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software which can control the overtime charge of battery in HTC hd2

Hi guys,
Can you suggest me any software which can control the overtime charge of battery in HTC hd2.. i mean auto OFF the battery charging after it is full or after a limited time as we desire.
As you know battery is a problem for such device and basically i have to charge everyday which i do at night but i afraid if i charge the batter overnight then it may damage to battery itself.
Thank you a lot.

I'm pretty sure the phone dows that automatically. I noticed on my phone that the LED turns green and the battery icon switches from charging to 100%

all lithium battery "chargers" including phones will have a cut off switch.
Otherwise, "overcharging" will lead to exploding batteries ala Sony laptops.

Hmmm, I could have sworn I was the first to respond to this thread hours ago, but it seems it didnt get through.
Anyway, the above responses are right.
Orange light for charging.
Green light once charge complete. After that, the phone is drawing power from mains without actually charging it.

thank you
thank you all guys for your kind reply. Have a nice day.

lol...........ha ha morpheus, you were right.....this thread was also posted in the general section

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lol...........ha ha morpheus, you were right.....this thread was also posted in the general section
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What? Serious? So I am not going mad? LOL.

[Q] Anker battery wall charger

Hi, does anyone know have this product that came with the Anker 1900mAH battery for sensation?
If so, how long does it take for it to fully charge a battery, Does the red light turn green when it is fully charge? I'm confused what the blue / red light means. And does it matter which side you put the positive and negative?
Thanks

about ~3-4 hours from 30% for me. Blue light means fully charged. When you have it properly connected it briefly flashes red, which means it's ready to be charged. Then you can plug it into a power socket.

I've got the same questions, but the results are confusing. I have the positive and negative contacts touched by the pins, and if the Anker wall charger is -NOT- plugged into the wall, the red light will stay on. When I plug it in, the red light goes away and stays off. When I unplug it from the wall again (while the battery is still in it), the red light comes back on solid.
Is this normal? Should there be no light while it's charging? The wall socket works for everything else I plug into it, FYI.

When the pins touch the battery it should briefly (5 seconds or so) flash red meaning its properly hooked up. The red light will then disappear if you don't plug it into the wall.
When you plug it into the wall, it again turns red and remains red until it finishes charging, which it then turns blue.
Are you using the white anker charger? You might try a different battery, like a digicam battery and see if reacts any differently. I charged my canon Li ion battery with no problems.
howetechnical said:
I've got the same questions, but the results are confusing. I have the positive and negative contacts touched by the pins, and if the Anker wall charger is -NOT- plugged into the wall, the red light will stay on. When I plug it in, the red light goes away and stays off. When I unplug it from the wall again (while the battery is still in it), the red light comes back on solid.
Is this normal? Should there be no light while it's charging? The wall socket works for everything else I plug into it, FYI.
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It works, just took a long time to charge for the first time, since I drain out the battery, and will keep doing it atleast 3 times. Once its done charging it will turn bluish =) thanks!

Hello everyone, i juste received mine and the red is blue after 1 hour charging ... is it normal ? because i saw that it was about 3 hours charging !!!
i know that a full charge for a htc stock battery is 4200mv and what is it for anker battery 1900mah ?

For my stock battery i had to flip it logo side down so the connectors are on the right hand side, then i adjusted them to MATCH up the + and -.

What I was doing wrong at first was plugging the battery in wrong. The label should be facing up and the left pin on the far left contact. Right pin on the far right contact. The battery doesn't sit in it right. It hangs off the right.
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It doesn't matter which direction you put in the battery because it automatically adjusts the polarity. Just make sure the pins are on the + - of the battery and it's held in securely. I actually broke the plastic that divides the pins moving the adjustable pins on the charger so becareful.

For some reason on my charger (white one) there was an extra dummy peg that I had to use a dremel tool to grind down the plastic and remove. It works fine now though, charging one of the totally drain Anker 1900mah batteries that came with it does take about 3-4 hours.
The cool thing is that with 2 of the Anker batteries and this charger, I don't have to worry about charging my phone anymore, just pop in the charged one, charge the dead one, rinse and repeat! No more plug in charging. In the last 3 weeks I've charged by cable once.

Shady Gambino said:
For some reason on my charger (white one) there was an extra dummy peg that I had to use a dremel tool to grind down the plastic and remove.
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That extra peg is for keeping the battery from twisting while in the charger. For batteries with pads on the left, slide the rightmost peg to the right. For right, use the left. Get it?

Yeah, I get that, but with the extra peg in there the Sensation battery was hanging off the by quite a bit. I still kept the one on the left side (which was shown in the pic when I bought it).

I have 2 Anker 1900mha batteries with USB/Universal Travel Charger (bought from amazon) and I'm very happy with it. It last a lot longer than stock battery, even 2,5 days sometimes with light use.
So I got 1 stock and 2 Anker batteries and I'm recharging it with this external charger, very rare with phone charger itself. My question is -
Should I wipe battery stats each time I exchange totally discharged battery to recharged one ?
Stock battery is used very rare, only when I'm travelling far.

apatch said:
Should I wipe battery stats each time I exchange totally discharged battery to recharged one ?
Stock battery is used very rare, only when I'm travelling far.
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No. Your batteries will last longer if you do not completely discharge them. It's better to charge them daily.
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Gunkk said:
That extra peg is for keeping the battery from twisting while in the charger. For batteries with pads on the left, slide the rightmost peg to the right. For right, use the left. Get it?
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Thanks for the information. I honestly did not know why the extra pegs were for.

Can anyone help out?
This charger is difficult to comprehend.
First, the actual Positive and Negative on the battery? The label can be misleading?
Is it the far left and far right gold area? or the middle left & middle right? I have a Galaxy S11 so I have 4 gold sections and the "+" and "-" signs don't line up...
Can any one guide us to where to put the PINS?
Mine turns red , then blue in about 30 seconds, left it on all night but when I put in the phone it was only 50 % ??? after 8 hours??
No Directions came wiht the charger?

maddie01 said:
Can anyone help out?
This charger is difficult to comprehend.
First, the actual Positive and Negative on the battery? The label can be misleading?
Is it the far left and far right gold area? or the middle left & middle right? I have a Galaxy S11 so I have 4 gold sections and the "+" and "-" signs don't line up...
Can any one guide us to where to put the PINS?
Mine turns red , then blue in about 30 seconds, left it on all night but when I put in the phone it was only 50 % ??? after 8 hours??
No Directions came wiht the charger?
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The far left and far right Batt gold area are correct for charger pins to contact. Red=charging Blue=done charging (s/b 100%).

How to Position PINS and battery in te ANKER Universal Charger
Hi all,
I got a response from "laptopmate.us" but it too did not work: they said to use the Battery connection to the far right and far left on the battery...this only caused me to see a red light for a few seconds then Blue...But the battery was NOT charged.
So, What works for me:
With charger facing toward you, Battery (front label facing you), I pushed the PINS over to the right of the charger, Connect the first PIN on the left...to the Battery connection "Second to the far left" and the next PIN (right PIN)... to the Battery connection on the far right of the battery.
This worked and the light stayed red until the battery was fully charged, then blue!
Maybe it is more of an art then a science depending on the battery you have?
If anyone is still confused, I can post a picture after I am home tonight....

Does anyone know if there is a difference between charging these Anker batteries with the wall charger or with a USB cable? Do the results differ?

maddie01 said:
Hi all,
I got a response from "laptopmate.us" but it too did not work: they said to use the Battery connection to the far right and far left on the battery...this only caused me to see a red light for a few seconds then Blue...But the battery was NOT charged.
So, What works for me:
With charger facing toward you, Battery (front label facing you), I pushed the PINS over to the right of the charger, Connect the first PIN on the left...to the Battery connection "Second to the far left" and the next PIN (right PIN)... to the Battery connection on the far right of the battery.
This worked and the light stayed red until the battery was fully charged, then blue!
Maybe it is more of an art then a science depending on the battery you have?
If anyone is still confused, I can post a picture after I am home tonight....
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It worked!

Chargins issue on NEW EVO SHIFT

My wife had a problem with the screen on her EVO SHIFT so she went to a sprint store and they ordered her a replacement phone. it came in on Friday. I have it rooted and running a custom rom and kernel. that part is OK. HOWEVER, it doesnt seem to charge. I have tried 5-6 different cables (AC Charger). It seems like it is charging and you can see the charge % go up SOME but it seems to never get past 50%. I also tried different batteries (I have 4 spare batteries). The Amber charger light is on and the phone says it is charging and connected to AC.
Any ideas what would be causing this? I thought about it being a bad charging port but it is showing connected and charging... Any help would be appreciated....

dahauss said:
My wife had a problem with the screen on her EVO SHIFT so she went to a sprint store and they ordered her a replacement phone. it came in on Friday. I have it rooted and running a custom rom and kernel. that part is OK. HOWEVER, it doesnt seem to charge. I have tried 5-6 different cables (AC Charger). It seems like it is charging and you can see the charge % go up SOME but it seems to never get past 50%. I also tried different batteries (I have 4 spare batteries). The Amber charger light is on and the phone says it is charging and connected to AC.
Any ideas what would be causing this? I thought about it being a bad charging port but it is showing connected and charging... Any help would be appreciated....
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What ROM/Kernel are you running?
You might want to let the battery drain completely, then plug it in and see if a battery charges. If it does go to 100% (which it should), then thereafter, reset the Battery Stats.

konichwa said:
What ROM/Kernel are you running?
You might want to let the battery drain completely, then plug it in and see if a battery charges. If it does go to 100% (which it should), then thereafter, reset the Battery Stats.
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Running Supreme Sense X with dodge kernel 1.6.. his evening I got it to charge to 100% and the green light came on.. took it upstairs and plugged it in after a few minutes... the light came on amber and it said it was charging but after about 2 minutes went off and was no longer charging.. I then pulled the charger out and pushed it back in and it started charging again. I giggled the cord and the light didnt go off.
HOWEVER... just went in and the light is green again.. picked up the phone and giggled the cord.. light when off.. then I unplugged the charger and plugged it back in.. now its amber again.. I wonder if it is the port.. this is a replacement phone we got from a service center that we had to wait over a week for. I would hate to have to un-root and take this back for a second time.. its a pain to unroot and then get a phone and have to downgrade and re-root.
Im reading that the EVO SHIFT has a LOT of bad charging ports.. is this true?

dahauss said:
Running Supreme Sense X with dodge kernel 1.6.. his evening I got it to charge to 100% and the green light came on.. took it upstairs and plugged it in after a few minutes... the light came on amber and it said it was charging but after about 2 minutes went off and was no longer charging.. I then pulled the charger out and pushed it back in and it started charging again. I giggled the cord and the light didnt go off.
HOWEVER... just went in and the light is green again.. picked up the phone and giggled the cord.. light when off.. then I unplugged the charger and plugged it back in.. now its amber again.. I wonder if it is the port.. this is a replacement phone we got from a service center that we had to wait over a week for. I would hate to have to un-root and take this back for a second time.. its a pain to unroot and then get a phone and have to downgrade and re-root.
Im reading that the EVO SHIFT has a LOT of bad charging ports.. is this true?
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The EVO Shift does not have a history of Bad Charging ports. Because it's a Refurb, there may be a possibility of it. But it might also be that when you jiggle the USB Cord your momentarily interrupting the connection enough to make it think it's been Unplugged. Then the device detects that it's plugged in, it starts the charging process all over. Also as a built in safety most devices do not charge the Battery to 100%. What happens is the Battery is charged to a preset level. Usually between 95-98% , but it will register as 100% . This is to prevent overcharging of the Battery. That is why when you first unplug a device the battery appears to drop the first 1-5% very quickly. Then drain slower after that.

prboy1969 said:
The EVO Shift does not have a history of Bad Charging ports. Because it's a Refurb, there may be a possibility of it. But it might also be that when you jiggle the USB Cord your momentarily interrupting the connection enough to make it think it's been Unplugged. Then the device detects that it's plugged in, it starts the charging process all over. Also as a built in safety most devices do not charge the Battery to 100%. What happens is the Battery is charged to a preset level. Usually between 95-98% , but it will register as 100% . This is to prevent overcharging of the Battery. That is why when you first unplug a device the battery appears to drop the first 1-5% very quickly. Then drain slower after that.
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Thanks. I know all of this as I have a regular evo. The shift is my wife's. I don't believe what you are describing is the issue. Hmm
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Do you have any other odd issues occurring? Did you do a Full Wipe before Flashing?

If you have another shift, check the battery in it. I've said before, and I'll say it again....some of these shifts end up with a bad sensor somewhere for the battery. GF has the same problem with hers, but when I use her battery, it's charged 100%. Phone needs to be replaced, or needs to be checked in hardware. It's not a rom isse, charging port issue, or anything else.

There are several chargers available at Amazon. Maybe this would be a good option for you. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...prefix=battery+charger+for+evo+shift,aps,1622
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Chad The Pathfinder said:
There are several chargers available at Amazon. Maybe this would be a good option for you. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...prefix=battery+charger+for+evo+shift,aps,1622
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...pretty sure it's not the charger. The charger doesn't decide when the battery stops filling. Something isn't reading correctly. Maybe it's a system issue, something software but not the rom (like a faulty BIOS as opposed to the OS)
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The charger can sometimes be an issue if it's not the Factory Charger, or a suitable replacement. I've seen several people run into issues by not using the correct charger. It is quite possible to damage the device, and the battery by not using the correct charger. Also some of the cheaper car chargers do not have an over-charge protector built in. While saying "over-charge protector" is a misnomer, what your actually trying to avoid is the battery continually trying to be charged when it's already charged. With some of the cheaper chargers it will cause the battery, and or the device to overheat.

It was the phone. Sprint sent me another shift and works fine....
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dahauss said:
It was the phone. Sprint sent me another shift and works fine....
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Glad you got it all sorted :cyclops: .

[Q] Tab won"t boot/charge has power

Heard my tab dying from across the room so I went and got it to charge it and it won't bring up the charging animation. It also will not power on while plugged in or unplugged. It still has some remaining power because I can get it to boot into Odin mode but that's it. PC will recognize it in ODIN mode but no visible signs of charging.I am rooted on stock everything else besides CWM. I have left it on in ODIN mode unplugged to try and drain the battery 100% to see if it will charge from dead but its been 10 minutes already so I'm not sure how long that will take. No charging via original charger, PC, generic charger, Galaxy S3 charger, iPad charger, etc...

Try put your wall charger in and leave it for at least 15 mins..
then long hold the power button for at least 15 secs..
this will wake it from deep sleep.you should see the charger icon flashing then can power again and turn it on.If the answer is no sounds like needs to be repaired.ive had this before mine went into deep sleep and i thought it died but came back.

Left it plugged in for 7 hours and it won't do anything now...
EDIT I'm gonna hope it s the battery. I ordered a new one from Samsung today, we'll see when it gets here. said 10-20 days. It seemed to me that the battery life was very short anyways when I got it secondhand. I could go like 5 days or so with my transformer as opposed to a day or so with this tab.

Ok, so I got the new battery and installed it. tab booted right up with 40% battery life. I shut it off and plugged it into my PC to charge as my oem charger is broken and I'm waiting for my new one in the mail. It (finally) charged to 99%. I let it drain completely so as to calibrate the battery and now it won't charge off the PC USB again...

Hit it with a TWO AMP SAMSUNG A/C charger. ie. SGS4 (Sorry for shouting). Max charging A/C rate (from memory) it's actually 1.5 A. Edit : here it is....
https://github.com/UpInTheAir/P6800...mmit/064a3f7de67380c997e21f9a899a5d4996eb80c4
I hope you never deplete the battery to zero again.....
Although there are "protection" circuit to hopefully prevent battery damage, deleting to zero can still do this. There is no memory effect in modern device batteries, but a large (uninterrupted) charge cycle will help with calibrating your battery. But to be always on the "safe side", not from zero.
Depleting to zero might not be the only cause, but hope using a better A.C.charger (that your tab recognises and allows full input) will help you. some chargers will supply the full charge current, but the tab won't accept it.
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SumCanadianGuy said:
Ok, so I got the new battery and installed it. tab booted right up with 40% battery life. I shut it off and plugged it into my PC to charge as my oem charger is broken and I'm waiting for my new one in the mail. It (finally) charged to 99%. I let it drain completely so as to calibrate the battery and now it won't charge off the PC USB again...
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I found that if it goes flat it wont charge off USB, you need to charge it from the wall charger, like UpInTheAir said, not enough amp off the USB ones

I fiddled around with my charger and removed the connector that plugs into the wall and plugged a cable into it (prong was broken off my charger) and it charges fine now. Thanks for all of your time guys, looks like it should be OK now. Still waiting for a new oem charger in the mail.

Hi guys I fear my battery is byond the point of no return as tab is completely lifeless and not even recognised by pc, no charging symbol when plugged in to wall socket.
My question is there a test I can carry out before purchasing a new battery? Any help appreciated.
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gingerdude said:
Hi guys I fear my battery is byond the point of no return as tab is completely lifeless and not even recognised by pc, no charging symbol when plugged in to wall socket.
My question is there a test I can carry out before purchasing a new battery? Any help appreciated.
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Check your device socket and charger connections for physical damage.
Try as I suggested in my previous post, then leave it connected for a while before checking.
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Thanks for the reply, the charger is ok as it charges my note 10.1. Someone mentioned a few posts back about opening the tab and charging the battery manually, im able to open the case but don't know how to charge the battery manually. Can anyone give me a simple explanation of how to do this.
Regards, steve
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gingerdude said:
Thanks for the reply, the charger is ok as it charges my note 10.1. Someone mentioned a few posts back about opening the tab and charging the battery manually, im able to open the case but don't know how to charge the battery manually. Can anyone give me a simple explanation of how to do this.
Regards, steve
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No problem, but I mentioned a TWO amp charger...... Give it a good "kick start"
So how were the sockets?
There might be some useful info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303902
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UpInTheAir said:
No problem, but I mentioned a TWO amp charger...... Give it a good "kick start"
So how were the sockets?
There might be some useful info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303902
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Thanks for the guide , I will study it when I get back from work but the internal connector looks fine. I did forget one thing that maybe important,
When I had tab open and plugged ito my note 2 wall charger ( which is 2.0 amp 5v output) the battery stayed cold but the long silver metal strip to tbe right of the battery became warm to the touch...... not sure what tbat means though.
Is the note 2 charger too weak to kick start battery?
Again thanks for your time and effort.
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gingerdude said:
Thanks for the guide , I will study it when I get back from work but the internal connector looks fine. I did forget one thing that maybe important,
When I had tab open and plugged ito my note 2 wall charger ( which is 2.0 amp 5v output) the battery stayed cold but the long silver metal strip to tbe right of the battery became warm to the touch...... not sure what tbat means though.
Is the note 2 charger too weak to kick start battery?
Again thanks for your time and effort.
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If the Note 2 charger works with other device, I can't imagine being a problem with it.
Sorry, haven't studied the internal hardware, so can't offer any comment on that.
If you could somehow connect up a external power supply and try charge you might have success or narrow down the problem (if it's actually the battery or part of the charging circuit). Maybe you could PM the OP of that guide for further advice. Seems he's been fairly thorough and recent experience with our device internals. But please report here your outcome, we can all learn something.
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Adding to my previous post, there are many examples of this suggestion on the internet..........
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-tips-for-extending-lithium-ion-battery-life/
4: Avoid completely discharging lithium-ion batteries
If a lithium-ion battery is discharged below 2.5 volts per cell, a safety circuit built into the battery opens and the battery appears to be dead. The original charger will be of no use. Only battery analyzers with the boost function have a chance of recharging the battery
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The cut-off level may be different, but same principle..... That's why it's been reported that a high capacity and good quality charger has been able to "kick-start" dead (sleeping) batteries into life.
I have no idea about using or obtaining / connecting "battery analyzers with the boost function" to your battery. Please refer to the previous tutorial link I gave you (which may or may not help).
Cheers,
UITA

Update on my tab. All efforts have failed so have ordered new batt and am awaiting arrival. Will post if it works or not so orhers may gain some insight if they experience similar issues.
Fingers crossed chaps.
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gingerdude said:
Update on my tab. All efforts have failed so have ordered new batt and am awaiting arrival. Will post if it works or not so orhers may gain some insight if they experience similar issues.
Fingers crossed chaps.
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I had a similar problem where I let my Tab battery drop too low. I tried various fixes, similar to the ones in this thread. Finally got it to work by letting the battery totally drain by leaving it on the Samsung logo, then opened it up, disconnect then reconnect the battery. Then charge using the wall charger. All good.
P.S. Be careful when opening the case. Refer to Youtube ''How To" vids.

Has anyone seen, or recovered from the below symbol (battery with yellow triangle and a crossed out plug)?
I left it in my luggage for a few days and when I took it out it was around 20% so I just turned it off. Later it wouldn't turn back on so I charged it overnight, over 9 hours.
I've tried holding power and volume down and I can get into Oden mode but otherwise it won't respond.
I tried the hold power button and touch screen for 30 seconds method as well, the farthest I got was the swirling Samsung screen during bootup, then it shuts off.
Afterwords it alternates between a battery charging icon and a (see attached) battery icon with a yellow triangle and a crossed out plug. Has anyone recovered from this?
I just passed one year since I purchased it and am in the middle of a long business trip where I typically depend on it so will be bummed if it's trashed. I don't mind replacing the battery but am not sure if this is the solution, and won't be able to get a battery for about two weeks so I hope there is another way. Many thanks!

izmahoby said:
Has anyone seen, or recovered from the below symbol (battery with yellow triangle and a crossed out plug)?
I left it in my luggage for a few days and when I took it out it was around 20% so I just turned it off. Later it wouldn't turn back on so I charged it overnight, over 9 hours.
I've tried holding power and volume down and I can get into Oden mode but otherwise it won't respond.
I tried the hold power button and touch screen for 30 seconds method as well, the farthest I got was the swirling Samsung screen during bootup, then it shuts off.
Afterwords it alternates between a battery charging icon and a (see attached) battery icon with a yellow triangle and a crossed out plug. Has anyone recovered from this?
I just passed one year since I purchased it and am in the middle of a long business trip where I typically depend on it so will be bummed if it's trashed. I don't mind replacing the battery but am not sure if this is the solution, and won't be able to get a battery for about two weeks so I hope there is another way. Many thanks!
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For the sake of anyone who has a similar problem. I believe this was due to a faulty charger, which I bought off Amazon so assumed was good. I took it to Bestbuy and tried with one of the display chargers and everything worked as expected. It's a pain but at least I know the battery isn't bad.

[Bug] Charging phone while using results in shutdown with red led

Not sure if this is related to 4.4 or the nexus 5 specifically (pretty sure its the hardware). While using the phone during charging it doesn't charge fast enough to keep powered on. My wife was on facebook when hers went down, and I was playing knights of pen and paper when mine went down. The phone will eventually just power off and flash the red led 8 times. The only way to power it back on is to load the bootloader first (vol up + vol down + power) then press the power on start. I tested this on 2 black 32GB Nexus 5s with android 4.4.
This is really easy to test, next time your device is low keep using it after plugging it in. It will eventually just "go dark" and you'll be greeted by the flashing red led.
Here is a link to the google group product forum thread I created, please post feedback. This needs to get fixed, hopefully just an update can resolve it.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/nexus/other-discussions/nexus-5/EzWUOv6zs5c

nagle3092 said:
Not sure if this is related to 4.4 or the nexus 5 specifically (pretty sure its the hardware). While using the phone during charging it doesn't charge fast enough to keep powered on. My wife was on facebook when hers went down, and I was playing knights of pen and paper when mine went down. The phone will eventually just power off and flash the red led 8 times. The only way to power it back on is to load the bootloader first (vol up + vol down + power) then press the power on start. I tested this on 2 black 32GB Nexus 5s with android 4.4.
This is really easy to test, next time your device is low keep using it after plugging it in. It will eventually just "go dark" and you'll be greeted by the flashing red led.l
Here is a link to the google group product forum thread I created, please post feedback. This needs to get fixed, hopefully just an update can resolve it.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/nexus/other-discussions/nexus-5/EzWUOv6zs5c
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Yikes. This isn't good. The only time the phone may not be able to keep up with charge is when using GPS. If this is a widespread issue I'm sure it will be fixed. Unless you have a bad battery or charger! I will test..
Update:
Just played game Aurolux whilst charging for 10 minutes and phone gained 5%.
Sounds like you got two lemons

Globespy said:
Yikes. This isn't good. The only time the phone may not be able to keep up with charge is when using GPS. If this is a widespread issue I'm sure it will be fixed. Unless you have a bad battery or charger!
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I tested it on both mine and my wifes phones, different chargers as well. Also the load on the devices was low, both were on wifi, she was using the facebook app, I was playing knights of pen and paper, both on auto brightness (in our living room, lights off). Same thing happened on both, screen just cuts out, red light starts flashing.
Hopefully it gets fixed, if more people will test it and post feedback here or at googles forum it would be great.

I've used the phone for hours while plugged into mains power and haven't had any issues ?
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n7of9 said:
I've used the phone for hours while plugged into mains power and haven't had any issues ?
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Same here. Zero issues playing games and phone charges.
Are you using a custom ROM or kernel? That could explain it. Otherwise you either have two did chargers, or 2 did batteries, or a combination of both.
Sorry.....

Globespy said:
Just played game Aurolux whilst charging for 10 minutes and phone gained 5%.
Sounds like you got two lemons
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How low was the charge on the phone? Both of ours were under 10% when we plugged them in and kept on them. Both phones are completely stock.

nagle3092 said:
How low was the charge on the phone? Both of ours were under 10% when we plugged them in and kept on them.
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28%
I guess I could try to charge when it's below 10%, but maybe easier is if you try charging whilst using your phone above say 20%. If you still have the issue then I think it's device related, if not report back.

Globespy said:
28%
I guess I could try to charge when it's below 10%, but maybe easier is if you try charging whilst using your phone above say 20%. If you still have the issue then I think it's device related, if not report back.
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I'm gonna give that a shot tomorrow. Its getting late and need to get up for work in a couple hours. Thanks for testing, makes me wonder though if it is my phones, or if its and issue with a low battery and charging/using.....maybe something related to the reason why you cant do an update until your battery is at 20% despite being connected to a charger.

nagle3092 said:
How low was the charge on the phone? Both of ours were under 10% when we plugged them in and kept on them. Both phones are completely stock.
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you have faulty devices or chargers. my N5 charges super fast. over 1% per minute(until 80%) while it is on and being used
mine died this morning when i woke up. plugged it in and watched a few youtube videos while i woke up and let it charge

Enddo said:
you have faulty device or chargers. my N5 charges super fast. over 1% per minute(until 80%) while it is on and being used
mine died this morning when i woke up. plugged it in and watched a few youtube videos while i woke up and let it charge
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They seem to charge just fine when left alone. It just seems too coincidental that both phones would have the exact same power issue.

Enddo said:
you have faulty devices or chargers. my N5 charges super fast. over 1% per minute(until 80%) while it is on and being used
mine died this morning when i woke up. plugged it in and watched a few youtube videos while i woke up and let it charge
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I agree... Since first replying to this thread I've gained 29% more battery and have been using phone constant. It charges really fast.

nagle3092 said:
They seem to charge just fine when left alone. It just seems too coincidental that both phones would have the exact same power issue.
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dont forget, the snapdragon has 'quick charge 2.0', you shouldn't be seeing that kind of charging issues. i mean, if it's something you're ok living with. but that sounds like a big indicator that the battery or charging module is faulty/will go bad soon

Enddo said:
dont forget, the snapdragon has 'quick charge 2.0', you shouldn't be seeing that kind of charging issues. i mean, if it's something you're ok living with. but that sounds like a big indicator that the battery or charging module is faulty/will go bad soon
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No I'm already getting mine replaced for dead pixels but to have 2 phones experience the same issue like this is weird. Need more people to test the phones under 10%, I know they charge fast but there could be a reason why behind this like I listed above.

The only thing I notice is the charger does get quite warm when charging, but it's very fast.
It does sound too coincidental, but not impossible.
I hope it works out for you.

nagle3092 said:
No I'm already getting mine replaced for dead pixels but to have 2 phones experience the same issue like this is weird. Need more people to test the phones under 10%, I know they charge fast but there could be a reason why behind this like I listed above.
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could it possibly be the cable, or the charger unit, or even the wall socket? these are all things that should be tested

I just wanted to say that I had the same issue as you and the problem so far seems to happen when you let the battery get pretty low before plugging it in.
The battery was down to about 8% when I plugged the phone in last night (to the lg charger). I actually left mine alone for about 30 minutes and when I came back, it was at 6%. I did verify that the display said "Charging" when the cable was plugged in. I unplugged the phone, and plugged it back in and started browsing the web on wifi and within another 15 minutes the battery had gone down to 2%. I turned off the screen and left it alone and when I checked it again, it was at 1%. At that point, I was worried about the phone, so I urned off the phone completely. When I turned it back on, it did look like it was charging again, but very slowly. At this point, I tried plugging it into another charger that I had, and it charged up fairly quickly.
Definitely pretty frustrating as I've never had something like this happen unless you have the usb cable plugged into a computer.

Last night I went to plug my phone into the lg charger...I could hear the charger buzzing slightly....I plugged in the phone and thought nothing of it really... Looked at my phone on the way to work and it wasn't charged past 28%.... plugged it into another charger at my desk and its at 47% in a matter of minutes...
I know op said he tried different chargers, but just tossing in my lousy 2c

apristel said:
Last night I went to plug my phone into the lg charger...I could hear the charger buzzing slightly....I plugged in the phone and thought nothing of it really... Looked at my phone on the way to work and it wasn't charged past 28%.... plugged it into another charger at my desk and its at 47% in a matter of minutes...
I know op said he tried different chargers, but just tossing in my lousy 2c
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The only chargers I tried were the ones that came with the phones. I got a bunch of others so Im going to give them a shot as well and see how this fairs.

Ok so Im sitting here trying to recreate the issue and it is different. I brought the battery down to 4% plugged it in and kept playing kop&p and the battery hasnt gone down, it actually went up to 7% but its holding there. I am letting it get to 10% now before I pick it up and try again. I swapped out between the n5 charger and my n4 charger both held it at 7% while playing.
Maybe this just has to do with battery conditioning, or maybe the snapdragon quickcharge ic.
Just checked the phone, from the time I started writing this till now (maybe 2 minutes) its up to 10% so back at it I go.

The charger that comes with the phone is horrible. Its the same type as the n4 which dies after 2 months. Don't use it, just use another one and you'll be just fine.
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