Seriously what is wrong with my cell?? I can not leave it idle/ put it to sleep! Whenever i do so, the battery meter drops to 0 and i can't even switch it on, without plugging in the charger and charging it for 5 minutes, after which the battery shoots to 100. Without letting it go idle, however, i can use it for 2-3 hours non-stop, during which it heats up a lot. Is the battery faulty, or something wrong with the cell itself?
I've tried changing the rom (stock to CM) but to no avail (nothing wrong with the rom)
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abhinavjha said:
Seriously what is wrong with my cell?? I can not leave it idle/ put it to sleep! Whenever i do so, the battery meter drops to 0 and i can't even switch it on, without plugging in the charger and charging it for 5 minutes, after which the battery shoots to 100. Without letting it go idle, however, i can use it for 2-3 hours non-stop, during which it heats up a lot. Is the battery faulty, or something wrong with the cell itself?
I've tried changing the rom (stock to CM) but to no avail (nothing wrong with the rom)
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Try resetting battery stats (that doesn't seem like it's the problem, as well as formatting system, wiping data, wiping cache, dalvic, voltage options (if you've even messed with those), and then booting up the phone once, turning it off, take the battery out for a couple minutes, put battery in (keep phone off), charge for 15-30 minutes, turn on, and see how everything looks then. If it seems to have resolved the problem, I suggest just turning your phone back off and charging it the rest of the way. If what I said above does not work, then your battery is probably ****ed, or possibly your phones battery connectivity port (idk too much about that). Since the problem persists on both stock and CM I'd say it's very likely to be your battery. Try buying a new OEM battery if what I said does not work. They're usually 30-45. You can buy cheapo ones too (probably won't damage your phone like others say - enough to care), but expect them to be a lot less efficient/weaker.
abhinavjha said:
Seriously what is wrong with my cell?? I can not leave it idle/ put it to sleep! Whenever i do so, the battery meter drops to 0 and i can't even switch it on, without plugging in the charger and charging it for 5 minutes, after which the battery shoots to 100. Without letting it go idle, however, i can use it for 2-3 hours non-stop, during which it heats up a lot. Is the battery faulty, or something wrong with the cell itself?
I've tried changing the rom (stock to CM) but to no avail (nothing wrong with the rom)
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That's is very weird.
I don't want to conclude that your battery is faulty.
I think the reading is anyway inaccurate.
Try the following:
-We need to check the battery health.
-Dial *#*#4636#*#* on your phone
-select battery information
-tell me what you see under battery health
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lol'd at the screenshot, yea check the battery health and reset your fuel gauge chip.
The battery is [email protected]#$%&ing healthy.
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VanillaCracker said:
Try resetting battery stats (that doesn't seem like it's the problem, as well as formatting system, wiping data, wiping cache, dalvic, voltage options (if you've even messed with those), and then booting up the phone once, turning it off, take the battery out for a couple minutes, put battery in (keep phone off), charge for 15-30 minutes, turn on, and see how everything looks then. If it seems to have resolved the problem, I suggest just turning your phone back off and charging it the rest of the way. If what I said above does not work, then your battery is probably ****ed, or possibly your phones battery connectivity port (idk too much about that). Since the problem persists on both stock and CM I'd say it's very likely to be your battery. Try buying a new OEM battery if what I said does not work. They're usually 30-45. You can buy cheapo ones too (probably won't damage your phone like others say - enough to care), but expect them to be a lot less efficient/weaker.
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Tried those steps earlier on already, but the problem persists. Gonna get an OEM battery today and then report again. Thanks!
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The battery is [email protected]#$%&ing healthy.
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The battery is [email protected]#$%&ing healthy.
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Good.
Now let's try these steps:
-flash latest Siyah kernel (if you are already on Siyah, skip this step)
-Download "extweaks" from market
-disconnect your phone from charger
-open extweaks Grant it Su access.
-goto under Misc and select "reset fuel gauge chip"
-Close extweaks
Wait for some minutes (with screen off) and let me know what happens
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Jokesy said:
Good.
Now let's try these steps:
-goto under Misc and select "reset fuel gauge chip"
-Close extweaks
Wait for some minutes (with screen off) and let me know what happens
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I think he mentioned he'd already tried that. Considering his battery health and everything seems to be fine, I'm wondering if it's somehow the transfer between battery and phone, though it seems very unlikely. I'm sure he'll post once he tries the new OEM battery
VanillaCracker said:
I think he mentioned he'd already tried that. Considering his battery health and everything seems to be fine, I'm wondering if it's somehow the transfer between battery and phone, though it seems very unlikely. I'm sure he'll post once he tries the new OEM battery
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he has not said that.
Unless I'm missing something.
Wiping battery stats is different to what I was talking about.
Anyway, I'm waiting for his report
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he has not said that.
Unless I'm missing something.
Wiping battery stats is different to what I was talking about.
Anyway, I'm waiting for his report
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True, I assumed his response to me 'I tried all that earlier' was a response to all of the above suggestions.
Jokesy said:
Good.
Now let's try these steps:
-flash latest Siyah kernel (if you are already on Siyah, skip this step)
-Download "extweaks" from market
-disconnect your phone from charger
-open extweaks Grant it Su access.
-goto under Misc and select "reset fuel gauge chip"
-Close extweaks
Wait for some minutes (with screen off) and let me know what happens
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Ok i reset the fuel gauge chip and my battery percentage dropped from 80 to 12.. will give it a few hours time and check it again in the morning.
Its 2.30am here in india.
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abhinavjha said:
Ok i reset the fuel gauge chip and my battery percentage dropped from 80 to 12.. will give it a few hours time and check it again in the morning.
Its 2.30am here in india.
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Good. I hope it works
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Jokesy said:
Good. I hope it works
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It didn't work, and i tried a friend's battery, but the problem remains, implying that the problem is in the cell itself.. but what??? Its the sleep mode that kills it!
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It didn't work, and i tried a friend's battery, but the problem remains, implying that the problem is in the cell itself.. but what??? Its the sleep mode that kills it!
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ok. That looks like a confirmed hardware issue now.
If you're phone is still under warranty, return your phone back to stock, remove root, reset binary counter and send it for repairs.
Good luck
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Originally Posted by abhinavjha
It didn't work, and i tried a friend's battery, but the problem remains, implying that the problem is in the cell itself.. but what??? Its the sleep mode that kills it!
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ok. That looks like a confirmed hardware issue now.
If you're phone is still under warranty, return your phone back to stock, remove root, reset binary counter and send it for repairs.
Good luck
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Not in warranty, will be opening it myself, as i suspect a minor short circuit (trust me, I'm an engineer)
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just make pictures
the battery stat graph reminded me of my most hated enemy: calculus
hahahaha wipe battery stats as soon as you get to 100% full
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Not in warranty, will be opening it myself, as i suspect a minor short circuit (trust me, I'm an engineer)
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I wish Good luck
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Same issue!
abhinavjha said:
Not in warranty, will be opening it myself, as i suspect a minor short circuit (trust me, I'm an engineer)
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My brother's phone has the exact same issue and we got to the same conclussion. Please let us know how it went (out of curiosity, cause he is returning the phone, but we've invested so much time into it that I want to now what was the issue...).
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Just now 100% charging is completed and got the Beep but after unplugging the charger it showed 96% this is the 5th time I am getting like this..Any idea how to fix it? thought it is FW bug and changed to KI8 from KI3 still same
EDIT: Now I am rooted and did wipe battery stats still same problem
Do you have CWM? My battery went mad two days ago. All I needed to do was clearing the battery stats via CWM.
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Even more interesting. If you phone freezes and you need to do a cold reboot (hold power until reboot) the battery level can drop like 20 or even up to 50% at a time. (it then slowly increases by itself).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312273
Helped increase my battery life, others with the same problem as you said it worked too, good luck!
TheSniperFan said:
Do you have CWM? My battery went mad two days ago. All I needed to do was clearing the battery stats via CWM.
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okmijnlp said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312273
Helped increase my battery life, others with the same problem as you said it worked too, good luck!
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I did that but it didn't work
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I have not rooted my mobile
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I don't know if the stock recovery has this option, so you should check it. If it doesn't, you could consider rooting your phone.
It worked for me, after my battery went crazy. It dropped from 100% down to 86% in 5 seconds. And when I checked the stats in the menu, I saw three lines if which one made an upside down looping. The first moment I was like "wtf?".
But if you don't want to, you should go have your phone repaired/replaced.
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I don't know if the stock recovery has this option, so you should check it. If it doesn't, you could consider rooting your phone.
It worked for me, after my battery went crazy. It dropped from 100% down to 86% in 5 seconds. And when I checked the stats in the menu, I saw three lines if which one made an upside down looping. The first moment I was like "wtf?".
But if you don't want to, you should go have your phone repaired/replaced.
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Now I am rooted and did wipe battery stats still same problem
Ón my side it worked only with this steps:
1. Charge over night
2. run the app battery calibrator
3. unplug charger
4. drain battery all the way down till it shuts off
In this way yout phone can remember what is 100 % and what is 0%
PS: You need root permissions
I have asked Samsung Support on twitter about my problem they said: The device is fully charged, however, this is done to prevent overcharging which stresses the battery.
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Ón my side it worked only with this steps:
1. Charge over night
2. run the app battery calibrator
3. unplug charger
4. drain battery all the way down till it shuts off
In this way yout phone can remember what is 100 % and what is 0%
PS: You need root permissions
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ok will try it
go to market and download battery calibrator
Cangir said:
go to market and download battery calibrator
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I did that already
its kind of a feature that saves the battery from overcharging. read it on forums. dont worry
TheFaixy said:
its kind of a feature that saves the battery from overcharging. read it on forums. dont worry
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ok..Samsung Support said same
i did had same problem but when ever my phone beeps of full charging, then i disconnect and following the entropy method. That is power off the phone and full charge it and when the power is on, i checked and it shows 100%
I don't have much of an explanation, I rebooted my phone and my battery tanked. Any ideas?
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Battery may just need calibration
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CollegeProfesor said:
I don't have much of an explanation, I rebooted my phone and my battery tanked. Any ideas?
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I usually have the same problem, but only when my phone locks up and has to hard reboot. I've never selected reboot and it's done that... odd...
Theres many threads about this, and our batteries do NOT need calibration. It's based off of battery voltage, and during intensive tasks (like booting) the battery voltage takes a drop which the fuel gauge reads from, which is why you can see your percentage going up for a bit, then going back down.
It's more apparent at lower battery levels. With that much screen time and usage, I'm not suprised it dropped that much.
Just a battery glitch, nothing to be alarmed about. You'll see that it will stay at the reboot level or even rise after it realizes the real level.
Calibration doesn't do anything for these phones either.
I agree. I have been having this problem. I tried battery calibration but it doesn't help. So now I just live with it, I just avoid rebooting my phone.
I also would be glad if someone comes up with a solution to this problem.
I think I have tried about everything discussed in the xda forums, but nothing helps.
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If you need to reboot and your battery is below 75% connect it to a charger to avoid this.
It isn't something you can fix, search there is a few threads/posts about it.
Main post you should pay attention to...
Entropy512 said:
It can't be changed without hardware alterations.
As with anything in engineering, there are tradeoffs. The positive aspect of this fuel gauge design is that it does not require ANY calibration. No wiping battery stats, no "always flash firmware at 100%" - none of that.
The negative is that in a few corner cases, it gets thrown off temporarily. This is basically the only known one.
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jazzboyrules said:
I agree. I have been having this problem. I tried battery calibration but it doesn't help. So now I just live with it, I just avoid rebooting my phone.
I also would be glad if someone comes up with a solution to this problem.
I think I have tried about everything discussed in the xda forums, but nothing helps.
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This "problem" is a function of the device hardware. The only way to get rid of it is to smash your phone with a hammer.
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This really needs to go in the FAQ. You're not magically losing battery, just the estimate is dropping.
It only happens when there is heavy load (such as booting) right after a fuel gauge reset (such as a reboot).
So, either:
1) Don't reboot on battery <60% or so
2) Reboot while on a charger if you do reboot with low battery
3) Live with it, it'll resolve itself in an hour or two
It's a tradeoff - we have ONE corner case where the fuel gauge gets thrown off, in exchange for NEVER having to perform any battery calibration voodoo black magic. The fuel gauge will always converge towards truth, while other gauges will diverge over time, requiring periodic calibration cycles.
ohh, I didn't know we didn't need battery calibration, thanks for the information!
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My tab's battery dischargs normaly untill 50% then drops down to 2% and i do belive that its a software problem because the tab will continue working for another 5 hours but you cant raise the brightness or use the camera :banghead:
Sorry couldnt embed a picture because of the new members' rules
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plz anyone help i have the same problem
Pliz help i have the same problem, the problem I had after I flashed CM 10.
DjMarkuSS said:
Pliz help i have the same problem, the problem I had after I flashed CM 10.
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try calibrating your tab there is an app called battery calibrator try it
Rayner1234 said:
try calibrating your tab there is an app called battery calibrator try it
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I did the calibration, but nothing helped
DjMarkuSS said:
I did the calibration, but nothing helped
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Have you tried to wiping the battery stats while fully charged and still on AC as suggested here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29874190&postcount=268
I am going to do that now and see if it helps :fingers-crossed:
unubtanium said:
Have you tried to wiping the battery stats while fully charged and still on AC as suggested here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29874190&postcount=268
I am going to do that now and see if it helps :fingers-crossed:
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Tried, but did not help, I even tried to charge it off to the most can not, but it did not help.
It is possible that you could have over discharged your battery at some point. If calibrating and the thread mentioned above did not do the trick, you may have a damaged lithium cell. Over discharging can cause weird things to happen to batteries often leading to their failure. Or, you could simply have a faulty battery, or even worse... failing hardware.
I'm not trying to scare you, I just thought this information might be useful to this thread. I hope you get it all resolved.
bkress said:
It is possible that you could have over discharged your battery at some point. If calibrating and the thread mentioned above did not do the trick, you may have a damaged lithium cell. Over discharging can cause weird things to happen to batteries often leading to their failure. Or, you could simply have a faulty battery, or even worse... failing hardware.
I'm not trying to scare you, I just thought this information might be useful to this thread. I hope you get it all resolved.
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I agree. It sounds like a damaged battery. Have any of you ever drained your battery completely dead? If yes and you've done so often, you most likely damaged your battery. Lithium batteries should never be completely drained.
MGHamid said:
My tab's battery dischargs normaly untill 50% then drops down to 2% and i do belive that its a software problem because the tab will continue working for another 5 hours but you cant raise the brightness or use the camera :banghead:
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What ICS ROM are you running? Is it the OTA update for non-rooted tabs, or are you rooted and flashed one of the custom ICS ROMS? I agree with others that it sounds like a battery issue, but knowing which ROM you are running would be helpful.
It's an official ics but from diffrent region " i dont think it matters " ,, also i dont think my battery is dead because when it goes to 2% it stays like thaypt for hours of using, but when it was normal 2% lasts for less than half an hour
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I'm not sure it is related to ICS... I got the same problem with HC a few months ago
I new battery solved the problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1734933
nothing works :S
Open up tab, disconnect battery, leave for 1 hour, reconnect battery, solved
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Open up tab, disconnect battery, leave for 1 hour, reconnect battery, solved
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out how to this any that way solution to resolve the problem is not you? i don't want to have open up tab
Hi,
I flashed the latest Wanam ROM and latest Siyah kernel.
Flashed with 3 wipes, I know the drill still have the SGS2.
When I go to 'System Settings -> Battery' it only shows 'Android OS' up time.
The graph seems to be working well but there is no 'Screen time' or any of the apps I used or even "Call", just Android OS.
I tried 'Fix Permission' via recovery but it has no effect.
Looking for a solution.
Thank you.
hyperbolic said:
Hi,
I flashed the latest Wanam ROM and latest Siyah kernel.
Flashed with 3 wipes, I know the drill still have the SGS2.
When I go to 'System Settings -> Battery' it only shows 'Android OS' up time.
The graph seems to be working well but there is no 'Screen time' or any of the apps I used or even "Call", just Android OS.
I tried 'Fix Permission' via recovery but it has no effect.
Looking for a solution.
Thank you.
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CWM recovery - advanced - wipe battery stats. Problem solved.
After that i suggest u to discarge the battery till the shut down, charge it continously until 100%, disconnect and reconnect the charger plug until it stops again to charge, wipe again the battery stats and ur battery is calibrated again. Enjoy it.
The stats are wiped whenever the phone reaches 90% charge and have nothing to do with battery calibration. That's an urban legend Google dispelled a long time ago.
Could you try betterbatterystats and see if it can see anything (it partially uses the same stats file)? If so, then the app for reporting is somehow damaged
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d4fseeker said:
The stats are wiped whenever the phone reaches 90% charge and have nothing to do with battery calibration. That's an urban legend Google dispelled a long time ago.
Could you try betterbatterystats and see if it can see anything (it partially uses the same stats file)? If so, then the app for reporting is somehow damaged
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wipe battery stats from CWM is the only way I found to solve the problem in the battery settings, it happened to me few hrs ago. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32307574&postcount=25609).
About the the fact of battery calibration I do it once per month and I can see the difference in daily battery life, so I'm used to suggest it.
Can pls you post the link of the source where Google explained the uselessness of this action?
Have a nice day
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
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I have had same problem and it shows same even in Gsam battery monitor. But i don't remember was i on aosp or sammy rom
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I think it comes only in aosp roms.
corrsea said:
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mm well... so why we got that strange issue? should solve it with a full chage so..
I noticed an audio wakelock. Try to adjust the volume for notifications and ringer (just switch it back and forth a couple times). You should notice a decrease in battery usage.
I had a similar issue while using siyah kernel. Battery monitor widget was recording all kinds of nonsense. I put it down to a jelly bean bug but haven't experienced it again since moving back to Perseus. It may be kernel related but I don't really see how. I also did a few other things sich as wiping caches and fixing permissions so I can't really say what fixed it.
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oookram said:
CWM recovery - advanced - wipe battery stats. Problem solved.
After that i suggest u to discarge the battery till the shut down, charge it continously until 100%, disconnect and reconnect the charger plug until it stops again to charge, wipe again the battery stats and ur battery is calibrated again. Enjoy it.
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d4fseeker said:
The stats are wiped whenever the phone reaches 90% charge and have nothing to do with battery calibration. That's an urban legend Google dispelled a long time ago.
Could you try betterbatterystats and see if it can see anything (it partially uses the same stats file)? If so, then the app for reporting is somehow damaged
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You are all correct, problem solved !
Thank you!
Hey this is my first post on xda
When my phone freezes for abit it automatically resets itself which i suppose you can consider normal. But after the reboot i have to connect charger. I can have around 70% charge but after the reboot its more like 10%. I have also gone through 3 genuine samsung batteries in the past 3 months. I can only put it down to bad phone voltage.
I have had this problem with my SII for the past couple of months. Its around 16 months old and not yet due for an upgrade so im hoping to fix it.
The pictures show my battery dropping around 30% just because my phone became unresponsive and would not work so i restarded it.
Cheers in advance, Chris
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Happened to me quite a few times too. But mainly because of I was on a non stock kernel.
Would want to know whats occuring within it to cause such a drain.
Maybe its a battery calibration issue. It was not discharged instantly but the reading was inaccurate. ?
Have to tried recalibration techniques?
Post your ROM and kernel details; Goto Settings - About phone, and post everything you see
Nothing to worry about. The fuel-gauge chip just gone crazy.
Cheers for the replies. Heres my info
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Yes..agreed fuel chip gone crazy. Here is my screenshot. Discharged instantly when rebooted or as the system read it. Then without charging the battery reading gradually increased..!! Strange
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Yes..agreed fuel chip gone crazy. Here is my screenshot. Discharged instantly when rebooted or as the system read it. Then without charging the battery reading gradually increased..!! Strange
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Assuming you have rooted your SGS2, have you tried to reset the battery stats in CWM?
Battery stats is the file which is responsible for battery graph in settings. So deleting it won't help.