battery meter not working in Elite 3.0 - Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development

Hi guys,
Ever since I've upgraded to Elite 3.0, my unofficial 1800mAh battery is not detected by my Diamond. In fact it says Main Battery Unknown when I open the Power application. The battery power meter gauge doesn't work and the phone is unable to charge the battery.
It works fine with the original battery.
Any ideas that I can try to look into?
Thanks.

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Battery Problem After Upgrade Black+radio

got problem iv upgrade my phone to black 2.5 and upgrade the radio to 1.41
now my battery finish after 8 houres(always after 3 days)
i dont use mach the phone so the battery not good now
i want to konw is this can be cause the upgrade to black or because i upgrade the radio freom 1.38 to 1.41
what can cause it?
It would be helpful to know which operator you have...
But, try different radios. It seems that radios have a more significant impact on battery life in general.
Ok Thanks I Had Black 2.0 Was Very Good
And I Had Radio 1.30
Iv Got Spl 2.10 And Jasjam
I Guess Ill Put Back Radio 1.38
Was Best For Me
Great. Let us know if that sorts your problem.
I had the same problem with my battery after flashing Black 2.0, and subsequently 2.5
It was because when i flashed the Hermes to WM6 it was only at 50% battery life. WM6 must recalculate the battery at 50% battery life to 100%. Hence my battery was screwed only ever charging to 50%, but WM6 assumed it was 100%
ended up getting a 2400mAh replacement of ebay
Sweet. Nice info skip. Did you have to get a case for that phone with the new battery? I was looking into getting one but I didnt know what phone case supports the bigger battery. Any suggestions?
I had the same problem only after flashing to Black 2.5. The phone would be dead after about 8 hrs using pushmail all day.
Anyway, my "fix" was to pull the battery, then pop it back in and charge without turning the phone on. That way, the OS wasn't running, and only the internal phone charger was in charge of regulating the power, at least that is my guess.
Anyway, after one session of that, it has been fine. Give that a try and see if that fixes the half charges you're getting.
edmundg said:
I had the same problem only after flashing to Black 2.5. The phone would be dead after about 8 hrs using pushmail all day.
Anyway, my "fix" was to pull the battery, then pop it back in and charge without turning the phone on. That way, the OS wasn't running, and only the internal phone charger was in charge of regulating the power, at least that is my guess.
Anyway, after one session of that, it has been fine. Give that a try and see if that fixes the half charges you're getting.
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I tried "resetting" the battery like that but left out a step...will try that and see. Did you run it dead or can you start the process when the battery is at say 50%?
Jim
skipjack said:
I had the same problem with my battery after flashing Black 2.0, and subsequently 2.5
It was because when i flashed the Hermes to WM6 it was only at 50% battery life. WM6 must recalculate the battery at 50% battery life to 100%. Hence my battery was screwed only ever charging to 50%, but WM6 assumed it was 100%
ended up getting a 2400mAh replacement of ebay
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hmm. I have same problem with battery. my battery barely lasts one full day and before the upgrade i used to charge once in 2 days. Do you guys really think the battery level matters when flashing?
edmundg said:
I had the same problem only after flashing to Black 2.5. The phone would be dead after about 8 hrs using pushmail all day.
Anyway, my "fix" was to pull the battery, then pop it back in and charge without turning the phone on. That way, the OS wasn't running, and only the internal phone charger was in charge of regulating the power, at least that is my guess.
Anyway, after one session of that, it has been fine. Give that a try and see if that fixes the half charges you're getting.
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Thanks. My battery was still pretty good, but not "great". I assumed some settings changes effected it. I did this and it is lasting longer. With all the "HELP!!! ROM KILLED MY BATTERY" type posts, this is a GREAT find. Thanks.
Brutalbat said:
hmm. I have same problem with battery. my battery barely lasts one full day and before the upgrade i used to charge once in 2 days. Do you guys really think the battery level matters when flashing?
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Im not convinced, would be a VERY weird way of calculating battery levels and would totally rely on the user having 100% when the OS is flashed.
My bet would be that the new Radio is causing some problems, or even further the problem might be caused by 3rd party software (which ive seen MANY times).
Maybe you could solve that issue by using an external charger. Get the battery up to 100% again. This might persuade the Tytn to recalibrate.
skipjack said:
I had the same problem with my battery after flashing Black 2.0, and subsequently 2.5
It was because when i flashed the Hermes to WM6 it was only at 50% battery life. WM6 must recalculate the battery at 50% battery life to 100%. Hence my battery was screwed only ever charging to 50%, but WM6 assumed it was 100%
ended up getting a 2400mAh replacement of ebay
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I have had the same problem with Battery life after upgrading to Black 2.5 and radio 1.41. Unfortunately I upgraded both the ROM and the Radio at the same time, so I could not identify where the problem came from.
From reading comments on radio 1.41, most users seem to report improved battery life over earlier radios.
My battery was approximately 60% when I upgraded the Radio and ROM. I am going to try the battery charging trick mentioned above tonight and see if it helps.
yep, will pop the original battery in and try charging it without turning on
The ROM doesn't matter. Most all lithium powered devices with a batter meter use smart chips to monitor current into and out from the battery to give battery status. They all get slowly out of calibration over time with many partial charge/discharge cycles typical to phones and light duty use. The best way to calibrate them in a phone would be to pull the battery, then re-insert it and charge it fully. Much of the commercial gear (medical) that I use is calibrated by running fully down, then recharge to full to re-set the meter calculator. These batteries do have the smart chips in the pack.
Lithiums are very specific on charge voltage as well, 4.2v per cell at full charge and 3.0 considered fully discharged (any lower and the battery is toast, most devices shutdown to prevent over discharge).
A simpler device might just measure the battery voltage alone, then scaling the 3.0 to 4.2v output of the battery to a 0 to 100% reading. This type is most likely used in phones which have little to no active electronics in the packs themselves. PDA's use a mix I believe, as some software can be used to calculate runtimes based on realtime current drain.
Last but not least, lithiums simply have a shelf life of only a couple of years. In a phone, I'd say a year and they are already showing noticeably lower capacity.
edmundg said:
I had the same problem only after flashing to Black 2.5. The phone would be dead after about 8 hrs using pushmail all day.
Anyway, my "fix" was to pull the battery, then pop it back in and charge without turning the phone on. That way, the OS wasn't running, and only the internal phone charger was in charge of regulating the power, at least that is my guess.
Anyway, after one session of that, it has been fine. Give that a try and see if that fixes the half charges you're getting.
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I didn't believe this at first, but I tried it anyway (I was desperate).
It works!!!!!! Thanks alot
RemE said:
The ROM doesn't matter. Most all lithium powered devices with a batter meter use smart chips to monitor current into and out from the battery to give battery status. They all get slowly out of calibration over time with many partial charge/discharge cycles typical to phones and light duty use. The best way to calibrate them in a phone would be to pull the battery, then re-insert it and charge it fully. Much of the commercial gear (medical) that I use is calibrated by running fully down, then recharge to full to re-set the meter calculator. These batteries do have the smart chips in the pack.
Lithiums are very specific on charge voltage as well, 4.2v per cell at full charge and 3.0 considered fully discharged (any lower and the battery is toast, most devices shutdown to prevent over discharge).
A simpler device might just measure the battery voltage alone, then scaling the 3.0 to 4.2v output of the battery to a 0 to 100% reading. This type is most likely used in phones which have little to no active electronics in the packs themselves. PDA's use a mix I believe, as some software can be used to calculate runtimes based on realtime current drain.
Last but not least, lithiums simply have a shelf life of only a couple of years. In a phone, I'd say a year and they are already showing noticeably lower capacity.
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Interesting theory and very educational. I would say that most people should come back saying the trick worked. I am actually going to try it myself because of the logic.
Thanks,
OK, just a little update:
It must be either Black 2.5 or the radio, i've tried default fresh installs with 3 differnet fully charged batteries, my original, the 2400mAh ebay one and a borrowed battery from a friends vario.
Im still getting major battery drain - a few hours in standby mode ?
gonna try upgrading to black 3.0 today
Same problem here, severe battery drain with Black 2.5 and radio 1.41. Tried the battery trick, doesn't seem to work for me.
Have tried multiple settings to preserve battery life, but no results yet. Started this morning, fully loaded, did about 30 phonecalls this morning and already 60% battery. Battery won't last till the end of the day.
I will install Black 3 tonight.
after upgrading to Black 3.0 im still getting this dreaded battery drain, Gonna try the radio
currently running 1.40.30.00 on T-mobile UK
goin to try upgrade to 1.41.00.10 and see if that helps
Can other users who suffer the battery drain please let me know what radio they are running?
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[Q] captivate and 3500mah extended battery, Help

my captivate is v2.2 froyo rooted w z4 and lagfix, My stock battery barely lasts me through a night at work,
I ordered a 3500mah battery from ebay and when i received it I charged it overnight with my phone off....
The next day was a miracle! Battery stayed at 100% for 2 hours, by the end of the day I still had 60% battery left!
I read that the first couple charges need to be cycled so i tried to drain the battery by playing a movie over and over with screen brightness and volume at max.....
the battery lasted forever, after getting it down to 7% I charged it overnight- sameway with phone off, but now nomater what i do it only lasts the length of a stock battery.
I tried unplugging,plugging back in, phone off , phone on, waiting hours after it says 100%(on charger overnight) and tried ac and usb charging, but it just isnt seeming to charge all the way.
I was going to buy a second extended battery and an external battery charger but all the external chargers i see on ebay say are only good for li-ion batteries up to 2000mah, plus i had to modify my otterbox defender case to support my new battery and it would be a pain to have to take case apart everytime i swap batteries.
Ive been reading for days about what to do to no avail, all the external chargers i see arent rated for 3500mah capacity and I wouldnt mind flashing a custom rom that would support extended battery charging but the more research i do the more confused i get.....
Is there a kernal out there that is stable and supports charging these batteries with no bugs or issues????
What custom rom would be best?
please help......
any info is greatly appreciated
there is no such thing as a rom that supports extended batteries
the phone does
the chargers ALL work for the extended batteries there is no capacity rating limit on them. they do have a charging rate but it is around 350 to 800 mA/H and the batteries are acutally around 2500 mA so devide 2500/500 is 5 hours to charge.
[Review] 3500mah extended battery pictures heres my review - and would have been a better place to post and ask.,...
Cheap Chinese Battery Charger heres my charger. works fine.
[Mod] Battery Charger - USB Upgrade Mod heres my charger mod to charge faster thru USB. 800 ma/h so under 3 hours for extended,
charging on the wall charger or thru the phone takes longer than a regular battery.
charging thru the phone on USB is faster with the official samsung or with a hacked usb charger like above
i get upto 60 hours out of my battery. - under volted properly and custom kernel options..
you may want to wipe your battery stats. but i switch back and fourth no problem.
or your battery has a bad cell. those extendeds are just 2 batteries linked together.
deezdrama said:
my captivate is v2.2 froyo rooted w z4 and lagfix, My stock battery barely lasts me through a night at work,
I ordered a 3500mah battery from ebay and when i received it I charged it overnight with my phone off....
The next day was a miracle! Battery stayed at 100% for 2 hours, by the end of the day I still had 60% battery left!
I read that the first couple charges need to be cycled so i tried to drain the battery by playing a movie over and over with screen brightness and volume at max.....
the battery lasted forever, after getting it down to 7% I charged it overnight- sameway with phone off, but now nomater what i do it only lasts the length of a stock battery.
I tried unplugging,plugging back in, phone off , phone on, waiting hours after it says 100%(on charger overnight) and tried ac and usb charging, but it just isnt seeming to charge all the way.
I was going to buy a second extended battery and an external battery charger but all the external chargers i see on ebay say are only good for li-ion batteries up to 2000mah, plus i had to modify my otterbox defender case to support my new battery and it would be a pain to have to take case apart everytime i swap batteries.
Ive been reading for days about what to do to no avail, all the external chargers i see arent rated for 3500mah capacity and I wouldnt mind flashing a custom rom that would support extended battery charging but the more research i do the more confused i get.....
Is there a kernal out there that is stable and supports charging these batteries with no bugs or issues????
What custom rom would be best?
please help......
any info is greatly appreciated
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there as an app in the market to wipe battery stats I forgot what its name it might be helpful to you since you're on stock froyo. probably your phone battery stats was in line with your oem battery so to maximized your extended batt you will have to wiped out the current battery stats for your phone to adjust to your new extended battery. I will post the app name later if I could find it. since you are rooted it will be of use to you.
edit: ok I found the app it's called battery calibration by nema download it from the market give it a whirl and observe how it goes..
i remember reading about such an app for rooted phones on a different forum but someone replied saying that it would wipe battery stats but still wouldnt help since the phones stock software is written to only charge a battery to 1500mah then it stops charging.....
Do u think it would work or am i screwed unless i flash a new kernal?
would be worth a shot.......
Is it best to wipe battery stats when extended battery is drained b4 charging.... or when fully charging .... or does it matter?
thanks guys for the fast responses!.....
so any of the chargers that fit my battery should work then.... they have the same specs as yours... so i will go ahead and order one for now,
I guess the surest way to know i am getting full charge would be to use the external charger...
So an extended battery should fully charge in the phone with no issues? Ive read so many forums that say a custom kernal is only way to charge them 100% in the phone???
no.. to charge at 100% speed. and i havent heard of any kernel for that in the captivate forums...
ie using the official samsung charger (usb) will charge at full speed the one that comes with your phone is 750 ma/h. if you plug into a non official charger the phone will only let in about 350ma/hour through the usb. or hack it.
i have the usb that came with the phone.... so i will get 750ma per hour if i connect usb to computer only or it will charge that fast on the samsung wall adapter also?
the wall adapter only!
the phone has to see the official CHARGER to charge full speed. or hack the other CHARGER, other wise it charges at what it calls "usb" so charging using usb would be slower too. if you read the [mod] link above, or all the other times i said CHARGER above, you would understand,
alright....thanks bro
charging via usb from your pc will always be slower than using a wall adapter.
not true.
aftermarket chargers (not samsung) wont charge the phone any faster than the pc
....unless you mod it!
[Mod] Battery Charger - USB Upgrade Mod
unless the middle 2 pins of a USB cable or the charger itself has the 2 pins shorted the phone charges in USB mode 350ish mA/h with the OEM chargers or a modded charger it charges in "AC mode" upto 1100 ish mA/h
the charger that comes with it supports this mode but only 750mA/h max output.
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[Q] Switched to extended battery, real %?

Hello guys, sorry for my english in advance.
I just bought a 6200mAh battery for my note 2, is my phone showing real percentage of battery? it charged close as fast as the original battery to 100% which doesnt seem right. Do I have to do something to let the phone know it has bigger battery now, or should i charge it even though it says 100%? Thanks for answer.

Battery not charging the same ?

For some reason it seems like my phone is dying if i do anything on my phone while it's charging. First i used the extended battery 9000 mlh battery and that was working fine. I'm using a regular usb charger now and it tends to charge slowly but even with stock battery it is doing the same. Unless i set up profiles for my battery to use different processing power for each action. Then i can't use the phone at all at some points just to let it charge. I notice one of my pins in the back on my phone is kinda pushed in more than the others and it came to conclusion that it was because of the extended battery. Would that have any reason it's not charging the same ? i mean the battery socket still works. It just seems like its not charging right. I unistalled exposed and all that extra stuff and still no go. still the same :/ .. hmm any suggestions ?

Attempt To Revive A Dying T700 With Charging Issues

My T700 is now 5 years old and about 6 months back, it started showing issues with charging.
I've had it rooted and running on Lineage for a long time.
First signs of trouble rose when i noticed that my battery was discharging quite a bit.
Charging while turned on will not work as the battery was discharging more then it was charging and regardless of what charger/cable combination i used, it was the same.
While turned off, it would take 48 hours to go from 50% to 100%. Very very slow charging.
First thing i did was to change the battery.
I bought one of aliexpress for like 10usd that looked like the original.
Replaced the battery and it shows that the new battery only has half the capacity.
That was rubbish.
Googled for a more reliable battery and purchased a cameronsino one for about 30usd together with a charging port replacement part.
Fixed both in.
Good news, battery capacity reads as 4900mah.
Bad news, same charging issues.
I'm running out of ideas, so i bought a t700 mainboard/motherboard replacement off aliexpress for about 15usd.
Has good reviews so lets see if its some IC or chip on the mainboard that is giving these charging issues.
Will update this post when i receive and fix the new components
The first battery i bought and not recommended > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33015551958.html
Charging port > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32844954389.html
Cameron Sino battery > https://www.amazon.com/Cameron-Sino-Rechargeble-Battery-Samsung/dp/B01DM2ANWW
Replacement mainboard > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32966715470.html
You didn't mention the charger or the cable. Both OEM? Try the charger/cable for your smart phone (if you have one).
FWIW, I can use my T700 indefinitely with it plugged into a USB 2.0 port on my PC.
wellersl said:
You didn't mention the charger or the cable. Both OEM? Try the charger/cable for your smart phone (if you have one).
FWIW, I can use my T700 indefinitely with it plugged into a USB 2.0 port on my PC.
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yes
both OEM and aftermarket ones tested.
tested on both stock rom and lineage.
screen off drain is 20% in 8 hours.
that is why i have decided that this more of a hardware issue than rom.
since battery and charging ports have been replaced, i'll wait on the motherboard.
For lite use,i just underclock my cpu 600mhz and gpu to 166 or 266 for about 10+ hours browser and about 6-7 of online video(all on wifi T805).I was able to monitor back on Touchwiz 6.0 how much the charger mA can send when tablet in use so i just lower gpu cpu clock,if i want higher performance just switch back to high clock.
UPDATE
Got my replacement mainboard and replaced it last night.
installed twrp, wiped device, installed lineage 14.1, installed magisk
all working very well. standby battery drain of 3% in 5 hours.
tablet good as new!

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