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So the original battery in my phone.. well... sucked. When I pulled the phone off the charger it would jump down to 93% no matter how long it was on the charger etc. Any attempt to bump charge was thwarted in the fact that I cant charge the phone when its off (it automatically turns on and boots into CWM). Wiping the battery stats when the battery read 100% in the OS would still result in the above.
So I ordered that 1600mah battery from Seidio. Ran the charge out of it yesterday and charged it to full during the evening/night. Wake up this morning, pull the charger out of the phone, and BOOM 100% power. Not 93%...
So was it my old battery that was bad or was there something wrong with how the phone saw its power rating?
From what I've seen with the phone, it drops down to 90% or so before it starts charging again, but it won't ever have the display show a battery decrease while plugged in.
Russ36363 said:
From what I've seen with the phone, it drops down to 90% or so before it starts charging again, but it won't ever have the display show a battery decrease while plugged in.
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Right but I can watch the meter go all the way to 100%... pull the plug and it goes down to 93% within seconds.
funny thing phone did the same thing...took it off the charger this morn and it dropped down to 95
I'm at 99% after about 2.5hrs of mostly idle usage. I've been just rebooting the phone with it on the charger in the morning, give it about 15-20 minutes and usually it'll stick at 100
"I'm at 99% after about 2.5hrs of mostly idle usage. I've been just rebooting the phone with it on the charger in the morning, give it about 15-20 minutes and usually it'll stick at 100"
same here
probotic said:
"I'm at 99% after about 2.5hrs of mostly idle usage. I've been just rebooting the phone with it on the charger in the morning, give it about 15-20 minutes and usually it'll stick at 100"
same here
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All you are doing is semi-bumb charging it, which is fine if you really must have that extra 1hour of battery, but be warned, doing it constantly will damage your battery over time. that is the reason the phone has built in charging/decharge in the first place.
The reality is if your phone is sitting idle, that 5% wont matter at all once your phone attunes to your battery, and if your using the phone so heavily that your going dead long before the day is done (after attunement) then the 5% still wont matter !
i was having the same issues - 90% right after unplugging. had to charge the phone 3 times in ONE day and i never even touched the phone the whole day except to check the battery percentage.
brought it into verizon, they gave me a new battery and now it lasts me the entire day. when i pull the plug out now, it drops steadily like a normal battery should. i tried bump charging before i brought it in and it didn't help at all
The same thing has been happening to my dads Thunderbolt.
He charged it overnight, took it to work and was losing about 1% per minute without touching the phone. The only time it was touched was about 1 timer per hour to take down the battery percentage for his log.
He took it to the verizon store and they told him he should not expect anything longer than 4 hours of battery life without touching the phone..what kind of BS is that?
psufan5 said:
So the original battery in my phone.. well... sucked. When I pulled the phone off the charger it would jump down to 93% no matter how long it was on the charger etc. Any attempt to bump charge was thwarted in the fact that I cant charge the phone when its off (it automatically turns on and boots into CWM). Wiping the battery stats when the battery read 100% in the OS would still result in the above.
So I ordered that 1600mah battery from Seidio. Ran the charge out of it yesterday and charged it to full during the evening/night. Wake up this morning, pull the charger out of the phone, and BOOM 100% power. Not 93%...
So was it my old battery that was bad or was there something wrong with how the phone saw its power rating?
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I'm having the exact opposite problem with the batteries--just ordered two of the 1600 Seidios that delivered yesterday and even after running pretty much down, fully charging overnite with the T-bolt powered down, drops to 95% immediately. Conversely, the OEM battery would stay at 100% for hours if the phone was idle (screen off / receiving any emails and SMS). Go figger.
There is a post in the Android Central forums on the 1600 battery compared to stock. After testing, they found that the two perform almost identically. Basically, it isn't worth replacing unless you go with the big HTC extended battery. Although having a spare isn't a bad idea. If only that battery door wasn't so tough to pry off when you need to change it...
nexus s had the same problem its nothing big though
bashir1102 said:
All you are doing is semi-bumb charging it, which is fine if you really must have that extra 1hour of battery, but be warned, doing it constantly will damage your battery over time. that is the reason the phone has built in charging/decharge in the first place.
The reality is if your phone is sitting idle, that 5% wont matter at all once your phone attunes to your battery, and if your using the phone so heavily that your going dead long before the day is done (after attunement) then the 5% still wont matter !
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Most of us probably won't have the phones long enough to see any possible damage. Starting off at a full 100% is a lot better than immediately dropping to 95 or so after pulling it off charger. It's kind of like the gas gauge in my truck. Stays full a while but once it moves off of full you can watch it drop. lol
Ive haad a zero lemon 7000 may battery for months now for my s3, however recently when I plug my phone in to charge, it charges until its full and then I take out the charger, plug it back in in 10 seconds and it charges for up to 3 hours and does the same thing again
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Ive haad a zero lemon 7000 may battery for months now for my s3, however recently when I plug my phone in to charge, it charges until its full and then I take out the charger, plug it back in in 10 seconds and it charges for up to 3 hours and does the same thing again
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i didn't quite get your point but if you are saying that the phone takes a lot of time to charge
like way more than it should try a different charger and see if the problem is still there
Or check the spring contacts in the housing. Maybe an after sales or not original Battery has squeezed the contacts
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No what I was asking was, when I plug in my battery, I let it fully charge until my phone says its charged, then I unplug it, wait for 5 seconds plug it back in and it starts charging again for 30 minutes and it Keeps doing the same thing everytime I unplug it and plug it back in
This was how people thought they were "calibrating" their battery. Forcing "juice" into it. Its not healthy. Stop doing it
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^^ What he said...
PLUS, let the battery drain until it is below 10%. Fully charge it (the FIRST time) then let it drain again to under 10%. Take out battery and hold down power for 30 secs then put battery back in and charge it up without turning it on. When full turn it on and see how it goes.
Most if not all modern batteries NEED regular drain to low figures to keep them healthy. Failing to do so causes issues. Also to protect th battery, the software cuts the charge out BEFORE the battery is absolutely 100% charged. Taking it to maximum charge like you have been doing will kill your battery quickly. The software will protect the battery if you charge it up and don't unplug when it gets to 'Charged' but when you unplug it then plug it in again it tries for a new charge - bad for the battery.
i am havin HTC AMAZE 4G
when i used to charge it before
phone used to come to 90% from a full in approximately 1 hour.
now it comes very quickly like 10-15 minutes
& also the major problem is my phone gets switched off at any battery percentage like 65% & when it gets restarted it comes to around 8% or sometimes even 4%.
if i pull out battery again restart the phone then sometimes it comes to around 30% back or any random increase in battery or sometimes even decreases to 4% & then the battery gets drained in 5 minutes & i have charge it again
battery takes more time to even charge
sometimes using DATA & charging it even takes 10 hours to charge
i dont know what is the problem
i have been thinking about battery problems
but i googled & in some blogs it shows as circuit problems too
the problem is i am living in INDIA
this phone is not official here so the service center guy wont touch it & i dont want to waste money on the battery if it isnt the problem
USING HTC ICS OFFICIAL ROM
NOW BATTERY LASTS with normal data on maximum 4 hours
help me out guys
thank u
How old is your handset? Battery life decline is normal as it ages. Without being able to inspect and test yours out all I can tell you is the most likely explanation for what you're describing is battery wear.
The original HTC battery that came with my phone only holds 2/3 of the charge it once had when new, which is why I invested in a pair of Anker batteries and an external charging station (I purchased them together in a package on eBay for under $30 US shipped). Having the extra batteries has been an excellent addition. I alternate them every few days to more evenly balance how they are wearing and to prolong the remaining life of my original battery. Plus it's great to have an extra battery to use for those times when I really need my device, but don't have the ability to plug in.
Check out the best battery thread in the Amaze accessory section for more details and comparisons.
I hav been using this phone for 1.5 years
tried using battery of my dad he uses same phone.
It showed 56% in my fathers phone
Wen i switched the battery &; started my phone it showed 15% at start
So what could be the problem then?
patelaquib said:
I hav been using this phone for 1.5 years
tried using battery of my dad he uses same phone.
It showed 56% in my fathers phone
Wen i switched the battery &; started my phone it showed 15% at start
So what could be the problem then?
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You're getting the different results because the batteries aren't calibrated to each phone. If you put your fully charged battery in your father's phone it shows 56%, correct? What happens when you put your father's fully charged battery in your phone? Keep in mind that when switching around the batteries neither with be calibrated to the device, but will instead show a percentage vs the battery that was properly calibrated.
Example: the battery in my phone shows as fully charged, but is worn and no longer charges to the maximum. If I place it in my brother's Evo 3D which uses the same size battery but is newer. It will show as only partially charged because his device is calibrated to his newer stronger battery. Conversely, if I put his newer battery in my phone which has been calibrated to my older worn battery it will appear to be fully or nearly fully charged for a long time before it begins to show it's draining with use.
The only way to properly test your battery would be to either try a known stronger one in yours for several charge - discharge cycles as your phone calibrates to it, or to try your battery in another device for several such cycles. Then you need to compare if there was an improvement in up-time or not. Short of taking it in to be checked on diagnostic equipment it's the best method I can think of.
Good luck!
Thank you very much for the reply
Goin to a local mobile repair guy for a hardware check
Will tell you the results tommorow
Thanks once again
Maybe you just need to wipe battery stats. One trick that works is let it drain completly and let it be drain over night and charge it again keep doing a couple of days it may just get better. But think is just battery problem not hardware related.
My Original HTC battery worked its way down to 2 hours of usable talk time. Eventually, got so bad that it barely charged on anything but a high current wall charger. Technically it was under warranty at the time...
Ordered 2 Anker Batteries w/ charger for $30, and not long after that the charger broke. It quit charging batteries.
I then just stuck with one Anker battery in my phone and the other as backup. The battery I used the most is now down to about 4 hours of life on a full charge. The least used is about 8. I try to keep the worse one charged up as a backup in a pinch and now use the good battery full time.
Just how life goes sometimes...
sam_conrad said:
My Original HTC battery worked its way down to 2 hours of usable talk time. Eventually, got so bad that it barely charged on anything but a high current wall charger. Technically it was under warranty at the time...
Ordered 2 Anker Batteries w/ charger for $30, and not long after that the charger broke. It quit charging batteries.
I then just stuck with one Anker battery in my phone and the other as backup. The battery I used the most is now down to about 4 hours of life on a full charge. The least used is about 8. I try to keep the worse one charged up as a backup in a pinch and now use the good battery full time.
Just how life goes sometimes...
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Yeah that Anker charger is the weak-spot in that 2 battery package deal. The damn thing is flimsy and fragile. I'm so paranoid about breaking it I treat it with kid gloves. The batteries are pretty good though. The package was one of the best investments I made since owning the Amaze. Using indelible marker I labeled them 1 and 2, and rotate their usage with my original HTC (which is easy to distinguish). This way when I'm on the road I always have one fully charged spare handy, one charging at home, and one in my handset.
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Maybe you just need to wipe battery stats. One trick that works is let it drain completly and let it be drain over night and charge it again keep doing a couple of days it may just get better. But think is just battery problem not hardware related.
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Agreed!
But When I was using official ICS from T-mobile, I had the same problem, even after wiping. I even faced a funny thing. Percentage of battery in bar was different from percentage shown in lock screen!!!
After flashing custom rom, All problems GONE!
I get service from Qlink. They sent me a refurb as all their phones are refurb, Sprint Samsung Galaxy S2. It came with 8 or 4gb and a 1400 battery or something. A much smaller battery then the retail phone.
Ever since I got it, it won't hold a charge. I don't remember if this started right after I got it because it took me a long time to notice it won't hold a charge. I'd charge it and when I would shut off the phone and try to turn it on a few days later it wouldn't boot. I'd have to charge it for hrs before it'd even boot. When I shut off phone it would always have over 70% battery. Then I notice it says connect to charger even though it is.
Then all of a sudden it stopped charging. I have a 4 port smart charger and cable that has no problems with my other android phone which is an unlocked Moto X Pure or my iPhone 6s Plus.
I ordered from Amazon a sprint galaxy s2 battery. Got it. Plug in and charge many hrs. Turn on. Battery shows about 93%. Turn off phone. Les then two hrs later I turn it on and lost 4% charge to 6%. That doesn't seem right. Turn off phone. Next day phone won't turn on. Hold power and vol down says no battery power. Leave it charge for hrs. Won't turn on. Finally it turns on. I notice battery going down 1% every 10 minutes or less. Not right. Just sitting there.
Then I notice it looses battery % even while charging. % went down. Now when I try to charge it don't work. It powers on by itself. Says connect charger. Shuts off. While later it powers on again and keeps repeating this every so often.
Also when it was on once, it opened calendar even with me not touching it. It would like open it and go to home screen by itself. This after a factory reset.
Now it won't charge. Just does the above turn on then off every so often.
I am clueless what's going on. I wonder if I must get another phone which cost $25. They send anything. All used crap non hd phones. Qlink is a lifeline program thing.
Install android n, of that doesn't entirely solve it, get an unofficial high capacity battery.
Found the original charger and cable. Now when I charge you see the big battery with dots under it when the phone is off. So that's good. Why don't you see this with other chargers?
Battery now seems to work and hold the charge. I don't get it.
I don't think the phone can update to any newer then what's on it now. It's 4.something. Nothing of 5.0 when you check for updates. I think the phone is too weak for 5 at good performance but I don't know.
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I don't think the phone can update to any newer then what's on it now. It's 4.something. Nothing of 5.0 when you check for updates. I think the phone is too weak for 5 at good performance but I don't know.
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I think he meant installing a custom ROM. There's currently one Cyanogenm... Lineage OS 14.1 for the Galaxy S2. It is based on Android 7.1. If you are curious, check out this link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=68771297
Nice to hear that your problem seems to be solved! I am a little bit surprised, as I often used different chargers without problems.
Why won't it hold the charge long?
With official cable and charger and batter it came with from lifeline program it looses full battery while powered off in like 3 days. And gone from 94% to 87% in less then 30 minutes.
What's going on?
Then one week it'll be fine.
Me too, i have the same problem too , and I'm charging my phone almost 4 times in a day
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I use my V30 as Hotspot the whole day and this sucks battery quite quick. Is it problematic if I keep the power cord (usb-power-plug) connected all day long? Does the phone still use the battery in that case or does it just draw its power from the power cord and only recharge the battery if it drops volatge by self discharge...
https://www.sciencealert.com/how-to-charge-phone-battery-to-last-longer-advice-science
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I'm not sure I believe that site... I have been a fan of Battery University, but in my experience they got this wrong. My Droid Turbo battery lasted for 4 years before I switched to the V30. I always charged it and left it charging overnight. My laptop that I'm typing this on now, has the original battery from 8 years ago, and it's still working. This laptop stays plugged in almost all the time. Certainly, it doesn't have the life that it would if it was new, but it's been 8 YEARS.
In my case, I keep my devices pretty long, and it doesn't cause a problem. So, I won't bother to unplug at night... it's not worth the hassle. Most people would upgrade their hardware well before these times, so they would notice the problem even less than I do.
The bigger issue I see is when it the phone overheats. My work phone (in my crappy work car) sits on a mount on the vent, which (because of the crappy car) doesn't close completely. So, this winter, it got very hot relatively often. That has hurt the battery life on that phone (a Turbo2)... which now has much less life than my Turbo does. But, it's a company phone, so they're going to replace it... not my problem
The other issue I see is charge cycles. My wife's laptop was often charged, then run on battery, then charged, etc. The battery on that laptop was only about 3 years old when it stopped performing (wouldn't even run the laptop for more than 10 minutes). IMO, charge cycles are, therefore, more important as than overnight charging.
Just my $0.02... feel free to disagree if you want.
Exactly! Charge cycles!
I only charge my V30 every 2nd or 3rd night for that reason, and I still get 7-10 hours SOT after 1.5 years, depending on how much music I play in addition to the SOT.
That said, it's also best to avoid draining the battery too low. The chemistry suffers the most when it's very low or very high.
Keep in mind, with charge cycles, they say it's proportional as well. So, if you charge 25% for 3 days in a row, it's the same as charging 75% every third day. I prefer to keep the phone charged as much as possible, in general.
Also, I neglected to mention, my overnight charger is a slow one (not a QC one). That way, it's slow charging overnight anyway. This speaks to the heat cycling of the battery - QC does heat it up more than a slow charger would. That's also why I don't wireless-charge, as it adds to the heat, too (at least it did on my older phones)...