Posted: 3/22/2014 6:30:43 AM EDT
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I'm having what appears to be a battery meter issue with my Droid Mini running 4.4 (Kit Kat). The screen shot below pretty well demonstrates the problem. The battery appears to drain very fast, but then sits on 1% for a very long time - I didn't put it on the charger until after midnight (screen shot was 9:30) and it still wasn't dead. Here are the things I've tried:
-Bump charging -Run it down until it dies, then charge to 100% with phone off -Multiple factory resets and cleared cache -Sent it to Motorola with the expectation they would replace the battery, but instead the re-flashed something (don't remember the term they used). None of this has worked and I'm at my wit's end trying to get it figured out. The phone is fully functional, but I can't tell when I'm truly low on battery and I use it a lot for work. It can cause issues because I host a lot of conference calls. Can any of you help me PLEASE?!? 
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Are you seeing the same trend when you're not on calls a lot during the day or during one discharge cycle? Yeah. I get the same tend no matter what. It's worse with heavy usage, but no matter what the battery appears to drain fast and then sits on 1% for a long time. |
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If your phone is rooted or you're capable of rooting it, it's an easy process to reset your battery stats from the phones recovery menu.
If it isn't, this is the only way I know of to reset the battery stats. https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/752478 Buying a new battery won't reset the phones battery stats either. |
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So you've done factory reset and Motorola re-flashed something, but you're still on the OEM battery the phone came with? Yeah, they told me they were going to replace the battery when I sent it in, but they didn't. I'm going to try running it dead again and use a genuine Motorola charger. As unlikely as that seems to be the issue, I'll try anything at this point. I'm also going to call Motorola again on Monday. |
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If your phone is rooted or you're capable of rooting it, it's an easy process to reset your battery stats from the phones recovery menu. If it isn't, this is the only way I know of to reset the battery stats. https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/752478 Buying a new battery won't reset the phones battery stats either. This is the only way to be sure of accuracy... |
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First, XDA-Developers.com is your friend. Read and search.
Have you tried GSam Battery Monitor from the app store? Download that, and see what it says as well. |