My battery for the phone has been acting up. I recently switched out my original S5 with a replacement from T-Mobile and the reason for that was the phone kept hearing up even after I got a new battery from T-Mobile and now my new one has horrible battery life and it also heats up ever day but it isn't that bad although while in school, it just sits in my pocket for 30-40 mins straight and it still looses battery and heats up. I end the process and everything. Can someone please help me solve this?
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I'll tell u right off the bat.. Kik.. Is a huge battery drainer
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I've been very happy with my 3vo battery getting all day usage with no problems up to 15 hours.
Then yesterday left the house with a full charge and a couple of hours later noticed my phone was warm but I was in and out of a friends house, very hot outside so didn't think anything about it. 5 hours later noticed my battery was very low and got the low battery warning at 6 hours.
I'm thinking something got stuck running, guess I'll find out today
d12bn said:
I've been very happy with my 3vo battery getting all day usage with no problems up to 15 hours.
Then yesterday left the house with a full charge and a couple of hours later noticed my phone was warm but I was in and out of a friends house, very hot outside so didn't think anything about it. 5 hours later noticed my battery was very low and got the low battery warning at 6 hours.
I'm thinking something got stuck running, guess I'll find out today
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There have been numerous reports of this. I did not take the OTA, for the record. What resolved this was a reboot but I can confirm that my phone wasn't sleeping yesterday until I rebooted it.
I had the same problem (i.e. it getting warmer than usual and then crappy battery life) I also noticed it dropped from full signal at my house to half. One hard reset later and it seems to be working like the awesome candy bar sized technical technical soul bot that it is (translation its great).
This could all be due to having a bad signal in the location you were. My battery life is great at home where I have 3-4 bars of service. When I go to work where Im lucky if I have 1 bar, my battery drains much quicker.
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This could all be due to having a bad signal in the location you were. My battery life is great at home where I have 3-4 bars of service. When I go to work where Im lucky if I have 1 bar, my battery drains much quicker.
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That would cause battery drain, but wouldn't explain the phone staying awake. The sleeping issue happened to me in the exact same location.
Take the OTA, it completely fixes the awake issue.
HTC sync gets "stuck" on and kills yoUr battery.
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I took the OTA yesterday and now my phone isn't sleeping at all idk what's happening
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Yeah this has happened to me twice so far. I don't think its low signal as much as a app doing it. I basically work faraday cage and it never gets hot.
Hi All,
I am facing a wired scenario right now.
My phone works good however once it reaches around 75% battery or 25% battery it suddenly switches off stating battery zero.
When i try to restart, it doesnt start, however if i put it on charging even for two minutes it starts working and lets say it switched off on 75% so will still show me 75% and in one time on the battery charge graph i can see that battery went down from 75 to zero instantly.
My Device is 1 1/2 yrs old and by my signature you can understand that i have not been very kind with my device.
I was using tweaked stock rom i tried changing to few other roms also so doesn't looks like a software flaw to me.
When i checked with a local sony repair Shop they are asking me to submit it atleast for a day and then will inform me about the issue. I thought i would first check here to see if some things i could try.
Note : I did tried wiping the battery status 4-5 times.
anantshri said:
Hi All,
I am facing a wired scenario right now.
My phone works good however once it reaches around 75% battery or 25% battery it suddenly switches off stating battery zero.
When i try to restart, it doesnt start, however if i put it on charging even for two minutes it starts working and lets say it switched off on 75% so will still show me 75% and in one time on the battery charge graph i can see that battery went down from 75 to zero instantly.
My Device is 1 1/2 yrs old and by my signature you can understand that i have not been very kind with my device.
I was using tweaked stock rom i tried changing to few other roms also so doesn't looks like a software flaw to me.
When i checked with a local sony repair Shop they are asking me to submit it atleast for a day and then will inform me about the issue. I thought i would first check here to see if some things i could try.
Note : I did tried wiping the battery status 4-5 times.
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just in case did you try SE stock firmware instead of any custom?
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just in case did you try SE stock firmware instead of any custom?
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My actual rom was a stock rom only i have just removed some apk's from it and tweaked hosts file.
Anyways i was using doomlord's tweaked SE kernel but you are right i will give it a day or two on stock ROM complete non rooted Stock.
Right now i am able to find some pattern behind the shutdown. Like right now if i keep phone on 2G its not causing the issue however switching to 3G causes the pain
. Anyways i need to replace backcover also so i am planing to purchase a battery and backcover from ebay.in costing me < 30USD (< 1500 Rs). (Official repair center is suggesting nearly 3-4 times the charge for replacing same parts.)
I've got this problem right now apart from mine does it from 85% the problem is the battery cells are separating as I was told in a similar question I posted up about the same Topic the battery is dying low load on phone keeps it ok but using 3g and WiFi and videos and that it eats up what's left in the few good cells then dies as I type now my battery was at 100% just took it off charge and now it has dropped 4% so far plan on getting a new battery for your phone also I've noticed that the battery has swelled up abit and the back cover doesn't fit properly aswell have you got that issue aswell?
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I've got this problem right now apart from mine does it from 85% the problem is the battery cells are separating as I was told in a similar question I posted up about the same Topic the battery is dying low load on phone keeps it ok but using 3g and WiFi and videos and that it eats up what's left in the few good cells then dies as I type now my battery was at 100% just took it off charge and now it has dropped 4% so far plan on getting a new battery for your phone also I've noticed that the battery has swelled up abit and the back cover doesn't fit properly aswell have you got that issue aswell?
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If battery has swelled up then better get a new battery soon.
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I've got this problem right now apart from mine does it from 85% the problem is the battery cells are separating as I was told in a similar question I posted up about the same Topic the battery is dying low load on phone keeps it ok but using 3g and WiFi and videos and that it eats up what's left in the few good cells then dies as I type now my battery was at 100% just took it off charge and now it has dropped 4% so far plan on getting a new battery for your phone also I've noticed that the battery has swelled up abit and the back cover doesn't fit properly aswell have you got that issue aswell?
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Swelled up battery is an indication of bad and dying battery.. buy new and you r good to go...
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Exactly what happened in my case.
I did some test's and was waiting for the results. so there is what happened.
i didn't noticed but the battery was a bit swollen. repalced with a new battery purchased on ebay and its giving me all the good times.
so if we face a issue where we see random shutdowns coupled with quick battery exhausiting then this is a job of dieing battery.
P.S. Sony center was selling battery at 2900 INR where is i got the battery from ebay @ 900 INR.
Well i think i also know the reason of my battery dieing on me. I was using my kindle fire charger to charge my battery which is double the capacity. which i think is the reason for the messup on battery.
Dont use different chargers, amp output is different.. Once in a while is fine but not regularly
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Ok i found out what is draining my battery most its the android system i tried freezing it but it still seems a no go i only get around 2 hrs battery life mostly 1 and a half hrs of battery life i took a screen shot maybe someone can help me out please because someone told me freezing apps saves alot of battery life to me its the same as before but i think it might be draining faster now its like whatever i do nothing helps every phone i have had there has been from 2-4 hrs battery life there's something im doing wrong i never use Bluetooth or nfc or sync or gps i always keep those off so what am i missing here and yes I've googled this thousands of times this is my 5th original battery i bought and i get the same results i even bought a extended ravpower battery i get 3 hrs with it all of them are brand new please im desperate here i thought the note was known for good battery life im starting to believe android phones general won't even get 6 hrs battery life cuz I've never seen it that's why i bought this device is for the battery life and to watch movies on but what's the point of having this phone if it won't stay alive through a whole movie lol does anyone have any suggestions?
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Ok looks like this phone is trash also time for a new one this next one will be like my 15th phone this year guess im going with the note 2
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your screenshot shows 1hr21m on battery with 97% left. whats the problem? charge phone to 100%. use normaly until you get down to about 10% and then take a screenshot of system settings/battery and post.
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Hello everyone,
for a month now my Samsung galaxy S2 has been randomly shutting itself off. It always happens with the same pattern:
The signal suddenly drops to non-exsitent, then nothing reacts and finally everything goes black.I can maximally use my phone for about 5min but it stays alive for the whole day if I don't touch it.
Also when I switch it on again after it shut itself off a lot of battery life is lost, e.g I have full battery -> it shuts itself off -> I only have 50%.
Do you have any ideas about what I could do?
I thought it might have been a problem with ICS and therefore updated to Jelly Bean but the problem persisted...
Thanks for your help!
Sounds like a power problem. Have you tried a new battery? Could be hardware as you have ruled out software.
I had a similar (not exactly the same) problem on a friends s2. It was on full stock, never been 'messed with'.
To fix that, I flashed NeatROM & a new modem. Now it gets a lot better signal, and doesn't freeze up. It may be a long shot but possibly worth a go.
First though, do what Andrew says :good:
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I'm currently having very similar issues......I take the phone off charge at 100%, do a little web browsing or make a call / send a text......and then the phone freezes and becomes totally unresponsive....then finally shuts off.
I reboot the phone and the battery percentage shows anything from 2% to 50% remaining. It's NOT the software.....I've changed from stock to cm10 to cm10.1 and reflashed various nandroids without making a difference......
The ONLY thing that stops it happening is to swap out the stock battery for my spare (high capacity 2000mAh) battery....so for me, it's definitely battery related.....
I'm expecting a new one in the post any day now......
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Doesn't sound like much fun Keith. Let us know how you go when it comes. It's sounding like a completely different problem to the one I fixed, although it had similar symptoms.
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No....not much fun.....but I had this issue with my galaxy W too....so I'm kinda used to it....lol
With the W, I'd get to the stage where the phone would (just about) fully boot.....and then shut down....
Just had a look at the S2s battery and it seems to be swelling which is ANOTHER indication of a borked battery.......
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Hope so for your sake! Replacing the battery is a heck of a lot easier than finding a magic fix for a SOD which seems to randomly occur.
A couple weeks back or so there was a guy who's battery connection was sketchy between the battery and contacts, is your connection ok?
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replace the batery fixed this problem for me
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Hope so for your sake! Replacing the battery is a heck of a lot easier than finding a magic fix for a SOD which seems to randomly occur.
A couple weeks back or so there was a guy who's battery connection was sketchy between the battery and contacts, is your connection ok?
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Yeah...battery contacts are good....new battery arrived about an hour ago...it's being charged up (external charger) and then I'll see if the problems have gone......
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Morning Keith. If you swapped out std batt for big boy battery and problem was sorted its gonna be the battery. :thumbup: @ op glad you sorted it
OP here. Swapping the battery did it for me!
(I didn't even notice that my old battery was swollen )
Thanks a lot!
chibi03 said:
OP here. Swapping the battery did it for me!
(I didn't even notice that my old battery was swollen )
Thanks a lot!
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Same problem here, waiting for the new battery to arrive so I can change and test...:fingers-crossed:
I've searched and searched, then when I felt like I could search no more and my fingers were calloused and sore from texting and searching I did it some more! I don't know what to do, trying to avoid sending my phone in as its the only way I can communicate with my family while I'm away. This is my issue. Battery drain! Shock horror. I've been on my phone for two hours now, phone has drained 70%. All I did was Skype my wife, text only, for about an hour and a half then a half hour Skype call, with some Internet surfing in the background. Everything is off, literally, besides mobile internet. Facebook is disabled, Twitter is disabled, every other app I don't use is disabled, everything has auto sync off, I have lux installed so was running on - 50% for most of the time, kill all apps as soon as I'm done with them, battery saver on, tried gsam and wld, no dice, sleep is on, the only app I have running in the background is mobie.
Please help me!! I feel like I have a smartphone but I can't use it. Might as well have a 1999 Nokia for all the good this one does me.
That sounds not bad at all, you ARE using Skype after all and it will take a toll on your battery, seems to me you are expecting dumb phone level battery while using a known battery killer
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z0phi3l said:
That sounds not bad at all, you ARE using Skype after all and it will take a toll on your battery, seems to me you are expecting dumb phone level battery while us that sen battery killer
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I've looked at others Skype battery consumption. Doesn't seem illogical to lose 40% over a couple hours with only a half hour call, but 70%? When most of it was just essentially texting? That seems inordinately high. Should two episodes of a TV show on Netflix kill my battery as well? Doesn't seem like a useful phone if you get about two hours of screen time.
Try getting your battery to 0% turn it off, charge it to 100% while the phone is shut off.
If that does not improve it your Rom is having issues and you will need to flash the stock Rom via RUU, if you battery still sucks then your battery is no bueno
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crazysohc said:
Try getting your battery to 0% turn it off, charge it to 100% while the phone is shut off.
If that does not improve it your Rom is having issues and you will need to flash the stock Rom via RUU, if you battery still sucks then your battery is no bueno
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Thanks for the advice mate. I've heard that draining these new batteries to zero does more harm than good though?