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battery issue

hi guys,
i just checked out my ARTE160 battery. when i checked out the output voltage, i found that its 3.95~4.2 v when full charged. i jus checked this out with a multi meter. the battery is designed for 3.7v only, so does this mean there is a prob???
thx guys

I'm not a pro, but I think this means that everything is alright with the battery. I would rather worry if the voltage was below 3,7 V - that would definitely mean a problem.

well i find wat u say is logical but still im having some small prob in my phone.....
it keeps working well and suddenly the phone service alone wont work and gets hanged (means no calls and sms) after couple of mins mobile just researches the network and joins.
the prob is when this thing happens and someone calls me the call is ringing but i dont get any ring or alert in my mobile.......
also sms is not delivered kater but is lost completely......
i jus looked out somewhere that these probs may be due to battery........

Battery issue reply...........
nataraj_latest said:
hi guys,
i just checked out my ARTE160 battery. when i checked out the output voltage, i found that its 3.95~4.2 v when full charged. i jus checked this out with a multi meter. the battery is designed for 3.7v only, so does this mean there is a prob???
thx guys
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I had to get a new battery and performed a hard-reset on my phone and all was well after that. make sure you have a back-up on your numbers....

well savain
thanks for ur reply.....
did u have the same kind of prob like the over voltage???
savain01 said:
I had to get a new battery and performed a hard-reset on my phone and all was well after that. make sure you have a back-up on your numbers....
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I've just chcecked the output voltage of my battery - when 45% charged - the voltage was 3.82 V.
in my opinion, your problem has nothing to do with the battery. I had same problem that you described - I switched to WM6 from WM5 - it did the trick.
now it hangs very seldom.
I guess that would help you (at least if you're using WM5).

oh but im using 6.1 at present
its TOM'S ROM.....

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*for battery issue;
buy a new battery and
charge <----- device must be off!...
when green led light shows, its done..
this should sort your battery issue..
* for issue with - ''suddenly the phone service alone wont work and gets hanged..''
try a hard reset, if it still happens, open the device - open through the back of the device and simply give it a clean, ensure all connections are connecting, in other words, scratch the pins inside device if they need it.. assemble correctly and hope this helps..
-use cotton buds, the ones you use to clean your ears with..
-use a pin/needle to scratch connections..
*sounds like a hardware issue, not rom issue so cleaning inside the device is recommended..
*I've fixed my p3300 plenty of times now by just simply cleaning inside it.
- including the ''not charging'' and ''no sim'' issue people have experienced..

Not charging
HI Geeks, I have a problem with my blackstone battery. It is getting charged only up to 50 to 55 percent. I kept on charger for one ful night. But no use. I am using official ROM. Can you suggest any solution for that?

Help PLZ
I tired both the charger and the USB cable. Still the problem remains.

A new problem
Now i am facing a new problem. When i switch off the Touch HD, it will not start. When i press the power button, it shows "Smart Mobility" then it will go off. I tried once and pressed the power button again. It lasted some more time, reaching to the HTC logo screen.
Then I Connect the phone using the usb cable to the desktop and press the power button. WOW. it started without any problem. Can you help me to get around this problem?
Roy Varghese

royi386 said:
Now i am facing a new problem. When i switch off the Touch HD, it will not start. When i press the power button, it shows "Smart Mobility" then it will go off. I tried once and pressed the power button again. It lasted some more time, reaching to the HTC logo screen.
Then I Connect the phone using the usb cable to the desktop and press the power button. WOW. it started without any problem. Can you help me to get around this problem?
Roy Varghese
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*for battery issue;
buy a new battery and
charge <----- device must be off!...
when green led light shows, its done..
this should sort your battery issue..

i have a weird kind of battery issue
i plug in my AC adapter
the orange light lights up, for about 5 seconds
then , it keeps flashes orange
i power up my phone for about 5 seconds, it dies
any charge method will keep flashing orange
is my phone battery dead?

Does anyone have my issue ???
I am charging and charging and the indication shows as charging plus the percentage is increasing like normal. However, when I restart the system it shows more than charge percent. Most cases it shows 100%. For instance, show 82 % but after restart device shows 92 or 100%. Please help me experts. Thank a lot in advance for taking your time to reply

[Q] Motorola Bug or Defective Unit ? I need help.

Hi.
I have 2 Defys. One of them works OK. The other one is wasting battery while suspended.
No, it's not because of normal use, syncing, GSM signal strenght, settings, widgets or ROM. I've tested all of that and more, and I've compared to my other Defy that works OK, setting them up exactly the same. I've even exchanged SIM cards...
What I currently believe is happening is... that a hardware defect or a driver bug is preventing the SIM card to enter a suspend state, and this causes the suspend process to use too much CPU time and therefore wastes battery while the phone should be sleeping.
I've posted a thread at Motorola's Owner forum :
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/47721
There I wrote the whole story, since I believed it was a simple settings problem, until Android's Andy McFadden gave me his (informal & preliminary) oppinion.
The last messages on the 2nd page are my current findings, included some relevant lines from my kernel logs... but to fully understand it I guess reading the whole thread may help.
Anyways... I have 3 questions. Please help me:
1. Do you think this can be caused by a faulty SIM card ?
2. Do you think one of my phones might be less tolerant to "something" in my service provider's SIM cards, thus causing one phone to malfunction while the other is working OK ?
3. If you think this can be caused by a phone's hardware defect... care to elaborate your explanation ?

I have found your thread on Motorola owners' forum while googling battery drain issues.
Your bug seems similar to mine. My Defy eats about 4-5% per hour BUT even in Airplane mode with no SIM inserted. Of course, all syncing stuff/WiFi/GPS is disabled. This happened after flashing Froyo, downgrade to Eclair didn't help. I have tried to flash different ROMs, calibrated battery using different methods, but no luck, phone life can't go over 24h in standby mode. And yes, battery was replaced too.
It doesn't look like Suspend process prevents my phone from sleep (Running:1.2%, Screen on: 0.8% ) but who knows, maybe if you find a solution it can help me too. I'll keep watching your posts, good luck

Today I've got a duplicate and physically different SIM card... but the bug isn't affected by the change.

[Q] Phone Repaired, What Did They Do?

My S4 mini SGH-i257M was malfunctioning so i sent it in for repair. The local Rogers store sent it to FutureTel in Markham [Toronto] Ontario Canada. This is what they did, according to the Completion Report that came back with the phone ...
;RF Calibration performed to enhance RX/TX performance and network connectivity. Passed RF compliance test to meet manufacturer specifications. Adjusted battery level to optimize power usage.
It has been two weeks now and not only has it not malfunctioned, but the battery life is significantly improved - from 2 or 3 days of light use [usually just 2] to 5 days of light use.
What did they actually do? Does the recalibration affect hardware or software? Did they perhaps re-clock the CPU down to a slower speed? Any way to check this? What do they mean by adjusted battery level?
The phone is running KitKat 4.4.2, not rooted.
Thank you,
Mick

Here are three replies from other forums to this same question. Anyone here want to include an opinion? It would be most appreciated ...
The first part (RF calibration) means they adjusted the radio to improve reception and transmission(rx/tx), so your call/network/wifi reception will be better; the battery level adjustment implies they altered the voltage to improve battery life. In both cases it's more likely they replaced faulty parts with fully functioning ones. Good to see you finally got your issue solved Mick
It seems like what they did is install the OS from factory state and give u a new battery and maybe re clocked the CPU. Unfortunately they won't give you the proper information on what they did nor will u able to find it. There are some apps which tell u what system and software it uses but that's about it
All that I can tell you is RF stands for Radio Frequency. Apparently your cellular radio was tuned a bit off from whatever frequency(ies) your carrier uses. I wonder how they calibrate this.
Their statement "Adjusted battery level to optimize power usage" makes no sense to me. It's almost an oxymoron! But then, when signal level or reception of signal is poor, firmware detects this and gives the hardware an extra kick of battery juice. So maybe that's what they adjusted?
I'm really just guessing about RF calibration and battery adjustment. Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable will shed better light, especially regarding your questions about processor speed

mdawdy said:
Here are three replies from other forums to this same question. Anyone here want to include an opinion? It would be most appreciated ...
The first part (RF calibration) means they adjusted the radio to improve reception and transmission(rx/tx), so your call/network/wifi reception will be better; the battery level adjustment implies they altered the voltage to improve battery life. In both cases it's more likely they replaced faulty parts with fully functioning ones. Good to see you finally got your issue solved Mick
It seems like what they did is install the OS from factory state and give u a new battery and maybe re clocked the CPU. Unfortunately they won't give you the proper information on what they did nor will u able to find it. There are some apps which tell u what system and software it uses but that's about it
All that I can tell you is RF stands for Radio Frequency. Apparently your cellular radio was tuned a bit off from whatever frequency(ies) your carrier uses. I wonder how they calibrate this.
Their statement "Adjusted battery level to optimize power usage" makes no sense to me. It's almost an oxymoron! But then, when signal level or reception of signal is poor, firmware detects this and gives the hardware an extra kick of battery juice. So maybe that's what they adjusted?
I'm really just guessing about RF calibration and battery adjustment. Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable will shed better light, especially regarding your questions about processor speed
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I also would like to know what they did with 'improving radio frequency'. Got the same problem as you, and would like to check if it's possible to manually fix the radio/frequency-problem, cause the guys from the repairshop didn't fix anything for me..
Otherwise: is there an app that notifies me when network connection is lost ?
I found this one : (updated url) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cnigrini.networkmonitor that works well..i now see immediately when my phone loses network connection.
However, now i still have to manually reset it by turning on/off airplane mode. Is there a way / app that does these steps automatically ?
So notifies when network dorps, and then refreshes it..
That would be one way to solve the problem i think..

Your link is to an earthquake detection app ???
I'll post more info later or tomorrow.

I updated the url. It's this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cnigrini.networkmonitor
It notifies when network is lost. However it doesn't refresh the network unfortunately.

Well, it gets worse. The phone messed up today same as before. A bit more than two weeks after the "repair". I was at home in one of the strongest signal areas. Would not receive or make calls or use mobile data. So back to the Rogers store. By the time i got there it had started working again so i could not demonstrate the problem. Also used a lot of battery power today, about 40% with light usage compared to 15% or less per day for the past two weeks.
What the counter guy at the Rogers store said is that there is nothing wrong with the phone, that all cell phones do this, and that i should adjust my expectations.
Here's another ConnectionChecker app. This one attempts to reconnect ...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.jeremychase.ConnectionChecker
Anyone have seen another app for this that they like?

mdawdy said:
Well, it gets worse. The phone messed up today same as before. A bit more than two weeks after the "repair". I was at home in one of the strongest signal areas. Would not receive or make calls or use mobile data. So back to the Rogers store. By the time i got there it had started working again so i could not demonstrate the problem. Also used a lot of battery power today, about 40% with light usage compared to 15% or less per day for the past two weeks.
What the counter guy at the Rogers store said is that there is nothing wrong with the phone, that all cell phones do this, and that i should adjust my expectations.
Here's another ConnectionChecker app. This one attempts to reconnect ...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.jeremychase.ConnectionChecker
Anyone have seen another app for this that they like?
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Hey Mdawdy, thanks for posting that one, when reading the descripting it seems like this one is doing both things: checking when connection is down, and when it is, puts the phone on/off airplane mode so that it reconnects again.
I will be testing this one for this time now..
It's probably true that all cell phones lose connection some times, for example when being in a place where connection is very low, but the problem with this Galaxy s4 mini is that it doesn't reconnect again when in an area where signal should be good...
Probably some software thing i think..
I'm still at 4.2.2 by the way.
Edit: found out that with a non-rooted device with android 4.2 or above, it's not possible for an app to toggle airplane mode on/off. So there are probably no (non-root) apps existing that will do this .
However a forum member made a tool that does this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/app-jelly-bean-4-x-airplane-mode-helper-t2385625

Mascarponi said:
I updated the url. It's this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cnigrini.networkmonitor
It notifies when network is lost. However it doesn't refresh the network unfortunately.
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I installed and tried this one. Appeared to be working altho i did not have a network drop. Then i turned on, used, then turned off Wi-Fi. From then on the App continually reported that the network was lost even when it was good. Restarting the phone did not fix it. So i uninstalled the app.

mdawdy said:
I installed and tried this one. Appeared to be working altho i did not have a network drop. Then i turned on, used, then turned off Wi-Fi. From then on the App continually reported that the network was lost even when it was good. Restarting the phone did not fix it. So i uninstalled the app.
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For me it's also not working properly, and i bought the full version (
It's not notifing me when connection/wifi drops.. but I only see it when opening the app.
Also, like i said, i don't think there's an app that toggle's airplane mode on/off when gsm-connection is lost, because it's not possible with a non-rooted android phone that runs android 4.2 or above..
Very disapointing..

Problems with Redmi 1s

The details my Redmi 1s are as follow :
1) About 9 months old.
2)MIUI version : MIUI-JHCMIBL53.0
Now the problems...
1) Many a times the music player gets activated on the lockscreen accidently ( I don't know how, but when I take phone out of pocket it is activated most of tht times on the lockscreen). Also closing it require several taps on the lockscreen.
2) Since few days, the battery is depleting very fast despite my usage being same. Also it takes more time to charge. Sometimes the charging even did not work and I have to hook out and hook in the charging cable into the phone to make it work. How to identify whether the problem is with the battery or charger or phone.
3) The Auto brightness works good in brighter light but the display becomes too dim in low light making hard to use it.
4) Many a times the available free RAM is quite low even when no apps are opened. How can it would be optimized ?
Please help.

GSAM indicating huge power drain caused by AoD??

I don't know if GSAM is simply not reporting it right but since I got my Exynos ultra GSAM is indicating AoD is my highest battery drainer by far, every single day (phone is turned off overnight so it has had multiple reboots and nothing changes). See attached 3 screenshots which show the typical stats I am getting. Any ideas??
In addition to that, every time I reboot the phone, a minute or so after rebooting, it opens the sim card settings screen all by itself, no messages, no errors, just an ok button at the bottom. I have no clue what it wants me to do. It does it every single time I reboot it. I press ok on the bottom of it and it closes that screen and then continues as normal. I have one sim card and one SD card and both seem to be functioning fine (the first time I put the sim in, it did not read it so I had no mobile signal, I took it out and checked it was seated properly in the tray, put it back in and it has read the sim ok ever since so I don't think it is related to that).

On my S20U Exynos GSAM doesn't work at all... Always shows "used 0% in 0h0m" and it doesn't track anything.

I just tried turning off AoD and now I get the same thing but from "com.samsung.android.app.routines" which comprises of packages System UI, Always On Display, Bixby routines which I have already turned off), Sstem UI (again), and LED Cover Service (which is useless to me, I do not use a case).
No idea what is going on.

ewokuk said:
I just tried turning off AoD and now I get the same thing but from "com.samsung.android.app.routines" which comprises of packages System UI, Always On Display, Bixby routines which I have already turned off), Sstem UI (again), and LED Cover Service (which is useless to me, I do not use a case).
No idea what is going on.
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As soon as i get mine from Vodafone, I'm going on a major debloating session!

Solved it. I was using the default animated lockscreen wallpaper with the bubbles on it. Noticed in my screenshots of gsam it was saying "video" was on the entire entire duration that the AoD was on. Assumed this might be related to the wallpaper so I switched it to the same one but the static version and suddenly AoD is no longer showing as stupid high battery drain in gsam.
I am also no longer getting the sim card issue. I doubt that was related to the wallpaper, it was probably something else I fiddled with that seems to have resolved that!

GSAM's reporting is buggy on the S20U so far.
It will often put one of my random unused apps at #1 with a ridiculous number like 90%, even if they are deep-sleeped.
Unfortunately, none of the big battery monitors seem to be compatible either (BetterBatteryStats has fallback to boot problems etc).

Keive said:
GSAM's reporting is buggy on the S20U so far.
It will often put one of my random unused apps at #1 with a ridiculous number like 90%, even if they are deep-sleeped.
Unfortunately, none of the big battery monitors seem to be compatible either (BetterBatteryStats has fallback to boot problems etc).
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I wasn't aware that Accubattery Pro or GSAM fully worked on Android 10 , last time I checked they didn't .
Sent from my EVR-L29 using Tapatalk

They seem to work now and yes, I am seeing the same issue (AOD consuming a lot) despite AOD being off. I now package disabled AOD and will keep an ee on it. I am also using the animated stock bubbles, as I quite like them
Checked after posting, indeed disabling the package did not seem to help - I now switched to the one and only wallpaper - pitch black