I am planning to buy a new battery bcoz the one i got is not showing accurate charge and stays on 1% most of the time from the first day.If someone knows a website from where i can buy a battery that can show correct charge reading on the battery indicator plz do tell me.I would also like to know if there is a extended battery that shows the correct charge and can fit in stock battery cover.
Thanks
Have you tried fully draining that battery? I was having the same issues where my phone would hang at one percent. But after a full drain it can solve the issue. After draining try to charge it to one hundred.
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ce12373 said:
Have you tried fully draining that battery? I was having the same issues where my phone would hang at one percent. But after a full drain it can solve the issue. After draining try to charge it to one hundred.
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I have tried that many times its not working for me and i don't think so it will work bcoz when i checked the total capacity of the battery in a root explorer charge-full-design is only showing 500 which should be 1880.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1554966
Follow those instructions first then see how it acts. sounds like you just need to recalibrate
I have followed this and almost all other battery calibration tutorial threads given here but nothing worked.
When its is fully charged or says it is what mv reading do u have?
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When its is fully charged or says it is what mv reading do u have?
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The phone charges to 100 % before reaching the total mv but when i keep it on charge for more time it charges to 4200mv.Actually battery life is fine just like a normal battery the only problem is that the phone doesn't recognize it as 1880mah battery that's what i think bcoz charge-full-design is 500mah which should be 1880mah.
If you do end up buying a new battery, try and buy one from Motorola. There may be off-brand companies with low-priced one, but they most likely will not old a charge for as long as an OEM battery.
I'm not convinced the battery is at fault I think its a issue with ur current rom
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I'm not convinced the battery is at fault I think its a issue with ur current rom
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No its not an issue bcoz of rom I have I have flashed almost all the roms given in development section.
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I bought two Anker ones on Amazon and they came with a charger that charges them outside of the phone as well. Three batteries and an external charger and you're ready for anything. Haven't noticed that they last longer, but if you've got enough, it doesnt matter how long they last
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I bought two Anker ones on Amazon and they came with a charger that charges them outside of the phone as well. Three batteries and an external charger and you're ready for anything. Haven't noticed that they last longer, but if you've got enough, it doesnt matter how long they last
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How is the battery meter is it showing the charge correctly or like mine drops to 1% and stay there for many hours until the phone power off.
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How is the battery meter is it showing the charge correctly or like mine drops to 1% and stay there for many hours until the phone power off.
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Nope, hasn't happened to me. Maybe try some recalibrating or something or wipe your battery stats... Mine have been totally normal ever since I got them
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Nope, hasn't happened to me. Maybe try some recalibrating or something or wipe your battery stats... Mine have been totally normal ever since I got them
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If u have a rooted atrix can check how much value charge-full-design is showing with ur Anker battery.
/sys/class/power_supply/batter/charge_full_design.
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Hi i just bought an extended battery for mi motorola atrix
this one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/250875762047?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
And i happening something i let the battery die and then chage it all night long about 8 hours and then after i unplugged after 10 minutes i just have 78%, is unchargin 1% about every two minutes and then when the phone hit 1% it did not turn off it stay on 1% for about 3 hours
What can i do?
Thanks!!
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Hi i just bought an extended battery for mi motorola atrix
this one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/250875762047?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
And i happening something i let the battery die and then chage it all night long about 8 hours and then after i unplugged after 10 minutes i just have 78%, is unchargin 1% about every two minutes and then when the phone hit 1% it did not turn off it stay on 1% for about 3 hours
What can i do?
Thanks!!
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Would suggest not buying batteries off eBay
stick with the reputable sources such as Seidio or OEM stuff.
You bought the battery from China.
There have been multiple cases reported about lower capacity batteries shipped out of there with a fake battery sticker slapped on to look legit.
It's best to go OEM with batteries.
Unless someone has a great rep, it's basically buyer beware...
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You need to reset your battery stats after a full charge.
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You need to reset your battery stats after a full charge.
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Well every time you switch even from factory batteries to even anything else (even same OEM from your friends phone) battery you need to wipe stats. This will keep all batteries working great. And muuuuuch more accurate.
It's been well documented on these forums that the phone won't fully charge to 100%, mine actually charges to 100% but when unplug the charger it goes to 98%,,tried to calibrate the battery but no joy, am i to assume it's only Samsung who can provide some update to fix this or is there an alternative method does anyone know?
Bit disappointing as i cant say i ever had this problem with the SGSII although not taking anything else away from this superb phone.
These phones don't charge to 100% anyway to preserve the longevity of these li-ion batteries.
They charge to 96% or thereabouts.
The 100% in the status bar is purely for show.
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These phones don't charge to 100% anyway to preserve the longevity of these li-ion batteries.
They charge to 96% or thereabouts.
The 100% in the status bar is purely for show.
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My phone says it is fully charged to 100% when i have charged in, when i unplug it it did go to 99% now it goes to 98%, how come the SGSII charged to 100%
This has been answered ad nauseam. There is nothing wrong with your battery. That's the way they work, that's the way Samsung reports it. All is ok
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This has been answered ad nauseam. There is nothing wrong with your battery. That's the way they work, that's the way Samsung reports it. All is ok
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so the batteries on the Galaxy S3 are completely different to the SGSII batteries then?
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My phone says it is fully charged to 100% when i have charged in, when i unplug it it did go to 99% now it goes to 98%, how come the SGSII charged to 100%
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It didn't charge to 100%, it showed 100% but all android phones only charge to 96%.
Its a built in hardware feature.
Don't worry about it.
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My phone says it is fully charged to 100% when i have charged in, when i unplug it it did go to 99% now it goes to 98%, how come the SGSII charged to 100%
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I've noticed the same thing. When I first got the phone it would charge to "100%" then drop instantly to 99% when unplugged, I figured it was a way to increase the longevity of the battery and reduce the risk of overcharging.
But now I'm not so sure on that, it charges to 100% but drops to 98% straight away, not 99%.
For those saying it's a "feature", I find that hard to swallow given that the % is decreasing. I think it's more likely there's a bug in the firmware with the battery meter. Hopefully Samsung sort it out soon.
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It didn't charge to 100%, it showed 100% but all android phones only charge to 96%.
Its a built in hardware feature.
Don't worry about it.
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This is quite simply not true.
Both of my previous generation S phones charged to 100%, same for a friends HTC and a workmates LG.
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I've noticed the same thing. When I first got the phone it would charge to "100%" then drop instantly to 99% when unplugged, I figured it was a way to increase the longevity of the battery and reduce the risk of overcharging.
But now I'm not so sure on that, it charges to 100% but drops to 98% straight away, not 99%.
For those saying it's a "feature", I find that hard to swallow given that the % is decreasing. I think it's more likely there's a bug in the firmware with the battery meter. Hopefully Samsung sort it out soon.
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It is a feature and has been for ages.
My nexus s worked that way since I got it soon after it was released.
Unless you are experiencing abnormal battery life/drain I wouldn't be too worried about setting up a search party to find your lost 2%.
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so the batteries on the Galaxy S3 are completely different to the SGSII batteries then?
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What?
Its quite simple.
Fully charged phone shows 100% but in actuality its only charged to 96%.
This was the same on gs2, gs1, nexus s, (insert android phone here)...
It makes batteries last longer.
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It is a feature and has been for ages.
My nexus s worked that way since I got it soon after it was released.
Unless you are experiencing abnormal battery life/drain I wouldn't be too worried about setting up a search party to find your lost 2%.
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This is not true, my SGSII charged to 100% and stayed at 100% and didn't just drop to 99% or 98% so there has to be an issue here, not a feature at all certainly as far as Samsung are concerned.
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This is not true, my SGSII charged to 100% and stayed at 100% and didn't just drop to 99% or 98% so there has to be an issue here, not a feature at all certainly as far as Samsung are concerned.
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The UI showed it as 100%, but it wasn't ACTUALLY 100%.
Maybe on the gs3 it compensates for the 4% difference faster, who knows.
Its not a problem and nobody is stealing your power so don't worry about it.
If you are getting bad battery life/excessive drain then you have a problem.
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What?
Its quite simple.
Fully charged phone shows 100% but in actuality its only charged to 96%.
This was the same on gs2, gs1, nexus s, (insert android phone here)...
It makes batteries last longer.
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why did the SGSII charge to 100% and stayed that way for over an hour sometimes longer on standby before it dropped to 99%, how can the Galaxy S3 not do that, it has to be a bug no doubts about it, unless you can show me substantial proof from Samsung themselves i refuse to believe it.
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The UI showed it as 100%, but it wasn't ACTUALLY 100%.
Maybe on the gs3 it compensates for the 4% difference faster, who knows.
Its not a problem and nobody is stealing your power so don't worry about it.
If you are getting bad battery life/excessive drain then you have a problem.
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My battery life is fine i froze all the bloatware, that is not the issue i just want to know why this is happening it shouldn't happen on a premium high end smartphone.
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My battery life is fine i froze all the bloatware, that is not the issue i just want to know why this is happening it shouldn't happen on a premium high end smartphone.
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Well if your battery life is fine then forget about it. Would you rather the phone showed 100% even though it wasn't at 100%?
It probably just compensates the difference between 100% and actual charge faster to show true battery life faster.
Even if it is a bug your battery still has the same amount of charge in it so what's the big deal.
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Well if your battery life is fine then forget about it. Would you rather the phone showed 100% even though it wasn't at 100%?
It probably just compensates the difference between 100% and actual charge faster to show true battery life faster.
Even if it is a bug your battery still has the same amount of charge in it so what's the big deal.
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As i said that is not the issue, if it really is 100% then it should actually say 100% and not any less, it's like if you walked into a bar and the barman poured you a pint with a massive head on it but when that head went down after a few minutes it showed as a bit less than an actual pint, same difference mate, if your paying big bucks for a high end smartphone you expect these type of things to show correctly, im not gonna lose sleep over it but undoubtedly it is a bug that they should really fix.
The phone does charge to 100% but will then start to discharge back to 95% before charging again, being static at one level for too long reduced the overall life of the battery.what I have been doing is unplugging my phone first thing in the morning and recharging it again for a few mins
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The phone does charge to 100% but will then start to discharge back to 95% before charging again, being static at one level for too long reduced the overall life of the battery.what I have been doing is unplugging my phone first thing in the morning and recharging it again for a few mins
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I was under the impression that these batteries never charge to full capacity as it reduced the lifespan of the batteries.
Not sure where I read it but I'm sure that's what it said. I'm not doubting you but I'm just confused. When it charges to 100 back to 95 is that true 100% battery capacity?
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Samsung do need to provide a firmware fix for this, it's not what one would deem to be a massive bug but is one nonetheless and if it worked ok in the SGSII it should work the same in the Galaxy S3.
I assume Samsung will provide a fix for this at some stage, but to be honest given their track record id expect someone on XDA to come up with a solution sooner:good:
Mine charges to 100%. Once it reaches full charge, unplug the charger and the plug it in for another 10 minutes. This will ready 100% after unplugging. My GS2 was the same way.
ive also read that the phones dont charge to 100%.
a simple google search will bring up this same dilemna from years ago.
does anybody know some patch to disable USB charging? i dont like messing like that with my battery, i like charge it to 100% and then discharge to 0% every time, but oftem i need to copy some files from cell to comp... and i must plug in cable and charge battery for few minutes... help? thx.
Sory i dont answes your question but i really must ask why from 100 to 0. Afaik i even worse discharge this type of battery to 0. You can even broke it. Just charge when you need and life time be same.
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Draining to zero is bad for newer batteries. And charging them for only a few moments is fine. All newer phone also have smart chips so when they reach 100% the stop charging usually letting the device bounce to 95 and back up.
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LowSky said:
Draining to zero is bad for newer batteries. And charging them for only a few moments is fine. All newer phone also have smart chips so when they reach 100% the stop charging usually letting the device bounce to 95 and back up.
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actually, it does not drain to the zero.. just a minimum value. if it were to drain to zero it would never charge again.
i'm talking basic chemistry here. not sure about the exact Li-ion batteries.
@OP, my old sony phone, you could shut it from the service menu you get after clicking a set of combination of the keys..
there must be a similar combination for the new ones. i am on cm9 so i cannot check.
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Sory i dont answes your question but i really must ask why from 100 to 0. Afaik i even worse discharge this type of battery to 0. You can even broke it. Just charge when you need and life time be same.
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battery has its own electronics and it never go below safe limit, and charging from 0-100 is good for my battery as far i can tell from service menu where actual measured capacity is shown, normal is 1500, when i charge whenever i like, plugin and plug out several times a day capacity drops even to 1400, when i charge and discharge 0-100 100-0 capacity comes back to 1500
i had xperia arc before and after 9 months battery was like new, sometimes it dropped to 1425 but after few full zero zero full cycles it was back to 1500
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@OP, my old sony phone, you could shut it from the service menu you get after clicking a set of combination of the keys..
there must be a similar combination for the new ones. i am on cm9 so i cannot check.
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there is not im afraid, i remember this functionality from older sony ericsson phones, thats why i asked about a patch for newer ones
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as far i can tell from service menu where actual measured capacity is shown
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would you pls tell me where that menu is? i have st15i ICS.
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battery has its own electronics and it never go below safe limit, and charging from 0-100 is good for my battery as far i can tell from service menu where actual measured capacity is shown, normal is 1500, when i charge whenever i like, plugin and plug out several times a day capacity drops even to 1400, when i charge and discharge 0-100 100-0 capacity comes back to 1500
i had xperia arc before and after 9 months battery was like new, sometimes it dropped to 1425 but after few full zero zero full cycles it was back to 1500
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Look, right is we have mobile phone for using, for serve us. If i need go out and see 50% i give mobile on charger. Who really want have death mobile? And when mobile turn off and you give him recharge too late, like after you come from out you can really broke it. This already happen on my old se batery. And still i dont se any cool reason to do it when lifetime battery is practicaly same as i read on many same about li-pol li-ion battery. Anyway if there is no other way to disable charging, you can also use something like airdroid and copy files via wifi
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would you pls tell me where that menu is? i have st15i ICS.
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*#*#service#*#*
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Look, right is we have mobile phone for using, for serve us. If i need go out and see 50% i give mobile on charger. Who really want have death mobile? And when mobile turn off and you give him recharge too late, like after you come from out you can really broke it. This already happen on my old se batery. And still i dont se any cool reason to do it when lifetime battery is practicaly same as i read on many same about li-pol li-ion battery. Anyway if there is no other way to disable charging, you can also use something like airdroid and copy files via wifi
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when i need i plug in and charge, even if it is 60% and i know i will be out for few hours, but every time i know i will be home all day i discharge and charge 0-100
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does anybody know some patch to disable USB charging? i dont like messing like that with my battery, i like charge it to 100% and then discharge to 0% every time, but oftem i need to copy some files from cell to comp... and i must plug in cable and charge battery for few minutes... help? thx.
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What's bad in that kind of charging? Nothing.
Kriomag said:
battery has its own electronics and it never go below safe limit, and charging from 0-100 is good for my battery as far i can tell from service menu where actual measured capacity is shown, normal is 1500, when i charge whenever i like, plugin and plug out several times a day capacity drops even to 1400, when i charge and discharge 0-100 100-0 capacity comes back to 1500
i had xperia arc before and after 9 months battery was like new, sometimes it dropped to 1425 but after few full zero zero full cycles it was back to 1500
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There is no memory effect on our phones' batteries. They do not lose their capacity like this at all. I do not know, how/what you did, but this is not correct.
You could go to Google and search for Li-Ion and Li-Po type battery myths and reality(facts). You will find lots of useful information.
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does anybody know some patch to disable USB charging? i dont like messing like that with my battery, i like charge it to 100% and then discharge to 0% every time, but oftem i need to copy some files from cell to comp... and i must plug in cable and charge battery for few minutes... help? thx.
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Use airdroid. It connects your phone via WLAN with your pc using your router.
You can use any webbrowser on your pc.
Try it, a really great app.
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I just got a Samsung Battery Charger/Stand with Battery & have just charged the new battery with it, swapped it for the old one that had just run out when I noticed something weird...
The new battery was showing up as 100% for about 15 minutes. During which time I had the screen on for 3 minutes at full brightness.
What does that mean??
I've never seen 100% for any more than a second after I've unplugged the phone.
I'm assuming there's some difference between the batteries and the stats that are in the phone for the battery. I've used the Battery Calibration app before, when changing roms on my old phone, and that would sort out little anomalies. Do I need to use battery calibration every time I switch batteries?
Will this work itself out?
Will this swapping negatively affect my phone in anyway?
I thank you in advance for your help/suggestions
The phone has logic to not let the battery charge to 100% for too long. The charger does not. Battery calibration apps do nothing.
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So... the charger over charged the battery?
Will that damage it?
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I posted the same thing in the morning on another thread. Great mind think alike! Haha
Well to me it doesn't mean anything wrong really. Just that the phone doesn't fully charge the battery for safety or maybe heat reasons. Who knows? If samsung desktop charger is approved by samsung its good enough to me.
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Guess your right.
So yours was saying 100% for unusually long as well?
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It did on my new one for about 5min. Only but I had wifi on and screen and doing some work. It Wasatch new battery and didn't think much of it. I would say that even that was way more than the immediate 99% once off the charger on the phone
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Just read your earlier post. Seems strange that the external charger charges more than the phone. I guess I can't complain about a few extra minutes!
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One of my usual days with the battery charged up in the morning on he desktop charger, and I'm now 8 almost and have 72% when previously I was getting about 60% around this time
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Hi guys,i've a razr xt910 with a low battery chargin problem (like 30% max),someone can help me?
please someone can help me?
I guess your battery is gone. Happened to me once, it charges to 30 then shows 100 all of a sudden. Then while using charge drops and switched off within an hour. I changed the battery and things are good after that.
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nijom said:
I guess your battery is gone. Happened to me once, it charges to 30 then shows 100 all of a sudden. Then while using charge drops and switched off within an hour. I changed the battery and things are good after that.
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7 hours of charging and still 20%,
myk980 said:
7 hours of charging and still 20%,
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I recommend that you can try battery health apps to check.
Maybe your charger have some problem.
i use battery hd
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i use battery hd
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Have you tried different USB cables? Did you try only OEM cables or other genric ones too?
Usually slow charging is the USB cable fault.
If its not the USB cable problem then,
Another solution, Have you tried direct/manual chargin the battery yet?
You can check the solution i posted on this link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348170&page=2
It is the last comment on the page.
If the direct charging works, then its not ur battery definitely. Could be the charging port.
Let me know what you find out and we can analyse more on this.