[Q] Crazy battery issues on multiple roms - Motorola Droid X2

So I've had this problem on multiple roms - I charge the phone to 100%, and in my battery monitor app it says that its 4200mV. Under an hour, the % reading goes from 100 to 5, but the battery monitor states that its still at around 3500mV - I've tried wiping battery stats, but to no avail. What the heck is going on? Is my battery dead, or is it a bug in battery stats, or some other crazy problem?
Additionally, is there a way to get BSR on CM10 so I can wipe stats with that, or no?

My battery jumps like that too. Phone dies maybe 5 or 6 times a day.
As far as getting into BSR on CM10 you need to download the Hijack.zip and move it to system/etc/ if i remember right. Once you replace old one with the new one change permissions to RW/R/R.
After that install BSR and boom.
The Hijack.zip you need is in the CM10 post.
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Any reason to wipe the Battery Stats?

I see alot of people are doing this after flashing Das Bamf
I did after installing 1.3, and it just seemed to make my battery drop like crazy, and then at times, not drop at all. I just installed 1.3.1. so should i do a battery stat wipe? what purpose would this serve?
I am not sure the "best practice" on wiping battery stats. I was always under the impression that you should charge to 100%, wipe stats, and then leave on charger until the battery is at 100%.
Not sure if it is best to then do a complete discharge cycle before putting the device back on the charger. I really do not know what the battery stats includes. I always thought it contained battery calibration data.
I'd really like to know this as well.
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bmcclure937 said:
I am not sure the "best practice" on wiping battery stats. I was always under the impression that you should charge to 100%, wipe stats, and then leave on charger until the battery is at 100%.
Not sure if it is best to then do a complete discharge cycle before putting the device back on the charger. I really do not know what the battery stats includes. I always thought it contained battery calibration data.
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I think thats what it contains as well, however should i be plugged in while wiping? I always go to the battery stat menu in CWM, then right before i hit Yes, i unplug
I also read the same the thread (got the same rumor), after two battery wipes and fresh rom flashes (from 100%), in either case (on both VIRUS and BAMF) my battery mysteriously goes back to 86%. I can charge it back to 100% again but kinda thinking I shouldn't of wiped it. That or I'm doing it wrong.
DNak206 said:
I also read the same the thread (got the same rumor), after two battery wipes and fresh rom flashes (from 100%), in either case (on both VIRUS and BAMF) my battery mysteriously goes back to 86%. I can charge it back to 100% again but kinda thinking I shouldn't of wiped it. That or I'm doing it wrong.
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Mine does the same thing!! Well, 87%, lol i think maybe our phones are saying 100 when in reality its 86 or 87? also got to keep in mind that rebooting afterwards drains battery like crazy.
Try "bumping" the battery, search battery bump to see the steps, mine use to do the same thing, from 100 to 93 after reboot, now stays in 100.
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Or check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018813
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Or Go To The market and download an app called "Battery Doctor " helped me
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[Q] when to wipe battery stats

should i wipe battery stats i switching from extend. battery to stock. or only when switching roms? when does this matter?
[Also i know this doesn't belong here but my PC is really slow do easiest way is to ask: is there someway to search all my posts at once as they're becoming hard to keep track of ?]
CleveRuse said:
should i wipe battery stats i switching from extend. battery to stock. or only when switching roms? when does this matter?
[Also i know this doesn't belong here but my PC is really slow do easiest way is to ask: is there someway to search all my posts at once as they're becoming hard to keep track of ?]
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I switched back to my stock battery after my extended died. I wiped battery stats, wiping stats when flashing new roms is recommended.
Wiping battery stats is never really considered an essential thing to do no matter what. It is nice though to do. I suggest it when you start realizing crap battery life on one ROM/kernel compared to the last one. The suggested way is to wipe it after installing a new kernel and as well as when you swap batteries. Other than that, really no need to in my eyes.
I wipe after every new ROM install, period.
ProTekk said:
The suggested way is to wipe it after installing a new kernel and as well as when you swap batteries. Other than that, really no need to in my eyes.
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This is when I do it also.
Digging up a thread here, didn't want to waste a new one.. But I have the OEM Extended Battery and I tried wiping my battery stats.. Charge full, reboot into recovery, wipe stats, unplug.. After this I noticed that my battery said 93% even tho the charge light was green.. I drained it until it turned off and charged again overnight.. In the AM, light was green, i turned phone on and its still showing 93% even though it was green. Any ideas? Did I lose that 7% forever?
Sometimes wiping the stats causes a bad battery read. A few reboots should get you back on track. If that doesn't work, try a full battery drain then a full charge. Let us know.
Will try that, even tho I kinda did already. I'm hoping with a few battery cycles the problem goes away.. What Im hoping is I don't need to bump charge now every time like I did when I had my inc
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drawde said:
Did I lose that 7% forever?
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I doubt you lost anything. It would be like Spinal Tap having an amp which only went to 9.
I only had to wipe when my battery wasn't decreasing in percentage. After I wiped, it started decreasing like it should. I would think any fast reduction in percentage would be a bad battery.
Are there any proven facts out there that it is really ever necessary to wipe them? It's not like it actually improves battery life am I correct?
as far as wiping battery stats goes.
i have only used it when reconditioning a battery.
ie if you start noticing bad (read: worse that you have been getting) battery life after flashing a new rom or kernel. or just after a time using a standard rom.
what i do is
1 turn the phone off.
2 charge it on AC until it goes green and for an hour afterward.
3 unplug it and wait 30 seconds.
4 plug it back in and repeat step 3 until the light goes from red to green within 20 or so seconds. (this is called bump charging)
5 boot into CWR and wipe battery stats. and let it burn all the way down until it wont even turn on (flashing orange led)
6 charge to full and enjoy your maybe improved battery life.
when wiping battery stats, do i have to do it a few times or no? i wiped battery stats at full and drained battery until it turned off twice.. once wiping the stats with CWR and once, and after a cycle, with the 'battery calibrate' app (made by someone here on xda i believe)..
seems to be working okay i guess, but lets say i have 94%, i reset my phone and it comes back with only 84%.. it appears it's still reading my battery wrong by around 10%. is this normal?
It doesn't happen at every reset, looks like just the first one of the day. I guess I can charge to full, reboot, and charge to full again as a workaround.
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i meant to ask this before but I forgot, can anyone try to do that and let me know if it happens to them too or if its just me
Charge with phone on until full then turn it off and charge.. about how long does it stay amber?
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Battery stuck at 78%

Anyone know how I can get my battery back to charging to 100%? I flashed nuetrino yesturday and had to restore my backup, now my phone wont charge past 78% even though it still says charging.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198333
Take battery out, plug phone into wall charger, then put the battery back in the phone. Let it charge for an hour.
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Its charging to 4200mV but only saying it's at 78% and still charging. I tried the Juggernaut fix before and it actually killed my battery life. ill try taking the battery out and plugging it in to the wall.
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sunshine1982 said:
Its charging to 4200mV but only saying it's at 78% and still charging. I tried the Juggernaut fix before and it actually killed my battery life. ill try taking the battery out and plugging it in to the wall.
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I had your same problem after chain flashing about six ROMS, and that fixed it for me
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Alcapone263 said:
Take battery out, plug phone into wall charger, then put the battery back in the phone. Let it charge for an hour.
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Alcapone263 said:
Take battery out, plug phone into wall charger, then put the battery back in the phone. Let it charge for an hour.
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This will definitely fix the problem, but only temporarily. Next time it drains down and I try to charge it up again, it stops at 80-85%. But when you look at the battery stats, it shows 4200.
I've tried wiping the battery stats, applying the Juggernaut fix, following the steps in the ultimate batttery guide -- still have the problem. I even switched back from CM7 to stock ROM and can't seem to shake this issue.
Just totally kill it and then recharge it fully.
Thats what I do whenever I get this problem.
data/battd/
delete "cc_data. cc_fata_old. powerup."
reboot
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data/battd/
delete "cc_data. cc_fata_old. powerup."
reboot
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I am having the same problem since updating to gingerbread. Will try deleting files above. First time I´ve seen that advice.
Just an update. Temporary fix for me only. Phone still charges only to 60% after a recharge.tried everything so far with no results.
I switched from the ics mod cm7 to nuetrino and also drained it fully. It now charges to around 93ish%, but my phone normally charges to only about 95-97% even when it was on stock.
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ein1002 said:
data/battd/
delete "cc_data. cc_fata_old. powerup."
reboot
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this method works to set your current level to 100% or 99%. just did it with 67% remaining and rebooted to see 99% battery. tried wiping batt stats and plugging in without booting but it still saw the batt as full.
luckily i was just experimenting so i had backed up all three of those files and restored them and was back to 67% after reboot. so i'm charging it to the max my phone sees now (87%) and then deleting the files to set that as the new 100%.
dLo GSR said:
this method works to set your current level to 100% or 99%. just did it with 67% remaining and rebooted to see 99% battery. tried wiping batt stats and plugging in without booting but it still saw the batt as full.
luckily i was just experimenting so i had backed up all three of those files and restored them and was back to 67% after reboot. so i'm charging it to the max my phone sees now (87%) and then deleting the files to set that as the new 100%.
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Let me know if it sticks after a full discharge and recharge. I deleted the files while i was at 100%, maybe if should have done it while stuck at 60%.
Miguelyl said:
Let me know if it sticks after a full discharge and recharge. I deleted the files while i was at 100%, maybe if should have done it while stuck at 60%.
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I also just deleted the files, i had a full charge (showing 93% (and thats been the highest in weeks!)), i will post back my findings as well
~~~EDIT~~~
4 hours later, full brightness and no screen timout, i am down to 1%.... just waiting for the phone to turn off. i want to post my results so you guys can see when you come on next... the longest part now is going to be the full 100% charge, which i have not had in weeks.... fingers crossed!
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Well I have been stuck at 93% for the last 30 minutes or so. looks like if you let the phone go dead or power down, it reverts back, or there is something else causing. this issue
It seems to me deleting those files results the same as removing the battery while charging and placing in back.both tips gets you back to 100% but only temporarily for some of us. After a discharge it will not charge to 100%, just as before. I have no idea what is causing it, but my phone battery is about to die from overcharging. like everyone else, it started after a flash.but for some reason it is permanent for some users. Will be getting a new phone if I cannot solve the problem. If anyone had any insights feel welcome to contribute.
ya... after leaving it charge overnight, mine is only at 94%.... so this is only a temp, VERY ttemp fix.
i was thinking the other day, my dad has an Atrix also, his is BONE stock. i was thinking about switching batteries for a day and see what happens.... what do ya think?
Casper34 said:
ya... after leaving it charge overnight, mine is only at 94%.... so this is only a temp, VERY ttemp fix.
i was thinking the other day, my dad has an Atrix also, his is BONE stock. i was thinking about switching batteries for a day and see what happens.... what do ya think?
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Worth a try, I was going to buy a new battery to see if it solves it. from what I have read it is a problem with motorola battery driver and gingerbread. Let us know how it went. Maybe a new battery somehow resets it back into working.
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Worth a try, I was going to buy a new battery to see if it solves it. from what I have read it is a problem with motorola battery driver and gingerbread. Let us know how it went. Maybe a new battery somehow resets it back into working.
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well.... JUST found out that he had his phone on charge all night and guess what.... STUCK AT 90%!!! He has a BONE STOCK, no rom, no root, no nothing, OUT OF THE BOX, Atrix. So thats a twist in this issue. he said he took his battery out with the phone off and when he put it back in, it was 100%. he just told me that the other day it went to 80% charge.

Extended Battery calibration

Firstly, I apologize if this is a total annoyingly noobish post, but I've not encountered this issue before.
Currently when charging, my phone hangs at 99% for over an hour before hitting 100% charge. Additionally, when not charging, the phone will hang at 9% charge for longer than expected and rapidly deplete below 9%.
Info that may be pertain to the problem:
When I got my Rezound and the extended battery, the first thing I did was root the phone and flash Amon Ra.
I waited for the battery to fully charge, then I flashed CleanROM Kang Tapped Edition. I finished my general phone setup and app install stuff and had about 15% battery left (it was now about 8am, pulled an all-nighter.)
An hour later, I get a phone call and what amounted to literally 9 straight hours of phone talk time with only that small amount of battery left. I had to be plugged in pretty much the whole time and I think when I had under 10% battery when I finally got off the phone.
I have tried wiping battery stats after hitting full charge in Amon Ra as well as using the battery calibrator app. After I fully charged and cleared stats, I waited for the phone to deplete the battery before fully charging (I try to let it charge uninterrupted).
The issue still seems to behave exactly the same. Is it possible that I messed up the battery some by talking with low charge and plugged in for 9 hours?
Thanks in advance for any info or advice.
Try reflashing your ROM. I had the same issue with my phone. Assuming your rooted, try zep's battery calibrater script.
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keynith said:
Try reflashing your ROM. I had the same issue with my phone. Assuming your rooted, try zep's battery calibrater script.
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I am rooted. Looking inside the Die Hard Battery Calibrator script seems to just clear battery stats, which, I believe, happens when the phone is fully charged anyways.
I have been trying the app "Battery Calibration", which also clears battery stats.
There is also the option to wipe battery stats from Scott's tweaks, as well as Amon Ra.
I guess after all the conflicting viewpoints I've heard regarding battery stats, I'm about as confused as ever. I thought that battery stats merely stores data about the power usage, and doesn't actually affect how the OS reads the battery percentage. It boggles me that the OS wouldn't just know the battery voltage, and therefore the remaining charge. Unless batteries have varying voltage (like the Rez 3.7V battery vs the 3.8V battery), this should be more accurate than whatever the hell it is doing.
I'll give the script a shot, I'm just perplexed.
Anybody know of a widget that shows just the mV? Then I can forget about these darn percentages.
*EDIT* Battery Monitor Widget can do mV, among other things.
I wonder if I should try the HTC method contained in the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990
Here is some word on battery stats from a Google employee:
https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT

Rom/Battery

Having issues with roms lately. Some roms won't even give me 2 hours of battery life. (Maybe 4 hours even in standby!!)
Talked to Motorola over the phone they think maybe it's the battery, they sent me a free one but I still have the same issues.
Sometimes I look at my phone and it has already been drained. Then I see that standby has taken up 75% of the battery. Like wtf lol.
So the question is, what is the best ROM for battery life?
Thanks.
Neutrino v2.9
Make sure you install bluesleep fix if the rom you are using doesn't have it....
For me the best results have: "old" ALIEN and CM7 !!!
CM7 - 1day and 27minutes with 7hours and 28minutes screen on (30-35% luminoziti)
Sorry for english!
Atrix - "CM7"
Seeing as it happens with every ROM, you may try to calibrate your battery, it may help. Download 'Battery Calibration' app from the Play Store and follow the in-app instructions. I always calibrate mine after changing ROMs exactly because problems like yours happened to me in the past.
MaxK47 said:
Seeing as it happens with every ROM, you may try to calibrate your battery, it may help. Download 'Battery Calibration' app from the Play Store and follow the in-app instructions. I always calibrate mine after changing ROMs exactly because problems like yours happened to me in the past.
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That app does not calibrate the battery. All it does reset the previous battery usage graphic table.
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Soldier-2Point0 said:
That app does not calibrate the battery. All it does reset the previous battery usage graphic table.
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But it helps. If I don't do it, after 2~3 flashes of different ROMs I start to have huge drops (staying at ~80% for 6 hours, then instantly dropping to 20%) or the system misreads the actual battery capacity (turning off with at least 30% battery remaining, for example).
Have you tried wiping battery stats?...
Charge the phone as far as it will go (lets say over night)(also if you need to plug the phone into the charger after it has charged over night without the battery in it so you get he battery with a question mark, then put the battery in and it should show like 5% battery or something then let that charge as long as it will, which is usually around 15% if i remember correctly), then wipe battery stats in cwm or whatever way you prefer. Reboot the phone and use it until it is completely dead (0% battery and the phone shuts itself off and wont turn back on, but do not try to drain the battery using video loops or anything, just use it like you normally do. Then charge it up to 100% but do not turn it on, let it stay on the charging screen until it gets to 100% and dont use or unplug it at all. It should take longer to get from 99% to 100%, just be patient Hopefully that solves the issue.

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