Help samsung galaxy 5 issue

[varun.k]

Hey, just got my first android phone and i have some issues.
The battery does not charge to 100% it charges to 99% and stops. Does not display charge complete. it just says charging.(left it on for 45min after it reaches 99%). Battery life comes for a day and a half or more depending on usage.

The other thing is it keeps restarting once every day by itself for no reason.

Need some help.

 

[Yneth]

Hey varun,

Not to worry about this, when i first brought my samsung galaxy 5, for a couple of days, even i thought this was a problem, but infact the galaxy 5 reaches 99% very soon, as u said 45 min and then it takes around 2-3 hours to reach 100%, but it surely will reach 100%, u can leave it overnight and try, but the funny part is, once its 100% and as soon as u unplug it, it swings back to 99%, there is nothing wrong with this, however whats wrong is ( what some of the galaxy 5 users including me are facing) the galaxy 5 has some issues where at times u lock the phone (screen lock) the phone's display refuses to come on when trying to unlock, its either blank or a black screen with back light, let me know if u face such a problem.

 

[varun.k]

Interesting i shall try leaving it on over night yo see if it gets to 100 although dont see the pt if its going to come back. How long do u leave it to charge?

regarding the unlocking problem i have faced it once where the screen does not come on look like the battery is out but came on after 3 4 tries.


Does your phone restart by itself?

 

[Yneth]

yeah, sometimes the screen comes back but at other times it remains the same, i think its the problem with the model galaxy 5 cuz I got a replacement for my phone yesterday and it still has the problem . About restart, I cant say it never happened, it keeps happening once a while.
The thing is, about any application you use to monitor the battery status, its never accurate when charging, it always tend to jump to a higher value, but thats only a pseudo value and when u charge to a total of 100%, true it drops to 99 instantly but it stays in the 90% margin for a longer time, where as if u remove your phone as soon as it hits 99%, i would say, u have charged it to about 70% and hence the battery drops quicker.
Anyway, I feel i made a mistake in going for samsung, should have put in a bit more money and got the HTC wildfire.

 

[varun.k]

mine restarts once every day.
The wildfire is not that great i heard ppl say the samsung is better. May when the 2.2 upgrade comes to the galaxy it will become better. Will help store apps on the sd card as well.

 

[Yneth]

About froyo, samsung hasn't even announced the date tentatively, so have to wait indefinitely , but i know that there are mods by which u can achieve app to sd card, but requires the phone to be rooted.

 

[Deleted User]

Never had that restart issues. I hate the battery life though, just one day if I use wifi, music and sometimes games.

Is it safe to upgrade to Froyo? Will it affect performance?

 

[Yneth]

I think Froyo is probably the best bet for Galaxy 5, especially with so many flaws. I spoke to a samsung employee today and he says Froyo will be released in january 2011. Hope it will fix all the issues.

 

[varun.k]

Don't think battery life will get better with 2.2 but guessing other problems will be fixed.
Dot think rooting is a good idea may void warranty. If Samsung launches 2.2 for galaxy 5 then it will be good.

 

[varun.k]

any conformation on the update to froyo for galaxy 5?

 

[chandrashekhar]

Hi
I am facing few problem in my galaxy 5 mobile.
Mobile automatically getting restarted every day. Sometimes more often in a day.
I had visited Samsung Service centre and they reinstall software but the problem still exists. If I opened 2-3application simultaneously then it Will restart automatically.

Sometimes when its locked the display won't come back and had to remove battery and restart again.


The battery life is very bad. I charge it for around 4-5 hours. But battery last for 4 hours without using heavily. Once the battery charged mobile getting heated up.
After a single call mobile gettin heated up.
During power fluctuate mobile gets restarted by itself.

Not sure this problem exist for every one. I need to go back to service centre again.
Let me know if anyone got fixed this issue.

Regards.
Chandra

 

[cyclonewind]

i bought my galaxy 5 around May.
the battery can last 1 day+ for normal usage.
in your case, i think the problem is the charging. the battery get charge to 99% very fast but if it you unplug it before it reaches 100% it will end up very fast.
i hope this help

 

[navneet707]

Hi
I am facing few problem in my galaxy 5 mobile.
Mobile automatically getting restarted every day. Sometimes more often in a day.
I had visited Samsung Service centre and they reinstall software but the problem still exists. If I opened 2-3application simultaneously then it Will restart automatically.

Sometimes when its locked the display won't come back and had to remove battery and restart again.


The battery life is very bad. I charge it for around 4-5 hours. But battery last for 4 hours without using heavily. Once the battery charged mobile getting heated up.
After a single call mobile gettin heated up.
During power fluctuate mobile gets restarted by itself.

Not sure this problem exist for every one. I need to go back to service centre again.
Let me know if anyone got fixed this issue.

Regards.
Chandra

I Upgraded My Samsung Galaxy 5 To Froyo and The Problem Is No More....Try Upgrading Your Mobile To 2.2 ...Hope This Helps