Battery problems - XDA EXEC - JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General

hey all ,
first of all i wanna say i just LOVE this great forum , i wish that every aspect
of life would have been taken care of as u do with the phone/ppc area , great
people and great support !! keep going !!
second ,
i am using the XDA EXEC for a month now (second hand device) which came
with 3 batteries and in 2 of them the device shuts in 40-50% batt left and
the 3rd battery shows allways 100% charge and shuts off after a day
instantly (no aggressive use done with the phone) , i am using uptime today
plugin to monitor batteries , anyone familiar with that stuff?
thanks in advance,
Shimi G.

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Unbelievable 3200mAH battery

Hi dudes ,
After get mad because my Exec always shutdown at 75% battery level , I had someone bought a 3200mAH in Singapore and after fully charged , I used my PDA from Saturday last week and I couldn't believe in my eyes , my device ran until today ( Thursday ) . It 's 6 days and it still has 40% level . I always turn on the phone , bluetooth . It' s worth 90usd .
I share this info to someone who face with the shutdown battery problem .
Regards.
Yes, thanks! I've ordered my fat battery from Dave (mdapro uk) and I'm at the edge of my seat waiting for the shipment to arrive...
themanincage said:
Hi dudes ,
After get mad because my Exec always shutdown at 75% battery level , I had someone bought a 3200mAH in Singapore and after fully charged , I used my PDA from Saturday last week and I couldn't believe in my eyes , my device ran until today ( Thursday ) . It 's 6 days and it still has 40% level . I always turn on the phone , bluetooth . It' s worth 90usd .
I share this info to someone who face with the shutdown battery problem .
Regards.
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Had the same problem with my battery, looks like a normal problem on Universal.
Did you ever tryed to play around with linux on your device, this would be very intersteing for me. I am playing with it, and i thought it could be a nonworking linux driver, that distroyed the battery.
So please tell me, how you got this problem.

Battery drain

hi there
from 2 days there is a big drain battery in my ARC ...
any one have same problme ....
and any suggestion to solve this ?
ringrover said:
hi there
from 2 days there is a big drain battery in my ARC ...
any one have same problme ....
and any suggestion to solve this ?
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Dont worry too much...Considering if your phone is new, the battery need conditioning. Just use it for a week with full charge cycle, I am sure it will be normal. Also you can check from battery usage, to make sure it's not some apps you installed that caused the heavy drain.
This is standard in the first few days; 4 days into me having mine, I noticed a decrease from 100% to 31% in 6.5 hours without even touching the phone, however now it runs a breeze.
I wouldn't say wait for it to mellow out and it will be perfect (although you can sit it out, regardless of what you do the phone battery will still need to adjust) but in the long run I'd suggest making use of the handy new battery management feature (Home, Menu, Settings, Applications, Battery Use) and also an application called Advanced Task Killer, which will manage applications that are loaded in memory on the phone. Some say this helps, some say it doesnt, but I personally feel it's beneficial to have it installed.
Be very careful if you're running Kakaotalk or Whatsapp - they drink battery power like mad.
Just be careful with running apps and widgets - I've put my WiFi sleep policy to when screen is off too.
Really pleased with my battery life - getting between 18 - 24 hours of pretty heavy use per charge
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I have the same problem with battery drain... When I restart the phone the problem dispersers for some time... I have only installed a few apps that I have used without problems on my HTC HD2.. I have run a lot of different android roms on HD2 without this kind of problem..
Actual I noticed the battery drain problem from first start on my ARC..
Now I have installed the "Only Battery Widget" and on the graph I can clearly see that the battery drain is lower after a restart.
I don't know when or why the problem appear...
I have the same problem before! However, after uninstall task killer program, disable Bravia engine, install shutupbatterysaver and do a reboot, the battery problem has gone!
I see Whatsapp is always in the "Running" apps list after restart. I don't use it.
I don't have an account and I tried to open the app once but did not register or agree to the terms.
It shouldn't use a lot of battery right?
vincent.hsy said:
I see Whatsapp is always in the "Running" apps list after restart. I don't use it.
I don't have an account and I tried to open the app once but did not register or agree to the terms.
It shouldn't use a lot of battery right?
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It's installed on mine too but does not use much.
Kakaotalk, on the other hand, accounted for 22% of my battery usage - and I wasn't even using it!!
Uninstalled it.
my 1st proper days usage today and i got 19hrs at which point i hit 15% battery so stuck it back on charge, i was messing with the phone all day, quite a bit of gaming, 3 or 4 videos, pictures net etc, screen on auto, i have no task killer installed... i feel that when ive come out of a game when i check whats running its not there so no need as far as i can see to have 1, pleased with the battery it hasnt yet been through any cycles, this is the 1st time ive properly charged it
The battery drain from first day to third day is extremly different!
First day battery drained about 10% per hour idle,third day 2% only
ringrover said:
hi there
from 2 days there is a big drain battery in my ARC ...
any one have same problme ....
and any suggestion to solve this ?
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Same here.
I notice there a lot of background services running on the ARC as compared to my Galaxy S and they cannot be stopped (keep coming back) or uninstalled.
I am using Green Power Free set to 1 min ON and 5 mins OFF to see if things get any better.
My Arc drain almost 30% over night with data off. I did a hard reset, it drop only 3%
For that matter I'll have to ask something... Is it detrimental to my battery's health when I charge it while still being halfway full? Does it hamper the total capacity? Because that's what I have to do sometimes because of school... Don't want an almost-empty battery there
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x9745 said:
My Arc drain almost 30% over night with data off. I did a hard reset, it drop only 3%
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Mine is new (less than a week) so shouldn't need hard reset right? Anyway, the Green Power seem to does its job, 68% now after 7.5 hours.
Regii said:
For that matter I'll have to ask something... Is it detrimental to my battery's health when I charge it while still being halfway full? Does it hamper the total capacity? Because that's what I have to do sometimes because of school... Don't want an almost-empty battery there
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Theoretically Lithium batteries shouldn't be a problem since there is no memory effect. Just do a complete charge/discharge/charge cycle once a month or so to "calibrate" the battery meter.
You should also do it once or twice when new.
One more thing, I am using third party micro usb charger, the phone screen unlock not working!!! Which I cant unlock the phone while i charge!! Just be more careful. Or any friend have this issue?
Hi, it happened to me too. My battery started draining faster. I was not able to figure out which app caused it, may be WhatsTheApp or Evernote. So I took a backup and made a factory reset. Now my battery is back to normal. you can try that. Now I'm getting 2 days even after playing some HD games. Really loving this phone. Hope this helps....
sgsgs said:
Theoretically Lithium batteries shouldn't be a problem since there is no memory effect. Just do a complete charge/discharge/charge cycle once a month or so to "calibrate" the battery meter.
You should also do it once or twice when new.
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It is new. You mean actually waiting until it turns itself off? Would have to do that.
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Heating & Battery Drain (Indian Version)

Hi All,
Having severe problem with my S2. My galaxy S2 is heating a lot on charge and if i use it more than 15 min (playing angry birds) the screen and the back part( near the camera) gets heated up and battery part- i am getting only 8hrs (not using Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G services).To charge battery from 20% to 100% it is taking 3hrs.so daily charging the battery twice. i got my first S2 replaced. now even my 2nd S2 is behaving the same way. Dont know wat to Do, very confused
Plz Help
Hey there friend, I have the same issue with KE2 European version. It heats up to 50 degrees when used if charging. I wonder why do they mock us with such unfinished products?? Anyway, I posted here just to see if anyone has an idea. Thanks.
This is not a problem , this a new feature of the phone .
Now with you phone you can boil an egg , make a coffee , warm your self and so many other things.
We are the proud users of an new era of mobile phones .
Seriously now
I am facing the same problem too and it is really annoying , many users reported shut downs too because of the overheating , and this is VERY VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM .
dimkit said:
This is not a problem , this a new feature of the phone .
Now with you phone you can boil an egg , make a coffee , warm your self and so many other things.
We are the proud users of an new era of mobile phones .
Seriously now
I am facing the same problem too and it is really annoying , many users reported shut downs too because of the overheating , and this is VERY VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM .
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))) Nice approach. But still horrible issue.
very fast battery drain..
I am on lightning rom 1.3 which is ke8..ke8 kernel..rooted..
I disabled fast dormancy..
untick sync..
i use 3g network and data..
use juice defender to turn off data when screen off..
did batt calibration wid app..
keep display on automatic(otherwise cant see in outdoors)..
i get discharged from 100% to 92% in 15 mins and it keeps discharging tat fast..
plz help me resolve this issue!!!
any suggestions??
plz help..
sumeshd said:
I am on lightning rom 1.3 which is ke8..ke8 kernel..rooted..
I disabled fast dormancy..
untick sync..
i use 3g network and data..
use juice defender to turn off data when screen off..
did batt calibration wid app..
keep display on automatic(otherwise cant see in outdoors)..
i get discharged from 100% to 92% in 15 mins and it keeps discharging tat fast..
plz help me resolve this issue!!!
any suggestions??
plz help..
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Maybe this is a rom problem , i will suggest you to try the stock rom to check if you are facing the same problem again
My record temp is 55 degrees while charging and using wifi to stream videos..i have tried all kind of roms..stock and others...i know for a fact my device is defective due to some other issues..just waiting for my usb jig to arrive and hope for a replacement..
Cheers.
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In the 3 days I have had the device, the back part has gone really really hot once. It happened when I was using the stock web browser to to go to endgadget website, using the 2G, EDGE connection. My browser got stuck and the back part became very hot. I forced the browser to exit, and let my device cool down itself. Afterwards I tried it again, going to endgadget, but using wifi this time. On wifi no such heating issues.
Also from what I have read in the forums, sometimes some apps force the device to use both the processors at 100. So just keep monitoring the CPU usage of the apps, and it a few days you will get to know, which apps to avoid.
My first sgs2 got to 46c + when running kaspersky virus scan before i cancelled it, and that is before i had a skin on my mobile so i sent it back.
I just ran kaspersky again on my new sgs2 with a skin on it, and the temp only got to 34c ,so i wonder if some sgs2 get hotter than others?
EDIT : sorry UK version
Facing the exact same issue with my device dont know the temp bur it gets very very hot , anyone from samsung listening
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dimkit said:
This is not a problem , this a new feature of the phone .
Now with you phone you can boil an egg , make a coffee , warm your self and so many other things.
We are the proud users of an new era of mobile phones .
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LoL. That was really funny.
I have the same problem too. With supercurio sound fix in captivate i was overwhelmed by the music but now sound is so awful.
Use Juice Defender. I get around 35 hours of battery life with moderate usage with it!

LG GT540 battery drain very fast

I have LG GT540 with android 2.3.4 cyanogen and the battery is just getting drain to fast ( its new battery) .when i go to battery use i saids that android system use 99-100% of battery waht its not normal ( my friend has about 7-8% use) and she last for 1-1.5 hours with normal work ,in idle about 4 hours till battery drops dead. Phone is getting to hot , i tryed to put others 2.3.7 and its same again what sholud i do.
solution i tryed: wipe battery stats -didnt help
going from 2.3.4 to 2.3.7 -didn help
PM me to see pic cuz i am new here so i cant post outside links at the moment.
Did you wipe data when updating to 2.3.7? If not, try it (maybe also without restoring stuff from backup, if wiping+restore does not help)
yes i always wipe data/cache/dalvik cache so tahts not issue,can i format SD card is she a problem maybe?
yeah same for me i am also using a rather new battery
The battery level stays on some percentages longer than others.
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yeah our phone is not so accurate my sisters sensation xe shows every 1%
bs828 said:
yeah our phone is not so accurate my sisters sensation xe shows every 1%
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Same with my friend's LG Optimus 2X. Any solution?
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This may sound stupid but works
Charge it to 100% wipe the battery stats let it drain out then recharge it to 100 let it drain out again and then carry on as normal i do this before and after each rom and clear the stats etc before releasing each softmod my battery lasts on average 2-3days thats texting and 4-7 phone calls maybe abit of radio and checking email 4-5 times
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Danzano said:
This may sound stupid but works
Charge it to 100% wipe the battery stats let it drain out then recharge it to 100 let it drain out again and then carry on as normal
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I did that many times but without success ,my battery is dead with 1-2 hours of use
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1-2 is realy extrime, try wiping data and see how long it last without anything installed. If it still 1-2, there is hardver problem.
Hot phone can be inditcator of cpu or motherboard problem. :-\
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markanzyxel said:
I have LG GT540 with android 2.3.4 cyanogen and the battery is just getting drain to fast ( its new battery) .when i go to battery use i saids that android system use 99-100% of battery waht its not normal ( my friend has about 7-8% use) and she last for 1-1.5 hours with normal work ,in idle about 4 hours till battery drops dead. Phone is getting to hot , i tryed to put others 2.3.7 and its same again what sholud i do.
solution i tryed: wipe battery stats -didnt help
going from 2.3.4 to 2.3.7 -didn help
PM me to see pic cuz i am new here so i cant post outside links at the moment.
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First of all swiftdroids battery is only supposed to last 1 day.. so use a differnet rom. Secondly check that ur CPU is on ondemand not performance .. cause sometimes u get the rom like that.
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what worked for me
Hi
I wanted to thank for Zoe Rom on its thread, but i cant write on developer's threads yet (altough i clicked thanks button there).
Im glad i finally got rid of my memory hogging default rom and now i have a properly working phone again!
Also i wanted to reply there (to some people also complaining about battery endurance on GT540 on Zoe Rom) how i fixed my battery main problem.
Pic of current battery drain:
http://postimage.org/image/d8o8uusd7/
As you can see i am aproximatelly at 50% battery after 1day and 11h of not charging.
I had 2 problems:
1- Battery lasted aproximatelly 5 hours on standby (and i mean i wouldnt even touch the phone and the battery was gonne after that time)
2- During intense battery drain usage, the battery was reporting to have less energy than what it actually has.
1st problem solved by simply turning off the wireless after im done with using it. No idea how could that be taking away so much energy, but it was. Somewhere during the period i was using my default rom i got used to have wireless always on, and my battery on the later times was going away faster than normal (i also like to listen to music on the phone). At the time i didnt correlate the 2 things, and i just put in my head that it probably was the battery dieing on me. It wasnt! The wireless (i suppose because of the Sync function also being on) has been draining my battery like mad between charges.
2nd problem persists. As you can see on the pic, those 2 spikes down correspond 2 diferent aproximatelly 1 GB file wireless transfers with Wifi File Browser app. This transfers (PC->Phone) make the phone CPU have to unzip the two 1GB files to the SD, so they are very CPU and SD card read/write intensive (i can force this battery drops with other instense battery use like playing a 3D game for example). The thing is if during that temporarly drop on the battery level measurement, the level hits 5%, the phone will shutdown. But to be honest, this problem is minor comparing to the 1st one.
There is one other minor problem with my battery, wich is the reading being inconsistent (drops 10%, then gains 15% then drops 5% again etc), but is this a problem at all?
I read a post of a guy that had made extensive testing to his battery cycles, providing loads of graph of battery levels (cant find link) . I didnt read through all of it, but i remember the guy saying something in the end like "Dont be too paranoid with your battery levels, as they arent accurate. Instead use your phone normally and you will gain an idea of how long will it last with certain types of usage"
By the way, he also said for people to just charge their battery whenever they could/wanted as it has no negative impact on battery life. I also read a bit of a paper on lithium-ion batteries stating the same, so no more forcing full-discharges for me!
One last thing! Deleting the batterystats file is as simple as disconnecting your phone from the charger.Why? because that file serves solely the purpose of suplying the UI with info of the battery drain usage on the current battery cycle.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/google-engineer-debunks-myth-wiping-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
And you can confirm this if you unplug your phone while looking at yout battery stats.
I hope this helps
PS: pls notice that it could have been not the wireless itself that causes the battery drain, but some service using the wireless. Finding this would require more extensive testing.
zedshot2 said:
PS: pls notice that it could have been not the wireless itself that causes the battery drain, but some service using the wireless. Finding this would require more extensive testing.
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Nice review! Excellent and 100% Trustfully :good:
Danzano said:
This may sound stupid but works
Charge it to 100% wipe the battery stats let it drain out then recharge it to 100 let it drain out again and then carry on as normal i do this before and after each rom and clear the stats etc before releasing each softmod my battery lasts on average 2-3days thats texting and 4-7 phone calls maybe abit of radio and checking email 4-5 times
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Some people says that this does not work, but it worked for me. This procedure extended m battery life from 5h to 2 days..
Update
Hello again
I just wanted to give an update on the situation since i noticed this post is linked from the Zoe Rom thread.
Two days ago i bought a new battery, an unbranded one (cost me 15€ here in Portugal). The shop had a legit LG battery for 37.50€ but i tought it wasnt worth the money. This battery has the same specs as the original, except it is 1300mAh compared to the 1500mAh of the original.
I dont have any battery related problem any more. Yesterday i woke up (100% battery), unplugged the phone, let the wireless on all morning, listened to 2-3 hours worth of tunes, browsed the web a bit, tested some messaging apps etc. Today i woke up, didnt charge during the night, and im sitting on 45% battery. Wish i had gotten a new battery sooner lol
With my old battery the phone wouldnt shutdown. It would always automatically restart. I had no ideia a malfunctioning battery could cause this.
I've have had similar problems with the battery on my GT540 with all cyanogenmods - 2.3.7, 4.0.4, 4.1.2. There were no such problems with original 2.1 I think it is the price for the newer versions, I can live with that, I don't have to buy new phone
Same here...battery draining very fast....tried near about 10-15 roms...bt almost same rslt
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winkle_sharma said:
Same here...battery draining very fast....tried near about 10-15 roms...bt almost same rslt
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It's normal after a couple of month of use, depends how many times you discharge your battery, remember...battery life it's very short on smarthphones.
lg gt 540 battery
Hi
I ve got LG GT OPTIMUS 540 android version- 2.1 and i have the same problem. If i dont use my phone batery can be dead in 5 hrs but if i use it 2-3hrs...my phone battery usage says android system eats 95%...is it norm or bad?

Weird battery setting .

Hello ,
Last night I took off my battery and let it cool for awhile from overheat . After it's cold , I charged my device . While charging , my phone goes overheat again , but I just let it like that till it's full . I played my phone for awhile , and checked battery from setting and it goes like in the screenshot , it just showed Android OS .
1 - How can this happen ? And how to solve it ?
2 - Any suggestion / idea for saving battery life ? Mine its 8.6% per hour . Sad with the battery life right now .
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