Hi I'm new to xda, and from the looks of things everybody seems very helpful
I was just wondering if anyone else has been having this issue
Upon regular use and normal brightness I notice the temp of my phone to be around 98 degrees but when using highest brightness levels its around 120 degrees!
Another thing is that when my battery is charged at 100%, once I remove the charger it immediately drops down to 97%
Has this been happening to any of you guys? Have to you found a solution for this?
Also I've been using battery life version 1.3 from the app store if that helps
Thanks in advance guys
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Mine only gets really hot (temp > 100° F) if I am charging it and playing a game or watching a video at the same time.
Otherwise it stays at a reasonable level all day. Currently charging via USB; temp is 91.4° F.
Also, haven't seen mine immediately drop to 97% after unplugging. It usually takes a little while before my battery widget shows any drop in charge.
Flak_Munky said:
Mine only gets really hot (temp > 100° F) if I am charging it and playing a game or watching a video at the same time.
Otherwise it stays at a reasonable level all day. Currently charging via USB; temp is 91.4° F.
Also, haven't seen mine immediately drop to 97% after unplugging. It usually takes a little while before my battery widget shows any drop in charge.
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My Vibrant can get pretty warm but it's no worse than the CLIQ I used to cook my dinners on.
Haven't noticed
Mine gets really warm when I play Sims for an extended time.
Mine gets hot when the GPS is running. The heat doesn't come from the battery area, though, but from the top part of the phone - around the camera.
What happens is my screen gets blazing hot almost like a light bulb, the back however does not get as hot as the screen, I'm wondering if this just is a hardware issue and if I should swap it out or not
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rembonjaski said:
Mine gets hot when the GPS is running. The heat doesn't come from the battery area, though, but from the top part of the phone - around the camera.
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bingo - I have noticed the same with GPS on.
compared to my g1, this phone is "Warm" at best. Damn thing used to burn my lap with gps+wifi.
I have noticed the same thing. Mine gets really hot when it syncs non stop. I had to perform a factory reset and for now my phone is fine.
I keep hearing some people claim how "great" their Vibrant's battery is. I am on my third Vibrant and battery life has been terrible on all of them. Just recently I noticed ~16% of my battery got drained for ~15 minute voice call. (The attached screenshot shows voice call using 27% but at that time my battery was at around 39%, which means the 15 mins took about ~16% total battery.) I just passed my 14-days buyer's remorse, so exchanging it (unless I want a "like new" one) or returning it are not an option. Any suggestions on how to improve battery life? I already keep the brightness on the screen to the lowest it gets.
Thanks!
Hmm that defintely is not normal. I would check with the store in getting another replacement. 15% drain on 15 min call is not normal for any phone.
There is a bug where if you power down the phone while it's charging, then the reported battery % is higher than actual. Perhaps the seemingly fast drain is a result of the reported value "catching up" to the actual level.
Edit: So I figured out where you're getting your numbers .
Still doesn't seem right though, did you notice the battery percentage before the call by any chance?
Chalup said:
There is a bug where if you power down the phone while it's charging, then the reported battery % is higher than actual. Perhaps the seemingly fast drain is a result of the reported value "catching up" to the actual level.
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My rooted G1 had that same bug. Start charging it, power it down, power up and from completely dead it would show around. 24% in a couple minutes of charging. This phone I've noticed does it as well as newer blackberry's. Bizarre...
What I would suggest is draining the battery till it dies, charge it back up fully and see if you can have it happen again. Could've been a fluke.
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DarkAgent said:
I keep hearing some people claim how "great" their Vibrant's battery is. I am on my third Vibrant and battery life has been terrible on all of them. Just recently I noticed ~16% of my battery got drained for ~15 minute voice call. (The attached screenshot shows voice call using 27% but at that time my battery was at around 39%, which means the 15 mins took about ~16% total battery.) I just passed my 14-days buyer's remorse, so exchanging it (unless I want a "like new" one) or returning it are not an option. Any suggestions on how to improve battery life? I already keep the brightness on the screen to the lowest it gets.
Thanks!
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looks like a bad battery reading to me.
Complete charge, complete discharge, and complete charge should reset it.
Yeah the percentages do need to be calibrated and sometimes they are off a bit, say 100%-90% actually often goes faster than 80%-70%.
The batteries are also partly responsible since discharge Ah is not a completely linear relationship with voltage (which is why the percentages need calibration).
I would say unless you have a rogue application on your phone eating battery it is more likely just how it is being reported.
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Yeah the percentages do need to be calibrated and sometimes they are off a bit, say 100%-90% actually often goes faster than 80%-70%.
The batteries are also partly responsible since discharge Ah is not a completely linear relationship with voltage (which is why the percentages need calibration).
I would say unless you have a rogue application on your phone eating battery it is more likely just how it is being reported.
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So if battery A has x% greater mAh than battery B it does not mean A has x% greater battery life?
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So if battery A has x% greater mAh than battery B it does not mean A has x% greater battery life?
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Yes, if the phones are identical.
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I'm having same issue. Battery life on my Vibrant is just horrible. I can barely go half a day until it's fully discharged and that's about 30 min talk time an hr maybe browsing apps and internet and a little WIFI/BT. Just for example I charged it after complete discharge and took it out at 11.30 pm last night, drove my brother to the airport and back around 1.30 and while it was sitting in the car and a few calls I made, it already went down to 74%, I purposely left it without charge till morning.... at 8am it was showing 47%... WTF!!
I have rooted the phone with update.zip, I have installed ATK and have Crazy settings on it.... one thing I don't get is that after it kills apps, they keep coming back every few seconds. Also brightness is at the lowest and no live wallpaper...
UltimateJuice by the way is showing 1.58 times, which is BS... right now it's 10.30AM and its down to 38%....
Any help would be appreciated!
Try not using atk
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Try not using atk
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This
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http://phandroid.com/2010/08/25/dro...roid-phone-battery-life-comparisons/#comments
Vibrant's battery life does suck, even with the supposedly power efficient processor and super amoled!!!!!!
Samsung has some more work to do. Hopefully, the froyo update can alleviate the problem!!!
M5devil said:
I have rooted the phone with update.zip, I have installed ATK and have Crazy settings on it.... one thing I don't get is that after it kills apps, they keep coming back every few seconds. Also brightness is at the lowest and no live wallpaper...
UltimateJuice by the way is showing 1.58 times, which is BS... right now it's 10.30AM and its down to 38%....
Any help would be appreciated!
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Read this first.
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html
Anytime the screen is on its eating battery. We have the best screen in the market. If you really want a conservative wallpaper use something almost all black or solid black. When a AMOLED screen is displaying black the LEDs are off.
For those "apps that keep showing up" those are due services that are running in the background. If you don't use the app often set the notifications to a lower time or set it to update manually.
If you've rooted there is a thread on "how to keep your phone quick and snappy" read it. Also fix your permissions through recovery. Rogue apps apps can drain battery.
after 3hrs of on & off hard using (minus extra long phone calls >45mins) I can pull 12-16 hours easily on one charge.
Look into things like eugenes vibrant 6 & JACs UV(under volted) kernel.
GL and car chargers are awesome!
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Battery life on my Vibrant has been superb. You might need to change settings or something. This screen shot was for today with lots of calls and market shopping and I even watched a movie. I do not use a killer, yes I'm rooted with lots of tweaks to my notification bar. I'm using the spiritbomb lwp and its been great.
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Unfortunately, the battery life on the Vibrant just sucks, compared to the iPhone.
I came to a Galaxy S and a Vibrant form the iPhone 3Gs.
With the same style of usage, the iPhone lasts at least 40% longer than the Galaxy/Vibrant.
I like the phone a lot, but am really unhappy to have to constantly think about how I use it, to avoid it dying on me before the end of the day.
Basically, with moderate use, it will last for a day, but if I go out after work and do a little texting or take a few pictures, it will die before I get home.
12-14 hours is really not good, since with my old iPhone I used to be able to last almost two full days without recharging.
Plus, the blocking of the camera at 15% of battery life is a truly idiotic decision by Samsung.
Thanks for your feedback! I am newbie in the Android world, as I come from the Apple planet. It just takes time to get used to it.
As for XDA App, where can I get it?
jesrazo said:
Battery life on my Vibrant has been superb. You might need to change settings or something. This screen shot was for today with lots of calls and market shopping and I even watched a movie. I do not use a killer, yes I'm rooted with lots of tweaks to my notification bar. I'm using the spiritbomb lwp and its been great.
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I am looking into the mod for the notification bar, specifically the battery. I have seen a circle battery with percentage, where do I get one?
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Search XDA for all ur app and theme needs, as for the Iphone being better on battery. I dont doubt its better, but from my experience and many family and friends showing me there iphones they are always tethered to a power source. Theres no better test than driving 300+ miles a day every day and coming back to the hotel and seeing my phone tell me i have been using it for 20+ hours and i still have 25% charge. I am constantly using my phone for calls, text, movies and such. Without my phone my wife would probably divorce me lol The amount of travel i do via plane, train and automobile is all the real world facts i need. Vibrant is a keeper.
Yes it sucks.
And under 15% it's not allowing me taking pictures!
Come on, I know I am under 15%, but I still want to take 1 or 2 pic!!
Ok, you know how when the battery gets to 15% the phone makes this loud obnoxious noise, and then again at 10%, and then again at 5%, as well as a few times in between? Is there any way to kill that racket?
I really despise that thing. I usually know when my battery is getting that low and don't need any noise to remind me.
I can't stand seeing that pop up telling me to plug it in. If I could I would damnit. Making that thing come up probably kills the last couple of battery cells that could have been used to finish up the porn I was watching.
I'd be interested in enabling the camera at low power. Drives me nuts that 19% power isn't enough for a single picture... apparently.
My Nexus 4 has a habit of turning itself off once my battery hits 15% or lower. I'm usually able to turn it back on, but it's rather frustrating regardless.. Has anyone had any similar experience with there phones?
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My Nexus 4 has a habit of turning itself off once my battery hits 15% or lower. I'm usually able to turn it back on, but it's rather frustrating regardless.. Has anyone had any similar experience with there phones?
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below 15%, an announcement appears to let you know you are in low battery. I dnt know your phone is normal if it turns off like that.
I have been trying to find a solution to my problem from quite sometime now.
When ever the battery percentage goes below 30% it suddenly drops to 15% and shuts off the phone in 10seconds or so. It happens very quickly.
I don't think this is due to some software as i have tried almost all stock roms as well as custom roms.
Battery drops insanely fast! Anyone else facing this too?
samsung_saad said:
When ever the battery percentage goes below 30% it suddenly drops to 15% and shuts off the phone in 10seconds or so. It happens very quickly.
Battery drops insanely fast! Anyone else facing this too?
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Yesssss! Same thing, it's so annoying, I was just about to post this, let me know if you find a fix for this, I've been looking at like wake lock detectors and using greenify and all that, but there's definitely something wrong with the software, I also tried a bunch of different roms and kernels, idk hopefully someone knows something about it
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Have battery replaced (either by Google or Huawei depending where you purchased it from)
It's due to voltage dipping too low at lower percentages. Defective Battery
bigblueshock said:
Have battery replaced (either by Google or Huawei depending where you purchased it from)
It's due to voltage dipping too low at lower percentages. Defective Battery
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Oh thank you.