Some people might have experienced a battery issue after the latest update. It can be solved quite easily. Even If you don't believe you have an issue with your battery, you should try this as it seems baked into the update process.
Just to describe my experience first. After update my battery was going from 100 percent to 20 percent in about 8 hours while idle. It wouldn't charge while it was on. I would have to turn off the phone to charge it. I could not figure this out, until I found similar issues on different phones in the forums. It seems that when an update gets pushed to your phone, and your battery is low, your current battery charge is cached as 'max'.
First I thought the connector on my charger was broken. Then I thought maybe the charge port on the phone was somehow damaged. Then I thought there was possibly a foreign object in the charge port. It is actually none of these things. It's a software issue. Here is the resolution.
You want to boot into recovery mode. This is taken directly from Lenovo's website on the Turbo 2, but please read my caveats at the end.
Power off the device and unplug it.
Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons until the device turns on.
From the Boot Mode selection menu, press the Volume Down button to scroll to Recovery and the Power button to select it. The device will restart.
An image of an Android robot with a red exclamation mark will appear.
Press and hold the Power button, while still holding Power, press and release the Volume Up button, then release the Power button.
Use the Volume buttons to scroll to Wipe Cache Partition and press the Power button to select it.
If an additional confirmation screen appears, use the Volume buttons to scroll to Yes and the Power button to select it.
Press the Power button to select Reboot System Now.
This is basically the process, but you have to change up a couple things. After you wipe the cache, select 'turn off' rather than 'reboot'. Give the phone a minute to be sure it is entirely off. Plug the phone into a charger in the off state and let it charge fully. Once you are certain that the phone has been charged to 100 percent, you can reboot phone. Voila, back to almost 2 days worth of battery life.
It doesn't work for me, anyway thanks for sharing this info.
Wysłane z mojego XT1580 przy użyciu Tapatalka
I wrote this for X Style but it can be aplied to Moto x Force in the same way:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...ide-improve-battery-life-performance-t3647155
I am having this issue, and sometimes Ampere shows the current draw at 2A even though the only thing I've done since power-on is run the Ampere app. I also have the green lines but that's been for much longer, so maybe there's a short but the issue started after an update not with the green lines. I'm suspecting something like a radio bug but unfortunately BetterBatteryStats requires root to do any real useful analysis (not possibly yet that I've seen with the VZWDT2). The only thing showing under usage is screen-on.
Wouldn't be ironic if it were an as-yet undiscovered crypto-miner? That hacker would be able to earn a huge bounty if they found permanent root.
Same problem here, any other solution? What's the best app to diagnose what's draining the battery?
I have done every thing with my turbo 2 , all given your tips i implemented on my mobile,
but still my phone battery not working well like working before update nougat. after updated nougat my mobile battery draining fast and after full 100 charge my mobile battery just work 3 and max 4 hours.
please launch any new update to resole this battery issue or give me some best tip to improve the battery work same work as before update nougat.
We are motorola users and we love this but company not support our users to actual solve this bad issue, really bad.
hope i hear from you with good news for users.
thanks & Regards,
I have tried multiple ways that I've found on the web, but still, my Turbo 2 has at best 3 to 4 hours of running time. Several months ago, I had the battery changed out. New battery behaved the same way. I'm convinced that Nougat is the culprit here.
Fully charged
Within an hour it went down to 68% and then shut down down. Any other fixes?
Just got a new battery fro the Droid Turbo 2
And it's working as it should. Apparently, the battery installed this past September was faulty.
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Hi all,
I've just spent a good amount of time browsing these forums - lots of good info here!
I've got my hands on a free i-mate jasjar from work as it is having battery issues and they just upgraded the user.
The issue is that it drains the battery in about 3-4 hours - thats with no sim in, phone / wireless / bluetooth turned off, very minimal use. We got a new battery for it in case that was the issue but it still loses it...
The other ones we have at work get at least a day / day and a half depending on usage.
I've reflashed it to the latest i-mate firmware (1.30.76 WWE) but stilll no luck....
Aside from sending it off for an expert to look at - does anyone have any suggestions on what i can do to diagnose / fix the problem?
Cheers
Sam
disable activesync checks
in wm5 activesync checks every 10 minutes or so for new data even if you do not have a server installed.... so.... here are the steps.....
with the device disconnected from the computer !
1. click "start"
2. click "programs"
3. click "activesync"
4. right soft button "menu"
5. click "add server to source"
6. fill in "1" in every field clicking "next" as you go through the proccess! (or any other fake data you want)
when you get to choosing what to sync, uncheck everything and click "finish"
7. right soft button "menu" again, now you'll have "schedule" lit
8. click "schedule"
9. change both drop down menus to "manually" and uncheck s"end outgoing items immediately"
10. click "ok"
11. right soft button "menu" again
12. click "options"
13. select the "exchange server", click "delete" and "yes"
14. click "ok"
YOUR DONE !
the device should last a lot longer !
have fun !
p.s.
don't forget to disable IR so the device won't try syncing with the sun ....
Great - I've set it up and will test it out over today - thanks for the reply
Make sure your infra red is also off, receive all beams is unticked.
Presumably you're not using any over clocking software? They disable the idle mode detection so make the battery less efficient, even at slow clocked speeds.
V
Infrared is off, currently its got fresh firmware as off yesterday, charged overnight - no sim, every conceivable option turned off, no extra s/w installed.
Since 9am its now down to 85% - roughly using 10% per hour with zero use....
I have the Same Issue ,the battey use very fast .
at the first I think may be is the net lock make that, But yesterday ,I try to use the unlock tools ,but same as it.
the charge complete. close all function ,can't use more than 8 hour's.
I've the same issue,...change a batery with a new one, BUT when it goes les than 70% all the problem start, loose the phone signal, shot down....I've a official Qtek 9000 ROM of febr. '06
Andrea
Andre77ab said:
I've the same issue,...change a batery with a new one, BUT when it goes les than 70% all the problem start, loose the phone signal, shot down....I've a official Qtek 9000 ROM of febr. '06
Andrea
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I think That's the Radio or Hard device error.
If other Rom have not This issue. I think that's this rom make it .
There are a number of threads regarding batteries and new ROM versions and I think the concensus is that its the battery and it is just coincidence about the new ROM.
I have had my device for about 8 months and it has behaved well until a few weeks ago when it started to shut-down at 70-80% battery. The shutdown only occured when I had a heavy drain on the device e.g. when using GPRS or phone and I started to think that the battery was dying and the heavy current drawn by the radio caused the battery voltage to drop below a sustainable threshold for powering the device - hence the shutdown. £20 later I have a new battery (from eBay) and can go 1-2 days without charging. I am leaving the old battery on charge for several days to see if it can be salvaged
weasel said:
There are a number of threads regarding batteries and new ROM versions and I think the concensus is that its the battery and it is just coincidence about the new ROM.
I have had my device for about 8 months and it has behaved well until a few weeks ago when it started to shut-down at 70-80% battery. The shutdown only occured when I had a heavy drain on the device e.g. when using GPRS or phone and I started to think that the battery was dying and the heavy current drawn by the radio caused the battery voltage to drop below a sustainable threshold for powering the device - hence the shutdown. £20 later I have a new battery (from eBay) and can go 1-2 days without charging. I am leaving the old battery on charge for several days to see if it can be salvaged
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Thank you help, But I return to the old version ROM. the batteries is OK. I don't know how to explain them
Try measuring the power consumption with acbPowerMeter and post your results so that we can see your device indeed has problems or not. See my related articles for more info (cross-posted to the General forum in here).
My Universal power consumption
With BT on and Wifi off power is at 642 mA...
Is it bad or good?
durius said:
With BT on and Wifi off power is at 642 mA...
Is it bad or good?
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What that's mean?
it means that the device has bt turned of, and also wifi turned of and acbmeter indicates a power consumption of 642
I also seem to have started incurring a problem with battery, it is shutting down the device at 50%, and yes there was a slight draing GPRS and Push Email running, and trying to make a phone call.
It only really happened today, and am at a loss as to the cause. I would guess, the battery is 1 year old and probably needs replacing.
i have been using two different 3.2 roms ltcmdr, then jw's for a while now and no problems until today.
I suspect its the age of the battery. I am in the process of trying to suck the battery down as far as I can, then recharge it.
It appears to do a complete shutdown every 2% from 50% to 40%, I am now trying to get it to less than 40%.
My original battery lasted me for about 8 months when I started experiencing the shutdown / hanging problem whenever the charge would drop to 35%. I replaced the battery with a new original battery and all went okay. Unfortunately my second battery is only 5 months old and I have started experiencing the same problem again although this time the problem is occurring at a charge level of 15%. When the battery reaches this level and I try to connect GPRs or make or receive a call the unit hangs. If I try to soft reset I cannot do so till I connect the external charger.
I think such a low battery life is simply unacceptable.
Regards
Ever wonder how a battery tells the system that it is full and to stop charging?
If you get a new battery, take the old one down to somewhere below 100% -then install a new ROM and see what the battery meter reads after the hard reset.
The system must recognize a point which would be monitored and recognized as "full battery". When installing new ROM's, the system takes the battery power at the time of the install as 100%. This is why it is reiterated in almost all ROM upgrade instructions:
"Your device battery must be fully charged before installing this ROM".
However, I'm not so keen as to have a fix; but I've noticed that when the battery is fully charged and the device is then unplugged, turned on and then off, then plugged back in...it seems to charge alot longer than what I would expect necessary to reach 100% once again.
dhob187 said:
in wm5 activesync checks every 10 minutes or so for new data even if you do not have a server installed.... so.... here are the steps.....
with the device disconnected from the computer !
1. click "start"
2. click "programs"
3. click "activesync"
4. right soft button "menu"
5. click "add server to source"
6. fill in "1" in every field clicking "next" as you go through the proccess! (or any other fake data you want)
when you get to choosing what to sync, uncheck everything and click "finish"
7. right soft button "menu" again, now you'll have "schedule" lit
8. click "schedule"
9. change both drop down menus to "manually" and uncheck s"end outgoing items immediately"
10. click "ok"
11. right soft button "menu" again
12. click "options"
13. select the "exchange server", click "delete" and "yes"
14. click "ok"
YOUR DONE !
the device should last a lot longer !
have fun !
p.s.
don't forget to disable IR so the device won't try syncing with the sun ....
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Will still be able to browse with my device? thx
Hello,
Facing this issue a number of times per week.
The phone was fully charged and kept as it is. Saw the charge left as 95%. After few hours of no activity on the phone, I try to unlock and find that it has switched off. Power button press won't start the phone. Had to take out the battery and put it back and then on power button press, phone starts.
Checked the battery level and found that there was a vertical dip of battery level from 84% to 0 and it was like that - till i booted the phone again.
After boot, again the battery level shows at 83%!
This sudden drain of battery to 0 although when phone was sufficient amount of charge has been happening quite a number of times.
Please see this screenshot. Is this due to a bad battery or my phone is "dying"!
Please help and let me know if any more information is required.
royzlife said:
Hello,
Facing this issue a number of times per week.
The phone was fully charged and kept as it is. Saw the charge left as 95%. After few hours of no activity on the phone, I try to unlock and find that it has switched off. Power button press won't start the phone. Had to take out the battery and put it back and then on power button press, phone starts.
Checked the battery level and found that there was a vertical dip of battery level from 84% to 0 and it was like that - till i booted the phone again.
After boot, again the battery level shows at 83%!
This sudden drain of battery to 0 although when phone was sufficient amount of charge has been happening quite a number of times.
Please see this screenshot. Is this due to a bad battery or my phone is "dying"!
Please help and let me know if any more information is required.
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I also had the same problem. In order to avoid it I am forced to reboot it on my own! Even I am working on my phone it is shutting down. This happened from the first takju update to 4.2. when I was in yakzu for previous versions I had no problem. If anyone has any idea please let us know.
Thanks in advance...
There have been multiple reports of the phone crashing which is likely causing your battery drain, its not randomly shutting down, its just unresponsive but using more power than if it were running normally.
Darunion said:
There have been multiple reports of the phone crashing which is likely causing your battery drain, its not randomly shutting down, its just unresponsive but using more power than if it were running normally.
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What do you suggest to do? Have anyone found any solution. Some people suggest a "reset to factory". Will it fix anything?
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What do you suggest to do? Have anyone found any solution. Some people suggest a "reset to factory". Will it fix anything?
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Hi,
Only one solution I have found to the problem - are you using any app which is using Google Location service?
I was using HD Widgets - uninstalled and found that the problem was gone.
Then found at HD widgets page in Play store, that the problem was with Google location service itself and not any specific app - HD widgets since then, have released a new version compatible to 4.2.1 and there haven't been crash reported.
Now I have disabled the setting of letting an app use Google Location service - that way , no random shutdown, no instant battery drain for me till now.
Additionally you can install Franco kernel on your rooted Nexus - it doesn't have any Sleep of Death issue (unresponsive lock screen).
I had this 2 times this week. I switch it (SM-T705) off in the evening at 100%. On the next day battery completely drained.
On the 1st time (battery=0%) I even could not switch it on - had to press POWER+VOLDOWN+HOME. The 2nd time it started normal (8% rest).
Battery monitor app said, no data for 12 hours (during the night = as it was switched off)
I use SkyHigh ROM+Kernel (4.4), Xposed, Wanam (incl. soft reboot menue,...), Greenify. As a first measure I uninstalled Greenify and disabled Wanam.
I found several post on the web regarding this issue, but no real conclusion. Any idea to get closer to the problem would be very welcome !
Have you tried Watchdog, it will sound an alarm if any apps use above a certain cpu usage, this will find any power sucking apps, go in to the settings and set it to monitor all phone processes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zomut.watchdoglite&hl=en
Have a look at the thread below, and install the latest version of the app, this will alow you to see what apps or process are keeping your tablet from going into power saving deep sleep.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809&page=2901
John.
Greenify doesn't really do anything that android doesn't already do itself. Its just another app running in the background. How are you powering off the tablet?
gggg said:
I had this 2 times this week. I switch it (SM-T705) off in the evening at 100%. On the next day battery completely drained.
On the 1st time (battery=0%) I even could not switch it on - had to press POWER+VOLDOWN+HOME. The 2nd time it started normal (8% rest).
Battery monitor app said, no data for 12 hours (during the night = as it was switched off)
I use SkyHigh ROM+Kernel (4.4), Xposed, Wanam (incl. soft reboot menue,...), Greenify. As a first measure I uninstalled Greenify and disabled Wanam.
I found several post on the web regarding this issue, but no real conclusion. Any idea to get closer to the problem would be very welcome !
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This is sure caused by kernal wake locks.
Why don't you try "better battery status" app and find out what it is draining your battery juice and
Read this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827676
It has the reasons and remedies for your problem. Good luck.
THX for your replies, but it is about DRAINING BAT during POWER OFF
gggg said:
THX for your replies, but it is about DRAINING BAT during POWER OFF
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Ouch..POWER OFF ! I didn't read it quite well. That makes me a bad reader. ;D
OK. Will let you know when I get info's about your problem.
gggg said:
THX for your replies, but it is about DRAINING BAT during POWER OFF
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Some times I face a similar problem like when you reboot your phone battery reading suddenly drops from say 80%-62%.
And every time when it happens i do this...
#Switch it OFF
#Connect it to the charger cable and wait for the reading to show. You will see the actual reading. (some value closer to 80% )
#switch it ON without disconnecting charger cable.
and I get this funny smile on my face
Try it and let me know if it helps.
Thread cleaned, guys lets please keep things on topic.
Heisenberg
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I'm having a similar (?Battery?) Problem
I didn't use my Tab S for a couple days (unplugged but OFF) and when I went to go use it...... it was (& still IS) totally "DEAD". It hasn't responded to anything I've tried so far.......
~~ Hold [POWER ] button for over a min
~~ Hold [POWER] & [VOL DOWN] together (This worked one OTHER time, not THIS time though)
~~ Hold [POWER] + [VOL-UP] + [HOME] together (Like the "Wipe Cache Partition" sequence)
I heard that there is somekind of "glitch", that if the battery(ies) drop below 3V, it won't take a charge anylonger..... well ACTUALLY, it won't RECEIVE a charge from the Tablet anymore.
(From this YouTube Video....)
"Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 doesn't turn on fix" ~ Chester Lowrey
He pulled off the back and "tapped into" the battery connections with a decently rigged up charger. Charged it up past the 3V "min level" and it started working again.
Has ANYBODY heard of this issue or problem??? And IF SO....... any other SOLUTIONS?? (I HAVE searched but haven't found anything about this in XDA......YET)
My Tab is totally DEAD and I really want to avoid sending it in for warranty repairs. Any help would be MUCH APPRECIATED!
Thanks, Joe (This is my first post here so I HOPE I'm in the right "place")
THEJOE29 said:
I didn't use my Tab S for a couple days (unplugged but OFF) and when I went to go use it...... it was (& still IS) totally "DEAD". It hasn't responded to anything I've tried so far.......
~~ Hold [POWER ] button for over a min
~~ Hold [POWER] & [VOL DOWN] together (This worked one OTHER time, not THIS time though)
~~ Hold [POWER] + [VOL-UP] + [HOME] together (Like the "Wipe Cache Partition" sequence)
I heard that there is somekind of "glitch", that if the battery(ies) drop below 3V, it won't take a charge anylonger..... well ACTUALLY, it won't RECEIVE a charge from the Tablet anymore.
(From this YouTube Video....)
"Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 doesn't turn on fix" ~ Chester Lowrey
He pulled off the back and "tapped into" the battery connections with a decently rigged up charger. Charged it up past the 3V "min level" and it started working again.
Has ANYBODY heard of this issue or problem??? And IF SO....... any other SOLUTIONS?? (I HAVE searched but haven't found anything about this in XDA......YET)
My Tab is totally DEAD and I really want to avoid sending it in for warranty repairs. Any help would be MUCH APPRECIATED!
Thanks, Joe (This is my first post here so I HOPE I'm in the right "place")
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You're in the wrong section, you need to go and ask in the Tab S section.
Heisenberg said:
You're in the wrong section, you need to go and ask in the Tab S section.
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Oh...... I thought this WAS the Tab S section....(Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting too)
Below is the "heading" that was at the top of the page......
Home —> Samsung Galaxy Tab S —> Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting —> [Q] Battery empty over night while switched off by gggg
I'm not trying to be "argumentative" ...... I just want to make sure I'm understanding you correctly.
THEJOE29 said:
Oh...... I thought this WAS the Tab S section....(Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting too)
Below is the "heading" that was at the top of the page......
Home —> Samsung Galaxy Tab S —> Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting —> [Q] Battery empty over night while switched off by gggg
I'm not trying to be "argumentative" ...... I just want to make sure I'm understanding you correctly.
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Whooooooops, that was a huge derp on my part! Dunno what I was thinking there, sorry.
The battery protection might have kicked-in it disconnects the battery when the battery voltage drop too low, normally between 2.5-3volts per cell, and you need an charger that can reset the battery to make it work again, I dont know if Samsung has some sort of procedure to do this, I have heard of another Tab S owner who had an dead tablet like this, he took it to an phone/tablet repair shop and he says they connected an box to the tablet and it started straight away.
Have you tried the procedure below, it is slightley different to what you have tried before, if it does not work, try connecting the Samsung charger and try again.
1) connect the tab to PC
2) press Home, Vol Down and Power simultaneously up to a screen appears;
3) press Vol Down to cancel and reboot the tablet.
Also read the link below, and give the bump charging a go.
http://alveraphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/asus-transformer-not-changing.html
John.
THEJOE29 said:
I didn't use my Tab S for a couple days (unplugged but OFF) and when I went to go use it...... it was (& still IS) totally "DEAD". It hasn't responded to anything I've tried so far.......
~~ Hold [POWER ] button for over a min
~~ Hold [POWER] & [VOL DOWN] together (This worked one OTHER time, not THIS time though)
~~ Hold [POWER] + [VOL-UP] + [HOME] together (Like the "Wipe Cache Partition" sequence)
I heard that there is somekind of "glitch", that if the battery(ies) drop below 3V, it won't take a charge anylonger..... well ACTUALLY, it won't RECEIVE a charge from the Tablet anymore.
(From this YouTube Video....)
"Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 doesn't turn on fix" ~ Chester Lowrey
He pulled off the back and "tapped into" the battery connections with a decently rigged up charger. Charged it up past the 3V "min level" and it started working again.
Has ANYBODY heard of this issue or problem??? And IF SO....... any other SOLUTIONS?? (I HAVE searched but haven't found anything about this in XDA......YET)
My Tab is totally DEAD and I really want to avoid sending it in for warranty repairs. Any help would be MUCH APPRECIATED!
Thanks, Joe (This is my first post here so I HOPE I'm in the right "place")
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I had a similar problem were my battery from a full charge would last about 30 mins,it done this quit a lot,took it back to PC World they sent it back to Samsung who said the battery was faulty and replaced it,only had it back a week and after only one charge this new battery is doing the same thing,it will not last more the 45mins from a full charge,it is going back to PC World on Monday.Cheers Longlegs
Heisenberg said:
Whooooooops, that was a huge derp on my part! Dunno what I was thinking there, sorry.
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No Big man.
Long45Legs52 said:
I had a similar problem were my battery from a full charge would last about 30 mins,it done this quit a lot,took it back to PC World they sent it back to Samsung who said the battery was faulty and replaced it,only had it back a week and after only one charge this new battery is doing the same thing,it will not last more the 45mins from a full charge,it is going back to PC World on Monday.Cheers Longlegs
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I read a few posts (I think HERE) talking about bad/loose battery CONNECTORS.
I've had the same problem. Heavy drain, battery discharged when power off, slow or fast charging time. This morning,when i tried to disconnect the battery, the connector just came away from the board!! It is really really bad soldered, resoldered by myself now seems to be working! Before soldering 50%batt,after 60%,used a lot today with chrome,youtube,twitter,display on just to check,now i'm with 22%
Edit : After about 9hours from repair it's fully discharged. No drain when in idle
Hi,
I was having an issue with my phone that many are experiencing, where once under 40%, the phone would randomly shutdown and would not boot until a charger is plugged in.
I've upgraded my WWE phone to Oreo, but the issue still occurred.
However, after upgrading, I performed the battery reset trick and since then the phone shuts down gracefully at 1% as expected. I had done the trick with Nougat previously a few times but it didn't make a difference.
The trick is:
1) Shutdown the phone
2) Plug the charger in
3) Hold the VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN and POWER buttons simultaneously for at least 2 mins
It might be a temporary fix, so I'll keep monitoring and update but so far so good.
Battery life is still bad though (max 3hr SOT), but that's down to battery wear I believe.
Hi
I flashed lineage 14.1 OS over the manufacturers stock ROM about 3 weeks ago. The Lineage ROM had issues BUT the battery was still charging normally. (Worth noting that the battery was also charging perfectly fine on when the manufacturers Rom was still installed). Seeing as Lineage 14.1 had a host of other issues, I then flashed AOKP's version of Pie with GAPPS Micro. At first, the battery would charge until 53%. However after it drained to 0%, it has not charged properly since. (6 days or so).
A) Battery is about 6 months old, so relatively new
B) non-charge problem started with installation of AOKP version of Pie
C) I have used a couple of battery health apps,which reveal the following:-
c.1) Battery health is fine
c2) Voltage 3.5V (essentially 0% charge)
c3) amperage averaging around 30mA
c4) Battery Manager and other apps state that the battery is "connected but not able to charge"
D) I have tried deleting the batterystats.bin file, which had no affect
E) I have tried using recalibration apps off Google Play Store with no affect.
F) I have cleaned the USB port and tried different cables, also with no affect.
I'm going to try flash another OS shortly. Other than that my last idea is to purchase a new battery. HOWEVER just thought I'd ask if anyone has any other bright ideas as to what might have happened to a perfectly functional battery? Another thing worth mentioning is that the power button on this device doesn't 'click' anymore. So one cannot feel that the button has been pressed, you have to press harder to ensure that the device powers on. It was like that for a long time before this battery problem started but thought I'd mention it. Can a faulty power button be causing a massive power drain on the battery OR be stopping it from charging?
EDIT - when the phone is off and plugged in to the charger, the battery icon shows it as "charging". However if I leave it for a few hours and switch the phone on again, it still reflects as 0% charged and only switches on with the power cable attached. Also I cannot get into recovery mode, after shutting down, unless I leave the phone plugged in and "charging" for a while. It's like recovery mode needs at least some power from the battery.
Debcal said:
Hi
I flashed lineage 14.1 OS over the manufacturers stock ROM about 3 weeks ago. The Lineage ROM had issues BUT the battery was still charging normally. (Worth noting that the battery was also charging perfectly fine on when the manufacturers Rom was still installed). Seeing as Lineage 14.1 had a host of other issues, I then flashed AOKP's version of Pie with GAPPS Micro. At first, the battery would charge until 53%. However after it drained to 0%, it has not charged properly since. (6 days or so).
A) Battery is about 6 months old, so relatively new
B) non-charge problem started with installation of AOKP version of Pie
C) I have used a couple of battery health apps,which reveal the following:-
c.1) Battery health is fine
c2) Voltage 3.5V (essentially 0% charge)
c3) amperage averaging around 30mA
c4) Battery Manager and other apps state that the battery is "connected but not able to charge"
D) I have tried deleting the batterystats.bin file, which had no affect
E) I have tried using recalibration apps off Google Play Store with no affect.
F) I have cleaned the USB port and tried different cables, also with no affect.
I'm going to try flash another OS shortly. Other than that my last idea is to purchase a new battery. HOWEVER just thought I'd ask if anyone has any other bright ideas as to what might have happened to a perfectly functional battery? Another thing worth mentioning is that the power button on this device doesn't 'click' anymore. So one cannot feel that the button has been pressed, you have to press harder to ensure that the device powers on. It was like that for a long time before this battery problem started but thought I'd mention it. Can a faulty power button be causing a massive power drain on the battery OR be stopping it from charging?
EDIT - when the phone is off and plugged in to the charger, the battery icon shows it as "charging". However if I leave it for a few hours and switch the phone on again, it still reflects as 0% charged and only switches on with the power cable attached. Also I cannot get into recovery mode, after shutting down, unless I leave the phone plugged in and "charging" for a while. It's like recovery mode needs at least some power from the battery.
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Does anyone know of a battery app/ software that one can run in recovery mode OR prior to booting? I'm wondering if this battery problem is software related or hardware related.
Debcal said:
Does anyone know of a battery app/ software that one can run in recovery mode OR prior to booting? I'm wondering if this battery problem is software related or hardware related.
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Now, it appears, I cannot even boot into TWRP recovery. I suspect the non-charging battery is the problem.
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Now, it appears, I cannot even boot into TWRP recovery. I suspect the non-charging battery is the problem.
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You won't believe it!!! After trying every solution known to man, turns out that the battery just doesn't sit snugly in the phone, so it doesn't make good contact. ???*♂??
Charging now that I manually pushed it up against the contacts.