Hey all,
I have done some searching around here and on the web but have not found anything (with a solution at least) similar to my problem. First off, here are the details on my phone:
SGH-I747M Galaxy S3 unlocked on Telus
Rooted on stock ROM
Running JB 4.3
Currently have CWM 5.5.3.7 installed
Now the problem:
My phone does not seem to enjoy extended batteries. I have attempted a few replacement batteries from battdepot.ca (their replacement is a 3.7V 2300mAh) and two of the Hyperion 2200mAh 3.7V replacements all with the same issue. I have sent the batteries back and had them tested and even had new ones sent to me and still the same thing happens so I am certain it is my phone. I have had this issue since before I rooted the phone and was on JB 4.1.2.
I charge the battery overnight every night and it usually says 100% in the morning. When I unplug the phone the battery percentage immediately drops down to 88%. When I get to work about 45mins later and look at the phone, the battery is usually around 94% (it always creeps up slowly to a max of 94% after unplugging it). If I plug the phone in at work it will go up and down between 96ish% and 84% but will not go back up to 100% unless I leave it charging for the whole work day... mostly it will then just hang around the 85% mark. Most times I still get pretty decent usage but other times the battery percentage will drop from 94% down to 15% and below.
I have tried "calibrating" the batteries to no avail. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a way to fix it? I only have this issue with batteries above the stock 2100mAh.
Any help is much appreciated!
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Something I've discovered recently, and I am not sure I can explain it properly, but here goes...
I am running SRF 1.1.1, I don't believe this is the cause of the problem, but probably something that should be stated.
So running SRF1.1.1, I usually get wonderful battery life. I typically use an external charger and swap out batteries when they get to around 10-15%. This has worked well for me.. For the past few days I got lazy, and just plugged my phone in and left it on my desk to charge, no problem. When the battery is fully charged and I unplug it from the charger, I noticed it was rapidly draining.... I am aware that often when charging via the phone the battery immediately drops to 96% when removed from the charger. So this is normal, but I've noticed that after unplugging from the charger I lose about 10% per hour, when normally it may be 1-2% depending on usage.
To remedy this problem, rebooting seems to fix this issue. I have also had success with the airplane mode toogle. I don't see any odd usages showing up in spare parts, but is there any other way I can test this theory?
Thanks!!
Edit: Wanted to add, that this only seems to happen when using the charger cable with the phone. Swapping batteries does not seem to produce this issue. It is only when the phone is removed from the charger.
I haven't calibrated by battery lately and thats exactly what mine does too, I would stick to the external charger because our phones charge excruciatingly slow unless off. Try calibrating by charging to full while on then turn it off and let it charge more and repeat that a couple times then boot into cwm go to advanced and clear batt stats
Is there an advantage to calibrating a battery if it is not being charged in the phone?
This is the TWS bug mixed with no battery calibration.
socos25 said:
Something I've discovered recently, and I am not sure I can explain it properly, but here goes...
I am running SRF 1.1.1, I don't believe this is the cause of the problem, but probably something that should be stated.
So running SRF1.1.1, I usually get wonderful battery life. I typically use an external charger and swap out batteries when they get to around 10-15%. This has worked well for me.. For the past few days I got lazy, and just plugged my phone in and left it on my desk to charge, no problem. When the battery is fully charged and I unplug it from the charger, I noticed it was rapidly draining.... I am aware that often when charging via the phone the battery immediately drops to 96% when removed from the charger. So this is normal, but I've noticed that after unplugging from the charger I lose about 10% per hour, when normally it may be 1-2% depending on usage.
To remedy this problem, rebooting seems to fix this issue. I have also had success with the airplane mode toogle. I don't see any odd usages showing up in spare parts, but is there any other way I can test this theory?
Thanks!!
Edit: Wanted to add, that this only seems to happen when using the charger cable with the phone. Swapping batteries does not seem to produce this issue. It is only when the phone is removed from the charger.
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similar to what i have been experiencing. i enjoyed great battery life with srf 1.1.0. have a 3500mAh battery that i used to get about 48 hours out of, but now it is averaging around 25-30. i do not have anything but the stock battery to swap with, so i do put it on the charger nightly now. i was planning to recalibrate the battery tonight to see if that cleared things up.
what would be a way to fix the tws bug?
I have noticed this too. It seems to srf seems to not like my extended battery. I am lucky I get a day out of it. I some times will plug it into one of my work computers just to bring the charge up a little and it starts flashing red and discharging this is only on my extended battery not the 2 stock ones I have. I have even tried different kernals to see if that was issue it isn't.
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in looking at battery usage in >settings>about phone>battery use>cell standby i see usually 0-5% tws.
one thing i have noticed, though have not tested is that the screen appears brighter, even at the minimum setting than what i remember from srf 1.1.0
So after some time I've been battling with my battery life through the day. Few months back it was great, Id easily get a day no problem! Then I found I had a wakelock issue and had that fixed.
I now suddenly have almost multiple things going on at once but first a small back story.
Went to bed one night and had it plugged into the wall. Went to bed at 60% and woke up and my phone was down to 6%. I thought, well the usb port is bad or the cable. Took it into the sprint store, they of course say "it looks like its charging just fine, the light is coming on" (the light was on during the night too).
They checked the battery and they said it was bad. Im wanting to take it to another store and have them check, because either: they didnt want to replace me with a new phone or replace the usb port if thats bad.
1) Bad battery- in a matter of 30minutes (during my lunch break at work) my battery dropped from 63% to 14%- only used 3g for facebook and sent 2 text messages. And my phone is undervolted and underclocked
2) Possible bad usb port- I plug my phone in all day at work, and 90% of the time the screen is off. The % of the battery doesnt increase, but maybe decreases slightly (I have data and everything turned off while at work because I get no data signal).
3) wakelock- so suddenly I'm getting a huge percentage of system usage of 54% in my battery stats. A few months back it was maybe 1%? I flashed the .img that sets the wimax, PRI, NV, etc to what fixed the issue back then. Im just confused how this has come back now when I havent even updated anything related only my rom (MIUI 1.8.26).
So I've ordered 2 2000mah batteries off ebay- I wasnt going to pay $40 from a battery story across from the sprint store (as they didnt have any stock, only extended batteries).
If anyone has had a similar experience, or would know what is the culprit would love to get feedback. Hopefully I can get this fixed soon. Maybe just a trial and error.
Something really strange just happened. I checked my phone just now and the battery is at 98% and just maybe 30minutes earlier it shut off because of low battery
What I explained before about using my phone on my lunch break was only 2 hours ago and showed 16%.
I always wipe my battery states when I update my ROM or install a new kernal.
tlxxxsracer said:
Something really strange just happened. I checked my phone just now and the battery is at 98% and just maybe 30minutes earlier it shut off because of low battery
What I explained before about using my phone on my lunch break was only 2 hours ago and showed 16%.
I always wipe my battery states when I update my ROM or install a new kernal.
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Don't wipe battery stats if you don't have a full battery, it'll keep your battery from charging fully.
It may be the battery, but since you're getting new batteries you'll know then. If you didn't get an external charger, I'd suggest doing so. That way you can guarantee that your extended batteries get a full charge, and you can switch out a dead battery with a fully charged one if you keep having problems. The usb port on the Evo is crappy anyway, but if the light comes on and stays on & you can transfer data through the usb port then I doubt that's the problem.
It could be hardware failure, but wait until you get a new battery and have properly calibrated to come to that conclusion.
In the meantime download Battery Monitor Widget, that should show you your true battery capacity even if the system will not. You don't have to use the widget, you can just open the app. Once you see that your battery is fully charged, calibrate your battery properly. Wipe battery stats at 100%, let it drain until it shuts off, charge to 100% without breaks, and you should be good to go.
Good luck!
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Thanks for that!
I just bought a battery from BB to hold me over (50$ for a 1750mah battery?! )
when it charges to 100%, should I go into recovery, or use battery calibrator (app)?
Ill install that battery monitor too
BMW has the feature to wipe stats. I also recomend to look at the reports and judge when the battery is full by looking at mV. 4200mV is full charge. Then wipe stats FIRST, then unplug and run down completely, then recharge fully with out unplugging.
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Ya just noticed BMW had that feature. Forgot I had a menu button. LOL!
This battery I got at BB is a "1750mah".
You know what I realized what might be the issue? Back a few weeks ago, I bought an extended battery to use to take videos at a concert. At that point I wiped the battery stats at 100% of the 2500mah or so battery..
Hey Guys,
So i just recently bought the Seidio Extended Battery 3500mah for my HTC EVO 4G. I was happy to know that I'd have battery power all day until I noticed something strange happening when it was charging.
The charging light would be on but the battery charge percentage would go up and down. It would be on its way up for a period of time, then I'd come back a little later and the percentage would be down. This is a horrible surprise to know that this wonder battery isn't living up to its name.
The phone is rooted and I've tried putting a new ROM on and it still hasnt fixed the problem.
If anyone has experienced this problem or knows of a good ROM/Kernel combo it would be greatly appreciated to get all of your advice.
Thanks guys.
I have the same battery, and I've noticed the battery does behave differently on different roms. With Sense-based roms, the battery doesn't fully charge in trickle mode (after unplugging, quickly drops from 99% to about 90% in a few minutes). Also, sometimes after switching from the extended battery to the stock battery or vice-versa, the battery appears to drop 50% or more unless I wipe the battery stats in recovery, and then it reports the correct charge level.
I don't have any of the above issues with aosp-based roms such as cyanogenmod.
The EVO will NOT fully charge a 3500 battery without a SBC kernel.
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Seido external battery charger...works like a champ and it does take awhile to charge up the 3500 battery...at least 5-7 hours if you drain it down to 10%. I do notice when I use the USB charger it charges faster but will not last nearly as long.
Get a wall charger!
I have had a wall charger and extra batteries since the first week I owned my Evo. Look on Amazon and Ebay.
I've been running mine for about 16 months on the *stock* rom, didn't go through any of the "special" break-in procedures - just started using it normally from the first charge and I still get amazing usage times after almost a year and a half. Are you using the stock HTC charger?
Hi All,
I am having troubled battery stat since I last flashed to a custom rom.
The battery will NOT reach the CHARGED status, and hence the battery stat did not reset and go on for days.
This morning I have decided to do a full wipe, but it appear that the same problem persist, at 68% on AC (most of the time stop at a random value) , it says NOT Charging.
I also thought that it could be the battery that was giving the problem, so i tried with a spare battery that i have, same results. Even when i Swap battery the stats stays.
Screenshot of battery stat. with AC power connected after a full wipe
Many people (myself included) have been having similar issues as of late. I too have separate batteries, neither of which is older than 6 months, and both exhibit similar behavior. I'm sure you've looked through and perhaps saw these threads, but I am trying to shed more light on the issue as it is perplexing many.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794231
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2080383
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2059289
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1973097
my troubles started soon after i flashed my first 4.2 rom. it started with only charging to 90%, now my one battery gets to 68% while my other only gets to 65% (30% loss in the past month). I am hoping an explanation comes up soon.
I had the same problem too, but for me the solution was switching between a few roms and calibrating my battery (wiping the battery stats). What ROM are you using?
I am on paranoid android, it was working fine until i did beta 8... and never able to do again..
what rom did you switch around to get it fixed?
Does anyone know any certain solution for this problem ?
After 4.2 upgrade , my battery gets to about 80 % and everyday It decreases
It bothering me and since in my country Google has not any agency for warranty replacement or repair,I'm gonna sell my Gnex if It problem goes on !
It's really strange. I have the same problem also, using either the official Apple 5v @ 1amps charger or a samsung charger with the same specs my phone only goes to 98% 99%, but when I use a generic charger ( I only used a 1-2 times with GNex) that's rated 5.2 volts (scares me) at 800mah it reaches 100%, as it does with the PC also.
Hi Everyone,
Long lost member here, lol. Experimented lots with my Galaxy S4G, and now odin is my best friend.
Anyhow onto my issue with my S3 which is on Telus, not that makes a difference in this case.
Everything is stock, other than imbeded root. Rooted since the day i bought it lol.
So up until a few days ago, my phone worked just fine. However recently noticed that in the morning after it says "fully charged" 100% with a green light on, I unplugged it and after a few min it drops to 62% and drains normaly from there.
So what I did is next day charged it till a 100%, unplugged it, (at midnight or 1ish) than dropped to 62% and plugged it back in, charged to a 100 again and this time it stayed ON normaly after that.
Now I always have to charge it twice every night.
Is there a way to reset the battery memory??
I've tried the battery pull, resetting multiple times, shutting down........
When a tinkered with custom roms on my S1 I always wiped "dalvic cache" I believe for this reason.
Is there anything I can do?
Or has anyone else had this problem?
How old is the phone/battery? Sounds like the cells might be dying? Calibrating your battery, wiping battery stats in recovery, etc. Does absolutely nothing. Might be time to invest in a new OEM battery and see if that helps. They're pretty cheap on amazon...
THnaks for the suggestion
Any thoughts on a High Capacity battery? Ebay item# 290920383606
http://www.ebay.com/itm/High-Capaci..._Cell_Phone_PDA_Batteries&hash=item43bc34c476
OR you still rather reccoment an OEM battery.....?