Hey guys
I'm a little worried. This evening, my phone went dead on battery. I obviously charged it; but I noticed something weird. The battery icon flashed quickly and then turned black. I couldn't turn on the phone, or getting the battery icon to appear. There were no red light or whatsoever. I waited 15-20min., and suddenly the battery icon appeared. I thought I'd then charge from 1% - but when it was turned on, it was on 10%. How come I couldn't get anything when it WAS charging anyway??
Thanks guys.
Apologies if this has been covered before.
Is it back on now?
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Ben36 said:
Is it back on now?
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It is. I'm still a little worried though
What's the question
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I cannot power up my Nexus 5. When I can and I power it on, it will shutdown itself within 30min.
Thunderglaive said:
I cannot power up my Nexus 5. When I can and I power it on, it will shutdown itself within 30min.
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Is the charger working fine?
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I got on a plane heading from New Orleans to San Francisco via Las Vegas. I turned my phone off just before boarding and didn't turn it on again until I landed in San Francisco. My battery was nearly fully charged as It had only been off the charger for about an hour and I wasn't using it. When I turned it on in San Francisco 7 hours later, it was nearly dead, with only 20% charge. I definitely saw the power off animation. It was definitely off when I took it out of my pocket, but the battery use told me the screen had used up most of the charge. What the hell happened? Has this happened to anyone else?
As a precaution, on the return flight I pulled the battery after powering down. I did not have any battery drain on the flight home after the battery pull.
Maybe the shutdown animation took a very long time and kept the screen on.
I have never heard of this, so I have no idea.
I've had this happen to me a few times. I power off my (fully charged) Charge at night before going up to bed and when I come back down in the morning and power up (and it goes through the power up cycle) I find I have limited battery left. I haven't tried to track down what is happening since I simply replace the battery with a fully charged one and continue on with my day.
I found that I had some file on my SD Card was draining my battery.
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dSlice said:
I found that I had some file on my SD Card was draining my battery.
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I don't suppose you remember which file that would have been.
So when the Charge is powered off it really isn't powered off?
jusliloleme said:
I don't suppose you remember which file that would have been.
So when the Charge is powered off it really isn't powered off?
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It is truly off when powered down.
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I think it's just a glitch of the battery meter. Either it was lying to you when it was full or lying when it was 20%. If it doesn't happen on a regular basis then the battery should be fine, right?
I think we've all had it happen (at least to me a few times) where I switch out batteries that I know have been charged and the phone says that it's dead. The solution I found was to take the battery out and try to power it on, then put it back in or put in the fresh one. I don't know why, but it seems to get rid of some sort of bad juju.
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kvswim said:
I think it's just a glitch of the battery meter. Either it was lying to you when it was full or lying when it was 20%. If it doesn't happen on a regular basis then the battery should be fine, right?
I think we've all had it happen (at least to me a few times) where I switch out batteries that I know have been charged and the phone says that it's dead. The solution I found was to take the battery out and try to power it on, then put it back in or put in the fresh one. I don't know why, but it seems to get rid of some sort of bad juju.
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Actually when my phone glitches out and reboots sometimes it shows the battery level more than 50% below what it used to be when it died. A glitch in the kernel that reports the battery level could be the culprit.
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I don't suppose you remember which file that would have been.
So when the Charge is powered off it really isn't powered off?
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No, I just went purging of files, I don't use.
My phone was at 10-13% was on the phone and twice it just shut down and a minute later turns on. The same person called back and again after a minute or so of talking phone did same thing. I wasn't at 8% battery after all this. Any idea?
Thanks
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Hi all
I will be getting my nexus 5 tomorrow and was just curious if there are ant does and donts with regards to charging the battery. The reason i ask is i currently have a HTC sensation and after 18 months the battery had to be replaced as it was simply not holding its charge. My routine was to charge it overnight every night and use it during the day.
Does charging it through the night cause damage? im just a little bit more concerned as i will not be able to replace the battery with it being sealed.
Thanks for any tips
Chris
Hi,
Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511647...
I used to do the same thing with my HTC Incredible... I learned that it can damage the battery over time by not allowing it to hold a charge. Now, when I get home (depending on remaining %) I charge my phone, and unplug it during the night.
If for some reason the battery dramatically drains overnight, I'll charge it when I'm getting ready to leave in the AM.
That is just my method, but I have had great results with it for my usage.
Plug it in...
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Liskrig said:
I used to do the same thing with my HTC Incredible... I learned that it can damage the battery over time by not allowing it to hold a charge. Now, when I get home (depending on remaining %) I charge my phone, and unplug it during the night.
If for some reason the battery dramatically drains overnight, I'll charge it when I'm getting ready to leave in the AM.
That is just my method, but I have had great results with it for my usage.
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Thanks i read the link ...and i also think i probably wont charge mine overnight, im convinced that had a hand to play in my battery going
I have had this phone since it was announced. I plug it in every night when I go to bed and leave it plugged in till I wake up. My battery is fine. I have done the same with my note 2 also. Never had any problems
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Kreateablaze said:
I have had this phone since it was announced. I plug it in every night when I go to bed and leave it plugged in till I wake up. My battery is fine. I have done the same with my note 2 also. Never had any problems
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Same here
It's not hard to pop the back cover off and replace the battery when it goes bad. I just dont worry about it and charge whenever and take it off the charger whenever.
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I leave my Nexus 5 plugged into the wall when I sleep and for some reason... lately when I wake up the battery is still not charged. The charge symbol is there... but its not full. Not sure what is going on.
Battery usage meter says its an app called LINE but I turned did a app info -> force off on it already...
I mean it does charge some times... but for some reason it doesn't over night lol.
Anyone having a similar issue? I hope 4.4.3 rolls out soon...
try rebooting the phone, or turn it off while charging.
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Charge it in the day instead?
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My wife's N5 (stock 6.0.1) is suffering from random shutdowns. Manual restarts from power button get only as far as the coloured balls before it shuts down again.
It will reboot successfully only if it's plugged into the charger or a power bank.
Any help would be appreciated...
Edit: Forgot to mention that this happens even with a fully charged battery. Can't reboot unless it's plugged in.
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heccubusxda said:
My wife's N5 (stock 6.0.1) is suffering from random shutdowns. Manual restarts from power button get only as far as the coloured balls before it shuts down again.
It will reboot successfully only if it's plugged into the charger or a power bank.
Any help would be appreciated...
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Maybe it is due a weak and dying battery? Replacing the battery could be the solution for your problem, sounds like your phone isn't getting enough power.
Mr.FREE_Bird said:
Maybe it is due a weak and dying battery? Replacing the battery could be the solution for your problem, sounds like your phone isn't getting enough power.
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I've updated the OP. The battery seems to be fine because the phone will shut down randomly even with a full charge. Oddly it won't reboot though unless it's plugged in even with the battery showing a full charge.
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