I've gotten a Galaxy S3 for 2 years now, and I've always flashed different roms as I wanted/needed. But now, my battery drain is enormous. Even when my smartphone is plugged in the charger, the battery goes down faster then it charges. Right now I use CM 11, ParanoidAndroid or Ressurection Remix, and I've got the same problem with all the three. And I've changed the kernel but I can't remember to which one, I had a problem with the IMEI and had to change to test the solutions. So, I would like to ask if you guys have the same problem and if you got a solution or same countermeasure to increase my battery life, if you know a better kernel or idk. (The most important thing I would like to solve is the charging one, I can't accept the battery charging less then consuming, and I don't even use it with the wi-fi on, but it continues that way.)
Thanks for everything!
Hope i help
vncsalencar said:
I've gotten a Galaxy S3 for 2 years now, and I've always flashed different roms as I wanted/needed. But now, my battery drain is enormous. Even when my smartphone is plugged in the charger, the battery goes down faster then it charges. Right now I use CM 11, ParanoidAndroid or Ressurection Remix, and I've got the same problem with all the three. And I've changed the kernel but I can't remember to which one, I had a problem with the IMEI and had to change to test the solutions. So, I would like to ask if you guys have the same problem and if you got a solution or same countermeasure to increase my battery life, if you know a better kernel or idk. (The most important thing I would like to solve is the charging one, I can't accept the battery charging less then consuming, and I don't even use it with the wi-fi on, but it continues that way.)
Thanks for everything!
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Try to charge your phone with a different usb cable maybe thats the problem(i had broken usb cable and used to charge my phone to 100% for 6 hours). About the kernel try boeffla kernel or agni (choose the right one cause there are different ones for CM and stock rom) and choose a battery friendly governor
Yup I had same With some USB kabels its look that he dont give right V :good:
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Try to charge your phone with a different usb cable maybe thats the problem(i had broken usb cable and used to charge my phone to 100% for 6 hours). About the kernel try boeffla kernel or agni (choose the right one cause there are different ones for CM and stock rom) and choose a battery friendly governor
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I've tried using other chargers but it is almost the same thing. But, thanks anyway . I will continue to try changing the kernel and I'll try to buy another new original charger, or maybe it is time to say bye to him ://. Thanks guys.
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Hi,
I have a big problem with my phone. Sometimes it simply shutdowns just after booting. And sometimes it shutdowns if I use it in a normal way (like listening to music or browsing on Facebook) And the battery is not at 0%. It happens at each percentage. This afternoon it even happened at 85%.
The only I thing I noticed that this is not happening if the phone is connected with the power supply.
Have someone of you the same problem? Can someone help me?
Greetings
Hey there!
i also have had this issue a few times, i hear its a motherboard issue i cant tell if that is the main problem tho..
anyways try reinstalling android, i havent has any problems on my phone since i did that
Good luck
Xperia x10
DonutHD
se kernel
Sent from my X10i using xda premium
Thanks. I already changed my ROM. From CM7 I went back to Wolfbreak. But there is the same problem.
Perhaps it is a battery problem? Should I buy a new battery?
Hi,man i have that problem too,
So,i see that if i plug my charger with no battery and pull the back button then the green light appear like in flash mode.so if you pull the battery when you have this led on,your battery indicates wrong values,in another way if your battery have 5% and you pull it with this strange flashmode then it indicate 88%.
Another symptom is that you not have the long vibration when you pull
out the battery and re pull on
Another one is if you remove sim and sdcard and boot the phone then you have the right battery values and no suck on your batttery for exemple,
in this mode my battery stay at 98% 4 hour O_O
The major problem is that your phone is in flash mode all the time and eat buttery and give wrong values and give WLOD at boot,normaly one before lock and one after.
I don't know what do that but give massive battery drain,massive network usage,and
Constant reboot.
I suspect virus or something like that.
Don't lose your time to try to reflash firmware or different rom cause that not solve the problem,
I reflash 1.6 2.1 2.3 and many custom rom with no success
Tell me if you have the green led when no battery and charger pluged and pull back key repetitively for appear this led
to ensure that you have the same problem.
If I find a way a post here for sure but I think that my phone is dead :-(
I know this is a bit old but I'm necro'ing it just in case it helps someone.
I had the same issue with my stock Optimus One, I installed AOKP and it worked like a charm.
Now i've had my Xperia Neo V for a while now with a custom version of AOKP and had no problem until recently, haven't installed anything new just a couple of updates, filled a new sdcard with music and it shut down out of the blue.
if you have shutdown problemes, it can be motherboard issue, ROM or kernel. Try reinstall android OS, and if you still got shutdowns try different kernel or ROM. I tested many combination and I didnt get any shutdown with Zmod ROM + Doomkernel ( I dont want to promote this rom or kernel, just writing my personal experience) . After changing kernel and ROM you could have batery drain, or it can looks like that. Wipe battery stats and recalibrate the battery. System need some time to create good new battery stats. 2 charging cycles and is good in most cases. Battery drain depends on that how you using phone so charging every day ( once per day) is normal.
It sounds like the 'Old Battery' issue! LiPol/LiIon batteries only have a life span of about 2 years. X10 is older than that now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619477&page=2
Post 16 onwards.
New battery fixed the problem for me. Pack of 2 and a charger on ebay for $10.
Hi All!
First I want to thank you guys here, I've learned everything about Android through this forum and others.
But I am facing a weird issue here.
I am running LiquidSmooth 2.5 Official Used to be on CM 10.1's Nightlies
and on The Siyah 1.9.1
I have tried everything to keep my battery fine, but its not working.
Here Are the issues:
1- When doing a HR, if battery level is 100%, it goes down to 3 or 4% and phone reboots multiple times atleast 5-7 until it works fine again, and i have to recharge the battery again. DRIVES ME NUTS
2- The charging is pretty slow now, 5 6 hours would get me to a 70% and not a 100, Tried all ways to charge, and charger and battery are working fine on other phones. though the iPhone Power Brick charged it a bit faster it took about 2 hours to a 100.
3- Discharging is pretty DAMN Fast. it would take the phone 3-4 hours of use MAX and I am out of battery on the 3G and 5-6 on WiFi, I lose about 2 percent every 2-3 Minutes. and when Idle or in DeepSleep which I am sure the phone goes to according to ''BetterBatteryStats'' it would last 7 Hours at best.
4- If Charging the Phone and using, the Battery level still goes down, until it reaches 1% then screen flickers and goes Off and i have to wait for the battery to regain charge on the boot screen with the Battery icon and the Yellow Exclamation Mark, and then After 4% I can reboot the phone, and that cycle would go on and on.
here are the Solutions I Tried:
Flashed CM 10.1 with stock Kernel and with Siyah (Updated Software Everynight)
Flashed LiquidSmooth 2.5 with stock Kernel and with Siyah.
Tried Different CPU Governors (Pegasuq, and Hotplug)
Turned off Unneeded process like (GPS and so on)
Used Different Chargers, Batteries and charging ways that work fine with any other S3 that is running on TouchWiz.
Calibrated Battery by letting it Discharge to 0% then charging to 100% uninterrupted.
I Ran out of solutions, so If someone could please HELP!! :")
Hi there Omar,
1, what exactly do you mean by hard reset ?
2. have you tried a different charger ? or a different charging port ?
3. that is indeed not the best battery life, could you tell us what app's use your battery?
It can be viewed in settings>battery
4. same as 3..
Hard Reset as in Remove the battery while phone is on, or Pressing Volume+ and Power Button.
I Tried 3 Different chargers, Sony Xperia Z, iPhone 5 (Charged it a Bit Faster) and Google Nexus 4 Besides Mine.
I dont have too many apps, actually I Uninstalled most of my apps that wake up the phone from deep sleep like Kik but What mostly uses my battery is Maps While i Dont Use it, 14% and Shazam while not in use also 12%, and the screen ofcourse 24% those are the three top consumers.
Iphone 5 ?? how did you connected it to you s3 ?
ok HR is usually referred when you factory reset your phone, that's just rebooting
But I agree it's not a normal behaviour to fall by 95% each time you pull the battery. What rom are you currently running? are you rooted ?
By the way there aren't really advantages in this kind of reboot FYI.
If you don't use the google maps i suggest disabling it via settings>apps>maps - disable.
Same about shazam try maybe another app like "soundhound" or sony "trackid"
iPhone 5 Power brick and My S3 USB Cable.
I Did disable them.
But still after working on everything I've tried most solutions and nothing is working with it!
Oh ok it's clear now
What about your phone state ? are you running stock/custom rom ?
I am running Liquidsmooth 2.5 Official and Siyah 1.9 Kernel
I Used the Liquidsmooth without the Custom kernel, only its stock one.
and Before I Had CM 10.1 Nightly with the stock Kernel and also with Siyah
Same problem with all combinations, and I Switched to Liquidsmooth because I thought the issue was from the Instability of CM 10.1 due to that its experimental, but seems not.
Well from my experience there are few cm10.1 builds that are working very good, so i guess it's not the problem.
Why not backup your rom and reinstall it(or another one from the development section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1566)
Don't forget when backing up do not backup any system app only user app.
I got some really, really HEAVY Problems with my battery drain ... Even if im not using the phone, the drain is just too much,
do you guys think, a ROM will solve this Problem ? When im playing a game like Hay Day and my charger is connected with phone,
it loses so much, while when im sleeping the night and my phone isn't connected with 100%, it has 30 - 50% when i wake up, tried different chargers and batterys.
Im on sammy stock rom jb
AFAIK, stock roms give best battery backup. But the real question to ask here is how old is your battery?
No, it won't. Battery drain is 95% phone usage/phone setup, 5% kernel (and tweaks you can make to the kernel).
banjara said:
AFAIK, stock roms give best battery backup. But the real question to ask here is how old is your battery?
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its like 2 years old, but the thing is, i tried different batterys and chargers, i still had the same problem, i wiped the phone, didnt help really that much
Hi All,
so i finally got to unlocking the bootloader and install a custom rom. I've read that some people had issues with QC not working any more and i thought it wouldnt be such a big issue but it is! Ampere says it's charging with 400mA with screen on or off it doesn't matter. Sometimes it shows 1900 for a second but it doesn't stick. It takes forever to charge the phone and it's really sad as i like to be able to customize my phone the way i like it with a custom rom etc.
Iv'e installed Charging Tweaker by Revantis via Magisk, but it's not working at all..
I'm on the standard LG Fast Charger with the standard cable, these issues didn't occur when i was on stock rom.
Anyone know more about this?
Thanks
Like I already said in the RR thread: That bug is in ALL custom roms for the G5 starting around August because something got changed in the kernel upstream.
If you do some reading you'll find tons of mentions in every G5 custom rom thread, it's not just RR but anything that isn't based on stock.
That's crazy, there's no known solution?
It charges about 5 % per half hour so it's totally useless now
silverbax said:
That's crazy, there's no known solution?
It charges about 5 % per half hour so it's totally useless now
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It charges full speed in recovery and if booted up it usually gets a full charge overnight. I have a desktop charger I just leave it in when I'm home.
It's in the kernel and there is no proper solution. I heard rumors that it'll be fixed in O, but it looks like LOS (where the change(s) came from) doesn't seem to want to fix it on N
Thanks for the info man! For this reason i will return to my S6, QC has really spoiled me and i use my phone a lot, hope there will be a fix in the future
try doze-gms+ mod for gms sleep for better charging
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try doze-gms+ mod for gms sleep for better charging
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The charging current is locked, no sleep or mod can change that. It might work under normal circumstances, but this is different
See https://jira.lineageos.org/browse/REGRESSION-1000
Hey,
A few days ago I got an update to MIUI10 Beta for my RN3 (snapdragon). After uploading the update, my phone started to charge with a maximum current of 0.4A (screen turned on, 0.6A when turned off). I decided to unlock the phone and flash LineageOS 14.1, unfortunately I still have the same problem.
Searching for topics related to this problem I found a "solution": https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/fix-slow-charging-t3662571
I tried - it does not work.
I tried also wipe cache/dalvik - it does not work too.
I tested on 3 chargers:
1. Apple 2.1A Out
2. Apple 1.5A Out
3. no-name 1.0A Out
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I used 6 cables for the test - on each of them the same.
Summary:
Before the upgrade to MIUI 10 - loading about 3h 0-100%,
After upgrade to MIUI 10 - charging about 8h 0-100%
After changing to LineageOS - charging about 8h 0-100%
Additional info:
I have this RN3 for 3 years. Maybe it's battery problem? After 3 years battery capacity has dropped from 4k to 3.2k-3.3k.
I would ask for help in solving this problem.
Sosinsky said:
Hey,
A few days ago I got an update to MIUI10 Beta for my RN3 (snapdragon). After uploading the update, my phone started to charge with a maximum current of 0.4A (screen turned on, 0.6A when turned off). I decided to unlock the phone and flash LineageOS 14.1, unfortunately I still have the same problem.
Searching for topics related to this problem I found a "solution": https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/how-to/fix-slow-charging-t3662571
I tried - it does not work.
I tried also wipe cache/dalvik - it does not work too.
I tested on 3 chargers:
1. Apple 2.1A Out
2. Apple 1.5A Out
3. no-name 1.0A Out
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I used 6 cables for the test - on each of them the same.
Summary:
Before the upgrade to MIUI 10 - loading about 3h 0-100%,
After upgrade to MIUI 10 - charging about 8h 0-100%
After changing to LineageOS - charging about 8h 0-100%
Additional info:
I have this RN3 for 3 years. Maybe it's battery problem? After 3 years battery capacity has dropped from 4k to 3.2k-3.3k.
I would ask for help in solving this problem.
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Flash miui fastboot rom using miflash with pc .
In miflash select " clean all "and flash option. And check if same problem.
naik2902 said:
Flash miui fastboot rom using miflash with pc .
In miflash select " clean all "and flash option. And check if same problem.
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Thanks for reply! I will do this tomorrow.
New anomaly -> RN3 is turning off at 15% or less.
naik2902 said:
Flash miui fastboot rom using miflash with pc .
In miflash select " clean all "and flash option. And check if same problem.
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Okay, I flashed miui and... nothing. RN3 is still charging 0.41A.
Second anomaly - on Xiaomi Powerbank 10k, RN3 is charging 0.72A
Third anomaly - 11h charging from 18% to 100%.
Fourth anomaly - RN3 is charging only to 75%. I have plug off and plug on charging to continue charging more than 75%.
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Any suggestions? Maybe should I change the battery? Maybe this module with usb port?
Sosinsky said:
Okay, I flashed miui and... nothing. RN3 is still charging 0.41A.
Second anomaly - on Xiaomi Powerbank 10k, RN3 is charging 0.72A
Third anomaly - 11h charging from 18% to 100%.
Fourth anomaly - RN3 is charging only to 75%. I have plug off and plug on charging to continue charging more than 75%.
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Any suggestions? Maybe should I change the battery? Maybe this module with usb port?
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Take ear bud and apply some spirit alcohol on itand clean ur charging port of ur phone. May be sometimes dirt or carbon or rust affects the current. Spirit alcohol or isopropanol is volatile and helps in cleaning the charging port.
If u dont have spirit alcohol then buy a small bottle from pharmacy.
I have the same problem in miui 9 then I installed lineage os but issue remains . then I tried random kernal problem solved
naik2902 said:
Take ear bud and apply some spirit alcohol on itand clean ur charging port of ur phone. May be sometimes dirt or carbon or rust affects the current. Spirit alcohol or isopropanol is volatile and helps in cleaning the charging port.
If u dont have spirit alcohol then buy a small bottle from pharmacy.
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I tried and nothing changed.
Joyel said:
I have the same problem in miui 9 then I installed lineage os but issue remains . then I tried random kernal problem solved
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Okay, I changed ROM to ViperOS and it was still 0.41A, so I decided to flash NitrogenOS. A little bit better. Now it's charging on 0.80A on 13% battery.
Maybe some more suggestions?
Thank you so much for replies. I really appreciate your help!
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Now charging from 13%-100% take "only" 5 hours. It's bad result but it could be worse (11h on 0.4A).
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Also fifth anomaly - RN3 is randomly turning off after show a 0% battery notification. (On LineageOS 14.1).
Maybe this is problem with overheating battery. When battery is too hot system limits charging current. Did you tried measure real charging currend using eg. multimeter?
RN3SE-kate said:
Maybe this is problem with overheating battery. When battery is too hot system limits charging current. Did you tried measure real charging currend using eg. multimeter?
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Hello there,
I have this small buddy:
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB10vcSQVXXXXbRXXXXq6xXFXXXk.jpg
and all values which I wrote here were measured by this.
I will try thermal libs on NitrogenOS.
UPDATE
I tried thermal libs - nothing changed.
I have a notification on lock screen: "Slow charging (5hr to 100%) 715mA - 3.9V - 34*C"
Even I am facing this exact same issue after MIUI 10 update and it persists even when I changed the ROM to DotOs. The extra bit of information I can add is, the only reason for me to flash custom ROM was to get the charging done faster and immediately after flashing the ROM it did show "Charging Rapidly at 2022mA" in the lockscreen(a custom ROM feature) but only for 3 times and after that it keeps showing 0.4mA as the charge current. In my opinion we need to flash an older firmware of MIUI as MIUI might have purposefully done this in its latest update to make charging safe for old batteries (mine too is 3 years old!) and temperatures where climbing up to 45°C when it was fast charging. Any help would be highly appreciated with a thank you.
ap6709 said:
Even I am facing this exact same issue after MIUI 10 update and it persists even when I changed the ROM to DotOs. The extra bit of information I can add is, the only reason for me to flash custom ROM was to get the charging done faster and immediately after flashing the ROM it did show "Charging Rapidly at 2022mA" in the lockscreen(a custom ROM feature) but only for 3 times and after that it keeps showing 0.4mA as the charge current. In my opinion we need to flash an older firmware of MIUI as MIUI might have purposefully done this in its latest update to make charging safe for old batteries (mine too is 3 years old!) and temperatures where climbing up to 45°C when it was fast charging. Any help would be highly appreciated with a thank you.
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Why don't you just flash a custom kernel, instead of ROMS
I tried plenty of ROMS - POSP (PIE), Bootleggers (PIE), CM14 (Nougat), LineageOS (Nougat), NitrogenOS (Nougat).
I tried few kernels - Radon (for PIE and Nougat), Shadow (Nougat), AGNi (Nougat) - For all kernels I checked few options - new thermal lib, old thermal lib, QC 2400mA, default options and other variations.
I corrupted my persist.img (all of my sensors were dead) due to flash too many of roms/kernels/stuff - had to flash new through fastboot
On all of roms/kernels/stuff I had 0.41A - Only on Bottleggers I had 0.6A and NitrogenOS 0.8A max.
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Vijay G said:
Why don't you just flash a custom kernel, instead of ROMS
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Can you tell me, which kernel would improve my charging?
update (18.03.19 3:23PM):
I changed stock kernel (ROM: LineageOS<Nougat> - 0.41A) to Badjingan pie. Actually I did it completely by accident. I thought that this is a nougat kernel. Aaaaand... it increase charging to 0.8A. Checked on USB 3.0 in laptop, Lenovo QC charger and no-name charger 2A.
Another update (18.03.19 5:27PM):
I changed the Badjingan kernel to Radon 6.3 for Nougat. Again 0.41A and nothing changed if I choosed new or old thermal but I found an option in Radom Kernel Control which is "Quick charge by USB" and when enabled, the current is changing from 0.41A to 0.80A and that's it.
Update (26.03.2019 12:20PM)
I flashed stock Miui 10.2 Global (Android 6.0.1) and charging issue still remains.
Also tried to flash thermal libs - still nothing.
I will order new battery and usb charging module.
Hello there again.
After this tries above I ordered a USB charging module in my RN3. So few minutes ago I mount it up to phone and check if charging is better. Aaand... Nothing Still 0.41A. Checked on POSP 9.0 (stock kernel). Tomorrow I'll try to change to other kernel (maybe Viper N).
Few days before, I changed ROM to Miui 10.2 Global. The charging current was aprrox 0.06A-0.2A.
The same problem
I have the same problem. As you have described, it has also happened to me after upgrading to the latest version. I have Already tried with different chargers and cables but nothing. I don't think it's a coincidence, I've already been through all the Roms that are here but I have not solved anything and the issue begins to be tired.
Thanks for reply. We will figure something out
Okay so there is an update:
I've changed (again) to MIUI 10 Beta ROM -> 0.41A
I've installed AGNI Kernel with old thermal libraries option (during installation) and... 0.66A from laptop USB 3.0 on 50% battery. The same current on MI Powerbank 20k.
The next and the last thing before throwing RN3 through window is replace the battery.
Stay tuned
I used to charge it while watching videos or playing, but today that is no longer possible. Sometimes, for example, being at 20% battery power and connecting it while I do those activities, it stays at 20% all the time or even low instead of charging.
I don't know in your case or if you've already tried it, but I've seen that the problem is only charging the phone when it's on. If I charge it when it is turned off, the charging time is normal. About 2 hours.
Clean flashed Havoc OS 9.0 Rom and Nano gapps + Thunder Kernal
Everything seems to be working fine.
Only 1 big issue is that The phone is super slow charging now,
Using a blitzwolf 2.4A/QC3.0 charger and the cable can charge at 1A or more on my Oneplus One but on the Redmi Note 3 SE (kate) seems to charge only around 0.2A
I use to be able to Charge at 2A under stock MIUI ROM
but since flashing this rom barley gets past 0.2A
Anyone know why?
Huntakillaz said:
Clean flashed Havoc OS 9.0 Rom and Nano gapps + Thunder Kernal
Everything seems to be working fine.
Only 1 big issue is that The phone is super slow charging now,
Using a blitzwolf 2.4A/QC3.0 charger and the cable can charge at 1A or more on my Oneplus One but on the Redmi Note 3 SE (kate) seems to charge only around 0.2A
I use to be able to Charge at 2A under stock MIUI ROM
but since flashing this rom barley gets past 0.2A
Anyone know why?
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Hahha.....lol..
Get ready to go service center. Never use quick charge 2 or 3 on rn3. It will burn ur charging board.
Always use stock charger 5v 2A.
it worked fine for 3yrs, only when I changed the Rom did i encounter the slow charge issue
Huntakillaz said:
it worked fine for 3yrs, only when I changed the Rom did i encounter the slow charge issue
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Dont use quick charger on custom roms.