THe reason why recomend flashing with 100% of battery?

[Guest rul3s]

Hi people, today, in another forum, I've read that one man found that after he flashed his O2, he complains about battery life, and some replys told him that sometimes, when you flash with less than 100% of battery, for ex. 60% the phone could think that 60% is the maxium, so phone will show 100% of battery, but in reality it's only 60% charged :) .

I think I'm afected with that strange problem :) , any idea how to solve it? Or this was only in old models of PDA's?

Thanks you all!!!

Edited January 18, 2010 by rul3s

[Guest FerdiBorbon]

Sorry but not true, ive flashed my phone even at 18-20% many time and my O2 is not that retarded to think that 20% is full batt

Edited January 18, 2010 by FerdiBorbon

[Guest sushi_kun]

Hi people, today, in another forum, I've read that one man found that after he flashed his O2, he complains about battery life, and some replys told him that sometimes, when you flash with less than 100% of battery, for ex. 60% the phone could think that 60% is the maxium, so phone will show 100% of battery, but in reality it's only 60% charged :) .

I think I'm afected with that strange problem :) , any idea how to solve it? Or this was only in old models of PDA's?

Thanks you all!!!

What's the battery life currently?

[Guest Ender Psp]

What's the battery life currently?

Previously discussed, if you search.

7-11 days in standby (depending on phone closed/airplane, signal strength etc)

About 8h talk straight in 2g, about 6+ in 3g.

About 8h of video playback, almost 24h of music playback

About 6-8h of WiFi browsing

this I get (maybe a bit more or less) with my 1 month old battery. And I play a lot on it :)

[Guest rul3s]

Sorry but not true, ive flashed my phone even at 18-20% many time and my O2 is not that retarded to think that 20% is full batt

It's in some cases only, not always.

Previously discussed, if you search.

7-11 days in standby (depending on phone closed/airplane, signal strength etc)

About 8h talk straight in 2g, about 6+ in 3g.

About 8h of video playback, almost 24h of music playback

About 6-8h of WiFi browsing

this I get (maybe a bit more or less) with my 1 month old battery. And I play a lot on it :)

I'll try this, i'll let it with a video on his own, and watch how long it lenghts the battery. Another thing is that my partner have a Omnia i900, and batteries are compatible, no? I'll try to charge my battery throught his phone and then flash mine with 100 full charged battery.

Let's see what happen.

Thanks for you're repplies.

[Guest .:stn:.]

omg, omg, omg.. and do you keep a rabbit's leg for luck? what 'bout voodoo and stuff? I've heard of some people wrapping batteries in newspapers and putting them into a freezer and this as they claimed helped to keep battery's capacity longer.. (and their brains smaller I guess)

Another myth is that you should form/format li-ion/li-poly batts.. no way.. (times of nimh/nicd are gone) and no you shouldn't discharge it fully before charging, on the contrary the new batteries(li-ion/li-poly) are more "stressed" if done so.. frequent charging even in small doses is perfectly OK and better.

huh, its 2010 not 1610..

[Guest Herick]

Hi people, today, in another forum, I've read that one man found that after he flashed his O2, he complains about battery life, and some replys told him that sometimes, when you flash with less than 100% of battery, for ex. 60% the phone could think that 60% is the maxium, so phone will show 100% of battery, but in reality it's only 60% charged :) .

I think I'm afected with that strange problem :) , any idea how to solve it? Or this was only in old models of PDA's?

Thanks you all!!!

I had a similar problem after flashing IL5 ROM. The symptom was that battery level was fluctuating after power-cycle or soft-reset. However, after fully charged the battery using the phone itself (instead of using separate charger) the problem has gone. Battery life is about 3 days under normal use (not purely standby).

Edited January 18, 2010 by Herick

[Guest awarner (MVP)]

This story may be based on the old ROM issues with early WM devices.

If you did a hard reset with a low battery the device would then think the current state of charge was it's normal 100% condition and calculate battery drain on this figure.

You then had to cure this by charginging the battery fully and then doing another hard reset. The other reason is that the flashing process used to take some time, it has always been suggeted to have a fully charged battery to prevent you from killing your device if your battery died during the flashing process.

[Guest rul3s]

omg, omg, omg.. and do you keep a rabbit's leg for luck? what 'bout voodoo and stuff? I've heard of some people wrapping batteries in newspapers and putting them into a freezer and this as they claimed helped to keep battery's capacity longer.. (and their brains smaller I guess)

Another myth is that you should form/format li-ion/li-poly batts.. no way.. (times of nimh/nicd are gone) and no you shouldn't discharge it fully before charging, on the contrary the new batteries(li-ion/li-poly) are more "stressed" if done so.. frequent charging even in small doses is perfectly OK and better.

huh, its 2010 not 1610..

To repply this, you may repply nothing.

For four informacion, HTC's like p3600, p3300, had this problems sometimes.

[Guest rul3s]

Important!!

I've found that with the phone off, when the phone is completly charged, if mantain call button pressed, it seem like it force charging, in my case, it have been charging for more than a half an hour.

Now i'll flash my phone and i'll report the result.

[Guest NewForce]

For four informacion, HTC's like p3600, p3300, had this problems sometimes.

That was HTC devices problem, not Samsung Omnia-1 & 2.

I've personally flashed many Omnia1 many if not hundred of times, so far never encountered your issue, not even 1 case.

Just like what brother awarner said,

ROM flashing process require sometime, lots of processing power thus it require quite a amount of battery power.

Without full battery charged, might brick your devices if battery power complete finished halfway flashing your device.

I believed it might be a problem due to inferior, low quality or battery has became defective.

I suggest you send your Omnia-2 to Samsung Service Centre and tell them the problem you'd faced.

They might able to help to replace a new battery for you. Good luck!

Edited January 19, 2010 by NewForce

[Guest rperezlo]

I have found reduced battery life with JA1, it was strugling to last 1 day of normal use. I'm now back to IL9 and battery has drained only 40% in the last 24 hours, with rather heavy usage.

Maybe it is the PDA version and not the battery what is wrong. I'll post a comment in the ROMs section to see if more people are facing the same issue with JA1.