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Help Battery only charges to 98%

there have been couple of threads on this already. it actually reaches 100% and it goes down to 99% if left on charger for more than a few extra hours.
But I never saw/heard 98% when fully charged. What does it say on battery status screen, still charging or full?
 
there have been couple of threads on this already. it actually reaches 100% and it goes down to 99% if left on charger for more than a few extra hours.
But I never saw/heard 98% when fully charged. What does it say on battery status screen, still charging or full?


It says full. That's why I was confused lol.
 
Ok so basically I charge my phone every night at least 8 hours, but it only goes to 98% never 100%. Is this normal?

What it's doing is it'll get to 100% (or it should) while you are asleep. Then it will slowly start discharging back down to 98% or so. Then back up. A safety feature of sorts for the battery. If you catch it just right you can have it unplugged at 100%. I have many times.

Next time you do this, after you unplug it, if you have time and it's not at 100%, plug it back in and monitor the % climb until it's at 100%.

This of course is my novice observation...I'm no battery scientist or Android expert :D
 
What it's doing is it'll get to 100% (or it should) while you are asleep. Then it will slowly start discharging back down to 98% or so. Then back up. A safety feature of sorts for the battery. If you catch it just right you can have it unplugged at 100%. I have many times.

Next time you do this, after you unplug it, if you have time and it's not at 100%, plug it back in and monitor the % climb until it's at 100%.

This of course is my novice observation...I'm no battery scientist or Android expert :D


Alright I'll try it right now lol I appreciate the help
 
I think I figured out the problem. I was charging it with the extra battery also connected to the y adapter. So I think that's why. I pulled the extra battery off, and it went to 100%
 
I'm alo experiencing this abnormality in battery, mine is charged the whole night and yet it would say 99% charged.. at times it's 100% Full
 
there have been couple of threads on this already. it actually reaches 100% and it goes down to 99% if left on charger for more than a few extra hours.
But I never saw/heard 98% when fully charged. What does it say on battery status screen, still charging or full?

It depends on how long after it reaches fully charged status you leave it on the charger. I've put mine on at night with 50% left, so it got to fully charged status pretty quickly, and by the time I got up in the morning, it was at 97 or 98%. Once it hits fully charged, it starts draining - it doesn't continue charging.
 
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