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Bad Seidio battery?

Hey guys
Well I got my 3200mah seidio battery yesterday. Charged it up overnight for around 10 hours. The phone was off all night, the light was green this morning.
I turned it on while still connected to power and the device said 100% charge and I thought ok sweet now ill test how long it can go!!
once I disconnected it from the power the screen went blank.. so I pressed the power button to turn the screen back on.. however the device was off and came up with the X screen this appeared for around 1 second then off again and on again for 1 second then off again it did this a couple of times before giving up...
Tested the battery in my wifes nexus and its the same
Is there anything I can do? or its a DOA?
I live in Australia and purchased the battery off ebay (brand new in box) so fear that its going to be hard to do a return.

It looks like it might be a bad battery. If you plug in your phone to the charger with this battery installed do you still get that blank screen?
If the battery is bad im sure Seido will replace it...they are a very reputable company.
But why put that hunchback battery on your sleek phone.. Seido has a nice 1600mah that fits perfectly with your N1... you get a little bit more power but dont comprimise the look.
My too bits
BGW

Bigworm37 said:
It looks like it might be a bad battery. If you plug in your phone to the charger with this battery installed do you still get that blank screen?
But why put that hunchback battery on your sleek phone.. Seido has a nice 1600mah that fits perfectly with your N1... you get a little bit more power but dont comprimise the look.
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BGW
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If I plug my phone back into the charger the light is orange again.
After an hour it returned to green I turned the phone on to test it but kept it on power and it reported 100%.
I powered the phone off disconnected it
Tried turning it on again, this time it got to the desktop but battery status indicated it was critical and the phone would shut down...
The original charge covered the 2-3 hours of charge on the green light that seidio's website recommends
Now its been on charge again for an hour and is orange still...
total charge time on the wall charger is around 12 hours now.. im pretty sure its dead...
As for why I want a chunky battery I need it for while im at work.. and I actually am liking the increased depth in my hands fits them much better.

I bought the 2800mAh battery when it came out. When I plugged it in, it did some weird stuff. Took few charges/discharges to settle. I'm not saying yours isn't a dead battery, but I had similar weird stuff happen to me.

[Q] Charging Interrupted - Battery Temp Too High or Too Low

I recently received a Droid Charge from Verizon as a replacement for a Thunderbolt which was basically rendered inoperable by the May OTA update due to near constant rebooting. I really like the Charge (with the exception of that hideous brown/orange theme - some of which looks designed by 1st graders!), but I'm having a MAJOR problem with it that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else, and I'm wondering if I'm the only one suffering this issue!
I drive a tractor-trailer for a living and use Google Navigation as a back-up to a truck-dedicated GPS unit I have in my tractor. I have a dash mount that I used to keep my Thunderbolt in and I had no problems with it at all (except for the constant reboots). However, the first day I was using the Charge, the screen went dark all of the sudden after a couple of hours, and I'm like WTF?!! I couldn't get it to anything, so I pulled it out of the dash mount and let the sun shine on the screen - I saw the display was still on, but it had dimmed to the point that I couldn't see it without a light shining on it. In the middle of the screen was a dialog box with an exclamation point and the message "Charging Interrupted - battery temperature too high or too low"! I unplugged the Verizon-branded car charger and as soon as I did that, the screen became bright again, and the message disappeared. I left it like that for a while, until the low battery warning appeared. I then plugged the car charger in and let it start charging. Well, guess what? It darkened the screen again after almost 30 minutes of being connected to the car charger, and I saw the same battery temp too high message on the screen!
I have since tried to use the wall charger I got with my HTC Thunderbolt (my tractor has a power inverter in it, and electrical outlets to plug a power cord into, just like the outlets at home), but I got the same warning message on the screen. This is a REAL problem as it's basically causing the phone to be unusable, since I am not able to charge the battery when it gets low, due to the phone interrupting the charging! I went to a Verizon store, thinking it might just be a bad battery (especially because, when I first put the battery in the phone and plugged it in to charge, I got an "Incompatible battery" message on the phone). I took the battery out and reinserted it, and I never got that message again. Verizon gave me a brand-new battery, but that didn't help. They sent me another Droid Charge to replace the first one, but the 2nd one is doing the same thing!
Anybody have any idea what's going on here? I've had the same problem now with 2 seperate batteries and two seperate Droid Charge phones, but I never had that problem with my Thunderbolt, even though I used the same wall & car chargers with IT! The back of the Charge's are getting very hot, but, then again, so did my Thunderbolt, and I never had a charging issue with it. I'd really like to keep the Charge and send my Thunderbolt back to Verizon, but I can't do that without finding a solution to this problem!
Thanks,
Dennis

I used to have this issue with several HTC phones. What happens is that if you keep the phone on the dash in direct sunlight, the battery reaches critical temperatures and to prevent the risk of failure, it stops the battery from charging. This happened all the time on my HTC phones from the Mogul 6800 to the Touch Pro. Not sure why the T-Bolt didn't have that issue, maybe it was set to a higher threshold before stopping the charging.
You may want to keep it out of direct sunlight or take the battery cover off to let more air flow in when charging on the dash.
Hope that helps.

I had the same problem. The warning message seems to be a safety feature built into the Charge that waits to charge the battery until it is cooled off.
I found that unpluging and turning off navigation for a while helped cool things off.
I also tried having the phone fully charged before using it for navigation and then plugging it in and this seemed to help. I am no expert, but it seems that when the phone is not trying to charge a battery rapidly it deals with the GPS heat better.
I hope this helps; stick with it and keep bugging Verizon!
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So they sent you a Charge, but you kept the tbolt charger? And they have sent you multiple Charges and batteries, but never the correct charger? If this is right, you need to tell them to give you a Charge charger (heh). This phone seems to be pretty particular about what charges it, I can't even use a usb extension cable, so the wrong charger may be the culprit.

I've been getting this as well using CoPilot Live v8 (just upgraded to v9). I found if I turned down the screen brightness a bit, say to 80%, I could still see the screen but avoid most of the battery charging issues.
I also just purchased a Tetrax XWAY mount that will attach to an air conditioning vent. We'll see if blowing cool air onto the back will let me drive around with the brightness turned full up.
My concern with brightness all the way up is that I am not sure if the charge rate from the lighter plug will keep up with the discharge rate on the DC when everything is running full tilt...I just ordered a Tek-Tok Wireless lighter plug USB charger, Input: 12-24V DC; Output: 5.0V DC 2.1Amp! Let the frying begin!!!
p.s. I tried the Samsung/Verizon navigation mount on a 5-day trip...not too bad of a design, BUT, would not work with my extended battery and back PLUS when the DC goes into car dock mode (automatically when inserted into the navigation dock) it comes up with a screen that has a shortcut to VZ Navigator that CANNOT be edited or changed to another navigation program. You have to disable the dock in order to use another navigation program! What's with THAT, Verizon and Samsung!!! Needless to say, returned the mount yesterday...

Try turning your brightness down, make sure it's going into sleep mode and keep it out of direct sunlight

I also had the exact same overheating issue. After getting a replacement device I started looking at the charger I was using. I had been using a micro usb charger that only output 500ma. The droid charger is 1000ma (or 1 amp). Apparently I was using more power than the charger could provide. The charger couldn't keep up and I guess that must have been the issue because since switching to a 1 amp charger, I haven't had overheating issues.

"Charging Interrupted - battery temperature too high or too low"
Living in Miami, I have seen this message a few times after leaving the Charge in my car.
Run a free sensor program to tell you the battery temp when it does this. Mine gets up to 130 F.
If your phone isnt really at 130F, maybe something is tricking the sensor or it is faulty.

I rooted my Charge today, installing a new kernel (imnuts' PeanutButta Jelly Time) and a new ROM (GummyCHARGED 1.8.5), and I drove 3 1/2 hours from my terminal back to my home for the weekend with the Charge plugged into the charger and never once got the "battery temperature too high or too low" message!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that doing this eliminated my charging problems with the Droid - we'll see!
Dennis

Google maps updated and one of the new features is "Improved battery power management for Navigation (Beta)." Hopefully this helps to solve our problem!
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One thing I did to help prevent this issue when it gets to hot is to set the air vents in your car to the defroster setting, so it will blow air at the windshield, and in turn your phone on the dash. Also, taking off the back can do wonders to prevent over heating.

[Q]Blinking Orange Light

PLS help..my phone got drained and when i plugged it in to charge.the led light keep blinking in color orange.is that normal when you charge it from completely drained battery?
what i know is that when you charge your phone it only get solid color orange light

I had the same problem with my old Anker battery, and that battery can only be charged from outside of the phone. What battery do you use?

schoei1 said:
I had the same problem with my old Anker battery, and that battery can only be charged from outside of the phone. What battery do you use?
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im using anker battery too. but im charging my phone with the battery inside.
does the anker battery can only be charge outside the phone?am i not doing the proper way?

From my experience, the blinky orange LED indicates that the battery is too low to power on the phone. However, for me at least, the battery charges in this state and the light will eventually become steady orange.
I have experienced that some batteries, if allowed to drain too much, will not recharge easily. This may be your case with your anker.
I am guessing you have tried leaving it plugged in for a while?

zedrix53 said:
im using anker battery too. but im charging my phone with the battery inside.
does the anker battery can only be charge outside the phone?am i not doing the proper way?
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I am using anker battery since 4 months never had problem. The blinking light suggests ur batteryis on very low charge less then 5% leave it on charge for a while light will get steady.
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Yes, if the batt is zero, the orange light blinks for a few minutes while.charging.... It then turns to solid, and the phone can be switched.on....... Had this experience last week on my wife's sensation xe.
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Yep. Remember a wall charger will charge your battery faster then connecting to a computer.
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Virtuous 3.0

i see i think that would not be a problem.
one more about the anker battery, is it ok to charge the battery in 5v output charger even in the label of the battery it only says 3.7v?

This happens with the normal battery too if you drain it all the way. Just plug it in, let it charge for a minute or 3 and you can turn it on.

If you get the blinking light for more than 5 minutes of charging than your adapter is not giving it enough juice.
Try to get your hands on an old Motorola charger without a a detachable usb wire and plug that in - imo they tend to give a lot more power, and also dont leave it plugged in for more than a few hours since they make your battery kinda hot.
Also, see if your input might be loose, take a tweezer and gently squeeze from top to bottom to make it better for a tighter fit.
Let me know how it goes, cheers

nSavage said:
If you get the blinking light for more than 5 minutes of charging than your adapter is not giving it enough juice.
Try to get your hands on an old Motorola charger without a a detachable usb wire and plug that in - imo they tend to give a lot more power, and also dont leave it plugged in for more than a few hours since they make your battery kinda hot.
Also, see if your input loose, take a tweezer and gently squeeze from top to bottom to make it better for a tighter it.
Let me know how it goes, cheers
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you just replied to a thread which has to be active more than a year

rzr86 said:
you just replied to a thread which has to be active more than a year
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I had a similar problem and this one felt like it was sort of abandoned / unresolved.
I would hate to be the person who uses search but to end up here and find this.
Also, what you wrote seems to be broken. Are you simply informing me that I replied to an old thread or that I can't reply to old threads that aren't closed yet?

nSavage said:
I had a similar problem and this one felt like it was sort of abandoned / unresolved.
I would hate to be the person who uses search but to end up here and find this.
Also, what you wrote seems to be broken. Are you simply informing me that I replied to an old thread or that I can't reply to old threads that aren't closed yet?
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no you have the right to reply to any thread

[Q] Is my phone dead? :(

1. The phone won't turn on
2. The charging indicator doesn't light up when I try to charge the battery.
3. One of the sensors on the top left turns dim red in color when I connect the charging cable
4. I can't hard reset either
thanks

Did the battery die all the way? Or did you flash a radio without checking the md5? If its a borked radio install say hello to a 500 dollar paper weight if its the battery your gonna have to charge it in another phone cause I'm not sure if cwm 5.0.2.7 has powered off charging
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Yes we need a couple of info first. Also we need every information we can get in the last events before the phone got bricked. Like what did you do? what ROM? What's the status of the phone? Battery?
The more the details the better we could assist you.

Sounds like when my first Mytouch 3g broke, it would turn on the first couple of times going into a bootlope at the HBoot. It also didnt respond to charging or any other battery i tried.

Thanks for the reply strapped. I haven't flashed a radio. I did flash the virtuous infinity rom though. I'm not certain if that affected the radio. I did, however, let my battery die all the way. Do you know why one the sensors on the top left corner turns dim red when I connect the charging cable?

CJ_ said:
Thanks for the reply strapped. I haven't flashed a radio. I did flash the virtuous infinity rom though. I'm not certain if that affected the radio. I did, however, let my battery die all the way. Do you know why one the sensors on the top left corner turns dim red when I connect the charging cable?
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Oh crap the battery die all the way problem
I think your battery is dead.s
Saw dozens of problems like this on the my previous device's forum.
Li Ion batteries have this fuse inside it in which it trips off when the battery gets discharged to a certain voltage. If it does your battery goes into a suicide mode in order to protect the phone.
basically the best thing to take good care of your battery is not let it drain lower than 40% and not fully charge it to 90%.
discharging it too low drains it's lifespan drastically. While charging it too high also drains it's lifespan.
Over-discharging Lithium-ion
Li-ion should never be discharged too low, and there are several safeguards to prevent this from happening. The equipment cuts off when the battery discharges to about 3.0V/cell, stopping the current flow. If the discharge continues to about 2.70V/cell or lower, the battery’s protection circuit puts the battery into a sleep mode. This renders the pack unserviceable and a recharge with most chargers is not possible. To prevent a battery from falling asleep, apply a partial charge before a long storage period.
Battery manufacturers ship batteries with a 40 percent charge. The low charge state reduces aging-related stress while allowing some self-discharge during storage. To minimize the current flow for the protection circuit before the battery is sold, advanced Li-ion packs feature a sleep mode that disables the protection circuit until activated by a brief charge or discharge. Once engaged, the battery remains operational and the on state can no longer be switched back to the standby mode.
Do not recharge lithium-ion if a cell has stayed at or below 1.5V for more than a week. Copper shunts may have formed inside the cells that can lead to a partial or total electrical short. If recharged, the cells might become unstable, causing excessive heat or showing other anomalies. Li-ion packs that have been under stress are more sensitive to mechanical abuse, such as vibration, dropping and exposure to heat.
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maybe you guys should read this.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

Cheers guys. Here's every bit of information I can recollect
A few days ago I created a nandroid backup and formatted my sd card via the PC.
I flashed the latest version of CWM recovery
I flashed the virtuous infinity rom 1.33 alpha v3 and then flashed the 1.35 beta 1 update.
Then i copied some music on to the SD card and installed a couple of apps.... nothing out of the ordinary.
The phone worked fine the last couple of days but I don't remember letting the battery die all the way. I should add that I have a dodgy battery; a couple of months ago my dear girlfriend spilled her drink and beer went in to back of my phone... since then the keyboard doesn't work (some keys work but its basically dead) and the battery has been affected as well since it now only lasts 3-4 hours after a full charge....but this issue can't have caused the problem I'm now having because the dead keyboard and dodgy battery have been around for a few months...
Last night, however, I think I let the battery die all the way and at some point, when I tried to turn it on, the phone vibrated as it does when you hold the power button, however, the screen didn't turn on. Since then, nothing has changed. When I connect the phone to the PC, it makes a couple of "connection" noises but I can't access the SD card or contents.

by saying latest CWM is it the 6.0 touch based CWM by chance?

sorry mate, i meant 5..0.2.7.

That's the CWM I'm using so it's safe. I'm also on latest VI for weeks without problem.
So it all points out to your battery.
Phone vibrating to power button means it's responding perfectly. Not sure about the light on the sensor only htc technician can tell.
But what I can say is if your trackpad button lights out red always then you got a brick on your hand.

Nope the trackpad isn't red so I guess that's a good sign. I've ordered a new battery and should have it later this week. Let's see if that fixes the issue. Will report back. Thanks all!

So, a new battery has arrived, however, it hasn't helped as the phone won't charge (no orange light) or turn on...... Since I live in Australia, I don't know anyone else with this phone. Is there any other way for me to revive my brick of a phone?? Thanks

CJ_ said:
So, a new battery has arrived, however, it hasn't helped as the phone won't charge (no orange light) or turn on...... Since I live in Australia, I don't know anyone else with this phone. Is there any other way for me to revive my brick of a phone?? Thanks
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Get a universal charger for your battery.
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This is a rough situation. Even with my DS I've had situations where nothing would happen when I tried to restart it, in particular when I let the system run all the way down. It is as if the battery needs to have some charge for it to charge more. I have three batteries though (the stock & two Anker 1900's) so when this happens I just swap out the battery with one that I charged in the external charger, and I haven't had any real issues with them long-term. Since you bought a battery, what battery was it, and do you think it was charged when you got it, and do you have an external charger to verify that the charge is solid when you put it back in the phone? Your phone may be completely dead however, but at this point, I don't think anybody on the thread really can tell. This make sense? I don't want to say, "buy a set of Anker 1900's with an external charger" but it was cheap enough vs. the cost of the phone, and the DS does seem to be a good one overall.

Hi All,
So I got an external charger for the battery and it arrived yesterday. I then proceeded to charge the battery and hours later, no luck. The phone still doesn't turn on. When I hit the power button, one of the sensors on the top left turns red slightly, shortly after which the phone vibrates. However, it doesn't turn on.
Where do I go from here?
Thanks

have you tried to disassemble your phone at all? you said liquid was spilled in it, could take time for corrosion to turn up. maybe a little electronic parts cleaner or rubbing alcohol may help out

Nope I haven't tried to disassemble it yet but is that the only option remaining? If yes, I might have to give it a go because this phone is now as useful to me as a brick, in its current state.

Slept on my Atrix 2!

After a long day of class I pass out and woke up to find that I had slept on top of my phone It was on before I went to sleep and was pretty warm when I grabbed it. Tried to turn it on, which it wouldn't. And when connecting it to a charger it doesn't charge. Taking out the battery and putting it back it gave me no luck either. The only response I get is when I connect it to my laptop in which case a White LED shows in the top right of the screen for a brief moment and the distinguishing sound you hear when you connect something to your computer, but nothing happens.
I did read and found out that the white led shows up because its unable to boot because there's not enough juice to put it in the charging process so someone suggested to get an external charger for the battery in which case i can do, but wanted a 2nd opinion.
Another thing to note is that my phone isn't rooted or anything of that kind of matter. Still in the factory settings in which I first bought it in. Any help and suggestions is appreciated.

Yeah! Charge it up and see if it gets some life.

Charge it in the wall, not in the pc. No matter what. Left the phone there and see what happens in 2hs

Left it in connected to the wall charger for a few hours - no response.

VathaRich said:
Left it in connected to the wall charger for a few hours - no response.
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When I bought my phone it had the same issue. I got it used and the person that sold it to me forgot to remove the battery before shipping.
I tinkered with it forever, and even left it plugged in overnight and it kept the white LED.
I had an external charger from my last phone, so with rubber bands I was able to rig it in there and it got me going.
I have a spare external charger, but with cost and shipping you could get a charger and battery for the same price I imagine. $10 on Ebay.

Had white led light before when I was rooting my Atrix. Just need to get a external battery charger and charge it and try not to let the battery get drained like that again. Guessing your body heat drained all the battery cause the same thing happens to my second battery when I leave it in my pockets.