Hi
Had this problem for about a month now where the percentage of battery my phone phone thinks it has is completely inaccurate. The problem persists in both the ram android I'm using and windows 6.5. Also it can take 30 minutes just to charge the higher percentages.
it seems to be out by about 15% most of the time, either running out of battery at roughly 15% or not charging past 85. It switches between these 2 inaccuracies occasionally when I reboot my phone.
Any ideas of what can be causing this? I'm very worried as it used to be 12% I was losing, then 13, now 15 in the space of a month.
Finally i've tried a hard rest and no luck, plus if there is a thread with the solution to this problem which I haven't found please redirect me.
Thanks in advance
Peter
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Quite simply your battery is bad. HTC batteries all are "smart" batteries. It's not the phone that knows how charged it is, instead it is the board inside the battery itself. If this is faulty, or if your battery isn't able to hold a full charge, then this occurs. I would get me a new battery from eBay, they are like 5 bucks and see if it fixes your problem.
Thanks for the quick response. Just looked on ebay and found a '2430mah gold business battery' for £10, would that be a good replacement?
Thanks again.
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Stay away from the large capacity batteries. Dealextreme has a htc battery exactly the same capacity as original and it works fine. Actually this message was typed on the HD2 with this battery
Just received the brand new battery, and although the problem seems to of have improved it's still there. There is now only 5% of the battery my phone refuses to accept it has....
Iwas planning on upgrading to a nand android build, is this likely to solve thend problem?
Thanks again for your help.
Peter
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Hi,
I have the same problem from couple of weeks now.I am not too sure if the battery itself is the problem.I wish more people with the same problem have solution on this...
Well, to calibrate the battery try charging it whilst the HD2 is off checking the orange light turns green and leave it a few hrs afterwards too.
You may need to do this a few times otherwise your ROM is not updating itself to the new readings from the battery. Try reinstall factory default rom or hard reset.
Hmm, intresting, we having the same issues over on the WP7 forum, im assuming that its WP thats creating this issue but maybe not....
You wouldnt have the latest MAGLDR installed would you?
No magldr at alll atm. Will go to nand and see if the problem is solved..
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charging to 100% in winmo cured any charging issues for me on RAM droid
Interisting...will try it next time I need to charge.thanks
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I've seen posts about it, but have yet to find a thread addressing it. I have been doing Forum and Google searches but have found nothing.
So what is the deal? I have an Andida battery that was great with Win Mo, but I'm convinced it causes problems in Android due to trial and error testing.
I start with a fresh build with the stock HTC battery and it rules. Then I run out of juice and switch to the after market and I lose data connection, wake up lag, and other wierdness.
I've also done fresh installs with a task29 and low level format of the sd card , using a fresh data image and if I do the same with the After Market and the Stock, the build used with the stock battery works and the same build with the After Market has problems right away.
Anyone having the same experience as me? Anyone know what the deal is?
I just purchased a spare OEM battery for 11 bucks off of ebay/USA seller. Hope it's the real deal.
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I have found this same problem. I also have an andida battery that was awesome in winmo but sucks in android. I now use the stock battery first and the andida only when the stock dies. It used to be vice versa.
I have a andia battery and a extend battery , and both of them work fine
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I have a andia battery and a extend battery , and both of them work fine
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And this is why I need to know what's up. Doesn't seem likely to me that a battery can make a difference, but it certainly does on my phone.
is it possible that its just a faulty battery?
Or a whole bunch of faulty cheap batteries that have poorly regulated power?
I have a 2400mAh "Replacement For Touch HD 2" battery that gives my phone a hump, I got it for 12 bucks off ebay and it works great in winmo and android... my phone suffers from android sleep of death with both oem and third party batteries that I have though I think this is a mem card issue though.
Hey, I just bought an used HTC G1 from ebay. When I'm trying to use it, the phone just turns off with no warnning and with 80%~ of charge with only 10 minutes of use.. If I wait a little bit, I'm able to turn it on again and see that it has 80% of charge, but keep turning off.
I'm very confused because it just charge for a few minutes and the green led comes on.
Well, the phone was first with android 1.6 and then I flash cyanogen 2.2 but its the same think, and all the apps that I use to see the battery status indicate "good"
is the battery old or there's anything i'm missing?
Thank you!
(sorry for any english mistakes )
My two G1's I had same problems, the replacement batteries fixed the random shutoff of the phone.
Sounds like your battery is messed up. Did you see if the battery is swollen or a odd shape?
You can get a replacement on Amazon. You can get a two for one sale if you look around.
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Oh im having the same problem and i notice my battery does have a lil bulge on the top it so i guess i will try a new battery i hope it works
I had problems with the battery too, if the battery is bumped, don't use it, it may explode and hurt you.
I cannot post links but I recommend the mugen battery.
I have it and it's working great.
it's the battery..u'll see that u can use it while it's plugged to charge.....
and when not...bang boom-off!!!
had the same probs....switched to a 2850mAh battery
and also, dont use any random charger!!!
Dear friends,
I've a difference kind of problem (as I've searched the forum). My wildfire runs on stock rom (2.2). Not updated.
The problem is, even after fully charged, the phone works for merely 30 minutes.
After fully charged the battery shows 100% within 30 munites it comes to 10% and red colour then goes off. If switched on again the battery shows 100% and then the same process. I tried battery calibration too. Nothing helping.
Any of you can help me in solving this?
Thanking you in advance.
Battery weared as far as I know.
Faced this issue with other phones. Definitely it is a battery problem. If u speak on a call with this battery, the phone gets switched off instantly. And when using phone plugged into wall charger, it works fine.
Try to confirm it by checking with friends batteries if u find any.
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You mean I need a new battery?
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You mean I need a new battery?
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Exactly.
But pls confirm it before purchasing a new battery. I maybe wrong too.
EDIT : if there are any applications that show the percentage of battery wear, they might help u . Try for those too.
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Thanks a lot for your info. I will.
If you have clockwork recovery, try wiping the battery data. ( it could be called battery stats. I cant remember the exact name). See if that helps.
But as others suggested, it maybe a battery problem. Just worth a shot.
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OK. I will try and thanks
Also, when wiping bat stats, chrge the phone for about 4 hours so that it's 100%
OK, thanks.
Thought I'd ask the experts in all things Glacier...
A couple of weeks ago I found that my phone wasn't charging as quickly as normal. One night I plugged it in, got up 5 hours later and found it had only charged 50%. I left it plugged in a few more hours, and everything seemed ok, but I didn't use the phone much. Then this started happening consistently, and with the screen brightness set anything past 1/3, I was literally losing 2% per minute. The display appears to be the big drain - nothing else really even registers.
So I ordered a replacement battery, ran it dead and recharged twice, and I'm still having the same problem.
So the question is, with the battery now eliminated as the problem, is it possible my Rom is causing some screen glitch (turning on at random times?), or has my phone decided that it's been dropped in too many times and it has some internal damage that's causing the screen to draw more power than it should?
Related question, how does one restore darkside sense 4 Rom? Is out the same procedure as stock roms?
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Have you tried another rom? Or maybe reflashing? It might also be a good idea to re-calibrate your battery to make sure you aren't getting wrong readings of your battery.
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Thanks for the suggestion. The new battery isn't OEM, so a calibration might be in order. I downloaded an app and I'll try it out later today when I can charge my phone back to 100%.
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nuclearbroccoli said:
Thanks for the suggestion. The new battery isn't OEM, so a calibration might be in order. I downloaded an app and I'll try it out later today when I can charge my phone back to 100%.
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The battstats.bin file that is deleted when "calibrating" the battery is located in /data. That said, just flashing a ROM wipes this file. Just make sure you flash on a full charge and all is well.
Be aware that there are several items that can be the culprit in the scenario. The charger, cable, port, charging circuitry and battery are all part of this setup. Try to swap out as many of these items as you can until you narrow it down, if reflashing doesn't help.
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The battstats.bin file that is deleted when "calibrating" the battery is located in /data. That said, just flashing a ROM wipes this file. Just make sure you flash on a full charge and all is well.
Be aware that there are several items that can be the culprit in the scenario. The charger, cable, port, charging circuitry and battery are all part of this setup. Try to swap out as many of these items as you can until you narrow it down, if reflashing doesn't help.
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I'm a little confused about how some of those would factor in.
The drain only happens when the screen is on, and the brightness is turned up beyond about 25%.
It's not that the phone won't charge, its that it does it slowly, and the display is using waaay more power than it should be.
Screen off=1%/h battery drain.
Screen on lowest brightness=20%/h
Screen on highest brightness=120%/h
Although the problem might be resolved now. I have the screen set to max and my charge hasn't started at all while I've been typing this out.
Guess I'll see hours the day goes, but it would appear that the battery calibration did the trick.
*EDIT*
Nope. Still draining too fast. According to the battery drain app, I'm still losing 120%/h on a higher brightness setting.
Time to back up my apps and try reflashing my Rom I guess...
This sucks.
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Update: Tried my wife's battery in my phone, same crazy drain, so that excludes the battery for sure.
Did a restore, unfortunately got stupid and only backed up my downloaded apps, so 36 updates later and one manual genius button apk install and I'm back to where I was minus a few notepad notes...
Battery use still seemed high at first, but I think it was swapping the batteries around with two different charge levels that threw off the tracking. I actually seem to be back to normal now. Battery use is nowhere near what it was, even on a medium brightness setting.
Conclusion: Glitch in the OS. Restore did the trick.
Thanks to all for the assistance. Hopefully this helps someone else down the road.
Edit: Spoke too soon. Issue continues. Has to be the phone itself at this point.
Sad... I liked this phone.
Oh well, I guess I have an excuse to buy an Amaze now. Thanks again for the suggestions.
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Btw. I believe I have answered the question on how many times you can get away with dropping this phone: 11.
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I have samsung galaxy s2 just over a month or so and i have big problems, due to battery. I know this is common issue on this device.
Until now i try to recalibrate battery like that, no hard reset. The phone it;s new and it had ICS 4.04 installed on the first place.
1) drain all of your battery untill phone shuts down
2) turn on and drain battery until phone shuts down ( repeat until you are unable to turn the phone on- this step is very important because we need to drain the battery competely)
3) take the battery out and wait 5 seconds or so and put it back in
4) Charge the battery while the phone is off
5) when the charge is 100%, take the charger off then charge again to get 100% again
6) turn on your phone and enjoy your new battery
Once i try to take the battery out after charge, and wait over 2 minutes. I know this is a common issue of s2, but i have some screens, maby someone had similar problem.
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Next, i'll try Battery Calibration (can't post the link, new user) tool from the market / wait for Jelly Bean official update. Then hard reset. Next step: service.
The screens
Time to get a new battery !
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Farooq95 said:
Time to get a new battery !
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But it's a new phone, new battery (
great
The batteries in these phones can't be calibrated per se. Just use it normally for a bit. The peaks and troughs in your battery graph are because you're clearing the fuel gauge data. Mine would drop from the 73% I'm on now, to about 14% if I cleared the fuel gauge chip data, until it relearnt its settings. Just charge normally and use it for a few days, it will sort itself out.
If not, new battery.
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Im having the same problem. Tried swapping batteries with another S2, recalibrating the battery and even installed another rom, same problem persists. The phone will auto switch off after a few hours of not using (overnight especially), and batter will drain like mad when it happens. Brought the phone back to samsung for repair now.
Same here...
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The batteries in these phones can't be calibrated per se. Just use it normally for a bit. The peaks and troughs in your battery graph are because you're clearing the fuel gauge data. Mine would drop from the 73% I'm on now, to about 14% if I cleared the fuel gauge chip data, until it relearnt its settings. Just charge normally and use it for a few days, it will sort itself out.
If not, new battery.
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I'm currently having the same (really annoying) problem. My international GS2 is less than a month old and uses the latest official firmware on ICS. It happens almost daily -- or should I say nightly? The phone has at least 60-70% of battery left by the time a go to sleep. When I wake up in the morning, it's completely depleted. My stats look exactly as in the screen-shots in the first post. I'm always charging/using it "normally" but it hasn't sorted itself out.
I don't really know how to solve this and it's frustrating. The Internet has mixed "feelings" about the solution(s)... However, same as with my battery issue, I'm looking for something more stable and reliable.
Am I missing something? Does anyone know the exact cause and how to fix it?
Hello, I took the phone to a local service (pointed by Samsung from my country) and they replaced my motherboard and another pice of hardware....something in the recharging sistem, i dont know details. I think there is a "lot' of bad motherboards... people form the service call it a generic name.
In conclusion, the problem was the motherboard, not battery. I have recovered the device from service one day ago, if i'll experience any problems... i'll get back with details.
Cheers