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Has anyone else had good results with their battery life after flashing the new radios? Mine has gotten substantially better after installing the leaked ones. My phone would drain VERY fast just sitting there idle and had semi gotten it under control (with juice defender). Now with the new radios, I don't even need juice defender anymore!
I definitely noticed that. I think it'll be dependent on how bad your reception was before. I noticed that at work where I used to get no bars(the phone show as disconnected from mobile network), my battery would go from charged to 65% in 3 hour as it hunts for signal, while connected data wise to Wifi. Then I flashed the new radio, immediately at the same spot I got 2 bars(-95dB), and I've ran the rest of the week everyday at work from morning to I went to sleep at home without plugging back in and still have at least 30% charge. Today I have very light usage and after a whole day basically idling aside from checking occasional email I have still 70% when I left work at 5...
what radio are you using?
I'm using XXKK6 with PRIMEKL01 bootloader.
(Yes updating your bootloader causes better battery life as reported in franco kernel thread)
GinoSylum said:
what radio are you using?
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For LTE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403133
Hi everyone,
sometime ago I started having strange battery drain on my DHD. It only happens when the screen is on.
When screen is off the average battery drain is only around 2-4mA and I lose around 5-7% of battery in 8 hours.
However when I turn the screen on battery fully drains in around 3-4 hours and usage is around 150-450 mA.
Is is normal behaviour?
When I was using stock Sense when I first got the phone I did not have that problem. I wanted something faster and I have installed CM7. Then I wanted to get back to Sense and I have installed Android Revolution HD (Full wipe between each install). At that time battery was still great. Then I wanted new Sense and I have installed CoreDroid 9.3 and the drain I have described started at that point. I thought maybe I had a bad install and I have reinstalled CoreDroid. The problem was still there. So I decided to go back to CM7 which I knew was working fine before but the drain is still here and only when screen is on. I have tried different radios and kernels, working with and without SD card, different brightness settings, wifi on and off, 3g on and off and nothing makes any difference, the drain is still there even in airplane mode. I have tried couple of different batteries but even that did not help, the phone is still draining when screen is on.
Does anyone have the same problem? Is it hardware at fault?
I have tried finding the solution but no one else seems to be suffering from described problem. Also the phone switches itself off at 3600mV. I have read that most of the androids switch itself off at 3200 mV. Is it nomal for DHD? I have recalibrated battery and tried all the possible solutions available on the web.
Does anyone know what is going on with my phone?
My current setup:
Android version: 2.3.7
Baseband version: 12.54.60.25U_26.09.04.11_M2
Kernel Version: [email protected]
Mod version: CyanogenMod-7.2.0-RC1-ace
I will be really grateful for any help.
Thanks,
Greg
I can't help you, but can say that If I take my phone off charge at 100%, I can go out the front garden, to have a cigarette for literally 3-5 mins.....and my battery has gone from 100% down to 88-90% ! !
That's with screen dim as low as it will go, WiFi Off, Data OFF, Gps OFF, Auto Sync OFF...just literally 3-5 mins browsing through folders using ES File Explorer...not playing any videos or anything.
I think it's a general smart phone thing, the bigger the screen, the more power the processor etc etc, the more power it's gonna suck.
As Technology moving as fast as it is, give it a year or 2 and I reckon there will be some crazy battery invention that gives you days and days of battery use and still have loads left.
Matt
Hi Matt,
thanks for the reply. I guess I will have to live with that until my next upgrade.
At least most of the time I am somewhere near wall socket so somehow I manage, but it is annoying to see 50% off battery drained in an hour whenever I play any game on it.
Hi all!
I have asked help many times and some have tried to help me but still I have bad battery life on my Nexus and I don't know what to do..
My Galaxy Nexus was in phone service and they changed battery + flashed same ROM again.. (ICL53F.I9250XWKL2)
And when I got my Nexus back then battery life was only little bit better, still it was draining little bit too fast..
I don't like 4.0.2 version or older so I flashed IMM76I 4.0.4 YAKJU ROM, battery was more badder and then I flashed IMM76D via Fastboot and I had still bad battery life..
Now I'm using ICL53F.I9250XWKL2 YAKJUXW build again (4.0.2, Samsung's ROM not Google)..
So right now Battery is left:
66% and phone have been on 14 hours 16 minutes
Phone in idle 13 hours 43 minutes, uses 15% battery
Screen 30%, Screen have been on only 33 minutes
I listened music 35 minutes and it took 24% battery..
And when I do not use my phone (phone is in idle)
WiFi is on
using stock launcher
stock kernel
original stock baseband radio
It drains fast..
Phone: Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM/WCDMA (gsm) that I bought in Finland
carrier: dna
original ROM was ICL53F.I9250XWKL2 or older version of that 4.0.1
I'm using stock kernel (not changed)
baseband: XXKK6 (not changed)
Battery can't drain so fast, I had much better battery life when I used my Gnex at first time..
Can anybody help me to figure out this problem?
Plz. help me if you can!
I have tested these ROMs:
IMM76D Fastboot
IMM76I update from IMM76D to IMM76I
ICL53F fastboot
ICL53F.I9250XWKL2 FASTBOOT!!!
ARHD 4.0.1 CWM...
IMM76I CWM flashable ROM
These basebands:
XXLA2
XXKK6
XXKL1
These bootloaders:
PRIMEKK15
PRIMELA03
Kernels:
Stock original Kernel 3.0.8
custom kernels:
CMPlus tuna
Jame Bond
I really need help!
Thanks if someone can help me to figure out this battery drain problem..
also I charge my Gnex with USB and Samsung charger, not Gnex charger.. (same watts, etc.)
EDIT: This my thread is still alive!
but I don't have battery life issues anymore.. My nexus's battery life is now a bit better but still drains fast which is normal for Galaxy Nexus!
I can use my Nexus 2 hours 30 minutes screen on and then I have lees than 6% batter life on my nexus, I listen really much music from my nexus in school but that's not affecting much to my Nexus's battery...
RE: Battery
Things you said were true:
1. Your phone has been on for 14 hours and you have 66% Battery remaining
2. If you had not listened to music for one half hour, you would have 80% remaining after 14 hours off charger.
Why exactly do you expect better battery life? That's pretty ****ing good.
I'm 15h 35m on battery, 24% remaining, and screen has taken 39% of the discharged amount, being on for 44 total minutes.
arlyn said:
Things you said were true:
1. Your phone has been on for 14 hours and you have 66% Battery remaining
2. If you had not listened to music for one half hour, you would have 80% remaining after 14 hours off charger.
Why exactly do you expect better battery life? That's pretty ****ing good.
I'm 15h 35m on battery, 24% remaining, and screen has taken 39% of the discharged amount, being on for 44 total minutes.
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I haven't use my Nexus..
more than 90% my Nexus have been in "idle" that takes too much battery..
ZTE Blade: 2 days 8 hours in idle waiting PIN code and 20% battery left, battery:1250mAh (4,7Wh)
Nexus S: I don't have it but in many pictures can see that Nexus have much battery left when it has been used 2/3 days.. My Galaxy Nexus can't even have so much battery left in 2 days. :/
Nexus S user.
manumanfred said:
I haven't use my Nexus..
more than 90% my Nexus have been in "idle" that takes too much battery..
ZTE Blade: 2 days 8 hours in idle waiting PIN code and 20% battery left, battery:1250mAh (4,7Wh)
Nexus S: I don't have it but in many pictures can see that Nexus have much battery left when it has been used 2/3 days.. My Galaxy Nexus can't even have so much battery left in 2 days. :/
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I used to have a Nexus S. Now have the Galaxy Nexus. Nexus S had worse battery life. What are you comparing the Galaxy Nexus to really?
Was the ZTE Blade connected to a cell network, Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth? How many sync apps were installed? How many G accounts and other accounts were setup?
The android battery screen always paints a crappy image of how the battery was really used. It neither simple like the iPhone nor detailed of how much power was actually drawn. So its useless in my opinion.
coolmaster121 said:
I used to have a Nexus S. Now have the Galaxy Nexus. Nexus S had worse battery life. What are you comparing the Galaxy Nexus to really?
Was the ZTE Blade connected to a cell network, Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth? How many sync apps were installed? How many G accounts and other accounts were setup?
The android battery screen always paints a crappy image of how the battery was really used. It neither simple like the iPhone nor detailed of how much power was actually drawn. So its useless in my opinion.
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Ok, on ZTE Blade i have two Google Accounts, WiFi is always on, GPS is on when needed, Bluetooth is not on, 3G disabled, etc.
ROM is CM7.1 newest Nightly.. (CM7.2 RC is using much more battery so I don't use CM7.2)
16 installed apps..
ICS launcher, theme, Flash player, games, Gapps...
on Galaxy Nexus I have disabled data connection 2G/3G and bluetooth too..
on ZTE Blade I don't use Facebook app and the FB app does not eat so much battery as many people think..
manumanfred said:
Hi all!
I have asked help many times and some have tried to help me but still I have bad battery life on my Nexus and I don't know what to do..
My Galaxy Nexus was in phone service and they changed battery + flashed same ROM again.. (ICL53F.I9250XWKL2)
And when I got my Nexus back then battery life was only little bit better, still it was draining little bit too fast..
I don't like 4.0.2 version or older so I flashed IMM76I 4.0.4 YAKJU ROM, battery was more badder and then I flashed IMM76D via Fastboot and I had still bad battery life..
Now I'm using ICL53F.I9250XWKL2 YAKJUXW build again (4.0.2, Samsung's ROM not Google)..
So right now Battery is left:
66% and phone have been on 14 hours 16 minutes
Phone in idle 13 hours 43 minutes, uses 15% battery
Screen 30%, Screen have been on only 33 minutes
I listened music 35 minutes and it took 24% battery..
And when I do not use my phone (phone is in idle)
WiFi is on
using stock launcher
stock kernel
original stock baseband radio
It drains fast..
Phone: Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM/WCDMA (gsm) that I bought in Finland
carrier: dna
original ROM was ICL53F.I9250XWKL2 or older version of that 4.0.1
I'm using stock kernel (not changed)
baseband: XXKK6 (not changed)
Battery can't drain so fast, I had much better battery life when I used my Gnex at first time..
Can anybody help me to figure out this problem?
Plz. help me if you can!
I have tested these ROMs:
IMM76D Fastboot
IMM76I update from IMM76D to IMM76I
ICL53F fastboot
ICL53F.I9250XWKL2 FASTBOOT!!!
ARHD 4.0.1 CWM...
IMM76I CWM flashable ROM
These basebands:
XXLA2
XXKK6
XXKL1
These bootloaders:
PRIMEKK15
PRIMELA03
Kernels:
Stock original Kernel 3.0.8
custom kernels:
CMPlus tuna
Jame Bond
I really need help!
Thanks if someone can help me to figure out this battery drain problem..
also I charge my Gnex with USB and Samsung charger, not Gnex charger.. (same watts, etc.)
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Install Better Battery Stats, and see if you have a wakelock that is not allowing your phone to enter deep sleep.
screenshots and video:
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When charging: It stack to 99% not charging to 100%, if charges it would take another hour.. I charged my Nexus whole night! more than 6 hours!
Do not say that some apps or Kernel would use so much battery!
Kernel is stock and first time when I got my GN all worked fine!
I don't have many apps installed!
Facebook, Dolphin browser HD, CM9 music player, Radio ball 3D, Fruit Roll, GTA III, etc.
I can't even use my nexus!
Battery is changed and still same problem..
Phone in "IDLE" uses too much battery too as you see on the picture..
I do not buy any app so if you guys say use betterbatterysytats then I gonna tell you, : I do not use that if i have to buy it, and I do not have time to find it from internet.
I listened music in school 25 minutes and it didn't use so much battery: (10% less by listening music 25 minutes, from headphones...)
then I didn't actually use more my GN and battery is left so less!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61h_twLGW08
From what I gather it sounds like your answering your own problem.
If your not actually using your phone (talking, texting etc) then there is something running in the background causing the problem.
There are a metric crap ton of posts here on XDA about battery's and poor life.
More or less you need to read read read and teach yourself how to solve your problem. That said, two things you mentioned caught my eye, a) Facebook app and b) Wifi being on. The combination of the two can cause a lot of additional battery use.
My personal rule of thumb: LTE = Off unless I am going to download something specific, Data = On, allways, Wifi = I have an app (free) that turns it on whenever I connect a charger and turns it off when I disconnect. If I somewhere that has wifi (say McDonalds), AND I need to download something fast, I'll enable it, and connect to the hot spot, other than than Wifi = off GPS = always on. Im running Franco Kernel #162r, AOKP themed with Ruby Elegance, and I get on a day with moderate useage 30+ hours out of a charge, on a day with heavy use (talk all day, music on for 8 hours, lots of screen) I can make it through about 10-12 hours.
I concur with the above, get BetterBatteryStats and check for a wakelock preventing deep sleep, but if wifi = on and FB is synching, I would be surprised if your phone ever slept
In addition I do not have the FB app, never liked it.
Best of luck to you.
*EDIT* In looking at the stats you provided above, I again, say remove FB and turn off wifi and check again. Your phone was in deep sleep for over 1 day, its the 3 hours of 350Mhz that strikes me as interesting, could be the phone waking up due to wifi (looking for a network or parsing garbage packets, or connecting to FB)
Winklie said:
From what I gather it sounds like your answering your own problem.
If your not actually using your phone (talking, texting etc) then there is something running in the background causing the problem.
There are a metric crap ton of posts here on XDA about battery's and poor life.
More or less you need to read read read and teach yourself how to solve your problem. That said, two things you mentioned caught my eye, a) Facebook app and b) Wifi being on. The combination of the two can cause a lot of additional battery use.
My personal rule of thumb: LTE = Off unless I am going to download something specific, Data = On, allways, Wifi = I have an app (free) that turns it on whenever I connect a charger and turns it off when I disconnect. If I somewhere that has wifi (say McDonalds), AND I need to download something fast, I'll enable it, and connect to the hot spot, other than than Wifi = off GPS = always on. Im running Franco Kernel #162r, AOKP themed with Ruby Elegance, and I get on a day with moderate useage 30+ hours out of a charge, on a day with heavy use (talk all day, music on for 8 hours, lots of screen) I can make it through about 10-12 hours.
I concur with the above, get BetterBatteryStats and check for a wakelock preventing deep sleep, but if wifi = on and FB is synching, I would be surprised if your phone ever slept
In addition I do not have the FB app, never liked it.
Best of luck to you.
*EDIT* In looking at the stats you provided above, I again, say remove FB and turn off wifi and check again. Your phone was in deep sleep for over 1 day, its the 3 hours of 350Mhz that strikes me as interesting, could be the phone waking up due to wifi (looking for a network or parsing garbage packets, or connecting to FB)
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Right now on My Nexus I have not used Facebook app I haven't even opened it, because I'm using more the Facebook on Android's browser..
I have read many many pages to figure out the problem but no luck!
on Google.code issues I tried to find how to fix it but I didn't find nothing..
I installed BetterBatteryStats but I don't know how to use it..
I just unplugged from charging so I let it to be opened and I have to remove MIUI Launcher just in case.
And I do not flash any franco kernel, because once I tested it and it had too bad battery life on my Nexus. also franco kernel is Milestone not even Beta if i remember right and I do not like any ROM, Kernel that is Alpha, milestone or beta.. (if I remember fine then it is milestone..)
Whatever how hard I try to find answers to my problem I don't just find the answer!
I do not bring my Nexus again to phone service because they can't ix the problem, they think that hard reset or battery changing would fix the problem.
I removed OI file manager, Facebook, System tuner, Miui settings + launcher and few others.. (THIS WILL NOT MAKE MY BATTERY BETTER AND NOW MY NEXUS IS JUST BORING PHONE WITH FEW APPS TO HAVE BETTER BATTERY LIFE, this might save only 2% battery)
Try De installing fb app. This one really kills my battery on my nexus and my sgs2....In my opinion the app is not ics compatible. Try it and report back. I'm sure this is it...
-sent from my galaxy nexus
pmcee said:
Try De installing fb app. This one really kills my battery on my nexus and my sgs2....In my opinion the app is not ics compatible. Try it and report back. I'm sure this is it...
-sent from my galaxy nexus
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OK, Nothing better..
Pictures of Better Battery stats...:
What about...
Ok, well I purchased my Galaxy Nexus yesterday. Charged it up full. It's been on battery 12h 9m 2s and I have 9% battery left. Here are the stats:
Screen: 46% (I've adjusted these settings since I saw this)
Voice Calls: 35% (1h 27m 23s)
Phone Idle?: 7%
Cell Standby? (what's the difference between Phone Idle and Cell Standby): 6%
Mediaserver? (what's this?): 2%
Android System: 2%
Android OS? (different than System?): 2%
Atomic Bomber (my little guilty pleasure game): 2% (4m 48s)
So, is this reasonable battery life? Other than the 1.5 hours of phone and the screen settings needing a tweak (lowered brightness a bit, automatic screen off after 30 sec instead of 2 min!), can I expect longer battery life from this phone?
Thanks!
There's nothing wrong with your battery life.
There is, however, something wrong with your expectations.
Adjust accordingly and move on.
2 hours for 13% so about 1 hour 30 minutes for 10% let's say (rough). That's about 15 hours of battery life. Seems pretty average. You can try undervolting your kernel, setting a maximum CPU frequency for screen off, and make sure your screen brightness is set to 'automatic'.
If you use your phone outside a lot for browsing/ screen on time it'll hurt your battery life. The phone turns the brightness up when it's outside or in a bright area.
Dear Friends,
On 25th Oct 2012 me & my brother bought ourselves Galaxy Nexus. The day i bought it i was in love with it.
But the next day onward my nexus started giving issue.
Problem:- The cell phone battery does not last for than 5hrs. No application running, kept brightness nill but still battery last for not more then 5hrs. I have to charge my nexus three times in a day.
But with its not the same case with my brother. He charged his phone on 26th Oct morning and his battery life was showing 27% used by the end of the day.
I teired everything, I almost drained my battery to 1% and charged it again to 100%. but no results. i checked the battery option in setting and i found that my screen is using 96% of my battery. But i have not kept any Live wallpapers and have kept brightness to zero, still my screen is using 96% of my battery. I even tried changing the battery, yet results were negative.
I seriously dont know what to do.
Please help me friends.
Thnaks.
I did a charge to full on my battery when I received the phone, and planned on running it down to 5% the next day. Problem was, I went to be before it reached 20% (over 24 hours since last recharge). Is your phone stock? Can you post any battery life pics?
dhriak,
Get it exchanged for a new one. Sounds like it's faulty if even changing to a different battery doesn't do anything.
Try Juice Defender basic or ultimate from play store and tell us if it fixes the draining issue
I just bought my GNex off of someone from Craigslist the other day. The phone is in perfect condition, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it. But the issue I'm getting is the battery drains extremely fast, but only when I have my screen on. I am running AOKP milestone 1 ROM with Anarchy Kernel. But, I have tried lean kernel as well as 2 others and they all gave me the same problem. When I have my screen off it drops 1 or 2% over the course of an hour, and that's while leaving 4G LTE turned on. Only sync I have is GMail and weather, but weather is on a 6 hour interval. I do have Facebook as well as Hanging with Friends, but as I stated even with those apps, which I get very few notifications for in the first place, the only time my battery drains is with screen on, as I lose about 20% battery per hour if I am using the screen and while I use it I can actually just sit and watch the battery percent drop, regardless if I am using data or not. I can provide screenshots another time if needed, and I have installed better battery stats to monitor this over the next couple of days. I think when I checked yesterday at work before I had to charge with less than 10% left, my screen had been used only 1.5 hours, or less, for the 4-5 hours I had my phone off the charger. Are my expectations just too high? Granted, I just came from the HTC Thunderbolt which had a terrible battery as well, which I used to disable data, sync, etc. to get good life, but eventually graduated to the extended battery. Also, do you think this could also be from the phone's previous owner not properly charging it or leaving plugged in too long? I am considering getting the 2100 mAh battery, but am weighing that with other options first.
EDIT: Also, I noticed sometimes when I charge it while at work, thus leaving it turned on, it takes well under 2 hours to fully charge. Is that normal? Seemed very fast to me.
I have a very serious problem with my HTC Evo 4G. For the past few months my battery life has been atrocious.
I charge my phone overnight and at 7AM its at 100% and after barely using it my battery drops down to around 35% at 9-10AM.
When I initially loaded my ROM I had the wake lock issue where my up time and wake time were the same. I fixed that by loading the correct radio versions mentioned in this fix: www.xda-developers.com/android/the-definitive-wake-lock-issue-fix-for-evo/. I no longer have a wake lock problem but it did not improve my battery situation.
I thought my battery was on it's way out and getting a new one would solve my problems. I purchased two new batteries and I have the same exact problem.
I tried using the BatteryCalibration app to calibrate my battery but that also did nothing.
One interesting thing to note is that my battery will die and my phone will completely shut off but if I plug it into the charger for less than 10 minutes it shows 50% battery.
I am using the latest Scott's CleanROM 2.0 ROM which is based off of the official Sprint RUU 4.67.651.3.
Baseband Version: 2.15.00.05.02
Kernel Version: 2.6.5.10-g4b48446
PRI Version: 1.77_003
PRL Version: 60690
binary01 said:
I have a very serious problem with my HTC Evo 4G. For the past few months my battery life has been atrocious.
I charge my phone overnight and at 7AM its at 100% and after barely using it my battery drops down to around 35% at 9-10AM.
When I initially loaded my ROM I had the wake lock issue where my up time and wake time were the same. I fixed that by loading the correct radio versions mentioned in this fix: www.xda-developers.com/android/the-definitive-wake-lock-issue-fix-for-evo/. I no longer have a wake lock problem but it did not improve my battery situation.
I thought my battery was on it's way out and getting a new one would solve my problems. I purchased two new batteries and I have the same exact problem.
I tried using the BatteryCalibration app to calibrate my battery but that also did nothing.
One interesting thing to note is that my battery will die and my phone will completely shut off but if I plug it into the charger for less than 10 minutes it shows 50% battery.
I am using the latest Scott's CleanROM 2.0 ROM which is based off of the official Sprint RUU 4.67.651.3.
Baseband Version: 2.15.00.05.02
Kernel Version: 2.6.5.10-g4b48446
PRI Version: 1.77_003
PRL Version: 60690
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Boot into recovery and wipe battery stats and see if that helps.
I think in general the batteries are awful for this phone. I bought an extended battery with case, it sticks out a little but it lasts the whole day or two.
When I got the new battery it said that it needs to be conditioned 3-4 times before seeing any improvements or it will show incorrect percentage.
Try wiping your battery stats as posted above. I still doubt that will fix your problem but hey, you might get lucky.
If you are smart and you pay the extra money for insurance on the phone then take it to the nearest Sprint store.
I know you are beyond frustrated but it's simple to backup your stuff, flash stock and have s-off to now be s-on.
You are thinking too hard.
& the battery part, yes they are completely worthless but should last 6+ hours even if the battery is 1+ years old.
Good luck to you sir. Happy fixing.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
I'm having a very similar issue with mine. It's the original battery, which was lasting a suprisingly long while for a 2+ year old battery. Like, virtually no degradation of performance from when the phone was new. Then, very suddenly, about a month ago my phone would just...die. Not power down, simply die. I'd reboot it, to find my battery indicator telling me it's at 0%, then die again seconds later. Plugging it in, it would charge to full in under ten minutes. Unplug, and it won't even last 5 minutes of useage. I mean, 2 minutes is pushing it before my screen just goes black. I suspected my battery to have taken a very spontaneous dump (it *is* old by battery standards), but I pulled the supposedly 0% battery and metered it...my 3.7v battery measures a very healthy 3.8v+. Unless there's a control circuit in the battery that reports to the phone, I don't think it's my battery. So, the question is...what the hell could have happened to my phone to FUBAR the battery readings so badly?
My phone is completely stock, unrooted, running kernel 2.6.35.10-g94d0005. Any brilliant ideas?
Hi all.
I am a new user of this community.
I am looking for a fix to my troubles.
Two weeks ago I updated my s4 mini to KitKat via OTA.
My Galaxy was TOTALLY officially, no custom rom, no recovery, no root... so i updated in the "classic" way.
From that day my smartphone drains battery really, really, fast and becomes really hot.
I am talking about 50° celsius when i only browse internet or use whatsapp to send message, and in the same time the battery drains fastly.
I rooted the phone, look to wakelock, look to process that could drain it, i made two factory reset, flash via Odin to the Italy Stock 4.4.2 (before it has got the English firmware version), buy a new battery, use different charger, calibrate it by app, calibrate it with the non-root method... but the problem persist.
I have got GPS off, Wifi OFF, NFC Off, S-Beam Off, Bluethoot Off... i only use internet via GSM or UMTS, no LTE.
To browse I use Opera Mini, but it's the same thing with Chrome.
I don't know what to do, i don't think it's an app problem, and it's impossibile that is by hardware, because with Jeally Bean the smartphone goes great.
I am actually trying Coolify after try Battery Doctor and a lot of other apps, like Gsam Battery, Greenify, Battery Calibrate ecc...
I've attacched some screenshot here. How can you see by the battery graph the battery drains like there's not a tomorrow in same time :crying:
ps: sorry for my english, how can you see by the screenshot i am italian.
Mee too I have this problem
gian90t said:
Hi all.
I am a new user of this community.
I am looking for a fix to my troubles.
Two weeks ago I updated my s4 mini to KitKat via OTA.
My Galaxy was TOTALLY officially, no custom rom, no recovery, no root... so i updated in the "classic" way.
From that day my smartphone drains battery really, really, fast and becomes really hot.
I am talking about 50° celsius when i only browse internet or use whatsapp to send message, and in the same time the battery drains fastly.
I rooted the phone, look to wakelock, look to process that could drain it, i made two factory reset, flash via Odin to the Italy Stock 4.4.2 (before it has got the English firmware version), buy a new battery, use different charger, calibrate it by app, calibrate it with the non-root method... but the problem persist.
I have got GPS off, Wifi OFF, NFC Off, S-Beam Off, Bluethoot Off... i only use internet via GSM or UMTS, no LTE.
To browse I use Opera Mini, but it's the same thing with Chrome.
I don't know what to do, i don't think it's an app problem, and it's impossibile that is by hardware, because with Jeally Bean the smartphone goes great.
I am actually trying Coolify after try Battery Doctor and a lot of other apps, like Gsam Battery, Greenify, Battery Calibrate ecc...
I've attacched some screenshot here. How can you see by the battery graph the battery drains like there's not a tomorrow in same time :crying:
ps: sorry for my english, how can you see by the screenshot i am italian.
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You have to root and install recocery on your device. There's a thread arnd here created by Arco for you to find the recovery files. He also provided a kernel for KitKat regarding the wakelocks if im not mistaken. So flash that kernel and like i said, recovery and root is needed.
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You may have a faulty firmware installed. Try updating to the latest one with Odin from sammobile.com.
i flash a stock rom android 4.4.2 3 time and the same probleme...so wat kenel i should use me and my friend
znayver said:
i flash a stock rom android 4.4.2 3 time and the same probleme...so wat kenel i should use me and my friend
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Like I said, go to Arco's recovery thread. He provided a 4.4 kernel to fix Stock ROM problem
EDIT: Rite i guess this is sad for all of ya but Arco made the kernel for 4.2.2 stock only. No 4.4. Here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43622999
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TiTAN-O-One said:
Like I said, go to Arco's recovery thread. He provided a 4.4 kernel to fix Stock ROM problem
EDIT: Rite i guess this is sad for all of ya but Arco made the kernel for 4.2.2 stock only. No 4.4. Here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43622999
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tnx for your information...which that be soon suported 4.4
Android says me that i've got the 56% of battery at this moment, with about 5 hours to use (only 34 minutes of screen on and GSM only mode)
In the same time 3C Toolbox says that i've spent the 34%. That's mean i've got the 64% of battery.
It could be an Android indicator error?
I tried to calibrate battery using Battery Calibrate, now i will do it with 3C toolbox, maybe it's better.
So, using Coolify i see a little improvement in temperature (never up 45°) and the drains seems go slowly then before.
gian90t said:
Android says me that i've got the 56% of battery at this moment, with about 5 hours to use (only 34 minutes of screen on and GSM only mode)
In the same time 3C Toolbox says that i've spent the 34%. That's mean i've got the 64% of battery.
It could be an Android indicator error?
I tried to calibrate battery using Battery Calibrate, now i will do it with 3C toolbox, maybe it's better.
So, using Coolify i see a little improvement in temperature (never up 45°) and the drains seems go slowly then before.
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If its the indicator, then what causes the CPU heating? Battery indicators in all devices are not accurate even after making it "accurate". Like eg, my Galaxy Wonder had 18% battery. After reboot while charging i got 90% and lasted a few hours. But honestly, no heating issues back then.
I still am confident that its a kernel problem. Being a flash-a-holic, i didn't try the 4.4 update then cos of KNOX
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If its the indicator, then what causes the CPU heating? Battery indicators in all devices are not accurate even after making it "accurate". Like eg, my Galaxy Wonder had 18% battery. After reboot while charging i got 90% and lasted a few hours. But honestly, no heating issues back then.
I still am confident that its a kernel problem. Being a flash-a-holic, i didn't try the 4.4 update then cos of KNOX
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Yes, probably the only things to do is flash a new kernel and a new rom.
But i bought only 6 months ago this f***ed Samsung, so I don't wanna loose the warranty (i love my old Galaxy Next, i could flash it how many times i wanted, because there isn't no stupid knox)
I installed the App Opp Xposed Framework, i found that Google Service uses location even if i say him to don't use it, and even if i turn off gps. So I stop him, I even stop the "keep awake" options in his menù.
But in 5-10 minutes i didn't watch any differences in battery life.
So, i risked to put off "keep awake" in "Android System" (because i watched that "android system" keep awake the phone often), and nothing it's happening now. I am charging my phone, then I will try if there's battery improvement (but i don't think)
Same issue here. Got the phone two weeks ago. Sometimes during charging it would heat up to 47C. Also is this normal battery life?
Note: Power saving is on.
Mine got to 49C yesterday at 2am before going to sleep. Literally, when I touch the screen, I feel it burning. I'm on stock ROM. The battery, on the other hand wasn't one of the worst times I had it. It went down drastically from 10%, which isn't bad compared to going down drastically from like 30% like I once had.
It may be a battery problem, and it may be a firmware problem. But I suspect that it's both. I got 2 batteries, and when I have problems with one, I turn to the other, and it's a continuous loop. I guess 4.4.4 will fix some of the problems, hopefully.
The screenshots explain everything.
Peak temperature at 49C. The constant green line (straight line) shows when the phone was off. You can see the temperature going down then.
RoyaLKurTx3 said:
Mine got to 49C yesterday at 2am before going to sleep. Literally, when I touch the screen, I feel it burning. I'm on stock ROM. The battery, on the other hand wasn't one of the worst times I had it. It went down drastically from 10%, which isn't bad compared to going down drastically from like 30% like I once had.
It may be a battery problem, and it may be a firmware problem. But I suspect that it's both. I got 2 batteries, and when I have problems with one, I turn to the other, and it's a continuous loop. I guess 4.4.4 will fix some of the problems, hopefully.
The screenshots explain everything.
Peak temperature at 49C. The constant green line (straight line) shows when the phone was off. You can see the temperature going down then.
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Its a Samsung problem. People actually told me to steer clear off 4.4 update to get away from problems like this.
You guys should try the S5 ROM here.
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RoyaLKurTx3 said:
Mine got to 49C yesterday at 2am before going to sleep. Literally, when I touch the screen, I feel it burning. I'm on stock ROM. The battery, on the other hand wasn't one of the worst times I had it. It went down drastically from 10%, which isn't bad compared to going down drastically from like 30% like I once had.
It may be a battery problem, and it may be a firmware problem. But I suspect that it's both. I got 2 batteries, and when I have problems with one, I turn to the other, and it's a continuous loop. I guess 4.4.4 will fix some of the problems, hopefully.
The screenshots explain everything.
Peak temperature at 49C. The constant green line (straight line) shows when the phone was off. You can see the temperature going down then.
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What app is that? (1st screenshot)
ppero196 said:
What app is that? (1st screenshot)
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Battery; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.macropinch.pearl
Searching online I found that battery drain is a problem of KitKat 4.4.2, and that S4, S4 mini and Note 3 are the most affected by this problem. The factory reset, that is often suggested is useless. I made it 4 times in the last 2 weeks.
I even change the stock rom, from the UK 4.4.2 to Italy 4.4.2, with no improvement.
The only way is to wait an official update (if Sasmung will update again this phone), or try a Lollipop or 4.4.4 custom rom.
I could say that rooting the phone by Towel Root (knox 0x0 flashing before the old kernel) and using:
- Coolify (with this app running in background in 3 days the phone stay under the 45° celsius)
- App Opp Xposed (deny the access to position to any app and put "Kepp Away" off for a lot of app)
- GserviceFix
- DisableService (to stop some process, like the wereable process on Google Play Service)
And freezing all the useless software pre-installed, i get some little, but important, improvement
At this time I have 50% of battery with around 3 hours from the unplugged and with around an hour to use with display on in gsm mode (no wifi). Before KitKat updated this wasn't good, but if i hadn't root now i would have 35 or less percent
gian90t said:
Searching online I found that battery drain is a problem of KitKat 4.4.2, and that S4, S4 mini and Note 3 are the most affected by this problem. The factory reset, that is often suggested is useless. I made it 4 times in the last 2 weeks.
I even change the stock rom, from the UK 4.4.2 to Italy 4.4.2, with no improvement.
The only way is to wait an official update (if Sasmung will update again this phone), or try a Lollipop or 4.4.4 custom rom.
I could say that rooting the phone by Towel Root (knox 0x0 flashing before the old kernel) and using:
- Coolify (with this app running in background in 3 days the phone stay under the 45° celsius)
- App Opp Xposed (deny the access to position to any app and put "Kepp Away" off for a lot of app)
- GserviceFix
- DisableService (to stop some process, like the wereable process on Google Play Service)
And freezing all the useless software pre-installed, i get some little, but important, improvement
At this time I have 50% of battery with around 3 hours from the unplugged and with around an hour to use with display on in gsm mode (no wifi). Before KitKat updated this wasn't good, but if i hadn't root now i would have 35 or less percent
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I would be better off with a custom ROM than Offcial Samsung Stock ROM. 4hrs of SOT (without WiFi) just with light browsing, gaming and some video watching
I do understand you guys don't wanna void warranty but I guess its better than buying batteries every month
Anyways, i guess some improvement for this is simply to wait for Samsung's update OR try out greenify. I believe Greenify can hibernate apps that causes the most overheating
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For what it's worth I had similar over heating on my i9300 and my current phone i9195. I believe it mostly stems from the screen. The screen in a phone and laptop will be the biggest drain on power, by far, second to none.
Unfortunately, once a battery has experienced regular rapid battery loss from the screen being on too bright and too often, the battery becomes pretty poor at holding charge. And one of those screenshots shows the screen zapping the most... Remember, even if its on charge it's still hitting your battery for power. Now I never let the screen above 45-50% brightness.
If you're running stock and have power saver activated then turn the screen down, and remove as many unnecessary apps as possible. If you're rooted then there's plenty more you can do and my favourites are Droidwall to prevent apps from using your mobile connection and a custom kernel with app to under volt the cpu and gpu, but there's a lot more you might be able to do...
adrokon said:
For what it's worth I had similar over heating on my i9300 and my current phone i9195. I believe it mostly stems from the screen. The screen in a phone and laptop will be the biggest drain on power, by far, second to none.
Unfortunately, once a battery has experienced regular rapid battery loss from the screen being on too bright and too often, the battery becomes pretty poor at holding charge. And one of those screenshots shows the screen zapping the most... Remember, even if its on charge it's still hitting your battery for power. Now I never let the screen above 45-50% brightness.
If you're running stock and have power saver activated then turn the screen down, and remove as many unnecessary apps as possible. If you're rooted then there's plenty more you can do and my favourites are Droidwall to prevent apps from using your mobile connection and a custom kernel with app to under volt the cpu and gpu, but there's a lot more you might be able to do...
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I put the S5 Proyect rom with Brisk Kernel and the problem persist.
It's not possibile was an hardware problem, because in Jeally Bean was everything fine.
But now it's really strange, sometimes the battery drain a lot, but yesterday night with the 10% i use it a lot to whatsapp before to see it shut down automatically. I don't kwow what to do
A battery isn't considered hardware by most as its a consumable; its not expected to last the lifetime of the phone.
Just because it was fine on JB you can't discount the battery cells failing. I assume you went from JB to KK, and not downgrade? If so i believe the screen zapping the battery too much causing the battery to begin failing holds true...ie, 6 months ago it was fine on JB but now its bad. Between then and now the battery has been hammered.