So here's the story..
Flashed the ROM to WM6 (Dr.Dots BlackDiamond 3.1). Had a couple hickups where I had to go through it a coupe times, but after an hour or so, got it and it's worked fine since. Ever since though, I've noticed that my battery meter doesn't reflect the charge of the battery. When I click on the battery icon, it tells me that the battery status us "unavailable" and shows nothing. Got the Battery Status .cab, loaded it on the phone, and it shows a charge of "-1%." Phone dies today on the way home from work. Plugged it into my car charger and nothing. It won't charge there at all. I can leave it pugged in for about 20 minutes and attempt to turn it on and it'll come up into the white and pink "tmobile" screen then dies out. Same thing when I plug it in here on the desktop. When I plug it into the actual home charger, it comes up, charges and I have the LED illuminated on the MDA.
My question is, has anybody else experienced this and what is the fix? I've seen a couple threads about "jumpstarting" and whatnot, but I've got to believe that there is another problem that isn't allowing me to charge with a car charger or a usb desktop charger. I never had this problem with the POS Tmobile ROM so I'm not thinking its a hardware issue at all.
Can anyone out there let me know if there's something I'm doing wrong? I don't know if there's a software conflict with the stuff I have on my MDA or if there are issues with my current IPL/SPL/GSM/OS that aren't allowing it to function correctly.
Any help is alway appreciated.
Thanks guys,
Ivan
nobody has any ideas???
So my battery status shows -1% with the empty bar. 100% signal...can't be right, never is always 100%. And the temp shows a steady 32* F...Im in my living room and it ain't that cold.
Maybe remove and reinstall it??
Isn't there supposed to be some kind of battery status indicator on most WM6 ROMs??? I have nothing at all...
-Ivan
Ok, don't anybody rush to help a brother out....lol!
SO I flashed to 2.47.11 Radio and all of the sudden, guess what?
That's right, I now have a battery status showing and I can charge from the computers USB port...
Friggin phenomenal.
So hopefully the new Radio ROM won't give me crap when it comes to actual calls.
Anybody else running this Radio? Experiences with it?
Thanks again,
Ivan
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I noticed yeterday that the battery icon on the title bar next to the clock on the top of the screen showed an exclamation (!) mark in it, when i tap on it, it says battery 0% full, if I go to the power setting, it shows battery type : li-ion, capacity : unknown. Also when I plug in the charger, the icon stays the same, it doesn't show charging, in the properties it doesn't show charging either and the status light does not light up amber as it always did when charging!!
Help, Please.....
I never had a problem with this unit at all, never had to reset it even, now after 10 soft resets and countless hard resets this problem persists. I am in Canada and don't have anyway of getting support, as this is a vodafone unlocked unit....
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Dan
Sounds like a bad battery to me, nothing else would make sense, especially since you tried a hard reset. Contact Palm, whether you bought it frm them or not I would think its still under warranty from them
Dan,
Somewhere on another thread someone mentioned that their phone gradually charged if plugged in on the USB sync cable (the standard one, not a combined sync / charge cable from the 650 / LifeDrive).
Might be worth a go until you can get a new battery...
Angus
I hope the battery is really the case, although I would find it hard to beleive, at this time anything is possible.
Dan
hello!
im posting here after really long time cause ive found a problem thats got me completely stumped.
i recently got a new battery and charger for my o2 xda, now when i plug it in for charging the battery meter shows that the phone is getting charged up [rather fast] however when i restart the phone it shows that the battery is desparately low and almost dead, how is this possible when it shows that the battery is charging fine before? ive tried changing between version of tnt but to no avail. however when i charge it from the pc via usb it charges fine and the fake charging doesnt show but real slow charging shows, can this be fixed? thanks
a little help would be greatly appreciated
Try a base wm5 rom then go to a different wm6/6.1 rom from there, just an idea. I flashed my sister's Tilt with a rom and her car charger didn't work and as soon as she left town for 3 days the phone wouldn't react to wall charging, it would charge via USB only. i put a different rom on it and it's all fine. I know it's a different device, but it's an idea.
hmm so i shud try chargin on a base rom first? alriht ill try that out and let u know thanks!
Hi, I got a HTC 7 Pro which has been working fine for the last 4+ weeks.
Suddenly for some reason the battery level indicator on the phone is now showing a Question Mark - its was working OK until today. When I plug in the phone, I can see Zune start on the laptop and can sync up, etc. Also when plugged in the LED rapidly changes from Green to Amber.
The battery status still shows a question mark when plugged in or not. I have tried rebooting the phone, and removed the battery (for a few mins) but nothing fixed it.
I don't know if the phone is charging or not.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
bahree said:
Hi, I got a HTC 7 Pro which has been working fine for the last 4+ weeks.
Suddenly for some reason the battery level indicator on the phone is now showing a Question Mark - its was working OK until today. When I plug in the phone, I can see Zune start on the laptop and can sync up, etc. Also when plugged in the LED rapidly changes from Green to Amber.
The battery status still shows a question mark when plugged in or not. I have tried rebooting the phone, and removed the battery (for a few mins) but nothing fixed it.
I don't know if the phone is charging or not.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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I would say not. Sounds like the OS is having a problem identifying your battery. If you had another battery you could test to see if it was the battery or the phone.
Hi Scott,
Thanks for the reply. That would seem odd as the OS did not have any issue for the last 4 odd weeks - why would it suddenly have this?
I don't have another battery but will ask around.
Regards.
I got an update for everyone else - the phone is dead despite being plugged in all night. So clearly the battery is kaput. Will get in touch with HTC to get a replacement.
Also, I have a HTC Wildfire and as it happens, it has the same battery (thank you HTC for that excellent design decision). I was able to put that and test the HTC 7 Pro and it works just fine. The conclusion being, it has nothing to do with the OS, but the battery is dead.
Thanks.
I understand this to be a charging problem. The light going from red to green happens when it isnt being charged properly. Happened to me when I had it connected to a crappy car charger.
I seem to have run into a problem with the battery in my phone lately. Every time I charge the phone, and sometimes when it's not charging it will turn off. Just randomly no real cause. I don't get a text, or anything. I just pick it up try to unlock it and am greeted with the white HTC screen. This would lead me to believe that I have some kind of short near my battery causing it to not transfer charge across the contacts when its in a certain position or something along those lines. I've also turned it on while it's plugged in and the red LED that says it's charging is on, and the phone said that it had 0 battery left and shut down. I then plugged it back in and turned it on again and it did the same thing, but this time it charged for about 30 seconds, and then the battery was at 100% again. Leaving me going WTF is wrong with my phone.
I'm using a CM7 kernel with Gingerbeast if that helps.
Basically I want to know if anyone else has had this problem, and if so what can I do about it? Also if I did anything wrong or could do something that would help like flashing a better kernel or something advice on that would be much appreciated.
CrazyLineman777 said:
I seem to have run into a problem with the battery in my phone lately. Every time I charge the phone, and sometimes when it's not charging it will turn off. Just randomly no real cause. I don't get a text, or anything. I just pick it up try to unlock it and am greeted with the white HTC screen. This would lead me to believe that I have some kind of short near my battery causing it to not transfer charge across the contacts when its in a certain position or something along those lines. I've also turned it on while it's plugged in and the red LED that says it's charging is on, and the phone said that it had 0 battery left and shut down. I then plugged it back in and turned it on again and it did the same thing, but this time it charged for about 30 seconds, and then the battery was at 100% again. Leaving me going WTF is wrong with my phone.
I'm using a CM7 kernel with Gingerbeast if that helps.
Basically I want to know if anyone else has had this problem, and if so what can I do about it? Also if I did anything wrong or could do something that would help like flashing a better kernel or something advice on that would be much appreciated.
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I.read a post once that quoted an HTC Rep. Went something like this...
"Unplug phone and Reboot. Plug in charger and charge until LED shows green or full charge. Unplug. Power off phone. Plug in charger until LED shows green or fully charged. Unplug phone. Reboot. Use phone. Power off. Plug in. Charge until LED shows green or fully charged. Reboot. Your device should be fully charged and battery reset(?).
Ok first off, halfway through when you robot and use phone. You probably won't get a chance to use as the phone may/ should shut itself down and show no battery. The HTC rep did not clearly state that or.it was lost in translation.
Secondly, after it shuts.itself down, let it charge fully. It should not take too long as your battery is already charged. Then reboot and let it run its course. Then fully charge again.
Alternatively - you can download current widget to monitor your battery and also see how much current it is drawing and know when it is fully charged. Even tho your LED is green and battery shows full, it will.still.draw current gradually for up to an hour or so. Very nifty .... Hope it helps!
And a search for these topics will.probably yield much more in depth info....
-MyPocketWizard-
Did this problem exist on stock ROM?
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I seem to have reset my battery on my own as far as I can tell. I basically did the process you described just without knowing.
This problem did also occur on stock rom. It hasn't happened in the past week, so I think it's fine. I may reflash my rom and kernel soon for good measure.
Also sorry for not replying I've been away from civilization for almost a week.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096605
uh oh this is how my problem started.
I hope my problem doesn't turn into that. It seems fine now it hasn't done it in a while
Hi All, my wifes s6 (using xtrestolite rom) has stopped taking a charge. Im trying to figure out what the issue is. Unfortunately im travelling for the next month so have limited trouble shooting options.
Background
- wife has been complaining that her phone battery dies quickly. I kind of dimissed her assuming it was in her head. she said it loses 10percent in standby mode in 1hr roughly. Shes been complaining about this for a week.
- yesterday at the airport her battery was at 12% and when we plugged it in to charge it wouldnt take a charge. Bolt icon did not come up and still said "connect charger" on the screen. Normally when connected the red Led comes on, but now it doesnt.
-our normal chsrging method is using and aukey 3port charger as fast charging mode.
Troubleshooting/diagnosis
- i have an s6 as well so i tested all the cables and chargers on my phone and it works. We even had the official samsung charger and cable but same issue.
- after the phone was completely dead, if you plug in the charging cable the charging bolt icon comes on for a few sec, the top left says "kernel is on seandroid enforcing" for a sec and then everything goes blank. Red charging led doesnt come on. So it seems like it detects the cable but wont charge enough to boot up.
- i was able to boot into twrp recovery but where its supposed to have a battery level its completely blank. Originally i was able to do this without any canles but then it wouldnt. My guess is that i orginally had a bit of juice and then it was completely dead.
-after leaving it plugged in for a sec, im able to turn it on where it boots and i can see it says 0% battery. It stays on for 5sec before turning off itself.
- i also tried plugging it into laptop, but laptop does not detect it. The phone does detect the power though and does the same as above but this time bolt charging icon stayes on for 1-2min before going off and seeing the "kernel is on seandroid icon". Once the seanadroid goes away nothing seems to happen. After doing this i was able to turn it on and it showed 1%. I thought this was promising but after trying this a few times ive never been able to get to 1percent again.
- with the brief charge thst i guess its getting, i was able to go i to twrp recovery and do a factory reset. This was with cable plugged in the whole time. Without cable in i dont think it would complete the action.
That about summarizes whats happened.
Ive concluded the following:
- charger and cables are ok and not the issue
- it is not the charging port since the phone does seem to be getting some juice bacause charging icon comes on for 2sec whenever cable is plugged in.
- its not a software/app issue since it wont charge even in recovery mode. Also factory reset was done and no luck.
My best guess is that the battery can only hold a 0-1% charge which is enough to register it being plugged in but not enough to do anything else. But if everything else is ok shouldnt it work when if the cable is just left in. This makes me think theres something else going on.
Any suggestions or theories would be much appreciated trying to decide if i should pay to get battery replaced.
Sorry for the long post. Figured it is best to give all info.
Thanks in advance!
Update June 3:
Hey everyone, just a correction on the above. It looks like it is able to charge in recovery (slowly). I realized that although there is no battery level during recovery, no charging led, and not booting up after being charged for a bit, maybe its just going slowly.
So i went into recovery and left it overnight on the non-fast charging and woke up after 8hrs and it was at 78percent!!!
Im not sure why it didnt go to 100% in 8hrs.
The phone still doesnt charge regularly when plugged in, so still need to fix that.
Do you guys think its a rom issue (only factory reset done before) ? I will see if i can get a rom for flashing.
Update 2:
Reflashed xtrestolite rom but still no luck. It wont charge.
Seems like a dead battery.
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Battery.
Hey everyone, just a correction on the above. It looks like it is able to charge in recovery (slowly). I realized that although there is no battery level during recovery, no charging led, and not booting up after being charged for a bit, maybe its just going slowly.
So i went into recovery and left it overnight on the non-fast charging and woke up after 8hrs and it was at 78percent!!!
Im not sure why it didnt go to 100% in 8hrs.
The phone still doesnt charge regularly when plugged in, so still need to fix that.
Do you guys think its a rom issue (only factory reset done before) ? I will see if i can get a rom for flashing.
Update 2:
Reflashed xtrestolite rom but still no luck. It wont charge
Bump.
Went to the phone store and they said its probably not the battery but the ic chip for charging? This will cost 150, but doesnt include the screen if they break it...
Does this make sense since i can charge in recovery.
Thanks. Any direction or input is much appreciated.
Go on the local store and change your battery (if isn't in warranty)
Hi all, just wanted to update the post that the issue is semi-fixed.
I brought it into a repair shop who offered to diagnose the problem for free before paying to replace the battery.
He told me there was nothing wrong with it and not sure what my issue was. Plugs in the charger and lo and behold it was charging. He said he didnt do anytning to it except blow some compressed air on the port.
Im guessing the comporessed air cleaned out a short? So now it charges properly.
The issue remaining is that the pc doesnt detect the phone. It shows as charging on the phone but no conmection. Tried to install the latest samung driver (1.5.4xxx?) but no luck. On occation sometimes it says "usb port has malfunctioned" but other times nothing.
My s6 does actually connect, so definitely my wife's s6 itself and not comp. Im tempted to buy some comlressed air and give it ankther blow, but dont want to risk messing it up again. im pretty happy that it at least charges up.
Hope this helps others that might have similar issue.