Seems like all of a sudden my battery charges abnormally slow. I turned my phone completely off and only increased 5% in 30 minutes. The battery actually drains even when plugged up when I'm using it. This never happened before. Recently, before these charging problems arose, my battery died while talking on the phone. So i switched my battery with a another battery in a verizon galaxy s3 (my mom's). And i put the dead battery in her phone. I was going out and didn't have time to charge my battery. The next day i switched the batteries back. Would this have anything to do with the charging probelms?
I have the exact same problem. Take forever to charge and drain when using it while charging. I order a new oem battery from ebay and will see how it goes.
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Tried factory reset...didn't work. Couldn't try battery calibration yet since my battery has to be at 100%. I tried switching the cord, outlet and adapter and now its charging 5% in 10 minutes. Hopefully the problem has to do with one of those!
Yea try changing your cord. That seemed to have fixed my problem!
Would using 3rd party charger slow down charge or effect the battery in any way?
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Cyberianrazr said:
Would using 3rd party charger slow down charge or effect the battery in any way?
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Using 3rd party charger shouldn't slow down your charge unless it doesn't give 1A
I switch back to oem charger and it charge faster than the 3rd party cable I been using for 1mnt. And it charge while I'm using it
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I have the same issue with some cables that I ordered from eBay. Apparently 6ft. cables don't charge the phone as well.
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Nice info.
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Had the same problem. Ordered a HTC Wildfire USB cable and works perfect now.
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For those that are experiencing slow charging, try this. Download Battery Monitor Widget from the playstore. In the settings go to calibration. There is an option for USB fast charge and it has worked on every rom I have tried.
The cable is usually the culprit, but I thought I would share this info also.
I've heard that fast charging diminishes your batteries life by half though.
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Actionx1 said:
I've heard that fast charging diminishes your batteries life by half though.
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Would you provide the links please? Fast charging works. Where exactly did you hear that?
http://youtu.be/v-lnhaCtodE
I've also read it various times around the forums but I have no idea in which threads.
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ok so my wife had a sprint incognito (sp?)
anyway.. since she now has an iphone... i took her car charger... while my at&t car dock is on its way...
well i ran TeleNav and Winamp on the way to work.. that was it...
and i started off with a full battery and ended up at 89% at work.... 1hr drive.. 60 miles...
so while that would yield almost 10hrs of gps/music.... phone must be charging.. (you can see the battery charge icon fill)...
so this isnt running much on this phone.. shouldnt a car charger keep up or is it that this one was meant for her phone with less power requirements so it didnt charge as fast???
Your phone is consuming more power than the charger is pushing, its a common thing under heavy use, especially if your using nav and other apps running.
thanks.. yeah i figured it was consuming more than it can charge.. so i wasnt sure if maybe the recharge rate for the older phones dont charge as much... or if no... all chargers are created equally but phone use is the difference...
All chargers are not equal most are 5volts 1amp some are alot more some alot less and some put the phone in USB mode that limits the charge
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djjosh said:
All chargers are not equal most are 5volts 1amp some are alot more some alot less and some put the phone in USB mode that limits the charge
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hmm i will go check to see if it shows how much on it...
thanks!
OK, just got the LG OPTIMUS LTE (3rd day) and I have to say that I knew about the battery issue but didn't think it was that bad. I seem to need to recharge it 3 times during the day.
Do any of you have a magic configuration? What settings do you have configured.
My wifi is on when I am in the house. When I leave should I turn it off? Bluetooth is always on as I use it in the house an car. Screen at 50% brightness. Sleeptimer 1 minute.
Also read that with time the battery gets better. Any validaty to this?
Thanks in advance for your help
Yeah man, its not the greatest.. i try and turn brightness down alot while I'm inside. And a Gladi cut diem on game play unless you're beat a charger. Only place i have wifi on its at home. Also, I've heard that I've cream sandwich improves battery life, which Canadians are getting in q2.. So I'm suspecting it to come very soon.
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Yes, ICS will improve battery life but until them I'm be purchase a 1.8amp power adaptor and a wall car adaptor at Best Buy. When MugenBattery finally do a battery that is over 3000 mamp I will buy it.
I really am loving my new phone a part for battery life just need to change old habits (had a blackberry that I charged once every 2 days)
Literally same here, i had a bold 9780 before this and i didn't use it much it would last days on end.
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Cam R said:
Literally same here, i had a bold 9780 before this and i didn't use it much it would last days on end.
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yeah agreed, this is the best phone i have ever used, but the battery is a bit anoying, what i did was i bought 2x replacement batteries on ebay, which came with a wall charger for them, so i bring 3 batteries to work every day, the only anoying thing is charging them at the end of the day because i only hvae 1 wall charger, if i got 2 i coulda charged all 3 at once. the other thing is when doing this its smart to calibrate batteries more often since changing batteries in and out of phone i calibrate them all on the weekend.
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yeah agreed, this is the best phone i have ever used, but the battery is a bit anoying, what i did was i bought 2x replacement batteries on ebay, which came with a wall charger for them, so i bring 3 batteries to work every day, the only anoying thing is charging them at the end of the day because i only hvae 1 wall charger, if i got 2 i coulda charged all 3 at once. the other thing is when doing this its smart to calibrate batteries more often since changing batteries in and out of phone i calibrate them all on the weekend.
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Go here and download the FAST DORMANCY app: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021248
After you download and install it open the app, select disable and reboot. It will make a dramatic difference in standby battery life. Only thing is it will only work if you are on stock and not on any of the CM 9/10 variants. Since I downloaded the app I can go all day on a single charge. Good news though you don't have to be rooted.
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Go here and download the FAST DORMANCY app: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021248
After you download and install it open the app, select disable and reboot. It will make a dramatic difference in standby battery life. Only thing is it will only work if you are on stock and not on any of the CM 9/10 variants. Since I downloaded the app I can go all day on a single charge. Good news though you don't have to be rooted.
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Is there a quick fix like this for those of us running CM ROMs?
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So I bought my s2 from a guy off of craigslist for $275 and the phone was new. You could and can still easily tell. But when I try to charge a battery through the phone it charges really slow. Like maybe 4-5% every hour. Yeah wtf. I have two hyperion batteries and one q-cell 3650 mah extended battery. It took about 50 hours to charge that one to full. I've heard people using a toothbrush to clean the usb port, which I tried but was not sure if it was done correctly. Everything on the phone works perfect except for this charging problem. Any help or ideas greatly appreciated!
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If charging is the problem get an external charger and extra battery. I've never had that problem mine charges fully in 2 hrs
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Unfortunately that is what I have to do haha. Still worth it though for this amazing phone!
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Hi, I was hoping you guys could shed some light on my charging issue.
I am having the following issue, either it takes forever to charge like 1% an hour or when the phone actaully does reach 100% and I unplug it, it then drops to 80% right away.
I have tried different chargers, outlets and batteries as well as a factory reset. Nothing works. I tried charging my battery in another GS2 and it charges fine. I have no idea what could be wrong.
Try Wiping your battery stats.
How. I am not rooted.
Also, by doing a factory reset, didnt that wipe the battery stats?
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Hi, I was hoping you guys could shed some light on my charging issue.
I am having the following issue, either it takes forever to charge like 1% an hour or when the phone actaully does reach 100% and I unplug it, it then drops to 80% right away.
I have tried different chargers, outlets and batteries as well as a factory reset. Nothing works. I tried charging my battery in another GS2 and it charges fine. I have no idea what could be wrong.
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Are you using the stock charger? Do you have and radio or antennas on, sync on....
Only thing I can think of is a battery drain problem such as an app on auto sync like Facebook. Turn off all app sync, phone sync, and radios. If that doesn't fix it.....then it's a defective device.....but I suspect a app draining the battery. btw...how long does your battery last?
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Are you using the stock charger?
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No, I cant find the original one, but I am using a samsung charger with the same 700 ma out. Sometimes I use an htc charger with 1 amp out
Is this ok?
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No, I cant find the original one, but I am using a samsung charger with the same 700 ma out. Sometimes I use an htc charger with 1 amp out
Is this ok?
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What about possible apps draining it with heavy syncing?
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What about possible apps draining it with heavy syncing?
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I am only syncing one gmail account, gps bluetooth off and no widgets running. No matter which charger I use or outlet I use, it takes forever to charger. The other weird thing is that it says I am charging via usb when I am really using AC.
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Try Wiping your battery stats.
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That does nothing, charging to 100percent wipes battery stats all by them self. And it has nothing to do with calibrating.
Is there a reason u haven't rooted? Try stock charger and cable. If not, u got a warranty...
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That does nothing, charging to 100percent wipes battery stats all by them self. And it has nothing to do with calibrating.
Is there a reason u haven't rooted? Try stock charger and cable. If not, u got a warranty...
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I have not rooted because as a casual user, it really serves no purpose for me. I might have to use the warranty, but I was hoping to fix it before going that route.
Have u tried the other s2 battery in yours?
Yes I have. My phone poorly charges the other battery as well
I used to have this issue with cyanogenmod. Even on this phone. Turn your phone off. Fully charge it. Odin back to full stock. Somethings not playing well with your phone. Like I said this used to happen to me ONLY on cyanogenmod ( epic 4g and nexus s ) but never touchwiz.
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Samsung stock charger is 1A.. 700ma is definitely not enough. the htc charger should have been fine. but our phone doesn't play nice with chargers..it might also be the wire...
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According to an article or thread I read here on XDA ( I can't remember I'll try and find it ) our phone recognize the chargers you plug into it. It recognizes Samsung chargers and charges optimally but use any other charger and it will only charge at 500mah even if the charger is rated at 700mah or even 1a. Makes sense because I have 3 chargers. 2 Samsung wall chargers rated at 700mah and an HTC charger rated @1a and the Sammy chargers work much faster. I'll test how long it takes to get from 0% to 100% charge with the Sammy charger then use the HTC one on the next cycle.
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RushAOZ said:
According to an article or thread I read here on XDA ( I can't remember I'll try and find it ) our phone recognize the chargers you plug into it. It recognizes Samsung chargers and charges optimally but use any other charger and it will only charge at 500mah even if the charger is rated at 700mah or even 1a. Makes sense because I have 3 chargers. 2 Samsung wall chargers rated at 700mah and an HTC charger rated @1a and the Sammy chargers work much faster. I'll test how long it takes to get from 0% to 100% charge with the Sammy charger then use the HTC one on the next cycle.
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Here you go:
http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-fast-charge-samsung-galaxy-phone-using-any-usb-charger-66256/
Basically using a Sammy charger charges at whatever the adapter us rated for but use ANY other charger and the phone defaults to charging at only 350mah. OUCH.
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This isn't my app, but I wanted to give fellow T989 users a heads-up on it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801608
Apparently, our phones don't get along well with certain 3rd party chargers, and if you use one, it'll wakelock your phone until you reboot. For those of you who don't know what a wakelock is, the short version is it prevents your phone from deep sleeping, screwing your battery life.
I'd been using an old Blackberry charger with my phone, and using the linked app, tested it and discovered it was causing this problem. After switching to a different charger, I get much better battery life now.
I highly recommend anyone not using the original charger to test their charger and make sure it's not ruining your battery life.
manekineko said:
This isn't my app, but I wanted to give fellow T989 users a heads-up on it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801608
Apparently, our phones don't get along well with certain 3rd party chargers, and if you use one, it'll wakelock your phone until you reboot. For those of you who don't know what a wakelock is, the short version is it prevents your phone from deep sleeping, screwing your battery life.
I'd been using an old Blackberry charger with my phone, and using the linked app, tested it and discovered it was causing this problem. After switching to a different charger, I get much better battery life now.
I highly recommend anyone not using the original charger to test their charger and make sure it's not ruining your battery life.
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Thanks for the heads up. This makes perfect sense.
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manekineko said:
This isn't my app, but I wanted to give fellow T989 users a heads-up on it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801608
Apparently, our phones don't get along well with certain 3rd party chargers, and if you use one, it'll wakelock your phone until you reboot. For those of you who don't know what a wakelock is, the short version is it prevents your phone from deep sleeping, screwing your battery life.
I'd been using an old Blackberry charger with my phone, and using the linked app, tested it and discovered it was causing this problem. After switching to a different charger, I get much better battery life now.
I highly recommend anyone not using the original charger to test their charger and make sure it's not ruining your battery life.
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The phone can detect when you're using ANY charger but the original Sammy charger. There are 2 switched pins on the charger that detect this. When the phone detects an incompatible charger it only chargers at 350mah. When using the normal charger it charges at a full 700mah or whatever the charger pushes to the phone.
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The phone can detect when you're using ANY charger but the original Sammy charger. There are 2 switched pins on the charger that detect this. When the phone detects an incompatible charger it only chargers at 350mah. When using the normal charger it charges at a full 700mah or whatever the charger pushes to the phone.
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If i was to replace just the USB cord that came with the phone with a generic one, would this cause the charger to only charge at 350mah?
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The phone can detect when you're using ANY charger but the original Sammy charger. There are 2 switched pins on the charger that detect this. When the phone detects an incompatible charger it only chargers at 350mah. When using the normal charger it charges at a full 700mah or whatever the charger pushes to the phone.
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When I plugged it in to the Sammy charger it said fast charge, at 905mah
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If i was to replace just the USB cord that came with the phone with a generic one, would this cause the charger to only charge at 350mah?
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Nah the cable doesn't matter. Just the charger. And loopdogg I bet! My phone goes from dead to a full charge while on in about 3 hours. Love it!
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Nah the cable doesn't matter. Just the charger. And loopdogg I bet! My phone goes from dead to a full charge while on in about 3 hours. Love it!
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Makes sense. Thanks for the update.
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The phone can detect when you're using ANY charger but the original Sammy charger. There are 2 switched pins on the charger that detect this. When the phone detects an incompatible charger it only chargers at 350mah. When using the normal charger it charges at a full 700mah or whatever the charger pushes to the phone.
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Actually, I have a number of chargers that work to fast charge and work properly. Tested them with the app I linked and they come out without issue.
These include the charger that came with my Pantech Element tablet, charger from a Palm Pre, and charger from my old HTC Touch Pro 2.
They all charge at 900ma+ and don't cause wakelocks.
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Actually, I have a number of chargers that work to fast charge and work properly. Tested them with the app I linked and they come out without issue.
These include the charger that came with my Pantech Element tablet, charger from a Palm Pre, and charger from my old HTC Touch Pro 2.
They all charge at 900ma+ and don't cause wakelocks.
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Sorry, but that's a flat out fib. This subject has already been fully established and spoken about. Look it up. Even TheDerekJay himself has spoken and elaborated on this with his development findings on this phone.
I also have numerous chargers. 2 700mah Sammy chargers, an HTC my touch 4g charger, iPhone 1000mah charger, and Evo 3d charger.. safe to say none of them charge nearly as fast as the Sammy chargers. Approximately 3 hours from 0% to a full charge. Around 5-6 hours with the others.
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I was testing with differents chargers and cables and there is a lot of changes about both. The cable make a big job. Using the same charger and two diferent cables with one i get wakelocks 301mA and with the other one I get fast charging at 895 mA.
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I'm using the Samsung charger that came with and the app says charger wake lock charging at 506 ma
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