I was always happy with my battery, but always wanted to find ways to improve it. I installed foxhound use black wallpaper and battery was even better after this, until...
I read about recalibrating your battery after installing custom ROMs and decided to try "Battery Calibration" App by NeMa.
Today for the first time ever my battery died whilst I was at work, I actually though my phone had broke as I was fully charged this morning and had rarely used my phone. My phone is on charge now and I'm trying to fix this huge battery drain, according to the battery settings the Android OS has drained 71% of the battery, that can't be right can it?
BTW I'm using and have always used stock kernel.
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Please can someone help me to fix this, I've searched Google but not found anything useful. My only ideas are 1. Hope it fixes itself or 2. Reinstall foxhound.
Thanks for reading, hope you can help
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Don't let your battery drain to zero, charge from 20% it will train up again, and I guess this app just deleted your batt stats file and possibly wiped your dalvik. If you really wanna look at your battery get better battery stats from play store
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Battery recalibrates itself after a week or so of use .
Wiping the battery stats does nothing and is just a stupid idea that gets posted by those that don't know the facts .
Facts Google >> Diane Hackborn battery stats
jje
f0xy said:
Don't let your battery drain to zero, charge from 20% it will train up again, and I guess this app just deleted your batt stats file and possibly wiped your dalvik. If you really wanna look at your battery get better battery stats from play store
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Thanks for such a quick reply, I have never previously let my battery drain 100% I was at work and when I checked my phone it had fully drained, usually I would have at least 60%+ so I was wasn't expecting it.gonna try the app you recommend, ty. I am prepared to try anything lol, really want my battery back the way it used to be
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JJEgan said:
Battery recalibrates itself after a week or so of use .
Wiping the battery stats does nothing and is just a stupid idea that gets posted by those that don't know the facts .
Facts Google >> Diane Hackborn battery stats
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I didn't know this, and I assumed that people who make these app's or post about these know a little something about it, I've obviously received some bad advice on various threads.
So how can I fix this now? Judging by your post, I simply just using the phone for a week or so and it will fix itself?
Thanks for your advice,
bigOliver
For anyone interested or in the same situation, my battery is as good or better than ever. I just charged my phone turned it off charged again until full (about 5 mins) turned back on and just used my phone. Phone has been running for over 22 hours now and battery is still at 40%
Much happier now
Thanks to everyone for the help
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Got a wierd problem, battery is on 0 and the battery metter is empty yet im still using the phone. Have been for half an hour like this now :-S
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That's normal, android has a problem with it's battery meter. That's why some people report awesome battery life and others report horrible battery life.
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That's normal, android has a problem with it's battery meter. That's why some people report awesome battery life and others report horrible battery life.
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I thought that phones that exhibit this behavior would still shut down when it thought it was at 0 even though the battery had plenty of charge left? The way to resolve this on SGS1 is to let the phone run down until it dies. Then fully charge it to 100 as this will "teach" the phone the true extremes of the battery capacity and thus improve the accuracy of battery reading level.
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Mine's doing the same thring right now. I've been trying to wear the battery out so I can give it a full charge.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=ccc71.bmw
Use that widget/app to check the mV on the battery. Generally, 4200mV is 100% and 2700mV is 0%.
Don't go back to apple dude))
It will be better on your next run, the battery stats need adjusting that's all... I think there is a way of resetting it other than in CWM. What you need to do is drain your phone down until it has no battery completely, then wipe battery stats, then fully charge, you should have truer statistics after....
Don't be scared dude, Steve jobs doesn't have any sweeties that Android can't give ya, lollol...
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I thought that phones that exhibit this behavior would still shut down when it thought it was at 0 even though the battery had plenty of charge left? The way to resolve this on SGS1 is to let the phone run down until it dies. Then fully charge it to 100 as this will "teach" the phone the true extremes of the battery capacity and thus improve the accuracy of battery reading level.
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Depends on the phone, each android device uses different battery driver. Nexus one for example shuts down at zero even if more capacity is remaining cause that's the way the ds2784 battery chip works with the nexus driver. Seems like the galaxy s 2 works different.
That's has been a habit with Touchwiz/Samsung phones. Battery dies after staying at 0%.
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Don't go back to apple dude))
It will be better on your next run, the battery stats need adjusting that's all... I think there is a way of resetting it other than in CWM. What you need to do is drain your phone down until it has no battery completely, then wipe battery stats, then fully charge, you should have truer statistics after....
Don't be scared dude, Steve jobs doesn't have any sweeties that Android can't give ya, lollol...
JD
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Im not love this phone too much. It died in the end so charged it up fully over night. Its not a problem just found it strange and odd.
Thanks for the responses guys.
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@rydude - Good app, thanks for sharing.
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i charged it to 100% at 4192mV reboot the phone and used it for 13 hours . ,
now my phone says 1% at 3600mV and just died, how can i squeeze out the remaining 900mV?
I flashed an aosp ROM which was very unstable and so went back to the Sensation ROM I was using prior to the aosp ROM and all has been well since apart from a sudden drop in battery roughly 3 hours after flashing. I've attached a screen cap. of the battery usage screen shortly after it occurred, should it help anyone identify the problem.
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Thanks.
I had the same problem just yesterday, it's due to the fact that when you're flashing your ROMS your battery got miscalibrated. It's a simple thing to fix just follow the instructions from this app on the Play Store (New Market for those of you without the update).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
Did you reboot the phone in this 3 hours? Coz I see this big step, which is happening when you reboot in recovery or flash something. You need to charge you phone and calibrate you battery
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Did you reboot the phone in this 3 hours? Coz I see this big step, which is happening when you reboot in recovery or flash something. You need to charge you phone and calibrate you battery
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I rebooted after I'd configure the launcher as it was before I tried the aosp rom, but didn't enter recovery or flash anything.
I'll configure the battery and hope it doesn't happen, just wondering if anyone has an idea what caused it?
The exact thing happened to me. When you flashed your phone at a certain battery percentage (lets say 50%) Your new ROM assumes that 50% is the maximum capacity. Therefore, when you rebooted your phone it simply corrected the misreading. Calibrating your battery from the app I provided in my earlier post will delete the batter stats file in your phone and create a new one. Remember to use it when your battery is at 100%, then take your battery down to 0% and charge it back up to 100. I'm currently doing that process now after my phone jumped from 50% down to 20% after I rebooted yesterday.
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I rebooted after I'd configure the launcher as it was before I tried the aosp rom, but didn't enter recovery or flash anything.
I'll configure the battery and hope it doesn't happen, just wondering if anyone has an idea what caused it?
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It`s happening some times, you are not first and not last. Just calibrate you battery and will be fine. Good luck
Ok so I've downloaded the battery calibration app and currently charging my device however the app is displaying the same battery level as my phone.
Does this render the battery calibration a waste of time or is it to be expected?
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i thought a manual battery calibration on a i9100 is a waste of time . They didnt calculate it like HTC does. Somebody explained me that this mobile got another System for that but i just forgot what for...
Mine always does this when flashing and shows the sudden drop in battery. Once you charge it back up it should be fine again I'm sure. It always is for me
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Yep. You are 100% correct
Calibration apps do absolutely nothing except make you a few bucks poorer if you pay for them :-|
The best thing you can do is charge to 100%, pull the battery for a minute, and put it back in.
Also Ex Tweaks is capable of resetting the fuel gauge chip in genuine Samsung batteries should you be experiencing fuel alerted wakelocks on CM9 or similar.
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i thought a manual battery calibration on a i9100 is a waste of time . They didnt calculate it like HTC does. Somebody explained me that this mobile got another System for that but i just forgot what for...
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There was no such problems from the time I installed this ROM(the day it was released). What caused this battery drain? I would have used one of the battery calibrator apps and seen but I have read that those apps only wipe the battery stats, which according to me wont make any difference.
And now this sudden rise in the battery level while charging.
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I have got this problem a few times with different ROMs, I couldn't figure out what was the cause, but only after flashing the Stock SE ICS ROM and kernel, this problem gets solved. But it keeps reoccurring sometimes and it's really annoying as I have to re-flash/re-install everything as I can't do with a phone that shows '30% battery' and in a sec '1% battery remaining, I've ****ed up things for you, Mwahahahahaha'..
Right now I'm flashing back stock ICS, but if this does reoccur, I do not want to be reflashing stock again, so I would really appreciate if anyone can pin point the cause of this strange problem and also a solution for it without reflashing stock.
Edit: : I forgot to take a SS of it, but the battery rises on its own too without I charging it sometimes.
Thank you!
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I have got this problem a few times with different ROMs, I couldn't figure out what was the cause, but only after flashing the Stock SE ICS ROM and kernel, this problem gets solved. But it keeps reoccurring sometimes and it's really annoying as I have to re-flash/re-install everything as I can't do with a phone that shows '30% battery' and in a sec '1% battery remaining, I've ****ed up things for you, Mwahahahahaha'..
Right now I'm flashing back stock ICS, but if this does reoccur, I do not want to be reflashing stock again, so I would really appreciate if anyone can pin point the cause of this strange problem and also a solution for it without reflashing stock.
Edit: : I forgot to take a SS of it, but the battery rises on its own too without I charging it sometimes.
Thank you!
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Have you tried wiping your battery stats or using a battery calibrator app from the play store?
It might solve your problem.
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Have you tried wiping your battery stats or using a battery calibrator app from the play store?
It might solve your problem.
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Tried that but no good..
As I have said, I don't think wiping the battery stats would do anything much..
Thanks for trying to help though
Might be your battery need a replacement. Once i also had this problem but in your case u stated the problem solve when using stock rom. I wonder if the battery or the custom rom is the real culprit.
I also have this problem. The battery meter suddently arise even not charging and suddently drop from 30 to total blackout in an instant.
Then i check the battery and notice a bump. I notice my battery is swelling. So i bough a brand new ep500 and problem solve.
Hope it helps
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I have had the problem of my battery suddenly dropping from 10% to 1% and then dead. Both the time I flashed my phone with Spartan Rom after charging it completely. It solved the problem both the times.
I think it has some calibrating script or something else.
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Anyone else seeing issues with really inaccurate battery readings? I'll be at 99% charged for 15+ hours sometimes, and then things will drop rapidly or even just die at 20%. I've also noticed when charging that it'll get to 99% within an hour or so and then spend 30-45 mins at 99%.
On top of this, my phone battery just died at around 55%. Are others just draining their battery all the way to try to calibrate?
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Anyone else seeing issues with really inaccurate battery readings? I'll be at 99% charged for 15+ hours sometimes, and then things will drop rapidly or even just die at 20%. I've also noticed when charging that it'll get to 99% within an hour or so and then spend 30-45 mins at 99%.
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On top of this, my phone battery just died at around 55%. Are others just draining their battery all the way to try to calibrate?
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I always calibrated battery by draining it all the way and charging it all the way atleast first 3 times.
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What rom and Kernel are you on. Also what mods if any such as battery indicators and such have you put on your phone?
@dragonstalker: I'm running stock with the latest OTA update. I'm using Batterybot to display the indicator in the notification bar, but the reading is the same from the stock battery display.
@amit_sen: I've had the phone for a few months.
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I always calibrated battery by draining it all the way and charging it all the way atleast first 3 times.
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Doesnt do anything for Li batteries its fud.
For the last 2 days, my battery has drained overnight and is dead by the morning. The first time, I didn't think of it. This time, I looked at the history and it drains within maybe 6 hours without the screen on, being awake, or anything. I turn off all of my radios besides cellular at night. So I have no clue what could be causing the battery drain. Any ideas? Here is a pic of the history
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For the last 2 days, my battery has drained overnight and is dead by the morning. The first time, I didn't think of it. This time, I looked at the history and it drains within maybe 6 hours without the screen on, being awake, or anything. I turn off all of my radios besides cellular at night. So I have no clue what could be causing the battery drain. Any ideas? Here is a pic of the history
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Install gsam or bbs and see what they say us causing it.
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Is anyone using battery calibration apps? I know some of the custom ROMs like Hatka Supreme list that they include some sort of function in those regards.
I thought even on stock there was a way to erase battery stats so that you could recalibrate. No? Could of sworn I had seen the option when I first got the phone. Could be wrong too...
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Install gsam or bbs and see what they say us causing it.
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I downloaded Gsam and it says that my radio is taking up most of my battery. Any idea why this is happening because its never done this before? I used to get at least 2 days of battery usage. I charged it until it was full yesterday, let it sit overnight, and this morning it was @ 20%. I'm on newts M7 and z's B5.4. I've been on this combination for the majority of the time I've had my phone an no problems until now. And I don't think its the kernel because the same thing happens when I had it on 5.1. I noticed I was on global mode and I changed it to LTE/CDMA. Who the hell knows, that might be what's causing it. We'll see. Any help is appreciated.
Since two day suddenly the battery drain become too high at standby the BF lost 20% in 1 hours I did factory rest but it didn’t help.
what to do to stop the battery drain?
the bf is on stock and rooted
chemcup said:
Since two day suddenly the battery drain become too high at standby the BF lost 20% in 1 hours I did factory rest but it didn’t help.
what to do to stop the battery drain?
the bf is on stock and rooted
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Download GSam battery monitor from the Play Store to determine what is causing the battery drain.
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Not to hijack this thread.... but.
I ran antut benchmark 3 times and this is my result.
The previous dip was about an hour ago was me surfing the web only for 10 min and my phone hit 109
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The battery drain during usage is within the normal, but in standby it is too high, which I do not understand!
chemcup said:
The battery drain during usage is within the normal, but in standby it is too high, which I do not understand!
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Using the battery app see what app or service is keeping your phone awake. That would be my guess as to what the problem is. I would also suggest flashing cpalmers kernel as well, which has been really good for me in limiting awake time.
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Install BatteryGuru, give it a couple days to learn how you use your phone, and watch how it saves your battery once the learning period is done. I swear by this app, it brought me from almost a day to about a day and a half as far as battery life is concerned.
I installed the Gsam battery, it shows that "phone radio" was sucking down a vast majority of the battery.
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I installed the Gsam battery, it shows that "phone radio" was sucking down a vast majority of the battery.
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Then you must be in an area where service isn't good and your phone is searching for service which kills the battery quickly. To conserve battery turn on air plan mode and then turn service on when you get into a zone with better coverage. This will help your battery a lot.
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Since two day suddenly the battery drain become too high at standby the BF lost 20% in 1 hours I did factory rest but it didn’t help.
what to do to stop the battery drain?
the bf is on stock and rooted
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My opinion..don't install any more apps than what you only use. You install more apps it will obviously suck more battery. What you do. Root/unlocked the bootloader and install a sense 5 4.1.2 base Rom. I came from stock and since I've installed a sense 5 stock Rom I've notice a big battery saver comparing from the original sense 4+ stock.hopefully that helps.
Thanks all
Strangely none of this helped the battery drain is too high in standby, after resting (no apps installed only stoke apps) and even flashing sense 5 rom still 15% per hour and even in Air plan mode . The strange thing during the use of the phone the drain is normal.