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OK, this is unbelievable.
The battery drain on XXJVO was driving me crazy. Reading the forums I noticed some people said the Android OS issue was fixed on 2.3.4. Yesterday, I flashed XXJVR with re-partition and bootloaders via Odin, using the OXAJVQ CSC. I also installed the Voodoo lagfix for XXJVR.
I did a factory reset before and after the flash. Did a battery pull, all the steps that we're used to.
For my surprise, a few minutes ago, the phone discharged in 8 hours to 47%. Guess what? Its the Android OS again. Take a look at the attached screenshots.
Did I do something wrong? Is this normal on 2.3.4?
EDIT: Following $omator and madrooster's advice, I decided to flash everything again from scratch and install all the apps directly from the Android Market. Apparently, the issue was being triggered by a restored appdata backup via TitaniumBackup. I've been using the phone for about a week now, with no issues at all.
im running custom rom gingerreal 7.1.4 JVQ with galaxianEE kernel and lagfix enabled. my modem is ZSJPG and csc XAJVQ.
no issues like u have.
but i have to say, that the battery drain is heavier than on froyo.
Man, that's pretty serious drain. I'm running Ramad's stock deodexed JVR since it was postes with semaphore kernel and my usage is never more than 15%. Why don't you post a pic of the bigger graph?
only way to avoid battery drain is that you remove the battery from phone
have no idea haw did you managed to break jvr but you did it =)
i guess youve runed some app that was not letting phone to sleep
or the system got some broken ones tat caused this (yes wrongly flashed system maybe hehe)
btw notice the blue line under your graph - it should look more like on attached screen
Im also running gingerreal 7.1.4 JVQ with semaphore 1.32 and after 2 weeks of use no battery drain.
Android OS is always below 10% (mostly on 4-5%)
The Android OS bug was fixed from stock JVQ onwards. The reason you guys experience that is because you are using custom kernels built from old source codes released by Samsung or heavily modified by the developer. Go complain to your respective custom kernel thread.
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The Android OS bug was fixed from stock JVQ onwards. The reason you guys experience that is because you are using custom kernels built from old source codes released by Samsung or heavily modified by the developer. Go complain to your respective custom kernel thread.
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Thanks jb. That could be the reason. I am using Voodoo kernel, maybe that's what causing the drain. Has anyone else on Voodoo experienced the same problem?
Heritz said:
Thanks jb. That could be the reason. I am using Voodoo kernel, maybe that's what causing the drain. Has anyone else on Voodoo experienced the same problem?
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Were you playing orientation/sensor-based games?
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Were you playing orientation/sensor-based games?
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jb, I remember that I played Captain America in the morning, but the phone froze and I had to battery pull it. After the restart, I didn't touch it again for like 6 hours. In the night, the phone rang and when I tried to pick up the call, the screen wouldn't turn on, so I had to battery pull it again.
After I turned it back on, I checked the battery stats and noticed the Android OS was running crazy, as you can see in the screenshots.
Captain America afaik is not sensor based, and I battery pulled the phone after I played, cuz it froze. I'd love to blame the game, but I cannot.
Edit: But... looking at the stats, the orientationd process is right next to the Android OS. Could this happen if the phone wasn't resting on a flat surface? :S
Yup the orientationd process was burning you battery juice, the reason why you got Android OS bug. I guess you should try to change your custom kernel or if you really like your current phone setup, you should install Watchdog lite or any similar app to monitor system processes, such as Android OS, for unusually high cpu usage and just reboot your phone when it does occur
i wonder what else is broken in this guys phone that wathcdog and reserting will not fix =)
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i wonder what else is broken in this guys phone that wathcdog and reserting will not fix =)
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$omator help me out here. What kernel would you recommend for JVR that keeps everything as stock as possible but includes lagfix? I use Voodoo since it is pretty light, but it doesn't seem to behave so well after all.
stock + cfroot is always a win
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The Android OS bug was fixed from stock JVQ onwards. The reason you guys experience that is because you are using custom kernels built from old source codes released by Samsung or heavily modified by the developer. Go complain to your respective custom kernel thread.
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+1 very true the kernels for me to showd diffrnt results
No battery drain for me here I've been on it for weeks with heavy use friend, never pass 5 hours in any froyo firmware
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Android os drain goes away for my 2.3.3 kg3 stock setup after wiping cache partition and dalvik cache. Ran for weeks and never came back.
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This battery drain problem is caused by the kernel you have. It is caused by a bug in a specific device driver.
The phone tries to go into power save mode but something prevents it. When the phone fails to reach a low power mode, you see the battery drain. In summary, if you run a custom, non stock Rom you might not have the battery drain fix. Try to make sure that any custom kernel you use has the same kernel version as stock.
Wow that is pretty big drain.. On my xxjvr (2.3.4 ) it only uses 9 to 10% don't know what's wrong though
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Not for me...
1. Clean the phone.
Flashed JVR (from samfirmware). Flashed CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVR-v4.1-CWM3RFS. Flashed JVR STOCK+ v1.41 aosp losckscreen ODEX.
All closed by me in settings (NO GPS, NO wifi, NO data, NO... nothing) and the mobile network mode set to GSM only. At 22.00 hour battery was at 98%.
Next day in the morning at 10.30 hour, the phone beeps that the battery is at 15%... Looking in the Battery use, discover that in about 12 hours, the Android OS (90%) is draining the battery. OMG...
2. Fully charge the phone, clean the phone.
Flashed JVR (from samfirmware). Flashed speedmod-kernel-k15i-t10. Flashed JVR STOCK+ v1.41 aosp losckscreen ODEX.
All closed by me in settings(NO GPS, NO wifi, NO data, NO... nothing) and the mobile network mode set to GSM only. At 22.00 hour battery was at 96%. Next day in the morning at 09.30 hour, check the phone.
Surprise! At about 12 hours, the battery "lose" only 4%. And NO Android OS in the battery use.
3. Next day, clean the phone. Fully charge the phone.
Flashed JVR (from samfirmware). Flashed TalonDEV-0.4.4.22-1200-I9000-BIGMEM-CWM3. Flashed JVR STOCK+ v1.41 aosp losckscreen ODEX. All closed by me in settings(NO GPS, NO wifi, NO data, NO... nothing) and the mobile network mode set to GSM only. At 23.00 hour battery was at 98%. Next day in the morning at 08.00 hour, check the phone.
Surprise! At about 10 hours, the battery "lose" only 5%. And NO Android OS in the battery use.
4. Next day, clean the phone. Fully charged battery.
Download again the CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVR-v4.1-CWM3RFS.
Flashed JVR (from samfirmware). Flashed again CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVR-v4.1-CWM3RFS. Flashed JVR STOCK+ v1.41 aosp losckscreen ODEX.
All closed by me in settings (NO GPS, NO wifi, NO data, NO... nothing) and the mobile network mode set to GSM only. At 21.00 hour battery was at 90%. Next day in the morning at 07.00 hour, looking in the Battery use, discover that in about 8 hours, the Android OS (90%) is draining the battery and the battery is at 25%...
I'm not a specialist in Android, but with this experiment, understand that in my case, the "drayner" of the battery was decided by the kernel, and I decided to flash the JVR stock+ with speedmod-kernel-k15i-t10.
I don't say that the CFroot is bad or that another kernel is good, but for me CFroot don't works good.
Last night I rooted my Defy+ with CM7(latest nightlies from defy-cm.net), applied battery and camera fix, everything worked perfectly and I enjoyed it.
I tried little experimenting then installed CM9(usedEpsylon builds) and flashed the kernel mentioned here(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432100&page=3) but then I noticed it had lot of bugs and my phone started having a lot of weird reboots.
So I thought of reverting back to CM7 and then problem of the battery popped up. Battery now shows a question mark and I dont know whether it could charge or not. After reading a lot I thought it would be better to revert to CM9 just incase if the battery isn't charging and I'd have to find a workaround for charging.
Although I love CM9 very much but I can't stick to it because of the camera and a lot of instability.
After studying forums I realised it may be because of the incompatible kernel for CM7. So the only way I could get teh original kernel is by flashing the original SBF. But the problem arises is that I cant find the same build for my device and I am little skeptical about flashing with different SBF. Also I have no nandroid backup as such. Nearest I could find a SBF was with 4.5.1-134_DFP-1321. Also I have gone through all the Walter79 posts and his SBF collection too and it doesnt have the SBF for my DEFY+.
Can somebody guide me with the workaround?
My DEFY+ specifications:
system version - 45.0.891.MB526,AsiaRetail.en.03
model number - mb526
android version - 2.3.4
baseband version - epu93_u_00.60.00
kernel version - 2.6.32.9-gbdd614e [email protected]#1
build number - 4.5.1-134_DFP-891
I am having the same problem, even after resoring to the original the battery keeps giving me a question mark and the phone shuts down.
I can boot it into recovery by plugging it in but whatever rom I flas the battery keeps going to question mark.
I am becoming a little sacred I killed my phone now..
Same problem with me. flashing my stock nandroid backup did not solve the problem..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569336
I put everything back to stock, because without the mcguyver trick I am not able to charge my battery..
I am sending it RMA this monday
So you say that even if I flash a SBF, the battery problem won't solve?? I thought it was just because of a kernel incompatibility otherwise why would the battery charge while I'm using CM9?
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Oh!!! It seems there are two threads of the same name!!!! I replied here
You may find a solution
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Hi,
My Defy+ also came with the same SBF version however I updated it to another one and now service center updated it to another one(which is unrootable!!) So be careful while choosing the SBF(Don't worry I will tell you which one should be safe! ). First:
There are issues with battery charging with CM9. moreover you should have tried Quarx's build CM9 for Defy+. Both CM7 and CM9_Defy+ of quarx are more stable!! however, as per memory serves I remember flashing CM7 for Defy when I had the version of SBF you have, so I believe even CM9 for Defy should work(No need to flash extra kernels if you flash the Defy versions of CM).
Now coming to the SBF part you may go for this SBF(from my dropbox). It is 4.5.1-134_DFP-1321 version SBF. That will update your phone to 2.3.6 and BL6. Thus you won't be able to downgrade to any Froyo kernels and will have to use CM7 and CM9 for Defy+ builds(use Quarx's build this time). However NEVER flash the version with DFP-231!!! It has BL7 and is still not rootable!!! ( Thanks to dumb service center people I am stuck with this!!)
It happened because of some network problem here and I don't see any option to delete the other post.
I'm downloading the SBF right now and wish that the problem gets solved and I can use CM7 again with no battery issue.
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I did flash Quarks new nightly that was just posted. All worked fine at first and then I rebooted and since then it will no longer boot. If I plug it in I can get into recovery but if I let it try to start up I get a big battery with a question mark in it. I will try this sbf and thank you so much for helping
Also I notice that your sbf file is quite huge compared to the same file by walter79.. Is it just that he zipped it and you didn't?
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Puckying said:
I did flash Quarks new nightly that was just posted. All worked fine at first and then I rebooted and since then it will no longer boot. If I plug it in I can get into recovery but if I let it try to start up I get a big battery with a question mark in it. I will try this sbf and thank you so much for helping
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Welcome Make sure you don't drain your battery much. I have seen many users using CM9 with this prob. However there is a battery fix if you want to try. Search it in Q&A also someone posted recently. Sorry don't have time now to search!
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Also I notice that your sbf file is quite huge compared to the same file by walter79.. Is it just that he zipped it and you didn't?
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Its of big size because:
1.) I didn't zip it.
2.) Its a full SBF not fixed. A fixed SBF has its cmg39 deleted which contains BL version and also all system image! Dis is done to maintain downgradability and thus needs a nandroid backup too!
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Welcome Make sure you don't drain your battery much. I have seen many users using CM9 with this prob. However there is a battery fix if you want to try. Search it in Q&A also someone posted recently. Sorry don't have time now to search!
Its of big size because:
1.) I didn't zip it.
2.) Its a full SBF not fixed. A fixed SBF has its cmg39 deleted which contains BL version and also all system image! Dis is done to maintain downgradability and thus needs a nandroid backup too!
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I added the battery fix as well but then the battery had already drained. It went really fast from 90% to completely dead.
I shall try the McGyver trick today and see if it will respond again after that.
Puckying said:
I added the battery fix as well but then the battery had already drained. It went really fast from 90% to completely dead.
I shall try the McGyver trick today and see if it will respond again after that.
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Oh okay..!! Ya then try the McGyver trick.. But be careful at it or you may end up frying your battery!!
I am a bit worried about that too so it is still laying there, ready to try but my courage lacks.
My husband is an elctro man and will be home tomorrow so I think I will wait till then.
I wonder after flashing the new sbf it will again recognise the battery..
I reflashed cm 9 and now everything is up and running again. Battery is charging.
I will see how it holds up over time , if all else fails I can still flash the full sbf
Puckying said:
I reflashed cm 9 and now everything is up and running again. Battery is charging.
I will see how it holds up over time , if all else fails I can still flash the full sbf
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My problems are solved as well I did not want to work on CM9 anymore. To much problems and instability.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24340090#post24340090
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My problems are solved as well I did not want to work on CM9 anymore. To much problems and instability.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24340090#post24340090
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Puckying said:
I reflashed cm 9 and now everything is up and running again. Battery is charging.
I will see how it holds up over time , if all else fails I can still flash the full sbf
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Good to know the problem is solved! Probably you should wait till a stable CM9 (Defy+) comes out
I flashed a full sbf, the one that was posted but now can no longer receive calls or texts.
I can ring out so there is a connection. but nothing comes through. I have saerched all over the place , installed the baseband changer. But no incoming calls...
Puckying said:
I flashed a full sbf, the one that was posted but now can no longer receive calls or texts.
I can ring out so there is a connection. but nothing comes through. I have saerched all over the place , installed the baseband changer. But no incoming calls...
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The SBF I posted is for India. You should flash an SBF that suits your region. You said you installed baseband switcher but baseband switcher works only after rooting and you need to make correct changes. So, since you are flashing full SBF I suggest flash the one for your region. There should not be any prob then!
Yes I am doing so now Thanks again. Steep learning curve here
And I rooted at once with super one click
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No difference, still no incoming calls..
Phew! Fixed. No more modding for a bit..well not today anyway
pranks1989 said:
The SBF I posted is for India. You should flash an SBF that suits your region. You said you installed baseband switcher but baseband switcher works only after rooting and you need to make correct changes. So, since you are flashing full SBF I suggest flash the one for your region. There should not be any prob then!
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No problems here (In the Netherlands) with your ROM (asia version).
Thanks guys for the answers. I'm now running CM9(quartz build) with no kernel flashing. Camera works fine and everything as well. I think I'll stick to this for sometime. Although I see little lag in the homescreen animation and drawers stack animation. But as it is a nightly and still under development, it is quite expected. Also I'll keep using it anyway so that I can help in the development of CM9 by bug and automatic reports submissions.
This was all possible because of the SBF mentioned here..
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please help me.!
my defy not charge whith charger...i am charge battery with external adapter.....when connect charger to defy not charge and show question mark on logo battery............sorry my engilish is bad...
u must flash cm7 kernel (Froyo)
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u must flash cm7 kernel (Froyo)
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my rom is cm10 foroyo kernel...i flash many rom but battery not work...
can you go back to an older ROM using recovery? if you go to recovery can you see a battery level meter at the bottom?
Don't know if this will help, I had the same issue my defy wasn't recognizing the battery and it wasn't charging.
I tried anything possible, via software, (which you should try as well). I flashed stock sbf, tried with different roms, going to gb kernel and back to froyo kernel but nothing worked.
I got a new battery and everything works as it should, my defy was just 2 months old when that happened
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can you go back to an older ROM using recovery? if you go to recovery can you see a battery level meter at the bottom?
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yes i can flash old rom...and i see battery level bottom recovery...
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Don't know if this will help, I had the same issue my defy wasn't recognizing the battery and it wasn't charging.
I tried anything possible, via software, (which you should try as well). I flashed stock sbf, tried with different roms, going to gb kernel and back to froyo kernel but nothing worked.
I got a new battery and everything works as it should, my defy was just 2 months old when that happened
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buy a new battery solve your battery problem.???this mean i get a battery.??
Have You Tried Wipe Batery Stats In Recovery Under Advanced Options?
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buy a new battery solve your battery problem.???this mean i get a battery.??
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thanks..i buy a new battery and solve my problem....
Kernels no longer work for me. I was running _Motley's build 49 kernel and the stock ROM for a few months and never had any issues and had excellent battery life. Then I decided to flash PA and _Motley to give Halo a try and noticed my battery wasn't all too great. I then nandroid back to my previous setup and then my battery life went to ****. Android OS was my biggest drain so I reflashed my stock rooted ROM and kernel and still had the same issue.
Then I flashed Faux's reset kernel and was stuck in a boot loop but was unable to get past the Google logo. Flashed another reset kernel, can't remember who's, and everything was fine. Android OS wasn't an issue anymore but my battery life went back to being mediocre. So I tried flashing other kernels, _Motley's included, and Android OS would still be on top.
So for some reason, only the stock kernel is working for me. Any ideas why? I'm about to just restore the factory image and start over again. I heard PA uses a custom kernel from Franco so could that be why I'm having issues?
Edit: I also fully charged my battery and left it overnight unplugged last night and went from 100%-64% in 8 hours
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Hero_Guy said:
Kernels no longer work for me. I was running _Motley's build 49 kernel and the stock ROM for a few months and never had any issues and had excellent battery life. Then I decided to flash PA and _Motley to give Halo a try and noticed my battery wasn't all too great. I then nandroid back to my previous setup and then my battery life went to ****. Android OS was my biggest drain so I reflashed my stock rooted ROM and kernel and still had the same issue.
Then I flashed Faux's reset kernel and was stuck in a boot loop but was unable to get past the Google logo. Flashed another reset kernel, can't remember who's, and everything was fine. Android OS wasn't an issue anymore but my battery life went back to being mediocre. So I tried flashing other kernels, _Motley's included, and Android OS would still be on top.
So for some reason, only the stock kernel is working for me. Any ideas why? I'm about to just restore the factory image and start over again. I heard PA uses a custom kernel from Franco so could that be why I'm having issues?
I also fully charged my battery and left it overnight unplugged last night and went from 100%-64% in about 8 hours.
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Hi,
I hope I made this in the right section but I've got myself into a really nasty problem and I know how to fix it after spending full 10 hours. Maybe this will help anybody.
I re-used my Arc after a while and learned about custom roms and all. I've updated to Stock 2.3.4 - Stock 4.0.4 - Ultrakitkat 2.0.1 - Stock 4.0.4 (back because of trying to compare performances between custom and stock) - Ultimate HD 5.0.1.
When going from Ultrakitkat to Stock 4.0.4, after a day I woke up and found my phone rebooting Android on a loop while in the wall-charger. Went to take a shower and the phone was dead.
Charger didn't work, put it on my laptop USB and went on, only to find the battery at 100%. When disconnecting the phone, it immediately went blank and didn't turned on. I've looked for this problem for so many hours and tried flashing my romand kernel for some time (including phone drops dead WHILE in flashing) and trying out different way's to connect and boot but nothing worked. Installed many battery tools and apps but still nothing.
I;ve searched a lot and didn't found any conclusion anywhere, but combining every information online I've solved it!!
Apperantly there is an error inbetween roms, that when you go from custom rom + certain kernels, back to stock rom, it stops recognizing the battery.
To solve this (for me it worked):
Flashtool stock TFT 4.0.4
Fastboot flash the LUPUSV16 kernel (the magic trick!)
Turn on phone, and put it on a charger for 15 minutes, it should start recharging somewhere and show the correct battery %
I wanted to use the Ultimate HD just for a try and when flashing (I use Advanced Stock Kernel) + Ultimate HD
DO NOT WIPE BATTERY STATS! This will recreate the problem.
This worked for me and I hope this will help someone too who's thinking there is a problem with the battery.
Mostly reflashing the kernel does the job
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0 or 100 percent battery
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Mostly reflashing the kernel does the job
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Leaving the phone turned off for some hours worked for me!
Thank you!
if you dont want see this problem
do not downgrade to stock kernel
Same issue here.. after fastbooting stock ftf.. Phone not charging and not recognized in fastboot/flashmode
Guys worked for me
Flash rush kernel after downgrading and tada its done.
Its just coz rush recognizes the hardware chip algorithm for battery stats
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Swapyyyyy said:
Guys worked for me
Flash rush kernel after downgrading and tada its done.
Its just coz rush recognizes the hardware chip algorithm for battery stats
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yes, it works flashing other kernel but i encountered a another problem. I lost some of the apps and keep geeting crashing report from diferent sistem apps Does some know how to extract those battery fix from those kernel am apllly it to stock kernel?