Just got my new anker batt and started first charging loop (0%-100%)
When the battery was on 1% the screen started to fliker (no idea how to call it otherwise) the back light just went crazy before the note went off.
Anyone know this phenomenon? Bad for phone? Or no problem?
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I had the same problem with the gold battery at 1% just before shuting down.
Don't fret, it does that with the standard battery too. It's just the AMOLED screen struggling to remain uniformly illuminated.
I'm not sure if it's damaging for the screen, but it's not a result of the battery you're using, just the fact that it's near dead-empty.
Happens to me all the time with my Anker battery. Never with the original battery, however. When turned back on after swapping batteries, there are no bad pixels and such as a result according to an app I use for bad pixel detection. I perform this assessment evrytime I boot up my phone just to make sure.
my screen flickers 1 second before my battery dies (standard official samsung battery)
Same thing happens with Galaxy Nexus. Istead of just normally turning itself off, the scrren starts flashing and distortions appears and then it just dies on me. Weird.
Same issue on stock battery.. reaching 1percent flicker then it dies out. No worries its normal!
no worry i think
I doubt there is any damage done... I've had it with the gold battery, not sure about the std one because I've never went back.
It's just pulling the last bit of juice before depleted.
Sama here with original battery and anker battery
I think its normal in amoled screen
noufalz said:
Sama here with original battery and anker battery
I think its normal in amoled screen
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I just bought my Galaxy Note, and doing battery calibration, and when battery was on 1percent it start flickering, flashing, I was so f.. Scared I turn it off and waiting to full charge
Like already said that can happen with every battery that's almost empty. Don't worry, just charge the battery.
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My original battery more than 14 months old was showing this.
Got a new battery off amazon and all back to normal.
I went back to store, they said its not normal, got a replacement.
Proper behaviour is phone shuts itself off if below a unsafe level instead of this flickering.
Best assert your warrantee
baz77 said:
I went back to store, they said its not normal, got a replacement.
Proper behaviour is phone shuts itself off if below a unsafe level instead of this flickering.
Best assert your warrantee
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True. Mine cuts out at 5%
From box 13......
I get the same thing from my stock battery at 1%.
If i'm playing a game when it does it though and i kill the game, it reads 3% so takes a little longer to finally shut down.
I had this problem a couple of times with my old battery...bought a new one and the flickering was gone!
The screen flickering means battery is end of life. Same thing happened with me with official battery and I replaced it today with another new official battery and its gone. Also I have noticed that my old battery became fat compare to normal one.
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Hey guys,
Assuming you have read the title there is something weird about my phone.
It shuts down at 40-50% battery (before it shutsdown it says empty battery briefly and then the htc flash screen appears and shutsdown).
The weird thing is the following:
It shuts down at let's say 40% battery, but when it re boots the battery is litterly empty (even when i boot in recovery it says --%, and when i plug the charger it starts at 0% again).
I have tried:
Battery Calibrator
Empty full fill up with wall charger and also tried usb charger.
Screaming @ phone
wiping battery data in recovery (4ext recovery)
The thing i am most confused about is that it goes out at 40% and when i turn it on again it's 0%. This never happened as it happened for the first time 2 weeks ago, confused. I tried different roms and it still happens (even ICS roms).
I wouldn't really mind if my phone would shut down at say 20% when it says actually it's @ 20. But as i said before: It says it's 40 (batterij indicator htc sense half full) and then shutsdown realizing after reboot it's completely empty.
Any help is much appreciated!
Mendel
Shutting down on let's say 15-20% is quite normal, but I never heard of one shutting down at 40%
Are you using the stock battery, that came with your device?
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Any chance to try another battery? Seems really strange cause in most cases if you wipe battery stats you get your phone shutdown at 20%, not 50%.
Its most likely a bad battery that needs to be replaced specially if tue same thing happens when using a different rom.
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Yeah i know it seems so weird that's why i started this thread.
Before i buy a new battery:
What could be the cause that the phone goes out at 40% (or 30) and when it reboots it's empty.
Seems like the phone or the battery aren't in "sync" until it reboots to show it's empty.
Any tips or suggestions?
Thanks!
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Yeah i know it seems so weird that's why i started this thread.
Before i buy a new battery:
What could be the cause that the phone goes out at 40% (or 30) and when it reboots it's empty.
Seems like the phone or the battery aren't in "sync" until it reboots to show it's empty.
Any tips or suggestions?
Thanks!
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I'd like to think of it similar to laptop batteries that have gone bad... you plug your laptop to it's power supply, it says fully charged but as soon as you pull it out from it's power supply it drops to 50% in minutes and then goes off. The battery cannot hold the charge anymore.
It can only mean that the battery's life is at an end. The only thing you can do is to change it. I suggest that you stick to original HTC battery as the "ChinaMade" ones will die a lot faster and you'll have to change it sooner than this one.
Regards.
Pushu.X
Hey guys!
I know this thread is started since several months but I actually have the same problem : I have a HTC Desire and its shuts down at about 50% and when I reboot it, it says the battery is empty.
I tried several times to recalibrate the battery (and to do all the things MendelMusic said in his post actually) but nothing changed.
MendelMusic, did you finally manage to solve your problem?
Anybody have a solution or any ideas?
Thanks!
FreakyC said:
Hey guys!
I know this thread is started since several months but I actually have the same problem : I have a HTC Desire and its shuts down at about 50% and when I reboot it, it says the battery is empty.
I tried several times to recalibrate the battery (and to do all the things MendelMusic said in his post actually) but nothing changed.
MendelMusic, did you finally manage to solve your problem?
Anybody have a solution or any ideas?
Thanks!
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Mine used to shut off around 32%. This forum fixed this issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24599586
Battery drain?
It's called battery drain. I have it too, but only at 10/20%?
If someone knows a fix, please send it to me
AW: Htc Desire Shuts down at 40-50% battery
Probably your batteries are just weak now. I'd recommend you all to invest 5 bucks in a new battery. Actually that helped at my old desire. Greetings
Thanks for your answers!
I tried the link of madreef and it didn't change. I will try again, maybe I did it wrong (hope it will work this time...)
@dschibril : I don't think my battery is weak because the problem occured as soon as I changed the ROM (CM10). The battery was perfectly ok before that.
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FreakyC said:
Thanks for your answers!
I tried the link of madreef and it didn't change. I will try again, maybe I did it wrong (hope it will work this time...)
@dschibril : I don't think my battery is weak because the problem occured as soon as I changed the ROM (CM10). The battery was perfectly ok before that.
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Hello, I have the same problem with you. Did you manage to fix it and how? Have you tried a brand new battery so far?
It has to do with the Desire's poor battery age management system. Li-Ion batteries age, meaning that, as time passes, they're gonna be able to hold less and less milliamps. After almost two years, my Desire's battery can only hold 82% of the original ~1400 mA charge.
The only way around this is to use the Nexus One Battery Calibrator (Nexus One and our Desire share the same hardware underneath the hood). You'll need a compatible kernel and some patience. Instructions in this post.
My 2 cents: if your battery is only able to hold less than say 75%-80% of its original charge, then you should replace it. Li-Ion batteries age in such a way that they suddenly go dead, so it's not worth taking the risk.
Later Edit - If your Desire shuts down at say 40% - 50%, that means that your battery is 40% or 50% gone, so it's time for a replacement. I'd still try the battery calibration method i wrote about in the above post, just to determine if it's a freak software error or the battery's fault.
P.S. - Wiping battery stats does nothing to solve most issues (for the Desire, at least).
My phone turns off sometimes at 50%, sometimes at 80% of battery.
I have new battery now (original one) and it is the same. Phone turns off, only when it is connected to charger it does not.
Hiii
My hTC Desire 728 shut down when then battery showing 50% to 60% in charge. What is the remedies?
The battery indicator on my brand new S3 SGH-I747 seems to be displaying the wrong amount of battery life remaining. Each time it hits around 40% the phone dies (no low bat warning) screen just flickers and shuts off. When you plug it in and turn it back on the battery life is at 0%.
After charging and using the phone for a bit I've noticed that if the battery indicator shows say 90% and you pull the battery and put it back in right away, it will drop by like 20%, presumably displaying the actual battery life left.
I've already replaced the battery with a brand new one, after that didn't help I tried flashing it with a few different ROMs none of which seem to solve this issue. Has anyone else had this problem or have any idea what might be causing it?
Appreciate any advice I can get on this, thanks!
Ps. I've cracked the screen a little so the warranty is void and I can't just get a replacement but I was having the issue before the screen cracked.
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The battery indicator on my brand new S3 SGH-I747 seems to be displaying the wrong amount of battery life remaining. Each time it hits around 40% the phone dies and when you plug it in and turn it back on the battery life is at 0%.
After charging and using the phone for a bit I've noticed that if the battery indicator shows say 90% and you pull the battery and put it back in right away, it will drop by like 20%.
I've already replaced the battery with a brand new one, after that didn't help I tried flashing it with a few different ROMs none of which seem to solve this issue. Has anyone else had this problem or have any idea what might be causing it?
Appreciate any advice I can get on this, thanks!
Ps. I've cracked the screen a little so the warranty is void and I can't just get a replacement but I was having the issue before the screen cracked.
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Try downloading BatteryCalibration from the Google Play Store and following the instructions to reset the calibration.
buds_17 said:
The battery indicator on my brand new S3 SGH-I747 seems to be displaying the wrong amount of battery life remaining. Each time it hits around 40% the phone dies (no low bat warning) screen just flickers and shuts off. When you plug it in and turn it back on the battery life is at 0%.
After charging and using the phone for a bit I've noticed that if the battery indicator shows say 90% and you pull the battery and put it back in right away, it will drop by like 20%, presumably displaying the actual battery life left.
I've already replaced the battery with a brand new one, after that didn't help I tried flashing it with a few different ROMs none of which seem to solve this issue. Has anyone else had this problem or have any idea what might be causing it?
Appreciate any advice I can get on this, thanks!
Ps. I've cracked the screen a little so the warranty is void and I can't just get a replacement but I was having the issue before the screen cracked.
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You could also try wiping the battery stats in recovery, thus resetting the battery readings.
I'm assuming one of their responses helped out? I ask because I am having the exact same same issue.
Hey guys, hopefully someone can help.
I have a Nexus with severe charging, overheating and battery drain issues. It's on stock jellybean, factory reset, no extra apps installed, and the battery will discharge in about 1 hour by just sitting idle. It takes maybe 2 days to actually charge to 80%. I'm about to replace the charging port to see if that will help.
However, it's also getting extremely hot. Not just mildly warm. And this is when it's just sitting there idle. Not only that, it's staying hot when the phone is off and not even charging. The only time it stops is when the battery fully discharges in about 2 hours... while the phone is still off.
Anyone experience this?
I have a grey market Galaxy Nexus which means I can't send it in for US repairs.
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Hey guys, hopefully someone can help.
I have a Nexus with severe charging, overheating and battery drain issues. It's on stock jellybean, factory reset, no extra apps installed, and the battery will discharge in about 1 hour by just sitting idle. It takes maybe 2 days to actually charge to 80%. I'm about to replace the charging port to see if that will help.
However, it's also getting extremely hot. Not just mildly warm. And this is when it's just sitting there idle. Not only that, it's staying hot when the phone is off and not even charging. The only time it stops is when the battery fully discharges in about 2 hours... while the phone is still off.
Anyone experience this?
I have a grey market Galaxy Nexus which means I can't send it in for US repairs.
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sounds like its time to replace the battery. is the battery leaking, discolored, warped, or "pregnant"?
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sounds like its time to replace the battery. is the battery leaking, discolored, warped, or "pregnant"?
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Yes, I'm also saying it's the time for a battery replacement. They are fairly cheap, so you can fix it without spending too much money.
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Yes, I'm also saying it's the time for a battery replacement. They are fairly cheap, so you can fix it without spending too much money.
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Nope, battery looks brand new, but I'll definitely order a new battery. Hopefully the ones on eBay are really OEM.
My battery gets to 122f while charging and wifi tether. I try to keep it near a fan and it helps some. But I don't have any battery drain issues. You probably just need a new battery.
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My battery gets to 122f while charging and wifi tether. I try to keep it near a fan and it helps some. But I don't have any battery drain issues. You probably just need a new battery.
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New charging port, new battery and phone still charges extremely slow and drains real fast. About 20% in 40 minutes. Takes around 30 minutes to charge 2%.
Then when I take the battery out and put it back in, the phone thinks the battery is empty (I took it out with 30% charge left). Not sure what to do at this point since the only thing left to do is replace the mainboard which will probably cost more than it's worth.
Anyone have any other ideas?
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After threatening to throw this phone in the ocean, it started working normally.
Trying to figure out what was wrong with it, opened it up again, put back in the old charging port (which had a higher revision number than the one I bought).
I waited 1.5 days for the phone to charge to 96%. Drained it to about 20% in less than 2hrs. Stuck it into the charger again but the battery was still draining. All the way down to 7% where it seemingly stayed stuck for a day. Then I guess it shut itself off.
Went to check on the phone randomly and saw on the power-off screen the battery had charged to 100% which never has happened and especially not in less than a day.
Turned it back on, started using it and battery drains sort of normally now. Overheating has also disappeared completely and now it also charges normally.
So in summary, I have no idea if this problem is going to resurface and I really didn't do anything to fix it. Though I would really like to know what happened to have it malfunction like this for almost a month.
I have a HTC One M8 that I bought during June 2014. Right now my battery life is awful.
Recently, my phone always powers off even when it haven't reach 0%. I did try a lot of battery calibration method but didn't help much.
Only recently, when the phone dies suddenly, if I tried to power it back on the screen flickers , the whole display, regardless whether it is plugged in or not. This has happened twice. But once the battery is fully charged the flicker is gone and draining the battery won't cause it to flicker. It seems like its the LCD panel flickering but not the backlight. The LCD does looks normal tho.
Not only so, when the phone is about under 25% battery left, the camera start to have artifact. It becomes worst as the battery level decrease.(imgur:DwF1KcY)(had to do this as this is my first account) If the battery level is low enough (can't specify cuz it varies), taking a picture will cause the phone to power down. All of these issue without using flash.
My typical usage will yield me about 2:30 to 3 hours of SOT. Mostly youtube and google chrome. Using stock sense or marshmallow GPE rom does not make much of a difference.
So what can I do? My guess is replace the battery but it seems like NO ONE in the internet has encountered these problems.
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I have a HTC One M8 that I bought during June 2014. Right now my battery life is awful.
Recently, my phone always powers off even when it haven't reach 0%. I did try a lot of battery calibration method but didn't help much.
Only recently, when the phone dies suddenly, if I tried to power it back on the screen flickers , the whole display, regardless whether it is plugged in or not. This has happened twice. But once the battery is fully charged the flicker is gone and draining the battery won't cause it to flicker. It seems like its the LCD panel flickering but not the backlight. The LCD does looks normal tho.
Not only so, when the phone is about under 25% battery left, the camera start to have artifact. It becomes worst as the battery level decrease.(imgur:DwF1KcY)(had to do this as this is my first account) If the battery level is low enough (can't specify cuz it varies), taking a picture will cause the phone to power down. All of these issue without using flash.
My typical usage will yield me about 2:30 to 3 hours of SOT. Mostly youtube and google chrome. Using stock sense or marshmallow GPE rom does not make much of a difference.
So what can I do? My guess is replace the battery but it seems like NO ONE in the internet has encountered these problems.
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That sounds like a defective battery. If the phone is still under warranty, get it in for a repair.
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That sounds like a defective battery. If the phone is still under warranty, get it in for a repair.
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Sadly it is out of warranty :crying: :crying:
My Note 4 is 14mo old and for the last couple months it just shuts off on me even though I have plenty of power left.
I am a light user and usually have enough power for all day use. I rarely use my phone down past 10-15%. I always put my phone on the charger when I go to bed at night when I have somewhere around 20% charge left. If I notice that I might not have enough power to get me through the day I'll put it on the charger somewhere between 30 and 40%.
Lately, like tonight I got a low battery warning at 30% power while I was on the phone. Not even two minutes later it shuts off. When I turn it back on it starts to boot up but then shuts off again. When I put it on the charger it was completely dead. This only happens 3 or 4 times a month but it's annoying because often it happens at the most inconvenient time.
I've also had it shut off and then when I put it on the charger it starts charging at 28% power.
Please let me know what may be going on here and a solution...
Thanks...
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My Note 4 is 14mo old and for the last couple months it just shuts off on me even though I have plenty of power left.
I am a light user and usually have enough power for all day use. I rarely use my phone down past 10-15%. I always put my phone on the charger when I go to bed at night when I have somewhere around 20% charge left. If I notice that I might not have enough power to get me through the day I'll put it on the charger somewhere between 30 and 40%.
Lately, like tonight I got a low battery warning at 30% power while I was on the phone. Not even two minutes later it shuts off. When I turn it back on it starts to boot up but then shuts off again. When I put it on the charger it was completely dead. This only happens 3 or 4 times a month but it's annoying because often it happens at the most inconvenient time.
I've also had it shut off and then when I put it on the charger it starts charging at 28% power.
Please let me know what may be going on here and a solution...
Thanks...
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I had the exact same issue. I had 2 different batteries shutting off at 20-30%!.... Replacing the battery to a brand new one simply fixed it!.... if you are going to order one online try to avoid unknown brands . Also, pay attention there are some fake Samsung batteries claiming to be authentic.
Also if you still have warranty, contact Samsung and they should send you a new one. That's what i also did.
So you think its the battery and not software related? I was thinking software issue because I don't abuse my battery by running it dead and it's an intermittent problem.
I know that the life cycle of Li-ion is greatly reduced by repeated draining to below 10% (my kid's phones suffer from that. Seems like they can't make a battery last more than 6mo) but I've never had a phone battery go bad on any of MY phones including my old Note 2 even after two years. Maybe I just have a bad battery?
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So you think its the battery and not software related? I was thinking software issue because I don't abuse my battery by running it dead and it's an intermittent problem.
I know that the life cycle of Li-ion is greatly reduced by repeated draining to below 10% (my kid's phones suffer from that. Seems like they can't make a battery last more than 6mo) but I've never had a phone battery go bad on any of MY phones including my old Note 2 even after two years. Maybe I just have a bad battery?
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Doesn't matter whether you abuse the battery or not. Some batteries just go bad faster than others. I also think it's your battery.
A factory reset without restoring apps will rule out a software issue though, but since we can't root, it likely isn't anything messing with your battery percent unless it's just an app draining your battery. But even if it were the latter, your battery wouldn't die then start charging at 28%.
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Pretty sure this is an actual built in feature. Mines always died at ~20% (since the 5.1.1 update) and once plugged into a charger and rebooted all my running apps and clipboard info is still running as if the phone never died.
My battery is brand new (from warranty replacement) and it still does this so this is why I think it's a "feature" to keep you from losing data in the event of a low battery event. Just my opinion.
It's not a feature. Mine goes all the way to 0% before it dies. I once read to take out the battery, hold the power button for 30 seconds (while the battery is out), then put it back in and see if it helps. This supposedly gets rid of any residual power storage. I don't know if this is a placebo affect by after I did that, my battery now goes all the way to 0 before dieing.
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It's not a feature. Mine goes all the way to 0% before it dies. I once read to take out the battery, hold the power button for 30 seconds (while the battery is out), then put it back in and see if it helps. This supposedly gets rid of any residual power storage. I don't know if this is a placebo affect by after I did that, my battery now goes all the way to 0 before dieing.
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Not exactly a placebo, but not sure if it truly helps. Doing this would clear all electricity stored in any capacitors in the phone. I'm just not sure how this helps.
And my battery goes all the way down to 0% too. It's not normal for the phone to due at any other % (except maybe 1%).
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