[Q] Battery maintenance - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a question. Due to smartphones age increasing.
How do I reset my battery's mah??

Tomerjm said:
I have a question. Due to smartphones age increasing.
How do I reset my battery's mah??
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hahahahahaha that's a good one

Choristav said:
hahahahahaha that's a good one
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What exactly do you find funny??

Buy a new battery, at best they last a year.

I replaced my battery. My new isn't functioning properly, that why I need to reset the mah count.

Tomerjm said:
I replaced my battery. My new isn't functioning properly, that why I need to reset the mah count.
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If you mean reset battery stats it doesn't work read this >> http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/ <<

Tomerjm said:
I replaced my battery. My new isn't functioning properly, that why I need to reset the mah count.
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You probably bought a fake or a faulty one, there isn't anything you can do except return it.

The battery isn't fake or faulty, I rulled that out. The problem is in the monitoring, it's not reading the mah correctly. It says 12% on the bar menu but the mah stands on -178(thats right negative!!).
I just need to reset the mah count. Can anyone help me?
And I'm not trying to improve my battery life I've already done that.

Tomerjm said:
The battery isn't fake or faulty, I rulled that out. The problem is in the monitoring, it's not reading the mah correctly. It says 12% on the bar menu but the mah stands on -178(thats right negative!!).
I just need to reset the mah count. Can anyone help me?
And I'm not trying to improve my battery life I've already done that.
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If you have rooted your phone, try flashing another ROM or just flash the same ROM again. Factory reset and clear all caches.
If not, try doing a factory reset on your phone.

Tomerjm said:
The battery isn't fake or faulty, I rulled that out. The problem is in the monitoring, it's not reading the mah correctly. It says 12% on the bar menu but the mah stands on -178(thats right negative!!).
I just need to reset the mah count. Can anyone help me?
And I'm not trying to improve my battery life I've already done that.
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Try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=en_GB

tallman43 said:
Try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=en_GB
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I've done that already. But thank you…

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Battery problem after flashing to ics

My tab's battery dischargs normaly untill 50% then drops down to 2% and i do belive that its a software problem because the tab will continue working for another 5 hours but you cant raise the brightness or use the camera :banghead:
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plz anyone help i have the same problem
Pliz help i have the same problem, the problem I had after I flashed CM 10.
DjMarkuSS said:
Pliz help i have the same problem, the problem I had after I flashed CM 10.
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try calibrating your tab there is an app called battery calibrator try it
Rayner1234 said:
try calibrating your tab there is an app called battery calibrator try it
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I did the calibration, but nothing helped
DjMarkuSS said:
I did the calibration, but nothing helped
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Have you tried to wiping the battery stats while fully charged and still on AC as suggested here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29874190&postcount=268
I am going to do that now and see if it helps :fingers-crossed:
unubtanium said:
Have you tried to wiping the battery stats while fully charged and still on AC as suggested here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29874190&postcount=268
I am going to do that now and see if it helps :fingers-crossed:
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Tried, but did not help, I even tried to charge it off to the most can not, but it did not help.
It is possible that you could have over discharged your battery at some point. If calibrating and the thread mentioned above did not do the trick, you may have a damaged lithium cell. Over discharging can cause weird things to happen to batteries often leading to their failure. Or, you could simply have a faulty battery, or even worse... failing hardware.
I'm not trying to scare you, I just thought this information might be useful to this thread. I hope you get it all resolved.
bkress said:
It is possible that you could have over discharged your battery at some point. If calibrating and the thread mentioned above did not do the trick, you may have a damaged lithium cell. Over discharging can cause weird things to happen to batteries often leading to their failure. Or, you could simply have a faulty battery, or even worse... failing hardware.
I'm not trying to scare you, I just thought this information might be useful to this thread. I hope you get it all resolved.
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I agree. It sounds like a damaged battery. Have any of you ever drained your battery completely dead? If yes and you've done so often, you most likely damaged your battery. Lithium batteries should never be completely drained.
MGHamid said:
My tab's battery dischargs normaly untill 50% then drops down to 2% and i do belive that its a software problem because the tab will continue working for another 5 hours but you cant raise the brightness or use the camera :banghead:
Sorry couldnt embed a picture because of the new members' rules
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What ICS ROM are you running? Is it the OTA update for non-rooted tabs, or are you rooted and flashed one of the custom ICS ROMS? I agree with others that it sounds like a battery issue, but knowing which ROM you are running would be helpful.
It's an official ics but from diffrent region " i dont think it matters " ,, also i dont think my battery is dead because when it goes to 2% it stays like thaypt for hours of using, but when it was normal 2% lasts for less than half an hour
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I'm not sure it is related to ICS... I got the same problem with HC a few months ago
I new battery solved the problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1734933
nothing works :S
Open up tab, disconnect battery, leave for 1 hour, reconnect battery, solved
animalchin1888 said:
Open up tab, disconnect battery, leave for 1 hour, reconnect battery, solved
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out how to this any that way solution to resolve the problem is not you? i don't want to have open up tab

Xperia Sola - battery problems

Hi
I have problems with my xperia sola
I went to home after church and write a message to my friend
I had 40% of energy, suddenly from 40% became 0% and phone turned off
After turn on, i had 7% of energy
Temperature was +5*C
Please help, it isn't normal xD
SandeQPL said:
Hi
I have problems with my xperia sola
I went to home after church and write a message to my friend
I had 40% of energy, suddenly from 40% became 0% and phone turned off
After turn on, i had 7% of energy
Temperature was +5*C
Please help, it isn't normal xD
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Download any free Battery calibrator you can find, from Google store.
it will most probably fix your wrong battery readings.
ps. you may need to have a rooted device for the calibrators to work,but i think (i'm not sure)there is one (don't remember the name) that works with an unrooted phone.
Yes battery calibrator neeeds superuser permissions
Sent from my MT27i using xda premium
I have one more question for you
I installed app named "Battery Doctor"
And in this app, after the normal charge is written:
Trickle Charge
Maintain the liquidity of electrons to extend battery life
And the question is
Trickle Charge really extend the battery life or not?
Second question
I blocked screen,but on the stats it looks,like screen was active for 25 mins, but screen was still locked
Is there any way to check what app cause activity of screen?
Sygnał sieci komórkowej=Cellular signal
Aktywność=Activity
Ekran włączony= Screen on
Ładowanie=Charging
SandeQPL said:
I have one more question for you
I installed app named "Battery Doctor"
And in this app, after the normal charge is written:
Trickle Charge
Maintain the liquidity of electrons to extend battery life
And the question is
Trickle Charge really extend the battery life or not?
Second question
I blocked screen,but on the stats it looks,like screen was active for 25 mins, but screen was still locked
Is there any way to check what app cause activity of screen?
Sygnał sieci komórkowej=Cellular signal
Aktywność=Activity
Ekran włączony= Screen on
Ładowanie=Charging
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Do you really think that you can "MAINTAIN LIQUIDITY OF ELECTRONS" with an app????????
No no, in this app is section "battery charge" and there are 3 steps - quick charge - 0-80% continuos charge - 80-100% and this trickle charge - 30 min of charging after 100%
And in my question I mean is this 30 min of charging after 100% really extend the battery life, not this app xD
The problem with battery backs
Today i have 68% battery then 0 % after turnon, 20%
It's after calibration
What may i do?
SandeQPL said:
The problem with battery backs
Today i have 68% battery then 0 % after turnon, 20%
It's after calibration
What may i do?
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just try clearing battery stats via CWM advance menu........
@[email protected] said:
just try clearing battery stats via CWM advance menu........
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What is CWM?
SandeQPL said:
What is CWM?
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are you rooted????
CWM is used for various purpose.... one of the main is for installing custom ROM's
@[email protected] said:
are you rooted????
CWM is used for various purpose.... one of the main is for installing custom ROM's
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Yes, i am rooted
How can i get it?
Sorry for too much questions
I'm totally noob in technical things of Android
SandeQPL said:
Yes, i am rooted
How can i get it?
Sorry for too much questions
I'm totally noob in technical things of Android
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LINK to CWM for locked bootloader.........
hope you are on locked bootloader........
@[email protected] said:
LINK to CWM for locked bootloader.........
hope you are on locked bootloader........
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OK, i have CWM based recovery on phone
I must press Wipe Battery Stats?
SandeQPL said:
OK, i have CWM based recovery on phone
I must press Wipe Battery Stats?
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yes
@[email protected] said:
yes
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Ok, i do it
Should i do something more?
hmm, problems with battery returned, i've 31% and after one minute, i have 0%... i want only phone to my grandma..., i was in home...
What should i do?
Umm Could anyone help me in this problem?
SandeQPL said:
hmm, problems with battery returned, i've 31% and after one minute, i have 0%... i want only phone to my grandma..., i was in home...
What should i do?
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So... Did u find anything to help the battery issue..?? I am suffering frm the same!

How to calibrate the battery

How to calibrate the battery please ?
SentryMescudi said:
How to calibrate the battery please ?
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This app could help:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
sk0k said:
This app could help:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
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Battery calibration is a myth. Charging issues are caused by faulty batteries or faulty charging code in a ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460553
I think this app deletes the batterystats.bin file. You're right that this is no calibration. But this could help if he has mystic battery power looses.
sk0k said:
I think this app deletes the batterystats.bin file. You're right that this is no calibration. But this could help if he has mystic battery power looses.
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That file only stores battery usage stats.
I thought it compares the logged data of voltage and the measures to calculate the charge. And when you've bad stats the system calculate a wrong charge. ...
sk0k said:
I thought it compares the logged data of voltage and the measures to calculate the charge. And when you've bad stats the system calculate a wrong charge. ...
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I use to think the same: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445698
We were wrong.
kevev said:
I use to think the same: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445698
We were wrong.
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The info was once on XDA frontpage:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/

[Q] Battery Loss

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.

[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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