Battery Degrading

[IHateMyTreo]

I don't have any hard numbers, just a gut feeling that the battery is deteriorating, manifested by shorter daily battery life.

Is there any validity to the thought that warp charging incrementally kills the battery over time?

 

[B. Diddy]

Have you checked the battery health using something like AccuBattery?

 

[mustang7757]

Yeah i would recommend what b. Diddy mentioned to see battery health

 

[IHateMyTreo]

Installed it and trying to understand all the tools! I'm no engineer

 

[B. Diddy]

The Battery Health section is what you want to look at, but wait until after a few charge cycles to get an accurate reading. <90% means the battery is getting pretty old, and <85% generally means the battery is at the end of its useful life.

 

[IHateMyTreo]

The Battery Health section is what you want to look at, but wait until after a few charge cycles to get an accurate reading. <90% means the battery is getting pretty old, and <85% generally means the battery is at the end of its useful life.

Lol, I'm at 47% which, if I understand the app, means that my battery is operating at about half of the original "capacity" - consistent with my gut feeling.

I wonder if this can be warrantied since I've only had the phone 8 months.

 

[B. Diddy]

Whoa, are you sure you're looking at the Battery Health section? Show us a screenshot.

 

[IHateMyTreo]

Whoa, are you sure you're looking at the Battery Health section? Show us a screenshot.

 

[B. Diddy]

That doesn't look good. But wait for another couple of full charging cycles to get an accurate read. Use the phone until the battery is down to about 20-30%, then charge up to 100% each time.

 

[mustang7757]

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2127 isn't your design capacity , edit that closer to 4500

 

[mustang7757]

To edit that go to bottom tap charging then set your design capacity

 

[IHateMyTreo]

To edit that go to bottom tap charging then set your design capacity

I did that upon installing the app. So design capacity is set to 4500. "Estimated capacity" can't be manually changed AFAIK and is reading at 2127. I will follow B.Diddy's advice and run it through some charging cycles and see what happens.

 

[mustang7757]

I did that upon installing the app. So design capacity is set to 4500. "Estimated capacity" can't be manually changed AFAIK and is reading at 2127. I will follow B.Diddy's advice and run it through some charging cycles and see what happens.

Yes you can set it

 

[IHateMyTreo]

Yes I did that. It is set at the factory rating of 4500 mAh. I THINK "battery design capacity" is what your battery is specced at from the factory.

But as I understand things, the real "health" reading is the "estimated capacity" which I believe tells us what the fully charged battery would be "worth" today - and this seems to state that with a full charge my battery operates today at the same level as would a battery of 2127 mAh. Which sucks.

 

[mustang7757]

Yes I did that. It is set at the factory rating of 4500 mAh. I THINK "battery design capacity" is what your battery is specced at from the factory.

But as I understand things, the real "health" reading is the "estimated capacity" which I believe tells us what the fully charged battery would be "worth" today - and this seems to state that with a full charge my battery operates today at the same level as would a battery of 2127 mAh. Which sucks.

Ok then thats bad

 

[mustang7757]

Give it few more charge cycles but not looking good

 

[IHateMyTreo]

Give it few more charge cycles but not looking good

Thanks and will report back in a few days.

 

[Ryano89]

Lol, I'm at 47% which, if I understand the app, means that my battery is operating at about half of the original "capacity" - consistent with my gut feeling.

I wonder if this can be warrantied since I've only had the phone 8 months.

If you have a device like the 8t with 65w charging, then accubattery is incorrect. These charging speeds are achieved by give having 2 small batteries instead of one big one. Accubattery does not take this into account. It's only recognizing 50% of your battery capacity

 

[mustang7757]

If you have a device like the 8t with 65w charging, then accubattery is incorrect. These charging speeds are achieved by give having 2 small batteries instead of one big one. Accubattery does not take this into account. It's only recognizing 50% of your battery capacity

This good to know

 

[B. Diddy]

If you have a device like the 8t with 65w charging, then accubattery is incorrect. These charging speeds are achieved by give having 2 small batteries instead of one big one. Accubattery does not take this into account. It's only recognizing 50% of your battery capacity

Ah, that's interesting! I wonder why the Accubattery devs haven't accounted for that yet?