age and lose capacity 2x-4x more rapidly when charged fully and not allowed to discharge, especially at higher temperatures. Lifehacker has a decent guide.
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One of the biggest battery complaints of the 3D was the fact that it wouldn't charge to 100% and now your complaining when HTC got it right for a change. These aren't nicad batteries and there is no need for what your describing. Welcome to 2012 and the technology that we have now. Leave it plugged in and be happy that you start the day with 100% battery power.
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Anybody who knew what they were talking about wouldn't complain about the battery charging on the 3D. HTC DID get it right. You don't want to fully charge or over charge these batteries because it's bad for them in terms of overall life.
And with a phone that has a built in battery, the concern would be quite valid, as replacing the battery if it were to become damaged would be troublesome.
Aren't these batteries Li-Po, not Li-ion? I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not though.
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PsiPhiDan said:
Aren't these batteries Li-Po, not Li-ion? I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not though.
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The battery chemistry is quite similar between the two, so unless proven otherwise I would still be concerned. Also, has it actually been definitively shown that the EVO LTE battery is lithium-ion polymer?
cruise350 said:
One of the biggest battery complaints of the 3D was the fact that it wouldn't charge to 100% and now your complaining when HTC got it right for a change. These aren't nicad batteries and there is no need for what your describing. Welcome to 2012 and the technology that we have now. Leave it plugged in and be happy that you start the day with 100% battery power.
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I have to agree with you 100% (No offense to the OP) but i happen to love this. Just like u stated, with the 3D i would wake up, and leave the house and the battery would be drawn 3-4% so it wouldnt over charge. Im leaving for a BBQ in 2hrs, and my phone has been at 100% for over 2hrs now. Good to know i can leave it in and not have to worry about over charging it, or even losing some of that charge by leaving it plugged in. Very cool
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PsiPhiDan said:
Aren't these batteries Li-Po, not Li-ion? I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not though.
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Nope. There Li-ion
Im looking at the back of the battery right now.
Dont ask LOL
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I have to agree with you 100% (No offense to the OP) but i happen to love this.
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None taken.
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Nope. There Li-ion
Im looking at the back of the battery right now.
Dont ask LOL
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That's a photo of a Li-Po battery.
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None taken.
That's a photo of a Li-Po battery.
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How do u know its a Li-po?
Its says Li-ion right on it
EDIT...Ohh i see it.....I see where it s says Polymer there. THen what the hell is the diference from a normal li-ion?
EDIT 2.....Well it truns out there is a bit of a difference from a normal Li-ion. Thats my bad. i had no idea there was 2 different varitations. Ok i admit it "I was wrong"
on WiKi it states that the difference has to wiht cost, size and packaging and such. its built completely different on the inside
Not too much difference between them really, for the most part I think the two terms are interchangeable.
With the 3D and og 4G the phone would stop drawing power when it was full and then use the battery again, with this one I'm guessing they just bypass the battery altogether once it's full. Again, that's just a guess though since we still don't have kernel source to check.
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Not too much difference between them really, for the most part I think the two terms are interchangeable.
With the 3D and og 4G the phone would stop drawing power when it was full and then use the battery again, with this one I'm guessing they just bypass the battery altogether once it's full. Again, that's just a guess though since we still don't have kernel source to check.
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Haus, glad your on board with us man. Have u heard anything about Source yet? One X has it, but we're still left blowing in the wind. Im surprised it hasnt popped up yet tho
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Not too much difference between them really, for the most part I think the two terms are interchangeable.
With the 3D and og 4G the phone would stop drawing power when it was full and then use the battery again, with this one I'm guessing they just bypass the battery altogether once it's full. Again, that's just a guess though since we still don't have kernel source to check.
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Close, but not interchangeable. Regular Li-ion batteries have a liquid electrolyte, polymer Li-ion ones have a polymer-based electrolyte.
I guess we do have to wait for the kernel source to figure out what's happening. If the battery is bypassed, overcharge is not an issue, but sitting at 100% without discharge is still not ideal for long term longevity.
Lol lithium ion POLYMER
I wouldn't put to much stock in what the battery monitor says anyway. They could just have it programmed to display 100% while it's plugged in even if it's in the slow discharge state.
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I wouldn't put to much stock in what the battery monitor says anyway. They could just have it programmed to display 100% while it's plugged in even if it's in the slow discharge state.
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That is indeed possible, but that would be a first. BMW retrieves current drain reported by the kernel, not just percent charge.
I used SBC kernals on and off on the og evo's stock battery, and that battery was still good when I got rid of that phone. I wouldn't worry about it.
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I used SBC kernals on and off on the og evo's stock battery, and that battery was still good when I got rid of that phone. I wouldn't worry about it.
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It does not keep me up at night. However, there's no reason for HTC to start doing things sub-optimally on EVO LTE after they got it right on EVO 3D.
It could just be charging the battery at the same rate that it is discharging, and at a certain time interval it could decrease that charge so that the battery drains a little...and then it repeats that and once it hits that interval again it could just bump up the charge and repeat. That way, the battery would stay at "100%" because that's determined by the voltage and not the percentage.
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My phone charges so slow and dies pretty fast too. Is there any extended batteries that will work with the ATT version.
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When you say it dies fast, how fast and how much display on time do you get?
I'm getting around 5 hours screen on time, but only 10 hours between charging. But the 5 hours screen on is allot, it means I'm playing with my new phone allot and when I settle down after a few days I should be getting real good battery life
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As to your question I have not seen an extended battery yet, but I'm sure they are on the way.
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It says i get 2 hours on screen time.
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Yea that is not so good. But I would wait a few recharge cycles before getting too concerned.
Just as a side note I am running codeworkx cwm kernel, stock ROM, rooted and debloated.
Are you still stock or have you flashed anything?
nikola996 said:
It says i get 2 hours on screen time.
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I just found this
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=180732262208&index=19&nav=SEARCH&nid=47775386911
Have no idea if it is any good and don't know anything about the seller, but I guess they are rolling extended batteries.
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Im stock. Im just going to wait and see if my battery life gets better. If an official extended battery comes out in thr future i will buy it.
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Isn't charging slow a norm for Samsung phones? At least that's what I've heard.
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Isn't charging slow a norm for Samsung phones? At least that's what I've heard.
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Yes, they do that because Samsung feels although it pro longs your battery long term life. My infuse is the same way.
I too am a little worried about the battery life. I unplugged my phone at 5:47 this morning. By 7:15 I was down to 87%. Granted I did read a book on my phone for 13 minutes this morning but still a little dissapointed with the battery life so far. I have had my phone plugged in for 12 minutes and it has gone from 87% to 89%.
I have also experienced the slow charging. It seems to go faster if I am plugged in to the wall as opposed to the USB on my computer though.
i havent tested throughly, but i think it seems to go faster plugged into a wall outlet also.
i wonder if USB is a trickle charge, while wall wart would be a full charge..
is there anyway to see the charge stats from inside the phone? like see how much juice is being shoved back into the battery while charging different methods? an app or maybe some shell command?
If you want your new SGS2 to charge quickly when plugged into your computer, get one of these:
http://mobile.brando.com/brando-workshop-usb-to-micro-usb-cable_p04980c0704d003.html
Has a switch that will put your phone into fast charge mode, which will charge your new phone at the same speed as using a wall charger.
just curious - isn't slower charging better for the battery, anyway?
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Isn't charging slow a norm for Samsung phones? At least that's what I've heard.
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Yes, they do that because Samsung feels although it pro longs your battery long term life. My infuse is the same way.
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Yes. The slower you charge the battery, the less capacity it loses per charge cycle.
However the Infuse has a charging flaw in which CPU and screen power usage count against charge current limit, so if the phone is in use it'll charge MUCH slower. I never got any good data from Captivate/I9000 owners on whether this applied to their devices too. Anecdotal evidence is that the Infuse charged much more slowly than these for whatever reason.
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I have also experienced the slow charging. It seems to go faster if I am plugged in to the wall as opposed to the USB on my computer though.
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By design. USB ports can only deliver 500 mA, so Samsung limits charge current to 475 on USB. Wall charger on the Infuse was 600 mA stock and I had mods in my Infuse kernel series that would bump that to 800 when the battery was below 4.0 volts, not sure about our device, haven't had enough time to read through the battery drivers yet.
Due to the issue I mention above where CPU/screen/etc current usage counts against the current limit, the difference between 475 and 600 was a lot more than 22% or so in terms of current into the battery.
Are the extended batteries popping out the bump at the back of handset. IF that is the case the whole slim sleek looks of SG2 is lost.
thoughtchirps said:
Are the extended batteries popping out the bump at the back of handset. IF that is the case the whole slim sleek looks of SG2 is lost.
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Do you want a slim phone or lots of battery time? While we'd like to have both, it's impossible to do with the current battery technology. Personally, I wouldn't mind giving up a little bit of slimness for 4-500 mA more.
I'm not having the problems others seem to be having with the battery. Mine seems to be better than average and is a LOT better than my Cappy ever was.
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I have also experienced the slow charging. It seems to go faster if I am plugged in to the wall as opposed to the USB on my computer though.
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USB ports in computers draw far less power than what a wall charger would get.
As Entropy said, trickle charge by design.
Getting 2 hours of screen time isn't good, though. It's possibly a faulty battery.. I'd give it a week of normal charge/discharge cycles to see if it works better or not.
FWIW - My heavily modded Cappy got no more than 4 hours of moderate to heavy use on a charge, making me a user of multiple batteries. My totally stock SGS2 lasts from 5:30 am until at least 10:00 pm with the same usage. I don't know why. The Cappy was not OC/UV, just rooted and running a variety of ROMs, but even when stock the battery wasn't good.
Also, the trickle charge from a usb port will take a lot longer (at least 2x) to recharge the phone than any wall charger or car charger. I had chargers all over my house for the Cappy (still do, just don't need them now) so I always had one close by. They're cheap, and beat being frustrated by not having enough power to read a good book or watch cute cats.
I hear slow charge is better too so i bought a cheap motorola wall charger a while back thats output is 550ma compared to the sgs2's charger 700ma. It works great with this phone.
If you are getting horrible battery life try either freezing media hub, factory reset or flashing cognition after i did this i dont have a problem anymore. I dont know which one fixed it but one of em did.
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Got the seidio 4000mah extended battery in the mail yesterday. This this is a beast! Glad I made the $58.94 investment.
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3VO
How big is the brick now?
7 hours and still at 92%, nice!! As DarkMan asked, how big is it now?
If only the Defender case would fit around an extended battery. My phone dies too fast with Bluetooth on all day and making calls all day for work. Plus the loads of texts and surfing, lol.
O snap! Thats amazing.....
How long has the screen been on?
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I would like to see the display on time during that period. And also the wake time by pressing on the graph. I could get the same screenshot on my OEM battery by leaving it off and sitting on my desk for 7 hours.
tgruendler said:
I would like to see the display on time during that period. And also the wake time by pressing on the graph. I could get the same screenshot on my OEM battery by leaving it off and sitting on my desk for 7 hours.
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Sure that would show some nice info, but with the 3D there's no way the stock battery would only use 8% in 7 hours even with the screen off (unless mobile data was shut off.)
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wardfan220 said:
Sure that would show some nice info, but with the 3D there's no way the stock battery would only use 8% in 7 hours even with the screen off (unless mobile data was shut off.)
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Um...yeah...on WIFI at home, I can leave my phone unplugged and even with push syncing on my gmail and exchange account, if I leave it on my nightstand, it will only use about 10% over 8 hours. I will do it tonight and post up a screenshot tomorrow morning.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18718449&postcount=2947
This is what I'm talking about.
tgruendler said:
Um...yeah...on WIFI at home, I can leave my phone unplugged and even with push syncing on my gmail and exchange account, if I leave it on my nightstand, it will only use about 10% over 8 hours. I will do it tonight and post up a screenshot tomorrow morning.
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To be honest I think that WiFi uses less battery than mobile data, so even with the push email it'll use less than just the mobile data without push. Let me rephrase what I said then. There's no way I'll ever see that little loss over that length of time, even without using the phone just in my pocket I lose 10% in less than 2 hours.
jhuff83 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18718449&postcount=2947
This is what I'm talking about.
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Wow, again, no way I'd ever see that battery life. I'm running Steel's ROM with one of the dual core kernels, nothing that should be draining it, just crappy data here so I guess it struggles to work draining the battery.
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A weak cell signal is really rough on the battery. I use wifi at work and home, both have full signal 90% of the time. If my phone is just sitting there at idle it barely uses any battery. Showing battery life since unplugged really isn't giving any info. Up Time and Awake Time since unplugged, with either Data or Wifi on, is what everyone should be showing. That actually gives everyone a general idea of battery life...
With my Anker 1900mah batteries, I get from 20-34 Up with 5-6 Awake, depending on my usage.
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Still on the single charge. I can easily get 60 hours with moderate use.
3VO
Got_Evo? said:
Still on the single charge. I can easily get 60 hours with moderate use.
3VO
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Once again, show us the display time and awake times. What you are showing us is useless.
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Here is my phone with stock battery.
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Here is my phone with stock battery. View attachment 760755View attachment 760756View attachment 760758
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I must have a bad battery , I have that same amount of screen time and Im lucky if I get 6 hours tops .
how does the ebay extended battery compare to this?
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A weak cell signal is really rough on the battery. I use wifi at work and home, both have full signal 90% of the time. If my phone is just sitting there at idle it barely uses any battery. Showing battery life since unplugged really isn't giving any info. Up Time and Awake Time since unplugged, with either Data or Wifi on, is what everyone should be showing. That actually gives everyone a general idea of battery life...
With my Anker 1900mah batteries, I get from 20-34 Up with 5-6 Awake, depending on my usage.
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How do you get that much off it? I have the anker battery too and I get around nine-ten where my OEM gets seven to eight. All I do is play words with friends. Most of the day my screen is off with only mobile data on. No way can I get 20 hours.
first part was anker second is OEM
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DJ1994 said:
How do you get that much off it? I have the anker battery too and I get around nine-ten where my OEM gets seven to eight. All I do is play words with friends. Most of the day my screen is off with only mobile data on. No way can I get 20 hours.
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you have some serious wakelock issues.. thats probably why you get ****ty battery life
I, on the other hand get ****ty battery life because of the ****ty signal and ****ty coverage sprint has in my area... dropped more than 40% in 7hours with the phone just sitting there
DJ1994 said:
How do you get that much off it? I have the anker battery too and I get around nine-ten where my OEM gets seven to eight. All I do is play words with friends. Most of the day my screen is off with only mobile data on. No way can I get 20 hours.
first part was anker second is OEM
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If you look at the time where the battery dropped the most, your phone was awake but the screen was off that whole time. There is an app that is keeping your phone awake. I have never had that problem before but I am sure that there is a program on the market that would help find the culprit.
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I had watchdog for the longest time and it never alerted. If someone knows what I can do to fix this it'd be amazing.
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DJ1994 said:
I had watchdog for the longest time and it never alerted. If someone knows what I can do to fix this it'd be amazing.
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Which battery monitor program are you using?
anker looks like they made a battery for the amaze. I had a good experience with there sensation battery.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anker-Exten...353379?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4ab00f01a3
Anyone order yet
ebocioj said:
anker looks like they made a battery for the amaze. I had a good experience with there sensation battery.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anker-Exten...353379?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4ab00f01a3
Anyone order yet
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That's not a real Amaze Battery... look at the posting info, it's only 3.7V. the Amaze comes with a 3.8V battery. Just use your old Anker sensation battery. it's the same thing.
I would really like to know if its worth getting since the stock battery is anorexic... and how would 3.7 volts affect the phone. Can it break it?
The phone will be undervolted which isn't bad seeing as how many kernels offer undervoltage
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I email Anker and asked them about the voltage difference...
Hello, I have a quick question about the battery for the HTC Amaze 4G.
The OEM battery from HTC is listed as 3.8 volts, but your battery is listed as 3.7. Is there a reason why your battery has a lower voltage?
Could this affect the operation of my phone?
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Their response was...
Thank you for contacting us.
I just heard back from our tech team that there is no actual performance difference between 3.7v and 3.8 v and it will not affect the performance of the battery.
Please do not worry about it.
Please let us know if there is anything else we may help. Any time you need us, we are always here.
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I don't have a problem with that response. Since all of the components in the phone run at either 3.3v or 1.7v, that .1 of volt should have no affect on the operation of the phone.
If for some reason it does, just return it. They are reputable and have been selling for awhile.
It's not like they are selling these out of the back of a van.
Off Anker topic... But if it's a 3.8v 1730mAH battery, then it's the exact same as the Evo 3D isn't it?
Anker battery
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005M19IZU
I bought the anker battery and charger from Amazon and in all honesty the battery seems to work much better than the OEM one provided by HTC. 1800mAh and seems to provide a good backup battery. The external charger is a neat touch since one does not have to charge the batteries through the one all the time.
I just purchased two Anker batteries with a charger combo for $12.
Here's the link:
http://amzn.com/B005M19IZU
At first I thought that it sounded too good to be true but for $12 it's worth the risk.
It arrived today and at first glance I had a bit of buyers remorse because the charger didn't have any instructions and the charging pins seemed to move around too freely. It just felt cheap overall. The two batteries that it came with say that they are for the EVO 3D 4G as 3.7v and 1800mAh. Yet I let the batteries charge and I daringly put it in my phone. Voila! Powered right up and works just as well as the OEM battery. I haven't drained it yet so I have no idea on how long the battery will last. My expectations? 180 mAh 3.7v battery vs the 1730mAh 3.8v OEM battery... I'm not expecting too much difference to be honest. I'll keep you all posted with an edit in say about 48 hours.
A premature opinion if you ask for it... is it a viable solution for a primary battery? I wouldn't think so.
Is it a viable solution as a backup since we can't charge via 5.0.2.6 recovery? You're damn right!
Another note:
Not sure if it's related to the battery or not but I've had two random reboots with this battery installed. So... perhaps if someone else has experienced something similiar there just might be an issue there. Time will tell.
I bought from mugen the evo3D 1950mah I'm on my second cycle so far not impressed so far at all. The difference between the stock battery and this one is only 200 mah but it almost seems like the 3D battery drains faster
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Damn!!!! I bought for 17 two weeks ago!!!!
Just got my Amaze last night. I put my Anker battery that I bought 2 weeks ago for my sensation in it. Unplugged the phone at 9:45 AM, and when I got home at around 8:00 i had something like 15-20% charge remaining. That was after using my phone through out the day to place a few phone calls, constantly checking texts and facebook, and also doing some ebay browsing looking for accessories for it. Must say, I LOVE my Anker battery.
Solid opinions?
I'm planning on buying one (1900mAh). I heard that initial it appears to lose it charge then slows down but still offering good battery life. However I'm a bit unsure.
By how much more hours will this thing pack compare to stock?
Also I hope (and it probably will) increase battery life once we see Cyanogenmod and better kernels. First we have to get through S-Off.
I got the 1950 today is my third cycle, in my previous post it was my second and I said it was terrible, after the 3rd cycle I've seen a big improvement. 12 hours and 12 mins off charger. I started at 100 percent. Right as I went into work. For 8 and 1/2 hours I had airplane mode on, being that WiFi calling doesn't work, had WiFi turned on, and listened to Pandora the whole time.
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Just bought this battery for mine. It does not seem to get a full charge. Charging on device only get up to 94 % or so. Any one else have that problem?
edit: meant to reply to Binary. I've got this same battery kit: http://amzn.com/B005M19IZU
I've had this same kit for a few weeks. I have the same complaints about the charger pins but whatever, your hands will learn how to do it quickly after a couple times. Now I just rotate the batteries about every day and a half. On the first few charges I was barely getting more than the stock battery. After a few times of fully charging and fully draining I get about 25hrs of normal use. Last weekend I got 36 hours before the battery finally died.
My usage patterns:
1+ hr internet radio morning commute.
Mail, Facebook, weather, syncing all day.
Random web
random games
1+ hr internet radio evening commute.
not plugged in all night, sometimes I leave sync on, sometimes I turn it off.
1+ hr internet radio for morning commute
change battery some time between getting to work and lunch.
Worth it IMO.
So you are not charging in device though at all. Just their charger?
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So you are not charging in device though at all. Just their charger?
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I bought the single 1900mAh and I can charge to 100% through the phone, it does however discharge down quickly initially. Its slows down after 80 - 90% so the overall life is still good. This is its second charge so I'm still waiting to see if I get a boost.
are you charging yours in the phone or the anker charger? Seems with indicator being off been tryib to charge in the phone myself.
What is thr best most accurate way of charging for life and indicator to be right?
Here's the results with my Anker battery.
I know that telling you guys by text would be fairly useless so here's the screenshot as proof.
Not too bad I think.
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Here's the results with my Anker battery.
I know that telling you guys by text would be fairly useless so here's the screenshot as proof.
Not too bad I think.
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In my usage I get 7 hours out of the stock battery and 5 hours from the Anker. That puts the stock at about 1259 mA.
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We should generate our own thread with battery stats for the AT&T version of The HTC One X+ because we have the LTE version. I expect that our batteries will drain faster. I will post my stats as soon as I am through my 3rd charging cycle. +/- power saver will be interesting as well as overnight in sleep mode. I normally don't optimize a lot to keep my battery drain low. My GNex made it without a problem through a day and night.
I'm on my second cycle and the battery has been exceptional! 1.5 days on a single charge so far.
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We should generate our own thread with battery stats for the AT&T version of The HTC One X+ because we have the LTE version. I expect that our batteries will drain faster. I will post my stats as soon as I am through my 3rd charging cycle. +/- power saver will be interesting as well as overnight in sleep mode. I normally don't optimize a lot to keep my battery drain low. My GNex made it without a problem through a day and night.
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I'm on my second cycle and the battery has been exceptional! 1.5 days on a single charge so far.
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Really? I barely make it through 13-14 hours. Do you use the battery saver function? I will post some screen shots later.
I can't give you any good battery data yet, as I just got home from the store with it and I've been busy setting everything up the way I want it and installing apps. I was, however, very surprised after installing CPU Spy to see how low the processor will slow down...
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6 hours with slight/medium use and I am down to 50%: No battery optimizations. Screen is on auto-brightness. I will use better battery stats to get a better idea what drains the battery. I burn 10% of battery/hour with light/medium use that's too much.
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I can't give you any good battery data yet, as I just got home from the store with it and I've been busy setting everything up the way I want it and installing apps. I was, however, very surprised after installing CPU Spy to see how low the processor will slow down...
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Interesting. If I look at better battery stats CPU states the lowest my phone is going to is 475 even though it could go low as 50. Have to run the stats for an entire battery charge to get some useful information.
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This was hours after getting home with my new phone, just after installing tons of apps. So CPUspy didn't have much data to work with. Now that I unlocked my bootloader, I'm going to have to start all over again!
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6 hours with slight/medium use and I am down to 50%: No battery optimizations. Screen is on auto-brightness. I will use better battery stats to get a better idea what drains the battery. I burn 10% of battery/hour with light/medium use that's too much.
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So I tested again today and my battery performance is still bad I would say. Do you guys get similar result otherwise I will try to exchange my device. I didn't do anything special. I played 5 minutes riptide. Took some photos without flash and posted some stuff on facebook and XDA. Screen on time is low 1.5 hours. and I have only 28% left. Do you get similar result or much better battery performance?
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So I tested again today and my battery performance is still bad I would say. Do you guys get similar result otherwise I will try to exchange my device. I didn't do anything special. I played 5 minutes riptide. Took some photos without flash and posted some stuff on facebook and XDA. Screen on time is low 1.5 hours. and I have only 28% left. Do you get similar result or much better battery performance?
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First thing I notice when looking at your screen shots is the weak signal. That will eat into your battery.
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mgymnop said:
So I tested again today and my battery performance is still bad I would say. Do you guys get similar result otherwise I will try to exchange my device. I didn't do anything special. I played 5 minutes riptide. Took some photos without flash and posted some stuff on facebook and XDA. Screen on time is low 1.5 hours. and I have only 28% left. Do you get similar result or much better battery performance?
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How do you get that first screen shot that shows all the data? I can't figure it out in the Better Battery app. Do I need to be rooted for that one?
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First thing I notice when looking at your screen shots is the weak signal. That will eat into your battery.
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How do you get that first screen shot that shows all the data? I can't figure it out in the Better Battery app. Do I need to be rooted for that one?
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If I open better battery stats the overview is on the first screen I see. You only see it when the phone is not charging. You have to wait a while until it populates with data. No root necessary. Try to switch the view from since unplugged to since charged and back. That might help.
Interesting. I got my replacement device yesterday and I ran better battery stats: My battery drains now only 5%/hour instead of 10% and the CPU clocks down to 50Mhz while not in use. My first HOX+ never went below 500Mhz. Looks like not the battery was kaputt but the CPU had some issues I would say.
It's seems as if I'm now getting a average of 20 hours so. Constantly on wifi, a couple calls, some email and light gaming. I have to say coming from the vivid I'm highly dissapointed. I was expecting not to constantly feel like I'm tethered to wall but that doesn't seem to have changed.
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mrbro0ks said:
It's seems as if I'm now getting a average of 20 hours so. Constantly on wifi, a couple calls, some email and light gaming. I have to say coming from the vivid I'm highly dissapointed. I was expecting not to constantly feel like I'm tethered to wall but that doesn't seem to have changed.
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Is that on battery saver mode? 20 hours is pretty good.
mrbro0ks said:
It's seems as if I'm now getting a average of 20 hours so. Constantly on wifi, a couple calls, some email and light gaming. I have to say coming from the vivid I'm highly dissapointed. I was expecting not to constantly feel like I'm tethered to wall but that doesn't seem to have changed.
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20 hours on battery power makes you constantly feel tethered to the wall? I think your expectations are a bit unrealistic. You're on a quad-core device with a huge high-def screen. 20 hours seems very reasonable to me. Charging once a day is pretty standard for most modern portable devices. I think 16 hours is about the target I look for, that way it can be plugged in when I sleep and run unplugged the rest of the day.
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20 hours on battery power makes you constantly feel tethered to the wall? I think your expectations are a bit unrealistic. You're on a quad-core device with a huge high-def screen. 20 hours seems very reasonable to me. Charging once a day is pretty standard for most modern portable devices. I think 16 hours is about the target I look for, that way it can be plugged in when I sleep and run unplugged the rest of the day.
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I agree. Sixteen gets me through what I need for the day. But, I haven't gotten that yet. How's it shaping up for you?
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I agree. Sixteen gets me through what I need for the day. But, I haven't gotten that yet. How's it shaping up for you?
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I haven't had to use it for an extended day away from home, but after my 8 hour shift at work and commute to/from work, I still had 65%. Seems great so far!
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I haven't had to use it for an extended day away from home, but after my 8 hour shift at work and commute to/from work, I still had 65%. Seems great so far!
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Yes, that's pretty good. I am satisfied at the moment too. I get 15 hours with medium use (texting, facebook, music streaming via BT and internet) and 2 hours screen on time.I am just on my 2nd. charge cycle so I hope it improves a bit.
Great article I just found on Reddit...
How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries
my battery images
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Great article I just found on Reddit...
How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries
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Nice find.
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Is this normal? I know that people are saying charging on the One is slow but 8+ hours from fully dead is ridiculous. Is anyone else's One taking this log to charge or should I swap mine out for a new one?
Are you using the OEM charger or at least another 1A+ charger?
However if you're talking about your meter not hitting 100 but is sitting at 95-98%, then I refer you to this excellent article: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...bump-charging-and-inconsistent-battery-drain/
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Is this normal? I know that people are saying charging on the One is slow but 8+ hours from fully dead is ridiculous. Is anyone else's One taking this log to charge or should I swap mine out for a new one?
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Have you unplugged it and plugged it back on the charger? Have you tried charging it with power off?
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Can't you wipe battery stats?
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unremarked said:
Are you using the OEM charger or at least another 1A+ charger?
However if you're talking about your meter not hitting 100 but is sitting at 95-98%, then I refer you to this excellent article: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...bump-charging-and-inconsistent-battery-drain/
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It actually took over 8 hours to make it to 90%. And I have not tried to charge with the battery off. Do many people do that?
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It actually took over 8 hours to make it to 90%. And I have not tried to charge with the battery off. Do many people do that?
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This JUST happened to me today!
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This is freaky!!!!!
I'm using the stock charger and stock cable.
1. Get ElementalX kernel
2. Plug in phone to USB 3.0 port
3. ????
4. Supercharge!!!
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relic120 said:
1. Get ElementalX kernel
2. Plug in phone to USB 3.0 port
3. ????
4. Supercharge!!!
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What does this have to do with anything?? I plugged it into the wall socket, not a computer!
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What does this have to do with anything?? I plugged it into the wall socket, not a computer!
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Then get a 2/3 amp wall plug. You have a much bigger battery and a phone that uses more power than normal. The 1amp output just isn't enough.
HTC really should have provided us with a better plug but from what I read they believe that the best way to extend the overall life of the battery was to have it charge slowly.
In reality I won't have this phone for more than 2 years so I don't really care about that.
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Then get a 2/3 amp wall plug. You have a much bigger battery and a phone that uses more power than normal. The 1amp output just isn't enough.
HTC really should have provided us with a better plug but from what I read they believe that the best way to extend the overall life of the battery was to have it charge slowly.
In reality I won't have this phone for more than 2 years so I don't really care about that.
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I don't think you're getting this at all. This is NOT normal. Other people have the same plug and are charging their phones in less than 4 hours. This is still going on past 9 hours now. If the gs4 can charge a bigger battery with the same 1.2A, then this should work right?
Maybe I'm not getting it because my phone charged just as slow on the normal plug also. But as soon as I got that kernel it seems to charge faster even on the normal plug.. And it so much faster on USB 3.0 plug.
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Maybe I'm not getting it because my phone charged just as slow on the normal plug also. But as soon as I got that kernel it seems to charge faster even on the normal plug.. And it so much faster on USB 3.0 plug.
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I'm having a hard time believing that HTC would design a phone that takes 9 hours to charge. I don't have usb 3.0 or want to use custom kernel. It also didn't happen when i got the phone first. So this is a bit strange to me.
OP, you may have to return as defective.
http://m.digitaltrends.com/mobile/htc-one-problems/
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How long does it take you to charge your phone from 0% to full? I finally reached 100% at 11:20 last night. Charging my phone from 97%-100% takes 2 hours. Should I take it back as defective? It's only my third day and I have warranty either way. It'll just take some gas to get there. Lol.
Looks like you have a defective battery. I say bring it back but first call and see if they have any in stock.
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Looks like you have a defective battery. I say bring it back but first call and see if they have any in stock.
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They don't. I have the 64gb
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So how long has the phone been plugged in now since this thread started? Still at 99%? Have you tried letting it drain until it turns off on it's own and then charge fully?
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Actually I took my phone back to best buy today at around 4:00 pm pacific and got it replaced. Not sure if I'm seeing a increase in battery life. I think I got it at 57% charge and not it's at 12%(it's 9:16 pm right now). Should I charge it to 100% when it dies or can I charge it up a bit for the time being and then let it die and charge to 100% later when I get home?
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Actually I took my phone back to best buy today at around 4:00 pm pacific and got it replaced. Not sure if I'm seeing a increase in battery life. I think I got it at 57% charge and not it's at 12%(it's 9:16 pm right now). Should I charge it to 100% when it dies or can I charge it up a bit for the time being and then let it die and charge to 100% later when I get home?
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Doesn't matter.. to each is own really. Charge to 100% now, then when it gets low enough say 2%, charge to full.. then you can charge as you please, just try not to let it do a complete cycle too often (0-100%).
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I don't mean to bump this post back to the top but if anyone has this problem in the future and finds this post, my first HTC One was in fact faulty. Since I've gotten it replaced with another One it's taken my phone about 3 hours to charge from 0-100%(I've done that once. I think it took 3 hours and 20 minutes). Today my battery lasted from 8:05 AM to 9:15ish pm. Charged it from 0-99% in a little under 3 hours after it died. Loving my One even more!