I should learn not to trust the % on my battery

revaaron · #1 (**permalink**) 12-18-2011, 12:09 AM

So I left my iPad 2 and HP TouchPad at home and left to FedEx to ship a package. All I had to do was look up in an email the address to ship a package to. I left home with 26% battery life. Mind you, this was my 3500MAH battery. 5 minute drive to FedEx and I was at 13%. Got inside and the phone started rebooting. One reboot and it was at 8% and then it just kept shutting off over and over again. After 30 minutes of fighting with the phone/getting my 1/2 charged original battery from the car, I got the address and shipped my package. It is terrible that no matter what ROM or battery or battery calibration or phone (my phone was replaced once), I still have the issue of the battery % just dropping 20% on a reboot.

**darren.wlsn1** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-18-2011, 12:27 AM

sounds like you need to talk to coz. lol
you must have a ton of stuff running in background cause i get way better life from my old epic when i use it. what rom are you using now? post a s.s of whats being used.

revaaron · #3 (**permalink**) 12-18-2011, 12:48 AM

I'm running that whatever red one. I need to reload the stock, root to restore the battery app, unroot, and bring back to have them look at the other issue which is obviously a network issue.

**darren.wlsn1** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-18-2011, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by revaaron

I'm running that whatever red one. I need to reload the stock, root to restore the battery app, unroot, and bring back to have them look at the other issue which is obviously a network issue.

the "red one"? ya that helps..

revaaron · #5 (**permalink**) 12-18-2011, 03:52 AM

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/sprint-epi...evival-v1.html

**Carla** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-18-2011, 04:17 AM

What kind of fight were you in with your phone that took you a half hour to finish?

revaaron · #7 (**permalink**) 12-18-2011, 01:13 PM

getting in to gmail, finding email, rebooting, getting in to gmail, finding email, rebooting, getting in to gmail, finding email, rebooting, getting in to gmail, finding email, rebooting, getting in to gmail, finding email, rebooting, getting in to gmail, finding email

**gTen** · #8 (**permalink**) 12-18-2011, 05:46 PM

I have been having the same issues with my TP2 lately actually lol..its weird it would drain out really really fast and then shut off due to low battery. Then I turn it back on it has 1-2% battery and shuts off...I leave it alone for half an hour and turn it back on and now it has 20% battery which also drains fast, tried calibrating it and no go.

I think the internal battery sensor might be broken :/

I mean its silly but the longer I leave the phone off the higher the battery meter is when i turn it back on. lol, and I can do this multiple times. So its obvious the battery has power inside it it just sensor going haywire I would think.

**Carla** · #9 (**permalink**) 12-19-2011, 12:54 AM

I reckon you could have driven the 5 minutes home and looked it up and then returned with less hassle and more time to spare. Anyways, I hope you get it ironed out!

TexasAggie97 · #10 (**permalink**) 12-19-2011, 09:05 AM

Whenever my batter drops like that, I always shut down, remove the battery for a bit then reinstall the battery and boot up. This always adds about 10%-20% to my battery reading.