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My inspire keeps powering off at ranodm times and has gotten worse. If its plugged into a power source it will stay on, but the second its pulled off theres a huge chance that it will just randomly power off. I've wiped the battery stats, factory rest a bunch of times, tried multiple roms and radios and can't find a solution. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!
See if ATT will give you a new battery.
Tx Redneck said:
See if ATT will give you a new battery.
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I know it sounds like he's being an ass, but I think he's right. I have the exact same problem. Used CoreDroid, MIUI, & HoneySense 4 & 5 and they all randomly rebooted. I noticed that after I powered back on, the battery level would be significantly different. It got progressively worse as the battery level drops. Once I get to about 23%, it just turns off when I try to do anything. I speculate that the sudden increase in battery drain from the screen getting bright & the radio draws more current than the battery can provide.
To test, I got my phone to the point that it would turn off every time I booted it. It would show the homescreen & say that it had 18% battery. I then plugged it in to the USB charger & it works fine. I'll be replacing the battery ASAP.
this happend to me on CM7 and MIUI twice and the first time i just flashed off of CM7 and it stooped and on MIUI i just rebooted the phone while connected to the charger then when it was completely booted up i unplugged it and it was fine after that but that time it was caused by letting my battery die down and then i kept booting up my phone to completely deplete the battery and did this about 20 times and it wouldn't die so i just changed out batteries and when i booted and it would immediately power down like the battery was dead so thats when i plugged it in and powered on and it worked, and i know its not the battery because i have 4 batteries
cordell507 said:
this happend to me on CM7 and MIUI twice and the first time i just flashed off of CM7 and it stooped and on MIUI i just rebooted the phone while connected to the charger then when it was completely booted up i unplugged it and it was fine after that but that time it was caused by letting my battery die down and then i kept booting up my phone to completely deplete the battery and did this about 20 times and it wouldn't die so i just changed out batteries and when i booted and it would immediately power down like the battery was dead so thats when i plugged it in and powered on and it worked, and i know its not the battery because i have 4 batteries
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Ok then, you "know" it's not the battery - so what is your speculation? Until I get the spare batteries I ordered today, I won't be able to fully test the battery theory. I can only say with certainty that the phone doesn't shutdown while plugged in.
I could also go along with another theory - The Thunderbolt got a recent OTA update that makes them randomly shutdown. Is it possible that a piece of that code made it into the new Gingerbread ROMs? I didn't note the issue running CoreDroid 6.4 (a GB build but the last to use EXT3 instead of EXT4 and was also released before the TB OTA update), but only after upgrading to 6.5. Could it be some finicky problem with EXT4?
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Could it be some finicky problem with EXT4?
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Actually, forget this part. I forgot I used HoneySense 4.0 with EXT3 & still had the random shutdown problem.
with it plugged in do a nandroid backup and then restore to stock then restore back with only restoring system and data
I know its not the battery because it will stay in CWM for several minutes and much longer than it does on without any random shutdowns. Going to try the return to stock and reflash method and post back.
Ok, so that I get this right, the test plan is to: flash back to stock, re-root & then reflash to a new ROM such as Coredroid 6.8? If that's what one of you are going to do, then I'll do it also so we can see if we get the same results.
Well, I actually downgraded to RUU_Ace_Cingular_US_1.80.502.3_Radio_12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed, went through Bubby's One Click and the damned phone shutdown upon boot to the first image of Bubby's. I figured MAYBE something was wrong with Bubby's One Click as I had originally used the ACE hack kit.
I reverted back to RUU_Ace_Cingular_US_1.80.502.3_Radio_12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed again & decided to use it for a minute to see if it shutdown and it DID!
There is either (A) a problem with my battery or (B) a problem with the charging system on my phone. This IS NOT a firmware/radio issue! It may be different for you, but I'm positive about my phone now. I'm going to wait until my new batteries come in on Wednesday and if it acts the same, I'll be replacing my phone under warranty. I should also note - I've never overclocked this phone, so I don't want anyone fear-mongering the N00BS about "see what overclocking will get you"!
Does yours stay on when its plugged in?
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Does yours stay on when its plugged in?
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Yes. I noticed the shutdowns started about 1½ to 2 weeks ago. It got more frequent as time went on. The phone is practically unusable now unless I leave it plugged in. I suspect that if it is indeed the battery, it may even start shutting down when plugged in since the phone will turn off if you remove the battery when it's plugged in. Just a hunch.
same exact story here totally bummed right now but at least i work for at&t so getting anew battery shouldnt be an issue. still a huge pain in my ass
samftw said:
same exact story here totally bummed right now but at least i work for at&t so getting anew battery shouldnt be an issue. still a huge pain in my ass
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Well, bummer dude. I called AT&T and they said that the battery was covered under warranty & they'd be happy to send me one right out. The only problem was that they didn't have any in stock! They offered to credit my account with whatever I have to spend on replacing the battery myself. When I get the 2 batteries from Amazon & make sure they work, I'll get the credit for them applied to my account. It was only $25 for 2 batteries & charger shipped.
I called my local AT&T Corp stores to see if they had any batteries for the Inspire & they didn't either. Me thinks this widespread shortage of batteries could be indicative of a bigger problem.
WoW! Here's the feel-good part of this story....
As I posted earlier, AT&T service didn't have the battery to send me. I couldn't find a battery anywhere - I called the 2 AT&T Corp strores, BestBuy and Batteries +.
I went to the AT&T Corp store where I bought the phone & signed in for help. The girl came over to help as I was explaining to her what was happening & telling her that I wanted to take the battery out of her demo phone to make sure it was the battery. If it wasn't, then I could call service back & have them ship me a repalcement phone instead of having to wait until the batteries I ordered off of Amazon arrived.
She told me that she didn't want me to mess her floor phone up & offered to go in the back & get a phone to test with. She came back with a new battery still in the plastic. I popped it in and sure enough, it has been the battery! I told her thanks and that I felt a lot better knowing that it was indeed the battery.
She insisted that I keep the new battery since there were none to be found & she would "adjust" the phone she took the new battery from. I assume "adjust" is speak for "send it back as defective". I'm really positive about the whole experience, especially since she didn't have to do that at all. You can bet I'll be going back to that Corp store & buying from that rep when I'm ready to get my Samsung Galaxy S II!
I'm having the same problem I don't know why it's doing this
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King Askaba said:
I'm having the same problem I don't know why it's doing this
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Uh...did you read ANY of the thread or just post a reply? It seems rather obvious that there's a battery problem. Maybe you could do some of the same or similar testing we did to see if you have similar results?
The only thing I didn't say in all of this is that I got my phone on 2/14/11. So I've had it almost exactly 4 months before the problem really came up.
I'm trying to figure out if this problem is just my phone or an actual issue. I just got this phone 2 days ago from craigslist after being with the evo for almost a year. As soon as I got it, I rooted it n tried flashing ics roms themed and original leaked update. On every rom I flashed, the phone wouldn't recognize the charger or usb or it would tell me its charging but it would take 6 hours to gain 6% more battery? I also tried turning the phone off to charge but that didn't work either. Anyone know anything about this n what I did wrong or didn't do?
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I've had the exact same problem, i bought a NS4g from craigslist that wouldn't charge or turn on without a charger being plugged in. Long story short, i eventually got it back from Samsung with the warranty being voided due to water damage. So i opened it up and found some oxidation resudue and cleaned it off by scrapping it off. Luckily it worked!!. For you it might just be the battery since it actually says 6%, try to replace with another battery or place the battery in the freezer for 5 mins and try it again.
I flashed the unofficial leak rom again n it charges now but it doesn't say its charging on the lock screen or on the battery icon, but in the system info it says its charging? I have never ran into this type of issue before?
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Exact Same Problem
I was given ICS 4.0.4 via OTA update by google... It worked fine for like 2 months then exactly the same problem arises with my Nexus S i9023 (unrooted).
1. It's doesn't indicate on the lock screen that it's charging nor it indicates on the battery icon, however it does tells me that the battery is charging when I check the battery in the settings. This issue exists on both wall chargers and usb cable.
2. It doesn't asks me to mount mass memory of my Nexus S and my windows 7 machine says it cannot recognize the device..
I strongly suspects it's a bug in the ICS...
I would appreciate any help that I can get on this issue... but to be honest I read many threads here and I can't understand half of what people are trying to say, so I request to keep things a bit simple because I know nothing about how to root or flash or doing any other super geeky stuff ...
thanks
Some people have had luck just cleaning the USB port with a dry toothbrush and a can of compressed air. Might just be dirt. Worth a shot.
thanks mate,
Yeah, tried cleaning it with a brush... still no luck..
Ok, So I got my S3 I believe October, anyways I rooted it and installed roms etc etc because I was a flashaholic, every rom I tried maps would get instant lock with a very accurate reading, but when it came to navigation and other stuff that use location all it will say was "Searching for location or w/e it says". It didn't really bother me, then I noticed that If I let my phone die all the way I would not be able to charge the phone or get very lucky pulling the battery out or pulling the plug and then rinse repeat and it would miraculously charge, didn't really bother me, because I work at raadioshack and I bought a external battery charger in case I did let it die, in which case I never did. But now today, lol, I installed a new rom(In no way was it the roms fault) It was goodness 8.0.1 port, installed lean kernel 1.8 and I did this with about 38% battery. Watched a couple shows on the phone so I could let it die and calibrate the battery, but at like 4% I bought a game and I wanted to play it more so I got my charger and charged it. Went to the kitchen for a few seconds heard a weird sound out of nowhere. Went to reach my phone and I smelled a burning smell, I was like WTF? My phone was hot as hell, really HOT. so I unplugged the charger and I installed notice that the charger was burnt, and then I smelled the charging port and it smells burnt also. I think that's it, the end for my S3, I mean as of now 2:30 am I am using my external charger to charge my battery but I think I'm going to have to call verizon up for a replacement and it's my first time doing this so I hope they give me a replacement, didn't really want to go this option. but wish me luck lol.
Edit 1: Lol I just realized my usb port isnt working anymore. Is there anyway I can go back to stock using adb or something
Watoy said:
Ok, So I got my S3 I believe October, anyways I rooted it and installed roms etc etc because I was a flashaholic, every rom I tried maps would get instant lock with a very accurate reading, but when it came to navigation and other stuff that use location all it will say was "Searching for location or w/e it says". It didn't really bother me, then I noticed that If I let my phone die all the way I would not be able to charge the phone or get very lucky pulling the battery out or pulling the plug and then rinse repeat and it would miraculously charge, didn't really bother me, because I work at raadioshack and I bought a external battery charger in case I did let it die, in which case I never did. But now today, lol, I installed a new rom(In no way was it the roms fault) It was goodness 8.0.1 port, installed lean kernel 1.8 and I did this with about 38% battery. Watched a couple shows on the phone so I could let it die and calibrate the battery, but at like 4% I bought a game and I wanted to play it more so I got my charger and charged it. Went to the kitchen for a few seconds heard a weird sound out of nowhere. Went to reach my phone and I smelled a burning smell, I was like WTF? My phone was hot as hell, really HOT. so I unplugged the charger and I installed notice that the charger was burnt, and then I smelled the charging port and it smells burnt also. I think that's it, the end for my S3, I mean as of now 2:30 am I am using my external charger to charge my battery but I think I'm going to have to call verizon up for a replacement and it's my first time doing this so I hope they give me a replacement, didn't really want to go this option. but wish me luck lol.
Edit 1: Lol I just realized my usb port isnt working anymore. Is there anyway I can go back to stock using adb or something
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If you're rooted and unlocked, you can give mobile odin a try.
I have my shift rooted with s-off and i have cyanogenmod 7 running on it, and just this morning i was browsing on the web and my web browser force closed on me, the basic browser with cyanogenmod 7, and i tried to restart my browser and it force closed again then went into recovery for a second and it won't turn on or go into recovery at all, no matter how long i hold power or power and vol down, however when i plug it in it will show that it is charging, i am unsure as what to do next, I can't bring it to sprint as it is rooted, any help getting it running would be great
EDIT: I put in new batteries and still won't turn on, I am at a loss and I am up for trying anything to help here, I need my phone for work and such and i am having a very bad time with it out of commission..
How long have you been using cm7 without issue? Does it turn on at all now? Do you have another battery you could try?
(I hope someone more experienced than I will join in here.)
Chad The Pathfinder said:
How long have you been using cm7 without issue? Does it turn on at all now? Do you have another battery you could try?
(I hope someone more experienced than I will join in here.)
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i have been using cm7 for about 4 months now with no issues at all, it won't turn on at all, but when i plug it in the charging light will turn on and then i can unplug it and the light will stay on forever..when i push the power button or power and vol down then plug it in the light will not come on at all, and i have no other batteries i could try, if you think it would really help i could get another battery.
Wait to hear from some others on here but it wouldnt hurt to get another battery and a wall charger. They aren't expensive on amazon. That way if theres a hardware problem not letting the battery charge you have another way to do that as well as an extra battery.
Edit: something like this I think; http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004RXIL1G/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1362509262&sr=8-2&pi=SL75
11telisz said:
i have been using cm7 for about 4 months now with no issues at all, it won't turn on at all, but when i plug it in the charging light will turn on and then i can unplug it and the light will stay on forever..when i push the power button or power and vol down then plug it in the light will not come on at all, and i have no other batteries i could try, if you think it would really help i could get another battery.
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Take out the battery, put it back in (after about an hour) and try to power up into bootloader
I have placed an order for 2 new batteries that should be here tomorrow, i have taken my battery out for about 45 minutes and pout it in and tried to load bootloader and nothing, i am going to work soon so ill leave the battery out while im at work, should be for about 4 hours and try it again tonight, i will update if i get anything
So i just got back from work and put the battery in after 4 hours of being out of my phone and tried to boot it into bootloader and got nothing, so i have to wait until tomorrow for the new batteries, if anyone has any other ideas before i try ti new ones i am up for hearing it
I hope your new batteries fix you up. *fingers crossed*
OKay...got the new batteries, and i charged them up, the charger i got has it so you can charge the battery without being inside the phone, and made sure it was full then tried to put it into my phone and nothing...tried going to bootloader and...nothing i am pretty much out of ideas so if anyone can help with this ill try anything
I've decided that if i can't get this fixed I'm just going to cancel my contract with sprint, only have 5 months left, and go with a new phone, I've had several problems with my shift since i got it and it is time for a new phone...
I'm sorry the battery didn't help! I don't know what else to try. I hope it wasnt too expensive.
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I have my shift rooted with s-off and i have cyanogenmod 7 running on it, and just this morning i was browsing on the web and my web browser force closed on me, the basic browser with cyanogenmod 7, and i tried to restart my browser and it force closed again then went into recovery for a second and it won't turn on or go into recovery at all, no matter how long i hold power or power and vol down, however when i plug it in it will show that it is charging, i am unsure as what to do next, I can't bring it to sprint as it is rooted, any help getting it running would be great
EDIT: I put in new batteries and still won't turn on, I am at a loss and I am up for trying anything to help here, I need my phone for work and such and i am having a very bad time with it out of commission..
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Did you already cancel your contract as I read you were going to ? Hopefully not yet. I've had this happen before. It's when the Battery Charge goes down to nothing while using the device. I had to keep trying different Batteries till one worked. Turned out I had to use a Genuine HTC Battery. I charged it to full capacity out of the device first. Then had to do multiple tries to get it to Boot up. I'm still not sure why I did what it did. Have a few speculations. But nothing definite. I would definitely keep trying. I had to try the process for about an hour till it booted. Also try booting it while plugged in to the PC.
Have you tried flashing a sense rom or ruu to 2.2 to see if it still happens? And if it doesn't turn on...take it to sprint...what do you have to lose?
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so what I ended up doing is telling sprint I lost it and payed a hundred for them to replace it, prboy the changing batteries with genuine htc ones is a good idea and I hadnt thought of that, its a bit late now, but oh well, we grow and learn..either way I have 2 extra batteries, a sweet charger, and i guess another sd card with the new one, so thanks everyone for trying to help me out.
EDIT: prboy, I will try what you suggested with the new battery in the new phone i am getting tomorrow, if it works I may have a spare phone so...anyone want it? or i may add it as a second line for my woman..
11telisz said:
so what I ended up doing is telling sprint I lost it and payed a hundred for them to replace it, prboy the changing batteries with genuine htc ones is a good idea and I hadnt thought of that, its a bit late now, but oh well, we grow and learn..either way I have 2 extra batteries, a sweet charger, and i guess another sd card with the new one, so thanks everyone for trying to help me out.
EDIT: prboy, I will try what you suggested with the new battery in the new phone i am getting tomorrow, if it works I may have a spare phone so...anyone want it? or i may add it as a second line for my woman..
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Your welcome . Sorry we couldn't get you sorted in short order. When you do get the other device working, you could start dabbling a bit more into Android. It's nice to have a spare device to test, and Dev with. That way your not so concerned because it's not your main device.
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good point, but i think my woman wants it more, I don't think she minds that its rooted either, I may not root my second device, the one i will be using, just because i have to give it back in a few months, and i have to worst luck sometimes, and my phone has had several reasons i had to bring it in, like my ribbon cables wore away, 3 times, so i had to replace it then, and a few other small things..
Okay im not a noob by most means i been on xda for years but i am stuck heres what i did. My original nexus 5 battery was quite aged so i opted to buy a new one on ebay as well upon firing up new battery in phone... nothing. So i switched back... nothing. Original battery worked before. When i plug in with either battery i get red light flashes. My assumption is somehow i fried the motherboard. Please let me know if someone could help me. Btw ive kept on charger for days and tried getting into revovery etc. Only sign of life is red flashes. Im stuck with stupid Samsung galaxy mega right now so im sure you can understand the urgency and thank yoy to all especially the developers here on XDA, with or without an answer your work is so appreciated beyond what you get credit for
Are you using the original charger and USB cable? Maybe try a 2.0 amp charger.