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Hey everyone, I have been having this issue with my SGP 5.0 International for a while now. For some reason when I charge my device until it says "Fully Charged" and then unplug it from the charger it instantly goes to 90%. I'm currently running JackpotClavin's 4/14 CM 10.1 Build but this has been happening on every rom since I changed from stock. I tried wiping battery stats via the application "Battery Calibration" in the play market by overriding the wait till 100% option but it still happens. Any ideas on how to fix this? It's a bit annoying.
Try booting into recovery and wiping your battery stats that way. If that does not work, try running the battery all the way down, then charging it all the way up a few times, I have heard that works.
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wiping battery stats does nothing
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Do you charge it with the device switched on or off? It should be switched off before you turn it on and check the stats.
NATO556 said:
Try booting into recovery and wiping your battery stats that way. If that does not work, try running the battery all the way down, then charging it all the way up a few times, I have heard that works.
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My CWM does not have a wipe battery stats option otherwise I would have tried that one first. I am going to turn off the device and let it charge overnight while the device is off and see if that fixes it. I'm just a little confused as to what is causing this since I have had this happen across multiple roms all the way back from custom stock based roms.
yeap does the same on US edition too I am PacMan Rom... any one found a fix ?
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yeap does the same on US edition too I am PacMan Rom... any one found a fix ?
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Nothing for sure so far. Wiping battery stats did nothing as suggested by many others but it seemed worth a try. I am currently in the process of completely draining the battery on my SGP and then recharging it to see if it goes away. I will update once it is recharged.
Reported power was buggy when my usb port started havibg issues
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Reported power was buggy when my usb port started havibg issues
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That's strange, I don't have any issues with USB. The only issues I've had are low bars for WiFi and the battery not showing 100%.
Well at the end of the day ignore what the stats say. What matters is if the battery does its job or not.
You should do this once every 1-2 months (or after about 50 cycles of charging):
1) Discharge completely the battery until the device turns off itself.
2) Charge the device (better powered off, but on CM10.1 for SGP 5.0 there is a bug and the device turns on when you plug the charger, I don't know if it is solved) and wait further 2-3 hours when the message "Charged" is displayed. Approximately wait 6-8 hours for complete charging.
3) Unplug the charger and turn OFF the device, wait 10-15 minutes with the device off.
4) Connect again the charger and power ON the device, wait 5-10 minutes after the message "Charged" is displayed.
5) Repeat steps 3) and 4) at least 3 times.
6) Now android can read correctly the battery voltage for a while.
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If you don't care about keeping the battery at 90% after plug out, then there is no reason to post in this thread.
I used to do this since i bought my first android device, and everytime worked.
If you have an idea please tell us.
I should say that the power issues were usb related. probably to some sort of issue with the power circuit; in my case, on the usb end. Either massive discharges or false reporting (eg 100->30%)
If u don't have any usb issues in the near future, its probably just the usual sgp faulty power reporting issue
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zardak said:
If you don't care about keeping the battery at 90% after plug out, then there is no reason to post in this thread.
I used to do this since i bought my first android device, and everytime worked.
If you have an idea please tell us.
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Any scietific explaination for such a 'method'? Because it sounds very funny
Do you know how the battery percentage is calculated in our devices?
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Any scietific explaination for such a 'method'? Because it sounds very funny
Do you know how the battery percentage is calculated in our devices?
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If you want scientifics explainations, google is your friend and no, I don't know how the batt. % is calculated on android. I only know what i've read about and that this works nicely for me since I had the same problem, so I shared my experience.
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You should do this once every 1-2 months (or after about 50 cycles of charging):
1) Discharge completely the battery until the device turns off itself.
2) Charge the device (better powered off, but on CM10.1 for SGP 5.0 there is a bug and the device turns on when you plug the charger, I don't know if it is solved) and wait further 2-3 hours when the message "Charged" is displayed. Approximately wait 6-8 hours for complete charging.
3) Unplug the charger and turn OFF the device, wait 10-15 minutes with the device off.
4) Connect again the charger and power ON the device, wait 5-10 minutes after the message "Charged" is displayed.
5) Repeat steps 3) and 4) at least 3 times.
6) Now android can read correctly the battery voltage for a while.
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I will have to try this and see if it helps. I just finished a full charge/discharge cycle with no change. It still only charges to max 90%. Thanks for the suggestion.
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No need to be so rude and post a comment with no value. I'm fairly sure post spamming is against forum rules.
alljokingaside said:
I should say that the power issues were usb related. probably to some sort of issue with the power circuit; in my case, on the usb end. Either massive discharges or false reporting (eg 100->30%)
If u don't have any usb issues in the near future, its probably just the usual sgp faulty power reporting issue
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I'm fairly sure it doesn't have anything to do with the cable/power adapter as I currently use and have been using for some time 3 different cords/plug combos as well as changing the socket I use to charge. I have heard of the faulty power reporting but even if that is the case the main reason I posted to begin with was to try and sort all that out.
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Do you charge it with the device switched on or off? It should be switched off before you turn it on and check the stats.
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Thanks for mentioning this. I don't have any battery stats issues, but I would be interested in seeing how turning my device off and then fully charging it affects my battery. Now, will I be able to withstand an hour or so without my Samsung Galaxy S2? We'll see.
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I've read a lot about this issue on many forums and never got an answer that gives me peace of mind.
I think all that matters is that the device is charged while switched off and that's it.
If you charge a device while it's on it can generate a parasitic load and that will screw the battery stats and age the battery prematurely.
I had some problems like that when I used my brother's iPod charger. Try to switch to an original Samgung charger, if not already using one.
I have recently bought the Sony Xperia Z2 and like everyone else, I take extra care of my phone when its new. One thing I would like to preserve is the battery and keep it as good as it is till my next upgrade.
My question is, is it bad to use a phone while its charging? Would this have any negative affect on the battery or is it perfectly fine to do so?
I don't see very light usage of it while charging causing any issues, if you are playing a game or doing something more demanding then it might possibly cause issues with battery reporting. I just charge mine at night while sleeping.
It's better not to do it but in our age it won't be a problem if u ask me.
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Only if...
Give it concern if u r keeping the phone for more than a year, if not then enjoy without complaining!
To preserve your battery as long as possible, no. Also, top up the charge as often as possible, not allowing it to drop below around 40% and don't charge it higher than 70%.
Of course this is a bit unrealistic and will likely lower your enjoyment of the device. But I do recommend not fully charging your phone (only go as high as 90% at most) as the last part of a charge strains the battery a lot and you don't lose much capacity (especially with this phone). Like someone else said, too, light usage while charging won't do much damage.
For more information read this: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
you can use if while it's on charge but don't play high graphics games or video calling ( skype )
light usage such as chatting on facebook is fine, as long its not draining the battery it is fine else if you fine the battery abnormal, you can calibrate it again, check this link for more info : http://www.androidauthority.com/how...attery-and-achieve-longer-battery-life-43307/
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I have recently bought the Sony Xperia Z2 and like everyone else, I take extra care of my phone when its new. One thing I would like to preserve is the battery and keep it as good as it is till my next upgrade.
My question is, is it bad to use a phone while its charging? Would this have any negative affect on the battery or is it perfectly fine to do so?
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Yes.
The Z2 emits more heat while charging. The heat is prejudicial to the battery even more the motherboard and other part, which slows in taking bad effect.
If you use it while charging, the battery will more short-lived than others.
I got my Moto Z with battery pack for almost a week now
It seems battery mod drains faster than internal
With normal usage and both fully charged, mod takes around 5 hours to drop to 30% and internal at 100%
Without mod it takes a 10-12 hours for internal to drop to 40%
So after playing around and checking stats I noticed the phone accept the battery mod as an external charger
when battery mod is connected its like it is connected to charger so it wont doze or deep sleep and so that causes the battery mod drain very fast
So ...
for those who got the battery mod, I think its best not to connect the battery mod all the time, and use it as a charger when needed.
Are you using @janjan his ROM? There are some optimizations, battery saving not the least. You also should have the mode set to Efficiency Mode and not Standard, as Standard drains more power to keep the battery at 100% all the time, while Efficiency is much better for both the Internal Battery and Battery Pack.
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Are you using @janjan his ROM? There are some optimizations, battery saving not the least. You also should have the mode set to Efficiency Mode and not Standard, as Standard drains more power to keep the battery at 100% all the time, while Efficiency is much better for both the Internal Battery and Battery Pack.
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I'm using @JackyGreen Rom, but will try @janjan too
The deference between standard and efficiency mode is not much, tried both.
As soon as battery drop to 80% which took around 3-4 hours on my average daily usage, it will be the same,
Phone uses mod as charger and will not sleep/doze and drain all the mod juice to keep battery at 80% and that takes up to 4-5 hours max.
I think its best if the mode has a 3rd option,
for example, start charging the phone at 50% and go up to 80%
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I think its best if the mode has a 3rd option,
for example, start charging the phone at 50% and go up to 80%
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Me too... I'm not sure if this can be obtained by kernel or by Rom (system)...
This could be a good tip for @janjan or @erfanoabdi for their future development... :fingers-crossed:
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Me too... I'm not sure if this can be obtained by kernel or by Rom (system)...
This could be a good tip for @janjan or @erfanoabdi for their future development... :fingers-crossed:
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I don't know if moto mod manager is open source we can do that, else we should somehow hack apk file (maybe with Xposed)
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I don't know if moto mod manager is open source we can do that, else we should somehow hack apk file (maybe with Xposed)
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Any way to make the battery mod a bit more convenient would be much appreciated.
For now, I just keep it in my car dashboard and use it as a charger when needed.
I've noticed that my phone seems to doze when the battery pack is connected. Obviously it isn't as much as if the battery pack isn't connect, but my phone will sleep even with the mod connected. The behavior oddly didn't seem to appear until after about a weekof using the mod, but I can confirm that the battery pack does not keep the phone away as much as a regular external battery would
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As soon as battery drop to 80% which took around 3-4 hours on my average daily usage, it will be the same,
Phone uses mod as charger and will not sleep/doze and drain all the mod juice to keep battery at 80% and that takes up to 4-5 hours max.
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I'm testing my Moto Z with my Incipio and I don't see this behaviour on my phone: as soon as the main battery reach 80%, the charge start only every some minutes for short time laps just to mantain the 80% level...
This shouldn't create big issues with Doze mode and sleeping since of the short periods of charging... just look at the attached explaining screenshot...
To answer to topic question, in my first days of use, it seems to me that Incipio battery is a lot more efficient if used to throttle charging Moto Z ever @80% than toe charging it from lower levels.
In the second case it discharges very fast, while in first one it seems able to do it's work very efficiently with lower discharge rates... :fingers-crossed:
These are only impressions obviously...
Are there any cases/bumpers for the phone with the Incipio pack? It's a little slippery for me, so was hoping for a bumper that has some soft ridges or is matte.
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Are there any cases/bumpers for the phone with the Incipio pack? It's a little slippery for me, so was hoping for a bumper that has some soft ridges or is matte.
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I got the Verizon bumper. It allows for swapping of mods also. Gives it a little grip.
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Are there any cases/bumpers for the phone with the Incipio pack? It's a little slippery for me, so was hoping for a bumper that has some soft ridges or is matte.
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I ordered a bumper directly from https://www.incipio.com/
https://www.incipio.com/cases/smart...roid-cases/moto-z-droid-co-molded-bumper.html
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swejuggalo said:
I ordered a bumper directly from https://www.incipio.com/
https://www.incipio.com/cases/smart...roid-cases/moto-z-droid-co-molded-bumper.html
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Half off right now btw
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Hi, I use a Moto Z but do not have the battery mod. But theoretically, you could hack in a way to control the charging of your phone with the battery mod even while keeping it plugged in all the time. You'll have to open up the battery mod and solder a miniature switch between the VCC line of the mod to the connector pin interface on the mod to do this. So only when the switch is closed, the mod starts to charge the device.
Like I said I do not have a battery mod to try this, but this is probably the easiest way to do it.
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I think its best if the mode has a 3rd option,
for example, start charging the phone at 50% and go up to 80%
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checkout my tool and Efficiency Mode Enhancer : https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z/themes/app-battery-mod-percentage-t3575753
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I don't know if moto mod manager is open source we can do that, else we should somehow hack apk file (maybe with Xposed)
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after my works on mod manager app and custom roms i figured out how is this working and made tool with Xposed to change Efficiency Mode values
(Working with unofficial Nougat Xposed)
Isn't Fast Charging Bad For The Battery?
That would depend on the battery's C rating. Charging at higher rates doesn't necessarily cause damage. There are plenty of articles on charging lithium ion/poly cells out there.
In my previous S7 Edge , the battery lost plenty of juice in just one year of usage ( i was using wireless charging only). Then i sent it to samsung warranty and they replace battery. Tried to find something about if could be the wireless charging that damaged the battery and found none that supported that theory.
Now, with the S8, i´m using the provided charger and cable only (Just to be safe).
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In my previous S7 Edge , the battery lost plenty of juice in just one year of usage ( i was using wireless charging only). Then i sent it to samsung warranty and they replace battery. Tried to find something about if could be the wireless charging that damaged the battery and found none that supported that theory.
Now, with the S8, i´m using the provided charger and cable only (Just to be safe).
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Wireless is different due to the losses in the induction, creating heat, which does have some affect. But there are a lot of variables as to why your battery performance may have degraded.
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Isn't Fast Charging Bad For The Battery?
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Are you a battery engineer/chemist?
peachpuff said:
Are you a battery engineer/chemist?
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Battery President.
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LeoNote4 said:
Battery President.
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Right... it seems every day someone thinks they know more than engineers in that field, battery is getting hot so it must be bad. Yet every year qualcomm and others improve quick charging for even faster charging, so unless someone actually knows something these threads should just stop.
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Right... it seems every day someone thinks they know more than engineers in that field, battery is getting hot so it must be bad. Yet every year qualcomm and others improve quick charging for even faster charging, so unless someone actually knows something these threads should just stop.
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I think what's going on here is someone doesn't know so he is asking a question.
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I think what's going on here is someone doesn't know so he is asking a question.
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Why would you assume its bad for the battery in the first place? Just because it gets hot? The cpu also gets hot when gaming so i should stop gaming? Recording 4k videos also heats up the phone so i should stop recording 4k video's? Constantly downloading will probably heat up the modem too so i should stop downloading? If something is built into the phone why would you assume its bad for the phone?
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Why would you assume its bad for the battery in the first place?
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I didn't.
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Just because it gets hot?
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What gets hot? Who said anything about hot?
Hey, don't take it badly, he is just asking. I remember old batteries (for example ni-mh) if you charge it at a high current they use to live less than if you charged them at a slow one (i remember using rechargable batteries of this time for my wii control and i could test it with how long they lasted).
I think the new Li-ion (or better) batteries nowadays don't suffer from this, so you should be safe about them. They have a natural capacity loss thats isnt affected about the rest of the things. You should anyway check for faulty chargers or your battery life, remember all the test samsung makes are with their original hardware.
Regards!
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Why would you assume its bad for the battery in the first place? Just because it gets hot? The cpu also gets hot when gaming so i should stop gaming? Recording 4k videos also heats up the phone so i should stop recording 4k video's? Constantly downloading will probably heat up the modem too so i should stop downloading? If something is built into the phone why would you assume its bad for the phone?
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This is someone not knowing what they're taking about trying to talk down on someone else.
Anyways heat has always been detrimental to battery health which is why samsung fast wireless chargers have fans built in to keep the heat low. Along with this the phone will prevent charging if it passes a certain heat threshold I believe 40c iirc and also the phone uses adaptive charging to prevent over heating of the phone with the included fast charger and charging circuit design. As long as the phone continues to regulate the charge coming into the phone fast charging shouldn't hurt. Of course with fast charging you go through battery cycles faster but this is just because you can charge it a lot more times than with regular charging.
My personal experience:
- 2 years of fast charging = battery drain between 100 and 90 very much noticable
- charging over night causes more damage than fast charging
Hi,
So I've been using an app called Battery Charge Limit from the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slash.batterychargelimit) to limit my battery charging upto 80% using root access. This was to increase the longevity of the battery.
Worked fine on Oreo, but now for some reason it doesn't seem to stop the battery charging at 80% on Pie. I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue and has found a fix/workaround?
I know its probably better just to ask the app developers, but I was just wondering if anyone else is having this issue as I also have access to an S7 Edge on OneUI Pie and it doesn't seem to have any issues.
Thanks
DBZLegend9000 said:
Hi,
So I've been using an app called Battery Charge Limit from the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slash.batterychargelimit) to limit my battery charging upto 80% using root access. This was to increase the longevity of the battery.
Worked fine on Oreo, but now for some reason it doesn't seem to stop the battery charging at 80% on Pie. I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue and has found a fix/workaround?
I know its probably better just to ask the app developers, but I was just wondering if anyone else is having this issue as I also have access to an S7 Edge on OneUI Pie and it doesn't seem to have any issues.
Thanks
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The xda thread for it is here: https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/to...2&share_fid=3793&share_type=t&link_source=app
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DBZLegend9000 said:
Hi,
So I've been using an app called Battery Charge Limit from the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slash.batterychargelimit) to limit my battery charging upto 80% using root access. This was to increase the longevity of the battery.
Worked fine on Oreo, but now for some reason it doesn't seem to stop the battery charging at 80% on Pie. I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue and has found a fix/workaround?
I know its probably better just to ask the app developers, but I was just wondering if anyone else is having this issue as I also have access to an S7 Edge on OneUI Pie and it doesn't seem to have any issues.
Thanks
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I do not see any sense in such charging settings, the V30 with 100% notification is still charging for 30 minutes with low current and then only reaches a physical 100% battery which is to save the battery. As the program disconnects charging at 80% it will be physical about 70% = 2/3 for battery use. You probably don't discharge the battery less than 30% because you will "damage it". Then use 1/3 charging it 3 times at the same time as I do ... So think about whether after these 4 years you won't have a more dead battery than I, kids, I charge 15> 100%.
Yes, the answer is simple, charge up to 100% and disconnect immediately, just like LG limits charging to physical 95% so that the battery does not lose capacity.
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I do not see any sense in such charging settings, the V30 with 100% notification is still charging for 30 minutes with low current and then only reaches a physical 100% battery which is to save the battery. As the program disconnects charging at 80% it will be physical about 70% = 2/3 for battery use. You probably don't discharge the battery less than 30% because you will "damage it". Then use 1/3 charging it 3 times at the same time as I do ... So think about whether after these 4 years you won't have a more dead battery than I, kids, I charge 15> 100%.
Yes, the answer is simple, charge up to 100% and disconnect immediately, just like LG limits charging to physical 95% so that the battery does not lose capacity.
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Fair enough. I simply limit it to 80% as from what I understand the majority of battery wear happens between 80-100%, even if it is charging at a much lower voltage and current.
Even if the phone doesn't show the true values of physical charge, a physical 70% charge is enough to get me through the day and I don't worry too much about how much battery I drain so only put the phone back to charge when it's at ~5%. So only charge the phone once a day.
Even if it may/may not make a difference to longevity it's worth a shot. At best it'll improve the lifespan of the battery, at worst it'll do nothing with normal degradation.
Maybe in a year or so when 80% charge can't get me through the day I might drop the limit. For now it seems worth a try.
DBZLegend9000 said:
Fair enough. I simply limit it to 80% as from what I understand the majority of battery wear happens between 80-100%, even if it is charging at a much lower voltage and current.
Even if the phone doesn't show the true values of physical charge, a physical 70% charge is enough to get me through the day and I don't worry too much about how much battery I drain so only put the phone back to charge when it's at ~5%. So only charge the phone once a day.
Even if it may/may not make a difference to longevity it's worth a shot. At best it'll improve the lifespan of the battery, at worst it'll do nothing with normal degradation.
Maybe in a year or so when 80% charge can't get me through the day I might drop the limit. For now it seems worth a try.
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Just for your information, deep discharges are also not very good for Lion batteries. Discharging to 5% regularly is as bad, if not worse, than charging to 100%. The optimal is to always keep the battery level between 40%-80%.
I am not so sure if that will make any visible real world difference since most people don't tend to keep their phones for too long. And since that limits the effective battery capacity too much, I would suggest that you don't worry too much about charging/discharging too much.
DBZLegend9000 said:
Hi,
So I've been using an app called Battery Charge Limit from the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slash.batterychargelimit) to limit my battery charging upto 80% using root access. This was to increase the longevity of the battery.
Worked fine on Oreo, but now for some reason it doesn't seem to stop the battery charging at 80% on Pie. I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue and has found a fix/workaround?
I know its probably better just to ask the app developers, but I was just wondering if anyone else is having this issue as I also have access to an S7 Edge on OneUI Pie and it doesn't seem to have any issues.
Thanks
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To answer your original question, the same feature works as intended on a different app (AccuBattery) on my phone, stock unrooted open EU H93030b. So it looks like your problem is not the OS but the app.
PIntus_aleborn said:
Just for your information, deep discharges are also not very good for Lion batteries. Discharging to 5% regularly is as bad, if not worse, than charging to 100%. The optimal is to always keep the battery level between 40%-80%.
I am not so sure if that will make any visible real world difference since most people don't tend to keep their phones for too long. And since that limits the effective battery capacity too much, I would suggest that you don't worry too much about charging/discharging too much.
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Yeah I am aware that discharging to 5% can be just as bad for the battery. But even if I charged to 100% I would still use the phone till there was only 5% left. So I just thought might as well try to limit the charging and see if it makes a difference on the long run, since 80% gets me through a the day anyway.
PIntus_aleborn said:
To answer your original question, the same feature works as intended on a different app (AccuBattery) on my phone, stock unrooted open EU H93030b. So it looks like your problem is not the OS but the app.
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Thanks for your help! I did try out Accubattery and yes it detects when the battery is at 80%. Just wish it could set limits with root access as well.
In any case, I seem to have found a solution now. There's a Magisk module called Advanced Charging Control (ACC). This seems to work well and limits charging to 80%. It also has a companion app that you can use to set your own preferences and limits.
I've linked the relevant thread below, might be useful to others.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-magic-charging-switch-cs-v2017-9-t3668427/amp/
DBZLegend9000 said:
Yeah I am aware that discharging to 5% can be just as bad for the battery. But even if I charged to 100% I would still use the phone till there was only 5% left. So I just thought might as well try to limit the charging and see if it makes a difference on the long run, since 80% gets me through a the day anyway.
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Your doing more worse then good letting the phone go to 5%. That app will not do ANYTHING for you.
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I find ACC works well at stopping the chargeing at a certain % level.
Hoiwever then while still connected to usb it draws power from the battery - not good.
Battery charge Limit on Oreo stoped charging and used then power from usbb onwards while still connected.
I wonder how ACC stops the charging on Pie, i.e. with what control file. Has anyone got an idea?
I foudn out that the switch is /sys/devices/platform/lge-unified-nodes/charging_enabled. This starts/stops the chargi8ng.
Unfortunately, on Pie, when this is set to disabled from then on power ist not drawn from the charger but from the battery.
Is there any other switch / wax to prevent this?
Ich want charging to be stopped and from then on power to be taken from the charger while connected to it.
Here are the paths to the CTRL files that I've found to work with the two ROMs that I've used recently:
Havoc-OS wired and wireless: /sys/devices/platform/lge-unified-nodes/charging_enable (no 'd' on the end, unlike what bladecgn gave)
Lineage OS wired: /sys/class/power_supply/battery/charging_enabled
Lineage OS wireless: /sys/class/power_supply/dc-wireless/charging_enabled
One quirk that I've noticed is that, on wireless, the app ignores the "Recharge below" setting and starts recharging as soon as the percentage drops just 1% below the max (ex. if the max is 80% and the charge drops to 79%, it'll immediately recharge back to 80%, even if "Recharge below" is set at 76%).
For the record, the ROM that I'm using is LineageOS 17.1, so the app definitely still works on Android 10.
bladecgn said:
I foudn out that the switch is /sys/devices/platform/lge-unified-nodes/charging_enabled. This starts/stops the chargi8ng.
Unfortunately, on Pie, when this is set to disabled from then on power ist not drawn from the charger but from the battery.
Is there any other switch / wax to prevent this?
Ich want charging to be stopped and from then on power to be taken from the charger while connected to it.
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Were you able to figure out how to use only power from the charger instead of the battery, @bladecgn?
Osprey00 said:
Here are the paths to the CTRL files that I've found to work with the two ROMs that I've used recently:
Havoc-OS wired and wireless: /sys/devices/platform/lge-unified-nodes/charging_enable (no 'd' on the end, unlike what bladecgn gave)
Lineage OS wired: /sys/class/power_supply/battery/charging_enabled
Lineage OS wireless: /sys/class/power_supply/dc-wireless/charging_enabled
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Stock Pie doesn't have the /sys/class/power_supply/battery/charging_enabled file, but it does have /sys/class/power_supply/battery/battery_charging_enabled. Would that work?
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Stock Pie doesn't have the /sys/class/power_supply/battery/charging_enabled file, but it does have /sys/class/power_supply/battery/battery_charging_enabled. Would that work?
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I don't know. You'll just have to try. It's a process of trial and error to find which path works with which ROMs.