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Is there currently a GB ROM / kernal that charges at normal speed and without the GB charging bug?
H3Dude said:
Is there currently a GB ROM / kernal that charges at normal speed and without the GB charging bug?
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The first leaked kernels had the slow charge issue. Any of the newer ones will have that issue fixed.
RootandBoot said:
The first leaked kernels had the slow charge issue. Any of the newer ones will have that issue fixed.
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I guess the next question would be, what is a newer one? I still see this problem frequently stated in even recent ROM updates.
RootandBoot said:
The first leaked kernels had the slow charge issue. Any of the newer ones will have that issue fixed.
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Not really. Even IMO's newest kernel still has issues with charging.
H3Dude said:
I guess the next question would be, what is a newer one? I still see this problem frequently stated in even recent ROM updates.
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Rom updates != kernel updates
g00s3y said:
Rom updates != kernel updates
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Concur. Don't mix the kernel charging issue with a rom.
Every kernel I've tried has the slow charging. Reboot while charging and it's fixed.
I was afraid of that. Thanks for the quick responses.
Since I've completely wiped then installed Gingeritis 1.0 I've had no more charging issues and the battery life is good. When I tried to add a battery mod I got the charging problem back. I restored prior to the mod and battery life and charging is back to good.
Has anyone noticed that charging is slower with 4.4.4 ?
Has anyone figured a way to peek into the rom to find out where the charging rate is set?
tsiros said:
Has anyone noticed that charging is slower with 4.4.4 ?
Has anyone figured a way to peek into the rom to find out where the charging rate is set?
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You didn't want to root did you?
If you do then doomkernel (and the pimped port for cm/aosp based ROMs) has fastcharge if you want to risk burning out a usb port or the charger
blueether said:
You didn't want to root did you?
If you do then doomkernel (and the pimped port for cm/aosp based ROMs) has fastcharge if you want to risk burning out a usb port or the charger
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I wanted to flash candy rom AOSP but i have relocked my bl. I am rooted on 108 at the moment. Can i flash candy rom and then flash dual recovery from nut and be fine? or do i need to unlock bl first.
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tsiros said:
Has anyone noticed that charging is slower with 4.4.4 ?
Has anyone figured a way to peek into the rom to find out where the charging rate is set?
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My charging is fine. Still the same.
cameljockey1 said:
I wanted to flash candy rom AOSP but i have relocked my bl. I am rooted on 108 at the moment. Can i flash candy rom and then flash dual recovery from nut and be fine? or do i need to unlock bl first.
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As far as I am concerned flashing Candy ROM needs changing kernel, and you won't be able to do this without an unlocked bootloader.
i have the same curious question too. Last night i was charging via dock. And boy that was slow! In 4.4.2 it was way faster with the DK30. Don't know why, need more charging cycle to conclude.
cameljockey1 said:
I wanted to flash candy rom AOSP but i have relocked my bl. I am rooted on 108 at the moment. Can i flash candy rom and then flash dual recovery from nut and be fine? or do i need to unlock bl first.
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Candy will need an unlocked BL and no [NUT]'s recovery won't work as it is for Sony based ROMs
.108 rooted/locked_bl feels slower than non-rooted
I noticed that the charge to reach the green led needs much more time than when it wasn't rooted and not unlocked and locked back.
I thought charge rates were dependent on the charging block itself? Also if it isn't dependent on just the charger itself, how warm is your phone when it's charging? Warmer phones take longer to charge because if it is being warm before charging commences, that means the battery is being worked hard from drainage.
I did a couple measurements by downgrading to 4.4.3
i kept the phone cool with a fan
I didn't see significant difference in charge rates... something like 10% difference, unimportant
When I had a Galaxy Note 2, there was an app which read the charging current from somewhere in /proc, so you could see which chargers were more effective.
Is there an app or a way through adb shell to find the current charging current?
speculatrix said:
When I had a Galaxy Note 2, there was an app which read the charging current from somewhere in /proc, so you could see which chargers were more effective.
Is there an app or a way through adb shell to find the current charging current?
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Ive had something that did the same, I think it was an xposed module?
Hello everybody, here I am for some informations about the battery life of galaxy alpha. I am using an official stock rom 5.0.2 of Samsung. I charge my phone 2 or 3 times per day, but recently I check the battery usage in the setting and I see the wifi seems to be actived all the time even I set it off. Please check the attachment file for screenshot. I just wonder if the problem comes from firmware or I just have to change my battery?
Best regards
wekisswill said:
Hello everybody, here I am for some informations about the battery life of galaxy alpha. I am using an official stock rom 5.0.2 of Samsung. I charge my phone 2 or 3 times per day, but recently I check the battery usage in the setting and I see the wifi seems to be actived all the time even I set it off. Please check the attachment file for screenshot. I just wonder if the problem comes from firmware or I just have to change my battery?
Best regards
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You must buy this one
wekisswill said:
Hello everybody, here I am for some informations about the battery life of galaxy alpha. I am using an official stock rom 5.0.2 of Samsung. I charge my phone 2 or 3 times per day, but recently I check the battery usage in the setting and I see the wifi seems to be actived all the time even I set it off. Please check the attachment file for screenshot. I just wonder if the problem comes from firmware or I just have to change my battery?
Best regards
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i to have that problem, just restart your phone if that doesnt help change the firmware,, i had original firmware on my alpha and i had all the time this problem, even if i buy new battery, then i changed the firmaware and everthing vas oke
Lollo2500 said:
You must buy this one
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Are you using this battery? If is there the NFC in the battery?
KroBaca said:
i to have that problem, just restart your phone if that doesnt help change the firmware,, i had original firmware on my alpha and i had all the time this problem, even if i buy new battery, then i changed the firmaware and everthing vas oke
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I don't know which firmware I have to use, I'm afraid I will lose all the functions of Samsung. I had flashed the cyanogenmod on my old galaxy note, it's not stable at all. I just hope the Alpha will receive any update (marshmallow) even this may not be happend.
wekisswill said:
I don't know which firmware I have to use, I'm afraid I will lose all the functions of Samsung. I had flashed the cyanogenmod on my old galaxy note, it's not stable at all. I just hope the Alpha will receive any update (marshmallow) even this may not be happend.
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nono you need to flash official firmware,,http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G850F/ just click on any of this firmawares if you have sm-g850f, but try to restart first, sometimes you need to fully restart the mobile device or take it to place where you bu it, they cann show you how... for the MM it will come but it will come as a last device update.. beause there is smal smal smal amount of alpha users so thats not a priority this is great device, just need some love and attention sorry for bad english
wekisswill said:
Are you using this battery? If is there the NFC in the battery?
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Yes, I am using this battery and it is perfect (2500 mAh instead of 1860), but it hasn't NFC (I don't care... never used it)
Does it last longer than the 1860 battery? There are cheap ones on eBay that claim to be 2500, but I doubt they last longer than the 1860.
Lollo2500 said:
Yes, I am using this battery and it is perfect (2500 mAh instead of 1860), but it hasn't NFC (I don't care... never used it)
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KroBaca said:
nono you need to flash official firmware,,http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G850F/ just click on any of this firmawares if you have sm-g850f, but try to restart first, sometimes you need to fully restart the mobile device or take it to place where you bu it, they cann show you how... for the MM it will come but it will come as a last device update.. beause there is smal smal smal amount of alpha users so thats not a priority this is great device, just need some love and attention sorry for bad english
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I am on official firmware update from OTA, if I flash the official firmware from sammobile, it's the same thing I doubt... I am in France, if I flash the firmware that come from other countries, I'm afraid it wouldn't run correctly and there's maybe some problems with the network.
Wi-fi location scanning
There are two possibilities for excessive battery consumption with wi-fi. If your phone is set to always scan, then this will still cause the battery to drain as the wi-fi is never really disabled.
Disable this function with 'Settings > Wi-fi > advanced > always keep wi-fi on > never' the advanced settings are under the little 3dot menu at the top right of the wi-fi settings screen.
The other option may be that Google's location services may be causing a drain by using wi-fi to geolocate you.
Try disabling location services for a day and see how it pans out for you.
If neither of these help then I'm all out.
Good luck
Lollo2500 said:
Yes, I am using this battery and it is perfect (2500 mAh instead of 1860), but it hasn't NFC (I don't care... never used it)
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Is the battery thicker and do you need a different backcover to fit the battery?
OTA update size is 502M.
Promises optimized system performance and improved system security and stability
Which rom are you on... Global stable? Or china?? coz I'm on global stable.. and cannot see any updates available in updater..
uttam_ydv said:
Which rom are you on... Global stable? Or china?? coz I'm on global stable.. and cannot see any updates available in updater..
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China ROM
uttam_ydv said:
Which rom are you on... Global stable? Or china?? coz I'm on global stable.. and cannot see any updates available in updater..
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As I understand, there's no truely 'Global' ROM for the phone, there are only Chinese and Indian versions. You can see which one is used by two letter country code in a ROM name. For example, MIUI V10.3.5.0.PFHCNXM is Chinese.
It's out for the Indian variant too ..I received it through an OTA update.
What's sepical on India variant .
I'm out of box global variant
There's not much of a difference, where exactly did u purchase your phone from?
anyone facing low charging current (around 200ma-800ma) while screen is on, in this 10.3.5.0(PFHINXM) update which pushed in Indian variants?
debadri1995 said:
anyone facing low charging current (around 200ma-800ma) while screen is on, in this 10.3.5.0(PFHINXM) update which pushed in Indian variants?
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I observed something similar, but did not pay much attention to it. As soon as I unlocked bootloader I switched onto LineageOS
debadri1995 said:
anyone facing low charging current (around 200ma-800ma) while screen is on, in this 10.3.5.0(PFHINXM) update which pushed in Indian variants?
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Nope, I can play and charge at same time so that's not possible
ashwinonm said:
Nope, I can play and charge at same time so that's not possible
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Check using battery monitor app, connect charger thn turn off the screen after 1 min turn the screen on.. normally device showing charging fast with the icon on the status bar even when device taking only 500ma or 800ma..
Hi i was first using PE then switched back to miui via fast boot rom then after a few days i noticed a sudden fast battery draining, tho it charges faster but it also drains at a high rate. Now i switched to eu rom hoping for an improvement but nothing has changed. What would you guys suggest?
Sarudedastorm said:
Hi i was first using PE then switched back to miui via fast boot rom then after a few days i noticed a sudden fast battery draining, tho it charges faster but it also drains at a high rate. Now i switched to eu rom hoping for an improvement but nothing has changed. What would you guys suggest?
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You can follow steps on this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/po...drain-poco-t3930042/post79524067#post79524067
magaedy said:
You can follow steps on this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/po...drain-poco-t3930042/post79524067#post79524067
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Hi!!! It doesn't seem to work. I already changed rom and kernel (arter) but this doesnt seem to be the solution. I think replacing the battery will be the only way left
Sarudedastorm said:
Hi!!! It doesn't seem to work. I already changed rom and kernel (arter) but this doesnt seem to be the solution. I think replacing the battery will be the only way left
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I think you should revet back to miui stock non root and make factory reset and test your battery again
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Sarudedastorm said:
Hi!!! It doesn't seem to work. I already changed rom and kernel (arter) but this doesnt seem to be the solution. I think replacing the battery will be the only way left
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Also, try to make complete charge cycle (Drain it to 0% and charge it to 100% when your phone is shutdown) and test your battery drain again
try this kernel
LawRun-Kernel™
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Sarudedastorm said:
Hi i was first using PE then switched back to miui via fast boot rom then after a few days i noticed a sudden fast battery draining, tho it charges faster but it also drains at a high rate. Now i switched to eu rom hoping for an improvement but nothing has changed. What would you guys suggest?
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Switch to MIUI EU 11.0.5 ROM
Flash Magisk
Flash Twisted Kernel
Install Spectrum App from Playstore
Select Battery Profile
Enjoy 8-10 hrs SOT !!!
before you could take bold decision to change the Battery!
flash 9.6.x vendor / firmware
I have always found Higher batter drains on vendor+firm higher than 9.6.27-9.0 !
also would recomend to do CLEAN FLASHING (if formating data is possible for you ) then do it (take all backup)
more over if you using application which is depending on Screen like (gravity screen) or ambiant display for screen to wakeup randomly whenever music track change or whenever you recieve any notification, PLEASE disable them! , third party apps sometimes abuse sensors and affect performance!
for kernels, I myself found difference between battery performance in various
I use Twisted kernel (pie) (since i am on pie) but you can try Opitimus drunk, its also amazing kernel!
if in custom rom you are laydown apps via rooted method such as
1. MIGRATE or
2. TITANIUM backup
then all the bitter settings from any malicious battery draining third party app is also reinstated! hence keep close eye which apps actually to restore with DATA!