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[Q] Yet another battery drain problem

Hey guys,
When I first got my Desire I calibrated the battery after the first couple of days (when I found out how to do it), and since then it's been great. But in the last couple of weeks, it seems to get a bit lazy. So I thought I'd try and re-calibrate it.. Booted into recovery, wiped battery stats, did the process again (charge while on, turn off, charge again, etc) And now..well..I unplugged it at 6am and it's flat as a pancake now at 2pm..
My question is, there are so many different methods for calibrating, which would be the best one for me to use right now? It isn't turned on atm, and I don't want to charge it until I know what I'm doing. Hope someone can help me out

Maybe the problem is not your battery but a app or widget.
You say, after the calibration it was good.
Have you installed something new?
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The calibrate method I used is:
- charge full
- disconnect from cable and shutdown phone.
- charge till led is green
- disconnect from cable, start phone and shutdown phone
- charge till led is green
- Disconnect from cable - wipe battery stats
- Done

Yep that's the method I used.
Just done a complete wipe of everything and re-flashed InsertCoinHD2.0.0
Just gonna leave it with minimal apps, Facebook, eBay, etc for a couple days and see how that goes.

Looks like it hasn't worked
88% after 1 hour 27 mins
70% after 2 hours 40 mins
58% after 4 hours 8 mins
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Calibrating your batterie has only to be done once. If you flash a new rom, it's normal for the batterie to go that fast. You should wait a few days before everything is working as it should.
So your focus should be to find a clean rom, don't install any apps and just try it for a few days. After that you could also try messing with havs kernels.
88% after 1 hour 27 mins
70% after 2 hours 40 mins
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I suppose this is with screen off? You should download current widget from the market and log your batterie usage. If the usage is around 5ma (lower = better) and still have a high batterie drain, then your batterie is damaged. But if the usage is higher then it's a software problem But then again, if you flash a new rom every few days it's normal to have high batterie drain.

Just tried it and wow 458mA! I might take my desire back to stock, original RUU and s-on and such.
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jimster4389 said:
Just tried it and wow 458mA! I might take my desire back to stock, original RUU and s-on and such.
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That's normal if you have your screen on. You should enable the log function and leave your screen off for a few hours.

Thanks for that I've been flashing ROMs and such for a while now, but this is the first time I've had any problem with the battery.

Just a little update.
I figured it would be the kernel I was using (InsertCoinHD 2.0.0) as I'd heard a lot of people have the same trouble. Reflashed to v1.9.5 and the battery is going back to its old self, 61% left after 8 hours with moderate use, since reflashed 3 days ago Thanks to all who helped

Leedroid Battery Life

Hi,
A while ago i put the Leedroid 3.3.3 ROM on my phone. However ive just realized that at 15% the phone will die completely. Ive tried to callibrate the battery but have had no luck. Any Ideas on how i can resolve this issue?
Thanks.

It's not an issue. It's normal.
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Oh Right, How come this is normal then? Is it a bug in the Leedroid ROM? Or is it something to do with the HTC Desire?

It's because Li-on batteries break if they get down to 0%. HTC set their phones up to shut down between 10-15%. All phones with li-on do this.
However most phones show that 10-15% as 0% but HTC tend not to.
There is an app called nexus one battery calibrator, which if you have the correct kernel, will change that 10-15% to show as 0%. Obviously, as it effectively turns 75% into 100%, it appears to drain faster. It's not
I don't know if your kernel supports this. The general tab in the app won't have any numbers if the kernel does not.
There are some complex settings needed in the app and a specific process to follow if you wanted to do this though
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Oh Right, So basically it something HTC put on all their phones to stop the batteries from breaking. But how come on my friends HTC Desire HD and my stock Desire ROM, it would die at 0%? Is this because of the way HTC set up theres phones, the 75% into 100% which you said?

I can also confirm that what rootSU is saying is false. My Desire goes all the way down to 1% before shutting down.
How to calibrate the battery meter:
1) drain your phone completely (until it shuts down);
2) plug it in (wall charger) and charge it to 100% without interruptions (best to leave it for an hour after the green light comes up);
3) drain completely;
4) repeat step #2.
You can also charge it while powered on, but i've noticed that the trick works better while charging in power off mode.

TVTV said:
I can also confirm that what rootSU is saying is false.
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No you can't
I've assembled some reference material:
http://forums.miuiandroid.com/showthread.php?7721-Battery-display-BUG&
http://forum.oxygen.im/viewtopic.php?id=723
http://androidforums.com/htc-desire/395745-battey-dies-14-a.html
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.jonrichards.batterycalibrator.ui&hl=en
http://www.techatplay.com/?p=61
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Battery_Power/Lithium_Ion_Batteries
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-incredible/252985-how-low-before-damage-6-1800mah-battery.html
OP's 15% is the same as your 1%. Your meters are just running different. Possibly because you calibrated? I have too and now it shuts down at 0% but until then (yesterday) it shut down at 10-15% and has done since 12th May, 2010.
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Battery no longer holding charge

Having a strange charging issue with my phone.
I let my phone charge over night and when I took it off this morning it was at 100%. When I checked it about 15 minutes later it was all the way down to 21%. Is it possible that my battery has gone bad? I can't imagine an app causing that much drain.
Just in case it matters, I am running CM10. I also recently replaced the USB port on my phone because it had become worn and loose. I don't think the issue is with that because the phone recognizes that AC charger and will charge it.

Sounds like a bad battery to me. Does your battery show any signs of swelling?
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zax10 said:
Sounds like a bad battery to me. Does your battery show any signs of swelling?
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Looks OK to me.
No way this could be rom related right?

Not that much. I have installed many different roms on many different phones and never got results like that.
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Hmm the plot thickens...
I just charged my phone at work to 100% using a different charger and unplugged it. Its been almost two hours and I have only lost 6%.
Is it possible its the particular charger or could a failing battery cause inconsistent results like this?

Does your phone get really hot on that charger at home. If so it could be a bad charger. Also I have had times when my phone would get a false battery reading. It showed a 98% charge but when I looked in recovery it showed around a 40% charge. When I rebooted it was showing what recovery showed. That actually sound like what happened.
Is this the first time something like this has happened.
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Sounds like you got yerself a case of gremlins

I actually noticed it happening once or twice before but it was at the same time that my charger port was acting all wonky so I just assumed that there wasn't a good connection being made and it had drained on its own.
I'll have to do some more experimentation when I get home. If not I'll have to look for the wipe gremlins option in clockwork

Wishka233 said:
I'll have to do some more experimentation when I get home. If not I'll have to look for the wipe gremlins option in clockwork
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LMAO sounds good. Have you tried wiping battery stats? Maybe something just went wonky.

Wiped battery stats and removed an app that I suspected was draining the battery. Seems to be better now. Thanks!

Apparently I spoke too soon. Battery life on my phone remains inconsistent. Symptoms are as follows:
1. Phone will charge to 100% but lose 50% of battery life within 20 minutes of being taken off the charger OR
2. Phone will appear to be charging (lightning bolt in battery symbol, battery stats states it is charging on AC) but the actual battery reading will remain static or even decrease OR
3. Phone will charge but at an extremely slow rate
Here are the fixes I've tried so far:
1. Wiped Battery Stats
2. Replaced charger port
3. Tried different chargers
4. Tried different wall outlets
5. Purchased new battery
6. Factory wiped phone and installed new rom
Searching google shows that this is not a unique problem to the Incredible 2. However, the culprit is usually a loose charger port which I have already replaced. I am at a complete loss, does anyone have any other ideas??

Wishka233 said:
Apparently I spoke too soon. Battery life on my phone remains inconsistent. Symptoms are as follows:
1. Phone will charge to 100% but lose 50% of battery life within 20 minutes of being taken off the charger OR
2. Phone will appear to be charging (lightning bolt in battery symbol, battery stats states it is charging on AC) but the actual battery reading will remain static or even decrease OR
3. Phone will charge but at an extremely slow rate
Here are the fixes I've tried so far:
1. Wiped Battery Stats
2. Replaced charger port
3. Tried different chargers
4. Tried different wall outlets
5. Purchased new battery
6. Factory wiped phone and installed new rom
Searching google shows that this is not a unique problem to the Incredible 2. However, the culprit is usually a loose charger port which I have already replaced. I am at a complete loss, does anyone have any other ideas??
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I literally just had the same problem although I didn't buy a new battery but it was when I was flashing cm10.. I tihink it might be rom related. Literally everything u just said happened to me I was trying different chargers and everything as well...I finally pulled the battery for like 20 minutes then restored a back up of miui gb and the wiped cache, battery stats, and dalvik....then I was back in action...hopefully u figure it out hope everything works out on your phone!

antone315 said:
I literally just had the same problem although I didn't buy a new battery but it was when I was flashing cm10.. I tihink it might be rom related. Literally everything u just said happened to me I was trying different chargers and everything as well...I finally pulled the battery for like 20 minutes then restored a back up of miui gb and the wiped cache, battery stats, and dalvik....then I was back in action...hopefully u figure it out hope everything works out on your phone!
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Thanks
Yeah changing the rom might be my next step. I must get to the bottom of this!!

Wishka233 said:
Thanks
Yeah changing the rom might be my next step. I must get to the bottom of this!!
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Yeah change the rom...I was trying dkstunnas 9 and 10 cm roms and they both would load then boot off twice then come back on then the battery would get hot then I would go to set it up and literally couldn't take it cuz it was like almost frozen how laggy they were! Back to miui gb til I can figure it out... good luck!

[Q] Battery Issue

So here's my problem:
About few weeks ago, my battery started to fooling with me. When I use it for Facebook, Twitter and normal web surfing, the battery goes down, fast, from 100% to 10% took only about one hour plus. Then I left it aside. Check it again after 30 minutes, the battery went up to 27%. So I think battery was miscalibrated so I tried to calibrate the battery using all the guides I can find on the net for weeks but none worked.
So what should I do? Should I change a new battery?

Did u try calibrate it properly, eg.. wait till its charged fully then wipe them. using an app from playstore is the best way. If u wipe stats when its not charged100% then it will start jumping percentages.
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Standard batteries are terrible anyway. I couldn't do without my 3600mah one now.
As wedgess said, get an app for calibration. I use 'battery calibration' (simple enough) which works perfectly for me
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wedgess said:
Did u try calibrate it properly, eg.. wait till its charged fully then wipe them. using an app from playstore is the best way. If u wipe stats when its not charged100% then it will start jumping percentages.
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Yeah I waited till 100% then I wipe the stats but still the same.
BensJammin said:
Standard batteries are terrible anyway. I couldn't do without my 3600mah one now.
As wedgess said, get an app for calibration. I use 'battery calibration' (simple enough) which works perfectly for me
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I don't plan to get new battery yet if my battery can be saved.

here you go
jeff7424 said:
So here's my problem:
About few weeks ago, my battery started to fooling with me. When I use it for Facebook, Twitter and normal web surfing, the battery goes down, fast, from 100% to 10% took only about one hour plus. Then I left it aside. Check it again after 30 minutes, the battery went up to 27%. So I think battery was miscalibrated so I tried to calibrate the battery using all the guides I can find on the net for weeks but none worked.
So what should I do? Should I change a new battery?
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PROBLEM SOLVED... this works with all xperia play models and it fits with the back cover that comes with the phone...O and it comes with the instruction on how to change the battery build prop.
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...xperia-x1-1800mah-extra-eros-akkumulator.html

Which means I'll need to get a new battery? No other way to save it?

Well try to underclock it and make the screen brightness lowest. Try to look at the battery stats too as you may have an app which is using a lot of resources of your phone. If you can live without your phone then switch it off completely, try to find the charger with highest mAh output (the higher the mAh output is the quicker it is charging), connect your turned off phone to the charger, make sure it's charging, leave it for 2 days charging like this and then disconnect it, boot it straight to the recovery, wipe the battery stats from recovery. If this is not going to help then I seriously have no idea what else you can do.
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olokos said:
Well try to underclock it and make the screen brightness lowest. Try to look at the battery stats too as you may have an app which is using a lot of resources of your phone. If you can live without your phone then switch it off completely, try to find the charger with highest mAh output (the higher the mAh output is the quicker it is charging), connect your turned off phone to the charger, make sure it's charging, leave it for 2 days charging like this and then disconnect it, boot it straight to the recovery, wipe the battery stats from recovery. If this is not going to help then I seriously have no idea what else you can do.
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Phone's not overclocked, brightness is always low, I used it for texting my gf for whole day, played word search for a while and my phone left 50%, no data no WiFi nothing, When I turned on WiFi and keep using it, battery drops fast. Reached 4% I left it, went back to 16%, continue using, left 4 % again, left it again went back to 10%, then I used it till 4% again, now left 6%. Using stock charger but with different cable since my stock cable is broken. Is that related? If yes I'm going to get a new charger.

jeff7424 said:
Phone's not overclocked, brightness is always low, I used it for texting my gf for whole day, played word search for a while and my phone left 50%, no data no WiFi nothing, When I turned on WiFi and keep using it, battery drops fast. Reached 4% I left it, went back to 16%, continue using, left 4 % again, left it again went back to 10%, then I used it till 4% again, now left 6%. Using stock charger but with different cable since my stock cable is broken. Is that related? If yes I'm going to get a new charger.
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Your best jut getting a new battery by the sounds of it I had a similar problem buy just got a new battery and it fixed it
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ILikeTheWayYouMove2 said:
Your best jut getting a new battery by the sounds of it I had a similar problem buy just got a new battery and it fixed it
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Sigh okay. Thanks everyone.

Odp: [Q] Battery Issue
Any news?
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htc one x discharges although being charged

I think the screen explains this perfectly... any ideas?

What are you using to charge?
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Make sure you are using the original charger. Also try wiping battery stats
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I think it is just a faulty charger... but damn.. it drained my battery fast...

getsomefood said:
I think the screen explains this perfectly... any ideas?
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Ouch.

getsomefood said:
I think it is just a faulty charger... but damn.. it drained my battery fast...
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Try another charger or try changing from a usb can use pc, tv, laptop, Xbox.
Xbox takes a long time though lol
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Have the same problem + I can only charge my battery when my phone is off to about 60%... have still red light, but original wall charger seems to be off.

Marek_07 said:
Have the same problem + I can only charge my battery when my phone is off to about 60%... have still red light, but original wall charger seems to be off.
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Wipe ur battery stats, drain ur battery then charge uninterrupted till its full, drain and charge again so that max and min battery levels are well calibrated. A battery app like battery doctor will help keep ur battery in giid shape.
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Perhaps is there another reason. When you install a new rom, you must wait several cycles of charge/discharge to have a good battery life.
So, interrupt his charging cycle isn't the best way for battery life. And yes, you must wipe your battery stats to.

Now my battery died, when i plug charger, sometimes led blink 2 times with red light, and it's over. I will replace it. I pray for battery issue, not motherboard. What do you think about this problem?

I had the same issue under Sense 5 roms.
With the phone on and charging I never reached more than 60% of battery even using battery optimizer.
The solution for me has been back to a 4.2 AOSP Rom (ICJ in my case) and a couple of cycles again my battery works as usual.
I tried again with a S5 rom and the issues are back, so I have to use no Sense 5 roms if I want my battery right.
You can also try to charge in Recovery, that worked for me, to wake the bootloader.
Hope this would be useful for you.
Cheers.
PD. Sorry for my english

Have you tried a stock sense 5.0 rom?
PS. Maby we have the same HOX cause of same problems

I´ve tried ARHD & MaximusHD, both with Stock kernel and Alex-V S.E. 2.1
Always with the same result.

Marek_07 said:
Have you tried a stock sense 5.0 rom?
PS. Maby we have the same HOX cause of same problems
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This week i found something that seemed to be a issue like the one reported here. My phone goes without battery before i got to sleep. I got my phone to charge on the Wall charger (HTC OEM). When i woke up i figured out that my battery only charged up to 15% (Froze at 15%)
It is the second time this has happened since the Sense 5 update (OTA Update).
Never happened before.