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[Q] HTC One X battery life issues, first charge problem or.....?

Hey guys, I just got my HTC One X a few days ago and this is my third day running on this phone.
I wonder if giving it a first charge for 8 hours was needed to condition the battery and giving it as much battery life as possible.. Because when I first received the set, the set was without juice. So I charged it up till about 15% and I received a notification about an FOTA update and I went ahead with it.
After the phone reached slightly over 35%, I let the phone install the FOTA(while still at it's first charge) and it hanged halfway.
I didn't know what was happening so I tried rebooting the device(as removing the battery wasn't possible with the One X). After several tries of holding down the power buttons, I removed the microUSB cable attached to my phone and the phone went blank and it restarted by itself.. Take note that the battery was only at ~30% at that point of time..
And one thing I noticed when the phone didn't respond during the FOTA update was that the AC plug was not as hot as it was used to when charging.. Yeap, so does anyone know if I have actually 'damaged' the battery or maybe it's just the handset that's power hungry? Thanks!
PS, Thank you for taking your time to read this long wall of text and taking your time to reply to my query!

I'm not too sure what the problem is now. Is it about the power draw, or did you brick your phone and wondering if it was caused by a damage battery on your side?

ArmedandDangerous said:
I'm not too sure what the problem is now. Is it about the power draw, or did you brick your phone and wondering if it was caused by a damage battery on your side?
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Well, I'm just wondering if me not giving a proper 'first charge' has anything to do with it's poor battery life or it's just natural for the device to be this power hungry, haha.

id0n0van said:
Well, I'm just wondering if me not giving a proper 'first charge' has anything to do with it's poor battery life or it's just natural for the device to be this power hungry, haha.
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How much screen on time ate you getting?

You shouldn't charge while flashing the OTA.
I don't think you did any harm.

farnsbarns said:
How much screen on time ate you getting?
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I haven't been able to get any numbers yet because these few days I've been running the phone mostly plugged into the wall socket. Yeah.

I only had a two hour battery life after the first complete discharge and 8 hour recharge.

id0n0van said:
Well, I'm just wondering if me not giving a proper 'first charge' has anything to do with it's poor battery life or it's just natural for the device to be this power hungry, haha.
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Assuming your FOTA Succeed,
Try...
1. disable fast-boot (Settings > Power > Untick fastboot)
2. Power Off
3. Charge (until green / 100%)
4. Power On
5. enable back fast-boot
6. Hopefully you got real battery-stats already

I've noticed some improvement of the battery life of my phone after flashing it with a custom rom.
With a giant screen, a powerful processor, and an elegant packaging, pour battery life is kind of expected, for me I've put chargers almost in every corner of my home, at work, and in my car.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

I normally get about 3.5 hours ++ screen time on a full charge, auto brightness.

I am getting 5 hours of on screen time on my stock Rom. Is that possible to get more screen time like 9 hours on custom Rom ?
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I didnt charge it when I first got it either. I booted it instantly and used it untill the battery was completety drained and the phone shut down untill I recharged it completely and my battery life is horrible. The worst of any HTC one x so I wonder if I might have damaged the phone aswel??

forumhookersdotcom said:
I am getting 5 hours of on screen time on my stock Rom. Is that possible to get more screen time like 9 hours on custom Rom ?
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No.
okini said:
I didnt charge it when I first got it either. I booted it instantly and used it untill the battery was completety drained and the phone shut down untill I recharged it completely and my battery life is horrible. The worst of any HTC one x so I wonder if I might have damaged the phone aswel??
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Charging it when you first get it does nothing. If you have such bad battery life it is probably a faulty phone.
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When I first got mine I ran it till it died then did a full charge so that shouldn't matter at all.
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My battery was ok on 1.26 then updated to 1.28 and it went beyond awful but after about a week of use on 1.28 my battery has improved a lot... Bought an external charger while was waiting on next update but before I received the charger battery went boss !! So my guess is give it a few days and don't be inpatient with it as it will come around
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I'm having issues with my battery life. I'm also new to the Android platform -- well sort of, I've used CM9 on my HP Touchpad for a while now, but this is my first Android handset. I've had the phone for almost a week now, and I've noticed that I barely get around 9 hours of moderate use per charge. On average my on screen time is about 3.5 to 4 hours. That is terrible. My iPhone 4 is lasting twice as long as my HOX and I've had that thing for about 2 years now. Any tips on improving battery life?

Optimus G Pro E980 Battery

hi. i just got my new phone E980. its the AT&T model. the batter is so ambiguous man... like i got the phone just yesterday, started checking out the phone and the battery was like 23%.
after LITERALLY like 10 mins the battery went to like 12%... i was like WOOOOT.....
i discharged the phone completely and then took out the battery and discharged any remaining power from phone as its recommended.
then i charged the phone to full and started using again like paystore apps downloading.
as i checked the battery from setting the idle was using like 3rd most battery in the list after screen and android OS.
what is this man??? isnt it supposed to be a phablet? is it ok for my phone to be this worst at battery. this is first ever non-Samsung phone and i m used to good battery life where idle does not take freaking 3rd most of the battery... WTF... im kinda disappointed
also can someone tell me and pls like me here any good roms and how to root this phone and also tell me which roms provide good battery life?
i will be so thankful for these links...

smiler what happened to me :\
now i need to wait for new battery to arrive
EDIT:
small tip
its might help the sudden restarting if changing the processor speed to 1ghz max

I've solve the same Issue by using an Ipad Charger because the 3140Mah battery need a 2 Ampere charger.
First day my F240L drain full battery in 3 hours, the 100% charge was fake by charging with Galaxy S3 charger (I got Phone Used without Charger), the phone show 100% charge but the value was fake.
Try a charger with 2 Ampere Output.
This metod is working with ipad charger and Galaxy Tab 3 charger.
I hope that my Hint work for you.
Now my battery works very well. yesterday i disconnect phone at 8.30 am and at the 23.30 the charge was 47%, with mid-heavy use and wifi turned on all the day.

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LoriaEneg said:
Try using this - ZeroLemon LG Optimus G Pro 9300mAh Extended Battery
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Just got a set of these and a charger and they are great!! They are fairly cheap but not crap like the VERY cheap ones. Plus they have 180 day warranty. I suggest anyone who needs a battery go for the Zero Lemon.

Sweet Kandy Sleep
aami.aami said:
hi. i just got my new phone E980. its the AT&T model. the batter is so ambiguous man... like i got the phone just yesterday, started checking out the phone and the battery was like 23%.
after LITERALLY like 10 mins the battery went to like 12%... i was like WOOOOT.....
i discharged the phone completely and then took out the battery and discharged any remaining power from phone as its recommended.
then i charged the phone to full and started using again like paystore apps downloading.
as i checked the battery from setting the idle was using like 3rd most battery in the list after screen and android OS.
what is this man??? isnt it supposed to be a phablet? is it ok for my phone to be this worst at battery. this is first ever non-Samsung phone and i m used to good battery life where idle does not take freaking 3rd most of the battery... WTF... im kinda disappointed
also can someone tell me and pls like me here any good roms and how to root this phone and also tell me which roms provide good battery life?
i will be so thankful for these links...
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I am getting great battery life on my E980 using the latest Kandy Kat 4.4 ROM everything stock...See screenshots attached...

'droid said:
I am getting great battery life on my E980 using the latest Kandy Kat 4.4 ROM everything stock...See screenshots attached...
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Screen time ?

Uptime
optimusv45 said:
Screen time ?
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Sorry that's all I got but you will see in the first screen shot during the 3 days the phone was powered on and off charge, the screen used 35% of the battery. I have had 2 previous phones, TMO GS2 and ATT Note1 and never had the battery last longer than around 24-26 hours on any ROM under similar circumstances. That is with notifications enabled and data and Wifi active but Bluetooth off.
2nd screenshot shows phone was sleeping (offline) 95% of the time so if my calculation is correct, on screen time would calculate out at 4394 minutes * (100-95.4) % = 202 minutes or around 3.3 hours during the 3 days I was using it (little more than 1 hour a day). Assuming the screen was on whenever the phone was online.

You just need to press Screen to see screen time

optimusv45 said:
You just need to press Screen to see screen time
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Thanks for the tip. Did not know that!

Current battery life?

What kind of battery life is everyone getting now that they've had the phone for a while? I'm down to having to charge the phone twice a day, with less than 2 hours of screen time usually. I'm at 8 hours total, 1 hrs 50 minutes screen time, and down to 25% as I write this. I feel like I got more than twice that when I got this phone 4 months ago. Latest update to MM hasn't made any difference besides it blaming all battery life on screen instead of android system. Total time is almost identical though.

After upgrade to MM my battery is the worst it has ever been. Down to 10% in 10hr with 1hr screen time , this is sick.

Really mine gives me a whole day with heavy use
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Two days for me, on a single full charge. Loving MM.

I just did another factory reset. Going to test it today, but the battery life combined with WiFi issues may just make me do an early upgrade to the 7. I couldn't get two days on this phone even if the screen never came on.

What the hell are u guys running in the background, sheesh. Less than 2hrs SOT is crap. Im at 4:40hrs SOT and currently at 30% battery
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Hail2theskins said:
I just did another factory reset. Going to test it today, but the battery life combined with WiFi issues may just make me do an early upgrade to the 7. I couldn't get two days on this phone even if the screen never came on.
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That is exactly what these manufacturers and carriers want us to do. Make us wait for a major upgrade, then release a new model phone, then finally upgrade last years flagship but release it with bugs to encourage us to buy the newer model. My .02

My Edge + is currently Stock running MM 6.0.1
(Have a 2nd Edge Plus for rooting and tinkering) heh
I can get 4-5 Screen On time and get around 17-20 hours battery Life.
I'm satisfied with it as I'm a power house user and my Phone is just packed with loads of games and time-wasting apps that take up a lot of cpu power

3 hrs SOT Average. Normal to heavy use. Voice calls with VoLTE on eats more battery than screen! But again, I get good network coverage with VoLTE on. It's a tradeoff!

After 3 resets marshmallow now gives me about 3 hours screen time over a 10-12 hour period, much better. I'll stick with the phone for now!

Two days of light use. All excess garbage like NFC and beaming services turned off or frozen/uninstalled, bloatware frozen or removed with titanium, force doze app (which is awesome).

Brand new Pixel XL battery drain?

Hi, my Pixel XL arrived last night (got it very cheap brand new) and today, the battery seems very bad. I've installed the 8.0 OTA and 2 security updates since last night and installed all the apps I need (had no issues with the same apps on my 6P) however, the phone doesn't seem to be dozing properly and seems to be draining fairly fast. When I took the phone out of the box, it was at 52% and I drained that all while updating and setting it up, with 2 hours and a half SOT. However, today, I am on a data connection, with an hour of SOT and at 65% battery.
Do I need to give it time to settle? Seems odd to me...
Thanks

gman88667733 said:
Hi, my Pixel XL arrived last night (got it very cheap brand new) and today, the battery seems very bad. I've installed the 8.0 OTA and 2 security updates since last night and installed all the apps I need (had no issues with the same apps on my 6P) however, the phone doesn't seem to be dozing properly and seems to be draining fairly fast. When I took the phone out of the box, it was at 52% and I drained that all while updating and setting it up, with 2 hours and a half SOT. However, today, I am on a data connection, with an hour of SOT and at 65% battery.
Do I need to give it time to settle? Seems odd to me...
Thanks
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I would definitely give it time to settle. If your worried about the drain you can check battery usage with an app like AccuBattery. Also some apps have not been optimized for Oreo yet. If your still seeing this in a week I would start to get more proactive on figuring out a reason why.
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ahent said:
I would definitely give it time to settle. If your worried about the drain you can check battery usage with an app like AccuBattery. Also some apps have not been optimized for Oreo yet. If your still seeing this in a week I would start to get more proactive on figuring out a reason why.
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Gotcha. So is it not worth factory resetting yet then?
I suppose if it still is bad, I could revert back to 7.1.1 after a week. And at the very worst, I can return it within 30 days. (I don't want to return it though!!)

gman88667733 said:
Hi, my Pixel XL arrived last night (got it very cheap brand new) and today, the battery seems very bad. I've installed the 8.0 OTA and 2 security updates since last night and installed all the apps I need (had no issues with the same apps on my 6P) however, the phone doesn't seem to be dozing properly and seems to be draining fairly fast. When I took the phone out of the box, it was at 52% and I drained that all while updating and setting it up, with 2 hours and a half SOT. However, today, I am on a data connection, with an hour of SOT and at 65% battery.
Do I need to give it time to settle? Seems odd to me...
Thanks
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1) Your experience with draining 50% of battery charge while installing new OS and 2 security updates plus apps with SOT of 2.5 hours is not unusual. Just having the screen on for 2.5 hours should drain between 35 and 55% of battery of XL depending on brightness and screen content. Add to the fact that many files need to be moved in the process, and that adds even more battery drain.
2) However, an hour of SOT should not drain your battery for more than 15-25%.
3) I don't think modern Li-Ion or Li-Po batteries "settle." They are very carefully crafted, calibrated and tested at the factory. Their voltages are very consistent with regard to their capacities.
4) What you need to do is figure out what drained your battery by simply looking at the Battery page of Settings. If your biggest drain is from Phone Idle, then perhaps you are in a low cellular signal area - the phone uses more cellular chip power in such areas to maintain connection to cellular towers, and that drains significantly more battery. If your biggest drain is from Android System, you may have a rogue app that keeps your phone awake when it shouldn't. It may also be a combination of the two.

Sudden battery drop

Good morning all. I have owned this device for a few weeks now and am enjoying it immensely. I bought it second hand from swappa. The warranty/ownership was transferred to my name.
Twice in the past few days I have had significant battery drain. The level indicated 60% when I started running. I watch Netflix or the like for 45 minutes or so then I get the battery saver notification telling me I am down to about 5%. It makes me worried that this happened more than once.
I am wondering, should I suspect faulty hardware/battery? And if so, should I rma? I attempted to clean flash October factory images with no improvement.
Thanks and have a nice day.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

jmtjr278 said:
Good morning all. I have owned this device for a few weeks now and am enjoying it immensely. I bought it second hand from swappa. The warranty/ownership was transferred to my name.
Twice in the past few days I have had significant battery drain. The level indicated 60% when I started running. I watch Netflix or the like for 45 minutes or so then I get the battery saver notification telling me I am down to about 5%. It makes me worried that this happened more than once.
I am wondering, should I suspect faulty hardware/battery? And if so, should I rma? I attempted to clean flash October factory images with no improvement.
Thanks and have a nice day.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
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I would install Accubattery and let the phone go through a few full charging sessions. Try to start charging above 20%. Don't take the phone off the charger until the APP tells you the phone is full. You will notice the phone continues to charge even after the PHONE says it is 100%. Once you have done this a few times you will see your battery's estimated remaining capacity as compared with a new battery under the Health tab. It will show you both the mAh and percentage. This will rule out the battery. If the battery is good (eg. >90%) then try a factory reset. Might as well wait a few days until we get the November security update on the 5th. Good luck.

jmtjr278 said:
Good morning all. I have owned this device for a few weeks now and am enjoying it immensely. I bought it second hand from swappa. The warranty/ownership was transferred to my name.
Twice in the past few days I have had significant battery drain. The level indicated 60% when I started running. I watch Netflix or the like for 45 minutes or so then I get the battery saver notification telling me I am down to about 5%. It makes me worried that this happened more than once.
I am wondering, should I suspect faulty hardware/battery? And if so, should I rma? I attempted to clean flash October factory images with no improvement.
Thanks and have a nice day.
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I have faced the same issue since 3-4 days...the battery is draining a lot faster.

This might be the cause - https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/...ausing-launchers-constantly-request-location/