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My battery life

Hi, I am noticing that my battery life is very short. I have to charge my phone atleast twice a day. Last night I watched a program on my phone which was forty minutes long. After that my battery was already 60 percent about. However.now, in the morning, I woke up and checked one thing on the internet by 3g and now my battery is already 40 percent. Why is this .... I know that battery life on here is not good but mine seems worse.
Is anyone getting the same?
Thanks in advance.

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I swear my battery life is far far better since i put that Generic rom on, maybe the minor updates htc have released help battery life ?

Maybe the update will fix the battery life issue? We'll see when it rolls out on t-mobile handsets.
Other people have reported excellent battery life (mine only arrived today) and it seems to improve over time. How long have you had it?

I had mine 1 week today was originally on the T-Mobile rom and have had terrible battery life up to even yesterday, updated to the Generic Rom yesterday and it honestly seems to last longer now.

Jabbypants said:
I had mine 1 week today was originally on the T-Mobile rom and have had terrible battery life up to even yesterday, updated to the Generic Rom yesterday and it honestly seems to last longer now.
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I was waiting for someone to report this before I did .. I too was originally on the T-mobile ROM and updated to the Generic ROM. I didn't notice any increase in battery life. In fact I didn't notice any changes apart from the minor T-mobile branding having gone.
Yesterday I did the OTA update and again didn't notice any changes. I did this morning though, in 10 hours the battery only dropped 4%. Of course the phone hadn't been used in that time and I have wi-fi and bluetooth switched off but I am sure this is a lot better than I was getting.
Maybe the OTA update has improved battery life. Let's hope so.

Hello again,
Is the generic Rom the Rom without the T-Mobile stuff?
How would you get that? And would that remove your warrenty / insurance?
How have some T-mobile people get the OTA update whereas some have not?
Have you realy found a difference with it?
THank you

Raminder1992 said:
Hello again,
Is the generic Rom the Rom without the T-Mobile stuff?
How would you get that? And would that remove your warrenty / insurance?
How have some T-mobile people get the OTA update whereas some have not?
Have you realy found a difference with it?
THank you
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Yes to without T-Mobile stuff.
You can download it in the Android Dev Desire section on here. There are extra steps to take.
It WILL void your warranty.
Anyone that got their phone direct from T-Mob will NOT have it unless they did it manually. And by that i mean manually flash generic rom then update.
I noticed my battery is better but it's only one day. And i never really had a problem with it. I charge once a day anyways.

Thank you for the help.
However I am unsure if I should get the generic ROM.
What are the other advantages?
Because there is not a lot of T-Mobile stuff on there.
If I got mobile insurance with T-Mobile and flashed the ROM would I be able to claim if my phone got damaged or lost?

Raminder1992 said:
Thank you for the help.
However I am unsure if I should get the generic ROM.
What are the other advantages?
Because there is not a lot of T-Mobile stuff on there.
If I got mobile insurance with T-Mobile and flashed the ROM would I be able to claim if my phone got damaged or lost?
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Advantages. The phone is as it would come straight from the manufacturer. You will always receive updates for the device before Vodafone, O2,T-Mob etc would have them ready.
If the phone was lost then yes. If damaged...probably not but if it develops a fault you can always drop it in a drink and claim on he insurance...bit dodgy like!

My battery life story
So, I downloaded the brut Google nav mod the other day and haven't had a chance to use it until today. Took a journey which took about one hour, and made sure that my battery was fully charged before I went. I still hooked up the phone to the car charger though, to save power. One thing I noticed about charging the desire, however, is that if it identifies the battery as being already full when you connect a charger, the indicator light stays green, so doesn't top up even when you have been using it for a while. I noticed this about 20 minutes into my journey by which time the battery must have gone down quite a bit. Removing then replacing the charger sorted the problem and the Orange light indicated that it was charging again. By the time I got to my destination the battery was at about 50%.
On the return journey, I hooked up the phone again, turned on Google nav and set off. About 30 minutes into the journey I stopped off at a petrol station to grab some snacks, checked the battery and read 17%! Even though it was supposed to be charging the whole time!! I then got a message saying that the power from the car wasn't enough to charge the phone and I should attach AC power ASAP, which I obviously couldn't as I was in the car. I ignored it, got home safely enough, disconnected the charger and then watched the phone die .
Ok, so I was using gps and 3G which clearly uses up power and I guess Google nav is fairly processor hungry, but I would assume that having it connected to the car charger would be enough. Coming from a tocco ultra, I'm used to rubbish batteries, but at least that would charge up in a car.
Don't get me wrong, I still love the phone, but I just need to know if this is gonna be a regular issue, or something that can be sorted out with a Rom update.
Just for info, I've had my desire for nearly a week now on TMO using the old Rom. And, the car was Passat estate which is in very good nick, so I doubt that was the problem.

adjei7 said:
So, I downloaded the brut Google nav mod the other day and haven't had a chance to use it until today. Took a journey which took about one hour, and made sure that my battery was fully charged before I went. I still hooked up the phone to the car charger though, to save power. One thing I noticed about charging the desire, however, is that if it identifies the battery as being already full when you connect a charger, the indicator light stays green, so doesn't top up even when you have been using it for a while. I noticed this about 20 minutes into my journey by which time the battery must have gone down quite a bit. Removing then replacing the charger sorted the problem and the Orange light indicated that it was charging again. By the time I got to my destination the battery was at about 50%.
On the return journey, I hooked up the phone again, turned on Google nav and set off. About 30 minutes into the journey I stopped off at a petrol station to grab some snacks, checked the battery and read 17%! Even though it was supposed to be charging the whole time!! I then got a message saying that the power from the car wasn't enough to charge the phone and I should attach AC power ASAP, which I obviously couldn't as I was in the car. I ignored it, got home safely enough, disconnected the charger and then watched the phone die .
Ok, so I was using gps and 3G which clearly uses up power and I guess Google nav is fairly processor hungry, but I would assume that having it connected to the car charger would be enough. Coming from a tocco ultra, I'm used to rubbish batteries, but at least that would charge up in a car.
Don't get me wrong, I still love the phone, but I just need to know if this is gonna be a regular issue, or something that can be sorted out with a Rom update.
Just for info, I've had my desire for nearly a week now on TMO using the old Rom. And, the car was Passat estate which is in very good nick, so I doubt that was the problem.
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I would look if the charger really charges the phone or if it drains it also when not using GPS/Nav etc.
Reason I'm saying this is that I once bought a charger that actually drained the battery instead of charging it, while it worked fine on my older Nokia phone. I'm assuming the phone deactivates some power saving features because it thinks it's hooked up to a charger, but at the same time the charger is too weak to actually charge it.

I have not used branded rom before on this phone but the htc rom battery life is fine. Mine has been going for three days with usage fine

A|ex said:
I have not used branded rom before on this phone but the htc rom battery life is fine. Mine has been going for three days with usage fine
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nice, 3 days. how many times u charged the phone since u got it?

Try out Locale app... will definitely help saving battery power: twofortyfouram.com

intresting my battery last a day

I just started charging 2nd time my battery and it lasted hmm since about 2pm till 15% at about 00.00 which is pretty much 10hours of heavy use. i did leave it on sleep for about 2 hours though and i left it at 25% and after that it had 25-24 % lol so if you turn all the updates off it will last quite a lot i guess

I rang up T-Mobile today (tech support) to ask about the lack of update considering the rom was behind the non carrier phones at the start and then an update too. They said they do work on them when they see a notable difference worth updating.
Anyway, I also said I was incredibly dissatisfied with the battery and how long it lasted and wondered if it could be to do with the ROM being well behind the stock HTC one. The tech support guy was excellent and very helpful. He said that with the type of battery in the Desire, you need to make sure you have it on a MAINS charger from quite low for a good couple of 14 hour sessions with the phone off. This builds up the charge for the battery and you should see a marked improvement. He said that most people don't bother to do that and as a result get poor performance.
He did say him and 4 members of his team have the same phone and while some of his team had battery issues he didn't. The main reason being that he had spent a few days not taking it to work and running it down in the evening then giving it three 14 hour chargers. He said that made a huge difference.
He also said if I was dissatified to a point of big frustration they would replace the phone or refund. Can't ask fairer than that

Bandare said:
I rang up T-Mobile today (tech support) to ask about the lack of update considering the rom was behind the non carrier phones at the start and then an update too. They said they do work on them when they see a notable difference worth updating.
Anyway, I also said I was incredibly dissatisfied with the battery and how long it lasted and wondered if it could be to do with the ROM being well behind the stock HTC one. The tech support guy was excellent and very helpful. He said that with the type of battery in the Desire, you need to make sure you have it on a MAINS charger from quite low for a good couple of 14 hour sessions with the phone off. This builds up the charge for the battery and you should see a marked improvement. He said that most people don't bother to do that and as a result get poor performance.
He did say him and 4 members of his team have the same phone and while some of his team had battery issues he didn't. The main reason being that he had spent a few days not taking it to work and running it down in the evening then giving it three 14 hour chargers. He said that made a huge difference.
He also said if I was dissatified to a point of big frustration they would replace the phone or refund. Can't ask fairer than that
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It is good to know there are some good staff out there
I shall try what he says as I have bad battery life!
I am just putting every application on to drain my battery first lol
Thank you for the tip

Raminder1992 said:
It is good to know there are some good staff out there
I shall try what he says as I have bad battery life!
I am just putting every application on to drain my battery first lol
Thank you for the tip
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yeah, I turned mine off a few hours a go and will leave it off until tomorrow.

What is up with my battery?

I'm a new Epic owner, still learning the quirks of this phone. I am having issues with my battery giving me a proper charge. I need a reliable GPS for a 3,000 mile road trip coming up, and this phone is all I got... so it needs to work. My issue is that the phone never seems to know how much battery it really has, and often appears to loose battery even while charging, but I'm not convinced that it actually is. So I did a little test. Went on a 15 drive, everything off except for GPS. Played music through the phone, and had the nav up the whole time, with the phone charging.
Started at 70% battery. After getting to my destination in 15 minutes, I was at 64%.
I rebooted my phone, and when it came back up, the battery was at 24%. I did some shopping, and texted my wife pretty much the whole time, phone stayed at 24% for the entire trip.
Rebooted again when I got back to the car, and it jumped up to 36%. Same deal on the ride home, music + nav up for a 15 minute ride. It was still at 36% percent this time when I got home.
So, what's with all the inconsistency here? Is this normal? Should I get a new battery? I'm running SFR 1.2 with Genocide kernel, 200-1000 conservative, and everything undervolted slightly.

Have you tried fully charging your battery and wiping the battery stats through Clockworks? Also I'll have to do some digging but if I remember correctly the reboot thing is a known bug. I believe they said it has something to do with the reboot script. I'll see if I can dig up the link for ya.

MustangMan9498 said:
Have you tried fully charging your battery and wiping the battery stats through Clockworks? Also I'll have to do some digging but if I remember correctly the reboot thing is a known bug. I believe they said it has something to do with the reboot script. I'll see if I can dig up the link for ya.
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I've wiped battery stats between flashes, but not recently, and not on a full charge. I will try this.

Let us know how it goes, so I can try it.

Well after doing that, my battery life yesterday was probably the longest it's ever been with this phone. Next time I go out, I'll throw it on the car charger again and see if it still drains while using it.

Yeah the proper way to calibrate it is by charging it fully first after a successful flash and then wiping the stats. I usually do a full charge with it on then turn it off and wait til it fully charges again (led turns blue) then boot into CWM and wipe its stats.

No luck, tried it out yesterday and got the same thing... battery drains while on the car charger (tried two chargers). Also get the jumps in % when rebooting, but only sometimes.
I ordered an extended battery for now, hopefully it will do the trick to get me through my move.

It's not an answer likely to make you happy, but the type of car charger you use and the car's electrical output are a factor here. I have personally seen a large difference in recharge time and ability depending on those factors. It may be worth your while to gamble on another $15-30 for a well-reviewed charger. It's definitely made a difference for me.

DroidApprentice said:
It's not an answer likely to make you happy, but the type of car charger you use and the car's electrical output are a factor here. I have personally seen a large difference in recharge time and ability depending on those factors. It may be worth your while to gamble on another $15-30 for a well-reviewed charger. It's definitely made a difference for me.
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That's what I did. I had a cheap charger, and it didn't work well so I dropped $20 on a Griffin one, and it was no better. I never had a problem keeping my HD2 or Nexus S 4G.
Also, just for ****s, had the phone on a wall charger and made sure to keep the screen alive texting and playing WF... slowly but surely the battery drained while on the charger. So, not my car either. Seems like the screen being on absolutely murders my battery.

Sounds like a pretty scientific review, so that result sucks. However I would actually now throw some suspicion on your battery and/or phone itself. Reason I say so is that I am a heavy phone user at my office and also have screen awake and a lot of use for music and video playing and 4G audio streaming while on wall charger, and consistently get into the upper 90s or full charge while using it so much. See if Sprint will throw a new battery your way, and maybe that will help?

DroidApprentice said:
Sounds like a pretty scientific review, so that result sucks. However I would actually now throw some suspicion on your battery and/or phone itself. Reason I say so is that I am a heavy phone user at my office and also have screen awake and a lot of use for music and video playing and 4G audio streaming while on wall charger, and consistently get into the upper 90s or full charge while using it so much. See if Sprint will throw a new battery your way, and maybe that will help?
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We'll see how the extended battery I ordered does.
I didn't get the phone subsidized through Sprint, so it has no warranty. I doubt they would help me.

Download Spareparts and see if there are any processes hogging the system, especially in the partial wake lock list. It very well could be a faulty battery although I can't recall anyone ever having a battery issue on this board.

stir fry a lot said:
Download Spareparts and see if there are any processes hogging the system, especially in the partial wake lock list. It very well could be a faulty battery although I can't recall anyone ever having a battery issue on this board.
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Nope, doesn't look like it.

BTW, I am running rooted stock EC05, no other mods except some frozen apps and Roam Control. I wouldn't wager that necessarily makes the difference, but you never know.

Try a different kernel?
You may want to start fresh and Odin back to stock and reroot.

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Try a different kernel?
You may want to start fresh and Odin back to stock and reroot.
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I experienced this on both the kernel that comes with SFR, and Genocide.
I may go back to a rooted stock... but I have been really happy with every other aspect of this rom.

You might want to Odin and start over. The only thing I can think of is maybe something is wonky with the modem or something.

stir fry a lot said:
You might want to Odin and start over. The only thing I can think of is maybe something is wonky with the modem or something.
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I have one more thing to try first.
I've been using Launcher 7. There are lots of complaints about this being a battery hog. Going to give things a shot with ADW and see how I do.

Never heard of Launcher 7. I've seen ADW on the Market, but never tried it. I've used TouchWiz when I first got my phone, but lost it when I rooted with SFR. I am using LauncherPro right now, so try that one.
Also, I read that GPS is a major battery drain for smartphone. I never had a problem using GPS on my Exclaim, so maybe its the GPS drinking up a lot of the battery fluid?
Tbh, you should not worry if your vehicle has an adapter (either itself or cig lighter) and plug it in when the battery goes low.

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Never heard of Launcher 7. I've seen ADW on the Market, but never tried it. I've used TouchWiz when I first got my phone, but lost it when I rooted with SFR. I am using LauncherPro right now, so try that one.
Also, I read that GPS is a major battery drain for smartphone. I never had a problem using GPS on my Exclaim, so maybe its the GPS drinking up a lot of the battery fluid?
Tbh, you should not worry if your vehicle has an adapter (either itself or cig lighter) and plug it in when the battery goes low.
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Launcher 7 mimics WP7. I'm all for a clean, simple look, and as such, really like it. But its a CPU hog.
ADW is wonderful, and for most of my time with android its all i've used. I've got the paid version. Went ahead and installed it, and so far, so good. Setting it up with my phone on a charger, and my battery is finally going in the right direction while using the phone
I'll go for a drive somewhere tomorrow and see if it charges in the car while running ADW.

[Q] Can't get a full charge!

Hey Folks, Just wondering if there are any other G2 users out there that have experienced this. For some time, I haven't been able to get my phone charges fully, and by fully, I mean something close to the reported norm of 97%-100%.
The hightest I got my phone was to 81% and that with a new battery, recalibration, and bump charging. In fact, I've had the phone powered off over night and upon restarting it, it was at 71%.
I've watched logcat to see if anything could be an issue there, I've installed ZDBox, (cool app, btw), and Battery Dr. The good news, is that after uninstalling a few apps and widgets, my battery life seems prolonged, (relatively speaking).
I'm running CM-7.1.0-RC1, 2.6.32.41-cyangenmod pershoot, and using the 26.06.2.27_M radio.
Since I couldn't get a full charge with it powered off, I'm thinking it might be a hardware issue or maybe the radio since so I might try 26.08.04.30 radio. Googling other forums, people were able to get a replacement phone from T-Mobile and some others said their motherboard needed to be replaced.
Any other ideas before I call T-Mobile?
Thanks!

Did you try clearing battery stats?

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Did you try clearing battery stats?
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Yes, several times. Good call, though! By clearing the stats, I was able to get to the 81%.
Thanks!

Have you tried reflashing the rom? Maybe trying a different rom? Clear caches? I dunno I'm shooting for broke i guess....is it an aftermarket battery or stock?

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Have you tried reflashing the rom? Maybe trying a different rom? Clear caches? I dunno I'm shooting for broke i guess....is it an aftermarket battery or stock?
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Thanks, killj0y. Yes. I did that after posting. I did a Titanium Backup, then Nandroid backup, then wipe, superwipe, then flashed the CM7 nightly, (which is very slick, i might add). After bump charging I was able to get it up to 71%. I let it go down to 0% overnight and now I'm letting it recharge fully.
In about an hour, I'm going to call T-mobile and see if they have any other ideas.
It is an aftermarket battery but it behaves just like the OEM/stock.

You shouldn't ever drain your battery to 0% on purpose. You run the risk of the battery not being able to take a charge. Draining to 20% for battery meter calibration purposes is more than sufficient.

Yea plus aftermarket batteries can and do fail more often than stock. What brands is it?

Do you still have your stock battery? Try using that one and see how it acts. I'm willing to bet it's the battery.

The OEM battery I could never get above 71% and the new battery I have it up to 94% now and it isn't charging any higher.
I've had it plugged in for two hours. I have read the warnings about letting the battery drop to 0% and I agree, but I figure one time wouldn't hurt it. I got the second battery, thinking it was a problem with the OEM battery.
Ah! This happened as I was typing this. For the first time in a long time, the LED is green but the battery is at 94%, which I think might be okay.
Maybe the wipe/superwipe/reflash helped? I will keep you all updated and I sincerely appreciate the help and advice.

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I have read the warnings about letting the battery drop to 0% and I agree, but I figure one time wouldn't hurt it.
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If that one time results in a battery that won't take a charge, then it hurts. Full discharge is also not good for the long term life of Li ion batteries. And it certainly doesn't help anything to run the battery to empty.

Yea I don't know how many times I've corrected people still quoting NiCd rules for Lithium ion batteries phone or otherwise lol. Anyways if the stock does the same thing it is probably the phone. Especially after a wipe, was it a clean reflash of the rom? Maybe that would work.

Here's my update. Kind of interesting.
So, by evening, my phone got down to 4% left of the battery. I plugged it in, (with my factory charger), and ZDBox said it would be 2 hours, 44 minutes until fully charged. Three hours later, it was at 45% full. I rebooted the phone and when it came up, it said it was at 86% full. Then I left it plugged in over night.
This morning, it was still at 86% and I rebooted it again, and then when it came back up it was 93% and within a couple of minutes, the LED turned green.
So, with this new batter, it *seems* slightly better, but I don't understand what's going on. This is weird, if you ask me.
The other bit of info is that at 7AM it was 93% and right now, (9AM, two hours later), my phone is at 72% with the majority of it being consumed by "Cell Standby."
I guess, since this is a new battery, there still might be some calibration/conditioning going on. I am still unsure if this points to a hardware issue with the phone.
Thanks again, for the help guys! I really wonder if I am the only person who is experiencing something like this.

Update: 19.09
Things have been a little better, but still not perfect.
I flashed CM7 Nightly, pershoot kernel, and 4.30 radio.
I have only been plugging in the charger when the phone drops below 20%. The phone only charges to 45% - 51%, then I reboot, and when it comes back up, the battery will read anywhere from 88% - 93%.
Once unplugged the batter rapidly drops down to the low 80's - mid 70 percentile and it stays in that range for a much longer time. Then once the battery drops below 40% is drains rapidly.
So, for example it says right now, "7h 54m 58s on Battery" and I'm at 20%. The breakdown is as follows:
Android system: 57%
Cell Standby: 12%
Wi-Fi: 12%
Phone Idle: 11%
Voice Calls: 9%
I'm really frustrated with having to reboot the phone to get seemingly get a full charge.
I think I am going to flash the latest nightly and then reflash the pershoot kernel and see where we are at that point. I still haven't decided if I need to call T-mobile since it could be a hardware issue.

It really sounds like a hardware issue to me. especially after several so many flashes and batteries...

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It really sounds like a hardware issue to me. especially after several so many flashes and batteries...
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Indeed. I called T-Mobile this morning and they are sending me a new phone. The guy asked me to inspect the battery, contacts, etc. He did ask me if I had put any "modified" software on it.
He also said, if they found modified software on it when they received it back at the shop, I would be charged a $108 restocking fee.
Quick, where's that downgrade guide!
Thanks for your help, everyone!

Update!
After I talked to T-Mobile, I downgraded my phone to the OTA Gingerbread and unrooted it, and turned S-ON. I admit, I was impressed with the OTA update since I had been running cooked roms since I got the think back in November 2010.
My new phone came today. Immediately, the battery behavior is completely different. I took out my battery from my old phone that said it was at 51% and put in the new phone and it said it was 80%. That's a good sign!
While we were at dinner, I got all the OTA updates, which really meant when I got home I had to downgrade it, but the guides here were really great, and I was back in business in no time.
I went with the latest CM7 nightly, the LEAK radio, and the latest pershoot kernel. I can tell already that battery behavior is much better.
Interestingly enough, on the stock gingerbread ROM, the DISPLAY was the major consumer of battery. Now on the stack I described, "Cell Phone Idle" is the biggest consumer. Maybe the stock T-MOUS radio is the best!?!? Who knows.
I hope this helps others who might be having weird battery problems. Have a great weekend!

I'm having this exact behavior where I can't get past ~73% without rebooting, then it goes to ~93%, which is about as high as I can get it. Guess I'll call T-Mo, I've seen it with different ROMs to I figured it was probably hardware as well.

Hey Thermalx, I hear you! The replacement phone I got from T-Mobile is behaves completely different. I have kept a charge +26 hours. I never thought I'd see the day!
Let us know how it works out.
Thanks!

[Q] G2 burning out batteries? Repair?

[Edit] so what do i need to replace within my phone in order to make it so that the phone doesnt burn out the batteries? Please help
So about a week ago my original stock battery started draining excessively, i thought that since i had it for more than a year that it was normal. So i went online and bought a new one from amazon.
When the new one got here i could tell it was a fake, but it was cheap so i didn't complain and it got mostly positive reviews so i just went with it. not even a week with the battery and it failed just like my old one.
One thing i noticed was on bother batteries it had gotten a small smudge/burned looking mark on the golden rectangular connectors. Is this a normal mark, does anyone else have it?
Any advice would be great, I dont want to go out and buy a new battery if it's my phone thats the problem. (btw im also using the stock charger)
I also have tried other chargers, complete wipes, changing roms, all failed. And if the phone ever does turn on its only to cwm recovery

When you got the new battery did you let it drain then charge it over night?

blahbl4hblah said:
When you got the new battery did you let it drain then charge it over night?
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no, when i got the new battery, i didnt charge it for the first day, it was around 80 percent in the morning. i charged it as soon as it was at around 20 percent later that day.

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no, when i got the new battery, i didnt charge it for the first day, it was around 80 percent in the morning. i charged it as soon as it was at around 20 percent later that day.
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Try to calibrate it, drain it all the way to the point it doesn't charge then charge it while the phone is off for 8 hours then go into recovery and wipe battery stats and then reboot phone. Keep doing it for a few times

blahbl4hblah said:
Try to calibrate it, drain it all the way to the point it doesn't charge then charge it while the phone is off for 8 hours then go into recovery and wipe battery stats and then reboot phone. Keep doing it for a few times
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Alright i'll leave it charging tonight, i actually have it charging right now, its blinking orange as usual when it has no power.
Btw i didnt mention this, before it died when ever it was charging it would show that it;s charging but go down as if it wasnt being charged. then when disconnected it'll just die.
And do you mind to check to see if ur battery's golden rectangular ports on the bottom look burned? both of my batteries are like that. (btw when plugged in tha battery doesnt get hot)

Sorry to bump, but considering that the phone is burning out the batteries (the above advice didnt work, i tried to delete the battery stats but phone shut down and wont boot up any longer) what parts would i need to replace to make the phone not burn out the battery?

Take it to a cell phone repair store and get an analysis. If you decide to get it repaired there they take the analysis fee out of the total
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I got mine fixed for 70 total with a new battery. It was playing golf with me in pouring rain
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Take it to a cell phone repair store and get an analysis. If you decide to get it repaired there they take the analysis fee out of the total
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Thanks haha, i was thinking of doing it myself for the learning experience, but i guess that'll be the best thing to do instead of potentially messing up my phone by trying it myself. xP

[Q] Weird battery issue

Hey guys, just got the phone on Saturday. It's been awesome until today. I noticed it has been draining super fast. I put it on the charger and it would not charge past 89%, and at 89% it said there was 1m left until full. I turned off the phone and let it charge to 100%, but when I turned it on it almost immediately dropped to 90%.
What could be the issue? Do you think a simple factory reset could fix it, or should I take the phone back to Best Buy for a new one?
Edit: using the corded charger that came with the phone

This just started happening to me as well.
My phone will say fully charged, and when I unplug it will immediately drop to ~91-93%. Not sure if it's a faulty battery or what not, as I too have been using the wireless charger and block given to me with the phone.
I'm going to Best Buy during my lunch today to see if they have any idea and will update if there's any useful news.

that is weird. I haven't had the issue on mine, though I only charge with a USB cable (I don't have a wireless pad). From my rooting days, there is a battery config file that remembers things like battery charging history, so a factory reset might be useful, though it's a painful process to get a phone back up and customized fully after a reset.
Hopefully best buy has a better answer...though it might be as simple as replacing the phone, to which a factory reset might have been easier...

Anchor - how is the battery life on your phone?
I think my battery might be a defective one as I can barely get through half of a day with 1 1/2 hours of SOT - and that includes taking several steps to try to maximize battery life.

Just a quick update:
Stopped by Best Buy today and talked to a surprisingly knowledgable Samsung person. He said I'm the second person with an issue like this and believes it's a faulty battery, so they're going to give me a new phone.
To my knowledge this is the only explanation as my battery was lasting half a day.

Same here... I just got this phone yesterday and the battery drains very quick. I will return it and get the htc M9.

millsmillsmills said:
Just a quick update:
Stopped by Best Buy today and talked to a surprisingly knowledgable Samsung person. He said I'm the second person with an issue like this and believes it's a faulty battery, so they're going to give me a new phone.
To my knowledge this is the only explanation as my battery was lasting half a day.
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Final Update: Battery has been much much better on the new phone. Previously I'd be around 50% by lunchtime and today I'm at 85% with nearly the exact same use.

what was your usge in your previous phone?
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