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Hello people, after having used my Touch pro 2's GPS function extensively one day on battery, I have realized that the battery's life has shortened by huge amounts of time. It lasts for less than 24 hours now, so I was wondering if I needed a new battery or is there something I can do to restore it back to the previous state. Thanks!
I don't think using the GPS should ruin your battery, just doesn't make sense! Are you sure you shut off the GPS after using it? Are you running any other programmes in the background? Did you flash a new ROM?
My battery started going down twice as fast after swapping to the new "official" Sense 2.5 ROM.
you can try a couple of things that may extend your battery life. try first turning off the auto speakerphone when the phone is face down. i just did this and i can tell a marked difference in just a couple of days. also search battery life reg edits. theres a ton out there here and on ppcgeeks that will definetly help. in general i noticed that when I use GPS the battery drain is pretty high. hope that helps
Dimitri Stephan said:
Hello people, after having used my Touch pro 2's GPS function extensively one day on battery, I have realized that the battery's life has shortened by huge amounts of time. It lasts for less than 24 hours now, so I was wondering if I needed a new battery or is there something I can do to restore it back to the previous state. Thanks!
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Using the GPS all day will def drain your battery much faster, especially if you're using aGPS and/or an app that also downloads data to compliment the location info (like google maps). The GPS radio isn't 2-way like the phone or 3G or wifi, but it's still a radio and will give a noticible hit on your batt life when used even moderately, let alone all day.
If you're going to be using GPS a lot, you might want to try different radio roms to see if any of them make a difference in the batt life for you, but I don't know that will make as much of a difference as it does for the phone reception, etc. I would also suggest evaluating various GPS apps, with an eye on relative battery drain
Well guys, thanks for the answers, but that still doesn't solve my problem because I don't use the GPS function often at all, but the battery still drains quickly. Also, there are no programs running in the background. There is however a data connection that is always on and the mail checks for mail every hour. But the thing is I don't want to change any settings to enhance battery life, If it worked fine with the same settings before, why wont it do the same now? Do I need a new battery? Thanks!
Dimitri Stephan said:
Well guys, thanks for the answers, but that still doesn't solve my problem because I don't use the GPS function often at all, but the battery still drains quickly. Also, there are no programs running in the background. There is however a data connection that is always on and the mail checks for mail every hour. But the thing is I don't want to change any settings to enhance battery life, If it worked fine with the same settings before, why wont it do the same now? Do I need a new battery? Thanks!
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Ahhh sorry, I misunderstood, I thought you were just saying it drains faster while you use the GPS like that, not since you used it...I get it now.
That one day of heavy use shouldn't have killed your battery, take a look at THIS thread, others with the same issue/question have posted different things that have worked for them...you might want to give the steps in post #31 a try before thinking about buying a new batt.
Dimitri Stephan said:
Well guys, thanks for the answers, but that still doesn't solve my problem because I don't use the GPS function often at all, but the battery still drains quickly. Also, there are no programs running in the background. There is however a data connection that is always on and the mail checks for mail every hour. But the thing is I don't want to change any settings to enhance battery life, If it worked fine with the same settings before, why wont it do the same now? Do I need a new battery? Thanks!
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You can install " battclock " and you can continuously see what the battery drain actually is during different functions.
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You can install " battclock " and you can continuously see what the battery drain actually is during different functions.
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Yes, great recommendation! (why didn't I think of that? lol)
And with battclock you can now see your CPU usage in real-time, which is probably one of the best coincidental indicators of battery drain (much more so than memory load, in my opinion)
Hi Dimitri,
I experienced the same problem where my battery life suddenly "shifted" from 48 hours to 12 hours on regular use..
I thought the problem was the battery and I replaced it, this did not help at all..
The only cause of this problem that I can think was loading the official HTC UK 6.5 ROM (1.86.401.0)..
hilt49 said:
Hi Dimitri,
I experienced the same problem where my battery life suddenly "shifted" from 48 hours to 12 hours on regular use..
I thought the problem was the battery and I replaced it, this did not help at all..
The only cause of this problem that I can think was loading the official HTC UK 6.5 ROM (1.86.401.0)..
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This is exactly what I am experiencing. (This together with not being able to connect the device to PC)
Installed several 6.5 ROMs and suddenly the battery lasts only half a night.
My question is: When the battery is full, when you turn the device off (completely off, not in standby mode!) does the battery drain then?
As far as I see, the battery has only 50% left after a night rest while it is off. So, the only way to keep the battery full is to remove it from the device.
What are your experiences with this?
Bright.Light said:
This is exactly what I am experiencing. (This together with not being able to connect the device to PC)
Installed several 6.5 ROMs and suddenly the battery lasts only half a night.
My question is: When the battery is full, when you turn the device off (completely off, not in standby mode!) does the battery drain then?
As far as I see, the battery has only 50% left after a night rest while it is off. So, the only way to keep the battery full is to remove it from the device.
What are your experiences with this?
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If you are truely turning it completely off, the battery should NOT drain at all. Have you tried a new battery? I bought a pair of batteries and an external charger on flEabay for like $12. The batteries are good as originals as far as I can tell.
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If you are truely turning it completely off, the battery should NOT drain at all. Have you tried a new battery? I bought a pair of batteries and an external charger on flEabay for like $12. The batteries are good as originals as far as I can tell.
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Yes, I have two batteries, even an external charger.
Even when a battery is charged with the external charger, then put in the phone it drains the battery
hey guys can anyone link any of the forum topics to tweak battery life? the only things I have done is the general setting on the phone and the power management options with advance config are there more options and tweaks available?
thanks for all help!
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If you are truely turning it completely off, the battery should NOT drain at all. Have you tried a new battery? I bought a pair of batteries and an external charger on flEabay for like $12. The batteries are good as originals as far as I can tell.
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I will test this (again) tomorrow night.
Bright.Light said:
This is exactly what I am experiencing. (This together with not being able to connect the device to PC)
Installed several 6.5 ROMs and suddenly the battery lasts only half a night.
My question is: When the battery is full, when you turn the device off (completely off, not in standby mode!) does the battery drain then?
As far as I see, the battery has only 50% left after a night rest while it is off. So, the only way to keep the battery full is to remove it from the device.
What are your experiences with this?
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Bright light...I'm also having BOTH of those problems...stock ATT rom. Within the past week my battery life has dropped exponentially, and when I went to sync last night, had not done so in a week or so, I get nothing...none of my PC's will recognize the phone as even being plugged in, let alone sync. I'm thinking maybe an ATT botched update?
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Bright light...I'm also having BOTH of those problems...stock ATT rom. Within the past week my battery life has dropped exponentially, and when I went to sync last night, had not done so in a week or so, I get nothing...none of my PC's will recognize the phone as even being plugged in, let alone sync. I'm thinking maybe an ATT botched update?
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So it seems I'm not alone.
Mine is a universal one, no brand whatsoever. I will try to reflash the original (6.1) stock ROM, including radio.
Have you flashed yours already?
@Bright.light @VirtualHomer:
I have the crap battery + no activesync issue.
I'm on the Josh's Black 1.7 ROM. I tried hard reseting, reflashing, going back to the stock ROM, but no improvement.
I have heard that removing the battery overnight is a possible fix for the USB issue (maybe for both?), but I haven't tried yet, will try tonight.
If anyone out there has any potential soultions here... would be great. Right now, I only get 1/2 a day (~6 hours) out of the battery & no hotsync at all (other than BT).
One thing I am pretty sure of: The bad battery life and the activesync issue came up around the same time. Wierd.
Cheers
Fingaluna said:
@Bright.light @VirtualHomer:
I have the crap battery + no activesync issue.
I'm on the Josh's Black 1.7 ROM. I tried hard reseting, reflashing, going back to the stock ROM, but no improvement.
I have heard that removing the battery overnight is a possible fix for the USB issue (maybe for both?), but I haven't tried yet, will try tonight.
If anyone out there has any potential soultions here... would be great. Right now, I only get 1/2 a day (~6 hours) out of the battery & no hotsync at all (other than BT).
One thing I am pretty sure of: The bad battery life and the activesync issue came up around the same time. Wierd.
Cheers
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You are right in assuming that battery life and connectivity issues came at the same time.
I was assuming this was because of a (bad?) flash, or maybe a bad ROM which changed something in a position that should not be changed and which is not restored by flashing another ROM.
A night without battery won't help, I think, because my device has been numerous times without any power and without any battery. However, I will try it again.
Could this be a faulty device? Or a design error?
@Bright.Light
I confirm that a night without the battery solved nothing. I have had my phone on for 5 hours now, taken 5 calls, none of them too long, checked email every 10 minutes (automagically) and I am down to 27% battery.
Also, I confirm that a replacement battery solves nothing, as I have also tried this.
I am planning on returning my device to an ATT store next week for a replacement... We'll see how it goes.
Cheers,
Matt
I'm in the same boat with mine. About two weeks ago the battery just started draining fast. Fast enough that it wouldn't make it to 4-5 hours without being charged. You could watch the battery meter drain. And what was weird was that there was no ROM change or anything that started this. Came out of the blue. Calling Spring tomorrow and getting a replacement is the best solution I can think of.
when i first installed the latest release i had amazing battery life. Now im at 70% an hour an a half after i unplug it and it prpbably wobt last me another 5 hours. I dont think i have any apps draining the battery. Ive wiped battery stats. What's going on?
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If you used 30% in just over an hour, either you used it too much, or there is some app/process draining the battery. Download Spare Parts, go to Partial Wake Usage in the Battery History. See if anything stands out. If not, re-wipe everything and re-flash the rom. I'm running the same rom, and can go at least 3 days without charging.
battery usage history force closes spare parts...
Same here, it force closes when I look tap history. However I stopped using the changing photos lockscreen and my battery life seems to be improving.
World peace with no regard for human life.
standard wallpaper, and wallpaper lockscreen. I re-flashed the rom.
I had the same problem with an extended battery, only it would charge to 80%, then it power itself down and the battery would die. I took it to Sprint, they were awesome, the tech said that the modified scripting from the 3.0 Sense Roms is causing this problem on some phones, especially with extended batteries, rather flash my phone to stock, he gave me a differnt battery, wiped dalvik, said he did acouple things to it, and advised me to run a different ROM and see if that helps, preferrably a hybrid that the battery scripts have not been modified. I think alot of it was somewhat bs, but my phone holds a charge now, I am currently looking for a different rom...
It started out draining real fast, then it wouldnt charge after a few days
Hey Folks, Just wondering if there are any other G2 users out there that have experienced this. For some time, I haven't been able to get my phone charges fully, and by fully, I mean something close to the reported norm of 97%-100%.
The hightest I got my phone was to 81% and that with a new battery, recalibration, and bump charging. In fact, I've had the phone powered off over night and upon restarting it, it was at 71%.
I've watched logcat to see if anything could be an issue there, I've installed ZDBox, (cool app, btw), and Battery Dr. The good news, is that after uninstalling a few apps and widgets, my battery life seems prolonged, (relatively speaking).
I'm running CM-7.1.0-RC1, 2.6.32.41-cyangenmod pershoot, and using the 26.06.2.27_M radio.
Since I couldn't get a full charge with it powered off, I'm thinking it might be a hardware issue or maybe the radio since so I might try 26.08.04.30 radio. Googling other forums, people were able to get a replacement phone from T-Mobile and some others said their motherboard needed to be replaced.
Any other ideas before I call T-Mobile?
Thanks!
Did you try clearing battery stats?
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Did you try clearing battery stats?
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Yes, several times. Good call, though! By clearing the stats, I was able to get to the 81%.
Thanks!
Have you tried reflashing the rom? Maybe trying a different rom? Clear caches? I dunno I'm shooting for broke i guess....is it an aftermarket battery or stock?
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Have you tried reflashing the rom? Maybe trying a different rom? Clear caches? I dunno I'm shooting for broke i guess....is it an aftermarket battery or stock?
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Thanks, killj0y. Yes. I did that after posting. I did a Titanium Backup, then Nandroid backup, then wipe, superwipe, then flashed the CM7 nightly, (which is very slick, i might add). After bump charging I was able to get it up to 71%. I let it go down to 0% overnight and now I'm letting it recharge fully.
In about an hour, I'm going to call T-mobile and see if they have any other ideas.
It is an aftermarket battery but it behaves just like the OEM/stock.
You shouldn't ever drain your battery to 0% on purpose. You run the risk of the battery not being able to take a charge. Draining to 20% for battery meter calibration purposes is more than sufficient.
Yea plus aftermarket batteries can and do fail more often than stock. What brands is it?
Do you still have your stock battery? Try using that one and see how it acts. I'm willing to bet it's the battery.
The OEM battery I could never get above 71% and the new battery I have it up to 94% now and it isn't charging any higher.
I've had it plugged in for two hours. I have read the warnings about letting the battery drop to 0% and I agree, but I figure one time wouldn't hurt it. I got the second battery, thinking it was a problem with the OEM battery.
Ah! This happened as I was typing this. For the first time in a long time, the LED is green but the battery is at 94%, which I think might be okay.
Maybe the wipe/superwipe/reflash helped? I will keep you all updated and I sincerely appreciate the help and advice.
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I have read the warnings about letting the battery drop to 0% and I agree, but I figure one time wouldn't hurt it.
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If that one time results in a battery that won't take a charge, then it hurts. Full discharge is also not good for the long term life of Li ion batteries. And it certainly doesn't help anything to run the battery to empty.
Yea I don't know how many times I've corrected people still quoting NiCd rules for Lithium ion batteries phone or otherwise lol. Anyways if the stock does the same thing it is probably the phone. Especially after a wipe, was it a clean reflash of the rom? Maybe that would work.
Here's my update. Kind of interesting.
So, by evening, my phone got down to 4% left of the battery. I plugged it in, (with my factory charger), and ZDBox said it would be 2 hours, 44 minutes until fully charged. Three hours later, it was at 45% full. I rebooted the phone and when it came up, it said it was at 86% full. Then I left it plugged in over night.
This morning, it was still at 86% and I rebooted it again, and then when it came back up it was 93% and within a couple of minutes, the LED turned green.
So, with this new batter, it *seems* slightly better, but I don't understand what's going on. This is weird, if you ask me.
The other bit of info is that at 7AM it was 93% and right now, (9AM, two hours later), my phone is at 72% with the majority of it being consumed by "Cell Standby."
I guess, since this is a new battery, there still might be some calibration/conditioning going on. I am still unsure if this points to a hardware issue with the phone.
Thanks again, for the help guys! I really wonder if I am the only person who is experiencing something like this.
Update: 19.09
Things have been a little better, but still not perfect.
I flashed CM7 Nightly, pershoot kernel, and 4.30 radio.
I have only been plugging in the charger when the phone drops below 20%. The phone only charges to 45% - 51%, then I reboot, and when it comes back up, the battery will read anywhere from 88% - 93%.
Once unplugged the batter rapidly drops down to the low 80's - mid 70 percentile and it stays in that range for a much longer time. Then once the battery drops below 40% is drains rapidly.
So, for example it says right now, "7h 54m 58s on Battery" and I'm at 20%. The breakdown is as follows:
Android system: 57%
Cell Standby: 12%
Wi-Fi: 12%
Phone Idle: 11%
Voice Calls: 9%
I'm really frustrated with having to reboot the phone to get seemingly get a full charge.
I think I am going to flash the latest nightly and then reflash the pershoot kernel and see where we are at that point. I still haven't decided if I need to call T-mobile since it could be a hardware issue.
It really sounds like a hardware issue to me. especially after several so many flashes and batteries...
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It really sounds like a hardware issue to me. especially after several so many flashes and batteries...
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Indeed. I called T-Mobile this morning and they are sending me a new phone. The guy asked me to inspect the battery, contacts, etc. He did ask me if I had put any "modified" software on it.
He also said, if they found modified software on it when they received it back at the shop, I would be charged a $108 restocking fee.
Quick, where's that downgrade guide!
Thanks for your help, everyone!
Update!
After I talked to T-Mobile, I downgraded my phone to the OTA Gingerbread and unrooted it, and turned S-ON. I admit, I was impressed with the OTA update since I had been running cooked roms since I got the think back in November 2010.
My new phone came today. Immediately, the battery behavior is completely different. I took out my battery from my old phone that said it was at 51% and put in the new phone and it said it was 80%. That's a good sign!
While we were at dinner, I got all the OTA updates, which really meant when I got home I had to downgrade it, but the guides here were really great, and I was back in business in no time.
I went with the latest CM7 nightly, the LEAK radio, and the latest pershoot kernel. I can tell already that battery behavior is much better.
Interestingly enough, on the stock gingerbread ROM, the DISPLAY was the major consumer of battery. Now on the stack I described, "Cell Phone Idle" is the biggest consumer. Maybe the stock T-MOUS radio is the best!?!? Who knows.
I hope this helps others who might be having weird battery problems. Have a great weekend!
I'm having this exact behavior where I can't get past ~73% without rebooting, then it goes to ~93%, which is about as high as I can get it. Guess I'll call T-Mo, I've seen it with different ROMs to I figured it was probably hardware as well.
Hey Thermalx, I hear you! The replacement phone I got from T-Mobile is behaves completely different. I have kept a charge +26 hours. I never thought I'd see the day!
Let us know how it works out.
Thanks!
Short story: I bought a S4 Mini GT-I9195 second hand and the battery meter goes up and down like crazy. Thought that flashing Android 4.2.2 will solve this but couldn't do it (auth error in Odin). Rooting seems soo complicated.
Question: Is it possible that the battery meter issue will be fixed if I root/flash a different ROM?
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I had in the past a device with Android 4.4.2 (Allview brand) and the battery would drop many percentage points in seconds after several hours/days of what seemed to be normal usage. Now, the same happens with S4 Mini, and this made me believe there's a possibility I can make this phone usable by downgrading to KitKat, since I already have a device with 4.2.2 that works great regarding battery readings.
In more details, the issue is that the battery lasts up to one week if I am not touching the phone. The chart (GSam Battery Meter) shows a steady level decrease. When I use the phone however, there comes a moment (ususally around 40%, but not necessarily) when the battery level drops with 1% every 10 seconds.
It can go from 20-30% to 0% in minutes. After I plug the phone, the battery starts charging from 30-40%.
After unplugging at 100%, usually it goes straight away to about 90%.
I have tried already to clear cache, format the battery, so on. I have also tried to flash 4.2.2 with Odin, but it won't take any other ROM then the latest.
If rooting, and risking to brick the thing, wouldn't do anything to solve this issue, I may be better selling as it is, while it is still working at least. Otherwise, I can't use this phone!
Thank you for your help!
I was having same issue. Tried many things (calibrating battery, changing rom and kernel, flashing different stock roms via odin). But none of them solved this issue.
Changed my battery. Bought new battery(Deji). I don't have this issue anymore.
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Short story: I bought a S4 Mini GT-I9195 second hand and the battery meter goes up and down like crazy. Thought that flashing Android 4.2.2 will solve this but couldn't do it (auth error in Odin). Rooting seems soo complicated.
Question: Is it possible that the battery meter issue will be fixed if I root/flash a different ROM?
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Yes, as umuturunc says, sounds like you need a new battery.
I know it's a dinosaur of a device but I've got it modded and it's a good phone and works great. Ok what happens is the battery charges and holds and lasts all day but the level indicator says 100% all the time until the phone shuts down. I've flashed stock firmware from 4.4.2 to 6.0 and 3 or 4 different custom ROMs and it is the same no matter what I do. I have seen it show different battery levels in booting up after flashing something or a situation like that but its a unstable reading because of the way it'll fluctuate. So I'm thinking it's a hardware issue. The phone works as it should with the exception of that. It has a original oem lg battery unknown if it's been replaced or it's got some kind of fault. It's basically my work phone my side chic to my Nexus 6 because the SD card storage holds my music so it would be nice to have that working so I know when it's going to die. Anybody else with this issue. Thanks in advance.
Was the battery ever changed? I think it May be related to battery
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Was the battery ever changed? I think it May be related to battery
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That I'm not sure of, it's a oem lg battery and it works good and lasts all day, actually surprisingly very good battery life that's what made me think it was internals because if I reboot into recovery and then back out out when it boots it'll say battery is is dead and shut back off, but I'll reboot again OR just plug it in for a sec it'll boot back up with 100% battery life. It never gives a accurate reading. Well I'll order a new battery off e.bay there only 7$ to 10$ for a original lg battery. It's a great phone for what it is with some mods it's fast as hell.