I had about two hours left on my XDAII battery when I switched the device off. When I then tried to switch in on, probably two or three hours later, it would not switch on. The green light was blinking as it normally does when the phone is on. I plugged in the cable to charge it, but the light did not change into a steady green (or is it yellow?) as it does when you're charging. I didn't want to hard reset it because I would lose some data, so I took out the SIM card and put it back in, as this normally soft resets the device. Instead however, it hard reset it, and I found the main battery to be empty. This still shouldn't have hard reset it, should it, since my back-up battery was full?
This has happened twice now. I'm starting to suspect that something is draining the battery even when the screen is switched off. Has anyone else experienced the same?
This may be obvious and you already know but it's worth considering.
When you switch off are you sure that you are turning the XDA II off or are you just turning off the backlight?
A quick press of the off button turns off. An extended press just switches off the backlight and the XDA stays on, draining the battery.
I've made this mistake too, especially in low light conditions. Hope this has helped.
Yes, that must be it! I had no idea that the off-button behaves like this! I don't think it did on the XDAI. Thanks a lot for this information, I will now be very careful with how I press the button, and check the screen in good light just to be sure.
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Sometimes when I grab the phone out of my pocket and I press the power key to enable the screen, I discover that it is off :S. When I press the reset button it will start again, but it seems strange to me. You guys have a suggestion of what it could be?
Hmm, this sound familiar...
I've just posted re battery life and my phone waking up all by itself, but now I come to think of it I've seen this happen as well - or my phone just soft reset itself randomly occasionally.
I wonder if they are related problems...
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When I press the normal power it won't start up, so it isn't totally shut down though. Only a reset will do it. Very annoying.
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When I press the normal power it won't start up, so it isn't totally shut down though. Only a reset will do it. Very annoying.
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Mine has started and shutting
NOT powering up with the power key or
the soft reset. I literally have to
pop the battery out and back in to start
up the phone. ???
If your phone is randomly turning off...yet it turns back on...your battery may be reaching its end. How long have you had the phone? My dash used to tend to do this when it was reaching the end of its battery life...it wouldn't just...run down. I noticed a decrease in battery life, but the moment the phone needed heavy usage (internet, messaging) the battery couldn't dish out enough power and it'd just turn off...this would even happen in my pocket if enough calls or texts came through...then when I'd go to check, it'd be off.
It's not that, I'm assuming, it's the phone. I just bought a new HTC Touch Pro 2 Days ago, and it does the same thing. It randomly shuts down, and it even overheats, and I have 3 batteries for the phone because I use my phone extensively. Sad thing is, this phone was to be more powerful then my 6800 and so far, it's failing.
Well, then I'm assuming its time for a replacement, lol. I've had mine for a while now, never had that issue. Never had that issue with any phone except my Dash when the battery took a dump.
My phone is 2.5 weeks old. I would hope they battery wasn't dying already, but who knows. The keyboard quit today and the screen has been acting funny too. Like when it goes into "sleep mode" the screen fades but you can still see the buttons to unlock the phone and the buttons on the bottom are all lit up and won't turn off.
The screen is incredibly wiggly too... This happened after I took my phone to a local sprint store. They put the phone casing on it to show me what it would look like and then the guy yanked it off my phone.
I am starting to wonder if some of this is not related to that.
So, since the keyboard died today.. Asurion is sending me another replacement phone... Guess we will see.
I think my problem has something to do with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3748976#post3748976
I recently have found that this happens to me whenever I turn the feature where it disconnects from EDGE when my device goes to sleep. However, when I turn that off and let EDGE continue to be on while my phone is in sleep I don't get this problem anymore. I have it checking my email every 5 minutes if that makes any difference.
alright dudes and dudettes.
i have the same issues more often than i would like.
it powers itself off and the only thing i cna do is soft reset. also sometimes when i wake the phone up, my plasma theme is distorted it still slides across but everything distorts and i cannot access any progs.
it is an annoying issue.
any fixes ideasm, help would be top. thanks..
So here is the deal...
My kids needed a night light as we are on vacation so I decided to plug the power charger and left the flashlight app on the entire night. Now that I think about it not a smart idea.
When I woke up this AM the phone had the battery charging icon on the screen. This only appears when the phone is charging while it is powered off.
So far I have removed the battery several times and tried to power the phone on with no success.
I have also tried to hold the volume down and press the power button as recommended on various forums with no luck.
I am overseas right now (home town is the usa) and I need my phone more than if I was home .
Any idea how the flashlight app left ON while also powering may have caused this?
Or is this just a coincidence and I am having an issue that others are having and it is not related to what I did last night?
Thanks and any help is greatly appreciated.
By flashlight app do you mean one that turns on the camera flash or one that leaves the screen on?
I am also unclear what you mean by:
When I woke up this AM the phone had the battery charging icon on the screen. This only appears when the phone is charging while it is powered off.
So far I have removed the battery several times and tried to power the phone on with no success.
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Does the icon appear even when not charging? Does the screen function at all? Or does the phone seem completely dead, as in not even vibrating when powering on after removing battery.
If it was the camera flash, it might have overheated and damaged something, but this is just my speculation.
By flashlight I mean the one that leaves the screen on in white color.
The icon only appears while the phone is hooked up to the charger. When I unlplug it it disappears. (So to me this answers your question if the screen works at all).
The phone does not vibrate when I try to power it on after I remove and put back the batter.
Thanks for your quick reply and hope this answers your questions.
please help me my htc sensation is brick i think but when i hold the power button a black screen pops up for like 3 seconds an it turns off every like 1 hour or so and den it shows no sign of life please hep me my phone its not rooted and the hboot is 1.27.00
After removing and re-inserting the battery, does anything happen if you hold down the VOLUME-DOWN and POWER buttons for 5-10 seconds? Does the orange charging light turn on when connected to the charger? HBOOT 1.27 should mean android version 4.0. Is this correct? Did you try to change the device software with an RUU or anything similar? Anything else about what you were doing with the phone when this occurred would be helpful.
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After removing and re-inserting the battery, does anything happen if you hold down the VOLUME-DOWN and POWER buttons for 5-10 seconds? Does the orange charging light turn on when connected to the charger? HBOOT 1.27 should mean android version 4.0. Is this correct? Did you try to change the device software with an RUU or anything similar? Anything else about what you were doing with the phone when this occurred would be helpful.
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nope the orange light doesnt turn on i tried removing the battery an still doesnt turn on i also tried holding the volume down an power button but it still dont charge... it started to do this when the battery had died so i tried to turn it on a couple of times an nothing happen so i pressed VOLUME-DOWN and POWER buttons for 5-10 secondsthen i put into factory reste an it stayed on for like 1 minute an it turned offf so i turn it on again but thhis time i pressed VOLUME-DOWN and POWER buttons for 5-10 seconds an put it into recovery an nothing happen so i took out the battery an turn it on it stayed on for like a minute an it turned off an it would charge or turned on...an while i was charging the led light flashed orange green in a pattern the whole time until eventually not turning on
It sounds like the battery is either extremely low (to the point where it wont charge properly) or (possibly, but unlikely) completely dead. I had a similar problem with an old HTC G2. It was probably caused by either a bad charger or the phone running down the battery too much. If you have another charger, try using that one instead.
Follow these steps carefully:
-remove and re-insert the battery, and DO NOT press any buttons
-plug the phone into a charger, ideally a new/different one
-if no lights turn on, make sure the charger works and has power, and then let charge overnight, (or at least 3-4 hours), re-inserting the battery occasionally if the status light still does not turn on
-if it flashes green-orange, remove and re-insert the battery and charger until it stops flashing (still careful not to press any buttons)
-if the charging light starts normally, let it charge until it shows a solid green light
Hopefully somewhere in this process it will begin charging normally, but be sure to allow it to charge for at least several hours before trying to turn it on. If possible, try using another battery and see if this fixes the issue. If it still doesn't work. it is possible that the battery is so low that your phone can't charge it. The only way to fix this is to either buy a new battery (very cheap on amazon- only a few dollars) or take it to a Sprint store and ask them to fix it, as they have a special device which can charge the battery. They are supposedly willing to help non-sprint customers, but it's probably best just to show them the battery and not the phone.
The only other cause that I know of for the green-orange light flash is overheating, which is extremely unlikely.
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It sounds like the battery is either extremely low (to the point where it wont charge properly) or (possibly, but unlikely) completely dead. I had a similar problem with an old HTC G2. It was probably caused by either a bad charger or the phone running down the battery too much. If you have another charger, try using that one instead.
Follow these steps carefully:
-remove and re-insert the battery, and DO NOT press any buttons
-plug the phone into a charger, ideally a new/different one
-if no lights turn on, make sure the charger works and has power, and then let charge overnight, (or at least 3-4 hours), re-inserting the battery occasionally if the status light still does not turn on
-if it flashes green-orange, remove and re-insert the battery and charger until it stops flashing (still careful not to press any buttons)
-if the charging light starts normally, let it charge until it shows a solid green light
Hopefully somewhere in this process it will begin charging normally, but be sure to allow it to charge for at least several hours before trying to turn it on. If possible, try using another battery and see if this fixes the issue. If it still doesn't work. it is possible that the battery is so low that your phone can't charge it. The only way to fix this is to either buy a new battery (very cheap on amazon- only a few dollars) or take it to a Sprint store and ask them to fix it, as they have a special device which can charge the battery. They are supposedly willing to help non-sprint customers, but it's probably best just to show them the battery and not the phone.
The only other cause that I know of for the green-orange light flash is overheating, which is extremely unlikely.
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Could it also be the back cover cause its missing a part thanks for the tips
No, the back cover couldn't cause it. Depending on which part is missing you might not be able to use WiFi or cell reception might be really bad. The top half contains the WiFi, bluetooth, and gps antennas, and the bottom half has the antennas for the cell radio. It will likely still partially work, but the signal will be extremely weak.
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No, the back cover couldn't cause it. Depending on which part is missing you might not be able to use WiFi or cell reception might be really bad. The top half contains the WiFi, bluetooth, and gps antennas, and the bottom half has the antennas for the cell radio. It will likely still partially work, but the signal will be extremely weak.
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okay thank you well i think its the battery ima get a new one cause i tried it an it hasnt worked
Hi,
i have very strange issue which i noticed right now. It seems that i can not turn on my mobile/screen. I have to say that mobile is bought less then month ago and no modifications are made like rooting or something like that. Today it worked without any problems and when i got home i left it on my desk but two hours later i wanted to check for my e mail but screen/mobile is not turning on. I checked on/off button and it's not jammed. What else can i do considering that i can not remove the battery
Ramiell said:
Hi,
i have very strange issue which i noticed right now. It seems that i can not turn on my mobile/screen. I have to say that mobile is bought less then month ago and no modifications are made like rooting or something like that. Today it worked without any problems and when i got home i left it on my desk but two hours later i wanted to check for my e mail but screen/mobile is not turning on. I checked on/off button and it's not jammed. What else can i do considering that i can not remove the battery
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Charge the phone. Could be dead. Are you SURE nothing has been modified? Also, hold down the power button until you see the capacitive buttons flashing, and don't let go until they stop flashing and the phone reboots.
Battery probably died. This phone is known to lose power abruptly. It's happened to nearly everyone at some point--it will appear to have some charge left and then suddenly drop to 0%.
Just leave it plugged in for a while and see if it revives.
nothing helped from what you mentioned but it works now. When i plugged in the charger there was no sign of charging. When i pressed and hold power button also nothing happened. Then i tried to hold volume down and power button but also no reaction from the phone and then i pressed the mobile bit harder around display to check that maybe there is no loose wire and at this point mobile turned on by itself (boot screen) and after booting there was crash report. I have HTC phones for years now and such problem never occurred to me before but phone works for now :good:
thank you
Hopefully it isn't a defect, my one x has never went off on me at a random battery percentage, except for some ROMs he he
As mentioned, some people have had instances of randomly losing charge, or phone not seeming to take a charge after running the battery down. Leaving the phone on the wall charger (not USB, which takes much longer) for several hours (overnight) and then trying to power on seems to solve the problem. One guy here could not get any response (even after charging for hours) except by holding the power button while the phone was on the charger.
The issue seems completely random. So unless it persists, probably nothing to worry about.
Hey all,
I have a very odd problem with my old P500 I am trying to get running again. Almost all the time the phone wont turn on. I have tried removing the battery and leaving it, plugging it in both with and without the battery, trying various different reset combos with and without power or battery in the phone, nothing will work. Usually. Then sometimes the phone just turns on. When it does work, its great. All until you turn it off again. As soon as you turn it off, its a guarantee it's not coming back on for a while again.
I cant seem to work out any rhyme or reason as to what will let it turn on either. I have had it turn on sometimes on a charger with no battery, sometimes charger and battery, and sometimes just on battery without a charger. Like I mentioned, when it works and will turn on everything works exactly as expected. I can't find anything software-wise that seems to indicate it wouldn't load. Just most of the time (upwards of 95% of the time or so?) it won't turn on at all. Hard reset combos etc have no effect on the phone, and it won't pull up on a computer in this state either. I bought another battery recently and tried that, as I had previously had a poor battery life from it, but that turned out to have no effect on the booting issue. The most recent time I was able to boot the phone I left it on and charging for a few hours and it finished completely charging the new battery, but on turning it off it wouldn't come on again as usual.
I am suspecting a hardware problem with the phone internally, although I am not really sure. Anyone else have any clue as to what I might try? If it is hardware-based, does anyone have a suggestion as to what part might cause it not to boot?
Thanks,
AsteroidWalnut