yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
I wonder if it's the system reporting the battery is low and then it shuts down. There's an xposed module to prevent automatic low power shut down. If it's just a system reporting issue, the module could fix it. However if it is the battery itself, I think only a replacement will work.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jazzdick:
And if 3.6 V is a normal value for shutdown... if that reading is correct. I'll try Xposed. And ordered a battery (maybe to soon, I'll find out ;)

EDIT & solved!:

- New battery behaves normal so far, trippling capacity!

- Xposed does not support CM12.1
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
Great to hear dude! Although at the end of the day, I'm very upset that this even has happened. An update should not cause permanent battery damage.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micropizza:
Mine solution was the same, needed a new battery, luckily was still under warranty. God knows what Lollipop or the update process is doing to these batteries, but its probably costing Sony a bit!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John.D..:
Also faced with this problem battery .. (I think all the fault of the heating phone on Lollipop
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profyler:
SAme here but not that severe. No charging problem, but sometimes at 14% or below 5% it dies like everyone else. It mostly stopped after a few calibrations and tests but i have to test it again and be sure since im not letting the battery fell below 20%

One thing i googled and found was to clear google plays service data/cache. You can try it also guys. I dont know if it worked for me yet, may be it helped...

I also think its absurd that a upgrade has damage a hardware, but it only happens just right after the LP problem. I dont think theres a fix from sony because i didnt read anyone complaining about it at sony forum too.

May be with luck it auto correct itself in the 5.1 LP update that we`re gonna get.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
Well my order from witrigs showed up and installation was a breeze. Though looking back I think I'd spring for a new back instead of the sticker alone. I'll probably end up ordering a new back soon anyways. I followed the video on YouTube from Witrigs for the Z1 compact disassembly. Took about 20min total and I've never taken a phone apart before. Here's my battery life after about 6 hours with 1.5 hours screen on.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norwaytor:
Z1 Compact battery drain.

I also suffer from battery draining. The telephone is a little over one year old.

Normally I use the phone very little and with Stamina mode I charge every 3 to 4 days.

Suddently about a week ago the battery started to drain in about 24 hours.

I had just installed AVG and thought that it may was the problem. Then I uninstalled it, but it is still the same.

I don't have any problem with charging or sudden cut off.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottiepp:
I cleared Google Play Service cache and the battery is now back to normal, thanks a lot.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profyler:
Thats weird. Issually it is the battery that is faulty.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
Not to demean your fixing of the issue, but that's not really the same battery issue everyone else has.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pickicool:
sooo... the only solution is to pay for a new battery ? I will not give one more dollars for this phone ?

Any Software solution that working ?

I'm sad but I will have to buy a new phone...

Sony really disappoints me.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
I mean, maybe at this point wait and see if 5.1 fixes it (supposed to be released in July). But since everyone who's had the issue popped in a new battery and it was completely fixed, I'm afraid to say that it's probably the only solution.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
But the issue is no service center in my city open this phone.. They just parcel the phone to their head office.. and they said if it is under warranty they will replace the phone with a new one and if it is out of warranty then i dont have a choice.. At this point I have contacted all the online and offline stores available in my city.. none of them have it.. and about witrig, payment is the big issue for me.. Well ebay have some listings but I dont know about their genuinness and also they are taking much more than the cost of a original battery.. As a dealer of xperia told me that he can provide me the battery but he needs jobsheet number from the service centre and no service center is taking my phone. they just simply telling that this phone is not repairable and they dont have any parts for sell too.. This is why sony is running in loss in India... and from my experience it is my first and last sony..
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
Yeah I can see how that would be an issue for you. Witrigs has payment problems? I used them fine,have you looked at etradesupply?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
Actually delivery charge is more than the battery price itself.. In india we can't add funds in paypal acc without credit card and i dnt hv cc.. Western union also costly I guess n no charges mentioned in western union site.. Also in witrig's site its written that my govt can add some tax in it while importing n i have to pay that..
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albuah:
Is like that in your place, better not use sony for your next phone as is become a burden to you after sales service.

No 3rd party battery selling there? If yes just buy it and replace your self. You can follow from YouTube. It quite simple.

Here @ malaysia the cost for new 3rd party battery is around rm90 = idr1528, if original I hear it's much2 expensive... So I follow youtube tutorial how to open back cover. That's the hard part. Replace the battery are the easiest one..
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
Damn it, I think I got affected too. My phone just suddenly died out when it's doing some heavy task around 30% of battery left. Previously it was 10%. Anyone tried some third party solution? I don't think there's any service centre around my place :(
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
I ordered parts from witrigs. They'll suggest getting a new adhesive for putting your original back onto it. However it's a pain in the ass and just getting a new back for like 6 bucks is much easier (plus it's scratch free now).
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albuah:
Or buy a new plastic / glass cover that come with adhesive.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profyler:
Well, i THINK my problem dissapeared:

Things i've done:

- Gave like 5-10 calibrations (phone completely empty, then full charge)

- 2-3 off phone calibration (phone completely empty, then fully charge to 100% in OFF mode)

- Clear cache/data on google play service 2 or 3 times (i saw that this could be the isseu, and i THINK that maybe, MAYBE this is the problem)

- press red button on sim card, when phone is dead (did it a few times)

- I gave also some random reboots just to see if battery percentage was changed after the reboot.

Plus, i ALWAYS do facotry reset when updating the firmware to a major version.

I actually saw 4 or 5 times that android has update itself after a reboot. Did it also happens to you?

Anyway, for the last one and a half month, i didnt notice the sudden battery drop and phone never diedededed anymore.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shiko202:
i have the same stupid problem , so you say if i took it to a service center they will replace it for me ?? (im still on warranaty till 2016)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profyler:
yes, just say that the battery is dropping from time to time and they will replace it.

it also helps if you say that you already tried software repair and stuff
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shiko202:
Well , I'm a bit confused suddenly baaam battery is not good ! what i know well is that battery fades by time its capacity decrease but not in months ! even if badly used . replacing is not a good option even if its free ,z1c used to have a monster battery before that lollipop update , we must find a solution cause its not hardware i'm sure and all people here confirmed that .

I will wait for one more week and try all possible solutions calibrations and so lets hope the best
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shiko202:
I will try your solution , but on what android version are you ? rooted ? unrooted ? recovery ?

and now you fixed the issue did you notice any battery improvements ? and when 100% charged what is the total standby time with and without stamina mode ?

sorry for being annoying but hope you answer me :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profyler:
I will try your solution , but on what android version are you ? LP stock rooted ? nopeunrooted ? yeprecovery ? nope... all stock

and now you fixed the issue did you notice any battery improvements ?it is like on KK, no sudden drop. its the same thing.. and when 100% charged what is the total standby time with and without stamina mode ? always have stamina, never had stamina disabled.... so i dont know

my battery sudden drop was never so severe like other mentioning it... it always died on no less than 25%.....

Deffinetly try what i mentioned, specially the google play service. I also made some random reboots and for 4, o5 times i saw that "updating : android is updating" thing when booting... might be play service updating itself....
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxxor:
how can you tell its not hardware?????

to me it just looked like a hardware problem. and even before my battery was trying to break out of the case.... as i notice now :|

possibly all phone with this problem are from the same batch. or batch of battery.

for most of us lollipop arrived on the same time.

if this batch of battery's break after 1,5 jear then this would explane the sudden increase of problems. during the lolliepop introduction.

when i started to noticed the problems i reverted back from lollipop back to kitkat and experienced the same problems.

so after reinstalling 2 different firmwares it almost 100% certain its not software related.

now im 100% sure becouse my battery is almost popping out of the case so today i will send it back to sony. and hope for the best!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pickicool:
I'm about to order my galaxy S6... I'm really sad because I love Sony.

We still don't have a solid solution that is free ?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
No free solution as far as I know. Most software stuff seems to fix it momentarily and then it's back to being broken again. Replacing the battery is the only thing that works for me.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo-red1:
Yesterday my Z1c had problem even charging. When connected charging sound played but no charging icon or charging led, same battery percentage for half hour. Then I wipe dalvik and cache and reflash 270 and all zips over again. Now charging works, but I guess if this appear again I will send it to Sony.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
After replacing the BATTERY problem solved but I dont know if the battery is original or not (bought from ebay). Getting 5.30 hrs on screen backup with medium usage..
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliaird:
Silly question I suspect, but I can't find an an answer either way... when you replace the battery yourself do you lose the waterproofing ability, or is the seal they provide good for that?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
If u use original back panel adhesive sticker, then yes, u r secured.. otherwise u r not...
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
You can buy a new set of adhesive stickers. However I don't trust myself enough to think I can install it as well as sony. So I'm just assuming mine is not waterproof anymore.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeros_12:
The same problem in my Z1c

I also experienced the same problem.

When I upgrade to OS fair android LP began these falls.

It was only from 10% before then from 30% and then it's random encounter to turn the display or other load% load in less than 30min.

and I have the feeling that when you load to be off, I mean 100% charge off the terminal via USB charger sony. working more in line but there are still peaks abysmal descent. That can be seen in the photos.

It is possible that the replacement of the battery with a new one, fix the problem?

Excuse my English is lousy.

fotos.subefotos.com/557dc45854700e5fb0ee4f5c3cffaf9eo.jpg

fotos.subefotos.com/def2697a310391bd22daf985b876f9b1o.jpg
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
Yes replacing battery eill solve this issue
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John.D..:
I also certify. As soon as I replaced the battery - the problem went away, and the phone works very well. I bought it http://www.ebay.com/itm/PolarCell-B...2?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_186&hash=item4d2e740b70

I can say that this is an excellent battery charge keeps better stock

The remaining 50% of the charge and the time display ~4hrs

What is the conclusion? We have got defective batch of phones? Or excessive heat kills the battery? It seems to me blame it all factors

We won the lottery Sony) But if such a lottery would continue, the situation will worsen for Sony

P.S In the Russian-speaking community (4pda) http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=545246&view=findpost&p=41649565 people also faced with such a problem, but at the service center told him that the blame "controller charge" he broke down and killed the battery :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SethPDA:
I have faced the same issue but somehow I managed to remedy the problem. Not totally, but in a way.

Before I did this process, my battery wouldn't charge above 84% no matter what I did.

After the process, now I can charge it to 94 and no random shut downs/reboots.

Here is what I did:

I charged it completely(mine was at 84% at that time)

I installed the "Battery Life Repair Pro" app, which analyzes the battery cells and somehow repairs them(I don't know how internal electronics work, so I don't know what it does, but turns out, it somewhat works)

For me, it found 13 low activity cells and 3 inactive ones, which got repaired.

After that, I rebooted into recovery and wiped battery stats

I rebooted into Android again, and started playing, watching video etc. I wanted to completely empty the battery, so I played Hearthstone. After 1 %, it did shutdown. NOTE: I tried to turn it back on, just to see it is really completely discharged.

The last thing I did, was to set it to charge a whole night(while being turned off, not booted in android!)

So this is what I did. Today when I woke up, it was charged to 94% which is an improvement over the 84%! Certainly it's not "fixed", but it's better than it was. It helps for those who cannot afford a new battery at the moment(like me), so until then, you can try this method to see if it works for you too.

EDIT: Random shutdowns occur only when the phone is heating up really badly! Sometimes in the middle of backup in recovery! Now I have done another full discharge. Now I'm going to see if I can charge it again to 94%(which would be totally enough for me)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] templeka:
Doubt that app actually does anything to fix your battery, not unless Sony implemented a little dwarf inside it's phone, but I'm glad it helped you nonetheless. Probably replacing the battery and/or whatever else is needed will fix the problem.

P.S. Just to test for yourself try clearing cache/data of the app and uninstall right after you "fix" the battery and reinstall it and scan again. If it fixed it the first time it shouldn't find any problems 1 min after right?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SethPDA:
Alright, so it seems I found the solution. And no apps involved, no problem with lollipop rom either(at least it's not what we thought).

It's very simple actually. NOTE: it did work for me, I cannot guarantee it will work for you too.

So it seems our batteries are in perfect condition, instead, our chargers aren't. I have tried charging my phone with my brother's LG charger, and it charged to 100% and now everything works as it should! No random shutdowns, no problems!

I'll edit this post when I arrive at home, to post the LG charger specs in case you want to try this out.

I know many people reported that changing the battery solves the problem, but for some reason this worked for me too.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxxor:
Small update:

i did send my phone to Coolblue (dutch webshop) they forwarded the phone to Sony.

yesterday i got an e-mail that my phone was repared and send back home.

All within waranty. And it took only a week,

The repare note stated:

Translated.

There are several parts replaced.
The device is tested and works as expected

Dutch original note:

Er zijn diverse onderdelen van uw toestel vervangen.
Het toestel is daarna getest en werkt weer naar behoren.

i hope the box includes a more technical explanation of the "Several parts" that are replaced

but lots of credits to both Coolbue.nl and Sony

for taking my complaint serious and for solving the problem!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John.D..:
Well, the result of which, you just replace the battery?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxxor:
i hope to find a more detailed report of the repair in the box i am about to receive today,

my post was only to show that Sony doesn't charge for this particular problem.

even if the battery is older than 6months (dutch official warranty of the battery)

so i don't have the expenses of a new battery and my phone is guaranteed water proof again :)

vs.

Buy battery on E-bay

DIY replace the battery

lose the guaratee that the phone is waterproof.

lose the warantee of the whole phone.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
Lol who r buying battery from ebay, they dont have warranty lol (older than 1 year)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proxxor:
ok, maybe we are spoiled with 2years of warranty in Europe :)

6 Months on the battery but sony replaced it with out costs so kudo's
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
In india they dont even repair z1c, service center people told me that they can only replace the phn within warranty.. After warranty they have nothing to do with my phn.. Even they dont have battery so we have no other way thn buying "non-genuine" battery from ebay.. As buying from witrigs is not possible for someone who dont have credit card of some banks.. Here outsourcing of money using paypal n western union is banned
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmshati:
Hi, Everyone is mention the service menu with battery test, but when I go there, there is nothing about battery. Even in your screenshot here, there is no battery option :( Please help. It's either that I am blind or just not seeing this.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
Battery test option is available in kitkat.. It is removed in lollipop
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emcap8:
before I decided to buy a new battery, I give a shot to the app previously mentioned, (Repair battery app), also Advanced battery calibrator app, after the full charge with the phone turned off, I have not experienced the sudden battery death again.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
I tried it but it still dieded after playing with the camera for a while.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
Updated OP
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
Thanks for the update man, it really sucks how the hardware is affected. Let's just hope the 5.1.1 update won't screw things up again. Btw, is there by any chance that you use magnetic charger to charge your Z1C? Just curious.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
I alternate between the magnetic charger while home and the USB while away.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eqinox0:
I was having the same battery problem until i did a repair software with pc companion. Lost root but my battery is back to normal, and even better than before. Don't know why, but i will test it for a week and post results

Poslano sa mog D5503 koristeći Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
Dude, how goes your device? I think I'm gonna give up waiting for 5.1.1 and get it fix this week.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eqinox0:
Well, with stamina turned on and with light usage the battery lasts more than a day. But if i turn off stamina than something keeps draining the battery again. I realy think that this is software related

Poslano sa mog D5503 koristeći Tapatalk
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
If you really want to determine if it's software or hardware related, factory reset and install your apps one by one. If it's hardware it won't matter which apps are installed. If it's software this should fix it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
Guys, I found out a few interesting things so far.

1. It seems like my charger is efed up, it takes a whole lot more longer charging my tablet or other devices when compared to other charger.

2. When the phone suddenly dies, eg. from 80-70 to 0, leave for a few minutes (10+) when you turn it on again it goes back to around the battery percentage before it turned off.

Conclusion:

1. Check your charger too, it might affect your battery if you use a defective charger.

2. It could be the battery percentage reader thing that is off, because I don't see my battery swelling. I hope there's a software fix or hack to fix it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimson12:
The reason for the percentage returning is because the battery is defective. There's sufficient amperage in it, but the voltage gets messed up and it shuts the device down. I tested this by installing an xposed module that prevented low battery shutdowns. Still shut off. I don't believe the batteries are swelling, I think there's an error with the voltage supplied. Perhaps an update can fix it, but in my experience (and several others), different firmware, both stock and cm, didn't fix it. This leads me to believe it's unfixable without a hardware change.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
Dang, there goes my last hope of 5.1.1 fix. Oh well, thanks a lot man for the knowledge.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SethPDA:
Just like you said.

I've fixed my issue a few weeks ago, and posted my solution to the other thread, but no one cared.

Yes, it seems that the charger is pretty ****ed up. I use my brother's Samsung charger and I never had any problem after that.

Tested for weeks on Stock firmware and AOSP roms too(Resurrection Remix) and I can confirm that it fixed the problem. No more random shutdowns, no more draining. It's fixed.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo-red1:
which other thread. please paste a link, search in xda is not available atm.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SethPDA:
I can't seem to find the thread anymore but do just as I did. Try charging your phone with another charger.

It worked for me, no problems with the battery for a full month now.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profyler:
tried that and didnt work. You probably just had luck with your battery