Interesting battery behavior

Discussion in 'Bugless' started by FunnelWeaver, Dec 27, 2010.

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  1. FunnelWeaver

    FunnelWeaver Member

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    The past three ROMs that I've used - Cyanogenmod 6.1, UD 2.4/5, and now BB 6.1 - my battery has behaved very erratically. There has been a lack of consistency in drain times; for example, one day I talked on it for nearly 3 hours (total, not all at once) and the screen was on for nearly 2 hours, yet the battery was only at 40% when I got home. The previous day, I talked for 15 minutes and only listened to [locally stored] music, yet the battery was at 20% after less time.

    On top of this, about 65% of the time, during discharge it will skip 30%. Once it hits 20 and I plug it back up it is back up to 50% or 60% in a matter of minutes.

    I'm not certain whether this is a device problem or it's just time for a new battery. Thoughts, suggestions, comments?
     
    #1 FunnelWeaver, Dec 27, 2010
  2. dfuser312553

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    #2 dfuser312553, Dec 27, 2010
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    dfuser312553 Silver Member

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    When you flash a lot of roms you'll need to wipe battery stats occasionally.
     
    #3 dfuser312553, Dec 27, 2010
  4. mursepaolo

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    [​IMG]

    seriously.. check out my stupid battery meter. a couple of days ago i snapped two pics with flash and i went from 90 to 20%. wtf. how is android this stupid that it needs to be calibrated??
     
    #4 mursepaolo, Dec 27, 2010
  5. bthomp21

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    lol. oh ok!
     
    #5 bthomp21, Dec 27, 2010
  6. mursepaolo

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    seriously i've only seen this problem pop up on android 2.2. i've been a user since the G1.. this is really frustrating.

    once i did a battery pull and it seemed to fix it, but it went right back down to 20% once i sent a text message. wtf?
     
    #6 mursepaolo, Dec 27, 2010
  7. bthomp21

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    its either a bad battery or you need to calibrate it again. did you install bb on a full charge or plugged in?
     
    #7 bthomp21, Dec 27, 2010
  8. mursepaolo

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    plugged in at 90%.
     
    #8 mursepaolo, Dec 27, 2010
  9. bthomp21

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    clear battery stats in emulator?

    1. su
    2. rm /data/system/batterystats.bin
     
    #9 bthomp21, Dec 27, 2010
  10. mursepaolo

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    i did it through recovery. should i do it again and wait til it's full?
     
    #10 mursepaolo, Dec 27, 2010
  11. bthomp21

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    doesnt it say to full charge then run it completely dead then full charge then run code?
     
    #11 bthomp21, Dec 27, 2010
  12. blackbelt27

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    From my understanding you do have to let your phone completely die, there's a hardware aspect of it that can only be reset by doing that, wihich I did today actually, my battery had an x on it for about 3 hours, 1 of those being complete navigation use, overall latest bugless lasted about 16 hours mild - moderate use (2 1/2 hours navigation)

    Sent from my Droid using DroidForums App
     
    #12 blackbelt27, Dec 27, 2010
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