Help Charges to 90% and stops sometimes

[Quazar]

Sometimes I wake up, check my phone and the light is green, but the lockscreen says 90%. So I have to reconnect the charger, anyone know why this happens / does it happen to you?

Thanks

 

[Quazar]

recalibrate the battery
Use the phone- Let it go to 0% drain it as much as possibile, untill it wont even turn on
then leave it on charge for a few hours, let it go all the way to 100%
that should fix it

I had done that on my first couple of charges but will try it today. I'll report on the outcoome. Thanks

 

[shaunydub]

I had this today...woke up to find it had stopped at 93%.
Will try running down and charging from zero.

 

[Quazar]

I ran it down and charged, my alarm went off in the morning and it said 100%, I snoozed it and when it went off again it was down to 90% (with the charger still on).

I may try taking the battery out and putting it back in to see if that works. Anyone got any ideas?

 

[macwillis]

mine does that aswell will charge over night ( 7 hours ) up to about 93% then it takes another 3 hours to charge to 100%

doesnt seem right to me.

 

[daffyduck]

Um, this is normal.....

My Nexus One (which is the same phone as the Desire, just with Vanilla Android OS) battery led goes from amber to green at 90% but it does not mean that the phone is yet fully charged [just charged enough if you want to remove it].

It gets charged overnight on the desk dock & I would recommend against charging via USB.

 

[Quazar]

Um, this is normal.....

My Nexus One (which is the same phone as the Desire, just with Vanilla Android OS) battery led goes from amber to green at 90% but it does not mean that the phone is yet fully charged [just charged enough if you want to remove it].

It gets charged overnight on the desk dock & I would recommend against charging via USB.

It stops charging at 90%, I don't mind if the light goes green, but it appears to have stopped charging at 90%. Shouldn't it continue charging til 100%?
I have to remove the charger and put it back in, it then goes orange again and charges to 100%

 

[choccy]

Yes it has been happening to many Desires.

What is your FW? 10 or 11?

 

[Quazar]

Yes it has been happening to many Desires.

What is your FW? 10 or 11?

1.15.110.11 tmobile

 

[choccy]

1.15.110.11 tmobile

My fw update to .11 seems to have helped the issue.

I'd suggest removing apps and widgets and charge it whilst turned off to compare.

 

[JasonC]

I'm on 1.15.161.4 and haven't noticed the problem you are having.
The battery is doing quite well so far as well actually, I've only had it a few days but the last charge has run the longest so far at 26 hours with the charge level currently at 26%.

 

[Quazar]

I will drain to 0 and charge to full with phone switched off, and do a soft reset to see if that helps the issue and see if the issue is still there.
My battery life is fine, its just that it doesn't go to 100%

 

[lekky]

Wonder if its an issue with the t mob rom then

 

[Quazar]

Wonder if its an issue with the t mob rom then

Maybe, hopefully these issues will be fixed in an update.

 

[nx1977]

No issues on my Tmob desire.

What happens if you reboot?

 

[Quazar]

No issues on my Tmob desire.

What happens if you reboot?

I'll see how it goes from now on, did a soft reset (for the first time since getting the phone) so I'll wait and see if it is resolved. If not, t-mobile will be getting a call to have the battery replaced!

 

[Quazar]

Today I took it off charge, it was at 100%, it then jumped straight down to 90% a while later (with no use)

Whats going on! Do you think its a battery problem or software problem?
Should I ask t-mobile to send a new battery?

 

[bazza]

Today I took it off charge, it was at 100%, it then jumped straight down to 90% a while later (with no use)

Whats going on! Do you think its a battery problem or software problem?
Should I ask t-mobile to send a new battery?

I've just posted in a separate thread about a battery and your problem sounds similar to what i'm facing with the battery.

charged mine overnight, unplugged and it dropped 15% in and hour and a half on standby. I'm on the orange network so it looks as if it's not a t-mobile rom problem

 

[nx1977]

Today I took it off charge, it was at 100%, it then jumped straight down to 90% a while later (with no use)

Define "a while later" in time.

 

[Quazar]

A while later is about 5mins, it will be down to 90% or sometimes I will wake up and it will be green and at 90% (after a full night of charging). The issue seems to be pointing towards that the phone does not go into trickle mode when fully charged?

If I reconnect the charger, it charges up to 100% within about 30mins and the battery holds up pretty well for the whole day though but its really annoying that it only charges up to 90%!

 

[choccy]

My fw update to .11 seems to have helped the issue.

I'd suggest removing apps and widgets and charge it whilst turned off to compare.

Update, last night I left my phone on whilst charging and this time stuck on 98% again.

Not sure what the issue here is now. But deffo something not right.

 

[Quazar]

Ok, so last night I ran my phone down til it switched off, switched it on again and waited for it to turn off. I did this continuously til the power button no longer worked. I then took out the battery and replaced it. Then I put it on charge without having the phone switched on.

Turned the phone on today and it was at 99%. Its now 95% so the charge seems weak, but it seems to have improved since the 90%?

Maybe after a few more full calibrations it will be fine. I will try this for another couple of days and see if it helped.

 

[bazza]

I ran down the battery yesterday until it wouldn't turn on , charged it overnight took it off charge at 8.30 and it was still showin 100% at 12.00 sent 4 texts and recieved 3 and it dropped to 95%. It's 13.15pm as i type and it's still showing 95%. At 18.45 it was still at 90% after a few more txt's

Much much better than dropping the 15% in and hour on standby and more like i was expecting

 

[nx1977]

Mine uses 1-2% an hour on average. This includes using it through theday, which obv will mean a sudden drop at one point, and hardly any in standby.

 

[Quazar]

I ran down the battery yesterday until it wouldn't turn on , charged it overnight took it off charge at 8.30 and it was still showin 100% at 12.00 sent 4 texts and recieved 3 and it dropped to 95%. It's 13.15pm as i type and it's still showing 95%. At 18.45 it was still at 90% after a few more txt's

Much much better than dropping the 15% in and hour on standby and more like i was expecting

Exactly the same case here, a much improved battery life since doing that, I am going to run the battery down again today to 0 and see if the battery charges to 100% this time!

Also is it me, or did using a live wallpaper improve my battery life? 16 hours and over 30% here which I've never had before.