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I got my S2 a few days ago and flashed Cf-Root and the latest checkrom a couple of days ago. I knew battery life was a big issue with S2 so i thought i'd check how mine was performing.
I left the phone charging through the night and after unplugging the battery is down to 80% after just 5 hours. What makes things worse is that the phone has been unused for about 95% of that time. All i've done is send one SMS and flick through my settings a couple of times.
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Display being 44% is puzzling since its only been on 30 minutes at about 50% brightness. Android OS is 39% and when clicking on that it says it has been used just 22 minutes (CPU total).
I a real S2 and Android noob so i really have no idea whats going on. This cant be normal surely?
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I got my S2 a few days ago and flashed Cf-Root and the latest checkrom a couple of days ago. I knew battery life was a big issue with S2 so i thought i'd check how mine was performing.
I left the phone charging through the night and after unplugging the battery is down to 80% after just 5 hours. What makes things worse is that the phone has been unused for about 95% of that time. All i've done is send one SMS and flick through my settings a couple of times.
Display being 44% is puzzling since its only been on 30 minutes at about 50% brightness. Android OS is 39% and when clicking on that it says it has been used just 22 minutes (CPU total).
I a real S2 and Android noob so i really have no idea whats going on. This cant be normal surely?
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Your display has used 44% of the power used = 20% total so your display in five hours has used about 9% of the battery .
Search all the battery posts and read them for clues .
Start with Better Battery stats thread .
better battery stats .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
You also probably have a load of stuff connecting in the background .
jje
Try siyah kernel 2.1.1 version. Its been the best for me
I've installed Better Batter Stats although i dont really know how to use it and interpret the information. I've included some random screen captures in case they're important.
Heya, I see that you have WiFi on pretty much and that's quite a battery drainer. It shifted my battery consumption from 1-3% while sleeping to a whooping 25+% (about 6-8 hours of sleep)... make sure you turn off wifi and data services when you're not actively using your phone
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Heya, I see that you have WiFi on pretty much and that's quite a battery drainer. It shifted my battery consumption from 1-3% while sleeping to a whooping 25+% (about 6-8 hours of sleep)... make sure you turn off wifi and data services when you're not actively using your phone
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Hi,
If i turn off wifi and data when not actively using my phone wont i stop receiving various updates and such? Is it normal for people to have turn off wifi and data when not using the phone?
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Hi,
If i turn off wifi and data when not actively using my phone wont i stop receiving various updates and such? Is it normal for people to have turn off wifi and data when not using the phone?
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Yeah, but you can get them when you use your phone again. I can't speak for everyone but I never have wifi on while my screen is off, it wastes battery and I don't have a social life/need to keep my Internet on
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After doing some reading one thing that may be causing this is not calibrating my battery.
When i received the phone it came without about 60% of charge so i just plugged it straight in to my PC figuring i'll let it charge to full while i play around on it. Unless i'm mistaken this was a bad thing to do?
I've downloaded Battery Calibration from the market and i'm currently waiting for the battery to charge to 100% before running it. Hopefully it'll help things.
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After doing some reading one thing that may be causing this is not calibrating my battery.
When i received the phone it came without about 60% of charge so i just plugged it straight in to my PC figuring i'll let it charge to full while i play around on it. Unless i'm mistaken this was a bad thing to do?
I've downloaded Battery Calibration from the market and i'm currently waiting for the battery to charge to 100% before running it. Hopefully it'll help things.
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The best way to calibrate the battery is to actually charge to 100% (make sure the phone is off) then unplug the battery for about 90+ seconds, then plug it bin and use your phone normally until the battery is depleted to 3-7% then charge fully. BTW I HIGHLY doubt that's the PROBLEM.
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The best way to calibrate the battery is to actually charge to 100% (make sure the phone is off) then unplug the battery for about 90+ seconds, then plug it bin and use your phone normally until the battery is depleted to 3-7% then charge fully. BTW I HIGHLY doubt that's the PROBLEM.
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So once i've calibrated the battery and find that that isn't the problem how do i go about investigating what is the problem? I'm far too much of a noob to work it myself
I'm considering flashing back to stock firmware and seeing what happens with that.
Reading numerous threads on these forums I've found out that there is absolutely no need to calibrate the battery in SGS2 with any external programs / processes. The battery calibrates and maintains itself during its lifetime (something about a controller chip being integrated inside them).
If I may recommend, flash SiyahKernel , apply the battery optimizations through CWM (install zip from sdcard), and just work normally with the phone for a few days, making sure you remove all unnecessary applications and turning off data services whenever you don't use the phone.
And if you still get about a day of battery with moderate usage, it's very good for you... the stock battery just doesnt live that long with the powerful hardware that is in the phone
hello,
i have now a week long on my sgs2 every 2 minutes a message on my screen : charging paused, voltage too high.
i have flasht my phone allot but on stock rom(I9100BUKJ3) i have the same problem.
When the battery of my phone is full and I disconnect it, he keeps saying that he is connected and full.
i can't find anyhere what the solution for this is.
have somebody any idea?
sorry for my bad English.
greet beun
I got the same thing did u figure it out yet?
It started this morning when I unplug it i see the message every 2 minutes or so.
I have a feeling that it might be the battery but I don't have another to try it and I don't feel like buying a new one just to test.
Anyone know anything about it? I searched in Google for about an hour but this post was the only relevant thing about it
have you tried a different charger ? might work
Won't make a difference it gives the error when it is unplugged
Now Fx. It is nice an silent while on the charger. But when I take it out is gives the error
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same problem...
i got the same problem...
but in my device it said that massage even if the battery isn't fully charged...
I mean that when the battery is half charged and i plug off the charger the massage come up.
I tried the change my battery or charger and no differnce..
I think itws might be the kernel or something... cause I started get this massage when I subtitute my kernel...
sorry for my bad english...
sasi314 said:
but in my device it said that massage even if the battery isn't fully charged...
I mean that when the battery is half charged and i plug off the charger the massage come up.
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i have looking in my phone, my battery voltage is on this moment +4000 mV
on the accu i read 3,7 volt.
on this moment i'm on my work,
about 4 hours im on my pc home to place some screen shots,
i also found a link about a older samsung phone with the same problem, by that person whas a chip broken, so i hope that this not the same.
sorry for my bad english
greets beun
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flashing doesn't have any sense so i'm afraid that it is a hardware problem.
i think its a battery control chip or something like that.
have somebody good experience with a situation like this?
Same problem here. It only happened when I started flashing ICS roms.
It goes away eventually, usually when i get down to about 60% charged or so. Sometimes it doesn't happen at all.
TheCarFreak said:
Same problem here. It only happened when I started flashing ICS roms.
It goes away eventually, usually when i get down to about 60% charged or so. Sometimes it doesn't happen at all.
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Same here, although it only happens when I use the car charger... both of the car chargers cause this issue. The wall charger however is fine. I noticed it happens with the ICS leaks from sammobile.
Just started happening to me too!
Get a flashing battery icon continuously too.
Can't connect via usb mode too because it says theres a cable already connected!
Any have any ideas on what to do?
Have someone this problem to who never flasht his phone?
I think that we made the problem self by flashing wrong kernel or bootloader from a 4.0.3 maybe
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When your phone is 100%battery then he have 4200 mv and then it decreases. its not that when battery is 0 he say - mv but.. i sugegst to you that you reboot your phone into recovery mode if you rooted, then wipe battery stats..
if nat root then download app name battery calibrator from market and then charge your phone to 100% and then click calibrate. it may improve your solution to problam. so try it.. ok man thats all i can say.. best of luck..
i sugegst that after you fix the problam hopefully you root de phone and intall checkrom hd v6 and then you install speedmod kernel. it will improve your battery time by lot i say in guarantee.. ok man so you do that..
bye then
Wiping battery stats does not make sense.
I buy today a usb jig to reset my bootloader en after that i go flash my phone to 100% stock. If this not helps i bring my phone back for repair.
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Restored my Gingerbread backup and the problem seems to have gone away.. charge icon is showing a charge without stopping. Seems like only the leaked ICS ROMs are exhibiting this problem?
I also have this message in ics but in gingerbread it does not work good. On this moment i walk with my dog and the phone says that im usb connected i think that the problem is lower than the os. Its the bootloader or hardware i think
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OK, after a few days of observing my phone I can say this:
The problem persists even in ginger bread but the error does not show, open the dialer and write *#*#4636#*#* go into battery settings and see the battery state (tested on cm7)
When the battery drops below 15% it behaves normally until charged again (however it might just be time, I drop to 15% in about 10 hours )
It seems that the mV is irrelevant, on charge it went to 4213mV and said battery state good (after the 15% drop thing) but it said over voltage at 3558mV (not in charge)
That's about all I could see, ill get a jig myself and see where that brings me, although if anyone has a spare battery to see if the problem is that or something else it would be nice to know the results
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Same problem here, started yesterday after flashing foxHound ics, reverted back to GB, as stated previously the notification goes away but the problems still there, also if i reboot my phone then the battery healths good for about 10 minutes even if the voltage is above 4000mv, but about 10 minutes later it says voltage too high even when its lower at about 3800.
Flashed another rom and its been alright for about 6 hours, will test a bit more and post back.
Just a heads up guys, the issue returned even on GB so i flashed back ics, took out my battery cleaned the usb port with rubbing alcohol and compressed air, put the battery back in and now alls fine charged to 100% no issues drained it overnight watching movies and charged it again to 100% no issues. Not sure if it was the ics rom that fixed it or the cleaning. anyhow seems to be fine now
Hmm sounds good, but just to be sure, type this in the dialer *#*#4636#*#* and in the battery menu look at battery health, and what from are you on? Really hope that it fixes it
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I used de command and battery status : blinks (charging -Discharging ) .. I cant tun off my phone, it boot alone again :S
My Sgs2 was ok, but I charged it for 1 day.. and the problem appear. Help plz
Hey everyone,
I've been playing around with some ICS roms (Energy and revolution roms) amd noticed that the battery life is AMAZING on idle/standby, but when using the phone, the battery drains VERY fast.
Are all the ics roms like this atm? Are you guys getting similar drains? I'm going to try another rom and see what happens in the meantime.
Here's a screen cap of my battery life.
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i completely agree.i'd like to post in development but can't as yet(forum rules).i'm running arhd 2.2.1.s-off.my battery drains out approximately 6 and a half hours on moderate use(music etc.)i wonder if it's due to the stock kernel or as u said if ics is like this.apart from that the rom is solid and very ice.
Same here, the only problem im having with the ics leak is the battery drains extremely quick. And I have my brightness all the way down.
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sherman8or said:
Same here, the only problem im having with the ics leak is the battery drains extremely quick. And I have my brightness all the way down.
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I'm on the Leak ICS and I haven't seen that problem... I think it's improved my battery since I've updated.. before I would have to swap batteries half way through the day.. now I just charge when I get home.. and I work 12 hours a day.. Monday to Saturday.
After resetting battery stats this is what I saw and was impressed with. I have email set to auto sync from 7am to 6pm for work along with my gmail account, facebook set to sync once a day as I don't really care to be notified every time someone posts. Screen brightness set to auto, however this phone did not see sunlight on this day so I'm sure the screen was never maxed out.
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I'm on the Leak ICS and I haven't seen that problem... I think it's improved my battery since I've updated..
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Ditto. The first day I was on the ROM I noticed a huge increase in battery life.
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After resetting battery stats this is what I saw and was impressed with. I have email set to auto sync from 7am to 6pm for work along with my gmail account, facebook set to sync once a day as I don't really care to be notified every time someone posts. Screen brightness set to auto, however this phone did not see sunlight on this day so I'm sure the screen was never maxed out.
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How did you reset the battery stats? I've got 4EXT installed as my recovery, and DID notice a "Wipe battery stats" option. Is that the same thing?
justin0025 said:
How did you reset the battery stats? I've got 4EXT installed as my recovery, and DID notice a "Wipe battery stats" option. Is that the same thing?
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it is
Ill try wiping my battery stats, but i been getting really bad battery life since upgrading. down from 2-3 days to 6-12 hours.
edit: forgot to mention, i can't charge via USB anymore, as it says it does not provide enough power. It used to work just fine with same cable, same usb port on my computer at work. Now it can't charge, have to bring wall charger to work.
auiotour said:
Ill try wiping my battery stats, but i been getting really bad battery life since upgrading. down from 2-3 days to 6-12 hours.
edit: forgot to mention, i can't charge via USB anymore, as it says it does not provide enough power. It used to work just fine with same cable, same usb port on my computer at work. Now it can't charge, have to bring wall charger to work.
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wow, that sucks. Personally I would wipe / reflash the ruu. then slowly add applications back. Not sure what apps you have running, I have about 150 installed, however I limit what can sync. there is a paid app called better battery stats that can help identify rouge apps too.
auiotour said:
Ill try wiping my battery stats, but i been getting really bad battery life since upgrading. down from 2-3 days to 6-12 hours.
edit: forgot to mention, i can't charge via USB anymore, as it says it does not provide enough power. It used to work just fine with same cable, same usb port on my computer at work. Now it can't charge, have to bring wall charger to work.
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Wow, with stock GB on TMO I got maybe 7 hours max. With stock ICS I got over 12 hours and was very pleased. I just flashed a yesterday, so I'm not sure what I'll get now, but from the drain it looks like about 20 hours or so with moderate usage. I suspect my normal day will be OK (about 16 hours).
I'm not having any problems with charging on the leak or NRG.
What does wiping batter stats do? Is it more like just resetting a timer or does it do something more like recalibrate your battery so the phone doesn't shut down your phone prematurely due to a perceived lack of juice? (when there is actually still more juice remaining)
Edit myself: according to other posts, a Google engineer said it's a myth that this does anything useful.
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What does wiping batter stats do? Is it more like just resetting a timer or does it do something more like recalibrate your battery so the phone doesn't shut down your phone prematurely due to a perceived lack of juice? (when there is actually still more juice remaining)
Edit myself: according to other posts, a Google engineer said it's a myth that this does anything useful.
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It is supposed to delete the battery statistics so that the device builds up an accurate battery stats file. If the stats file had statistics for a smaller battery (or poorer battery), it could be telling the OS that it was out of power when in fact power was still available. I can't speak to how well it works, but I do it whenever I flash a new ROM.
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What does wiping batter stats do? Is it more like just resetting a timer or does it do something more like recalibrate your battery so the phone doesn't shut down your phone prematurely due to a perceived lack of juice? (when there is actually still more juice remaining)
Edit myself: according to other posts, a Google engineer said it's a myth that this does anything useful.
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Actually, I am not sure about that myth anymore. I had CWM installed and I flashed 4EXT. My battery died within 4 hours and I barely used it. I was at 55% and I had everything turned off as well as the screen, 5 minutes later, I was at 40%. The next day, I fully charged it to 100%, booted into recovery, and wiped the battery stats. My phone lasted for 17 hours without even charging it in the day.
I guess wiping the battery stats does work?
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Actually, I am not sure about that myth anymore. I had CWM installed and I flashed 4EXT. My battery died within 4 hours and I barely used it. I was at 55% and I had everything turned off as well as the screen, 5 minutes later, I was at 40%. The next day, I fully charged it to 100%, booted into recovery, and wiped the battery stats. My phone lasted for 17 hours without even charging it in the day.
I guess wiping the battery stats does work?
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Thank you! MrMako debated this with me... I called it the BEST DAMN PLACEBO EFFECT EVER... cuz it works
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Thank you! MrMako debated this with me... I called it the BEST DAMN PLACEBO EFFECT EVER... cuz it works
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haha. Well I can confirm that it works. Oddly, it happened when I flashed the new recovery, but overall, the battery is ALOT better than ever!
You know It's weird. Battery life hasn't been great on the custom ROMS the stock RUU seems to have the best battery life.
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You know It's weird. Battery life hasn't been great on the custom ROMS the stock RUU seems to have the best battery life.
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Ditto--stock has the best battery life for me as well. Cache wiped, super wipe, dalvick wiped. everything wiped.
Left my phone charger in the car last night. Before I went to bed my phone was at 3%. I expected for it to turn off at any min so I just laid it next to my bed. Woke up 7 hours later to my phone at 3%.... I received 4 text during that time, but was not read until morning.
Stock amaze no root or s-off with ics
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You know It's weird. Battery life hasn't been great on the custom ROMS the stock RUU seems to have the best battery life.
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Tell the rom developer - I have gotten surprisingly little feedback on mine.. I tried flashing a few roms before I chose a base to work with, and the only one that didn't have any errors in the logcat, didn't have any wakelock issues, was Android Revolution HD. I've picked out every htc app I could constantly checking both logcat for errors and wakelock issues from rogue htc apps looking to keep the phone from deep sleep- and all is well.
But amazingly today someone using my rom(pdcrzylazy) posted this article on an easy flash that is supposed to "ten fold" battery life- I researched it, I made sure it flashed well.. and have had immediate big differences, even under heavy use.
There is specifically one process on how it handles memory that I think makes the biggest difference- but it HAS made a big difference! It flashes perfectly and I was able to confirm the settings took effect..
If anyone tries it you can run this command in terminal on the phone before and again after and you'll see the settings took.
Code:
sysctl -a| grep vm
The output is crazy long, so if you wanted to you can run it as an adb command - "adb shell sysctil -a > /whereeveryouwantit/name.txt"
i am having very weird problems after installing paranoid android v 2.54 its not getting charged (charger is gud checked with another one but still no luck) and its showing that its connected and charging but battery is discharging by leaving plugged... erased installed another roms but still no luck used megawipe rom cleaner scripts to clear everything but still its there problem....installed pure untouched stock firmware from sammobile but still its there....if i poweroff and keeping charge, sometimes it will get charged upto some level... its very annoying
anyone help me out :crying::crying::crying:
I'm no expert, but is sure does sound like a hardware problem, specifically the usb plug of your phone.
Better wait until further evaluation from this awesome community, but be prepared to send it in to Samsung service center.
Edit: perhaps try a different battery? Or try to plug it in the pc and see if that does anything, I'm really not sure.
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I'm no expert, but is sure does sound like a hardware problem, specifically the usb plug of your phone.
Better wait until further evaluation from this awesome community, but be prepared to send it in to Samsung service center.
Edit: perhaps try a different battery? Or try to plug it in the pc and see if that does anything, I'm really not sure.
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trying connected to pc but still going same..need to check with other battery first.. thanks for responding
Checked with other battery and its repeating again with same problem somebone help me plz
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as stated above,might be a hardware problem since changing ROM doesnt get rid of the problem.when you connect it to PC,does it recognize your phone(USB storage)?
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as stated above,might be a hardware problem since changing ROM doesnt get rid of the problem.when you connect it to PC,does it recognize your phone(USB storage)?
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Yes it recognizes as usual....and i can transfer files and can do all the stuff but it wont get charge...by keeping whole night charger connected it stays in the same battery level when i'm connected...shows charging symbol
Sometimes charges upto some level and again stops...wtf prblm with my mobile...i dont have this problem before in this device...
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Yes it recognizes as usual....and i can transfer files and can do all the stuff but it wont get charge...by keeping whole night charger connected it stays in the same battery level when i'm connected...shows charging symbol
Sometimes charges upto some level and again stops...wtf prblm with my mobile...i dont have this problem before in this device...
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Try downloading Battery Monitor Widget.it should give you an idea how much current(mA) your phone is getting(during charge) or consuming(when on battery).im suspecting EITHER something is eating too much power OR your charger is not delivering enough current.that is,if your phone shows its charging when you plug in either charger or USB but not increasing in charge level.
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Try downloading Battery Monitor Widget.it should give you an idea how much current(mA) your phone is getting(during charge) or consuming(when on battery).im suspecting EITHER something is eating too much power OR your charger is not delivering enough current.that is,if your phone shows its charging when you plug in either charger or USB but not increasing in charge level.
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Yes when i am connected to charger or pc its showing that device is charging but not increasing levels atleast...tried with other working vharger same result...i'll try this battery monitor first and let u knw the status
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After plugging my charger it shows charging first and then discharging here the screenshots for better understanding what i am saying
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give it sometime to build a database of your power charge/consumption.by default,it checks the current every 10mins.so in an hour,you should have a history of at least 6 checks.you can also put a 1x1 widget in homescreen with at least the current(mA) and consumption(%/hr) so you would be able to monitor the current without going into the app all the time.give it an hour of battery use and another hour of charge.should give you an idea.the Estimates tab will give you an idea of what process eats power during USE and during screen off.
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give it sometime to build a database of your power charge/consumption.by default,it checks the current every 10mins.so in an hour,you should have a history of at least 6 checks.you can also put a 1x1 widget in homescreen with at least the current(mA) and consumption(%/hr) so you would be able to monitor the current without going into the app all the time.give it an hour of battery use and another hour of charge.should give you an idea.the Estimates tab will give you an idea of what process eats power during USE and during screen off.
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Ok bro...but Have u seen that second screenshot ...its showing Ac plugged but discharging
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yup,which seems weird cause 13.5%/hr consumption is roughly equivalent to surfing the web which indicates either your phone is eating up too much power therefore cancelling your charge or your phone is not charging at all.
Try charging with cell off.
We'll know if it's a s/w issue or Hardware
gnan10 said:
i am having very weird problems after installing paranoid android v 2.54 its not getting charged (charger is gud checked with another one but still no luck) and its showing that its connected and charging but battery is discharging by leaving plugged... erased installed another roms but still no luck used megawipe rom cleaner scripts to clear everything but still its there problem....installed pure untouched stock firmware from sammobile but still its there....if i poweroff and keeping charge, sometimes it will get charged upto some level... its very annoying
anyone help me out :crying::crying::crying:
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Try charging with cell off.
We'll know if it's a s/w issue or Hardware
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high possibility its a hardware problem.but just trying to help him rule out everything and whether its a charger or a phone problem.
i had the same problem recently and i've been forced to charge power off but after some time and rom change its charging normally
if it is a hardware problem then how much does it costs to repair.. tell me dude....
Hello guys,
As the title says, I too am running into some battery trouble (shocker, I know). I'd like to point out that first I did my research in the HOW+ forums + faqs. So, here's the situation:
Today with 80% of battery i played sonic dash for 45min. After that It shows 40% left. I shut down the phone. Put it in the freezer for 5mins (why not?) then turned it on again. Then it shows less than 16% at startup.
Two weeks earlier i used Navigon gps for 1hour on a full battery, after that i had 50% left. Restarted the phone and it showed 40% and afterwards started going down fast as hell in 1 hour without me turning the screen on. Seriously, at the end I had the 4 low battery alerts in a quick row (14%, 9%, 3%, 1% and then shutdown in 5-10minutes).
I bought the phone in march and used it heavily at first. I was all about thd games (which all push the phone to its limits) + occasional big downloads + uzipping heavy files. Then later i calmed down and mostly used the phone in the evenings before sleep: loads of browsing + youtube + emulators (which, all three combined, don't drain the battery that much even after a long time).
The phone has been rooted for 1 month. I'm still on stock rom. I greenified most of the processes (like every apps and games except viber, tango, whats app skype, line, twitter, facebook, vine) and froze (with titanium backup) google+, gmail,chrome, htc tips, play books, play movies, play kioske, play music, htc tips, htc watch.
Here is my question : do you guys think i should try some battery recalibrating or should replacing the battery do the trick? Or maybe there's nothing to do and the one x+ is just doomed in that area.
In one month I am going to Japan for a couple of weeks and I'll be needing a lot of my HOX+ so I sure wouldn't want to spend money on a new phone (with the next gen devices right around the corner) or on a pricey mugen external juice case. Any piece of advice or info is welcome.
Thanks in advance for your time guys.
Hey dude,i had similary problems with my battery.i tried everything from flashing special customs to battery doctor apps/widgets stock rom.but nothing solved the problem.only one thing,a replacement part for 23€ from ebay.the battery its selfs.
Sorry for my english,i'm german and mine is not so good.
Hope it is useful for u
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KickYaAzz said:
Hey dude,i had similary problems with my battery.i tried everything from flashing special customs to battery doctor apps/widgets stock rom.but nothing solved the problem.only one thing,a replacement part for 23€ from ebay.the battery its selfs.
Sorry for my english,i'm german and mine is not so good.
Hope it is useful for u
Sent from my HTC One X+ using xda app-developers app
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Danke.
So you say you had the battery replaced. May I ask if you did see a significant difference once the new battery was installed? Also im curious, after how many months did you replace it and how heavy were you using your phone before?
Again, thank you, much appreciated.
I've had similar issues with my battery. It has definitely gotten worse as time goes by. I did however just get a response from HTC about what to do about the quick battery drain when my phone hits 15%.
This is what they said:
I apologize for this behavior that you are having with the battery on your HTC One X+. The culprit in this situation is not the battery, it is the charging logic. Therefore, I advise you to recalibrate the battery/charging logic with the following steps:
1. Charge the device for at least 10 minutes
2. With the device truly OFF while still being plugged into the wall outlet, push in and hold volume up and volume down AND power button, for 2 minutes.
3. Let go. Device will boot up, and battery/charging logic are re-calibrated.
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I cannot test this as the current ROM I have can only do a soft reboot, thus I cannot shutoff my device. Hope it helps at least a little.
jogirider said:
I've had similar issues with my battery. It has definitely gotten worse as time goes by. I did however just get a response from HTC about what to do about the quick battery drain when my phone hits 15%.
This is what they said:
I cannot test this as the current ROM I have can only do a soft reboot, thus I cannot shutoff my device. Hope it helps at least a little.
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Thank you, I will try this method and report.
Rapid drain from 15% -> happens most of the times to EVERYONE, its not individual phone problem..
So unless HTC's calibration method doesn't help just need learn to live with it :/
ivicask said:
Rapid drain from 15% -> happens most of the times to EVERYONE, its not individual phone problem..
So unless HTC's calibration method doesn't help just need learn to live with it :/
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I suffer a lot from this issue (rapid drain from 15%->0%).
I think the battery capacity is measured/reported wrongly by the OS, because battery stats app measures the battery at 1832mAh (fully charged), not 2100 which is supposed to be...
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I had this problem and I left the phone at the service for a warranty change of the battery.
They've changed it and I must admit that the problem has been resolved. I can now see how the battery drains step by step: 15, 14, 13, 12, 11 etc. It does seem to last a bit more now, maybe half an hour.
geojoking said:
I had this problem and I left the phone at the service for a warranty change of the battery.
They've changed it and I must admit that the problem has been resolved. I can now see how the battery drains step by step: 15, 14, 13, 12, 11 etc. It does seem to last a bit more now, maybe half an hour.
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I shattered my phone screen, and send it to service, and i told them about battery problem, now they replaced battery, and earpiece speaker as i had low volume, will see how it works after i get it back in 3 days.
The battery bug was introduced in the only update for HOX+, everything was fine before the update. It starts mostly after a few days without a reboot. One time I've had theoretically more than 40% battery level, while in the next hour my phone wouldn't even start because of empty battery. Recently I was goofing around with Tasker. When the battery level showed 20%, my phone shutdown.
Did anyone test the recalibrate thing? Can someone explain me how am I supposed to hold 3 buttons for 2 minutes ?
So got my hox+ from HTC back now, with battery replaced, and now its working properly, listening music since 14% -> 1% for like 45 mins and turning screen here and there to change track, and phone turned OFF after being few minute on 1%.
Not to mention battery lasts about 20-30% longer now, hope it holds like this
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So got my hox+ from HTC back now, with battery replaced, and now its working properly, listening music since 14% -> 1% for like 45 mins and turning screen here and there to change track, and phone turned OFF after being few minute on 1%.
Not to mention battery lasts about 20-30% longer now, hope it holds like this
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Thanks for the info!!
Did you relock the bootloader/return to stock before sending it in, if it was unlocked?
And did the relocked bootloader raise any issues with the warranty?
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Thanks for the info!!
Did you relock the bootloader/return to stock before sending it in, if it was unlocked?
And did the relocked bootloader raise any issues with the warranty?
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I returned to stock ofcourse, bootlaoder says RE-LOCKED, no issues.
Hi everyone,
I have exactly the same problems that what has been told before... (Very bad battery life, specially when I'm using 3G data... and when the battery is under 20%, the phone stops completly only few minutes after...)
(My HOX+ is on ViperX+ but before I flashed this rom the problem was the same...)
I tried to do a recalibration of the battery but it didn't solved the problem...
I also tried the HTC instructions listed on the topic before, but it absolutly changed nothing.
My HOX+ is still on waranty but I ordered a new battery to change it by myself (I don't want to change the rom and relock the phone to send it on warranty, I prefer to do it by myself...), and the battery (annonced as genuine) cost about 26€ on Ebay delivered ($35 approximatly)...
I will come back here to tell you if it solved the problem!
ivicask said:
So got my hox+ from HTC back now, with battery replaced, and now its working properly, listening music since 14% -> 1% for like 45 mins and turning screen here and there to change track, and phone turned OFF after being few minute on 1%.
Not to mention battery lasts about 20-30% longer now, hope it holds like this
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Let's talk about this in the next month...
Small update about this.
I contacted HTC support and told them about this bug. Of course one of a consultant's suggestion was "factory reset" and "repair it", as always . But he suggested to wipe android cache via recovery. I did this 10 days ago with no hope this will help, but so far it is working. It seems as if the battery percentage goes quicker up when charging and the level shows now correct values. I will wait one or two more weeks to see if this really solved the issue. So far, it might have been simply luck .
I asked HTC's consultant also about the "hold three buttons while charging to calibrate battery" trick. He said that this trick is not present in their fix database. Weird.
I found this trick on another android website
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...g-red-while-charging-rapid-battery-drain.html
It looks as if it is not a safe solution?