Hello everyone.
I'm currently running Supernexus 2.0, and I've been having some battery problems, possibly. Occasionally, I'll be using my phone and the screen will start to flicker, and then shortly afterwards, the phone locks up. At the time, I'll usually have plenty of battery, but then I reboot the phone from the lock-up and it will have dropped quite a bit. Last night, it went from about 50% down to 1%. So, I plugged it in, let it charge for a few minutes, then reboot it again. After the reboot it was like it started charging again from 50%, and the battery was around 60%.
So I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue with CM-based ROMs, or if I should be looking at replacing my battery. I've noticed its got a slight bulge on both sides.
The battery life seems to be far greater on Supernexus 2.0 vs the stock TouchWiz ROM, so I'm hoping I wont have to switch back!
Thanks in advance!
SuperTurboTurkeyPuncher said:
Hello everyone.
I'm currently running Supernexus 2.0, and I've been having some battery problems, possibly. Occasionally, I'll be using my phone and the screen will start to flicker, and then shortly afterwards, the phone locks up. At the time, I'll usually have plenty of battery, but then I reboot the phone from the lock-up and it will have dropped quite a bit. Last night, it went from about 50% down to 1%. So, I plugged it in, let it charge for a few minutes, then reboot it again. After the reboot it was like it started charging again from 50%, and the battery was around 60%.
So I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue with CM-based ROMs, or if I should be looking at replacing my battery. I've noticed its got a slight bulge on both sides.
The battery life seems to be far greater on Supernexus 2.0 vs the stock TouchWiz ROM, so I'm hoping I wont have to switch back!
Thanks in advance!
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the bold thing indiactes that ur batt is mugged up for now, replace the same ASAP
^^agreed......the bloated battery and the erratic battery percentages are both indications of a failed/failing battery.....no way back from that state....only way forward.....new battery asap.....and stop using the current one, the bloating is caused by a build up of gasses which means your battery is now pressurised. Charging could cause the battery seals to fail and then you'd have a potentially corrosive lithium based fluid leaking all over the inside of the phone
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Thanks for the replies!
I'll see if I can track down a new battery. The bloating is pretty minimal, but Its enough for me to notice. I'm pretty sure it used to be perfectly flat.
Hello again!
I bought a battery from ebay, which was definitely slimmer than my old bloated battery. However, the problem still persists. I switched back to a 4.1.2 Touch Wiz rom, and my phone would still just shut off without warning when the battery got low. So I tried Cyanogenmod 10.1, and it behaves about the same as supernexus did.
Its possible I just bought a crappy battery. Is it possible the phone is reading my battery incorrectly?
Also, is there a way to get a graph of the battery over multiple charge cycles? An app probably?
Here's a screenshot showing what my battery does when this happens. Lots of juice, then suddenly, zero.
Thanks all!
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Was the battery an official Samsung battery? I know they cost a bit more, but it's the only way know absolutely know that it's not the battery.
Some users here will say that they get good usage out of non-official batteries. Personally I didn't so only use genuine Samsung ones now.
You could borrow one from a friend and see what happens before forking out?
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Hello!
I thought I had bought a Samsung official battery, and it looks like a Samsung official battery, the only difference is my original says "Made in Japan/Finished in Korea" and my possible ebay knock-off says "Made in China/Finished in China".
Is there a good online source for Samsung official batteries? Do they still manufacture the i9100 batteries or are they just "New old stock"?
Thanks!
SuperTurboTurkeyPuncher said:
Hello!
I thought I had bought a Samsung official battery, and it looks like a Samsung official battery, the only difference is my original says "Made in Japan/Finished in Korea" and my possible ebay knock-off says "Made in China/Finished in China".
Is there a good online source for Samsung official batteries? Do they still manufacture the i9100 batteries or are they just "New old stock"?
Thanks!
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I have the exact same problem with my wife's phone. I thought it was the ROM because it used to work completely fine on CM but I switched back to stock Touchwiz a few months ago. I ordered a new battery from ebay. It looks legit but it only cost $10 so it may not be. I'll try to snap a photo of it.
Hopefully I can get this issue resolved the battery is so strange because it says it is dead then if you charge it for a few minutes it says its 1/2 full again?
rizzyc said:
I have the exact same problem with my wife's phone. I thought it was the ROM because it used to work completely fine on CM but I switched back to stock Touchwiz a few months ago. I ordered a new battery from ebay. It looks legit but it only cost $10 so it may not be. I'll try to snap a photo of it.
Hopefully I can get this issue resolved the battery is so strange because it says it is dead then if you charge it for a few minutes it says its 1/2 full again?
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Hello!
I actually seem to have solved this problem by using an app off the play store simply called "Battery Calibration". I've also used STweaks with Siyah Kernel to solve it as well. It seems that when you flash a rom, you should re-calibrate the battery.
The app comes with instructions that say how to use it best, and I watched my phone drain down to 1% and power down properly, finally, after a few weeks of having these battery issues.
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OK so I'm going to give my infuse to my little sister next month and get the Samsung galaxy s 2. But i want the best replacement battery i can possibly find. Who know of the best battery and the most hours or mah that will still fit into the regular cover.
Probably the 1 in it I think the battery life is amazing
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the infuse battery is supposeably better then the galaxy s2, and i down want to go down. I the job i have i dont have a way to charge my phone, so the biggest and best battery that can still fit my stock cover is what i am looking for.
I have these batteries: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00563JE8K
They work great. I've gotten about 9-10 hours with low-medium usage. They WILL NOT WORK with a usb cable however. Instant boot loop.
Blaze9 said:
I have these batteries: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00563JE8K
They work great. I've gotten about 9-10 hours with low-medium usage. They WILL NOT WORK with a usb cable however. Instant boot loop.
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I read the reviews and those look interesting. Do you get more life out of those batteries or a stock battery?
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2.5 hours screen time at 40% brightness. stock battery. Can easily get 5 hours screen time and heavy usage over hspa+.
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Are there any batteries that have a higher capacity and is FULLY compatible? Meaning that they will work with a charger.
Charging Cables
Blaze9 said:
I have these batteries: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00563JE8K
They work great. I've gotten about 9-10 hours with low-medium usage. They WILL NOT WORK with a usb cable however. Instant boot loop.
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Is that the phone will not charge or it reboots the phone as soon as you plug it in? Please explain yourself a little better. And were you using a USB A (Charge only) or B (Data) cable? Data cables have a tendency to want to connect to the PC (for USB Debugging Mode/Transferring files) even hanging while rebooting the phone so they can allow you to get into download mode if needed. I have had this similar issue when Titanium Backup completed my evening backup and its plugged in that it stayed at the charging screen (The screen when the phone is powered off) and just charges as it is supposed to. Changed to a USB A cable and the issue has since been resolved.
The US versions of the SGS II have a different battery, mainly because of the inclusion of NFC, some of which the components are stored in our batteries. Unfortunately the international version (save for a newer Korean version) are not NFC capable, and thus use a slightly different battery architecture.
Now some folks have had varying success with international version batteries or 3rd party ones, but others have had lots of issues with rebooting, not charging with USB, etc.
If you really want to be safe and not mess with fire, stick with the OEM battery for ATT version. Until a certified or verified NFC-compatible ATT battery is released, you could be asking for trouble in the long run.
(I believe a user did try the Korean NFC-compatible extended battery, but the problem was that the new door was not compatible with the ATT version, so it was only half a solution).
Anyone know of a good site to buy the OEM battery since any replacement is terrible so far?
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Original OEM battery for our phone:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Original-Standard-SGH-I777-Packaging/dp/B005SUOI1O/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1319230522&sr=8-9
This battery works in i777
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-GT-I9100-Compatible-SGH-I777-T-moblie/dp/B00567Y7A6
But, just don't plug in the USB cable with this battery in your phone. (I haven't done this, but it apparently puts it into an endless boot loop.)
Just charge it with an external charger like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220813307333
Trying to figure out if this is our OEM version..
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Standard-Battery-Galaxy-SGH-I777/dp/tech-data/B005LH5PJ8/ref=de_a_smtd
If you look at other sellers it shows tigerdirect...if you look at their link it looks like our OEM
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1380095&CatId=4974
Problem with non OEM Battery. Be aware or non OEM battery. Thanks to all here
Hello,
Thanks for all of you posting. I got a 1800 mAh battery labeled replacement for "i9100" of ebay. Admittedly it was cheap. I came with a charger cradle.
I am experiencing what some call the "reboot" problem. What actually happens is that the phone shuts down when you try to charge it. No matter if you put into an cradle, directly onto USB charger or on a computer USB port.
It shuts down and charging starts.
Very inconvinient because what happened to me was that I was out and about, had only that battery in (but not another cradle charger with me) and when I plug in to charge you basically have a turned off phone and can't use it or receive calls.
I can't feel the chip under the label and I believe that is the cause. It was only $ 10.00, so no big deal. You CAN use the battery. But you need to charge it in a separate cradle charger or live with the phone turned off while charging. So I bought an OEM battery as my spare.
Hi all,
Anyone tried CellShell battery for Samsung Galaxy S2 before?
If I buy from Hong Kong via eBay, it's relatively expensive (HKD 200 from ebay), but it claims that with it's 1800mAH battery, it's life is really proportionally longer and then it is still the same size as the standard battery.
Anyone can share any experience?
Thanks.
Rgds., Fan.
This battery apparently works in i777,
even when charging with the USB cable:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005XOHQ6Y
This is the first non-OEM replacement battery that doesn't cause the boot-loop. It's also less than 1/2 the price of the stock battery. I just ordered one.
Some other reviews of this battery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346879
No one tried the "Cellshell" battery for Galaxy S2? I'm wishing if it really lasts 10% longer than the original Samsung battery. Any reviews anyone knows of?
Anybody find a fix to that looping problem? It happens with both of my non-OEM batteries (I get like 2 hours of battery life with those, max). Something is wrong with my setup because I have to use 3 batteries a day.
I am starting to think the cradle charging is messing things up.
Replacement, not enhancement
I've read through this forum a few times and I don't think anyone has posted a link to the I777 oem battery. The ones on amazon have terrible reviews. Supposedly, they come without NFC or have different model numbers completely. Does anyone know where I can order a replacement battery that is just like the one that came with my phone?
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=111014533334
OEM
I purchased from this seller & I am very happy. No issues whatsoever.
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As you can see, the battery shows as overheated(with a negative temperature).. if I plug it in it doesn't charge(alternating green and amber led means overheating- this is the best I could find), throw the stock battery in and it is fine.. put the anker back in and it immediately does it again(and dies super quick).
All I did was switch batteries(from one being charged on cradle), boot into boot loader, recovery, reset battery stats, reboot.. all while plugged in(to make sure it doesn't drain at all before it is booted). This is the way I've done it before with old phone, never had an issue.. so wondering if there is some part of the process I have to do differently with an HTC phone, or is the battery defective?
In case it matters, I'm running senseless.. and resetting battery stats again in recovery(or just deleting file) doesn't help, only changing batteries.
Advice?
Edit: Due to random reboots with the normal battery I am thinking that something else may to be blame. I flashed crt enabler(then disabler) the other day, but didn't have any problems till tonight.. so I'm stumped, but trying to figure it out.
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Im not sure how that affects what you are doing but as a rule of thumb never program, or make changes to your phone on a low battery. Sounds like the baterry is borked since your oem one is fine. I say toss it and live and learn.
I personally am against third party batteries. They are all made in china and usually without standards.
I have read that people are using the ankor with luck but IMO you are stil taking a chance. I bought an aftermrket battery for my droid and it totally smoked it.
Theres an old proverb:
patient:
"doctor it hurts me evey time I do this!"
Doctor:
"Well stop doing that then!"
freakboy13 said:
Im not sure how that affects what you are doing but as a rule of thumb never program, or make changes to your phone on a low battery. Sounds like the baterry is borked since your oem one is fine. I say toss it and live and learn.
I personally am against third party batteries. They are all made in china and usually without standards.
I have read that people are using the ankor with luck but IMO you are stil taking a chance. I bought an aftermrket battery for my droid and it totally smoked it.
Theres an old proverb:
patient:
"doctor it hurts me evey time I do this!"
Doctor:
"Well stop doing that then!"
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Haha.. probably good advice, the only problem being I've gotten better battery from the anker batteries than the stock one that came with the phone. Significantly better. Considering it is only supposed to be 70ma more than the stock battery, I don't know why it last so much longer.. I will see if I can get the stock battery to work better, I didn't mess with the battery stats much with it.
I'm starting to think it is something else, and that the battery is just a symptom. I had a battery in it(before there was a problem) and it seemed like it shut down.. I assumed the battery died, so I switched it. After I posted this, I put the stock battery in, and it has randomly rebooted multiple times.. but it seems like a soft reset, like it didn't actually power down. Besides wipe the battery stats, I haven't done anything that seems like it would cause this issue.
Anyways, I wiped my dalvik and tried fixing permissions in case one of my recently updated apps or something went rogue.. If all else fails I'll just backup and full wipe to narrow things down.
Silentbtdeadly said:
Haha.. probably good advice, the only problem being I've gotten better battery from the anker batteries than the stock one that came with the phone. Significantly better. Considering it is only supposed to be 70ma more than the stock battery, I don't know why it last so much longer.. I will see if I can get the stock battery to work better, I didn't mess with the battery stats much with it.
I'm starting to think it is something else, and that the battery is just a symptom. I had a battery in it(before there was a problem) and it seemed like it shut down.. I assumed the battery died, so I switched it. After I posted this, I put the stock battery in, and it has randomly rebooted multiple times.. but it seems like a soft reset, like it didn't actually power down. Besides wipe the battery stats, I haven't done anything that seems like it would cause this issue.
Anyways, I wiped my dalvik and tried fixing permissions in case one of my recently updated apps or something went rogue.. If all else fails I'll just backup and full wipe to narrow things down.
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Do superwipe and reinstall the ROM. my phone kept rebooting and I just did superwipe and reinstall and it works like a charm.
hasoon2000 said:
Do superwipe and reinstall the ROM. my phone kept rebooting and I just did superwipe and reinstall and it works like a charm.
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Okay, first I saw of superwipe.. pretty sure I found it though, definitely good to know. I fixed permissions and haven't seen an issue since, though it seemed to happen most when I was listening to music, so wondering if my poweramp updated and the phone doesn't like it?
Anyways, if it happens again, trust me, I will take your advice. So far the senseless rom and faux kernel combination seem far superior and more stable than anything I used on my last phone-- this is the first issue I have had(besides boot loop after crt enabler, which was fixed by disabler). Thanks for the advice and new resource.
One of the things I am confused by in the whole troubleshooting process.. this phone doesn't seem to actually shut down or restart, it seems like unless I pull the battery it only hot restarts. This has been complicating troubleshooting
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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Charge
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
This phone has infuriated repeatedly. I was content on not ever leaving Jelly bean (kind of), I was happy when root was discovered, but what I loved the most was the fact that I could go 3 full days without the need to recharge,. Now, I seem to be charging the phone 3 times a day. I am probably exaggerating but still, none-the-less it isn't good.
My battery life status is NEVER correct. Then, when I usually get around 52% the phone says it is out of charge and completely shuts off. I have a rooted device and use Tasker and other similar apps heavily.
I emailed the Huawei directly about a possible defective phone and they pretty much blew me off.
Never again will I go with the Huawei company. So much fail.
zzEvilGeniuszz said:
This phone has infuriated repeatedly. I was content on not ever leaving Jelly bean (kind of), I was happy when root was discovered, but what I loved the most was the fact that I could go 3 full days without the need to recharge,. Now, I seem to be charging the phone 3 times a day. I am probably exaggerating but still, none-the-less it isn't good.
My battery life status is NEVER correct. Then, when I usually get around 52% the phone says it is out of charge and completely shuts off. I have a rooted device and use Tasker and other similar apps heavily.
I emailed the Huawei directly about a possible defective phone and they pretty much blew me off.
Never again will I go with the Huawei company. So much fail.
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I had an LG phone in the past with a similar problem. At first, I thought it was a battery problem. The phone reports 100% after 45min. When the charge drops to 80%, I get a warning that the phone is out of charge. I got a new battery, charged it elsewhere and used it on the phone. Again, same problem. I was really baffled. I reflashed the stock rom because I thought it was a software issue. No luck. I then threw away the phone, forever oblivious of the cause !!
medwatt said:
I had an LG phone in the past with a similar problem. At first, I thought it was a battery problem. The phone reports 100% after 45min. When the charge drops to 80%, I get a warning that the phone is out of charge. I got a new battery, charged it elsewhere and used it on the phone. Again, same problem. I was really baffled. I reflashed the stock rom because I thought it was a software issue. No luck. I then threw away the phone, forever oblivious of the cause !!
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I'm thinking it is a defective battery. However the HAM2 doesn't allow the battery to be swapped out. I am so frustrated I want to toss this phone in the trash too.
zzEvilGeniuszz said:
I'm thinking it is a defective battery. However the HAM2 doesn't allow the battery to be swapped out. I am so frustrated I want to toss this phone in the trash too.
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It sounds like the phone itself isn't reading the battery correctly. The calibatration is off.
I'm still new at this, but may be others on this forum have some experience with what I'm about to suggest.
- Have you tried backing up your phone's data and then doing a factory reset. Once the factory reset is done, just use the installed apps and UI for a few days including checking to see what apps are running in the background and on startup while you draining the battery completely to dead, then leave the phone to charge to 100% over night. That most likely will unroot the device too, but you can always just install TowelRoot and root it again like I did and then install SuperSU, BusyBox and Terminal. Now see what your battery does. Its not a guarantee its going to fix it, but many manufacturers do suggest factory reset.
I'd take it back to factory default, don't install anything and run it a full charge cycle down to cutting itself off, charge it, and check it the 2nd time.
Sounds like you have some sort of massive wake lock going on.
I've had mine since early July...no issues. NOT rooted, 100% stock rom.
Something similar happened here (twice). Yesterday, after 48+ hs of continuous use, the battery reached 15%, and suddenly dropped to 0%. "your phone will shot down in 30 seconds" and it turns off. And another issue, it seems not read the consumption when connected to mobile data connection. What can happen here?
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I have had my phone since the release and still get 2 days out of it on normal power profile. turn your stuff off on protected apps and if still nothing return under warranty from Huawei.
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I have had my phone since the release and still get 2 days out of it on normal power profile. turn your stuff off on protected apps and if still nothing return under warranty from Huawei.
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leroytorner said:
Something similar happened here (twice). Yesterday, after 48+ hs of continuous use, the battery reached 15%, and suddenly dropped to 0%. "your phone will shot down in 30 seconds" and it turns off.
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I thought that was some sort of safety feature built into Android to save enough battery for emergency calls?
I still have my System UI crashes, and on top of that, I get some gapps package crash error and a few others. I'm waiting until after my last final exam on Monday to reset the device and see if those still occur.
I was at 4% last night then I plugged in. you using 2amp charger?
UPDATE:
It appears it now works correctly since I started using the app DS BATTERY SAVER PRO.
Thanks for the update. So curious can you now disable/uninstall the app and see if the problem is gone. Still feeling it is some battery calibration got screwed up.
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I don't get your problem i have 2 Batterys if o have to get thru the whole day and night without changing. But 12-15h with one Battery are no Problem for me, and i use Bluetooth Headset GPS Wlan NFC all the time
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I don't get your problem i have 2 Batterys if o have to get thru the whole day and night without changing. But 12-15h with one Battery are no Problem for me, and i use Bluetooth Headset GPS Wlan NFC all the time
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First, based on my usage over the past 3 days, I don't know how that would be even remotely possible. Right now, I have all of that turned off, and my battery is dying just sitting there laying dormant....never saw that before, even with something as small as an iphone 4.
Second, I think you actually proved my point when you said you have to use 2 batteries. I've had iphones and an galaxy note 3 and s5 before and it was never an issue before that I even had to think about having a second battery. I used to read reviews of people saying that a benefit of a samsung over and iphone was the removable battery....while it's true that the battery might be removable, with the iphone you don't need to.
You should not exaggerate, sure this is not the phone if you're a really heavy user.
But I'm using it with everything ON, and never had a problem with it, I'm charging it every night.
But if you do have battery issues, you can buy yourself the 2500mah extended battery.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/apple-iphone-6-battery-life-test/
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-alpha-exynos-5430-battery-test/
I am a heavy user and average about 4 hours of SOT with LTE Web Browsing and about 30 minutes of calls BUT I will probably get the 2500 Mah Battery ..
Also there may be a 20 -25% difference between Qualcomm and Exynos Versions with Exynos better ( wild guess on my part on %).
Still coming from a Note 3 , Alpha could be a shock.
Should have been 8mm thick with 2700 Mah
Battery and Ram and Camera and SD like Note 4....THEN Alpha would not be discontinued...lol.
I think you have somehow faulty phone, because this phone has awesome standby time, even with nfc/wifi/GPS on. And it can even survive 30mins of talking with just 3% of battery. Usually the battery in my alpha and in some other alphas survives 12+h with wifi/nfc on and with 3-4h SOT.
Sounds like the phone or battery is messed up. Just replaced battery. If it still doesn't fix, contact carrier
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I've had my Alpha for a week now (Exynos version) and I'm disappointed in the battery as well. I bought it for music playback and I took a six hour drive over the weekend with it functioning in airplane mode streaming music through the headphone jack. That was it. It was down to 9% at the end of my drive. Call me crazy, but that's unacceptable for it not being connected to ANY network. It was just playing music and an audiobook located on the device. Is this normal? I can return it, but I love the form factor and the audio quality is second to none, so I will probably just live with it.
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There is an extended battery that you can get if you need some extra juice.
Try latest Firmware... BOA2 gave me 20% better battery life
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If you completely disable NFC the battery lasts for more than 2 days.
Can you post screenshots of your battery use? It would be interesting to see why your phones battery die so many times faster than mine
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Can you post screenshots of your battery use? It would be interesting to see why your phones battery die so many times faster than mine
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Yes, I would love to. Please let me know how to do that. I will also try to look it up, but I haven't used android in a while so it's all new to me again.
Incidentally, I continue to be dissatisfied with the battery compared to my past iphones. I have everything turned off, e.g., NFC, bluetooth, etc. And, I hardly have any apps installed.
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@ skirush, you either have a bad phone or an app that is draining your battery in the background. And don't blame the "pathetic" battery. I'm getting 70 minutes of screen time when my battery drains to 20%. Also, I am not using the power save modes.
Did you buy your phone new? It is very odd that you are not getting better performance from your Alpha.
I'm not really sure what to do. I'm pretty pissed about this whole thing. I went out on a limb and bought it new online. Once I got the phone, I confirmed with both AT&T and Samsung that the phone was legit and both said yes. In fact, Samsung even said that the phone is covered under warranty. So, instead of returning it (due to the poor battery life) I kept it. Now, I might be too late to return it to the company I bought it from. It's been over their 14 day return policy.
I have had the feeling that its messed up ever since I first got it, but I decided to stick with it since samsung said it was legit. Now, I'm regretting it.
thumbs down for Samsung support
I called Samsung tech support/customer service. Get this, they are willing to replace the battery...IF, I first send them my battery that's currently in my phone. That's just not possible. Like most people, I have one cell phone with one battery. I don't have a landline phone. So, I don't have spare batteries just lying around to use in the mean time.
That's bs from my perspective. I've had replacements on phones sent to me before. For example, ATT sent me a replacement Note 3 and they took my credit card info on file. After I returned the old unit back to them they release a hold in the amount of the phone.
Not sure why samsung is unwilling to do this. Seems ridiculous to expect someone to send them a battery for their phone, thus rendering it useless. And who knows how long it would take them to send a new one back to me. Could be a total 2 weeks without a phone between me mailing them the old battery and them sending me a new one. Who can do that?
a battery costs about 10$ and for longer trips you may need a second one. So why don't you buy an second one and send the battery from the phone to Samsung?
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First, based on my usage over the past 3 days, I don't know how that would be even remotely possible. Right now, I have all of that turned off, and my battery is dying just sitting there laying dormant....never saw that before, even with something as small as an iphone 4.
Second, I think you actually proved my point when you said you have to use 2 batteries. I've had iphones and an galaxy note 3 and s5 before and it was never an issue before that I even had to think about having a second battery. I used to read reviews of people saying that a benefit of a samsung over and iphone was the removable battery....while it's true that the battery might be removable, with the iphone you don't need to.
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I am an ATT user so I did have the 850A version with the snapdragon and I did notice that the battery life was pretty bad, but not as bad as you illustrate - and yes this phone gets nowhere near the life as the IPhone6 (my wife has one too).
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If you completely disable NFC the battery lasts for more than 2 days.
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I totally agree with this. The NFC chip on this phone kills the battery. I dropped from 100 to 65 % in 4 hours with the phone in standby. I turned off NFC and 3 hours later it only dropped another 6%
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@ skirush, you either have a bad phone or an app that is draining your battery in the background. And don't blame the "pathetic" battery. I'm getting 70 minutes of screen time when my battery drains to 20%. Also, I am not using the power save modes.
Did you buy your phone new? It is very odd that you are not getting better performance from your Alpha.
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I had a DLNA app in the background running (just the service) and it too drained the battery as it was constantly trying to find DLNA ready devices.
Bottom line: Either you have a defective battery/phone or you have a consumer that you have not discovered yet.
BTW I switched to the 850M with the samsung chip just because I get the rooting support that the A version will propably never get. Plus the phone outright is cheaper.
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....Not sure why samsung is unwilling to do this. Seems ridiculous to expect someone to send them a battery for their phone, thus rendering it useless. And who knows how long it would take them to send a new one back to me. Could be a total 2 weeks without a phone between me mailing them the old battery and them sending me a new one. Who can do that?
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I purchased this aftermarket battery as a backup. it's been working like the original one. $6 shipped to you is a steal for me. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-Battery-For-Samsung-Galaxy-Alpha-G850-/111584617173
Sucks that Samsung is making you jump through these hoops. I would check with the retailer you bought it from if you can exchange it. If not, file a claim with your credit card. Good luck