[tip][root & non-root]get more battery life - Galaxy Grand 2 General

Did you noticed your Grand 2 battery life droped after flashing a new ROM?
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TO NOTICE :
Battery calibration doesn’t extend its life, rather its purpose is to calibrate its state of charge against the phone’s “fuel gauge” so the phoneknows when to charge, stop charging, or shut down the phonewhen battery charge is depleted - the reason calibration becomes necessary is because the battery’s discharge curve changes as it ages.
What is calibrating a battery?
The Android operating system has a feature called Battery Stats, which keeps track of battery capacity, when it is full or empty. The problem is that it sometimes becomes corrupted and starts displaying data that isn’t real, which, for example, causes the phone to turn off before it reaches 0 percent. Calibrating your Android battery simply means getting the Android OS to correct this information so it is reflective of your actual battery levels once again.
It's important to understand that you can't actually calibrate the battery: it is, after all, just a cell that stores power and discharges. However, lithium-ion batteries do include a printed circuit board (PCB), which serves as a protection switch to stop them exploding or deep discharging.
How to calibrate an Android device battery without root access
The old 'fully charge and discharge' approach stands as one of the simplest ways to 'recalibrate' your Android battery. But if your phone battery is causing you real problems, it's worth taking the risk.
Method 1
1. Discharge your phone fully until it turns itself off.
2. Turn it on again and let it turn itself off.
3. Plug your phone into a charger and, without turning it on, let it charge until the on-screen or LED indicator says 100 percent.
4. Unplug your charger.
5. Turn your phone on. It's likely that the battery indicator won't say 100 percent, so plug the charger back in (leave your phone on) and continue charging until it says 100 percent on-screen as well.
6. Unplug your phone and restart it. If it doesn't say 100 percent plug the charger back in until it says 100 percent on screen.
7. Repeat this cycle until it says 100 percent (or as close as you think it's going to get) when you start it up without being plugged in.
8. Now, let your battery discharge all the way down to 0 percent and let your phone turn off again.
9. Fully charge the battery one more time without interruption and you should have reset the Android system's battery percentage.
Remember that it is not recommended to perform this process all the time. Even when your battery is so dead your phone won't even turn on, your battery still has enough reserve charge to avoid system damage. But you don't want to poke the tiger with a stick. Perform this process once every three months at the most. If it is required more often than that you have bigger problems at hand.
Put plainly: fully discharging a battery is bad for it. Trying to overload a battery is also bad for it. The good news is that charging batteries automatically shut off when their safe limit is reached and there's always a little in reserve even if your phone won't start.
How to calibrate Android device battery with root access
HOW TO ROOT GALAXY GRAND 2
Even though I'm not convinced that clearing the batterystats.bin file has any meaningful effect on how the Android system reports remaining battery charge, there are those who swear by this method.
So in the interests of fairness, we've included the process for you here (it is true that different manufacturers use the batterystats.bin file for different things). It's basically the same process as above but with the added step of a root-enabled app.
Method 2
1. Discharge your phone fully until it turns itself off.
2. Turn it on and let it turn off again.
3. Plug your phone into a charger and, without turning it on, let it charge until the on-screen or LED indicator says 100 percent.
4. Unplug your charger.
5. Turn your phone on. It's likely that the battery indicator won't say 100 percent, so plug the charger back in (leave your phone on) and continue charging until it says 100 percent on the screen as well.
6. Unplug your phone and restart it. If it doesn't say 100 percent, plug the charger back in until it says 100 percent on screen.
7. You want to repeat this cycle until it says 100 percent (or as close as you think it's going to get) when you start it up without being plugged in.
8. Now, install the Battery Calibration app and, before you launch it, make sure your battery is at 100 percent again, then restart.
9. Immediately launch the app and recalibrate your battery.
10. Once you've calibrated your battery, discharge it all the way down to 0 percent and let your phone turn off again.
11. Fully charge the battery one more time without interruption while it's switched off, and the Android system's battery percentage will be reset.
That's it. Have you tried any of these methods? Do you know an alternate way to fix battery problems? Let me know in the comments.

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DUD 3500 Battery or "Training" Issues?

So I got one of those CHEAP 3500 eBay batteries from China with the bulky back cover w/o the camera lens hole plastic. You've probably seen them, they are under $10 shipped...
I'm not sure if:
A) I have a dud battery
B) Falsely labeled 3500 battery
C) My less than ideal/proper battery training did any good
D) Battery is not properly "talking" to phone - ie temp/mV/Percent
E) BatteryCalibration App is confusing the eris/ROMs
My issues with the replacement battery include:
1 - Battery life is barely any better. It feels more like a 1750 or smaller replacement. Even though the battery is THICKER than stock
2 - Max charge I can get with BatteryCalibration app for 100% is around 4200mv. 0% is around 3400mv (I don't remember the exact number). REALLY? A dead battery equals around 3400mV?
Note: I had 9% battery life today and had only about 300 less mV than my wifes phone with a stock battery. Here phone had like 88%. (Sorry I didn't jot down the exact numbers).
Note2: Currently:
Wife Phone: 57% 3809mV (Note to self - check when 100%).
My Phone: 78% 3951mV
Wife Phone: 2.1 XtraSense 5.0.1
My Phone: 2.3.7 Condemned CM7 V19 Vanilla
My Phone was replaced by Verizon a few months ago and her's is still from when when bought them new.
Any thoughts on what I need to do different (other than get some more concrete numbers to paste)?? Is my battery a Dud or falsely labeled? Other?
Try this:
- fully charge the phone, so that you get a green LED. (Not absolutely necessary, but I think will be better than doing the rest while not fully charged.)
- still plugged in, restart the phone in Recovery.
- Wipe menu, wipe battery stats
- Restart phone and unplug.
See if that gives you better battery life.
(By the way, FYI, it's xtrSENSE, not xtraSENSE. Common error.)
doogald said:
Try this:
- fully charge the phone, so that you get a green LED. (Not absolutely necessary, but I think will be better than doing the rest while not fully charged.)
- still plugged in, restart the phone in Recovery.
- Wipe menu, wipe battery stats
- Restart phone and unplug.
See if that gives you better battery life.
(By the way, FYI, it's xtrSENSE, not xtraSENSE. Common error.)
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I thought that is what the app does... but I'll give it a try when charged.
Another thing to try is once your phone is charged. Before going into recovery, power the phone off. You'll probably notice the led go orange. Leave it plugged in until it turns green. I've even unplugged it and plugged it back in a couple of times until green every time before booting into recovery and wiping stats. Just another option to try. I've actually seen mine change to green while powered on and indicate a full charge then go to orange when I turn it off and go another 20 minutes or so before it turns green to indicate a full charge.
I'm trying doogald and CondemnedSoul's suggestions.
ATM I'm still on my 1st draining since this morning.
The problem/concern I have is the phone seems to thing the battery is still a stock 1300 battery. (Even the Battery Monitor Widget app lists the battery as 1300).
Additionally, the battery temp never varies more than 0.2 degrees per phone apps.
I'm wondering if the CHEAP battery is not properly communicating with the phone. If not, is there anything I can do other than buying the seido battery instead?
Here's an app screenshot.
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Anybody ever see a battery do this before?!

So I took out my sd card this morning and realized I had been using my replacement battery not the original one that came with the phone. (They are both the same official samsung battery, I just marked them so I know which is which) Later on this evening my phone was at about 45% and I decided to switch batteries because I had opened it back up to reinsert my sd card. I start the phone back up and my 2nd battery, which I always keep at 100% as a backup, was showing only 81%...
I thought this was odd since I put it on the charger for about a half hour every few days to make sure it's fully charged before I start the day just in case I need it. Anyway, I forgot about that quickly and set my phone down on my desk. About 5 minutes later I get a text message, unlock the phone, and low and behold the battery says 83% (and no it was not plugged in all day and had not been charging!) Has anybody ever seen a phone "charge" while it's not plugged in before? It went up to 93% and then finally started to die. Slowly increasing every ~10 minutes give or take. I even have the screenshots to prove it was "charging" while not plugged in.
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The only time I've seen a battery increase it's charge is when the temperature of the battery changes rapidly.
And perhaps if a cell bridges over ..
But that's usually reserved for lead acid type batteries....not lithium ion cells..
You have taught me today ....as this is a first for me ....
And I wouldn't be surprised if the battery is starting to fail ...so watch it to prevent any possible device damage.....g
Um. No. What you're seeing here is recalibration as the phone adapts to the other battery.
So you changed batteries while plugged in ??
Ah yeh, that explains the battery charge increase, as the new battery takes over, and the cycle record was not reset because the phone still has power...
battery is fine......my bad....g
I've had that happen before, and I only use OEM batteries with my phones. Like somebody else said its just a software hiccup where it's recalibrating. I've had times where I've pulled a battery to flash something at like 50 percent battery, when I boot back up I have like 10 percent showing, and it will slowly increase back up to like 40 percent. Its happened a few times and there's nothing to worry about.
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No the phone was not plugged in. And I've switched batteries before without this happening. I know its not a problem I've just never ever watched a phone "charge" itself
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Sounds like a battery stats "hiccup" to me, when you rebooted after swapping the batteries it thought that the battery was the same, so it just kept polling like normal and reporting the "new" status. But i think that when a battery is inserted like that, I don't think that it can instantly report what the exact new voltage/Mah so it pretend charges like what you reported. AT least that's the most logical thing i can think of. My extended battery would "charge" like that sometimes if I battery pulled for some reason...
redneck.nerd said:
Sounds like a battery stats "hiccup" to me, when you rebooted after swapping the batteries it thought that the battery was the same, so it just kept polling like normal and reporting the "new" status. But i think that when a battery is inserted like that, I don't think that it can instantly report what the exact new voltage/Mah so it pretend charges like what you reported. AT least that's the most logical thing i can think of. My extended battery would "charge" like that sometimes if I battery pulled for some reason...
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XDA is no longer worth my time.

Battery charging issue?

Although I've had this phone for over a year now, it took me up until now to bring this up:
When charging, once the battery level reaches 90%, it shoots up to 100% although the battery isn't fully charged. Using Cool Tool to read the battery voltage from /sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_vol_now shows that while idle, the voltage reaches the full capacity of 4.3 volts. However, when the phone does any sort of processing or heavy I/O, it drops to something lower, which is expected since it clearly hasn't reached full charge.
The phone acts as if the battery is fully charged, so when I unplug it, the battery level (and voltage) instantly drops to somewhere between 90 and 100% depending on how long I leave it plugged in after it first shows 100%. I don't take this as a sign of battery aging, since if I leave the charger plugged in for an hour after it charges to 100%, the battery voltage stays at maximum capacity and drains normally depending on how much I use the phone.
What I'd like to know is if this happens to anyone else, because to me it seems more like a software issue rather than something hardware-related. I am running stock 4.4.2, rooted. There are no system-level modifications due to HTC's system partition protection, which I haven't found a need to bypass.
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jim45 said:
Although I've had this phone for over a year now, it took me up until now to bring this up:
When charging, once the battery level reaches 90%, it shoots up to 100% although the battery isn't fully charged. Using Cool Tool to read the battery voltage from /sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_vol_now shows that while idle, the voltage reaches the full capacity of 4.3 volts. However, when the phone does any sort of processing or heavy I/O, it drops to something lower, which is expected since it clearly hasn't reached full charge.
The phone acts as if the battery is fully charged, so when I unplug it, the battery level (and voltage) instantly drops to somewhere between 90 and 100% depending on how long I leave it plugged in after it first shows 100%. I don't take this as a sign of battery aging, since if I leave the charger plugged in for an hour after it charges to 100%, the battery voltage stays at maximum capacity and drains normally depending on how much I use the phone.
What I'd like to know is if this happens to anyone else, because to me it seems more like a software issue rather than something hardware-related. I am running stock 4.4.2, rooted. There are no system-level modifications due to HTC's system partition protection, which I haven't found a need to bypass.
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I don't have this issue with my M7, but I found this post which might be useful to you.

Charging Message and Question

Two questions. First, is the S21 fast charging a function of the charging brick AND charging cable or just the brick? In other words, would any cable be able to fast charge with a 25W brick or does the cable need to be compatible too?
Second, I'm seeing this message every time I plug the phone in to charge. I hit OK and the phone charges (very slowly) so I assume this is nothing to be concerned about per se. I've tried at least five charging cables and various power sources from bricks, PC, car USB ports, etc. and they all give this message. Granted, none of the cables or bricks are Samsung branded so I assume that is whats causing the message.
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Two questions. First, is the S21 fast charging a function of the charging brick AND charging cable or just the brick? In other words, would any cable be able to fast charge with a 25W brick or does the cable need to be compatible too?
Second, I'm seeing this message every time I plug the phone in to charge. I hit OK and the phone charges (very slowly) so I assume this is nothing to be concerned about per se. I've tried at least five charging cables and various power sources from bricks, PC, car USB ports, etc. and they all give this message. Granted, none of the cables or bricks are Samsung branded so I assume that is whats causing the message.
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I’m using the t-mobile version of the s21.
I have not ever seen that screen. I am charging with a variety of chargers and cables (Some are usb type a to type c,some are type c to c.) I’ve used ravpower chargers (A 2-port model with my laptop and a smaller 30 watt model.j also lower output legacy type a usb sockets on power outlets. I put the original Samsun cable away in a drawer.
You need to use a fast charging compatible cable and brick. Otherwise fast charging will not will not engage.
I currently have 81% charge. When I plug it into a charger (brick or PC), it says 6 hours and 15 minutes to full. That can't be normal. I have fast charging enabled.
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I currently have 81% charge. When I plug it into a charger (brick or PC), it says 6 hours and 15 minutes to full. That can't be normal. I have fast charging enabled.
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It isn't. Try calibrating the battery. Discharge to auto shutdown, charge overnight to 100%, repeat.
Allow to remain on charger for 2 hours after it's showing 100%
Try clearing system cache.
Try charging with phone powered down (fast charging should work even then)
Try a factory reset.
Use a known good OEM fast charger and cable.
If that doesn't get it, it's probably a hardware or firmware issue.
Note: fast charging will not engage if battery temperature is too low or high. Best charge start temp is around 85°F.
If battery temp goes above about 100°F fast charging will disengage and so will all charging shortly after if temperature continues to rise.
What would be a normal charging time till full if you're at 81%...roughly speaking.
shobuddy said:
What would be a normal charging time till full if you're at 81%...roughly speaking.
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30 minutes or so but a lot longer if you're trying to calibrate the battery. See below.
Here's another method for root and non-root:
How To Calibrate Android Phone, Tablet Battery [ No Root, With Root Calibration ]
How to calibrate android battery? This comes to your mind, if your battery draining rapidly or is it misbehave. There are many reasons for android battery
www.androidgadgematic.com
Yet another non-root method:
Android Battery CalibratIon Tips for Longer Battery Backup & Performance
Follow these Android battery calibration tips to calibrate battery on Android devices and enjoy longer battery backup and fix battery-related issues.
www.droidviews.com
Jeeesze... it has been confirmed that batterystats.bin is indeed run by gremlins.
So will a factory reset wipe batterystats.bin file?

[GUIDE] [TIPS] | Poco X3 Battery Care for Healthy li-ion Battery

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As long as @pnin believes in Old-school stuff, and he has made for us map for Guides index of poco x3 threads on XDA. I believe too that there is many users not knowing about The battery killer or To be more realistic "killers".
There Is Med-kit stuff you must follow to avoid bad battery life because:
Unhealthy battery = - performance & - life usage
Healthy battery = + performance & + life usage
So, I will set up to you tips that's makes your POCO X3 battery better.
I can be the science man and explain to you all the tips that I will mention it, but I won't just want to be easy on you and get you on the boat.
NOTE: This thread not tellings you how to optimize your rom for better SOT this about take care of your battery life.
As long as we have non-removable "Li-ion" battery, We need to:
1- low voltages is recommended for a battery’s lifespan, According to british university research, charging up your phone in that 30% to 80% range keeps the voltage lower and prolongs the battery lifespan.
2- Never play Games or watching videos while charging is bad because they distort charging cycles.
3- Try to not use your device while charging, and if you can turn it off while charging till get charged enough.
4,1- Don't ever makes your device temperature get higher because it's will kill your battery in long term. there is many ways to get your device temperature higher, such as: play while charging, put device on charging in hot place under pillow or whatever and using wrong bad kernel -_-...etc
4,2- It's recommend to take off your device case while charging, that's help to decrease temperature degree.
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5- This device is not flagship device or has an expensive CPU & GPU, so stop playing heavy game with over 60 frame rate for hours ! this bad habit and will kills your battery in long term. when you feels your device get hot stop what you doing till temperature get normal.
6- If you are traveling or storing your device charge it to 80% and leave it switched off but not for more than 5~6 months. and for your knowledge you can store your device for 10 years and your battery can works after because the lithium-ion batteries shalf life 10~12 years.
7- Charge your device from to 100% once a month (UPDATE: NO NEED TO CHARGE FROM 0% TO 100 MONTHLY SINCE WE GO LI-PO BATTERY THIS ACTION ONLY FOR Nickel Cadmium batteries).
Now, maybe you asking "Can I get step back to get my bad battery healthy again ?"
Answer : half yes ! You can't restore the water you droped on sand but you can save the rest that left
Glad to tell me If I had missed something.
Thanks in advance.
regards
any charge limiter that can automatically shut of charging at 80% though the charger cable may stay connected longer period?
ecrum said:
any charge limiter that can automatically shut of charging at 80% though the charger cable may stay connected longer period?
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If I understood you, There is "smart charging" feature on some AOSP roms for poco x3 such as: Arrow os,Pixel extended,...etc
let your device when to stop charging and when to charge. It's really helpful for life spin.
I don't know if this feature same as Pixels phone that lower battery refresh rate or something common. Because there is no explain to how it's really works.
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any charge limiter that can automatically shut of charging at 80% though the charger cable may stay connected longer period?
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There are a couple of Magisk modules for that. YMMV.
Valuable Information thanks
From what I have read, a lower charging rate is also important because it prevents heating of the battery, which degrades it. We can achieve this by minimizing the number of times we use the 33W fast charger included in the box. A good C-rate value to charge our phones is 0.4C, in our case for a 5160mAh battery that is charging with a charger rated for 5V and 2A.
ema93a said:
From what I have read, a lower charging rate is also important because it prevents heating of the battery, which degrades it. We can achieve this by minimizing the number of times we use the 33W fast charger included in the box. A good C-rate value to charge our phones is 0.4C, in our case for a 5160mAh battery that is charging with a charger rated for 5V and 2A.
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Thanks for this reach info. Yes it's important but you can't tell the people to replace what they paid for...
We can tell as you showed.
"Don't charge 3 or more times per day"
which I believe hardcore gamers that playing games all the time using they are 33 waat charger for more than 4 times a day.
which it's a killer habit for the battery indeed.
for a normal users one charge would be enough for a full-day.
I'm charging once a day and If I playing for more than 1 hour then day and half to charge.
Abdullah.Csit said:
[...] you can't tell the people to replace what they paid for...
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We all have an older charger laying around from out previous smartphone, just use it whenever you aren't in a hurry. Your graph confirms the huge longevity difference from doing this.
"Don't charge 3 or more times per day"
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No, charge as many times as you need, but limit the range from 30 to 80%.
ema93a said:
We all have an older charger laying around from out previous smartphone, just use it whenever you aren't in a hurry. Your graph confirms the huge longevity difference from doing this.
No, charge as many times as you need, but limit the range from 30 to 80%.
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What I meant that there is a lot of users ( Gamers ) whom always playing (always heating) which they are don't care about temperature and charging a lot per a day will make heating most the time and will end the cycle life as soon as possible .
anyway it's not hard it easy steps and advices.
my regards
Thread Updated!
After researching I had changed common habit these days and updated number 7:
"7- Charge your device from to 100% once a month (UPDATE: NO NEED TO CHARGE FROM 0% TO 100 MONTHLY SINCE WE GO LI-PO BATTERY THIS ACTION ONLY FOR Nickel Cadmium batteries)."
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