Morning all , the past 3 days I have been noticing that my Excalibur just shuts down and won't restart unless I plug it into a power source and power on.
Has this happened to anyone else?
torontotytn said:
Morning all , the past 3 days I have been noticing that my Excalibur just shuts down and won't restart unless I plug it into a power source and power on.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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Sounds like you need a new battery
Thanks man - any specific one you can reccomend? Reason I am asking is cause I have seen people post different battery makes, models etc..
URL Links would be appreciated.
If that's all i have to do - it's an easy fix for a 200.00 phone!
Thank you.
torontotytn said:
Thanks man - any specific one you can reccomend? Reason I am asking is cause I have seen people post different battery makes, models etc..
URL Links would be appreciated.
If that's all i have to do - it's an easy fix for a 200.00 phone!
Thank you.
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Take a look on ebay i use a 1150mAh but go for the 2200mAh and you'll be impressed, if you do a search for battery on here you will see what people recomend.
If you are already on a spare phone, try giving your excalibur a full charge, and turn it off. Allow the battery to drain out completely. And if possible repeat this once or twice more. Complete power drain will improve the average life span, and can be done atleast every 3 months on all normal devices, so as to increase the lifespan
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If you are already on a spare phone, try giving your excalibur a full charge, and turn it off. Allow the battery to drain out completely. And if possible repeat this once or twice more. Complete power drain will improve the average life span, and can be done atleast every 3 months on all normal devices, so as to increase the lifespan
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Nice, that is good to know... Never really knew that... Plus also I wanted to ask... is it bad to charge your phone everyday when it is like at 50% of battery life...
Nice question.
Think about a tank. You fill it with wet cement. And u take the wet cement for use slowly away. Almost as soon as the tank is 20-30 percent empty, the cement is filled gently again, so as not to shakeup the cement at the bottom. After a while the cement at the bottom hardens, and u cant get it out for use. And same happens with the total amount of cement u could pour in. Earlier if u needed 25 pots to fill it up, now it gets filled with 10 pots or so.
Now think about the battery with multiple cells arranged inside. You fill it up. Then u use up the top 3-4 rows of small cells, and immediately fill those cells right back. This keeps on happening. What happens is that, the cells at the lower rows are never emptied, and the charge remains static there forever, and after a while the cells just freeze up. Meaning, it is not possible anymore to fill them up, or to use up the containing charge. So when u start filling up, the battery says charged fully pretty soon, cos there are less cells to fill up, and good enough, the charge falls dead soon too.
The above analogy was true on the days on Nickel Cadmium batteries. Now a days with Lithium polymer batteries, what they say is the charge is not stationary at one particular site and keeps on revolving all inside, so there is no question of dead cells arising. Well theoretically yes, but practically what the geeks suggest is to charge the battery only after completely draining it. Well, not really feasible with our busy lifestyles, as we cannot start a day taking the 30 percent battery with us.
This is what I have been doing, Charge it up as much as I need it during the weekdays. During weekends, when I am near a powersource, I keep it until it drains as much as empty. And once every 2-3 months, I try to make it empty fullest.
So I guess, it is more of a personal choice of ease also. Though the current dictum is that, charging the batteries at whatever level is ok, experience has shown many users to allow complete drain occasionally
thanks CC.. i will try that..give it a full die out and charge it up again.
If that doesn't work i'll get a new battery.
Appreciate it!
since you seem knowledgeable on batteries... i also wanted to ask how long do the batteries typically remain "usable" to a decent amount...
Aah not at all knowledgable. All I know is my own personal experiences plus data from a million sites that I read.
The typical duration and lifespan of a battery depends mainly on the capacity first of all, the more milliamps u have, the long lasting a battery is. Also the average life depends a lot of the number of charge cycles. Means, if u r a light user, u wnt have to charge it every now and then, the batt will slowly discharge, and then u charge it once or twice in a week.
For heavy users,at times myself included, I put it on charer more than once in a day. There the total number of chare cycles that the battery is alloted gets used up early, and the battery dies early.
A third factor is the amount of load we give to the OS. Not just playing heavy games or apps, but making calls in low reception areas as well as placing our hands over the antenna portion of the celphone while making calls, increase the load, and cause the battery to drain faster
ccpraveen said:
Aah not at all knowledgable. All I know is my own personal experiences plus data from a million sites that I read.
The typical duration and lifespan of a battery depends mainly on the capacity first of all, the more milliamps u have, the long lasting a battery is. Also the average life depends a lot of the number of charge cycles. Means, if u r a light user, u wnt have to charge it every now and then, the batt will slowly discharge, and then u charge it once or twice in a week.
For heavy users,at times myself included, I put it on charer more than once in a day. There the total number of chare cycles that the battery is alloted gets used up early, and the battery dies early.
A third factor is the amount of load we give to the OS. Not just playing heavy games or apps, but making calls in low reception areas as well as placing our hands over the antenna portion of the celphone while making calls, increase the load, and cause the battery to drain faster
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Thanks for that information man...
i have the same problem with my phone just shutting off after about an hour on, only turning back on when plugged into a power source.
i've got a 2200ma battery on the way and i can't effing wait for it to get here.... i really hope it solves the problem cuz i already reinstalled the kavana rom thinking it was a software bug. reinstalling gave it a breath of fresh air nonetheless, while its on. lol
renegadedj said:
i have the same problem with my phone just shutting off after about an hour on, only turning back on when plugged into a power source.
i've got a 2200ma battery on the way and i can't effing wait for it to get here.... i really hope it solves the problem cuz i already reinstalled the kavana rom thinking it was a software bug. reinstalling gave it a breath of fresh air nonetheless, while its on. lol
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Yah you will love your new battery for sure...
Same thing is (has been) happening to me. Thanks for the info as I was getting quite annoyed.
renegadedj said:
i have the same problem with my phone just shutting off after about an hour on, only turning back on when plugged into a power source.
i've got a 2200ma battery on the way and i can't effing wait for it to get here.... i really hope it solves the problem cuz i already reinstalled the kavana rom thinking it was a software bug. reinstalling gave it a breath of fresh air nonetheless, while its on. lol
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Hey man - please reply on this post when you get the battery replacement to let us know if that helped solve the issue. If not i'll have to jump in the market for a new smartphone.
Theres nothing worse than being on a business call and you loose the call - and your phone usability with no power source around.
Please keep us posted.
torontotytn said:
Hey man - please reply on this post when you get the battery replacement to let us know if that helped solve the issue. If not i'll have to jump in the market for a new smartphone.
Theres nothing worse than being on a business call and you loose the call - and your phone usability with no power source around.
Please keep us posted.
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yea i can deal with a call being dropped. but when the whole phone shuts off and when it wakes up ive got a message or a voicemail. thats the worst.
i have an old ericsson phone. maybe i'll throw that against the wall to take out my frustrations >=o lmao
just got 2200 battery in the mail. phones turned off and im charging the battery now.
now i need to find taht post wehre jdoggrz had a lengthy conversation about batteries and usages and drainages and whatnot....hmmmm... where is it...
just got 200 battery please advise
renegadedj said:
just got 2200 battery in the mail. phones turned off and im charging the battery now.
now i need to find taht post wehre jdoggrz had a lengthy conversation about batteries and usages and drainages and whatnot....hmmmm... where is it...
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lol it was in this thread! ahahah
so please advise or tell me if im wrong. the 2200ma came with a 3/4 charge on it. i should use it until dead. then recharge. then tell dead, then recharge, and finally do taht a third time, before i even charge it while it still has a charge right?
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lol it was in this thread! ahahah
so please advise or tell me if im wrong. the 2200ma came with a 3/4 charge on it. i should use it until dead. then recharge. then tell dead, then recharge, and finally do taht a third time, before i even charge it while it still has a charge right?
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Yah you should do that... let it die 3 times and charge it fully, also do this about once every 2 weeks I would recommend okay... or whenever you can...
jdoggraz said:
Yah you should do that... let it die 3 times and charge it fully, also do this about once every 2 weeks I would recommend okay... or whenever you can...
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thank you kindly for all the help
Hey guys I just want to ask how can fix this.
My battery doesn't make it to 100% now
I plugged it in at around 1 late late last night, and took it off at around 6 this morning.
I've noticed it doesn't make it to 100% anymore it only goes up to 99%
And in the lock screen it only says 99% it doesn't even say "charged"
So is there a fix to this?
Thanks in advance.
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It does with me. On stock. Since you're using a custom rom, it could be from that.
If it still happens on stock... well, maybe start looking into cleaning the usb port, other charger, other battery...
What is it with people and 100% and "Charged." ? Your battery NEVER reaches its full capacity, for best battery life span. The OS is made to make you think so.
bk201doesntexist said:
It does with me. On stock. Since you're using a custom rom, it could be from that.
If it still happens on stock... well, maybe start looking into cleaning the usb port, other charger, other battery...
What is it with people and 100% and "Charged." ? Your battery NEVER reaches its full capacity, for best battery life span. The OS is made to make you think so.
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its like signal bars, just placebo so the average user has something to gauge by
Here are some fast charging tips and tricks that actually work :
1- Turn on your airplane mode.
2- If you are waiting for any important calls or messages then ignore step one and simply turn off any unused feature like wifi and bluetooth.
3-Atleast once in a month charge your mobile from 20% to 100% this enchances battery life.
4- Atleast once in a week restart your mobile or switchoff the phone for 5 mins remove battery and reinstall and reboot.
5-The most effective is that buy a charger of a mobile like note 3 coz it charges faster than normal grand 2 charger(use at your own risk)
6- If you feel your mobile is getting hotter while charging turn off power saving mode if issue still remains turn off the phone.
Why use another charger? Using another charger than that specially designed for the phone may apply different voltage/current intensity to the battery, and thus affecting its efficiency...
You shouldn't be using another battery, every phone has its own battery charger, it's not a battery cell!!
I'm using a note 3 charger for my grand 2 for about 7 months and well it haven't affected my battery or phone and I bought it from a Samsung store and that person said it won't affect the battery but only charge it fast
"charge it fast" means going abnormal... Nothing's called charge fast and drain the same, if you charge your battery faster than it's intended to be, it'll cause trouble, most probably draining fast or the reactants of the battery wearing out fast, and 7 months are nothing lol!
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"charge it fast" means going abnormal... Nothing's called charge fast and drain the same, if you charge your battery faster than it's intended to be, it'll cause trouble, most probably draining fast or the reactants of the battery wearing out fast, and 7 months are nothing lol!
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haha what do you expect from a battery to run like 2 years or so haha well if you ask me i have'nt felt any abnormal drain in battery life
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haha what do you expect from a battery to run like 2 years or so
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More than the square of two years... Anyways if you're that sure of results, at least write "do this at your own will...!
citBabY said:
More than the square of two years... Anyways if you're that sure of results, at least write "do this at your own will...!
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haha sure
Ill try ur tips sir, seems helpful. Ill update this post if it worked.
Im using note 3 charger in almost a year too.. but i feel that charging with the same speed as original charger, and yes my phone still normal till now
so I bit the bullet and purchased a new batt at the repeated recommendation of this board. I will find out more if that really was the issue over the next few days of use.
however... 1 issue still remains. it appears that the battery % lies while charging with the phone on... i can't honestly say this was an issue with lollipop as perhaps i just never noticed it... but i normally charge my phone in the AM (not overnight) so that once it's fully charged i can pull it off the charger. what i have noticed is (am on MM now) is that i get the popup that says batt is fully charged (lightning bolt not on the batt indicator) BUT.... if i power the phone down it shows the batt is only at 94-96%... so i leave it be and it takes a good 45-60 mins of further charging to achieve 100%...
what is that??? it seems like a complete software issue to me...
my thoughts are... perhaps it's only specific to samsung and may be related to the note 7 problems and maybe samsung made it to where the software prevents over charging? idk... anyone else notice this?
***note*** i do NOT use fast charging.
DigiManTX said:
so I bit the bullet and purchased a new batt at the repeated recommendation of this board. I will find out more if that really was the issue over the next few days of use.
however... 1 issue still remains. it appears that the battery % lies while charging with the phone on... i can't honestly say this was an issue with lollipop as perhaps i just never noticed it... but i normally charge my phone in the AM (not overnight) so that once it's fully charged i can pull it off the charger. what i have noticed is (am on MM now) is that i get the popup that says batt is fully charged (lightning bolt not on the batt indicator) BUT.... if i power the phone down it shows the batt is only at 94-96%... so i leave it be and it takes a good 45-60 mins of further charging to achieve 100%...
what is that??? it seems like a complete software issue to me...
my thoughts are... perhaps it's only specific to samsung and may be related to the note 7 problems and maybe samsung made it to where the software prevents over charging? idk... anyone else notice this?
***note*** i do NOT use fast charging.
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Sounds like your battery is draining pretty fast.. how long does it last at full charge?
I run mine permanently in Power Save mode and I can push a good 10 hour + on it with normal usage. Also why would you not use Fast Charge? Thats the best part about having this phone..
DigiManTX said:
so I bit the bullet and purchased a new batt at the repeated recommendation of this board. I will find out more if that really was the issue over the next few days of use.
however... 1 issue still remains. it appears that the battery % lies while charging with the phone on... i can't honestly say this was an issue with lollipop as perhaps i just never noticed it... but i normally charge my phone in the AM (not overnight) so that once it's fully charged i can pull it off the charger. what i have noticed is (am on MM now) is that i get the popup that says batt is fully charged (lightning bolt not on the batt indicator) BUT.... if i power the phone down it shows the batt is only at 94-96%... so i leave it be and it takes a good 45-60 mins of further charging to achieve 100%...
what is that??? it seems like a complete software issue to me...
my thoughts are... perhaps it's only specific to samsung and may be related to the note 7 problems and maybe samsung made it to where the software prevents over charging? idk... anyone else notice this?
***note*** i do NOT use fast charging.
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What battery did you purtchese, what brand ?
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norbarb said:
What battery did you purtchese, what brand ?
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a PowerBear... battery type makes no difference here. it was happening with my factory batt, this batt, and have a friend with a note 4 and tested their batt as well...
DigiManTX said:
a PowerBear... battery type makes no difference here. it was happening with my factory batt, this batt, and have a friend with a note 4 and tested their batt as well...
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Did you tryied battery calibration from play store?
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So I am not a heavy user. Usually my phone requires charging once in 1 and a half day. One moment my phone was around 50% charged which some what amused me as I couldn't remember last time I charged my phone.
After half an hour or so, I tried to unlock my phone and was greeted by this ( clicked from Xperia Z2 whose back camera isn't working).
Here is my battery stats.
Any idea what could be wrong? Should I visit the service centre?
are u on oos as i experienced the same on PA rom?
abhish3kkk said:
So I am not a heavy user. Usually my phone requires charging once in 1 and a half day. One moment my phone was around 50% charged which some what amused me as I couldn't remember last time I charged my phone.
After half an hour or so, I tried to unlock my phone and was greeted by this ( clicked from Xperia Z2 whose back camera isn't working).
Here is my battery stats.
Any idea what could be wrong? Should I visit the service centre?
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See if the issue persists. Try to slow charge it overnight or leave it on the charger over night just to see if it does help. Even though we reached 100% the phone keeps charging.
Dupleshwar said:
are u on oos as i experienced the same on PA rom?
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Using Freedom OS CE. with franco kernel.
My guess it is caused by franco. But I will wait if it happens again.
i will wait and see if the issue happens again and as i wipe after every charge so corruption of battery stats file is also unlikely and as i happened to us on different setups then it can be firmware related problem from one+(my wild guess).So keep me posted if it happens again and i will do the same.
Sorry for my bad English.
I remember this from my S3 Mini...
The battery was dead. Buying a new battery would fix this
schallflo said:
I remember this from my S3 Mini...
The battery was dead. Buying a new battery would fix this
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If you have a dead battery this will happen many more times, and yoy won't experience good battery at all.. I bet it is just a one time software error.