Razr Maxx Battery-Do I Need to Calibrate the Battery Tracker

[slaskwroclaw18]

What app is that? Juice Defender? And what was your battery life before you calibrated?

 

[FoxKat]

No, it's Battery Monitor Widget by FSINIB, and before calibrating my battery's been all over the place...from giving me barely half a day, to giving me 12-16 hours.

 

[slaskwroclaw18]

I did the first charge last night and unplugged it before I went yo bed. I am at 14 hours and I'm at 60%. Keep in mind I was asleep for 6 of those. Is that good for after the.first day of calibration or do I not need to wait til after the.second day to see results?

 

[Trash Can]

I did the first charge last night and unplugged it before I went yo bed. I am at 14 hours and I'm at 60%. Keep in mind I was asleep for 6 of those. Is that good for after the.first day of calibration or do I not need to wait til after the.second day to see results?

Your meter is not calibrated until you complete all three steps, so you won't notice any improvement until then.

 

[FoxKat]

Your meter is not calibrated until you complete all three steps, so you won't notice any improvement until then.

I'll say "may not" see any improvement, but just the fact that you got a FULLY SATURATED 100% charge, where before you may not have been getting a fully charged battery even though it reported 100% charged can result in improvements after just the first 100% charge with Power Off. Still, Trash Can is right when looking at the bigger picture.

 

[94lt1]

And while you "may" not see an improvement in your battery life.. I saw and continue to see a drastic improvement in my maxx's by powering off and charging to 100%.. I see big improvements over charging while powered on. Ymmv

DROID RAZR MAXXIMIZED!!!! PREPARE TO BE VANQUISHED!!!

 

[slaskwroclaw18]

Did the two day calibration and I am already down to 70% after 3 hours. I'm perplexed.:/

 

[slaskwroclaw18]

Here is my info so far. I was able to get 9 hours of battery until I hit 50%. And this is with Juice Defender. I did the calibration. What is going on?!


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[slaskwroclaw18]

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[FoxKat]

First things I notice are large sections of network signal being low. This will cause huge drain on the battery.

Also, how are you charging? I only see a short blip of green on the battery levels which indicates a very short period where you used an AC wall adapter. The rest of the battery voltage increase seems to happen over a LONG period of time, like if it were connected to a low current USB connection.

 

[Caesars]

Yeah it makes a huge difference, i loved the ability to charge externally and swap out for a full charge whenever i wanted, win some and lose some hehe.

Googorola MAXX

 

[slaskwroclaw18]

First things I notice are large sections of network signal being low. This will cause huge drain on the battery.

Also, how are you charging? I only see a short blip of green on the battery levels which indicates a very short period where you used an AC wall adapter. The rest of the battery voltage increase seems to happen over a LONG period of time, like if it were connected to a low current USB connection.

I charge with the wall charger that came with the Razr. I installed that battery tracking app after I unplugged it this morning and did a quick charge from 70 to 100% (1.5 hours charge) before I went to to work so that may explain the lack of green in the graphs.
EDIT: The gradual voltage increase was probably when I was charging it and use it at the same time until I decided to shut it off and let it fully charge again for an hour hence the small green blip.
Also how can you tell my signal is bad? How is it color coded in the history screen? Does yellow indicate a bad signal as oppose to green being a good signal? Could the signal be the culprit? I am in a mix 4g/3g area.

 

[FoxKat]

I charge with the wall charger that came with the Razr. I installed that battery tracking app after I unplugged it this morning and did a quick charge from 70 to 100% (1.5 hours charge) before I went to to work so that may explain the lack of green in the graphs.
EDIT: The gradual voltage increase was probably when I was charging it and use it at the same time until I decided to shut it off and let it fully charge again for an hour hence the small green blip.
Also how can you tell my signal is bad? How is it color coded in the history screen? Does yellow indicate a bad signal as oppose to green being a good signal? Could the signal be the culprit? I am in a mix 4g/3g area.

OK, so the lack of the Green charging periods makes sense. For me, when I charge at night I see it increase over a relatively short period of time, and it shows as Green during the entire period

And yes, the color indicates the signal strength in that bar. You'll notice you only have a short blip of Green in that bar, and it's nearly all yellow. This indicates the phone is using more power to keep a connection with a more distant tower, or is trying to maintain a 4G signal that may also be weak. Have you tried going to 3G only?

I am either in or near Philadelphia, PA during all of my time. I work in Philadelphia, and live in a Suburb about 15 miles due West. In the entire region where I travel, I have nearly 4 or 5 bars of signal all the time, and nearly always that's 4 or 5 of 4G, so my phone doesn't have to work hard to maintain a signal.

 

[slaskwroclaw18]

Excuse me:
I am mistaking. I installed the battery tracking app last night so that gradual increase was the full charge I did overnight (it was off and I used an AC wall charger provided to me with the Razr). I unplugged it around 1030 in the morning and turned it on where it immediately drained to 70% in three hours. I first plugged it back in to the charger on until I decided to shut if off and let it charge back to 100% around 230 and I unplugged and turned it back on.

 

[slaskwroclaw18]

OK, so the lack of the Green charging periods makes sense. For me, when I charge at night I see it increase over a relatively short period of time, and it shows as Green during the entire period

And yes, the color indicates the signal strength in that bar. You'll notice you only have a short blip of Green in that bar, and it's nearly all yellow. This indicates the phone is using more power to keep a connection with a more distant tower, or is trying to maintain a 4G signal that may also be weak. Have you tried going to 3G only?

I am either in or near Philadelphia, PA during all of my time. I work in Philadelphia, and live in a Suburb about 15 miles due West. In the entire region where I travel, I have nearly 4 or 5 bars of signal all the time, and nearly always that's 4 or 5 of 4G, so my phone doesn't have to work hard to maintain a signal.

How would I go 3g only? System setting>Mobile Networks>Network Mode>LTE/CDMA Only?