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#1588313 8-Jul-2016 15:17

rayonline:
Just got my mum her first smartphone. Nexus 5 (not 5X). Upgraded to latest OS - so marshmallow. Phone is like now a month old she's had it, bought new. Without WiFi on, it goes from 100% battery (freshly charged) to 88% after 2hrs. Is this normal? The phone just sat on the table for 2hrs, no usage, the screen was never turned on ...

In that situation after eliminating anything obvious I would give battery calibration a go. Nothing fancy just run it dead flat a few times and fully charge a few times.

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#1588314 8-Jul-2016 15:18

Btw my impression is many phones read 100% charged but actually need a_lot longer on the charger at 100% before it really is charged to maximum.

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#1588530 8-Jul-2016 22:01

As far as I can work out battery calibration is an urban myth. I've got about 6 batteries for my galaxy note 2 and they all have different capacities due to their relative ages etc. The ones with greatest capacity take eons to empty from 3% to 1%. Nothing ever gets calibrated.

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