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?
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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.
Sent from Spaceball One.
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.
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Fellow universal users who suffer from battery problems, i know this issue is reccuring and is in many threads and forums now. However i am sorry to increase the talk in another thread. I just thought i would share my peice of advice.
Attached is a pic of the universal battery and below is a little procedure that you might wanna try.
Lets say your universal battery is dying after 10 mins and you just had charged it overnight (meter says it died at 95% or whatever.. ) here is what you do.
1- take the battery out locate the pin provided in this pic attached. its the second pin from the top if you are holding the battery with the connector being to the upper right corner (just see the pic)
2- cover this pin with a thin peice of tape that you will leave temporarily. till the battery fully dies.
3- turn your universal on after placing the battery in it again
4- change the power settings in a way that leaves the universal on for all the time unless you manually turn it off.. so all the power savings are off.
5- let your battery drain all the way until it just turns the universal off.
6- take the battery out and remove the insulation from that pin
7- turn your universal on again and let it charge overnight or till the light turns green.
8- this fixed my universals' battery and now mine turns off at 5%
p.s. while the universal is running and the pin is insulated you will notice that the battery indicator that shows the percentage left doesn't work. (thats the whole point making the ppc blind and not being able to read how much is in the batter and take full advantage of whats in it as far as power goes, this will make the battery realize that it was drained more than usual and forces it to recalculate or recalibrate itself.
by the way you will also notice that the universal wont be able to get charged while that pin is insulated. so again my advice is fully charge your battery , take it out, insulate the pin then drain it all the way , take the insulation out and recharge until light is green.
please post if you had a successful result and hopefully for all who are suffering from this battery problem now they have one more hope.
This is what they call "Resetting" or "Formatting", nad while it's good for NiMH and neccesary for NiCd batteries, it can actually prove harmful to the LiION battery of the Universal, since it may over-deplete the battery.
Use with care, and only if you can't afford a new battery, since this might leave you without a battery!
Deeply discharging of Lithium Batteries
People may remember the videos of burning Dells and Macs. Deeply discharging lithium cells puts them into a critical stage. You may loose a bit more than only the battery ...
well its not deeply discharging
i monitored mine and was playing games on my uni until it turned off once it did then i took the tape out and fully charged it.. then viola it worked fine. i dont see any risk plus yes there is in the lithium batteries a problem similar to the nicad research about it and verify.. anyway you dont have to follow, just saying this worked on 3 of my batteries.
Cheers
NiCd yes, but those are of a completely different architecture. There's something called the Memory effect there, which means that the battery retains the previous charge as the threshold for the next charge, meaning they can't be "topped up", because then only the "top-up" can be drained from the battery.
Lithium Ion batteries retain this memory effect too, that's true. But in them, this is nearly insignificant, meaning the can be topped up at any time, even at 99%, and the almost full charge can be drained. Almost, because there is a minimum threshold beneath which the internal mechanism changes and the battery becomes unusable.
That is why I recommend against deep-discharging the batteries. What I did once was ordered a battery, and noted that it came with a six-month warranty. Now I get a new battery on the warranty(free) every six months, regardless of the state of the old one. But usually by then it startsx to show signs of weakness...
i will try this swith my old bat after my new bat is here. thanks for the fix
greets
Juun said:
i will try this swith my old bat after my new bat is here. thanks for the fix
greets
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no problem, how did it work out guys.. anyone tried it yet
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mzalan said:
Lithium Ion batteries retain this memory effect too, that's true. But in them, this is nearly insignificant, meaning the can be topped up at any time, even at 99%, and the almost full charge can be drained. Almost, because there is a minimum threshold beneath which the internal mechanism changes and the battery becomes unusable.
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Unfortunately, the Memory Effect in Li-Ion batteries can be made worse if the battery is of low quality and/or has impurities in it (due to manufacturing or age). This is why our original, top quality, batteries are dying (due to age) and the cheap ones we buy off ebay are pretty bad (low quality)
mzalan said:
That is why I recommend against deep-discharging the batteries. What I did once was ordered a battery, and noted that it came with a six-month warranty.
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I second that. This may be a fix, but be careful!! As with anything in these forums, it caries its own risks.
Probably best just to buy a battery from a respectable shop\dealer and get a warranty with it...
hey guys ... i´ve tried it ...
i think it works, give it a try.
takes 4-6 hours to completely discharge, the i´ve loaded it one night long. today i´ve played long time with my colegues at work, used bluetooth several times, hat some calls... and now, after 10 hours without charging it has 45 % of charge.
at the moment i turned the brightnes to the maximum, with wifi, beam, phone and bluetooth on, to see at wich percent my universal will turn of.
i give you a notice if this happens.
cheers
now ... finaly it turns off at 19 % !
but ... without any warnings or notifications...
but before it always was shutting down at 40 %, now with shutdown value at 19% the battery is more useful as before.
maybe it could help someone.
cheers
Didn't work form my orginal battery.
pa3x said:
Didn't work form my orginal battery.
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at what percentage does your battery turn off ? try it again does your battery last longer with the tape on?
webmin said:
now ... finaly it turns off at 19 % !
but ... without any warnings or notifications...
but before it always was shutting down at 40 %, now with shutdown value at 19% the battery is more useful as before.
maybe it could help someone.
cheers
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sounds great try to guve it another shot if you want .. fully charge it and then put the tape on until the universal turns off . maybe you will get closer to zero like i did and if not then.. meh 19% isnt that bad compared to people shutting off at 40 and 80 ...
the only reason i came up with this method was because i read in the wiki that some pople discharged using led or whatever to depelte tha battery or even on bootloader. i thought about it in a way that would make mnore sence using the device itself to deplete its own battery (think about the ammount of power tha led will be drwaing vs the amount the ppc will be drawing ) maybe the chip in the battery claiberates itself on the ammount of draw ... most likely not but it crossed my mind like that so i gave it a shot and it seems to be an exploration by surprise
cheers
dj_gabzz said:
at what percentage does your battery turn off ? try it again does your battery last longer with the tape on?
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With or without tape on 96%
dj_gabzz said:
well its not deeply discharging
i monitored mine and was playing games on my uni until it turned off once it did then i took the tape out and fully charged it.. then viola it worked fine. i dont see any risk plus yes there is in the lithium batteries a problem similar to the nicad research about it and verify.. anyway you dont have to follow, just saying this worked on 3 of my batteries.
Cheers
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It sounds very much like "deeply discharging" to me - you are disabling the sensor which is also the failsafe circuit!!! The sensor is not there just to "annoy you" by shutting off early, it's there for safety reasons!
All Lithium ION batteries shut off quite a bit BEFORE they are fully discharged. This is because a truly 100% discharged Li-ION battery (or even close, like 95%) becomes unstable, and this can cause it to set on fire, leak acid, and even violently explode causing you serious injury or burning down your house (people have actually been killed by exploding Li-ION batteries). This is rare yes, but it does happen and it has happened.
We all know that the sensor in some Li-ION batteries can lose its calibration over time, though this is NOT due to a "memory effect", NiCD batteries were the only chemistry which suffered from that problem. But you have no way of knowing if the sensor is really de-calibrated, or it is shutting off because of a fault with the battery, or even that the battery is just nearly dead.
For gods sake people please be careful, this hack may look "cool" and yes it probably will work on quite a few batteries, but it can also be extremely dangerous, and is just not worth the risk, especially when you can get a new battery for less than $20!
Check out these videos to see how violent and extreme a Li-ION explosion can be...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5f0VCoFuFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJCZ4ayioCU
sl9 said:
It sounds very much like "deeply discharging" to me - you are disabling the sensor which is also the failsafe circuit!!! The sensor is not there just to "annoy you" by shutting off early, it's there for safety reasons!
All Lithium ION batteries shut off quite a bit BEFORE they are fully discharged. This is because a truly 100% discharged Li-ION battery (or even close, like 95%) becomes unstable, and this can cause it to set on fire, leak acid, and even violently explode causing you serious injury or burning down your house (people have actually been killed by exploding Li-ION batteries). This is rare yes, but it does happen and it has happened.
We all know that the sensor in some Li-ION batteries can lose its calibration over time, though this is NOT due to a "memory effect", NiCD batteries were the only chemistry which suffered from that problem. But you have no way of knowing if the sensor is really de-calibrated, or it is shutting off because of a fault with the battery, or even that the battery is just nearly dead.
For gods sake people please be careful, this hack may look "cool" and yes it probably will work on quite a few batteries, but it can also be extremely dangerous, and is just not worth the risk, especially when you can get a new battery for less than $20!
Check out these videos to see how violent and extreme a Li-ION explosion can be...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5f0VCoFuFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJCZ4ayioCU
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thanks you for the info.
i dont mean to harm noone.. i just tried it and it worked for me and thought i would share.. for all future readers. dont take risks if this is really true..
a new battery for 20 $ ? where ?
in germany you have to pay nearby 50 -60 $ for a new battery, and you never know if it is a good one or some old crap.
for that reason i will try to maximise the life of my battery ...
webmin said:
a new battery for 20 $ ? where ?
in germany you have to pay nearby 50 -60 $ for a new battery, and you never know if it is a good one or some old crap.
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Or you get new crap
hehe yes, thats true.
****! It worked on my UNI. I've used my original battery which is about 2 to 2.5 years old. As of now still 77% after 8 hours with beam on, bright max, gprs on. WOW! Thank You!!!!!
Hi Folks,
My s640 seems to have developed an issue with the battery. It will get to about 50% and stay there for most of the day then suddenly I get the low and critical warnings, then off. The warnings then off sequence happens within about 10 seconds of getting the first warning. On one occasion I got the low and critical warnings, but then the phone reported 268% battery remaining.
Is/has anyone else experienced this issue or anything similar? I'm wondering if it is the phone or the battery.
Thanks.
I am having the same trouble.
I'll fully Charge my battery and then disconnect it and us it for about 10 minutes and suddenly it will drop my call, turn off my bluetooth and disable the radio (network), and if I don't plug it in, within 30 seconds it shuts off. If I remove the battery, hold the power button for 5 seconds and the put the battery back in and turn it on then I have my battery shows 90+% free.
I'm not sure if it's the battery or the phone.
have you tried running the battery till it won't turn on the phone. Then charging it up again?
maybe a hard reset may help?
daroota said:
I am having the same trouble.
I'll fully Charge my battery and then disconnect it and us it for about 10 minutes and suddenly it will drop my call, turn off my bluetooth and disable the radio (network), and if I don't plug it in, within 30 seconds it shuts off. If I remove the battery, hold the power button for 5 seconds and the put the battery back in and turn it on then I have my battery shows 90+% free.
I'm not sure if it's the battery or the phone.
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Yes I too am having this issue since rom upgrade so is a friend, he just purchased new battery from Telus but they shipped wrong one. Will update if new battery resolves his issues. I went throught three phones with brand new battery they all did same thing Battery is not HTC 20 dolllar aftermarket one (just before warranty expired). Have gotten 400 credit for new phone but nothing like this one out there except Touch Pro Diamond and I hear even with new battery that phone battery life is too short to last through day. Get feeling Telus broke something in software with Rom update used to be when phone battery was expiring a red light would blink (opposite of blue tooth light) now it is only notifications from WM that phone battery is critically low and shuts of radio etc. yet you plug phone in and it's charged 10 minutes later makes no sense. Rechargable batteries voltage change with charge the interesting thing when I pull my battery the voltage is the same charged or just after error messages (I have a very expensive True RMS Voltmeter from work that has been calibrated in last year) but without load this isn't an accurate test. Does make me think something is not right and beleive it software related for more see my post in Howrds Forums under phone model.
I am having the same issue after the ROM update, not sure if it's the cause. Already replaced a battery on warranty for not holding charge. But now I have had the phone over a year so telus wants me to buy a battery for $80. I know based on this information i'll be wasting my money.
i want stuff to work for more than a year what the hell is money good for?
any fixes or updates wether the new battery helped??
I replaced the battery on my phone and these odd issue I was having are gone guess we have to face the fact that you need to purchase a replacement once a year hopefully it will last a year my problems start just short of a year.
I just got my new battery from here http://www.longlast-battery.com/productCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=17483
I will post after I get it full charged and try it for a day or two
where did you get yours from?
well the battery didn't even last an hour on the way to work.
#1 it was similar but 2-3mm shorter than the OEM and barely touched the contacts on the phone.
#2 charged overnight ok and said 100% charged then withing 20min it said low battery then died shortly after
#3 would not charge a second time (on 2 of my wall chargers, two usb and 1 car charger) Just the red light would light up. Tried jiggling the battery but nothing not even a flashing red light.
so much for a battery bought from the US. Waiting for RMA
typhoonk said:
well the battery didn't even last an hour on the way to work.
#1 it was similar but 2-3mm shorter than the OEM and barely touched the contacts on the phone.
#2 charged overnight ok and said 100% charged then withing 20min it said low battery then died shortly after
#3 would not charge a second time (on 2 of my wall chargers, two usb and 1 car charger) Just the red light would light up. Tried jiggling the battery but nothing not even a flashing red light.
so much for a battery bought from the US. Waiting for RMA
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I purchased a battery from E-bay and it would not charge at all. Existing charge in battery was enough for me to know that my issues were battery related after all as phone lasted for quite awhile. Tried charging ebay battery for close to 12 hours no go, so returned it for full refund. Called Telus because my calls in were while I was under warranty still but it had since expired they credited my account for the price of battery over a couple of years (1.5 batteries really) to make up for battery not lasting more than a year...hope that makes sense. Doubt I will buy another HTC with todays battery technology there is no reason one of these batties can't last 2-3 years if taken care of. Just a money grab telus/htc on their part in my opinion.
Gave the battery I got from longlast-battery another try.
the battery is CS-DS640SL 1250mAh 3.7V
I got it to charge by turning off the phone and plugging it into a usb port on my PC. Took about 6 hours to charge to 100%.
Won't charge when phone is on which is weird. Even at 90+% charge.
Lasted a full day without charging. That's a good thing I guess. Even when I restarted, it didn't lose the typical 10% drop in charge the other battery does.
I'm going to discharge it and charge it three times to see if it starts working properly and letting me charge it normally. Was a tip someone gave me. Won't hurt anything, and if it doesn't work I can still send it back.
Curious what you guys think. do you think it's a bad battery and I should just get an exchange, or I should just get my money back, and shell out the $100+ for a Telus battery?
Well the longlast battery test failed badly. Lasted about half a day with minimum calls and data use. No wifi no bluetooth. After it died I took it out and let it sit for a bit as the battery was fairly warm. After I put it back in, it said I had about %40 left. Very odd. And it lasted for another two hours before dying.
Now it's back at the won't charge stage. So I finally got an RMA number, so this one is going back.
Hitting Telus on the way home to pony up for a new battery. Getting the extended one as it's only $20 more. Hopefully this one will last more than a year - then I can get another phone (got to love 3yr retention contracts that end early )
I've created a Facebook group to act as a petition for everyone with the notorious battery life problem.
Join the group here, it's open to everyone:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=100925126406
Share your experiences dealing with Telus positive or negative ones.. or tell us if you've been able to fix the problem by hacking the device. Anything at all that will help the people still stuck with this phone.
I have done some efforts regarding battery capacity measurement Just lookup this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5558383#post5558383
I flashed weapon onto my g2x and like it...used it for like 5 days,then I was calibrating my battery by charging it fully, using a battery calibration app to reset the stats when it was at 100%, and I drained the battery to 0%.
I was playing a movie when it hit 0%, it showed t-mobile's goodbye screen, but never shut off. I let it sit there and walked away. 30 minutes later t-mobiles goodbye screen was still on the screen, and I removed the battery...put it back in, plugged in the charger, then couldn't get it to turn on. I let it charge for 3 hours (the plug was surely live, it would charge my evo 3d when I tested the charger), but still can't get the phone to do anything!
I'm guessing something went wrong with the battery, so I ordered a replacement...but I can't understand what or why. What do you guys think? I'm a little worried that it was something more than the battery but I won't know till the battery is here in a few days.
gdawson6 said:
I flashed weapon onto my g2x and like it...used it for like 5 days,then I was calibrating my battery by charging it fully, using a battery calibration app to reset the stats when it was at 100%, and I drained the battery to 0%.
I was playing a movie when it hit 0%, it showed t-mobile's goodbye screen, but never shut off. I let it sit there and walked away. 30 minutes later t-mobiles goodbye screen was still on the screen, and I removed the battery...put it back in, plugged in the charger, then couldn't get it to turn on. I let it charge for 3 hours (the plug was surely live, it would charge my evo 3d when I tested the charger), but still can't get the phone to do anything!
I'm guessing something went wrong with the battery, so I ordered a replacement...but I can't understand what or why. What do you guys think? I'm a little worried that it was something more than the battery but I won't know till the battery is here in a few days.
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It is possible the Battery is fried. Today's batteries should never be drained to 0. There are charge circuit's inside that can be damaged.
solved
taking the battery out and putting it back in didn't work...but it did finally come on once I removed the sim card.
wierd...oh well, glad its back up and running. I saw someone in a comment somewhere say they couldn't get theres to power back on until they removed the sim card...and it worked for whatever reason.
It has been said by a Google developer for android that battery calibration doesn't do anything for the battery.
Battery stats only tell you what's been running and using battery, not anything about the capacity of your battery.
Not sure but I think your battery is just very dead. I suggest to keep trying to charge, but make sure the phone isn't getting too hot.
Here it is.
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
And just for future reference the g2x has issues with turning off due to a dead battery. So if it ever dies like that again just pull the battery immediately. Also sometimes it won't even make it to 0%, I've had mine die at as high as 4%.
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It is possible the Battery is fried. Today's batteries should never be drained to 0. There are charge circuit's inside that can be damaged.
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The phone's charge circuit can't be damaged by a "dead" battery, the charge circuit is self-monitoring and protects itself, the phone and the battery.
The battery can be damaged by its voltage being too low or being charged improperly. A cheap battery with no or fake charge and temperature monitoring can overheat and cause damage to itself and the phone.
Cheap external battery chargers, or those which aren't meant for the type of battery being charged, can/will damage the battery. Overheated batteries can catch fire and/or explode.
Men killed by exploding cell phone batteries:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/02/man-killed-by-c/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/07/man-killed-by-e/
Watch this video about a hand wrecked by an exploded iPhone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0iEP98ER2w&feature=player_embedded
Another iphone blowed up real good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAmURtauN-o&feature=player_embedded
More:
http://www.google.ca/search?sourcei...S_enCA407CA408&q=cell+phone+battery+explosion
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I recently obtained the Xoom LTE version from a family member. It wasn't used in quite some time, so naturally, I plugged it in to charge. The indicator lit up white, so I turned it on. After boot, there was indication that the battery was charging, but remained at zero percent. I left it to charge for about 25 minutes and when I came back to it, still zero percent. I removed the charger, the device shut down immediately. I plugged the charger in again noticing that the indicator light did indeed light up, but after a short amount of time it turned off. I also tried using the dock, and the same results occurred.
Basically, the device is only operable while plugged it. It's been on the dock for a couple hours now and the battery is still showing zero percent. I'm thinking it's a battery problem, but what else could it be? Is it possible to change the battery in this thing, or do I need to send it into Motorola? I did a factory reset, but nothing has changed.
Thanks for any help, I really appreciate it!
Best bet is to send it in for a new battery. Sounds like the current one is shot.
Yep usually Li-ion battery does that, you said they haven't used it for months? My bet is that the battery is fine, but it's dead due to the fact it went under the level of voltage where it can't be recharged. It's like bricking your phone... Lol
Definitely sounds like a bad battery.
You can try to order one online and replace it on your own (here is ifixit's teardown guide).
Or you can send it in the Motorola and have them do it for $99. If you've never opened up a tablet/phone/etc before, I'd highly recommend this route. It might look easy but I totally borked an old phone thinking I was handier than I actually am...
Your battery is covered by your warranty if its fully charged capacity falls below 50% of rated capacity in the first year of ownership. Out of warranty replacement of the battery (OOW due to the length of ownership or physical abuse) is $99.
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Hi dudes I have a big problem with my htc one x, my cell phone doesn't charge anything (the red led dont turn on and the charge dock doesnt get heat) It didn't crashed or something, it was with low battery and I took borrowed his charge dock (I was in his house), but it didn't charge anything, as I said my cell phone wasn't crashed or hitted by nothing, It just stopped charging, what can I do to revive it? Please help mee :crying::crying:
Did u let it fully die? Sometimes power cycling is not a good idea...shooot.. Doing it isn't good period. Let it stay in charger overnite.. What ROM you running ?
Yes the charge fully died, and turned off, I let it in the power plugged last night the whole night charging and nothing happend, It was working well untill I pluged it with my friend's charger, his charger is 5v 800mA, since I plugged it on, it stopped charging, that might damage my phone? I mean all chargers are the same but , seriously that charger could kill my phone? is weird
Not all chargers are the same. Have you tried using your own charger?
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Yeah I tried with 2 diferent chargers but nothing happend, since I plugged in my friend's charger my cell phone doesnt want to charge anything :crying::crying:
What happens when you connect it to a PC? Do you get a connect/disconnect sound at all?
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Nothing happens, the red led is off always, dont even't flashes
How often did you power cycle (let it die completely) the device?
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ummm that's really weird when it happends, I'm always with my phone charged but yesterday I wasn't able to charge up and it ends with the battery charge
That doesn't really answer the question, how often did you let the phone die completely?
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maybe once every 3 weeks or 1 month
Ok. I'd keep trying to charge the phone, but unfortunately this kind of thing does happen with electronic devices from time to time. There's no real way to say exactly what's happened but it's very possible you have a brick.
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the last 2 weeks my cellphone was automically rebooting, the bottons of the cell phone (back,home,and the other) start flashing and automatically rebooting, I don't know If that says something what do you think?
Could he possibly hold down vol and power..for a long time...maybe it could get to boot loader,,,,?
I tried but still dead x_x
Power cycling shouldnt bother a mobile phone battery to be fair, unless it's left in a low state for an extended period of time (8% discharge per month roughly) so it's a bit of a misnomer. Lithium batteries should never be fully discharged but as a safeguard you will find when the battery reaches 0% as displayed on the phone the battery is still more than halfway charged to prevent this kind of thing happening. (Most phones register 0% at 3v but the safety threshold is around 2.2v, absolute battery death is 1.5v. Bare in mind at full capacity a cell is 4.2v so your pretty safe when it gets to 0%)
What is more likely an issue is using a faulty charger, there are dozens of cheap chargers which will trash a battery. It is disgusting what gets through the borders from places like China, these things don't have adequate power regulation or filtering. At best you reduce the phone lifespan, at worst it burns the house down. Never ever use a charger than costs less than $15 as there's a reason, decent components cost money unfortunately..
Now, if the device won't charge (a usb 3 port on a pc is ideal as it provides a stable 5v at 900mA or more if a genuine HTC charger isn't available) or switch on you can try removing the battery (be careful as the HTC screen is delicate and there are special tools you need), there are guides on the net or if your not confident then take it to a service centre and they should replace it for you for a fee.. if you buy a new battery off eBay then don't bother with the high capacity as they're fakes, if HTC could cram extra mA into the same size they would - but it's against the laws of physics to get double capacity.
I'm sorry your phone appears dead. I hope it's just the battery, just be very wary about unbranded docks/chargers as they're evil.
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Check the Charging port and switch the cable
Maybe the charging port is broken.
On the other side maybe the cable is broken did you try charging another divice with it?
The solution may be simpler than you think.
Friends when I plug in my htc one x to my computer, my computer made a sound, but it didn't detected my cell phone (just made a sound when you plug-in any divice), and my cell phone doesn't charge is there any I can do? Or is dead
You might be able to get a jtag repair done.
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