Ok, I never did this before, but my phone was at 100% charge and I decided to turn it off and charge...... Well it took about 1 1/2 hours and the light finally turned green. So I took it off the charger and plugged it back in and now its been charging for over 2 hours and the light is still red!!
I wonder if this is why my phone was dying so fast. I cant believe that even though my phone said it was at 100% its been charging for over three hours OFF and its still going.
This is just crazy.
I found on the evo forum, can't remember the link, that our batteries have different cells. Charge your phone for up about 6 to 8 hours, while on, turn it off when fully charged, then unplug charger and plug charger back in when led goes off and charge until led turns green again. Repeat that process of unplugging charger until led goes off and plugging back in until green a total of 10 times. From what I read, it's supposed to help improve battery life. I haven't tried it myself so I can't verify it works.
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I found on the evo forum, can't remember the link, that our batteries have different cells. Charge your phone for up about 6 to 8 hours, while on, turn it off when fully charged, then unplug charger and plug charger back in when led goes off and charge until led turns green again. Repeat that process of unplugging charger until led goes off and plugging back in until green a total of 10 times. From what I read, it's supposed to help improve battery life. I haven't tried it myself so I can't verify it works.
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Thats exactly why Im doing it. I had an evo before and did this, but it never charged for more than 15 min when it was off!
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I found on the evo forum, can't remember the link, that our batteries have different cells. Charge your phone for up about 6 to 8 hours, while on, turn it off when fully charged, then unplug charger and plug charger back in when led goes off and charge until led turns green again. Repeat that process of unplugging charger until led goes off and plugging back in until green a total of 10 times. From what I read, it's supposed to help improve battery life. I haven't tried it myself so I can't verify it works.
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I've also read bump charging like that can be seriously detrimental to battery health over time...besides this phone doesn't need it...just recalibrate the battery by letting it die until it won't turn on, then I like to pull the battery for 30 seconds to make sure it really resets but not sure its actually necessary....then charge it while off til the light turns green...I usually unplug before I turn it back on....I've gotten pretty stellar battery life with moderate use since doing that and rooting and removing bloat helps even more....like 25-35 hours (will be less if you use it heavily, tons of videos and games will kill it quicker, but even with reasonable amounts of games and vids you can hit 25 hrs for sure)....I've read doing this about once a month is good but letting it die too often is bad too
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I've also read bump charging like that can be seriously detrimental to battery health over time...besides this phone doesn't need it...just recalibrate the battery by letting it die until it won't turn on, then I like to pull the battery for 30 seconds to make sure it really resets but not sure its actually necessary....then charge it while off til the light turns green...I usually unplug before I turn it back on....I've gotten pretty stellar battery life with moderate use since doing that and rooting and removing bloat helps even more....like 25-35 hours (will be less if you use it heavily, tons of videos and games will kill it quicker, but even with reasonable amounts of games and vids you can hit 25 hrs for sure)....I've read doing this about once a month is good but letting it die too often is bad too
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I tried that and for some reason while I was at school it would lose about 15% battery life while I was in class for about 1 1/2 hours with no use at all.
I use the tunein app while at work and I can start at %100 and after about 2 hrs it's down to %20
Ok, so its been like 10 hours the light turned green once I unplugged and plugged back in and the light stayed red for another two hours. I gave up and turned it on while it was red..... Battery was at 96%..... Wtf
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when i charge my batt, i never charge it above 95%, and it actually last 2-3 hrs longer than a full charge.
Also if you notice, when u unplug it from a full charge, within the first 10-15min it goes down to 95-90%...
what im assuming is the phone over estimates its charge, and ends up over charging. then it has to let off the excess?? psh idk im only guessing based on observing
This article helped me a lot:
http://phandroid.com/2010/12/25/you...is-lying-to-you-and-its-not-such-a-bad-thing/
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They design phone batteries these days so that you do not need to do these crazy tricks. In the past it was useful, but not anymore
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I tried that and for some reason while I was at school it would lose about 15% battery life while I was in class for about 1 1/2 hours with no use at all.
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Mine would do that too. Take a close look at your time without signal. I notice that I have horrible signal or that I am roaming when I'm in huge lecture halls. You use more battery life when your phone is contantly looking for signal.
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Has anyone else seen this? From 100 to 90% the power just drops almost instantaneously but after 90% its normal.
Already been brought up, a lot.
Apparently when your phone charges up it stops once it reaches ~100% and begins discharging, even though it is still on the charger. People will turn their phone off after a full charge and charge for an additional 20min to an hour before they get another green LED. People have reported much longer battery life when doing this, but it is a pain in the ass.
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Already been brought up, a lot.
Apparently when your phone charges up it stops once it reaches ~100% and begins discharging, even though it is still on the charger. People will turn their phone off after a full charge and charge for an additional 20min to an hour before they get another green LED. People have reported much longer battery life when doing this, but it is a pain in the ass.
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Ahh interesting. I thought I was running into an old winmo rom flashing issue where if you flashed under 50% battery life you could never charge the device above that point.
Yea it sucks but it works... I just ordered an external battery charger since I have 2 batteries now so I don't have to do this anymore
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Yea it sucks but it works... I just ordered an external battery charger since I have 2 batteries now so I don't have to do this anymore
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Hmm i tried and it acted the same way.
Apparently the HTC models act like older phones did back in the day. What HTC needs to do is put something on the phone face itself when new that says "CHARGE FOR 4 HOURS BEFORE INITIAL POWER ON FOR MAXIMUM BATTERY LIFE."
Once you do this once you dont have to keep doing it. I also powered on my phone the minute I got it and activated it without charging it first and I was seeing this issue until I did a power off charge. The phone runs from 6am to 11pm without an additional charge cycle in the day and that is a huge improvement for me. I was charging the phone twice to three times daily.
I have NEVER EVER had a phone that took so LONG to charge up!
Is it just mine? Maybe it's defective? What on earth did they do?!
Takes probably like HOURS to get to 100% with the screen, bt,wifi OFF!
And what's crazy is that after the phone says it's fully charged I unplug and the battery meter drops to 96-97%%. THAN it takes more time to get to 100% again.
If I didn't like this phone so much I take it back so fast!
Does you phone take really long to fully charge?
The charger is slower. This helps extend battery life typically.
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The charger is slower. This helps extend battery life typically.
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Really? Didn't know that. Can I get a faster charger then? I'd rather my batter charged in 20 min and have to get a new battery every couple months than have to wait nearly four hours.
Other than that I'm loving this thing.
Do you not charge it when you goto bed? When I wake up mine is fully charged. I don't check to make sure its 97% or anything like that, but when I goto bed its been known to have around 70%.
Of course mine is coming off the charger at 6am and I normally goto bed around 10:30-11:00pm.
As for charging a battery for 20minutes and having it full I've never seen that in any phone I've ever owned. You could buy a quick charging car plug, but personally I wouldn't recommend it for charging all the time.
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Do you not charge it when you goto bed?
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Of course I do. But I use my phone way more than most people. So I have to charge at least once during the day. And that takes forever. I'm going to have to buy and extra battery with external battery charger to just SWAP!
Glad this is "normal" thought my phone was defective.
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Do you not charge it when you goto bed? When I wake up mine is fully charged. I don't check to make sure its 97% or anything like that, but when I goto bed its been known to have around 70%.
Of course mine is coming off the charger at 6am and I normally goto bed around 10:30-11:00pm.
As for charging a battery for 20minutes and having it full I've never seen that in any phone I've ever owned. You could buy a quick charging car plug, but personally I wouldn't recommend it for charging all the time.
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Well I'm coming from a old phone that would charge to full in about an hour and be functional for 3 days. I didn't expect that with this phone (with the sweet screen and processor) but I am barely making 24 hours. I don't have GPS or Wifi on all the time and keep my screen on a low brightness setting. I AM playing around with it all the damn time though.
Anyway a normal charge at night works most of the time but it's good to know I can get a faster charger for the times when I need the power right away.
Also, any way to see the battery usage for the life of the device?
That's a smart phone for you. Never had a smart phone that would last more than 2 days tops, and that's with light use. But with moderate to heavy use,a day is it, maybe even a quick charge in the afternoon depending on how heavy the use.
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That's a smart phone for you. Never had a smart phone that would last more than 2 days tops, and that's with light use. But with moderate to heavy use,a day is it, maybe even a quick charge in the afternoon depending on how heavy the use.
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If the Nokia e72 is considered a smartphone that phone lasted for days!
I know it has a small screen and all that but still, the battery was AMAZING!
Hello does this method works for x10 to make battery last longer?
Hi *******, I understand your concern regarding battery life on your Nexus One device. The following steps should significantly extend the battery life on your phone. Please connect the phone to the charger with the phone powered on, and allow the phone to charge until the notification LED is green, indicating the device is fully charged. Disconnect the phone from the charger, and power it off. Reconnect the phone to the charger with the phone powered off, and allow the phone to charge until the notification LED is green. Disconnect the phone from the charger and power it on. Once the phone is powered completely on, power it off again and reconnect it to the charger until the notification LED is green. Disconnect the phone, power it on, and use it. You need to use this sequence only once. If the issue of battery life on our phone persists, I recommend you contact our HTC accessory department directly.
I don't think that exact method will work.
It could just be me, but whenever I plug my phone into the charger when it is switched off, it switches on the phone, which doesn't really help when you're trying to charge with the power switched off.
Mine won't charge switched off either, always turns on.
I just run my battery flat a couple of times, seems to help alot.
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Modern batteries are not supposed to run flat, from what i've been reading. They stay fresh if charged a little and often. I'm not saying anyones wrong, just what i've heard and read.
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They don't go flat as you'd expect. Lithium has an operating bandwidth. Say 3.5 to 2.9 thats your battery indication from full charge to low battery. Technically the battery is never fully discharged. As someone posted above, a little and often with these new batteries wins the race.
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I discovered the solution for X10 calibrate. My bat was showing 100% so i pulled ut the charger, turned the device of, took out the battery, put the charger in and finally putting the battery back. When phone was restarted my battery started charging from 88%. hope it works the same for all!
Edit: after led turning off and bat showing 100% i did the whole procedure again, and again it starts charging from 88%!
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I did it three times in a row now with the same result everytime!
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After nearly 1h since stop charging i'm still on 100% after a few texts, checking xda on tapatalk ofc and surfing a few webpages, i was down at 99% but magically it restored itself when leaving it be.
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I discovered the solution for X10 calibrate. My bat was showing 100% so i pulled ut the charger, turned the device of, took out the battery, put the charger in and finally putting the battery back. When phone was restarted my battery started charging from 88%. hope it works the same for all!
Edit: after led turning off and bat showing 100% i did the whole procedure again, and again it starts charging from 88%!
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Gonna try this myself. I'll report back soon.
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Mine starts to load at 88% too.
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When loading, my Battery Indicator states "overvoltage" and shows 4,21 volts. On my second X10 it's only 3,77 and it doesn't say overvoltage. But when I take it off from the charger the voltage drops to 4 volts and stays at 3,77 on my other X10. Bizarre.
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Battery life seems to have improved a lot. With the screen at 100% brightness and the sound on on Gameboid I only lost 1% per 10mins or so. Quite an improvement from losing 3% per 5min.
Tjotte said:
I discovered the solution for X10 calibrate. My bat was showing 100% so i pulled ut the charger, turned the device of, took out the battery, put the charger in and finally putting the battery back. When phone was restarted my battery started charging from 88%. hope it works the same for all!
Edit: after led turning off and bat showing 100% i did the whole procedure again, and again it starts charging from 88%!
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thanks for the tip! my guess is that the x10 isnt fully charging the battery?
which is kinda werid because i am using my old X1 batt so it shouldn't be draining
this fast.
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Gonna try this myself. I'll report back soon.
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Mine starts to load at 88% too.
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When loading, my Battery Indicator states "overvoltage" and shows 4,21 volts. On my second X10 it's only 3,77 and it doesn't say overvoltage. But when I take it off from the charger the voltage drops to 4 volts and stays at 3,77 on my other X10. Bizarre.
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Battery life seems to have improved a lot. With the screen at 100% brightness and the sound on on Gameboid I only lost 1% per 10mins or so. Quite an improvement from losing 3% per 5min.
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Nice to see there are actually improvements, i had to rush to my buss while still doing the third cycle so i dissconnected at 96% and it then kept ticking up to 100% on it's own. It sounds worrying though that you get an over voltage allert, maby we should not do this to much if it might damage the battery. But a few cycles just to max it out can't harm?! I belive the 88% -> 100% went faster though for each cycle so this might be a sign that the battery is pushing to the limit little by little. I'm gonna go for a few more cycles to see the results of it.
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Nice to see there are actually improvements, i had to rush to my buss while still doing the third cycle so i dissconnected at 96% and it then kept ticking up to 100% on it's own. It sounds worrying though that you get an over voltage allert, maby we should not do this to much if it might damage the battery. But a few cycles just to max it out can't harm?! I belive the 88% -> 100% went faster though for each cycle so this might be a sign that the battery is pushing to the limit little by little. I'm gonna go for a few more cycles to see the results of it.
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Yeah, well I had only done two cycles when I noticed the over voltage and stopped there. It seems fine at the moment, temps are normal etc.
I just did one "calibration" again and i actually played around so much with my phone today so when i got home it was on 10%, charged it to 100% and when doin the procedure it reset the battery gauge to 96% rather then the 88% i got earlier.. i wonder if it has any connection to my unplugging the phone at 96% this morning.... hmm, i just don't get this. hehe
Edit: second cycle now and i'm back to charging from 88%.
Thanks for all your constructive ideas. Im also worrying about the battery damage because this is not an official measure. I'll try a few cycles however.
Can you please advise if the coming 2.1 will bring X10 extended battery life?
tried the cycle, first cycle went down to 92%, didnt take long for 100%, second and third she rebooted at 100, sitting at 4.201volts stating overcharge. will update tomorro with a full days use.
I honestly can not tell if my battery has improved from this, but i'm a very inconsistent user
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i also cannot see a difference yet although i used my x10 an obscene amount today...
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I haven't tried this calibration by taking out the battery when full and putting it back in thing yet, but I have gotten over voltage condition when recharging anyway. It occurs in the 90% and higher region.
Usually, my voltage reaches 4.21V at 100%.
I have very good battery life for a smartphone; I think mostly due to the R2BA020 update for Canada/Rogers. Also, I turn off APN connection most of the time. I did a couple full discharges early when I got the phone and don't know if that had an impact.
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I haven't tried this calibration by taking out the battery when full and putting it back in thing yet, but I have gotten over voltage condition when recharging anyway. It occurs in the 90% and higher region.
Usually, my voltage reaches 4.21V at 100%.
I have very good battery life for a smartphone; I think mostly due to the R2BA020 update for Canada/Rogers. Also, I turn off APN connection most of the time. I did a couple full discharges early when I got the phone and don't know if that had an impact.
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So this should meen that the battery is always charging at an overvoltage wich would also meen doing this cycle should not harm the battery more then normal.
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Tjotte said:
I discovered the solution for X10 calibrate. My bat was showing 100% so i pulled ut the charger, turned the device of, took out the battery, put the charger in and finally putting the battery back. When phone was restarted my battery started charging from 88%. hope it works the same for all!
Edit: after led turning off and bat showing 100% i did the whole procedure again, and again it starts charging from 88%!
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Used this did it three times and after the third time on reboot battery on 100% see how long my battery lasts now
Edit-Worked great but then had troubles with ROM so had to reflash. Now when I try this phone just goes into flash mode when USB is plugged in even before the battery. Help?
[Q] Wifi Tether: Subject to $15 T-Mobile Charge?
Curious about this. Currently I'm connected to my laptop for the past 15 min just fine; no alert came up that said I had to get the $15 fee that T-Mobile charges for the "privilege" of tethering on my current plan. Does that mean that an unlocked phone isn't subject to T-Mobile's tampering?
If so, is this the only value for rooting right now? I don't see any other need for root with this phone except if it fools T-Mobile.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
I know there are numerous threads about battery life, but this one isn't about the life itself really.
I can charge my phone to 100%, but when I unplug it, the battery indicator shows 97% right away. I plug it back in, rinse and repeat, and get the same issue. I even tried charging with the phone off.
Ha anyone had luck with using a full 100%?
allen099 said:
I know there are numerous threads about battery life, but this one isn't about the life itself really.
I can charge my phone to 100%, but when I unplug it, the battery indicator shows 97% right away. I plug it back in, rinse and repeat, and get the same issue. I even tried charging with the phone off.
Ha anyone had luck with using a full 100%?
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This is normal, search some threads
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This is normal, search some threads
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I see that some people don't get to 100% during the actual charge process, but haven't seen my issue yet. I'll keep looking. So many of these threads...thanks.
Just trying to figure out whether it's worth going back for another phone or battery. What would you do?
Id keep it, there was an article posted in one of the threads stating why phones do this...the N1 did a similar thing where after it charged going from 100-96 percent went really quickly
i would equate it when you buy a 16 gig SD card and it shows as 15.6 gigs
Same thing here... pretty sure it's happening to most people.
Read this: http://byrong.com/PowerTesting/
allen099 said:
I know there are numerous threads about battery life, but this one isn't about the life itself really.
I can charge my phone to 100%, but when I unplug it, the battery indicator shows 97% right away. I plug it back in, rinse and repeat, and get the same issue. I even tried charging with the phone off.
Ha anyone had luck with using a full 100%?
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Mine did this until I calibrated the battery. Charged it to 100%, then drained it all the way. Charged it back up to 100%, and now not only does the battery last longer, but the percentage seems to go down in a more linear fashion.
Read on...
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...bump-charging-and-inconsistent-battery-drain/
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Mine did this until I calibrated the battery. Charged it to 100%, then drained it all the way. Charged it back up to 100%, and now not only does the battery last longer, but the percentage seems to go down in a more linear fashion.
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Same here, I've done this two nights in a row, but no change.
Thank you for the links, guys. Pretty insightful actually. I've got it charging right now at 99%. As soon as it hits 100%, I'll take it off and see if it drops instantly. I'm guessing it shouldn't as it JUST hit 100%. But we shall see..
Thanks again!
Same issue here afetr the caliberation and all
I really wouldnt worry about it guys, not like magical unicorns are eating your percentages
Well...I mean, it's not something anybody is "worried" about, but it does suck because I use my phone heavily as I'm in the IT field ... so every percentage counts. After I just unplugged, it went to 99% which my N1 did as well. I'm fine with 99%, but 97% seemed a bit low.
Full charge oddity
When the phone has been switched off and charging the phone shows the fully charged icon on screen when charging appears to be done. Battery Indicator Pro displays only a 95% charge when the phone is switched on. The same happens when the phone is on and being usb charged. When 100% charge is shown and the usb cable is removed the charge is then shown as 95%. This does not happen on my other devices running 2.2. They will show 100% or 99%. A device design or 2.3 bug?
Read this whole post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871051
The epic 4g has this problem. I think its something with samsung. You have to unplug it, plug it back in, let it charge to full again and rinse repeat until its really at 100%
Then reset your battery stats in cwm
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As noted in the stickied FAQ and further discussed in the link provided by nxt (Beat me to it!), this is by design folks.
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Q: I unplugged my phone, and my battery dropped from 100% to 95% immediately, or it won't/takes along time to charge past 99%, what gives?
This is by design. Your phone will slow down and eventually stop pulling charge at or slightly greater than ~95% regardless of what your battery indicator says. This is to extend the overall life of the battery, as constant 100% to 0% charge/discharge cycles will cause it to fail prematurely. If you're interested in really pushing it to 100%, you can use a technique that is called "bump charging" and is better detailed here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/12...battery-drain/
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<- Link has more or less the same info as nxt's.
maybe we need multiple FAQ stickies in this board..
Weird battery reading
My Nexus S was at about 16% when I put it on the charger then I did a quick reboot and it said it was at 52%. I unplugged it, powered off, pulled the battery, then rebooted and it read 28%. Even that is hard to believe after less then 5 minutes of charging. Has this happened to anyone else?
Stock 2.3.1 unrooted
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Has this happened to anyone else?
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Yes, that has been reported by a number of people. It has happened to me as well when rebooting while charging. Nothing is wrong with your battery though, it just must be a battery stats bug.
Good to know. Thank you for the prompt reply
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Do you let your battery drop down to 5% before connecting the charger? Or do you charge every moment you get the chance to keep battery at max?
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Battery Ĺ‚asts a long time as it usually goes off the charger at 7 a.m. I charge it while sleeping. Occasionally out of habit I will charge it while I'm driving in the car but for about 15 minutes. Otherwise, I am very happy with the battery.
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markwebb said:
Battery my a long time as it usually goes off the charger at 7 a.m. I charge it while sleeping. Occasionally out of habit I will charge it while I'm driving in the car but for about 15 minutes. Otherwise, I am very happy with the battery.
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I'm not an expert, but all I've heard is charging over night or after it hits 100% is bad. Why I don't know, but I try to charge my phone when it reaches everywhere from 15-30 to 95-100 then remove the charger.
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I'm not constantly on my phone, so usually charge it up to 80% and recharge when it drops to 40%. I only charge it to 100% when I am out and about for the whole day. See the following link for charging advice:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/mobile-phone/how-charge-phones-battery-3619623/
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I'm not an expert, but all I've heard is charging over night or after it hits 100% is bad. Why I don't know, but I try to charge my phone when it reaches everywhere from 15-30 to 95-100 then remove the charger.
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Overcharging won't happen on a advanced device like the S7.
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Namyep said:
I'm not an expert, but all I've heard is charging over night or after it hits 100% is bad. Why I don't know, but I try to charge my phone when it reaches everywhere from 15-30 to 95-100 then remove the charger.
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Nah, that's old news. Modern chargers and devices know when they've hit 100%, so they stop charging at that point and lets the battery dip down to 98-99% before trickle charging up to 100 again, and so on until you unplug. It's completely safe, and you shouldn't trust all those garbage click-bait articles out there. Do not, however, go down to 0% before you recharge it. That can actually damage the cells in your battery, so plug it into the charger before that. If you notice some funky behavior from the battery, like if it's jumping from 30% to 20% in five minutes, or is stuck at 10% for an hour, then it's a good idea to completely drain it to 0% to calibrate the battery since the OS has no idea how much battery is left (so it knows where 0 is again). This will usually happen after flashing a different ROM. Charge it up to 100 again and it should be back to normal.
I personally charge it normally at night, without quick charge, since there's no point in having it quick charge while I'm a sleep for around 8 hours. I'll only quick charge it in the middle of the day, which is almost never, since the battery is freakin' awesome.
Don't worry about the battery too much, but don't reach 0% too often, and you'll be good. By too often, I mean every 3-4 months or so is OK. I base these things from my Sony device which I've had for almost 3 years. The (sealed in) battery was very good out-of-the-box, and it's still very good after nearly three years, so I won't mess with a proven success.
To be safe on the longevity of the battery I use one of these with my wireless charger :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003P...mer+outlet&dpPl=1&dpID=31OAEbif0lL&ref=plSrch
My battery is usually around 30-40% at the end of the day. I use the regular speed Samsung Charging Pad and set the timer on this outlet for 3 hours when I go to bed. So after 3 hours it stops charging and I don't have to worry about the possibility of damaging the battery (I know about trickle charging, but I think this is better)
Ive read somewhere that the new s7 edge charger doesnt have a power inverter so it keeps charging and wasting power which could damage the charger or possibly device. So know if thats correct.
eric150 said:
To be safe on the longevity of the battery I use one of these with my wireless charger :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003P...mer+outlet&dpPl=1&dpID=31OAEbif0lL&ref=plSrch
My battery is usually around 30-40% at the end of the day. I use the regular speed Samsung Charging Pad and set the timer on this outlet for 3 hours when I go to bed. So after 3 hours it stops charging and I don't have to worry about the possibility of damaging the battery (I know about trickle charging, but I think this is better)
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I just purchased one of those...thanks for the advice. I charge my device when get around 20%-30% of battery and left charging over night ( when sleeping) on my standard Samsung wireless charging. My battery is just ok.. I'm not so heavy user and sometimes I have to charge around 8pm or so. I take off from the charger at 100% all morning around 8am.
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At home. I do wireless when ever i can. If im not using the phone then i sit it on a wireless charger.
Battery hasnt drop pass 30% in the week i had the phone.
My note edge would drop pretty low because i didnt use wireless charging. So my phone would just sit in my pocket slowly draining.
ssgunner20 said:
Ive read somewhere that the new s7 edge charger doesnt have a power inverter so it keeps charging and wasting power which could damage the charger or possibly device. So know if thats correct.
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Whatever you read, either you misunderstood, or the person that typed it was a bumbling idiot. A power inverter converts DC power to AC. Your source/utility power is already AC. A USB charger is merely an AC adapter made for USB. The phone has integrated circuitry that controls when and when not to charge the battery and at what amperage.
I usually let mine get to around 5% everytime. Then charge it back fully to 100%.
J.Biden said:
Nah, that's old news. Modern chargers and devices know when they've hit 100%, so they stop charging at that point and lets the battery dip down to 98-99% before trickle charging up to 100 again, and so on until you unplug. It's completely safe, and you shouldn't trust all those garbage click-bait articles out there. Do not, however, go down to 0% before you recharge it. That can actually damage the cells in your battery, so plug it into the charger before that. If you notice some funky behavior from the battery, like if it's jumping from 30% to 20% in five minutes, or is stuck at 10% for an hour, then it's a good idea to completely drain it to 0% to calibrate the battery since the OS has no idea how much battery is left (so it knows where 0 is again). This will usually happen after flashing a different ROM. Charge it up to 100 again and it should be back to normal.
I personally charge it normally at night, without quick charge, since there's no point in having it quick charge while I'm a sleep for around 8 hours. I'll only quick charge it in the middle of the day, which is almost never, since the battery is freakin' awesome.
Don't worry about the battery too much, but don't reach 0% too often, and you'll be good. By too often, I mean every 3-4 months or so is OK. I base these things from my Sony device which I've had for almost 3 years. The (sealed in) battery was very good out-of-the-box, and it's still very good after nearly three years, so I won't mess with a proven success.
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Thanks for the details information. I figured the technology is so advanced with batteries that overcharging is in the past.
t12icky0 said:
I usually let mine get to around 5% everytime. Then charge it back fully to 100%.
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+1 :good:
J.Biden said:
Nah, that's old news. Modern chargers and devices know when they've hit 100%, so they stop charging at that point and lets the battery dip down to 98-99% before trickle charging up to 100 again, and so on until you unplug. It's completely safe, and you shouldn't trust all those garbage click-bait articles out there. Do not, however, go down to 0% before you recharge it. That can actually damage the cells in your battery, so plug it into the charger before that. If you notice some funky behavior from the battery, like if it's jumping from 30% to 20% in five minutes, or is stuck at 10% for an hour, then it's a good idea to completely drain it to 0% to calibrate the battery since the OS has no idea how much battery is left (so it knows where 0 is again). This will usually happen after flashing a different ROM. Charge it up to 100 again and it should be back to normal.
I personally charge it normally at night, without quick charge, since there's no point in having it quick charge while I'm a sleep for around 8 hours. I'll only quick charge it in the middle of the day, which is almost never, since the battery is freakin' awesome.
Don't worry about the battery too much, but don't reach 0% too often, and you'll be good. By too often, I mean every 3-4 months or so is OK. I base these things from my Sony device which I've had for almost 3 years. The (sealed in) battery was very good out-of-the-box, and it's still very good after nearly three years, so I won't mess with a proven success.
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I reach 5% max, is it a problem for the battery's life?
turtuv said:
+1 :good:
I reach 5% max, is it a problem for the battery's life?
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Not at all, but just try to not discharge the battery completely to the point where it turns itself off. It won't ruin the battery to the point where you actually notice it there, but it's better if you just turn the phone off if you're able to (unless it's an emergency, of course).
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Not at all, but just try to not discharge the battery completely to the point where it turns itself off. It won't ruin the battery to the point where you actually notice it there, but it's better if you just turn the phone off if you're able to (unless it's an emergency, of course).
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I never discharge the battery completely, like I said I use until battery is max at 5% [emoji3]
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I charge it when it hits 20%. But i dont use the fast charging unless i need a quick top up
Does it hurt the battery to charge the phone with a different charger ?
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I never used the fast charging, I think that slowly charging a battery is better for the lifetime. Most of the time it is below 10 % before I plug it in and I also want it to be at 100% and ready (green LED) when I unplug it.
my note 3 battery is still superb and I got the phone since 2013
Best way to keep a battery in good health is to charge it to full before you start using it. Also, try and never charge it until it's less than 50%. Charging it overnight is perfectly fine it won't hurt anything but once ina while, at least say once a month let the battery drain all the way, try to turn it back on if it goes off sometimes there is still some juice left and it might start up, once it won't start anymore try and charge it without turning it on to full. I wouldn't do it more than say a couple times a month any more than that is overkill and may do more harm than good. These are the guidelines I use and I have never had battery issues. I currently am waiting for my S7 Edge and on my Nexus 6 I usually get 48+ hours with 4+ hours SoT. I'm just an average user currently.