[Q] Battery question - just randomly shuts off! - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I don't really use my X10 now as I have upgraded to the Xperia S, but I have started running again and I thought it would me a good device to track my progress using the Endmondo app and GPS rather than take my new phone along with me.
I used to do a lot of installing custom ROMs, kernels etc, but now I no longer use the phone I have flashed back to stock kernel and stock 2.3.3 ROM from Sony. Problem is, I give it a full charge, and then the phone will randomly shut down on say, 45% battery remaining (the worst I've seen it happen is on 82%!) The power also drains very quickly so it's not very reliable for what I want to use it for.
I've tried everything, re-calibrating, wiping battery stats etc but nothing does the trick. Is the battery just screwed? This never used to happen on the custom ROMs.

Its the battery itself I had the same problem as high as 85%-86% bit the bullet and bought a new battery and a few full charges and discharges and battery calibration later its back to how it was when new
Get a battery for it.mate
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Battery / Root, Questions

I run my P500 with two batterys, the official LG one and one i got elsewhere as a reserve, i usualy run the reserve and it usualy lasts 2+ days with ease.
However after updateing to 2.3.3 v20g i noticed a issue with the battery getting to around 30/40% then within 15-30 mins 0% and phone shutting off, after reading up i noticed about removing the battery cache.
I dont recall seeing this option in clockworkmod but anyway i later removed clockworkmod and totaly reset my phone with just the v20g rom.
Put my LG battery in, went 48+ hours no problem, put my other battery in and again when i hit 30-40% the drain hits really fast and soon after the phone shuts down, this battery worked fine with 2.2!
Im unsure if the battery cache stores info for seperate batterys or not? also my phone is running limited apps and not much going on in the background.
And my final question is does rooting a phone cause anymore drain than usual? my phone is currently unrooted as Gingerbreak refused to work on my phone last time i tryed it.
Thanks in advance.
Well since the official battery doesn't cause this problem, the only conclusion is that your other battery has developed a fault. If you think this is being caused by updating, then the update should affect both batteries equally, not in this way. I would say it is a problem with your other battery.
And recovery and/or root are not in any way related to the battery life.
maybe the reserve battery you have is from China ......
anyway the capacitor should be spoiled or battery leak.
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Will order a new spare. Thanks all
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One way to check if there is any problem with the battery is to install Battery Monitor Widget and record a full discharge with a constant current as I did ( see 78michel.unblog.fr/HTC Desire battery shutdown analysis)
I got a constant discharge current o about 250mA with ''GPS test'' with ''keep screen on '' option.
This is a very simple way to have a quite precise battery capacity evaluation.

Phone suddenly shut down

Hi,
I have a big problem with my phone. Sometimes it simply shutdowns just after booting. And sometimes it shutdowns if I use it in a normal way (like listening to music or browsing on Facebook) And the battery is not at 0%. It happens at each percentage. This afternoon it even happened at 85%.
The only I thing I noticed that this is not happening if the phone is connected with the power supply.
Have someone of you the same problem? Can someone help me?
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Hey there!
i also have had this issue a few times, i hear its a motherboard issue i cant tell if that is the main problem tho..
anyways try reinstalling android, i havent has any problems on my phone since i did that
Good luck
Xperia x10
DonutHD
se kernel
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Thanks. I already changed my ROM. From CM7 I went back to Wolfbreak. But there is the same problem.
Perhaps it is a battery problem? Should I buy a new battery?
Hi,man i have that problem too,
So,i see that if i plug my charger with no battery and pull the back button then the green light appear like in flash mode.so if you pull the battery when you have this led on,your battery indicates wrong values,in another way if your battery have 5% and you pull it with this strange flashmode then it indicate 88%.
Another symptom is that you not have the long vibration when you pull
out the battery and re pull on
Another one is if you remove sim and sdcard and boot the phone then you have the right battery values and no suck on your batttery for exemple,
in this mode my battery stay at 98% 4 hour O_O
The major problem is that your phone is in flash mode all the time and eat buttery and give wrong values and give WLOD at boot,normaly one before lock and one after.
I don't know what do that but give massive battery drain,massive network usage,and
Constant reboot.
I suspect virus or something like that.
Don't lose your time to try to reflash firmware or different rom cause that not solve the problem,
I reflash 1.6 2.1 2.3 and many custom rom with no success
Tell me if you have the green led when no battery and charger pluged and pull back key repetitively for appear this led
to ensure that you have the same problem.
If I find a way a post here for sure but I think that my phone is dead :-(
I know this is a bit old but I'm necro'ing it just in case it helps someone.
I had the same issue with my stock Optimus One, I installed AOKP and it worked like a charm.
Now i've had my Xperia Neo V for a while now with a custom version of AOKP and had no problem until recently, haven't installed anything new just a couple of updates, filled a new sdcard with music and it shut down out of the blue.
if you have shutdown problemes, it can be motherboard issue, ROM or kernel. Try reinstall android OS, and if you still got shutdowns try different kernel or ROM. I tested many combination and I didnt get any shutdown with Zmod ROM + Doomkernel ( I dont want to promote this rom or kernel, just writing my personal experience) . After changing kernel and ROM you could have batery drain, or it can looks like that. Wipe battery stats and recalibrate the battery. System need some time to create good new battery stats. 2 charging cycles and is good in most cases. Battery drain depends on that how you using phone so charging every day ( once per day) is normal.
It sounds like the 'Old Battery' issue! LiPol/LiIon batteries only have a life span of about 2 years. X10 is older than that now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619477&page=2
Post 16 onwards.
New battery fixed the problem for me. Pack of 2 and a charger on ebay for $10.

[Q] Xperia turning off... and off... and off

Hi, I got a very annoying problem.
Since a few weeks ago, flashed a ROM and when I've tried to use the phone, it keeps turning off randomly, sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes after hours. So, I tried to take it back to the clean original 2.3.3 ROM, but it keeps happening. ¿Any idea? ¿Any solution? Please, help me.
Oh, something else, it only happens when the phone's used with the battery, when it's attached to my laptop and used as modem, the problem doesn't appear.
I had the same problem, it said android system shutting down. I just bought new battery and it works.
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I think, it's the most logical option, but I was trying to get some feedback first. Thanks.
Maybe calibrating the battery.
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go back to stock and see if it helps! try to troubleshoot the problem! Also, don't install any apps!
There are instructions on how to calibrate your battery in the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1489214&highlight=calibrate+battery
If the problem is the battery, you might find that after calibration that the battery drains faster than expected, and still shuts down, only this time it warns you that it's gonna shut down. This would then be the true battery drain. If that is the case, you might just need to buy a new one anaway.
Otherwise, I don't know what else could be causing those symptoms. (Other than an electrical fault, from accumulated damp or something)
kZard said:
There are instructions on how to calibrate your battery in the first post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1489214&highlight=calibrate+battery
If the problem is the battery, you might find that after calibration that the battery drains faster than expected, and still shuts down, only this time it warns you that it's gonna shut down. This would then be the true battery drain. If that is the case, you might just need to buy a new one anaway.
Otherwise, I don't know what else could be causing those symptoms. (Other than an electrical fault, from accumulated damp or something)
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thanks so much..............
What happens it's that the phone shuts down suddenly, the message appears for a seconds and it's off. Wait for a few seconds, try to turning on again and sometimes works for some minutes, and sometimes it's keeping turning off, and off, and off. But, the battery level seems to be correct, I mean, when I turn on the phone after one of these sudden shutdowns, only drains the logical ammount of battery for starting use the phone.
I think... if the problem never appears when it's attached to the laptop and charging constantly, and magically appears when I used the phone with the battery, it's probably just a battery issue, right?
I have a similar problem to this, my phone randomly shuts down after showing the 'Android System shutting down' message but sometimes loses ALOT of battery. Last night it went from 78% to 8% after shutting down :/ I noticed it happened more often when im playing games or taking a video, things that take up more battery. When i keep it plugged in it keeps awake so the problem stops but i cant keep it in all day every day. I dont really want to buy a new battery until i really really have to, but I have had the phone and battery since the x10 first came out about 2 years ago, so anyone any other ideas? Thanks
danielk0302 said:
I have a similar problem to this, my phone randomly shuts down after showing the 'Android System shutting down' message but sometimes loses ALOT of battery. Last night it went from 78% to 8% after shutting down :/ I noticed it happened more often when im playing games or taking a video, things that take up more battery. When i keep it plugged in it keeps awake so the problem stops but i cant keep it in all day every day. I dont really want to buy a new battery until i really really have to, but I have had the phone and battery since the x10 first came out about 2 years ago, so anyone any other ideas? Thanks
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Try wiping battery stats then charge to 100% (it may help, not sure)
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laneyofdeath said:
Try wiping battery stats then charge to 100% (it may help, not sure)
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Yeah tried that but it didnt seem to work :/
could it be hardware problem like broke battery or bad connection on motherboard?
Could be pal are u within your warranty (sony (Ericsson) it has a 2 year global warranty but u need to ring ur network provider and ask them to put u through to se
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Yeah this happened to me before about 6 months ago, so i went to my provider (3) and they sent it away to Sony Ericsson and they sent me a whole new phone but I didnt want to do that again really, but i may have to. When im not using WiFi or 3G then it works fine, and when its plugged in to the charger it works so i guess its a case of not usuing the internet when im not near a charger
I have the same problem.
My X10 reboot random when using 3G (Wifi is still OK) and Gaming. Now i'm on Stock 2.3 and stock kernel and....wait. (Flash some ROM and change the new battery....but not solved )
Anyone help us !!! Plizzzzzzzzzzz
Maybe your solution
I had the same problem sometimes with original kernel after 1 year of using my phone.
Then i tried to install a new rom, and i was thinking the problem was solved. But it was not...
I finished by trying the X10S (v7) rom with DoomLord kernel (1113mhz) and this problem was solved...
I tried some kernels and this one was stable with a good battery life and no shutdown problem. With some other kernels i had this problem back.
So I think that kernel could be the problem.
Infortunately, with the rom X10S v8, Doomlord kernel cause issues with wifi (unable to get ip adress). So now i use kCernel-SE-stock-mod-v1 and no shutdown problem anymore.
*Maybe the solution is*
Try to change your kernel with one of thoose :
- kCernel here (in "2. kCernel-SE-stock-mod-v1")
- DoomLord (search fo x10_gb_DooMKernel-v06-1113_wifi.zip)
Note :
- With this two kernels, you'll have to download appropriate wifi patch and install it from SDcard via xRecovery
- don't try to install X10S v8 if your bootloader is locked
So, try to flash your X10 using flashtool with Doomlord kernel
Tell us if it worked, i hope it solved your problem as it do it for me.
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Hi,
I have had this issue too, for the last few months. No matter what ROM/Kernel, batt stats cleared, etc, still the same. Can idle all day, but as soon as I use 3G, GPS, or use any intensive app, she shuts down.
As an experiment I installed a battery monitor that plots graphs of % charge, temp, voltage, etc over time.
I had a close look at my logged graphs and have noticed that just before each reboot, the voltage seems to dip drastically. Battery charge is fine, does not seem to matter. but a sharp drop in voltage occurs. Increased draw for the more complex tasks (3G, GPS, etc) seems to be tripping it up.
As the Battery is now 2 years old, I figured it is just starting to fail? And iv noticed lots of people are suddenly coming out and complaining about this issue.
I just ordered a few new Batteries from 'Ebay', will see how we go!...
peace.
[INFO / SOLUTION] Suddenly shuts off with red LED.
Good to know:
The X10i/a have now reached an age, where battery failures is very common nowadays. Specially if one got the device early on or just after the launch.
Symptoms of a failing battery:
* Device suddenly shuts off, even when the battery have several percent remaining.
* Device drains fast, even when not used.
* Device might just shut off for no whatsoever reason when doing something that draws a lot of power, and will restart just fine.
* Device has a surprisingly fast charge time from empty to full.
When the device shuts off all of a sudden, it's followed by the indicator LED blinking red, rapidly three times, and might repeat this at restart attempts.
Sometimes it takes several tries before the device starts up again. Battery just needed a few minutes/an hour of "rest".
There's nothing wrong with the device.
Just get a fresh replacement battery and it'll work just fine again.
But beware:
There are many fake batteries out on the market, claiming that they have higher capacity, yet very slim in size.
There's a simple rule when it comes to battery capacity:
More capacity = larger in size, which might need a special back-cover. There's no escape from that.
If one would happen to find a such incredible slim battery with super capacity, the battery security circuits and/or chemical makeup probably have been circumvented/changed, and have a high risk of catching fire and/or explode when charging/discharging.
Yeah thanks for all the advice and sharing your problems. My phone does reboot alot when im using 3G or taking a video. Recently my battery would reboot, drop alot of percentage and then increase percentage without charging...magic I dont really want to buy a new battery because my new contract starts in june i think, but maybe il have to. Good luck for everyone else dolving there problems
Also, [email protected], i am on doom kernel and i still get reboots :/
danielk0302 said:
Yeah thanks for all the advice and sharing your problems. My phone does reboot alot when im using 3G or taking a video. Recently my battery would reboot, drop alot of percentage and then increase percentage without charging...magic I dont really want to buy a new battery because my new contract starts in june i think, but maybe il have to. Good luck for everyone else dolving there problems
Also, [email protected], i am on doom kernel and i still get reboots :/
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I've too had the same problem. solved it by replacing battery
Now everything's alright
I'm running dixperia rom with stock kernel
EDIT: but now I have a small problem. Hope someone can solve it. Sometimes, suddenly, the hardware keys light and backlight turns on, without doing any thing and this drains my battery I have to turn on the screen and turn it off back to switch off that backlight and hw keys light
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Im getting a new battery soon I hope so I will hopefully get my problem solved

[Help] Battery drain even when phone is off

Hello everyone,
I' have an Xperia Neo V that has been working quite well for a year and a half. However, sometime after I rooted the battery started discharging faster, and doing so while the phone was off (no standby: power button and shutdown).
At first I suspected the root process did something wrong with the firmware, but after returning to stock using SEUS, the behavior remains.
Just for this thread I charged the phone to 98% and 7 hours later phone was at 74%. Again, phone is supposed to be off.
I'm going to check this weekend how long does the battery last with phone on using the stock firmware. I remembered that the phone with light use could last for two days (48 hours).
The only difference remaining between a standard phone and mine is the hacked unlocked bootloader (using the S1tool) to avoid using the official unlocker.
I can restore the bootloader, but I unlocked the bootloader AFTER the problem started (so I could try different kernels).
Any suggestions? Is the battery or its controller broken? I can try different kernels, but I doubt these make much of a difference when the phone is supposed to be off.
Thanks to everyone
somtimes init.d overscripts on start up...which can result in battery drain....phone off has nothing to do with battery loss...use stable kernel..or lock your bootloader and customize the stock....their are many ways to improve battery using different mods available...these days the customization on stock has been made easier...thanks to many developers here...check out themes and apps section
mamujaan said:
somtimes init.d overscripts on start up...which can result in battery drain....phone off has nothing to do with battery loss..
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I find it brutal the loss of over 20% of battery in less than 2 minutes when turning on the phone, whereas other moments turning on the phone after an hour or two off only drained around 5%...
I am going to lock the bootloader as I suspect I'll have to send it for repairs, but I'd like to know if a software could cause this situation.
Blue Ion said:
I find it brutal the loss of over 20% of battery in less than 2 minutes when turning on the phone, whereas other moments turning on the phone after an hour or two off only drained around 5%...
I am going to lock the bootloader as I suspect I'll have to send it for repairs, but I'd like to know if a software could cause this situation.
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some of the common reasons for battery drain in these situations are
some kernels put zipalign script on every startup
many tweaks are initiated in start up
this may lead battery to heat up quickly....overclocking is another major factor for battery weakening....for me i know i won't get a new mobile till next year so ....i am preffering stock sony so that i must worry less about such issues....try your s1tool for locking...and de-bloat the rom....my stock rom provides me insane 3 days battery backup
I seriously doubt that is the issue, yesterday I left the phone with around 30% of charge, and upon turning it on today, it was completely dead.
The phone is now locked, running with the original firmware, and yet the issue persist. I could try a gingerbread build from Sony Ericsson, but the ICS build didn't used to do this.
Remember that it couldn't even turn on today, no Sony Ericsson logo, no vibration, no nothing. The phone lost 30% of charge overnight.
You may need to replace the battery after ~2 years.
I got my battery replaced and from less than a day battery life, I got full active 2 days now, or 6 days at low usage. My new one is a compatible battery, not original, and costs only ~9usd.

Funny Behaviour

When I am using my samsung galaxy s2 I use it for quite a while and it freezes so I have to remove the battery and start it again. However when I start it again the battery level drops dramatically from 56 % to 12%. Also the phone has a mind of its own and turns on whenever so yesterday night I removed the battery as a test and when i put the battery in again the phones battery level rose. From 12% to 17%. Also my phone has recently got really hot even when not in use just idling. Currently I am running stock jelly bean 4.1.2. As sad as it seems I didnt have any problems with ICS and would love to go back to it but at the same time want to stay on jelly bean. It was meant to make life easier but it just makes it hell. Anybody else have the same experience or is it just me any suggestions?
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Replace USB board/port. Gets covered all the time here; search for similar threads. You need to look at the board that's currently in the phone & buy the exact same one, there are 4 different 'revisions' & if you get the wrong one your phone may not work properly or boot.
Edit - Also, I'd be trying another battery as well.

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