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This is not a complaint about daily battery life of S2, but a general discussion thread about S2 battery on the whole.
I've now had S2 for over 2 years; 26 months to be precise. I never had complaints about day to day battery life. For my usage it easily lasted for over a day.
But since a month or so, I'm requiring to charge it every 12 hours or so. I came to know that a Li-Ion battery has a particular number of recharge cycles that it will last and it will just fall of the cliff after it reaches that threshold. Am I in that region now?
Any one of you who had S2 for 2 years bought a new battery already?
Edit: I've checked with 'battery' app and its health shows as 'Good'.
2 years? Its about time to change your battery mate its dying bro...
I'll change mine to 1850mAh Sun Global brand battery...never regret
Reason i not choose stock battery is bcoz here to many clone battery, i cant trust even samsung shop hehe
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You did well to get two years out of one.
I've had my S2 for 22 month now and I never had complaints about battery life. I had around 1.5 days standby time. But since a week I noticed an extreme lost of capacity. The battery is empty after 10 hours standby now. I was wondering if such a capacity lost is possible or if that is a software bug.
Another thing I noticed is that the battery falls from 50% to 5% if I reboot my phone. I guess that must be a software bug.
Bought this and have been using it about 2 weeks now.
$9.99 when I bought it...
Seller advertises 3000mah.
Battery itself says it is 3500mah.
I have found it to last about 2-5 hours than the OEM battery. It's more than 3000mah for sure. Even at 29.99 now I would be happy with paying that for the results I got having two batteries.
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Take phone of charger at 6am, 5 days a week.
OEM battery would get me through a day, all night in quiet mode and till about 1pm the next day.
One RealWay battery gets me through 2 full work days and dies while I sleep heading into the third day.
I use Greenify and had that setup for about 5 weeks since i got the phone. I changed nothing but the battery I was using.
Any adverse effects from using this battery? Phone getting hot?
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Any adverse effects from using this battery? Phone getting hot?
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Nothing yet.
I would go with only the FACTORY OEM battery for any phone.
I bought this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NBNP7QK
Its Genuine and lasts just as long as my stock battery. No heating issues at all.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01429DBXW
Just got this in my email. As a person that used their battery on my galaxy note 2, 3, and 4, I am more than disappointed at how us nexus 6 users got a big middle finger then a weak response for extended battery.
If you don't need or care for extended battery then please don't comment. This is for users like me who do need or prefer extended batteries regardless of the bulkiness and extra weight
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01429DBXW
Just got this in my email. As a person that used their battery on my galaxy note 2, 3, and 4, I am more than disappointed at how us nexus 6 users got a big middle finger then a weak response for extended battery.
If you don't need or care for extended battery then please don't comment. This is for users like me who do need or prefer extended batteries regardless of the bulkiness and extra weight
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That is an INTERNAL battery. Unlike the Note Edge, the Nexus 6 DOES NOT HAVE A SWAPPABLE INTERNAL BATTERY. I am currently using the Zerolemon battery case for the Nexus 6 and it does what it needs to. If they had made it any bulkier, nobody would have purchased it.
That makes sense about the removable battery but still 3500 is pretty weak
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You do realize that the 3500 is in addition to the 3220 that the Nexus already has right? That's 6720 total and almost as much as the 7000 in my galaxy S3 back in the day.
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You do realize that the 3500 is in addition to the 3220 that the Nexus already has right? That's 6720 total and almost as much as the 7000 in my galaxy S3 back in the day.
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It doesn't actually work that way. There's a difference between using an extended battery and having a regular battery with extra 3500 charger. From experience the latter ends up using more battery somehow and making your phone hot
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I've never had a heating issue with my battery cases on other phones. I haven't used one on the Nexus yet cause I got a TYLT charger for work.
Even if it's a "75%" increase its still a huge increase and knowing Zerolemon, it will be a great product. Too bad they took a year to release it and I'm already in "what's my next phone mode"
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I've never had a heating issue with my battery cases on other phones. I haven't used one on the Nexus yet cause I got a TYLT charger for work.
Even if it's a "75%" increase its still a huge increase and knowing Zerolemon, it will be a great product. Too bad they took a year to release it and I'm already in "what's my next phone mode"
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Yeah. Can't blame them for the non removable battery BS in the first place
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I thought it would be interesting to have a collection of all the theories as to why the Note 7 with new batteries also smoked in some cases, but fewer cases.
My theory is about heat dissipation. I noticed my Note 7 v1, which did die, became very hot a couple of times when in my inside breast pocket of my jacket but once left in a table it cooled down. I wonder if Samsung have not tested it enough in normal use ?
What do you think?
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I think they've been failing because Donald Trump groped them.
After all, everything now days is his fault. Might as well blame this on him too
Just for the record there are several ongoing threads in the Questions & Answers subforum about this very topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/help
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Just for the record there are several ongoing threads in the Questions & Answers subforum about this very topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/help
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Good example here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3481894
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Following attributes came into play at once -
1. always on display heating battery that is pasted too close to it
2. wireless charging (heat) and fast charging (more heat)
3. use of dense chemicals for beefier capacity
4. summer season (and more heat)
5. glass through and through which is bad conductor of heat and doesn't expand
6. lithium is highly reactive to water and devices were assembled in China during rainy humid season. Air particles trapped inside air tight sealed phone (water resistant) coming in contact with dense lithium
7. impurities present in plastic covering battery
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Following attributes came into play at once -
1. always on display heating battery that is pasted too close to it
2. wireless charging (heat) and fast charging (more heat)
3. use of dense chemicals for beefier capacity
4. summer season (and more heat)
5. glass through and through which is bad conductor of heat and doesn't expand
6. lithium is highly reactive to water and devices were assembled in China during rainy humid season. Air particles trapped inside air tight sealed phone (water resistant) coming in contact with dense lithium
7. impurities present in plastic covering battery
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I think about 200,000 Note 7s were manufactured in China for local sale. I think the others (majority) were made in Vietnam and Korea. So your point 6 may not be a contributor.
I think use of glass may be important. I don't think Samsung will have done enough out off the lab testing in normal use.
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Samsung could have spent weeks testing "v2" before release and still wouldn't find an issue because of how rare it's, in this case the best you could do is to engineer it so to have less heat, pad the battery inside with fire resistant material, monitor the battery heat through a special chip that cut the power if needed.
What I think Samsung should do now is to take the S7 battery (they know it's safe) and fit in a new model of the Note 7, revert back to micro USB port (just in case the issue from the new port) , label the new Note as "Note 7S" and re-release it in the market, delay the US release (the biggest market for the Note) for 2 months, so you can re-lunch it there with confidence.
But... what if it's not actually the battery in a direct sense - they've tried two different batteries made in two entirely different fab plants and both original Note 7 devices with the SDI battery failed and continue to do so and now the replacement devices with the ATL battery have and are continuing to fail as well.
In that situation it's somewhat safe to say that perhaps it's not actually the battery but an issue with the charging circuitry in some respect, maybe the thermal protection circuit, or something else entirely?
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Samsung could have spent weeks testing "v2" before release and still wouldn't find an issue because of how rare it's, in this case the best you could do is to engineer it so to have less heat, pad the battery inside with fire resistant material, monitor the battery heat through a special chip that cut the power if needed.
What I think Samsung should do now is to take the S7 battery (they know it's safe) and fit in a new model of the Note 7, revert back to micro USB port (just in case the issue from the new port) , label the new Note as "Note 7S" and re-release it in the market, delay the US release (the biggest market for the Note) for 2 months, so you can re-lunch it there with confidence.
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They should make Touch Wiz more battery efficient and then use the Note 5 smaller battery.
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My V1 never got hot or had any much heat in fact my 6P gets hotter than my V1. Interesting news today about Samsung doing battery testing inhouse rather than the industry standard using a third party. Looks like they could've been cutting corners or trying to save time?
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My V1 never got hot or had any much heat in fact my 6P gets hotter than my V1. Interesting news today about Samsung doing battery testing inhouse rather than the industry standard using a third party. Looks like they could've been cutting corners or trying to save time?
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Motorola also do battery test in house. I wonder if Apple tested the faulty new home button in-house
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jah said:
I thought it would be interesting to have a collection of all the theories as to why the Note 7 with new batteries also smoked in some cases, but fewer cases.
My theory is about heat dissipation. I noticed my Note 7 v1, which did die, became very hot a couple of times when in my inside breast pocket of my jacket but once left in a table it cooled down. I wonder if Samsung have not tested it enough in normal use ?
What do you think?
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How did your first gen Note 7 die? Was it while charging?
I sortakinda has an epiphany a few minutes ago and realized something that I haven't seen anyone else mention or discuss so I'm going to mention it here. I know I'll probably get flamed for this but I can't control the actions of other people and their motivations for being who they are so whatever.
Consider the concept of Cause & Effect, if you will:
- Samsung released the Note 7 with the original battery made by SDI on August 19th
- starting on August 24th Samsung started getting reports about incidents with the Note 7 burning up/catching on fire/exploding/etc
- Samsung gets some of those damaged units returned to them (the very first incident happened in South Korea but there were others in the country within days of that first one), does some testing, comes to a conclusion that perhaps the construction of those batteries is at fault (if you've seen the X-ray pics of the SDI battery you can readily see the anode-cathode plates get bent in some devices and almost touch which could be just enough to cause a battery to fail) and that battery itself is the probable cause of the Note 7 failures
- Samsung gets another battery manufacturer, ATL, to make batteries based on the Note 7 spec requirements and they provide Samsung with them and then Samsung does some internal testing which shows that after being installed in a Note 7 they do not suffer from the same plate bending the SDI batteries exhibited and are considered to "a safe fix" to the best of their knowledge. Samsung begins manufacturing the Note 7 v2 with the ATL battery and stops use of the SDI batteries
- Samsung announces on September 13th that a firmware update will be rolled out worldwide for the original production models of the Note 7 on September 20th that will do two things:
--- The update will alter the color of the battery icon from white to green - they actually had to go and ask Google for permission to do that because it violates Android guidelines and Google granted the permission. The reason for the green icon was to make it immediately apparent when looking at the lock screen or the home screen that a given Note 7 had the update applied
--- The update altered the battery charging cap to 60% meaning that regardless of whether or not you used a typical "slow" charger or you used the factory fast charging capable charger the battery in the Note 7 would never exceed a 60% charge. The reason for this was they concluded that charging the battery over the 60% point could be causing some type of overheating issue that they were unclear about which caused the battery to fail and result in an incident where the device destroys itself. Understand that the firmware is altering the charging circuit controller inside the Note 7 - it is not altering the battery cell in any respect - the change takes place inside the Note 7 entirely
- Samsung announces a worldwide recall - the 1st one, on September 15 2016 - and asks for people to return their Note 7 devices for exchange with a replacement Note 7 aka the v2 model that would have 2 things different from the original release model:
--- it would have the new battery manufactured by ATL and would not have the potential "crushing" issue the SDI batteries were shown to be susceptible to by the X-ray examinations
--- it would also have that firmware update in place from the factory which changed the battery icon to green and limit the battery charge to 60% capacity
- after September 20th Samsung gets reports of incidents involving original devices that hadn't been returned as part of the 1st recall but were running the firmware update released on September 20th to change the battery icon and limit the battery to 60%
- at some point after September 20th and before October 13th - the date when they initiated the 2nd recall worldwide for regardless of the date of manufacture - Samsung received more reports of incidents that involved replacement Note 7 devices that had not only the new battery but also the firmware update as they were shipped from the factory
See where I'm going with this?
Even with the 2nd devices aka Note 7 v2 that was using the ATL battery and had the firmware update in place to change the icon and limit the charge capacity they still failed.
Folks, I'm pretty confident in saying "It ain't the battery causing this..." - it absolutely appears to be the effect of the defect and failure that's happening, but not the cause itself. The batteries changed, the firmware changed, and yet the failures continue(d) to happen and will do so as long as they're still in use.
Now it remains to be seen what Samsung discovers in their investigation.
jal3223 said:
How did your first gen Note 7 die? Was it while charging?
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No, I was using S Memo (Note 5 app). But when I couldn't get the usual soft and hard reset to work and the battery did not seems to charge (after technique to force battery drain) then I knew the battery must have failed. My second Note 7 from China (N9300) as superb. But have stopped using it
br0adband said:
I sortakinda has an epiphany a few minutes ago and realized something that I haven't seen anyone else mention or discuss so I'm going to mention it here. I know I'll probably get flamed for this but I can't control the actions of other people and their motivations for being who they are so whatever.
Consider the concept of Cause & Effect, if you will:
- Samsung released the Note 7 with the original battery made by SDI on August 19th
- starting on August 24th Samsung started getting reports about incidents with the Note 7 burning up/catching on fire/exploding/etc
- Samsung gets some of those damaged units returned to them (the very first incident happened in South Korea but there were others in the country within days of that first one), does some testing, comes to a conclusion that perhaps the construction of those batteries is at fault (if you've seen the X-ray pics of the SDI battery you can readily see the anode-cathode plates get bent in some devices and almost touch which could be just enough to cause a battery to fail) and that battery itself is the probable cause of the Note 7 failures
- Samsung gets another battery manufacturer, ATL, to make batteries based on the Note 7 spec requirements and they provide Samsung with them and then Samsung does some internal testing which shows that after being installed in a Note 7 they do not suffer from the same plate bending the SDI batteries exhibited and are considered to "a safe fix" to the best of their knowledge. Samsung begins manufacturing the Note 7 v2 with the ATL battery and stops use of the SDI batteries
- Samsung announces on September 13th that a firmware update will be rolled out worldwide for the original production models of the Note 7 on September 20th that will do two things:
--- The update will alter the color of the battery icon from white to green - they actually had to go and ask Google for permission to do that because it violates Android guidelines and Google granted the permission. The reason for the green icon was to make it immediately apparent when looking at the lock screen or the home screen that a given Note 7 had the update applied
--- The update altered the battery charging cap to 60% meaning that regardless of whether or not you used a typical "slow" charger or you used the factory fast charging capable charger the battery in the Note 7 would never exceed a 60% charge. The reason for this was they concluded that charging the battery over the 60% point could be causing some type of overheating issue that they were unclear about which caused the battery to fail and result in an incident where the device destroys itself. Understand that the firmware is altering the charging circuit controller inside the Note 7 - it is not altering the battery cell in any respect - the change takes place inside the Note 7 entirely
- Samsung announces a worldwide recall - the 1st one, on September 15 2016 - and asks for people to return their Note 7 devices for exchange with a replacement Note 7 aka the v2 model that would have 2 things different from the original release model:
--- it would have the new battery manufactured by ATL and would not have the potential "crushing" issue the SDI batteries were shown to be susceptible to by the X-ray examinations
--- it would also have that firmware update in place from the factory which changed the battery icon to green and limit the battery charge to 60% capacity
- after September 20th Samsung gets reports of incidents involving original devices that hadn't been returned as part of the 1st recall but were running the firmware update released on September 20th to change the battery icon and limit the battery to 60%
- at some point after September 20th and before October 13th - the date when they initiated the 2nd recall worldwide for regardless of the date of manufacture - Samsung received more reports of incidents that involved replacement Note 7 devices that had not only the new battery but also the firmware update as they were shipped from the factory
See where I'm going with this?
Even with the 2nd devices aka Note 7 v2 that was using the ATL battery and had the firmware update in place to change the icon and limit the charge capacity they still failed.
Folks, I'm pretty confident in saying "It ain't the battery causing this..." - it absolutely appears to be the effect of the defect and failure that's happening, but not the cause itself. The batteries changed, the firmware changed, and yet the failures continue(d) to happen and will do so as long as they're still in use.
Now it remains to be seen what Samsung discovers in their investigation.
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Sort of agree, except the Chinese Note 7s (like my N9300) all used the ATL battery from the initial launch. There were very few validated (2?) cases in China during this whole period. So the ATL battery is better, but I agree this is not a battery only issue.
I am surprised the Note 7 does not have (as far as I know) a temperature detector to switch off the phone if it gets too hot.
The Note 7 does have a thermal protection circuit as part of the charging circuitry - I'm personally suspecting that the cause of the failures could be narrowed down to that particular aspect of the hardware somewhere in either one or the other or both of those circuits working together.
br0adband said:
I sortakinda has an epiphany a few minutes ago and realized something that I haven't seen anyone else mention or discuss so I'm going to mention it here. I know I'll probably get flamed for this but I can't control the actions of other people and their motivations for being who they are so whatever.
Consider the concept of Cause & Effect, if you will:
- Samsung released the Note 7 with the original battery made by SDI on August 19th
- starting on August 24th Samsung started getting reports about incidents with the Note 7 burning up/catching on fire/exploding/etc
- Samsung gets some of those damaged units returned to them (the very first incident happened in South Korea but there were others in the country within days of that first one), does some testing, comes to a conclusion that perhaps the construction of those batteries is at fault (if you've seen the X-ray pics of the SDI battery you can readily see the anode-cathode plates get bent in some devices and almost touch which could be just enough to cause a battery to fail) and that battery itself is the probable cause of the Note 7 failures
- Samsung gets another battery manufacturer, ATL, to make batteries based on the Note 7 spec requirements and they provide Samsung with them and then Samsung does some internal testing which shows that after being installed in a Note 7 they do not suffer from the same plate bending the SDI batteries exhibited and are considered to "a safe fix" to the best of their knowledge. Samsung begins manufacturing the Note 7 v2 with the ATL battery and stops use of the SDI batteries
- Samsung announces on September 13th that a firmware update will be rolled out worldwide for the original production models of the Note 7 on September 20th that will do two things:
--- The update will alter the color of the battery icon from white to green - they actually had to go and ask Google for permission to do that because it violates Android guidelines and Google granted the permission. The reason for the green icon was to make it immediately apparent when looking at the lock screen or the home screen that a given Note 7 had the update applied
--- The update altered the battery charging cap to 60% meaning that regardless of whether or not you used a typical "slow" charger or you used the factory fast charging capable charger the battery in the Note 7 would never exceed a 60% charge. The reason for this was they concluded that charging the battery over the 60% point could be causing some type of overheating issue that they were unclear about which caused the battery to fail and result in an incident where the device destroys itself. Understand that the firmware is altering the charging circuit controller inside the Note 7 - it is not altering the battery cell in any respect - the change takes place inside the Note 7 entirely
- Samsung announces a worldwide recall - the 1st one, on September 15 2016 - and asks for people to return their Note 7 devices for exchange with a replacement Note 7 aka the v2 model that would have 2 things different from the original release model:
--- it would have the new battery manufactured by ATL and would not have the potential "crushing" issue the SDI batteries were shown to be susceptible to by the X-ray examinations
--- it would also have that firmware update in place from the factory which changed the battery icon to green and limit the battery charge to 60% capacity
- after September 20th Samsung gets reports of incidents involving original devices that hadn't been returned as part of the 1st recall but were running the firmware update released on September 20th to change the battery icon and limit the battery to 60%
- at some point after September 20th and before October 13th - the date when they initiated the 2nd recall worldwide for regardless of the date of manufacture - Samsung received more reports of incidents that involved replacement Note 7 devices that had not only the new battery but also the firmware update as they were shipped from the factory
See where I'm going with this?
Even with the 2nd devices aka Note 7 v2 that was using the ATL battery and had the firmware update in place to change the icon and limit the charge capacity they still failed.
Folks, I'm pretty confident in saying "It ain't the battery causing this..." - it absolutely appears to be the effect of the defect and failure that's happening, but not the cause itself. The batteries changed, the firmware changed, and yet the failures continue(d) to happen and will do so as long as they're still in use.
Now it remains to be seen what Samsung discovers in their investigation.
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One problem with that... the update doesn't limit the battery in V2 phones.
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So, I had fantastic battery life on MM. After N, it has not been great. A lot of people report the same. I also talked to people that went back to M, but didn't see the benefits return.
What I'm thinking is that our batteries are quickly degrading at this point (if you've had it since launch or not long after). A couple months ago I ran Accubattery and it reported that my battery health was at 89%. I ran it just recent and now my battery is at 81% it's designed capacity.
Is it possible for a battery to degrade that quickly? Is this to be expected? I'm debating whether or not I should get my battery replaced or hold off and buy the OP5 when it comes out. Anyway, I love this phone.
Im experiencing the same problem as many users have it too .Accubattery reported that i have 56% of battery life , I don't know if it's accurate or not(don't forget accubattery measures battery life from software input through comparisons)...but in real life.. we really have a bad battery-life problem. technically, im convinced that it is a hardware issue( due to faulty battery or fast degradation...), because many Nexus 6p users have replaced the battery and it worked as it should.., but on the other hand, it is really weired that this issue has existed after nougat update! Moreover, some pixel users reported the same problem( different phone generation, different core hardware, different manufacturer, same software developer )and it was fixed by google in 7.1.2 as i read recently. I'm really confused ?
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So, I had fantastic battery life on MM. After N, it has not been great. A lot of people report the same. I also talked to people that went back to M, but didn't see the benefits return.
What I'm thinking is that our batteries are quickly degrading at this point (if you've had it since launch or not long after). A couple months ago I ran Accubattery and it reported that my battery health was at 89%. I ran it just recent and now my battery is at 81% it's designed capacity.
Is it possible for a battery to degrade that quickly? Is this to be expected? I'm debating whether or not I should get my battery replaced or hold off and buy the OP5 when it comes out. Anyway, I love this phone.
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Have you noted a decrease with another phone using the same app? I have seen anyone use the battery capacity part of Accu outside the 6P. It could be the app measuring it wrong and the same readings could be happening to other phones as well.
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Have you noted a decrease with another phone using the same app? I have seen anyone use the battery capacity part of Accu outside the 6P. It could be the app measuring it wrong and the same readings could be happening to other phones as well.
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I bought pixel xl for a Couple of weeks and then i returned it back...I used accubattery on it and it showed that I have 105% of battery life, but yes i feel its inaccurate
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They definitely cut corners on the battery, Chinese electronics you buy online (tablets, etc.) are known for this and I feel like that's what happened here as well. I wonder if the people getting replacements are getting stock ones or from other companies, since I'm worried a stock one would have the same issues after a brief amount of time.
tafo said:
I bought pixel xl for a Couple of weeks and then i returned it back...I used accubattery on it and it showed that I have 105% of battery life, but yes i feel its inaccurate
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Haha, that happened to me too! When I saw Accu say 105% battery capacity on my 1 year old 6P, a prompt uninstall of it followed.
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crixley said:
They definitely cut corners on the battery, Chinese electronics you buy online (tablets, etc.) are known for this and I feel like that's what happened here as well. I wonder if the people getting replacements are getting stock ones or from other companies, since I'm worried a stock one would have the same issues after a brief amount of time.
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Can't speak for others, but from personal experience, the 6Ps that I have seen behave just like other phones. Unfortunately every phone manufacturer may have their issues, I have seen countless battery issues on other phones, including early shutdowns that has even plagued iOS devices.
It's a good thing that manufacturers offer warranty. Lemon law should also apply in those unrepairable situations.
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richii0207 said:
Haha, that happened to me too! When I saw Accu say 105% battery capacity on my 1 year old 6P, a prompt uninstall of it followed.
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Can't speak for others, but from personal experience, the 6Ps that I have seen behave just like other phones. Unfortunately every phone manufacturer may have their issues, I have seen countless battery issues on other phones, including early shutdowns that has even plagued iOS devices.
It's a good thing that manufacturers offer warranty. Lemon law should also apply in those unrepairable situations.
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It is definitely a much bigger issue on this phone... It is very common, while other phones may have issues, all do to some degree no doubt, it is a huge problem with the 6p and is happening to a very large number of people.
richii0207 said:
Have you noted a decrease with another phone using the same app? I have seen anyone use the battery capacity part of Accu outside the 6P. It could be the app measuring it wrong and the same readings could be happening to other phones as well.
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I can't say that I have only because I don't have another phone to test it on. It could be inaccurate, honestly. But there's no doubt that my battery life sucks compared to what it was on 6.0.1.
tafo said:
I bought pixel xl for a Couple of weeks and then i returned it back...I used accubattery on it and it showed that I have 105% of battery life, but yes i feel its inaccurate
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Why did you return it?
jal3223 said:
Why did you return it?
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For a reason that pixel xl didn't convince me. With all the advantages of pixel xl( SD 821..outstanding battery life, superb camera performance) i felt it as an incremental upgrade!!! So paying worth of 700$ is unjustifiable, thus i took a decision even to go for OnePlus one 5 or to go for pixel xl 2
Another​ thing That flashing ROMs and adding mods are waaay easier than pixel phones.. its really pain in the neck if u did something wrong??.. This is my personal opinion.
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richii0207 said:
Haha, that happened to me too! When I saw Accu say 105% battery capacity on my 1 year old 6P, a prompt uninstall of it followed.
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Can't speak for others, but from personal experience, the 6Ps that I have seen behave just like other phones. Unfortunately every phone manufacturer may have their issues, I have seen countless battery issues on other phones, including early shutdowns that has even plagued iOS devices.
It's a good thing that manufacturers offer warranty. Lemon law should also apply in those unrepairable situations.
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Google sent out an internal memo to all support staff instructing them to accept returns after the warranty was over because of the battery problem. Its a know defect and something that is far more widespread than it happening to the odd phone.
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B3501 said:
Google sent out an internal memo to all support staff instructing them to accept returns after the warranty was over because of the battery problem. Its a know defect and something that is far more widespread than it happening to the odd phone.
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That's great news! That means that nobody will have issues anymore.
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richii0207 said:
That's great news! That means that nobody will have issues anymore.
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That was back in December.
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B3501 said:
Google sent out an internal memo to all support staff instructing them to accept returns after the warranty was over because of the battery problem. Its a know defect and something that is far more widespread than it happening to the odd phone.
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I'm assuming that this is only if you bought it on Play Store, right? I bought at BB. Anyone have any luck getting returns from non-Play Store purchases?
esoh said:
I'm assuming that this is only if you bought it on Play Store, right? I bought at BB. Anyone have any luck getting returns from non-Play Store purchases?
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Yeah, Playstore only.
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tafo said:
For a reason that pixel xl didn't convince me. With all the advantages of pixel xl( SD 821..outstanding battery life, superb camera performance) i felt it as an incremental upgrade!!! So paying worth of 700$ is unjustifiable, thus i took a decision even to go for OnePlus one 5 or to go for pixel xl 2
Another​ thing That flashing ROMs and adding mods are waaay easier than pixel phones.. its really pain in the neck if u did something wrong??.. This is my personal opinion.
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I'm really considering getting the one plus 5. Pixel looks amazing but I can't justify the price tag
The Huawei battery that comes with the 6P is really bad considering many of them (like the one I had before I did the replacement) lose more than 50% battery capacity in less than 2 years and stop reporting precisely the % from 100% to 1% causing instants shutdowns.
I highly recommend you to replace your battery with a non Huawei battery like the X-Longer. It's as good as the stock battery when the phone is brand new. Now I honestly can't tell if this battery will lose less than 10% in 2 years (regular good batteries) or more than 10% in 2 years (Nexus 6P stock battery, at least many of them)
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thesebastian said:
The Huawei battery that comes with the 6P is really bad considering many of them (like the one I had before I did the replacement) lose more than 50% battery capacity in less than 2 years and stop reporting precisely the % from 100% to 1% causing instants shutdowns.
I highly recommend you to replace your battery with a non Huawei battery like the X-Longer. It's as good as the stock battery when the phone is brand new. Now I honestly can't tell if this battery will lose less than 10% in 2 years (regular good batteries) or more than 10% in 2 years (Nexus 6P stock battery, at least many of them)
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Did you do the replacement yourself or have someone else do it? How painful was the process?
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Did you do the replacement yourself or have someone else do it? How painful was the process?
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I did it myself. I've equipped before doing it.
- Cameron sino battery
- heat gun
- precision knife and one poker card
- and some generic repair tools.
The glass is not the worst part. It just requires patience I feel that I can remove the glass many times without an issue.
Now in my case...the removal of the cover was the most difficult part...
It's painful but I had a unusable brick before...(2 hours SoT and shutdown at 20%. Now I have a usable phone...4:30 SoT and shutdown at 1%. So I don't care if I estetically damaged a bit the corner).
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I've had my 6P since the first month they shipped for Google Sept/Oct 2015. I had decent battery life until recently. Never experienced shutdowns or anything weird. I've been rooted since day one but running stock. Was on 7.0 until finally flashing April 7.1.2 the other day.
Installed Accubattery and health is at 60%. Since april update battery seems to drain far more rapidly. Usage is mainly web surfing via wifi.
Guess I need to find best available replacement battery soon. Is it ok to buy battery in advance and lying around for a few months before installing?
For best battery health what are do's and don'ts.
At home I often just left it plugged in while in use and or charged to 100% then again when down to ~30%. I'd leave it plugged in overnight. Is using fast charger all the time not good?