Hello!
I have the phone with me for 5 days only, and since day 1, I noticed battery life is no way close to other users and review sites. I'll try to explain all i did since I got the phone.
Took it out of the box, turned it on, used ita bit, updated via OTA to LP, rooted it and then used it a lot until battery was like 10, 15%, just to later read the manual and remember that I didn't charge the phone for 30 min before turning it on.
Put it on charger, slow charging and I was at work, so I had to take it off at 60% to finish charging at home.
Used it the other day and battery life was awful, wouldn't last nearly half the time i had seen on reviews and users screenshots, and it would heat a lot only from doing normal stuff like web browsing.
Decided to do a clean install of LP and do not root for a while (because I saw on the root thread that some user was having battery drain issues and heating after root).
After clean install and no root, battery was little to nothing better. Before SOT with heavy usage would be 3:30, 4:00 hrs, and now it can reach 4:30, maybe a bit more.
TLDR:
Does the 30 min initial charge can screw up a phone's battery if it is not done before turning the device on?
If yes. What can I do? Only replace the phone? Service here is not good, I only have 7 days after purchase to send it back, and if I do, Phone will be 30 days under inspection so they can maybe send me another one.
Could it be a LP issue? I don't think so because people are complaining about battery drain, but usually their SOT is about 5, 6 hrs.
Help would me much aprecciated as I only have 2 more days to think if I send the device back or not.
Thanks in advance
Anybody?
what is the batch of your device ?find it on the box or anywhere ...:good:
tornido067 said:
what is the batch of your device ?find it on the box or anywhere ...:good:
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Is it any of these numbers?
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Nevermind. Just found it, located on SD tray.
Batch number is 14w50.
WendellGnR said:
Is it any of these numbers?
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Nevermind. Just found it, located on SD tray.
Batch number is 14w50.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2757544
Read and ask here
tornido067 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2757544
Read and ask here
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I've read it yesterday, there's where i found out how to see the batch number. I posted it above: 14w50
The thread is closed, I can't post there.
I opened this thread because I really need to know if a phone can have its battery damaged if you don't charge it for 30 min before turning it on. Or if there are cases of damaged batteries on new phones.
WendellGnR said:
I've read it yesterday, there's where i found out how to see the batch number. I posted it above: 14w50
The thread is closed, I can't post there.
I opened this thread because I really need to know if a phone can have its battery damaged if you don't charge it for 30 min before turning it on. Or if there are cases of damaged batteries on new phones.
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Bro first if a device is defected battery could be defected too.and no i didnt charge like the instruction said ..but i do suggest you go to sonys services center.
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I am having a terrible time with the battery on my new Touch Pro. My battery goes dead in about 2 hours and unless I turn it off completely, I cant seem to get it to charge.
I finally ran the NuePower driver to see what my power drain is vs. my charging ability. I have attached a screen shot.
The phone can charge at 439 mA while connected to my laptop. The drain is at 523 mA when the internet is active.
When the internet is not active, the drain drops to 220mA which is enough to charge the phone.
I have verified that WIFI isn't turned on. I have also turned off Bluetooth and it doesn't seem to have an impact.
I had a mogul for years and used it in this way and never had battery problems. The phone would easily last all day.
Has anyone else seen this and if so, do you have any suggestions?
The only thing that really drains my power on my HTC Pro is ActiveSync. A quick fix is to use the Adavanced configuration tool and change the power consumption options to your liking. Also I heard changing to a new theme or Rom helps the battery last considerably longer
I had the same problem with my brand new TP. the battery only lasted 4 hours on standby,and used to get really hot. I only had it for a couple of days then I took it back to the store, and got a new one. The new one is a lot better and doesn't get as hot.
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...I took it back to the store, and got a new one. The new one is a lot better and doesn't get as hot.
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A new battery or a new phone?
took about a week for my battery to get "broken in" and at that point i was going about14-18 hours with TF3D running. I am now using Spbmobile shell 2 (really just waiting for SPB MS3) and i can go nearly 2 days now with just texting, a few calls, and checking email and internet a few times. It will last for a full 24 hours with heavy use as well.
When I first got my Sprint TP I only got about 7 to 8 hours of battery. What I did was to disable Rev A on the phone. Now I get about 24 to 30 hours
Well this is pretty common on just about every forum who discusses the TP....
My battery is much better now that I flashed the MightyROM...Apparently he has some power tweaks in there that actually work...
I also found a slightly bigger battery that fits inside the standard case on Ebay...
I now get through the day on a single charge provided I don't make a zillion calls all day...
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When I first got my Sprint TP I only got about 7 to 8 hours of battery. What I did was to disable Rev A on the phone. Now I get about 24 to 30 hours
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Sorry, I am new to this forum and phone (1 week old). What exactly do you mean by "disabling Rev A?" I know from reading the threads that switching to a different ROM would help however since I am a newbie, I dont want to risk flashing my brand new phone and potentially messing it up. Thanks for any help!
Disabling Rev A on a Sprint Phone, will make it go back to EVDO rev 0. Is not as fast as Rev A but is a lot more stable and is better for the battery. To do this you have to get your msl code, I'm attaching the utility that I use to get my code. Just install it to your device memory. when you run it tap "get spc/msl, tap yes to the warning and write down the number that it will provide for you, that's your phone msl. Now tap on Launch EPST and hit edit, enter your code, on view info go to "Data Parameters" and there you will see Rev.A, disable it and hit menu and Ok, reset your device and ready.
You may need Net Framework 3.5 for this app to work properly
I did not wrote this app nor I take credit for it.
chefcesarpr said:
Disabling Rev A on a Sprint Phone, will make it go back to EVDO rev 0. Is not as fast as Rev A but is a lot more stable and is better for the battery. To do this you have to get your msl code, I'm attaching the utility that I use to get my code. Just install it to your device memory. when you run it tap "get spc/msl, tap yes to the warning and write down the number that it will provide for you, that's your phone msl. Now tap on Launch EPST and hit edit, enter your code, on view info go to "Data Parameters" and there you will see Rev.A, disable it and hit menu and Ok, reset your device and ready.
You may need Net Framework 3.5 for this app to work properly
I did not wrote this app nor I take credit for it.
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Thanks alot for your help! I actually used a cab that I found here or on PCC that has worked great for the first day. I pretty much went the whole day without charging which hasnt happened since I got the phone last week. However, after forgetting to unplug the charger to my phone last night, I woke up to an unresponsive phone. I know I have read that problem with other people. So I just wont charge it overnight. Well back to the battery, this cab seems to work quite fine so far. Here it is in case other people want to give it a try and maybe let other people know about your experiences.
hi I used to have this problem too. at least until 2 days a go. my battery only last for 10 hours. That was the best my battery can reach. then i find that htc.com release a new update rom. i upgrade my rom then as suggested by some forum i discharge my battery till my TP turned off it self
They says to ensure that TP cannot boot up again when we press the power button. The sign is a red text saying "battery is too low..... bla bla bla".
Then discard the SIM card (if any), Then charge the phone at least 8 hours (12 hours for best result). You SHOULD NOT turned on the phone while charging.
The result :
I do this step at march 18 2009, 10 Pm. Finished charging with 100% battery reading at 10 Am (march 19). After using it for about 2.5 hours calling, about 45 minutes GPS (Garmin Mobile XT), i still have 41% battery today (march, 20 2009 : 5 PM)
A good improvement for my TP. I will report the next days result.
May be some one would try this as well? hope my report could help.
Ps: im not sure that new rom is one of the factors causing this battery live improvement. so you may try this without updating rom
I posted this on another forum. Seems that some of these are shipping with defective batteries. Same thing happened to me earlier this week. Battery would only hold a charge 10-12 hours and I wasnt using it much at all. Took it back and got a whole new TP, this one's battery has been working just fine and I leave Bluetooth enabled and everything.
If you are having issues with the battery dying 8-12 hours in and you arent really using it, take it back and get a new one.
Battery problem
http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bacy20htch3-bk.htm
This took care of my battery problem. Dave.
Asphyx said:
Well this is pretty common on just about every forum who discusses the TP....
My battery is much better now that I flashed the MightyROM...Apparently he has some power tweaks in there that actually work...
I also found a slightly bigger battery that fits inside the standard case on Ebay...
I now get through the day on a single charge provided I don't make a zillion calls all day...
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Where did you find this battery? can you point me to it??
bishop0114 said:
I am having a terrible time with the battery on my new Touch Pro. My battery goes dead in about 2 hours and unless I turn it off completely, I cant seem to get it to charge.
I finally ran the NuePower driver to see what my power drain is vs. my charging ability. I have attached a screen shot.
The phone can charge at 439 mA while connected to my laptop. The drain is at 523 mA when the internet is active.
When the internet is not active, the drain drops to 220mA which is enough to charge the phone.
I have verified that WIFI isn't turned on. I have also turned off Bluetooth and it doesn't seem to have an impact.
I had a mogul for years and used it in this way and never had battery problems. The phone would easily last all day.
Has anyone else seen this and if so, do you have any suggestions?
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I had issues with this when I got my Touch Pro. I had to charge it about 3-4 times a day. Now, I charge it 1-2 a day. This is how I managed to achieve that.
First, I bought a Seidio 1500mAh battery on ebay. This gave me a little extra juice. And no need for a bulky back cover. http://cgi.ebay.com/Seidio-1500-Bat...wItemQQptZPDA_Accessories?hash=item35a3e9b967
Then, I used Codybear's ASKicker to stop Active Sync from running in the background...it eats up juice. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=72242
miriror: http://rapidshare.com/files/268159114/SHKCustoms_-_ASKicker_Beta1.cab
Con: you won't be able to activesync- this app prevents it from starting up.
Now comes a super program that made a huge difference, Nuerom's DynamicClock http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/nueDynamicClock.aspx This useful app slows your clockspeed down so it won't utilized alot of your battery. You can also keep it at max speed-but watch your battery drained faster.
For example: I have the app activated it now and it reads: [email protected] (with backlight on 245/[email protected])-now set at default:[email protected] the voltage...depending on how much apps you are running and installed- you might not noticed the sluggish.
Con: Some of your apps may require higher speed, so you might have to change the speed back- but it is all of matter of just making a quick change.
I also recommend G-light. Get it here: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-g-light.html This useful app, adjust the backlight based on the environment. I don't have to ever adjust the background manually. This saves the battery by lowering the backlight.
All these apps (and batter) have made a HUGE difference. When I did a hard reset, i noticed that the battery went from 100% to 50% in about 1hour with minor use. After installing the apps in- it went from 100% to 80%...again it will vary depending on your apps you have installed.
Hope this helps.
Hey guys.
It seems like almost everyone with battery drain issues has Android OS at the top of their battery stats.
I just want to share my experiences with this particular Bug.
Maybe it will help anyone. Please share if it also helped with your problem.
I had the Android OS bug since I dropped my phone a few months ago and had the screen replaced. The guy who replaced it (official Vodafone shop employee) said that they didn't just replace the screen and that something else was also damaged (they didn't say what) so they also replaced the rest. Well, that's when the Android OS problems started. I tried many ROMs and many Kernels. Sometimes the problem went away for an hour or so, but it always came back.
Then I finally decided to use BetterBatteryStats two days ago (I really should have done this earlier, I know...). I came to the conclusion that I had some sort of the well-known "fuel_alerted" bug, since fuel_alerted was the service that kept my phone from going into Deep Sleep.
This bug should have been fixed long ago but for me it somehow still persists, even on stock JB.
It didn't only drain a lot of battery (I had 8-10h maximum without doing much), it also used up a lot of CPU time, effectively slowing down the whole system to the point that I wasn't able to use Spotify on my phone without severe stuttering.
Well. I found a solution to the fuel_alerted bug.
The procedure is: turning airplane mode on, shutting phone off, taking out battery, putting it back in after a few minutes, turning phone back on.
This solved the problem. No more Android OS draining the power. Phone goes into Deep Sleep again. Only 2% drain after an hour. Spotify runs smoothly again. Yeah!
BUT well... It seems like the problem comes back randomly for me, today I had to replace the battery 5 times...
Now I am trying to strictly follow another "rule" to keep the problem from coming back: Always waking and unlocking the phone before plugging it in or out of power. I never did this before so it could have been the cause of the bug. Now let's see how long it stays bug-free.
If it still doesn't help, I guess I have to conclude it's some kind of hardware problem, which could only be solved by Samsung...
EDIT: Nope. Problem still there. So not really a fix, but maybe still helpful for somebody.
Okay, what ROM are you on?
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Okay, what ROM are you on?
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It's the up-to-date stock Samsung ROM I guess. See attachment for infos.
Damn, it seems like the problem just came back without me doing much. I only checked BetterBatteryStats every 30 minutes or so and recieved 1 SMS just a minute ago. Seems like the bug started 20 minutes ago, when battery was around 78%. Now it's draining battery like hell again, Spotify stutters, Deep Sleep won't work...
Guess I'll have to pull the battery again.
Since I'm pretty new to all this: What kind of information would be useful to narrow down the source of the problem?
I can provide my BetterBatteryStats screenshots and logcat/dmesg files as well as my Android Battery Stats screenshots.
Is there anything else I could post?
Yeah, screen shots of partial and kernel wakelocks.
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I just rebooted the phone, waited for a few minutes and took screenshots.
Here they are.
Okay, this is what you need to do now, drain it empty, charge it (while phone off) till 100 %. Remove the battery, wait for 90 sec or so, put it back and power on.
It's a placebo, but it might work.
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Okay, I will try and do the charging overnight. Thanks!
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Okay, I will try and do the charging overnight. Thanks!
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I don't know much about kernel and ROM stuff, but I was just wondering...
As far as I understand, the fuel_alerted thing turns on if the battery charge goes below a certain threshold. The old bug with it was that, when recharging, the fuel_alerted thing would sometimes still stay on, even if battery charge is no longer critical.
Could it somehow be possible that this threshold is not set to 15% for me, but something around 80% due to some horrible bug?
This would explain why it suddenly turned on at around 80% when everything was fine before.
We're trying to adjust your fuel gauge and sort of calibrating your battery.
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Okay, I did exactly what you recommended.
Everything went well for about 2.5 hours.
Then the fuel_alerted process began again, but this time only for a short while apparently.
It took about 5 minutes kernel wakelock time in a 30 minutes measurement.
Way less than usual and when I check now, it's no longer active.
So. The problem might still be there, or it might not.
Do you recommend going through a few more recharge cycles to get the gauge set properly or do you think this won't make it better?
By the way, thanks for your quick responses!
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Okay, I did exactly what you recommended.
Everything went well for about 2.5 hours.
Then the fuel_alerted process began again, but this time only for a short while apparently.
It took about 5 minutes kernel wakelock time in a 30 minutes measurement.
Way less than usual and when I check now, it's no longer active.
So. The problem might still be there, or it might not.
Do you recommend going through a few more recharge cycles to get the gauge set properly or do you think this won't make it better?
By the way, thanks for your quick responses!
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Not really.
Now, when it gets to 15% or so plug it in (while phone ON), get battery calibration from play store.
Run the app, when it gets to 100 % hit calibrate. Plug off the device. Turn off.
Take out the battery for 90 sec again, reinsert it and power it on.
That calibration app is another placebo but as I said before, placebos sometimes work.
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Since the battery calibration app requires Root access, I flashed a Dorimanx kernel a few hours ago. Then I did a factory reset and the battery-removal thing. 5 hours have passed now without the bug, 3h of which were without wireless access (maybe it correlates with that).
I'll now let the battery (slowly) drain below 15% and then recharge it with phone on overnight. I will use the battery calibration tomorrow and will inform you about the results later.
Thanks man!
Good to know
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I did the battery calibration. Bug is still there, no changes
Post you battery details and a couple of BBS screens.
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Okay, here are some screenshots.
From the graph you can clearly see when the bug started.
Is it normal to have >26 kworker processes running?
Something else that concerns me: >2h without or with unknown signal. The whole day I was in an inner city area where the signal should be good...
Can you conclude anything from the screenshots?
I will now try something which I also should have tried earlier
I have a spare battery (not original samsung, less capacity) which I just put into the phone.
I'll let it fully charge with phone off and then I will try if the problem persists even with the other battery.
If it doesn't, the problem might come from the battery itself...
Is this a good idea?
No it's not.
You gotta post detailed info there, we can only guess what's draining your battery.
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Okay... I posted the screenshots you asked for...
What more should I post?
I recently ordered two new OEM batteries for my Atrix 4G, equivalent to the battery I was replacing – at least they appear that way. When I installed the new battery, my battery indicator was showing that the phone was at 15% after only a few hours. I charged a couple of times with the same problem occurring, I tried the second battery. When the same thing happened, I decided just to let it die all the way and charge fully after. My battery level hit 1% and stayed that way for hours and hours of use. When I timed the battery life, it was actually very good and it appeared the battery meter was just reading wrong.
I tried several full discharge and recharge cycles and tried disconnecting the battery while the phone was plugged in until the ‘?’ battery appeared and reinstalled it. The same problem occurred again and again. Next, I rooted the phone and tried the battery recalibration app. Results were the same. I have followed this up with discharging and recharging the battery fully several times but the problem still remains.
I have now installed an app that reads the voltage on the battery. It reads ~4200mV when plugged in and fully charged. It will discharge to somewhere between 3200mV and 3300mV before the phone shuts off and it takes upwards of 30 hours for this to happen. This has proved to be a somewhat effective way to actually estimate my remaining battery but it is still driving me nuts that the meter is off. Is there anything I can do?
Thanks for your help!
try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832470
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832470
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Thanks for the reply. I installed the app a couple of days ago. I have tried the first option "Run the Fix" a couple of times, once with the battery stating it was at 100% while plugged in and once in the middle of the day while not plugged in. It has not seemed to do anything from what I can tell.
I have not run the second option to Fix battd yet because I had to figure out how to install Busybox, which I have now done. I will try that option tonight and report back.
Thanks.
You should also read about the purpose of the app and how to use it. It is all in the OP of that thread. There is no point in running the fix just whenever you feel like it, it is meant to be run only right after the battery is done charging. Running it any other time will most likely just mess up the stats/percentage even more (not irreversibly though).
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You should also read about the purpose of the app and how to use it. It is all in the OP of that thread. There is no point in running the fix just whenever you feel like it, it is meant to be run only right after the battery is done charging. Running it any other time will most likely just mess up the stats/percentage even more (not irreversibly though).
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I did "run the fix" when my battery was fully charged overnight and rebooted the phone. I used the phone for a couple of days and it did not improve the situation. Last night I charged to 100% again and did the "fix battd" option. Today, there has been no improvement in the meter. I will try charging to 100% again tonight and try the force calibration option with the "run the fix". Is there any other way I should try to run it?
It will always charge right up to 100% and 4200 mV, the problem is the percentage will drop rapidly once unplugged all the way down to 1%. Once it hits 1% it will stay there and I can keep using the phone through the rest of the day and even overnight and into the next day before it actually powers itself down.
Yeah, I've heard of a few other people having the same issue. Sadly the battery fix app isn't going to help in your case - I don't really know what will, I'm not sure if there is a fix. Try searching the forum, this has definitely been mentioned more than once.
Hi. I just started using the Atrix today. I flashed the official ICS leak. But strangely, my battery meter isn't going above 50%. Can i use the app (from the link given above) to solve the issue>?
thanks.
Dunno. Why don't you try and see for yourself?
BTW I don't think running the leaked ROM as a daily driver is a good idea at all, especially if you only just started using this phone...
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Dunno. Why don't you try and see for yourself?
BTW I don't think running the leaked ROM as a daily driver is a good idea at all, especially if you only just started using this phone...
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Oh ok. I will try it for a couple of days and see. So far, it is amazing. Fast, responsive, very very little lag. Just this battery thing is a little weird. BTW, it did go ahead of 50%...i hope it doesnt fall really fast.
And I have a NeXus 4 as my main phone. My office gives me one phone, hence the Atrix.
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Yeah, I've heard of a few other people having the same issue. Sadly the battery fix app isn't going to help in your case - I don't really know what will, I'm not sure if there is a fix. Try searching the forum, this has definitely been mentioned more than once.
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I have done some research and have found that this has been a common issue for users of the Droid X. There are two revisions of the BH6X battery, SNN5880A and SNN5893A. Many users of the Droid X purchasing the 5893 revision of the battery report having the exact same problem I am having. They have solved it by using the older 5880 revision. They suspected that the 5893 was made for the Atrix and the 5880 for the Droid.
The problem is, I have the newer 5893 revision on both new batteries which, according to that info, should work for my phone. I do not have my original battery that I was replacing with me at the moment but I can check that model number tomorrow night. I only found one other thread where a person had this issue with the Atrix here. There is no real answer on how to solve or work around the problem though and I am not having any luck finding others with this issue.
Is there any way to adjust the battery meter settings or simply hide the stock meter? I apologize if this is a dumb question.
Problem solved:
I tried the batteries in my girlfriend's Atrix and experienced the same problems. Convinced it was an issue with the battery itself, I contacted Motorola through live chat and explained the situation. After talking about (some of) the various troubleshooting steps I had taken, they told me they would send me a new battery. The battery came and has been working perfectly for the last week with the percentage showing accurately.
The two bad batteries I had were manufactured 04/08/11 and 04/12/11. The new one they sent was manufactured sometime in April 2012. Perhaps a bad batch of batteries was produced by Motorola. That would explain why Droid X owners believed that the battery was incompatible with their phones. The talk that the battery was incompatible started shortly after those batteries were produced (it looks like around August 2011), and mixed in there are reports of the SNN5893A working in the Droid X for some. Hopefully this info is helpful to others.
Thanks again to everyone who took the time to offer help.
Well I had hoped that this day wouldn't come,
But.... My TrueSmart has stopped working.
Not sure what the issue is..... I went to turn it on this morning like I always do... (I turn it off at night).
Pushed the "on" button and got no response from the watch. So I pulled the battery, put it back in, watch will flash white for a few sec and then be dead.
I swapped in the other battery I have... same thing.... So I thought that somehow the batteries drained themselves... so I connect it to charge and there is NO indication that it is charging... Left it for a while to see if it would come alive...
Nothing.
Very disappointing.
I was actually enjoying the watch very much looking forward to what the Devs were coming up with next. Pretty bummed out.
I guess I will put it in a drawer and one day when Laurent Le Pen opens a repair center I might be able to get it fixed.
Back to wearing my Pebble I guess.
Such a shame.... it was a nice piece of tech that started many conversations when people saw it.
D.
I would not give up and still try to revive it. If the battery it's very low it will take some time and several tries before the watch will show signs of life. And the connectors of the dock may not be perfectly working, or even the cable may be faulty. I find it hard to think that the watch just stopped working out of nowhere.
If the battery drops below a certain level the watch will never charge it. The part of the firmware that is supposed to prevent this........doesn't work. The only option is to use an external charger but there may be a fire risk.
The battery situation sounds like it may be accurate as I did drain the battery the other day.
So if my only way to try and get a charge into the battery is to remove it and put it in a stand alone charger, what charger should I use?
D.
That's the problem most likely.
What Loki said is true, many users reported that and even XDA review said same.
It would be great if someone knows for a external charger on ebay we buy and use if that happens.
Even there's a way to charge battery with a stripped wires on usb charger - that's something you shouldn't do if you don't know what are you doing...
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What battery level percentage is this? I've used mine down to about 10% and it's recharged fine before.
I think you have to let it run right out.
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What battery level percentage is this? I've used mine down to about 10% and it's recharged fine before.
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Well...probably ~ 0%.
The trick is to never let TS turn off by itself because of the battery level is too low...
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funky0308 said:
Well...probably ~ 0%.
The trick is to never let TS turn off by itself because of the battery level is too low...
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I have let my TS run out by itself several times already, and it charges fine even after that. But it's noted that this is a bad idea..
Anyway, the batteries that came with my watch was about 70% charged from the box, so it sounds unlikely that the other battery that OP tried is completely drained as well. My guess is that there is something else wrong with the watch.
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I have let my TS run out by itself several times already, and it charges fine even after that. But it's noted that this is a bad idea..
Anyway, the batteries that came with my watch was about 70% charged from the box, so it sounds unlikely that the other battery that OP tried is completely drained as well. My guess is that there is something else wrong with the watch.
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Could be....
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funky0308 said:
Well...probably ~ 0%.
The trick is to never let TS turn off by itself because of the battery level is too low...
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I use my TS without cell signal and I've found if I turn off the device and don't use it for a while then power it back on the clock and date will be out of sync until you turn on a data connection. This leads me to suspect it draws no power from the battery to retain these settings when the device is off, which would make sense about why it has this issue? I know for sure Samsung phones etc they display the battery percentage without the reserve to prevent such an issue happening on their devices. As Loki mentioned broken firmware maybe something could be written to prevent this or even to just show the percentage differently.
The time/date issue is because they removed the back up battery (to save space) that keeps the time on all normal sized phones.
Shug69 said:
The time/date issue is because they removed the back up battery (to save space) that keeps the time on all normal sized phones.
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My galaxy note tablet has this problem.... it runs down fast and then just looses all date and time lol...
I think the issue is my batteries....
I was doing some experimenting today and with some fiddling around I got the watch to respond....
Battery #1 was 8% and then in about 2 min of being connected to the charger was reporting 55%
Battery #2 won't even do anything....
So, I am convinced that the issue is the batteries and not the watch.
Laurent has contacted me and provided a way to get my watch replaced, but it will require me to send it back and then wait for a replacement to be sent
Rather than going through all of this just yet, I wanted to see if I could solve it first.
So, if I wanted to get a replacement battery on my own, any ideas where I could get one from?
D.
no idea. maybe see if anyone near your area also had a TS and is willing to loan you a spare battery for a beer? haha
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watchdog service that prevents the battery from draining completely does not work on any of the firmware that Dees, Adam myself and other tested. So even if the battery is the best battery in the universe, an Omate can kill it. I even went so far as to test it with a Motorola battery and it killed that too.
Yeah. It looks like the batteries are toast.
I managed to get one to charge to 100% and was able to use the watch for about 30 min then it died. No signs of life and can't get it to charge again.
I really wish I could source a replacement battery to make sure it is the battery and not the watch so I don't waste the time and money sending it back.
The shipping cost to mail it back is crazy from Canada.
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"Omate - something new..."
It surly is... ?
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Yeah. It looks like the batteries are toast.
I managed to get one to charge to 100% and was able to use the watch for about 30 min then it died. No signs of life and can't get it to charge again.
I really wish I could source a replacement battery to make sure it is the battery and not the watch so I don't waste the time and money sending it back.
The shipping cost to mail it back is crazy from Canada.
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We should get them to tell us a model number so we can source OEM's. What's the motorola battery model Loki tried with his?
Mines run down completely a number of times without issue but I think I'll have Tasker cut it at 5% from now on.
Hi guys,
Just wanted to know if any of you have had these problems before I ask for a replacement.
I've had the phone for around 10 days now and I'm having to charge my phone twice a day, and it drops from 100% to 0% twice a day too. This is whilst i am at work as well, so i have the phone screen on for 3 hours max. Just now it dropped to 0% with 2 hours 5 minutes SoT. The phone basically doesnt charge at all if I use it, and I am not getting anywhere near 80% charge in 30 minutes? (Bought anker quick charge 3.0 charger).
Any advice would be appreciated,
Cheers
Check to see whats using the battery... I had mine drop like a rock today & I found that Maps had used 57% & I never used the map today. Didnt change any setting or anything yet, but from a quick google search this seems to be an issue.
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Check to see whats using the battery... I had mine drop like a rock today & I found that Maps had used 57% & I never used the map today. Didnt change any setting or anything yet, but from a quick google search this seems to be an issue.
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The only things using the battery were Screen, Phone idle and Phone Standby. I have asked for a replacement which will come later anyway, as the phone used to overheat for no reason. So hopefully the new one has no problems.
Cheers
I kept getting notifications asking to turn on my location and found that Google location history kept polling my location every 30 minutes. Maybe you can see if you have that on.
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Quick update, I was given a replacement phone as soon as I reported the problems to EE. They classed the phone as faulty. I have exactly the same apps on the new phone and it is charging a lot faster, and the battery is lasting longer too, so don't think an app was causing the issues on the first phone