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HTC Desire Shuts Down at 30% Battery

I need help. My HTC Desire keeps shutting down automatically at 30% battery life. And when I power it back on, it stays on for a while then automatically shuts down again. The same happens when I havent fully charged it and its still in the charger.
It does the same with both my batteries.Is this a fault or a type of security feature? Is there a way around It?

definite fault - have you flashed it or is it the stock rom ?
either way, it's not a 'feature'

I'd be seriously pissed off if that was a security feature.
Are you rooted?
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ErwinSprangers said:
I need help. My HTC Desire keeps shutting down automatically at 30% battery life. And when I power it back on, it stays on for a while then automatically shuts down again. The same happens when I havent fully charged it and its still in the charger.
It does the same with both my batteries.Is this a fault or a type of security feature? Is there a way around It?
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If you're rooted with ClockWork, go into advanced menu and reset battery data.
Seems to me that the info regarding battery usage, cycles etc has been corrupted.
Could be because you're changing batteries.

I might have experience similar issues. Last week my battery was approx 30% when my desire suddenly shut down.
After a while I was able to boot into Android but it immediatly shut down again because of the low battery.
If it happens again tomorrow, I'll try wiping battery stats.
Please report back if you find a solution.

Hello!
It is the same for my Desire. It also goes off with 20 or 30% power left.
I have a rooted device. I wiped battery statistics via recovery and as a result - now Desire shuts at 30% (but before it happened at 20%)
I am using Modaco r3.1-bravo-desire-modacocustomrom-withadditions-a2sd+
This is really weird.....
Any thoughts or recommendations?
Guys, which rom are you using in your devices?

Had no issues on r3.1 MoDaCo but I'm using my own ROM (check sig for link) now and haven't experienced a single problem with the battery.

wipe your battery data and fully charge your device from ... (dont know how to say on english,sorry ) - i mean, not by USB cable.

shoonari said:
wipe your battery data and fully charge your device from ... (dont know how to say on english,sorry ) - i mean, not by USB cable.
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wall charger

Full charge with the device powered off.
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Last week I wallcharged when the device was off and I was able to drain it down to 16%.
So it's good.

tama82 said:
Full charge with the device powered off.
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Thank you for advice! Will definitely try.

Any luck with this? I've ran juice plotter and watched my battery drain from 23% to 0 in 10 minutes.
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Shutting down at higher than, say, 1-3%, means that either the battery has defective cells (not sure how likely that is here - only seen it on laptop batteries) or the meter isn't calibrated properly. Most of 'em recalibrate once they've hit empty, so if it's the latter, it should theoretically resolve itself. Anyone know if there's a possibility to recalibrate the meter on Android (full charge, full discharge and then full charge)?

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That is really weird!
Once I charged Desire (when it was switched off) with the wall charger - I was able to work till 7%. I was happy and thought that the problem has been solved.
But I was too fast!!! Yesterday Desire switched off again at 27%.
Totally frustrated.....

Weird problem ain't it. I managed to charge up my phone to about 15% after it died and it slowly died like it would normally
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I guess to rule out software you should clear the battery info. Do a full charge (some say with phone off), do a full discharge and then a full charge again.
A full charge-discharge-charge cycle should, at least in theory, make sure the software knows what's up.
And to be sure, use your battery in another Desire if possible. If that one shows the same behaviour with your battery (and obviously shouldn't have any troubles before) it must be something with the battery.
Or! Just start nagging at HTC and get yourself a new battery with some nice social engineering

on earlier ROMS(custom as well as stock) my desire used to shut down at 14-15%
but with insertcoin 1.14 its shutting down at 25-30%.....real pain int he ass
I have also calibrated the battery by emptying it and wall charging but no luck..
any solution guys?

why people dont think that this is a real problem im trying to search for a solution from more than 1 year but there is no permanent solution ,,,, many phones have this problem ,,, !!!!!!!!!!! very strange

Use usb connection with pc to charge your phone: it's long time but the best way
Try to delete battery stat from recovery also

Htc Desire Shuts down at 40-50% battery

Hey guys,
Assuming you have read the title there is something weird about my phone.
It shuts down at 40-50% battery (before it shutsdown it says empty battery briefly and then the htc flash screen appears and shutsdown).
The weird thing is the following:
It shuts down at let's say 40% battery, but when it re boots the battery is litterly empty (even when i boot in recovery it says --%, and when i plug the charger it starts at 0% again).
I have tried:
Battery Calibrator
Empty full fill up with wall charger and also tried usb charger.
Screaming @ phone
wiping battery data in recovery (4ext recovery)
The thing i am most confused about is that it goes out at 40% and when i turn it on again it's 0%. This never happened as it happened for the first time 2 weeks ago, confused. I tried different roms and it still happens (even ICS roms).
I wouldn't really mind if my phone would shut down at say 20% when it says actually it's @ 20. But as i said before: It says it's 40 (batterij indicator htc sense half full) and then shutsdown realizing after reboot it's completely empty.
Any help is much appreciated!
Mendel

Shutting down on let's say 15-20% is quite normal, but I never heard of one shutting down at 40%
Are you using the stock battery, that came with your device?
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Any chance to try another battery? Seems really strange cause in most cases if you wipe battery stats you get your phone shutdown at 20%, not 50%.

Its most likely a bad battery that needs to be replaced specially if tue same thing happens when using a different rom.
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Yeah i know it seems so weird that's why i started this thread.
Before i buy a new battery:
What could be the cause that the phone goes out at 40% (or 30) and when it reboots it's empty.
Seems like the phone or the battery aren't in "sync" until it reboots to show it's empty.
Any tips or suggestions?
Thanks!

mendelmusic said:
Yeah i know it seems so weird that's why i started this thread.
Before i buy a new battery:
What could be the cause that the phone goes out at 40% (or 30) and when it reboots it's empty.
Seems like the phone or the battery aren't in "sync" until it reboots to show it's empty.
Any tips or suggestions?
Thanks!
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I'd like to think of it similar to laptop batteries that have gone bad... you plug your laptop to it's power supply, it says fully charged but as soon as you pull it out from it's power supply it drops to 50% in minutes and then goes off. The battery cannot hold the charge anymore.

It can only mean that the battery's life is at an end. The only thing you can do is to change it. I suggest that you stick to original HTC battery as the "ChinaMade" ones will die a lot faster and you'll have to change it sooner than this one.
Regards.
Pushu.X

Hey guys!
I know this thread is started since several months but I actually have the same problem : I have a HTC Desire and its shuts down at about 50% and when I reboot it, it says the battery is empty.
I tried several times to recalibrate the battery (and to do all the things MendelMusic said in his post actually) but nothing changed.
MendelMusic, did you finally manage to solve your problem?
Anybody have a solution or any ideas?
Thanks!

FreakyC said:
Hey guys!
I know this thread is started since several months but I actually have the same problem : I have a HTC Desire and its shuts down at about 50% and when I reboot it, it says the battery is empty.
I tried several times to recalibrate the battery (and to do all the things MendelMusic said in his post actually) but nothing changed.
MendelMusic, did you finally manage to solve your problem?
Anybody have a solution or any ideas?
Thanks!
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Mine used to shut off around 32%. This forum fixed this issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24599586

Battery drain?
It's called battery drain. I have it too, but only at 10/20%?
If someone knows a fix, please send it to me

AW: Htc Desire Shuts down at 40-50% battery
Probably your batteries are just weak now. I'd recommend you all to invest 5 bucks in a new battery. Actually that helped at my old desire. Greetings

Thanks for your answers!
I tried the link of madreef and it didn't change. I will try again, maybe I did it wrong (hope it will work this time...)
@dschibril : I don't think my battery is weak because the problem occured as soon as I changed the ROM (CM10). The battery was perfectly ok before that.

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FreakyC said:
Thanks for your answers!
I tried the link of madreef and it didn't change. I will try again, maybe I did it wrong (hope it will work this time...)
@dschibril : I don't think my battery is weak because the problem occured as soon as I changed the ROM (CM10). The battery was perfectly ok before that.
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Hello, I have the same problem with you. Did you manage to fix it and how? Have you tried a brand new battery so far?

It has to do with the Desire's poor battery age management system. Li-Ion batteries age, meaning that, as time passes, they're gonna be able to hold less and less milliamps. After almost two years, my Desire's battery can only hold 82% of the original ~1400 mA charge.
The only way around this is to use the Nexus One Battery Calibrator (Nexus One and our Desire share the same hardware underneath the hood). You'll need a compatible kernel and some patience. Instructions in this post.
My 2 cents: if your battery is only able to hold less than say 75%-80% of its original charge, then you should replace it. Li-Ion batteries age in such a way that they suddenly go dead, so it's not worth taking the risk.

Later Edit - If your Desire shuts down at say 40% - 50%, that means that your battery is 40% or 50% gone, so it's time for a replacement. I'd still try the battery calibration method i wrote about in the above post, just to determine if it's a freak software error or the battery's fault.
P.S. - Wiping battery stats does nothing to solve most issues (for the Desire, at least).

My phone turns off sometimes at 50%, sometimes at 80% of battery.
I have new battery now (original one) and it is the same. Phone turns off, only when it is connected to charger it does not.

Hiii
My hTC Desire 728 shut down when then battery showing 50% to 60% in charge. What is the remedies?

Nexus Overheating, Battery Draining

Hey guys, hopefully someone can help.
I have a Nexus with severe charging, overheating and battery drain issues. It's on stock jellybean, factory reset, no extra apps installed, and the battery will discharge in about 1 hour by just sitting idle. It takes maybe 2 days to actually charge to 80%. I'm about to replace the charging port to see if that will help.
However, it's also getting extremely hot. Not just mildly warm. And this is when it's just sitting there idle. Not only that, it's staying hot when the phone is off and not even charging. The only time it stops is when the battery fully discharges in about 2 hours... while the phone is still off.
Anyone experience this?
I have a grey market Galaxy Nexus which means I can't send it in for US repairs.

pwnx said:
Hey guys, hopefully someone can help.
I have a Nexus with severe charging, overheating and battery drain issues. It's on stock jellybean, factory reset, no extra apps installed, and the battery will discharge in about 1 hour by just sitting idle. It takes maybe 2 days to actually charge to 80%. I'm about to replace the charging port to see if that will help.
However, it's also getting extremely hot. Not just mildly warm. And this is when it's just sitting there idle. Not only that, it's staying hot when the phone is off and not even charging. The only time it stops is when the battery fully discharges in about 2 hours... while the phone is still off.
Anyone experience this?
I have a grey market Galaxy Nexus which means I can't send it in for US repairs.
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sounds like its time to replace the battery. is the battery leaking, discolored, warped, or "pregnant"?

simms22 said:
sounds like its time to replace the battery. is the battery leaking, discolored, warped, or "pregnant"?
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Yes, I'm also saying it's the time for a battery replacement. They are fairly cheap, so you can fix it without spending too much money.

lorin_93 said:
Yes, I'm also saying it's the time for a battery replacement. They are fairly cheap, so you can fix it without spending too much money.
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Nope, battery looks brand new, but I'll definitely order a new battery. Hopefully the ones on eBay are really OEM.

My battery gets to 122f while charging and wifi tether. I try to keep it near a fan and it helps some. But I don't have any battery drain issues. You probably just need a new battery.

daniel4518 said:
My battery gets to 122f while charging and wifi tether. I try to keep it near a fan and it helps some. But I don't have any battery drain issues. You probably just need a new battery.
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New charging port, new battery and phone still charges extremely slow and drains real fast. About 20% in 40 minutes. Takes around 30 minutes to charge 2%.
Then when I take the battery out and put it back in, the phone thinks the battery is empty (I took it out with 30% charge left). Not sure what to do at this point since the only thing left to do is replace the mainboard which will probably cost more than it's worth.
Anyone have any other ideas?

Some screen shots
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After threatening to throw this phone in the ocean, it started working normally.
Trying to figure out what was wrong with it, opened it up again, put back in the old charging port (which had a higher revision number than the one I bought).
I waited 1.5 days for the phone to charge to 96%. Drained it to about 20% in less than 2hrs. Stuck it into the charger again but the battery was still draining. All the way down to 7% where it seemingly stayed stuck for a day. Then I guess it shut itself off.
Went to check on the phone randomly and saw on the power-off screen the battery had charged to 100% which never has happened and especially not in less than a day.
Turned it back on, started using it and battery drains sort of normally now. Overheating has also disappeared completely and now it also charges normally.
So in summary, I have no idea if this problem is going to resurface and I really didn't do anything to fix it. Though I would really like to know what happened to have it malfunction like this for almost a month.

[Q] Battery drop after reboot?

I've been experiencing huge battery drops (from 10% up to 20%) after I reboot my phone. Is this a KitKat issue or is it my battery?
In the morning from 99% (after checking a few messages in the morning), I rebooted and I dropped 11% to 88%.
I think It may have been my battery giving me the huge drops. I don't seem to have this issue any more after buying a new one. :good:

I didnt found it on reboots, but i have this problem when i enter recovery. 20 minutes in recovery - i dont hace 20% of battery.

artur1131 said:
I didnt found it on reboots, but i have this problem when i enter recovery. 20 minutes in recovery - i dont hace 20% of battery.
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Hmmm that's strange.
I've noticed it usually drops more when I leave my headphones in.

full loaded ACE 2.
reboot cost u 5%
first 10 % gone in a few minutes for heavy users and in a few hours when deepsleep !!
what i wanna say.
the first 10 % gone in a few.
after that normal drain.

I often get this, although not as bad. I usually lose 2-5% on a reboot, sometimes up to 10%. The other week I charged it to 100% when it was off, turned it on and had 92%.

so is this actually a problem or is it normal for everyone?. Mine looses 5-8% in the first couple of minutes after I unplug the charger..

It's normal.
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edithswanneck said:
I often get this, although not as bad. I usually lose 2-5% on a reboot, sometimes up to 10%. The other week I charged it to 100% when it was off, turned it on and had 92%.
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Same experience. Around 5% to 10% is lost during my reboots.
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so is this actually a problem or is it normal for everyone?. Mine looses 5-8% in the first couple of minutes after I unplug the charger..
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Its normal. I usually lose the first 5% of a full charge in a couple of minutes. After it gets to 95%, battery charge will drain normally depending on usage.

Vino Kulafu said:
Same experience. Around 5% to 10% is lost during my reboots.
Its normal. I usually lose the first 5% of a full charge in a couple of minutes. After it gets to 95%, battery charge will drain normally depending on usage.
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ok then, thanks...I just thought that this didn;t happen when I was on GB, but it doesn;t matter anyway..

If I reboot once, I will lose between 5 - 10% battery. However, if I reboot straight after the first reboot, I will lose between 0 - 2% battery. I've never really understood this.
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Phone need more energy for reboot, that causing the drain. Mine usually drop 2-5%. After recharge battery alsi drop to 95-92% fast. Thats normal
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Battery Charging Issue
Is this normal?
When I charge my battery whether it be from mains or USB computer it charges ok, but as soon as it gets to 100% it still says charging for a little time and doesn't report the unplug charger message right away.
With the Jellybean 4.1.2 system I don't get the alert tone when the battery reaches FULL, therefore I have a feeling that when it still says charging even though it's showing 100% that it's actually decreasing power at that point, any help please?
I have tried other batteries, and one in particular goes from 90% right up to 100% and seems to miss that last 10 percent, so I don't use that one now.
I have the most current firmware installed.

Buy a new one
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pbgrout said:
Is this normal?
When I charge my battery whether it be from mains or USB computer it charges ok, but as soon as it gets to 100% it still says charging for a little time and doesn't report the unplug charger message right away.
With the Jellybean 4.1.2 system I don't get the alert tone when the battery reaches FULL, therefore I have a feeling that when it still says charging even though it's showing 100% that it's actually decreasing power at that point, any help please?
I have tried other batteries, and one in particular goes from 90% right up to 100% and seems to miss that last 10 percent, so I don't use that one now.
I have the most current firmware installed.
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when it says 100%, you still have to wait for a few minutes before it displays the green "full" icon in the upper left corner and asks you to disconnect the charger.
However, the first 5-8% always drains REALLY fast and not proportionally to the rest of the battery drain...

I think It may have been my battery giving me the huge drops. I don't seem to have this issue any more after buying a new one.

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I think It may have been my battery giving me the huge drops. I don't seem to have this issue any more after buying a new one.
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what about the initial drain? does the first 10% still drop fast or has this changed too with the new battery?

I just wish that JellyBean 4.1.2 would give an alert sound when the battery has reached it's full limit like Gingerbread used to do.
Who would be the best place to ask them to do this on their next update?

But I think that it does..a very short one indeed, but it does, along with the screen lighting up briefly..

ulalume said:
But I think that it does..a very short one indeed, but it does, along with the screen lighting up briefly..
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Doesn't make a sound on my phone and im not always looking at my phone to see it light up.
I have sounds all turned on and on full volume so no reason why I dont hear a sound when its reached full capacity.

ItsHumf said:
I've been experiencing huge battery drops (from 10% up to 20%) after I reboot my phone. Is this a KitKat issue or is it my battery?
In the morning from 99% (after checking a few messages in the morning), I rebooted and I dropped 11% to 88%.
I think It may have been my battery giving me the huge drops. I don't seem to have this issue any more after buying a new one. :good:
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are you using custom battery ? like double-powered-battery

Help! Battery problems

I have a HTC One M8 that I bought during June 2014. Right now my battery life is awful.
Recently, my phone always powers off even when it haven't reach 0%. I did try a lot of battery calibration method but didn't help much.
Only recently, when the phone dies suddenly, if I tried to power it back on the screen flickers , the whole display, regardless whether it is plugged in or not. This has happened twice. But once the battery is fully charged the flicker is gone and draining the battery won't cause it to flicker. It seems like its the LCD panel flickering but not the backlight. The LCD does looks normal tho.
Not only so, when the phone is about under 25% battery left, the camera start to have artifact. It becomes worst as the battery level decrease.(imgur:DwF1KcY)(had to do this as this is my first account) If the battery level is low enough (can't specify cuz it varies), taking a picture will cause the phone to power down. All of these issue without using flash.
My typical usage will yield me about 2:30 to 3 hours of SOT. Mostly youtube and google chrome. Using stock sense or marshmallow GPE rom does not make much of a difference.
So what can I do? My guess is replace the battery but it seems like NO ONE in the internet has encountered these problems.

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I have a HTC One M8 that I bought during June 2014. Right now my battery life is awful.
Recently, my phone always powers off even when it haven't reach 0%. I did try a lot of battery calibration method but didn't help much.
Only recently, when the phone dies suddenly, if I tried to power it back on the screen flickers , the whole display, regardless whether it is plugged in or not. This has happened twice. But once the battery is fully charged the flicker is gone and draining the battery won't cause it to flicker. It seems like its the LCD panel flickering but not the backlight. The LCD does looks normal tho.
Not only so, when the phone is about under 25% battery left, the camera start to have artifact. It becomes worst as the battery level decrease.(imgur:DwF1KcY)(had to do this as this is my first account) If the battery level is low enough (can't specify cuz it varies), taking a picture will cause the phone to power down. All of these issue without using flash.
My typical usage will yield me about 2:30 to 3 hours of SOT. Mostly youtube and google chrome. Using stock sense or marshmallow GPE rom does not make much of a difference.
So what can I do? My guess is replace the battery but it seems like NO ONE in the internet has encountered these problems.
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That sounds like a defective battery. If the phone is still under warranty, get it in for a repair.

jshamlet said:
That sounds like a defective battery. If the phone is still under warranty, get it in for a repair.
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Sadly it is out of warranty :crying: :crying: