So, my phone has been restarting a lot lately under excessive usage (browsing + music (not all the time)) and I'm statrting to suspect the battery. How do I test the battery health? The hardware way (read the voltage with a multimeter) or the software way (some kind of an app which reads all the relevant info from the battery)?
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boki9999 said:
So, my phone has been restarting a lot lately under excessive usage (browsing + music (not all the time)) and I'm statrting to suspect the battery. How do I test the battery health? The hardware way (read the voltage with a multimeter) or the software way (some kind of an app which reads all the relevant info from the battery)?
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To check your battery voltage, dial *#*#4636#*#*
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To check your battery voltage, dial *#*#4636#*#*
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Are you sure that code is right? It says that I've dialed a number that doesn't exists...
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Are you sure that code is right? It says that I've dialed a number that doesn't exists...
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Yeah. It works for me. It should just open the menu automatically and you should see the battery info there. Try finding a voltage checker on play store.
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Hi, on my old desire I used Current widget to get a log for how much battery I was using. Unfortunately this program doesn't work with samsungs battery drivers.
Any tips on how to do this? Want to test different setting to get a better picture of the battery usage
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I wanted to try to edit the Samsung battery driver to enable current readings, I think it could be done.
That said someone claimed battery monitor pro worked to see current, but I'm not totally sure. I made a current widget thread here weeks ago.
Thanks for the reply. I see I should have searched (the search function in the xda app is terrible tho) .
Just tried the program, and all it would tell me was an estimation, not at all accurate. It kept hopping between guessing 1 or 2 mA. Didn't even know capacity of the battery.
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Mixy said:
Thanks for the reply. I see I should have searched (the search function in the xda app is terrible tho) .
Just tried the program, and all it would tell me was an estimation, not at all accurate. It kept hopping between guessing 1 or 2 mA. Didn't even know capacity of the battery.
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Ok so that answers that then. I really would like to try a project modifying the battery driver to enable current readings at some point. Maybe someday...until then not much to do.
Does the current widget show readings with the charger plugged in? The original galaxy worked this way.
for now battery monitor works as far as giving estimates and you have to configure the battery manually but it logs and you can put a widget in your task tray that shows the battery in percentage.
i checked my battery stat and it shows that "android system" is using up 48% of the battery.... is that normal? and what is causing it?
It's not using 48%, just that's the proportion it's using. If, for example, you were playing a game that ate the battery, then for the same stats it would decrease and the game's % would increase. See what I mean?
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lordemil said:
i checked my battery stat and it shows that "android system" is using up 48% of the battery.... is that normal? and what is causing it?
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A simple search of XDA will reveal Android OS and other assorted battery faqs .
Normal depends upon usage and users settings and apps .
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Quinny899 said:
It's not using 48%, just that's the proportion it's using. If, for example, you were playing a game that ate the battery, then for the same stats it would decrease and the game's % would increase. See what I mean?
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yea i understand that, i was just wondering if its normal or not. thanks for clarifying
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A simple search of XDA will reveal Android OS and other assorted battery faqs .
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i searched it up... didnt really tell me anything unless i misread it
the android os is fine its only 11% which should be more or less where it is suppose to be
Over the past week since I got the S3 I've been Turing off all the stuff that eats the battery power.... syncs etc.
I noticed that when I leave wifi on overnight that theres alot a wakelocks still showing up in the graph. BBS shows connectivityService and activitymanager as top two wakelocks of about 15 mins each.
I can't find out what is causing these wakelocks.
When I turn wifi off, the drain goes down to about 1.2% per hour according to battery monitor widget.
Can anyone once and for all help me get rid of all these wakelocks so that the phone is in deep sleep when it's meant to be? I even turn wifi off during sleep policy.
Thanks.
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Screenshot and post your BBS kernel and partial wakelock screens
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Here's wakelocks. What/where do I find my kernel details?
Sorry if images are big. Posting this from the phone.
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Kernal details:
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Just needed the first page of your wakelocks. Kernel wakelock can be found from the drop down menu when you hit partial wakelocks. Also use cpu spy to check whether your phone is properly going into deep sleep.
Normal procedure for me when trying to fix a wakelock:
1. Identify wakelocks with the highest up time
2. google the wakelock names because someone else has probably come across the same problem.
You can rule out rom issues because you're running stock with cf root kernel
Also I noticed AudioOut_1- a fix for that wakelock is usually turning off button sounds(not volume!) and in some cases the haptic feedback as well
If you don't mind me asking, what's that frog icon in your status bar?
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Just needed the first page of your wakelocks. Kernel wakelock can be found from the drop down menu when you hit partial wakelocks. Also use cpu spy to check whether your phone is properly going into deep sleep.
Normal procedure for me when trying to fix a wakelock:
1. Identify wakelocks with the highest up time
2. google the wakelock names because someone else has probably come across the same problem.
You can rule out rom issues because you're running stock with cf root kernel
Also I noticed AudioOut_1- a fix for that wakelock is usually turning off button sounds(not volume!) and in some cases the haptic feedback as well
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I've all those key sounds and haptic sounds turned off from day 1.i never use them.
I use CPU spy as well.
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Ok please put up a pic of your kernel wakelock or just list the ones the highest comparative up time
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Ok please put up a pic of your kernel wakelock or just list the ones the highest comparative up time
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I can't find this Kernal wakelock???
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Ok I had an older version of BBS that's why I couldn't find Kernal wakelock!
Here's the Kernal details.
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Umm yeah so wait a bit before posting a screen for it; BBS didn't have enough data cause you just installed it
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Umm yeah so wait a bit before posting a screen for it; BBS didn't have enough data cause you just installed it
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OK so here's the Kernal now.
Anything out of the ordinary?
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I dont see anything that could affect your battery. I suggest doing a full wipe and starting fresh. Only restore apps and not their data. Only restore data for apps that are really important and get a startup manager like autostarts
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I dont see anything that could affect your battery. I suggest doing a full wipe and starting fresh. Only restore apps and not their data. Only restore data for apps that are really important and get a startup manager like autostarts
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I take it I can use titanium pro to back up and then restore all my apps after wipe? How do I go about restoring on the data from selective apps?
I've been using autostarts since last night and I find it excellent.
One question regarding it....how come when I've stuff like Google+ and Game hub frozen in titanium, it keeps showing up in autostarts(and set to start up at certain event changes...even though its frozen)??
thanks for help so far.
No problem. I don't know why the frozen apps show up in the other lists. I usually just limit the apps in the 'after startup' list and leave the rest alone. I normally use titanium to remove them completely.
As for individual data restoration, you can click individual apps in titanium and restore their data. Also check out your Samsung battery stats and see if cell standby is eating up your battery(it's a problem for me but yours might be more serious)
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No problem. I don't know why the frozen apps show up in the other lists. I usually just limit the apps in the 'after startup' list and leave the rest alone. I normally use titanium to remove them completely.
As for individual data restoration, you can click individual apps in titanium and restore their data. Also check out your Samsung battery stats and see if cell standby is eating up your battery(it's a problem for me but yours might be more serious)
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Well I don't think cell standby is a problem for me. I did a little experiment this morning.
Battery was 100% charged, so I unplugged it, turned off wifi and mobile data and let it rest for 3 hours.
Came back and saw that zero drain had occurred and that the battery was still at 99%(which it goes to straight away when you take off charge as you know).
I also had zero wakelocks as the phone was in a true deep sleep.
So I'm still in the position of trying to locate the cause of my wakelocks when either wifi or mobile data is on!
Could these wakelocks be from the wifi/mobile data just searching for a signal? I've tried to weed out any possible apps causing wakelocks when the internet is on but still cannot find the problem.
Well if you you've narrowed it down to your wifi/data problem, try flashing a different modem(possibly one of the newer ones)
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Well if you you've narrowed it down to your wifi/data problem, try flashing a different modem(possibly one of the newer ones)
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When you say different modem... Do you mean a ROM? I've flashed a complete rom in the past on other phones but don't know what a modem is/does?
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When you say different modem... Do you mean a ROM? I've flashed a complete rom in the past on other phones but don't know what a modem is/does?
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A modem is your baseband version.. its responsible for network signals
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When you say different modem... Do you mean a ROM? I've flashed a complete rom in the past on other phones but don't know what a modem is/does?
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A modem is your baseband version.. its responsible for network signals
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Yep Chillz88 is right. You can flash the modem using odin on your pc or through mobile odin on your phone. Modem files can be found in stock rom thread. I'd post a link but am currently on the go. If you still can't find it I'll put it up when I get back home
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Any possibility to change the refresh time of the battery? It's annoying to me how it only refreshes 5% of a time.
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Any possibility to change the refresh time of the battery? It's annoying to me how it only refreshes 5% of a time.
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Nope, that's the way Samsung made it. Even with modding the framework I haven't gotten 1%. It probably is in hardware like that - so permanently unchangeable.
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Thanks for telling me this.
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Thanks for telling me this.
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i use an app called battery widget solo i think its called its a small circular widget that tells you the percent of your battery by 1s
What about one that displays in the notification bar that works like Battery Solo Widget?
from what i've read elsewhere on this site, Samsung didn't include a dedicated power monitoring doohicky with the Players. so, the software derives the battery info from voltage readings, which is apparently "primitive". i'm guessing that it only refreshes every 5%; it doesn't seem to be wildly accurate.
basically, the problem seems to be at the level of hardware.
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from what i've read elsewhere on this site, Samsung didn't include a dedicated power monitoring doohicky with the Players. so, the software derives the battery info from voltage readings, which is apparently "primitive". i'm guessing that it only refreshes every 5%; it doesn't seem to be wildly accurate.
basically, the problem seems to be at the level of hardware.
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Seems very primitive indeed.
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Ok, this is driving me crazy.I am using Amplify, I greenifiyed all apps I don't need, I bought a new Samsung battery and even though I am not able to get 4 hours of screen on, what is wrong?
Tried with Per App Hacking, Wakelock Terminator, nothing helped...
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Ok, this is driving me crazy.I am using Amplify, I greenifiyed all apps I don't need, I bought a new Samsung battery and even though I am not able to get 4 hours of screen on, what is wrong?
Tried with Per App Hacking, Wakelock Terminator, nothing helped...
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4 h on screen isn't bad.I get approximately 4h too on SOT
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4 h on screen isn't bad.I get approximately 4h too on SOT
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Read again, I said that I am not able, I can't, get 4 hours of sot, maximum 3 hours
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Read again, I said that I am not able, I can't, get 4 hours of sot, maximum 3 hours
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Oups Sorry.
With what did you charge your phone ?
USB charger on wall ?
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Oups Sorry.
With what did you charge your phone ?
USB charger on wall ?
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wall,original samsung charger
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wall,original samsung charger
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Any extension lead ?
Because my battery emptied too fast with a charger with the extension lead.
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Any extension lead ?
Because my battery emptied too fast with a charger with the extension lead.
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yeap,I have an extension lead...you think this could be the culprit?
Right now I try to install AR 52.0 and see,maybe it is a rom problem.What kernel and config do you use?I think at all the posibillities
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yeap,I have an extension lead...you think this could be the culprit?
Right now I try to install AR 52.0 and see,maybe it is a rom problem.What kernel and config do you use?I think at all the posibillities
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I use the boeffla kernel on all rom's and i use the default settings for the moment on Temasek CM12.
Yes it's could the culprit because i had this problem with an extension lead and now i dont use any extension lead.
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I use the boeffla kernel on all rom's and i use the default settings for the moment on Temasek CM12.
Yes it's could the culprit because i had this problem with an extension lead and now i dont use any extension lead.
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interesting...never thought in this way,will try to charge it directly on wall this night and see how it goes tomorrow,will report,thank you for giving me advices
gabyif said:
interesting...never thought in this way,will try to charge it directly on wall this night and see how it goes tomorrow,will report,thank you for giving me advices
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I will wait your report
You're welcome.
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I will wait your report
You're welcome.
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OK here's the report
Charged the phone on wall but just till 95% because I needed alarm and I have to put the phone on a charging lane, anyway, at 100% I calibrated the battery and it seems it is a bit better now...
Tonight I will let it charge 100% at wall and see how it goes tomorrow, BTW the Google services alarms and Facebook alarms are killing me, drain a lot of battery.
As a conclusion, în my way to school I listen music and play a bit with the phone, before calibration I arrived at school with 88-89%, today I arrived with 95%(not bad), a road of 35-40 minutes...quite good, but I want more
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OK here's the report
Charged the phone on wall but just till 95% because I needed alarm and I have to put the phone on a charging lane, anyway, at 100% I calibrated the battery and it seems it is a bit better now...
Tonight I will let it charge 100% at wall and see how it goes tomorrow, BTW the Google services alarms and Facebook alarms are killing me, drain a lot of battery.
As a conclusion, în my way to school I listen music and play a bit with the phone, before calibration I arrived at school with 88-89%, today I arrived with 95%(not bad), a road of 35-40 minutes...quite good, but I want more
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Facebook and Google service are crappyest app's.Have you Greenify for hibernate them ?
Me idk why but my phone say it's fully charged but when i output the charger is directly go down from 100% to 96 %
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Facebook and Google service are crappyest app's.Have you Greenify for hibernate them ?
Me idk why but my phone say it's fully charged but when i output the charger is directly go down from 100% to 96 %
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I have greenify,but I don't want to hibernate them because I still need the push notifications,you know what's app,messenger etc...and I don't trust in that GMC keep feature from paid greenify
About you problem,how old is you battery,IMO I think that the battery is the culprit
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I have greenify,but I don't want to hibernate them because I still need the push notifications,you know what's app,messenger etc...and I don't trust in that GMC keep feature from paid greenify
About you problem,how old is you battery,IMO I think that the battery is the culprit
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I have a very good battery life
I greenify al my apps
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