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Why does my Sensation get really really hot when charging and blink?

Its done this before but last night it did it again. Turned it off and disabled fast boot. Plugged it in to charge and wake up this morning and the device is extremely hot and the indicator light is blinking red or orange. The battery was only at 88%. I then pulled the battery waited 20 minutes and it powered on and I continued to charge it. Of course after that it was fine. I have not rooted the phone in any way. Anyone have any reasons to why its doing this? I don't think its a bad battery because my battery life is fine. Thanks

anyone have any suggestions?

I had the same problem when I first got my phone, I phoned my provider and he said that shouldn't happen. It was replaced straight away.

Thanks for your reply. However, if I replace it, that would be my fourth one. Its not doing this every time. I didn't do a reboot for over a week though. If I call up T-Mobile regarding this issue would they send me a refurbished one?
I am beginning to loose faith in the wonderful HTC Sensation. Really of going with the Galaxy S 2 when it hits T-Mobile next month.

MattMJB0188 said:
Thanks for your reply. However, if I replace it, that would be my fourth one. Its not doing this every time. I didn't do a reboot for over a week though. If I call up T-Mobile regarding this issue would they send me a refurbished one?
I am beginning to loose faith in the wonderful HTC Sensation. Really of going with the Galaxy S 2 when it hits T-Mobile next month.
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All phones have their problems...I read you should calibrate the battery. Also it will improve the more you use it.

evereste said:
All phones have their problems...I read you should calibrate the battery. Also it will improve the more you use it.
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I did as it did the first night I had it. Up until this morning it was fine. I just worry its gonna do this once in a while. Thanks for the response.
EDIT: T-Mobile was absolutely no help. They said I can contact the manufacturer and go that route or send it since its under warranty but that would get me a refurbished phone.

I contacted HTC and they agreed to send me a brand new battery. Will report back if this issue happens again.

MattMJB0188 said:
Its done this before but last night it did it again. Turned it off and disabled fast boot. Plugged it in to charge and wake up this morning and the device is extremely hot and the indicator light is blinking red or orange. The battery was only at 88%. I then pulled the battery waited 20 minutes and it powered on and I continued to charge it. Of course after that it was fine. I have not rooted the phone in any way. Anyone have any reasons to why its doing this? I don't think its a bad battery because my battery life is fine. Thanks
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Lucky for me I have not had that issue
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk

I probably got a defective battery. Was actually thinking of purchasing the Evo 3D battery.

I purchased the evo 3d battery myself and I have no complaints, plus its 200 mAh more than the sensations battery so that's a plus in itself....
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App

I had the same issues with Nexus 1, even the crazy touchscreen when charging or right after!
So it must be HTc hardware

mine blinks orange-green-orange-green... and shutdowns if I do not turn off screen... esp. when playing angry birds while charging...

[Q] Galaxy S 4G Random Shutdowns :(

I've encountered a major problem recently and it's my phone always shutting down at random times. It happened when flashing a JB Rom and ever since, my phone always would shut down at random times and when I turn it back on 50% of the battery would be drained. It gets really annoying and frustrating and now its even happening on my previous rom which was stable. Did my battery get screwed up? (I highly expect this). But I'm not sure yet.. did I flash the wrong way? (Eventhough, I'm pretty sure I took the safe steps to flash). Can anyone suggest a reason why this is happening?

Get a new battery, a lot of people's batteries have died and this is how it manifests.

Volkronica said:
I've encountered a major problem recently and it's my phone always shutting down at random times. It happened when flashing a JB Rom and ever since, my phone always would shut down at random times and when I turn it back on 50% of the battery would be drained. It gets really annoying and frustrating and now its even happening on my previous rom which was stable. Did my battery get screwed up? (I highly expect this). But I'm not sure yet.. did I flash the wrong way? (Eventhough, I'm pretty sure I took the safe steps to flash). Can anyone suggest a reason why this is happening?
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What TwitchEye said. Your battery is failing. I recommend these from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005HBH1R2/ref=oh_details_o09_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 For $23.99 USD, you get 2 1800mAh batteries and a separate charger. They have worked great so far. OEM is 1650mAh so they last a bit longer as well. A steal at twice the price in my book

yhea get a new batery it happend to me too if your not sure put your battery on a flat table and if it easaly spins or is swollen yhea its the battery

Oohhhh. Yes, No wonder my battery was curved... It seems it's swollen. Thanks so much guys for the help!!

ariesgodofwar said:
What TwitchEye said. Your battery is failing. I recommend these from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005HBH1R2/ref=oh_details_o09_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 For $23.99 USD, you get 2 1800mAh batteries and a separate charger. They have worked great so far. OEM is 1650mAh so they last a bit longer as well. A steal at twice the price in my book
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By the way, thanks for the great recommendation.. But one question, Are these batteries a little bulkier than the original ones and you need a new case on the back? If not, I'm thinking on getting these!

Volkronica said:
By the way, thanks for the great recommendation.. But one question, Are these batteries a little bulkier than the original ones and you need a new case on the back? If not, I'm thinking on getting these!
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Nope, they are a perfect fit. Same size as OEM. No new back needed.

Volkronica said:
By the way, thanks for the great recommendation.. But one question, Are these batteries a little bulkier than the original ones and you need a new case on the back? If not, I'm thinking on getting these!
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Those are the same size as the stock battery. The just have ten percent more juice. I've been using one for a while now without any worries.

HTC One XL first charge

Hello there,
I just got my HTC One XL from ebay and I have some questions.
How should I do the first charge? Should I use my new cellphone first and wait to the battery discharge in order to make a full charge of 7 hours?
Thank you!

If you bought it from eBay it's almost definitely not new, so the first charging process isn't super important. But, if you really want to you can plug it in until the led turns green, continue to charge for another hour, disconnect, turn it on and discharge it fully, charge fully again, then use as normal. Except for this first charge kind of situation it's generally not a good idea to discharge your phone fully, top-up charges are the suggested method.
Sent from my Evita

It shouldn't matter too much with lipoly batteries, even when the phone says 0% it's still 3v which is only half discharged (safety margin around 2v before battery locks up and 4.2v which is 100%), there should be little concern with running a battery to the point it switches off as it would still have around 300 months shelf life.
There is no battery conditioning with lipoly only the way the android system determines the rate of discharge, it might for instance take 12 hours to get to 10% and then an hour to use up the last 10% as it's not figured out the discharge curve of the battery. Best thing to do is charge to 100% and allow it to run to switch off until it works out how fast or slow the battery rate is. Alot of the 'battery calibration' tools are worthless as they wipe the batterystats.bin which just allows android to determine this - giving odd readings (such as "my battery lasts twice as long to get to 50%" but then it is twice as fast from then on). useful if you have a new battery or it's out of whack but certainly dont need to do it regularly, contrary to a report by a so called android technician the batterystats.bin isnt wiped on reboot.
Sorry I go on a bit, I like to try and educate people on battery and charging methods to ensure they get the best out of them.. so as timaaa says, plug in and charge, use and discharge a few times and you'll get an accurate battery reading.
Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk

Regardless of whether the battery is only discharging to 3v when you "fully" discharge it, repeating that process too many times is harmful to the long term life of the battery. I found an amazing article written by a battery scientist which contained some fantastic information, the core advice: don't repeatedly discharge your battery, top-up charges are the best way. If I can find a link I'll post it for reference.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
If you bought it from eBay it's almost definitely not new
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Why are you saying that? I bought it from: ebay.com/itm/111225894476?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
So, I have to plug it for make a full charge and then I have to use it, I will recharge it when it is 10% or 20% of charge?

sombragn said:
Why are you saying that? I bought it from: ebay.com/itm/111225894476?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
So, I have to plug it for make a full charge and then I have to use it, I will recharge it when it is 10% or 20% of charge?
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The reason @timmaaa is saying that is because since our phone is so old (July 2012 release) it would be a bit weird to see a new phone there on ebay.
The first charge should be around 8 hours.Then you discharge once it hits 5% or so. Then charge it up full again, and let it die completely this time. and then charge full and don't worry about it again.
Now, more importantly, now that you have a new phone: WELCOME TO THE ONE XL FORUM! Hopefully we can see you around, trying out the various ROMs. A word of advice though: if you plan on trying these ROMs, I highly recommend you get root, boot unlock, and s-off all before you go and take the Sense 5 OTA that contains the latest (and non-unlockable) bootloader

timmaaa said:
If you bought it from eBay it's almost definitely not new, so the first charging process isn't super important. But, if you really want to you can plug it in until the led turns green, continue to charge for another hour, disconnect, turn it on and discharge it fully, charge fully again, then use as normal. Except for this first charge kind of situation it's generally not a good idea to discharge your phone fully, top-up charges are the suggested method.
Sent from my Evita
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pandasa123 said:
The reason @timmaaa is saying that is because since our phone is so old (July 2012 release) it would be a bit weird to see a new phone there on ebay.
The first charge should be around 8 hours.Then you discharge once it hits 5% or so. Then charge it up full again, and let it die completely this time. and then charge full and don't worry about it again.
Now, more importantly, now that you have a new phone: WELCOME TO THE ONE XL FORUM! Hopefully we can see you around, trying out the various ROMs. A word of advice though: if you plan on trying these ROMs, I highly recommend you get root, boot unlock, and s-off all before you go and take the Sense 5 OTA that contains the latest (and non-unlockable) bootloader
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Sorry, I am an old man with a family and i dont have a lot of time to search by myself.
First, thank you very much for your answers guys.
Second, is there a way to find out if the cellphone has been used? The phone looks like new tho.
Thank you guys and thanks for answering!

sombragn said:
Sorry, I am an old man with a family and i dont have a lot of time to search by myself.
First, thank you very much for your answers guys.
Second, is there a way to find out if the cellphone has been used? The phone looks like new tho.
Thank you guys and thanks for answering!
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If there is a way to see it a smartphone has been used?....hmm that's a really good question. I would try checking the imei with HTC. See how long ago if the product has been used. That's all I can think of

sombragn said:
Why are you saying that? I bought it from: ebay.com/itm/111225894476?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
So, I have to plug it for make a full charge and then I have to use it, I will recharge it when it is 10% or 20% of charge?
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It'd be highly unlikely for a phone that's over two years old now for there to be any new ones out in the marketplace at all. Even if it looks new, it's probably refurbished at best.
sombragn said:
Sorry, I am an old man with a family and i dont have a lot of time to search by myself.
First, thank you very much for your answers guys.
Second, is there a way to find out if the cellphone has been used? The phone looks like new tho.
Thank you guys and thanks for answering!
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As pandasa said, you could try checking with HTC, short of that I don't have any ideas. If the phone performs well though it really doesn't matter if it isn't brand new, I only said that because if it isn't new I doesn't desperately need the usual first charge treatment.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
It'd be highly unlikely for a phone that's over two years old now for there to be any new ones out in the marketplace at all. Even if it looks new, it's probably refurbished at best.
As pandasa said, you could try checking with HTC, short of that I don't have any ideas. If the phone performs well though it really doesn't matter if it isn't brand new, I only said that because if it isn't new I doesn't desperately need the usual first charge treatment.
Sent from my Evita
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I see, where can I check the imei online? Thank you guys, I mean it

sombragn said:
I see, where can I check the imei online? Thank you guys, I mean it
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Just hit the thanks button. It's pretty much the same thing. To check the imei: boot into the bootloader. So turn the device off, then hold PWR + VOL DOWN at the same time. The imei should be there

pandasa123 said:
Just hit the thanks button. It's pretty much the same thing. To check the imei: boot into the bootloader. So turn the device off, then hold PWR + VOL DOWN at the same time. The imei should be there
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I clicked on Thanks bottons, thanks
But, what should i see on the screen? IMEI are numbers, right? do you want me to copy and paste here? Thank you.

sombragn said:
I clicked on Thanks bottons, thanks
But, what should i see on the screen? IMEI are numbers, right? do you want me to copy and paste here? Thank you.
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NEVER post your IMEI. It should say "IMEI: " and then a bunch of numbers and/or letters. You'll know when you see it

phone shutting off around 15-30% power without warning

it's an older phone at this point. maybe it's losing power faster than it can figure it out? hopefully one of you out there knows a fix for this. thx

juntjoo said:
it's an older phone at this point. maybe it's losing power faster than it can figure it out? hopefully one of you out there knows a fix for this. thx
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The G5 isn't THAT old, geez.
Anyway, my V20 was doing this, and it was just a ****ed up battery, misreporting it's percentages.
You can also try to do the battery stats cleaners if you are rooted, but I don't know if those even work anymore.
What I would recommend, is let the battery die, then charge it with a 900mah charger.(Something from an older phone) and let it sit without touching it.
Sometimes letting it charge with the slower chargers helps get it back to life

Silentwidow said:
The G5 isn't THAT old, geez.
Anyway, my V20 was doing this, and it was just a ****ed up battery, misreporting it's percentages.
You can also try to do the battery stats cleaners if you are rooted, but I don't know if those even work anymore.
What I would recommend, is let the battery die, then charge it with a 900mah charger.(Something from an older phone) and let it sit without touching it.
Sometimes letting it charge with the slower chargers helps get it back to life
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thanks. I may try that. though i charge my batterIES in an external charger that I guess is standard speed. definitely not as fast as charging by phone itself

juntjoo said:
it's an older phone at this point. maybe it's losing power faster than it can figure it out? hopefully one of you out there knows a fix for this. thx
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The rechargable battery is kaput. The fix is to replace the battery.

KelleyCook said:
The rechargable battery is kaput. The fix is to replace the battery.
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thanks. makes sense. I'll keep an eye on all three, see the differences.

The battery being kaput isn't exactly true I don't think. I have 3 different batteries and without fail at 15% it will tell me the battery is dead and it will then proceed to shut down. No bettery saver, just a black screen. Phone has been doing this since I got it. Stock rom or custom doesn't matter. Not sure if this is the right place to post, I have a H850.

juntjoo said:
it's an older phone at this point. maybe it's losing power faster than it can figure it out? hopefully one of you out there knows a fix for this. thx
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I have this problem and at 20_30 % gone.
I think that is something on kernel.
Can it solved???????????

Replace battery. Only sure way of isolating The issue

Phone shutting off at about 15-30% power without warning
This is the third phone I've had it was just replaced about 3 months ago I should say third replacement... Gets really hot messes up here in there... Recently I updated with the new 8.0 software... Now my battery cuts out at about 24% like clockwork so I replaced it with a new factory battery bought a T-Mobile for too much money... And it does the exact same thing... The bloody unit used to be able to do maps I could text and do other stuff at the same time and it would last you know for a while now if I do maps and a couple of emails or mean or text it's dead within an hour dot-dot-dot all since I've gotten that new 8.0 software

juntjoo said:
it's an older phone at this point. maybe it's losing power faster than it can figure it out? hopefully one of you out there knows a fix for this. thx
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Definitely get a new battery, I had 2 batteries for my phone and both were doing that, ordered a new one off Amazon and it drained all the way to 1%

bodom_hc said:
Definitely get a new battery, I had 2 batteries for my phone and both were doing that, ordered a new one off Amazon and it drained all the way to 1%
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I'll second this. My main battery did start to swell a little besides the sudden shutdown at 15%. I also know that this swelling can eventually cause the fingerprint sensor to malfunction. Beware. Anyhow, I decided to use the "almost dead" battery to game for long hours while charging (PUBG). My healthy new battery was used for normal usage besides gaming. Hope this helps!

Replaced Battery/Screen

Keeping my Pixel 32gb kicking. Just replaced the battery and the screen.
How many other users keeping their of Pixel alive?
Has anyone had issues with new installed screens? (New screen looks like it has burn in already)

What was wrong with your screen?
I've had my pixel for less than 1 year so I'm going to keep it for a while, surely going to replace the battery in the long run

Flipz77 said:
What was wrong with your screen?
I've had my pixel for less than 1 year so I'm going to keep it for a while, surely going to replace the battery in the long run
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I already had a bad battery. I dropped my phone last month but was still able to use it with the shattered screen. So I figured I'd keep using it and replaced the screen and battery. Plus this small investment is much better than purchasing a pixel 2/3.

Just wanted to let people who want to keep their og pixel. New battery on day 3.

tecsironman said:
Just wanted to let people who want to keep their og pixel. New battery on day 3.
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If you stop charging to 100%, your battery will last way more than 3 years.
https://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
I use this; works great on the Pixel:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/root-battery-charge-limit-t3557002

post-mortem said:
If you stop charging to 100%, your battery will last way more than 3 years.
https://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
I use this; works great on the Pixel:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/root-battery-charge-limit-t3557002
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Hmm never really thought about it. What do you set your charge limit to?

tecsironman said:
Hmm never really thought about it. What do you set your charge limit to?
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Personally, I limit mine to 60%, which correlates to roughly 3.9V. At that charge level, the battery will outlive the phone's usefulness.