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[Q] power issues

Good morning,
When I power off my HTC Aria and plugged it in for charging, it comes back on in the boot mode Why? and the phone has been rooted but not flashed with a new rom yet
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Maybe a bad root or so?

The aria can't be charged when turned off. The phone automatically turns on and goes to recovery for charging to work. I would suggest not turning your phone off before charging.

Phone crashed and won't turn back on

I have a stock phone HTC One (M8) that has never been rooted. Today I pulled my phone out of my pocket and it wouldn't turn on. I've tried:
pressing the power button along with the volume up
Pressing power and volume down
Pressing power and volume up and down
I took it to the Verizon store and they said they would have to ship a refurb out to me. I wanted to check this forum to see if anyone has ideas before I get a refurb.
Thanks in advance!

Simular situation - will not power up or hold charge
Im S-off and unlocked .... I downloaded the new RUU 4.4.4 and everything was fine. the next day the battery drained completely and I plugged the charging cord in. I got the battery icon in the center of the screen and 0% life. The orange light is blinking, but the battery level doesn't change. I cannot get it to power up or get into the bootloader. Once I unplug the power cable the unit doesn't power on. if the keep the unit plugged In for a power source I'm still unable to boot. I'm totally out off ideas ... can I get someone to respond to help me out in this desperate time.

devilman30 said:
Im S-off and unlocked .... I downloaded the new RUU 4.4.4 and everything was fine. the next day the battery drained completely and I plugged the charging cord in. I got the battery icon in the center of the screen and 0% life. The orange light is blinking, but the battery level doesn't change. I cannot get it to power up or get into the bootloader. Once I unplug the power cable the unit doesn't power on. if the keep the unit plugged In for a power source I'm still unable to boot. I'm totally out off ideas ... can I get someone to respond to help me out in this desperate time.
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Can you try a different charger and cable? The blinking orange light is what they do when they are completely dead. Starts out blinking and wont go solid until enough charge is present to actually boot the phone.

I just upgraded to 4.4.4 as well maybe 3-4 days ago. I had been able to charge the phone a couple of times without issue right up until it wouldn't turn on yesterday.
I left the phone off the charger overnight and tried rebooting again this morning, and nothing.

ttown said:
I just upgraded to 4.4.4 as well maybe 3-4 days ago. I had been able to charge the phone a couple of times without issue right up until it wouldn't turn on yesterday.
I left the phone off the charger overnight and tried rebooting again this morning, and nothing.
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Same here .. Been on the charging cord for a few days without any change in battery %.
Dodat ... Is there anyway to revive the M8 to accept the charge?

ttown said:
I have a stock phone HTC One (M8) that has never been rooted. Today I pulled my phone out of my pocket and it wouldn't turn on. I've tried:
pressing the power button along with the volume up
Pressing power and volume down
Pressing power and volume up and down
I took it to the Verizon store and they said they would have to ship a refurb out to me. I wanted to check this forum to see if anyone has ideas before I get a refurb.
Thanks in advance!
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Try this:
Battery is fully charged, but the device does not turn on
Plug device into the provided HTC wall charger that came with the device.
Press and hold the Power, Volume up and Volume down keys for 1 - 2 full minutes. The battery should re-calibrate and the device will then turn on.
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Battery shows less than 0% charge level
Plug device into the provided HTC wall charger that came with the device.
Charge the device until the LED indicator glows solid red.
Attempt to power the device on as usual. If it will not power on, press and hold the Power and Volume up keys for 10 seconds while still on the charger.

I tried this just now, nothing.
When I hook up the charger, I don't get any lights to indicate that the phone is charging.
It's like the phone is bricked, but I haven't messed with any ROMs at all. I'm completely stock and locked.

ttown said:
I tried this just now, nothing.
When I hook up the charger, I don't get any lights to indicate that the phone is charging.
It's like the phone is bricked, but I haven't messed with any ROMs at all. I'm completely stock and locked.
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I am unlocked but am having the same problem. I've had the phone since almost launch day and it's been fine until now.....all of a sudden it won't charge. I've tried many different cables and chargers that I know work, but nothing gives.
Were you able to figure anything out? Really don't want to have to get a refurb as I don't think I'll be able to get it rooted/unlocked anymore.
edit: After letting it "charge" for about an hour I was able to turn the phone back on. It said the battery was at 30% but was draining like 2% every 15-20 seconds. Looking at the settings it said the battery state was unkown (where it usually says not charging or charging). Something is definitely doing on here, but I have no idea what. I tried rebooting to recovery from the ROM but it just shut off. Now it's doing the same thing again (0%, won't turn on). Ugh!

OnePlus One Charging and USB Issue

Hey guys, so I have a small problem. I used a Mi Bank (5200mAh) power bank to charge my OPO yesterday. It worked the day before. When I plugged it in yesterday, it charged for like 5 seconds and then wouldn't charge. So I tried a variety of other cables and chargers but none of them worked.
I turned the phone off and plugged it to charge, the charging battery icon would appear, disappear and then the phone would reboot to the charging screen and the cycle continued.
I then let the battery die and did a few power cycles and plugged the phone to charge while it was off. It started to charge and then fully charged. I used the phone till today and wanted to plug it in again. I charged it for around 20 minutes and it worked.
Now, I'm facing the same issue as yesterday.
Phone won't charge
Does not get detected in MTP or ADB mode, but DOES get detected in Fastboot mode.
Ampere shows the voltage as 3.7v, I recall the voltage being around 3.9-4.1v)
OTG also works. I connected a flash drive and it detected the source and I even watched a movie.
When I boot into recovery (TWRP 3.0.2.0) with the battery dead, and connected to the charger, the phone stays ON. I did a full Nandroid backup and a wipe and flashed another ROM as well and the phone stayed on, but as soon as the phone rebooted into the ROM and got to the boot animation, the phone shut down saying "battery low"
Not sure if it was a placebo effect or not, so I wrapped the phone in a dry towel and left it under my pillow for like 30 minutes and then plugged it to charge. It began to charge and after a full charge, I could use the phone without an issue so I proceeded to backup my data to the PC just in case I needed to perform a full wipe. About halfway through the copy process, the indicator light went off and the copy process got cancelled and the phone wouldn't show up in the PC again.
My question is, What is the culprit here?
Do I have to replace the entire motherboard?
Is it just a battery issue?
Is it a USB connector issue?
Any help with regard to this would be much appreciated

[Q] Reviving the (possibly) dead battery

Hey guys,
I've got a Google Pixel phone today and it's having a major problem. Battery won't charge, at all. Here's what I did:
1. Checked and cleaned the USB-C port
2. Checked with 2 chargers (A normal USB 2.0 type charger and a LG G6 fast charger)
3. Tested it with 2 USB-C cables. One is from the LG G6, the other one is the original that came with the phone.
4. Tried charging it using the laptop USB ports (3.0)
5. Ran a battery tester which said the battery was alright (an apk)
Android version running: 8.1.0 with Feb. security patch
The seller also said that the microphone and possibly the loudspeaker don't work. I would love to charge the phone and try the Android P BETA program on it, see if it solves anything.
I've ordered a new battery from Sweden (possibly not original, but I've read that it's alright)
Any tips?
Thanks!
Edit: The phone indicates that the battery is charging (both when it's shutdown and plugged in). The battery is at 1% now and the phone shuts down immediately - won't power-up at all.

I have a similar issue with a Pixel I bought refurbished (might just return it) - but the battery won't charge past 75%; got up to 84% one time, though. Even plugged in, once the battery gets to its 'max', the percentage will actually go down a little, to around 70% (if it stays plugged in at >70% then it usually goes down, with screen off). I also noticed mine doesn't seem to charge at all when powered off (probably a big warning sign) and also sometimes won't charge until booted up and unlocked (sucks to pick up your phone that's been plugged in a couple hours to see 4% battery with the charging indicator on the status bar says the phone is charging....).
It WILL charge if it gets booted into (TWRP) recovery - so, if your phone stays on while connected to laptop, try booting into bootloader and fastboot boot twrp-latest.img (easy to find thread for that, or just go TWRP.me website and find it there).
If that doesn't work (locked bootloader, etc.), try charging it while in the stock recovery, but I don't think it'll give you an indicator. If all those fail to give it a charge try charging inside bootloader, plug and unplug a few times, make sure USB connectors are clean. Good luck with the replacement battery, screen/digitizer can easily get messed up during dissasembly...
Edit: noticed you said won't power on at all, if you can't even get to bootloader (vol down+power with phone off) then battery or USB assembly is probably no good. Does LED flash red on the top of phone?

dacdoug said:
I have a similar issue with a Pixel I bought refurbished (might just return it) - but the battery won't charge past 75%; got up to 84% one time, though. Even plugged in, once the battery gets to its 'max', the percentage will actually go down a little, to around 70% (if it stays plugged in at >70% then it usually goes down, with screen off). I also noticed mine doesn't seem to charge at all when powered off (probably a big warning sign) and also sometimes won't charge until booted up and unlocked (sucks to pick up your phone that's been plugged in a couple hours to see 4% battery with the charging indicator on the status bar says the phone is charging....).
It WILL charge if it gets booted into (TWRP) recovery - so, if your phone stays on while connected to laptop, try booting into bootloader and fastboot boot twrp-latest.img (easy to find thread for that, or just go TWRP.me website and find it there).
If that doesn't work (locked bootloader, etc.), try charging it while in the stock recovery, but I don't think it'll give you an indicator. If all those fail to give it a charge try charging inside bootloader, plug and unplug a few times, make sure USB connectors are clean. Good luck with the replacement battery, screen/digitizer can easily get messed up during dissasembly...
Edit: noticed you said won't power on at all, if you can't even get to bootloader (vol down+power with phone off) then battery or USB assembly is probably no good. Does LED flash red on the top of phone?
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Hey, thanks for the tips.
I unfortunately tried all of that before it wouldn't boot up anymore, so no luck there. Also, no indicator at the top, battery is probably alright, might be a software issue or something, but can't tell since I can't update it to Android P or atleast downgrade it. I guess I'll have to wait for the battery to arrive and then try it like that. Hopefully that works.

Phone only charges in recovery mode

I have a moto g6 I used a while ago. I upgraded my phone when it stopped charging. I thought it was the USB-C port, and moved on to a new phone.
I just took the old phone out again and booted into recovery mode this morning. I plugged it in and it charged (in recovery mode). It trickle (slow) charged for most of the day. I then booted the phone up about 2 hours ago and it was mostly charged.
I tried plugging the charger back in, and again..... no charging.
I booted back into recovery mode and alas. Charges. Albeit slowly.
It only charges when it's booted in recovery mode. Any thoughts?

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Does it charge when powered off?

Nope. When it's powered off, it will start powering up as soon as I plug it in. If the battery is full, it just boots up the phone when I plug it in. If the battery is dead, it will show the boot logo, battery 0%, and restart. On loop.
It only charges/detects there is a charger plugged in when booted into recovery mode.
blackhawk said:
Does it charge when powered off?
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zaep0b said:
Nope. When it's powered off, it will start powering up as soon as I plug it in. If the battery is full, it just boots up the phone when I plug it in. If the battery is dead, it will show the boot logo, battery 0%, and restart. On loop.
It only charges/detects there is a charger plugged in when booted into recovery mode.
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You mean when it's been completely powered off ie shutdown it boots up by itself up when you plug in the charger?
Completely power off the phone and try the charger.

Sorry, just tested again and I'm wrong, slightly.
When I plug it in while turned off, it will show the lightning icon, then a battery percentage, then restart. It never boots up by itself when plugging it in.
blackhawk said:
You mean when it's been completely powered off ie shutdown it boots up by itself up when you plug in the charger?
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zaep0b said:
Sorry, just tested again and I'm wrong, slightly.
When I plug it in while turned off, it will show the lightning icon, then a battery percentage, then restart. It never boots up by itself when plugging it in.
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Are you commanding it to restart ie hitting the power button?
If not it's either a firmware failure or more likely a hardware failure.

Self-restarts. Without any action on my part. It just shows the current battery % and then boot loops.
I had the USB port tested at one of those 'fix your phone' places (when the problem first occurred) and they said the USB port is fine and it's something else causing the problem.
I just find it super strange that in recovery mode, it will actually charge. I had given up on this device and I'm using a new phone now, but the fact that it charges in recovery makes me want to get this thing back up as a spare.
I spent a LOT of time on google for this and I have not found any useful information or ideas.
blackhawk said:
Are you commanding it to restart ie hitting the power button?
If not it's either a firmware failure or more likely a hardware failure.
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Try a factory reset if stock.
Reflash firmware to known stable version.
Hopefully that will fix it but don't count on it.
If that doesn't get it than it's a mobo failure or less likely an issue with a connector.
Depending how it's laid out it could be a failure in a subassembly rather than mobo.
Sorry...

Epic necro, but wanted to reply to say I have the exact same issue with a Oneplus 5T right now. But I think I can add one note: I installed AccuBattery and that shows that the phone *does* charge when connected under Android (even though the charging icon doesn't show), but very slowly; it's charging at 500mA, which I believe is the base USB spec max for power transfer.
In typical use it's entirely possible you consume more power than that, so the battery percentage would still drop and the phone wouldn't appear to be charging. I suspect it's actually doing the same in recovery mode, but recovery mode uses much less power - so 500mA is actually enough to trickle-charge it - and does show the + sign to indicate charging.
I haven't found any fix yet either I do suspect blackhawk is right and it must be a hardware issue. I'm gonna take it to some repair places and see if I can avoid a big replacement bill.

Is the battery good? Or is SOT short?
Could be a failed battery.
Any swelling is a failure.
Erratic fast charging is a symptom of a battery failure.
Li's can fail at any time in their life cycle.
Typically in a heavily used device they last 1-2 years. When they reach 80% of their original capacity they have reach the end of their service life, are degraded and should be replaced. A degraded Li is more likely to fail.
An easy fix if so.

Nope, already replaced the battery not long ago. It was indeed the port: took it in for repair and the guy said the trace connecting the port to the motherboard was basically gone, probably wear/damage over time (this phone is five years old and has been dropped a few times). He fixed that and it's back to charging like a champ and connecting to PCs fine again. So, if OP is still trying to fix their G6, might want to try a different repair shop...

Actually its a software bug. Factory reset ur device from recovery mode may problem will be solve.