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I have an XDa2i, after removing the battery pack earlier this week the unit now wont activate or take a charge from any source. Every time I unlock the battery whilst on charge the red charge light comes on but when the battery lock is applied the charging discontinues. Several battery changes have been tried but the unit will not charge or activate.
Any thoughts or advice on this issue most welcome as always.
Thanks
Pete
If you have got the Cradle then charge your battery itself by the mains adapter not by USB power, once the baterry charging light becomes Green, then put the battery in the XDA, lock the red button and leave it for approx 1-2 hours (or may be overnight), but do not try to switch-on the XDA, The reason behind not to switch-on the device is that the device's internal battery would be completely flattened and that would re-charge automatically once you put a main full battery to the device.
Try to switch-on the device after 2 hours by holding the power button for few seconds, and hopefully XDA should back on.
As far as I have understand the situation and if its right then you might have already lost all the setting & data stored on the device, sorry for that.
GoodLuck & let me know.
Sidd
Absolutely no joy! the device was on charge overnight and the light stayed red. There was no response from the unit at all. Any other thoughts, or does this sound like complete system failure?
Any other advice would be welcome.
Come-oooon Peter I have said to charge the battery ALONE on the charger (not to put it in the device and charge), try to fully charge the battery (Just battery) on the cradle's back slot and then try the same.
GoodLuck & let me know
Sidd
Hi, does anyone know have this product that came with the Anker 1900mAH battery for sensation?
If so, how long does it take for it to fully charge a battery, Does the red light turn green when it is fully charge? I'm confused what the blue / red light means. And does it matter which side you put the positive and negative?
Thanks
about ~3-4 hours from 30% for me. Blue light means fully charged. When you have it properly connected it briefly flashes red, which means it's ready to be charged. Then you can plug it into a power socket.
I've got the same questions, but the results are confusing. I have the positive and negative contacts touched by the pins, and if the Anker wall charger is -NOT- plugged into the wall, the red light will stay on. When I plug it in, the red light goes away and stays off. When I unplug it from the wall again (while the battery is still in it), the red light comes back on solid.
Is this normal? Should there be no light while it's charging? The wall socket works for everything else I plug into it, FYI.
When the pins touch the battery it should briefly (5 seconds or so) flash red meaning its properly hooked up. The red light will then disappear if you don't plug it into the wall.
When you plug it into the wall, it again turns red and remains red until it finishes charging, which it then turns blue.
Are you using the white anker charger? You might try a different battery, like a digicam battery and see if reacts any differently. I charged my canon Li ion battery with no problems.
howetechnical said:
I've got the same questions, but the results are confusing. I have the positive and negative contacts touched by the pins, and if the Anker wall charger is -NOT- plugged into the wall, the red light will stay on. When I plug it in, the red light goes away and stays off. When I unplug it from the wall again (while the battery is still in it), the red light comes back on solid.
Is this normal? Should there be no light while it's charging? The wall socket works for everything else I plug into it, FYI.
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It works, just took a long time to charge for the first time, since I drain out the battery, and will keep doing it atleast 3 times. Once its done charging it will turn bluish =) thanks!
Hello everyone, i juste received mine and the red is blue after 1 hour charging ... is it normal ? because i saw that it was about 3 hours charging !!!
i know that a full charge for a htc stock battery is 4200mv and what is it for anker battery 1900mah ?
For my stock battery i had to flip it logo side down so the connectors are on the right hand side, then i adjusted them to MATCH up the + and -.
What I was doing wrong at first was plugging the battery in wrong. The label should be facing up and the left pin on the far left contact. Right pin on the far right contact. The battery doesn't sit in it right. It hangs off the right.
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It doesn't matter which direction you put in the battery because it automatically adjusts the polarity. Just make sure the pins are on the + - of the battery and it's held in securely. I actually broke the plastic that divides the pins moving the adjustable pins on the charger so becareful.
For some reason on my charger (white one) there was an extra dummy peg that I had to use a dremel tool to grind down the plastic and remove. It works fine now though, charging one of the totally drain Anker 1900mah batteries that came with it does take about 3-4 hours.
The cool thing is that with 2 of the Anker batteries and this charger, I don't have to worry about charging my phone anymore, just pop in the charged one, charge the dead one, rinse and repeat! No more plug in charging. In the last 3 weeks I've charged by cable once.
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For some reason on my charger (white one) there was an extra dummy peg that I had to use a dremel tool to grind down the plastic and remove.
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That extra peg is for keeping the battery from twisting while in the charger. For batteries with pads on the left, slide the rightmost peg to the right. For right, use the left. Get it?
Yeah, I get that, but with the extra peg in there the Sensation battery was hanging off the by quite a bit. I still kept the one on the left side (which was shown in the pic when I bought it).
I have 2 Anker 1900mha batteries with USB/Universal Travel Charger (bought from amazon) and I'm very happy with it. It last a lot longer than stock battery, even 2,5 days sometimes with light use.
So I got 1 stock and 2 Anker batteries and I'm recharging it with this external charger, very rare with phone charger itself. My question is -
Should I wipe battery stats each time I exchange totally discharged battery to recharged one ?
Stock battery is used very rare, only when I'm travelling far.
apatch said:
Should I wipe battery stats each time I exchange totally discharged battery to recharged one ?
Stock battery is used very rare, only when I'm travelling far.
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No. Your batteries will last longer if you do not completely discharge them. It's better to charge them daily.
Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.
Gunkk said:
That extra peg is for keeping the battery from twisting while in the charger. For batteries with pads on the left, slide the rightmost peg to the right. For right, use the left. Get it?
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Thanks for the information. I honestly did not know why the extra pegs were for.
Can anyone help out?
This charger is difficult to comprehend.
First, the actual Positive and Negative on the battery? The label can be misleading?
Is it the far left and far right gold area? or the middle left & middle right? I have a Galaxy S11 so I have 4 gold sections and the "+" and "-" signs don't line up...
Can any one guide us to where to put the PINS?
Mine turns red , then blue in about 30 seconds, left it on all night but when I put in the phone it was only 50 % ??? after 8 hours??
No Directions came wiht the charger?
maddie01 said:
Can anyone help out?
This charger is difficult to comprehend.
First, the actual Positive and Negative on the battery? The label can be misleading?
Is it the far left and far right gold area? or the middle left & middle right? I have a Galaxy S11 so I have 4 gold sections and the "+" and "-" signs don't line up...
Can any one guide us to where to put the PINS?
Mine turns red , then blue in about 30 seconds, left it on all night but when I put in the phone it was only 50 % ??? after 8 hours??
No Directions came wiht the charger?
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The far left and far right Batt gold area are correct for charger pins to contact. Red=charging Blue=done charging (s/b 100%).
How to Position PINS and battery in te ANKER Universal Charger
Hi all,
I got a response from "laptopmate.us" but it too did not work: they said to use the Battery connection to the far right and far left on the battery...this only caused me to see a red light for a few seconds then Blue...But the battery was NOT charged.
So, What works for me:
With charger facing toward you, Battery (front label facing you), I pushed the PINS over to the right of the charger, Connect the first PIN on the left...to the Battery connection "Second to the far left" and the next PIN (right PIN)... to the Battery connection on the far right of the battery.
This worked and the light stayed red until the battery was fully charged, then blue!
Maybe it is more of an art then a science depending on the battery you have?
If anyone is still confused, I can post a picture after I am home tonight....
Does anyone know if there is a difference between charging these Anker batteries with the wall charger or with a USB cable? Do the results differ?
maddie01 said:
Hi all,
I got a response from "laptopmate.us" but it too did not work: they said to use the Battery connection to the far right and far left on the battery...this only caused me to see a red light for a few seconds then Blue...But the battery was NOT charged.
So, What works for me:
With charger facing toward you, Battery (front label facing you), I pushed the PINS over to the right of the charger, Connect the first PIN on the left...to the Battery connection "Second to the far left" and the next PIN (right PIN)... to the Battery connection on the far right of the battery.
This worked and the light stayed red until the battery was fully charged, then blue!
Maybe it is more of an art then a science depending on the battery you have?
If anyone is still confused, I can post a picture after I am home tonight....
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It worked!
My phone won't boot I left it off and charging
Now if I try to boot it nothing happens
If I plug in the charger there's 3 slow blinking light them a fourth one which is about twice as long then it repeats once then stops
Is it bricked or something please help
no not bricked. did you let your phone die before charging it?
take the battery out for about 10 minutes or longer, then put it back, plug the charger, just let it. then turn it on after few minutes. happens to me all the time.
Uhh my battery just broke its producing 2.4 volts instead of the needed 3.7 volts my phone is fine I tried my brothers battery from a G2 turns if you can get the contacts to line up a sensation will work fine on a G2 battery it doesn't fit but oh well
Had this problem. I just left it. Will stop eventually.
Have you tried leaving it on charge with the orange light blinking for a while? It may just be completely drained, and after a while stop blinking whist charging.
If I drain my battery completely (when conditioning battery), when I first plug the charger in the orange light flashes for a minute or so before staying on constant. It only does this if I completely drain the battery, so maybe try leaving it charging for a few hours and see if it charges up?
cheers
Hi all,
I just noticed a problem today.
When I plugged my charger cable into the Asus TF300T Keyboard Dock as I normally do, instead of just glowing a solid orange, I'm getting a flashing orange light.
I tried to look in the documentation to see what a flashing light means and I can't find anything.
I tested plugging in the charger directly into the tablet itself and that LED glows a solid orange as it should.
Does anyone know what the flashing orange means?
Thanks
Rob
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2!
UPDATE: Seem search did not find anything before I posted this thread. I ended up finding a post where someone said the cable might be bad. I wiggled the cable and now it went back to a solid orange. Maybe I should call Asus and have then replace the cable?
Yeah I have gotten a flashing orange light a few times now. The light flashes when the dock battery is low. The dock is designed to drain itself before the tablets battery. I have used it docked for over two hours with the light flashing. When I plug it into the wall it will continue to flash till the battery is charged to a certain percent. I haven't seen it on any websites or manuals however if you have a laptop and the battery gets to a critical level they it will also flash. Keep it plugged in and charge it up and it should go back to solid.
I think that is normal... I have an Asus netbook that also flashes the battery led when it is lower than 10%. I think it is there just to warn you that the battery is over.
Still, this shouldn't happen on a dock, since you can use it without battery, and it gets pretty annoying...
It's a 2-step charging process. If the dock is used it will go to 0% by transferring charge to the tablet. Plugging the cable into the dock starts to charge it but at the same time it discharges into the tablet. The flashing light is just a low power warning on the dock, nothing to worry about.
My led is flashing RED, 2 seconds interval, I suspect a fully depleted or dead battery, anybody seen a RED light instead of orange please? Thank you.
Alvera said:
My led is flashing RED, 2 seconds interval, I suspect a fully depleted or dead battery, anybody seen a RED light instead of orange please? Thank you.
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Never seen a red flashing light on mine. Does it respond to charging?
My battery is on 0% and not charging, maybe dead, I think this is the sign, a 2 sec red color on/off pulse.
I think is red only when battery is heavily depleted.
So I bought my z5 in November, everything has been working fine, up until recently.... first I noticed after I charged it the battery was draining rapidly. like a % every few minutes, charged it from 100% and it died on me in less than 6 hours. Now I charged it again and the battery drain issue is still present. Now it won't even charge I pluged it into the phone it vibrates the charge light goes on but then it goes off and refuses to charge... Turned the phone off tired to charge it nothing, turned it on tried to charge it nothing, plugged it into my computer it vibrates, then nothing, it won't even show up on the computer:crying:
Seems a bad usb cable?
nope tried multiple cables it refuses to charge
ok unplugged it and re plugged it, now it is charging, but I can't go 5hrs without it needed to be charged from 100% last thing I remember doing was updating apps, but still that should not affect the battery and usb cable connection still won't show up on my pc, it's taking forever to charge and it's on quick charge
Factory reset
same problem even after the factory reset
a00r said:
same problem even after the factory reset
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bad cable, i have this problem too yesterday, and it was the cable from my power bank.
boyaxnxtdoor said:
bad cable, i have this problem too yesterday, and it was the cable from my power bank.
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I tried other cables and it refuses to recognize on the PC, also the battery cannot last overnight it drains from 100% to 0% in less then 6 hours, might as well RMA this crap or wait till marshmallow see if any thing changes, if MM doesn't drop by next monday I'm a RMA this sony crap
Charging the Z5 with a PC will charge slowly even with quick charge set on on pc..
But here's the interesting part that I have noticed. When you plug the device in to the usb on the pc and set the phone to charge only mode.. It charges damn slow. And I mean slow. But. If you plug the device in to the pc and set the device to MTP mode and just leave it to charge. The device actually charges a bit quicker.. I find it weird. But since usb output is 2Amps 5Volts, I use a 2.1Amp usb charging DC adapter and a thick usb cable and my device charges fast as he'll. 1% to 100% in 45 minutes to an hour.. But once a week I give my device a full charge (charge completely while device is switched off -usually when Im going to go to sleep I leave it over night).. Charging a phone when it's on only gives it a quick charge, hence why when you turn off the device even when battery shows 100% while it is on. The device only roughly shows around 70% - 80% charged, depending on device maybe even 90-95%.. So u can fast charge it, then turn it off and charge the remaining amount of battery while it's off.. Don't charge past 70% while you're using the phone. Or it Will get hot which can decrease battery life..
Hopefully this information was useful to some of you..
Have a great day guys
Sent from my E6653
Not charging any more
My Z5 does not charge any more. I tried different chargers and cables, that worked until yesterday, but now it´s not charging.
When I plug in the cable in the empty phone, the red LED on top goes on for a short time, the Sony logo appears, than the big battery symbol. But then it won´t charge. Any ideas?
I think i can remember getting yesterday an update from Sony. But I don´t what it was. I had just the Symbol for System/What´s new update in the icon bar on top.
ABAndi said:
My Z5 does not charge any more. I tried different chargers and cables, that worked until yesterday, but now it´s not charging.
When I plug in the cable in the empty phone, the red LED on top goes on for a short time, the Sony logo appears, than the big battery symbol. But then it won´t charge. Any ideas?
I think i can remember getting yesterday an update from Sony. But I don´t what it was. I had just the Symbol for System/What´s new update in the icon bar on top.
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I downloaded the Sony Companion Software reflashed the firmware with that (connection and update worked) but charging is still not possible.
Doesn't make sense.. That sounds so odd. It probably is charging, but just not showing it??
Quite bizarre lol. Have you let the phone die completely, then recharge it and start it back up, after around 10% charge??
Another alternative, use a third party app to calibrate the battery (if youre able to boot in to the os that is).
Removing the battery is another method (requires opening the device)
Last method I can think of but im not sure if it will do anything is to hold down the power & vol + & vol - keys altogether until device vibrates 3 times (while plugged in to a charger) keep holding all 3 keys until the phone vibrates (power cycles) 2 more times (3 vibrates followed by another 3 fast vibrates)..
So like.. While holding all keys, phone will vibrate once.. Then it will vibrate 3 times(rapidly).. Keep holding all keys.. It'll vibrate another 3 times (rapidly).continue holding all keys for 1 more cycle of 3 rapid vibrates, then only let go of the vol down key, but keep holding vol up and power key for another 10 seconds (or until you feel 2 more power cycles of 3 rapid vibrations (6 in total). Then leave device off. Observe the charging icon see if it charges..
Good luck
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Same happened to me, I have tried more than 5 different cables, which charge other devices no problem, I connect my phone it shows the red light indicating its charging, shortly after it goes off, the battery sign when the device is off only shows the battery sign, and doesnt move, last night i plugged it at 5% and left it charging all night, next morning it was still 5%, the second i unplug it it will show me the low battery indicator, however when i plug it, it dissapears but it doesnt show the charge sign indicating its charging, whats weird the battery wont drain neither charge. help anybody!
fyi its not the cable!
sac22 said:
Same happened to me, I have tried more than 5 different cables, which charge other devices no problem, I connect my phone it shows the red light indicating its charging, shortly after it goes off, the battery sign when the device is off only shows the battery sign, and doesnt move, last night i plugged it at 5% and left it charging all night, next morning it was still 5%, the second i unplug it it will show me the low battery indicator, however when i plug it, it dissapears but it doesnt show the charge sign indicating its charging, whats weird the battery wont drain neither charge. help anybody!
fyi its not the cable!
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i have all the above problems too someone please help us!
A little Help for you guys
I have had same problem exactly, phone seemed dead after getting same charging problems, do hard reset (lock button + Vol up button) for about 20 secs i think, i got a blue light now, nothing else but better than nothing. will update if i get any progress.
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pressed the manual off button next to sim card with skewer, now i get a rotation of the sony screen, needs charge screen with battery and lightning and sometimes get a red light in the top right.
For anyone experiencing these issues, please clean the usb port with a needle. I was having the same problems and noticed there was a lot of dust and fibers in there from my pockets. The micro-usb also stays in a lot better!
I held down my power button, volume buttons and let it vibrate three times. It worked! Apparently it had been charging just something was off with it.
This may help others,
My neighbor's sony turned off on 1%, and does not want to charge, it gets warm, and when I plug the charger, the led turns red, then green and then it turns off with no signs of charging.
I tried the Power+ Vol Up trick but it did not work,
what worked for me is the following:
plug the charge cable, and as soon as the led turns red, plug and unplug the cable rapidly untill the screen turns on, then keep it plugged, this should trigger the phone to continue charging.
PS, try to avoid letting the battery reach 1%, sometimes the battery depletes without the backup needed to trigger the charging state, and on some phones like the htc sometimes causes the onboard storage to break, which will cost you a new motherboard!