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Battery aging

I've had my V500 for less than a year and half, but I'm noticing that battery life is declining. I think I'm going to need to replace the battery with a fresh one soon. Is anybody else noticing that their battery life is declining?
One issue is finding a new battery that's been recently manufactured. A battery that's been sitting on a shelf for a year is not going to be a big improvement. The other hassle is that the tear down of the G Pad looks like a pain.
Has anybody else gone through this yet?

woody1 said:
I've had my V500 for less than a year and half, but I'm noticing that battery life is declining. I think I'm going to need to replace the battery with a fresh one soon. Is anybody else noticing that their battery life is declining?
One issue is finding a new battery that's been recently manufactured. A battery that's been sitting on a shelf for a year is not going to be a big improvement. The other hassle is that the tear down of the G Pad looks like a pain.
Has anybody else gone through this yet?
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I replaced the battery in my V500 trying to track down poor battery performance. It was a pita removing the back cover as it has some type of super adhesive on it. The good news is once you get it disassembled its very easy if you ever have to do it again. There is one screw thats hiding in the sd card area that I didnt know about and took me forever to find it. Good luck :good:

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I replaced the battery in my V500 trying to track down poor battery performance. It was a pita removing the back cover as it has some type of super adhesive on it. The good news is once you get it disassembled its very easy if you ever have to do it again. There is one screw thats hiding in the sd card area that I didnt know about and took me forever to find it. Good luck :good:
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Did you get a lot of improvement with the new battery? Where did you buy it?

woody1 said:
Did you get a lot of improvement with the new battery? Where did you buy it?
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Unfortunately I didn't get much if any improvement. I bought it off EBay but I just checked and the seller no longer lists it. Although I was very leery of "battery improvement apps" I found one that seemed to actually help, Battery Life Repair. I run it about every 6 weeks and it seems to help.

I've had my pad for just over a year.It drains much faster now,but still usable.A weird problem I have now,though,is it takes longer to charge.It use to take 3hrs for a full charge,now 4.5+hrs. Anyone also have this?

redhk886 said:
I've had my pad for just over a year.It drains much faster now,but still usable.A weird problem I have now,though,is it takes longer to charge.It use to take 3hrs for a full charge,now 4.5+hrs. Anyone also have this?
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Had it happen on other lg device's and a different or new charger/cable resolved it for us.

same charger & cable.gpad is the only lg i own. suppose to charge quicker as battery is dying.

I took a risk and bought my Gpad from Computer Exchange. The unit is in mint condition but you can never tell the age of the battery or how it will perform in the real world.
Fortunately, its been as good as my Nexus 7 (2013) and even better now that I have switched it to ART and by using Greenify, (non root version.) :highfive:

I installed a new battery in my G Pad and now I think I've broken it. It's overheating and the wifi has stopped working. I would probably buy another G Pad to replace it, but I bet that they've stopped making them, so all of them probably have old batteries by now. I think I'm going to be forced to buy something else, maybe a Galaxy Tab S. Unfortunately, it's not easy to replace the battery in the G Pad and I don't think there's much after-market support for repair, etc.

woody1 said:
I installed a new battery in my G Pad and now I think I've broken it. It's overheating and the wifi has stopped working. I would probably buy another G Pad to replace it, but I bet that they've stopped making them, so all of them probably have old batteries by now. I think I'm going to be forced to buy something else, maybe a Galaxy Tab S. Unfortunately, it's not easy to replace the battery in the G Pad and I don't think there's much after-market support for repair, etc.
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I feel sorry for you if you need to replace the v500. The v400 and v700 all have crappy 720p screens. For this reason, I was thinking about the Hudl 2 if I couldn't find a good second hand v500.

Strangely enough, after more than a year I can still see no ageing of the battery whatsoever. Always try to fully discharge and charge in one go, if possible.
But I guess I will sell it sooner or later as I cant see any Lollipop being released for that machine any more....and I am a bit fearful about trying any custom ROMs.

While I do see refurbs listed here and there, I did notice some LTE (Verizon) units for sale when I googled that didn't say "refurbished". Push comes to shove, if you like the tablet and the price is right...maybe just use the wifi aspects.

The Mahdi-ROM Was The Key...
woody1 said:
I installed a new battery in my G Pad and now I think I've broken it. It's overheating and the wifi has stopped working. Unfortunately, I don't think there's much after-market support for repair, etc.
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For Myself.. It Was: "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It"
I was fortunate enough to get the 5-18-14 version of the Mahdi-ROM last year before it was pulled..
ZERO Reboots, FC's, Error Msgs etc since it's installation..
Along with that, Battery Life has not wavered one bit.. just like the ROM.
I can't believe I've kept the OG-Pad 8.3 since Oct 2013..but I have Mahdi to thank for that.. Nothing has been or ever will be flashed. The OG-PAD will die still married to the Mahdi-ROM..

Exceptionally bad battery life.

Now, I know...the M9 has ALWAYS had a reputation for being bad on batteries.
I also know, that Facebook and Messenger are two nasty apps that eat batteries alive.
Saying all of that up front, the battery life on my M9 has very suddenly become VERY bad (even with Facebook and Messenger not installed). I thought it might have been a battery calibration issue, but trying a calibration program out seems to yield no improvement (even in the accuracy of the battery indicator).
So, now, if I'm lucky, I'll get about 2.5hrs of battery life even if the phone is in airplane mode indoors. My battery will get to about 65% and then the phone will shut off. When I try to start the phone, I'll get a 0% indicator sometimes, but after plugging it into the charger, I'll then see about 65% battery instantly.
Is there anything I can do or should I throw in the towel and upgrade to an HTC 10? Things are to the point I can't use the thing when its plugged into the charger!
I was using the last nightly build of CM on the thing for months before it got THIS bad. I thought maybe keeping it plugged into the charger too much was the problem, but wiping the dalvik cache after fully charging might help too... no change. I tired flashing Lineage and the battery life is the roughly the same.
Should I try flashing back to stock or try a firmware upgrade or somekind? I honestly have no clue what to do with this thing.

I honestly believe it's a hardware issue. I've tried most anything and I'm there too! I was just going to buy a lightly used m9, flash my current ROM onto it, and wait for the Pixel 2 (the HTC is looking like a disappointment).

My brother​ had a similar issue with his M8. Sprint refused to acknowledge any kind of hardware issue and insisted that he must have too many apps running, even after a factory reset. He eventually switched to an HTC 10.

I currently have my HTC 10 in for warranty so I have to us my M9 in the meantime. I tried upgrading to a nougat rom only to get terrible battery life. I switched to the santod stock debloated marshmallow and it lasts the day and a couple of hours. I read on the thread that there are no nougat radios for the M9 which causes the battery drain.

I figured it out. It was the battery all along. Replaced the battery, and the phone is getting the best battery life it has ever gotten.

TheXev said:
I figured it out. It was the battery all along. Replaced the battery, and the phone is getting the best battery life it has ever gotten.
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Did you replace it yourself? Was it that hard? My battery will randomly die at 23% sometimes. Debating on replacing it. Can't afford a pixel at the moment.

Flyhalf205 said:
Did you replace it yourself? Was it that hard? My battery will randomly die at 23% sometimes. Debating on replacing it. Can't afford a pixel at the moment.
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Yes, I replaced it myself, and your situation sounds VERY similar to mine. It was one of the trickiest operations I have ever done on a phone by far, but the M9 has a few things that make it much easier to do then the M8 for sure (I was dreading having to replace a USB port on my old M8). I replaced the USB port for my M9 while I was in there and also did the thermal mod to help cool the CPU down. I have a very steady hand and some experience doing these types of things, but am by no means a professional.
I talk about my experiences doing all three of these operations here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72235621&postcount=49
Only additional note I have is, that the Amazon seller I bought my battery from is now out of stock. A friend of mine who just bought a M9 is ordering a new battery for his, so I can update you with that experience soon. As some people seem to be getting old batteries or batteries that aren't holding a charge even from the vendor I bought mine from. I almost wonder if some scumbags are returning batteries to Amazon saying they didn't use them, but are actually sending back their old batteries!
I did notice while looking for new battery replacements on Amazon the other night, that there does appear to be generic non-OEM replacement options on the market now, where I did not find those at the time I did my replacement. My friend is getting his battery off ebay from a Hong Kong seller, so it will likely be a few weeks before we have it in hand.
I also used this video on youtube as reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYm-2dUW03M I stopped and did the USB board replacement before most of the steps (that is actually quite easy to do by itself). You can watch it to get a REALLY good idea of what you'll have to deal with. I had the Verizon version of the M9 to deal with, so I only had one antenna wire instead of two (most be a different antenna in the VZW version of the phone), and getting the CNC connections back together was harder then ANY of the ribbon cables shown. I had to remove my contact lenses and look at the motherboard really close to see it clearly.

@TheXev Thanks for all of the info. I heard that conducting the battery swap was notoriously tricky. I ended up just buying a m9 for cheap and porting everything over to it... when this battery inevitable dies in 6 months I may give the self-replacement a go (or move on to a Pixel or something).

Exokan said:
@TheXev Thanks for all of the info. I heard that conducting the battery swap was notoriously tricky. I ended up just buying a m9 for cheap and porting everything over to it... when this battery inevitable dies in 6 months I may give the self-replacement a go (or move on to a Pixel or something).
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Just finished replacing my battery this morning. Took me about 45 minutes. I followed this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvBvrWN73s&t=180s .... I just hope this will delay me buying a pixel. Expensive!
Bought this one here. I doubt it is OEM but we will see how battery life last on this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-OE...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Thanks @TheXev

Aganar said:
My brother​ had a similar issue with his M8. Sprint refused to acknowledge any kind of hardware issue and insisted that he must have too many apps running, even after a factory reset. He eventually switched to an HTC 10.
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Flyhalf205 said:
Just finished replacing my battery this morning. Took me about 45 minutes. I followed this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvBvrWN73s&t=180s .... I just hope this will delay me buying a pixel. Expensive!
Bought this one here. I doubt it is OEM but we will see how battery life last on this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-OE...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Thanks @TheXev
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Glad it worked out for ya.. but on a stranger note... WTF IS UP WITH THAT VIDEO!? lol its EXACTLY the same as mine, only with a different logo, the font was changed from blue to red.... and the music is different but it is otherwise EXACTLY THE SAME. lol
I'm switching tabs between these videos at different parts, and its just changing colors... I think your video is from the original author, I'm going to let him know about this other channel ripping off their work.

My phone has same battery behavior.
Anyone in Los Angeles area want to swap out my battery for me???
Any reputable phone service places anyone can recommend?
I really don't think I should try to do this myself.

Disassembling and repairing HTC HTV31 Butterfly 3

Heey everyone,
My phone has some serious problems. I'm talking about percentage not showing correctly, because of that the phone will go off at random. As the percentage that is shown (for example 43%) is actually a lot less (it's actually 0%). And when I try to turn it on, the phone must be charging, otherwise the chance of data getting deleted is almost 100% (I think around 85%). And with the data deletion problem comes the storage problem, because the data is probably still on there but not accessible by android or something and therefore my phone can't install updates now(the apps are all stock) even though they were on there the moment the phone shut off.
I hope you guys still understand the situation, but now my actual question
Because these problems are all the cause of a faulty battery, I want to replace the battery with a new one.
I couldn't find replacements for our butterfly 3 phone, but there are ones for the M8, M9 and M9+.
These batteries look very similar and I actually think they are the exact same size and they do have the same connector.
Since so many things are similar between the M9/M9+ and our Butterfly 3, I thought those batteries also fit our phone.
But since taking the phone apart is not easy and of course risky, I would like to ask if anyone here has taken apart a HTC (HTV31) Butterfly 3 before.
If so, could that someone please tell me how this phone can be disassembled and maybe even tell me what the size and the connector of the battery are.
I could of course just buy a new phone, but this phone is the only one on the market(!!!) that fits all my needs. And replacing the battery is cheaper than buying a new one. As I got lucky somehow that I didn't have to pay any taxes or anything when I bought it around 1.5 years ago. And the prices on ebay are definitely higher than back then.
If any of you has some other ideas to solve my problem or has a better phone with almost the same specs, then place say so
PS. If it's possible to use the battery of the M9, then I will try to put a larger capacity battery in it, as this capacity is a bit low.

you can go to taobao.com, look for the battery.
A chinese disassemble tutorial: tieba.baidu.com/p/4918349216

franspear said:
you can go to taobao.com, look for the battery.
A chinese disassemble tutorial: tieba.baidu.com/p/4918349216
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Thank you!
The website with the tutorial doesn't load unfortunately, but as I almost bought the battery for the M9, I am happy I now know they aren't the same.
Thanks again.
EDIT: Turns out that the images don't load. Do the images load for someone here? Would very much appreciate it if someone could upload the images somewhere.

I have the exact same problem with my htc butterfly 3
I am looking for a fix of the exact same problems for a long time. Havent found one. If u found a fix plz do let me know

Bad battery

The vibration motor on my Fire phone stopped working, and then I noted that the case was bulging - the screen backlight was bleeding out of the side gaps.
After removing the back (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Amazon+Fire+Phone+Teardown/27458), it was clear that the battery had swollen significantly. I pried the battery out, but like many phones it won't boot without a battery installed. Now it's time to decide whether to move on or spend $15 on a questionable battery off Ebay.

Wow, that's dramatic. What did you decide to do? I had planned to replace my battery once it is bad. Seems like the thing to do if you still like the phone.

dini77 said:
Wow, that's dramatic. What did you decide to do? I had planned to replace my battery once it is bad. Seems like the thing to do if you still like the phone.
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I decided to buy a battery on eBay for $12.99. It was reasonably easy to reply (there are instructions on iFixit) and the phone is working again. I'm not sure about the true capacity of the new battery yet (its not my main phone).

henningspruth said:
I decided to buy a battery on eBay for $12.99. It was reasonably easy to reply (there are instructions on iFixit) and the phone is working again. I'm not sure about the true capacity of the new battery yet (its not my main phone).
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That's good to know, that you could do it cheaply and easily. Fire isn't my main phone either but it has a data SIM and is in daily use. I still enjoy it and plan to keep using it indefinitely. It is special because there will never be anything like it again.

Battery failure

Just wanted to ask if anyone else has experienced a "swelling battery" problem - I noticed my battery life starting to get worse, then one day the display actually began detaching from the frame - turned out my battery had started "bulging"/swelling, so much so that it had pushed the screen off the frame (phone was basically disassembling itself).
long story short, I was in HK and had the battery replaced at a stall in Sin Tat Plaza. New battery seems ok. Just curious if anyone else has had a similar battery failure.
In case anyone reading this is experiencing anything similar, this could be an option:
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/Moto-Z-Play-Replacement-Battery/IF368-005-2
If this had been available when it happened to my Z Play I would've gone for this option (since the swelling battery had pushed the display off the frame already, the hardest part of the job was already done!)

weilt said:
Just wanted to ask if anyone else has experienced a "swelling battery" problem - I noticed my battery life starting to get worse, then one day the display actually began detaching from the frame - turned out my battery had started "bulging"/swelling, so much so that it had pushed the screen off the frame (phone was basically disassembling itself).
long story short, I was in HK and had the battery replaced at a stall in Sin Tat Plaza. New battery seems ok. Just curious if anyone else has had a similar battery failure.
In case anyone reading this is experiencing anything similar, this could be an option:
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/Moto-Z-Play-Replacement-Battery/IF368-005-2
If this had been available when it happened to my Z Play I would've gone for this option (since the swelling battery had pushed the display off the frame already, the hardest part of the job was already done!)
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dont use HK battery it's fake battery and getting your device to slow. your components will become damage in the future as the technician said

JR Bautista said:
dont use HK battery it's fake battery and getting your device to slow. your components will become damage in the future as the technician said
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Hi,
thanks for the warning, but so far the thing is working fine. The battery swap was done in front of me so I could see what was being done. The replacement battery had Motorola markings etc. and as far as I could tell it was an original.

weilt said:
Hi,
thanks for the warning, but so far the thing is working fine. The battery swap was done in front of me so I could see what was being done. The replacement battery had Motorola markings etc. and as far as I could tell it was an original.
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in the first place so good but in long run ? is not good bro

JR Bautista said:
in the first place so good but in long run ? is not good bro
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thanks for the warning!
but as far as I can tell it's basically a Motorola battery, so I am not worried (Motorola's not such a big brand that people are likely to be making "fake batteries" for them - I'd actually be more worried about aftermarket iPhone or Samsung batteries)