I just opened the box and took out my new TF 700, I plugged the charger into a wall socket, then into the TF700. For a second or so I saw a battery icon showing about half charge. I've tried to turn it on but nothing happens when pushing the power button. I do have a orange light at the top left when the charger is plugged in but it won't turn on plugged in or not.
Any ideas, do I have to wait 8 hours just to turn it on or do I have a DOA
Thanks,
Dave
All of a sudden it started working, now to learn how to use it, its my first tablet.
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So, here's the deal. I have a Motorola Backflip, it has been rooted and now runs 2.1 instead of Android 1.5. A few weeks ago, I woke up after charging my phone all night and it was very hot. It wouldn't turn on, I panicked, then later I tried and it was fine. Now, it happened again this morning when I woke up. It was very hot, I waited for it to cool off, and tried to charge it again, because it wasn't charging all night. When I plug it in, it recognizes it's plugged in with a little vibration, does the white screen with the Motorola M for a bit, then shows the "0%" screen with a charging battery. Then, it vibrates to show it's plugged in, shows the white screen with the Motorola M for a bit, then once again shows the "0%" screen with a charging battery. It keeps doing that, and won't charge. I obviously can't turn the phone on since it will not charge, and the battery is dead. I am using a normal wall charger, but I will try charging it through the computer to see if that makes any difference. Any suggestions? Is my phone okay, or should I give up?
U need a new battery
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Just woke up to the very same thing with my backflip. It may have something to do with the amount of current going through the connection. I had mine plugged into the back accessory port on my old Blackberry Bold dock. The one that has a spot for the bold upfront, spot for a bluetooth headset, extra battery charger and an extra USB port on the back(I use it and my old Bold as a bedside alarmclock/internet radio now .) I had been playing a bit of leaf green on gameboid last night with it plugged in and woke up to a feircly hot Backflip that would not power on. it was on until I picked it up then turned off. i hit the power button and it just kept cycling through the moto M logo and then returning to the 0% battery screen and then off. i disconnected it from there, plugged it into my laptop where i could only get the micro-usb led to blink... it would not power on at all. I then got my Blackberry Torch's little usb wall adapter and tried that out and it worked like a charm. phone loaded up the way it was intended to.
Now as far as amperages go, for the dock i am unsure, it states on the wall plug it has an output of 1600ma, but for up to 4 devices... i am unsure as to how much power is restricted to each port if any. I only had the bold and backflip connected to it. My laptop has powered USB ports which deliver 550ma's each which is typical and in my experience often not enough to start a device from 0%. My BB wall adapter is 750ma's which has to be my personal preference. I actually refuse to plug my Torch into a USB port until i know it does not supply over 750ma's for fear of ruining my battery like had before on other phones not designed to use a 1amp charger. I am assuming my Backflip has the same idea.
Does anyone have experience charging the battery?
I was using the phone it went dry, as in
I did get the warning that i only have 10% left / 5 % left and then i kept using it until it pop up a message saying
"To prevent damage to the phone, it will now turn off"
and off it goes
but when i plug it back to the USB cable, it got no sign of charging, no light, or indication of any kind.
if i try to turn on the phone, only the Soft buttons lid up, but it doesn't do anything.
Also when i had it plugged directly into the wall, it was not shown as charging, when the phone is ON and running the OS.
but now that the phone is completely OFF, when i plug in the USB charger directly to the wall then it shows the Battery Bar @ 5% for only a brief moment and then goes back off
AllGamer said:
Does anyone have experience charging the battery?
I was using the phone it went dry, as in
I did get the warning that i only have 10% left / 5 % left and then i kept using it until it pop up a message saying
"To prevent damage to the phone, it will now turn off"
and off it goes
but when i plug it back to the USB cable, it got no sign of charging, no light, or indication of any kind.
if i try to turn on the phone, only the Soft buttons lid up, but it doesn't do anything.
Also when i had it plugged directly into the wall, it was not shown as charging, when the phone is ON and running the OS.
but now that the phone is completely OFF, when i plug in the USB charger directly to the wall then it shows the Battery Bar @ 5% for only a brief moment and then goes back off
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Yes, it always happens if you squeeze all the juice out of the battery. Be patient and let the cable connect. After a few mins, the touch buttons will light up. then after a few more minutes, the screen will light-up and show you the charging icon. By that time it reached 15%, you can already press the power button to boot the phone.
AllGamer said:
Does anyone have experience charging the battery?
I was using the phone it went dry, as in
I did get the warning that i only have 10% left / 5 % left and then i kept using it until it pop up a message saying
"To prevent damage to the phone, it will now turn off"
and off it goes
but when i plug it back to the USB cable, it got no sign of charging, no light, or indication of any kind.
if i try to turn on the phone, only the Soft buttons lid up, but it doesn't do anything.
Also when i had it plugged directly into the wall, it was not shown as charging, when the phone is ON and running the OS.
but now that the phone is completely OFF, when i plug in the USB charger directly to the wall then it shows the Battery Bar @ 5% for only a brief moment and then goes back off
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The same exact thing seems to be happeneing to me. Did you figure out how to turn it on? I charged it overnight and nothing has changed except that the battery status shows a full charge. I still can't turn it on. After I take it off the charger and replug it in, it shows 5% again. Thanks.
the problem with mine was just a cable issue, found another cable, and it worked fine.
it didn't like the after market chargers
Most of the time this is not cable problem... If your battery is down and you put in PC USB - it will light after... you will wait a lot. If you put it in AC charger it will light after while.
PC USB is 500mA, AC charger is 600mA or more.
thanks for all the advice. I did get it to charge and boot. I left the battery out of the phone overnight then plugged in the original charger and the soft keys lit up and aftr 25 minutes I was able to turn it on all the way. Quite a relief.
My charging cable broke a while back and I opened up the end (that plugs into the tablet) to have a look and noticed some wires that were not connected. I was able to spot where the two wires could have been but could not determine where exactly. I fiddled with it a bit with the tablet plugged in to let the indicator light show me when it was charging. After a few moments it just blinked steadily (5-10 times?) and since then it will not accept a charge (The indicator light does not turn on when plugging the tablet in) or power on. I left it plugged in for a long while and attempted to boot it in restore mode to no avail. I have no idea what to do next, but to change the battery. There is no physical damage, or burn marks anywhere in the tablet to indicate a major short when I was fumbling around with the charging cord like a fool. Any tips?
Hey all, I have a stock tf700t that was working well until the charger cable snapped. Several months passed before the replacement cable arrived. So I put it on to charge overnight, and got both the orange light initially and then the green led to say it was fully charged. But I can't get it to respond to any attempts to turn on. I tried the usual
Pwr held for 30 sec.
Pwr and volume buttons
and stincking a pin in the reset hole
- but nothing happens. no vibration or LCD response?
Reading some forums, I tried to use a PC USB port to trickle charge the device, but interestingly this does not light the LED's.
Any ideas as to what is happening?
hoads1234 said:
Hey all, I have a stock tf700t that was working well until the charger cable snapped. Several months passed before the replacement cable arrived. So I put it on to charge overnight, and got both the orange light initially and then the green led to say it was fully charged. But I can't get it to respond to any attempts to turn on.
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Do you remember the charge state before you stored it? Li-ion batteries generally don't like being stored in a totally discharged condition, and if the voltage drops below a critical level, the battery can even be permanently damaged.
Try charging the tablet from a PC USB port (directly - not via the dock) - it's normal that in this case the LED does not light up.
thanks for the advice, I am pretty sure it would have been <5% battery, maybe even lower. I hope the battery is okay, and will try your idea.
The trickle charge via USB takes a long time. Leave it connected for at least 6 hours and make sure your PC doesn't hibernate or sleep.
few days ago, my phone stopped charging, then i switch off charging logo starts blinking but no battery percentage was showing. but i kept the phone plugged in, maybe after 30 mins it started showing percentage, i turned on my phone and plug the charger again to check if it is fine, then i showed the charging icon and started charging slowly. but i discover that when i unplug charger , charging icon was still there. i keep using my phone for 2-3 days, shown no problem but the charging icon always on even without charger, i tried other charger and also check usb cable by connecting to a computer. after 2-3 days suddenly everything is fine. no issues for next 2-3 days, then the charging icon and slow charging came back as i fall sleep at night keeping my charger on. but this time when i plug charger, no charge icon, i switch of, usb charge logo start blinking after every 10-12 seconds without battery percentages, i kept the charger on, when i turn on phone, it was charged, battery was fine, but still when i plug charger no sign , but when i switch off it starts blinking , it,s been going on for days. and i,m concerned. Is this hardware issues or is it software... i want to go for repair but i am not sure how should i address the problem to them
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few days ago, my phone stopped charging, then i switch off charging logo starts blinking but no battery percentage was showing. but i kept the phone plugged in, maybe after 30 mins it started showing percentage, i turned on my phone and plug the charger again to check if it is fine, then i showed the charging icon and started charging slowly. but i discover that when i unplug charger , charging icon was still there. i keep using my phone for 2-3 days, shown no problem but the charging icon always on even without charger, i tried other charger and also check usb cable by connecting to a computer. after 2-3 days suddenly everything is fine. no issues for next 2-3 days, then the charging icon and slow charging came back as i fall sleep at night keeping my charger on. but this time when i plug charger, no charge icon, i switch of, usb charge logo start blinking after every 10-12 seconds without battery percentages, i kept the charger on, when i turn on phone, it was charged, battery was fine, but still when i plug charger no sign , but when i switch off it starts blinking , it,s been going on for days. and i,m concerned. Is this hardware issues or is it software... i want to go for repair but i am not sure how should i address the problem to them
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Try a battery replacement.