I am wondering if someone here can help me.
I have an unrooted SGIII from Sprint and have had the phone since 2012.
In the last update, to kitkat at least I have noticed some serious battery drain...in particular when I take pictures, the pictures get very grainy and then boom, the phone shuts down. Not cool.
do i need a new battery? I have read all the information about saving battery infact I can hardly see my screen my brightness is so low.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Try a factory reset after backup what you want.
If that doesn't help, try Odining the stock ND8 tar from a PC, in the development (non-original) section.
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I can't tell you that a new battery will fix your problems. But, I replaced my battery after 9 months of use and I was amazed at the difference. Try borrowing someone's battery and see if it makes a difference? If you buy a new battery and that doesn't solve the problem, you've ruled out the battery and now have 2 batteries to switch between
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I have this exact same problem. Any time the battery is below 40-50%, the camera could cause the phone to shut down at any time. Really, anything will cause it to shut down, but it seems like the camera will do it every single time. The phone will not stay on after that point unless you plug it in for even 5 minutes, at which point it tells you your battery is 60-70%.
This is the reason I rooted and then flashed the Odin stock ND8 the other day (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rint-galaxy-s3-complete-boot-process-t2829181). I then flashed to Wicked X v7.3. It has only been two days, but the same symptoms persist. My wife has the same phone and experiences the same problems, which all started upon the update to 4.4.2.
If anybody has any ideas, I'm all ears.
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I have this exact same problem. Any time the battery is below 40-50%, the camera could cause the phone to shut down at any time. Really, anything will cause it to shut down, but it seems like the camera will do it every single time. The phone will not stay on after that point unless you plug it in for even 5 minutes, at which point it tells you your battery is 60-70%.
This is the reason I rooted and then flashed the Odin stock ND8 the other day (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rint-galaxy-s3-complete-boot-process-t2829181). I then flashed to Wicked X v7.3. It has only been two days, but the same symptoms persist. My wife has the same phone and experiences the same problems, which all started upon the update to 4.4.2.
If anybody has any ideas, I'm all ears.
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how long have you guys had your phone any water damage? hard falls things like that?
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how long have you guys had your phone any water damage? hard falls things like that?
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Got the phone in December 2012, as did my wife. No hard falls that I can remember. Up until recently I had it in an Otter Box Commuter case. I took it out after I updated and started pulling the battery to try to get things to reset (never worked and like the smaller profile so I didn't put the case back on).
Tonight I installed the Xposed critical battery shutdown module and also Battery Calibration recommended in these posts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2781926 and (can't find the thread recommending Battery Calibration by Nema, but whatever). After I installed the module (and I think activated it), I ran the battery down until the phone shut off. Will charge to 100% tonight and start calibration in the morning.
The module does not appear to be working,as the phone shut down at 28% with no prior warnings that it prevented shutdown. That's unfortunate. To activate the module, do I just click the check mark and reboot?
from what I've seen water damage and hard falls can have a heavy impact on the OS(not like crack screen or digitizer but just a hard fall and phone survives) well except on water proof/shock proof phones.....but for the most part if a factory reset/Odin/Heimdall/what ever method back to stock you use doesn't fix the problem its a hardware issue
All's better after new battery
I just wanted to post a followup to my issue. After the shutdown mod and battery calibration didn't help, I bought an Anker replacement battery from Amazon. Since my wife had the same problem, I bought a two pack for $28. I charged the battery overnight and then in the morning hit the battery calibration button.
I noticed a difference right away - I was only down 7% after a few hours at work. My goal was to let the battery run down until the phone shut off, which happened at about the 30 hour mark with my playing HD youtube videos for the last hour so it would die. The battery life indicator actually counted all the way down to 1% before shutting off, which is a stark contrast to the 30% that had been occurring with the old battery.
With the new battery, I've also used the camera when it was under 30% with no problems.
My recommendation for anyone that has similar problems is to get a new battery. They are a hell of a lot cheaper than a new phone, so it's worth a shot.
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So, I had about 50% juice when I went to bed last night. Woke up to see phone dead. Had to plug in charger to start it as battery was fully drained.
So what causes such sudden battery drop?
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So, I had about 50% juice when I went to bed last night. Woke up to see phone dead. Had to plug in charger to start it as battery was fully drained.
So what causes such sudden battery drop?
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It seriously looks like some apps have been doing some heavy tasks while youre sleeping..
Check with your nearest dealer. Then contact samsung if you think your battery is faulty
Battery doesnt seem faulty at such an early stage.
Best solution. Download BetterBatteryStats and check out what is draining your battery
Its the solution i would do with myself
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It seriously looks like some apps have been doing some heavy tasks while youre sleeping..
Check with your nearest dealer. Then contact samsung if you think your battery is faulty
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I dont even have much apps installed yet. & battery life so far was really good until this morning. Seems quite stange. Has it happened to anyone else?
I don't think that could have been any apps to deplete the battery that quickly. I mean, that literally did a nose dive. Ever heard of Ghosts?!? DunDunDunnnnn
Does battery reset itself somehow?
Yes, an app or some apps drained your battery No other solution possible mate . As mentioned before install BetterBattery Stats and cpu spy and check for unusal app behavior.
The thing that surprises me is that on the steep drop, the green border-line is missing. It doesn't look like drain; it looks more a short circuit...
Its actually not a drain. Its a sudden cut off.
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So what causes such sudden battery drop?
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In your case, don't bother with better battery stats or any other that other crap people are suggesting. I don't think the majority of the people who read your post bothered to look at the attached image (or didn't understand it.)
During the time that your battery dropped off, android wasn't even active (as no battery stats were logged.) That drop-off looks to me like some type of system crash or something rebooted your phone into recovery (or download) mode and left it there until the battery died (causing a power down.)
I can't tell you WHY that happened, but I can't think of anything "normal" that would cause it. I used to see something similar when I was doing kernel work on a specific samsung tablet if the user had one of the so-called supercharger scripts installed. In that case, the kernel would panic (wifi bug) and the script had re-written the kernel parameters to cause an infinite loop instead of letting the kernel panic reboot the device. The result was that the device would get warm and drain the battery until there was no more power.
Recovery meant charging the device first and upon finally getting it to boot, the battery page would look similar to yours.
Another possibility is that your phone hit what it THOUGHT it was around 46%, but the battery stopped giving juice.
In your shoes, I'd do something I usually tell other people never to do: Purposely run your battery down below 40% to make sure the same thing doesn't happen. (If it does, consider restoring your phone to stock, testing again, and possibily calling Samsung.)
Good luck
Gary
garyd9 said:
In your case, don't bother with better battery stats or any other that other crap people are suggesting. I don't think the majority of the people who read your post bothered to look at the attached image (or didn't understand it.)
During the time that your battery dropped off, android wasn't even active (as no battery stats were logged.) That drop-off looks to me like some type of system crash or something rebooted your phone into recovery (or download) mode and left it there until the battery died (causing a power down.)
I can't tell you WHY that happened, but I can't think of anything "normal" that would cause it. I used to see something similar when I was doing kernel work on a specific samsung tablet if the user had one of the so-called supercharger scripts installed. In that case, the kernel would panic (wifi bug) and the script had re-written the kernel parameters to cause an infinite loop instead of letting the kernel panic reboot the device. The result was that the device would get warm and drain the battery until there was no more power.
Recovery meant charging the device first and upon finally getting it to boot, the battery page would look similar to yours.
Another possibility is that your phone hit what it THOUGHT it was around 46%, but the battery stopped giving juice.
In your shoes, I'd do something I usually tell other people never to do: Purposely run your battery down below 40% to make sure the same thing doesn't happen. (If it does, consider restoring your phone to stock, testing again, and possibily calling Samsung.)
Good luck
Gary
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Thanks for the prompt reply.
Meanwhile battery life was normal throughout the day. I will follow what u suggested n if it acts weird again, I'll have to go to samsung i guess.
Hi friends ...
my phone started to act weird when I use the browser it shuts off and I the battery percentage goes like from 90ish % to 1 or something around that and I try to restart it again and same again and again ...when I browse using the wifi I don't get any problem ...
my phone runs with 4.0.4 FI 27 rooted preserve ....
Any idea why it does that ?
Thank your
scoobdubois said:
Hi friends ...
my phone started to act weird when I use the browser it shuts off and I the battery percentage goes like from 90ish % to 1 or something around that and I try to restart it again and same again and again ...when I browse using the wifi I don't get any problem ...
my phone runs with 4.0.4 FI 27 rooted preserve ....
Any idea why it does that ?
Thank your
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Take out your battery, does it look "bloated", "fat"? Can you spin it like a bottle?
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Take out your battery, does it look "bloated", "fat"? Can you spin it like a bottle?
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The battery looks normal beside I don't have any problem with anything else like playing media ..talking on the phone ..etc it works fine and it lasts long but only with the browsing through 3g ..
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The battery looks normal beside I don't have any problem with anything else like playing media ..talking on the phone ..etc it works fine and it lasts long but only with the browsing through 3g ..
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Ah, gotcha. I have no idea then, lol. Sorry.
Looks like you flasher a no data one click. What was it running before. Also what browser?
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OP, I've been having the same problem. My phone will randomly shut down usually while web browsing (Dolphin HD) usually on a mobile network connection (3G or 4G). How it normally goes is I will be browsing and then the phone will shut down to a blank screen, no shutdown animation, like somebody pulled the battery. When I re-boot the phone will usually do a hard shutdown again shortly after booting up (15-30 seconds). The battery level will be different upon re-boot (eg. 95% -> 40% -> 1% -> 30%). Sometimes the screen will briefly flash a low battery warning (1 second or so) before doing a hard shutdown.
My phone is 1 year old, not rooted, Android 4.0.4, Baseband S710.10 S.FI27.
Recently took the phone to a Sprint service location they could not replicate the problem, but tested the battery and did a factory reset. The problem persists after the factory reset.
Attached are screenshots of my battery graph following a series of re-boots.
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Bump!! I'm sorry, but I'm having this issue too. My phone is a year old and is pretty much doing the same thing. Tried different ROMs. I'm running the Full Restore FI03 Rooted ROM right now and still doing this. My issue is more crucial. My phone doesn't sleep well, dies in like 6 hours max.
It will randomly force shutdown and won't turn on. It will try and reboot, the screen will flicker and just shut off. The only way I can get the phone to turn back on is by plugging it into a charger.
Luckily I have a portable charger. I wonder if this is a battery issue. Anybody tried using a different battery.
My wife had similar symptoms... flickering screen and shuts down. no animation or warning.. ahd to plug it in to boot the phone again... battery would show 90%, then 15% after a reboot... her battery only lasts half the day, ect.... turns out it was her battery going bad. I bought her Anker batteries on amazon (2 batteries plus charger $18) and it hasn't happened ever since. Its been over a week now since she's been on the new battery.
trust me, just get a new battery, you'll enjoy the better battery life too. its typical to swap the batteries every 8-10 months.
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My wife had similar symptoms... flickering screen and shuts down. no animation or warning.. ahd to plug it in to boot the phone again... battery would show 90%, then 15% after a reboot... her battery only lasts half the day, ect.... turns out it was her battery going bad. I bought her Anker batteries on amazon (2 batteries plus charger $18) and it hasn't happened ever since. Its been over a week now since she's been on the new battery.
trust me, just get a new battery, you'll enjoy the better battery life too. its typical to swap the batteries every 8-10 months.
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Already bought me a replacement battery. LoL!! Glad to see that was the issue. Can't wait for it to come.
Important, refer to this thread on WHY the battery may be going bad:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997901
Like the title says...
I pull my phone off the charger at 8AM. By 9AM it still shows 100% and still has the charging icon.
Finally at 10AM it drops to ~67%
It started a few days ago... Previously the charging icon would flash on and off every few minutes...
Here's a pic of the battery screen:
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Is it a bad battery? Maybe the phone is going?
Software issue?
@orb360
Give you're battery the spin test... as for the charging icon staying on... could be a dirty port or a connector touching/bent inside the port itself.. strange that it stops.. I'm not sure..
As for the bad reading and then a huge drop... have you recently changed batteries or flashed a rom... I'm kinda at a loss... I once had my battery read off by about 20 percent and I had to wipe my battery stats in recovery to get it to read right , but that was after I replaced my old battery with a bigger one..
Just my thoughts...
It won't spin much... I had a previous battery about 1.5 months ago inflate and had to replace it... ( It actually popped the back off the phone )
I picked this one up at a Sprint store around that time.
Is there a way to wipe battery stats without a custom recovery flashed? I'm running stock 4.1.2
It's a work phone so I'm not really supposed to be flashing custom stuff to it.
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It won't spin much... I had a previous battery about 1.5 months ago inflate and had to replace it... ( It actually popped the back off the phone )
I picked this one up at a Sprint store around that time.
Is there a way to wipe battery stats without a custom recovery flashed? I'm running stock 4.1.2
It's a work phone so I'm not really supposed to be flashing custom stuff to it.
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Well, You'll have to root your device to wipe battery stats
orb360 said:
It won't spin much... I had a previous battery about 1.5 months ago inflate and had to replace it... ( It actually popped the back off the phone )
I picked this one up at a Sprint store around that time.
Is there a way to wipe battery stats without a custom recovery flashed? I'm running stock 4.1.2
It's a work phone so I'm not really supposed to be flashing custom stuff to it.
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You most likely need a new battery.
Wiping battery stats... Let's just say that if snopes.com were to cover Android, this would have to be one of their first articles. There is a ton of myths about the unicorn-like magic that can result from wiping battery stats. The truth is, the contents of the batterystats bin file basically tell a part of Sec Settings some information in order to make estimates for displaying numbers in your battery stats (literally, in Settings) - details like screen on for two hours, used 40% of battery... wiping battery stats erases those few lines of information, nothing more. It doesn't somehow alter anything inside a battery, or anything else.</soapbox>
If you want to clear battery stats as it were, no harm in giving it a shot, right? It is very easy to do. Every time you charge and then unplug near a full charge you have reset battery stats. That's why it will all say "0" if you look real quick at the battery stats in your settings - poof, battery stats were reset.
You should get a new battery though. Get work to buy it. Cheers.
[Reference one Google developer's article about "wiping battery stats" here: https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT]
Edit: Wondering how you'd kill batteries so fast. Do you use your phone a lot while it's plugged in by any chance? Like, watch hours of netflix while plugged in? Just trying to think of how you might be cooking things in there perhaps, so... next battery will last longer than six weeks.
Well...
I'll see if a new battery fixes things... At only a month and a half old maybe the Sprint store will replace it no questions... hopefully...
If I turn off the phone and pull the battery...
If all I do is stick the battery in, it acts like it's charging... The "phone is off" battery charging screen comes on for a few seconds.. Then it shuts off and comes back on. Repeatedly.
So it can't be a software thing if the phone's not even turned on right?
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So it can't be a software thing if the phone's not even turned on right?
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That part is correct. Bad charging port can certainly do that, but the erratic charge status reported as in your previous posts wouldn't be because of a bad charging port, so I do not think your problem is that part of the hardware... It sounds like "classic" bad battery. I would certainly try to argue/plea/demand a replacement battery from Sprint given the short life it had. I don't know off hand their warranty on that sort of purchase, but I'd bring my I-mean-business to the store for sure. I do know they have some discretion at the store level. I'd go in anyway - show them what it's doing, bring the receipt from the battery you just bought, and hopefully get a fix. If there's some other miscellaneous hardware problem creating these problems, it's no longer within my knowledge sphere, lol. Good luck. :good:
I got a different battery to test with and the issues persist
(The charging while disconnected and unable to power on without being connected to a power source)
I've read cleaning the charging port with alcohol might help...
If that doesn't work I'm just going to send it back for a refurb.
Hi all... first post, first problem with android... and hopefully a long time here in xda!
So I have the T320 (8.4 pro) and I have a strange problem with my battery. Is not only that it lasts no more than 4 hours (screen), the problem come by low and high battery %.
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By low, the table shuts down and after starting it again, it shows between 5 and 10% battery!!
Something similar happens by charging... it shows 90% and no change... and after a reboot it shows 100%.
Is my battery dying? Should I wipe and restart from zero? Cyanogen?
The speed how fast battery drains is also extreme compared to stand-by times... but I assume this is more or less a problem of this tablet.
Many thanks in advance!
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Hi all... first post, first problem with android... and hopefully a long time here in xda!
So I have the T320 (8.4 pro) and I have a strange problem with my battery. Is not only that it lasts no more than 4 hours (screen), the problem come by low and high battery %.
By low, the table shuts down and after starting it again, it shows between 5 and 10% battery!!
Something similar happens by charging... it shows 90% and no change... and after a reboot it shows 100%.
Is my battery dying? Should I wipe and restart from zero? Cyanogen?
The speed how fast battery drains is also extreme compared to stand-by times... but I assume this is more or less a problem of this tablet.
Many thanks in advance!
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Having similar issues. Found mine dead out of nowhere one day. Never had custom ROM on it. Did factory reset now it seems like it doesn't want to charge .... Charges VERY slowly if at all.
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i have the same issue, dropped from 50 to 15 all of a sudden , will try calibration , anyone else noticed this ?i picked up mine used so unsure whats the issue
i found better battery life after i did a factory reset. i bought it new and set it up and since then had 1 Sammy update but last week i reset it and it clearly made a difference on my 10.1. yesterday i had 2 hours screen time and on battery for 2 day and some hours and had 60% left.
Add mine to the list....seems to be doing the same thing here. Haven't been able to sort it out yet.
Took the back off mine tonight and reseated the battery connector. Then charged like below. First to time in a while it charged up like this.
can you post a pic of videos of how to pry it open ? hopefully simple with a prying tool
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can you post a pic of videos of how to pry it open ? hopefully simple with a prying tool
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I just very carefully went around it with one of those guitar like plastic openers i have laying around from the many tablet/phone repair kits i have used. I probably rebooted it 5 times before i finally popped it apart... thing just did not want to charge. This was the first time i saw it ramp up 1% at a time in a while. The other thing i noticed it was doing was jumping from ~70% to 100% instantly.... The graph showed it too. I didn't believe that was really happening.
some pics would help , is it between the screen and the metallic part or the back and the metallic part ?
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some pics would help , is it between the screen and the metallic part or the back and the metallic part ?
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No. The faux leather cover comes off.
This... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710711
pro 8.4 Teardown
hasnt mentioned there how to open it tho
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hasnt mentioned there how to open it tho
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Yup... like i said.. guitar pick opener and gently popping the faux leather back off. Its not like removing an LCD from a phone.
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hasnt mentioned there how to open it tho
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Opened mine up because of the battery charging stalls and reseated my battery. I bought this tab 2 weeks ago used and this is the first time it has charged to 100 without me forcing it too! Its def worth doing if ur battery stalls!!
strive53 said:
Opened mine up because of the battery charging stalls and reseated my battery. I bought this tab 2 weeks ago used and this is the first time it has charged to 100 without me forcing it too! Its def worth doing if ur battery stalls!!
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Mine has been really good now for days too...any hint of battery probs are gone!
I suspect an app did this too. I was on cm when it started...others were stock. Chrome or some other common Google app put our tabs in a funky state.
Hey guys Ive been having severe battery and charging issues, tried new cables/ 2.1 charger warts etc but my battery life was still crappy. I went out and bought an extended battery and its been good exept my phone will not reach 100%. It reaches 20% overnight. I can still use it and eventually its starts going from 20% down so im pretty sure its taking charge just not displaying it properly. Any suggestions?
How long has this been going on? How many overnight charges of the extended battery?
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Hey guys Ive been having severe battery and charging issues, tried new cables/ 2.1 charger warts etc but my battery life was still crappy. I went out and bought an extended battery and its been good exept my phone will not reach 100%. It reaches 20% overnight. I can still use it and eventually its starts going from 20% down so im pretty sure its taking charge just not displaying it properly. Any suggestions?
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What kernel you using? I flashed one a couple weeks ago that caused those issues.. Went away as soon as I flashed a different one. Also, when it happens, restart your phone, unplug it and then plug it back in. It tends to make it charge correctly again. Until the next time it happens.. Over night I only got to 33% before
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What kernel you using? I flashed one a couple weeks ago that caused those issues.. Went away as soon as I flashed a different one. Also, when it happens, restart your phone, unplug it and then plug it back in. It tends to make it charge correctly again. Until the next time it happens.. Over night I only got to 33% before
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I have the stock kernel from the moar rom. which kernel do you recommend? Sometimes I unplug the charger and it shows up as if its still plugged in and vice versa as well.
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How long has this been going on? How many overnight charges of the extended battery?
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Ever since I got it, 4 days ago. And the original samsung battery does the same. Sometimes the phone will think its still plugged in even after I unplugged it for 10 minutes.
Sounds like a possible hardware issue? Especially since you just got it. If it wasn't completely stock when you got it, I would take it back to stock?
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Update today, did a factory reset through my twrp menu and I left it overnight and it reached 100% finally. This morning I recovered my nandroid backup to get all my stuff back and it has been running okay. Charging is still kind of crazy. My battery status app will show "Connected" But still discharging at -1200ma. I might just have to buy a even bigger battery so I that I dont have to worry about charging only at night. That could be a solution untill I upgrade.
ricanjoe said:
Update today, did a factory reset through my twrp menu and I left it overnight and it reached 100% finally. This morning I recovered my nandroid backup to get all my stuff back and it has been running okay. Charging is still kind of crazy. My battery status app will show "Connected" But still discharging at -1200ma. I might just have to buy a even bigger battery so I that I dont have to worry about charging only at night. That could be a solution untill I upgrade.
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so after the factory reset your battery inside your phone reached 100% or the extended battery?
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so after the factory reset your battery inside your phone reached 100% or the extended battery?
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Yes the extended battery was the one that reacheD 100%. I bought this battery because I thought the original battery was going bad but that must have not been the case. It seems like the issue is somewhere else.
These newer phones seem to be lasting less and less. They are rushing too fast to make the next one LOL.
ricanjoe said:
These newer phones seem to be lasting less and less. They are rushing too fast to make the next one LOL.
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mines bran new and its lasting 2 days on a charge with the internal battery so it could be something with your exact phone and if your phone is Sprint try using Odin to go back to stock ND8 to see if the issues disappear cause that seams to cure 90% of problems