Severe battery drain problem happening to my Galaxy 3 in recent days whatever ROM or kernel I use.
Still under warranty for 6 months +. So I given to Service Centre.
At first they just formatted and reloaded with DDJP2.
Then I argued to provide a new battery and convinced from my side that the battery is the culprit.
And wow, they convinced and promised me to give a new battery in next week as they are out of stock now.
But my doubt is...
The problem is as follows:
The cell fully charges, indicated that the battery is fully charged.
When I unplug the charger, the battery indicator comes immediately to zero from 100 within 2 minutes with minimal phone or data usage. And it automatically switches off.
If I switch it on again even without charging, it again shows 100% charge.
So the question is, Is it the damaged battery the culprit is? Or some motherboard problem or what?
I am unable to judge the problem!!!
As it is proved that the service centre people are real dumb Is it time to switching to newly announced Symbian or only Galaxy 3 sucks!!!
Had similar problem with my Nokia which made me switch to Galaxy 3 few months back
When i had that kinda problem with Nokia the battery was sort of swelled and was deformed here and there. So i was sure my battery's dead.
If your battery looks good as new then the problem is with the chip.
Same prob I m having.. U need to do sum cycles to get Ur battery wrkin fine as said by rob_gangte ..
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darksyde18 said:
Had similar problem with my Nokia which made me switch to Galaxy 3 few months back
When i had that kinda problem with Nokia the battery was sort of swelled and was deformed here and there. So i was sure my battery's dead.
If your battery looks good as new then the problem is with the chip.
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Battery is looking as good as new.
If it is a chip problem. Then what to do?
You know Samsung Customer Care here are real Dumb *ss!!!
Please give me some idea.
ranadip.bswas said:
Same prob I m having.. U need to do sum cycles to get Ur battery wrkin fine as said by rob_gangte ..
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Cycles failed. Anything else?
sekhargreen said:
Cycles failed. Anything else?
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Drain the battery completely. If it switches off by itself, try to switch on and repeat this until it is completely drained. Switch off ur mobile. Wipe battery stats in cwm. Do not switch on and charge it for atleast 2hrs. Then switch on and repeat this for few cycles
This has been happening to ur phone since u bought it or after previous flashing...
If after some recent flashing then u hav ur answer (revert back to eclair then reflash) !!!
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hi all
as you know my battery is kinda horrible nowadays , and i did not not charge my battery for 8 hours when i 1st got it ...is it a factor of my battery drain? it's been like this for a week now ...( i bought it a week now ) my battery only last about 4hours ...
tohno said:
hi all
as you know my battery is kinda horrible nowadays , and i did not not charge my battery for 8 hours when i 1st got it ...is it a factor of my battery drain? it's been like this for a week now ...( i bought it a week now ) my battery only last about 4hours ...
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Most likely the battery is damaged, take it back from where you bought it and tell them your problem. Make sure you have STOCK software or else they won't repair it for you.
Only return it for repairs if you have warranty, if not, i suggest you to buy another battery.
Damaged batteries may damage the phone .
tohno said:
hi all
as you know my battery is kinda horrible nowadays , and i did not not charge my battery for 8 hours when i 1st got it ...is it a factor of my battery drain?
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I never really cared about the "let the device charge for ## hours before operating" - and I never had any issues with battery life.
Well ... ok ... the only problem I ever had was that the battery of my Eee PC 900 died after just ~1.5 years (Windows showing "Your battery needs to be replaced") but that's another story entirely.
It may have an impact on the battery on the LONG run, but the problem you observe with your battery have another root cause.
Like I already wrote in the thread of yours, and others also recommended ...
Cause most likely is ...
- Battery dead (or you got a faulty battery back after the repair)
- Loading circuitry of the motherboard (which got replaced) malfunctioning
- Possible problem in the way you charge the phone (already wrote to you in a PM how to check and rule that out)
Take my suggestions I PM'd to you, maybe report back how it worked out, and if there was no resolve flash back to the Walkman ROM and send that damn phone off to SE.
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...
TheReverend210 said:
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
Hi,
My GT-I9500 is pretty new (bought around 4 months ago). For a few days I am facing problem with my battery. When battery is around 60% my phone reboots and then show 0% batter. Charging it a minute restores batter life to 60%. Here is the sequence of incidents after which I am facing my problem (don't know whether any of them is relevant).
1. I accidentally (playing games) discharged my battery to 0% for couple of times recently.
2. My problem started after I installed batter doctor to improve battery life ( don't know whether its the cause.). Not, that I had any complaint with previous battery life
3. Uninstalled battery doctor and did a full charge... problem persists
4. Reinstalling battery doctor and did a full charge... problem persists
5. Did a h/w reset.... problem persists
6. updated stock firmware through odin... problem persists
Any ideas why this is happening?
Note, that before step 6 my device was rooted so warranty is void.
Thanks in advance.
BR//Ashadul
Replace ur battery for one new :highfive:
*EDIT: Your battery dont need "improve" nothing and less if was new (~4 months). The unique u did is **** it
Ok, I fu....d my battery. What I fail to understand is how?
The only control user have over a battery is charge/discharge cycle and whatever he/she does can't modify chemical composition of the battery that much to cause the symptom I am having.
This is a common and well known fault with a batch of batteries.
Mainly the batteries where the serial number starts BD. Is your battery swollen?
Take it back to where you bought it and ask for replacement.
P.S You didn't break your battery at all, it's a manufacturing defect.
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Hi Obagleyfreer, thanks.
My battery serial number starts with BD. Will you please share link where this is mentioned. I want to be prepared so that their service center can't bull**** me.
Thanks agian.
BR//Ashadul
ashadul said:
Hi Obagleyfreer, thanks.
My battery serial number starts with BD. Will you please share link where this is mentioned. I want to be prepared so that their service center can't bull**** me.
Thanks agian.
BR//Ashadul
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No worries mate.
Just Google search "Galaxy S4 faulty battery" and you'll find lots of pages about it.
Samsung are aware and have acknowledged the issue so you shouldn't have a problem.
I'm in NZ, the same happened to my gf phone and within 2 days she had a replacement battery direct from Samsung NZ.
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Hi,
I saw many folks are facing similar problems, but my problem is little different. Now a days whenever I play Candy Crush my S4's battery drains out very quickly i.e. 60-70% in the span of 5 - 10 minutes, also it gets charged up with equally fast (about 80 % in 10 min). My phone is just 3 months old...earlier there was no such problem. I haven't installed any new apps in between. Is it the problem with the battery or with the handset?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks
The battery drain in almost time cause of software problems
But charging too fast Im saying it could problem with the battery it self
Try to charge your phone with original charger
RubbaBand said:
The battery drain in almost time cause of software problems
But charging too fast Im saying it could problem with the battery it self
Try to charge your phone with original charger
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Thanks for a quick reply.... but I'm using an original charger which came along with my S4.
umi511 said:
Thanks for a quick reply.... but I'm using an original charger which came along with my S4.
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Now if you didnt root or flash any custom rom to your device
Im sure 100% that the problem with your battery
umi511 said:
Hi,
I saw many folks are facing similar problems, but my problem is little different. Now a days whenever I play Candy Crush my S4's battery drains out very quickly i.e. 60-70% in the span of 5 - 10 minutes, also it gets charged up with equally fast (about 80 % in 10 min). My phone is just 3 months old...earlier there was no such problem. I haven't installed any new apps in between. Is it the problem with the battery or with the handset?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks
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switch off your phone. charge till 100% go into recovery and give a factory data reset! your problem solved.
Mandark52 said:
switch off your phone. charge till 100% go into recovery and give a factory data reset! your problem solved.
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I don't think this will work.
My guess is you have a faulty battery. That happens. Get a new one.
Lennyz1988 said:
I don't think this will work.
My guess is you have a faulty battery. That happens. Get a new one.
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lennyz1988 I respect you but here i think there is a fault in battery caliberation. Your advice is also true but why not try a factory reset before purchasing a new one?
have you tried looking at your battery on settings ? see if what apps consumes most of your battery
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lennyz1988 I respect you but here i think there is a fault in battery caliberation. Your advice is also true but why not try a factory reset before purchasing a new one?
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It's because from what I remember, battery callibration is not regulated at rom level. It's a chip inside the battery.
For example:
With the old HTC Desire you could wipe battery stats in the recovery.
For the Samsung Galaxy S2 this didn't have any effect because the chip inside the battery regulated the calibration.
From what I remember it's the same for the S4. If the calibration does not work (eg charging to 100%, taking the battery out, putting it back in, recharge again till 100%) then his battery is faulty. So unless he messed his rom up seriously, no wipe or other rom will help. His OS just reads the data from the chip.
Lennyz1988 said:
It's because from what I remember, battery callibration is not regulated at rom level. It's a chip inside the battery.
For example:
With the old HTC Desire you could wipe battery stats in the recovery.
For the Samsung Galaxy S2 this didn't have any effect because the chip inside the battery regulated the calibration.
From what I remember it's the same for the S4. If the calibration does not work (eg charging to 100%, taking the battery out, putting it back in, recharge again till 100%) then his battery is faulty. So unless he messed his rom up seriously, no wipe or other rom will help. His OS just reads the data from the chip.
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learned something new today
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Mandark52 said:
learned something new today
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Thanks Guys... most of you were absolutely right... I took my S4 to the service center and it was found that it was the problem with the battery... it got deformed as well... I got it replaced now... You guys are great ... Thanks once again.
hi friends
first i have an up normal battery drain and when the battery gauge reaches 30% the network signal gone and at 15% it turns off suddenly and if i'm charging the phone turned off it give me a smaller measurement from it shown when the phone turned on and this is the second original battery is
doing after about 1 year what the old one was doing
i tried :
1- battery calibration with *#2280# and the aps on google play
2-same case with many roms
3-the phone now on the stock rom unrooted
plz help
crazydeepman said:
hi friends
first i have an up normal battery drain and when the battery gauge reaches 30% the network signal gone and at 15% it turns off suddenly and if i'm charging the phone turned off it give me a smaller measurement from it shown when the phone turned on and this is the second original battery is
doing after about 1 year what the old one was doing
i tried :
1- battery calibration with *#2280# and the aps on google play
2-same case with many roms
3-the phone now on the stock rom unrooted
plz help
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Try this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/battery-shutdowns-15-20-fix-root-t3513268
tried this method and didn't fix the problem
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You sure its not just bad batteries? I didnt even try to buy a Samsung battery when I recently replaced mine... too many junk knockoffs/used/refurbs. I went with after market. Your issue sounds like a lot of the bad battery stories I read about though. I always charge a new battery with the phone off, and then run down to 1% or 2%. I never use fast charge either
widowmaker17 said:
You sure its not just bad batteries? I didnt even try to buy a Samsung battery when I recently replaced mine... too many junk knockoffs/used/refurbs. I went with after market. Your issue sounds like a lot of the bad battery stories I read about though. I always charge a new battery with the phone off, and then run down to 1% or 2%. I never use fast charge either
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i already bought new one yesterday . things are alright but still one issue : stop charging at 92% or 88%
Where are you getting your batteries, and how are you charging it when you get it? "New to you" batteries doesnt necessarily mean "brand new", and can still be junk
no it's original from Samsung store branch
you still havent told us how youre charging your new batteries
standard fast charger
Never mind, I give up. Im not going to beg for information. For someone who wants help, you sure dont want to be very specific with details that could help you. Im done trying to help you
widowmaker17 said:
Never mind, I give up. Im not going to beg for information. For someone who wants help, you sure dont want to be very specific with details that could help you. Im done trying to help you
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Thank you
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