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Question with battery

I purchased the official Seidio 3500 mah batteries for my evo and the wifes evo. After a full charge, her battery under normal usage all day and night is at 57%. My phone after a full charge and barely any use whatsoever was at 13% after an hour..... We are both running Azrael x3.0 rom with the newest htc kernel #15... any suggestions?? Maybe my new battery is faulty?? I would expect this from ****ty ebay batteries, but not something official!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
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Try eliminating a variable by swapping batteries with your wife....then use your old one again.....if both work well then you have your answer......
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Swap batteries ... if hers only lasts a short time in your phone then issue is with the phone. Then you can start troubleshooting.
Edit: Ha I was a few second to slow!

Ok I will give that a try.... I noticed in the battery left widget when I go to usage, the very first one says "running" 84%, and I click on it, basically it is stating that the phone isn't sleeping when I lock the phone..... could this mean that the everything is staying on when it should be sleeping?
Thank you for tips!!
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ifly4vamerica said:
Swap batteries ... if hers only lasts a short time in your phone then issue is with the phone. Then you can start troubleshooting.
Edit: Ha I was a few second to slow!
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Haha ....but at least we agree on the best way to test this!
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extreme27 said:
I purchased the official Seidio 3500 mah batteries for my evo and the wifes evo. After a full charge, her battery under normal usage all day and night is at 57%. My phone after a full charge and barely any use whatsoever was at 13% after an hour..... We are both running Azrael x3.0 rom with the newest htc kernel #15... any suggestions?? Maybe my new battery is faulty?? I would expect this from ****ty ebay batteries, but not something official!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
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Switch batteries with your wife.
EDIT: I guess that was too obvious! We must have all hit return at the same time!!!

extreme27 said:
Ok I will give that a try.... I noticed in the battery left widget when I go to usage, the very first one says "running" 84%, and I click on it, basically it is stating that the phone isn't sleeping when I lock the phone..... could this mean that the everything is staying on when it should be sleeping?
Thank you for tips!!
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Yeah....its possible....but if so, you would most likely have noticed this issue with your standard battery as well....
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GaryJ51 said:
Switch batteries with your wife.
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Good idea :rolls eyes::
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Ok after being on the charger for all night, I unplugged it, and really haven't done anything and I dropped to 90 % within 8 minutes.... I haven't had a chance to try my wifes battery yet, but im thinking this one is definitely faulty...
Why would android system be at 63%???
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extreme27 said:
Ok after being on the charger for all night, I unplugged it, and really haven't done anything and I dropped to 90 % within 8 minutes.... I haven't had a chance to try my wifes battery yet, but im thinking this one is definitely faulty...
Why would android system be at 63%???
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Dropping the first 10% quickly is not a certain indication that its the battery....your battery charges to 100% and then, begins to be used up to 10% before it charges again.....so you could have been lower than you thought you were originally ...thus making it appear that you dropped 10% in minutes.....if the remainder of the battery does this then I still recommend you try swapping with your wife to eliminate or confirm
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Ok well I just wanted to say thank you guys for your advice, but I think I figured it out.... I think that some things within the phone were not getting along. I flashed the SBC-Net-4.2.2-more-havs kernel #11. I fully charged the phone, including bump charge, and I left it on for about an hour or so longer, and I have been unplugged for 1:44, and my awake time is 45 min. I am still reading 100%!!! So I think I am good to go....
Thanks again guys

When is it best to change ur rom?

On full battery or still plugged on the charger.... I know if u change your rom on half or low battery it really screws up the battery...
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I've never heard of such a thing. I've switched ROms many times while @ 30% or below. Regardless, I think it's best to be above 50% and on wireless.

Why would it screw up the battery? I've installed many roms on many occasions and my battery was not fully charged. I'm gettng excellent battery life on CM7 right now (yesterday/today's uptime is almost at 19 hours and still at 40% with moderate usage).
I have the stock battery, mind you.

miguel11691 said:
On full battery or still plugged on the charger.... I know if u change your rom on half or low battery it really screws up the battery...
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It really doesn't matter at all, just don't do it with 5-10%, don't want the battery dying while you are in the middle of a flash.

When u recharge the phone when recalibrate does it have to be off or on
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g00s3y said:
It really doesn't matter at all, just don't do it with 5-10%, don't want the battery dying while you are in the middle of a flash.
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This is all you need to worry about man. This goes for updating radios and recoveries through bootloader aswell. If your batt dies in the middle of something it could turn into a brick
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Make sure that it's just charged enough that it wont die in the middle of a flash. You don't want that expensive of a paperweight. Other than that being said, i've flashed roms with under 40% battery before.

miguel11691 said:
When u recharge the phone when recalibrate does it have to be off or on
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If you are talking about wiping battery stats, that really doesn't do much.

Battery issues on diff roms

So my wife and both have t989's hers is running jugs and i'm running beastmod. We both have spare OEM batteries, and what i'm seeing is that every time we swap batteries, a fully charged spare battery will read 88% upon reboot(even confirmed this by charging to 100% in the phone then swapping to make sure wasn't external charger defect) but if you put it on the charger it hits 100% within a min. Has anyone else come across this with using spare batteries
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Also forgot to add once it's charged to 100% it gets froze there until you do reboot and then it's normal for days doing daily charge until the next time i'm unable to charge and do a battery swap..since it's happening both our phones it don't feel like would be a phone defect as what ate the odds 2 phones under one roof have same defect and don't seem be a ROM issue as were on diff ROMs...so it's leading me to think maybe t989 in general does this?? Idk any insight would be nice
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thats weird. bro..i personally wouldnt be swapping batties..the phones like to settle with the same one for little whilw if it makes sense..plus uyou can try to recalibrate the battery once it hits 100% or wipe battery stats in recovery..?
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I dont swap em unless I need to...I travel alot and listen music and watch movie on plane which drains battery and can't re charge until I get in a rental car so have swap em out or have a dead phone.
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I was just curious if anyone else using a spare battery has encountered this
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[Q] kernel for best battery?

Hello all I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on which kernel helps save the most battery. I am a high school student and by the time I get out at 2:15 my batter is at like 30 or 40 percent (even know I don't get that good of service and shouldn't be using my phone In school anyway lol) but im using the infamous 3.9.2 rom... Any suggestions would be great!
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Well to be honest no kernel is gong to be the "best" is more like you need to be conscious what you have on. You have to give more info like what percentage you have brightness on, how often you have data on or gps. Also syncing takes battery away so having those on will take big chunks. Really battery shouldn't be that bad because technically I would guess your not using it as much in school.
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daxecutioner24 said:
Well to be honest no kernel is gong to be the "best" is more like you need to be conscious what you have on. You have to give more info like what percentage you have brightness on, how often you have data on or gps. Also syncing takes battery away so having those on will take big chunks. Really battery shouldn't be that bad because technically I would guess your not using it as much in school.
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I normally have the brightness the lowest it can go. I never have gps on.. I use juice defender to turn off my data when I'm in rooms that get no 4G and im assuming synching is off when my data is off to.
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What's your typical usage - the screen on time ?
If it's average use and nothing is wrong, you might want to consider buying either an extra battery or an external battery to charge with. Or an extended battery. Battery battery battery.

Pennycake said:
What's your typical usage - the screen on time ?
If it's average use and nothing is wrong, you might want to consider buying either an extra battery or an external battery to charge with. Or an extended battery. Battery battery battery.
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I will let you know at the end of my school day
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use one of the several methods to find out what is using the battery...i use betterbatterystats then i find out whats waking my cpu and go from there...
after that i use titanium to freeze the problem...I do this for several phones and normally can get way better battery life from them

Just make sure you don't freeze something important that's going to cause problems. If it's a app you can always uninstall..I'd your screen time is about 4 to to 6 hours expect like 9 to 10 hours max of battery life. Extended battery will make the phone look bulkier and having a case is a issue. If anything get an external battery possibly with charger too.
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Try Lean Kernel its the best for battery life.

Extreme battery drain

I can only use my phone for around 5hours on time until she dies. This is super annoying because of school it dies before lunch :/. Have flashed many different ROMs, tried different radios, one or two ROMs seemed to fix this but don't remember which ones did . Phone dies 1% every 3 minutes it feels, this is retarded is there any known issues with that or fixes? Sticking with juice defender till I find a better option
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nashy10 said:
I can only use my phone for around 5hours on time until she dies. This is super annoying because of school it dies before lunch :/. Have flashed many different ROMs, tried different radios, one or two ROMs seemed to fix this but don't remember which ones did . Phone dies 1% every 3 minutes it feels, this is retarded is there any known issues with that or fixes? Sticking with juice defender till I find a better option
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do you leave your mobile data on?
also what is your cpu settings?
what rom and kernel you running
and take screenshot of battery usage page and post please

I always leave data on, yes. ROM: Jedi jelly 4, I believe that its insecure kernel because idk any other tw jb kernels. Also on the lb7 blaze radio but I constantly switch those up when I get frustrated with battery. Screenshot may not be accurate because I just flashed at like 430 today, so battery was at like 78% ish on last charge which was around an hour and a half ago. CPU settings are untouched atm
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Download GSam battery monitor to find out what is draining your battery. Then we can look at assisting you in fixing it.
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Bad battery maybe?
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Read my reply to the post here. It's an optional and known way of saving battery life for almost any Android phone and help prevent any overheating that you may experience with the phone.

Is your GPS on all the time? Account sync? Settings and data backup? Auto brightness or manual?
Always let the phone drain to 10% or less then fully charge it uninterruped, meaning dont unplug it.
CPU management always helps, especially with screen off. Also use wifi instead of data if avail at school or anywhere else for that matter
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I'm betting its the battery. Place it on a flat surface. If it doesn't lay flat and it has a bulge that causes it to bounce around, your batteries screwed.
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Got gsam, have ran it for a day. 100% at 6:00 am, 31% at 3:57 pm. This normal ? I flashed back to stock koodo everything , so is this just the quality of the phone? Yes, GPS is always on. Data is normally left on, although I do turn off WiFi from time to time. I used to have a nexus s and the battery would last for days, yet it's smaller and I never had to turn off things. I even get battery drain like this on cm based ROMs ?!
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I went from Jedi Knight 6 to Jedi Jelly 4 two days ago and the Rom is super fast and snappy. Very little lag and no issues with fc so far. I do have a little bit of a battery issue myself. When I use the phone for anything I can sit there for an hour and watch the phone dip to below 80% after a full charge. It seems to eat battery when in use but overnight I get almost 14 hours of left untouched. I would like to get at least 8 hours with medium to heavy use. Is that a reasonable number? I have gone through three battery cycles so far.
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Hey man would you mind not posting this here I've created this topic to resolve my issue not necessarily others, please create another thread if you need some help.
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nashy10 said:
Hey man would you mind not posting this here I've created this topic to resolve my issue not necessarily others, please create another thread if you need some help.
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Actually we are already discussing battery drain in this thread, so the previous poster did exactly what he should have. We don't want multiple threads for one topic.
Regarding your stats.. That's not too bad, but it's hard to say without seeing screen time, app usage, etc.
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For anyone requesting input on battery life, please post screenshots of your battery screens as well as screen time. Also post a screenshot of the app sucker list in GSam battery monitor. It's impossible to say what's going on without seeing anything that's using your battery.
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