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Battery wont charge past X% [FIX] for LiPO battery non-removeable

I recently bought a chinese tablet (Sumvision Cyclone Voyager). I found that it wont charge past 92%. After much research i discovered that the problem can be fixed by one of the following:
-removing the battery
-wiping battery in CWM
-Full discharge until off, remove battery, hold power 30 seconds, replace battery charge to 100%
But most of these things require removing the battery or using CWM. What if the battery is non-removable? Or you cant get CWM for you model?
FIX for LiPo non removable (very simple)
I found the fix is:
1. Full discharge until it turns off
2. Full recharge while off until it stops charging ( will prob get stuck at the last bit (92% in my case but when off it dosnt give percentage just keeps showing animation for last 1/3 of battery to be charged)
3. Remove charger and power on the device. Use it until it drops below 80%
4. Recharge again while its on until it gets stuck at X% (92% in my case)
5. This is the important part: while its stuck charging remove the mains plug from the socket on the mains while leaving the connector plugged into the device (dont turn switch off at wall actually unplug the ac adaptor from the mains socket)
6. wait 30 seconds and plug it back in to the mains socket.
-Leave and see if it charges. It may not work the first time. For me it worked on the 3rd attempt.

[Q] Photon Q got hot now won't power on

Hi everyone,
My first post as I haven't been able to find an answer. My Photon Q was probably about 30% charge when I last checked with it on. An hour or 2 later it was a little warm and was off. So I went to charge it using the car charger with 500mah charge rate. I came back about an hour later and the phone was really hot and no charging screen so I unplugged it. The green led light is lit when the phone is plugged in.
I tried holding the power button and volume down button, but it won't boot. If I have the usb charging cable plugged in from a PC or charger adapter when pressing those buttons, the green light will flicker off for a fraction of a second.
I then proceeded to dismantling the phone as I suspect a battery issue and the one in this phone is stupidly non-removable. After taking the back cover off, I tested the battery posts and received 0 volts. I still don't know if the battery caused the drain or if there's a short in the phone. I then took off the inside cover that holds the battery in. A few T5 screws later and the battery was removed. I connected the battery to some AA batteries in series to see if I could get a charge. A few hours later I got it up to 3 volts which held for several hours. So I connected it to a few more AA batteries in series to try and raise the voltage. I got it up to 3.67 volts and the battery is listed at 3.7 volts.
A day later and the voltage is still at 3.67 volts so I put the battery in the phone. I went to try and power it on, but nothing. I then connected it to a usb cord and received the slow flashing red led light a couple times before switching to green. The battery started getting warm again connected to the usb charger. After 20 minutes it was approaching hot so I unplugged the USB. The battery read 3.54 volts. 30 minutes later, 0 volts again.
Does anyone know what the actual voltage range is for this phone, as my old Samsung M320 is also 3.7 volts, but when testing the battery I get 4.10 volts? I heard it's pretty specific on minimum voltage. Any ideas for a temporary battery or way to boot the phone before spending $50 on a replacement battery and then find out there's a short in the phone. Is there another key combination to boot the phone, I'm trying to boot it to at least get my pictures and other data off it.
Thanks a lot in advance
Matt

Not the battery, seems to be an electrical short but where
I bought a new battery for the phone which had a 0 volt charge when I received it. I tried putting it in the phone as is to use the phone charger to charge it, but got nothing. So I charged it using 2, then 3 and then 4 AA batteries in series to get it up to 3.7 volts. I then put the battery in the phone and noticed the 2 large chips and the chip centered above them located by the camera get a little hot. I tried with the charger connected and not connected, but same thing. Power button doesn't turn the phone on. Just the green led lit when the USB power cable is attached. So now it seems there must be a short in the phone. Anyone know where I can look to check for a short, blown resistor or something in this phone? Or at least where the rom chip is located so maybe I can turn it into a usb drive to get my data at the least.

Anyone? I still haven't been able to find a solution. I don't see pins touching, but if some pins are touching in the usb port, would that cause the heat issues when I put a battery in that I charged externally? I do get the green led light when I plug the phone in to charge so figure that means the usb is ok?

Regal's Photon Q said:
Anyone? I still haven't been able to find a solution. I don't see pins touching, but if some pins are touching in the usb port, would that cause the heat issues when I put a battery in that I charged externally? I do get the green led light when I plug the phone in to charge so figure that means the usb is ok?
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did you try a other charger ? do you have oryginal photon charger ? for me its not a reason of battery
regards
(in situation like that charging with normal usb cable when you plug phone to pc dont charging battery, you need motorola usb service cable to make it work)

niko99 said:
did you try a other charger ? do you have oryginal photon charger ? for me its not a reason of battery
regards
(in situation like that charging with normal usb cable when you plug phone to pc dont charging battery, you need motorola usb service cable to make it work)
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Yep used the motorola cable that came with the phone (plugged in the wall and just the cable in multiple computers, another motorola house charger (the same as the one that came with the phone), a motorola car charger, and a samsung house charger.
When you say motorola usb service cable, I assume you're not talking about the motorola cable that comes with the phone? What usb service cable are you referring to?

Regal's Photon Q said:
Yep used the motorola cable that came with the phone (plugged in the wall and just the cable in multiple computers, another motorola house charger (the same as the one that came with the phone), a motorola car charger, and a samsung house charger.
When you say motorola usb service cable, I assume you're not talking about the motorola cable that comes with the phone? What usb service cable are you referring to?
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factory / sevice cable ( i make my own from below tutorial)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077414
if you buy / make this cable , you will be have posibility to use RDS lite and flesh firmware this also make help (if you have low battery flesh with normal usb cable is not possible )
and second thing... maybe try some car charger ?

No Power On From Charger w/o Battery

Well I was laying on my bed tinkering with the phone waiting for the battery to finish charging so I could swap it out and get a full charge on my other battery and with the charger connected I pulled the battery to swap it out and the phone shut off. I was expecting the phone to stay on after pulling the battery since the charger/adapter was connected. It charges just fine from both the wall charger and plugged in to the PC but it won't stay on or power on with charger plugged in and the battery out. Other phones I've had (ZTE Midnight, LG-P999...)will stay on if I pull the battery while connected to PC or wall charger. So is this abnormal or is this something that is normal for the S3 or is it possibly ROM related? I'm running Alliance rom 23 with KT kernel and Philz touch recovery.

DuhCiphered said:
Well I was laying on my bed tinkering with the phone waiting for the battery to finish charging so I could swap it out and get a full charge on my other battery and with the charger connected I pulled the battery to swap it out and the phone shut off. I was expecting the phone to stay on after pulling the battery since the charger/adapter was connected. It charges just fine from both the wall charger and plugged in to the PC but it won't stay on or power on with charger plugged in and the battery out. Other phones I've had (ZTE Midnight, LG-P999...)will stay on if I pull the battery while connected to PC or wall charger. So is this abnormal or is this something that is normal for the S3 or is it possibly ROM related? I'm running Alliance rom 23 with KT kernel and Philz touch recovery.
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This is normal, using wall charger without the battery won't work.

Charging / USB Problemon 6039Y

Hello from Germany,
Last night when i came Home my battery has only 2%, so i put in on the Charger and nothing happend.
I tried the charger from my tablet, nothing ! The alcatel charger works on the tablet.
With 0% Battery the Alcatel shuts down , with pluggen in charger.... In this state, phone fully off, the Charging light come on an de Display shows the charging animation.
I switch on the Alcatel, but it still loops back in Charging mode when charger ist plugged in.
So i unpluggt it, started again, wait for the Alcatel Splashscreen , plug in the charger an the charging light comes again....
When CM13 starts to boot the charging light goes off and the phone dosent recognize any charger.
I have tried anything but there iss no charging when the Phone is on.
Only when it´s off it will charge...
In TWRP it charges well !
When it´s on android, it seems that the phone is charging ,too but very slowly and without any charging info.....
USB Connection to PC iss also dead.
What iss wrong with my 6039y ?

zuerst i'd reset the phone with mobile q and check this problem with stock rom

Have you tried with a different Micro-USB charger?

neutrinobox said:
Hello from Germany,
Last night when i came Home my battery has only 2%, so i put in on the Charger and nothing happend.
I tried the charger from my tablet, nothing ! The alcatel charger works on the tablet.
With 0% Battery the Alcatel shuts down , with pluggen in charger.... In this state, phone fully off, the Charging light come on an de Display shows the charging animation.
I switch on the Alcatel, but it still loops back in Charging mode when charger ist plugged in.
So i unpluggt it, started again, wait for the Alcatel Splashscreen , plug in the charger an the charging light comes again....
When CM13 starts to boot the charging light goes off and the phone dosent recognize any charger.
I have tried anything but there iss no charging when the Phone is on.
Only when it´s off it will charge...
In TWRP it charges well !
When it´s on android, it seems that the phone is charging ,too but very slowly and without any charging info.....
USB Connection to PC iss also dead.
What iss wrong with my 6039y ?
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Can be rom prblem...
First clean cache and dalvik than try again
If doesn't fix try factory reset.
If doesn't work to flash full rom

Xperia Z3 D6603 turning off after i connect charger, don't charge battery

So from the beginning of story, my wife discharge phone to 0% and it turned off, after it turned off it wont charge any more, so i think she killed the battery. Bought new battery, replace and it's ALIVE, but when i connect fast charger xperia turning off ( puff black screen, on normal charger is showing it's charging and after 10 seconds puff same result ) and red light is on at the top ( new battery is 50% charged ).
So i connect old battery to Xperia Z1 and charge, old battery is working, connect to Z3 and it working without charger connect, when i connect charger phone turning off, and place where is connected battery to phone board getting really HOT when charger is connected.
I don't see any water on phone-board, and white marks near the place of connection with battery.
Have someone same problem, and have a solution?

graczu said:
So from the beginning of story, my wife discharge phone to 0% and it turned off, after it turned off it wont charge any more, so i think she killed the battery. Bought new battery, replace and it's ALIVE, but when i connect fast charger xperia turning off ( puff black screen, on normal charger is showing it's charging and after 10 seconds puff same result ) and red light is on at the top ( new battery is 50% charged ).
So i connect old battery to Xperia Z1 and charge, old battery is working, connect to Z3 and it working without charger connect, when i connect charger phone turning off, and place where is connected battery to phone board getting really HOT when charger is connected.
I don't see any water on phone-board, and white marks near the place of connection with battery.
Have someone same problem, and have a solution?
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Your charging module might be damaged. Try charging using the magnetic charger, it should work.

I have the exact same problem in my Xperia Z3 D 6633 . this is how the problem started. original battery started swelling but charging while it was alright and had charged but I saw the risk in keeping a battery that is swelling all the time so got a new battery and that second battery lasted for about 2 months after which one fine day it used to discharge in just under 20 seconds from hundred percent 20 and after that gradually it will not take any charge but at least I could make it pretend charging when I connected to AC and the phone was on as long as there was external power either from the AC or Power Bank. next this second battery was changed to a third battery . with the third battery in place all I could he is a red light there is no charging at all and no charging icon and phone is totally dead with a red light.
some other place I read that there should be a voltage difference of at least 4.2 v for a battery to work in that phone and III battery initially did work but when it was discharged it will simply not charge again.
when you say the charging module is not working what exactly does it look like and can it be changed easily please help me out thank you