I think something is wrong - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

I just flashed a boot animation from the rom updater in blu kuban and my battery icon went from 50% to 20% after reboot, any ideas what it could be and how to fix it?
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Mine does that occasionally as well. I don't really worry too much about it.
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wikedone said:
I just flashed a boot animation from the rom updater in blu kuban and my battery icon went from 50% to 20% after reboot, any ideas what it could be and how to fix it?
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This is a very well known and persistent Samsung bug that is the same across the board no matter what rom you're running
sent from my SGS2 running AOKP, eh...

You can wipe the battery stats using the script in the updater after a couple full charges you woes should be gone. It comes in handy if you flash a lot. Check the kuban updater scripts, download scripts then choose the battery one.
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greeneguys said:
You can wipe the battery stats using the script in the updater after a couple full charges you woes should be gone. It comes in handy if you flash a lot. Check the kuban updater scripts, download scripts then choose the battery one.
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Also wiping battery data in mine and others experiences has not solved this
sent from my SGS2 running AOKP, eh...

Try going from 89% to 2% when changing your dpi setting in rom toolbox.
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I noticed this happened a lot more with aftermarket chargers. Now I only use samsung or usb port to charge and I hardly ever see this anymore.

Wiping battery stats does nothing for your phone

its a known issue.. mine did this the other day.. i am a flasaholic and sometimes i go overboard and my phone od's lol
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wikedone said:
I just flashed a boot animation from the rom updater in blu kuban and my battery icon went from 50% to 20% after reboot, any ideas what it could be and how to fix it?
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Known issue with many ROMs. Try this I've seen it work - Before you reboot put your phone into Airplane mode. Once completely restarted set it back to normal.

gilbydakid said:
Try going from 89% to 2% when changing your dpi setting in rom toolbox.
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Happens to me occasionally as well. Just a few moments ago went from 74% to 9% I hate when it happens but it's not that often.
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OK I seen that and was like wtf! Thanks for the info guys gonna let it charge the use the **** out of it to drain it,then go from there
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wikedone said:
OK I seen that and was like wtf! Thanks for the info guys gonna let it charge the use the **** out of it to drain it,then go from there
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Ok, I will try to explain this best I can. While going through the framework and system on TW ICS I've noticed that there is a set of battery percentages. The cpu will monitor on a 1% by %. But the xmls and images correlate together with the system ui in a specific set unless otherwise altered. The battery percentages seem to be set as follows: 100,93,85,79,63,58,35,20,15,10,5,0. It may not be those exactly, but you get the drift. When flashing you can plug up and although it may not show its charging, it does. If you don't charge it can be hard on the system battery depending on what you are flashing or restoring. Because the system ui is setup with these "presests" it can "jump from one percent to the next. I've also noticed while testing that if I go from a alpha bare bones rom to my stable back up that the battery may jump up. I tend to agree that it is a bug in the coding on ICS, and wouldn't worry too much about it.

timmetal6669 said:
Ok, I will try to explain this best I can. While going through the framework and system on TW ICS I've noticed that there is a set of battery percentages. The cpu will monitor on a 1% by %. But the xmls and images correlate together with the system ui in a specific set unless otherwise altered. The battery percentages seem to be set as follows: 100,93,85,79,63,58,35,20,15,10,5,0. It may not be those exactly, but you get the drift. When flashing you can plug up and although it may not show its charging, it does. If you don't charge it can be hard on the system battery depending on what you are flashing or restoring. Because the system ui is setup with these "presests" it can "jump from one percent to the next. I've also noticed while testing that if I go from a alpha bare bones rom to my stable back up that the battery may jump up. I tend to agree that it is a bug in the coding on ICS, and wouldn't worry too much about it.
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Well explained thanks
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timmetal6669 said:
Ok, I will try to explain this best I can. While going through the framework and system on TW ICS I've noticed that there is a set of battery percentages. The cpu will monitor on a 1% by %. But the xmls and images correlate together with the system ui in a specific set unless otherwise altered. The battery percentages seem to be set as follows: 100,93,85,79,63,58,35,20,15,10,5,0. It may not be those exactly, but you get the drift. When flashing you can plug up and although it may not show its charging, it does. If you don't charge it can be hard on the system battery depending on what you are flashing or restoring. Because the system ui is setup with these "presests" it can "jump from one percent to the next. I've also noticed while testing that if I go from a alpha bare bones rom to my stable back up that the battery may jump up. I tend to agree that it is a bug in the coding on ICS, and wouldn't worry too much about it.
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Those are just the levels where the battery icon in the status bar change. After a ROM flash it is not uncommon to have the battery report inaccurately for the first couple drain/charge cycles. Usual fix is to fully charge, reboot phone, plug in until fully charged a 2nd time (will take a few more minutes). Looking at XML's and image files is not the same as looking at the source code...
Edit: I'm not trying to bash anyone here, I just want to make sure misinformation doesn't get started and then pretty soon everyone is repeating this stuff. Just like what happened with the whole "battery stats" incident.

I totally agree with you,just happened out of the blue so I figured I would get advice and you have provided that again I thank you. The mods can't delete this at anytime.
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rocket321 said:
Those are just the levels where the battery icon in the status bar change. After a ROM flash it is not uncommon to have the battery report inaccurately for the first couple drain/charge cycles. Usual fix is to fully charge, reboot phone, plug in until fully charged a 2nd time (will take a few more minutes). Looking at XML's and image files is not the same as looking at the source code...
Edit: I'm not trying to bash anyone here, I just want to make sure misinformation doesn't get started and then pretty soon everyone is repeating this stuff. Just like what happened with the whole "battery stats" incident.
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but there is still a problem that isn't being understood where the battery just drops whether you are flashing or aren't
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collinsac24 said:
but there is still a problem that isn't being understood where the battery just drops whether you are flashing or aren't
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Entropy512 has posted often on this subject. Here's one I found via Google ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22917725&postcount=3
Calibration does nothing on our device - the fuel gauge is designed so that it will always converge towards truth instead of diverging. Also, the "wipe battery stats" method of "calibration" has been proven to do NOTHING on ANY device whatsoever - https://plus.google.com/105051985738...ts/FV3LVtdVxPT - The "charge battery to full" and "discharge/recharge" battery are valid tactics on some devices, but NOT any Galaxy S or S II device (maybe the ****rocket and T989, but not the I9100 or I777.) - There's a slight chance this may change with ICS on the I9100/I777 but not likely.
The advantage of this is that it never needs funky calibration cycles other than "just wait"
The disadvantage is that the gauge will get thrown off in a few limited corner cases - and the "two" issues described are one widely documented one. The gauge gets confused and falseley reports low by heavily battery load immediately following a reset, and takes a few hours to converge back to normality (during which the estimate creeps upward, because it was lower than reality initially).
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In a nutshell, what you are observing is the way the maxim fuel gauge IC in the SGSII line of devices "calibrates" the battery. Resets (reboots) can throw the gauge off.

rocket321 said:
Those are just the levels where the battery icon in the status bar change. After a ROM flash it is not uncommon to have the battery report inaccurately for the first couple drain/charge cycles. Usual fix is to fully charge, reboot phone, plug in until fully charged a 2nd time (will take a few more minutes). Looking at XML's and image files is not the same as looking at the source code...
Edit: I'm not trying to bash anyone here, I just want to make sure misinformation doesn't get started and then pretty soon everyone is repeating this stuff. Just like what happened with the whole "battery stats" incident.
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Agreed. I was merely starting this is the first thing the user sees. I also agree it is inaccurate. I'm not saying that this is "why", just that thus us what I've noticed and that like you said after a few charging cycles it should correct itself so its (not something to worry about). I also encourage any user that is curious to read what entropy has on the subject.

My phone has done this one time where after jumping downwards by a significant amount it actually crept back UP. I joked to my wife that my latest flash added the ability to have the phone charge itself when the battery is low.

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Wlan_wake in Better battery stats

Hi all,
So my phone recently started giving me some battery issues that I just cannot for the life of me get resolved. I noticed that under better battery stats, my phone was avoiding deep sleep. Looking at the kernel wake locks shows Wlan_wake with nearly non stop wakes. I've done just about everything. I've wiped totally to stock Blu Kuban, tried different radios, kernels etc. I get these even on a fresh wipe with no apps installed and no sync on. It doesn't seem to be related to any application in particular. If I turn off wifi and just use 3g,the phone goes into deep sleep immediately and stays. The Wlan_wake stops and the wake counter doesn't keep ramping up. The phone once again gets great battery life while sitting idle. This occurs on both of the wifi I use predominantly, home and work. I'm really at my wits end since when I go to bed, my phones battery gets knocked down a good 20-30% in the 7 hours I go to bed. Attached is just a small sampling of what it's doing.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Stop leaving your WiFi on. Either that or install one of the hundreds of battery scripts available that will shut off WiFi when the phone sleeps.
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abadasstanker69 said:
Stop leaving your WiFi on. Either that or install one of the hundreds of battery scripts available that will shut off WiFi when the phone sleeps.
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While I can appreciate people who want to hamstring their phones to save battery life, turning off WiFi is not an option for most people who actually use their phones for grown up things.
Sprint data is horribly unreliable for me... Without WiFi on, I would never be notified of important emails from work, done of which are time sensitive.
It's too bad that ICS has such bad battery life when compared to a similarly configured GB device.
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Dalmus said:
While I can appreciate people who want to hamstring their phones to save battery life, turning off WiFi is not an option for most people who actually use their phones for grown up things.
Sprint data is horribly unreliable for me... Without WiFi on, I would never be notified of important emails from work, done of which are time sensitive.
It's too bad that ICS has such bad battery life when compared to a similarly configured GB device.
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Well a grown up would solve the problem by calling Sprint and having a free mini tower sent to them so they wouldn't have that problem... just sayin
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Is there some specific reason you can't charge your phone while you sleep? It seems like that's the most obvious and easiest solution to your complaint...
I'll take a look at that wifi idle time thread, thanks man.
To the rest, when I suddenly have a glaring issue with my phone, I usually don't include "pretend the problem doesn't exist" as a troubleshooting method. If that's what has to be done, so be it. Charging the phone while sleeping is fine, depending on my schedule/battery level, but that doesn't answer the question of why the battery is absolutely horrific when the phone is doing absolutely nothing. It's not syncing, it's not pulling down data from apps etc. I guess I'm just having trouble coming to terms with the fact that Gingerbread idles, with sync on, about 3-5 percent in an 8 hour period (on blazer) while my ics experiences have been literally 10 times worse. It's hard to just say "oh, ICS battery life just isn't as good", when the disparity is that large.
I want to make sure I'm an exception, not the rule as far as idle drain is concerned.
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MustWarnothers said:
I'll take a look at that wifi idle time thread, thanks man.
To the rest, when I suddenly have a glaring issue with my phone, I usually don't include "pretend the problem doesn't exist" as a troubleshooting method. If that's what has to be done, so be it. Charging the phone while sleeping is fine, depending on my schedule/battery level, but that doesn't answer the question of why the battery is absolutely horrific when the phone is doing absolutely nothing. It's not syncing, it's not pulling down data from apps etc. I guess I'm just having trouble coming to terms with the fact that Gingerbread idles, with sync on, about 3-5 percent in an 8 hour period (on blazer) while my ics experiences have been literally 10 times worse. It's hard to just say "oh, ICS battery life just isn't as good", when the disparity is that large.
I want to make sure I'm an exception, not the rule as far as idle drain is concerned.
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Since I'm included in the "rest" ill say that I was not suggesting that you ignore it, I was simply suggesting that by charging while you sleep you would remedy the issue for the time being, as there is absolutely no logical reason your phone can't be charging while you sleep... including battery level... im assuming from your post you wait till the battery is low to charge, that is unecessary as Li-Ion batteries do not have a memory, so incremental charging will not damage them, in fact ive read that its actually better for them than full power cycles.... if you want more possible solutions perhaps you should start by following revampers link and using the damn search bar, as there are 10's of ics battery threads, and I'm pretty sure phaker posted a solution to a very similar issue in one of them, as opposed to starting yet another thread about an issue that's been beat to death and replying condesendingly to those who offer you suggestions not entirely to you're liking....also use the thanks button at least for revampers post as you seem to have found at least that useful, its considered common courtesy around here...
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Ignore, xda app quoted instead of editing
You weren't included in the rest btw. Forgot to thank v.
The first response was snide to both myself and the other person who replied about slashing off your phones arm when it isn't necessary. I have spent quite a bit of time on this problem, and have done substantial searching with my info I've collected from various apps and logs. Snide non replies get snide responses. It was not aimed at you.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28207774
This may help as well, worth a read at least... the script that just modifies wifi_supp_scan or something to that effect.... should be what you're after as I recall that was preventing deep sleep, read through the thread to confirm, I read it about a week ago and dont recall 100%
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Appreciated, thank you sir.
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[Q] Problem with SOD? PLEASE HELP

So here's my story...
I hated the new ICS official update that sprint rolled out because of my diminishing battery life. So i decided to finally root the phone and install some roms. Everything went well for the past week but now my phone screen flickers and then my phone shuts off when i still have around 80% battery life left. I try to turn it back on and it loads up the boot screen but sometimes it fully loads the phone and sometimes it doesn't. When it does load ... my battery life is chopped to like 20% or maybe 5%. I calibrated my battery after the flash like someone told me to do but it still didn't work. I thought it was the rom i was using but I flashed 3 different roms and I still have the same problem.
I'm wondering if it's something wrong with my battery or my power on my phone? When the phone is charging it doesn't flicker and shut down on me.
Did anybody else have this problem? Is this considered a SOD? Wondering if I should get a new battery and see if it works. Also... is your battery flat? Mine seems to be a curved a bit in the middle back and front and i don't remember it being like that.
THANKS FOR THE HELP PEOPLE!!!! I really need it
Spin the battery on a flat surface and if it continues to spin, its bad. From your description of the back if battery, it sounds bad. Take it to a sprint store and get a replacement.
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I dont want to hijack this thread, but im having similiar problems. if my phone was charging the screen would flicker. it doesnt do it anymore but now sometimes the screen wont turn back on. its almost like its off. there is no haptic feedback no lights. i have to pull the battery and then it will turn on. im running UPDATED 9/12] [ROM] RE-CALKED 0.2.0 [FI03] Calk's ROM Re-Cooked in FI03
BluesRulez said:
Spin the battery on a flat surface and if it continues to spin, its bad. From your description of the back if battery, it sounds bad. Take it to a sprint store and get a replacement.
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yeah this battery is deff spinnable... so this should be a battery problem right?
Dont' know how this could've happened
Thanks
aznne0 said:
yeah this battery is deff spinnable... so this should be a battery problem right?
Dont' know how this could've happened
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This is just the effects of ICS. Go to to your sprint store , they should replace it free. Consider a custom Rom to remedy the issue.
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I dont want to hijack this thread, but im having similiar problems. if my phone was charging the screen would flicker. it doesnt do it anymore but now sometimes the screen wont turn back on. its almost like its off. there is no haptic feedback no lights. i have to pull the battery and then it will turn on. im running UPDATED 9/12] [ROM] RE-CALKED 0.2.0 [FI03] Calk's ROM Re-Cooked in FI03
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PanchoPlanet said:
This is just the effects of ICS. Go to to your sprint store , they should replace it free. Consider a custom Rom to remedy the issue.
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I'll check the store tomorrow.. but i read that there's a 6 month warranty on the battery.. sighh...
aznne0 said:
So here's my story...
I hated the new ICS official update that sprint rolled out because of my diminishing battery life. So i decided to finally root the phone and install some roms. Everything went well for the past week but now my phone screen flickers and then my phone shuts off when i still have around 80% battery life left. I try to turn it back on and it loads up the boot screen but sometimes it fully loads the phone and sometimes it doesn't. When it does load ... my battery life is chopped to like 20% or maybe 5%. I calibrated my battery after the flash like someone told me to do but it still didn't work. I thought it was the rom i was using but I flashed 3 different roms and I still have the same problem.
I'm wondering if it's something wrong with my battery or my power on my phone? When the phone is charging it doesn't flicker and shut down on me.
Did anybody else have this problem? Is this considered a SOD? Wondering if I should get a new battery and see if it works. Also... is your battery flat? Mine seems to be a curved a bit in the middle back and front and i don't remember it being like that.
THANKS FOR THE HELP PEOPLE!!!! I really need it
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We need more info on your setup to be able to help you.
1.What ROM are you on? (Name, Build etc.)
2.Kernel / Tweaks / etc.
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We need more info on your setup to be able to help you.
1.What ROM are you on? (Name, Build etc.)
2.Kernel / Tweaks / etc.
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It happened on every rom i flashed.. but this is what i'm on now.
Rom version Blazer FF18
kernel version 3.0.15-sph-d710.ff18-cl663858
Baseband version FH13
I am trying to underclock the phone now and see if it solves any problems till I get a new battery. Realized that while the phone is plugged in... it doesn't flicker and shut down on me. So maybe if i lower the power consumption, it'll work. But it's just an idea I came up with.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!
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It happened on every rom i flashed.. but this is what i'm on now.
Rom version Blazer FF18
kernel version 3.0.15-sph-d710.ff18-cl663858
Baseband version FH13
I am trying to underclock the phone now and see if it solves any problems till I get a new battery. Realized that while the phone is plugged in... it doesn't flicker and shut down on me. So maybe if i lower the power consumption, it'll work. But it's just an idea I came up with.
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Your experiencing a condition that's clearly battery related, while phone is plugged in it clearly shows that the problem is the battery. Making changes and undervolting may just complicate things, I would wait for a new battery before going any further.
You need a proven rom to start with, ask around and see what works for others and give yourself a fresh start. I would recommend going back to stock gingerbread el29,and trying it out for a week or so, then go from there.
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Your experiencing a condition that's clearly battery related, while phone is plugged in it clearly shows that the problem is the battery. Making changes and undervolting may just complicate things, I would wait for a new battery before going any further.
You need a proven rom to start with, ask around and see what works for others and give yourself a fresh start. I would recommend going back to stock gingerbread el29,and trying it out for a week or so, then go from there.
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Will do. Just ordered a battery. Hopefully it is a battery issue because I am not due for an upgrade yet. Thanks a lot for your advice!
It's the battery, I have the same issues right now and if I use a different battery they instantly disappear.
And you're right about lowering the power consumption, for me it only happened with 4G enabled together with the capacitive LEDs. Disabling one or the other made it go away.
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[PSA] How to tell your battery is going bad

Simply reboot! Yes, it's that easy.
Recently my phone has been acting... odd. Basically every reboot reported a completely different battery level. It went like this:
Reboot: 67%
Reboot: 17%
Reboot: 45%
Reboot: 0% (Whhaaat!?)
Reboot: 75%
It was really fun after playing a game that apparently draws just a little too much current, causing it to instantly power off. Fun times.
That's not normal. If your phone is doing that, buy a new battery. From what I've been reading here, it seems like these phones either kill batteries in disproportionate amounts, or we were given lots of bad ones. Seems odd.
Or if u think ur rom is wonky take out ur battery out and try to spin it if it spins then its ur battery
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I thought losing battery percentage was normal if you do a reboot.. It was a known issue in a lot of threads even with individuals with a good battery
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I thought losing battery percentage was normal if you do a reboot.. It was a known issue in a lot of threads even with individuals with a good battery
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I'm pretty sure it is normal. I've only had my phone since June 1st of this year, and it did that. So unless I got screwed on the battery, I think it's normal.
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I'm pretty sure it is normal. I've only had my phone since June 1st of this year, and it did that. So unless I got screwed on the battery, I think it's normal.
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i think what hes tryna say is every reboot shows a diff %.. it is normal to lose some when doing a reboot but not sure how normal it is if you go lower.. then higher.. then 0% then up to 50% lol as the op suggests happened if im reading it right? either way quite useless thread lol theees plenty of battery discussions going on xda.. i thouht this was going to be informative and maybe goin over all different ways to tell if a battery is bad in one thread lol
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I thought to fix that you just calibrate your battery
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Simply reboot! Yes, it's that easy.
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Unfortunately, it's not quite that easy. For those of us who have a battery that is going bad (starting to bulge) a reboot does not always screw with the battery value, other times it does. :screwy:
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Typically on Reboots you will drop battery % a bit.. Not as drastic as OP is showing... I don't know if it applies on this side so much but on the OG Epic, Since it was first rooted you would sometimes get a false battery % on reboot (Start at 90% before reboot, after reboot shows 20% or less!) Which case reboot, pull battery, toss it in and reboot would clear it. The "Spin Test" is a fairly accurate test. Battery's due bulge after being overheated for so long. So that's a quick indication as well that she's gone. Nice post btw..
Haha. Yeah, it fails the spin test too. I was just shocked that it couldn't get a consistent reading after half a dozen reboots. Didn't have anything handy to do a spin test on the train, so this works too. I haven't flashed for months, so I seriously doubt it's a calibration issue. I've seen charge drop before, but never jump up by 50±%.
I went in to a Sprint store for a replacement, and they had to order one. Really? One of the most popular phones last year, and they don't carry any spare batteries?
Oh well. At least it was free after they confirmed it was bulging.
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Removed.
I used battery calibration from the Play Store and it kinda help. I highly suggest that app
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locoboi187 said:
Removed.
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Nope, it's still there.. How'd you get those like that??
milky1112 said:
Nope, it's still there.. How'd you get those like that??
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Get what like what?
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Get what like what?
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Hahaha.. You said Removed.. So i was just messing around.. (Making people wonder what you removed) hahaha.
trifthen said:
Simply reboot! Yes, it's that easy.
Recently my phone has been acting... odd. Basically every reboot reported a completely different battery level. It went like this:
Reboot: 67%
Reboot: 17%
Reboot: 45%
Reboot: 0% (Whhaaat!?)
Reboot: 75%
It was really fun after playing a game that apparently draws just a little too much current, causing it to instantly power off. Fun times.
That's not normal. If your phone is doing that, buy a new battery. From what I've been reading here, it seems like these phones either kill batteries in disproportionate amounts, or we were given lots of bad ones. Seems odd.
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Lmfaooooooooo report IDC. You are not informed at all lol! That's a Samsung issue with all the phones! Go do some research b4 you post & b4 I take out the flamethrower on everyone here!
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The problem i think starts when you charge your phone with a charger thats not the one that came with your phone. My battery is OK if im 90% and do a reboot it stays 90% or 89% but one day i had to charge it with another charger and it happened to me. It went from 75% to 20%. I let it go to cero and then charge it with the original one and it fix it. At some point the battery will f#ck uff LOL
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krazy_smokezalot said:
Lmfaooooooooo report IDC. You are not informed at all lol! That's a Samsung issue with all the phones! Go do some research b4 you post & b4 I take out the flamethrower on everyone here!
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Can someone translate this into English?
Just so you know, I did research. That research commonly led to several threads where people complained that their battery percentage suddenly dropped following a reboot. I also experienced this, and thought nothing of it. It is in fact common, especially after a ROM flash. But you'll notice I said nothing of a ROM flash, nor did I complain about the drop in percentage itself.
It's the fact that the percentage acts like a yo-yo. I rebooted about 10 times while on the train home from work, and every time, the charge was effectively a random number between 0 and 80. I say 80 because that's the highest number I saw during those reboots. When I finally got home, I was able to spin my battery on a flat surface, confirming my earlier suspicion.
Since you're so enlightened, flush with the knowledge of all Samsung devices and their numerous quirks, perhaps instead of ridiculing us, you could point out some of the "research" we're missing?
Wait... let me try putting it your way:
"[email protected]! I liek red all teh threads, yo! lolololl! Teh % geos up, too! srsleeee, no disrespec but my bat was bad bcus it spun man so i guess i was right lololololo!!1!!eleventy!!"
krazy_smokezalot said:
Lmfaooooooooo report IDC. You are not informed at all lol! That's a Samsung issue with all the phones! Go do some research b4 you post & b4 I take out the flamethrower on everyone here!
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Not true, I own 3 Samsung phones. None of them have ever done that. So YOU might wanna do some research first.
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Im on my second, not a single issue with either of them. Mom took my OG Epic. Because i got touch. Both are goin strong.
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trifthen said:
Haha. Yeah, it fails the spin test too. I was just shocked that it couldn't get a consistent reading after half a dozen reboots. Didn't have anything handy to do a spin test on the train, so this works too. I haven't flashed for months, so I seriously doubt it's a calibration issue. I've seen charge drop before, but never jump up by 50±%.
I went in to a Sprint store for a replacement, and they had to order one. Really? One of the most popular phones last year, and they don't carry any spare batteries?
Oh well. At least it was free after they confirmed it was bulging.
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Wife's phone has been having the same issues. Went in to Sprint, they saw the battery was bulging and wanted to run additional diagnostics. They said it would take an hour and a half, when we came back they said all problems are caused by the battery. Sprint didn't have any in stock and recommended we try Batteries+ who also didn't have any in stock. Going to try the Anker batteries recommended in the E4GT Accessories forum.

Crazy battery life loss?

This morning I unplugged my phone and battery percentage was at 100% but about 30 minutes later it dropped all the way down to 71%.. I close my recent apps constantly. The battery was normal the rest of the day (drained pretty quickly but not as quick as the morning). Any reason why this happens? This is the first time it happened. I usually get about 12 hours on a full charge.
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meroswarrior said:
This morning I unplugged my phone and battery percentage was at 100% but about 30 minutes later it dropped all the way down to 71%.. I close my recent apps constantly. The battery was normal the rest of the day (drained pretty quickly but not as quick as the morning). Any reason why this happens? This is the first time it happened. I usually get about 12 hours on a full charge.
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perhaps a rogue app. i would do a battery pull and fire it back up. see if it happens again. a thousand people are going to tell you to go get better batter stats. you said this has never happened before so i'd say see if this works. if not, i'd try recalling the most recent app you've downloaded
xBeerdroiDx said:
perhaps a rogue app. i would do a battery pull and fire it back up. see if it happens again. a thousand people are going to tell you to go get better batter stats. you said this has never happened before so i'd say see if this works. if not, i'd try recalling the most recent app you've downloaded
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Those thousand people would be correct, since it would tell you what ate your battery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
sulpher said:
Those thousand people would be correct, since it would tell you what ate your battery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
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it has its place. especially when we're talking about a completely random issue, like right now, not an ongoing problem that the user frequently experiences.
gotta start with the basics, then move on up to the paid apps
xBeerdroiDx said:
it has its place. especially when we're talking about a completely random issue, like right now, not an ongoing problem that the user frequently experiences.
gotta start with the basics, then move on up to the paid apps
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Its not paid... the download is right there in the link i gave. He has a donate version if you want to have the latest version, but its not required.
I had a bad battery, take it to an AT&T service center, they will replace it free.
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[Q] The People's ROM battery life

I'm running The People's ROM and I love it but I;m not getting very good battery life. I've tried undervolting, underclocking, I even went back to the stock kernel. Nothing has worked. I saw Kenny's post to change folder qosmgr to qosmgr.bac but it was already done. Can anyone help? I love this ROM but if I can't get better battery life I will change to something else.
Download better battery stats and post screenshots of your kernel wakelocks, partial wakelocks and alarms so we can better assess your battery drain
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flastnoles11 said:
Download better battery stats and post screenshots of your kernel wakelocks, partial wakelocks and alarms so we can better assess your battery drain
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I've installed better battery stats. Should I charge to a full charge and let it run down some and then get the screenshots?
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Have you turned data off or put into Airplane mode to determine if you have a signal/sync issue?
Is MEDIA high in your battery stats?
Everything already mentioned it could be many things. First is a screen shot of your battery stats on the device and a screen shot of on screen time.
1. Are you syncing anything?
2. Are you mostly on wifi? 3g?or LTE?
3. Do you use Facebook app?
4. What kernel? Any tweaks?
5. What governor?
6. What scheduler?
Let's start with this and we will get you going in the right direction.
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kennyglass123 said:
Questions go in Q&A
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Have you turned data off or put into Airplane mode to determine if you have a signal/sync issue?
Is MEDIA high in your battery stats?
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Data is turned on and when I put it in airplane mode I don't seem to have problems there. MEDIA is not high on the battery stats, it's always ANDROID OS. I can fully charge at night and unplug the charger and not touch it until morning (about 8 hours) and the battery will be at about 92%.
edfunkycold said:
Everything already mentioned it could be many things. First is a screen shot of your battery stats on the device and a screen shot of on screen time.
1. Are you syncing anything?
2. Are you mostly on wifi? 3g?or LTE?
3. Do you use Facebook app?
4. What kernel? Any tweaks?
5. What governor?
6. What scheduler?
Let's start with this and we will get you going in the right direction.
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I have auto sync on, I am mostly on wifi, I don't use Facebook, at first I had Ktoonsez kernel undervolted and now I'm using stock kernel, I never changed the governor or scheduler so it was on whatever it was installed with
hdb15 said:
Data is turned on and when I put it in airplane mode I don't seem to have problems there. MEDIA is not high on the battery stats, it's always ANDROID OS. I can fully charge at night and unplug the charger and not touch it until morning (about 8 hours) and the battery will be at about 92%.
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That's actually not horrible, but could be better, sounds like you have apps/syncs waking your device regularly, get a screenshot of better battery stats wakelocks do we can help you figure it out.. you don't have to charge fully, just plug it in once and unplug it so it starts recording your stats
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hdb15 said:
Data is turned on and when I put it in airplane mode I don't seem to have problems there. MEDIA is not high on the battery stats, it's always ANDROID OS. I can fully charge at night and unplug the charger and not touch it until morning (about 8 hours) and the battery will be at about 92%.
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After reading your reply I have turned auto sync and data off, maybe that's all it is, hopefully. I really want to keep this ROM, I like it way more than any I have found
flastnoles11 said:
That's actually not horrible, but could be better, sounds like you have apps/syncs waking your device regularly, get a screenshot of better battery stats wakelocks do we can help you figure it out.. you don't have to charge fully, just plug it in once and unplug it so it starts recording your stats
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Will do. Thanks everyone for being so helpful and responding so fast. I'm a noob and just figured everything out by myself so far using the internet. I rooted a couple of months ago and ran stock rooted for about a month and then started checking out custom ROMS. I haven't had many problems although I did get in a bootloop at one time and fixed it without problem. I figured fixing my battery draining issue would be much easier this way and I was right thanks to people like you guys that ROCK!
That's what this community is about, helping out those in need
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hdb15 said:
Will do. Thanks everyone for being so helpful and responding so fast. I'm a noob and just figured everything out by myself so far using the internet. I rooted a couple of months ago and ran stock rooted for about a month and then started checking out custom ROMS. I haven't had many problems although I did get in a bootloop at one time and fixed it without problem. I figured fixing my battery draining issue would be much easier this way and I was right thanks to people like you guys that ROCK!
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Good to know you're trying things out for yourself. Many users come onto the threads before even doing some research expecting to just have the answers handed to them on a silver platter lol
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Ok, I've charged my phone to a full charge over an hour ago and I've been using it a bit here and there and it seems I can already tell a difference. I left data on but turned sync off. I'm really thinking the auto sync was my problem since I wasn't leaving Wi-Fi and it was still draining to fast. I was losing about 8% over night with no use at all so I will know better in the morning. Regardless I will post some screenshots of my results sometime tomorrow.
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Hmm, you may wanna go into the team kernelizers thread and do the file renaming listed in the OP as well
I'll check it out now(if I can find it), thanks
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CNexus said:
Hmm, you may wanna go into the team kernelizers thread and do the file renaming listed in the OP as well
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No need bud, files are already renamed for you on tpr
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flastnoles11 said:
No need bud, files are already renamed for you on tpr
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Oh haha, must've overlooked the part where he said he was on TPR :thumbup:
Thanks anyway CNexus. I'm running The People's ROM GS317 with the stock kernel. Thanks again everyone for all the help, I was afraid I would start posting and just get on everyone's nerves for being such a noob!
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hdb15 said:
Thanks anyway CNexus. I'm running The People's ROM GS317 with the stock kernel. Thanks again everyone for all the help, I was afraid I would start posting and just get on everyone's nerves for being such a noob!
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Haha NOPE
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Not around here, this isn't just a community, we're like family here, many of us have been with each other for a couple years now and some even longer
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