Odd battery problems - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
My N4's battery has been behaving really weird over the past days. My phone completely fails to predict the battery's current charge and it often would shut off at for example 40%. When I reboot it's at 0% charge and shuts down again. The battery at that point is 'completely' empty. Which means that even date and time have been reset!
You can see the sudden battery drop here:
Stats (after few minutes on charger):
The weird thing is, that although the screenshot says 4h runtime on battery, it was running more like 8 hours at that time.
The screen time is also calculated completely wrong. It should be more like 2 hours, but it says 43 minutes:
Besides that, it happens often, that I unplug it after a night of charging and while it says 100% while still plugged in, once I remove the cable it drops to ~90%, sometimes even lower.
This was today morning after a night of charging (same day as screenshots above). Mind, that I had to replug it to achieve 98%, after I first removed it before showering it was at 91%.
I'm running Franco Kernel and Mahdi ROM. Though the problem exists on other kernels and roms as well.
Should I revert to stock and completely whipe everything? The only thing I restored from Titanium Backup during Rom switches are user apps and wifi networks. So I wouldn't consider it dirty flashing, right?
I hope the battery itself isn't damaged, since I get a maximum of 2 hours OST, where a week ago I would get around 3,5h-4h..
Thanks for your input.
Edit: Forgot to say, that another problem is, when using the wall-charger, it would tell me after 20 minutes charging from 0% battery that it's at 100%, while after a reboot it again shows only 20-30%.

try using xposed disable battery critical shutdown to recalibrate the battery
if dosent work -> rma it.

opssemnik said:
try using xposed disable battery critical shutdown to recalibrate the battery
if dosent work -> rma it.
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Thanks. As it has shut down again after about 3h on battery (1h of usage) I've noticed a relatively big buldge on the back of the phone. I think the battery somehow popped
I have absolutely no idea how that happened. Will write to the LG support now.

opssemnik said:
try using xposed disable battery critical shutdown to recalibrate the battery
if dosent work -> rma it.
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what is rma?
edit: searched, now i know what is..

bragih said:
Thanks. As it has shut down again after about 3h on battery (1h of usage) I've noticed a relatively big buldge on the back of the phone. I think the battery somehow popped
I have absolutely no idea how that happened. Will write to the LG support now.
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yeah, the n4 battery is really random. mine is doing that too, called lg and they will exchange it in few days

sergio_f said:
what is rma?
edit: searched, now i know what is..
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Return To Manufacturer, looks like your battery is worn out. If your N4 is over a year old you'll need to buy a new battery.
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Any recommendation for where to buy a new battery?

I have same problem bro
Your shutdown at 40% mine loses network at 40% and shut down at 30%
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I had no battery problem till my display cracked and i went to service center
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Battery 0% - Unkown

Hi,
My battery info screen is always showing 0% - Unknown. I´ve tried different charging options but with no success.
The battery is charging and when I connect the Nexus 7 to the adapter/pc is says charging - 0% when locked.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Had the same problem. It was not ROM specific. Even though the reading said 0 it was still charging normally (as far as I could tell).
I called Google (I bought my Nexus 7 from the Play Store) and they replaced it. I think that the battery sensor was bad.
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Charge your battery to 100 percent, for the best that you can assume as 100 percent - about 3 hours, - and then run this program https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration root required
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MrSchroeder said:
Charge your battery to 100 percent, for the best that you can assume as 100 percent - about 3 hours, - and then run this program https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration root required
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wouldnt wiping battery info from CWM do the same thing?
hhwong said:
wouldnt wiping battery info from CWM do the same thing?
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OP did not explain if they were rooted or not.
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Reflash kernel
Just to let everyone know I tried both that app and clearing battery sats in CWM, neither did anything. I even ran it dead and then fully charged with no change. The OP may have a different problem but in my case I definitely think it was a hardware sensor issue.
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Um, weird, I came home after leaving my tablet on my desk all day at home, with about 35% battery.
It was dead. Like really dead. Dead dead. I don't know if it should've run down 35% totally idle; I'd left it for 3 days before without a problem.
Now when I plugged it in, it turned straight on. Google Screen -> Lock Screen. No colored X.
Showed 0% for 10 minutes. The battery graph was especially weird. For one thing, it had locked the stats and showed as still on battery basically. For another, it showed going from the low end of green to instantly dropping to 0%, red. Unplugged it, and it died instantly.
I'm letting it charge now with it off. Quick power button press shows the charging indicator thing.
I actually have an RMA out for this one for the touch screen issues, so it doesn't matter, but still... weird.
battery sensor/calibration issues
Old thread but I thought I'd add to it for other people with the same problem.
I have basically have the same issue on a stock, rooted 16GB Nexus 7. It's highly intermittent.
It first reared it's head about a month after I got the device (in Aug 2012), on the original firmware. My nexus 7 wouldn't (appear to) charge past 25% and would shut itself off after being on for only a few hours. I spent a day trying to fix it, including wiping the device, but nothing worked. Then magically, a few days later, the problem was gone.
The Nexus 7 worked fine for another month or so and then one day, after having charged it for several hours, I noticed that it was reporting a 0% charge. (Firmware was still stock but had been updated) This time it didn't power off, it just misreported it's charge. I could still run it for 10 hours or so, even though it said that it had a 0% charge and that I should connect the charger. I tried the "battery calibrator" mentioned in this thread which didn't seem to work but the next day, the device reported it had a charge. It's been randomly fluctuating between reporting 0% and a having charge every since. Sometimes it works fine for several days but then it will say 0% again.
It hasn't really affected my use of the device but it can be inconvenient not knowing how much charge you have left. Today I finally called Google and explained the problem and they promptly offered to exchange it. Hopefully this is not a design flaw but a faulty component from bad batch..
There's more than a good bit of bad advice in this thread. That anyone would waste people's time by recommending a ”battery calibration” app or to wipe battery stats is disheartening, as it is widely known that they have no correlation to battery indication.
More often than not, it seems, this problem with the N7 involves the battery connector not being properly seated.
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I'm also having a similar problem, though when my nexus 7 completely dies from the battery I plug in and right away power back up and when it comes to the home screen with 0-1% charge it right away powers down. I tried leaving it off while pluged in let it charge for 5 mins and then power back up again till I see it have a minimum amount of charge, it seems to work not sure if its ROM or kernel related, I'll keep an eye on it.
There's a helpful article that seems to help other nexus 7 users, hope this helps
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/12/27/fix-nexus-7-refusing-to-charge-try-this-trick/
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I have the same problem with my nexus 7 3g.
Factory reset does not help.
Finally open the back cover (quite easy) and found that the battery cable connector is loose. So I tightened and my tablet is well again.
Hope this help.
Yeah what worked for me was to also unplug my battery. Seemed to correct itself after that. Mine would shut off showing a charge of 60%.
dudung0 said:
I have the same problem with my nexus 7 3g.
Factory reset does not help.
Finally open the back cover (quite easy) and found that the battery cable connector is loose. So I tightened and my tablet is well again.
Hope this help.
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Does the back just unsnap like a regular battery door?
I have issues sometimes. Like the other night it charged all night and when I woke up it was fine, turn off the alarm on it and had breakfast. Came back and it wouldn't come on. Tried all I could without taking it apart. Ended up removing the back cover, unplugging the battery for ten seconds and then it worked fine. Battery was at 100% once it booted up.
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atistang said:
Does the back just unsnap like a regular battery door?
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Use your fingernail to get between it and the chassis. It pops off pretty easy. Just be careful. I'm sure YouTube has a few videos showing it.
atistang said:
Does the back just unsnap like a regular battery door?
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search for ifixit+nexus+7+battery
You can use your fingernail.
Nexus 7 - Battery 0% Unkown.
dudung0 said:
I have the same problem with my nexus 7 3g.
Factory reset does not help.
Finally open the back cover (quite easy) and found that the battery cable connector is loose. So I tightened and my tablet is well again.
Hope this help.
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Hi.. I Have the same model and I had the same problem...
I made the turn off method (https://plus.google.com/+DerekRoss/posts/563EVVEPMDS) and did not work...
I rooted my Nexus to calibrate the Battery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838429) and did not work.
But the in my case the most simple solution works : Unplug /plug the Battery (http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/mobile/Knrn4DThksg/ovuWYHUytZ0J).
Show this video about how to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjh0H6SZHRM&list=PLBGUp1nK51h0Zyb2wIJjIhtTVQKyfj4BB&feature=mh_lolz
I hope have luck
bye.

[Q] Nexus 4 shows wrong battery stats

Hi, I've bought a nexus 4 about a month ago. I works great and the battery life is good enought but i notice that sometimes I connect the charger (when the battery is 40% full for example) and a few minutes later it says it is 100%.
Ofcourse it's not and some minutes later it drops. If I reboot the phone it shows the correct percentaje, but I happens very often.
Somebody has the same issue?
I didn't try to wipe the battery stats because I didnt install a custom recovery. Is there any way to fix it without flashing it?
thanks
serialger said:
Hi, I've bought a nexus 4 about a month ago. I works great and the battery life is good enought but i notice that sometimes I connect the charger (when the battery is 40% full for example) and a few minutes later it says it is 100%.
Ofcourse it's not and some minutes later it drops. If I reboot the phone it shows the correct percentaje, but I happens very often.
Somebody has the same issue?
I didn't try to wipe the battery stats because I didnt install a custom recovery. Is there any way to fix it without flashing it?
thanks
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Most N4's have some quirky battery stat behaviour. You'll have to learn to live with it, wiping battery stats, or reflashing the stock images, or an alternative ROM, won't do anything to address this.
CMNein said:
Most N4's have some quirky battery stat behaviour. You'll have to learn to live with it, wiping battery stats, or reflashing the stock images, or an alternative ROM, won't do anything to address this.
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Really? SO ****ING AWESOME! haha
thanks!
serialger said:
Really? SO ****ING AWESOME! haha
thanks!
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It's the first thing I noticed about the phone. I've only charged from 0 to 100 in a second once though when I first got the phone, aside from that just the occasional lazy updating of the actual percentage. Stressing the phone a bit tends to help it "catch up" to where it should be.
Edit: you know, it's good OCD therapy, it may help you get past your OCD if you have it.
If you don't have OCD, you certainly will now...
CMNein said:
It's the first thing I noticed about the phone. I've only charged from 0 to 100 in a second once though when I first got the phone, aside from that just the occasional lazy updating of the actual percentage. Stressing the phone a bit tends to help it "catch up" to where it should be.
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Yes, the same happened to me, the issue is that sometimes I lost track of when it plug it to the charger and after use it the battery drains. It is very annoying.
I will try to charge from 0 to 100 a few times to si if the stats sync with the real battery state...
Thank
I'm getting pretty consistent reading far as 0% - 100% goes (course I drained the battery down to zero twice and charged back up).
What I'm finding that seems rather weird is glitchy mV reading with battery monitor widget pro. It does decrease as the battery decreases as expected, what's unexpected is all the lil spikes upward in it's value over time, like every few mins it'll jump up like from 3995mv to 4040mv or similar jumps as if the widget can't get an accurate reading of the battery's mV level. So it look weird because the only time you would see the mV rising, is if you're charging it.
And I know someone else on this forums with a Nexus 4 that's actually showing positive mA values when he's not even plugged into a charger.
But as far as % reading goes, seems pretty accurate now, just the readings I'm getting from battery monitor widget had me concerned that the battery was bad on my less than a week old Nexus 4. My Nexus 7's history/stats look rock-stable by comparison, kind of wondering if it's an LG thing.
kbeezie said:
I'm getting pretty consistent reading far as 0% - 100% goes (course I drained the battery down to zero twice and charged back up).
What I'm finding that seems rather weird is glitchy mV reading with battery monitor widget pro. It does decrease as the battery decreases as expected, what's unexpected is all the lil spikes upward in it's value over time, like every few mins it'll jump up like from 3995mv to 4040mv or similar jumps as if the widget can't get an accurate reading of the battery's mV level. So it look weird because the only time you would see the mV rising, is if you're charging it.
And I know someone else on this forums with a Nexus 4 that's actually showing positive mA values when he's not even plugged into a charger.
But as far as % reading goes, seems pretty accurate now, just the readings I'm getting from battery monitor widget had me concerned that the battery was bad on my less than a week old Nexus 4. My Nexus 7's history/stats look rock-stable by comparison, kind of wondering if it's an LG thing.
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Well this is odd... i think it might be an issue with the -kind of- voltimeter (battery sensor? i dont know how to name it). The battery life is ok up to now but the stats are driving me crazy!
serialger said:
Well this is odd... i think it might be an issue with the -kind of- voltimeter (battery sensor? i dont know how to name it). The battery life is ok up to now but the stats are driving me crazy!
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Those of us who look beyond just the % available are easily driven crazy.
But then again because I do, I was able to prove a certain brand of charger was incompatible with my Nexus tablet.
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I tried to catch it in the act via adb and shell last fall pinging the voltage, fuel gauge, etc... but that was all my n00b self was good for.
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I've noticed that my battery % is off also. Not as bad as jumping up to 100% or anything, but I notice that when charging, the % is 20% higher than the actual battery. It'll say fully charged, but when I reboot the phone it'll say something like 83%. That happens a lot, and not always at '100%'. If I reboot anytime during the charging process, it drops around 20%. I haven't tried to do it right after I connect it, but every time I do actually reboot it happens. Kinda weird. Not even close to a deal-breaker or anything, just a quirk that I wouldn't mind getting fixed.
kbeezie said:
I'm getting pretty consistent reading far as 0% - 100% goes (course I drained the battery down to zero twice and charged back up).
What I'm finding that seems rather weird is glitchy mV reading with battery monitor widget pro. It does decrease as the battery decreases as expected, what's unexpected is all the lil spikes upward in it's value over time, like every few mins it'll jump up like from 3995mv to 4040mv or similar jumps as if the widget can't get an accurate reading of the battery's mV level. So it look weird because the only time you would see the mV rising, is if you're charging it.
And I know someone else on this forums with a Nexus 4 that's actually showing positive mA values when he's not even plugged into a charger.
But as far as % reading goes, seems pretty accurate now, just the readings I'm getting from battery monitor widget had me concerned that the battery was bad on my less than a week old Nexus 4. My Nexus 7's history/stats look rock-stable by comparison, kind of wondering if it's an LG thing.
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My nexus is also showing +ve mA values while it's not charging, and the values are absolutely crazy, +268, +168, +1171
Is it a battery issue?
I have charged it completely (8 hours) many times and run it to the bottom , tried deleting battery stats etc but nothing has helped.
Shall I get the battery replaced?
tried to delete the battery stats file and wait for a while and see if any difference?
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floxrin said:
tried to delete the battery stats file and wait for a while and see if any difference?
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Tried that multiple times but no change, what are the possibilities? Damaged battery? Damaged battery sensors on the phone?
japmeet said:
Tried that multiple times but no change, what are the possibilities? Damaged battery? Damaged battery sensors on the phone?
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How old is the phone?
http://pocketnow.com/android/deleting-androids-batterystatsbin-wont-grant-more-jiuce
Well Google support definitely knows this is a big problem. After I explained the exact same issues I was having with the battery indicator being wrong they offered a in warranty replacement right away with no trouble shooting what so ever. Problem was they wanted to authorize my debit card for the full price of a phone plus shipping until they received mine back. Unfortunately I didn't have 230 bucks that I could just have tied up in authorization limbo for 2 weeks. So they transferred me to LG support because they have a return policy where they let you ship the phone back first. LG at first tried to say they only do paid repairs on Nexus 4's and that google is responsible for warranty's, but a little arguing about manufacturer warranty laws in the US and threatening to file a complaint with the FCC they agreed to replace the phone under LG warranty. Again they didn't do any troubleshooting at all. Upon explaining the problem they went right into replacement phone. This leads me to believe there is no easy fix or software problem they can update, but rather a hardware problem.
Johmama said:
I've noticed that my battery % is off also. Not as bad as jumping up to 100% or anything, but I notice that when charging, the % is 20% higher than the actual battery. It'll say fully charged, but when I reboot the phone it'll say something like 83%. That happens a lot, and not always at '100%'. If I reboot anytime during the charging process, it drops around 20%. I haven't tried to do it right after I connect it, but every time I do actually reboot it happens. Kinda weird. Not even close to a deal-breaker or anything, just a quirk that I wouldn't mind getting fixed.
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I have exactly this behavior all of a sudden the last 2 weeks.
I have worse issues....
We had the screen/digitizer replaced after my wife dropped the phone.
The phone now has some issues. It will charge, and operate ok until the battery reaches about 80%.
Then the touch will go crazy, and the phone will turn off.
Upon rebooting, the battery is suddenly at 0%.
I purchased a new battery and installed it. It charged to 100% the first time and the phone lasted for a while.
Then after that it refused to charge at all. Didn't matter how many times I did the power + volume up trick.
I put the original battery back in, and it charges, but of course dies after it reaches 80%.
Same here. Problems after screen replacement month or two ago, not sure that related. Battery went bad. After replacement with a new one (original not chinies) not stable: shows 100% charge then turn off on in 10 min, after powered on again shows 65 % and after 10 minutes plugged in 100% charged.
Driving me crazy... Fully wiped, factory reset all the same. Rooted and wiped battery stats not helped. Very frustrating if some one can suggest one else can be done...
The phone is just fine, powerfull . no reasons to replace
I also developed my battery issue about a month after replacing the screen and digitizer. I'm going to take it apart and clean the connectors and see if that helps, because I'm so annoyed I'm about to buy a new phone.
My guess is that the battery was damaged during the screen/digitizer replacing process. It happened to me recently. No biggie 24 € for a new LG original battery seems pretty cheap and the problem was solved. But why are nowdays batteries somewhat soft??
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[Q] Fault battery indicator [SOLVED]

Hello, :fingers-crossed:
i'm having a lot of troubles with the battery of my Nexus 4. I'll try to explain this strange situation...
Few days ago i noticed a ridicoulous battery drain while i was, as usually, listening to some music with my bluetooth A2DP headset Jabra HALO2. It was something like 1% every less then 1 minute. At first i thought it was due to a recently upgrade to CM10.2M1 (which is a monthly build of Cyanogenmod on 4.3) or due to a 5 minutes fast charge from the 2A charger of Nexus 10 that could have "upset" the battery.
At first i started focusing on the software side problem; i tried CM10.2RC1, CM10.2, stock 4.3, stock 4.4 and now CM11M1, and, while doing all of those wipes, i noticed that not only the discharge was insanely fast, but even the charge! The graph on the setting panel is almost vertical while cahrging, like 3% to 40% in 25 minutes.
But that's not all, sometimes, after rebooting, i noticed a battery level different from the previous boot, so i decided to wait a full discharge and then fully recharge it. I have waited the 0% (not so much time ) putting the screen always on and the LED flash too, then, i tried few times to turn it on and every time, after the boot screen disappeared it immediately started to turning off due to 0% battery.
Moreover, for being certain, i tried to turn it on in recovery and wait how much time it would take to consume the lasting charge on the battery. Surprisingly, after 30 minutes it was still there! I tried a reboot into system, showing me a 10% remaining battery (WTF), which discharged to 0% in like 3 minutes. Now i'm waiting the whole night the real discharge in recovery with screen always on, hoping that a full recharge could fix it. I would like to evidence that the phone do not overheat during both charghe and discharge, so i guess the battery itself may be ok.
I'm still not sure if it's a software problem, and i'm worrid if it could be an hardware related issue. Maybe it could have been the charge from the 2A adapter.
I really don't know what to do next. Someone knows how to help me?
Here 2 screenshoots, I wasn't able to upload it normally so here the links:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnMlFUOGU4bXkzaGs/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnZEtXczNuTXhiMGc/edit?usp=sharing
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I've done a full discharge until even the full hybernation has been shutted down, but seems that it hasn't solved anything. I've also noticed that in the battery stat is missing the display consumption (WTF?!?). Maybe it's a CM11M1 bug, it happen even to my Nexus 10. Here other shots:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnazVacUNZeEZkUlk/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnRHU2QlJibk5TVVE/edit?usp=sharing
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As happened to the N10, after a while the display appear in the stats:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnMEozbzNRVGdzSHc/edit?usp=sharing
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I've noticed just now that while I was waiting a real full discharge of the battery the TWRP couldn't show me the battery percentage. Really strange...
[SOLVED]
In summary, the problem was the combination of kernel+ROM. The CM with his kernel on N4 was consuming tons of electrons. I tried Purity+Hellscore, now i reach few days of low usage and one and half of medium usage
How old is your phone? You might be able to get a replacement from Google under warranty.
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I don't think it'd be the 2A charge, I use the 2A charger on my battery all the time.
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sshark said:
How old is your phone? You might be able to get a replacement from Google under warranty.
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It have 9 months, and yes is still under warrenty, but I've bought it in Spain, and I live in Italy. I think this will be hard to solve
I have some strange problemi too.
Sometines the phone reboot itself and the battery drops (i tried to flash all stock: recovery, bootloader,ROM ecc..)
It could be a faulty battery.. Read this topic, it looks like you have the same kind of problems.
Do you also have simlocks/loss of network connection?
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Faeshaas said:
It could be a faulty battery.. Read this topic, it looks like you have the same kind of problems.
Do you also have simlocks/loss of network connection?
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I've already read this topic, i think the source of the problem may be related with mine, but symptoms are different. It is strange that this happened 9 months later!
Gully discharging the phone, rebooting, discharge again if any, reboot. Connect charger, charge full. Reboot, charge full again if any, reboot. This always worked for me.
You can also try to fully discharge, completely power off the phone and let it fully charge while powered off ( only a white battery should be shown on the display).
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I'm having the same issues with my phone.
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Oxious119 said:
Gully discharging the phone, rebooting, discharge again if any, reboot. Connect charger, charge full. Reboot, charge full again if any, reboot. This always worked for me.
You can also try to fully discharge, completely power off the phone and let it fully charge while powered off ( only a white battery should be shown on the display).
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Already done, nothing....
Did all of u found the problem? Cause it seems i have the same...
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Amiramac said:
Did all of u found the problem? Cause it seems i have the same...
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Unfortunately, no. Probably it is a battery related problem, i'm going to replace it and see what happen. In the meantime not even PurityROM+HellsCore kernel may handle this battery draining...

Strange battery behaviour?...

So when a woke up today,my phone's led was blinking(green) and I wanted to check the notifs.But it was turned off,I couldn't wake it up.Then hard rebooted,and realized that the battery is on 1%.Strange cause I went to bed with battery on 56%.I checked the battery stats and it was all good,but
from 56% it went straight down,I mean no downhill or anything.Just from 56% suddenly to 1%.I'm on a stockish rom(overSTOCK v4.2 with stock kernel,running xposed)
So there are multiple questions.
Is this can be a faulty battery?(My device is a refurbished one.I got it a month ago)
Is this can be a false batttery status display?I chose a mod to get battery percentage(overstock has aroma installer)
If so,the battery stats relies on the battery status display on statusbar?If so this,It can be the mod that caused this by not showing be proper percentage of my current battery status.
Or anything else,that would cause this?
Thank you!
Sounds like its your battery. There is various post like yours where users battery just go bad. Give it a cycle and if it's still doing the same, its most likely your battery.
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jayRokk said:
Sounds like its your battery. There is various post like yours where users battery just go bad. Give it a cycle and if it's still doing the same, its most likely your battery.
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But it was all good until now for one time.Ah,hope it won't happen again
Has happened to me twice. Check this out - http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/strange-battery-problem-100-to-0-t2553226

Battery charge values

Hi all!
I've some strange problems with mt nexus 4 battery values.
Today i had 59% of battery and i plug it to the original charger. After 2 hours i saw the battery with 100% charge value. OK. Nothing wrong here. I rebooted the phone and after that i had 84% of battery.
This is happening almost every time i charge my nexus 4.
I had stock rom with franco.kernel updater. Now i have paranoid Android with The same kernel.
Any idea about this?
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anyone?
Have you been dirty flashing a lot?
your battery reading needs to be recalibrated.... Charge full than use until it shuts down...than charge again fully, at 100% reboot phone & connect to charge again.....
You also can try "BatteryRepair.apk" from market..most of the time it helps to recalibrate..just install, open & follow on screen instruction....
steci86 said:
Have you been dirty flashing a lot?
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Not really. Just rooted the phone 3 weeks ago and i was with stock + franco.kernel updater till 1 week ago. Then changed to Paranoid Android + Franco.kernel.Updater.
abir099 said:
your battery reading needs to be recalibrated.... Charge full than use until it shuts down...than charge again fully, at 100% reboot phone & connect to charge again.....
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I'm trying this right now. At 1h07am the battery had 0%, so i connected to the original charger and did go to sleep. When i woke up, it had 100%. I rebooted the phone, connected the charger again and the phone had 90% (This at 8am). 2 hours later the phone is at 97%.
abir099 said:
You also can try "BatteryRepair.apk" from market..most of the time it helps to recalibrate..just install, open & follow on screen instruction....
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I couldnt find this on market :/
Atomsk said:
Not really. Just rooted the phone 3 weeks ago and i was with stock + franco.kernel updater till 1 week ago. Then changed to Paranoid Android + Franco.kernel.Updater.
I'm trying this right now. At 1h07am the battery had 0%, so i connected to the original charger and did go to sleep. When i woke up, it had 100%. I rebooted the phone, connected the charger again and the phone had 90% (This at 8am). 2 hours later the phone is at 97%.
I couldnt find this on market :/
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I had the same issue with my previous nexus 4. Did you ever get your screen/display changed? Or do you charge your phone overnight? Do you rely on USB charging a lot? If any of those answers is YES, its probable that your battery has gone bad (as mine had)
I don't think that's the solution, but give a try to this free app from the play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=it
I always thought this problem was related to rom development but I'm not sure. It happened to me with CM11 at the very beginning in november, and then it just stopped. Since January I'm on slimkat, at first it didn't happen and then for a few weeks i noticed the same problem you have, now everything has been fine again for the last two weeks.
japmeet said:
I had the same issue with my previous nexus 4. Did you ever get your screen/display changed? Or do you charge your phone overnight? Do you rely on USB charging a lot? If any of those answers is YES, its probable that your battery has gone bad (as mine had)
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I had changed my display and i charge over night.
I've tried the calibration 2 days in a row (battery at 0%, then charge till 100%, reboot, charge till 100% again). Yesterday i had 90% after the reboot. Today i got 91% after the reboot.
steci86 said:
I don't think that's the solution, but give a try to this free app from the play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=it
I always thought this problem was related to rom development but I'm not sure. It happened to me with CM11 at the very beginning in november, and then it just stopped. Since January I'm on slimkat, at first it didn't happen and then for a few weeks i noticed the same problem you have, now everything has been fine again for the last two weeks.
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I'm gonna try that app. I rebooted the phone around 9am and now is almost finishing the charge. The battery lasts till tomorrow with my normal use of the phone, but i tough strange that every time i rebooted the phone, i lose battery % :s
Just try avoiding the charge to 100%->reboot->charge to 100% again for a few days.
Don't let it discharge till 0%, connect the charge when you have 1%-4% left and let it charge till 100% with the phone on, and then use your phone normally.
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I had changed my display and i charge over night.
I've tried the calibration 2 days in a row (battery at 0%, then charge till 100%, reboot, charge till 100% again). Yesterday i had 90% after the reboot. Today i got 91% after the reboot.
I'm gonna try that app. I rebooted the phone around 9am and now is almost finishing the charge. The battery lasts till tomorrow with my normal use of the phone, but i tough strange that every time i rebooted the phone, i lose battery % :s
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Please go through this thread. A couple of other members (myself included) finally deduced that if you ever have your display changed you NEED to get your battery changed as well. Trust me on this, get your battery checked once. It WILL be bloated. Also, if upon restarting there is a break in the battery graph and there is a significant drop/rise in battery level, that is another indicator that your battery is going.
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Please go through this thread. A couple of other members (myself included) finally deduced that if you ever have your display changed you NEED to get your battery changed as well. Trust me on this, get your battery checked once. It WILL be bloated. Also, if upon restarting there is a break in the battery graph and there is a significant drop/rise in battery level, that is another indicator that your battery is going.
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I've been reading that thread but for example, what happens to me it's nothing compared to the first topic of that thread. I only miss sometimes 10% after restart, sometimes 5%, sometimes nothing. From what i understand, in that thread most of users with battery problem had like 80% and after reboot they only had 2%, or 0%. Thats different i think, but i'm not expert on this subject
Anyway, installed the suggested app and calibrated the battery throw the app. For now i have this data (Paranoid Android Beta6+Franco.Kernel.Updater r201):
http://imgur.com/jnPpA3d
Just restarted my phone a while ago
http://imgur.com/ZpmXtS0
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Atomsk said:
Just restarted my phone a while ago
http://imgur.com/ZpmXtS0
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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Try Battery Monitor Widget from the Market - you can see what current the phone is pulling, and if indeed full charge is reached. There are also calibration tools inside - the app calculates the real capacity of the battery, for example. If it's a long way from 2100mAh it would be a sign you need a new battery.
Though like everyone else, I think it´s a software problem. With previous Android phones I had to be careful calibrating, flashing etc. With the N4 I've had no such issues in the year I've had it. That app can help you sort out battery calibration though.
Can you tell me The dev name? Got 2 battery monitor widgets :s
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Tried this one and got this results
http://imgur.com/nb71cbI
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Atomsk said:
Not really. Just rooted the phone 3 weeks ago and i was with stock + franco.kernel updater till 1 week ago. Then changed to Paranoid Android + Franco.kernel.Updater.
I'm trying this right now. At 1h07am the battery had 0%, so i connected to the original charger and did go to sleep. When i woke up, it had 100%. I rebooted the phone, connected the charger again and the phone had 90% (This at 8am). 2 hours later the phone is at 97%.
I couldnt find this on market :/
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Here is the link of Battery Repair....try this, it really works
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.ynfo.batteryrepair
abir099 said:
Here is the link of Battery Repair....try this, it really works
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.ynfo.batteryrepair
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Thanks for the suggestion, but that's a little expensive for me at the moment
Atomsk said:
Just restarted my phone a while ago
http://imgur.com/ZpmXtS0
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Well this is perfectly normal..
Atomsk said:
Tried this one and got this results
http://imgur.com/nb71cbI
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This looks normal, although if you see a break in the battery graph and huge drop/rise in battery then its definitely done for. However its not the case with your phone, so relax
Well this evening i left the phone with 60% of battery and at 7am the battery was death. Just ordered a new one. I've only one problem. I dont have any plastic screw to open it. I've the torx t5 screw only.
Any advise to the new battery?
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