Calibrate Battery (HOW????????????)

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Hi guys. Please help me. Yesterday I upgraded my Defy's software with the official Moto Update to 2.2. I have now noticed that my battery seems to be draining much much faster. I used to listen to the radio the whole day while at work and then get hom and only when I go to bed would my battery trun to red. Now, after being charged fully last night and taken off the charger this morning...it is sitting on 30% already. When I got to work this morning...about 1 hour after leaving home it was drained to 70% already. Normally it would still be on 100%.

Someone in the Cell C forum suggested that I calibrate the battery. This is appratently required after loading a new ROM. But the "Battery Calibration" app in the app world needs the phone to be rooted. Mine is not rooted.

Please can somneone help me?

Hugz.
Distressed Ockie.
 
The best way to recalibrate a battery ( without having root ) is to charge to 100% and then do a system wipe.

The next best way is to just run it through a few charge cycles, it should pick up pretty quickly
 
bullzeye.za said:
The best way to recalibrate a battery ( without having root ) is to charge to 100% and then do a system wipe.

The next best way is to just run it through a few charge cycles, it should pick up pretty quickly
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Oh ok. I think I will go for the system wipe.

On the Defy it is Settings/Privacy and then it has a Factory Data Reset there. Is that the system wipe?

So I charge to 100% and then wipe or wipe and then charge to 100%? Soz...I just want to be sure I do it right.
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Ockie, my understanding of a calibration is as follows:

Let your phone drain the battery until it switches off by itself. When off, switch it on again and let it again switch itself off. Charge the battery for about 8 hours while the phone is off to make sure it is fully charged plus some trickle charge. Switch on and use until it switches itself off again. Charge to full again and switch on. That should calibrate the phone & battery interaction.
 
BeVonk! said:
Ockie, my understanding of a calibration is as follows:

Let your phone drain the battery until it switches off by itself. When off, switch it on again and let it again switch itself off. Charge the battery for about 8 hours while the phone is off to make sure it is fully charged plus some trickle charge. Switch on and use until it switches itself off again. Charge to full again and switch on. That should calibrate the phone & battery interaction.
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Oh my goodness gracious! That sounds like so much work. It might be easier to just buy a new battery! lolz.

Thanks guys. I will let the battery drain till it switch of...then charge over night.....do a wipe....wait for it to drain completely again and charge again over night and see if that sorts it out. Freakking hell....not sure if FroYo is worth the hassle but whats done is done I guess.
 
ocleroux said:
Oh my goodness gracious! That sounds like so much work. It might be easier to just buy a new battery! lolz.

Thanks guys. I will let the battery drain till it switch of...then charge over night.....do a wipe....wait for it to drain completely again and charge again over night and see if that sorts it out. Freakking hell....not sure if FroYo is worth the hassle but whats done is done I guess.
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What i can appreciate from you is that i will probably also upgrade to 2.2, so im really glad you posted this.

All Defy/potential Defy owners know what to expect when going FroYo.

For that i have to thank you.
 
demon angel said:
What i can appreciate from you is that i will probably also upgrade to 2.2, so im really glad you posted this.

All Defy/potential Defy owners know what to expect when going FroYo.

For that i have to thank you.
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Just also a headsup guys. Be sure to have a backup of your phonebook. The Moto Updater said that my user information will not be harmed. True as bob...after the update all my numbers were gone...but all my apps and SMS's were still intact! BIG FRIKKING BLEH!!!!!
 
ocleroux said:
I am too scared to even attempt rooting and putting a custom rom on my phone. :-(
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My way of sorting out the fear part, get 2 phones. 1 to test crap on and another that you move to once you know something works.
 
Not being technically savvy I too had an issue with my battery being drained in the matter of a few hours and I feared for the worse until I did a hard reset on my phone and it worked 100% and a full battery would last a few days.
 
waynegohl said:
Not being technically savvy I too had an issue with my battery being drained in the matter of a few hours and I feared for the worse until I did a hard reset on my phone and it worked 100% and a full battery would last a few days.
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You using a Android meneer? Did it also start happening to you after a new ROM?
 
waynegohl said:
Not being technically savvy I too had an issue with my battery being drained in the matter of a few hours and I feared for the worse until I did a hard reset on my phone and it worked 100% and a full battery would last a few days.
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I have a little Vodafone V845....but it dont support 2.2 I think...and I dont have Windows at home and as far as I understand from the "Howto" vids on youtube you needa windoze PC.
 
ha ha ha but seriously I think certain apps eat battery power and airtime and I found that out the hard way. I am on prepaid and only every have R12 on the phone and then you find out that some apps are running and eating battery and airtime and that sucked.
 
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