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I just bought a Rooted Nexus S from ebay. It is running this ROM Nexus S ICS 4.0.4 stock OTA ROM (IMM76D)

Now, I know nothing about android, I'm coming off a serious of old turd phones because i'm always breaking them. I'll probably break this one too, but hopefully not for a while.

When I got the phone I put the battery in and turned it on, then charged it overnight. It will only charge to 54% and stay there. I talked to the seller he said it charged normally for him. He said he did a complete wipe and USB wipe before he shipped it.

The battery seems to drain normally (I guess, I have nothing to really compare it to) from 54% but it would be nice to have it charge to the 90% -ish range haha. I allowed the battery to drain to 40% and put it back on charge, it been on charge for almost an hour and will only charge to 41%? Do you guys have any ideas what I can do to fix this? Is this a sign it needs a new battery, or a software glitch? The seller said the battery shouldn't need replacing.

Also in the battery app under setting, Android System is using 28% is that a lot?

My last question is an important one to me haha. Is there anyway to convert the querty keyboard to a T9? I 've gotten used to texting with one hand and T9 makes it so much easier to do so.

Thanks everybody!
 
Ok, I ran the Battery Calibration app. I let my phone charge for hours. It would only charge up to 38% this time. However, the percentage was 38% but it was charged to 3810 mV (and would not charge past this point). And full charge is approximately 4200 mV according to the Battery Calibration app. So I assumed that 3810 mV was my current battery's max charge (keep in mind it is a couple months old) and set battery calibration at that point.

This is from the app description --> It's suggested, but not necessary, to let the phone fully discharge after calibration, then charged to 100% without break.

So thats what I'll do. I should mention that even though I ran the battery calibration, the battery percentage has been draining from 38%. In other words, my phone now reads 26% battery charge, but is at 3758 mV.

I'm thinking that when I go to charge it after fully draining the battery, it will hopefully charge close to 100%. It seems as though the percentage is the only thing that is off. Because the mV reading seems accurate.

Here is a screenshot, what do you guys think?

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The app says to let the phone fully discharge after calibration. I am now at 15%, but mV is at 3658. Should I recharge when the percentage has dropped lower, or when the mV reaches a low point? Are these phones really this finicky. I'm starting to miss my old 2007 flip phone haha

It's now at 14% and now asking for me to plug it in to charge lol but mV is still way high (3655)

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update, charge % reached 0 and the phone shut down. Now charging, Current charge is at 0%, 3595 mV. No one has any idea whats up?

Shouldn't mV be near 0 when charge is at 0%, and be near 4000mV when charge is near 100%?
 
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