[Q] Battery Loss - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi.
I've got 2 Galxy S2 with the same problem.
This is what happens.
Booth phones with 60% of battery or more, if i shut down, remove the battery and wait about 5 seconds, then put it back.
My battery returns to 20% or less.
Tried with new batterys, different rom's (cm11, omni, stock), reseted the chip fuel gauge.
Has anyone ever seen this happen?
Is driving me crazy.
Thanks.

Had the same issue. Posted it here. As my battery was 2.5 yrs old I was suggested to get a new one.
With new battery not facing it anymore.

Anyone else ?

What happens if you don't remove the battery? Does it drain normally?
Also, have you tired different chargers / cables?

banjara said:
Had the same issue. Posted it here. As my battery was 2.5 yrs old I was suggested to get a new one.
With new battery not facing it anymore.
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what battery did you get?

giorgakis10 said:
what battery did you get?
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I am the same guy who advised you in accessories section
3500 mah chineses battery! Rings any bell?

banjara said:
I am the same guy who advised you in accessories section
3500 mah chineses battery! Rings any bell?
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haha sorry didnt noticed that.anyway thanks again;p

CitizenLee said:
What happens if you don't remove the battery? Does it drain normally?
Also, have you tired different chargers / cables?
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Yea, if i don't remove it drain normally.

Related

Need an extended Battery

I kno wand understand that a million threads on batteries already exist, however I wanted to be as specific as possible and see what you all can recommend.
I'm looking for a batter that's between 2000-2300mah and that will work with the standard charger/USB cable, and not cause my phone to go into SOD or boot loops, and that has NFC capabilities just as the stock standard battery does
Also I'd like this battery to be ~$50 or less
and above all it's be very nice if it fits into the phone without any modifications and or having to replace the back cover with another one.
I'm sure such a battery has to exist, just haven't seen it yet.
Please help me on my quest.
Thanks!
I've been looking for the same thing. Only difference is I couldn't care less about it having an NFC chip or not.
Thank you.
Only one i can think of would be the Korean official extended. But like the thread says the back has to be modded
I will let you know if the battery I bought on ebay works. I asked the seller for specifications. I will let you know.
Najuto9tail said:
I will let you know if the battery I bought on ebay works. I asked the seller for specifications. I will let you know.
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Much appreciated. I look forward to hearing back from you.
just to know aprox. how much does your current battery last? today my phone have been 13h51m27s on battery and still has 38%. how about you?
hmmm 15hrs off the charger and I'm at 40%
Alucardis666 said:
hmmm 15hrs off the charger and I'm at 40%
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last night I did changed some settings on my phone, like not using network for location,no automatic sync, Juice defender Ultimate settings,Voltage Control Mv settings done. I freeze Gmail with titanyum backup pro. Do not remember if did anything else but today I have used 17h7m43s on battery and still has 64%. Huge increment of battery life detected!
i will keep this settings backed up with tytanium backup just incase.
Najuto9tail said:
last night I did changed some settings on my phone, like not using network for location,no automatic sync, Juice defender Ultimate settings,Voltage Control Mv settings done. I freeze Gmail with titanyum backup pro. Do not remember if did anything else but today I have used 17h7m43s on battery and still has 64%. Huge increment of battery life detected!
i will keep this settings backed up with tytanium backup just incase.
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Those settings seem a little too aggressive for my taste. I use gmail quite a bit and I also like that the network finds my location rather than the GPS. I'm hardly ever on wi-fi and I have automatic sync going every 3hrs I think.
My phone lasts about 16-20hrs on average. and I'm ok with that, just would like better results as I'm seeing some pull about 2days of life out of their devices.
Alucardis666 said:
Those settings seem a little too aggressive for my taste. I use gmail quite a bit and I also like that the network finds my location rather than the GPS. I'm hardly ever on wi-fi and I have automatic sync going every 3hrs I think.
My phone lasts about 16-20hrs on average. and I'm ok with that, just would like better results as I'm seeing some pull about 2days of life out of their devices.
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I rather use the Email app that comes with the rom, Instead of gmail.
Najuto9tail said:
I rather use the Email app that comes with the rom, Instead of gmail.
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lol. I disagree and do the reverse. to each their own
lol, if it works for u then awesome.But what I wanted to say is that I freeze or remove apps and it helps.
Just snagged this...
http://www.amazon.com/QCell-Samsung...42?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1327603405&sr=1-142
We'll see how it goes...
Alucardis666 said:
Just snagged this...
http://www.amazon.com/QCell-Samsung...42?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1327603405&sr=1-142
We'll see how it goes...
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Do you think this battery will fit the original back?
Alucardis666 said:
Just snagged this...
http://www.amazon.com/QCell-Samsung...42?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1327603405&sr=1-142
We'll see how it goes...
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It looks ok to me. lets hope it works out
I got my battery today 2300 mAh and it fits perfect on phone with original back cover and it turns on and works normal.
Najuto9tail said:
I got my battery today 2300 mAh and it fits perfect on phone with original back cover and it turns on and works normal.
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And you can use the stock charger? Link pls
D3M3NT3D_L0RD said:
And you can use the stock charger? Link pls
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Yes but I am currently testing it to see if it is really 2300mAh.
Look for NEW 2300mAh Bluegeta Battery for SAMSUNG i9100 GALAXY S 2 II SGH-i777 AT&T on ebay. I also have a post for this. look for it lol.
Najuto9tail said:
Yes but I am currently testing it to see if it is really 2300mAh.
Look for NEW 2300mAh Bluegeta Battery for SAMSUNG i9100 GALAXY S 2 II SGH-i777 AT&T on ebay. I also have a post for this. look for it lol.
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Is it really 2300 mah? How is the fitting with I 777?
anikiup said:
Is it really 2300 mah? How is the fitting with I 777?
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It turned out to be a 1450 battery... I have info on my thread about it, be carefull with 2000+ batteries as chinnese make cheap stuff.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Sgh-i777

Battery Swapping !!

Hey Guys,
From the past month or so i have been swapping two original 1650mah batteries once in every 2 days on my SGS2.
I charge one of the battery thru external Wall charger device almost everyday.
A frind of mine was telling me it is not a good idea to swap battries as it may brick the phone and also reduce performance for both the battries and even the calibration will not be correct..
how far is it true ? will there be any issue on my phone if i keep swapping batteries regularly ?
Horoscope said:
Hey Guys,
From the past month or so i have been swapping two original 1650mah batteries once in every 2 days on my SGS2.
I charge one of the battery thru external Wall charger device almost everyday.
A frind of mine was telling me it is not a good idea to swap battries as it may brick the phone and also reduce performance for both the battries and even the calibration will not be correct..
how far is it true ? will there be any issue on my phone if i keep swapping batteries regularly ?
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I rotate three batteries and it's fine. Don't listen to your friend. What's his basis?
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Horoscope said:
Hey Guys,
From the past month or so i have been swapping two original 1650mah batteries once in every 2 days on my SGS2.
I charge one of the battery thru external Wall charger device almost everyday.
A frind of mine was telling me it is not a good idea to swap battries as it may brick the phone and also reduce performance for both the battries and even the calibration will not be correct..
how far is it true ? will there be any issue on my phone if i keep swapping batteries regularly ?
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That's nonsense. Is your friend an iphone user? Because it sounds like something someone with an integrated battery would say...
I swap between my stock and anker battery quite often, no issues.
Swap friend for one with more sense .
jje
JJEgan said:
Swap friend for one with more sense .
jje
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Hi-La-RIOUS! haha
Xd
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I have 1 original samsung and 2 Anker batteries. There's always one in the phone, one in my bag and one on charge in the wall charger. Never had an issue
JJEgan said:
Swap friend for one with more sense .
jje
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good man jj always on the ball on these forums waiting to pounce
i agree
JJEgan said:
Swap friend for one with more sense .
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nice one..
thanks everyone for ur inputs.. can breathe a sigh of relief
Horoscope said:
Hey Guys,
From the past month or so i have been swapping two original 1650mah batteries once in every 2 days on my SGS2.
I charge one of the battery thru external Wall charger device almost everyday.
A frind of mine was telling me it is not a good idea to swap battries as it may brick the phone and also reduce performance for both the battries and even the calibration will not be correct..
how far is it true ? will there be any issue on my phone if i keep swapping batteries regularly ?
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Some phones have a "coulomb counter" type fuel gauge (google it for more details) - such gauges require calibration, and can get confused by a battery swap.
The fuel gauge in our phone requires no calibration. Swapping batteries won't brick the phone and won't throw off the gauge.
The one thing I will say is: If you are not using a battery, and do not plan on using it soon, do not store it fully charged. Lithium-ion batteries are best stored at around 50-60% state of charge, they will lose capacity rapidly if stored at full charge.

Battery Problem??

hey guys,
i dont know if its allready been asked or smth.
but i dont know why (or if its normal), everytime i charge my battery up to 100 %
and pull out the cable from charger, the battery directly goes to 99%.
never hade this on other phones before...
It happens to everyone but doesn't affect battery life, but for some reason it really bothers some people and there is a few custom Roms that fix it.
Michael_P said:
It happens to everyone but doesn't affect battery life, but for some reason it really bothers some people and there is a few custom Roms that fix it.
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New ota update fixes this. Also a desktop charger will charge the battery fully.
sent with WSGS3
Yeah mine charges to 100% but few minutes after indicator goes green it drops to 99%.
Michael_P said:
It happens to everyone but doesn't affect battery life, but for some reason it really bothers some people and there is a few custom Roms that fix it.
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vasp3690 said:
New ota update fixes this. Also a desktop charger will charge the battery fully.
sent with WSGS3
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allright, thanks for ur answers. thought my accu is broken

[Q] Sudden death of battery

After upgrading my phone from ICS to JB, I experience a strange phenomena.
The battery life was 75%, and I was calling someone for about 2-3 minutes, then the phone turned off by itself.
The battery was 0%, in just 2-3 minutes!
When I upgraded the OS, I did factory reset. I rooted the phone, froze a lot of bloatwares, but the problem still persisted.
I am beginning to think that my battery is bad or something.
Anybody experienced anything like this?
Any solutions to the problem?
I tried charging the battery from 0% to 100% with power off for several consecutive days, but the problem still persisted.
I need help!
Batteries do eventually die. You can find a good extended battery on ebay for under $10.
Don't quote, reply. If you quote, edit.
andy.tae.koh said:
After upgrading my phone from ICS to JB, I experience a strange phenomena.
The battery life was 75%, and I was calling someone for about 2-3 minutes, then the phone turned off by itself.
The battery was 0%, in just 2-3 minutes!
When I upgraded the OS, I did factory reset. I rooted the phone, froze a lot of bloatwares, but the problem still persisted.
I am beginning to think that my battery is bad or something.
Anybody experienced anything like this?
Any solutions to the problem?
I tried charging the battery from 0% to 100% with power off for several consecutive days, but the problem still persisted.
I need help!
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I experienced that with the revolt job 4.2.2. Out of the no where went down to 0 installed another ROM and wiped my battery stats I think old battery stats mess up the battery performance so I will c how my phone acts then I'll let ya know
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I think it was the battery
After posting the question, I removed the battery to see if physical status of the battery was not the primary cause of the issue.
Well, the battery the"fat". The middle of the battery was bulging for some strange reason. It seemed as if it was left in the direct sun light for a few hours, and I know I did not leave the phone out in the direct sun light, ever!. Well, I ordered a new battery on Friday, and I will have to wait and see if a new battery would solve the problem. I will report back.
andy.tae.koh said:
After posting the question, I removed the battery to see if physical status of the battery was not the primary cause of the issue.
Well, the battery the"fat". The middle of the battery was bulging for some strange reason. It seemed as if it was left in the direct sun light for a few hours, and I know I did not leave the phone out in the direct sun light, ever!. Well, I ordered a new battery on Friday, and I will have to wait and see if a new battery would solve the problem. I will report back.
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My battery is bulging too. It has been just dying even though my phone reads 50 percent of bat life. My mother in laws battery got really fat and compared to a new one I ordered came to a conclusion that battery bulging or fattening is a battery will die soon. What bat u ordered
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I have the stock 2500 ...tmart 5200 and now the ravpower 2750 and I can honestly say the ravpower is the best
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The new battery is working well!
COA4178 said:
My battery is bulging too. It has been just dying even though my phone reads 50 percent of bat life. My mother in laws battery got really fat and compared to a new one I ordered came to a conclusion that battery bulging or fattening is a battery will die soon. What bat u ordered
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I ordered following battery from Amazon.com.
OEM Samsung Standard Battery for Samsung Galaxy Note (AT&T) i717 EB615268VA
Sold by CellPhonesCheap
I ordered on Friday afternoon, and received the item on Monday afternoon. The vendor is located somewhere in NY, and very prompt about sending the item. I only used it for a day, and very satisfied.
im curious did you ever solve this issue? i have the EXACT symptoms. did your replacement battery fix this?
or did wiping battery stats help?
geminihc said:
im curious did you ever solve this issue? i have the EXACT symptoms. did your replacement battery fix this?
or did wiping battery stats help?
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Good idea to replace after about a year anyway.
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captemo said:
Good idea to replace after about a year anyway.
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at least we could replace ours! think of all those new phones that are NOT replaceable at all !
Problem solved..
geminihc said:
im curious did you ever solve this issue? i have the EXACT symptoms. did your replacement battery fix this?
or did wiping battery stats help?
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I had to replace the battery. My wife had the same issue not long after I had the problem. The battery replacement solved the problem for both of us. Wiping out battery stats did not help. I bought a new battery. I recommend ravpower 2750.

[Q] Phone just turn off when it reaches 40%

Hi guys,
I wanted to share with you my experience on my device, perhaps some other have the same problem and has solution.
Before I was using 2000mAh battery but it bloat out so I bought a new 1650mAh battery. The problem is that it just turned off when it reaches 40% without even prompting a low batt notification. I thought I bought a defective battery so I purchased a new one again, but it has the same problem. I was using custom roms btw and flashing CM11 nightlies every day or whenever update pops. Does it affects this or should I just recalibrate the device because my old 2000mAh.
Thanks for the help in advance.
deedii said:
Hi guys,
I wanted to share with you my experience on my device, perhaps some other have the same problem and has solution.
Before I was using 2000mAh battery but it bloat out so I bought a new 1650mAh battery. The problem is that it just turned off when it reaches 40% without even prompting a low batt notification. I thought I bought a defective battery so I purchased a new one again, but it has the same problem. I was using custom roms btw and flashing CM11 nightlies every day or whenever update pops. Does it affects this or should I just recalibrate the device because my old 2000mAh.
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Is this a genuine battery. You could try resetting battery stats or use dorimanx kernel to reset fuel guage.
Thanks for the help in advance.
Well the first battery i bought was just a class A, the second battery I just bought a while ago is genuine and its the same result. I will try to flash stock ROM and see if it still occurs, now I just tried calibrating the battery stats.
gsstudios said:
Is this a genuine battery. You could try resetting battery stats or use dorimanx kernel to reset fuel guage.
Thanks for the help in advance.
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Don't they say resetting battery stats has only a placebo effect?
I'm having exactly the same problem. I bought two new original batteries and the problem persists. It just doesn't happen with my 2011 original battery.
Thank you
Well i read some articles that returning to stock rom should fix it well im still experimenting on the problem.
deedii said:
Well i read some articles that returning to stock rom should fix it well im still experimenting on the problem.
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Did you check the battery voltage level just before 40%? If I understand correclty, my guess is that the battery should range from 4.1 to 3.3volts, as it has been specified as 3.7v.
In my case, it was around 3.6 volts when close to 40%, which seems to be a reasonable voltage for 40%. But then it suddenly drops to 3.2v (which I measured with a multimeter, since the phone goes dead at around 40%). I have started to beleive the battery is the problem.
Regards
thunder45 said:
Did you check the battery voltage level just before 40%? If I understand correclty, my guess is that the battery should range from 4.1 to 3.3volts, as it has been specified as 3.7v.
In my case, it was around 3.6 volts when close to 40%, which seems to be a reasonable voltage for 40%. But then it suddenly drops to 3.2v (which I measured with a multimeter, since the phone goes dead at around 40%). I have started to beleive the battery is the problem.
Regards
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Well sad im no electricity expert, so I dunno how would I measure it. Im considering returning the original batt i purchased, I will see if this still persist. Thanks
deedii said:
Well sad im no electricity expert, so I dunno how would I measure it. Im considering returning the original batt i purchased, I will see if this still persist. Thanks
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Battery voltage can be measured using apps like cpu-z and go to the battery section. Software readings are slightly less accurate than multimeter but does the job anyway. 3700mV = 3.7V (conversion of mV to V)

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