Strange battery stat after v20d - LG G5 Questions & Answers

hi guys,
I have an Lg G5se (H840) and after the last update I noticed something strange with my battery stats; i.e. it happens that doing the same tasks for an hour sometimes it dicharges very rapidly and sometimes, for the same task, the line stays flat and it never drops a 1%.
What do you think the problem might be?
What could I do?
In the attached screenshot you can view an example of what I'm saying: be adviced that I keep doing the same stuff again and again (ten minute of a YT video, rendering the same pages of the same site etc etc)

N5X_ita said:
hi guys,
I have an Lg G5se (H840) and after the last update I noticed something strange with my battery stats; i.e. it happens that doing the same tasks for an hour sometimes it dicharges very rapidly and sometimes, for the same task, the line stays flat and it never drops a 1%.
What do you think the problem might be?
What could I do?
In the attached screenshot you can view an example of what I'm saying: be adviced that I keep doing the same stuff again and again (ten minute of a YT video, rendering the same pages of the same site etc etc)
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Its hard to tell without the usage at that time too
I do agree that that is a pretty hard drop in batt very short time
Next time it does it also post screen shots of whats using the battery also and we can go from there....

ok: next time I'll post the whole list.
In the mean time I made a factory reset and restored the backup with of bridge.
it's hard to tell if the battery controller sits inside the battery or in the chassis's (in the first case I'd just swap a new battery).
the thing that concerns me is that this strange behavior started after the last ota but it could be a coincidence.
by the way after the reset the phone feels a little bit snappier.
I'll keep you updated in the next few days.

N5X_ita said:
ok: next time I'll post the whole list.
In the mean time I made a factory reset and restored the backup with of bridge.
it's hard to tell if the battery controller sits inside the battery or in the chassis's (in the first case I'd just swap a new battery).
the thing that concerns me is that this strange behavior started after the last ota but it could be a coincidence.
by the way after the reset the phone feels a little bit snappier.
I'll keep you updated in the next few days.
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I have 3 batteries and the cradle for mine 2 of them get 3 to 4 hours screen on time....
The third is newer, Actually will only get 2 to 2.5 Also have noticed the "good" never charge in the cradle to 100% when I put them in my G5 they start at 1 98% and the other at 96% but lasts longer through the day than the 3rd batt that is newer and does charge 100%

N5X_ita said:
ok: next time I'll post the whole list.
In the mean time I made a factory reset and restored the backup with of bridge.
it's hard to tell if the battery controller sits inside the battery or in the chassis's (in the first case I'd just swap a new battery).
the thing that concerns me is that this strange behavior started after the last ota but it could be a coincidence.
by the way after the reset the phone feels a little bit snappier.
I'll keep you updated in the next few days.
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I run my batteries down to about 30 % and swap out and I go through 2 batteries a day

[A quick update]
I made a factory reset & I pulled out and reinserted the battery (the same) in (and removed a little bit of dust inside the phone).
Now then drain is the same as it used to be and the slope of the curve is regular.
it's so sad there is not so much enthusiasm for this phone: I've just read about a fingerprint reparation on this forum that was very easy but I know, LG is a b**ch.

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Battery on Touch Pro - HELP!

I am having a terrible time with the battery on my new Touch Pro. My battery goes dead in about 2 hours and unless I turn it off completely, I cant seem to get it to charge.
I finally ran the NuePower driver to see what my power drain is vs. my charging ability. I have attached a screen shot.
The phone can charge at 439 mA while connected to my laptop. The drain is at 523 mA when the internet is active.
When the internet is not active, the drain drops to 220mA which is enough to charge the phone.
I have verified that WIFI isn't turned on. I have also turned off Bluetooth and it doesn't seem to have an impact.
I had a mogul for years and used it in this way and never had battery problems. The phone would easily last all day.
Has anyone else seen this and if so, do you have any suggestions?
The only thing that really drains my power on my HTC Pro is ActiveSync. A quick fix is to use the Adavanced configuration tool and change the power consumption options to your liking. Also I heard changing to a new theme or Rom helps the battery last considerably longer
I had the same problem with my brand new TP. the battery only lasted 4 hours on standby,and used to get really hot. I only had it for a couple of days then I took it back to the store, and got a new one. The new one is a lot better and doesn't get as hot.
hex9048 said:
...I took it back to the store, and got a new one. The new one is a lot better and doesn't get as hot.
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A new battery or a new phone?
took about a week for my battery to get "broken in" and at that point i was going about14-18 hours with TF3D running. I am now using Spbmobile shell 2 (really just waiting for SPB MS3) and i can go nearly 2 days now with just texting, a few calls, and checking email and internet a few times. It will last for a full 24 hours with heavy use as well.
When I first got my Sprint TP I only got about 7 to 8 hours of battery. What I did was to disable Rev A on the phone. Now I get about 24 to 30 hours
Well this is pretty common on just about every forum who discusses the TP....
My battery is much better now that I flashed the MightyROM...Apparently he has some power tweaks in there that actually work...
I also found a slightly bigger battery that fits inside the standard case on Ebay...
I now get through the day on a single charge provided I don't make a zillion calls all day...
chefcesarpr said:
When I first got my Sprint TP I only got about 7 to 8 hours of battery. What I did was to disable Rev A on the phone. Now I get about 24 to 30 hours
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Sorry, I am new to this forum and phone (1 week old). What exactly do you mean by "disabling Rev A?" I know from reading the threads that switching to a different ROM would help however since I am a newbie, I dont want to risk flashing my brand new phone and potentially messing it up. Thanks for any help!
Disabling Rev A on a Sprint Phone, will make it go back to EVDO rev 0. Is not as fast as Rev A but is a lot more stable and is better for the battery. To do this you have to get your msl code, I'm attaching the utility that I use to get my code. Just install it to your device memory. when you run it tap "get spc/msl, tap yes to the warning and write down the number that it will provide for you, that's your phone msl. Now tap on Launch EPST and hit edit, enter your code, on view info go to "Data Parameters" and there you will see Rev.A, disable it and hit menu and Ok, reset your device and ready.
You may need Net Framework 3.5 for this app to work properly
I did not wrote this app nor I take credit for it.
chefcesarpr said:
Disabling Rev A on a Sprint Phone, will make it go back to EVDO rev 0. Is not as fast as Rev A but is a lot more stable and is better for the battery. To do this you have to get your msl code, I'm attaching the utility that I use to get my code. Just install it to your device memory. when you run it tap "get spc/msl, tap yes to the warning and write down the number that it will provide for you, that's your phone msl. Now tap on Launch EPST and hit edit, enter your code, on view info go to "Data Parameters" and there you will see Rev.A, disable it and hit menu and Ok, reset your device and ready.
You may need Net Framework 3.5 for this app to work properly
I did not wrote this app nor I take credit for it.
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Thanks alot for your help! I actually used a cab that I found here or on PCC that has worked great for the first day. I pretty much went the whole day without charging which hasnt happened since I got the phone last week. However, after forgetting to unplug the charger to my phone last night, I woke up to an unresponsive phone. I know I have read that problem with other people. So I just wont charge it overnight. Well back to the battery, this cab seems to work quite fine so far. Here it is in case other people want to give it a try and maybe let other people know about your experiences.
hi I used to have this problem too. at least until 2 days a go. my battery only last for 10 hours. That was the best my battery can reach. then i find that htc.com release a new update rom. i upgrade my rom then as suggested by some forum i discharge my battery till my TP turned off it self
They says to ensure that TP cannot boot up again when we press the power button. The sign is a red text saying "battery is too low..... bla bla bla".
Then discard the SIM card (if any), Then charge the phone at least 8 hours (12 hours for best result). You SHOULD NOT turned on the phone while charging.
The result :
I do this step at march 18 2009, 10 Pm. Finished charging with 100% battery reading at 10 Am (march 19). After using it for about 2.5 hours calling, about 45 minutes GPS (Garmin Mobile XT), i still have 41% battery today (march, 20 2009 : 5 PM)
A good improvement for my TP. I will report the next days result.
May be some one would try this as well? hope my report could help.
Ps: im not sure that new rom is one of the factors causing this battery live improvement. so you may try this without updating rom
I posted this on another forum. Seems that some of these are shipping with defective batteries. Same thing happened to me earlier this week. Battery would only hold a charge 10-12 hours and I wasnt using it much at all. Took it back and got a whole new TP, this one's battery has been working just fine and I leave Bluetooth enabled and everything.
If you are having issues with the battery dying 8-12 hours in and you arent really using it, take it back and get a new one.
Battery problem
http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bacy20htch3-bk.htm
This took care of my battery problem. Dave.
Asphyx said:
Well this is pretty common on just about every forum who discusses the TP....
My battery is much better now that I flashed the MightyROM...Apparently he has some power tweaks in there that actually work...
I also found a slightly bigger battery that fits inside the standard case on Ebay...
I now get through the day on a single charge provided I don't make a zillion calls all day...
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Where did you find this battery? can you point me to it??
bishop0114 said:
I am having a terrible time with the battery on my new Touch Pro. My battery goes dead in about 2 hours and unless I turn it off completely, I cant seem to get it to charge.
I finally ran the NuePower driver to see what my power drain is vs. my charging ability. I have attached a screen shot.
The phone can charge at 439 mA while connected to my laptop. The drain is at 523 mA when the internet is active.
When the internet is not active, the drain drops to 220mA which is enough to charge the phone.
I have verified that WIFI isn't turned on. I have also turned off Bluetooth and it doesn't seem to have an impact.
I had a mogul for years and used it in this way and never had battery problems. The phone would easily last all day.
Has anyone else seen this and if so, do you have any suggestions?
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I had issues with this when I got my Touch Pro. I had to charge it about 3-4 times a day. Now, I charge it 1-2 a day. This is how I managed to achieve that.
First, I bought a Seidio 1500mAh battery on ebay. This gave me a little extra juice. And no need for a bulky back cover. http://cgi.ebay.com/Seidio-1500-Bat...wItemQQptZPDA_Accessories?hash=item35a3e9b967
Then, I used Codybear's ASKicker to stop Active Sync from running in the background...it eats up juice. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=72242
miriror: http://rapidshare.com/files/268159114/SHKCustoms_-_ASKicker_Beta1.cab
Con: you won't be able to activesync- this app prevents it from starting up.
Now comes a super program that made a huge difference, Nuerom's DynamicClock http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/nueDynamicClock.aspx This useful app slows your clockspeed down so it won't utilized alot of your battery. You can also keep it at max speed-but watch your battery drained faster.
For example: I have the app activated it now and it reads: [email protected] (with backlight on 245/[email protected])-now set at default:[email protected] the voltage...depending on how much apps you are running and installed- you might not noticed the sluggish.
Con: Some of your apps may require higher speed, so you might have to change the speed back- but it is all of matter of just making a quick change.
I also recommend G-light. Get it here: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-g-light.html This useful app, adjust the backlight based on the environment. I don't have to ever adjust the background manually. This saves the battery by lowering the backlight.
All these apps (and batter) have made a HUGE difference. When I did a hard reset, i noticed that the battery went from 100% to 50% in about 1hour with minor use. After installing the apps in- it went from 100% to 80%...again it will vary depending on your apps you have installed.
Hope this helps.

[Q] Battery / ROM problem??

Hi all. I really don't know what causes my problem, so I'll just describe it:
Epilogue:
My Legend came with some Vodafone ROM so as soon as I got it I flashed 2-3 ROMs found on XDA (all in the same day, all were 2.2) before I settled for BlaY0's. Everything was working properly. After 3-4 months I decided to try a new ROM so I flashed a 2.3.3 with HTC Sense (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987251) - didn't like it much; then I tried a Cyanogen, also 2.3 - didn't like it either. So I flashed back the BlaY0 2.2. (also, in one day)
This is when my problem started.
Usually my battery would last for a day and a half. But every evening I connect it to the charger (at about 50%). In the morning the little light turned from orange to green and the battery indicator showed 100%. This was before! Now, I connect the charger in the evening but in the morning the light is still orange and the battery indicator shows something between 70% and 85% (I don't know if this is important, but most of the times is 85%). Usually it took 2-3 to fully charge the battery.
After a while, I noticed that if I reboot the phone in the morning, after the reboot the indicator shows 95-98%.
First thing I did was to wipe the battery stats (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765656) but either I did it wrong or that was not the problem because it did'n solve anything.
Then I noticed something else. When I go to SETTINGS>ABOUT PHONE>BATTERY I can see the UP TIME and the AWAKE TIME. I'm guessing that the up time is the total time since last reboot but the awake time I'm not sure; is it the time the display was on or it is more about CPU activity? Anyways, it seems that after I connect the charger, it thinks that it is awake because in the morning I can read about 8-9 h of awake time (during the day it reaches at about 1-2 h). So it appears that something consumes the power at a higher rate messing with the charging process. If so, why does the battery indicator heals after reboot?
Thinking that an app was causing the problem I eliminated some of them: Advanced Task Killer, Llama, Watchdog. The problem persisted...
Now I'm out of ideas...so if someone has some I'd be grateful. It's not that I need to reboot in the morning, it's the not knowing that's killing me!
Absolutly same issue here.
I remember seeing a solution somewhere in the forum. Try using search. I think there're many threads revolving around this issue.
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
elk2210 said:
Absolutly same issue here.
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I know that it's selfish but I'm glad I'm not alone
@Asovse1: I did a search before posting but I'll keep digging if you say there is a solution somewhere. Tks!
marginean.m said:
I know that it's selfish but I'm glad I'm not alone
@Asovse1: I did a search before posting but I'll keep digging if you say there is a solution somewhere. Tks!
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There was a huge thread on this in General.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151450&highlight=charge
Unfortunate, until an alternate solution is found, it seems that replacing a piece of the hardware is the only way. Which sucks. I'm sorry.
When flashing a new ROM or switching between primary and secondary batteries in my wallet, I always make sure I calibrate it so the system doesn't misinterpret predefined untrue values regarding the highs and lows of the battery.
Actually, with my second battery, it takes an hour to charge from 2-60, then another one for 61-76, then the whole night til 100. It's quite horrible. The stock HTC battery excels at charging, but I digress.
It seems like a counter-solution to me, but maybe a temporary fix for you: Have you tried investing in a really cheap, secondary battery, perhaps on eBay? I bought two for around 2 dollars each, on separate occasions. My first I'm still using now, in my wallet, switches each month. My other one I bought recently, and the first time it dipped to 30%, it completely shut off. Needless to say, I threw it away, it was horrible.
@Asovse1
I read the thread...to be honest I never thought it would be a hardware issue. Anyways, replacing the motherboard isn't really a fix.
I guess your solution (having spare batteries) is the only one feasible. This kinda sucks!
Solution (see last sentence)
I have two HTC Legend phones here that both have this same problem.
I have read elsewhere that some people got the HTC Legend fully charged by charging it normally, like overnight, then powering it down and charging once more until the light turns green. Some repeated this procedure twice, i.e. pulled the charging cable, then plugged it in again.
I just tried charging with the phone powered down and got it to 100%.
But I'm still not sure whether this is just snake oil, because the indicated figure may not actually show the true charge.
Addendum: As I now know, it is snake oil. As far as I can tell, the phone charges normally. Only the indicator underreads. It does not reach 100%, it goes down rapidly, the phone keeps operating for hours with the indicator showing 3% or less.
And here is the solution.

[Q] Ray battery recently shortened and it has also started time travelling

I've got a bit of a problem with my Xperia Ray and despite hours of googling I still can't find a solution so I thought I'd see if you guys could help
Had it for about 6 months now and it worked great up until a couple of weeks ago when suddenly the battery life got way shorter, like I used to be able to get close to 3 days if I didn't do anything but sending messages and using some basic apps and even with pretty heavy use it still lasted well over a day.
Recently though it lasts under 20 hours with absolutely no usage, when I leave the phone overnight it loses about 40% charge when previously the use was under 10 for the same time period and even if its turned off it loses charge at a similar rate.
The other problem that started around the same time was that whenever the phone turns off from lack of charge or I take out the battery the date resets to 6 January 1980 and the phone seems unable to automatically correct it. Previously my phone was able to retain the date even after the battery had run down completly.
The only thing I can think of that changed before the problems started was that I used a solar powered usb charger for a few days because I was tramping but I have no idea what that could have gone wrong or how I could fix it.
I've tried a full factory reset, upgraded the android software to 4.0.4 and used various battery apps to try to find anything that might be using all my battery with no success.
Its driving me crazy so any help would be great.
Also here's a picture of a recent day of usage (not enough posts to embed it properly sorry), except for a short run I didn't use the phone for anything
i.imgur.com/jZpybCN.png
AW: [Q] Ray battery recently shortened and it has also started time travelling
have you tried to use an other battery? maybe someone of your friends has a ray and can give you his battery for a few hours to test..
Logical_Leopard said:
I've got a bit of a problem with my Xperia Ray and despite hours of googling I still can't find a solution so I thought I'd see if you guys could help
Had it for about 6 months now and it worked great up until a couple of weeks ago when suddenly the battery life got way shorter, like I used to be able to get close to 3 days if I didn't do anything but sending messages and using some basic apps and even with pretty heavy use it still lasted well over a day.
Recently though it lasts under 20 hours with absolutely no usage, when I leave the phone overnight it loses about 40% charge when previously the use was under 10 for the same time period and even if its turned off it loses charge at a similar rate.
The other problem that started around the same time was that whenever the phone turns off from lack of charge or I take out the battery the date resets to 6 January 1980 and the phone seems unable to automatically correct it. Previously my phone was able to retain the date even after the battery had run down completly.
The only thing I can think of that changed before the problems started was that I used a solar powered usb charger for a few days because I was tramping but I have no idea what that could have gone wrong or how I could fix it.
I've tried a full factory reset, upgraded the android software to 4.0.4 and used various battery apps to try to find anything that might be using all my battery with no success.
Its driving me crazy so any help would be great.
Also here's a picture of a recent day of usage (not enough posts to embed it properly sorry), except for a short run I didn't use the phone for anything
i.imgur.com/jZpybCN.png
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Could be a lot of things. If the solar powered charger made your phone really hot while charging then the battery might be permanently damaged and you should try a different battery. It could also be that your power meter has gone wonky and this can be reset by charging the phone to 100% and then removing the battery and the usb cable from the phone for 10 minutes. Return the battery to the phone and charge it back up to 100%. Usually, when I experience something like this, it is some app that is draining the battery. Since you have just been trekking, maybe it is google maps. If it is tracking/updating you location, it will drain your battery really fast. You should be able to see this, just by going to system settings->battery. Stand by or Display are usually the big battery hogs.
AW: [Q] Ray battery recently shortened and it has also started time travelling
Logical_Leopard said:
...even if its turned off it loses charge at a similar rate
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you should really try another battery
justmpm you're always there to help i see
Thanks for the replys everyone!
I don't know anyone with a ray battery but I can buy a new one relatively cheap so I'll do that and see how it goes
I'll post results in a few days
Well I got a new battery yesterday as suggested and tried it out from full charge but unfortunately there was no change in the battery life, it still ran all the way down in less than 20 hours with minimal use
Begining to wonder if its a hardware fault within the phone itself

[HARDWARE PROBLEM REPORT] Strange battery issues on my Samsung Galaxy Core Prime

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• I put this thread in this section because of the "Other" tag. If it is unrelated consider moving my post, thank you.
• This is an issue report for my device, I am not saying that everybody got the same. ]
Hello,
I got a battery issue on my Samsung Galaxy Core Prime for at least more than a year.
The problem is: almost everytime, my phone crash when arround 40% battery level. It's not an informatic crash but... I'm not sure. The phone just suddenly shut down, not as it ran out of battery, displaying the shutdown logo and going to sleep, it behave like I pulled off the battery.
This is not a battery misplacement problem because the shutdown doesn't happen a totally random way: it never triggered over 50% for now.
Moreover, the battery level goes wrong after such crash. Even after waiting some time with battery out of phone I got randomly a new battery percentage that will be either lower, same or even higher than when it crashed. So maybe the whole problem is due to a shift between real battery percentage and what phone determined.
I also noticed that when rebooting after the crash the phone speakers make a weird sound, a kind of "shhhhhhhh" even with silent mode enabled and no system sound, and when it happens phone recrash on booting (system) logo.
I personally don't think it's system's fault, because between the first time it happened and now I may have flashed at least 6 times my ROM and made various wipes. Also somebody getting the same phone model than me never got such problem, even tough he is not rooted and has recent firmware. In the end the problem getting worse and worse again (=more frequent) so I'm almost sure it's a material problem.
But which one? Is this directly battery's fault or is it captor's fault? Actually I threatened the battery very badly, it's true. But everything I did — overcharging, emptying battery at the time I thought that was a good thing because of a suppoesed memory effect like nickel batteries, using charger block from an older device with a bit different configuration — should have shortened the battery's life, however it's just like the battery is now discharging a bit faster but got a kind of danger zone where you're not sure that it will keep behaving normally, so much that some measurements and developing apps determined that my battery have a good health, that is maybe absolutely FALSE.
Talking about this danger zone, I also noticed something even stranger over all.
Depending of what I do, I got higher or lower chance to have my phone crashing under 40% level:
- If Wifi is enabled, the phone got arround a half more chance to shut down unexpectedly.
- This is worse when using data consuming app (i.e. Youtube)
- Using more hardware also increase this phenomenon (when using camera) and enabling flash instantaneously and almost everytime crash the phone.
Here are what I reported.
What do you think?
It has happened to me many times. So i normally keep it charging all the time to be safe.
Prime said:
It has happened to me many times. So i normally keep it charging all the time to be safe.
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All the time for real? Be careful, that's not a good practice. Unless you removed the battery first, this will get worse if you do that.
I have a similar but possibly unrelated problem.
If i charge upto 100%, the battery goes directly to 0 after around 50%.
If i charge upto 50%, then the battery drains rapidly after around 20%.
I don't think its a battery problem because its the same with two replacement batteries and a stock battery. (Or maybe I have a bad luck and bought ****ty batteries)
Will post a screenshot soon...
I have the Same problem i changed the battery twice but i still have the issue
rms112 said:
I have a similar but possibly unrelated problem.
If i charge upto 100%, the battery goes directly to 0 after around 50%.
If i charge upto 50%, then the battery drains rapidly after around 20%.
I don't think its a battery problem because its the same with two replacement batteries and a stock battery. (Or maybe I have a bad luck and bought ****ty batteries)
Will post a screenshot soon...
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What you posted is close to what I noticed, so it is not unrelated.
This is weird that after buying two more batteries the issue still occure...
I've this problem too :/ (G361H)
I have this problem too. This is the batteries fault only.
Atronid said:
[Notes:
• I put this thread in this section because of the "Other" tag. If it is unrelated consider moving my post, thank you.
• This is an issue report for my device, I am not saying that everybody got the same. ]
Hello,
I got a battery issue on my Samsung Galaxy Core Prime for at least more than a year.
The problem is: almost everytime, my phone crash when arround 40% battery level. It's not an informatic crash but... I'm not sure. The phone just suddenly shut down, not as it ran out of battery, displaying the shutdown logo and going to sleep, it behave like I pulled off the battery.
This is not a battery misplacement problem because the shutdown doesn't happen a totally random way: it never triggered over 50% for now.
Moreover, the battery level goes wrong after such crash. Even after waiting some time with battery out of phone I got randomly a new battery percentage that will be either lower, same or even higher than when it crashed. So maybe the whole problem is due to a shift between real battery percentage and what phone determined.
I also noticed that when rebooting after the crash the phone speakers make a weird sound, a kind of "shhhhhhhh" even with silent mode enabled and no system sound, and when it happens phone recrash on booting (system) logo.
I personally don't think it's system's fault, because between the first time it happened and now I may have flashed at least 6 times my ROM and made various wipes. Also somebody getting the same phone model than me never got such problem, even tough he is not rooted and has recent firmware. In the end the problem getting worse and worse again (=more frequent) so I'm almost sure it's a material problem.
But which one? Is this directly battery's fault or is it captor's fault? Actually I threatened the battery very badly, it's true. But everything I did — overcharging, emptying battery at the time I thought that was a good thing because of a suppoesed memory effect like nickel batteries, using charger block from an older device with a bit different configuration — should have shortened the battery's life, however it's just like the battery is now discharging a bit faster but got a kind of danger zone where you're not sure that it will keep behaving normally, so much that some measurements and developing apps determined that my battery have a good health, that is maybe absolutely FALSE.
Talking about this danger zone, I also noticed something even stranger over all.
Depending of what I do, I got higher or lower chance to have my phone crashing under 40% level:
- If Wifi is enabled, the phone got arround a half more chance to shut down unexpectedly.
- This is worse when using data consuming app (i.e. Youtube)
- Using more hardware also increase this phenomenon (when using camera) and enabling flash instantaneously and almost everytime crash the phone.
Here are what I reported.
What do you think?
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My device goes at 60%, 40%, etc. and then it starts repedeatly pressing the right side of my screen and not letting me tap the screen, so I lock it and unlock it very fast and I can use the touchscreen for a few moments, before it shuts down without the shutdown screen and makes a *tick* sound, almost like there was an electrical shock inside the battery. I have a PRF and TWRP 2.8.7.0.
EdyCommentaries said:
My device goes at 60%, 40%, etc. and then it starts repedeatly pressing the right side of my screen and not letting me tap the screen, so I lock it and unlock it very fast and I can use the touchscreen for a few moments, before it shuts down without the shutdown screen and makes a *tick* sound, almost like there was an electrical shock inside the battery. I have a PRF and TWRP 2.8.7.0.
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Got exactly the same problem. You can try to change the battery but in my opinion the only good solution would be to buy another phone. This is personally what I did, as this model gets old really early.
EdyCommentaries said:
My device goes at 60%, 40%, etc. and then it starts repedeatly pressing the right side of my screen and not letting me tap the screen, so I lock it and unlock it very fast and I can use the touchscreen for a few moments, before it shuts down without the shutdown screen and makes a *tick* sound, almost like there was an electrical shock inside the battery. I have a PRF and TWRP 2.8.7.0.
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I have this same exact problem and the only fixes according to me is to buy a new phone or replace the battery. Also I noticed that the battery of my device has bulged.
RIP, I have the SM-G360T1, stock based custom ROM with TWRP 3.0.1 and this thing's started to give up. Same issues as the people above encountered. The phantom touches are getting wayyy more repetitive, the battery all of a sudden goes down to an extremely low percentage, even at medium to high percentages (such as 50-60%) and even shuts off without any notification. I also had cases where the phone would completely turn off with no shutdown animation AT ALL, plus a spontaneous but audible *TICK* that follows it. Device performance in general also started to horribly depreciate.
Well, to be fair, I had this device for 3 years and I guess it had its day. Time to upgrade.
My device has started to shut off at 80% battery levels and even worse the device gives just about 25-30 min of SOT. Also stressing the device in any way.. games, YouTube et al just causes it to shut down. I now permanently have a battery pack connected to it at all times. But even after all this, the gives good standby time. Notably the device stand for 3+hrs on 3% battery.
Still my phone is in a pathetic condition. ?
Edit - I just got a new battery (aftermarket brand though) and the ghost touches along with sudden shutdown has gone. Also the OG battery was never touching the connectors properly or the battery placement design was not proper, cause the new aftermarket battery was not connected to the connectors properly.
Peace ?
i also got this problem on my sm-g360HU , try chaging different roms and buying a new battery pack, but still this sudden drain battery still exist, it seems like it's the hardware problem already.

Extreme Battery Drain after OneUI 2.1 / September Security update

Hello all, it's been a while since I've posted but this is quite a serious issue and could some guidance. A few weeks ago, I finally updated my Galaxy S9+ to Android 10 after being on 8.0 for so long and it's been a decent update so far. I had gripes with SoT not being the greatest but it was tolerable. Last night, I received an update for my phone and I installed it. Didn't think too much of it and continued on. I charged from my phone to ~87% today, used it lightly while working. By the end of my shift, I had 50% left.
I left the house to go for a 81 minute walk with 47%. I usually don't worry about having enough juice to make it back home but I experienced the worst battery drain I've had with this device so far. During my 90 min walk I:
listened to Spotify using my Galaxy Buds (one ended up dying towards the end because I forgot to charge them)
Checked Instagram occasionally and responded to some texts
Took 2 pics in Snapchat
Had a short video call on Messenger
It was right after the video call I noticed my battery was at 17%, which I thought was very strange. I don't leave apps running in the background for long and I have a habit of closing them out when not actively using them and I noticed the battery kept on draining despite there being no apps open besides Spotify.
Turned on the medium power saving and within a few minutes, I was at 5%. Decided to kill everything and pit my device on max power saving mode for the first time since I've owned the device. By the time I was home, my phone was at 1%.
I'm really baffled at how the battery drained at an exponential rate. I'm a medium user and I've had this phone since late 2018. Never leave location services on, never used AOD, and used the FHD display instead of QHD along with dark mode.
I'm hoping today was just an outlier as I want to keep this phone for another 2 years, but if this happens on a consistent basis I'm gonna have to start searching for a new device.
In the meantime, I have charged my phone to a 100% and disconnected the phone and observed the following:
Within 2 minutes of disconnecting, battery went from 100 - 98%. Not a good sign considering it was just idling
The battery continue to drain every other minute and I could see the battery go down on each unlock
Wiped the cache partition and I went from 93 to 94% for a brief moment prior to the phone going back to the same pattern
This is very worrisome to me as I don't believe the phone will last until midnight, I'm wondering if it's possible to roll back to the previous update.
TL;DR - After the update yesterday, the battery drained at an exponential rate despite light to medium usage
Also, here's some screenshots of my battery usage
http://imgur.com/a/lx5xXSY
I know this isn't the answer you are looking for, but all I can do is suggest changing the battery and doing a full, stock firmware flash via Odin to completely wipe your phone.
I recently replaced my phone's battery and did flash the firmware and my battery is really hanging in there. My battery was also 2 years old and before, I would get about 3h SOT when I play a game (and I do a lot). Now, I'm getting 5h SOT no problem with about 2-3h gaming included, so I really do suggest a battery change. I'm thinking you could be able to squeeze another 1 or 2 years into this amazing phone.
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ShaDisNX255 said:
I know this isn't the answer you are looking for, but all I can do is suggest changing the battery and doing a full, stock firmware flash via Odin to completely wipe your phone.
I recently replaced my phone's battery and did flash the firmware and my battery is really hanging in there. My battery was also 2 years old and before, I would get about 3h SOT when I play a game (and I do a lot). Now, I'm getting 5h SOT no problem with about 2-3h gaming included, so I really do suggest a battery change. I'm thinking you could be able to squeeze another 1 or 2 years into this amazing phone.
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How hard was it to remove the battery? I bought one but unfortunately also a toolkit which seems to be only for iphone, what screw size has the s9+?
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How hard was it to remove the battery? I bought one but unfortunately also a toolkit which seems to be only for iphone, what screw size has the s9+?
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Sorry, I had someone paid to do it lol I didn't trust myself.

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