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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

Battery done?

OK so i have 2 batteries my bf broke his evo so he gav me his stock battery.
Sooo out of nowhere today while tethering it just kinda bugs out i lose Internet first and then it shuts off. Well I tried turning it on an then switched batteries to make sure my evo was fine which it is but when I put the other battery in it does not turn on and the orange led blinks but it wont turn on.
so what's going on?
is my battery done?
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Let it charge for a little and if it doesn't turn on with the battery, then yes it is probably done,if it doesn't turn on use the other battery and let it charge a little also.
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Let it charge in a wall charger for atleast an hour. If it doesn't take a charge you will have to take it to a sprint store and let them "boost" it. Some of the batteries get so low they wont accept a charge.
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jayharper08 said:
Let it charge in a wall charger for atleast an hour. If it doesn't take a charge you will have to take it to a sprint store and let them "boost" it. Some of the batteries get so low they wont accept a charge.
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ook but what's up with the led blinking while the battery is in?
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That indicates the battery is to low to turn on
evo on cm7

cesarcerros31 said:
That indicates the battery is to low to turn on
evo on cm7
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ook ty so much i was freaking out a lil my laptop jus broke on me so all i have is my lil evo lol
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You have drained it below the safe capacity to reboot and load and as a safety measure it will prevent you from booting until it is safe, which will take 30 minutes or more from my experience and while charging during this state it will blink orange.

jesziicuh said:
ook ty so much i was freaking out a lil my laptop jus broke on me so all i have is my lil evo lol
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Lol. You'll be alright I've seen this happen a few times.
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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.

Battery unplug 99percent

I just got my gs3 and when I unplug from the charger it goes trait to 99 percent and I haven't rooted yet anyone having same issues
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kingjing1975 said:
I just got my gs3 and when I unplug from the charger it goes trait to 99 percent and I haven't rooted yet anyone having same issues
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Not a big problem. Sound like you should calibrate your battery. But I've heard of a lot worse.
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i have had the same issue since i got mine. it's nothing to worry about. all the reading and such i've done says it's normal. don't worry about it.

Drain battery fully till phone doesn't turn on... leave off. Charge over night. Do this for 3 tines.
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That's because when you're charging your phone it starts to continuously cycle between 98% and 100% once it reaches fully charged state, this prevents overcharging the battery. Once it reaches 100% it will stop charging and discharge down to 98% before it begins charging again. You probably unplugged it during this discharge state and it just happened to fall at 99%. My phone is at 98% a lot of times when I unplug it.

I'm a give it a try thanks
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Sloww charging!

OK guys not sure whats been going on but i had around 8% left its been 4hrs or 5 and its only up to 78% thats a bit crazy if you ask me. Im running a custom Rom 4.2.1 i believe i feel like going back to stock...

Where did you get 4.2.1? The kernel in something that for off from what is in the usual development channels may have an impact on charging. I'd stick with 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 for current kernels.
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Use Samsung charger

one80oneday said:
Use Samsung charger
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Specifically, the charger AND cable that came with the phone.

Queue515 said:
Specifically, the charger AND cable that came with the phone.
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stock charger and stock cable I use the same one it came with before it use to charge quick now just takes 6 hrs
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xxjrsmith3xx said:
stock charger and stock cable I use the same one it came with before it use to charge quick now just takes 6 hrs
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I had this problem also when I had the note 2 for about a month...happened twice only though, not every time. I ended up returning that phone because the mic kept cutting out. I haven't had this problem on a new note 2 yet (been about 3 weeks). So there might be something wrong with the device, i don't know.

xxjrsmith3xx said:
stock charger and stock cable I use the same one it came with before it use to charge quick now just takes 6 hrs
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When you plug in the charger, double check that it says "AC Charging." I have plugged mine in and gotten mixed results:
1. AC charging
2. USB charging
3. Nothing
If I get #3, I restart and usually get #1.
You can also install a battery monitor app and check the log to see how much charge you are getting.
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Queue515 said:
When you plug in the charger, double check that it says "AC Charging." I have plugged mine in and gotten mixed results:
1. AC charging
2. USB charging
3. Nothing
If I get #3, I restart and usually get #1.
You can also install a battery monitor app and check the log to see how much charge you are getting.
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ok I got the app I had 98% I was charging next thing you know I get 97% I went back to stock stock man wth is going on is it the battery or the phone how is the phone charging 98% then it dipes down to 97 ...
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xxjrsmith3xx said:
ok I got the app I had 98% I was charging next thing you know I get 97% I went back to stock stock man wth is going on is it the battery or the phone how is the phone charging 98% then it dipes down to 97 ...
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Was your phone just charging or were you doing stuff?
More importantly, what does it say for mA in the log.?
Can you post a screenshot of your log?
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If you were flashing a new rom or any big file. You should never flash below 50% percent. I did this the other day and it was just charging so so slow. So what I did was turned it off and let it charge. While that was happening I guess when it hits a certain percentage it automatically turns on. It turned back on and it was charging just fine. And also when your on the phone while charging the percent goes down for me as well.
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Queue515 said:
Was your phone just charging or were you doing stuff?
More importantly, what does it say for mA in the log.?
Can you post a screenshot of your log?
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ok this is what I got
and also when I charge my phone I never use it its raree and the one time it took 7hrs it was over night I felt that was very bad. so in the picture I see the ma goes down when its charging why is that.
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xxjrsmith3xx said:
ok this is what I got
and also when I charge my phone I never use it its raree and the one time it took 7hrs it was over night I felt that was very bad. so in the picture I see the ma goes down when its charging why is that.
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ok guys i plug in my phone its saying its going to take 12hrs to fully charge .... what in the world.
It takes 30mins to charge 1% im really getting pissed off here

xxjrsmith3xx said:
ok guys i plug in my phone its saying its going to take 12hrs to fully charge .... what in the world.
It takes 30mins to charge 1% im really getting pissed off here
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I dont think your charger likes you ^_^ Jokes aside, is your charger going through an extension or straight off the wall? Maybe try a new extension or a different wall socket.

xxjrsmith3xx said:
ok guys i plug in my phone its saying its going to take 12hrs to fully charge .... what in the world.
It takes 30mins to charge 1% im really getting pissed off here
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Something is wrong there. Easy candidates are:
Your battery
your charger
your cable
Do you have any way to swap out any of the above to see what it may be?

I had the same problem changed my cable out and now charges just fine its worth trying
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My n2 does the same thing every once in a while like 2-3weeks and I have turn off the phone take the battery out and recharge it and it will work fine
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Mine took 12 hours lady night to charge from 15 % to full charge. . I wiped cache Delvik and fixed permissions. . Will try Again tonight .. I always charge with my phone off, if that doesn't work I will plug into a different wall socket
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Charged fine last night. .
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Random input.....
I just happened to be charging my phone while browsing the forum yesterday when I came across this thread. I'm not having any issues I was just killing time and being lazy..
It made me check my battery and I noticed it seemed to be charging kinda slow. (I had been plugged in a while and hadn't gone up much) I checked battery in settings and it said charging USB. I was plugged into the wall outlet. Strange indeed!
I unplugged the usb from the phone then plugged it back in and it switched to AC. It definitely started charging faster after that.
I never would have thought to check this so I'm glad I was snooping around.
Just figured I'd share my experience.
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I've had the same problem with slow charging every once in a while. I think it has more to do with the kernel and/or rom. I had times when it took overnight for the phone to charge. Now it charges full in about 2-3 hours.
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