I did read through a bunch of battery issue threads. But I think mine is unique. At least I didn't see anything.
When used normally, battery life seems to be typical. With moderate usage, I get about 6-8 hours or so.
However, I switch phones alot (currently building a new website, including mobile) so I have been using my One X with no sim card. Airplane mode with wifi on. Doing so, after about an hour or so of only using the phone a minute here and a minute there (just to test my website changes) the phone will use about 30-40% of its battery.
But the worst thing is; when I am done, I power off the phone. Most recently it had 60% charge when I shut it down on Thursday. Today I went to power it on, and the battery was dead. To the point it wouldn't even power on when I plugged it in. It took about 20 minutes before it had enough charge to power on. I checked usage, and Google Services is 72%, Android OS 8%, Chrome 5%, Internet 4%, HTC Sense 1%, Android System 1%.
When I charge it, it will only charge as USB. Even using the usb cable and plug that came with it, it won't charge as AC like my Nexus would. Which isn't a huge deal, but it takes most of the day for it to fully charge.
I was just wondering if the above is all normal. I bought it used. It's a stock AT&T phone. No rooting or customization. OS is up to date.
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Since I have upgraded to WM6 with the official ROM release for AT&T I have been having odd battery issues.
I forgot to charge my phone last night but when I left the house this morning it showed 40%.
I stream audiobooks from my phone to my car stereo via Bluetooth and less than 10 minutes into the drive I received a low battery warning. By the time I got to work which is about a half hour drive the phone switched itself to airplane mode and then powered down. I could not get it to come back on until I plugged into my PC at work and then it booted so it had been fully shut down.
I have noticed at other times that the battery level goes from a high number to a low number VERY quickly. It also seems to charge very quickly and can go to a full charge from a USB connection in just about 2 hours.
Anyone else see this? It was a very steady reliable discharge rate under WM5. I have seen others talking about the OS potentially mis-reading the battery level but have seen nothing conclusive. I think perhaps it is just not updating the actual battery level when it should so when I see it at 40% it was really very low and just had not updated.
Anybody else???
I havent had my phone for long and flashed it immediately to Windows Mobile 6, but what I have noticed is that it charges pretty fast and I just notices just now that if I turn the phone off while still plugged in for charging but the charge indicator on the phone was green when it was on changed to orange to indicate charging when I turned the phone off. So maybe there is something at the software level affecting the charging process as turning the phone completely off allows me to charge even further than when the phone was on.
What has worked for a number of people is to let the phone get to 0% battery so it shuts the GSM off and then itself, then plug it into the mains charger overnight. This seems to have the effect of re-calibrating the battery meter. I have no idea if this actually works or if its complete coincidence but a number of people in various Schaps threads have had success with this. There is also the possibility that your battery is just screwed. Most of us I assume have devices that are a year or more old and mobile batteries dont last very long especially in power hungry devices like the Hermes.
Another battery Observation!
I have experimented with 3g off al day, and only E (Edge) was displayed on top. 12 hours, 5 phone calls equal to 36 minutes total, I had 60% left on battery. Same hours, 5 Phone calls, with 3G turned on, 42 minutes of conversation, one email sent, 5 received, battery displays 90%. I believe EDGE is what consumes power and drains the battery. leave on 3G and your battery will indeed last longer.
WM6 Battery Life
johnny13oi said:
I havent had my phone for long and flashed it immediately to Windows Mobile 6, but what I have noticed is that it charges pretty fast and I just notices just now that if I turn the phone off while still plugged in for charging but the charge indicator on the phone was green when it was on changed to orange to indicate charging when I turned the phone off. So maybe there is something at the software level affecting the charging process as turning the phone completely off allows me to charge even further than when the phone was on.
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I have noticed at home that when I plug it in to my Linux box (no synching of course) the charge light comes on briefly then shuts off and may come back on after about 10 seconds. I suspect in my case it may be the cable going bad but it only just started since the WM6 upgrade.
WM6 Battery Life
asfoor said:
I have experimented with 3g off al day, and only E (Edge) was displayed on top. 12 hours, 5 phone calls equal to 36 minutes total, I had 60% left on battery. Same hours, 5 Phone calls, with 3G turned on, 42 minutes of conversation, one email sent, 5 received, battery displays 90%. I believe EDGE is what consumes power and drains the battery. leave on 3G and your battery will indeed last longer.
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After a full charge yesterday afternoon I used my phone for a bit of reading an e-book for a half hour, 40 minutes listening to audio streamed via Bluetooth yesterday afternoon and another 40 minutes on the drive to work this morning and the phone is down to 50%. Wifi is disabled and I had no phone calls in that time. The only other usage is it automatically updating calendar and contacts with my exchange server but only every 4 hours ending at 6:00pm so that is not a big drain.
I have the device set to shut off the screen after 3 mins inactivity (not just backlight) but the battery drain seems to be much faster than it was with WM5. Perhaps it will straighten itself out with a few discharges and re-charges.
For ALL those people that are complaining about battery life.
Here's what I do, and I get PHENOMINAL Battery life.
There are two ways of conditioning a battery that stand out above the rest, and I combine them.
Download the battery monitor widget/app
Set it to your battery's maH in settings.
This isn't totally a needed step, but is a useful app.
Charge your phone until full.
Unplug it, turn it off, then plug it in for one hour.
Turn it on for two minutes, so it fully boots.
Turn it off, unplug it, when the light goes off, plug it back in for one hour.
That part of this is actually from HTC, on how they found the best results for charging.
Now, before you plug it in, unplug, wait for the light to go off, plug it back in.
When the light turns green, unplug it again. Repeat that step 10 times.
(It may not take 10, it may take more, but 10 is good)
While plugged in, boot to recovery, wipe your battery stats.
Then reboot to system.
A good habit to preserve battery life is to keep mobile data off, unless you need it. I used to turn wifi off, too, but lately, I leave it on.
How good is this?? I take my phone off the charger when I leave for work at 7AM, and usually, I go to bed at 11PM, when I plug it back into the charger, and it's never below 80%, unless I've been really using the phone excessively.
The other thing is, I do this, somewhat daily. I wake up, turn the phone off, so my alarm doesn't keep ringing every 15 minutes, unplug it, then not turn it back on til just before I leave, so it's getting that "treatment" at some level, every day.
For more info, read this awesome thread, from Biofall:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778466
Cool! Will have to try it.
Im constatly on my phone, on the web non stop. So no matter what I do, wont help me out haha.
3500 mAh battery
I use my phone like crazy. Monthly phone use averages 1200 minutes, plus 30 to 40 gigs of data. Until recently i had the battery that came with the phone, plus an identical sized spare. I would use both batteries up and had to keep my phone on charger to get thru my day. Battery 1 from 8a to about 2p and then battery2 from 2p about 7p.
A couple of weeks ago I bought the 3500 mAh battery which is larger is size, so i got a new backing to it. Since then I only use 1 battery, and it lasts 2 full days. End of day 1 which is about 11p battery is at 60% and then i end up charging it at the end of day 2 when the phone usually is about 10% or so. Even if i dont charge at 10% it takes about 3 to 4 hours to get to zero...(I tested it twice)...
So if you are an over user I suggest getting the battery the phone should have come with from the start
those who are still having FC errors upon clearing the calendar storage and gmail storage...
1). Go to settings>Accounts and Sync> Turn the Automatic Sync off or uncheck every option to sync.
2). Now to go to settings>applications>manage applications> Clear the storage now and also clear data in Htc Checking Service and Htc Weather
3). Turn the sync on and let the phone sync itself. The problem will be gone
Best Regards!
Awesome tips, I feel a difference already.
Wow, this is an old thread. Good job using search! +1
ok, over the last week or so ive had this issue, gradually getting worse...
my battery will charge to around 40-45% and then charging will slow right down.
two hours later, it will be on around 50% if im lucky, and about 3 more further hours before i hit 60% (this is some of the time, other times, it just remains on its current charge%)
if i leave it overnight for about 10hours or so, highest it goes to now is about 73%, but this is rare, usually 45-50%ish.
ive tested with htc ac wall charger, htc usb, blackberry charger, car charger and a random microusb wallcharger. all have same issue.
when tested with two friends desire hd's on different days, my battery charged perfectly, and at the normal gradient speed over the % range. and my phone reads it correctly at the 100%-98% when back in my phone after change back.
i thought it was down to my phone, just dont know if its rom or hardware. shud i factory restore, or claim on insurance?
i have another issue here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18480603&posted=1#post18480603
which also applies to the question of restore or insurance...
thanks
What Rom are you using, i am using runny 2.2 only 62% charge in 6 hours
9 hours later on battery only upto 68% i have amazing battery life now
i'm using runny 2.2.....left it on charge for 2 hours with phone on, but wifi and everything off and it had only gone up 2% ! !
Turned phone off and plugged in charger, 30 mins later, only went up 1% ! !
72% charge at this point.
So took it off charge, put it in my pocket, went upstairs to bed, turned it on to set alarm and it said 100% on battery....weird!!
matt
Lol this is an issue with calibration. The battery is charging but the software doesnt report it.
You have to charge the phone for as long as possible so you know it is on 100% whether the software says it or not, go into CWM, wipe the battery stats and then let the battery drain fully until it shuts down by itself. Then plug it in and leave it until you know for certain it is at 100%. If the green light comes on leave it for an additional half an hour. Then it will be fixed.
ive only recently got this handset, as last one was replaced on insurance a month or so ago, and its runuing on stock rom with latest updates....?
I bought my Xperia Arc S LT18 in April 2012. Up until now, my phone has served me well. As with most modern smartphones, the battery will start to die. And I'm in the marker for a new battery, however. Last night, I noticed my phone would not charge, so I decided to just turn the phone off and go to sleep, assuming I would have at lease some battery left. I was wrong.
My phone was dead, after much time and effort, I managed to turn my phone on and wiggle the charger around enough so it could get a connection and charge. However, the charge does not hold. It will get to around about 3-5% then just drain, as if I unplugged the USB cable. I've tried everything I can think of to try and speed up the process of charging (Offline mode, Power saver underclock (currently at 456MHz) lowest screen brightness etc.) but it will only get to about 4% charge. I get the I need a new battery but this is just ridicules.
I've ran out of options, I'm going to bed soon and I'm going to leave it on charge over night.
In case it matters I have the stock battery, used many chargers and USB cables over the time I've had my phone, using the Ultimate HD custom ROM.
Not sure if this is allowed but bumping, I'm at my wits end and I really have no clue what the next move is.
I've left it on charge all day and the problem is still occurring. Should I buy a new battery?
I've just bought one of these (See attachment, under 10 posts..)
These capchas are the worst, 5 in a row I've failed/skipped ¬_¬
Even after charging my One M8 all night when I unplug the charger, it will shut down within 10 seconds unless I connect my external battery pack in time. When I reconnect a charging supply (mains or battery pack) it will show the green battery charging image and usually around 95% charged. So it seems to recognise the charge, but the phone doesn't think it's enough to keep operating so shuts down.
Background:
I was on Sense but I flashed to GPE using the RUU.
In the last couple of months I'd had my battery pack connected a lot (Pokemon Go!) as the phone was shutting down at 20%, so I was keeping it connected to the battery pack a lot.
Is there anything I can do 'fix' the battery or would I be better off trying to install a new one?
Thanks
HTC M8 Shutting Down With 100% Battery SHowing
My phone does exactly the same thing. All the 'fixes' listed to date don't make a difference. I've noted a factory reset doesn't do it either. Has anyone found a reliable fix or is it time to trash this phone?