Help battery charge very slow - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Well here is a problem with my battery, the thing is that my battery charges slower world what I talk about that is loaded in 12 hours or more, but that if I can not play because you are lowering the percentages just see it, I did the battery calibration and wait to be charged at 100% and nothing happened after I see the same, I read that was to change both roms, must be that these last two months I've changed like 3 times rom (paranoid, softmax, and again by the holo paranoid) then let me know if software problem or I have to buy another battery?

Or cable? Did you do a search? There are loads of threads on this issue and they all pretty much contain the answers
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was that english ??

OP tried his best to write in english which is all the rules ask. Many people have to use Google translate. Its just the way it is
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OP tried his best to write in english which is all the rules ask. Many people have to use Google translate. Its just the way it is
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I'm wondering if anyone can help me out with a similar issue (wife's phone). I'm fairly certain it's not a cable issue; here's why:
I've tested with multiple cables and the issue persists. I decided to test her charger with my Galaxy Nexus and found charging was fine. I also loaded up Battery Monitor Widget on both phones and saw a huge difference. Her phone charges at 281 amps, mine charges at 685 amps. My phone runs CM 10.1, hers runs stock. FastCharge is NOT enabled on my G-Nex.
Her battery drains stupid fast. Faster than mine, and the G-Nex is not known for having a great battery, while I've generally read good things about the S3's battery.
So based on the 2 items above, I'm leaning towards an app or something that is draining battery (she installs all sorts of crap... she isn't tech savvy; but at least it's all from the Play Store). They're getting the same power from the same cable/charge (in theory), so I'm thinking an app is using the CPU preventing a faster charge. I can't seem to locate the app that's doing it. I also notice she's using a ton of data; with the Up/Down arrows flashing constantly, so I'm thinking maybe something is constantly accessing the network, but again I can't find it.
Reading battery stats doesn't seem to help since they all show the screen is the source of the battery drain. If the screen is off for the majority of the time, it wouldn't be caused by the screen, right?
So does anyone have any idea what could cause this or how I could find what app is killing network or cpu?

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Are devices each to there own?

Ok so im quite new to android so im not 100% on the ins and outs on how what uses what battery and when.
Im running skyrom v9 and my battery was crap. To be honest its never been good. So i tried speedmod kernel and still got the same results.
Now iv disabled lockscreen widget and seems my battery is much better so iv put it down to that been the killer.
Iv read some people are using this app with no issues. My friend tried it with the same rom and kernel as me and it was fine.
Question is are these phones like performance independent? Like will each device act and behave differently to different thing or shud one sgs2 be the same as another sgs2 that is set up the same?
Long winded but i got there
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They're mass produced, they should be exactly the same. There may be really really slight performance differences. And tiny differences in screen quality. But this may depend on the batch.
What would be the case most likely would be the fact that you have a faulty battery. But it seems you were able to fix most of your problems by getting rid of an app.
There's a lot of things influencing battery life, dude! Every little thing you do and use can get the juice sucked dry in a couple of hours.
I thought as much. Just seemed odd. And although getting rid of that app seemed to work, its now gone back to its useual gonna die soon self. Gonna try another battery i think.
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In a way they are all different .
Different users with different apps and settings plus a different and varied level of user intelligence . That means phone A can be poor for user ZZ but give it to user YY and its working well .
jje
Well only thing i have left to try is battery. Im just waiting for my other to charge then i will swap and test it. Best i have had my battery is loosing 10% an hour. Which imo is a bad crack.
When i go to my battery stats it says cirtain apps are using x%. Some of the apps iv never ran. And some like maps for example is using battery. I stop the maps app and still its using battery. Why?
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Well only thing i have left to try is battery. Im just waiting for my other to charge then i will swap and test it. Best i have had my battery is loosing 10% an hour. Which imo is a bad crack.
When i go to my battery stats it says cirtain apps are using x%. Some of the apps iv never ran. And some like maps for example is using battery. I stop the maps app and still its using battery. Why?
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If your battery is cracked get it replaced under warranty as battery have a much shorter warranty .
better battery stats .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
jje
djmaz said:
Well only thing i have left to try is battery. Im just waiting for my other to charge then i will swap and test it. Best i have had my battery is loosing 10% an hour. Which imo is a bad crack.
When i go to my battery stats it says cirtain apps are using x%. Some of the apps iv never ran. And some like maps for example is using battery. I stop the maps app and still its using battery. Why?
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A good test is to stick it in flight mode and shut down as many apps as you possibly can. Then just leave it in standby for a couple of hours. You should really only lose 1-2% of your battery. If you do then you know something on the phone is responsible and you can start looking for and freezing the suspects.
I've had mine in standby for about 9 hours now (since I unplugged it) and it's at 91%, after only a few texts and emails. That's with data on most of the time and a little wifi earlier. I'm on 2.3.5 and KH3.
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A good test is to stick it in flight mode and shut down as many apps as you possibly can. Then just leave it in standby for a couple of hours. You should really only lose 1-2% of your battery. If you do then you know something on the phone is responsible and you can start looking for and freezing the suspects.
I've had mine in standby for about 9 hours now (since I unplugged it) and it's at 91%, after only a few texts and emails. That's with data on most of the time and a little wifi earlier. I'm on 2.3.5 and KH3.
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Thats some spot on advice there. Ill give it ago and see what happens. Cheerz bud
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The phone is the same, it really is all in the user settings and usage styles. If you want to prove this, just reflash any ROM and kernel (they are not that different) and do a full wipe of the phone. Don't set up a Google account or any email accounts or install any launchers/apps/widgets. Use a plain black background/lockscreen. Just use the phone, SMS and other stock apps for a while. You should be getting around 3 days or more of battery life with moderate usage.
I've gotten 3+ days of battery life before, but nowadays I get less than 1 day. So when I read that other people are getting great battery life, it's not because their phone is different than mine. It's because I need to use Exchange for my office email, or because I want to run a certain widget, or have some extra notifications, etc. So all you can do is keep experimenting, updating, etc. until you find a combination that works well for you.

[Q] How to improve battery life (Launcher/jelly bean related)?

So after the jelly bean update, my battery life dropped abysmally. I attributed it at first to Google now's constant use of GPS, but even after turning off GPS radios it didnt improve much. So I got myself the SEIDIO Innocell Plus extended battery case to see if it would help (a lot of reviews said it did) but it didnt help me to the extent that the reviews claimed. Some youtube reviewer dude claimed the battery charged his phone like 80%! My battery is only charging my phone about 30%. I have slowly began to turn things off: First changed launchers to GO EX, then turned off all radios except mobile network, then turned offf live wallpapers, then go my self another app called cleaner something or other, and Im hoping that will help.
Now questions:
I have TSF shell, Sense, GO EX, and Launcher Pro installed, along with a home switcher. Is having this many launchers installed taking a toll on my battery?
What else might help me improve my battery life? Will rooting and changing ROMS help?
Does one launcher offer more battery life vs the other? recommendations?
Does anybody has any experience with the case I bought? The manual claims, for "best results" turn on the battery when the phone battery is at 50%. Any reason why this actually matters?
Any other advise you have would be greatly appreciated. Its ridiculous that I am still struggling with battery life even after getting an extended battery case.
darkleafar said:
So after the jelly bean update, my battery life dropped abysmally. I attributed it at first to Google now's constant use of GPS, but even after turning off GPS radios it didnt improve much. So I got myself the SEIDIO Innocell Plus extended battery case to see if it would help (a lot of reviews said it did) but it didnt help me to the extent that the reviews claimed. Some youtube reviewer dude claimed the battery charged his phone like 80%! My battery is only charging my phone about 30%. I have slowly began to turn things off: First changed launchers to GO EX, then turned off all radios except mobile network, then turned offf live wallpapers, then go my self another app called cleaner something or other, and Im hoping that will help.
Now questions:
I have TSF shell, Sense, GO EX, and Launcher Pro installed, along with a home switcher. Is having this many launchers installed taking a toll on my battery?
What else might help me improve my battery life? Will rooting and changing ROMS help?
Does one launcher offer more battery life vs the other? recommendations?
Does anybody has any experience with the case I bought? The manual claims, for "best results" turn on the battery when the phone battery is at 50%. Any reason why this actually matters?
Any other advise you have would be greatly appreciated. Its ridiculous that I am still struggling with battery life even after getting an extended battery case.
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Could be just a bad battery. Did you break in the case properly, what's your charging habits (do you let it die before connecting?) How do you use your phone?
There's lots or variables that goes into this.
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I have a similar problem. I used to get 24 hours per charge, now I barely get 9. I'm not sure who the culprit is but I suspect either Google now, widget locker or nova.
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jesuscash said:
Could be just a bad battery. Did you break in the case properly, what's your charging habits (do you let it die before connecting?) How do you use your phone?
There's lots or variables that goes into this.
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Im not sure breaking in the case properly means, but what I did is charge it fully, then let it die, repeat. My phone, when I used to get battery life, i would let it get to about 25 % and then recharge. Nowadays it always dies and then I recharge.
I started using one power guard and I believe it really works. Also I found that turning off Gps while not using apps that need it increases battery life by a lot.
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eddy0090 said:
I started using one power guard and I believe it really works. Also I found that turning off Gps while not using apps that need it increases battery life by a lot.
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I have doing the gps thing. Please explain the powerguard thing. what is that
darkleafar said:
I have doing the gps thing. Please explain the powerguard thing. what is that
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It's an app found here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onexuan.battery
I use the daily driver setting.
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Any options for non-rooted phones? My phone lasted about 7 hours today....about 44% of the battery was being used by facebook(wtf? I have it set to sync every hour) and google maps(about 25%). I also felt the phone get really hot.
I love jellybean but my phone was getting awesome battery life before the update.
Sorry I'm rooted, don't know bout non rooted phones.
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Droiddinho said:
Any options for non-rooted phones? My phone lasted about 7 hours today....about 44% of the battery was being used by facebook(wtf? I have it set to sync every hour) and google maps(about 25%). I also felt the phone get really hot.
I love jellybean but my phone was getting awesome battery life before the update.
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I've heard people had good luck deleting or freezing Facebook for sense and Facebook engine and all that other Facebook stuff that comes on stock. Then just reinstall from the market
YMMV
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Quick question from me also: when I go to Power in settings and click Usage, Camera takes up 23% of power usage it says...I used it once to take a single picture (about 10s) and closed it right afterwards (and I don't have geotagging enabled). Is Camera really sucking a quarter of my battery, or is something else acting under the name Camera? (stock 3.15, no root)
darkleafar said:
So after the jelly bean update, my battery life dropped abysmally. I attributed it at first to Google now's constant use of GPS, but even after turning off GPS radios it didnt improve much. So I got myself the SEIDIO Innocell Plus extended battery case to see if it would help (a lot of reviews said it did) but it didnt help me to the extent that the reviews claimed. Some youtube reviewer dude claimed the battery charged his phone like 80%! My battery is only charging my phone about 30%. I have slowly began to turn things off: First changed launchers to GO EX, then turned off all radios except mobile network, then turned offf live wallpapers, then go my self another app called cleaner something or other, and Im hoping that will help.
Now questions:
I have TSF shell, Sense, GO EX, and Launcher Pro installed, along with a home switcher. Is having this many launchers installed taking a toll on my battery?
What else might help me improve my battery life? Will rooting and changing ROMS help?
Does one launcher offer more battery life vs the other? recommendations?
Does anybody has any experience with the case I bought? The manual claims, for "best results" turn on the battery when the phone battery is at 50%. Any reason why this actually matters?
Any other advise you have would be greatly appreciated. Its ridiculous that I am still struggling with battery life even after getting an extended battery case.
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Why do you use so many launchers? The launcher that uses less memory with save you more battery
Rooting and changing ROMs should really increase battery because people tweak and debloat them like crazy. Based on all the launchers you have I recommend you find a senseless rom if you root
No idea about the case.
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Problem with battery life

Hi, I have a problem with my Ace. When I only use 2G and use my phone for calls/sms, my battery lasts for like 3 days. But if i have 100% full battery and I use the internet with (or without 3G), my battery lasts for like half an hour, drains from full to 0 and then phone turns off. If i turn on my phone again, it shows like 30% or more battery left, but if data connection is still on, I lose 1 percent in like every second.
This is not only with data connections. I drained my battery from 100% to 0 in like 1,5 hours with just looking some pictures and using the calculator. I would like to think my battery is dead, but it lasts like 3 days when used for calls/sms only.
I have tried recalibrating my battery many times, used different ROMs (stock and custom), still same.
Is there anything else I could do to check my battery status??
Anyway, I am looking for a new battery but not the original one. Im looking from eBay. I contacted the sellers and asked for the weights. Original battery weighs like 30g. I got replied that these two (2050mAh High Capacity Replacement Battery for Samsung Galaxy S5830 and aoonen 2PK NEW Li-Ion Battery for Samsung S5830 Galaxy ACE 1800mAh fast shipping) batteries weigh 50g and 60g. This makes them less likely to be the fake gold ones, or what do u guys think? Has anyone bought one of those batteries? Or can anyone recommend a battery with more capacity than the original one (1350mah)
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I'm 100% sure that something is wrong with your battery.
I've never heard about such long-life battery in Galaxy Ace.
3 days calls and texting ?
It's normal that battery drains faster when using mobile data, but not that fast.
If You can, ask a friend to borrow You battery from Galaxy Ace.
If everything will be okay then You'll know the naswer.
If other battery won"t last longer, then i suggest to check you phone for "short circuit".
Maybe something is wrong with your motherboard that is connected with 3G .. ?
okay thanks, can I use the battery from S5830i?
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okay thanks, can I use the battery from S5830i?
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I believe so, they both use the same sized battery (1350 mAH, Li-ion Batteries)
Though I may be wrong someone correct me if I am wrong.
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Hi,
I just bought two gold extended life (2450mAh) batteries for my Ace! I was meaning to test them against the stock one but hadn't got around to it yet. Didn't use the stock battery much as I think it's original to the phone which I recently bought 2nd hand.
If anyone wants me to do this test (properly) let me know.
Thinking about this; perhaps a few Ace owners could flash a common ROM and perform a standard discharge test. This would give us some baseline.
Regards,
MT
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Battery use
Hi
Im my SGA I have the same problem, usually lasts a day, using net 60% disappears in half an hour. Could be the browser configuration ? or the conditions of access to the network?
Is it's the browser, wich one is the best?
qashqool said:
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Im my SGA I have the same problem, usually lasts a day, using net 60% disappears in half an hour. Could be the browser configuration ? or the conditions of access to the network?
Is it's the browser, wich one is the best?
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My batter is two years old and it works good.
I use CM7 and no super widgets. Maybe it saves energy.
Try another ROM, remove or switch off everything You don't need.
Maybe it will help You. If not, it's time to buy another battery.
Don't ask which browser is the best, because we don't know what You need.
I need my browser to browse websites. I don't use favourites on mobile phone, so everyone is the best.
mastertantoo said:
Hi,
I just bought two gold extended life (2450mAh) batteries for my Ace! I was meaning to test them against the stock one but hadn't got around to it yet. Didn't use the stock battery much as I think it's original to the phone which I recently bought 2nd hand.
If anyone wants me to do this test (properly) let me know.
Thinking about this; perhaps a few Ace owners could flash a common ROM and perform a standard discharge test. This would give us some baseline.
Regards,
MT
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There's an app called "Battery Drain". Try charging your phone to 100%, turn on Battery Drain and select everything except Vibrate, and let us know how long it takes to fully discharge.
I have a stock battery, and it lasted ~3 hours.
Myth
Hi.
Nothing works in my ROM, most of apps are useless (all?)
Changed to LastMyth, after some days I'll be back to share the experience
try to delete the battery.stats
real myth
Jenson25 said:
try to delete the battery.stats
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Hello Jenson.
Sorry to desapoint you but de advantage of deleting battery stats is a Myth [not The Lastmyth] :cyclops:
See this
I re-installed ZDBox (old version) and helps a little, probably have to use a kernel
let's wait and see
For clearing ram Try Fastreboot
It's an app n will not run all time like other task killer apps and widgets
just click on icon it will clear ram
The gold high-power batteries for this phone.. are they any good?. If you have bought one can you please give some kind of feedback on them as I am considering buying one. Stock battery just doesn't cut the mustard.
Thanks.
shivadow said:
The gold high-power batteries for this phone.. are they any good?. If you have bought one can you please give some kind of feedback on them as I am considering buying one. Stock battery just doesn't cut the mustard.
Thanks.
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Hi, if you use search you'll find lots of information, such as:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098513
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702524&page=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1783344
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702524
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877831
everything is inconclusive, except that there are advantages to using the stock
I have tried many ways to calibrate it and my conclusion was that this broken.
I compare it with another and mine is somewhat swollen
New battery on the way
Wow, just too many variables! For instance.. Any idea how many mA the vibrator uses when typing with haptic feedback? What about the extra battery used by the radio when your in a poor reception area, does my micro-sd use more power than yours? Etc.
Battery life comparisons will only be meaningful in conditions where the battery is the only changed variable. So i would charge two or more batteries; discharge one, then another, measuring the times. Both batteries would need to be new unless you just want to compare something tired and worn with just out the factory.
Not 100% but I think it's relevant how many amps you take at a time, in relation to total capacity.. The chemical tech. may be difference, but lead-acid cells give differing amounts of charge dependent on temperature, and rate of discharge. In most applications capacity (C), is measured over 20 hours (C/20). C/100 will see many more amps capacity, and C/10, fewer! Also consider a used battery could last a considerable time, if only the high drain occasion is minimal. Something simple like the vibrator could send an old battery 'over the edge' if the drain is too high.
What does all this mean to me? Unless you wanna spend hours discharging your phone battery finding out (not really), get a fresh battery online; they still don't cost much and are easy to find. Gold batteries have been available for some time so go with your gut on that one! Perhaps, like me, you think it's worth the risk.
If you really love your phone and think you'll still be holding on to it in a couple of years time - you'll be thankfull you bought a spare battery or two while they were still cheap
Peace!
-mt-
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Hello, problems of battery are the most important in the management of smartphones increasingly sophisticated. I know of no silver bullet, so it makes sense to always have an alternate (note that battery life depends on time, even without use)
I found a small application, very cool, which is PowerTutor, which gives us interesting information from the battery usage. However'm with JuiceDefender Ultimate (free version exists). The only application which effectively spare battery was Greenpower. [all in gplay]
I hope I helped
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Hi, new battery from ebay :laugh:, now lasts a day under normal use and a day and a half with little use of the internet.
Not bad for the low price
Seems that lastmyth that is not worse than the others in the use of battery.
qashqool said:
Hi, new battery from ebay :laugh:, now lasts a day under normal use and a day and a half with little use of the internet.
Not bad for the low price
Seems that lastmyth that is not worse than the others in the use of battery.
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This is usually the fix. It's amazing how fast some batteries start failing. Old batteries and cold temperatures are usually the top cause of poor battery life, especially in secondhand phones.
Try Juice Defender :thumbup:
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[Q]Sudden huge battery drop after a reboot

I find there is a huge battery drop (ex from 50% to 10-12%) when I reboot my phone. It even gives a low battery notification and all. With time the % status increases and stabilizes around 40%. It happens irrespective of the Roms.
A search on xda resulted in multiple threads with 2 outcomes -
1. Faulty battery - which can't be the case as sometimes it even gives me 2 days of backup.
2. It's a known issue
Could not get anything concrete on searched threads and hence this post.
Now my queries are below -
1. If it's a known issue, does everyone else face it?
2. What can I do from my end to avoid it? Except, of course, changing the battery.
banjara said:
I find there is a huge battery drop (ex from 50% to 10-12%) when I reboot my phone. It even gives a low battery notification and all. With time the % status increases and stabilizes around 40%. It happens irrespective of the Roms.
A search on xda resulted in multiple threads with 2 outcomes -
1. Faulty battery - which can't be the case as sometimes it even gives me 2 days of backup.
2. It's a known issue
Could not get anything concrete on searched threads and hence this post.
Now my queries are below -
1. If it's a known issue, does everyone else face it?
2. What can I do from my end to avoid it? Except, of course, changing the battery.
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It only seems to happen to me when I have to force reboot by long pressing power button (say if I get a rare complete freeze). If I reboot normally I don't get the issue. However, I've seen members post that if you reboot to recovery, and then boot from recovery that you won't get the drop.
That being said, remember that it's only the reported value that is wrong. Your battery voltage is (relatively) unchanged before and after the reboot. In other words, rebooting doesn't eat 40% of the available voltage, the available voltage is being incorrectly reported.
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Hopper8 said:
It only seems to happen to me when I have to force reboot by long pressing power button (say if I get a rare complete freeze). If I reboot normally I don't get the issue. However, I've seen members post that if you reboot to recovery, and then boot from recovery that you won't get the drop.
That being said, remember that it's only the reported value that is wrong. Your battery voltage is (relatively) unchanged before and after the reboot. In other words, rebooting doesn't eat 40% of the available voltage, the available voltage is being incorrectly reported.
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So its the reporting from the hardware to software which is incorrect. Is there anything which we should/shouldnt do to avoid this discrepancy? asking because I remember I never got it for almost 2 years, it started almost since 2-3 months only.
Will a fuel-gauge reset work here? have seen it in stweaks.
banjara said:
So its the reporting from the hardware to software which is incorrect. Is there anything which we should/shouldnt do to avoid this discrepancy? asking because I remember I never got it for almost 2 years, it started almost since 2-3 months only.
Will a fuel-gauge reset work here? have seen it in stweaks.
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That's the logical conclusion I've come to, yes. Like I said, to avoid it, you can reboot to recovery and then boot from there. Personally, I ignore it. It goes away if you charge back to 100%, and battery voltage is unchanged as I said. It almost seems random to me, it used to happen a lot to me. Now I haven't had it for about 5-6 months I'd say. And I don't know what's different, nothing that I can put a finger on anyway.
I'm not sure, I've never used reset fuel gauge. If I remember correctly, that will end up in even more screwy battery values once you press it until the next charge (I could be wrong). But search for a proper explanation of what it does, and maybe give it a try. Post up here if you find out anything from your experiments
I slightly disagree to what the member advised/concluded. To my experience this drop happens when you battery is about to die or needs replacement. Get a new battery and no drop will happen.
It would not drop if you hootboot it, the reason behind this is that it does not completely shuts down your phone hence cpu does not work heavly like it does on reboot.
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Hopper8 said:
That's the logical conclusion I've come to, yes. Like I said, to avoid it, you can reboot to recovery and then boot from there. Personally, I ignore it. It goes away if you charge back to 100%, and battery voltage is unchanged as I said. It almost seems random to me, it used to happen a lot to me. Now I haven't had it for about 5-6 months I'd say. And I don't know what's different, nothing that I can put a finger on anyway.
I'm not sure, I've never used reset fuel gauge. If I remember correctly, that will end up in even more screwy battery values once you press it until the next charge (I could be wrong). But search for a proper explanation of what it does, and maybe give it a try. Post up here if you find out anything from your experiments
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I had tried that twice in past when I was on Dorimanx kernel which screwed up the battery stats for a charge. It came back to displaying normal battery status after a while. Though I did not notice anything specifically good/bad on that matter.
Now it brings me to another doubt.. did i make the matters worse by resetting fuel gauge?
vishal11in said:
I slightly disagree to what the member advised/concluded. To my experience this drop happens when you battery is about to die or needs replacement. Get a new battery and no drop will happen.
It would not drop if you hootboot it, the reason behind this is that it does not completely shuts down your phone hence cpu does not work heavly like it does on reboot.
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Cant agree with you on a dying battery concept, mate. I am getting such awesome battery life(depending on ROMs) (sometimes 2 days) that I do not think its something related to age of the battery. Its 2.5 years old but still going good, no heating, no sudden deaths.
banjara said:
I had tried that twice in past when I was on Dorimanx kernel which screwed up the battery stats for a charge. It came back to displaying normal battery status after a while. Though I did not notice anything specifically good/bad on that matter.
Now it brings me to another doubt.. did i make the matters worse by resetting fuel gauge?
Cant agree with you on a dying battery concept, mate. I am getting such awesome battery life(depending on ROMs) (sometimes 2 days) that I do not think its something related to age of the battery. Its 2.5 years old but still going good, no heating, no sudden deaths.
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I think your lucky with the aged battery i would say. Yes, rom plays a big rom here but then i have also noticed if your rom has lot of boot services to start then your cpu will be much active which puts load on battery for power and if battery is weak it will not be able to execute the requored power.
This problem is more with sammu phones
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The battery is 2.5 yrs old ?!
This is absolutely the cause of the problem you're seeing (beyond the misreporting stupidity suffered by all Samsung phones already discussed). Replace it.
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The battery is 2.5 yrs old ?!
This is absolutely the cause of the problem you're seeing (beyond the misreporting stupidity suffered by all Samsung phones already discussed). Replace it.
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Replace it just because it misses on reporting correct charge info on reboot? Don't you think it will be a little harsh on current battery?
Jokes apart, it has to give me more signs of aged battery like atleast low backup to start with.
vishal11in said:
I think your lucky with the aged battery i would say. Yes, rom plays a big rom here but then i have also noticed if your rom has lot of boot services to start then your cpu will be much active which puts load on battery for power and if battery is weak it will not be able to execute the requored power.
This problem is more with sammu phones
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Yeah. Maybe lucky. Not on Sammy roms Btw. Beanstalk, AOSB and cyanfox have given me very good battery life.
banjara said:
Replace it just because it misses on reporting correct charge info on reboot? Don't you think it will be a little harsh on current battery?
Jokes apart, it has to give me more signs of aged battery like atleast low backup to start with.
Yeah. Maybe lucky. Not on Sammy roms Btw. Beanstalk, AOSB and cyanfox have given me very good battery life.
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Ya as i mentioned all sammy roms are full of junkies which custom rom keep away. As a result it demands less power on boot and keep users happy
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Nope, as MistahBungle said already, apart from the the 'usual' Sammy battery reporting issues, a 2.5 year battery is the root cause of your problems.
And I don't agree that the reboot is actually using 40% battery to complete (or that a custom rom with its fewer processes will alleviate this). As I said, the voltage is being reported wrongly. However, you won't see the situation improve without buying a new battery. I suggest you buy a genuine Samsung replacement off eBay or similar, IMO there's no point stuffing around with fakes which aren't their claimed capacity.
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New battery it is then. Thanks all.
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A small attempt to buy an original battery lead me to the extended 2000 mAh battery link (EB-K1A2EBEGSTD) which I am not finding anywhere in India.
Has anyone bought it recently? or Does anyone has any information about where can I get in India?
I own one but I've had it for about 18 months. It is really good, but as I don't live in India I can't give you any tips for buying one sorry. I got mine off eBay.
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Good solution is to install dori and in stweaks click on swith "reset fuel gauhe chip" droping battery after reboot is popular on s2
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mosespl said:
Good solution is to install dori and in stweaks click on swith "reset fuel gauhe chip" droping battery after reboot is popular on s2
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Tried that twice with few days gap in between. But it didn't help.
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Battery drainage and Phone Overheating

Hi there,
I've been having a problem for some time now with stock S3 ROM (4.1.2), and now that I've rooted my phone, I noticed it consists with both CM11 and Revolutionary S5. So it's probably the hardware, but if anyone could give me any kind of assistance or direction, I would be grateful.
Here is a recent shot of my battery life: http://imagebin.org/309592
As you can see, I nearly ran out of battery in 2 intervals of charge lasting about 4-5 hours.
If I use my phone moderately, only using like a few apps for 2 hours, it wouldn't last more than 5-6 hours.
If I only use it to respond to texts and get through the day, it lasts for 8-9 hours.
I've tried disabling all of the extra components for as long as I could, use power saving mode on the stock/Revolutionary S5 ROMs, Greenify etc.
Another problem I have is that the bottom part below the battery gets freakishly hot by just using a single app for 15 minutes or so. It's getting to the point where I'm uncomfortable holding it.
Is there any solution to my problems? Should I get a new battery? Or something else?
Get a new battery.
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Get a new battery.
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Thanks for your answer! But here's what I'm worried about, the battery doesn't really get hot (unless I'm misunderstanding something), but rather the part below it (I assume it's the SoC). So will that really fix my problems or is it some chip at fault here rather than the battery?
Also, would you recommend going with a Samsung official battery or an alternative?
Battery is the cheapest thing to try, get an official one.
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idowolf said:
Thanks for your answer! But here's what I'm worried about, the battery doesn't really get hot (unless I'm misunderstanding something), but rather the part below it (I assume it's the SoC). So will that really fix my problems or is it some chip at fault here rather than the battery?
Also, would you recommend going with a Samsung official battery or an alternative?
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What applications are using your battery the most?
Have you tried to flash a light ROM? (Bloatware Free)
Try to UC and UV the device and see if it keeps having the overheat problems.
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What applications are using your battery the most?
Have you tried to flash a light ROM? (Bloatware Free)
Try to UC and UV the device and see if it keeps having the overheat problems.
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Hi Saad_, here's my current battery status:
http://imagebin.org/309724
http://imagebin.org/309725
In the process of taking these screenshots and uploading them, my battery widget showed that my battery's temp went up to about 95-97F. Browsing the gallery and looking at some site on Firefox brings it up to over 100-105F.
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Hi Saad_, here's my current battery status:
http://imagebin.org/309724
http://imagebin.org/309725
In the process of taking these screenshots and uploading them, my battery widget showed that my battery's temp went up to about 95-97F. Browsing the gallery and looking at some site on Firefox brings it up to over 100-105F.
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The battery use is normal. As suggested above I recommend you to try it out with another battery since you said your battery's temp is reaching high limits. Try a new battery and check if the problem still exists.
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The battery use is normal. As suggested above I recommend you to try it out with another battery since you said your battery's temp is reaching high limits. Try a new battery and check if the problem still exists.
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What's a normal temp range for a battery? For reference.
Surprisingly enough, it feels cold/normal, the part below it is what's getting real hot.
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What's a normal temp range for a battery? For reference.
Surprisingly enough, it feels cold/normal, the part below it is what's getting real hot.
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I don't EXACTLY know what is a normal temperature on an S3 but my phone's battery is usually at 33 C (92 F) after web browsing and using Viber / Facebook. You need to try another battery in your phone to find out if the problem is with it or not.

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