I really don't know what's causing this but I've had a weird battery issue. For some reason it won't charge. I charged it and the battery only kept going down. I rebooted and the same thing happened. I flashed the rom again but this time it shows the charging status for a second and just stops the next :/ Is this a hardware issue? I was on DJL's Cm10 rom when it happened and I haven't tinkered with it or anything.
CaffeineGiant said:
I really don't know what's causing this but I've had a weird battery issue. For some reason it won't charge. I charged it and the battery only kept going down. I rebooted and the same thing happened. I flashed the rom again but this time it shows the charging status for a second and just stops the next :/ Is this a hardware issue? I was on DJL's Cm10 rom when it happened and I haven't tinkered with it or anything.
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Check inside the usb port on the phone for lint or debris. Try a different cable? Try plugging it into the wall instead of your computer?
bhundven said:
Check inside the usb port on the phone for lint or debris. Try a different cable? Try plugging it into the wall instead of your computer?
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Yeah, i've done all those things yet the battery won't charge :/
CaffeineGiant said:
Yeah, i've done all those things yet the battery won't charge :/
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Maybe your battery is dead?
Check to see if you have a hump on your battery I mean it won't be flat anymore if so like bhundven said it's dead need new battery
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HolyGhostBoy1 said:
Check to see if you have a hump on your battery I mean it won't be flat anymore if so like bhundven said it's dead need new battery
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@HolyGhostBoy1 Yea, it doesn't even have to look funny to be dead though.
@CaffineGiant Batteries are cheap (compared to getting a new phone). Go get one, give it a shot. If it works, great, problem solved. If not, lets come back to this thread and get some more info about your phone.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Hello I have a nexus S i used for a few days... than i ditched it for another phone and i left it in a drawer... this about a month ago... now it won't turn.
I tried to charge the phone but it's just flat line... no light, no signal of power... nothing.
The phone worked just fine up until i put it in the drawer... so i don't understand....
Any idea?
Tony_More said:
Hello I have a nexus S i used for a few days... than i ditched it for another phone and i left it in a drawer... this about a month ago... now it won't turn.
I tried to charge the phone but it's just flat line... no light, no signal of power... nothing.
The phone worked just fine up until i put it in the drawer... so i don't understand....
Any idea?
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sounds like the battery lost completely all of its charge. usually when that happens, the battery is done for. try another nexus s battery.
is there any way to recover the battery at all?
Tony_More said:
is there any way to recover the battery at all?
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it happened to me once, on my nexus one. i couldnt get it to charge after hours of trying. so i called htc to get a replacement battery. while i was on the phone with htc, it out of the blue, started charging. so i kept my original battery and got a free replacement from htc
Thanks so much for your help... i will try to leave it charging for a while...
Tony_More said:
Thanks so much for your help... i will try to leave it charging for a while...
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try pulling the battery out while still plugged in, then put it back in. try wall charger and try usb. even try putting the battery in the freezer for an hour or so(i doubt itll help though).
At the end I had to play McGiver but it worked just great...
I jump started the battery as shown in this video
www youtube com/watch?v=cvC67ZR6zfU
If you are performing it on a new phone's battery this process is not for the faint of heart... but I had ordered already a new battery so I just took the gamble...
Anyhow for whoever may have the same problem this WORKS.
Tony_More said:
At the end I had to play McGiver but it worked just great...
I jump started the battery as shown in this video
www youtube com/watch?v=cvC67ZR6zfU
If you are performing it on a new phone's battery this process is not for the faint of heart... but I had ordered already a new battery so I just took the gamble...
Anyhow for whoever may have the same problem this WORKS.
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very cool!
I shut my phone off for a few at work, and plugged it into my charger. Outta nowhere, it goes into download mode... the only way to power it on is to do a battery pull and unplug the cord. When it powers on, all seems normal except that the battery doesn't seem to be gaining a charge. It has the little lightning bolt, but hasn't gained any percentage.
I'm running sky-ics with faux123's kernel and the UCLA3 modem.
Any thoughts?
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Sounds like the microusb connector is done. Just to make sure try using a different wall USB charger and/or another cable, that could be the problem. If not, its still under warranty, so take it in
Heh.. his phone is not under warranty unless he flashes it back to stock (even if it is a hardware problem, they will fight with him that his custom rom is the cause...)
I'd say just ODIN the phone back to stock and then return it. You shouldn't get any problems from AT&T.
Before any of that hassle, definitely try another cable/charger first like icenight89 suggested. Very good chance your problem lies there.
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Guys, it's just the USB he got has the resistor set up for ODIN, if he is using the stock one he got, then I don't know, but some of the USB's do act like USB JIG. I have one, that does the same thing.
alphadog32 said:
Guys, it's just the USB he got has the resistor set up for ODIN, if he is using the stock one he got, then I don't know, but some of the USB's do act like USB JIG. I have one, that does the same thing.
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Yeah... not 100% sure what that was all about! I tried a couple different cords with the same results. What's odd is that when I plugged it into my power skin case, everything seemed to be fine. I did fix permissions and do a couple reboots, but it seems to be back to normal now.
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In the last few weeks i've been having major battery problems with my phone.
The percentage seems to be jumping around so it will show 100% very quickly when charging then quickly drop after not much usage. It always seems to reboot around 20% then I struggle to get it back on and when I do it will show 4% etc.
I've tried resetting the battery stats and two different roms but no luck. Is this likely a hardware issue? If so, could I get it looked at under warranty even though i've unlocked it? It's very frustrating...I like this phone but can't put up with this for much longer and if I have to replace it I might as well just get a nexus 4...
try calibrate your battery.
discharge it, and recharge it while the phone is off for few hours.
Whenever I power off it boots into cwm so can't calibrate. Does twrp behave like this as well?
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skiba said:
Whenever I power off it boots into cwm so can't calibrate. Does twrp behave like this as well?
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I've yet to check but I asked in some other thread and the reply I got was while it was a known cwm issue the guy hadn't heard of twrp doing it.
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I've yet to check but I asked in some other thread and the reply I got was while it was a known cwm issue the guy hadn't heard of twrp doing it.
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Just switch to TWRP and indeed, it stays off ifyou plug the charger in. I'll try calbrating...
Even after calibration my issue still persists. The rom starts rebooting like crazy as the power drops down to 40% 'ish, the phone is becoming unusable. Is there anything else I can try to debug this? Different radio? ROM? replacement battery?
Have you opened the back of your phone? That really sounds like you have a connection issue with the battery but being that it's a little cable and not pins sort of seems unlikely but possible.
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Even after calibration my issue still persists. The rom starts rebooting like crazy as the power drops down to 40% 'ish, the phone is becoming unusable. Is there anything else I can try to debug this? Different radio? ROM? replacement battery?
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Well I've actually ordered a replacement battery off eBay so I'm going to try that.
What I've noticed is I can charge it to 100% with the phone off. If I turn it on and run it down to say 60% then put it back on charge with its powered on, it says its fully charged after about a minute. Clearly its not charged....
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Every time I he to 40% it starts rebooting...above that its fine...strange...
So my phone's battery fell out, and it powered off, then i reinserted the battery, and tried to power on. nothing. tried bootloader. nothing. tried 2 PC's. nothing. any help? No sounds, or vibrations when plugging in. *Whoever fixes for me, will get a donation when i get paid. 2-3 days.
ross231 said:
So my phone's battery fell out, and it powered off, then i reinserted the battery, and tried to power on. nothing. tried bootloader. nothing. tried 2 PC's. nothing. any help? No sounds, or vibrations when plugging in.
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Check to see if any of the terminals are damaged/dirty.. When plugged in does the charging animation come on?..
Setting.Out said:
Check to see if any of the terminals are damaged/dirty.. When plugged in does the charging animation come on?..
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No, Terminals?
ross231 said:
No, Terminals?
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The metal parts on your battery and also the corresponding metal parts on your phone where the battery goes. And also did the battery suffer any damage?
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The metal parts on your battery and also the corresponding metal parts on your phone where the battery goes. And also did the battery suffer any damage?
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No. the terminals look fine, i even took the battery out, plugged charger in and nothing :/ Beginning to think i short-circuited the phone :/ Not detected in ADB either :'(
ross231 said:
No. the terminals look fine, i even took the battery out, plugged charger in and nothing :/ Beginning to think i short-circuited the phone :/ Not detected in ADB either :'(
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Did you drop the phone as well? or just the battery?
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Did you drop the phone as well? or just the battery?
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Just battery.
ross231 said:
Just battery.
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well, say the battery got damaged when dropped... then you can buy a new one! they aren't that expensive either. i've bought some in the past for just around 15 bucks.
if its just the battery that fell out then the phone itself should be fine.
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well, say the battery got damaged when dropped... then you can buy a new one! they aren't that expensive either. i've bought some in the past for just around 15 bucks.
if its just the battery that fell out then the phone itself should be fine.
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I unplugged the battery, and put a charger in. Nothing happened.
ross231 said:
I unplugged the battery, and put a charger in. Nothing happened.
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my phone works just fine, and i just tried this on my phone as well and nothing happens either, so i dont think its a problem
i don't think your phone is supposed to react while being plugged in and without the battery -- although i may be wrong
frenchie007 said:
my phone works just fine, and i just tried this on my phone as well and nothing happens either, so i dont think its a problem
i don't think your phone is supposed to react while being plugged in and without the battery -- although i may be wrong
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No charging animation either.
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No charging animation either.
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well with my battery out - me neither.
but if your battery is screwed then its normal that your phone doesn't power up, etc...
so technically (if your phone is intact of course), buying a new battery could solve you problem
frenchie007 said:
my phone works just fine, and i just tried this on my phone as well and nothing happens either, so i dont think its a problem
i don't think your phone is supposed to react while being plugged in and without the battery -- although i may be wrong
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My phone needs the battery to work, both charger and computer are useless without the battery..
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No charging animation either.
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frenchie007 said:
well with my battery out - me neither.
but if your battery is screwed then its normal that your phone doesn't power up, etc...
so technically (if your phone is intact of course), buying a new battery could solve you problem
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If any of your friends have the same phone, borrow their battery for a test, or even a repair shop may let you test to see if it's the battery or phone.. Either way, pull the sim, press the power button for 10 sec. without the battery, re install the sim and battery ( making sure that the connections are clean and not damaged) let the phone charge for an hour and try to boot it again, or boot loader ect.. Also try to re insert battery while charger is plugged into the phone.. ( another thread said that this can help a phone power up )..
Rub the terminals with a clean pencil eraser then try again.
ross231 said:
No. the terminals look fine, i even took the battery out, plugged charger in and nothing :/ Beginning to think i short-circuited the phone :/ Not detected in ADB either :'(
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Try a new/different battery. Sounds like that's all u need pal.
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androidmechanic said:
Try a new/different battery. Sounds like that's all u need pal.
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Right, i'll buy one then. Can you link me to a OEM one please? in £
ross231 said:
Right, i'll buy one then. Can you link me to a OEM one please? in £
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www.ebay.com
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ross231 said:
Amazon please
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Really.. Lol.. ??
www.amazon.com
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Setting.Out said:
Really.. Lol.. ??
www.amazon.com
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Gee wizz bro...lmao
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androidmechanic said:
Gee wizz bro...lmao
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Just Google: Samsung galaxy note battery, woll-la!!
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