Battery goes from fully charged to 91 in .590
- pcgizmo#IMCrackBerry Ph.D.
12-30-11 10:05 AMLike 0 -
- So this morning... I take it off the charger after a full night of charging. I do a soft reset to baseline my Meterberry... when it boots up 85%!!!!!! So I restart it again for a better baselin... 80%!!! So I do yet another soft reset... back to 85%!!! WTF? I don't believe this is simply a metering problem anymore because my battery really does die at a much faster rate after this happens. Ubizmo... did your new battery solve this problem? Did the other chargers solve this problem?
It won't hurt to ask T-Mobile for a replacement battery. It took a while for mine to arrive, but that may have been in part due to the Christmas season.12-30-11 10:10 AMLike 0 -
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- And you have seen the actual reason posted here? People need to not take this so seriously. There is a lot of chatter about "bricking." It is probably just a QC issue with the hardware. The vast majority of users likely have no issues regardless of OS, origin, whatever. In other words, you can't see the forest for the trees.12-30-11 10:36 AMLike 0
- Phill_UKCrackBerry Wiseguy
That would be .576 .579 .585 & .590 for the 9900, and 7.1.0.163 for the 9930
The sfi is a very complex file that not only controls the radio, but a whole host of other things I don't understand.
So if the fix is real, my guess is it's in there.
Well, a foolish question deserves a foolish answer, so... yes, I've interviewed tham all and they all agreepcgizmo#IM and Legal Eagle like this.12-30-11 10:46 AMLike 2 - Trying .540... Will report back in morning... Wondering if it is an indicator problem, but an indicator problem that shuts charging off prematurely...12-30-11 03:32 PMLike 0
- Wow... I loaded os 540 today... Charged phone to 100 and put it in my holster for an hour and a half. It stayed at 100. I thought that the meter was being screwy so I played 4-5 mins of video. It finally went down to 98. Don't want to speak too soon but it appears to be fixed. Will report back after further testing in the morning to make sure it wasn't a fluke. This is the most promising result so far. I wonder if not overcharging it overnight had anything to do with it too. Will find out by tomorrow if this was a factor.12-30-11 08:51 PMLike 0
- Phill_UKCrackBerry WiseguyWow... I loaded os 540 today... Charged phone to 100 and put it in my holster for an hour and a half. It stayed at 100. I thought that the meter was being screwy so I played 4-5 mins of video. It finally went down to 98. Don't want to speak too soon but it appears to be fixed. Will report back after further testing in the morning to make sure it wasn't a fluke. This is the most promising result so far. I wonder if not overcharging it overnight had anything to do with it too. Will find out by tomorrow if this was a factor.
The 100% - 92% battery drop only affects .576 .579 .585 & .590 for the 9900, and 7.1.0.163 for the 9930.
.540 was pulled by RIM for being crap though, that's why nobody else is using it12-30-11 08:56 PMLike 0 - Phill_UKCrackBerry Wiseguy
Have you tried browsing on it? Nightmare! The area of the screen above the trackpad was far too sensitive, and I kept accidently opening links when scrolling. This was fixed in .353 but battery life was terrible on that.
.296 just felt old, slow and buggy to me. Other than the annoying battery drop glitch in .590 I can't fault it, and will be sticking with that for a while.
I'm just looking forward to a newer 7.1 build to leak or go official for us 9900 users now12-30-11 09:11 PMLike 0 -
So the changes for the 9900 I'm sure will be more gradual since there are so many higher builds currently available with many of these fixes right now. Hopefully a similar 7.1 build leaks/releases for you guys soon. I'm sure we'll see some official 7.1 rollouts in January.12-30-11 10:41 PMLike 0 - As a test last night for 540 I left the phone off the charger all night (about 9 hours). Started at 90 percent now it is 75. Even after about 30-40 mins of heavy use to get it to 90, ADR is currently at 2.0. Going to charge it back to 100 and use it more heavily today as a real test. I dare say my problem is solved? Will report back more conclusively soon.12-31-11 07:52 AMLike 0
- 12-31-11 02:25 PMLike 0
- Still not sure though i.e. I've barely touched the phone from 8.30AM to 1.00PM and its at 93%. Probably ok but still seems like a big drop for doing nothing. I don't know about the hotspot.12-31-11 03:01 PMLike 0
- I exchanged my phone for a replacement due to freezing problems and the reboot cycle getting stuck at 65% for over 5 minutes. I have installed .590 and immediately saw the battery drop from 99+% to 92% in the blink of an eye. The Hybrid one the .585/.540 didn't have this, but Phill's suggestion about the .540 Not having the problem, I might downgrade to that.
Still unsure.
I don't really need a mobile hotspot because I have WIFI hotspots for the places I go so 7.1 is not really necessary.
I never thought I would get so paranoid at the battery meter even when it drops like 5%.12-31-11 05:07 PMLike 0 - I think a lot ore forgetting that even if you are not doing much on your phone your phone is always doing something. If your GPS is always on it is always looking for your location, data never stops coming to your device. Also check and make sure you do not have any app running in the background cause this is another thing that hurts the battery life. Just remember your always connected01-01-12 10:28 AMLike 0
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