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Hey all. Problems with battery after flashing Darky's ROM

I used ODIN to Flash Darkys_v9.2_Resurrection_Edition version. It went pretty well, everything works just fine, however, my buttery seems to run out a lot faster then the stock ROM.
I performed the following steps in an attempt to resolve this:
Calibrating Battery with Darky's ROM:
1. Use your phone until the phone switches itself off (battery empty)
2. Switch on once more to make sure battery really is 0% (it will then immediately switch off once more)
3. Now, keep switched off (!), plug in charger & leave in charging until 100%
4. When battery is full, switch the phone on, unplug & check if the batter immediately drops 1 or 2 %
5. If battery immediately drops, plug in charger once more (while running phone) & let it charge completely
6. Once charging to 100% is done, keep charger plugged in & Reboot into Recovery Mode
7. in Recovery Mode go to: advanced --> Wipe Battery Stats --> Yes-Wipe Battery Stats
8. When done: Go To --> reboot system now
9. Once system has rebooted, unplug charge
but that didn't seem to work, once I booted the device after an hour and a half I lost 10~% battery already.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

One read all the millions of posts with exactly the same rom and problem .
Two read the Battery Faqs three flash a different rom as by all accounts including mine Darkys = poor battery life .
jje

Look e.g. here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986984
Is it so hard to use the search function?

webwude said:
Look e.g. here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986984
Is it so hard to use the search function?
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I did use the search and didn't find any answer.
if nothing works I'll try a different ROM.
Thanks

Yup, I installed a different rom and now my battery lasts much much longer.
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Eladku said:
I used ODIN to Flash Darkys_v9.2_Resurrection_Edition version. It went pretty well, everything works just fine, however, my buttery seems to run out a lot faster then the stock ROM.
I performed the following steps in an attempt to resolve this:
Calibrating Battery with Darky's ROM:
1. Use your phone until the phone switches itself off (battery empty)
2. Switch on once more to make sure battery really is 0% (it will then immediately switch off once more)
3. Now, keep switched off (!), plug in charger & leave in charging until 100%
4. When battery is full, switch the phone on, unplug & check if the batter immediately drops 1 or 2 %
5. If battery immediately drops, plug in charger once more (while running phone) & let it charge completely
6. Once charging to 100% is done, keep charger plugged in & Reboot into Recovery Mode
7. in Recovery Mode go to: advanced --> Wipe Battery Stats --> Yes-Wipe Battery Stats
8. When done: Go To --> reboot system now
9. Once system has rebooted, unplug charge
but that didn't seem to work, once I booted the device after an hour and a half I lost 10~% battery already.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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I am on Darky 9.3 Extreme and after 2days 7hrs 28mins 22s, I still have 28% battery with an average use of wifi, 3G, calls and messaging. I never had any battery issue of any kind. I can post images if you want to see

Why won't i believe you?
For my sgs it caused severe battery issues. I found no other solution but to use a different rom.
I guess you have more luck than me
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Eladku said:
Why won't i believe you?
For my sgs it caused severe battery issues. I found no other solution but to use a different rom.
I guess you have more luck than me
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Battery drain issues has been completely random, and there's not particular established trend for particular ROMs. I agree with you that I'm a bit luckier. I was on stock JS7 with bad battery drain. That was what gave me the impetus to install Darkkys, since for me, I though I would be facing similar drain, but luckily, it came out better than JS7 for me.

Battery drain issues has been completely random, and there's not particular established trend for particular ROMs.
Reasonably true but some roms get multiple battery drain posts others do not .
So if rom XXX has a thousand posts with problems i would steer clear ..
The battery FAQ posts all over this forum may be of some help .
basics are to drain battery delete battery stats charge battery bump charge battery a couple of times then use the phone for a week or two .
jje

Battery inaccurate after boot

Hi all
since a week or so i have a strange problem with my sgs and i hope you can help me to fix it
Everything works just fine (battery is accurate) until i switch off / reboot the phone
but at next boot the battery reports a very low value
(e.g. the phone has 55% battery left and after the reboot it reports only 8%)
with Froyo 2.2.1 (Speedmod Kernel) it would stay at that level until the battery has really drained to that point
With GB (JVQ - Galaxian Kernel) the battery percentage increases slowly
What i tried so far:
first of all, i deleted the battery stats for a few times and because that didn't work i upgraded to JVQ (with repartitioning and all), but that didn't solve the problem either
i don't really know what to do anymore and i hope someone can help me
thanks

Just do a few drain/ charge cycles and that should sort it
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First off, wiping batterystats.bin alone won't help.
Try this:
1. Charge to 100% until it says unplug charger.
2. Wipe batterystats.bin from recovery, unplug and then reboot
3. Drain your phone's battery until it shuts itself down
4. Charge to 100% without interrupting the charge
5. Enjoy :3

thanks for the quick replay!
unfortunately thats basically what i have already done
since the problem happened the first time, i have charged the phone at least 5 times and wiped the battery stats for 2 or 3 times right after charging the phone to 100%
its true that normally i don't drain the battery completely, but yesterday i have done just that and than let the phone charge overnight - but that didn't solve the problem
i will try to fully discharge the phone a few more times and load the battery while the phone is switched off
still i hope someone has an other suggestion how to solve this annoying problem
thanks

lol - stop deleting the batterystats.bin for starters.
The batterystats needs to indentify the top and bottom markers such as 0% - 100%, delete it ONCE.
Firstly, turn the phone off, charge the phone to 100%, bump charge it, till 100% truely.
This means, unplug...then plug it in again until you keep getting 100% show up.
Boot up into recovery then delete the batterystats.bin.
Use it heavy, activate everything and drain it. Make sure it is compeltely drained, try turning the phone back on, take the battery out for about 2 mins, try turning it on again, if it doesnt turn on, you've drained it.
Plug your charger in, do not turn the phone on, let it charge to 100%, again, bump charge it until 100% truely full, turn the phone on and let it run its natural course this time.
Do not delete the batterystats.bin again, you will have to repeat the process, it will take a good 2/3 times of charge/discharge for the stats to settle.
Hopefully helps dude! Good luck

thanks pidz!
just to clarify: i have had my sgs for a half year now and i never wiped the battery stats until last week
But i haven't tried bump charging jet - i really don't like that process as it is bad for the battery but might be worth a try, thanks

it usually happens with non original batteries. did you changed a battery? or maybe you got a fake one with you phone?

battery or charger ???

please help me to solve this problem
when i put my gt540 on charging ,, the battery indictor not exceed 50 or 60 % whatever the duration of charging
and i noticed that the charger not heated like the past
sorry for my english ,,,,,,,,,

ali_alashery said:
please help me to solve this problem
when i put my gt540 on charging ,, the battery indictor not exceed 50 or 60 % whatever the duration of charging
and i noticed that the charger not heated like the past
sorry for my english ,,,,,,,,,
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Hey!
You can try erasing the "battery stats" entering in the "recovery mode" , going to "advanced" and then "delete battery stats"... if you do that and didn't work maybe the problem is the battery.
Did you overclock your phone?
And other question... Did you install a new version off the rom recently? Remember that when you flash the rom is necessary to delete the battery stats to calibrate the battery correctly...
And other thing, if erase the stats solve your problem, in the next recharge follow the next instructions (by Mur4ik):
"Battery Issues Fix:
For all those having battery issues, I have been following all the comments & tips about it on this forum & I have been doing some experimenting over the last few months. And finally I have a working solution which has been working for me (see screenshot of my phone), it's been working now for 53hrs now & still at 45%. And I have been using the wireless at btw 4-6hrs per day & some long calls.
Here's what to do:
1. Drain your battery totally, put it on & off until it's totally drained (screen refuses to come on)
2. Charge it over night (a good 4-6 hours). It might also be good to unplug and re-plug a couple of times if it reaches 100% prematurely.
3. Once the specified time has elapsed, without unplugging the phone from charge, go into (clockwork) recovery (from your reboot screen), go to advanced and, wipe your battery stats, then reboot. Once you click reboot, unplug your phone. And that's it!
Things to note: you must have one of the newer versions(versions 3+) of clockwork to go into recovery from full charge. I hope this is helpful & compliments Mur4ik great work & Joost's wonderful thread "

What ROM?
Some ROMs have a problem with the battery level (e.g. Swiftdroid v2.0 M5 which won't reach full charge). You could try another ROM or wait until the problem is fixed as an update. You could also revert back to a ROM which will reach full charge. You could try using a computer instead of a charger just to see the difference. Does it make any difference if it doesn't reach full charge as it may be functional for the same amount of time if it reached full charge.

[Q] Battery won't charge over 60%

Since few days ago, im using PCFighters rom. And, I have problem with charging, my battery wont charge above 50-60%. I tried deleting battery stats from recovery; i tried bump charging (although i cant charge phone while its turned off - CM7 "feature" ), i tried some method form XDA (charge phone, delete battery stats, reboot phone, remove battery from phone while rebooting, and phone still on cord etc) - but nothing works...
Battery itself lasts like usuall, 24-30hours, but this is really annoying... and, here is pic of battery usage, you can see how it oscilates on far left side, while charging, 50-60%, and thats it...
Any solution?

darkorudar said:
Since few days ago, im using PCFighters rom. And, I have problem with charging, my battery wont charge above 50-60%. I tried deleting battery stats from recovery; i tried bump charging (although i cant charge phone while its turned off - CM7 "feature" ), i tried some method form XDA (charge phone, delete battery stats, reboot phone, remove battery from phone while rebooting, and phone still on cord etc) - but nothing works...
Battery itself lasts like usuall, 24-30hours, but this is really annoying... and, here is pic of battery usage, you can see how it oscilates on far left side, while charging, 50-60%, and thats it...
Any solution?
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There are 2 possible solutions:
1. Re Flash the ROM, let it reach all load until phone turn off, charge to 100%, then Calibrate Batt, then reach the load to 0% again, then charge the batt. If the charge stay on 60%, unplug and plug your charger continuously from the outlet energy.
2. Replace your battery with a new one.

this problem have a simple solution you must download "battery calibration" or "battery calibrator" and when the phone is charged (60%) you must click the button .. if this doesn't work you can enter in recovery---> advanced---> wipe battery states

riku-dark said:
this problem have a simple solution you must download "battery calibration" or "battery calibrator" and when the phone is charged (60%) you must click the button .. if this doesn't work you can enter in recovery---> advanced---> wipe battery states
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Done this already, not working (both ways)... ill reflash ROM today, and we will see does it works
Edit:
Not working... flashed ROM again, cleared dalvik/cache etc, left battery to drain out - but it wont charge over ~50% :/

darkorudar said:
Done this already, not working (both ways)... ill reflash ROM today, and we will see does it works
Edit:
Not working... flashed ROM again, cleared dalvik/cache etc, left battery to drain out - but it wont charge over ~50% :/
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also for me the charging stopped at 90% and with calibration I solved the problem :S

riku-dark said:
this problem have a simple solution you must download "battery calibration" or "battery calibrator" and when the phone is charged (60%) you must click the button .. if this doesn't work you can enter in recovery---> advanced---> wipe battery states
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Thats How I Do It

I need to flash the latest recovery.img CWM v5.0.2.7 first and then wipe battery stats.

With Battery Callibration app see how high is battery voltage, when is at 60%, then share here with us.

OK, ill check it tommorow morning and type it here... thx, imenjak
("imenjak" - ppl with same name, in our language)

After 10 hours of charging, baterry is at 52% or 3729mV... i tryed unplug/plug in for a few times, but now it wont go over 52%.

Finally the following steps helped me:
- I flashed the latest CWM recovery.img v5.0.2.7
- Boot into Recovery and did:
- "wipe cache partition"
- Inside "Advanced" both did "Wipe Dalvik Cache" and "Wipe Battery Stats"
- Power Off
- removed batterie and waited at least 5 minutes
- inserted batterie and used GT540 until it's fully empty
- charged GT540 again
- Voila: "charged 100%"

darkorudar said:
After 10 hours of charging, baterry is at 52% or 3729mV... i tryed unplug/plug in for a few times, but now it wont go over 52%.
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If nothing helps, try to backup your current ROM, install a different one (for example Froyo or stock Eclair) and if the same thing happens (also after calibration) then you will know for sure that the problem is hardware nature and your battery is dying. But if on different ROM you have normal battery charging then its a very weird bug.
Good luck, imenjak!

muelra said:
- I flashed the latest CWM recovery.img v5.0.2.7
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OK, i have CWM V4.0.1.4; and never took battery for 5min or more.... first I will try with battery, than with new CWM; and on the end with another ROM... TY all for advices

Well, problem is solved... funny, but problem was in charger, or data-cable :/ With new charger, I have no more this stupid problem

Like I told.
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S5 Battery Problems.

Problem Fixed
The Problem:
Even when the phone is booted up and i charge it up to 100%. It quickly drops down 98/97% in few seconds. Is that normal?
Also when i do restart the phone the charge will be at whatever % but even when unpluged it will go up by few %s and then quickly go down in few seconds.[/I]

Charging with phone closed and you unplug it before opening, when opening, that fase will suck up a few % of battery juice in a little wile because a lot of apps are loading and also some of them will go in wifi or data connection for play store, email searching, flipboard or news loading ecc, ecc. Infact, you can also see that your phone will get hot for a few minutes and that means that cpu is working for this.
Try charging after 5 minutes that your phone is opened and the % of battery is droped and reach 100% .
Stay a couple of minutes charging once reached 100% and then unplug.
Now battery % should drop normally.
Remember that every time you reboot, that will happen again so apps will suck % of battery quickly in this fase.
What you can also do is to make a wipe cache in recovery mode first opening your phone.

joedellosso69 said:
Charging with phone closed and you unplug it, when opening, that fase will suck up a few % of battery juice in a little wile because a lot of apps are loading and also some of them will go in wifi or data connection for play store, email searching, flipboard or news loading ecc, ecc.
Try charging after 5 minutes that your phone is opened and the % of battery is droped and reach 100% .
Stay a couple of minutes charging once reached 100% and then unplug.
Now battery % should drop normally.
Remember that every time you reboot, that will happen again so apps will suck % of battery quickly in this fase.
What you can also do is to make a wipe cache in recovery mode first opening your phone.
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Even when the phone is booted up and i charge it up to 100%. It quickly drops down 98/97% in few seconds. Is that normal?
Also when i do restart the phone the charge will be at whatever % but even when unpluged it will go up by few %s and then quickly go down in few seconds.

DroidFlow said:
Even when the phone is booted up and i charge it up to 100%. It quickly drops down 98/97% in few seconds. Is that normal?
Also when i do restart the phone the charge will be at whatever % but even when unpluged it will go up by few %s and then quickly go down in few seconds.
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this is not normal..try wipe cache in recovory mode, reboot and recharge and see what happens.

joedellosso69 said:
this is not normal..try wipe cache in recovory mode, reboot and recharge and see what happens.
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yeah i will try that. I did do a factory reset. But will try it again. If it does not work, should i just buy a new battery?
i will try to get a video of it happening if it does again.

DroidFlow said:
Even when the phone is booted up and i charge it up to 100%. It quickly drops down 98/97% in few seconds. Is that normal?
Also when i do restart the phone the charge will be at whatever % but even when unpluged it will go up by few %s and then quickly go down in few seconds.
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this is not normal..try wipe cache in recovery mode then reboot and see what happens.
if doesn't work try a battery calibration doing this:
*#0228# in phone dialer
- that will pop on battery calibration screen
- charge battery at 100% and unplug
- once unpluged wait a couple of minutes and then press quik start botton
- wait that screen returns and you will see that % of battery will be less
- richarge at 100% and then unplug
that should fix

joedellosso69 said:
this is not normal..try wipe cache in recovery mode then reboot and see what happens.
if doesn't work try a battery calibration doing this:
*#0228# in phone dialer
- that will pop on battery calibration screen
- charge battery at 100% and unplug
- once unpluged wait a couple of minutes and then press quik start botton
- wait that screen returns and you will see that % of battery will be less
- richarge at 100%
that should fix
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Thanks, i will try to do that. But heres the problem, as soon as i unplug in few seconds it drops to 98%
Here is the video and phone in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXe5ivnsyIo

DroidFlow said:
yeah i will try that. I did do a factory reset. But will try it again. If it does not work, should i just buy a new battery?
i will try to get a video of it happening if it does again.
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before bying a new battery, try battery calibration and then if you can try going in samsung assistence for a quik battery test that will tell you if battery is to be replaced.
I recommend the original battery and not cheap chines ones...there Life is longer.

joedellosso69 said:
before bying a new battery, try battery calibration and then if you can try going in samsung assistence for a quik battery test that will tell you if battery is to be replaced.
I recommend the original battery and not cheap chines ones...there Life is longer.
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Oh. I did the calibration. after the screen returned. It went from 96% to 86%. Charging it to 100% again. Hopefully it works. Thanks for your help. Where do you recommend buying batteries from?

DroidFlow said:
Oh. I did the calibration. after the screen returned. It went from 96% to 86%. Charging it to 100% again. Hopefully it works. Thanks for your help. Where do you recommend buying batteries from?
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Samsung assistence store, stores having original battery, even in internet like amazon or others like this...

joedellosso69 said:
Samsung assistence store, stores having original battery, even in internet like amazon or others like this...
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ok. it looks like it didnt work. its doing the same problem again. Im starting to get the feeling the its the battery.
Such saw my phone jump from 95% to 100%. wtf