Help Battery Charging Indication

[annson08]

I bought my galaxy mini last week and since then I've learned alot about battery life and other stuffs, first of all the phone don't show anything when it's fully charged (really fully charged), It'll often say it's already 100% when charged about (for my phone) 2 and a half hours but when it's unplugged the battery will drop after a while to 85-95%. So the best thing to do is to extend charging time from 30mins to 1hr when the phone says it's on 100%.

To extend battery life i suggest to have juice defender, It extended my battery life by 14% (juice defender's approximation). I turned off my 3g, BT, GPS, WiFi and I only turn them on when I need to use 'em. I lowered my screen brightness, and sometimes closing background apps that I don't use. I also rooted my phone and used SetCPU, now i ranged my phone's frequency from 122-600MHz so that when less apps is running, my phone will run with low frequency. I also set a profile to use only 122MHz when on standby mode.

When the phone only uses 122MHz, battery usage is dropped to 20.3% (computed using (V^2)f )

Overall:
I charge my phone 3 and a half hours.
Average usage: 35hrs.
Minimum Usage: 3 days (approximate).
Constant Usage: 17hrs.
Heavy Usage 10hrs.

 

[Not Techy]

Hello,

I purchsed my mini galaxy last week. I have not downloaded any apps and use it for internet browsing and e mail. No games. Im charging it twice a day, Please help me

 

[aqsiangelo]

turn off gps same as the wifi and auto rotation. surf on the net how to prolongue your battery life.

ps dont use any app killer. my opinion. and i do respect other persons opinion.

 

[louizamae]

Yup almost three hours.... though USB charging is slightly better.

And Ya it does show fully charged.

Attaching pics for charging v/s charged (sorry for poor quality as its from my laptop's webcam). On the charged.jpg see the third symbol from the left "it is a battery with 100% written inside". Also see the third symbol from the right, here the battery is not showing any lighting symbol.

Does this mean charging time will be shorten? And if so, how long approximately? Thanks in advance!

 

[xkaizerx]

it would give a indication just wait till the icon charged will appear at the top..and then on the screen it says "charged"

 

[meme95]

I bought Galaxy Mini last week. At first, I was not satisfied with it's battery life. I have lots of apps and use it everyday. I need to charge it twice a day. But I tried to charge it overnight (before I sleep like 12 mn and unplug it when I wake up like 5-6 am).

I charge my phone like that everyday, and I have no problems with it's battery life anymore. THE BATTERY LIFE IS OKAY. Just charge it overnight. It works for me. Even if you use it often in a day or play your apps for hours.

 

[vux]

I'm a new user to Android and I'm unable to understand battery charging indications.

When I plug in the charger, there appears a thunder like symbol in my battery and the battery level animates from current level to top level. After sometime, it stays at top level. At this stage, does it mean it is fully charged?

But the info below the time(at center) says "Charging" and there is no "Full charge indication".

Please tell how could I detect if it is fully charged.

Moreover, the battery in Galaxy Mini is worse and so I've to charge twice a day( 1 hr each time). Is this the real battery performance??

Battery indicator is never true... u charge it until it says it fully charged

 

[romen2014]

I have the dart (american version of galaxy mini) and with all disabled, my battery lasted over eight hours with 50% left. Im a heavy phone user, so thats pretty good.