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In the morning, I take the phone off charge at 100%, and it will then drop to 90% within the first 5mins (with no use)
Sometimes it charges until 90% and the light goes green and it does not continue charging to 100%.
To fix this I have to take out the charger and put it back in, it then charges to 100% like it should.
Anyone else have this problem? Its really inconvenient, if its not a software issue, should I cal t-mobile to have the battery replaced?
Thanks
I'm not sure but try this: uplug the power, restart the phone and then charge it and see if fully goes through.
Someone here once wrote that if he restarts the phone while charging it (he was talking about the Hero btw) it doesn't register the correct battery charge!
Just a thought. If that doesn't work then call them to replace the battery/phone.
I read somewhere else that the phone does not trickle charging once it is full, so what is probably happening is the phone fully charges, then gradually loses some of its charge, though I'm not 100% on that.
Ah just found the link where I read about the charging issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=658338
I have seen mine do the same (once) except it went from 100% to 91% - literally in seconds though.
Some have said it's a bug in the Android OS (?)
I found updating to fw .11 has made a difference for me.
I also removed Sky Sports news app ( not sure if coincidence that it's ok again since doing both those)
May install Sky app again to see.
Sometimes apps can cause problems.
How do you check the specific level of the battery? i tried pressing it in the top bar but nothing....
Matt2887 said:
How do you check the specific level of the battery? i tried pressing it in the top bar but nothing....
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Go to Menu > Settings > General info & option > Battery information.
choccy31 said:
I found updating to fw .11 has made a difference for me.
I also removed Sky Sports news app ( not sure if coincidence that it's ok again since doing both those)
May install Sky app again to see.
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Yep, upgrading the firmware and removing apps can improve battery performance.
I would suggest you pull out the battery a few times and then try a full discharge/charge to reset the digital circuit of the battery to improve the state-of-charge estimation.
Mastoid said:
Yep, upgrading the firmware and removing apps can improve battery performance.
I would suggest you pull out the battery a few times and then try a full discharge/charge to reset the digital circuit of the battery to improve the state-of-charge estimation.
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Hello, I will try a complete battery drainage, til it wont switch on, and then see if it is fixed.
So far my full drains have been to 1%.
I will report back
choccy31 said:
I found updating to fw .11 has made a difference for me.
I also removed Sky Sports news app ( not sure if coincidence that it's ok again since doing both those)
May install Sky app again to see.
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I've been looking for the sky sports news app and I can't find it in the marketplace anywhere. I've got it on my old hero?
where did you get the app?
Just type sky news in market.
Ny phine only charged to 98 last night its now 94% after 20 mins. I hot it up to 100 but that quick a drop is not right. It's now 92%!
Ok, so last night I ran my phone down til it switched off, switched it on again and waited for it to turn off. I did this continuously til the power button no longer worked. I then took out the battery and replaced it. Then I put it on charge without having the phone switched on.
Turned the phone on today and it was at 99%. Its now 95% so the charge seems weak, but it seems to have improved since the 90%?
Maybe after a few more full calibrations it will be fine. I will try this for another couple of days and see if it helped.
After 2 days of running it down to 0 and charging while switched off, I got good battery life with the charge holding up to 100% quite well
So today I decided to charge it while it was switched on, and it charged to 100%, a couple of minutes later and its below 90% again!
I don't know why this is happening because it seems to work fine when charged while switched off, but not when its on.
What should I do?
I don't know why this is happening because it seems to work fine when charged while switched off, but not when its on.
What should I do?
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Exactly same thing happened with mine this morn and I definitely became alarmed. It only charged to 99% when on and the charge fell very fast to 90% within 40mins of just standby - not even WiFi on.
So then I charged it to 99% while on and then switched it off disconnecting and reconnecting the charger. Turning it on 5mins later, it was back at 100% again. Browsed web using WiFi and updated all apps and widgets for 22mins continuous before it dropped to 99% this time. Been fine since.
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Exactly same thing happened with mine this morn and I definitely became alarmed. It only charged to 99% when on and the charge fell very fast to 90% within 40mins of just standby - not even WiFi on.
So then I charged it to 99% while on and then switched it off disconnecting and reconnecting the charger. Turning it on 5mins later, it was back at 100% again. Browsed web using WiFi and updated all apps and widgets for 22mins continuous before it dropped to 99% this time. Been fine since.
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Was it fine the next day?
I did a factory reset and it did not fix the issue, I will try this and if it does not work this time I will get mine replaced! (or a new battery?)
Was it fine the next day?
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Yup. As good as before.
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interesting because I can't seem to get rid of mine!
T-mobile think its a problem with my battery and are sending me a new battery to see if that fixes the issue. I will post back with an update on the topic when I get the new battery in a few days.
On the phone keypad, if you dial *#*#4636#*#*, you will be taken to a testing menu. In this menu there are options to see phone and battery information as well as usage statistics for apps.
After 2 days of running it down to 0 and charging while switched off, I got good battery life with the charge holding up to 100% quite well
So today I decided to charge it while it was switched on, and it charged to 100%, a couple of minutes later and its below 90% again!
I don't know why this is happening because it seems to work fine when charged while switched off, but not when its on.
What should I do?
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Same for me. I don't really want to have to always charge it with the phone off. Very annoying.
interesting because I can't seem to get rid of mine!
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Same thing I described above repeated itself this morn except that the charge dropped to 93% within 12mins this time - on standby with airplane mode and no WiFi or Bluetooth enabled. However, It's held steady after that. I poll battery charge, voltage, temperature and usage levels using the Testing notification icon (I use the BarControl app).
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I don't seem to have the standard Android OS killing my battery, but I am still losing battery fast and it seems to be coming from the screen. I have turned down my screen to 10-20% (30 second turn off delay) with no change really.
Screen is normally eating 40-50% of the battery. Android OS only has 14%. Anyone getting similar numbers?
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Screen is normally eating 40-50% of the battery. Android OS only has 14%. Anyone getting similar numbers?
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Yes. But in the evening when I plug my phone to the charger before I go to sleep, it still has around 30% battery. I'm quite happy with the battery usage so far.
Petrovski80 said:
Yes. But in the evening when I plug my phone to the charger before I go to sleep, it still has around 30% battery. I'm quite happy with the battery usage so far.
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Good to know, I am a verizon user. I only had the phone since yesterday, so I am hoping this is just a battery burn in thing and my battery life will improve.
Today is my first full day to test my normal battery conditions.. and I am experiencing the same.
45% is currently going to the screen and 20 to the OS.
It still looks like i'll squeek by with about 9 hours of battery life (which is alright).
I refuse to have the screen at anything other than 100% brightness though.
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I don't seem to have the standard Android OS killing my battery, but I am still losing battery fast and it seems to be coming from the screen. I have turned down my screen to 10-20% (30 second turn off delay) with no change really.
Screen is normally eating 40-50% of the battery. Android OS only has 14%. Anyone getting similar numbers?
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Can u provide some more details please? How much screen time are you getting on this phone on a charge? I've been getting like 3.25 - 3.5 house on a charge.
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I refuse to have the screen at anything other than 100% brightness though.
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There's your problem.
It's a beautiful screen, especially at full brightness, but I'm fairly certain you can hear the battery sobbing quietly if you listen closely.
Uploaded a screenshot of my battery performance today. It's 9 PM over here, about 2 hours to go before it gets juice again. My screen brightness is set to auto.
mike2518 said:
Can u provide some more details please? How much screen time are you getting on this phone on a charge? I've been getting like 3.25 - 3.5 house on a charge.
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Let me finish the charge today and I will get these numbers for you. I am just through 60% for the day.
Hi guys, I just got my galaxy note II for like 2 weeks ago. And i've noticed a problem about my phone.
My galaxy note II will drain the battery for like more than 20% ( 20%-25% ) while its in idle. Which means after i fully charged my phone, i unplugged the charger and i used it for awhile more like it was left 92% before i slept. Then the next day when i woke up i noticed that my phone's battery drained about 20++%, it became 79% (i slept for 8-9 hours). I didnt leave it with wifi on. I just left it with 3G & power saving on!!!! This is a serious problem, i mean how is it possible to drain for 20% just for around 9 hours of sleep.
And one more question, how long does your galaxy note II battery last after a full charge with you playing checking the phone for message once for almost every 20 mins?
Normally i woke up around 9am for work and by the time i reach home at night around 12am. It still has around 30% of battery. But today, this strange thing happened. I unplugged my phone around 9.30 am. Starting of the day was okay, it was normal. But right after it was reduced to 60%, the battery started to drain faster. By 8.30am it was already left 25%.
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GUYS HELP PLEASE!!! AS IM NEW HERE. REALLY REALLY NEED A SUGGESTION ABOUT WHAT TO DO TO MY PHONE.
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Boeugeneboo said:
Hi guys, I just got my galaxy note II for like 2 weeks ago. And i've noticed a problem about my phone.
My galaxy note II will drain the battery for like more than 20% ( 20%-25% ) while its in idle. Which means after i fully charged my phone, i unplugged the charger and i used it for awhile more like it was left 92% before i slept. Then the next day when i woke up i noticed that my phone's battery drained about 20++%, it became 79% (i slept for 8-9 hours). I didnt leave it with wifi on. I just left it with 3G & power saving on!!!! This is a serious problem, i mean how is it possible to drain for 20% just for around 9 hours of sleep.
And one more question, how long does your galaxy note II battery last after a full charge with you playing checking the phone for message once for almost every 20 mins?
Normally i woke up around 9am for work and by the time i reach home at night around 12am. It still has around 30% of battery. But today, this strange thing happened. I unplugged my phone around 9.30 am. Starting of the day was okay, it was normal. But right after it was reduced to 60%, the battery started to drain faster. By 8.30am it was already left 25%.
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GUYS HELP PLEASE!!! AS IM NEW HERE. REALLY REALLY NEED A SUGGESTION ABOUT WHAT TO DO TO MY PHONE.
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Yes the battery does drain even as you sleep. Keeping 3G on actually drains more than Wifi. So if you really want to preserve your battery overnight, turn off your mobile data totally. It is somewhat an annoyance that you can't choose between 2G/3G like you do with iPhone. If you still want that connectivity, leave wifi on instead of mobile data.Give it a try for one night and see how it goes.
Are you using any power saving apps?
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Yes the battery does drain even as you sleep. Keeping 3G on actually drains more than Wifi. So if you really want to preserve your battery overnight, turn off your mobile data totally. It is somewhat an annoyance that you can't choose between 2G/3G like you do with iPhone. If you still want that connectivity, leave wifi on instead of mobile data.Give it a try for one night and see how it goes.
Are you using any power saving apps?
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I just tried again last night and it drains from 100% to 81% from 8 hours of sleep? Is it really normal?
I am using this app callee "cpu spy". Over 8 hours of state time. Only 5 and a half hour my phone is actually in deep sleep. 200mhz for almost nearly 2 hours. And the rest go to 1000mhz and 1400mhz. Do you understand what it means? I dont. Can you please explain?
And im not using any battery saving app. Any suggestions?
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I just tried again last night and it drains from 100% to 81% from 8 hours of sleep? Is it really normal?
I am using this app callee "cpu spy". Over 8 hours of state time. Only 5 and a half hour my phone is actually in deep sleep. 200mhz for almost nearly 2 hours. And the rest go to 1000mhz and 1400mhz. Do you understand what it means? I dont. Can you please explain?
And im not using any battery saving app. Any suggestions?
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Post some screenshots of your battery usage.
Strange, for me the battery is quite long lasting. What application is draining your battery?
Attached my screen shoot.
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Follow the link in my sig towards How to flash a custom rom (no i am not asking u to flash one). U will find one tab for useful links. That thread can help you debug your issue as well as suggest probable solutions.
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post some screenshots of your battery usage.
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Under where it says screen usage 48%, click on that to further expand on that. Then post that screenshot.
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Yes the battery does drain even as you sleep. Keeping 3G on actually drains more than Wifi. So if you really want to preserve your battery overnight, turn off your mobile data totally. It is somewhat an annoyance that you can't choose between 2G/3G like you do with iPhone. If you still want that connectivity, leave wifi on instead of mobile data.Give it a try for one night and see how it goes.
Are you using any power saving apps?
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You can change between 2g and 3g.
More settings > mobile network. GSM is 2g and wcdma is 3g.
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Op have you installed viber by any chance? This app drained my battery quickly even when I am not using it.
I will leave my phone alone for about two hours and when I check back there will be 25% battery gone. Is this normal? Should I report back after I've used the phone for a week or so? I just got the phone this weekend.
Lte does drain battery very fast but I don't think that is normal. Are you in an area of poor coverage? You could also have a wake lock. You can check for wake locks with better battery stats.
LTE will only drain battery during use so that isn't your problem.
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Lte does drain battery very fast but I don't think that is normal. Are you in an area of poor coverage? You could also have a wake lock. You can check for wake locks with better battery stats.
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Ah I see. Well, my phone died before my work shift was even over. It must be whatever the wake lock thing is. Once I get this resolved I'll love this phone!
Better Battery Stats will help you pin point the wake lock. Post screen shots of this app if you don't understand how to read it.
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Better Battery Stats will help you pin point the wake lock. Post screen shots of this app if you don't understand how to read it.
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Will do. So far after a full recharge after my battery was dead I had it just sitting on my desk for about 40 minutes and it was still at 99%. I'll leave it uncharged while I sleep and see how it is doing in the morning and I'll post the stats.
Hmmm, it seems that from overnight (About 7 hours) it has drained about 9%. Is this normal? I'll see how it does through work today and I'll report back tonight. It doesn't seem to be draining as much as it did before.
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Hmmm, it seems that from overnight (About 7 hours) it has drained about 9%. Is this normal? I'll see how it does through work today and I'll report back tonight. It doesn't seem to be draining as much as it did before.
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Oh yeah. Your good. 1% per hour idle is what you should hope for. But I wouldnt make a ruckus about 2% extra
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Seems I overlooked calibrating the battery with a power run out since it is a new phone. It seems me letting it run down fixed my problem. Its been about 3 hours and I'm only down about 4%. I'll still monitor it every 2 hours or so and post the results at night.
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Hmmm, it seems that from overnight (About 7 hours) it has drained about 9%. Is this normal? I'll see how it does through work today and I'll report back tonight. It doesn't seem to be draining as much as it did before.
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Yup...that's totally normal for a healthy stock battery without any major mods or tweaks.
That's about 1.29% per hour.
If you want to get that number down closer to .5% per hour, try an app called Green Power. You can set it to turn off wifi/data when your screen is off. You can tell it to wait say 30secs before it does this.
Then you can tell it to enable wifi/data at "screen on" or at "screen unlock".
If you don't use push mail etc., this is a good option to keep your battery drain minimal in standby. You can also choose this behavior for night time only. And...you can choose apps to go into the "exceptions" list...a a whole bunch more fine tuning.
When I had my Note 1, for some reason over night it would drain like 50% of the battery, no idea why so I sold it. When I has my iPhone the most it ever drained over night was about 5%, 4 and 5. Last night my Note 2 drained about 12%, the only App open was the Alarm.
I know 12% isn't anything major, but with the problems I had with the Note 1 I just don't want to wake up have been fully charged the night before and then have to charge in order to even use it the next day. I need an alarm set or I won't wake up to go to work.
What is the best way to keep battery life over night but still have an alarm set?
craiigman said:
When I had my Note 1, for some reason over night it would drain like 50% of the battery, no idea why so I sold it. When I has my iPhone the most it ever drained over night was about 5%, 4 and 5. Last night my Note 2 drained about 12%, the only App open was the Alarm.
I know 12% isn't anything major, but with the problems I had with the Note 1 I just don't want to wake up have been fully charged the night before and then have to charge in order to even use it the next day. I need an alarm set or I won't wake up to go to work.
What is the best way to keep battery life over night but still have an alarm set?
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Install betterbatterystats from playstore to keep a check on Battery hogging useless apps.
YOu dont need to keep the Alarm open in the background exclusively. When you set an alarm,it would be there untill you disable it manually.
12% overnight is a bit more than normal. For a 6-7 hours, battery drain should not be more than 5-6% when the screen is off and phone goes into Deep Sleep mode.
Why not just charge it over night so that you always wake up with 100% :S
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Why not just charge it over night so that you always wake up with 100% :S
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Cause the charge cable is short and doesn't reach to a sensible spot for me to be able to quickly turn the alarm off before it wakes the rest of the house up!
I'll do a few more test runs before I install any battery apps, from what I have seen so far most apps actually mess up the battery for me. That Battery Widget Reborn on my Nexus 7 takes the charge time from about 2-3 hours to 7-8. And one's I've used in the past actually drain it quicker.
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When I had my Note 1, for some reason over night it would drain like 50% of the battery, no idea why so I sold it. When I has my iPhone the most it ever drained over night was about 5%, 4 and 5. Last night my Note 2 drained about 12%, the only App open was the Alarm.
I know 12% isn't anything major, but with the problems I had with the Note 1 I just don't want to wake up have been fully charged the night before and then have to charge in order to even use it the next day. I need an alarm set or I won't wake up to go to work.
What is the best way to keep battery life over night but still have an alarm set?
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Woah...never experienced that mate..did you turn off wifi?? For me 5 hours of sleep will only decrease 1 -2 %... stock rom dll7... check your apps in the background
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Ah that's a fair reason
I left mine off charge over night so I could compare. I left everything on as per my usual day (WiFi, GPS, auto sync) and had an alarm set.
I lost about 12% as well
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Betterbatterystats is not an "battery" app. Is an app the monitors your phone and reports misbehaving apps or partial and kernel wakelocks.
It has nothing to do with increasing battery charge time.
Search it.
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Ah that's a fair reason
I left mine off charge over night so I could compare. I left everything on as per my usual day (WiFi, GPS, auto sync) and had an alarm set.
I lost about 12% as well
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Thanks for doing that I turned my GPS off last night and results were a lot better. But awesome of you to try that
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Betterbatterystats is not an "battery" app. Is an app the monitors your phone and reports misbehaving apps or partial and kernel wakelocks.
It has nothing to do with increasing battery charge time.
Search it.
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May have to give it a go if the problem persists, but for 10% battery it's not major. But thanks for clearing that up!
The only thing that you need to do is turn off data connections and wifi. This way I lose 1-2% battery life over night.
Well Android's ecosystem is made in this way. Literally you can't do anything. If an app or a couple of apps think that they need to run at a certain time, then they WILL run, it's as simple as that. No app is there to stop it, but yes some apps are there to make it worse, so stay away from them. One night you will notice 5% drain, the other night 10%, with same exact settings.
Still try to turn off Data/3G at night, if you don't need it. And get used with it
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Well Android's ecosystem is made in this way. Literally you can't do anything. If an app or a couple of apps think that they need to run at a certain time, then they WILL run, it's as simple as that. No app is there to stop it, but yes some apps are there to make it worse, so stay away from them. One night you will notice 5% drain, the other night 10%, with same exact settings.
Still try to turn off Data/3G at night, if you don't need it. And get used with it
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