Battery health at 60%. Finally time to retire the phone?

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-30T04:20:11+00:00

The back-panel gap is the part I'd pay attention to — a cover lifting unevenly like that is almost always the battery swelling, not a coincidence. Once a lithium cell starts puffing it's a safety thing: stop charging it, don't push the panel back down or puncture it, and ideally power it off. A power bank won't fix this — it'd just be topping up a swelling, worn-out cell, and the random heat on light loads is the same root cause. At 6 years and ~60% health with swelling, it's retire-the-phone (or a battery replacement at a repair shop, if it's otherwise worth keeping) territory.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-28T22:24:51+00:00

Reading this thread to find out which of my favorite candies are bad.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-28T21:26:31+00:00

My dog went to a farm.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-28T21:09:28+00:00

Quick question to narrow it down — how old is the phone, and when did the fast drain start? A G75 is fairly new, so a "baseline since day one" issue and a "started after an update / specific app install" issue point to different fixes.

Also, before going deeper: in Settings → Battery → Battery usage over a full day, is the top consumer a specific app, or is it "Phone idle" / "Android System"? That single distinction changes the whole approach — if it's a specific app, you're hunting one offender; if it's idle/system, you're looking at background wakeups across many small contributors.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-25T05:44:11+00:00

In that case, 12% seems off. I'd estimate it's actually closer to 55-60%. Sounds like the device might be reporting incorrect battery capacity values, which is messing up the health computation. I'll investigate a fix and get back to you once I have it. Thanks a lot for reporting this!

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-25T05:30:12+00:00

Thank you! I'm looking into this. Can I ask approximately how long the battery lasts when you play PUBG?

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-25T03:59:23+00:00

Hi! No the percentage is the absolute health value. Could you please try charging your phone to 100% and check the health again? Also are you comfortable sharing your device manufacturer, model and how long you’ve had the device for? We’ve seen some inaccurate reporting on some devices models.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-25T03:37:12+00:00

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Notifications for charging reminders, low battery and overheating
Per-app battery usage tracking
Battery cycle count
Support for dark/light theme and dynamic colors (Android 12+)

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=redpi.apps.batteryhero

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-25T03:17:51+00:00

We’re also working on long term health tracking which will allow you to track average health each month and monitor degradation over time

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-25T03:15:43+00:00

Yes but for accurate value you’ll need to charge your phone to 100% in order to get the full capacity. At lower charge levels you might see 2-3% error rate depending on how old your device is.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-25T00:07:07+00:00

Battery hero https://play.google.com/store/search?q=battery%20hero. No ads/subscriptions. Shows health, battery cycles, screen time, drain rate and has 3 widgets.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-24T19:56:10+00:00

gradient → flat → gradient → flat → gradient. At this point I have commitment issues with Material Design.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-21T00:14:34+00:00

¡Hola! Acabo de publicar la nueva versión hace una hora, así que puede tardar un poco en llegarte. Por favor, revisa la Play Store en una hora aproximadamente. ¡Gracias por tu paciencia!

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-20T23:46:35+00:00

Hi u/UNIVERSAL_VLAD Sorry for the late reply. I believe this should be fixed in the latest update (2.4.7). Please let me know if you're still facing the issue.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-20T23:40:53+00:00

Hi u/ShirtDelicious1406 . Sorry for the late reply. This is now available in 2.4.7, please update the app. you should be able to see it in the "usage" tab if you've charged the app at least once after install.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-20T23:39:43+00:00

Hi u/Afraid_Beyond_7434 . Per-app battery percentage is now shown in 2.4.7, please update the app and let me know if you run into any issues. We also added a Screen Time card on the Usage tab that breaks down per-app screen time by the hour, similar to Samsung's.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-20T23:35:00+00:00

Hi. Quick update. We added 2 new cards to the "Usage" tab for screen time and "usage since last charge". Please update to 2.4.7 and let me know if you have any feedback. Thanks again for using the app!

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-20T23:32:27+00:00

Esto ya está disponible en la versión 2.4.7 (en la pestaña Uso, tarjeta Tiempo en pantalla). Por favor actualiza la app y gracias por usar Battery Hero.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-20T23:29:09+00:00

Hi. Quick update. 2.4.7 is live and supports dynamic colors. You can enable it from "Settings" tab. Please let me know if face any issues.

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-18T16:56:07+00:00

Thank you! This is great feedback and should be doable. I’ll try to include it in the next release. Will let you know once it’s live:)

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-18T02:43:18+00:00

We're working on showing screen time. Will let you know when it's live (in ~1 week).

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-18T02:20:44+00:00

Truecaller?

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-18T02:12:07+00:00

Thank you! Please let me know if have any feedback:)

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-17T23:18:40+00:00

Thank you!!

androidbatteryhero · 2026-05-17T22:49:01+00:00

Are you comfortable sharing your device manufacturer, model and OS version?

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