S7 edge exynos bought in Norway close to release.
So I finally got to replace my battery after using it for about half a year with minor swelling. Accubattery reported it at 64%health with about 2200mAh capacity (design capacity is 3600).
After about 10 charges with the new battery and some "manual benchmarks" (you deplete it totally and charge it to 100 and some additional minutes to see how much goes into the battery) I still only got about 2400mAh so I went back and got them to switch the battery again (not official Samsung service center, but it's original OEM parts).
New one (2nd replacement) seems to also max out at 2400 after a couple of charges (and yes I've tried resetting phone and wiping cache partition). When I go into the testing section in the samsung members app it goes through my phone looking for problems and it states that the battery health is bad and should be taken to a service center for replacement, but this battery is totally new.
Atm, I'm trying the re-calibration method of depleting it totally, on and off on and off, then to 100% and down again and up, but I doubt it will work.
I've also put in an order for the galaxy A70 which I get for basically nothing (1700NOK - 191$, normally costs 4700NOK - 530$). Unless the replacement battery sorts itself out I'm gonna have to admit defeat and switch from my dream phone.
My theory is that either my mobo has some weird ass issue or there's some systemcarememory that hasn't reset and it treats the new battery like the old not letting it charge as much as it can as a safety. Tried contacting samsung support, but no reply.
Any help/advice is welcomed with open arms. Also if anyone have thoughts on the S7edge to A70 switch I'd love to hear em
The only solution is if you are on Oreo you should downgrade to Nougat and then reflash Oreo and if you are on Oreo and have a binary say u4 and you could not find binary u4 Nougat then I'm afraid no solution. No custom Nougat won't do the trick.
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Hello everyone, My Note3 (SM900) is acting strangely battery-wise. It has been rooted for over a year and using custom recovery. On the last weekend I did an upgrade to Android L but the issue remains same.
After charging to %100 everything is OK until the battery hits around %70. After that point, while using phone (call or usage) signal meter shows that zero like image(no signal), phone gets freezed for a second or less, shows critical battery warning for just a moment and then it reboots. When it boots up, it says battery is at %0 or %1 and if I leave the phone alone, battery percentage starts to rise up to about where it was reset. By the way, if I try to use the phone after reboot, sometimes it just powers off just like when it does while empty battery.
I tried to reset battery stats according to a xda post but it didn't solved my issue, so I have reinstalled Android L. Issue still remains. I would buy a new battery or send the device to warranty but first I want to make sure it is related to hardware. Also I am not sure if Samsung will say device is unlocked so its out of warranty.
Any help is appriciated.
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That's a dead battery.
If a device shuts down at a decent percentage and then shows low percentage when it turns back on, it's time for a new battery.
Depending on where you're from you probably don't have a warranty on the battery anymore anyway, (It's mostly 6 months or a year), and it's easier and a whole lot cheaper to order a fresh battery than send your phone in for 2 weeks and deal with Samsung's KNOX policy and the mandatory research costs of around 70 quid. A new battery is about 25 quid.
ShadowLea said:
That's a dead battery.
If a device shuts down at a decent percentage and then shows low percentage when it turns back on, it's time for a new battery.
Depending on where you're from you probably don't have a warranty on the battery anymore anyway, (It's mostly 6 months or a year), and it's easier and a whole lot cheaper to order a fresh battery than send your phone in for 2 weeks and deal with Samsung's KNOX policy and the mandatory research costs of around 70 quid. A new battery is about 25 quid.
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thanks for the info. do you mind suggesting a high capacity battery instead of official samsung one?
@Kenny, i have already flashed a new rom.
erkanea said:
thanks for the info. do you mind suggesting a high capacity battery instead of official samsung one?
@Kenny, i have already flashed a new rom.
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If you don't mind the size increase (It about doubles the thickness), the ZeroLemon 10.000mAh is the ultimate way to go. That'll last you a week with intensive use. Thread with links here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2781990
If that's a bit too thick, your best bet is to nose through the Accessories board, there's quite a lot of options (And sadly I don't know them...). http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/accessories
I have a problem with my note 4, the phone shuts down by itself before reaching 0% battery and then it goes in a bootloop or it remains shutdown. If I want to power it up it doesn't pass the first "note 4" screen and it shuts down again.
The only way to power it up is to connect it to a power source. And the charging continues form the percentage at wich it did shutdown. Sometimes does this at 10% sometimes at 20%.
Sometimes after a sudden shutdown it powers itself up and the percentage is 0% and shuts down again, but if I plug the charger it continues from the percentage at wich it shuted down (25% for example).
I read somewhere that buying a new battery will do the trick. So I bought a new oem authentic Samsung battery but the problem is even bigger now. The new battery sometimes shuts down at 60%.
I thought the problem is my custom rom so I flashed the stock one unrooted, just stock firmware. The problem persists.
I tried to calibrate the battery using diferite methods, root method, classic method, a method where I type *#0228# in the dialer. No luck.
Another thing is that the new battery it's not at all better at battery life than the old one, it looks like it's draining at the same speed as the 2 year old one.
I found a lot of topics on Google about this problem but no solution.
Should I get my new battery replaced? Some people did this but with no luck.
Please help, I don't want to buy a new phone because I really love this note 4 but if I can't find a solution I will have to replace it.
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Where did you buy the "new oem authentic Samsung battery"? In my experience, if it didn't actually come from Samsung or a carrier, it's probably fake. Maybe try an Anker?
It's probably a fake battery. I bought (against my will ) a refurbished Note 4 a couple of days ago and I had that problem. The battery that came with the phone was not an original one. You can verify it by touching it or just looking at it. The original ones have a NFC chip under the label, the fake ones don't.
Before returning the phone i bought an OEM battery and it went down to 0 before shutting down. With the fake battery it would shut down between 18 and 15%.
Buy a brand new genuine Samsung battery mate. If not online go to them Samsung cafes or whatever they are called in your place.
The battery looks like a original one and has the nfc chip.
I bought it from a big online retailer and I have warranty and invoice. I will go to a Samsung service center and ask for a replacement under warranty and if they say the battery is fake I will return it from where I bought it.
I will update the thread when I have news.
Thank you for your advices.
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Same here I'm thing of selling this Samsung Galaxy Note 4 even if I enjoy it alot
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Just got a refurbished A5 after loosing my J5. The battery discharge is rubbish to the point im charging twice a day. Just ordered an upgraded battery (stock 2350mAh ordered 2850mAh).
Running 6.01 stock firmware and recovery. Will i need to do anything in software to use the new battery to its full capacity. I see the "About Device" page states theres a 2350mAh battery in place and the stock recovery does not provide a reset battery data option.
Hoping it will be plug and play. Any advice?
I wouldn't use any 3rd party battery man... seriously. What brand is that?
Once a phone gets released, engineers design a battery which run the phone smooth and stable with. Hopefully with this turn you will destroy your phone AND lose your warranty as you remove the battery and open the case. This is why it's not worth buying a refurbished phone.
I've tried it once with an older phone, the battery hogged and became unusable. I honestly don't recommend that.
Hi, I just want to share my unbelievable experience when I decided to have my Nexus 6P battery replaced in the Philippines.
TL;DR
Huawei's battery quality sucks. Huawei provided "extended" warranty coverage without the knowledge of the customer. Had my phone's battery replaced for free.
The symptoms started around 6 months ago when I noticed that my phone turns itself off (puts itself suddenly into powersaving mode then puts up a "turning off" dialog") when it reaches 15%. As time passed by, the threshold increased to 20%, then to 25%, up to recently it was around 40%. I tried hard resetting or factory resetting, and even installing a custom ROM with a custom kernel (PureNexus + ElementalX) but still having the same problems. AccuBattery even stated that my battery capacity was at 50% of the design/normal capacity. This clearly states that the batteries by Huawei are of low quality.
So I called the Huawei service center found on the 3rd floor of Gateway Mall in Cubao. They told me that out of warranty, the battery replacement will cost around 1600 PHP since replacing the battery will damage the visor and the metal strip at the bottom so they need to replace that too. When I went there, they checked the IMEI to verify the warranty status and lo and behold, it is still under warranty! As far as I know, I bought the phone at around Jan-Feb of 2016 but they said that the warranty is still up to Sept 2017. Then again they said the warranty is void if I rooted the phone but I think they didn't check that properly but I was on MagiskSU so the root was hidden. In the end, I didn't have to pay for anything but I waited for around an hour for it to be fixed.
Tips:
- tell them explicitly to NOT reset your phone's data
- call them beforehand to reserve the battery since the stocks are limited (02 912-0468)
Goodluck with your Nexus 6Ps!
I would like to replace my 6p battery soon too even though there isn't any resets on my end but I do know that my battery is degrading (almost 2 years and still kicking ass) but its good to know that Huawei replaces the battery with just Php1600 this is very informative thank you!
Do u you how much I have to pay for the bettery replacement in Taiwan? Huawei charges 6000 Ntd for that.
It is a robbery.
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When I went there, they checked the IMEI to verify the warranty status and lo and behold, it is still under warranty! As far as I know, I bought the phone at around Jan-Feb of 2016 but they said that the warranty is still up to Sept 2017. Then again they said the warranty is void if I rooted the phone but I think they didn't check that properly but I was on MagiskSU so the root was hidden. In the end, I didn't have to pay for anything but I waited for around an hour for it to be fixed.
Tips:
- tell them explicitly to NOT reset your phone's data
Goodluck with your Nexus 6Ps!
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HI OP. Thanks for sharing. I also went there recently. Basically, the technician in charge of replacing the battery "accidentally" destroyed the board for some reason while fixing it and they ended up giving me a new phone. Before I handed them my old 6P, I did a factory reset even though it was rooted but they didn't even check for it (which is a good thing).
My concern now is praying that the new phone battery lasts around a year and a half before dying so I wouldn't need to buy a new phone this year.
Edit: It was also a pain in the arse calling them for updates.
This happened to me today while browsing facebook.
My phone suddenly shut down. While trying to turn on, it would get to booting screen and then shut down again. It didn't loop - I had to try each time manually.
I cleared cache and reset it to factory settings to no avail. BUT once I got back home and managed to connect it to a charger (the battery was at estimated 90% capacity), everything runs smoothly. No shutdowns, no freezes - despite the phone getting warm. I stressed it quite a lot and it seems to hold, so I don't think this is related to the "bigger" CPU.
Could it possibly be a battery issue? Could my device be misreading the actual capacity of the battery?
As a sidenote: it did crash/shutdown once I disconnected the charger, but only after 20 minutes or so when I uninstalled a running at that time app.
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated, so I have something to work with and replace stuff accordingly - and hopefully not the entire phone, as I love my 6P.
It seems like it has to be connected to the battery, as it has been now holding (presumably) at 56% charge for over 4 (!) hours. AccuBattery shows the same data as what the phone reads, and now it seems that my power drain is in negative without charging the phone.
Sadly, there are no original replacements available in my country. Only cheap 3550mAh knockoffs that sellers call OEM. They do have Huawei logo, but everyone knows that 3450mAh is the only original capacity (right?)
Update: Nearly 20 hours on the same displayed 56% capacity.
Any help? Please?
No, you are wrong. Those 3550mAh batterys are the brand new ones from huawei. Those are the newest revision of the battery. Dont get the 3450 ones. If the seller is really selling a 3450mAh one, then its probably one of the old ones with the known issues.
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No, you are wrong. Those 3550mAh batterys are the brand new ones from huawei. Those are the newest revision of the battery. Dont get the 3450 ones. If the seller is really selling a 3450mAh one, then its probably one of the old ones with the known issues.
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Thanks for the heads-up. Just out of curiosity - how do you know that? When I contacted Huawei support, they did not answer me whether the 3550mah bat is a genuine product, or a farce. They avoided that question until they force-closed my support ticket without a proper answer.
First: Because i bought one and informed myself before. Then the new battery ran better then ever before. Even better then when the nexus 6p was new. Its the new batch that is better then ever before.
Second: you can read more about this topic in the correct forum thread about that: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78453441&postcount=1023
The thickness of the cable does not matter that much. Something you can care about is the weight. But this is something you can check when you got the new battery and also took the old one out.
To have longer battery life dont use the original charger. Use max a 5V 2A one. For example from a older Samsung mobile phone. Those have good electrical efficiency.
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First: Because i bought one and informed myself before. Then the new battery ran better then ever before. Even better then when the nexus 6p was new. Its the new batch that is better then ever before.
Second: you can read more about this topic in the correct forum thread about that: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78453441&postcount=1023
The thickness of the cable does not matter that much. Something you can care about is the weight. But this is something you can check when you got the new battery and also took the old one out.
To have longer battery life dont use the original charger. Use max a 5V 2A one. For example from a older Samsung mobile phone. Those have good electrical efficiency.
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Thanks again.
For the 3 years I've bee using my 6P I never had battery life issues. In fact, even now the battery is holding well, despite the stats showing that my battery might be dying.
I came to this forum section looking for feedback on what could possibly be going on with my phone presenting the issues I am having. I am no mobile tech unlike many of guys around here. I might budge then and hope that the local Huawei repair center in my city will be of more help than the official Huawei support.