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HTC Desire Shuts Down at 30% Battery

I need help. My HTC Desire keeps shutting down automatically at 30% battery life. And when I power it back on, it stays on for a while then automatically shuts down again. The same happens when I havent fully charged it and its still in the charger.
It does the same with both my batteries.Is this a fault or a type of security feature? Is there a way around It?

definite fault - have you flashed it or is it the stock rom ?
either way, it's not a 'feature'

I'd be seriously pissed off if that was a security feature.
Are you rooted?
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ErwinSprangers said:
I need help. My HTC Desire keeps shutting down automatically at 30% battery life. And when I power it back on, it stays on for a while then automatically shuts down again. The same happens when I havent fully charged it and its still in the charger.
It does the same with both my batteries.Is this a fault or a type of security feature? Is there a way around It?
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If you're rooted with ClockWork, go into advanced menu and reset battery data.
Seems to me that the info regarding battery usage, cycles etc has been corrupted.
Could be because you're changing batteries.

I might have experience similar issues. Last week my battery was approx 30% when my desire suddenly shut down.
After a while I was able to boot into Android but it immediatly shut down again because of the low battery.
If it happens again tomorrow, I'll try wiping battery stats.
Please report back if you find a solution.

Hello!
It is the same for my Desire. It also goes off with 20 or 30% power left.
I have a rooted device. I wiped battery statistics via recovery and as a result - now Desire shuts at 30% (but before it happened at 20%)
I am using Modaco r3.1-bravo-desire-modacocustomrom-withadditions-a2sd+
This is really weird.....
Any thoughts or recommendations?
Guys, which rom are you using in your devices?

Had no issues on r3.1 MoDaCo but I'm using my own ROM (check sig for link) now and haven't experienced a single problem with the battery.

wipe your battery data and fully charge your device from ... (dont know how to say on english,sorry ) - i mean, not by USB cable.

shoonari said:
wipe your battery data and fully charge your device from ... (dont know how to say on english,sorry ) - i mean, not by USB cable.
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wall charger

Full charge with the device powered off.
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Last week I wallcharged when the device was off and I was able to drain it down to 16%.
So it's good.

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Full charge with the device powered off.
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Thank you for advice! Will definitely try.

Any luck with this? I've ran juice plotter and watched my battery drain from 23% to 0 in 10 minutes.
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Shutting down at higher than, say, 1-3%, means that either the battery has defective cells (not sure how likely that is here - only seen it on laptop batteries) or the meter isn't calibrated properly. Most of 'em recalibrate once they've hit empty, so if it's the latter, it should theoretically resolve itself. Anyone know if there's a possibility to recalibrate the meter on Android (full charge, full discharge and then full charge)?

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That is really weird!
Once I charged Desire (when it was switched off) with the wall charger - I was able to work till 7%. I was happy and thought that the problem has been solved.
But I was too fast!!! Yesterday Desire switched off again at 27%.
Totally frustrated.....

Weird problem ain't it. I managed to charge up my phone to about 15% after it died and it slowly died like it would normally
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I guess to rule out software you should clear the battery info. Do a full charge (some say with phone off), do a full discharge and then a full charge again.
A full charge-discharge-charge cycle should, at least in theory, make sure the software knows what's up.
And to be sure, use your battery in another Desire if possible. If that one shows the same behaviour with your battery (and obviously shouldn't have any troubles before) it must be something with the battery.
Or! Just start nagging at HTC and get yourself a new battery with some nice social engineering

on earlier ROMS(custom as well as stock) my desire used to shut down at 14-15%
but with insertcoin 1.14 its shutting down at 25-30%.....real pain int he ass
I have also calibrated the battery by emptying it and wall charging but no luck..
any solution guys?

why people dont think that this is a real problem im trying to search for a solution from more than 1 year but there is no permanent solution ,,,, many phones have this problem ,,, !!!!!!!!!!! very strange

Use usb connection with pc to charge your phone: it's long time but the best way
Try to delete battery stat from recovery also

[Q] desire battery not charging

Ok so I installed a Gingerbread ROM (Oxygen's) which was great, but then after a few moments my Desire is stuck at charging at 50%. I flashed a different ROM but it made no difference. It has been 3 hours since I plugged it in and it is still at 50% Any ideas?

Try to wipe battery stats in CWM. If it doesn't work, try another battery and see if the problem stays.
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I have the same problem! my bro baught a new htc desire...he fully charge it but the battery doesn't charge above 50%. Also no matter for how long you leave it charging the led never becomes green. Lucky for him i have the same phone...rooted i put his battery in mine, wiped battery stats and now i put it charging...i'll let you know what will happen...
P.S.: HIS desire With MY battery shows AND charging my battery to 100%. So i think the battery is dead and i will send it back....
anyway i will let you know what happens!

Update : New battery using the GUARANTEE...and firmware update...the battery was dead...

[Q] Desire turns off at 10%

Everytime my phone reaches 10%, the phone will shut down itself and it won't turn on again.
i have tried bump charging and calibrating the battery but still without success... anyone got any soulutions other then buying a new battery?
thanks.

Try this: fully charge the phone then let the battery drain completely, until the phone shuts down. Plug the phone into the wall charger, let it charge for a minute or so then turn the phone on while still plugged into the charger and let it charge completely. After a full (100%) charge, the battery indicator should be precise.
I've noticed that if i restart the phone of plug it in after charging, the battery indicator will show an extra 10%, so that's the main reason for the shutdown at or a little below 10%.
This operation should be repeated once a month, just to keep the battery and the battery stats fresh.
Don't wipe battery stats and don't try any other calibration tweaks. They might damage the battery. There are some people here complaining about that.
If the phone still shuts down at 10% after the above-indicated trick, then your battery might be old and in need of replacing, but i wouldn't replace it just because of a 10% indicator error if it can still hold a proper charge.

I have the same problem. I also calibrated my batterie and everything but it still turns off at ~10%.
But since I know that, it's not really a problem

Its always turned off at ~15% for me. I accepted that this was normal. I've seen a lot of posts around but no one seems to of found a proper solution. I actually doubt that there is a proper solution to this.
Punched in..

snq's kernel? I take it is normal with it as none of the GB sense rom managed to come even near the 1-2%. A bug with the kernel probably.
Flashed Oxygen last week - bam, phone turns off at 1%. No calibration was needed even .

Every time this happens to me I charge it 100% then I reset battery stats. Then let it discharge threw normal use then give it a proper charge, plugged into wall charger, not PC.....! And once its 100% ignore green light check it says 100% on the top bar then I unplug. Its normally always sorted then. But I have had to repeat twice in the past.
I also agree about kernal, often after updates it goes bonkers, and I'm on miui, lots of updates
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Mine also used to turn off at ~14%. After using a battery calibrator, i could push it down to 7%. However, on the other "side" of the scale, it goes down qute quickly from 100% to ~92%. All this on GV2.8, and the unofficial ManU kernel 2.1.1.
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Just wipe battery stats in recovery after full discharge if you changed ROM, and then let it charge to 100%.

Used the battery calibrator app (for nexus one) with detailed instructions. Now batt lifeis awesome, turns off at 3%.
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This works great for my Desire, and it turns of at 1%
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1240494
Hope it helps!

I had the same issue on my stock Telstra branded rom. Since changing to cyanogenmod it hasn't happened since.
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darwin567 said:
This works great for my Desire, and it turns of at 1%
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1240494
Hope it helps!
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Did the thread move or die, or is the link just wrong?

Charging issue that is not being found in google NOT rom related

I have a rooted 0003 Evo that runs many different roms- miui to bliss sense 3.5. It has amon ra 2.3 and the original hboot. it is completely rooted with s-off.
Now my issue... a few days ago I woke up with my phone on the charger but it completely dead. I had been running cm7 nightlies for about a month and always woke up with 80-85 % with it off of the charger. I thought maybe a nightly messed me up so thought it would be a good time to start flashing again, well it is not the rom. The thing I noticed was that when it is plugged into the htc wall charger (other chargers do not charge at all for me, no light or anything) it will say charging : AC but then switch to USB. I can not figure out why this is happening. It has now become impossible to use the phone when plugged in it drains faster then it can charge. I did find a wake lock issue but that now seems to be fixed. This morning I managed to get it to read 100% but it dropped to 71% within 10 minutes. I am now clueless so if anyone has any ideas let me know it would be appreciated. it battery monitor I also noticed that my "current" goes from red 20mah to green 260 mah but I am not a electrician and have no idea what these numbers mean
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the phone says the battery is good and this was a sudden problem, like perfect battery performance with heavy use then just dead. I will need to go purchase a cradle. I am really hoping it is not the port. the thing that has me really confused is the switching from AC charge to USB charge without the phone even being moved.

Your battery is probably old and dying out due to age or sbc kernel? . Try a new battery or charge your current battery on an external cartridge. (Seperate wall charger)
I'm not too experienced with batteries but that is the process I will try out
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kpost said:
I have a rooted 0003 Evo that runs many different roms- miui to bliss sense 3.5. It has amon ra 2.3 and the original hboot. it is completely rooted with s-off.
Now my issue... a few days ago I woke up with my phone on the charger but it completely dead. I had been running cm7 nightlies for about a month and always woke up with 80-85 % with it off of the charger. I thought maybe a nightly messed me up so thought it would be a good time to start flashing again, well it is not the rom. The thing I noticed was that when it is plugged into the htc wall charger (other chargers do not charge at all for me, no light or anything) it will say charging : AC but then switch to USB. I can not figure out why this is happening. It has now become impossible to use the phone when plugged in it drains faster then it can charge. I did find a wake lock issue but that now seems to be fixed. This morning I managed to get it to read 100% but it dropped to 71% within 10 minutes. I am now clueless so if anyone has any ideas let me know it would be appreciated. it battery monitor I also noticed that my "current" goes from red 20mah to green 260 mah but I am not a electrician and have no idea what these numbers mean
I'm willing to bet that it's possibly your battery. Sounds to me like it just can't hold the charge correctly. The red and green numbers in BMW represent a drain or a charge. If you're at a red 20MAH (Milliamps/hour) then it's only draining at 20mah and that's nothing at all. Mine usually avgs a steady 51 throughout the day minus the times I'm checking something and I get my 8 hours just fine. I've used SBC kernels for a long time and mine doesn't do that kind of stuff or show any fatigue or damage from it. If you have a spare HTC Hero the batteries are the same. If not you COULD bring it to a sprint store and have them check it.
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kpost said:
I have a rooted 0003 Evo that runs many different roms- miui to bliss sense 3.5. It has amon ra 2.3 and the original hboot. it is completely rooted with s-off.
Now my issue... a few days ago I woke up with my phone on the charger but it completely dead. I had been running cm7 nightlies for about a month and always woke up with 80-85 % with it off of the charger. I thought maybe a nightly messed me up so thought it would be a good time to start flashing again, well it is not the rom. The thing I noticed was that when it is plugged into the htc wall charger (other chargers do not charge at all for me, no light or anything) it will say charging : AC but then switch to USB. I can not figure out why this is happening. It has now become impossible to use the phone when plugged in it drains faster then it can charge. I did find a wake lock issue but that now seems to be fixed. This morning I managed to get it to read 100% but it dropped to 71% within 10 minutes. I am now clueless so if anyone has any ideas let me know it would be appreciated. it battery monitor I also noticed that my "current" goes from red 20mah to green 260 mah but I am not a electrician and have no idea what these numbers mean
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the phone says the battery is good and this was a sudden problem, like perfect battery performance with heavy use then just dead. I will need to go purchase a cradle. I am really hoping it is not the port. the thing that has me really confused is the switching from AC charge to USB charge without the phone even being moved.
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My wife and I had the same problem with our evo. We found out that it was the cheap aftermarket chargers that messed our phones up. I had to get a replacement. She is due for an upgrade so she will wait in the meantime she uses a battery cradle to charge hers. She is waiting for the I phone 5.
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Thanks for the replys, I was just hoping for it to be user error. I do only use the htc wall charger. It was so sudden, I believe that is what was the most shocking.
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desire charging at 99%

Hey guys,
I read all the solutions but none of them works (somebody just says to reboot the phone, somebody says that it needs a charging cyrcles etc).
I have myd esire that stops charging at 99%.
If I unplug the AC (after like 12 hours), and then I replug it again, it finishes charging at 100%.
is there something I can do?

Had you done the wipe battery states already or you hadn't done it?
Swype is ruining my life!! :|
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Alien2653 said:
Had you done the wipe battery states already or you hasn't done it?
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Time for some myth debunking I see.

Hey !
Actually, the charging process of most devices is to fully charge the battery up to 100%, and then to let it be discharged as if it were disconnected down to 90%, then charge it again back to 100%, and then let it discharge to 90% and so on...
This system allows to preseve the battery's lifetime because li-ion cells (and cells in general) don't like to be charging even at 100%

there is DEFINITELY something wrong with my phone: I had the battery at 28% (I read the percentage with battery calibrator), and now, after 1 hour, is at 35% :O

Charging a battery is obviously a chemical reaction - if you unplug it, the reaction stops, plug it in and it restarts.
Meaning:
If your phone stops charging at 99 % the chip on the battery reports its fully charged. If you un- and replug it the process starts again and the battery needs some time to send a fully charged report. If you check your battery the its somewhere between 98 and 103 % of the rated capacitance your battery is fine.
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there is DEFINITELY something wrong with my phone: I had the battery at 28% (I read the percentage with battery calibrator), and now, after 1 hour, is at 35% :O
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Delete your battery stats, charge it an entire night. Do you use the genuine charger? If the battery is still not fully charged then its most likely the battery. If it charges to 100% - but very slowly - its your phone or the charger.

Enendil said:
Delete your battery stats, charge it an entire night. Do you use the genuine charger? If the battery is still not fully charged then its most likely the battery. If it charges to 100% - but very slowly - its your phone or the charger.
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I deled the battery stats yesterday night, but nothing changed.
the battery is genuine and new!and by new I mean that I bought it two days ago...
I don't use the geuine charger, I have the USB on the wall, why?

Try charging from a PC usb port instead of a wall charger. I only have anecdotal evidence, but I find that the battery lasts better when charged slowly from my PC than when charged while plugged into the wall (true for my Sony X8, also appears to be true for my Desire which I've had for less time). It takes probably 5 times longer to charge on a PC vs. the wall plug which I assume has something to do with it.

If you're on rooted sense rom, there are kernels which support USB fastcharge.
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erklat said:
If you're on rooted sense rom, there are kernels which support USB fastcharge.
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checkout Droidzone
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erklat said:
If you're on rooted sense rom, there are kernels which support USB fastcharge.
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Sorry I'm a noob. Wut is dat ?