Nexus 7 2013 not fully charging - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

I have had my N7 for a few days now (fully rooted using Buttered AOKP ROM and ElementalX 1.8 kernel). I have a US power adaptor with a UK adaptor. I have my N7 charging all night but it doesnt seem to go all the way to 100% - it gets to about 96%. Is this a known issue? Is it worth returning/exchanging the unit?
I bought it (£170!) new from play.com.

ricostuart said:
I have had my N7 for a few days now (fully rooted using Buttered AOKP ROM and ElementalX 1.8 kernel). I have a US power adaptor with a UK adaptor. I have my N7 charging all night but it doesnt seem to go all the way to 100% - it gets to about 96%. Is this a known issue? Is it worth returning/exchanging the unit?
I bought it (£170!) new from play.com.
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It's an ElementalX feature (battery life extender). Please read about it in the appropriate thread.

Pfeffernuss said:
It's an ElementalX feature (battery life extender). Please read about it in the appropriate thread.
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Phew! Thanks so much for pointing that out. Was getting worried! Will look into the correct thread.
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ricostuart said:
I have had my N7 for a few days now (fully rooted using Buttered AOKP ROM and ElementalX 1.8 kernel). I have a US power adaptor with a UK adaptor. I have my N7 charging all night but it doesnt seem to go all the way to 100% - it gets to about 96%. Is this a known issue? Is it worth returning/exchanging the unit?
I bought it (£170!) new from play.com.
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Had this issue with CM10.2 (nightlies) and it was a pain since I didnt feel the battery extended. Was on glitch kernel. Not sure if that was the issue or the ROM itself

MartCLEANRFr said:
Not sure if that was the issue or the ROM itself
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It's a FEATURE

Pfeffernuss said:
It's a FEATURE
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I know it's a feature. -_- I just didn't feel the juice, ya dig?

MartCLEANRFr said:
I know it's a feature. -_- I just didn't feel the juice, ya dig?
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So what was the "issue" you mentioned? Not reading properly or something?

MartCLEANRFr said:
I didnt feel the battery extended.
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It's not a feature to extend the battery life of the device as in how many hours you can use it off the grid. It is a feature to extend the battery life as in how many charge cycles is the battery gonna last. It has been shown that if you drain a battery fully and recharge it to 100%, you put more strain on it than if you let it drain to 20% and charge it to 80%, that way you increase the usable charge cycles by a lot. That's what that feature is supposed to do.

My n7 has not been charging fully either. I am using the stock charger and I'm running PAC ROM for about 2 months but this just started happening. Idk why. This picture is after I had my tablet plugged in all night while charging
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how long does it take you to charge your battery?

mine usually takes 3 hours.
the thing is if i touch it and turn the screen on and use it for awhile, i notice that my battery % isnt going up. it just stays to the % where i start using it, even for 30 mins.
Justinhopaolo said:
mine usually takes 3 hours.
the thing is if i touch it and turn the screen on and use it for awhile, i notice that my battery % isnt going up. it just stays to the % where i start using it, even for 30 mins.
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I read your thread earlier and let my phone shut down by itself then charge it while it is turned on and most of the time DayDream is also on. It is about 1 hour and 50 minutes to be fully charged. I do not remember it ever exceeded 2 hours unless I am playing a heavy game while charging.
I am running my own AOSP ROM and trinity kernel alpha 7.
A similar thing happened with me when I had my S II. The percentage holds and does not increase, but if I reboot the phone then it shows that it was really charging. For example if it stopped on 45% for some time, then after reboot it may show something like 75% immediately. I think it was a ROM or kernel problem, so try another combination and see if your problem is fixed.
Hope this helps
ahmadallica said:
I read your thread earlier and let my phone shut down by itself then charge it while it is turned on and most of the time DayDream is also on. It is about 1 hour and 50 minutes to be fully charged. I do not remember it ever exceeded 2 hours unless I am playing a heavy game while charging.
I am running my own AOSP ROM and trinity kernel alpha 7.
A similar thing happened with me when I had my S II. The percentage holds and does not increase, but if I reboot the phone then it shows that it was really charging. For example if it stopped on 45% for some time, then after reboot it may show something like 75% immediately. I think it was a ROM or kernel problem, so try another combination and see if your problem is fixed.
Hope this helps
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I experienced 20% jumping to 41% when charging once.
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Justinhopaolo said:
I experienced 20% jumping to 41% when charging once.
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Sorry I don't get your point.
As I mentioned, my problem was related to ROM and kernel on my S II, so maybe you would like to use another ROM and kernel then check if this problem is fixed
ahmadallica said:
Sorry I don't get your point.
As I mentioned, my problem was related to ROM and kernel on my S II, so maybe you would like to use another ROM and kernel then check if this problem is fixed
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I've used differnt Roms but still the sloe charging persists. Battery isn't event moving when the screen is on
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Justinhopaolo said:
I've used differnt Roms but still the sloe charging persists. Battery isn't event moving when the screen is on
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If you do a full wipe (system, factory reset, cache, and dalvik) and install a fresh ROM, does the slow charging and inaccurate percentage exist as well?
Justinhopaolo said:
I've used differnt Roms but still the sloe charging persists. Battery isn't event moving when the screen is on
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Is it a problem with the charger? If it's a third-party charger, maybe it doesn't deliver enough juice. If it's the mfg's charger that came with the phone then maybe it's dying on you.
Doesn't anybody use math? The stock battery (1750mah) will charge in just under 2 hours on a 1A wall charger assuming you leave it alone to charge.

How long to full charge from 0?

how long it takes to fully charge the N7 from 5-10% battery ? anyone tried?
Speedy Gonzalez said:
how long it takes to fully charge the N7 from 5-10% battery ? anyone tried?
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I charged it from 38% and it took about 1.5 to 2 hours. It has an upgraded S4 Pro like the Nexus 4, so I assume it has the quickcharge part of the SoC that the Nexus 4 has.
bryctucker said:
I charged it from 38% and it took about 1.5 to 2 hours. It has an upgraded S4 Pro like the Nexus 4, so I assume it has the quickcharge part of the SoC that the Nexus 4 has.
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thanks that's good info so it may take like 3 hours from 5%
From 0-99% it took 2:45min or so for me
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IRX120 said:
From 0-99% it took 2:45min or so for me
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Thanks thats perfect close to my note 2 charging times
I picked up my Nexus 7 yesterday. It is completly stock and I use the stock charger and cable. It charges very very slow. Like 30% in 2 hours.
Do you guys think this is a warranty issue?
Notarzt23 said:
I picked up my Nexus 7 yesterday. It is completly stock and I use the stock charger and cable. It charges very very slow. Like 30% in 2 hours.
Do you guys think this is a warranty issue?
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I'd say it's some kind of issue. I get better than double that speed charging with the included cable. Might want to see about swapping that for a different one.
RagManX said:
I'd say it's some kind of issue. I get better than double that speed charging with the included cable. Might want to see about swapping that for a different one.
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Hmm right now I am trying my phone charger and it loaded 15% in 45 minutes. That is really slow in my opinion. I think I will go to best buy and get a replacement unit...
Notarzt23 said:
Hmm right now I am trying my phone charger and it loaded 15% in 45 minutes. That is really slow in my opinion. I think I will go to best buy and get a replacement unit...
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nah, unit is ok. change your cable. I'm using one from my ol' Desire, and I get charged from around 15-20 to 100% in 3 hours or so. Even faster if i shutdown my n7.2.

[Q] N900T Extremely Slow to Charge- Tips?

Hello,
I bought a gently used N900T a few days ago. The device is awesome and works perfectly, except for one thing. Charging the phone with the Samsung charging cable+ac adapter takes longer than forever. It charges at a rate of approximately 8-9% per hour.
A few notes:
Device on, device off, it doesn't matter. It charges at the same slow rate.
The battery itself, once it charges, holds that charge very well.
The slow charging happened both when I was on the stock rom and on my current Slim Rom.
I have ordered a new charger and a new battery. If the slow charging persists with these new accessories, am I doomed? Is the slow charging a known issue for the Note 3? Besides the new equipment, does anyone have any advice on how to solve this?
Thanks so much!
JJ2525 said:
Hello,
I bought a gently used N900T a few days ago. The device is awesome and works perfectly, except for one thing. Charging the phone with the Samsung charging cable+ac adapter takes longer than forever. It charges at a rate of approximately 8-9% per hour.
A few notes:
Device on, device off, it doesn't matter. It charges at the same slow rate.
The battery itself, once it charges, holds that charge very well.
The slow charging happened both when I was on the stock rom and on my current Slim Rom.
I have ordered a new charger and a new battery. If the slow charging persists with these new accessories, am I doomed? Is the slow charging a known issue for the Note 3? Besides the new equipment, does anyone have any advice on how to solve this?
Thanks so much!
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Rooted? What kernel? Is fast charge supported?
TWEAKED N3
BACARDILIMON said:
Rooted? What kernel? Is fast charge supported?
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Rooted running Slim Rom v8 and LeanKernel 1.2. I'm unsure if a fast charge feature is supported.
Dude this phone charges pretty fast without any roms or mods. ..it charges fast out of the box. .. Are you using the charger that comes with...correct me if I'm wrong but I think the charger that Came with this is usb 3.0....not your regular usb charger. ..
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mlock420 said:
Dude this phone charges pretty fast without any roms or mods. ..it charges fast out of the box. .. Are you using the charger that comes with...correct me if I'm wrong but I think the charger that Came with this is usb 3.0....not your regular usb charger. ..
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I am using a genuine Samsung Note 3 charger. The replacement coming is another genuine Samsung Note 3 charger. I'm sincerely hoping the one I have now has a cable problem or something. I really, really like the phone but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen a similar story or knows of a possible solution in the case that the new charger+battery do not work.
JJ2525 said:
I am using a genuine Samsung Note 3 charger. The replacement coming is another genuine Samsung Note 3 charger. I'm sincerely hoping the one I have now has a cable problem or something. I really, really like the phone but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen a similar story or knows of a possible solution in the case that the new charger+battery do not work.
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Swap to any other kernel and test it out.
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BACARDILIMON said:
Swap to any other kernel and test it out.
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As I noted, the slow charging happened on both stock rom+kernel as well as custom roms.
JJ2525 said:
As I noted, the slow charging happened on both stock rom+kernel as well as custom roms.
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So this has been doing it from day one. On your white wall charger how many amps does it say.
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It is a genuine Note 3 2 amp charger.
Lol damn 8% an hour? Sounds like mine kinda except it charges like 20% an hour it used to charge so slow. The ROM I'm running took some stabilising
chuko303 said:
Lol damn 8% an hour? Sounds like mine kinda except it charges like 20% an hour it used to charge so slow. The ROM I'm running took some stabilising
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Well I have to be honest from dead it takes about 2.5hrs to get back to 100. On stock.using the wall charger with 2amps. When he gets his new charger he should be good or a good kernel swap. Either way it should come back to normal
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I got a new charger and it's still charging at the same slow pace. What could possibly be wrong with my phone? The battery holds a charge, the phone works near flawlessly. I'm dumbfounded.
JJ2525 said:
I got a new charger and it's still charging at the same slow pace. What could possibly be wrong with my phone? The battery holds a charge, the phone works near flawlessly. I'm dumbfounded.
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You gonna have to do testing or replace phone. Me I would change kernel just cause it takes 2 seconds. Let it ride a day if no change then a factory refresh. You have checked that no app is killing phone as fast as it charges right?
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Edit. I was just on his thread and a few guys having issues with either bad batter. UV/ oc .try a different ROM and kernel. Fresh install meaning Odin back to stock and start all over. Sorry good luck
As weird as this sounds, I tried the charger in a different outlet in my home and it works a lot better. The battery charges quite fast from any level to about 96%, then starts crawling again to 97, 98 and stops at 98. I opened battery calibration, which shows the battery at 96% and 4337mv, which is the same mv level as 100% normally if memory serves me correctly. So I'm thinking the battery is "full", but for some reason won't go to 100% without a fight. Perhaps if I clear my cache+dalvik cache? Any other suggestions?
JJ2525 said:
As weird as this sounds, I tried the charger in a different outlet in my home and it works a lot better. The battery charges quite fast from any level to about 96%, then starts crawling again to 97, 98 and stops at 98. I opened battery calibration, which shows the battery at 96% and 4337mv, which is the same mv level as 100% normally if memory serves me correctly. So I'm thinking the battery is "full", but for some reason won't go to 100% without a fight. Perhaps if I clear my cache+dalvik cache? Any other suggestions?
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ROM toolbox Pro has a script to reset battery stats.
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Can someone give me link to odin back to stock please
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What was wrong with mine it was the charger. The usb wasn't connected all the way in the AC therefore was only charging like it would through computer as soon as I fixed it with a blow of air and a gentle push it right away started charging AC phone charged in 2 hours
I could be wrong but I noticed my charging is slower when I stick my charger into a surge protector power bar as opposed to a standard wall outlet.
Mine was the charging cable I used a regular USB charger cable and it charge fast
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[Q] Tab Pro 8.4 with Cyanogenmod. Battery life is horrible!

A couple of weeks ago I got Cyanogenmod on my Tab, from that point the battery life has been horrible, the battery percentage goes down by the minute and it goes down when I'm using it while charging too! This is a huge problem for me because I'm always using my Tab Pro. I want to know why this happens and if I can fix it.
CrafterSheep said:
A couple of weeks ago I got Cyanogenmod on my Tab, from that point the battery life has been horrible, the battery percentage goes down by the minute and it goes down when I'm using it while charging too! This is a huge problem for me because I'm always using my Tab Pro. I want to know why this happens and if I can fix it.
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Are you also having erratic charging cycles too? When it's charging does it jump in large increments?
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Are you also having erratic charging cycles too? When it's charging does it jump in large increments?
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No, I didn't notice anything like that.
CrafterSheep said:
No, I didn't notice anything like that.
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Take a look at your charging cycles .... make sure you aren't seeing what a bunch of other have been seeing. what does your usage graph look like?
dottat said:
Take a look at your charging cycles .... make sure you aren't seeing what a bunch of other have been seeing. what does your usage graph look like?
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Here's a picture.
CrafterSheep said:
Here's a picture.
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Do you really have the screen on that entire time?
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Do you really have the screen on that entire time?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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7 hours and 52 minutes correct?
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7 hours and 52 minutes correct?
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Yup.
CrafterSheep said:
Yup.
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Are you charging it with the stock charger a d have you tried a different 2 amp charger?
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Are you charging it with the stock charger a d have you tried a different 2 amp charger?
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I am using a different charger because the stock one stopped working.
CrafterSheep said:
I am using a different charger because the stock one stopped working.
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Ok....do you have another 2amp charger and usb cable to try?
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Ok....do you have another 2amp charger and usb cable to try?
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Nope.
A few things to check.
You really do need the 2.1A charger, not a 1.5A charger, if you hope to charge while running.
Ensure under Settings - WiFi - Advanced that "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" is off.
Ensure same area "Scanning always available" is off.
CM seems to have a problem with Exchange servers, so if you're syncing to Exchange, change from push to polled.
Wotta said:
A few things to check.
You really do need the 2.1A charger, not a 1.5A charger, if you hope to charge while running.
Ensure under Settings - WiFi - Advanced that "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" is off.
Ensure same area "Scanning always available" is off.
CM seems to have a problem with Exchange servers, so if you're syncing to Exchange, change from push to polled.
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Done. All I need now it to buy a new charger.
If you are still having problems go to stock rom. If you want to keep CM then get a custom rom

Charging Troblems

Samsung Galaxy tab 3 7" SM-T210R. Recently my tablet has been having problems charging. Like when I plug it it it takes forever to charge. Before I could use it and it would also charge. Now when I charge it and use it, it stays at the percentage it was at when it began charging. Sometimes when I unplug it, it'll be lower than before. When I put it on charge over night (6hours) it'll get to 100%. I'm still using the original charger that came with the tablet. Any help would be thanked.
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deltonb44 said:
Samsung Galaxy tab 3 7" SM-T210R. Recently my tablet has been having problems charging. Like when I plug it it it takes forever to charge. Before I could use it and it would also charge. Now when I charge it and use it, it stays at the percentage it was at when it began charging. Sometimes when I unplug it, it'll be lower than before. When I put it on charge over night (6hours) it'll get to 100%. I'm still using the original charger that came with the tablet. Any help would be thanked.
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Me too
Exactly have the same problem, I'd like to ask first, are you rooted? What rom are you using? Because that could be the issue, I'm rooted and I'm using nolekat rom. It takes me 10 hrs or more to fully charge and it drains half the time fast. The percentage on the battery jumps higher then goes lower and it decreases while I'm charging and using it and I'm not doing anything heavy. I already tried using the battery calibration app which most people recommend to troubleshoot first, it didn't work for me. I suggest that you try calibrating first and if it doesn't work, reflash your current rom if you're rooted, if you aren't, it could be your charger and I also know my charger isn't faulty. Last thing I'll suggest is try manually removing your battery for 5mins then put it back in. I haven't tried that yet, I need the tools still. Hope this helps and let me know what you've done.
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I had a similar problem... Used the Battery Doctor app to figure out that some components were running all the time..
Just reflashed it with same rom and problem is now gone.
rajmisc said:
I had a similar problem... Used the Battery Doctor app to figure out that some components were running all the time..
Just reflashed it with same rom and problem is now gone.
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thank you very much. installing the battery doctor app does in fact help it charge faster!
steelbrachen said:
Exactly have the same problem, I'd like to ask first, are you rooted? What rom are you using? Because that could be the issue, I'm rooted and I'm using nolekat rom. It takes me 10 hrs or more to fully charge and it drains half the time fast. The percentage on the battery jumps higher then goes lower and it decreases while I'm charging and using it and I'm not doing anything heavy. I already tried using the battery calibration app which most people recommend to troubleshoot first, it didn't work for me. I suggest that you try calibrating first and if it doesn't work, reflash your current rom if you're rooted, if you aren't, it could be your charger and I also know my charger isn't faulty. Last thing I'll suggest is try manually removing your battery for 5mins then put it back in. I haven't tried that yet, I need the tools still. Hope this helps and let me know what you've done.
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thanks for the advice. I recently removed the rom i was running. it helped Thank you very much. I also removed my battery by opening my device with the back end of a knife it you do it gently it really doesnt scratch your device plus if you have a case/skin you can't see the part where you wedge the knife. Thank you !
Did you all get a Refurbished tab? I ask because I was just about to get one.... But not if they all have battery trouble.
Tquarter said:
Did you all get a Refurbished tab? I ask because I was just about to get one.... But not if they all have battery trouble.
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mines brand new out of the box. The charging problem came with the custom rom somehow
calibrate it
Download q battery calibrator from google play let it charge to 100 then calibrate it

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