Just received a 3500mah extended battery today for my HD2. I have some questions that I'm hoping someone here has the answers to. I am running Android (TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 Nightly v3.6.0)
1.) The battery stops charging at 99%. I've unplugged to prevent overcharging. Is this a kernel issue or something else?
2.) Battery Widget Pro still shows the battery stats of the stock battery I had in before which is 1230mah. I have restarted and cleared battery stats in CWM but still showing the 1230 battery in Battery Widget. What can be done for it to show the correct one?
I might try reflashing the rom today at work and see if that does anything.
Looking at the official extended battery, it looks to be about the same size. Could be a tad thicker, but not sure.
I'm not sure, but, with battery widget, aren't you able to set the mAh manually?
I do not think this battery has really y 3500 mAh. It would make the hd2 even bigger than with the official one from htc.
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Eelkede said:
I'm not sure, but, with battery widget, aren't you able to set the mAh manually?
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I was going to but then I saw it has spaces for Max mv and min mv. I don't know how to find that out so I didn't mess with it. thinking it wouldn't work properly without everything set there.
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What Rom is getting the best battery life these days
also doesnt matter if its sense or vanilla or stock OTA i just want good battery life
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What Rom is getting the best battery life these days
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from what i can tell, battery life is MOSTLY tied to the kernal. Try an undervolted one, i've found they all work pretty well (hydra and KK)
o alright im using kings #2 BFS kernel undervolted and underclocked
I research before I got my DINC so I never used the factory battery from day 1. I have the same size battery but is 1750 power rating... I think Verizon has a newer one which was before I got mine...
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Not directly related to the ROM. Check out the Hydra kernels. Also, with regards to battery, you need to do some recalibration so it works better. I got the 1750 battery for the DINC and it was dropping battery very fast no matter which ROM/Kernel combination I used. Finally found a thread that discuss how to get the OS to read the battery levels better. As an example, my battery would run down from 100% to 90% within 10-15 mins! After trying the following, everything works better.
Here's the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714471&highlight=battery
Here's a summary of what you need to do:
01. Power off phone and change battery to full level (Green light).
02. Unplug the power and plug it back in. It should take another 15-20 mins to go green again (there's a thread discussing this also -- "bump" charge).
03. Turn on phone and go into recovery mode. Remove the battery stats.
04. Reboot phone and use without recharging until the battery drains completed - i.e. phones shuts off. May want to turn it on once it shuts off.
05. Charge normal and you should see a positive change in the battery life.
Hope that helps.
Yeah but how much do you really gain by doing all that? And how often if at all do you have to do it again. I have the 1750 and it seems to depend allot of what kind of signal and which radios are on.
SoCGHOST said:
Yeah but how much do you really gain by doing all that? And how often if at all do you have to do it again. I have the 1750 and it seems to depend allot of what kind of signal and which radios are on.
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Of course if you had bad or no signal, the phone will use up more battery. Normally when you don't have any signal and you check the battery status, the phone tells you to put it in Airplane mode to conserve battery.
For me, it's worth doing because my battery does not drain as fast for my usage. Since I did this over the past 2 days, I've had the phone one on a single charge with about 6 hours of Awake Time (gaming, Internet, phone calls, texting, emails, some GPS usage) and UP time is 22 hours. And the battery is down to 20%. Definitely an improvement for myself so just try it if you like and see how it works out. Everyone's usage is different so it's hard to quantify.
parcou said:
I research before I got my DINC so I never used the factory battery from day 1. I have the same size battery but is 1750 power rating... I think Verizon has a newer one which was before I got mine...
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Those 1750's are no better than the HTC 1500's Check out this website
ToyTank said:
Those 1750's are no better than the HTC 1500's Check out this website
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Just curious, where does it have info about the 1750s? I have a Seidio Online 1750 so wanted to see the comparison to the stock battery.
Thx.
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Not directly related to the ROM. Check out the Hydra kernels. Also, with regards to battery, you need to do some recalibration so it works better. I got the 1750 battery for the DINC and it was dropping battery very fast no matter which ROM/Kernel combination I used. Finally found a thread that discuss how to get the OS to read the battery levels better. As an example, my battery would run down from 100% to 90% within 10-15 mins! After trying the following, everything works better.
Here's the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714471&highlight=battery
Here's a summary of what you need to do:
01. Power off phone and change battery to full level (Green light).
02. Unplug the power and plug it back in. It should take another 15-20 mins to go green again (there's a thread discussing this also -- "bump" charge).
03. Turn on phone and go into recovery mode. Remove the battery stats.
04. Reboot phone and use without recharging until the battery drains completed - i.e. phones shuts off. May want to turn it on once it shuts off.
05. Charge normal and you should see a positive change in the battery life.
Hope that helps.
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bump charging before wiping stats makes no difference. bump charge is still necessary regardless. until htc acknowledges its a problem and fixes it on their end, bump charging is a part of our lives if you want a fully charged battery. unless you use an external charger of course.
I charge externally and I still bump charge tho I don't need to power the phone on and off. Also the bump time is much shorter
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Juice Defender, download it from the market.
Sky raider vanilla hands down.
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Sky raider vanilla hands down
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++++++++ 1. I'm easily getting full day usage from stock battery.
juice defender i feel like doesnt really help that much and kind of gets annoying
i was wondering if the vanilla roms were getting better battery life then all the sense roms
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juice defender i feel like doesnt really help that much and kind of gets annoying
i was wondering if the vanilla roms were getting better battery life then all the sense roms
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Nah, Virtuous gets really good battery life, especially with the custom kernel built for it.
Does JuiceDefender even function on CDMA phones? I thought it wasn't working
I would also like to know this! What about SetCPU profiles too? I just want the best possible battery life, speed is not very important to me.
So, who has tried out various ROM and Kernel combinations? What have you concluded gets the bets battery life? Thanks!
im in the proccess of downloading and setting up virtous ill report back with different kernel set ups. i just want a rom and kernel set up that will last easily the hole day
Bump charge with or without battery stats wipe doesn't seem to make much difference for me. I plug in at home/car/computer and carry a spare battery. Just wish there was a way to turn off 3g and force 2g with Verizon on CDMA phones. That way I could still have data/internet.
My HTC HD2 2300mAh EXTENDED BATTERY shows up as an ordinary 1200mah
I am using Mdeejay_FroYo_Revolution_v._1.7_S6.1 .
Anyone... is it a fake battery or must i do in a certain way to explain to the battery that it is a 2300mah?
Some kernes dont have extended battery support. when the battery runs out, you put it out, put it back in and restart the phone.
Im using the 8.4eb kernel and I'm still having extended battery problems
try 7.7. or I will try to find and see if Mdeejay kernel has support or not.
I think its the battery. 8.4eb supports extended battery.
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My HTC HD2 2300mAh EXTENDED BATTERY shows up as an ordinary 1200mah
I am using Mdeejay_FroYo_Revolution_v._1.7_S6.1 .
Anyone... is it a fake battery or must i do in a certain way to explain to the battery that it is a 2300mah?
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I'm having issues with the extended battery as well... What did you use to show your phone was only registering 1200 as opposed to 2300? An app?
Guys i need you help!
A few days ago i stumbled to a cheap extended battery for HD2 and i bought it.
Unfortunately i just found out that most Android NAND ROMs dont support it....
Can you please point me to a ROM build that does support it?
Its a non-HTC 2600mA battery....
Currently im using CoreDroid 1.6 and its draining my extended battery just like a normal one.....
Thanks!
extended battery support is kernel related, not rom related.
every rom which is using the current tytung or rafpigna kernel supports extended battery, so my guess: nearly every rom out there
renna1992 said:
extended battery support is kernel related, not rom related.
every rom which is using the current tytung or rafpigna kernel supports extended battery, so my guess: nearly every rom out there
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Well...CoreDroid 1.6 uses rafpigna 1.9OC kernel.....
Why is it draining my battery so fast?
I charged it to 100% at 16:00,now is 23:30 and its already at 65%.....
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Well...CoreDroid 1.6 uses rafpigna 1.9OC kernel.....
Why is it draining my battery so fast?
I charged it to 100% at 16:00,now is 23:30 and its already at 65%.....
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how much have you used your phone? if there were a few calls, a lot of music/games/whatsapp/whatever its perfectly normal.
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how much have you used your phone? if there were a few calls, a lot of music/games/whatsapp/whatever its perfectly normal.
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Not much.
I used like i use it normaly.
A few cals during the day,couple of texts and a few minutes of internet...
My standard battery usualy lasts 24-36hours.
I thought extended battery would give me 2-2.5x longer battery life....
I read somewhere that when battery level reacher zero extended battery users should restart the phone and it will go back to 60%....
I wonder if Android can even charge extended battery to 100%?
If the battery you bought is a non HTC battery then it may not be what it is advertised to be, ie not the ma that it is supposed to be, you hear many stories of cheap or 'fake' extended batteries
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Get "Battery Monitor Widget Pro" and that tells you what mAH your battery is and that way as its non-htc you will know if its genuine, i bought a non htc battery apparently 1600 mAH when i first got phone but had no idea back then and only until i got "Battery Monitor Widget Pro" it told me it was 1230mAH which is the original battery so i just use one as a spare now and take 2 out with me, so i can drain it as much as i want, as i know ill never be without
Ok,here's what i did.I let the phone discharge to 50% thatn i powered it off and took the battery out for 10 seconds.
After rebooting the phone battery level was 78%
Im guessing that rafpigna kernel can read extended batteries just not entirely correct.
I'll wait until phone discharges completely and will take out and reboot again.
I tried Battery monitor widget and it reports 1230ma....
When i finish testing i will report back.
Hi all,
I have a MT4G running cm10.1. Prior to this, I was running toasted marshmallow's latest build.
Over the last week or so, I've been having some real problems with the phone. While in my pocket, it will discharge rapidly and switch itself off within a couple of hours of being off the charger. Other times, it will read a high battery percentage (80-90%) but will switch itself off randomly. When I go to switch it back on, the battery percentage reads 1%, and it switches off again soon after. If I try to switch it on again, it doesn't make it through the load process before switching off. It seems like the battery is completely discharged.
But (and here's the weird part): if I stick it on the charger, give it a few minutes, then switch it back on, the battery percentage will read 58% (both times I've checked this, it was 58%), and will then charge from there. It stayed on for the rest of the day when I took it off the charger (at 65% charge).
Edit: I though this might be a battery contact/connection problem, but shaking the phone / playing with the battery cover doesn't seem to bring it on. To be safe, I used a pencil eraser on the contacts and have a small piece of card in between the battery cover and the battery, to give more support to the battery. No reboots so far, but it's only been an hour or so.
So:
- is my battery dead, and can this be fixed by a replacement?
- is battery calibration needed (I know this is a controversial question; the consensus seems to be it does nothing)
- Is this more likely a hardware problem with the phone? I have noticed that the charger microusb cable does seem a looser fit compared with before, but since the battery was still charging I figured it wasn't a problem
Thanks for any help troubleshooting this!
Lee
Sounds like your battery is done...replacements are cheap...
What he^^ said.
Anker batteries are good and very inexpensive. Also, "calibration" does nothing. Just flash ROMs on a full charge and call it good.
estallings15 said:
What he^^ said.
Anker batteries are good and very inexpensive. Also, "calibration" does nothing. Just flash ROMs on a full charge and call it good.
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Thanks for the replies - new battery on its way.
Lee
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lee_alkureishi said:
Thanks for the replies - new battery on its way.
Lee
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Try to constantly check your what things are draining your battery, sometimes it could be the phone's data or it could be the sleep(idle) state of the phone, it could be many things. I tend to be always aware, check and read all the possible outcomes for the battery drain. For me is usually maintaining the data on my phone turn ON.
I have been having the same issue with my 10.1 ROM. It's not that old of a battery either so I don't think that it is dead; is there any other advice other than purchasing a new battery?
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I have been having the same issue with my 10.1 ROM. It's not that old of a battery either so I don't think that it is dead; is there any other advice other than purchasing a new battery?
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Switch ROMs and compare battery life? Also, check out Better Battery Stats. It can help you track down what causes drain.
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Switch ROMs and compare battery life? Also, check out Better Battery Stats. It can help you track down what causes drain.
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This is the third ROM (starting from an ICS ROM) and the battery life is the same so I know it's not the ROM. Thanks for the app recommendation. I am afraid that I might have a defective battery.
As it turns out my battery has now started to leak and swell. I am going to purchase a new Anker battery. Thanks for all the assistance.
Hi all!
I have been getting bad battery performance on my axon 7 for as long as I can remember but didn't really want to try custom rom because I'm afraid it will void warranty. SOT reported with GSam is 2h30m. Fast forward the phone was water damaged and fixed locally so my warranty is voided anyway. So I think it's time for me to try out custom rom.
My main concern is battery life then functionality. Any recommendation for rom & kernel would be much appreciated! Thank you very much!
janthe6th said:
Hi all!
I have been getting bad battery performance on my axon 7 for as long as I can remember but didn't really want to try custom rom because I'm afraid it will void warranty. SOT reported with GSam is 2h30m. Fast forward the phone was water damaged and fixed locally so my warranty is voided anyway. So I think it's time for me to try out custom rom.
My main concern is battery life then functionality. Any recommendation for rom & kernel would be much appreciated! Thank you very much!
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You might have to replace your battery . I did mine myself in about a half an hour . Batteries are cheap and the fix is relatively easy.
janthe6th said:
Hi all!
I have been getting bad battery performance on my axon 7 for as long as I can remember but didn't really want to try custom rom because I'm afraid it will void warranty. SOT reported with GSam is 2h30m. Fast forward the phone was water damaged and fixed locally so my warranty is voided anyway. So I think it's time for me to try out custom rom.
My main concern is battery life then functionality. Any recommendation for rom & kernel would be much appreciated! Thank you very much!
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Guy above is right. But I'd like you to try something. Before changing it, use Accubattery to see how much capacity your battery had. After 2 charges you'll have a pretty good idea of how utterly destroyed it is. I managed to get 7 hours of SOT when the phone had about a month of use, now I'm getting 4:30. My battery says 2400 mAh.
Also, there's a bigger battery going around, a Losoncoer 3650 mAh battery. It's reportedly the same size and all. If you happen to try it out, let me know. I want to change the battery and i still haven't decided whether to buy one of those or an original one.
For comparison, the original one is 3140 mAh
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You might have to replace your battery . I did mine myself in about a half an hour . Batteries are cheap and the fix is relatively easy.
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Do you see improvement? You didn't have to do anything to the phone after the battery swap right?
janthe6th said:
Do you see improvement? You didn't have to do anything to the phone after the battery swap right?
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you don't if you don't want to, and how would you not see the improvement after basically doubling (or more) the battery capacity?
Maybe you'll need to download a battery calibration app, those basically delete the calibration file and the phone should generate a new one
stop using multiple battery monitors on android system.Android already got monitor build in
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Do you see improvement? You didn't have to do anything to the phone after the battery swap right?
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I bought my phone used in January. I was told it was a little over a year old . It was immediately obvious to me that the battery had issues and I had no insight into the charging history . Accubattery pro told me the capacity was just over 1800 mAh or 58%. I just rebooted after the install of the new battery and now it's it's back where it should be and working great.
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stop using multiple battery monitors on android system.Android already got monitor build in
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Lol what. Accubattery is just to get the capacity estimate. After using it you should just decide whether to change the battery or not.
My battery is at 1700 mAh or 55%. I guess I'm replacing my battery first then. Is there any advice as to slow down battery deterioration process?
Edit: back to the custom rom question, does it make much of difference on battery life over stock?
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My battery is at 1700 mAh or 55%. I guess I'm replacing my battery first then. Is there any advice as to slow down battery deterioration process?
Edit: back to the custom rom question, does it make much of difference on battery life over stock?
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Yes to both. First, charge the phone only up to 80% or so. that will prolong the battery lifespan about 3 times. There's a mod that can be installed via Magisk, that automatically stops charging when it arrives to a given percentage, then starts charging after it uses a couple percent.
And custom ROMs can be much better in the battery life department, but not always. In my case I get about 4.5h SOT on stock and 5.5H on Oreo AEX
(My battery seems to have 2400 mAh, also want to change it, but I have completely decent SOT)
P.S. Please do tell me if you buy a 3650 mAh battery. I'm thinking on buying one of those. They say that they are the same size than the original ones. plus they are not that much more expensive
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Yes to both. First, charge the phone only up to 80% or so. that will prolong the battery lifespan about 3 times. There's a mod that can be installed via Magisk, that automatically stops charging when it arrives to a given percentage, then starts charging after it uses a couple percent.
And custom ROMs can be much better in the battery life department, but not always. In my case I get about 4.5h SOT on stock and 5.5H on Oreo AEX
(My battery seems to have 2400 mAh, also want to change it, but I have completely decent SOT)
P.S. Please do tell me if you buy a 3650 mAh battery. I'm thinking on buying one of those. They say that they are the same size than the original ones. plus they are not that much more expensive
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What rom are you use right now? I get about 3.5 to 4 SOT on stock. Considering to flash AEX, but I not sure it worst it - stock rom have pretty good camera, spearker, "google now on tap" which is very important to me (google assistant hater)
The 3650 mAh is completely fake. I think it is impossible to place a bigger battery in the same space in the machine