Figured I would put this out to the forum for thoughts, but i am pretty sure my battery is bad in my GTab. The tablet no longer runs, unless it is plugged into the outlet. While on, the battery says 0% charging all the time. If i pull the plug out while the tab is powered on the tablet shuts down. While powered off on while on the led does not light up green or red. My GTab is out of warranty as of January so I assume this is a hardware issue and i am screwed, unless i can get a replacement battery somewhere. Anyone have any thoughts?
Check the battery connector cable. See this thread.
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Yes, follow the link above. The problem is probably that your battery has come unplugged inside. It is really easy to fix. Be sure to put some tape on the internal plug once you reconnect everything. That will prevent it from happening again.
Thanks guys worth a shot. Nothing to loose.
thank you
Thanks guys, you rock. Got home and took my tab apart and sure enough the connector was loose. Works great.now.
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So I've fully discharged my phone following the instruction given by a battery calibration app. But now the phone won't even turn on and I can't even recharge it. I tried to pull the battery out and put it back in, and then plug in the cable and turn on the phone, but hell no, the phone gave only 8 short blinks and 3 long blinks from the amber colored led and went dead.
I don't know if this is related to MDJ's unity V5 beta kernel, but my phone is unwilling to recharge while it's off. Can somebody help please?
Btw, I can't even boot into bootloader by holding vol down after pressing power button.
Charge your battery min.3.6v on external charger or another phone and then put it back.
lol found a solution, a badass one too:
phonepersonality said:
Ghetto Solution:
I have a spare, semi-busted USB cable.
I stripped off the insulation and exposed the green, white, black and red cables.
You only need the black (-ve) and red (+ve) cables for this effort.
Use any means you have to get expose the actual wiring and be sure to match them properly to the corresponding contact points on the battery.
The idea is to directly place the positive wire on the positive terminal of the battery and vice versa for the negative. The plug the battery into the phone.
What I did was loop the wires around the leads that would be in direct contact with +ve and -ve inside the phone itself, plugged the battery back in the phone and then plugged the USB cable into my laptop.
The phone booted right up.
Seems to be working thus far even though its still "off". I have a solid amber light and I'll leave the phone for a little bit before I try to boot it back up.
I hope this helps.
DISCLAIMER: I take NO responsibility for any damage (physical, psychological or emotional) you or your phone may incur should you attempt this.
It worked for me.
YMMV.
Be advised and tread carefully.
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and if we're not feeling so badass?
I don't wanna go messing with my USB cable, but I'm in the same boat as the OP. When I plug in to wall or computer, there are 9 dim orange short flashes on the notification light, about 1 per sec, and then two longer flashes, and brighter too, then nothing. Any other suggestions that are maybe a little less bad-ass and a lot more usable?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
I was away from home for 2 days and forgot my charger. Naturally the battery died.
I came home and charged the phone (plugged in the USB cable), left it for an hour or so and tried to turn it on. I got a "spinning" black and white wheel (which is actually frozen). Next comes the grey image of an empty battery which doesnt show charging (filling with green) even when the phone is plugged in. The home, back, etc. etc. buttons flash white for a moment and the phone turns off. Try again, same thing.
I thought maybe the USB wast connecting or charging so i took the battery out and charged it on an external charger which shows that it is full. Put it in, same thing.
Tried hard reset but cant complete it because samsung logo screen doesnt come on, only "empty battery" image.
Phone doesnt show up on my mac. etc. etc.
I am out of ideas...
btw no kind of water contact or dropping.
I really hope someone has another suggestion or can point me in the right direction.
Thanks for reading.
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Try going to att and use a charged battery there. Your battery may just be dead from over discharging.
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Try going to att and use a charged battery there. Your battery may just be dead from over discharging.
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thanks. i plugged it in and will let it sit for a while. i did try to turn it on as soon as i plugged it in and still saw the battery which didnt appear to be charging, but i know from previous experiance that when a phone is really dead the battery wont start it immediately even when plugged in.
thanks for the advice. my fingers are crossed
edit: ok. i'll try that also. if i can get away with just replacing the battery thats fine
this happened to me several times as well. My fix was easy.
Plug it in and forget about it for an hour. Unplug it, power it up, plug back in as soon as you see it start to boot. Should boot and charge.
I don't know why, but when its DEAD dead DEAD, it won't boot while its plugged in, nor will it show charging.
I hope that helps!
hopeful...
madamimadam said:
this happened to me several times as well. My fix was easy.
Plug it in and forget about it for an hour. Unplug it, power it up, plug back in as soon as you see it start to boot. Should boot and charge.
I don't know why, but when its DEAD dead DEAD, it won't boot while its plugged in, nor will it show charging.
I hope that helps!
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Thank you for the advice. I am happy to know someones dealt with this before and I am not the only one.
I just want to be sure. When you say that it starts to boot up, do you mean the samsung logo or the b/w wheel with empty (grey) battery image?
I tried to plug in the USB when the empty batt. was showing but it didnt seem to respond. Also I am wondering, when it finally connects do you still just let it charge or do you fully boot it up? Also does the battery show that it was keeping a charge from the first hour you left idle or does it only start to keep the charge after youve done this process?
Sorry for all the questions. This is just a bit for me....
update: OMG! just plugged it and instead of an empty batt. it was 90% green! phone still shut off again but i am very hopeful something is going on. I am going to keep messing around
update2: thank you so so much. This finally worked. saved me a considerable amount of money and untold grief. Basically I followed your directions in hyper mode. Power on, USB (in/out/in/out/in/out), phone shuts off, immediately power on again, etc., etc., until it worked.
Thank you.
FYI, a proper charger (instead of a PC's USB port) will cause the device to go into a higher-current charging mode that MIGHT have behaved better.
You can only charge your phone when its off on stock. Being in a rom it will reboot hence your frozen spinner and grey battery. Try it now that your battery is fully charged a d it will just reboot.
Sent from Optimus-Prime's Samsung Infuse 4G
just had the same problem tonight, but when I pulled out the battery it had a fried electronics smell in the battery
Same thing happened to me driving home from Thanksgiving break. I've come to the conclusion that if you flash a non Samsung from then you have to have the infuse on to charge. Even with a dead battery I managed to get the infuse on, then immediately shut the screen off for about 30 sec before proceeding to quickly turn setcpu into power save mode before shutting screen off and leaving it off for a few hours. Should veeerryyy slowly but surely charge (stupid samsung ..... takes forever to charge and there are times when the battery goes down in heavy CPU apps or when on 4g, I noe its safer that way but its not like I'm going to have that phone for the next 5 years)
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So glad I found this. My wife's "Infused" Infuse was "acting weird" according to her. Said there was a weird "DOS" like screen for a second, then the dead/grey battery logo. Take bat out and put back in. Nothing. Plug in and start up and it either goes from the Samsung logo to off, and repeat that, or show the Dead/Grey battery thing again. Well, tried the turn on while unplugged, and immediately plug in, and it started up. Even said the batt was 96% charged! Really confusing. So are there any other ROMs usable on this thing? Infused is OK, but man, just not nearly as good as my N1 running CM7.
Thanx again for the tip!
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So glad I found this. My wife's "Infused" Infuse was "acting weird" according to her. Said there was a weird "DOS" like screen for a second, then the dead/grey battery logo. Take bat out and put back in. Nothing. Plug in and start up and it either goes from the Samsung logo to off, and repeat that, or show the Dead/Grey battery thing again. Well, tried the turn on while unplugged, and immediately plug in, and it started up. Even said the batt was 96% charged! Really confusing. So are there any other ROMs usable on this thing? Infused is OK, but man, just not nearly as good as my N1 running CM7.
Thanx again for the tip!
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everything in development is.... obviously. Also, do make sure your read everything first lol it can really help you and other people at the end.
I got the infuse for me and the wife in early December. After the initial charge she used hers for about a day and half then tried to charge it.
Nada.
Tried different USB cables, swapped batteries. Turned out the USB port died. Talk about a PIA!!!
Best buy swapped it out no problem and let me keep all the stuff in the old box.
Hi all,
So my transformer is bricked... completely been trying hard reboot, APX mode, holding power button, HDMI output the list goes on.
My only final resort is what I've read is draining the battery down and trying to recharge it? (Just need some confirmation here please if possible).
I've kept it in the dock, what I've noticed is, in the morning it was green LED now its gone to the amber so something is draining the battery I"m hoping I can get this down to 0.
How long do you guys think with both dock + pad and most likely on standby. Not too sure of the issue here
Anyway, I'm really reluctant to send this back to Asus RMA because in short:
1. First time I sent it, it got returned like a squeaky box. Every where you held it you heard a creak like it was about to snap. They didn't fix some things, and more dust ended up in my camera lens... + had to pay postage..
2. Half fixed, came back with wrong firmware (TW --> US). Could never update ever again, so microsd card updates FTW. No way was I planning on spending an extra month sending my TF back and forth... I paid extra to get the first batch B40 lol.. They replaced everything inside my TF motherboard, screen, Inside LED!?, buttons. Close to the works..
This happened right after I upgraded to ICS, it was the US stock rom booted up fine. my apps were updating, and as everyone else was saying about how some apps caused ICS to slow down I wasn't aware so I thought I would shut it down and power it back up. Since then it's not been able to come up ever again... Any suggestions?
What do you think?
Thanks in advanced.
One other thing, could someone check.. when tablet is docked and OFF. Do the usb ports still work?
Right now, when docked but "bricked" I can still charge my phone via USB.. If someone could test this that would be much appreciated as that could at least eliminate that my TF's battery is dead, right?
get it off the dock, hold volup+pwr, count to six and leave it for a couple of days. You can test if it's empty when you plug it in your pc via the cable. If you get the device plugged sound it means there's still juice there - unplug and press again volup+pwr. when you unplug it from the pc the tab shuts itself down.
if you don't volup+pwr before you plug in the usb it won't turn itself on. but it turns off automatically at unplug, as I said.
after the battery is down, plug the tab to the charger. I don't have the dock so I can only speak about the tab itself. Don't know why, but it works for me everytime. Hope it fixes yours, then, if possible, root and flash something.
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get it off the dock, hold volup+pwr, count to six and leave it for a couple of days. You can test if it's empty when you plug it in your pc via the cable. If you get the device plugged sound it means there's still juice there - unplug and press again volup+pwr. when you unplug it from the pc the tab shuts itself down.
if you don't volup+pwr before you plug in the usb it won't turn itself on. but it turns off automatically at unplug, as I said.
after the battery is down, plug the tab to the charger. I don't have the dock so I can only speak about the tab itself. Don't know why, but it works for me everytime. Hope it fixes yours, then, if possible, root and flash something.
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Hi there,
Thanks, I'll that a try.
It's definitely charging and discharging, the battery brick is warm.. I've never had to connect my tablet to a windows PC. Today I did, it didn't make a sound.. Do I need to fully charge to be able to turn it on?
Normally not. I plug mine to the charger, I don't remember if it stats or I have to press power, when it boots the battery stays at 0% for several minutes.
Sorry for the late reply, did you manage to wake it? It's a long procedure of waiting mainly and can get annoying.
I'm still trying, earlier you had a thread about it poping up through the computer. What was the command you used in Linux?
Windows gives me nothign even when there was power in it.
Thanks.
Thank you sooo much!! It finally has powered back on, I hope this doesn't happen again.
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My son's tablet wasn't turning on. Suspecting a bad battery, I tested it with my tablet's battery(same tablet only rooted+custom room) . As soon as I plug it in this part became so fricking hot I couldn't keep my finger for 1/2 a second. Its near the left speaker ((right side if you have the tablet upside down))
Is this replaceable? Or the tablet is fried??
I tested the battery in mine just to be sure & it worked fine
Its a Tab 2 10.1 completely stock, not even rooted.
Thanks!!!!!!1
ejamin73 said:
Hi
My son's tablet wasn't turning on. Suspecting a bad battery, I tested it with my tablet's battery(same tablet only rooted+custom room) . As soon as I plug it in this part became so fricking hot I couldn't keep my finger for 1/2 a second. Its near the left speaker ((right side if you have the tablet upside down))
Is this replaceable? Or the tablet is fried??
I tested the battery in mine just to be sure & it worked
Its a Tab 2 10.1 completely stock, not even rooted.
Thanks!!!!!!1
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It's the same spot where my p5100 seems to get hot as well, even with the cover on, i can feel it sometime, and yes that really gets freaking hot anyways.
So chances are it is not fried, but then battery is working fine. Something in between is faulty. Get it checked
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Have you checked the wall charger and cable as well? Was it connected too while you had put the battery in it?
The reason I said it might not be fried, cause the 10.1 tablet do get really hot at the same spot you pointed in the pic. But that much hot, it happens only in case where it is put in charging. if it was hot without charger in your case and got that much hot, it might be fried. Otherwise, i would say it's normal heat for this tab.
Still if you can't power on and it's completely on stock too with a good battery, then it's better to let professionals deal with it. They can tell if they can find any replacement for it or not.
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Have you checked the wall charger and cable as well? Was it connected too while you had put the battery in it?
The reason I said it might not be fried, cause the 10.1 tablet do get really hot at the same spot you pointed in the pic. But that much hot, it happens only in case where it is put in charging. if it was hot without charger in your case and got that much hot, it might be fried. Otherwise, i would say it's normal heat for this tab.
Still if you can't power on and it's completely on stock too with a good battery, then it's better to let professionals deal with it. They can tell if they can find any replacement for it or not.
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Yes I checked the wall charger and cable & tried with another charger/cable before trying with my tablet's battery.
That says it all really. I bought a nexus 5 battery from (hopefully) a reputable source. The battery had all the same markings as my original battery.
I looked online for a video on how to replace the battery. I followed it. Now it is charging, but there is a blinking red light. After some googling, this could mean that the battery is completely drained and it should take a little longer than normal to charge.
However, it's now been charging for about an hour and no change. I tried to turn it on and no dice.
Did ya get it fixed?
It's a similar behaviour what you describe to a G2 what I've seen so far. I think the only way to get it charging, is to charge the battery in a external charger, or better, checking the voltage. If it's too much undervolted (<3V) then the battery will likely be damaged. I think the device refuses to charge if the battery is too much drained, so it's possible that you can't get it working if you leave it in the N5.
Maybe try a more powerful charger and maybe a different USB cable. Leave the phone on the charger for a few hours.
Actually, after googling, I found an answer on a youtube, so I should probably put it here.
I had to take off the back cover again, remove the internal protector, and disconnect the battery. Then, when you plug in the phone, you should see the battery symbol on the screen (I did), turn the phone on and IMMEDIATELY plug the battery in.
That fixed it. The only thing I should add is that in order to put the back cover on you have to turn the phone off. Then, put the back cover on, and turn it back off.
I also screwed up my antenna during my battery change (I accidentally knocked it off) so I simply taped it back on with a little piece of electrical tape.
juniper1982 said:
Actually, after googling, I found an answer on a youtube, so I should probably put it here.
I had to take off the back cover again, remove the internal protector, and disconnect the battery. Then, when you plug in the phone, you should see the battery symbol on the screen (I did), turn the phone on and IMMEDIATELY plug the battery in.
That fixed it. The only thing I should add is that in order to put the back cover on you have to turn the phone off. Then, put the back cover on, and turn it back off.
I also screwed up my antenna during my battery change (I accidentally knocked it off) so I simply taped it back on with a little piece of electrical tape.
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Thanks for this tip. I will try tonight, hope it doesn't burn the smartphone :fingers-crossed:
Update: Bingo!!! It worked! Though my battery being recent, it has got completely drained and doesn't recharge anymore after replacing the screen. But the phone works when connected to power cord. I will buy a new battery again. Thank you again for your help.