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
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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
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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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?
Candlemass said:
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?
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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?
Goooober said:
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
AJ.Rockwell said:
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?
Goooober said:
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.
Goooober said:
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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okmijnlp said:
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
Just like the title says, after 5 hours of light usage my prime factor for battery drain is CellStandby at 42% (the phone itself was down to 70%).
Anyone experienced this so far? I'm aware that LTE is rather demanding but it can't be that bad vs HSPA which drained next to nothing on standby
astralmind said:
Just like the title says, after 5 hours of light usage my prime factor for battery drain is CellStandby at 42% (the phone itself was down to 70%).
Anyone experienced this so far? I'm aware that LTE is rather demanding but it can't be that bad vs HSPA which drained next to nothing on standby
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It's a bug in the software.
Thanks, I did search (albeit quickly) in the forums here and didn't see any mention of it.
I did see an article about the international model being affected by a similar glitch so.. all models would have this ?
I've had the phone for 5 days and gone through maybe 8 batt cycles. I'm not getting more than 2hrs screen time on any cycle. This is stupidly horrible battery life. There has got to be something severely wrong. I don't do much with the phone. I can't even with less than 2hrs to work with. Overnight batt loss is maybe 8%.
Any help is ENORMOUSLY appreciated.
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astralmind said:
Thanks, I did search (albeit quickly) in the forums here and didn't see any mention of it.
I did see an article about the international model being affected by a similar glitch so.. all models would have this ?
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I believe all have this bug. It's just that, a bug. And there is a fix, but I'm too lazy to apply it. (Assuming it works to fix the bug in the U.S. variant software)
I'm on HSPA with TMO but it seems to depend on reception more than anything in my experience. Here's my log from today:
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a bug as in it isnt actually draining the battery or it is really draining it?
I'm in the same boat, and there is no way that the standby is just a calculation error. If I sit and use my phone continuously after charging I can get 2 hrs of screen time while the battery drops from 100% to ~65%. During a normal day of light use I completely drain the battery and my screen time might be 1h50m at most. So something is definitely up - although I'm also getting terrible signal strength, and I think that might have something to do with it. I've searched every thread and have made sure that I have no rogue apps or processes consuming the battery either.
gary
edited - I take it back, after restoring my phone last night I have gotten 2h25m screen time after 11h45m since charging and I'm at 17%. So, doing better but not great by any stretch.
RotaryXperiment7 said:
a bug as in it isnt actually draining the battery or it is really draining it?
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I read that it is simply a graphical error. It should be reading 3.4mw but it's set to 34 so it's showing far more use than it really is
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Hi guys
This seems to be an issue on all SGS3s. I have both the LTE and international model and they both show high cell standby. Check this thread out for more info on the i9300 forums to understand why its showing so high which is actually a calculation error
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
My i747 is rooted so I decided to make a backup and flash the zip fix they provided and seemed to work. But the risk is inherently yours if you want to try it. Its just an xml file so I wasn't worried trying it in my case. I am more sending the link so you can see why it reports using so much battery
My cell standby battery usage went from over 50% to 5%
Basically, cell standby is not really killing your battery, it overestimates the power usage as being 10X more than what it is from my understanding
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cloudyphiz said:
I'm in the same boat, and there is no way that the standby is just a calculation error. If I sit and use my phone continuously after charging I can get 2 hrs of screen time while the battery drops from 100% to ~65%. During a normal day of light use I completely drain the battery and my screen time might be 1h50m at most. So something is definitely up - although I'm also getting terrible signal strength, and I think that might have something to do with it. I've searched every thread and have made sure that I have no rogue apps or processes consuming the battery either.
gary
edited - I take it back, after restoring my phone last night I have gotten 2h25m screen time after 11h45m since charging and I'm at 17%. So, doing better but not great by any stretch.
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Yes yes yes! This is exactly my experience too! There must be something wrong if all others report 4+hrs screen time and we can barely break 2hrs. I'm in San francisco. My previous atrix "4g" would do at least 3hrs during my day to day.
Please, help. I'm really sad. Was really looking forward to at least an extra 30min over the atrix in my day to day.
So is the battery actually draining that fast with the cell stand by issue... Or us the battery actually higher charge than reporting?
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"I've had the phone for 5 days and gone through maybe 8 batt cycles. I'm not getting more than 2hrs screen time on any cycle. This is stupidly horrible battery life. There has got to be something severely wrong. I don't do much with the phone. I can't even with less than 2hrs to work with. Overnight batt loss is maybe 8%.
Any help is ENORMOUSLY appreciated."
and
"I'm in the same boat, and there is no way that the standby is just a calculation error. If I sit and use my phone continuously after charging I can get 2 hrs of screen time while the battery drops from 100% to ~65%. During a normal day of light use I completely drain the battery and my screen time might be 1h50m at most. So something is definitely up - although I'm also getting terrible signal strength, and I think that might have something to do with it. I've searched every thread and have made sure that I have no rogue apps or processes consuming the battery either.
gary
edited - I take it back, after restoring my phone last night I have gotten 2h25m screen time after 11h45m since charging and I'm at 17%. So, doing better but not great by any stretch."
Are exactly the same thing I'm also experiencing. I've come close to taking it back and exchanging it for another one but I'm not sure if this is how all of the US versions of the S3 are. Been reading through threads here and posted on a few of them and it looks like short battery life is a pretty common problem. I hope someone comes up with a fix pretty soon before I run out of time to exchange or return it.
dante2512 said:
I read that it is simply a graphical error. It should be reading 3.4mw but it's set to 34 so it's showing far more use than it really is
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You are close, but not exactly right.
When writing the software one of the developers entered 34mw for how much the battery should drain at standby instead of 3.4mw. A simple typo, but im sure if there isnt a fix already that there will be soon :]
Advantageous said:
You are close, but not exactly right.
When writing the software one of the developers entered 34mw for how much the battery should drain at standby instead of 3.4mw. A simple typo, but im sure if there isnt a fix already that there will be soon :]
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There's a fix that's available on this forum but that only fixes the reporting. It doesn't fix the poor battery life.
BonesHopkins said:
"I've had the phone for 5 days and gone through maybe 8 batt cycles. I'm not getting more than 2hrs screen time on any cycle. This is stupidly horrible battery life. There has got to be something severely wrong. I don't do much with the phone. I can't even with less than 2hrs to work with. Overnight batt loss is maybe 8%.
Any help is ENORMOUSLY appreciated."
and
"I'm in the same boat, and there is no way that the standby is just a calculation error. If I sit and use my phone continuously after charging I can get 2 hrs of screen time while the battery drops from 100% to ~65%. During a normal day of light use I completely drain the battery and my screen time might be 1h50m at most. So something is definitely up - although I'm also getting terrible signal strength, and I think that might have something to do with it. I've searched every thread and have made sure that I have no rogue apps or processes consuming the battery either.
gary
edited - I take it back, after restoring my phone last night I have gotten 2h25m screen time after 11h45m since charging and I'm at 17%. So, doing better but not great by any stretch."
Are exactly the same thing I'm also experiencing. I've come close to taking it back and exchanging it for another one but I'm not sure if this is how all of the US versions of the S3 are. Been reading through threads here and posted on a few of them and it looks like short battery life is a pretty common problem. I hope someone comes up with a fix pretty soon before I run out of time to exchange or return it.
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Should we start a new thread? I've been posting in all the various battery threads to avoid getting yelled at for starting a poor battery issue thread. You're the fifth person to note the same issue. I too restored my phone this morning and it seems to be doing better, but still nowhere near what others are reporting. Also not nearly on par with my previous Atrix.
Maybe we have valid reason to start a new thread?
I applied the fix but still have poor battery life. Just as bad if not worse than my epic 4g.
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SOLUTION!
Steps to solve the problem (only for rooted smartphones).
Download the updated file (510kb) from MediaFire.
http://www.mediafire.com/?x7lhcpjjr9pg4mb
Put the file on microSD card or internal storage.
Reboot your phone into ClockWork Mod (CWM) Recovery mode.
Choose "Install zip from sdcard" and select the downloaded file.
Reboot your smartphone.
Link to Article:
http://www.mobilenapps.com/articles/2901/20120630/samsung-galaxy-s3-battery-drain-issue-reasons.htm
Link to XDA thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
CDMA people make sure you post your carrier when discussing battery life. GSM battery life for me hasn't been too bad. 10 hours constant use or so on wifi and around 6 hours or so on hspda. Standby time is very good. Especially for stock kernel.
I'm sure we can get some more once the LTE switch gets added.
That fix is just for the calculation of cell standby drain, not for how much it is actually taxing the battery. Several people on AT&T seem to have a real problem with excessive battery drain in standby, and (for me at least) it seems like it's happening when I have a poor signal. Unfortunately, that is mostly all of the time.
I found this old thread, and the APN listed there seems to help. It's just an interim solution though and I have to imagine AT&T will have a software fix for us soon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338109
gary
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...-t-mobile-htc-amaze-4g-with-battery-door.html
I am quite poor but desperately need better battery life as i am pulling 12hr shift's and my battery dies around the 7-8 hr mark.
i would appreciate being pointed to any ones review's on this product.
Ty
With the weird connecter on this phone who makes a durable car charger for it ?
Truck'nfool said:
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...-t-mobile-htc-amaze-4g-with-battery-door.html
I am quite poor but desperately need better battery life as i am pulling 12hr shift's and my battery dies around the 7-8 hr mark.
i would appreciate being pointed to any ones review's on this product.
Ty
With the weird connecter on this phone who makes a durable car charger for it ?
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reflash the RUU at 100% battery, and see if you still have problems
I'd rather get a powerskin with an external battery that I can choose to use or not(or remove)... but the powerskin won't be as efficient as you need to convert from 4.2V->5V(USB) back to 4.2V
paperWastage said:
reflash the RUU at 100% battery, and see if you still have problems
I'd rather get a powerskin with an external battery that I can choose to use or not(or remove)... but the powerskin won't be as efficient as you need to convert from 4.2V->5V(USB) back to 4.2V
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How I am using my phone is like this, pick up off charger phone has full charge, go to work, listen to music from phone, once I arrive at work I put it into airplane mode (this I believe kill's all the radio's ) then use the phone as an mp3 player every once and a while waking up the screen to pause etc. the battery is the original that came with the phone I got this phone like on the 2nd day it was available from T mobile. I am sure the battery by now should be suffering from constant use. I have the full version of juice defender and I have that killing everything I can think of to save power.
I can't remember the name of the ics rom I have on it now but I did install the new graphics driver as well. the phone is rooted ,s-off and has super cid.
I am waiting for a newer stable ics rom with jellybean hopefully with a kernel that I can play around with under clocking.
With my current financial situation i can't afford to make a mistake on this purchase so I am being extra paranoid about checking all my options, thank you for your suggestion.
Haven't used that particular battery, but used mugen with g2 and didn't notice much of a difference. It was 1800 instead of 1200
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hello mate! i would suggest getting rid of sense as much as possible there are about at least 3 senseless roms out there,or at least the launcher, it uses to much resource with all the pretty animations and widgets! but there is something wrong with you phone somehow, i get up in the morning around 8 and go to work with my phone fully charged, listen music in the car for about 40 mnts until i get to work! after things settle down i watch at least 3 50 minutes video on netflix, youtube, play listen to music again, i'm on fb, instagram, skype chatting with some friends outside the country, texting and a little more, back to listen to music on my way back home, by 6 o'clock i'm with 30% or so! i'm running energy stock look rom, tweaked with ultrasmooth rosie, and the only widget i have running is the clock and music with 3 home screens! good luck
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batteries like those usually are a completely rip-off, so watch out!
Mugen is not a rip off dude.
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How I am using my phone is like this, pick up off charger phone has full charge, go to work, listen to music from phone, once I arrive at work I put it into airplane mode (this I believe kill's all the radio's ) then use the phone as an mp3 player every once and a while waking up the screen to pause etc. the battery is the original that came with the phone I got this phone like on the 2nd day it was available from T mobile. I am sure the battery by now should be suffering from constant use. I have the full version of juice defender and I have that killing everything I can think of to save power.
I can't remember the name of the ics rom I have on it now but I did install the new graphics driver as well. the phone is rooted ,s-off and has super cid.
I am waiting for a newer stable ics rom with jellybean hopefully with a kernel that I can play around with under clocking.
With my current financial situation i can't afford to make a mistake on this purchase so I am being extra paranoid about checking all my options, thank you for your suggestion.
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if you really can, try to reflash the RUU(charge your phone to 100% first).... this resets your phone entirely (radio, ROM, kernel)
I had that battery problem when I got my phone from someone else: less than 8 hours of uptime even without much screen-on use... I installed the Energy ROM and faux kernel, didn't fix it
now, after reflashing RUU, then installing Energy ROM and faux, my battery is better than before... 15 hours uptime with 1-2 hours use...
if I don't use it and keep it on standby-idle, i'm sure it,ll stretch more than 2 days
(55%, only about 15 minutes of screen-on use, data on, autosync on)
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if you really can, try to reflash the RUU(charge your phone to 100% first).... this resets your phone entirely (radio, ROM, kernel)
I had that battery problem when I got my phone from someone else: less than 8 hours of uptime even without much screen-on use... I installed the Energy ROM and faux kernel, didn't fix it
now, after reflashing RUU, then installing Energy ROM and faux, my battery is better than before... 15 hours uptime with 1-2 hours use...
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I don't understand what flashing the RUU means. I will look around on the forums to learn what that means, or if you would tell me I would appreciate it.
Truck'nfool said:
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...-t-mobile-htc-amaze-4g-with-battery-door.html
I am quite poor but desperately need better battery life as i am pulling 12hr shift's and my battery dies around the 7-8 hr mark.
i would appreciate being pointed to any ones review's on this product.
Ty
With the weird connecter on this phone who makes a durable car charger for it ?
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Just buy this http://www.amazon.com/Anker-1900mAh...345472451&sr=1-3&keywords=1900mah+anker+amaze
2 1900 mah batteries with an external charger, charge the spare and your phone every night, put the spare in when the battery dies.. MOST of us have these batteries, they are a little higher capacity than stock- the ONLY issue I have read and experienced, the first 10% goes quickly.. but overall it always outlasts the stock battery.
Plus, that is $30 for those batteries, rather than $100 for the one you posted.
Plus stalk the posts I make, I've posted plenty of ways to increase battery life.. and if you can figure out what paperwastage was saying(hint:look at the bible posted in my signature for EVERYTHING you need to know), it will make a big difference. Plus, if you are in airplane mode while at work and have big drain, that means some app is running rampant in the background, keeping your phone from "deep sleep". Get an app called betterbatterystats(paid on market, free if you find it on XDA, but worth the money) and after a days use(BEFORE you plug in or switch batteries), look at the top apps listed when you select "partial wakelock" and "since unplugged"- whatever the top apps are are the ones keeping your phone awake all the time.. either change the settings of those apps, or remove them if you don't NEED them as that means they are poorly written.
Without getting super technical and by stalking my threads, the bible in my signature, and using betterbatterystats, you MAY not need new batteries anyways.. but having a spare fully charged battery gives you a freedom that you really deserve anyways.
You can buy extended batteries and multiples of them with a charger. You can also buy external battery packs/chargers (amazon search for Anker Astro). They are a bulkier solution but versatile as in they can charge almost anything that takes a usb plug.
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Was being cheap and trying to wait for price to drop but has stayed the same. Now $30 doesnt seem so bad
Hello , XDA forums , I am new here.:d. Recently , I think about a week ago I bought a new android phone , a L9 P760. The last 2 days the battery started discharging quickly, I got a battery app and it shows me that when the phone shows 100% charged it is 1500 charged. This phone has a 2150mah battery. What could the problem be?
I had the same, adjust brightness in ur settings i have on 50 percent. Or hold down home button and close some apps.
Maybe it helps.
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Already did that, screen is at 25% , played World of Goo for 20 minutes and the battery went down from 40% to 15%. Yesterday when I went to sleep I had 50% and in the morning I had 45%. Forgot to say , I charged my phone for 12 hours 3 times , could that be the problem?
I think I might know the issue. Do you have a Bluetooth headset paired to the phone? My P769 seems to sometimes keep the link open between my headset and the phone. I know this because I hear a slight hissing noise in my Bluetooth earpiece from time to time. Even when the phone is idle.
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Uninstall app
Try uninstalling app or try back up and reset the phone only then we can know whether its software or hardware
I have same problem. Charged device at the evening. Played angry birds for 20mins (battery was at 60-80%) then went sleep, and phone discharged, even turned off during the night, with no use, in idle. Checked battery consumption and it said Android operating system had 60% battery consumption, even more than display.
Device is pretty much new, I have there like 4 applications, wifi, bluetooth, 3G turned off. So where might be problem ? Thanks.
/edit: Done some research, for Rassva - battery application shows 1500mAh because its set to 1500, application doesnt know capacity of your battery, simply change capacity in app.
And another thing, that discharging battery overnight is some rogue app, that wakes your phone regularly, or application which doesnt permit device sleep, you can check this by checking your whole time of battery used and wake time, if its almost the same..there are this kind of app.
I have this problem, but cant find out which app it is.
My L9 P765 have 2150 mAh battery as offered by LG and works amazingly great. Given TWO FULL DAYS (48 HOURS) with heavy usage and 3G on for most of the time in a day. Its rooted and I have removed some LG crap apps which roll in memory all the time for no good reason. Also use ATK with every half hour crazy killing.
Hats off to LG for such a huge battery backup with such a thin battery. No I am not LG salesman, rather a long time LG hater due to O2x , delay in ICS and locked bootloader..
Done hard reset, some settings (disabling some pre-installed apps, turned 3G off, and so on)... nothing new installed and wake time is still same than up time. Do someone else have similar problem ? (I assume that up-time is upper time in battery usage graph, and wake-up time is lower one)
I am using battery spy with my L9 to monitor the battery voltage.
When charged to 88% the voltage already went up to 4.24V ..... that is way over voltage .... and yet it still continue to charge.
Should I trust the voltage from battery spy?? What other Battery App do you use and have your noticed the same over voltage issue??
I have charged my L9 to full twice since I received it few days ago .... without knowing/montoring the battery voltage.
If it indeed let the battery over charge like that the battery will goes to smoke very soon.
Your comments please and thanks.
This phone have 2150mAH battery which is too much more than standard batteries (1300 to 1600mAh), hence the battery is not so bad how it appears with you.
Even without any tweaking it should go above 35+ hours, as I dont have anything special, its pure V10C Stock with no memory tweak, except ATK.
Now if you pals are really getting so bad performance, I suspect the bad battery issue. Its possible in thousands of phones sold few may come with bad battery in-spite of factory testing.
Just a tip. If your phones and batteries are in warranty, please get it checked or replaced as few hours life is certainly not reasonably possible with L9 as per my observations.
Also have LG Optimus 2X, with three years old battery and still giving 24+ hours uptime on recently flashed Stock V30B ICS KDZ. I already mentioned, with L9 I got two full working days with business usage, calls, emails, 3g, wifi, etc. Or am I too lucky?
cmahendra:
Do you have any app that can show the battery voltage??
What is your battery voltage when it is charged to 100%??
Thanks.
nsfgp said:
cmahendra:
Do you have any app that can show the battery voltage??
What is your battery voltage when it is charged to 100%??
Thanks.
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I think this app shows mAH usage. Its free and shows hell lot of information. May be this or its PRO (paid) version. Not sure. I have not used it but you should search a little too.
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This phone have 2150mAH battery which is too much more than standard batteries (1300 to 1600mAh), hence the battery is not so bad how it appears with you.
Even without any tweaking it should go above 35+ hours, as I dont have anything special, its pure V10C Stock with no memory tweak, except ATK.
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For me same. 48 hours, stock rooted V10a L9 P760. 2 hours of calls, some SMS, Wifi, Angry birds...
But when I launch NFS MW it goes down in few hours
thanks for the app info. I have installed another battery app and the voltage reported is the same so I will be running battery spy only for now.
For me keeping 3/4G mobile data on kills my battery. After 6hr49min idle (phone screen off I get the stats below:
- 48.7% deep sleep
- 43.8% @ 300mhz cpu
- 6.9% @ 1ghz cpu
- Battery lost 27%
- this is with WiFi/BT off. Only Mobile data on.
- 769BK 10e Stock ROM. Nothing changed.
With mobile data turned off and only WiFi the battery life seems to have improved A LOT. Will confirm that with longer term testing.
I am on T-Mobile $30 plan and my area is marked as the best signal in their coverage map.
For me it may work ok cause I am using csipsimple/pbexes exclusively for voice call; I just need to manage to turn off Mobile Data whenever I have WiFi coverage; but if I am on the road for extended period battery will be a concern. May have to get an extra battery.
I recall seeing a list of apps that can be safely disabled but lost the list now. Anyone have info for that??
Any other battery tips??
cmahendra said:
This phone have 2150mAH battery which is too much more than standard batteries (1300 to 1600mAh), hence the battery is not so bad how it appears with you.
Even without any tweaking it should go above 35+ hours, as I dont have anything special, its pure V10C Stock with no memory tweak, except ATK.
Now if you pals are really getting so bad performance, I suspect the bad battery issue. Its possible in thousands of phones sold few may come with bad battery in-spite of factory testing.
Just a tip. If your phones and batteries are in warranty, please get it checked or replaced as few hours life is certainly not reasonably possible with L9 as per my observations.
Also have LG Optimus 2X, with three years old battery and still giving 24+ hours uptime on recently flashed Stock V30B ICS KDZ. I already mentioned, with L9 I got two full working days with business usage, calls, emails, 3g, wifi, etc. Or am I too lucky?
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Woow 24h with the lg o2x.... mine is 20h max at home with wifi. And out side like 15h maybe with only 2g and data on...
Stock battery.... on cm7 didnt like tstock 2.3 and ics they say battery aint that good.
But should i buy this one. I mean is it the same perfomance as the o2x? I still cant find if the powervr540 is equal to tegra2..
I found out, that one of application actualization (youtube, chrome, google music play, street view, or voice search) had impact on device..keeping it awake for long time, which could be seen on battery...dunno which one app caused it...better uninstalled it all.
/edit.: according to other forums there is a problem with chrome update, which depleting battery drastically
Looks like tha weather was the problem , It got a little bit hotter here and the battery works like a charm , after a day I still had 68% .
I have the same problem! Any fix tips?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42168777&postcount=2
I have i9205 for 1.5 week. I rooted it after a few hours I have it. I was in rooted + official rom for a week. Then I flashed Cassies XtraLiteROM to it a few days ago. XtraLiteROM is based on official stripped down to minimum plus some tweaks.
My observation of battery drop during the night (wifi/3g/gps/bluetooth all off) is indistinguishable between the official rom and XtraLiteROM. About 10%-12% drop during the 8-hour sleep.
I greenified facebook app and a few others that I think works in the background. I tried to invoke Wakelock detector, hoping to find something. It appeared normal and said 8-hour deep sleep. The battery level falls continuously and smoothly during the sleep with hardly any wakeup.
Is it common with 4.2.2? I have another LG L9 rooted with 4.1.2. The drop during the night is 1%-2%.
I left my mega all stock. No root or any modifications and when i go to bed i put it in flightmode and it loses about 1% or 2% in those 8 hours just like your LG
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SquirtingCherry said:
I left my mega all stock. No root or any modifications and when i go to bed i put it in flightmode and it loses about 1% or 2% in those 8 hours just like your LG
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One thing I have not tried is put it in flight mode. Thanks. I will give it a shot.
SquirtingCherry said:
I left my mega all stock. No root or any modifications and when i go to bed i put it in flightmode and it loses about 1% or 2% in those 8 hours just like your LG
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I'm also having the same battery drain problems since the first day I bought Mega 6.3. I have tried different ROM versions UAMEA,ED,F2,G3 and now the latest G4 but still having the same problem. Today I lost 3% in a matter of 1.5hours without even doing anything on my phone within those times. Flightmode technique you mentioned seems to be good but the problem is we may not be able to receive emergency or urgent calls/text while asleep. I was hoping samsung would address this drain bug.
jtrakx said:
I'm also having the same battery drain problems since the first day I bought Mega 6.3. I have tried different ROM versions UAMEA,ED,F2,G3 and now the latest G4 but still having the same problem. Today I lost 3% in a matter of 1.5hours without even doing anything on my phone within those times. Flightmode technique you mentioned seems to be good but the problem is we may not be able to receive emergency or urgent calls/text while asleep. I was hoping samsung would address this drain bug.
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how is samsung responsible for you installing something on your phone that eats you battery?
baladev said:
how is samsung responsible for you installing something on your phone that eats you battery?
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But the problem seems to be present even if you don't install anything else than what is supplied !!
I don't understand what's going on with the battery:
one day you put the phone in arplane mode and for 10 hours you eat 1% of the battery :good:
The next day without changing anything you eat 10% in the same conditions WTF !!
As far I can see it seems that there is a problem with the release 4.2 (problem also for the Galaxy S4).!!
In another forum i participate, some people had similar issues, they had been harrowed down to some programs they were running. some people had Mega synchronise their photos every time they connected to the internet others had some other crap going on. if it was a firmware issue, everyone would have it. i, for example don't have this problem. you can try to use Disable service program to see which services are active in the background and are eating your battery and stop them carefully.
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In another forum i participate, some people had similar issues, they had been harrowed down to some programs they were running. some people had Mega synchronise their photos every time they connected to the internet others had some other crap going on. if it was a firmware issue, everyone would have it. i, for example don't have this problem. you can try to use Disable service program to see which services are active in the background and are eating your battery and stop them carefully.
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For example phone in airplane mode everything off (air view, NFC, GPS, synch off etc):
From yesterday 23.00 till morning 09.00 lost 11%
From 09.00 till 14:00 lost 4%
From 14.00 till now (23.00) lost 3%
Without touching the phone !!
Don't tell me me there is not something strange !!
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For example phone in airplane mode everything off (air view, NFC, GPS, synch off etc):
From yesterday 23.00 till morning 09.00 lost 11%
From 09.00 till 14:00 lost 4%
From 14.00 till now (23.00) lost 3%
Without touching the phone !!
Don't tell me me there is not something strange !!
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what? are you talking to me? have you read my post? Where did i say there is no reason for such behaviour? i said - try to find the reason and it's not the firmware it's something installed on your phone doing that.
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how is samsung responsible for you installing something on your phone that eats you battery?
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You've got me all wrong. I'm talking about installing stock ROM (latest version) without any modification i.e. root, cwm, etc and no other apps
installed except samsung built-in apps but still battery drains like hell overnight with almost everything turned-off (wifi, bluetooth, gps, rotation sensor, etc.). So your question is a little bit off topic.
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You've got me all wrong. I'm talking about installing stock ROM (latest version) without any modification i.e. root, cwm, etc and no other apps
installed except samsung built-in apps but still battery drains like hell overnight with almost everything turned-off (wifi, bluetooth, gps, rotation sensor, etc.). So your question is a little bit off topic.
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No, not really, because the stock rom is full of bloatware from samsung. I've read reports from other people saying that their camera software or galery or something else, don't remember exactly was uploading their photos to their cloud storage whenever they connected to internet. A lot of stuff can be happening in the background in the stock samsung rom because it's got a lot of stuff in it + the default settings alow synch/backup/downloading updates. Install the light custom rom from this forum, that has everything removed and see how it behaves, alternatively you can use other programs (mentioned one above) to see what's active in the memory of your device and find what's eating your battery.
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No, not really, because the stock rom is full of bloatware from samsung. I've read reports from other people saying that their camera software or galery or something else, don't remember exactly was uploading their photos to their cloud storage whenever they connected to internet. A lot of stuff can be happening in the background in the stock samsung rom because it's got a lot of stuff in it + the default settings alow synch/backup/downloading updates. Install the light custom rom from this forum, that has everything removed and see how it behaves, alternatively you can use other programs (mentioned one above) to see what's active in the memory of your device and find what's eating your battery.
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Ok thanks. I will try silentlight tonight. By the way, I received updates of samsung link from playstore these past few hours and among the reason
for update was the battery drain. Also, I'm using an official S View flip cover from samsung. I was wondering whether there is some sort of sensor activated by this flipcase that keeps my mega from deepsleep.
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Ok thanks. I will try silentlight tonight. By the way, I received updates of samsung link from playstore these past few hours and among the reason
for update was the battery drain. Also, I'm using an official S View flip cover from samsung. I was wondering whether there is some sort of sensor activated by this flipcase that keeps my mega from deepsleep.
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Have a look here, one more idea for you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44428107#post44428107
My battery drain problem appears to be related to "cell standby".
If I charge the phone to battery full, unplug, reboot, screen off, data off and leave it to stand by for a night. "Cell standby" alone takes up most battery usage and battery level drops by ~10%. I can constantly repeat that. I think more users are having a problem with radio.
Reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335242
I am trying to disable fast dormancy to see if that helps slow down cell standby drain.
I have to come back @ my comment on the previous page, since today my phone went battery hungry too at night. left it in flight mode during the night as usual but instead of losing 1 or 2% it consumed 12%.
Very strange since the phone should be absolutly doing nothing at all when its locked and in flight mode.
It's not really a problem since im a fairly moderate to light user so i can do 2 days on 1 charge but still.
I also have a strange wake-up problem now, after using the phone a bit and when i press power to lock it, sometimes the screen lights up again after about 5 seconds and goes off again.
I feel worse than it actually is when I feel like robbed 10% of power everyday for no reason. Maybe I was too picky. I have not given up on this. Will continue to look for a solution.
same **** here, today is even worst, 8 hours of phone not doing anything. deep sleeping is at 92% according to BBS, and my battery dropped from 75% to 61%, wonder wat is happening with my phone. damn!
Try this
Sorry. Very bad know English. Solved the problem of the so-
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Now 1% per night.
Yes. Map.
I think that's Maps > Settings > Google location settings > uncheck Access location.
I don't have the battery drain problem but I'll try that. Thanks.