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As I've noticed people ate flooding the threads with battery issues
I thought some tips might help
1. Wipe battery stats once and only doing it when switching between liberated and cm6, don't do it everytime u flash over a newer version of the rom
2. Use minimal brightness and do not use auto, although it may seem like it helps it doesn't, someone told me this and explained basically using the sensor wastes more batter than it saves
3. Use minimal data and get into the habit of shutting it off right after your done or set it on 2g for those who need the notifications, yes it might take a few seconds more to download but its better than the phone being dead
4. Don't let the phone completely die its bad for the battery, I've got into the habit to charge it every night even if it is full and its shown improvement
5. Leave the thing alone!!! If you need the phone don't play games, or anything else that drains it
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To contribute: Lithium batteries are most definitely temperature sensitive. When possible, take it out of your pocket, bag, etc. The hotter it is, the more it drains.
4. Don't let the phone completely die its bad for the battery, I've got into the habit to charge it every night even if it is full and its shown improvement.
^ that is a very important thing as Lithium Ion batteries do not react well to being deep cycled. It is actually recommended that you charge at no less than 35% to prevent the battery " memory" from retaining half charge and reporting full. Almost all new lithium ion batteries are manufactured with a microchip attached to a PCB. This maintains battery function and also allows your phone to report what the current charge, temp, and health of your battery is.
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm
See the above link for more info on how lithium ion batteries work.
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superchilpil said:
As I've noticed people ate flooding the threads with battery issues
I thought some tips might help
1. Wipe battery stats once and only doing it when switching between liberated and cm6, don't do it everytime u flash over a newer version of the rom
2. Use minimal brightness and do not use auto, although it may seem like it helps it doesn't, someone told me this and explained basically using the sensor wastes more batter than it saves
3. Use minimal data and get into the habit of shutting it off right after your done or set it on 2g for those who need the notifications, yes it might take a few seconds more to download but its better than the phone being dead
4. Don't let the phone completely die its bad for the battery, I've got into the habit to charge it every night even if it is full and its shown improvement
5. Leave the thing alone!!! If you need the phone don't play games, or anything else that drains it
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How do we set Aria to 2g ? I want to turn off 3G however not finding any option. Battery life is terrible with Aria.
if you are on stock/liberated use the dialer to put in *#*#4636#*#* (speed is neccesary)>>phone info>>prefered newtwork type>>gsm only
cm6 has a toggle in the network settings/power manager
I've seen a couple posts, in other forums, that a task killer will hurt battery life more than improve it. Is this true? If so, why?
Also, I wiped battery stats more than I should've. Did that do permanent damage or will it fix itself over time?
Anthony1s said:
I've seen a couple posts, in other forums, that a task killer will hurt battery life more than improve it. Is this true? If so, why?
Also, I wiped battery stats more than I should've. Did that do permanent damage or will it fix itself over time?
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some programs you cant kill so it makes the cpu jump to 100% which drains the battery
i personally find out which programs pop back up and put them on a ignore list to make it drain less
it isnt permanent it will fix over time just charge it fully and dont let it go past 15% and it should improve over time
If your in a 3g saturated area the 3g will contantly swap towers even with screen off, when i first got my phone i could sit and watch the battery level drop about 1% every 10 seconds to get around this open phones dialer and dial *#*#4636#*#* and under phone status select gsm only you use same method to swap back to WCDMA prefered for 3g if you need to use wifi tether or need high speed but this was like a whole new phone for me battery wise. will be neet if there is an app that enables 3g for like browser or maps or something like that and then swapps back to edge when not using something that would need it. if there is already one out there lemme know i could use it.
ryan92084 said:
if you are on stock/liberated use the dialer to put in *#*#4636#*#* (speed is neccesary)>>phone info>>prefered newtwork type>>gsm only
cm6 has a toggle in the network settings/power manager
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This worked .. Thanks . I wish there was a widget for this . I am on stock ROM.
if you are on stock/liberated use the dialer to put in *#*#4636#*#* (speed is neccesary)>>phone info>>prefered newtwork type>>gsm only
cm6 has a toggle in the network settings/power manager
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This worked .. Thanks . I wish there was a widget for this . I am on stock ROM.
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So download a toggle widget from the market.
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So download a toggle widget from the market.
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afaik none of them play nice with sense, at least the few i tried didn't.
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afaik none of them play nice with sense, at least the few i tried didn't.
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What ones have you tried? I know there is a pretty popular one but I can't think of the name of it.
smoda widget.
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Chr0nicDreamz said:
4. Don't let the phone completely die its bad for the battery, I've got into the habit to charge it every night even if it is full and its shown improvement.
^ that is a very important thing as Lithium Ion batteries do not react well to being deep cycled. It is actually recommended that you charge at no less than 35% to prevent the battery " memory" from retaining half charge and reporting full. Almost all new lithium ion batteries are manufactured with a microchip attached to a PCB. This maintains battery function and also allows your phone to report what the current charge, temp, and health of your battery is.
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm
See the above link for more info on how lithium ion batteries work.
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but will charging it overnight bad for it? so it dosnt overcharge? i thought i heard someone say that so i try to charge it before i go to bed then charge more in the morning but i wasnt sure if Li batteries would overcharge or not
edit: nevermind i just read that it is not possible to over charge a batty but it is bad to leave it charging for more than 24 hours because it will over heat and can cause internal damage to battery and to phone
Some battery saving automation
Ran across this a couple of days ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=807989
Been running it on my Aria on CM6.1-RC1. So far running as advertised. In areas with weaker 3g coverage, switching to 2g has cut my battery usage in about half. I've really only used this to turn off 3g, as I need 2g on all the time for push gmail and im, and am using setCPU for cpu clocking.
DD
1. Wipe battery stats once and only doing it when switching between liberated and cm6, don't do it everytime u flash over a newer version of the rom
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i am running Liberated FR006, and have no plans on switching to anything else (maybe the official 2.2 release, but not likely). when should/can i wipe battery data? i've had the phone since june and havent wiped it.
Cinderous said:
To contribute: Lithium batteries are most definitely temperature sensitive. When possible, take it out of your pocket, bag, etc. The hotter it is, the more it drains.
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Interesting. I was wondering about this the other, thinking that perhaps my battery life has gotten worse since I put the phone in a silicone case. Is that perhaps holding heat in/creating overheating and battery drainage?
Hi.
I recently purchased a new battery since the old one is kind of broken.
However it didn't really increase battery life at all. In fact it now shuts down at 35%.
How do I make sure it actually makes use of the whole new battery?
kaboem said:
Hi.
I recently purchased a new battery since the old one is kind of broken.
However it didn't really increase battery life at all. In fact it now shuts down at 35%.
How do I make sure it actually makes use of the whole new battery?
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Is the battery from Samsung?
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fodustin have
Yes it is.
You must calibrate the battery.
To do it you must be rooted.
Advanced method;
Use a root explorer and go to /data/system. Delete "batterystats.bin" file . Then drain all the battery and charge it while phone is off and unplug the cable whem it says full.. Thats all.
Also there is much easier way to do it if you want. Download battery calibrater app from google play and use it! BUT in any of these methods,you must be rooted.
After doing this it must be normal.Also flashing stock rom and non rooted musn't be problem
Cheers
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dreamer94 said:
You must calibrate the battery.
To do it you must be rooted.
Advanced method;
Use a root explorer and go to /data/system. Delete "batterystats.bin" file . Then drain all the battery and charge it while phone is off and unplug the cable whem it says full.. Thats all.
Also there is much easier way to do it if you want. Download battery calibrater app from google play and use it! BUT in any of these methods,you must be rooted.
After doing this it must be normal.Also flashing stock rom and non rooted musn't be problem
Cheers
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This is not true.
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
This misconception must stop being spread.
Though you're right about the charging bit, op should discharge until it's completely dead, then fully charge it and let it run out, repeat the process.
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adytum said:
This is not true.
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
This misconception must stop being spread.
Though you're right about the charging bit, op should discharge until it's completely dead, then fully charge it and let it run out, repeat the process.
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adytum is right. The phone doesn't need to be rooted. Rooted you can destroy the phones battery statistic file at once but you don't need to. Android permanently learns about your battery (high / low voltage) when charging and discharging.
Have some patience, give your new battery some full charges / discharges and everything should be OK.
I'm going to start working on this then.
Thanks alot !
I was already afraid my whole SGS was broken.
edit: But doesn't draining the battery completely lower its lifetime?
kaboem said:
I'm going to start working on this then.
edit: But doesn't draining the battery completely lower its lifetime?
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Difficult question - doing big researches will lead to different answers.
The only thing for sure is that completely drained or somehow even completely full batteries will age faster because of electrochemical reactions. Completely drained is worst case, of course.
A common recommendation of the industrie is to store an unused battery charged at about 60-70% and then put it away in some cold storage. That is because even LiIo-batteries suffer self-discharge of about 5-10% per month so it could avoid both stressfull states (0% / 100%) for a long time.
Your phone will never physically drain the battery completely, but will shut down itself before damage is done (don't know if this limit/border could be tweaked, but with StockROMs you should be save). Although it might say 0% there is still some energy left. So it wouldn't hurt to "drain your battery completely" down to 0% a few time if you don't forget to charge it afterwards.
As Android stores the min and max voltage of your battery your really should do complete cycles if you want Android to get your battery statistics right. You even have to do this if you killed Androids battery file on a rooted phone.
Much more damage will be done by keeping the battery at high temperatures, e.g. playing heavy games
I've been doing what has been suggested, however my phone keeps turning off between 30-40%.
Is there any way to solve this?
I'm running Cyanogen ; 10-20121025-nightly-galaxysmtd
kaboem said:
Hi.
I recently purchased a new battery since the old one is kind of broken.
However it didn't really increase battery life at all. In fact it now shuts down at 35%.
How do I make sure it actually makes use of the whole new battery?
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well u have purchased a junk battery (its rare but sometimes happens, give it back and get ur money back)
i myself use a powercell 1800mAh battery and it pretty much doubled my phones battery life (u could try it)
kaboem said:
I've been doing what has been suggested, however my phone keeps turning off between 30-40%.
Is there any way to solve this?
I'm running Cyanogen ; 10-20121025-nightly-galaxysmtd
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If you already have a rooted phone and no patience (no experience myself on this matter with ICS or JB), then you could use app "BatteryCalibration" to remove batterystats.bin file as was said in one of the initial postings.
if u use cm10 you can also enter cwm and whipe battery stats, i think under advanced
adytum said:
This is not true.
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
This misconception must stop being spread.
Though you're right about the charging bit, op should discharge until it's completely dead, then fully charge it and let it run out, repeat the process.
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Seriously guys...
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When I leave the Nexus 4 on a flat surface with nothing around it, it will randomly turn the screen on, wait the 30 second timer, then turn back off.
I did just install 4.2.2, but I hadn't used it enough before to say if it only started since then.
I'm currently unrooted, though unlocked the bootloader when I first got it so I do plan to root soon, would flashing a custom kernel like franco kernel possibly fix this? Or would this be a problem in the rom or a third party app?
In BetterBatteryStats I saw 2 Kernel Wakelocks that seemed to have a high ammount of wakes.
(Screenshots Attached)
And here's the BetterBatteryStats Dump File: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dbc2vn3littc0fp/BetterBatteryStats-2013-02-21_054751350.txt
Any help would be highly appreciated, thanks.
Possibly a third party app.
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Was gonna say that I'm having the same issue, but mine only lights up when I charge my phone..
Sfkn2 said:
Was gonna say that I'm having the same issue, but mine only lights up when I charge my phone..
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That's normal bro. Mine does the same and so does every other phone I had.
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scream4cheese said:
That's normal bro. Mine does the same and so does every other phone I had.
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Err I meant like, it keeps turning the screen on and off - like if the charger is disconnecting itself.
Sfkn2 said:
Err I meant like, it keeps turning the screen on and off - like if the charger is disconnecting itself.
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Sounds almost like the charger has a short or something.
jsilvermist said:
Sounds almost like the charger has a short or something.
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It does that with all sorts of different cables and chargers. Think I might have a loose USB port?
Maybe it's linked to the Daydream feature?
Sfkn2 said:
It does that with all sorts of different cables and chargers. Think I might have a loose USB port?
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Not sure, guess it's possible, but even if it is lose I wouldn't expect it to effect it once it starts unless it gets bumped.
Also, what is the temp of the battery when charging? Not sure if it's true but I've heard that if the battery is over 40c it won't charge properly.
If you want, here's a really nice widget with temp on it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw
I would just be careful with anything to void your warranty until you figure out whats causing the problem, as I've heard a lot of stories about bad batteries, and shorts in usb causing the red light bug (For lack of a better name).
jsilvermist said:
Not sure, guess it's possible, but even if it is lose I wouldn't expect it to effect it once it starts unless it gets bumped.
Also, what is the temp of the battery when charging? Not sure if it's true but I've heard that if the battery is over 40c it won't charge properly.
If you want, here's a really nice widget with temp on it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw
I would just be careful with anything to void your warranty until you figure out whats causing the problem, as I've heard a lot of stories about bad batteries, and shorts in usb causing the red light bug (For lack of a better name).
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Thanks for the link. I actually looked through the 'must have apps for the N4' thread under themes and apps, and Goku80 had posted a link to a battery meter that I just downloaded and installed moments ago. I have yet to see what the charge temp is, but I will report back tonight. Idle temp is around 25*c from what I've noticed just now.
The only thing I've noticed with temps so far is when I have my phone pulled in and I'm watching something on the phone. The phone gets really hot, and the system starts to lag badly. I would assume this is a fail-safe for the battery to not overheat by downclocking itself, but this is only a theory.
As for the red light bug, I saw my phone drop from 28% to 4% instantly out of nowhere yesterday, with no warnings. I immediately pulled the phone in, and watched the battery meter jump to 30%. According to the red light threads, I think it's a software issue with the phone shutting down completely when it thinks it's out of battery to prevent damage. Hopefully we'll never run into that issue ourselves.
Does anyone know that is wrong with my phone?
the standby battery life off the chart
i can get close to 9h SOT stright no problem,but if i leave it on standby i can't even get 16hours out of it
no warm,hot or something like that
i thought it was the battery but it is still the same after replace the battery
i've try anything i can find on internet
1.Disable AOD
2.Reset network setting
3.airplane mode
4.factory reset
5.screen resolution
6.adaptive brightness,adaptive power saving
7.reflash firmware
8.replace new battery
9.switch it off for 24hours(not even lose 1%)
i'm ran out of idea now
if anybody know what wrong with this phone please help me
sorry for my english ><
You might need to take it somewhere and have a tech look at it or contact Samsung on it or claim warranty with Samsung.
See if it does it in safe mode.
Probably a rogue apk(s)... a software issue.
okay i'm going to give a try on safe mode
it's still there losing a about 15% over 5 hours on idle.
Same on my note 10. Battery live just went bad over nigh, exactly 1 year after I bough the phone. So I guess this is build in to make us upgrade to the next gen phone. I won't even waste my money to replace the battery because I know it won't make any difference. Typical $am$ung
zackyo said:
it's still there losing a about 15% over 5 hours on idle.
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I'm running on Pie with a 10+ so you may have different issues/solutions. One of the big reasons I never upgrade; I have this phone optimized, it's fast, stable, reasonably secure and I like it. Took a lot of time to get to this point.
Lol, I'm still happily running W7x64
Probably a Google apk; Backup Transport*, Google Services Framework and Google Play Services are known offenders.
Try clearing their data.
I package block the first 2 and use Karma Firewall to block GP Services except when I need it for gmail or gmaps.
In Developer options look at running services.
Also in the same look at Standby apps; all buckets should show as active. If not then power management** is active, disable all power management; Android will manage it's self nicely.
Enable only the "Optimized" option for display/cpu and fast charging in Device Care.
Use the factory load version of Device Care if on Pie. Firewall block it though after which use it's system cache cleaner.
Download Galaxy Labs Battery Tracker from the Galaxy store.
Download Karma Firewall from Playstore.
Consider using this: https://www.packagedisabler.com/
*turning off backup Transport in goggle settings doesn't stop it and Framework is a dependency of the former I think. It needs blocked too and will still show as running but at a very reduce amount.
Occasionally even when blocked all 3 need their data cleared to stop excessive battery usage.
**track down the roque apks one by one and deal with them without using power management options.
Burllz said:
Same on my note 10. Battery live just went bad over nigh, exactly 1 year after I bough the phone. So I guess this is build in to make us upgrade to the next gen phone. I won't even waste my money to replace the battery because I know it won't make any difference. Typical $am$ung
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i completely agree with you
there no point replacing the battery like i did
Li-Ion/Li-Poly can't go bad in just 1 night unless it blow up or something
even my previous note 5 battery can take charge day in day out for over 3years without needing a new battery.
blackhawk said:
I'm running on Pie with a 10+ so you may have different issues/solutions. One of the big reasons I never upgrade; I have this phone optimized, it's fast, stable, reasonably secure and I like it. Took a lot of time to get to this point.
Lol, I'm still happily running W7x64
Probably a Google apk; Backup Transport*, Google Services Framework and Google Play Services are known offenders.
Try clearing their data.
I package block the first 2 and use Karma Firewall to block GP Services except when I need it for gmail or gmaps.
*turning off backup Transport in goggle settings doesn't stop it and Framework is a dependency of the former I think. It needs blocked too and will still show as running but at a very reduce amount.
Occasionally even when blocked all 3 need their data cleared to stop excessive battery usage.
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i wish i can downgrade it back to pie and stay there like you did,but now i'm stuck with Bit 4 firmware can't even roll it back to OneUi 2.1
now i'm going to give a try to disable those stuff like you said xD
Burllz said:
Same on my note 10. Battery live just went bad over nigh, exactly 1 year after I bough the phone. So I guess this is build in to make us upgrade to the next gen phone. I won't even waste my money to replace the battery because I know it won't make any difference. Typical $am$ung
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Avoid charging to 100%
Avoid draining below 30%
Never charge battery if temp is below 60F and especially if freezing or below.
Ideal charging start charging temp seems to be about 80-90F
Keep battery temp below 100F whenever possible.
Shut it down or cool it if battery reaches 105F when using it.
Li's like small frequent midrange charge cycles*.
I run between 40-65% normally and fast charge it 3 to 4 times a day.
A charge takes about 10-12 minutes.
I'm at over a year and not seeing any detectable deterioration yet.
*this can extend the battery life by hundreds even thousands of full charge cycles.
zackyo said:
i wish i can downgrade it back to pie and stay there like you did,but now i'm stuck with Bit 4 firmware can't even roll it back to OneUi 2.1
now i'm going to give a try to disable those stuff like you said xD
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Live and learn. Play with it and sort it out.
You could always get it flashed back to the original firmware if worse comes to worst... hopefully that won't be necessary.
blackhawk said:
Avoid charging to 100%
Avoid draining below 30%
Never charge battery if temp is below 60F and especially if freezing or below.
Ideal charging start charging temp seems to be about 80-90F
Keep battery temp below 100F whenever possible.
Shut it down or cool it if battery reaches 105F when using it.
Li's like small frequent midrange charge cycles*.
I run between 40-65% normally and fast charge it 3 to 4 times a day.
A charge takes about 10-12 minutes.
I'm at over a year and not seeing any detectable deterioration yet.
*this can extend the battery life by hundreds even thousands of full charge cycles.
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agree,this will reduce the stress on the battery except on Note4,that phone just keep asking for new battery every
6-12months no matter what i do.
for me personally i just use it as day in day out like most people do course i don't mind replacing the battery every 1-2 years as long it works the way it should,i mean not the way my S10+ does right now ><
blackhawk said:
Live and learn. Play with it and sort it out.
You could always get it flashed back to the original firmware if worse comes to worst... hopefully that won't be necessary.
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i totally understand what you meant xD and yeah hopefully that won't be necessary.
zackyo said:
agree,this will reduce the stress on the battery except on Note4,that phone just keep asking for new battery every
6-12months no matter what i do.
for me personally i just use it as day in day out like most people do course i don't mind replacing the battery every 1-2 years as long it works the way it should,i mean not the way my S10+ does right now ><
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I haven't been a saint with the 10+'a battery but the insults add up if you do it every day.
Likewise being conservative with the charging and temp parameters should too.
It will be interesting how long this battery lasts as I use the phone a lot.
Accubattery to spite it's faults is a good monitoring tool. It's charge reminder is handy and it's milliamp overlay has been useful.
It also logs charge/discharge milliamps and times which is probably the best battery indicator.
speaking of discharge rate,may i know whats your?
mine was like 100ma-150ma on idle off screen thats pretty high even compare to 3 years old device
zackyo said:
speaking of discharge rate,may i know whats your?
mine was like 100ma-150ma on idle off screen thats pretty high even compare to 3 years old device
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Sounds normal even low for idle SOT...
blackhawk said:
Sounds normal even low for idle SOT...
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okay noted thanks.
look like i'm going to dive deeper into this device then
not giving up on this beauty devices yet
zackyo said:
okay noted thanks.
look like i'm going to dive deeper into this device then
not giving up on this beauty devices yet
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Disable Android updates. Only update after others have given feedback and you have more to gain than loss. Once you update you may well need to start this witch hunt all over.
Androids are fun to play with... go to it
noted,will do
do you recommended me to rollback to 1st 4 bin Nov firmware or just stick with current firmware?
zackyo said:
noted,will do
do you recommended me to rollback to 1st 4 bin Nov firmware or just stick with current firmware?
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Depends what you want. If not sure, play with this one for a while.
I'm still running on Pie on my 10+ so I don't bother looking much at updates.
I'm not pleased with Q though so it's a no brainer to stay with Pie. At this point I have near zero issues, it's fast, stable, it does all I need it to do and runs the apps I use well.
zackyo said:
Does anyone know that is wrong with my phone?
the standby battery life off the chart
i can get close to 9h SOT stright no problem,but if i leave it on standby i can't even get 16hours out of it
no warm,hot or something like that
i thought it was the battery but it is still the same after replace the battery
i've try anything i can find on internet
1.Disable AOD
2.Reset network setting
3.airplane mode
4.factory reset
5.screen resolution
6.adaptive brightness,adaptive power saving
7.reflash firmware
8.replace new battery
9.switch it off for 24hours(not even lose 1%)
i'm ran out of idea now
if anybody know what wrong with this phone please help me
sorry for my english ><
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Dial *#0228# in telephone app , and a advanced-looking app will pop up, click on quick start, neglect any warning messages.
This post is probably hardware related, so I hope it's not that irrelevant here.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S8, SM-G950FD that hasn't been used for over a year because it's gone completely dead. Won't turn on, not even battery charging display, i tried charging it overnight and still no results, the battery doesn't even get warm. I've tried bringing it to a service center but they don't fix Samsung phones, so I decided to try fixing it by myself.
The first thing I do is I check the battery, it does look weird but I'm not sure if it's the main problem. Here's the image of the battery.
My question is, could the battery be the reason the phone won't turn on? or could it be other things such as my charging port, or the display screen itself?
Again, sorry if I made a mistake somewhere, thanks for any help.
Replace the battery. Go from there.
It won't boot without a good battery.
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Replace the battery. Go from there.
It won't boot without a good battery.
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Thank you! I'll definitely do that, but I got a question, can a phone be turned on by using it with a charger without having a battery attached?
storhaugey said:
Thank you! I'll definitely do that, but I got a question, can a phone be turned on by using it with a charger without having a battery attached?
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No.
Arealhooman said:
No.
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Alright, Thanks so much!
storhaugey said:
Thank you! I'll definitely do that, but I got a question, can a phone be turned on by using it with a charger without having a battery attached?
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The charger might provide enough current to open the boot menu. Booting uses a lot more current.
blackhawk said:
The charger might provide enough current to open the boot menu. Booting uses a lot more current.
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hm I very much doubt it, pretty sure you need a battery.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...t-battery-only-by-connecting-charger.1634648/ perhaps I am wrong
storhaugey said:
This post is probably hardware related, so I hope it's not that irrelevant here.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S8, SM-G950FD that hasn't been used for over a year because it's gone completely dead. Won't turn on, not even battery charging display, i tried charging it overnight and still no results, the battery doesn't even get warm. I've tried bringing it to a service center but they don't fix Samsung phones, so I decided to try fixing it by myself.
The first thing I do is I check the battery, it does look weird but I'm not sure if it's the main problem. Here's the image of the battery.
My question is, could the battery be the reason the phone won't turn on? or could it be other things such as my charging port, or the display screen itself?
Again, sorry if I made a mistake somewhere, thanks for any help.
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upload image on http://pomf.cat, imgur is blocked at my school
$cronos_ said:
upload image on http://pomf.cat, imgur is blocked at my school
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Lol it also blocked for me, imgbb.com is best
storhaugey said:
Thank you! I'll definitely do that, but I got a question, can a phone be turned on by using it with a charger without having a battery attached?
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some phones prevent it from turning on while the battery is removed even if it is on a charger
$cronos_ said:
some phones prevent it from turning on while the battery is removed even if it is on a charger
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Not sure. There may be fail safes. They're designed to operate from the battery.
$cronos_ said:
upload image on http://pomf.cat, imgur is blocked at my school
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here's with imgbb link
blackhawk said:
Replace the battery. Go from there.
It won't boot without a good battery.
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update,
I changed the battery with a new one, it still doesn't turn on, nothing shows on screen.
I guess it has something to do with the motherboard then.
storhaugey said:
update,
I changed the battery with a new one, it still doesn't turn on, nothing shows on screen.
I guess it has something to do with the motherboard then.
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Does it respond when the charger is plugged in?
blackhawk said:
Does it respond when the charger is plugged in?
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no, it's same as before.
now I'm trying to charge it overnight with a cable connected to pc, hope something happens tomorrow
storhaugey said:
no, it's same as before.
now I'm trying to charge it overnight with a cable connected to pc, hope something happens tomorrow
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If the port board fails it won't charge. Could that be what started this?
blackhawk said:
If the port board fails it won't charge. Could that be what started this?
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shouldn't new batteries always at least have some charge when they arrive?
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shouldn't new batteries always at least have some charge when they arrive?
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If they are good they have to unless they reached their auto shutdown voltage. Typically they have a 50-70% charge.
Hell you can get a used N10+ for $300 and up. It's a quantum leap in performance.
Do you have any indication it is booting? Like do you feel it getting warmer? If you do it could be a bad screen. I have an S8 with a bad screen and it's just blank but I can tell it's booting because of it getting warmer and vibrating. I think the S8s are known for having the screens fail. I can get a replacement screen on Aliexpress.com for less than $100 but it would only be worth it to me if I could put on a custom ROM. Unfortunately, bootloaders on snapdragon S8s can't be unlocked and probably never will be. So it's not worth it and I guess it's going to the recycler.
The irony is that my old Exynos S7 is happily running a custom Android 12 ROM and doing everything I need it to do. So if you are in the market for a super cheap unlockable Android phone you can't go wrong with an Exynos S7 running Custom Android 12 ROM.
I just bought an Exynos S10 off ebay which will be replacing my S7. Qualcomm/Samsung can go pound sand trying to force us into upgrading our phones every few years.