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So I just got my new 3500 battery and I gotta say the phone doesn't look that bad the back fits like a glove I was a little worried because the one I got for my Blackberry curve did not and this was made for the optimus 2x the battery was a little tight but it works. So I charged it to 100% and unplugged it at 6am yesterday and I went all the way to 1am so that was 19 hours and it was at 2% and that was at light to heavy use at times I stream Sirius xm and Pandora and at times I did not use it at all while I was working. Today I put my live wallpaper on and see what happens. When I get a few cycles in I am going to start taking the extended bat out and using one of the stock battery's so I can put the thing in the cradle hooked up to the computer and charge the extended with the desktop charger.
The only thing is I noticed that is my phone had the first reboot since the update and only the 3rd one since I bought it and it was lagging a little. Could the battery have something to do with it? Could all these reboot issues be caused by ****ty batteries? Is that why people are reporting doing the update and still having the reboots? I don't think so but my phone really never had any issues and all of a sudden I put a new battery and it just seems weird. I also had a bit of a problem getting a GPS lock. Again I never had any gps problems at all. Anyone who knows what they are talking about want to weigh in?
Charlie

mojorisin7178 said:
So I just got my new 3500 battery and I gotta say the phone doesn't look that bad the back fits like a glove I was a little worried because the one I got for my Blackberry curve did not and this was made for the optimus 2x the battery was a little tight but it works. So I charged it to 100% and unplugged it at 6am yesterday and I went all the way to 1am so that was 19 hours and it was at 2% and that was at light to heavy use at times I stream Sirius xm and Pandora and at times I did not use it at all while I was working. Today I put my live wallpaper on and see what happens. When I get a few cycles in I am going to start taking the extended bat out and using one of the stock battery's so I can put the thing in the cradle hooked up to the computer and charge the extended with the desktop charger.
The only thing is I noticed that is my phone had the first reboot since the update and only the 3rd one since I bought it and it was lagging a little. Could the battery have something to do with it? Could all these reboot issues be caused by ****ty batteries? Is that why people are reporting doing the update and still having the reboots? I don't think so but my phone really never had any issues and all of a sudden I put a new battery and it just seems weird. I also had a bit of a problem getting a GPS lock. Again I never had any gps problems at all. Anyone who knows what they are talking about want to weigh in?
Charlie
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Not to sound rude, but you posted in the wrong section and there's already a post like this created in accessories.
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OK first if you read the whole thing there is a question there I just combined two different things bit is that really a big deal? I admit the first part is an assessment but I figured it wouldn't be a problem so I am sorry it wont happen again
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Why does my Sensation get really really hot when charging and blink?

Its done this before but last night it did it again. Turned it off and disabled fast boot. Plugged it in to charge and wake up this morning and the device is extremely hot and the indicator light is blinking red or orange. The battery was only at 88%. I then pulled the battery waited 20 minutes and it powered on and I continued to charge it. Of course after that it was fine. I have not rooted the phone in any way. Anyone have any reasons to why its doing this? I don't think its a bad battery because my battery life is fine. Thanks

anyone have any suggestions?

I had the same problem when I first got my phone, I phoned my provider and he said that shouldn't happen. It was replaced straight away.

Thanks for your reply. However, if I replace it, that would be my fourth one. Its not doing this every time. I didn't do a reboot for over a week though. If I call up T-Mobile regarding this issue would they send me a refurbished one?
I am beginning to loose faith in the wonderful HTC Sensation. Really of going with the Galaxy S 2 when it hits T-Mobile next month.

MattMJB0188 said:
Thanks for your reply. However, if I replace it, that would be my fourth one. Its not doing this every time. I didn't do a reboot for over a week though. If I call up T-Mobile regarding this issue would they send me a refurbished one?
I am beginning to loose faith in the wonderful HTC Sensation. Really of going with the Galaxy S 2 when it hits T-Mobile next month.
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All phones have their problems...I read you should calibrate the battery. Also it will improve the more you use it.

evereste said:
All phones have their problems...I read you should calibrate the battery. Also it will improve the more you use it.
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I did as it did the first night I had it. Up until this morning it was fine. I just worry its gonna do this once in a while. Thanks for the response.
EDIT: T-Mobile was absolutely no help. They said I can contact the manufacturer and go that route or send it since its under warranty but that would get me a refurbished phone.

I contacted HTC and they agreed to send me a brand new battery. Will report back if this issue happens again.

MattMJB0188 said:
Its done this before but last night it did it again. Turned it off and disabled fast boot. Plugged it in to charge and wake up this morning and the device is extremely hot and the indicator light is blinking red or orange. The battery was only at 88%. I then pulled the battery waited 20 minutes and it powered on and I continued to charge it. Of course after that it was fine. I have not rooted the phone in any way. Anyone have any reasons to why its doing this? I don't think its a bad battery because my battery life is fine. Thanks
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Lucky for me I have not had that issue
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I probably got a defective battery. Was actually thinking of purchasing the Evo 3D battery.

I purchased the evo 3d battery myself and I have no complaints, plus its 200 mAh more than the sensations battery so that's a plus in itself....
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I had the same issues with Nexus 1, even the crazy touchscreen when charging or right after!
So it must be HTc hardware

mine blinks orange-green-orange-green... and shutdowns if I do not turn off screen... esp. when playing angry birds while charging...

Atrix 2 White Light

Hello xda,
Before yelling at me for posting something thats already posted I haven't seen any posts that were recently
I had an Atrix 4G when the digitizer went out I got an Atrix 2 replacement (How lucky was that) well I thought I was lucky until now. I owned my Atrix 2 for 2 months and last night I was playing a game I forget the name. I remember my phone being charged at 60% then I played for about an hour and half and all of a sudden my phone froze completely, no life at all just a lighted up screen with the game being frozen. So what I thought to do is do a battery pull. When I tried to boot it back up there is no life at all but a white light.
I read every where about these white lights ranging from your phone is toast to your battery is so low on a charge that it cant boot up the dual core screen.
Now I've tried everything so far right now I have a spliced up USB port rigged up to my battery charging from my PC. I checked the volts using a multimeter and the battery at first was 0.160 volt now it's up to 0.300 volt.
Now I am not good with volts and all but can someone tell me to keep charging til its at 3.8v (I think thats the batterys capacity) or what?
And I also let it charge all night with the light on to find it done nothing.
When the phones with no battery charging the multimeter voltage says 2.5v.
Lastly, I got a battery otw incase this one isnt good which will be here Tuesday-Wednesday.
Thanks and please come with positive news if you can =D
Mike

Honestly man, it sounds like you're on the right track, and yes to the best of my knowledge, the white light has to do with low battery.
Can you not just charge it while it's off? What ROM are you on?
You can also try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28384402
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Nobody is going to yell at you. You have a legitimate question. I don't have a answer for your problem because this has never happened to me. After you find a fix i ask that you post whatever you did to fix this for future reference for others and myself. If you would please.
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It seems you have completely drained your battery, this thing has happened to me once. What you can do is get a battery only charger from ebay and charge your battery and you'll be ready to go. This has worked for me and hopefully will work for you as well.

MaTrixJ said:
Hello xda,
Before yelling at me for posting something thats already posted I haven't seen any posts that were recently
I had an Atrix 4G when the digitizer went out I got an Atrix 2 replacement (How lucky was that) well I thought I was lucky until now. I owned my Atrix 2 for 2 months and last night I was playing a game I forget the name. I remember my phone being charged at 60% then I played for about an hour and half and all of a sudden my phone froze completely, no life at all just a lighted up screen with the game being frozen. So what I thought to do is do a battery pull. When I tried to boot it back up there is no life at all but a white light.
I read every where about these white lights ranging from your phone is toast to your battery is so low on a charge that it cant boot up the dual core screen.
Now I've tried everything so far right now I have a spliced up USB port rigged up to my battery charging from my PC. I checked the volts using a multimeter and the battery at first was 0.160 volt now it's up to 0.300 volt.
Now I am not good with volts and all but can someone tell me to keep charging til its at 3.8v (I think thats the batterys capacity) or what?
And I also let it charge all night with the light on to find it done nothing.
When the phones with no battery charging the multimeter voltage says 2.5v.
Lastly, I got a battery otw incase this one isnt good which will be here Tuesday-Wednesday.
Thanks and please come with positive news if you can =D
Mike
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Use a wall charger, if moto doesnt work try Samsung. Worked for me.
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Fall of Enosis said:
Can you not just charge it while it's off? What ROM are you on?
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No rom phones completely stock. I actually liked blur but I hated it on the Atrix 4g
tmease1 said:
After you find a fix i ask that you post whatever you did to fix this for future reference for others and myself. If you would please.
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Ofcourse I been with xda for years my email got hacked and I lost the PW to my old account so I made a new one.
prasannapmv said:
It seems you have completely drained your battery, this thing has happened to me once. What you can do is get a battery only charger from ebay and charge your battery and you'll be ready to go. This has worked for me and hopefully will work for you as well.
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Good idea, I probably will invest into one because after reading I took notice this must happen alot to people and if I get this new battery then I'd have 2 completely dead batteries. Not good at all lol
I am going to let the phone charge on a wall socket for the night. Hopefully it comes back to life.
I wasn't expecting so many replies in such a short amount of time so thanks to all of you!

I went to go watch a movie tonight and we were early and I saw an AT&T store so I went inside and borrowed their battery from the Atrix on display and it booted right up.
So this means either 2 things my battery is fried or just completely dead. I tried everything I could to get it to work from splicing wires to charging all night.
I suggest for people that have this problem to either get a wall charger as posted above by prasannapmv or get a new battery.
You can also go to an AT&T store and borrow their battery, all of this is better then paying a $50 fee for your insurance or paying $300 for a new phone.
I hope this thread has helped other people.
Mike

MaTrixJ said:
I went to go watch a movie tonight and we were early and I saw an AT&T store so I went inside and borrowed their battery from the Atrix on display and it booted right up.
So this means either 2 things my battery is fried or just completely dead. I tried everything I could to get it to work from splicing wires to charging all night.
I suggest for people that have this problem to either get a wall charger as posted above by prasannapmv or get a new battery.
You can also go to an AT&T store and borrow their battery, all of this is better then paying a $50 fee for your insurance or paying $300 for a new phone.
I hope this thread has helped other people.
Mike
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Thank your AT&T store again. I have two in my town, neither one of them would do that.
Nothing says fine customer service like AT&T.

HTC Sensation isn't charging fully

Hey,
I have had an HTC sensation for about a year, just recently it has started to not fully charge even when plugged in over night. It happens on both my phone and my wife's, I have tried flashing different roms and wiping battery stats with no success. I will plug the phone in most nights about 11 P.M. and get up about 6 A.M and it only has about 82% charge. I have tried several different charges as well.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

Out of curiosity, have you tried switching to another battery to see if it's the battery or the device it's self? If you put a new battery in and the problem still persists then it's likely a problem with the device. But I would check to make sure it's not the batteries going bad. Strange both devices are doing same thing!
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It does indeed sound like the battery, maybe you can try your wife's battery in your phone?

Because both devices are doing same thing I would NOT use wife's battery to test. I'd get a new one for the two of you. Hopefully it will solve the issue. Are you both still using stock battery? You might want to give anker a try. It's a extended battery and under 20 dollars! I'm really hoping this will solve the issue. Let us know keep us posted. Best wishes!
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Yes we are both still using stock batteries. Thanks! After your initial post I found 2 Ankers on amazon for $30 so I am going to try that, I will post my results when I receive them a few days from now. What was so strange was that it went from charging to full in 2 to 3 hours to 82% in 7 hours.

It was the battery, a cell had gone bad. I purchased the Anker batteries (1900) and it charges in about an hour and a half and lasts 16 hours on full use, plus I sit in an office where it searches for 4g all day if I allow it. Over all it was a vast improvement and all I had was a bad battery.
Thanks for your help

So glad you got it fixed! :thumbup:
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Battery died....replacement ideas...

I've just joined the dead battery club with my 6800 tab..
won't charge at all.even stock charger no icon nothing....
been on charge all night and have tried numerous things no response.
haven't bricked it went flashing anything just have been busy
Lately haven't used it and must have drained flat.have read before
once they get flat they won't charge as need a small amount of power
From battery to activate charging circuits.
What's the best battery to put into it? Stock one on ebay for 24 usd
Just thought I would ask but is there a bigger capacity one that would fit?
Anybody done this before just looking for ideas..
i will take the battery out and try charging it with a 3.8v mobile
Charger or camera charger by using some wires if any success will
Post up if works...thinking got to put small charge into it then can use wall
Charger.

Well ordered a new battery from eBay 28 bucks delivered...
Just decided to open it up and play with it tonight and got it charging now with the old battery.will let it charge for ages before turn on.new battery still in mail.
Got it working by unplugging the battery for a while and reconnecting to wall charger.note before doing this it would not charge no matter what I used..eg 2 amps etc
Not sure why it works but read it somewhere and worked for me too.

Tab seems to work sometimes and charges ok with old battery then later i turn it on and nothing..
wont wake up even with wall charger plugged in.never had problems with deep sleep before,
maybe a couple of roms ages ago but the one im currently using hasnt done it before and been
using it for ages.im guessing its the battery playing up.anyway got my new one in mail today
and then tab wouldnt start again and i know its not that flat.I decided to change the battery and are
charging now will leave it on charge for ages till full before turning it on.
Do i have to now delete the battery stats?
thanks..

My P6800 is also dead. Won't charge, whatever plug I try
Just ordered a replacement battery + tools for opening the device. Hopefully that will fix things.

I had very similar problems to MRBR7. I was about to order a new battery, but they were over $60 on ebay at the time. I ended up just buying a new tablet - a Nexus 7 2013 - rather than putting money into the old one.
However, I decided to experiment with the GT 7.7, so I took it apart, popped out the battery and hooked it up to a specialized charger than I have to remote control cars/planes/copters. The charger "conditions" LiPo batteries - discharging them and then balanced charging them back up. That worked. After the special charger did its thing I put the battery back in the GT 7.7 and it was happy.
Since then, though, I've had several mysterious and spontaneous reboots. I'm thinking of putting the stock ROM back on it to see if that will stabilize it.
Another weird issue is that the tablet doesn't seem to track how much battery power is left very well. It can drop 10-20% in a few minutes. I know it's not really dropping, but it is certainly weird. Now that the batteries are cheaper on ebay I may order one and replace it.
Edit: Update:
I did put the stock ICS back on my 7.7. It has been behaving nicely since then. No crashes. No reboots. No funny battery behavior. So I think I'll just leave it like that. Putting Nova Launcher on it meets most of my needs for customization, so I'm happy with it.

My tab is dead again. Don't know what happened. I'll try disconnecting the battery from the tab and connect it again, and then try to charge it. It won't charge now what ever charger I try.
If it doesn't work, I might go for the nexus 9
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vikdal said:
My tab is dead again. Don't know what happened. I'll try disconnecting the battery from the tab and connect it again, and then try to charge it. It won't charge now what ever charger I try.
If it doesn't work, I might go for the nexus 9
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I have a new battery that I am about to put on eBay, but it probably depends on where you are located as to whether it is worth your while. I am in the UK.

rebski said:
I have a new battery that I am about to put on eBay, but it probably depends on where you are located as to whether it is worth your while. I am in the UK.
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I live in Norway, so that's doable. The one I ordered on eBay took around 5 weeks to arrive...
That being said, I don't know if I will invest more in this tablet if it just keeps on destroying batteries. If I get it back up and running again I might try the stock ROM to check for battery drain.
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My tab is back from the dead (again). All it needed was a little bit of power-love from the original ac adapter. Still using the replacement battery.
I've flashed it with cm11 and it runs great.
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Dear all,
My 7.7 battery was dead, too. Ordered the battery replacement online but not able to open the case to replace the battery.
Tried to use the use the prying tool, pry the silver binding from around tablet from glass edge but still cannot open it even the plastic prying tool was broken.:crying:
Is there any tips or guide that can share,please?
Thanks so much