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Tethering vs. My droid2

I relay on tethering for all my internet needs (browsing and ps3) All of the apps available heat my phone up so hot that the moto logo on the battwry cover turned black and fell off. Already gone througj 2 batteries in 3 months.
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You posted this in the wrong section.
However, if you've got the phone plugged in, you can remove the battery. You're killing batteries due to the heat and the constant charging. Lithium Ion batteries don't enjoy being roasted, nor do they enjoy being charged all the time.
Also, if the phone is getting that hot, perhaps you should place an icepack on it, making sure to put something between the phone and the ice pack to prevent the condensation/moisture from destroying your phone.
I'm assuming that you're doing "illegal" tethering, in which case, using it as your primary source of internet, I'd hope Verizon never gets keen to you or your bill will bankrupt you for sure.

danthemanohhyea said:
I'm assuming that you're doing "illegal" tethering, in which case, using it as your primary source of internet, I'd hope Verizon never gets keen to you or your bill will bankrupt you for sure.
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Exactly... you might want to rethink your tethering strategy.

I keep my phone on the dock with a mini fan for the heat. I tried pulling the battery but phone won't boot without it.
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Take the battery out after the phone is on.

you cant just take out the battery and plug it in, i just tried. i leave mine in the window and check on it every now and then, if it gets over 100 degrees i stop tethering for awhile, but i can play DCUO on my laptop for about 3 hours before i have to shut it down if its cold enough outside.

shivsmo said:
you cant just take out the battery and plug it in, i just tried. i leave mine in the window and check on it every now and then, if it gets over 100 degrees i stop tethering for awhile, but i can play DCUO on my laptop for about 3 hours before i have to shut it down if its cold enough outside.
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I've ran my phone without the battery installed quite a few times, never had problems..
You must turn on phone without charger plugged in, then plug in charger, then remove battery.

danthemanohhyea said:
I've ran my phone without the battery installed quite a few times, never had problems..
You must turn on phone without charger plugged in, then plug in charger, then remove battery.
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It doesn't work I just tried, followed your steps exactly. My Droid 2 shuts off and tries to restart but comes to a screen with a battery symbol and a question mark inside of the battery, basically the phone is saying " wait, where the **** is my battery". If all your guys' phone's work without the battery then mine is like the only one that doesn't.

shivsmo said:
It doesn't work I just tried, followed your steps exactly. My Droid 2 shuts off and tries to restart but comes to a screen with a battery symbol and a question mark inside of the battery, basically the phone is saying " wait, where the **** is my battery". If all your guys' phone's work without the battery then mine is like the only one that doesn't.
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Dunno what to tell you, works for me.

danthemanohhyea said:
Dunno what to tell you, works for me.
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Really, wow lol.

danthemanohhyea said:
Dunno what to tell you, works for me.
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Are you stock? if not what ROM do you use because I'm running Liberty 1.5 and I just tried it connected to AC power and it rebooted like what was said.

newk8600 said:
Are you stock? if not what ROM do you use because I'm running Liberty 1.5 and I just tried it connected to AC power and it rebooted like what was said.
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I think I was using a version of Fission ROM, but I don't remember.. I don't tether too much anymore since my work got wifi installed.

[Q] Strange Charging Issue

Hi. I have a S-OFF'd, T-Mobile USA Sensation, Im using Leedroid Sensational 1.0 (cwm 4.0.1.5). My phone died, I tried to reboot it, it did turn on for a few seconds. When trying to charge it, it flashes the led light quickly, progressively becoming slower, then the screen flashes white then sits at a blank, black screen for a few seconds, then seems to turn off (screen turns off and led light stops showing up). The device doesnt get hot, so it cant be the charger overheating. I also cant boot into HBOOT. Any ideas?
EDIT: Left it on the charge all night, still does not turn on, it's got to be that the charging issue is still present (or actually, worse) in CWM 4.0.1.5.
EDIT2: I have tried rebooting it via adb, but the computer doesn't detect it.

Do u have cwm 4.0.1.5
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I have the 4.0.1.5 recovery and my phone wont even charge now (offline). I doesnt have enough juice to even power up so now im screwed.

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Do u have cwm 4.0.1.5
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Yes CWM 4.0.1.5

Mine did this out of the box, I'm just now trying to get something out of it. Otherwise this pos is going back to htc...
Its worth mentioning that there is a red infared type light above "htc" that fades with the red l.e.d.
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Yes, I have the same issue as of this morning. After installing new CWM. It was charging fine before. Last night I let the battery discharge completely and had it on the charger all night.
When I woke up the LED light was off. Upon unplugging the charger and plugging it back in the LED light blinks (orange) a few times and then it goes off.
I can't turn the phone on at all.
EDIT: Looks like it's the issue with the latest CWM. Here is another thread with the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16241725#post16241725
I'm gonna buy a new battery and see it the phone boots back up.

Phone boots with a new battery, just got an HTC one from radio shack.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005C...=AKIAJMJLJ4O5MRRW6UTA&creativeASIN=B005C2BVFO
Think this would work? It charges the battery externally.

Yea it would work externally, provided your battery is ok... Buy a battery just to be sure. They have always come with atleast a trickle of charge in my past experiences. If it boots, flash the stock pyramid ruu. If not, id say either the new battery is dead (rarely) or your sensation is dead. Or buy an external charger, then send it for repair.
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Yea it would work externally, provided your battery is ok... Buy a battery just to be sure. They have always come with atleast a trickle of charge in my past experiences. If it boots, flash the stock pyramid ruu. If not, id say either the new battery is dead (rarely) or your sensation is dead. Or buy an external charger, then send it for repair.
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Reading other users posts, I think this is an issue from CWM 4.0.1.5, not a hardware issue, but thanks for letting me know.

Im currently rocking the same setup thanks for letting me know about this ill keep an eye on my battery life. Until ClockWorkMod fixes itt

Yup same issue here. Will be buying new battery and/or battery charger to resolve.
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I bought a few batteries and an external charger just in case my battery is also fried, although be aware that most of them on the net look like cheap china batteries, so they probably aren't actually 1600MAh.
I honestly think this is BS. It's costing me $16 just to get my phone to boot, I hope Koush or someone else can actually fix the charging issue by CWM 4.0.1.6.

Definitely CWM issue. If your battery is completely discharged, as mine was this morning, here is how to charge your battery without the phone.
It does work. I just charged mine enough to boot up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198585

Ns4g ics battery charge

I'm trying to figure out if this problem is just my phone or an actual issue. I just got this phone 2 days ago from craigslist after being with the evo for almost a year. As soon as I got it, I rooted it n tried flashing ics roms themed and original leaked update. On every rom I flashed, the phone wouldn't recognize the charger or usb or it would tell me its charging but it would take 6 hours to gain 6% more battery? I also tried turning the phone off to charge but that didn't work either. Anyone know anything about this n what I did wrong or didn't do?
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I've had the exact same problem, i bought a NS4g from craigslist that wouldn't charge or turn on without a charger being plugged in. Long story short, i eventually got it back from Samsung with the warranty being voided due to water damage. So i opened it up and found some oxidation resudue and cleaned it off by scrapping it off. Luckily it worked!!. For you it might just be the battery since it actually says 6%, try to replace with another battery or place the battery in the freezer for 5 mins and try it again.

I flashed the unofficial leak rom again n it charges now but it doesn't say its charging on the lock screen or on the battery icon, but in the system info it says its charging? I have never ran into this type of issue before?
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Exact Same Problem
I was given ICS 4.0.4 via OTA update by google... It worked fine for like 2 months then exactly the same problem arises with my Nexus S i9023 (unrooted).
1. It's doesn't indicate on the lock screen that it's charging nor it indicates on the battery icon, however it does tells me that the battery is charging when I check the battery in the settings. This issue exists on both wall chargers and usb cable.
2. It doesn't asks me to mount mass memory of my Nexus S and my windows 7 machine says it cannot recognize the device..
I strongly suspects it's a bug in the ICS...
I would appreciate any help that I can get on this issue... but to be honest I read many threads here and I can't understand half of what people are trying to say, so I request to keep things a bit simple because I know nothing about how to root or flash or doing any other super geeky stuff ...
thanks

Some people have had luck just cleaning the USB port with a dry toothbrush and a can of compressed air. Might just be dirt. Worth a shot.

thanks mate,
Yeah, tried cleaning it with a brush... still no luck..

Battery simply won't charge, have a few hypotheses

So lately I've been running into a rather annoying and inconvenient problem with my beloved S3. The thing doesn't charge well, at all. Plugged into the wall, via USB, via fast charge USB...I just can't get it to charge. I went to bed last night with the phone at around 30%, plugged it into the wall, and when I woke up 7 hours later it was at 55%....not ideal. Same result when I left it plugged into my computer overnight. At first I thought it was the wall charger, but that was ruled out when I found that I couldn't charge over usb either. My current suspect is a faulty usb cable, and unfortunately I don't have another one to test. What are the odds its damaged contacts on the inside of the phone? is there a way to test/look for that? FYI I'm running beans jellybean build 2, but this problem started when I was still on ICS. Any ideas as to what could be causing it? I've noticed high android system usage (over 50%), but I doubt that accounts for the drain I'm seeing. Any help figuring this our would be appreciated.
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I had this exact same issue, eventually it stopped charging at all.
Turned out to be a fault of the phone. Called Verizon, they sent me another battery to try, didn't fix anything, they then did a warranty exchange. Got a refurb phone and it works great.
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Thanks for the intel. Im actually on a refurb right now due to some issues with my launch device. Was your replacement covered under warranty at no cost? Unfortunately for me I'm abroad so I can't exactly go in to a Verizon store or call them to ship a replacement.
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Do wipe the battery stats and see - wouldn't probably solve the issue but worth trying !

I too have USB problems. A normal car charger will work but when I use my USB wall/laptop/car it won't charge much. When i sleep it stops charging and I wake up to 70% battery or so. I don't know if its my cable (which it probably is) or if its my phone. Where do I go about replacing my USB?
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Try Amazon dude, cheap quality cables are easy to come by
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salas2324 said:
I too have USB problems. A normal car charger will work but when I use my USB wall/laptop/car it won't charge much. When i sleep it stops charging and I wake up to 70% battery or so. I don't know if its my cable (which it probably is) or if its my phone. Where do I go about replacing my USB?
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For me I think it is my AC adapter. My phone charges faster plugged into my macbook than my wall charger.
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I'll try to find a new cable and see if it works. Other than that I'm at a loss. I think I've had this problem before and fixed it with a complete drain, followed by a full charge from the wall (with phone off). I can't remember if it was this exact same situation though, and also have no idea why said solution would work.
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thats crazy...my device charges in 2.5hrs plugged into the wall.

Does Samsung sell the USB on their site? I don't like things that aren't exactly made for my phone.
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salas2324 said:
Does Samsung sell the USB on their site? I don't like things that aren't exactly made for my phone.
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Amazon: OEM Cable
Although I don't think you'll have any issues with any generic cables, I've used many different cables from other phones, monoprice, amazon, etc and haven't had any issues with charging any phone I have.

Alright I just had my phone plugged in for over 7 hours to get it to 100%. I'll give a progress report when I try to charge it again. Fyi it just dropped 2% in less than a minute.
UPDATE: battery still horrible. Went back to tw nandroid to rule out the possibility of a JB leak bug
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Doubtful that anyone will see this, but there's a new development. My phone's LED indicator turned green to signal a full charge while the phone was still at 91%.... whatever that means
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nikufellow said:
Do wipe the battery stats and see - wouldn't probably solve the issue but worth trying !
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This was debunked by a lead Google engineer. It's Snake Oil ----- does nothing.

heffe2001 said:
Amazon: OEM Cable
Although I don't think you'll have any issues with any generic cables, I've used many different cables from other phones, monoprice, amazon, etc and haven't had any issues with charging any phone I have.
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I want the one that came with my phone. I'm currently using that cable, until I find the EXACT USB that came with a Galaxy S3.
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Mine was doing that same **** before it broke when it stopped suddenly just after impact with concrete.
I was about to reflash the synergy rom I was on hoping that would fix it.
Did a reinstall fix the charging issue no now you've just got a wrong indicator or is the charging issue still there.
I totally attribute this to a degrading OS... Now I'm not so sure...
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Still persists after multiple ROM flashes. I'm gonna get a new cable and see if that works.
Update: yup it was the cable. At least it's not the phone
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Glad you sorted your issue.
Last night, out of the blue, my new to me refurb from asurion decided to not charge either.
Unplug, reboot, plug back in.. charging as normal. Wtf?
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Well, its back at it.
At 16% earlier today the phone was plugged in, charged fine, fell on its face. Unplugged, battery pull, charging again then slows. 6 hours later it was up to 75% where its slowly been losing charge while plugged in.
Any idears?
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On Amazon you can buy a battery with a standalone charger you could charge and swap batteries till you can get a new phone if it is now warranty replaced

Phone says it's charging but won't.. the animation icon that indicates....

When trying to plug my verizon s3 galaxy into usb cable to charge, the charging indicator comes on... but I don't think it's actually charging because there is usually an animation indicator in the top bar that shows it's charging. It's been 3 hours and I'm at 0%. I can power my phone on long enough to see it's still on but it will power off because it's still not really charging (or charging at all?). Unplugged, phone won't power on of course. Plugged in, I just have power on for about a few minutes. I've had this when it was released, so since 2012 I have not have to replace any batteries or cable.
I've tried using a seperate usb cable charger, and same thing. What could be the issue? I want the usb port repair to be the last resort so please help! So here's my plan so far:
-contact cleaner/gas duster (is there a difference between the two?)
-replace batteries.
Any troubleshooting/diagnosis I could do myself to find out the problem? Anything else I should do?
I'm not the most tech-savvy person so please be nice and thorough. Lol.
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I don't want to do factory reset because I don't want to lose my personal data. My phone now says 8% but drains right away the moment I use it. My laptop won't read it to allow me to transfer pics,vids, other data. I installed a battery current widget witch reads:
3.22V (which is good since the battery is 3.8V)
103.3F internal temperature
and 0mA ----> So this is the root of my problem. Why is it reading 0mA? But very slowly charging to around 8% when powered off?

Try Factory reset. If that doesn't work, it could be the charging port has come lose from the solder/logic board.
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ProtheusIRC said:
Try Factory reset. If that doesn't work, it could be the charging port has come lose from the solder/logic board.
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I don't want to do factory reset because I don't want to lose my personal data. My phone now says 8% but drains right away the moment I use it. My laptop won't read it to allow me to transfer pics,vids, other data. I installed a battery current widget witch reads:
3.22V (which is good since the battery is 3.8V)
103.3F internal temperature
and 0mA ----> So this is the root of my problem. Why is it reading 8mA? But very slowly charging to around 8% when powered off?

computerblue22 said:
I don't want to do factory reset because I don't want to lose my personal data. My phone now says 8% but drains right away the moment I use it. My laptop won't read it to allow me to transfer pics,vids, other data. I installed a battery current widget witch reads:
3.22V (which is good since the battery is 3.8V)
103.3F internal temperature
and 0mA ----> So this is the root of my problem. Why is it reading 8mA? But very slowly charging to around 8% when powered off?
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Could be one of two things, either the battery itself or its the charging port. I've seen it on my gfs S3 which is up to the latest NE1 ota and she has had it replaced by verizon 3 times already and it's weird because it works fine on a charger in the house but in the car or a portable charger won't work
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ShapesBlue said:
Could be one of two things, either the battery itself or its the charging port. I've seen it on my gfs S3 which is up to the latest NE1 ota and she has had it replaced by verizon 3 times already and it's weird because it works fine on a charger in the house but in the car or a portable charger won't work
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Haven't tried my car charger.. but doubt it would work since I already tried two different usb chargers. Going to try to do a cleaning with some aerosol duster and alcohol now...
I read something about clearing the cache partition at bootup ... but it doesn't sound like I have a 'software' malfunction, does it?
Thanks for the response. So your gf's was a broken charger port?

computerblue22 said:
Haven't tried my car charger.. but doubt it would work since I already tried two different usb chargers. Going to try to do a cleaning with some aerosol duster and alcohol now...
I read something about clearing the cache partition at bootup ... but it doesn't sound like I have a 'software' malfunction, does it?
Thanks for the response. So your gf's was a broken charger port?
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No, VZW never really figured out what it was. They just assume it's the phone. But it's been the same issue with each one. It's the OTA update that's causing issues I have a feeling, if only big red knew what the heck they were doing it probably wouldn't even do that at all. You could clean the cache partition. Not sure if it would work, trial and error there I guess
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Ok. manual cleaning didn't work. ...
do you think a wireless charger could work if the charging port is busted?

computerblue22 said:
Ok. manual cleaning didn't work. ...
do you think a wireless charger could work if the charging port is busted?
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It should. I'm thinking of going that route myself
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Let's see.... buy decent non OEM battery, $30 and up.
Fix charger port AT LEAST $70 - $150.
Wireless charging kit plus the convenience of wireless charging For $10-$15. I'm definitely gonna do it. Lol.
I've read a gazillion threads on this problem and none have suggested what I mentioned. Hope people will find this thread handy.
Man I love technology. Maybe I SHOULD make effort to understand it better.
Thanks all for your input.