Hey people. I am having the wiriest problem. So, i get a refurb evo, and it seems to be running great, so I root it. I flash myns 4, and then the ziggy kernel meant for that rom. I also flash a couple of the visual mods. Then, all of a sudden, i start having incredible battery drain. I am dropping more than 1 percent a minute! There is obviously something wrong here. I have data and 4g on, but controlled by ultimate juice. Other than that, nothing. I really want to be able to use my phone again, and this is pretty debilitating. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks.
Btw, my battery info has android systems and cell standby at the highest, even though I have had my phone mostly on idle. This is not normal, or even wird. This is plain old creepy. Where is all that power going? And more importantly, is it possibly causing permanent damage?
I don't suppose you flashed the rom with a full battery did you?
you have to have a full battery when you flash roms.
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Sounds to me you got a crap refurbished phone. That kind of drain shouldn't happen under any circumstances.
Wow quick replys. I think I flashed the rom with pretty low battery. Could this be the problem? Can I just recharge to full and then wipe battery stats? Is it even truly full? I agree with the possibility of a crap refurb. My meter said 56 like 20 minutes ago. Now I have 4. Not good.
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Wow quick replys. I think I flashed the rom with pretty low battery. Could this be the problem? Can I just recharge to full and then wipe battery stats? Is it even truly full? I agree with the possibility of a crap refurb. My meter said 56 like 20 minutes ago. Now I have 4. Not good.
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I would definitely try charging then wiping battery stats first, but the battery drain issue could be the reason it was refurbished in the first place.
Just what I was thinking. The only problem is, how will I fill up the battery all the way? I know the kernel puts charging in a loop after a certain point, so isn't it impossible to go past my present 100 percent? Confusing stuff. Will send email to sprint and htc asking about it.
Ok before you flashed this ROM did you do a full wipe(cache, and Dalvik)? Even before you flashed did you make a nandbackup? Was the phone getting hot?
What I would do is if you have a nandbackup then do a factory reset/wipe cache, then wipe Dalvik then flash your old ROM. See if the probelm goes away. If it does then either the ROM you flashed, or the other stuff you installed fouled up something in the phone.
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Wow quick replys. I think I flashed the rom with pretty low battery. Could this be the problem? Can I just recharge to full and then wipe battery stats? Is it even truly full? I agree with the possibility of a crap refurb. My meter said 56 like 20 minutes ago. Now I have 4. Not good.
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turn the phone off then charge it til the light turns green. then unplug it and plug it back in. then wait til it turns green again. do that a few times to make sure it is full. then wipe your battery stats. then wait til your battery dies and the phone turns off. then while it's still off charge it til the light turns green. turn it back on and you're good to go. it takes a while but it's totally worth it
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Jdog I have tried unplug and replug (not with wiping, I will try that) and charge for 8hours, unplug, turn off, charge for 1, unplug, turn on, wait 2 minutes, turn off, charge for snot her hour, both without success. I will do the wiping thing though. Kmf i did wipe well with Amon and make a backup. Will try a fresh rom install, wipe, restore, and even an unroot if I have to. Any more suggestions?
you gotta wipe battery stats. that's the important part
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Got a Desire Z, but the battery seems to go down too fast, even when not in use. Same thing when the phone is off also.
I get around 5-7 hours of the phone being on with about 15mins use and the battery is dead.
When the phone is off, I get about 8 hours.
I know its not the battery as I've tried a few. Ive also tried a few ROMs aswel as stock ROMs.
Any ideas on how I could fix this?
Thanks
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Got a Desire Z, but the battery seems to go down too fast, even when not in use. Same thing when the phone is off also.
I get around 5-7 hours of the phone being on with about 15mins use and the battery is dead.
When the phone is off, I get about 8 hours.
I know its not the battery as I've tried a few. Ive also tried a few ROMs aswel as stock ROMs.
Any ideas on how I could fix this?
Thanks
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Every time you flash a new ROM you're wiping the battery stats and it takes the OS a few days to re-learn your battery. Wipe the stats manually and give it a few days.
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OriginalGabriel said:
Every time you flash a new ROM you're wiping the battery stats and it takes the OS a few days to re-learn your battery. Wipe the stats manually and give it a few days.
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Ive been doing that.
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Ive been doing that.
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Yea but how long do you wait before you end up reflashing or wiping again?
Around 3 days.
Have you checked to make sure you don't have some sort of errant app that's causing your battery to run down?
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Have you checked to make sure you don't have some sort of errant app that's causing your battery to run down?
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x2 this happens a lot especially going from ROM to ROM. The built in function works ok, but I generally use Android booster to narrow down errant specific apps even built in Android apps like sync. It helped me go from 15 or so hours to 24+ especially if you use autostarts and TB to freeze or prevent from startup
3 ish days is probably not enough for Android to learn the battery levels properly. It takes a few charge cycles to get the values right. I wouldn't have thought its good to wipe battery stats constantly.
With the Touch Pro 2, you could force a learn by discharging it completely until it doesn't power on the firmware any more, pull the battery for a minute, charge overnight while powered off, pull the battery again for a minute then power on. This updates the values in the firmware too.
I have read it works with the Desire Z too, and I've tried it after a ROM flash just to wipe. Obviously, while you can still get into recovery, wipe battery stats prior to this.
Disclaimer: Do this once only, its very bad for Li-ion batteries to repeat this. Do this at your own risk.
If that don't work:
If it does it in airplane mode then its probably an app.
Make sure you flash something like a rooted stock ROM and make doubly sure you wipe everything before first boot. Data / Cache / Dalvic cache etc.
If you haven't installed any apps and it still does it, RMA the phone for repair / replacement.
Hope that helps!
Craig
Thanks for all the help above. Will try for a few more
Days.
Though the battery even dies when the phone is off.
Well, Ive still got the same problem. Ive realised aswel, when the battery dies and I go to charge it up the orange led flashes for around 5-10 minutes and then turns a solid orange.
Same thing happens with a replacement battery.
Im guessing its probably a hardware fault
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Well, Ive still got the same problem. Ive realised aswel, when the battery dies and I go to charge it up the orange led flashes for around 5-10 minutes and then turns a solid orange.
Same thing happens with a replacement battery.
Im guessing its probably a hardware fault
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I've had the orange led flashing before after a completely flat battery. Its probably something to do with a dangerously low voltage from the battery. Its extremely bad for Li batteries to get very low..
Have no idea. Must be sg wrong with the HW, get it to a service station or ask for replacement where you have bought it. Mine goes for days. (bought in Austria, factory unlocked, Android 2.3.3)
Hello all, I hope all is well! I have a huge problem... I've been running my evo on the boost network for the last two months and have been getting no more than 4 hours of battery use from every rom I use. I even tried the old destroyer rom and a number of different kernals. Im in need of help as soon as possible!!
How about a little more info. What battery are you using? How old is it? Have u checked to see what is running? Did this start as soon as you switched networks?
Im using the stock battery and its only about 3 months old... It was a claim from asurion. It started happening soon as I switched networks. While on sprint I could easily get a day 1/2 usage.
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Im using the stock battery and its only about 3 months old... It was a claim from asurion. It started happening soon as I switched networks. While on sprint I could easily get a day 1/2 usage.
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It could have something to do with your radios, or just be a random coincidence with something else that's causing the drain. I'm not familiar with flashing to Boost at all, so I don't know if you have a different set of radios, PRI/NV, etc. You could try flashing a different radio, newer or older.
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Just updated to the latest radios and battery still sucks!
I have Boost too.
The battery drains quicker with low or no signal.
download Spare Parts and check Partial Wake Usage, this will tell you if an app or apps are causing this.
Well I GUESS THIS IS DEAD...
Be sure to calibrate your battery whenever you flash a new ROM to optimize battery life. I prefer to calibrate using this method:
1) While your phone is powered on, charge the battery until the LED turns green.
2) Unplug the phone from the charger and wait until the LED turns off.
3) Now power off your phone.
4) When the phone is off, plug the charger into the phone and charge it until the LED turns green.
5) With the phone still off, unplug the charger and wait until the LED turns off.
6) Now power on the phone.
7) Wait until the phone is booted completely and then power off the phone again.
8) When the phone is off again plug the charger into your phone and charge it until the LED turns green.
9) Now boot your phone into recovery mode and navigate to the "Advanced" option using the volume up and down keys and then choose the option "Wipe Battery Stats."
10) Now reboot your phone and use it normally. You should notice improved battery life.
Source: androidadvices.com/calibrate-android-mobile-phone-battery/
There is also an app called battery calibrator, its free on the market. I use it with great results!
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There is also an app called battery calibrator, its free on the market. I use it with great results!
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I agree very good app, a lot easier than the way op put
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Wiping battery stats is actually been found to be ineffective/cause more harm than good the best way to actually "calibrate" the battery is to backup your rom flash to aosp or froyo with an sbc kernel let your phone drain til it powers off boot it back up and let it shut off again usually only takes a few mins sometimes it wont power on again, plug in charger wait til red led stops blinking turn the phone on and charge it to 100 uninterupted and leave it plugged in for 15-30 mins at 100% then nandroid back to your back up do this once a month or find an aosp setup u like and stick with it, the myth of sbc damaging li ion batteries is just that a myth newer phones have trickle charging kernels stock now such as the rezound et4g and a few others that i dont remember off the top of my head
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Well, everyone has their own opinions. For me, I prefer the method I posted over the app for battery calibration, because I get better results. Also, I've never heard of any negative side-effects from wiping battery stats, but feel free to do what you wish.
no signal horribal battery
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I have Boost too.
The battery drains quicker with low or no signal.
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Monday and Tuesday I stayed in New Orleans Louisiana. I typically had 5 bars as far as signal goes.. While there I didn't have to charge the phone at all for 2 days with heavy usage might I add. The minute I made it back to my small town, the battery started to drain incredibly fast! So I've come to the conclusion that it is the poor service that drains the battery. With that being said, I would like to thank you all for your input!
Having a strange charging issue with my phone.
I let my phone charge over night and when I took it off this morning it was at 100%. When I checked it about 15 minutes later it was all the way down to 21%. Is it possible that my battery has gone bad? I can't imagine an app causing that much drain.
Just in case it matters, I am running CM10. I also recently replaced the USB port on my phone because it had become worn and loose. I don't think the issue is with that because the phone recognizes that AC charger and will charge it.
Sounds like a bad battery to me. Does your battery show any signs of swelling?
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Sounds like a bad battery to me. Does your battery show any signs of swelling?
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Looks OK to me.
No way this could be rom related right?
Not that much. I have installed many different roms on many different phones and never got results like that.
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Hmm the plot thickens...
I just charged my phone at work to 100% using a different charger and unplugged it. Its been almost two hours and I have only lost 6%.
Is it possible its the particular charger or could a failing battery cause inconsistent results like this?
Does your phone get really hot on that charger at home. If so it could be a bad charger. Also I have had times when my phone would get a false battery reading. It showed a 98% charge but when I looked in recovery it showed around a 40% charge. When I rebooted it was showing what recovery showed. That actually sound like what happened.
Is this the first time something like this has happened.
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Sounds like you got yerself a case of gremlins
I actually noticed it happening once or twice before but it was at the same time that my charger port was acting all wonky so I just assumed that there wasn't a good connection being made and it had drained on its own.
I'll have to do some more experimentation when I get home. If not I'll have to look for the wipe gremlins option in clockwork
Wishka233 said:
I'll have to do some more experimentation when I get home. If not I'll have to look for the wipe gremlins option in clockwork
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LMAO sounds good. Have you tried wiping battery stats? Maybe something just went wonky.
Wiped battery stats and removed an app that I suspected was draining the battery. Seems to be better now. Thanks!
Apparently I spoke too soon. Battery life on my phone remains inconsistent. Symptoms are as follows:
1. Phone will charge to 100% but lose 50% of battery life within 20 minutes of being taken off the charger OR
2. Phone will appear to be charging (lightning bolt in battery symbol, battery stats states it is charging on AC) but the actual battery reading will remain static or even decrease OR
3. Phone will charge but at an extremely slow rate
Here are the fixes I've tried so far:
1. Wiped Battery Stats
2. Replaced charger port
3. Tried different chargers
4. Tried different wall outlets
5. Purchased new battery
6. Factory wiped phone and installed new rom
Searching google shows that this is not a unique problem to the Incredible 2. However, the culprit is usually a loose charger port which I have already replaced. I am at a complete loss, does anyone have any other ideas??
Wishka233 said:
Apparently I spoke too soon. Battery life on my phone remains inconsistent. Symptoms are as follows:
1. Phone will charge to 100% but lose 50% of battery life within 20 minutes of being taken off the charger OR
2. Phone will appear to be charging (lightning bolt in battery symbol, battery stats states it is charging on AC) but the actual battery reading will remain static or even decrease OR
3. Phone will charge but at an extremely slow rate
Here are the fixes I've tried so far:
1. Wiped Battery Stats
2. Replaced charger port
3. Tried different chargers
4. Tried different wall outlets
5. Purchased new battery
6. Factory wiped phone and installed new rom
Searching google shows that this is not a unique problem to the Incredible 2. However, the culprit is usually a loose charger port which I have already replaced. I am at a complete loss, does anyone have any other ideas??
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I literally just had the same problem although I didn't buy a new battery but it was when I was flashing cm10.. I tihink it might be rom related. Literally everything u just said happened to me I was trying different chargers and everything as well...I finally pulled the battery for like 20 minutes then restored a back up of miui gb and the wiped cache, battery stats, and dalvik....then I was back in action...hopefully u figure it out hope everything works out on your phone!
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I literally just had the same problem although I didn't buy a new battery but it was when I was flashing cm10.. I tihink it might be rom related. Literally everything u just said happened to me I was trying different chargers and everything as well...I finally pulled the battery for like 20 minutes then restored a back up of miui gb and the wiped cache, battery stats, and dalvik....then I was back in action...hopefully u figure it out hope everything works out on your phone!
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Thanks
Yeah changing the rom might be my next step. I must get to the bottom of this!!
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Thanks
Yeah changing the rom might be my next step. I must get to the bottom of this!!
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Yeah change the rom...I was trying dkstunnas 9 and 10 cm roms and they both would load then boot off twice then come back on then the battery would get hot then I would go to set it up and literally couldn't take it cuz it was like almost frozen how laggy they were! Back to miui gb til I can figure it out... good luck!
Anyone ever have issue with their battery fluctuating? It pretty much yoyos up and down without me even touching it.
I have calibrated multiple times.
brushrop03 said:
Anyone ever have issue with their battery fluctuating? It pretty much yoyos up and down without me even touching it.
I have calibrated multiple times.
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That can come from many things. I would suggest to get BetterBatteryStats and see what drains your battery. Can also check under settings/battery to see what's draining it.
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That can come from many things. I would suggest to get BetterBatteryStats and see what drains your battery. Can also check under settings/battery to see what's draining it.
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Well I'm not necessarily talking about battery drain. But fluctuations. it goes up and down. Drastic changes. Say 50% one sec to 70% a few minutes later. Sometimes the phone will go down to 1% and power down, but when I turn it back on charge could be 30%.
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Well I'm not necessarily talking about battery drain. But fluctuations. it goes up and down. Drastic changes. Say 50% one sec to 70% a few minutes later. Sometimes the phone will go down to 1% and power down, but when I turn it back on charge could be 30%.
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Sounds to me like you need a clean flash. Backup your stuff, wipe everything (don't format sd), and start back fresh.
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Sounds to me like you need a clean flash. Backup your stuff, wipe everything (don't format sd), and start back fresh.
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Yeah that's what I was thinking. Was waiting for phone to charge up some. Will report back in few minutes
edit: well it's done. Not going to install anything. At 61%
Looking at my battery graph, it's just a wave lol. Up and down. Haven't checked it that often, but at one point it went up to 71%. After 2.5hrs its still at 61% I had after flashing.
Didn't install anything,
So weird. Not sure if it's a battery or phone thing.
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Looking at my battery graph, it's just a wave lol. Up and down. Haven't checked it that often, but at one point it went up to 71%. After 2.5hrs its still at 61% I had after flashing.
Didn't install anything,
So weird. Not sure if it's a battery or phone thing.
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Sorry, it's not very clear. Did you do a clean flash? If so, try to do the factory battery mod (a little search will get you to it). It's a manual way of reseting your battery but must be done when fully charged.
Also, when you cleared your battery stats, did you do full battery cycles?
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Sorry, it's not very clear. Did you do a clean flash? If so, try to do the factory battery mod (a little search will get you to it). It's a manual way of reseting your battery but must be done when fully charged.
Also, when you cleared your battery stats, did you do full battery cycles?
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Yes, I wiped the System.
Yes battery stats were clear and full battery cycle. I've actually been dealing with this for almost a week now.
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Yes, I wiped the System.
Yes battery stats were clear and full battery cycle. I've actually been dealing with this for almost a week now.
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Umm did you drop your phone? Also, check to make sure the connections are clean.
If everything fails, might be the battery itself and you would need to call your carrier.
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Umm did you drop your phone? Also, check to make sure the connections are clean.
If everything fails, might be the battery itself and you would need to call your carrier.
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Yeah, I actually have another battery, but haven't been home to get it. Going to try.
I'm at 92% now lol. Haven't touched it since my last post.
This is what my battery has been doing since i've wiped and flashed.
Hi all,
My SGS3 suddenly since last night has not been able to recharge, battery critically low. I have tried a few chargers, and rebooted several times.
Can a battery go bad this fast, because looks like it was charging and running fine the day before.
Thanks
Heeter
Heeter said:
Hi all,
My SGS3 suddenly since last night has not been able to recharge, battery critically low. I have tried a few chargers, and rebooted several times.
Can a battery go bad this fast, because looks like it was charging and running fine the day before.
Thanks
Heeter
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Have you tried loading a stock ROM on there just to be sure it's not software causing harm to your battery? Not sure if your provider will warranty your battery if it is indeed your battery.
Good luck!
Hi, thanks for your response
It actually is stock rom, sorry forgot to mention it. It is rooted, but I never replaced the rom, just put in CWM recovery. I just moved from rogers to virgin mobile last night, just changed sim card. But the multiple reboots killed a maybe already weak battery?
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Heeter
You should download and install better battery stats, it may help you find out if its being kept awake and draining quickly that way
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Thanks for your response, necrowakker.
I guess that I forgot to mention as well that the phone was shut off during a recharge, and upon powering up, it still it complaining to plug it into a wall charger.
Like it was never plugged in.
Heeter
When you rooted your phone was the kernel changed? .. I've had experience with some custom kernels not reading the battery correctly when off, and only after switching it on it still States its low til a little while later it actually looks like its charging .. ( like the battery level goes up over time) while being off the charger.
If thats not the case, try charging your phone again, but while its on after you know its definitely discharged and not just a ROM memory issue. If you turn it off to keep from getting calls during the night switch on airplane mode to keep that from happening. And check if your battery does on fact charge correctly. ...
After 3 full charges and discharges your battery still gives you bother. Then you can either look into what process it was when you rooted,
if it did change anything more than just giving you more access, or see about a hardware replacement, if it is under warranty, and you can take the flash counter back down to zero (if it counted up) and unroot it.
Also using unsupported chargers over the recommended charge rate for your phone, could have done it damage but that's a long shot with today's safety measures on phones.
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Don't forget to install better battery stats too, just for checking and reporting. Stable ROMs should be able to handle over 300 hours up time before needing a reboot. So using airplane mode should not bother your phone too much
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Thanks for all that info.
The phone has been rooted for at least 6 months now. It has been running very good until this morning. No kernel was changed for the rooting. I just wanted titanium backup to work.
I am still presuming that maybe the battery was weak, and when I was changing out the sim card of the service providers, I did reboot about 15 - 20 times to try to get all the services running, maybe that was enough to kill a battery.
Heeter
I've don't some silly **** with powering and charging and pulling batteries for every reason, I can't see Samsung giving you a bad battery if its worked fine for 6 months, you'd probably know within the first 6 weeks if it was faulty. ...
It may easily be a software memory issue with the battery that's confused it. If you are using cwm as a recovery it may have the erase battery stats option on it, if so give it go,
charge your battery to 100, allow it to drop to zero, or til it shuts down, plug in, power it on allow to boot, and leave to charge to 100,
once that full discharge and recharge is done, your battery has its full stats. If it gives you hassle after this point, think about buying a registered Samsung replacement for your phone.
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Great, thanks will try that.
Heeter