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[Q] Issue with battery life after updated to 2.3.3

Hello guys, my issue is after i update my phone to 2.3.3 the battery life is going weak and weak, it's get empty after few hours event if i disable WiFi connection and user lower brightness.
Now it's won't be full power even if i let's the phone plugged all the night i found just between 80% and 70%
Is my battery getting weak or it's because of the update?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16486145

I had the same problems with the stock rom. I switched to Wolfbreak's rom and the battery life is excellent

I had the same problem, I did 2 things that helped me.
First- I used Set CPU to use the "on demand" Governor in the scaling window of the main page. The smartass gov. in the 2.3 update wasn't good for the way I use my phone. Check set on boot. If you don't every boot will set back to smartass.
Second I got the free battery calibrator from the market and followed the instructions.
Make sure you wait for battery to reach 100% even when charge led turns green, WAIT for 100%
I hope this helps you, it helped me alot.

First, i've never been impressed with the battery life on this phone. When I first got it, it had 1.6 loaded. I rode that out for about a year or so and then thanks to this forum I grew a pair and flashed over to 2.1. Still not impressed. So when I first heard GB was coming to the X10 I got antsy....I lost my patience after a week went by once SE starting the 2.3 rollout and nothing was made available for me and decided to flash to WB v3 version of GB. Still wasn't impressed.
But yesterday I decided to give that Battery recalibration app a try and here's my initial feedback.
I started the recalibration process yesterday at work, charged it up to 100%, ran the app (which basically wipes the battery stats), unplugged my phone and ran the battery all the way down until it died on it's own, which finally happened last night about 7 or 8pm. I immediately put it on the charger and let it charge up. I fell asleep with it on the charger and when I woke up at 1:30am I looked at it and it was at 100% so I disconnected the charger and locked the screen, fell back asleep. I woke up this morning at about 7am and still had 100% charge. It's at 87% right now and I've had wifi on since I got up, made a couple short calls, posted a couple times online from it, did some file system editing...not heavy use at all but considering I never had anything less than 3% drop just sitting overnight, i'm pretty impressed that i'm at 87% right now.

[Q] Nexus 4: strange behaviour with new battery

Last week I got a new battery installed in my Nexus 4. I was using the original, around 2 year old battery, and I found it would drain very quickly below 50%. I had a shop install the new battery for me, I don't know if it was an official LG battery or not.
I ran the battery down to zero percent my first night with it, and have charged it at night ever since.
When I unplug the battery in the morning the battery percentage will suddenly drop down to 88-94% in about 1 minute. After this the battery drains normally and I get good battery life.
Today I tried charging it back up to 100% after it had dropped to 88 %. It charged to 100, and drained normally down to 95. Then, in a minute or two, it dropped down to 84, and has been draining normally.
Battery life is good, but the strange behaviour makes me think something is wrong with the battery. My question is: is something wrong with this battery, or is this normal behaviour? If it is, than I can ask them to give me a new battery. All this is with the stock ROM. I flashed 5.1 since getting the new battery.

Exactly the same here: Old battery made a worn-out impression, so bought a new one. Actually tried three different new ones from ebay now, all do the same: They charge up to 4.3V around, and when unplugged drain to 87% in a few minutes, i noticed the voltage going down to 4.0/.1V mostly, too.
The current battery seems ok from battery life, but i want an even distribution of the battery status, no matter the voltages - how can i achieve/fix this?

Same here.
Are there any solutions for this issue?

Battery dead, bought a new one and still got a problem!

Hello guys, since a while my battery was draining too fast, when it gets to 15-20% it automatically turns off or loses like 10% in a jump. I finally decided to buy a new one, it came with the original package, seems original to me. However things are the same, battery life is not good. I tried all kinds of calibrations, used the #*0228# code to reset the battery indicator and still im having the problem. Any help I would appriciate!

I have a similar or if not the same issue battery draining like crazy even under normal usage, i have received 2 new batteries tried various roms and the problem is consistent among all of them, today i got about 1 and a half hour of screen on time and then the phone jumped from 30% to 15% warning and then immediately shut down

I don't trust those "oem" batteries on ebay and amazon . I went with an anker battery when mine started dying as well and I couldn't be happier. Cept for the fact that it's a pain to turn on if I let it die but that's a mobo issue not battery. I'm prolly gonna have Sammy swap it for me now that I know it's on about 70$

Sudden shutdown 30%

Ok so my phone is the 2017u, running currently the latest LOS16 but this shutdown has happened on 15.1 unnoficials and official.
Is this battery crapping out on me finally as when I was using my accubattery it reported around 72%.
I have a replacement Cameron Sino to fit but since that in itself could be over a year old (new at least) I don't hold out much hope it's not down to 90% just through age.
Cheers

Jcth1 said:
Ok so my phone is the 2017u, running currently the latest LOS16 but this shutdown has happened on 15.1 unnoficials and official.
Is this battery crapping out on me finally as when I was using my accubattery it reported around 72%.
I have a replacement Cameron Sino to fit but since that in itself could be over a year old (new at least) I don't hold out much hope it's not down to 90% just through age.
Cheers
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72% should be decent, although not great. Calibrate your battery.
Calibration:
Drain to 0%, boot phone drain to 0% again.
Charge to 100% without booting if possible. Otherwise charge while in TWRP.
Unplug
Boot phone, then charge to 100%, unplug, reboot, charge again to 100%, repeat until you have 100% after a reboot while unplugged.
Drain to 0% without charging.
Boot phone and charge to 100% while booted.
Then reset Accubattery, do two cycles from 100% to 0% then charging to 100% while booted, no partial charging. Then run normal usage for a week, see if it reports anything different. If your capacity is around 2000mah, you might want to consider replacing it.

Cheers and have done that cycle before for calibration. Does flashing ROMs throw out the calibration as generally always seem to bugger up my phone every couple weeks flashing something that breaks it or doesn't work.
Will do it when I refit my new battery. I happy to burn this battery out this side of Xmas as wanting it to donor its board for a battery mod I have planned anyways.
Was just wondering if it's likely to be that my battery is fooked that's all. It seems to shutdown to dfu mode and then when plugged in it automatically reboots and shows 30%.

Jcth1 said:
Cheers and have done that cycle before for calibration. Does flashing ROMs throw out the calibration as generally always seem to bugger up my phone every couple weeks flashing something that breaks it or doesn't work.
Will do it when I refit my new battery. I happy to burn this battery out this side of Xmas as wanting it to donor its board for a battery mod I have planned anyways.
Was just wondering if it's likely to be that my battery is fooked that's all. It seems to shutdown to dfu mode and then when plugged in it automatically reboots and shows 30%.
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If your phone is going into dfu and the battery issue is occurring afterwards. It might not be the battery. It wouldn't hurt to get on a more stable ROM that doesn't dfu, do the calibration again and retest with Accubattery.

I think LOS16 is stable enough. It seems to be at least.
If the battery is below 50 % then it sometimes dfu's if I ask to much of it when the ambient temperature is cold so the actual phone is cold to touch or if I feel heat of the phone around 10 o'clock of fingerprint scanner.
Typical example of cold shutdown is could be speaking to wife on WhatsApp back in Canada and boom it's gone and won't reboot until I plug it in.
Sometimes when Ive tried to use the camera or do moving files and it's warm wherever I am it will shutdown also.

Jcth1 said:
I think LOS16 is stable enough. It seems to be at least.
If the battery is below 50 % then it sometimes dfu's if I ask to much of it when the ambient temperature is cold so the actual phone is cold to touch or if I feel heat of the phone around 10 o'clock of fingerprint scanner.
Typical example of cold shutdown is could be speaking to wife on WhatsApp back in Canada and boom it's gone and won't reboot until I plug it in.
Sometimes when Ive tried to use the camera or do moving files and it's warm wherever I am it will shutdown also.
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Well you're not the only one who has reported dfus with the latest Los16 builds. So as I said, you may want to make sure it isn't the ROM first. Try testing your battery out on DotOS 2.5, just to be sure, as there haven't been any dfus reported there. I know this would mean clean flashing and starting fresh for a few days, but you can restore your LOS backup as soon as you find that you still have the battery issue with DotOS.
Honestly though, from your latest description, it sounds to be the battery.
Are you using another kernel, like Schwifty?

I've played about with schwifty 4, 5.4, 5.5, 5.8 and 5.10 but reverted back to LOS 16 kernal for now. When the next stable schwifty comes out I might flash that though I'm feeling again this side of Xmas it's not a problem.
My biggest problem is I am moving back to Toronto next year before the spring and I can't be having my phone dfu'in on me if it's too cold hence my asking now to try to work out whether it's the battery or not.
Is there anything I can run after a shutdown to report stuff like a logcat or something ??
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Also it takes an hour to charge my phone to 100% from about 87% which makes me feel the battery is just done now. Remember the same happening on my old nexus 6p and nexus 5 before that.
And if it does get up to 100 it drops charge quite quickly until about 80% then it seems to normalise after into a reasonable rate of loss depending what I'm doing etc.
The phone in TWRP only charged to 94% and had been there for 20 minutes, basically the time it took for my breakfast to come and to be consumed at my local wetherspoons (Brit reference)

Jcth1 said:
I've played about with schwifty 4, 5.4, 5.5, 5.8 and 5.10 but reverted back to LOS 16 kernal for now. When the next stable schwifty comes out I might flash that though I'm feeling again this side of Xmas it's not a problem.
My biggest problem is I am moving back to Toronto next year before the spring and I can't be having my phone dfu'in on me if it's too cold hence my asking now to try to work out whether it's the battery or not.
Is there anything I can run after a shutdown to report stuff like a logcat or something ??
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Also it takes an hour to charge my phone to 100% from about 87% which makes me feel the battery is just done now. Remember the same happening on my old nexus 6p and nexus 5 before that.
And if it does get up to 100 it drops charge quite quickly until about 80% then it seems to normalise after into a reasonable rate of loss depending what I'm doing etc.
The phone in TWRP only charged to 94% and had been there for 20 minutes, basically the time it took for my breakfast to come and to be consumed at my local wetherspoons (Brit reference)
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Oh wow, yeah, all indicators of a bad battery. I wish i could recommend a good seller, but the one i bought one from gave me a battery with only 80% health. I got 50% refund back, since they didn't want to do an exchange. Still haven't decided if it's worth getting another one. I'm pretty content with 6 hours sot.

EBeatFLA said:
Oh wow, yeah, all indicators of a bad battery. I wish i could recommend a good seller, but the one i bought one from gave me a battery with only 80% health. I got 50% refund back, since they didn't want to do an exchange. Still haven't decided if it's worth getting another one. I'm pretty content with 6 hours sot.
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Wish I could get 6hours sot. It's ok. I hope my Cameron Sino for the grand x4 or whatever it is will be fine. I am going to hack my back out soon and use my dead battery board to solder in 2 replacement 3000mah or whatever fits batteries.
My Cameron Sino wasn't expensive and brand new so I hope it's in good shape. Either way 2 new lipos from eBay and a small Dremel will do the job haha

Replaced my battery this week with a Cameron sino new from eBay here in the UK. Massive difference to battery life and now the phone is lasting more akin to what I expect from an 820 powered phone.
I'm running
09/18 los16
Schwifty v5 stable
Gms magisk.
Had a nice flat line last night when I was in bed.

Jcth1 said:
Ok so my phone is the 2017u, running currently the latest LOS16 but this shutdown has happened on 15.1 unnoficials and official.
Is this battery crapping out on me finally as when I was using my accubattery it reported around 72%.
I have a replacement Cameron Sino to fit but since that in itself could be over a year old (new at least) I don't hold out much hope it's not down to 90% just through age.
Cheers
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i have same problems here so now and then,also happens on older roms.
also weird battery drains and accu % on statusbar.
Some people claimed my battery is downgraded etc,but at this point i think its caused due the burn in display stuff (when your phone is hot and decide to change roms)
i think replacing your battery doesnt solve it

MiMix Battery after 3 years of Usage

Hi people!
Ive had the MiMix since Jan 2017 and even today I love its screen and qutie happy with the performance.
However, the only issue that I am now having is that the battery is literally dead'ish of sorts. The battery capacity has literally deminished to 1300mAh and I simply cannot use it as a full day device. So i have to carry around a powerbank and or have it connected to a charger etc..
This is not becuase of the ROM since the battery drain is abnormal even for apps like imgur or reddit.. and youtube drains it completely in around an hour at most..
I have attached the accubattery pics just for reference.
My question is has anyone who has had the phone for a long time experienced any such thing also? or is it just my luck..

same with me..dont worry the charge cycles have affected the battery capacity

I'm running a ROM Resurrection Remix 8.1 since quite some time and battery has always lasted all day long normally, giving around 4h SOT. I have to be careful and check every now and then all the apps I have installed (more than 200). You can select (in Privacy options) which will or won't run in startup and/or in background. I would advise you to leave only the apps you really need to run in startup and background. If your ROM hasn't that option, then look for some app (normally root) that gives you the option.
In my case I'm still happy with everything, design and display is still unbeatable, even camera with gcam is quite good unless there is low light. I'm afraid there is nothing like this phone anymore since there are only phones with ridiculous aspect ratios of 19:9 or 20:9. Too tall to fit in my pockets (more than 16cm) but too thick (less than 8cm) to enjoy videos or reading texts. This Mi Mix has the perfect size and aspect ratio for me and this is something I'll miss a lot whenever I'll have to change my phone.
I think if I were you I'd also consider replacing the battery. Surely you can find somewhere they'll do it if you order a new battery yourself from the web.

Batteria MI MIX
Hi everyone, I too like you are in love with the MI MIX and I can't get another phone. The battery problems I had them too, but I replaced it easily, because the back cover is like that of a phone from years ago. Look on Youtube, there are some explanatory videos.
I bought the battery on e-commerce for 12.80 Euros and replaced it in November 2019.

had my battery changed in early 2019, still working fine until now as my secondary phone. if you are happy with it, get the battery change. it will solve your problem

I just received my aftermarket Mi Mix battery, it claims to be 6000mAh vs oem 4400mAh. So far, couldn't be further from the truth. Will wait a week or so to see if the battery "wakes" up and delivers the goods.
Cheers

Reviving your battery by freezing
The story is pretty much similar with all of you. I own my Mi-Mix since mid 2017 and don't want to replace it. The battery was draining within 15-16h after 3 years with its original firmware, but after I flashed it to the Pixel Experience rom (Android 10) it truly gave it a big hit decaying the everyday battery time down to about 10-11 hours per day under normal usage. The worst part was that by the time the battery was reaching 25-30% the phone almost always, instantly switched off by itself.
When I connected the charger the battery load was jumping from 20% to 30% within seconds which felt wrong; and gave certain proof that the battery was malfunctioning. I didn't want to go back to the old firmware (Android 6) so I decided to face the problem differently. I decided to freeze the battery! I drained the phone completely, removed the SIM card and followed these instructions here:
https://sciencing.com/revive-lithium-ion-batteries-5982537.html
The idea is to put *only the battery* in the freezer, but I carefully wrapped the whole phone, without removing & disconnecting the battery, sealed it in a bag - removed all the air and then sealed it in another bag for extra security. Then, I put it in the freezer. I kept it there for 16 hours (the instructions advised for 24 hours). I then removed it, put it on a paper towel and left it to dry in room temperature for 8h.
Then I recharged the phone and I noticed that the battery wasn't "jump-charging" fast from 20% to 30% like before. I am now using it for my 2nd day. The battery seems much more robust, the phone works definitely better and the charge is still at 80% after 5h of light usage (IM via telegram, viber etc). I hope this will be helpful for any of you who decide to do it.
Disclaimer:
- Please make sure you seal your phone completely before putting it in the freezer.
- Please be sure it is drained from the freezed moisture when you get it out and before connecting it to the charger.
- Please don't blame it on me if your phone breaks down. You're doing this at your own risk.
Finally, I would love your feedback on this.

macsga said:
The story is pretty much similar with all of you. I own my Mi-Mix since mid 2017 and don't want to replace it. The battery was draining within 15-16h after 3 years with its original firmware, but after I flashed it to the Pixel Experience rom (Android 10) it truly gave it a big hit decaying the everyday battery time down to about 10-11 hours per day under normal usage. The worst part was that by the time the battery was reaching 25-30% the phone almost always, instantly switched off by itself.
When I connected the charger the battery load was jumping from 20% to 30% within seconds which felt wrong; and gave certain proof that the battery was malfunctioning. I didn't want to go back to the old firmware (Android 6) so I decided to face the problem differently. I decided to freeze the battery! I drained the phone completely, removed the SIM card and followed these instructions here:
https://sciencing.com/revive-lithium-ion-batteries-5982537.html
The idea is to put *only the battery* in the freezer, but I carefully wrapped the whole phone, without removing & disconnecting the battery, sealed it in a bag - removed all the air and then sealed it in another bag for extra security. Then, I put it in the freezer. I kept it there for 16 hours (the instructions advised for 24 hours). I then removed it, put it on a paper towel and left it to dry in room temperature for 8h.
Then I recharged the phone and I noticed that the battery wasn't "jump-charging" fast from 20% to 30% like before. I am now using it for my 2nd day. The battery seems much more robust, the phone works definitely better and the charge is still at 80% after 5h of light usage (IM via telegram, viber etc). I hope this will be helpful for any of you who decide to do it.
Disclaimer:
- Please make sure you seal your phone completely before putting it in the freezer.
- Please be sure it is drained from the freezed moisture when you get it out and before connecting it to the charger.
- Please don't blame it on me if your phone breaks down. You're doing this at your own risk.
Finally, I would love your feedback on this.
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Wow, this is actually quite intriguing ! I ended up replacing my battery finally a couple of weeks back and have been happy with the phone ever since! I still have the battery that got replaced, so i guess ill try the freezer thing for science's sake

Nearly a month after the experiment, the problem came back with a vengeance. Seems like I got a good month of extra usage without random switch offs and that gave me the opportunity to look for a new phone. I may opt for the battery upgrade after all. Cheers everyone.