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Battery @ 99%

My battery wont go to fully charged! I've plugged and unplugged.. and plugged.
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Did you try plugging it while standing upside down? Or shaking it? Think it's normal. My Evo3d only went to 97%
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Haha I will try that if it works! Yesterday it charged until "charged" Your Evo3d probably charged until full also but by the time you unplugged it and got to look at it... its had already burned through 3% battery
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IIRC once the battery is almost full it starts to cycle between charging and not. If you happen to unplug between cycles it will show anywhere between 97 and 99%. At least that was the case with the og epic.
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Okk thanks... It charged last night & when I woke up it was @ 99%. I took it off the charger for a little while and plugged it back in & now it says charged. Hmm I'm gonna peep the sitch
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My galaxy tab does the same thing. I wouldn't worry about it. My Evo does the same thing, then 10 min later it's down to 90%. I'm really looking forward to much improved battery life when my Epic touch arrives.
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Im pretty sure no android phone charges too 100% really it goes to 95% or spmething like that... To keep your battery alive and not exploding lol.
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deano0714 said:
Im pretty sure no android phone charges too 100% really it goes to 95% or spmething like that... To keep your battery alive and not exploding lol.
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I can get my phone to say 100% when I use my extended battery wall charger. I charge the battery for about 15 hrs and then I get really good battery life. Which leaves me to believe something is happening inside the phone, or charging cable to stop the phone from being properly charged/fully charged. I can have my EVO off all night charging, cut my phone on and it says 90%. I mean WTF. So happy I ordered the Epic Touch.

There is no denying the joy this phone is bringing to my life... I can deal with the 99%
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I had an issue this morning when I took it off the charger and it said 99%, plugged it in and it stuck on "Charging (99%)" and the LED didn't come on. Restarting fixed it, we'll see if it comes back tomorrow morning!

Complete stock. No root or mods and no, it didn't explode...
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I noticed that I can get 100% but the instant I removed it from the charger it drops to 99%. Glad to know it's not just me

Same here
JoeBruin32 said:
I noticed that I can get 100% but the instant I removed it from the charger it drops to 99%. Glad to know it's not just me
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Samsung purposely put in that charging method to make sure the battery doesn't overcharge. You'll be thanking them in a year when your battery still performs well.

Battery Levels Dropped While Charging ?

My phone has been charging all yesterday and now its only at 36%. Last night it was at 99-100%. Before I went to sleep I put it on airplane mode (if that has relevance)
Also, is it normal that the device reboots when I try to turn it off while its charging?
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no thats not normal...i occasionally. get a reboot here and there...im using Juggernaut 5.0 with some scripts..and the kernel for Juggernaut ...what setup do you.have? have to be more specific when trouble shooting?
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When your phone is charging, your battery is not in use.
If you see it drop, then your phone is not charging

Sorry. I'm unrooted (stock).This phone is less than a week old. also I was using a external battery pack that was plugged in. I switched to.the USB charger that came with it and its fine. Could it be the battery pack,.even though I've charged many devices with it and haven't seen/noticed it before
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Try this...plug it up to the stock charger..then plug pinto an outlet..if it don't have any issues then bam there's your answer
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Sounds like your phone may have gotten wet recently. Best thing to do is remove the battery and let the phone sit over night next to a low heat source. After you pop the battery back in in the morning, let it charge back to 100% first.
Use the phone as normal. When it's time to charger the phone again, it should charge again with no issues

It hasn't gotten wet, but it was really moist once. I didn't notice any,problems after I charged it again with the stock (is that the term?) charger
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thatlaoboi said:
My phone has been charging all yesterday and now its only at 36%. Last night it was at 99-100%. Before I went to sleep I put it on airplane mode (if that has relevance)
Also, is it normal that the device reboots when I try to turn it off while its charging?
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if you are on AC then that's not normal
if you are on USB then that is normal if you have the screen on or using the phone while charging

Its USB to AC... So its not normal?
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thatlaoboi said:
Its USB to AC... So its not normal?
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Lol your either using the wall charger or your not.
If you are using it, and your battery is going down, then it is time for a warranty exchange.
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Its wall charger. I got the phone literally like last week for the Valentines day sale....
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Battery super slow charge

So im running cm7, wth tiamat 3.3.8 and smurfed out tweaks and everything was fine when i had my 2200 mh extended battery in, but i took it out and put in the smaller stock batter, and i put it on charge at about 10pm, and at about 7am its only at like 60%? Can anyone explain?
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Im still young here but i would try turn data/wifi off. might even reboot the phone once before you try that.

Yeah iv rebooted and all of that, its not that, unfortunately
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jjenkins09 said:
Yeah iv rebooted and all of that, its not that, unfortunately
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the same thing is happening to me I'm on stock kernal and everything and it still is charging slow plus IV switched between four batteries can someone send some feedback

Hey bro,
alright first off bigger batter longer to charge but it should be full. So you need to check apps wifi 4g anything that might be killing your battery.
are you plugging it into a car or a computer? because not all usb chargers were created equal!

T-Mobile Terrible Battery Life

Hi everyone I got my phone 4 days ago and have been through charge cycles but my battery life sucks. I only get a Max of 2hrs on screen time and 12 hours with the phone on (if its in airplane mode the whole time). Also, it takes forever to charge. I charged it from 7pm to 10:30pm and it went from 2% to 34%. And as i type this message (on wifi) I lost 3% battery life. What should I do?
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Also it seems that display takes up 50% battery (which is good) but as soon as I send one text, phone immediately goes to 50% and display down to 18%. It stays that way all day and rebooting does not help. And the battery percent goes up and down without charging. And yes I have calibrated it multiple times
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Have you considered getting another battery
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I would not like to spend anymore money on this phone if possible. I just spent $680 on it. What kind of battery life are u getting?
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You should return it. My on screen time is 3hrs and I still have 61% left.
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Yup, I can get 4+ hours screen time, not on power saver. You need to swap your phone out, something's not right.

Something is definitely wrong. I had a 45 minute conversation in my car today with the screen on for navigation and it only drained 15%. I was quite impressed.
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Call up T-Mobile and tell them your battery is defective and they will send you a new one free of charge. Plus you can keep your old one.
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Well I went back to the tmobile store and just swapped the phone. Hopefully this one will be better than the last.
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Scoutamis said:
Hi everyone I got my phone 4 days ago and have been through charge cycles but my battery life sucks. I only get a Max of 2hrs on screen time and 12 hours with the phone on (if its in airplane mode the whole time). Also, it takes forever to charge. I charged it from 7pm to 10:30pm and it went from 2% to 34%. And as i type this message (on wifi) I lost 3% battery life. What should I do?
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Most likely, you have a lemon, and you should exchange it.

keep in mind, if you store your phone in a hot place it will drain considerably quicker..happen to my S2

G1_enthusiast said:
keep in mind, if you store your phone in a hot place it will drain considerably quicker..happen to my S2
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I always have my phone in my pocket so its not really ever in a hot place. But thanks for the suggestion
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Scoutamis said:
I always have my phone in my pocket so its not really ever in a hot place. But thanks for the suggestion
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You clearly have something defective.
(from my phone)

em2drvr03 said:
Call up T-Mobile and tell them your battery is defective and they will send you a new one free of charge. Plus you can keep your old one.
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are you serious? can someone verify this?

Do you have low signal. At my home I had the same issue, but on sprint. Using something like juice defender extended my battery life considerably.
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Lieu10ant said:
are you serious? can someone verify this?
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Here we go. Now everybody and their mom is gonna try to scam T-Mobile like Charlie did HTC for the battery covers. :-[
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The_Biz said:
Here we go. Now everybody and their mom is gonna try to scam T-Mobile like Charlie did HTC for the battery covers. :-[
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Then they'll start charging. My friends Sensation legit needed a back cover for his phone (power button was shot and volume rocker fell out) but he couldn't get one from HTC after three attempts.

Try doing a factory reset. It helped on my S3.

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Do you have low signal. At my home I had the same issue, but on sprint. Using something like juice defender extended my battery life considerably.
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Signal is strong where I live so that wasn't the issue
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vince2398 said:
Try doing a factory reset. It helped on my S3.
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Tried that and it didn't help so I got it replaced. Getting much better results with the new phone
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(Q)How long does it take you to charge phone?

How long does it usually take to charge your s3 fully? I ask because mine has always charged very fast but lately its taking sooo long to charge and I dont know why..what do you guys think?
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with the standard charger came with S3, usually took around 2h30 to fully charge.

Mine used to charge super fast but now its taking soooo long.. its takin me an unusually long amount of time.. any body know what could be up ?
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I can't really tell you a time exact but not that long. Last night I was at 50% plugged it in and charged completely in bout 45 - 1hr. I usually don't touch it tho.
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Takes me a about 2hrs. With the charging accessories that came with my phone. Are you using the original charging accessories?
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Rogue app.

Yes everything I use is official samsung came outta the box.. I had been flashin quite a few roms then went back to complete stock lj4 and it just seems like its taking way too long to charge.. ive never noticed this problem infact I was always alarmed at how fast it would charge
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With the phone turned off, it takes mine about 2 hours to charge.

When you flashed this last rom did you wipe data/factory reset?
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I have a Q: My rom (SlimRom2.9.0) has an option for Quick Charge mode, where it will charge faster but you loose USB connectivity functionality (for connecting to a computer).
Will the SGS3 also take advantage of a higher output (2.1a) USB charger, ala iPad chargers? Does the circuitry inside detect and is smart enough to adapt?

Look at the battery stats and see if something is hogging it. Get something like battery drain analyzer to see the percentage you're charging at.

You guys think it has anything to do with the stock lj4 kernel? My battery life kicks ass 4 hours screen on with 17 + hours of battery life.. still charging is slower than usual. Hmmmm
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DocHoliday77 said:
When you flashed this last rom did you wipe data/factory reset?
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Yes I always do before any rom even if I dont have to..
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I would try to drain the battery all the way down, then with the phone off, recharge it back to 100%.
After that see if there's any improvement.
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Been on the charger for 4 hours ive been using it and booting to recovery here and there and from 8% im still only on 85%.. so damn strange. Tonight im going to borrow my buddys charger and see if it improves.. but this sucks
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Mine takes about 2 hours from 15% sometimes I'll be playing a sandbox game and it will take much longer. Just don't unplug it when you plug it in.
My unicorn died, back on the pony.

Could it be a faulty battery?
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Like most others on this post, my GS3 will take roughly 2 hours to charge.
Depends where I am charging from, usually I end my day with around 20-30% battery life still.

pezlomd said:
Could it be a faulty battery?
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It could be. But to be sure id do the full cycle I mentioned before, and even consider flashing back to stock! Just for testing. You can always nandroid and go back if you like. Though a fresh rom flash may be better.
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JDMpire said:
I have a Q: My rom (SlimRom2.9.0) has an option for Quick Charge mode, where it will charge faster but you loose USB connectivity functionality (for connecting to a computer).
Will the SGS3 also take advantage of a higher output (2.1a) USB charger, ala iPad chargers? Does the circuitry inside detect and is smart enough to adapt?
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I use the charger from my 10.1 tab. I believe it runs at 5 amps. Definitely charges faster although I've never timed it by how much. If I charge it on the wall charger that came with my chinese batteries, it takes over 9 hours sometimes. Yet the chinese batteries only ever charge up to 91% on it's own charger, I have to charge the rest once I put it in the phone. Weird.