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I finally figured out why my Note 4 was dying all the time, turns out, the battery only charges up to about 60% of its original capacity. Thanks AccuBattery.
It's a good thing this is fixable with a £12 replacement battery, praying that the one sold by Amazon (not FBA / marketplace sellers) is actually legit, I'm pretty damned sure the £5 ones aren't.
Run this guy for a couple weeks to get a good health reading and make a call. If that heavy use is four hours of screen on time it doesn't sound like any issue however.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
If you are having issues while idling it may be a wake lock issue. Try this out, there is a light version of you are not rooted as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
My OnePlus 3 changed the way I charge my phone. It charges so fast that I never plug it in at bed time. Whenever it has been a while since I charged and I'm close to my charger, I throw it on until this app notifies me that I have charged up to 80%. I still get great battery life so this appears to be working.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
It's gotta be one of two things: Faulty battery or a rogue app(s).
Have you used any other battery tracking app? I don't know what the best one is, but so far I'm liking Accubattery. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it should at least give you some idea as to what is running, when it's running, and what your battery "health," is.
If someone has a better app, please chime in.
Anyway - This app has a battery usage area that, when you give it the permissions, will show you what apps are using your battery, and how much they've used so far. At the very least this should help you figure out if there is an app, or multiple apps, that are running rogue and killing your battery.
If there aren't any, you might just have a bad battery. If that's the case, an RMA is your best option, I think.
AccuBattery protects battery health, displays battery usage information, and measures battery capacity (mAh) based on science.
I think you will like Accubattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery It can tell you the capacity of your battery when it was new as well as calculate the capacity now. As well as being able to set a alarm for when your phone charges to a certain percentage (to help reduce battery wear).
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It's a bit convoluted, but here's how I'd do it on Android: I'm using AccuBattery to monitor my phones battery health. It has an option to notify when a specific battery percentage has been reached. It defaults to 80%, because that's the best point to stop charging for long term health, but you could set it to anything, so also to 100%. Then you could set Mi Band Tools (an app every Mi Band user on Android should have, anyways) to notify you whenever AccuBattery has given a "charged" notification.
Your battery issues are not weird, it's basic battery chemistry. A battery can only take so many charge/discharge cycles before it simply can't anymore.
I've been using an app called AccuBattery to monitor my battery's health over time. It measures actual charge amount vs advertised amount of the battery. It also helps prolong your battery by alerting you to disconnect the charger at 80% charge. That last 20% charge is super stressful on the battery so by only charging to 80% regularly (and then 100% only if you know you'll need it) you can prolong the usable life span of the battery. It won't (and can't) do anything to actually give you more battery life per day, but it can help you manage what you do have so it doesn't get so bad after two+ years of use.
You should first check how healthy your battery is.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
This helps in measuring how much charge your battery holds as well as avoiding battery strain.
This is what I was going recommend along with downloading accubattery to see how bad it is. Depending on how heavy of a user you are you might of ate through the battery quicker than others.
>Proof?
The AccuBattery app's Research & Methodology page sums it up quite nicely, and it cites four seperate studies if you'd like to read whitepapers.
>A charge cycles is counted as one charge from 0 to 100 percent afaik.
Yes, but each percent of battery is not equal. 0-1% is not the same amount of wear as 99-100%.
The tl;dr
is that the amount of wear doubles every 0.1V above 3.92V.
To add to this: if this is something you're concerned about, Accubattery is an awesome app to have. It'll guide you on minimizing battery degradation.
Does it say it's shutting down? Could be a defective battery that can't maintain the voltage. Did you use a Huawei one? Subsequent pictures are very power intensive. If your battery was going to fail, it would be during that.
~~Download accubattery~~ and monitor your battery voltage in-between subsequent shots. I think it will auto-shutdown below 3.4V.
EDIT: NM I see you already have accubattery. Use that to monitor as you're taking pictures.
Not that I'm aware of. I mean, if you have a OLED screen, they're subject to burn-in, but it takes a long time of the same stuff being in the same spot on the screen (seems to happen with the home screen on Samsung phones after a very long time).
In terms of battery life... well, anything you do drains the battery over time. And of course having the screen on more means faster draining battery. That's why a lot of battery apps monitor screen-on time, sleep time, and overall usage separately. Best thing you can do is to use something like Accubattery to monitor charge cycles and usage drain. People rarely do this, but the best way to preserve the battery (supposedly) is to not charge to full, and never drain to full. Accubattery recommends a charge/drain cycle of 80%/20%.
I don't follow it to the letter, but I've stopped charging my tablet to 100% and leaving it charged all the time, and it does seem like it's conditioning well.
Considering how old the S5 is now, it's more likely that your battery is just worn out. Root + battery optimization tweaks such as Greenify, Amplify etc. could help but probably not as much as you would hope for. Try running AccuBattery for a while and see what your estimated battery capacity is compared to the original capacity.
Install this, charge as recommended in the app. Check the battery voltage, health displayed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
Don't play while charging. Don't play with any case on. Let the phone cool down for 5mins every 1 hour of game time. Check the battery capacity every 3-5 days in that app against the factory capacity (is it stable or decreasing much in mah?)
Additionally check the charging amperage and voltage to rule out faulty charger or cable
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gombosdev.ampere&hl=en_IN
I use AccuBattery app on my Pixel 2 XL to track battery wear and tear. I've gone from charging over night causing about 1 charge cycle of wear to the battery, to charging to 80% multiple times during the day, which sees approximately 0.2 to 0.4 charge cycles of wear in total per day. Will see how it goes as my Pixel 2 XL ages I guess.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
Is that with OxygenOS? Mine improved to around 4h00 after moving to LineageOS, but it's still barely enough to survive on.
Try running AccuBattery for a few weeks, it collects power stats and lets you know what eats the most, estimates your real battery capacity (e.g. mine is just 2500 mAh) and provides you with helpful tips on how to make your battery degrade less.
Get AccuBattery app from play store its very helpful. Here are a few useful tips that could helped in my opinion:
⚫Only charge your phone to 80% and don't let your phone go bellow 30%.
⚫Don't let your phone over heat and Keep it away from water.
⚫Remove useless apps that run in the background.
Like you said phones are not built to last, It will degrade over time. You can get it replaced for around $30-60 USD.
For checking battery health, you can install Accubattery from the playstore. To get accurate measurements make sure you add the app to don't put to sleep in battery optimizations section. You need to add the actual battery capacity (s10e = 3000mAh) and it will tell the estimated battery health
Like Watada said, I also recommend AccuBattery.
I turn off my battery percent and enable its circular battery notification. It's not perfect (as it's on the other side of the screen), but it works!
My phone: https://i.imgur.com/Hc6IChU.png
I have used several and landed on this classic AccuBattery
I enjoy the simplicity, sits on my notification bar and has excellent info on which app is consuming power.
since its shutting down at 10-14 percent, it definitely shounds like a bad battery
i know you already said that you've done an on-phone diagnostic, but if you haven't already, try out AccuBattery and wait a bit (minimum like 4 days, its best to wait a week) and check the Health tab at the bottom, and check your battery wear.
my phone (an old Nexus 6) has about 84% of its original capacity, and can die at under 20 percent when it feels like it
Try AccuBattery .. it has a built in alarm that will remind you to disconnect the phone from charger when it hits 90% and also keeps track of the battery health, etc.
https://www.accubatteryapp.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Some people have been able to get a general idea of their battery wear with AccuBattery. Try it and after a week or so you should have a pretty good idea of your battery's state.
Sorry to say, it sounds like you may have been scammed.
I use this free app to monitor my battery health https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
After you install it and run it the first time, you'll have to allow your phone to fully charge and discharge a couple of times, and then the app will be able to tell you the actual capacity of your battery.
The full capacity of a brand new battery for the S7 is theoretically 3000 mAh, but it's typical for that to degrade a little bit while the battery sits on a store shelf. If the actual capacity of your battery is anything less than 80% (2400 mAh), then you can consider yourself ripped off.
You might want to try Accubattery. It monitors your battery's health and you can set an alarm that will alert you to when your phone reaches a certain charge level. The default is 80%, which should increase number of charge cycles by 200%. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
> Cycling the battery from 0 to 100%
Funny when people say that EV will degrade like their smart phone and I say "I only charge to 80% and try not to go below 20% for more than an hour." and then the reply "Who does that with their phone?" and I say "I do, my phone vibrates at 90% and I unplug it, doesn't everyone?". So far ~2 year old cased Moto x4, 675 sessions, 22,472% charged, ~93% battery SoH. Spouse is roughly 2x as much sessions and charged with same phone and age with around 91% SoH (but stops at 80% SoC). I think we have both accidentally charged to full maybe 10 times each. I do the same thing with my smart watch if I can, only charge it for ~30 minutes if it is below 50% SoC.
AccuBattery on my un-rooted Android phone plays an alarm when charge level reaches 80%. Unfortunately when I installed it on my Fire HD8, it said Fire OS doesn't allow it to access Android battery metrics, so it was powerless to do anything related to the battery.
Still note 4. Absolutely no reason to switch it out even though the new phones look nice too.
I especially like the battery time and health (still 86 % of full charge available measured with AccuBattery) and solid performance.
I dislike the camera (stock since gcam can't run on stock ROM) and the stock Xiaomi (bloatware) apps (but I could easily uninstall them with Xiaomi ADB/Fastboot Tools).
Use Accubattery app and do 20-80% charge cycle/usage metrics. Report back after 10+ charge cycles to get a better idea: more data is always better. My KEYone is 2+ years as well, but I still have 89% Capacity left and maintain 7+ SOT and 50,000+ mAh worth of charge (i.e 16 charge cycles) to alleviate my concerns.
Maybe it is just an error translation and maybe should be 'Others'? So possibly a few combined apps using the power?
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Using an alternative app (i.e AccuBattery) to get better reports of which apps are draining power.
Clean your phones USB port. USB-C seems to collect lint.
Replace your USB cable. In my experience, even expensive USB-C cables break often or aren't the claimed quality to begin with.
Replace your charger. I've also found that many chargers lie about USB-IF compatibility.
Check out Accu Battery. It will help you see when your charging rate changes.
Is it new or new to you (used) if it is used it may be the battery is starting to fail. My S7 is over 2 years old and AccuBattery says my 3,000mAh battery only has a capacity of 2,103mAh now.
I would check out the battery with AccuBattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Then at least you will know if that is the problem or not.
Accubattery is pretty good when unrooted.
I'm actually having a lot more battery drain on my pix2 than i was on my pix1, which is weird as well.
Install THIS APP. (AccuBattery) it will make your phone vibrate and make noises when it's charged up until 80%. You should not charge your phone more then that. You can then see some graphs about battery health etc. in the app.
Avoid fast charging and wireless charging since those two options produce much heat (or at least more then normal charging) which is bad for the battery. Charge the phone as often throughout the day as you need. Keep the battery level somewhere between 40 and 80 percent.
Honestly I would check with apps like accubattery first.
When the battery is really worn out, "battery intensive tasks (yes, it sounds weird but I can't think of a better word)" such a turning on the camera - including snapchat, video intensive apps like youtube will probably force the battery to die. But 66%, 50%, 45% 35%, 25% does seem a bit too random.
Also, if you are still within warranty period, why don't you ask for an RMA?
I see that the highest battery usage was in the early morning. My guess is that your phone was not able to doze, meaning that the battery saving in 6.0+ is not happening.
Sadly, the battery details in settings isn't good enough. I suggest getting a third party app that gives you more details on which app was draining the battery the most and when was doze activated if at all.
Might i suggest AccuBattery? Helps me when i don't know why my phone can't doze in the night.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
With Accubattery, you can set your phone to notify you when it has reached a user specified percentage of charge. No root required for the app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Meanwhile can you also do me a favour and install Accubattery app from playstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Many people are telling that this app gives estimated battery capacity as around 2000 mah after analysing 2 3 cycles of charge and discharge. Could you please also do it and let me know what result you get?
Your battery drain issue is resolved so I am curious what estimated battery you get.
Make sure when you install the app, it asks for your phone battery capacity. By default it sets to 3550mah. Which God knows why. But set it to 4300 mah and then try for few days to get the actual result.
Yes, you can download AccuBattery from the Play Store. It's a free professional battery health app that checks your battery and gives you useful information. It can also notify you when you charge your phone until a certain % and asks you to unplug your charging cable.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
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Or you can even go my route: I've rooted my phone and use the Magisk Module "Advanced Charging Controller" and then using a Terminal I've set the maximum charge limit to 75%. This way my phone stops charging at 75%.
Check out Accubattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Gives better per app usage insight than stock, and if you run it for a few weeks will estimate your battery health/degradation.
Probably need a new battery rather than a new ROM.
Install this and let it run for a few days before you look at the results.
> A 10% drop in battery life while doing absolutely nothing is quite shocking really, does anyone else face this or know what is wrong?
That doesn't seem too bad; around 1% per hour in deep sleep would be about right, so if it's under 2% I wouldn't worry too much. If it's consistently more you probably have a shitty or rogue app running in the background.
> Prior to the screenshots, my phone did slightly under of 2 hours of screen on time before getting to the 20% battery mark which i thought was weird.
This I would absolutely worry about. However it happened to me once that (probably) something broke in Android and I had massively fast discharging; just restarting the phone fixed it. And that happened on my previous phones rarely as well.
I would suggest installing AccuBattery or a similar app that allows you to more precisely track battery usage, at least while you're looking for issues. For reference I usually see about 0.9% per hour screen off discharge speed and between 8% and 16% per hour with screen on (depends heavily on display brightness, apps used/running, etc.).
I always charge to 80% and since my combined use is about 40% per day I can even forget to charge the phone every day and still make it the next day. With a 100% charge I can do 2 days comfortably, though keep in mind I don't game on the phone or use other "heavy" apps.
The only app i know is accubattery (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery)
Havent found any other app that gets a more accurate capacity of the battery. Just keep in mind you have to charge a few times befote the results get accurate
I can recommend AccuBattery
On my S10 i get around 20% drop per 1hour SoT.
Of course if you don't use it much within 12 hours it'll be higher.
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Maybe you're just a poweruser and use it 6+ hours a day.
Use AccuBattery. It tells you very accurate estimated battery health, shows you the current (in mAh), voltage, and estimated battery cycles for each charging session. This is an android only app, and it might not be compatible with all Android phones. This app also has a customizable alarm that rings when your battery reaches 80%, so you can unplug it (should make your battery health last 200% more)
It's quite bad to do 0-100. It means you are putting a full cycle on the battery. Lithium ion batteries usually start to perform worse/lose capacity at around 500 cycles. I charge mine until 80%. As mentioned by others, temperature is also something you should keep an eye on. Turn off fast charging if you don't need it, yes, it may be quicker at bringing that percentage up, but it wears the battery down faster and heats it up more.
Do not use battery draining apps. They do not benefit you at all - they just drain the battery so you have to charge it more, resulting in even more unnecessary cycles.
probably many apps, using accubattery for alarming when overcharge, it has function you mentionig and many more. Very solid app.
I'd recommend installing accubattery. It'll let you know which app is draining your battery, however it's most likely google play services. Google does this once in a while.
Here's what I can think of.
Only wifi and data are on all the time. NFC is always off, Bluetooth is off unless I'm in the car. Adaptive Battery is on and I restrict background battery for as many apps as I can. Only Messages and Gmail can use background data. All animations are turned off (under Developer options). I don't know if this helps, but I clear apps (swipe up on the white pill) pretty often. Connect to charger when streaming long shows and movies. I don't have any screen-intensive games. Adaptive Brightness is on for the screen. Brightness is 52%.
That's all I can think of, if I think of more I'll add it. AccuBattery shows more detailed usage for apps that can help fine-tune things.
The battery is dead most likely. Age for that sounds about right as well. You can try AccuBattery and see what that tells you.
use accubattery and it will show you
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_CA
Install AccuBattery my man. Read up on the info it contains and you can use it to track what is killing off your power.
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AccuBattery Pro. Good app to monitor your battery condition and health. Spend your balance for pro upgrade of this app. Worth every penny
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Solid Explorer, best file manager app right now. Beautiful design too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2
The phone's battery controller won't allow actual overcharging. Quick charging doesn't unduly stress the battery if done intelligently (as implemented by the current standards).
Accubattery is indispensible as it allows you to set an alarm at a certain percentage of charge below 100%.
Wireless chargers are misleading because most have an LED that changes when the phone reports 100%. People tend to think charging has then stopped, but it continues. They don't use QC or other fast charge technology that carefully adjusts voltage and current. Maximum battery voltage is reached earlier. And they create additional heat when we want to minimize it. They are convenient, but harder on the battery.
There are few devices that will actually terminate charging before the battery controller does. Here's a USB meter that can limit charge time to an hour. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D9Y6ZFW/ (I've used it.) One hour on the OEM charger will add around 70%.
Accubattery does it automatically, grabs the charging current info from the hardware and estimates the battery's size based on that. You gotta keep it installed for a long time, so it can gather enough charging data to make correct guess.
Not an IFTTT solution, but if you just want your phone to notify you when the battery is fully charged (or charged to a certain level), there's AccuBattery. It will give you a notification on the phone that is charging, so if you were hoping to be notified on a different device then I don't think it's possible with that app.
if you must https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
data changes varied through time and is accurate.
No problem, I highly recommend AccuBattery if you're wanting to see real time usage stats, and easy to understand graphics. Gsam does a better job at analysis of app usage, I'd say it's slightly more accurate because to get the extra stats you need to enable premissions via root or ADB
I used an App called AccuBattery for about one week. It will run in the foreground and keep track of charging and discharging.
I purchased two battery replacement kits from iFixIt. Once I get the battery replaced I might try to measure the actual capacity with my electronic load bank. This will allow me to compare how accurate AccuBattery was.
Get yourself this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Accurate presentation of battery data and usage statistics. The app also explains to user how to charge to optimize battery life. It's one of the few actually useful "battery" apps you can find on the store that is not a scam.
I use AccuBattery. It gives you lots of info on your battery and will buzz when you reach 80%.
Since the A1 has 8+ hours of SOT, I only charge past 80% if I know I'll need it which is rare.
Been using AccuBattery. Didn't care for it much then as I installed that app after a year or so of use on the phone but might be worth while to have now.
Yeah, I'm with you. I've had this app running for a week a few days back and it states that my battery is at 80% health right now. Because of age and charge cycles the 20% are now permanently gone.
You could try it, maybe your battery really is dying.
Not that it may change much but Accubattery is pretty good at figuring out current capacity. You have to charge the phone multiple times to get a good read. And Samsung has a Battery service to replace the battery. It's hidden deep in their website unfortunately.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
awesome, I'm glad it worked out for you. now go install this app and see the capacity (over time) of your new battery. just to see how good it is. At least now you have 2 more years of life out of your Nexus 6P.
I've used AccuBattery for phones (specifically my nexus 6p before and after I replaced the battery).
Gives good statistics and expectations on the status of the battery, but probably like any of them you need to run the battery all the way down with it installed so you can see how the discharge behavior is so it can get a measurement of the current battery capacity and drain rates. But you can do all that with it for free.
Always backup beforehand, you never know what could happen during a repair. That said, you should not lose anything from just a battery replacement. Everything will be exactly the same. You should download an app like AccuBattery to check your battery health before replacing. It may be an issue in Android that's draining your battery, rather than the capacity of your battery degrading.
I use Accubatteryto check battery health. I have had my s7 edge for 1 and 1/2 years with moderate usage. The stock battery is 3600 mAh, mine has degraded to 3036 mAh or 84% of stock. Which I am fine with, it's still 60% or more after I get home from work, still a great phone!
I would try doing a full charge cycle (100% down to 0% back up to 100%).
Accubattery is also helpful in providing battery health stats. It was the recommended app for 6P users to check their battery. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
So I would install that and let it run in the background as well.
I can second that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Also not the developer. Not sure if it'll be useful for the Pixel 2, but it's been a huge help debugging the power issues on the 6p.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery gives you the state of the battery and how much life it has remaining, is you're buying new it shouldn't be a problem, but used check for the battery life
Well generally speaking: the lower the current, the better as it produces less heat. Qualcomm's QC3.0 is optimized really well when it comes to longevity and heat but you definitely notice a difference: while using QC my phone gets up to 40 degrees Celsius which isn't optimal, with a slow charger it barely gets warm so most of the time I'd recommend a regular 5V 1-2 Ampere charger.
Then again don't worry about using QC if you need some juice quickly. I'd rather use quick charge for a few dozen percent than letting the battery run low/out of juice and charge it fully with a slow charger after.
To sum it up, my rules of thumb for charging:
This is just me being pedantic though. Even with using QC all the time you will might just see a 10% deterioration over the course of a year.
If you don't want to think too much about it, use this app. It rings an alarm to unplug your phone at 80% and shows a rough estimation of your current battery health - the longer you use it, the more accurate it gets.
Accu Battery or just root your phone, download this apk from this thread and you can do it. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/root-battery-charge-limit-t3557002
The only problem with Accu is that it use an alarm to stop from charging, sometimes work or not. I use the app from the thread of XDA, works amazing.
Oh, is paying for a battery replacement an option? Only things I found were third party replacement which voids warranty and makes the water resistance part go away. I didn't want to do that, so I recently ordered a battery case.
To me, it sounds like your battery capacity loss is normal (within the 20% loss that Samsung states as expected). I found an app that helps estimate (it's just an estimate, but I put some stock into its numbers) the health/capacity: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
I'd also like to keep this phone operational for another year (handing it off to my wife) and thought a battery pack was my only rational option. I'll have to look into Samsung replacement!
Accubattery will estimate current battery capacity after some charge cycles. Can't say how accurate it is but it seems to hit expected numbers on various devices I've tried it on. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
AccuBattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
It's what I use. It provides estimates of actual versus specified capacity.
Don't know how accurate it is, but should give an idea.
After testing the battery with this app for a couple charging cycles it shows me a degradation with only 2700 mAh left. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
My device is now 6 month old. I've read more reports of battery degradation.
Try Accu Battery link to see your battery "health" - or, how much capacity it holds compared to the original design.
It might show that your battery has aged and might justify a RMA.
Try installing Accubattery. It shows lots of background processes that the stock battery monitor does not.
I just posted about this on another thread but for me it was my Google work profile killing the battery.
Was driving me nuts. Would have never figured it without a third party battery monitor.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
If you install Accubattery on your phone and enable notifications for it on your watch, it should notify you.
I have mine set to 80% and it pings me when it hits that point.
Alternatively, if you have the Pixel Minimal Watch Face (premium version) you can enable the battery % icon so you'll know what level it is at, at all times.
I'd recommend checking out Accubattery or gsam battery monitor if you want more in-depth useage details..... They've honestly just made the whole settings battery info completely useless
Install Accubattery
Currently there's no system setting that reveals that, but Accubattery does estimate your battery health. It gets much better at it's prediction after a few full charges.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_CA&gl=US
I have used this app for years. A solid option for telling you exactly what's using the juice also shows you ways to add life to your battery.
I highly recommend it.
Doesn't sound too bad for a device as old as it is....but hard to tell without knowing actual SOT.
Check your battery health with Accubatery. (though this will take little while to gather data and give a reliable answer)
Or use the OnePlus Diagnostic app, and it should be able to give you a battery health percentage right away.
Probaj AccuBattery ako se radi o Androidu. Samo, ovo mi zvuči kao da ti je baterija gotova, ili je do neke aplikacije koja se "probudi" i pojede resurse do ibera" Vijek trajanja baterija ne ovisi samo o starosti, nego i načinu korištenja. Uzmi dva ista mobitela, Netko tko ima isključen wifi, gps, i mobilne podatke 90 posto vremena i par poziva dnevno, i provede pola sata max na internetu dnevno, njemu će baterija trajati dulje nego nekome tko visi na mobitelu 24/7 i ima sve popaljeno i koristi isti do ibera. Zatim može biti do falinge u proizvodnji baterije. Onda još i di je mobitel držan. Mobitel koji je držan u nosaču za auto na primjer se više grije nego neki koji je u nečijem džepu ili torbi. A toplina utječe na bateriju.
TL;DR: accubatery: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=hr&gl=US možeš još i naptime probat.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.doze&hl=hr&gl=US
I'd try an battery app like AccuBattery to get more details on the charging & battery.
if you really want to make sure the software is not the issue flash it, else it's a Hardware issue & if it's still under warranty you may try to get a new one.
what happens when you plug it into a PC?
This is caused by other apps using the google framework. I would recommend using an app like AccuBattery to see what's really using the battery. You will need to run it for a few days to get results
Some of this you may already know and some of it may not help but here's my attempt to help on some of the pain points.
Gut ist der Zustand solange, bis wirklich kaputt (sagt also quasi nichts aus) Alternativ zum Battery Guru gäbe es noch Accu Battery
Probably only your Battery the Hardware should be fine as long It wasn't 200°C or more I think.
Try this App. It calculates based on multiple charging how good or bad your battery capacity is. It will take multiple days to be accurate
This is what I use. There's a section called "health" that will give you the information you need.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_GB&gl=US
Your battery will degrade over time leading it to have less capacity. My OnePlus 6T had a 3.700 mAh when it was new. Now 3.5 years later it's down to 2.942 mAh which is about a 20% loss of design capacity.
I like this app, accu battery. I've only had jelly 2 a few months, bought it new but battery health is 86% capacity. Seems accurate with the poor performance. On my 3 year old tablet it would say 93% capacity much higher than I'd guess after fairly heavy use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
oh i forgot to mention: i downloaded accubattery to monitor battery health and it alerts you when you hit 80% charge. i'm trying to stick to that but i'll admit it's a bit tedious. i think i will tho because it'd be nice to get longevity out of the battery. my 6T really started to drain quickly toward the end.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_US&gl=US
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
It's really intuitive to use, but you have to charge your phone a bit before it can fully calibrate and get good readings. It has a lot of information and statistics.
YSK about tools to help with this also!
Note, this is all for Android. I don't know iOS very well.
Maybe something got damaged, like the charging port.
Before we get into stuff with custom ROMs (if you want it), we need to verify some thigs first.
You said fast charging stopped working after you dropped the phone. That's a very important detail you didn't mention. This doesn't have to be a software issue, but hardware.
Install AccuBattery, let it calibrate and stuff, plug in your phone, turn off your display and after like a minute, check the AccuBattery notification and see, how much mA is there. I know for "full" 35W is about 5 000 mA. You should have like 7 000 or more.
If that number is 1 000 mA or lower, it means you're not fast charging.
Avoid charging your device's lithium-ion battery above 70 % daily, it will last longer.
I use AccuBattery to warn me when the charge reached 70 %.
I've used AccuBattery since I got my phone.
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Average battery usage: | Full battery time estimates: | |
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Screen on - 14.1%/hCombined use - 4.3%/hScreen off - 1.6%/h | Screen on - 7h 6minCombined use - 23h 6minScreen off - 61h 7min | *Based on 107 sessions with 6,336% charged for 272,864 mAh total. |
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Foreground app battery usage - Top discharging speeds (few examples. Pikmin Bloom not listed in top-10):
Spotify (31.5%/h), Telegram (15.5%/h), Chrome (14.3%), Discord (10.2%/h)
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I have 120Hz set on, with Bixby Routines 60Hz for games. One of the games is Pikmin Bloom (follows steps and location).
Night mode disables Bluetooth. I got a smartwatch connected all the time when Bluetooth is on, daily listening music with Bluetooth plugs.
How is the battery holding up capacity wise? Any update with the diagnostics app? I would also be interested in what capacity you get from Accubattery (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery). Maybe you can give that a try.
Accubattery is what you're looking for
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A selection of my favourites.
AccuBattery - All the info you could ever need for your battery but were afraid to ask. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Amoled Walls - Wallpapers for amoled screens. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Hastamev.AmoledWallsFree
Bouncer - Take control of your permissions. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.permission
Crisper - Large range of excellent wallpapers. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.junaidgandhi.crisper
Custom Search Bar Widget - Create your own Google search bar. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.natewren.csbw
Dark Sky - Weather app with amazingly accurate rain forecasts. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.darksky.darksky
Hermit - Create your own lite apps. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chimbori.hermitcrab
Hexo - Little word finder game, very simple and additive. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bsk.hexament
Icon Pack Studio - Custom create your own icons. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.iconpackstudio
Kiwi Browser - Great browser with much customisation. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser
Kustom Widget - The widget King. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kustom.widget
Letterboxd - Film reviews and news. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.letterboxd.letterboxd
MNML Screen Recorder - Simple, lightweight screen recorder. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afollestad.mnmlscreenrecord
Meteor - Test your Internet speeds. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=meteor.test.and.grade.internet.connection.speed
Murder Minute - The story of a serial killer each day. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.murderminute.murder
My Apps - The app that created this list. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spencerstudios.applist
Neverthink - Watch YouTube videos curated by this mob. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neverthink
News voice - Get you news with every political view catered for. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newsvoice.newsvoice
Nightshade - Very simple and easy to use screen shade for different times of the day. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maubis.nightshade
Nova Launcher Prime - The King of third party launchers. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher.prime
Pixolor Great for theming. It gives you hex colour codes from anything on your screen. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.embermitre.pixolor.app
Pixxy - Great selection of Pixel style widgets. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pixxy.kustom.pack
Pocket - Save articles and video. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideashower.readitlater.pro
Pocket Casts - Still my favourite Podcast app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
Purchased Apps - Gives you a list of applications you have paid for over the years. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.azefsw.purchasedapps
Reachability Cursor - Swipe the side of your screen to control the cursor and make one handed use easier. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niftyui.reachability
Recent Notification - Shows all recent notifications, even if you have deleted them. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.libin.notification
SD Maid - Cleans up your phone and it actually works. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm
Sesame - Powerful search capabilities. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ninja.sesame.app.edge
Solid Explorer - Simple and customisable system file app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2
Sound Hound - Tells you what song your listening to. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melodis.midomiMusicIdentifier.freemium
Star Walk 2 - Shows you what stars and planets are in the sky in real time. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitotechnology.StarWalk2
StepsApp - Very customisable step tracker. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stepsappgmbh.stepsapp
Subscriptions - Set up you bills and take control of you finances. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.simolation.subscriptionmanager
SwiftKey Keyboard - Customisable keyboard with excellent predictive text. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey
System Panel - Shows you everything you would need to know about your device and what is on it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sp
Temp mail - Really easy way to set up temporary emails to dodge the dross. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tempmail
Tiles - Set up new tiles in you quick settings. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rascarlo.quick.settings.tiles
Today Weather - A beautiful weather app full of functionality. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.lockdown.weather
Tor Browser - Browse anonymously. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser
TourPickr - Finds things to do and places of interest. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devhand.TourPickr
Trivia Buff - Interesting trivia with links to articles. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trivia.buff
not in - Very simple note taking app that shows it as a notification. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nisahnt.nishantbafna.notifydemo
pix Walls - Wallpaper app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sreeragag.pixwalls
The Pro versions of almost all gave you a really cool experience. Welcome to Android!
accubattery has been treating me really well.
Accubattery Charge it for a while (more than 20%) several times and it'll give you an estimate
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Accubattery can make theses things
Apps full of AMOLED goodness.
AccuBattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Android Central https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidcentral.app
App Watcher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anod.appwatcher
Feedly https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devhd.feedly
Hermit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chimbori.hermitcrab
Kiwi Browser https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser
Pocket https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideashower.readitlater.pro
Pocket Casts https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
Reddit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reddit.frontpage
Solid Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2
StepsApp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stepsappgmbh.stepsapp
Today Weather https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.lockdown.weather
Trivia Buff https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trivia.buff
Wikipedia https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia
Windows Central https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wpcentral.app
This is the way.
OG Pixel XL at 88% battery health.
About to roll the 4,000,000 mAh odometer.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
install accubattery: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
it has a charge alarm feature
Accubattery does this while providing battery health information.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_US
It really should be baked into the OS. But here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I'd wait a month before taking the information too seriously tbh.
I agree with you. I got my F1 one month ago and i only have one gripe with it. The notch, it's just really ugly but that's me just splitting hairs.
Oh BTW install Accubattery it shows you how damaging your over night charging really is.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
It's best to only charge it to ~80% if you don't plan to replace the battery in a couple of years. Which is very easy compared to almost any other comparable smartphone i know of. Xiaomi even released a teardown video on their Youtube channel.
I don't know of any other company that produces smartphones that would do that.
That was one of my biggest arguments for the F1.
Also i love Formula 1 racing in Assetto Corsa so Xiaomi calling their phone F1 attracted my attention. ;D
Maybe your headphones are the problem? Mine sound just fine connected to the 3.5mm jack. I just tested it again with this lovely piece of art: https://youtu.be/wQDoN40-_C4
You could try AccuBattery
I don't know if it's 100% accurate.
It's fact that lion batteries experience the most stress when nearing discharge and when nearing a full charge.
>Lithium-ion suffers from stress when exposed to heat, so does keeping a cell at a high charge voltage. A battery dwelling above 30°C (86°F) is considered elevated temperature and for most Li-ion a voltage above 4.10V/cell is deemed as high voltage. Exposing the battery to high temperature and *dwelling in a full state-of-charge for an extended time can be more stressful than cycling. *
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
Literally every source from academic papers on battery chemistry to practical battery user guides from Samsung itself also say to not fully discharge. It is the underlying nature of lithium ion technology.
That said, people's efforts in this regard are usually overkill in the sense that avoiding the $100ish battery replacement fee is not worth effort and OCD required (even when using battery charging software specifically designed for this like Accubattery) to stay on this type of cycle.
LPT: Use Accubattery it's a great app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
download the app accubattery, it can tell you which apps are using the most battery and by how much mAh.
Charge to full before bed, when you wake up check the battery stats for which apps have been using it the most since last full charge. This will give you a place to start tracking down the culprit(s). Some useful articles on this here.
You might also want to install the AccuBattery app. It gives you a lot of info & can help you manage the battery wear better. Basically, lithium-ion batteries suffer more wear and damage when their charge levels are at the extremes (meaning both near full AND near empty). It's best to keep them in the middle third range (33-66% range), but that's understandably unrealistic for many people. AccuBattery defaults to alerting you when your charge has reached 80% because the rate of damage really accelerates quickly beyond that, but you can adjust it if need be.
I purchased a used phone last October that had only been out for about a year at that point, but the previous owner had likely been using the ultra fast charger with it and charging to full every day as it arrived with only 90% of its original battery capacity according to AccuBattery. A few weeks later it actually hit 89%. I've been using AccuBattery & charging to only 70% when I can (sometimes I fall asleep or it gets a full charge for other reasons), and trying not to let it fall below 30% most of the time. I use the phone pretty heavily so I typically have to plug it in at least a couple times a day for that 40%ish charge up, but since I'm near a charger most of the time it's been no biggie to do this.
After over ten months of doing this, I've only lost an additional 3% in capacity. If I'd been charging to full most of the time like many people do, I can guarantee I'd more likely have lost at least 8-9% of capacity.
Treat a lithium-ion battery well, and it will likely continue working 2-3 times as long as it otherwise would. The typical two year wear for a phone's lithium-ion battery can be stretched out to upwards of five years in most cases.
An app like AccuBattery should be able to give you an estimated capacity.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
AccuBattery - Akku & Batterie
Gibt viele Fakes davon
Get accubattery so you can get some real info.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_US&gl=US
You can fix the fan issue with a workaround, you need to have bios 1.6.0 though for that.
You can do the same quick and easy with HwInfo too because I wrote the autor of the tool to implement it:
https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/Thread-REQUEST-Write-to-EC-manual-fan-control-on-Dell-XPS-laptops
You then do something like this:
https://i.imgur.com/fJU3gDP.png
https://i.imgur.com/jlcZcDs.png both for fan1 and fan2
Then you need to use ThrottleStop to limit the CPU to 3.2GHz and undervolt it:
https://i.imgur.com/dsbC27y.png
https://i.imgur.com/CRrp1RD.png
https://i.imgur.com/PK2cVmW.png
Enjoy the silence.
There is a default battery wear of 10% set in the bios if you get it new (you can set it to 0 if you want)... most people dont know that. So it wont have 97 but 87 per default to extend the battery life. Studies by scintists have shown, that charging a lithium battery to ~80% instead of 100% extends its overall life by insanly 60%. Same is true for your phone of course, there are tools like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en telling you to stop charging at 80%.
Your cable is likely bad, and causing the phone to not charge at Quick Charge 3.0 speed, but rather 5V/1A as a "safe" fallback mode. This isn't enough to trigger the slow charge notification on its own since the Snapdragon 835 and Moto's tuning makes idle power consumption quite low.
A point to note here is that when you charge your phone fully and leave it connected, the phone is powered mostly from the charger, and using the battery only to compensate for spikes in consumption that exceed the charger's instantaneous output.
Now when the phone is charging at 1A, the phone won't complain because it's not hitting the ~500mA slow charging threshold since the phone only uses about 100mA when on wifi and charging (it would be 50mA if not charging since charging prevents the phone from sleeping), leaving ~900mA for the battery, which will charge overnight. But when the phone hits full, the power pack begins to charge. This drops the power the phone is seeing from the charger to within the ~500mA slow charge threshold, triggering the alert.
To fix this, a new USB cable will likely cure it. Some of the strands that make up the power or ground cable in the charger have broken from bend wear, causing the resistance to go up, so the charger, rather than causing a fire, drops the output to 5V/1A and if the resistance increases too much, it will cut it off entirely. There's a small possibility it's your usb port, but it's 98% the cable when this happens.
Turn off the screen and connect just the phone to the charger. What does the message at the bottom of the lockscreen say? Does it say Turbocharging or does it just say charging (or slow charging)? You can also install AccuBattery and connect the charger with the battery below 30%, leave it connected for 2-3 min and see what the charging current is listed at in the app. It's likely going to be somewhere in the 7-800mA range since you've got the screen on. Post a screenshot of the charging tab in AccuBattery with the battery below 30% and I'll help you interpret the information.
Still, it's one of three things (in order of likelihood): the USB cable (98%), the charger (1.5%), the USB port in the phone (0.5%) causing the low charging current that's triggering the alert.
As for the notification setting when you long press, with SystemUI the notifications in Oreo are useless, since the only one you can toggle is the dot, which is just for notifications in the launcher, and there's no app icon to display the dot on anyway. In Pie, you can disable SystemUI notifications, so that will be in an upcoming update.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery Helps prolong battery life. Find apps that reduce the use of hardware buttons.
You could try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
Check in the morning what capacity this app thinks your batter has.
If capacity is near to 3000 mAh then there is an app that is conflicting with Oreo doze management.
I personally have disabled Moto Display as it is (and many think it indeed is) a bit too sensitive - the phone wakes up too often. Another thing that I have noticed that sometimes some WiFi routers have this draining effect on the phone. In this case playing with router settings may help. Maybe try to disable wifi for some time and see how this affects the battery.
Then there is of course Google Location history, Location sharing and more such small things that sometimes go grazy and influence battery life in a negative way.
BTW there are people who say that April patch actually improved their battery life (before this batch they had similar standby): https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x4/review/standby-drain-t3665012/page3
With the Pixel 2 XL, I've been trying to minimize battery wear by using the AccuBattery app and rarely charging it beyond 80%-85%. The biggest change to my charging habits is not letting it sit plugged in and charging overnight, because that's where most of the battery wear ends up being caused.
From a previous comment I made about battery wear:
>The primary cause for decreased battery life comes from the amount of wear; charging the battery from 0 to 100% would be considered "one wear cycle," but the amount of wear isn't evenly distributed (i.e., charging 1% != 0.01 cycles of wear) but, instead, the amount of battery wear increases exponentially as you near 100%.
>If my phone is at 75% battery, charging to 85% will cause 0.16 "cycles of wear," and charging to 95% would be 0.47, and charging it all the way to 100% would be 0.81 cycles of wear. (Here is the Research and Methodology page for the AccuBattery app, which includes a more detailed technical explanations of this as well as several research whitepapers on the subject.)
>tl;dr: Having your phone plugged in overnight means you are charging the battery up to 100%, which the phone then stops the flow of power from the charger, after a while the phone's power drain reduces the battery down to 99% where it then begins charging the battery again. So the damage from leaving it plugged in overnight comes from charging the battery from 99% -> 100% numerous times (and from 99%-->100% is where the majority of the wear in a battery cycle occurs).
With my last phone, it was typical for me to have 4-5 (or more) battery wear cycles per day, with much of that just coming from being plugged in and charging overnight (but with that phone, I kind of had to because it probably wouldn't make it through the night otherwise... especially not at the end when the battery was at its worst). But I had already had the phone for quite awhile before I discovered the AccuBattery app and, by that point, much of the damage was already done.
With the 2 XL, though, I've tried to minimize the battery wear from the very start. So far I only went over 1.0 wear cycles the first four days (with 1.2 wear cycles being the max). Since then, though, I've been in the 0.5 - 0.8 wear cycles per day, and my battery health is still estimated to be at 98% of the design capacity... so we'll have to see how much of a difference this really makes over time. But hopefully the small changes in my charging habits will keep my 2 XL battery life as amazing as it has been.
There's some good info in here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote8/comments/71dpxq/samsung_keep_your_phone_charged_between_50_and/
And here:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
And this is a good app to help you monitor your wear:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Personally, I break it down to different levels. First, I start with the 20% DoD (Depth of Discharge) rule (Table 2 @ BatteryUniversity link). That's the most amount of discharge you can get for the least amount of wear. But, battery capacity goes from 0% to 100% and where you extract this 20% makes a big difference on wear as well.
Level 1: Most efficient 20% DoD is from 55% to 75%. I charge between this range on a daily basis, it's not inconvenient since I work at a computer all day.
Level 2: If I can't charge my phone when it hits 55%, then I let it drop to 50% and set my phone to warn me. If I can't charge at 50%, then I let it drop to 40%, then 30% but no lower than that. Ask Bixby, "open low battery setting" and set 30%, 40%, and 50%. At 40%, I'll activate power savings if I don't think I'll be near a charger soon.
Level 3: I try to unplug my charger at 75%. But, if I think I won't be near a charger or have my battery bank with me, I'll let it go to 90%.
I started doing this about a week after I got my phone and here's my estimated battery capacity, you can see that it's higher than the rated capacity:
https://i.imgur.com/g85Jorc.jpg
>Battery health
>By comparing the estimated battery capacity versus the design capacity, you can see how much capacity (mAh) your battery has lost over time. To change your battery design capacity, go to the charging screen.
>Battery capacity
>Current battery capacity is measured by how much electricity (mAh) and percentage (%) of battery is added in the charge session.
I never charge my phone overnight.
In reality, I'll probably get a new phone in 2-3 years. I don't think the Note 9 will be so much better or even the Note 10. But after that, Samsung will have the 3rd generation foldable phone and I'll want to get that. So, battery wear won't matter to me but I like doing it since it's simple and makes me feel good that I'm taking good care of my device.
You can use AccuBattery.
I've heard good things about accubattery though haven't tried it myself. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Hello from me too! After u/neomancr and u/vgergo gave you the tutorial of how to learn it love it use it, I'm just gonna answer some general questions.
> What should I disable/delete/stop running in the background to improve battery life and overall performance?
In my opinion, you should first see what there is on the phone and what the firmware brings. I disabled Samsung Gear (since no Gear smartwatch, although that might change after my Gear S3 arrives), SVoice (not really seeing a use in that), Facebook, Chrome, and Google Play Music. I mean, Facebook is generally known as a cancerous app together with Chrome, Snapchat and many others. I don't have a use for Google Play Music. You should not rely on 3rd party battery optimizers, since Samsung is very good taking care on it's own. I will show you some lightweight solutions to save some power.
In Nougat, your phone gives you the option to change resolutions. In my opinion, Samsung wants us to use 1080p resolution on this phone for daily usage, and wants to keep 1440p for VR only. I use 1080p ever since I got Nougat and there is literally no difference in between the two resolutions. Try for yourself. Also, if you really want to know how much battery can be squeezed out you can use the calculations from the Power Saver (not enable it). I think it is very cool how it predicts and shows you what you can use.
Install AccuBattery. It is a great tool to track down your battery life and health and can be very useful to calculate how much capacity left the phone has. Thed developers are actually very cool and don't summon an armada of ads upon you. I donated 3$ just because I thought I give them a buck. Overall, a very good and very useful app.
To improve battery life and have a good Facebook experience I would recommend downloading Friendly For Facebook. I also use Boost for reddit. Both have a great theme and can also be used with Amoled black, just to save you that battery.
I know it has sync and everything, but I would highly not recommend to use Google Chrome. Use the Samsung Browser instead, it is very lightweight and is ridiculously fast and smooth. Also, it offers you to have a QR scanner and an Amazon assistant. Also, Samsung Browser has something called "video history", means whenever you watch a video on the web it memorizes what you have watched and will show you videos from various sites in case you wanna watch them again.
Next I will tell you about some cool features. Above mentioned apps are just to help you with your device not being bloated and blown to bits by resource suckers.
> What cool features of the phone/downloadable apps you use? (Like the one that disables passcode when connected to certain wifi or bluetooth device)
The Galaxy App store is there for a reason - every app downloaded there is exclusively made for Samsung devices and most of them apps there don't work with the Google Play Services framework, so they will really be lightweight and will run better.
A few cool apps to download from the Galaxy App Store would be Disconnect Pro and AdBlock for Samsung Browser. The first one is disabling Trackers from various apps and will "Disconnect" you and prevent you being tracked. It also blocks ads. It has its moments where it is free, although on some Firmwares it costs 25-40$. But fear not! If Disconnect Pro costs for you, just head over to the Play Store and download AdHell. There is AdHell on the Galaxy App store, but it is not updated to work with Nougat, meh.
I have Disconnect Pro running alongside AdHell and what I have found is that some ads are just so stubborn and will still be pushed despite Disconnect Pro. AdHell takes care of those and Disconnect pro is not active but still prevents trackers. I noticed that since talking to Neomancr and actually was too lazy to disable them.
Once again, these AdBlocking feature DO NOT REQUIRE ROOT! Screw Adaway and destroying your phone with Root access, you have rootless DNS adblock now!
The feature to unlock the phone is a feature from Google called Smart Lock. It only servs to collect your data and will keep the device awake all the time. Also, it is buggy so you should definitely not rely on that.
What you should download is Samsung Music. It is a great app to have because it is hardware driven and has a lot of opportunities like the UHQ upscaler and the ability to adapt sound to your needs. You will undergo a hearing test and then it will be adapted when the music plays.
Do you play music?! Do you create music?! Definitely head over to the Galaxy App Store and download Thumb Jam or Soundcamp and make use of that SAPA feature that will give you a full midi deck. Soundcamp also has a tuner that I use for my guitar. Also it is fully iRig compatible.
The Samsung Video creator has also a LOT of cool features that will help you edit videos and create gifs. Other redditors gave you cool suggestions so I will stop here :).
> Apps/games to pass time?
Here are the games I have installed.
Need For Speed makes use out of every last bit of the CPU on the phone and will give you PS3 like graphics on your 5.5" screen. Outfolded, Limbo, Geometry Dash and True Skater are great games to pass time. SkyForce is a good retro shooter in OldSchool look and feel. Skydancer is a great runner with great graphics and great physics. It is definitely not like something you have ever played. Be aware though, it only works with 1080p resolution, as for now.
ANd last but not least, it'se me, MARIO. I have fun with this game and am enjoying it so far. It's tricky enough to make me play levels again and it is designed and has a look and feel just as you would expect it from Nintendo. IF it is not available in your region, Exelero got yo cowered and here's the apk. It is free for Android users with a few levels, but unlocking the whole game is 10$. I paid and did not regret it.
Hope I could help you with that, if you have any other question just ask. Have fun with the phone and welcome to the club :)
I've had a discussion with my friends regarding how we should charge our phones for optimal battery life throughout the use of our phones. And what we found out looking online was that the habits of charging you have can affect the longevity of your battery. It's not that if you leave your phone plug throughout the night but more what range of percentage that you charge your phone and the number of cycles you spend per charge since manufacturers rated their battery according to the number of cycles you can charge your battery. The BatteryUniversity article has great information regarding the behavior of the type of battery we use in phones and how the performance. Basically, the worst phone charging habits that you can have are beginning at low (25%) and going to "full" charge (100%) (Here's the graph showing the results). So there's one thing you can do to preserve those cycles and reduce the wear of the battery is use an app that tells you when you approach the percentage you want to your phone to be charged to. I personally use AccuBattery to check that for me.
Edit: I've just checked and iFixit has battery replacement kit you could buy
Check out AccuBattery
This app will give u detailed information of ur battery charge and discharge..and ofcourse usage too..
AVG %/hr battery drain is more useful than total SOT. People can post 8hr SOT but what does that really mean? Does that include screen off idle time? Were they just leaving the phone in airplane mode? etc
My p3xl get 12-15%/hr battery drain with screen on & 0.5-0.8%/hr drain idle. Apps like Accubattery can show you those stats.
I use an app called BackgroundRestrictor on fdroid to turn off background permissions. Essentially those apps can't run in the background when the screen is off. You can do this without the app using android per app settings but is more tedious to change multiple apps at once.
Another think I do is use Greenify. Enabled aggressive doze & wake-up tracking cut-ff. Then I add all non essential apps that use GCM notification to auto hibernate.
Last thing I do is with elementalx kernel manager. Enabled all the 'block wakelocks' options.
If you want to go super geek mode and analyze your battery usage deeper then use battery historian, however for me GSAM or betterbatterystats is good enough; at least more details than the android OS info.
I used the AccuBattery App
Try installing https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery and see which apps is keeping it running.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en <-this is extremely helpful in learning how your battery is and what apps are using energy.
Take a look at Accubattery, it does a good job of only charging the battery as much as it needs.
Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
It'll show You battery condition.
Dying battery most likely. Accubattery might shed a little light on the state of your battery.
Is anyone else interested in the ability to limit battery charging to 80% to preserve battery life?
I sent a message to Essential, but they indicated this is not on their radar. The issue is that regularly charging past 80% typically reduces long-term battery life. Lenovo offers the ability to limit charging as an option on their laptops, and it is extremely helpful:
https://support.lenovo.com/ca/en/solutions/ht078208
There are tools that do this for rooted Android phones, but I'd rather not go that route:
The way I'm doing it now is to have the phone notify me when it hits 80% charge, and then I manually disconnect it. Accubattery helps with this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
But it is a pain, and doesn't work when I need to have the phone connected for debugging (I do Android development), or when USB tethering my phone to give my laptop internet access.
Barring that, I haven't seen a price for battery replacement by Essential?
It's hard to directly compare battery life because usage will vary a ton. Generally you'll get the most screen-on time with constant use and white text on a black background. If you're like me and most of your SOT is reading Reddit with a night theme on, you'll get those good numbers. The least screen-on time will come with sporadic gaming or video watching.
One thing I always recommend for battery issues is AccuBattery. It can give you estimates of your battery health and some standardized estimates of battery life which will be easier to compare to others. Install that app and give it a week to collect the data it needs.
here are some screenshots of my stats
(note I have a battery mod so that average combined use stat is based on more than 100% but the final estimates seem to be based on not having the mod)
>My main habit was not using fast charging to charge over night as that takes more life out of it.
AFAIK, there really isn't a notable difference in the amount of degradation or wear from standard charging vs. fast charging (if anything, it would be the increased heat generated during fast charging that would be worse for the battery than standard charging).
The primary cause for decreased battery life comes from the amount of wear; charging the battery from 0 to 100% would be considered "one wear cycle," but the amount of wear isn't evenly distributed (i.e., charging 1% != 0.01 cycles of wear) but, instead, the amount of battery wear increases exponentially as you near 100%.
If my phone is at 75% battery, charging to 85% will cause 0.16 "cycles of wear," and charging to 95% would be 0.47, and charging it all the way to 100% would be 0.81 cycles of wear. (Here is the Research and Methodology page for the AccuBattery app, which includes a more detailed technical explanations of this as well as several research whitepapers on the subject.)
Even with my last phone, I never used fast charge overnight but I still had very bad battery degradation. That's because, for the last 20% or so of charging, there is no real difference between fast charging vs. standard charging; at around 80% it will automatically switch to constant voltage charging where the charging speed is determined by how fast current flows into the battery (which is limited by the battery's own chemical process, not the charger).
tl;dr: Having your phone plugged in overnight means you are charging the battery up to 100%, which the phone then stops the flow of power from the charger, after a while the phone's power drain reduces the battery down to 99% where it then begins charging the battery again. So the damage from leaving it plugged in overnight comes from charging the battery from 99% -> 100% numerous times (and from 99%-->100% is where the majority of the wear in a battery cycle occurs).
>Other than that I'm not that worried.
I'm not worried, either. Like I said, I'm just curious. The science and research behind it appears to be solid and seems to make sense... but there's always a difference between what laboratory testing shows or suggests and what sort of real-world effects it actually has. I just want to find out if this has as much as an effect as the research suggests it does.
And doing so is only a matter of changing a couple of small habits and doesn't actually make anything more difficult or inconvenient. Either it will prolong my battery capacity or it won't (but it certainly won't make the battery capacity worse), but there's literally nothing to lose by trying it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I use AccuBattery: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
There are other similar programs.
This is the one I got:
New 2300 mAh BELTRON Replacement Battery for LG Nexus 5 D820 / D821 (AT&T Sprint T-Mobile)
which I purchased from this vendor:
The measured capacity (according to AccuBattery) seemed to improve after I used it a bit (maybe after the 1st week). I've been cycling power between 40% to 80% as much as possible. Otherwise, 35% to 100%.
Get the app Accubattery and use it for a couple days to a week to get a more precise percentage.
Accubattery is all you need for this - it actually reads the real voltage use in the battery, no guesswork
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
AccuBattery is really good.
I think this is exactly what you're looking for : AccuBattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Accubattery might be what you are looking for: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
[Analysis] This is the analysis with the help of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
After more than a year of use as an everyday smartphone
Summary 18% battery loss which represents 727mah loss of autonomy
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I play Pokémon GO and it supports it very very badly the battery melts at a speed not to mention the battery that goes up to 42°C which makes it unusable from this temperature because all bugs and nothing responds (it must come from the protection of the system that reduces performance from a certain temperature of battery / processor)
I suggest you get a app called accubattery. It measures your battery level and it's health. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
try accubattery it should be able to see what's consuming it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
Yeah I would recommend Accubattery for this
AccuBattery is good.
Hmm, try installing AccuBattery and see, how much mA you get while charging.
Use Accubattery app. It shows battery health, battery uses.
Try AccuBattery and see what the charge rate is.
Hi, this seems like a bad battery. I recommend going to a Xiaomi store and ask the person if they can change the battery. This could also be a software issue, but I don't think so. If you'd go to the store, describe the issue first. Don't just ask for a new battery.
Just for fun, install AccuBattery and charge your phone to see how much health does the battery still have.
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Hi, I recommend you getting a replacement (if you can), because it seems like the battery is old, because that's what they do.
Anyway, you can try downloading AccuBattery, discharge and charge it a few times to get the health percentage.
There's an app called Accubattery. It's pretty decent. You need to wait like a day for it to calibrate, but you'll see the battery health. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
The best app for this is probably AccuBattery. I run it all the time and it's one of the few I paid for but the free version is great and can be used temporarily just to get an in-depth look.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Hi, this is a common thing for old batteries. It's weird that it started happening just now. I guess that your phone had a very good battery. You also extended it a bit by charging when it hits 20%.
I actually have 2 old phones somewhere and they did the same thing.
Batteries degrade overtime.
Mi Max 2 is also an old phone, do I recommend you upgrading.
You can try installing AccuBattery, charge it a few times and check your battery health.
Ich will hier gar nicht mit streiten, aber behandele die Akkus meiner Geräte auch schon seit Jahren so, dass diese möglichst lange halten.
Es ist für die Akkus nun mal wirklich viel gesünder, wenn man über den Tag verteilt hier und da mal etwas gegenan lädt (und wenn es nur 10% sind), als wenn man den Akku jede Abend oder gar über Nacht am Ladegerät auf 100% prügelt und dann bis 30, 20, 10% entlädt.
Apple Geräte und Google Pixel Smartphones haben mittlerweile adaptives Laden, das versucht dann z.B. den Akku genau so langsam zu laden, dass bei Klingeln des Weckers 100% erreicht sind. Das ist auch nicht perfekt, aber schon mal deutlich besser als die ganze Nacht über Erhaltungsladung.
Darüber hinaus habe ich unter Android jahrelang AccuBattery in Verwendung. Da vibriert und düdelt das Telefon wenn die eingestellte Ladung erreicht ist und man zieht es eben manuell ab.
Ich persönlich lade mein Smartphone auch nur tagsüber. Auf die 5% oder so die ich über Nacht verliere kann ich verzichten.
I wouldn't want to guess but here are some screenshots from an app called Accubattery.
I haven't switched over to the V60, yet, but I've been prepping the phone for the switch, so I can't answer all three questions, but I can answer the last two.
Regarding the battery, the first thing I noticed about this phone was how long the battery capacity was lasting, while I was setting up the phone w/ all of my accounts. I couldn't believe how long it was reporting as 100 percent battery life, and I wanted to see how accurate this was, so I pulled up an app I use called AccuBattery. Remarkably, the V60 was reporting its battery capacity accurately. After over 60 minutes of on-screen time, the battery was still at 100 percent, before it finally dropped to 98 percent at ~77 on-screen time and ~98 minutes on-battery.
As for the price, $400 is roughly the going rate on ebay for a brand new, network unlocked, single-screen V60. If you want to add the dual-screen, it will run you an additional $250 for a brand new version.
Which ROM do you use ? Because most of the A12 ROM i tried had this option built in. Also I use Accubattery it'll show ideal remaining time based on your average use.
My phones battery is a bit degraded because for a big part of a year I used it for hours playing hardware intensive games and pushing it to its limits causing a lot of heating
My recommendation is download this app it tracks battery well enough and I've had it just monitoring my battery, will replace it the second it reaches around 50% of original capacity
If I'm on low battery and I do something intensive (doesn't even have to be that intensive, opening an app/game) the phone will shut down. This has happened at the simple act of plugging in the charger when I'm at 1%
I guess the system starts demanding more from the battery, and if the battery is old or slightly degrading then the sudden voltage drop causes it to go over a threshold that automatically kicks safety protocols in to prevent the battery from being over-discharged.
This is pretty common on batteries that aren't new and there should be a way to reconfigure the software to account for this creating new percentage levels to correctly reflect the battery output but I can't remember how off the top of my head. I know I had to do it on my Nexus 4 back in the day.
Accubattery is a very handy tool in working out the health of your battery.
I used to be a battery engineer so this behaviour doesn't surprise me and most phones will eventually do this up until they say 100% and then crash as the battery simply can't hold a charge anymore.
A fix that will work 100% is replacing/paying for a new battery.
neon_overload explained it really well.
I'd like to add that there's a good app called AccuBattery: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
It shows you a lot of details, including how much Watts (Ampere & Volts) your phone is being charged etc..
yeah, you could probably wait for more than a year. The battery would perform the same. I would first recommend you install this to check the status of your battery.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Not sure about limiting. For me, I use AccuBattery which gives a sound alert when the battery reaches the specified percentage. Hope it helps!
In this case you could probably test if the USB port is faulty by using an app like this one. It tells you the current that is going in the charger port, if it is not stable you should be noticing as well... Compare your results with the ports in other computers. Most likely you will have to repair or simply use another port for you phone. In my case, my laptop has a USB port with a weaker current output, so it manages to make my mouse function but not to charge my phone.
you should check what's taking all of the battery power, go to settings, battery, phone battery usage. there may be background apps like chrome draining your battery. if that is not the case, download a battery to measure mAh in your phone ( is suggest this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery) you might have lost a lot of battery capacity, I bought my phone with 4,000 mAh and now I only have 3,300. this usually happens with bad quality batteries or improper use.
>I've read that it extends the battery but does it make that much of a difference?
actually yes.
below 20% is a deep charge which "wears" your battery way more.
above 80% is "worse" than till 80% but its way worse to let it drop sub 20%
I can recommend the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=de&gl=US
free evrsion does everything you need it also links a few studys to batterys and more in settings it relies on that and helps you keep your battery as healthy as long as possible.
[Accu Battery]
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery)
I use this to keep a check on all my android devices. Don't know how accurate the app is. I think it's okay.
You'll have to visit the app for a day or two to let the app get data on your charging and discharging cycles.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_US&gl=US
Guess I'll install AccuBattery.
Ugh, I though I was done with shit like this. Battery was incredible on my Pixel 4a 5G until Android 12. Android 12 was a mistake.
We have to go back
You can install AccuBattery and do a few charge/discharge cycles to check your current battery capacity.
No, quite on the contrary. What does have impact on battery health/life expactency is if you frequently let it drop below 25ish% or charge it above 80%. Fast charging frequently between 40% and 70% is actually the best you can do for battery health. There is a neat app that will assist you and explain a lot: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en&gl=US
Use this app: Accubattery, shows Charge current and Voltage. Multiply to get Power.
Might want to look into this. I believe it provides more info then the built-in app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Is your phone always warm to the touch? Is any app running in the background without your knowledge?
Usually some app might be eating up the battery so better find out what it is.
Why don't you try AccuBattery ? and see if it points to a particular apk?
I can say that my 5T also requires me to calliberate compass a lot but I do think it has something to do with Gyroscope as well, this one doesn't have very accurate gyro and since your phone is tilted at 45° maybe it has got something to do with that.
install accubattery and use it for few days to know your battery health it will help you make a decision .
My 5T will also complete 4 years this december its camera guard came out and dust setlled in the camera lens during the pandemic, so now camera is just useless and battery health is at 76% and doesn't last that long but I dont want to get rid of it because 1. I like metal & slim body 2. I have become less mobile enthusiast 3. I dont want to add e-waste, so i will push this one to the limit.
I would check with the app Accubattery. Install it and let it settle for 1-2 days.
On my 4a, it says that idle battery loss is 0.5%/hour which is very good.
Most people on this sub use the official OnePlus diagnostic app. Should note that version 2.1 requires a shortcut app to access it (read about it in the comments) or you can use the older version. It's important to note that it takes time for this battery health percentage to calibrate. It's as accurate as accubattery after a few battery cycles.
accubattery can sound alarm at the specified charge % you set
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
It will monitor your charging cycles and, over time, will give you an estimate on your battery wear. The more you use it, the more accurate it gets.
Check my post above to see if it matches you experience, but two things.
Install an app. I use Accubattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
That is well reasoned thinking you're doing :) AccuBattery can probably give you that kind of information.
You should update when there's a new feature you want, you have problems with the build you run, or when the monthly security patches are applied. The latter usually happens in the midst of the month, that's when I update.
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It uses power delivery,you should get a charger that has a usb type c output ,not a typical usb output. and install this app to see more details on battery condition.
Oh I would definitely not recommend purchasing it without root, it's a waste of money then. Actually, only the battery monitor works without root with some restricted features. I'd recommend AccuBatteryfor non-root battery monitoring.
AccuBattery allows you to set a maximum charge.
Try accubattery
This app is pretty good for tracking down rogue apps.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Battery was fine when it was new. The 3XL never had amazing battery life like some of today's devices do, but it got me through the day.
Seems Google uses cheap batteries in the Pixels given how quickly they all degrade (or swell like on the 4XL), so I'm not surprised about your refurb.
You can try using Accubattery to give a battery capacity estimate. Takes a couple cycles to figure it out though - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_US&gl=US
Well personally no but here's the highest rated app that the Playstore has for "app battery usage"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
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You might be interested in running this app for a while to get an idea of battery "health":
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
You might have just a bad battery
Check your battery health via this app and let me know: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Download accubaterry it helps keep the battery for the least wear cycle heres the link hope it helps
Get AccuBattery run it a few days and then see what your Battery Health is. It's been found to be pretty accurate on the PH-1's.
This shouldn't be the case since MIUI Daemon is an extra activity on your phone wherein it collects data for Xiaomi to provide you ads. Thus removing it as a must if you don't want to see ads or tracker on your smartphone.
Perhaps, you have updated an app that runs in the background that doesn't have good battery optimization.
You can use AccuBattery to monitor and track all the apps that is consuming your phones battery and how much they consume. You might find the culprit with it.
Ignoring the whole debate this thread started, Accubattery is what you want.
Unless I remember wrong, Samsung says it is fine to leave your phone plugged in, so it will probably be a while.
I have an app on my old rooted phone that cuts off the charge, but on my new rooted phone I use AccuBattery, which gives an alarm at a set percentage. If I am around to hear it, I disconnect, if not I am no worse off for when I do. It also monitors battery health and provides good info about charging.
If you're worried about battery damage, accubattery and many other apps will alert you to unplug at whatever percentage you want. Keeping between 80% and 20% is very good for battery health and plenty for most people to last a day.
I'm currently using this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Got it just recently but seems to get the job done, although there's dozens of battery monitors alternatives on the store.
just began using accubattery
Install AccuBattery app and check the health of the battery. That would be a start.
I have always used accubattery
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Check the app Accubattery it has a lot of features but look at the battery health tab. Mine says 81%. It might take a few charges to populate.
This is the app I am using if you'd like to know
Accubattery!(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery)
It's perfect app to keep tab on battery usage! It doesn't consume battery at all, notifies when charge reaches to 80% and many such features...
Have you heard of the 40-80 rule? Lithium Ion batteries last longer when they're kept around 50%. Batteries don't like extremes. The video which /u/li321 posted also supports this.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
To try to adhere to the 40/80 rule I don't leave my Note charging overnight, I charge before bed. I use Accubattery to alert me when the charge reaches 80%, and unplug it.
You need root access to automatically stop charging at a certain percentage.
Tarkoitin että puhelin on uusi niin vielä kiinnostaa akun hyvinvointi, kun alkaa lähennellä vaihtoikää niin sitten alkaa vähemmän kiinnostaa kauanko latailee
jos kiinnostuit niin tämä sovellus käytössä.
Nah. Try using AccuBattery and using it for a few days for the app to measure your battery capacity.
AccuBattery! You'll find it here dude: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
AccuBattery although it's not very accurate it can give you a good estimate.
Before use it's recommended to completely drain your battery (till the phone turns off) then charge to 100% +10min this will realign you charge capacity measurement of your phone which can be messed up if you 'been using your phone within 20% - 83% charge.
Then install accubattery and charge it a few times at 21-25% to 100% this will result a quite accurate capacity left number.
In the app you can set your factory default max it's 4100 for the S10+Also you should turn off notifications in the app otherwise it'll goes to a notification storm during charge(at least it does for me)
Download AccuBattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery and do some testing. Mine estimates 7 hrs screen on time with normal usage, after using the phone with my normal settings for a few days (bluetooth, WiFi, LTE, & location all enabled, brightness ~70%
Yes. I have it too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Download this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
AccuBattery is a Great App that will allow you to track your battery health and history.
So what AccuBattery tells me is a lie? That only charging to 80% preserves battery health? Should I uninstall it? it?https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
It depends on the developer. For most apps (with a beta version) anyone can. This is the process:
(1) Just go to the app page on Play Store and scroll down and you'll see an option to join the beta. Like this: <em>https://imgur.com/a/GTEACuz</em>
(App: <em>https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery</em>)
(2) Or if you want to join the beta via PC you can go to a link of the form
<em>https://play.google.com/apps/testing/</em>appname
For AccuBattery it's: <em>https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.digibites.accubattery</em>
For some others, (example Twitter) you need to join a Google Group (<em>https://groups.google.com/g/twitter-for-android-experiment</em>) first and then do (1) or (2)
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Since the number of people who can beta test is limited, some beta programs are full (e.g., WhatApp Messenger). For all of these you can just join on your own.
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For few apps like Hill Climb Racing 2, the developers select a very small amount of people to beta test from Discord and Reddit and no one else can join. The developers enable beta testing for the tester's Google Account and they have to give continuous feedback for each update.
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And a majority of the apps don't have a beta version. They just roll out updates when they think it's ready.
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Hope this helped!
Or accubattaey which is very useful and informative. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I think it was this app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_US
AccuBattery is great. Use this for a week and you'll see your current battery capacity compared to the design capacity.
I've been charging my Pixel 3 to only 80% most of the time, I'm down 10% capacity since it was new almost 2 years ago. Been using AccuBattery for this, can recommend.
Accubattery - puts an alarm at any set upper threshold. Not sure about lower threshold. But it helps track charge history well
AccuBattery : Track how the battery of your phone is. Has IAP & if you wait, the dev does offer discounts in it.
CoinCalc : A beautiful currency & exchange converter with cryptocurrencies.
Hurry : Countdown the days until Christmas, birthdays, holidays, vacations or bills.
Lookup Pro : Brings the nifty Look up feature from iOS to Android.
Overdrop Pro : Weather App.
Taskito : Taskito is a timeline based task management app to help you organize day-to-day. (Has add ons as IAP)
Typesave : System-Wide Draft Mode & Clipboard Manager. Never Lose A Text Again!
Universal Copy : Sometimes you want to copy text from an app or image and you cannot use the default Android long press? Universal Copy takes that pain away!
I use accubattery which notifies you at a charge level you pre-choose to unplug your phone. It doesn't have the capability to make charging stop automatically though.
Accubattery app shows percentage at the top left. Its primary purpose is to measure your battery's overall health.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Try this app to check ur battery
Also if you just recently setup the phone for the first time its normal to experience battery drain
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Gotta use it for a couple weeks for accuracy
You can leave AccuBattery running for a couple charge cycles and find out the real capacity. If you do so, please make a follow up post. I'm really interested in this
I didn't read the link, but is it any better than Accubatterys health function.?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
No but it you're looking for a good battery app Accu Battery is the gold standard. If you think your battery is out of charge this app can estimate how many functioning mAh your phone has.
Your battery saver turns on when there is 15% left. It turns OFF when you charge it past 90%. Anyways this is not a way to evaluate your battery. If you are concerned that your battery is in a bad shape you can easily measure it with apps like AccuBattery ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery ).
It gives me a notification at 80% so I can unplug my charger. With my Xiaomi 9T I get 24-36h of battery life with 4h SoT by charging to 80%, so that's plenty. Plus it charges to 80% in 40min.
Use an app such as https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
AccuBattery should give you a much better breakdown of battery usage.
Updates between models should be roughly the same. As long as they're both Oxygen OS they should receive updates around the same time.
As for battery stats check out an app called Accubattery. Although I'm not 100% sure it's entirely accurate, apparently my battery is at 88% capacity even though my SoT is the same, if not better than it was when I first got it.
OMG il so sorry to be this late. If you didn't find anything during this time : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
All my apologizes again! Have a nice day!
Just use AccuBattery
This is great for preserving battery health. AccuBattery is an app that essentially plays an alarm sound when your phone reaches 80% while charging (or any other battery level, you can customize it). It's free and been tells your estimated battery health level.
Another redditor recommended this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Seems good.
I can recommend using this App, it measures the cycles used per charging process and you get a good idea how healthy your battery is atm (something the app shows as well: my battery is around 93% health after 10 months owning my device - it only dropped by 1% since I own the app, that's since March the 15th).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
You could try getting accubattery to track where your battery is going. If it seems to be missing a lot of usage, or your screen on and screen off battery usage is pretty close, it's probably a hardware issue
Use accubatteryaccubattery app.
It's a 3rd party app: Play Store link
I love Ampere. Have recently switched to AccuBattery for even more info and battery health history.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I'm not an Android nitty-gritty expert by any means, but could that possibly mean the problem lies elsewhere?
How about installing this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
And having another perspective of where the charge is disappearing to?
Go download Accubattery: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
This will tell you what's draining your battery.
It will also tell you if your battery is healthy and holds the same charge it's supposed to be design. I wouldn't be surprised if this were a battery capacity issue more than rogue draining.
Without talking about actual capacity and usage drain in mA, this is mostly speculation.
This will do it for you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
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If you like your Pixel, you should be able to get the battery replaced at a reasonable cost. Most of these phones (dunno about Pixel 4) are supported by LineageOS, which is a version of Android based upon the open parts of the source code. Your Pixel 1 will likely have support for quite some time and get over -the-air updates.
Hint for the future: try to keep your phone charge between 25-75 % as much as possible. Lithium batteries in phones suffer the most damage when the charge is at either extreme. Charging your phone to 100% is the same as one half to one full cycle (depending upon how low the charge was at start and how quickly you remove it from the charger after reaching 100% - leave it on too long will cause even more premature aging). However, charging from 25% to 75% twice is along the lines of a quarter of a charge cycle (typically these batteries handle around 500 cycles before their capacity starts to degrade significantly). AccuBattery can help you manage this and give you more insight as to what's up with your battery.
Yeah they quoted me $80. The accubattery app says I'm still at 87% battery health. When it drops below about 75% I'm going to get a new battery for it. And in case anyone is wondering, I use this app for battery health reading: Note: it'll take a few discharge and recharge cycles to get an accurate reading.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
There's an app called AccuBattery it will give you the stats for charging with the screen off. The free version will do what you need.
Accubattery in the play store provides a fair bit of data.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
This app calculates battery size, base on charge and discharge patern https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I have found that my pixel 3a charges fastest (~2000 mA) with the Stock USB-C to USB-C cord and block, decently fast (~1100 mA) with my old Samsung and LG fast charging blocks (USB-A to USB-C, 6-ft cord), and "slow"/regular speed (~300 mA) with ordinary charging blocks. If you want some insight to how fast your phone is charging with various charging cord and block configurations, I would recommend looking for an app that tells you how fast your battery is charging/discharging. Personally, I use Accubattery, but I'm not sure how useful the free version is since I use the paid version. If you search around, you might be able to find other apps like it tho.
*btw, the charging rate numbers I mentioned above are just what I can remember off hand, they might be off.
Accubattery /Pro might be helpful https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
There are too many combinations that could be contributing to battery drain. It gets frustrating. I spent some time with AccuBattery...wonders were worked. Gives me a detailed overview of which apps are using what %. You can then go in and place restrictions as needed.
There are several, but Accubattery is the standard. I purchased for the extra features and to support the dev.
Check to see what background apps are running, if anything. Since it is Android based, you might consider turning on developer mode (settings -> system -> about phone -> tap the build number until it says "you are now a developer" [10 times iirc]) then under the new developer options that will appear (where it is in settings may vary, mine is under system) select "don't keep activities", set a limit on the number of background processes, and look at the Running Services and kill any services for applications you have that you do not need. Also I have personally used the app accubattery to help track down phantom power drains befor (it is at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery )
My understanding of current battery tech is that charging it to 80% of capacity, rather than 100%, results in a doubling of battery lifetime. This is according to these two papers that I haven't actually read. This knowledge I don't actually have came from the rather nifty Accubattery Android app. When I have a spare hour or so I'll try reading them. Honest.
I wouldn't be surprised if batteries marketed as eco-friendly perform these sorts of tricks to extend battery life. My ThinkPad's software allows me to set a limit, yet the batteries in it weren't marketed as eco-friendly.
If it doesn't heat at all, then it doesn't seem like the battery has some problem (not sure how much Youtube demands, though). Try one of these:
If nothing helps then, a quick way to increase overall performance and battery is by lowering your device's screen resolution to 720p (can be reverted).
Install this. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Let it run a week it will tell you exactly how much your battery has degraded. Mine is like a 2925 mAh battery after 2 years. It's good to use this rather than just SOT since you may have a rogue app or something got installed weird (like Oct update) giving causing SOT to fo down even tho the battery hasn't degraded as much as you think.
Here's are few,
AccuBattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Android Central https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidcentral.app
App Watcher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anod.appwatcher
Bouncer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.permission
Feedly https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devhd.feedly
GSMArena https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsmarena.android
Kiwi Browser https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser
Medium https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.medium.reader
Pocket https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideashower.readitlater.pro
Refind https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.refind.android
StepsApp https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stepsappgmbh.stepsapp
Today Weather https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.lockdown.weather
Wikipedia https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia
I try to keep mine charged between 50% to 80% but Accubattery tells me that I could get close to seven hours of SOT if I went from 100% to 0%. My idle drain stays between .7% and 1.5% but is at .9% about 80% of the time. However, your battery life will be reduced when using the quad dac, especially with high impedance headphones.
Install AccuBattery
Then use your phone like normal and let it drain low, and then charge your phone to 100%. It will then show you how much battery capacity is in your phone :) Tip: The longer you leave the app installed, the more accurate the results will be.
Yes. Battery calibration is definitely the problem. Use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery for accurate battery readings. Eventually your phone will wake up and smell the coffee
Install AccuBattery and let it run for about a week. It's light-years ahead of all the other battery apps in Play Store.
It doesn't pound on the battery and the longer it runs, the more precise it gets, including in regard to your personal usage patterns.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Have you tried to charge your phones while turned off? The reason for them taking long to charge and quick to discharge may be that one of your apps of choice is a power hog. Damaged batteries don't take long to charge, they actually charge quicker due to the acquired lesser capacity.
I think Adaptive Battery is enabled by default but it might be worth checking to make sure it is.
Also, AccuBattery will tell you the discharging speed for each app in terms of % per hour. Android displays total percent and total time used, but not the rate.
A battery is best used between 20% and 80%. Lower or higher will wear your battery extra.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_US
There is an app for that.
accubattery this app will give you screen time on in hours, which is far far accurate than statements like one day heavy use...
also after few charges it gives you health battery% so you know if your battery is ok, or lost significant capacity and its time to change.
its very handy app for many more things.
well i got this after more then 2 years. i think yours brand new should not be that low already.
alltho i doubt think that app is 101% accurate. not long ago it showed 100% for all of us.
Maybe also try acubattery and do 20-30 cycles and see what it will say there
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I think it's because Huawei mobile phones tend to charge to a very high voltage. If I charge my Huawei Y6 2019 to 100% SoC (State of Charge), then the battery voltage is around 4.4 Volt, which is much more than what is recommended for a li-ion type battery. I think Huawei does this on purpose, like a kind of 'planned depreciation', so that the phone will completely die after a few years, and the users then will have to buy a new one again (planned depreciation is not a new thing).
Now I use this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery to notify me when the phone is charge to 85% (4.1 Volt), and then I unplug it. Also I never discharge below 20%.
To reduce battery degradation you should never charge to more than 90% SoC, and never discharge below 10% SoC. But keeping the State of Charge between 20% and 80% is even better.
Look into accubattery:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I'm at right about 2.1%/hour with my screen off.
AccuBattery does exactly this for Android.
Some 3rd party cheap cables limit the current. I downloaded an app that tells me the current being pulled or drawn (AccuBattery) and I can tell if a cable (or charger) has limitations.
For info on battery drain with both the screen on or off an app like this will display the info.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
not from the options, but accu battery does it (the app is free and light weight) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
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anyway your phone lost 82% of battery in 32 hours, with 39% with screen on, meaning 43% (max, you still have to remove the other apps and so) in screen off, divided by 32, would be 1.34% per hour
Not sure what all they used, but I've gotten good use out of AccuBattery when dismissing battery drain on my devices:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
You could try this. Keep in mind that's it's only an estimation of your battery capacity.
I got my phone(same exact model as yours) about the same time. I haven't had any battery issues with it though.
Other people in this sub have said that batteries usually last around 2 years however.
I haven't tried this app but it seems like the most recommend battery health checker in this sub and it has a high rating.
You can use AccuBattery to estimate your actual battery capacity (compared to what it's supposed to be). Mine was down to ~45% when I replaced it.
Use AccuBattery. It'll tell you your original capacity and the current capacity.
>check my battery health
There no reliable quick way to do this.
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Especially you shouldn't rely on information from /sys/class/power_supply/battery/health
(in case if it exists). I have old device with dead battery, but cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/health
says that battery health is "good" when really it is not.
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You may try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery, but I don't know how correct results are.
I'm a heavy user as well and I get terrific battery life. Sometimes I even get days out of it if I have a lot on and don't use the phone much. So there must be something wrong here...
You should install AccuBattery to check the health of the battery on your device first of all. It's possible you just got a unit with a defective battery?
Use BetterBatteryStats or GSam to monitor what specifically is eating your battery and you can start to take steps to prevent it.
Edit: as others have mentioned, poor signal will result in heavy battery consumption.
For me its almost same as nougat, no improvement on battery but performance has been good so far. Try running accu battery for a day and see how much health percent you get? If its around 70-80% than its probably some background process not battery.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
They might have just treated their phones better. All battery’s degrade. If you want you can tell them to install an app like AccuBattery to tell what their battery health is at.
Sì, io uso AccuBattery.
Have you tried to charge it from the USB port (try different ones)? Does it make a difference? Try different cables.
If you still haven't decided what to do, I recommend for two applications to monitor charging and battery status, so you may have a good overview what's going on:
Für Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=de
braucht ein paar Ladezyklen, bis es halbwegs genau ist.
I would start with installing AccuBattery to see if you have any rogue apps.
Go into settings/device/battery and look at the bottom to see which apps are running in the background. Turn battery saving on for any apps you don't need to run in the background. For example, I don't need my Roomba app running in the background.
Look at the most recent reviews of that battery mod, they're a lot better. I don't know if they did some QC improvement or what. $37 seems like a great price.
I would recommend going on eBay and getting the Motorola Turbopower pack though. It's a tiny bit thicker, still pretty light, feels good in the hand, has a separate charging port, and will last another whole day at least.
How poor is the battery life though? 3000 mAh should be pretty decent. I have a Z2 with a smaller battery, gets me through the day with heavy use.
I would try the normal Android battery preservation techniques. In my experience, in order, crummy battery life is often due to:
I would install Accubattery or GSam Battery Monitor and give them app permissions and then see what's eating battery.
You do realize that this happens to a lot of phones right? It's an issue with batteries so unless you're buying a phone with a removable battery or a phone without a lithium ion battery you will have this issue with any phone. Both of those are near impossible to find now a days though.
What's happening is as a battery degrades over time it can't supply as much voltage to the phone so generally you'll experience a shutdown when you open a demanding game or app (like Snapchat or camera). The best way to avoid this is to not use your phone while it's charging, keeping your phone charged between 20-80%, and not charging overnight. Obviously sometimes you'll need to charge overnight or you'll need to send a quick text or two while charging but if you reduce the amount of times you need to do the above you'll generally prolong your battery's ability to hold a charge. Here's an app that tracks battery degradation, is only an estimate however.
My phone goes 5-6 hours easy. I use full screen brightness. I don't have lots of background programs running.
I monitor battery health with AccuBattery. I found a SoT of 30 mins in the history and it drained 9% of the battery. Another SoT was 2hr 33mins and drained 48%.
Hope this helps.
you could use accubattery to find out whether or not stand by apps goes into deep sleep mode.
That might be the case.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
I tested it with my S8 (bought in Nov.2017). fg_cycle = 2 (2 cycles? No way!) fg_fullcapnom = 1471 (means 2942mAh? Just 2% lost?)
Hmm, I must say it's very much doubtful. In the directory, I found a file named "battery_cycle" also. battery_cycle's value is 266. That looks more proper value, don't you think so?
I'm using AccuBattery. According to it, my S8's current estimated capacity is 2800mAh, 7% lost from its design capacity 3000mAh.
Are you using stock LOS Kernel? Reports of that causing early shutdowns (don't know if it was ever fixed). Flashing a custom Kernel (e.g. Radon (<<< Not officially maintained anymore but unofficial version available) or Agni)
After 2 Years your battery has probably degraded they can be got for approx €12 and easily replaced.
Check your battery health with accubattery app, you would need to let it monitor a few weeks charge cycles for it to get accurate result.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Accubattery has an alert when you reach a certain percent, that you set.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I'm on the same lines with you. My S6 edge's battery drains as quickly as yours.
There is this app in play store, accu battery : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
This is one useful app to check your battery health status(Note, it doesn't improve anything on the battery capacity).
This app after 2-3 cycles of charging gives some useful stats about the battery.
In my case when the battery is fully charged it takes as maximum as 1730 mAh compared to maximum capacity of 2660 mAh of S6E.
This simply means that 35% of battery is worn out.
You can try Accubattery... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
That's crazy that you can't. You have a 970 but it also has a 250 mAh smaller battery. If you want to post your battery usage data at the end of the day I can try to help. Also, try accubattery to see what your battery health is
Install AccuBattery, it'll tell you. That app is legit, unlike most other battery tools.
The USB 3.0 standard limits the current output of the port to 5V/900mA (4.5W) and a USB 2.0 port is 5V/500mA (2.5W) though most motherboards have been providing 5V/1A (5W) for both 2.0 and 3.0 ports for a decade or more. Still, that is a far cry from the 28W the phone can handle at maximum.
Some computers offer higher current ports for charging, but usually not more than 5V/2.4A (12W), which if yours had one of those, it would just display "Charging" when connected.
So it's entirely normal for the device to display "Charging Slowly" when connected to a PC, as it is truly charging slowly.
You can also install an app like Accubattery to see how much current it is supplying.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
It should average out eventually to 10% an hour when the screen is on, and only 4% an hour when the screen is off. I really recommend the app Accubattery to check your battery life. Works great for estimations of battery life, charging speed and exact percentage drain.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
Try this app
No way a 5300mAh fix in the original slot. Accubattery can estimate the capacity. My new 3000mAh actually estimated to be 3000 so it seems to be right. (old oem estimated to have only 2000mAh left)
Unfortunately it would only show the original battery capacity. Try usingAccubattery for a week or so and it'll calculate the actual capacity of your current battery.
No problems here (I'm using OpenBeta 9)
Maybe the battery is dying? You may give a try on AccuBattery app to see how healthy it is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Also, the Facebook app is a nightmare in terms of optimization. I'd check what apps are using a lot of the processing power and battery and would think of uninstalling them.
Some basics: 1. Unlocked bootloader? 2. Stock or TWRP recovery? 3. Stock or modded kernel? 4. Battery replaced? If yes, when? 5. Battery health? Do you think it needs to be replaced?
Pics of phone showing battery health. Accubattery is best. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en_US You don't have to run it a million times. Just install the app and send me a screen shot later in the day. I'm not 100% on the exact instruction (I don't have a fucking phone SMH) but running it for a couple hours should be fine.
If you are feeling extra nice, video of the phone booting up.
That's about it. Price is fine.
You can try and use the app AccuBattery. It is free and you can use it to set an alarm when your phone reaches 90%. It also has good information in regards to battery health, usage, etc.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
It will say Charging Rapidly whenever it is connected to a Qualcomm QuickCharge compatible AC Adapter, but the speeds will slow down after ~50% due to the limitations of using Lithium-Ion Batteries. You can see this in the Battery Settings by tapping on the large battery icon and seeing the chart and the decline in speed as the device charges. To check the speed in real time, you can get an app like AccuBattery or Ampere.
Edit: This video will hopefully answer all of your questions.
yeah there a tools that track battery stats. i only know of the samsung offerings that display temp and power draw/battery charge level. something like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en likely works the same way though.
i dont not endorse this software i have never used it and dont ever intend too as long as my phone comes with a near identical app for clarity
If your device has root and it's supported by the following app then you might be interested in Battery Charge Limit...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/root-battery-charge-limit-t3557002
You can set a percentage upper limit where the phone will stop charging and also a lower limit where charging will continue.
If you don't want to root your device then you can use another app such as https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery where it will play a notification at set limits and you'll have to manually pull/replug the charging cable, otherwise it just behaves like normal.
sounds like your battery might be dying, install accubattery to get na estimate of how much the capacity has deteriorated
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en AccuBattery - Android Apps on Google Play
There's so many variables with how long your phone lasts it's really hard to tell. I'd recommend downloading AccuBattery and letting it run it in the background for a week or two. It will tell you the health of your battery.
Also the most prominent battery issues and the ones I experienced were the phone randomly shutting down when the battery wasn't at zero.
A shot in the dark but do you have AccuBattery installed?
From their site https://accubattery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/210224685-Getting-started-guide > There are lots of scam apps in the Play Store promising to 'fix' your battery. This is of course not possible, however, what is possible is to slow down the speed at which your battery health is deteriorating. AccuBattery will show you how much battery wear each charging session is causing your battery. Research has shown that keeping your battery charged between 0% and 80% can make your battery's lifespan last 2x longer than when you use a full battery cycle from 0-100%. To help you follow these guidelines we've built in a charge alarm. With the handy slider you can choose at which charge % to get a notification so you'll know that it's time to unplug your phone from the charger. As you play around with the slider you'll notice that when you start charging beyond 80% each percentage of additional charge will coincide with an increasing amount of wear.
>The OS will show less battery percentage as it actually has...You will discover that the % suddenly increased without having it recharged.
That's not happening on my device. And as noted, I'm not using the built in battery monitor. I'm using Accubattery to accurately monitor the % battery drain directly from the Battery Stats, and GSAM to review temperatures, utilization, wakelocks, and so on from apps.
>Getting hot to the touch is completely normal.
While this is true, TDP for the Shield K1 is 45c, and the device is heating up to 43-44c on this app and only this app. Nothing else seems to exceed 35c in general use. Yes, it's normal for the tablet to be warm, but extremely hot even through the material of its cover case.
I have plenty of other games of varying intensiveness. Several emulations, Door Kickers, TWEWY, Scribblenauts Remix, Maldita Castilla, Chroma Squad, Breach & Clear, Jade Empire... none of them heat the device up this way, or murder the battery to the tune of a dead battery in under 3 hours. The average drain per app is something like 16% to 23%.
Frame limiting the game to 30fps seems to have addressed the issue for the most part. The battery drain is still high (26.5%), but the temperatures are down below 40c now.
Would a reboot caused by battery not show the battery charge as dangerously low? In all cases so far my battery charge was well above 75%
If it's to be believed, the AccuBattery app puts my battery health at 79% (estimated capacity 3,397mAh, Design capacity 4.325 mAh).
Mine limits charging to under 1A when the screen is on. It only gets the full charge rate while in sleep. Check your screen on / screen off charge rates with Accubattery
You can use AccuBattery to estimate the capacity that your accu has left. Might be worth to check and replace accordingly.
Glad to hear! Before going to route of battery replacement, you can use the app Accubattery (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery) to see how much your battery has degraded. I took my phone to a local electronics repair shop. Replacing the battery can be done but takes quite a bit of patience and steady hands. Altogether it was about $30 or 40 for the service and cost of ordering the battery. If you go the DIY route, here are instructions that include a link to purchase replacement battery: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nexus+6+Battery+Replacement/35878
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I've had mine for a little over a year as well and have used nothing but the Turbo Charger out of necessity and I haven't noticed much loss in battery life. Maybe about an hour off SoT but not much more. I was recommended AccuBattery and it has worked pretty well in estimating usage and battery health.
AccuBattery is what you are looking for.
Just charge according to the alarm, and after a few cycles it will provide real meaningful information that continues to get more accurate as you use it.
I did the same thing because I had 1000 mAh capacity according to AccuBattery and it was shutting off around 15% battery remaining (I even managed to replace the battery without shattering the camera glass). It was working perfectly for about 1.5 months and then the bootloops started happening and now it will not even turn on. My recommendation to you is to make sure you back that thing up often because it happens without warning and the same issue I had has happened to countless other 6P owners. You will lose everything and it will become a paperweight
That's not how it works. AccuBattery has a technical explanation for how they determine battery health here.
In short, more wear is caused at the extremes with diminishing returns. Charging to 80% results in around 5 times less wear cycles compared with charging to 100%.
im talking about this
and ive installed LOS on a s4, and this app says its not supported!
You should download Accubattery as it gives you granular detail on what apps are draining your battery.
Others have given you good feedback--your battery drain really depends on a number of factors, not the least of which is what apps you have installed.
You might re-test by uninstalling any new apps, removing your SIM card and then seeing what the results are. But that's a lot of trouble. Just get Accubattery--it's pretty much the go-to app to check this stuff.
That's weird. Install this app, do some cycles (from 100 to 1%) and check your battery capacity. Get me some screenshots of the statistics.
What battery apps were these?
Personally use AccuBattery(purchased Pro) as well as BatteryBot(in the past) and they have been accurate.
You could also use AIDA64 to check capacity.
Run Accubattery for a few days and see what it says. It's way better at finding problem apps and battery drain issues. Also attempts estimate your battery wear on each charge session.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I'm really not too what else I can suggest, sorry. Install an app like AccuBattery and see what the stats are like.
I got this app accubattery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
I charge to 70-80% and that's it and try to keep it above 40% if possible. No clue if it'll help the battery last longer.
If I am not around the charger then I will charge to 100% and use it like normal.
I have been using Accubattery to monitor battery draining apps.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Maybe a regional thing?
Install Accubattery, it doesn't need root. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Coincidentally, S7 Edge here too. Though I was mainly forced into this phone due to the Note 7 issues. Can't wait till I can upgrade to the Note 8.
For managing my device's batter, I've used AccuBattery before to help notify me to stop charging in order to wear the battery down less. It also has this nice Battery Health info that helped me discover that my old Note 4's short battery life was actually due to the battery only possessing 40% of it's original capacity.
Though now, I've been on one of those phone exchange programs, mainly T-Mobile Jump, so I stopped using it. Since I'll be handing the phone back to them after a year for a newer phone, I could care less about the battery wear.
To expand, lithium-ion batteries have to work "harder" to cram power into the cells at 0-20% and 80-100% especially. They love being right in the middle (which is why devices often ship with the batteries charged around halfway)
Charging from 0-100, the battery suffers 1 full "cycle" of battery wear. Every cycle takes a little bit off your battery's maximum charge. Charging from let's say 40-80% may only result in 0.2 cycles of wear, so if you charge less more often you will ultimately get more use out of less cycles.
Personally my range is about 30-85% for convenience's sake, but even that avoids the vast majority of inefficient battery wear.
There's a great app on the play store called AccuBattery that will estimate your current battery capacity and also tell you how much wear it thinks each charging session resulted in. You can also set an alarm to tell you to disconnect the charger when you hit a certain level of charge.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en thats AccuBattery. Mine is the same I think - Exynos chip
You can install Accubattery and leave it for a few days to see how the battery health is.
I've been lucky enough to not have any issues with my N6P yet but when my previous Moto X 2014 started to die (consistently) and 20-30%, I wasn't surprised that Accubattery reported that I had only 72% of the original battery capacity.
you can download apps that check the battery "health" for you(mobile batteries lose 15 pc power every year on average). ask the seller to run it and send you screenshots for eg - accubattery
There's no built in way to check this (that I know of), but you can install AccuBattery. You can check the temperature and a bunch of other helpful info too.
Install it. It will give you a good estimate on what's your current batteries health. For me its 71% or 2244mAh against the original 3000mAh (for a year old phone that's alright). see if your current read is accurate at 3200mAh. I'm trying to justify if I need to replace my old battery. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
It has the answer to your question :)
I used an app called Accubattery. there was a big discussion about it several months ago that should provide some additional context. long story short, you will need to run it through several charge cycles before you get a good picture of the actual battery health. also you don't really need the pro version but I got it (with my google rewards credits) and found the additional features useful.
I'd love to disable the icon but Accubattery doesnt have an option to hide the icon leaving the notification :) And notification it's there to let me know how many mAh i'm losing
It's usually software issues. You can use a free app like Accubattery to test your battery's estimated mAh through charging cycles. Just be aware if you get a low reading, don't panic, as it's sort of an average over time, and sometimes fluctuations can happen.
The Shield K1 battery is rated at 5200mAh, so if charge up at least 20% and you get an estimate anywhere between 4900mAh and 5400mAh it's probably not a battery issue. Another thing to note is that a new battery sometimes needs a bit of conditioning, and battery life may seem shorter the first few weeks you have it until you drain it and charge it a few cycles.
I had major battery issues with the last update, but it all ironed out when I updated to 5.1 (Android 7). I'm now averaging between 6.25 and 7 hours of screen on-time depending on usage. I did need a factory reset though.
It can. The standard iPhone charger is 1 amp, I believe, whereas the standard Nvidia charger is 2.1 amps. So it's going to drain faster than it can charge if you're using it on that plug. I'd recommend a few apps:
I had similar issues with it draining faster than it charged. I was down to under 4 hours battery life and was charging like 10% an hour. The problem was a combination of an issue with the 5.0 update and a bad cable. After the 5.1 it was better, and after replacing the old USB cable, my charging rate skyrocketed. Now it generally charges above 30% per hour, sometimes as high as 37% in an hour.
Are you on update 5.0 or 5.1? If it's a new tablet and having these issues, you might want to do a factory reset and see if it fixes it.
Did you happen to test the capacity with AccuBattery or 3C Batter Monitor?
Same thing as my brother. His battery went to shit (as reported by a battery health checker he used) and he got a replacement that lasts twice as long.
This is what he ran for a week or so to get accurate results. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I know my Pixel reports it at 98% of advertised capacity so i can monitor that over the next year.
Seconded, this is the right advice. However /u/snrhnd, you could check out Accubattery, which can monitor the charge cycles your phone goes through. This can also determine the battery's health, in terms of actual capacity vs. original capacity out of the box.
This might be a software issue on Samsung's End. Or something is preventing your phone from Doze.
See if this app helps give you some insight!
Oh that's just AccuBattery from the Play Store. :)
You could probably take a look here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk at the Magisk XDA forum to see more modules and things like that.
As for an ad-free YouTube try out OGYouTube either on XDA or OGMods.net. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213945 The non-rooted version should do fine and if it says there is a newer YouTube app available don't worry about it because its a little outdated that's all. :)
This is a good app to test capacity and monitor its health.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
check the battery health with AccuBattery and see if it matches the official spec of your phone
Replacing the battery is a possibility, but I like the idea of getting the most out my battery. I'm already used to setting the charging limit to 70% on my Lenovo laptop, with the occasional 100% top-up for when I'm traveling etc.
An 80% charge is more than enough for my daily usage (especially with a 3400mAh battery) , and would make it last the lifetime of the phone (~3-5 years). Less electronic waste is only a good thing :)
After some googeling I did find an app [1] that can remind you to unplug the charger when it approaches 80% so I guess that is the most realistic option for now. But it would be great if oneplus implemented this relatively simple feature – being one of the most tweaker-friendly phone brands out there.
[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I use Accubattery to monitor my battery usage
It's a pretty weird question to be asking, in honesty. I think what you meant by that is "how to take proper care of the battery in your phone so you are able to have it perform as well as possible for as long as possible". If that's the case, you can take a look at Accubattery by Digibites on the Play Store. This app allows you to monitor your battery usage, discharge/charge speeds and rates, and also provide tips for you to maximize your battery lifespan by reducing battery wear per charge. :)
Here's the link! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I've been charging my battery to 80% rather than 100% to put less stress on it using AccuBattery.
Right now it's at 51% remaining with SOT of 2 hr 57 mins.
Download Accubattery.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Discharge the battery. Charge it from 0% to 100% with the phone on, ideally on airplane mode. Check Accubattery to see how many mAh capacity the battery has left.
You can either buy a USB charge meter for 10-20 bucks on Amazon or you can download Accubattery.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
The problem with this app is that is that at least for quick chargers, when you turn on the screen to look at the current charging current, your phone will probably decrease the charging current immediately, lol. Best to let it charge for a while, say from 10-20% and then look at the average charging current.
I try to keep my battery between 20% and 80%. At 80% charge, your battery goes through around 0.2 cycles of wear where charging to 100% causes the full 1.0 cycles of wear. This app helps with that, and references a few scientific papers corroborating the .2 cycles @ 80%.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
Yes, that's exactly my problem.
When I first reported the problem to LG, their suggestion was to reboot the phone into 'safe mode' and try to charge it.
Unfortunately, when you have an erratic problem like this, you know full well it's going to behave perfectly normally in safe mode. Because the problem doesn't happen all the time, charging in safe mode isn't particularly conclusive anyway.
Then, the killer piece of advice was "it's probably a third party app causing the problem".
Really?
Come on. What sort of a manufacturer makes a phone that allows software to interfere with one of the most basic functions of a phone; charging? Please.
Anyway. On the second try, I sent my charger in too, which was given a clean bill of health. I think they just decided to swap out the battery to shut me up and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the problem was still there. I just haven't had time to test because it has to go back - again - to have the 3.5mm headphone port fixed.
By the way, if you're into battery apps, have you tried this one?:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en
I now use it in favour of Ampere. Much more info.
Well, if you're into it, this app tells you how much drain per hour you're getting.
There is a very popular app on the Apps store called AccuBattery and the whole premise of the app is that you shouldn't charge it more than 80-90%. Seems pretty full on but it has a whole calculation it makes about how much 'wear' your battery gets if you 'fully' charge it. Not sure if it is correct, but someone made a whole battery app based on this assumption. It gives an alarm when you get to 80% or 90% to unplug it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
If you did a factory reset and the drain didn't go away, it's most likely a hardware problem. Download Accu Battery (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery), let it run for couple days, and look at the health of your battery. I was disappointed in my battery life, and it turned out the health is at 80% - which explains the results I'm getting.
Use Accu Battery to determine how old your battery is. On my Galaxy S6, I thought the software was eating my battery (on a 16h day, with 3h SoT, I used to have ~20% left; now it's more like a 12h day with 2.5h SoT), and Accu Battery reported my battery is at 80% of original capacity. This more or less explains the drop, it has nothing to do with software.
I use AccuBattery to monitor incoming charges.
I do this manually with the Advanced Charging Controller (ACC) add-on in Magisk, or with Battery Charge Limit from F-Droid on older phones.
Both require root but are nice if you want control. Shout-out to Accubattery if you just want metrics and a charge alarm without root access.
AccuBattery, gives in depth information about battery. (Just make sure to add the app to don't put to sleep in battery and device care).
Charge it once per day, don't continually top it off. Keep it cool (e.g. don't leave it in a hot car or use it so heavily that it heats up a lot). If storing it long-term, keep it at about 80% charge. There's also the AccuBattery app which gives you lots of nice battery stats so you can keep an eye on its capacity over time.
Try checking your estimated capacity with an app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
Mine is 3 months old and not having any trouble
I think Accubattery has a feature like this, but I can't really tell you how reliable it is... Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=da
программой accubattery можно.
Nowhere in my post did I use the word "conspiracy."
It takes energy to make batteries and recycle them - according to Wikipedia it costs 5x more to recycle than to make from freshly-mined lithium, so it's not really even happening which means more mining and damaging the planet (although I don't honestly know if recycling would be better - that cost has to be there for a reason). I'm just doing what I reasonably can to minimize impact. It doesn't bother me much to use AccuBattery to ensure I don't damage my battery as much when charging.
Two apps I've found useful:
AccuBattery - Tracks your battery cycles and health, and lets you set an alarm when a defined charge level is reached (default 80%). Methodology linked on the app page.
Battery Charge Limit - (from F-Droid, requires root) Actually stops further charging at a desired threshold.
I'd be very curious whether disabling quick charge matters more than limiting the charge levels (thus wear cycles). For me, QC is too much of a convenience to give up.
Charging to 80% is the best, AccuBattery will help with that.
AccuBattery has this option for the left side of the status bar. I'm sure other apps can add this function as well. I realize it's adding another app, and the system option is preferred, but it will tide you over till the function is added back to the system.
Accubatter app could help maybe
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery
I think it's this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery