Battery 100% to 0% then shuts off - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

I have been monitoring this for a while now and in several different mods etc. It seems when I leave my phone plugged in fully charged with the screen on it will at a random times just think it has 0% battery even when plugged in it will then shut off. Battery temp is a little high at around 40c. Can't find any running app or process that is throwing up any red flags either. Any ideas? As you can see in the images it just almost instantly drops from 100% to 0% and then shuts down. It doesn't reboot...just shuts off until i power it back on.

a1hildeb said:
I have been monitoring this for a while now and in several different mods etc. It seems when I leave my phone plugged in fully charged with the screen on it will at a random times just think it has 0% battery even when plugged in it will then shut off. Battery temp is a little high at around 40c. Can't find any running app or process that is throwing up any red flags either. Any ideas? As you can see in the images it just almost instantly drops from 100% to 0% and then shuts down. It doesn't reboot...just shuts off until i power it back on.
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Defective battery or battery sensor, probably. Getting a new battery will fix it.
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yousefak said:
Defective battery or battery sensor, probably. Getting a new battery will fix it.
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Damn. Does that mean I have to unroot and all that crap before I turn it in to sprint? I am within my 14 days do they really look at my phone at that point or just hand over a new battery?

a1hildeb said:
Damn. Does that mean I have to unroot and all that crap before I turn it in to sprint? I am within my 14 days do they really look at my phone at that point or just hand over a new battery?
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You don't have to turn your phone in to get a new battery. Just go buy one

HipKat said:
You don't have to turn your phone in to get a new battery. Just go buy one
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arent they like 20-50 bucks? i just bought the damn thing they can give me a replacement.

Unroot take it to sprint

jbadboy2007 said:
Unroot take it to sprint
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will do, thanks

Make a nandroid
Use the nandroid on new phone
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Make a nandroid
Use the nandroid on new phone
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already have a backed up rom and backed up settings but will more than likely be rooting and using jelly bean stock rom on new phone. will take it in the am. what is the turn around for something like this? will they be hours, days? just say yea whatever heres a new phone? just trying to judge how much time i need to set aside.

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already have a backed up rom and backed up settings but will more than likely be rooting and using jelly bean stock rom on new phone. will take it in the am. what is the turn around for something like this? will they be hours, days? just say yea whatever heres a new phone? just trying to judge how much time i need to set aside.
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Have you tried running stock for a day or two to see if the issue remains?
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yea it did the same thing but not as often. I took it in and they ran some test and said it was defective. I hink they didn do sh! t and didnt want to waste their time because they just gave me a new one without even checkng if I had root. I was in and out in less than 10 minutes. so far so good and now running stock JB Rom. good times.

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phone shut itself off

the battery was almost dead last night and i plugged it in before i went to bed, when i woke up phone would not respond had to pull the battery to get it to come back on, only thing i did different was use my old blackberry charger and set an alarm , any ideas?
Is this stock rom? Rooted? Are you running Setcpu? Could be sleep of death in SetCpu if you didn't set it right.
its completely stock still,not rooted .the battery didnt fully charge also when it happened.....no set cpu
mziol said:
Is this stock rom? Rooted? Are you running Setcpu? Could be sleep of death in SetCpu if you didn't set it right.
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What are the settings for sleep of death? I am running SetCPU and on two occasions I haven't been able to turn the phone back on. Had to do a battery pull.
Do you have a screen off profile? Sometimes if you set the clock too low during screen off it will cause it to just go into a "sleep of death" at least I've had it happen once or twice before I fixed it.
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Do you have a screen off profile? Sometimes if you set the clock too low during screen off it will cause it to just go into a "sleep of death" at least I've had it happen once or twice before I fixed it.
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I do. I have it set to 192mhz (min) and 384mhz (max). Maybe I will try adjusting it if it happens again. Thanks.
tigerz0202 said:
the battery was almost dead last night and i plugged it in before i went to bed, when i woke up phone would not respond had to pull the battery to get it to come back on, only thing i did different was use my old blackberry charger and set an alarm , any ideas?
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maybe the usb plug did not connect properly?
because that has happened to me a couple of times already with other phones
Did this only happen while charging?
mine shuts down at any given time, I'm gonna exchange next week.
Just trying to see if a rom fixes it, which at this point doesn't so I guess back to the store.
It sucks because my screen ain't messed up like a lot of folks are saying and yes I did the test.
Hercules, Hercules
htc2364 said:
Did this only happen while charging?
mine shuts down at any given time, I'm gonna exchange next week.
Just trying to see if a rom fixes it, which at this point doesn't so I guess back to the store.
It sucks because my screen ain't messed up like a lot of folks are saying and yes I did the test.
Hercules, Hercules
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mine reboots about 3-6 times a day, sucks
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samsung support on twitter told me this in a direct message "You might need to. Dial 1-888-987-4357, then press 0 for immediate support. ^JB" referring to the random reboots
Yeah it happened when it was plugged in , but then it happened in the middle of a call also so i said frick it and went ahead and rooted it and un-installed all bloat ware ,i was gonna wait till the update but went ahead and rooted it
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Yeah it happened when it was plugged in , but then it happened in the middle of a call also so i said frick it and went ahead and rooted it and un-installed all bloat ware ,i was gonna wait till the update but went ahead and rooted it
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rooting didn't stop the random reboots for me, nor did flashing a new rom. have you noticed any difference?
I guess I'm lucky no random reboots and I'm a flash addict
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I guess I'm lucky no random reboots and I'm a flash addict
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after I flashed EB, it went a full day without a reboot, then they started again.
Still reboots randomly threw the day. Went back to stock, no difference. Samsung support knows nothing, T-Mobile is more clueless. Can't return to the store anymore (past 14 days) so I guess I need to do a exchange threw T-Mobile. (at least its prob too soon for a refurb)
had the same issue, believe you posted in the thread i made about it, from talking to reps at tmo and a little research this seems to be a problem with the phone its self, getting my replacement tomorrow and will run it stock for awhile to see, and trust me when i had this issue with the first one i tried everything (root, no root, different roms, etc etc)
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had the same issue, believe you posted in the thread i made about it, from talking to reps at tmo and a little research this seems to be a problem with the phone its self, getting my replacement tomorrow and will run it stock for awhile to see, and trust me when i had this issue with the first one i tried everything (root, no root, different roms, etc etc)
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Yup, same w/ the root, no root, different roms... I got my replacement yesterday, so far no reboots at all. Keeping my fingers crossed it stays that way, holding onto my original for a few more days.

Loss of signal followed by phone turning off and battery drain...

Can somebody tell me what is going on with my phone??? Every so often I completely lose service and then my phone turns off. When I turn the phone back on the battery is completely drained. It just happened...before turning off the battery was at 97%, but when I turned it back on the battery was down to 5%. I've had my phone for over a year, but this just started happening in the past month.
I was running Unnamed 2.0 (GB) with EL29 modem and kernel up until last week. I tried Blazer v4.01 (GB). I just switched to the newest ICS version of Blazer with FG31 modem and rom. This has happened on each of these setups. Like I said, I was running the UnNamed - EL29 setup for a while without any problems. I've read about the loss of service bug with our phones, but I thought that was resolved a while ago.
Is there any zip file that can be flashed to resolve this? Any help and advice is greatly appreciated.
PCap79 said:
Can somebody tell me what is going on with my phone??? Every so often I completely lose service and then my phone turns off. When I turn the phone back on the battery is completely drained. It just happened...before turning off the battery was at 97%, but when I turned it back on the battery was down to 5%. I've had my phone for over a year, but this just started happening in the past month.
I was running Unnamed 2.0 (GB) with EL29 modem and kernel up until last week. I tried Blazer v4.01 (GB). I just switched to the newest ICS version of Blazer with FG31 modem and rom. This has happened on each of these setups. Like I said, I was running the UnNamed - EL29 setup for a while without any problems. I've read about the loss of service bug with our phones, but I thought that was resolved a while ago.
Is there any zip file that can be flashed to resolve this? Any help and advice is greatly appreciated.
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How long have you had the rom?0
It started happening when I was on UnNamed 2.01...i ran that for close to a year without any problems. I just tried Blazer GB and ICS about a month ago.
I installed the Los file from another thread but that hasn't helped.
Could it be a virus on the phone?
Should I start with a completely new install of the ROM, kernel, modem and apps...rather than restoring previous backed up versions?
Start fresh, stock rooted rom and run for a few days.
Possibly bad battery or charger also, it happens.
How much over a year have you had it?
Wonder why...
dberend said:
How much over a year have you had it?
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I have started having the same issue with my e4gt. I have the stock rom FI29 rooted. The phone used to work just fine and one day after applying the FI27 it just started having this issue. The phones looses the signal and shuts down when I am doing anything on the phone for longer than 1-5 min.
Did the original author resolve this? If so, could you pelase share what helped?
mulky said:
hi onlinespending,
i have my topaz running on stock ROM with built in ezinput 2.0 v 348550. since there's no Compact QWERTY mode come with my ROM, i wonder if you can build WVGA version with 348550 also ? i have tried your EzInput_2.0.33633-WVGA-Green.cab, but it seems like it doesn't compatible with my ROM (or pre installed newer ezinput ? ), screen goes blank after boot up and so force me to do hard reset
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Battery is bad, take it out spin on table, spins like top=bulging =bad battery
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Battery is bad, take it out spin on table, spins like top=bulging =bad battery
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^^^This. 90% or higher the problems described in this thread are due to a bad battery.
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garwynn said:
^^^This. 90% or higher the problems described in this thread are due to a bad battery.
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Yup, first it LOS, then flicker followed by turning off with no power down animation, reboot and battery is at or below 5%, shuts off again, won't reboot this is the biggest clue that the battery has pooped the bed. The battery can even still test as good, receiving and returning proper voltage but the battery is fubar if its bulging. Sprint corporate repair centers will replace free if they have one in stock, otherwise order an anker on amazon/eBay and then contact Samsung support they will email you a shipping label, you send them the battery and they will send you a new OEM battery and you end up with 2 for the price of the anker. This is the route I had to go took 10days to get my new one from Samsung from the day I mailed it til I received the new one
Edit: according to the guy I spoke to at Samsung they warranty the batteries for 18months instead of the 12 they warranty the device itself. Anker also warranties their batteries for 18months as well
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It is a batteey issue. Just swap your battery and you are good to go.
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Thank you for the replies.
ankurcshah said:
It is a batteey issue. Just swap your battery and you are good to go.
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Thank you for all the replies. The battery is bulging as you guys all mentioned. I will try the swap out.
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I have the exact same issue.. my battery will be fully charged, then ill do something on the phone, it flickers, then restarts, and battery is completely dead..
I went to sprint, had them check my battery and they said the battery is fine...
Today my phone did this again, then when it restarted, all the setting I had on my messenger app, had all been reset, and so I had to do those all over again. And all the apps, that I had in folders I made, were now all out of the folders and I had to put them all back again. So frustrating.
As stated before though, the battery may test as good but still be bad. Happens with cars too and very often actually. I'd just go back to the store and not back down until you get a new battery. This is a common issue and they know it.
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MissLaniS said:
I have the exact same issue.. my battery will be fully charged, then ill do something on the phone, it flickers, then restarts, and battery is completely dead..
I went to sprint, had them check my battery and they said the battery is fine...
Today my phone did this again, then when it restarted, all the setting I had on my messenger app, had all been reset, and so I had to do those all over again. And all the apps, that I had in folders I made, were now all out of the folders and I had to put them all back again. So frustrating.
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The battery may test as functional but as soon as you can prove it's bulging - hence the spin test - they can't disagree that the battery is failing and requires replacement.
Battery spins perfectly.. So does that mean its bad?
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MissLaniS said:
Battery spins perfectly.. So does that mean its bad?
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Yes
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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
Thanks
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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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hardwirk1 said:
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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.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!
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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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MiguelHogue said:
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??
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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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