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I accidentally dropped the battery of my optimus one in water when I was forced to take the battery out in order to restart the phone. Now whenever I plug in the charger, it won't charge at all, and battery indicator pro says that the battery's status is 'overheat'.
Has anyone bought a replacement battery from ebay, or know a place where I can get one? I was originally gonna try to claim warranty but it appears that there is a a white sticker of some sort on the battery which can detect if it has come in contact with water. At the bottom of the battery, where the connectors are, can you guys see if you have a small white rectangular sticker or paper? Mine is coloured red and I do not remember if it was like that originally XD

AzNxJoHnNy said:
I accidentally dropped the battery of my optimus one in water when I was forced to take the battery out in order to restart the phone. Now whenever I plug in the charger, it won't charge at all, and battery indicator pro says that the battery's status is 'overheat'.
Has anyone bought a replacement battery from ebay, or know a place where I can get one? I was originally gonna try to claim warranty but it appears that there is a a white sticker of some sort on the battery which can detect if it has come in contact with water. At the bottom of the battery, where the connectors are, can you guys see if you have a small white rectangular sticker or paper? Mine is coloured red and I do not remember if it was like that originally XD
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Search google for 1800mAh O1 battery...i had an advert on my phone offering even more backup than stock

sarfaraz1989 said:
Search google for 1800mAh O1 battery...i had an advert on my phone offering even more backup than stock
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Thanks I'll look into that.
Can someone please check if they have a water detection sticker on their battery? Or if they have had a similar problem previously and tried to claim warranty?

yes there is and mine is white

ah damn, I wonder if I can try to claim it off warranty... although I've read stuff on other forums where they refused to service it or made the user pay for the fixes due to them having a red sticker.

wait a couple of days ..the battery should have nothing unwrappit of that "lg" sticker and leave it on your 1. radiator
2. stove
3. calorifier
pick your choice
...seriously my cusin dropped his nokia 6303 in the lake and it got it out and leave it a couple of days ...and it worked...i dont think the battery cells were damaged ...how long it was in the water?

It was less than 5 seconds... but the entire battery was fully submerged and enough for the white sticker to turn pink. I bought the phone on the 1st of feb, so if the entire lg sticker is gone after 2 weeks, wouldn't they think its rather suspicious? lol
I looked up the model of the battery, LGIP-400N and bought 2 on ebay. I know they won't be as good as the original but at least it'll charge... even if I have to charge it every night ><;;

but please follow my advice ok? remove the cover sticker let it be "basic" then put it to dry and wait a day ..and try again...see the contacts if they are ok and so on
try this too . Rice helps adsorb the water. so put it in rice for 2 days and see what happens
and try the thingy with the minerals..it dose make sense http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-zDlzfAFWI

i'm charging mine every night because of heavy use )

charris said:
but please follow my advice ok? remove the cover sticker let it be "basic" then put it to dry and wait a day ..and try again...see the contacts if they are ok and so on
try this too . Rice helps adsorb the water. so put it in rice for 2 days and see what happens
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haha, I tried the rice trick but probably didn't do it for long enough... I'll just hold out on the current charge until I get the new batteries, don't think I wanna put my battery on radiator or stove etc... XD

well try the things i wrote

Heat damages Li-Ion batteries, so placing it on something hot or even warm is not recommended. What you may try is to blow warm air over it with a hair drier. Unpacking it might help, but then it may not fit perfectly inside the phone, start moving around and disconnect. Either way, the battery's warranty is void now that the sticker is red (indeed that's what it does, marks a battery that made contact with liquids or moisture) so you may try anything before discarding it. Yet, getting the water out could, in theory, make it work again just like before.

could there be any damages to the phone by using a battery in such a condition? I need something to hold out till my new batteries get here... and I dont want to damage the phone before they do ><;

What is the price of 18000 battery ... my kid plays a lot with phone. He is still playing with it.
He dropped it so many times and the screen is bit damaged. I went to service cneter and asked for the replacement. They said it will cost me around 1670 INR.
Battery might not be that expensive I think ...
Let me know the price you paid for the new battery.

I've ordered them from ebay here. I'll post the quality/usage when I get it and perform tests.
1800mAh: Personally, I find that the price isn't justifiable considering the difference from stock is only 300mah, there are also a few comments about mugen batteries from this thread.

I think you can purchase the original from LG's parts department, it'll obviously be more costly than the generic batteries you find on eBay.
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I tried looking for them on the lg website but I couldn't find anything about them online. Any chance you can link me to the page that has them? I wouldn't mind paying more to get a genuine battery since I'm pretty sure a generic battery voids the warranty.

One should never play with Li-Ion or LiPo batteries they explode most of the time. I have a rc helicopter which has both in it one for radio and one for the motor and esc. It exploded when i try to puncture and release some gases inside one of the bloated battery.

ciolnadu said:
yes there is and mine is white
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where did you get it ? Can i buy it in Romania ?

AzNxJoHnNy said:
I've ordered them from ebay here. I'll post the quality/usage when I get it and perform tests.
1800mAh: Personally, I find that the price isn't justifiable considering the difference from stock is only 300mah, there are also a few comments about mugen batteries from this thread.
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[Q] Battery Leakage

I woke up this morning and found my phone (7 Pro) was mildly wet on the bottom. I slid open the keyboard to make sure it wasn't wet everywhere and it wasn't. After I dried off the bottom and started using it it began getting wet again. When I opened the battery cover to investigate I found the source of the liquid and immediately pulled the battery out. There is now discoloration on the battery and inside the battery hutch. The battery appears to have stopped leaking this liquid but it has only been an hour. I am obviously concerned that this has damaged my phone. The phone was working though when I checked my email and discovered it was wet.
When I researched it said Lithium ion batteries aren't supposed to leak but this is the only explanation I can come up with. The phone wasn't near water and since the top half of the phone wasn't wet, this must be the case.
Is my phone damaged?
Can I use the old battery from the TP2 (both batteries say RHO160 on them)?

you can use old battery... also if under warranty, complain...

I already wrote to HTC but I don't think I'll hear back from them until tomorrow. I hope they don't pull some **** about it being water damage...

How did it end? I've got a similar problem

orionz said:
How did it end? I've got a similar problem
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Well now I'm using my old TP2 battery and it's working fine. There doesn't appear to be any damage to the phone which is reassuring, but who knows in the long run. What happened to your phone exactly? Which model do you have etc?
Also HTC were very understanding (though I got a female service rep) and they're sending a new battery my way. I'm too scared to try the old battery again.

Can't you take your phone to your carrier's store for a replacement?

day2die said:
Can't you take your phone to your carrier's store for a replacement?
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I bought my phone on ebay and it's an unlocked unbranded htc 7 pro, so no I can't just go get a replacement.
It must have just been the battery since I have tried 2 old TP2 batteries and neither have leaked so the phone is not destroying batteries .

Battery Contacts = the worst problem

Does anyone else have battery contact issues? I have 2 Chinese ebay batteries, the Incredicell battery, Motorla standard and extended battery and i've had contact issues with all of them. Most of them have gotten to the point where the phone doesn't even see the battery. What i'll have to do is get a razor blade or something and pry all the little tabs on the battery in further so that they make contact. This works for a while...
Right now i've been using the motorola extended battery and ecently I've been catching the phone rebooting or just off. Just now I drove to Walgreens, left my phone on the charger and lightly tossed it in the arm rest real quick, I had 70% battery at that time. When I come back out the phone is off, i try to turn it back on, and it indicates battery at 5%. WTF
So now I've crammed tin foil into the battery contacts to get a tighter fit. I'm still pissed.
I cannot have a phone with an unreliable power source. I have really been enjoying the Atrix 2 problem free...except for this.

You managed to "fix" the contacts of a (very) cheap battery, thats good.
Why open a thread about it?

Having the to bend the tabs in on multiple batteries only to have the problem reoccur != fixed. And cramming foil into the battery tabs is not verified to be a permanent fix, or even a fix at this point...nor is it something I should have to even do. And btw I created the thread to see if anyone has any similar problems.

Yeah i am still having this problem.
Just now out riding the trails on my mountain bike, i pull my atrix 2 out and it is off. I try turning it on but nothing happens. Then i bop it on my knee, the battery gets a connection again and then i can turn it on.
I wonder if it is a batch issue and i can find a tighter fitting battery.
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zephxiii said:
Yeah i am still having this problem.
Just now out riding the trails on my mountain bike, i pull my atrix 2 out and it is off. I try turning it on but nothing happens. Then i bop it on my knee, the battery gets a connection again and then i can turn it on.
I wonder if it is a batch issue and i can find a tighter fitting battery.
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I got a replacement battery via att warranty because of this issue.
All has been good.
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matt99017d said:
I got a replacement battery via att warranty because of this issue.
All has been good.
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Word. So here's what i did:
I lined the sides and end of the battery so that it fits tightly into its cradle since it could wiggle around before. I then crammed a little bit of masking tape behind 1 tab of each electrical connector to help keep the tabs pushed out. So far it's been working but will need more time to tell if it will work for the long term. If so i will be really happy as I really like this phone, especially with ICS on it now

A warning to all

So I put my phone on charge last night and woke up to this. Bare in mind I only sleep 4-5 hours a night so it wasn't on charge THAT long. The phone was off when I picked it up and would turn on, a quick flash of the I9505 screen and then straight off again. There was a minimal scorch mark on my brand new sofa, luckily it's a dark color so it's barely visible. I'm very VERY glad my sofa and or house didn't burn down while I was asleep.
It is currently being investigated by my carrier and Samsung. I used the original battery and charger + cable. I hope they will replace it as it is still under warranty and my second fault with this phone. The previous fault was due to the bad batch of batteries, the expanded battery problem which was also potentially dangerous.
As a warning again to all. Don't leave your phone on charge and out of sight for long periods of time. I was lucky, maybe someone elses sofa and house could have caught fire.
Stay safe

Swizzy88 said:
So I put my phone on charge last night and woke up to this. Bare in mind I only sleep 4-5 hours a night so it wasn't on charge THAT long. The phone was off when I picked it up and would turn on, a quick flash of the I9505 screen and then straight off again. There was a minimal scorch mark on my brand new sofa, luckily it's a dark color so it's barely visible. I'm very VERY glad my sofa and or house didn't burn down while I was asleep.
It is currently being investigated by my carrier and Samsung. I used the original battery and charger + cable. I hope they will replace it as it is still under warranty and my second fault with this phone. The previous fault was due to the bad batch of batteries, the expanded battery problem which was also potentially dangerous.
As a warning again to all. Don't leave your phone on charge and out of sight for long periods of time. I was lucky, maybe someone elses sofa and house could have caught fire.
Stay safe
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The same happened to me after 8 months with original charger and battery but my warranty was already lost because i've changed the glass of the display. First the battery got a bump after 6 months of use, changed with original one and then this. Suck a bad hardware.My luck was that the charging module and the antena were not so expensive and easy to change by myself.

Well that's a scary picture.Especially since it's a Samsung charger and cable. I assumed it was a random charger.

Try reporting the problem to HTC:
HTC gives away the One M8 for free to the owner of a burnt Galaxy S4

That possibility is always there, but if it were a real problem with that, sure we all should know of it.
How many SGS4 are been charged during every night across the world?
Your battery was faulty, that's all.

May I just ask:
Were you rooted? Any mods?
Did you have a protective cover or case on the phone? What brand was it?
What was the last app you installed?

POLO_i780 said:
May I just ask:
Were you rooted? Any mods?
Did you have a protective cover or case on the phone? What brand was it?
What was the last app you installed?
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Rooted stock ROM. Official Samsung S4 flip case. Maybe grenify? Definitely not something that would mes with the charging procedure.

Swizzy88 said:
Rooted stock ROM. Official Samsung S4 flip case. Maybe grenify? Definitely not something that would mes with the charging procedure.
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Oh no, it's with Samsung already, yeah? You better hope they don't find out that it is Rooted, they will milk that part as they will say it was running unofficial software. With Root access they could mention the fact that you have control of the hardware and may have tampered with something in the SW that controls e.g. power management.
Keep us posted on what happens.

That's scary. Always charge the phone at night, 2 inches from my head

Omg scary...
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Brumlex said:
That's scary. Always charge the phone at night, 2 inches from my head
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+1?

Brumlex said:
That's scary. Always charge the phone at night, 2 inches from my head
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I used to leave mine downstairs but my partner always has her phone under her pillow.... Well not anymore

Swizzy88 said:
I used to leave mine downstairs but my partner always has her phone under her pillow.... Well not anymore
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Under the pillow, during charge???!!!
Leave a phone under the pillow is not recommendable at all, but do it while charging is the perfect recipe for disaster!
Heat generated by the charging process
+ Heat an warm of human body
+ Non-ventilation due to the pillow
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= Nothing good [emoji15]
If you do that, then it's a miracle that you still have your phone alive.

roboflekto said:
Under the pillow, during charge???!!!
Leave a phone under the pillow is not recommendable at all, but do it while charging is the perfect recipe for disaster!
Heat generated by the charging process
+ Heat an warm of human body
+ Non-ventilation due to the pillow
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= Nothing good [emoji15]
If you do that, then it's a miracle that you still have your phone alive.
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This.
Even though it's a small risk to start a fire, it's a big risk that the device will overheat and fry itself internally. Not with flames and sparks, but just with general expansion due to heat that exceed the physical limits of the tiny delicate components. It just takes one solder joint to work loose or one little capacitor to defect and the whole thing stops working.
I learned this lesson in 1997 when I put my PlayStation on the carpet. Burned it out because it couldn't ventilate properly.

My i9505 also has started to heat up very much when charging.
Before it was not even warm when charging and not in use. Now it is quite hot durning charge and really hot when in use when charger is connected. Before... um.. nothing. It just started without a reason.
Using stock battery, cable, charger and custom rooted ROM. But it started to heat even when it was not rooted or flashed.
Also PLEASE DO NOT TRY CODE *#0228# BECAUSE IT MESSED UP MY BATTERY AND NOW I AM GETTING RANDOM REBOOTS EVEN ON STOCK!

TasEsmuEs said:
My i9505 also has started to heat up very much when charging.
Before it was not even warm when charging and not in use. Now it is quite hot durning charge and really hot when in use when charger is connected. Before... um.. nothing. It just started without a reason.
Using stock battery, cable, charger and custom rooted ROM. But it started to heat even when it was not rooted or flashed.
Also PLEASE DO NOT TRY CODE *#0228# BECAUSE IT MESSED UP MY BATTERY AND NOW I AM GETTING RANDOM REBOOTS EVEN ON STOCK!
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Check serial number on battery. If it starts with BD there is a good chance you have a faulty battery like I did. Had random restarts, battery % changing etc and the battery ended up swelling up. Quite dangerous and very important that you stop using it.

roboflekto said:
Under the pillow, during charge???!!!
Leave a phone under the pillow is not recommendable at all, but do it while charging is the perfect recipe for disaster!
Heat generated by the charging process
+ Heat an warm of human body
+ Non-ventilation due to the pillow
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= Nothing good [emoji15]
If you do that, then it's a miracle that you still have your phone alive.
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I warned her plenty of times but she's very stubborn. As I said, she's learnt from my phone finally lol. Was hard enough to stop her putting her laptop on duvets, covering the fans...

Swizzy88 said:
Check serial number on battery. If it starts with BD there is a good chance you have a faulty battery like I did. Had random restarts, battery % changing etc and the battery ended up swelling up. Quite dangerous and very important that you stop using it.
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S/N YS1F212K*/*-*
The battery is not swelled. I think that code really messes things up.

I sleep with my phone charging every night! I guess I need to stop that for sure :/

You're both lucky and unlucky with this one! Lucky because your house didn't burn down unlucky because I leave my phone plugged in over night all the time! I hope your phone gets fixed soon!

Gear S3 Bootloop - fix

All - My S3 got wet (they really aren't supposed to be put near or under water (though I have heard some do ok but mine didn't)) and it went into a constant bootloop. Waited a while and it was still rebooting constantly. (waited even weeks!)
I am pretty sure water got underneath the connections for the two buttons or maybe on the connector itself which made it short which sent a signal that both buttons were being pressed which is how you would get it to reboot.
Fix - I purchased the triangular screwdriver needed to open the case off of Ebay. I opened the case and took it apart and let it air out. I also put some rubbing alcohol on the button connectors in hopes of getting as much of the water gone as possible. See YouTube for instructions. Pretty easy to do.
Good news is that the watch works again. No more bootloop.
I also decided to purchase the button ribbon part from Samsung parts: Samsung Gear S3 frontier (SM-R760) Volume flex cable GH59-14696A. I might replace it.
Moral of the story is keep the S3 away from water!

Were you able to get your button to be responsive? I got thrown in the pool yesterday and mine was stuck in the boot loop, put it in rice and now it works but neither button will work at all. Ordered a tritip screwdriver to open it up and dry it out but was wondering if you ever got it back to 100%
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JamesR913 said:
Were you able to get your button to be responsive? I got thrown in the pool yesterday and mine was stuck in the boot loop, put it in rice and now it works but neither button will work at all. Ordered a tritip screwdriver to open it up and dry it out but was wondering if you ever got it back to 100%
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It works fine. The buttons are back to normal.
The only issue I have is that when I rotate the bezel, the sensors aren't working. Not sure where the problem is located. I started a different thread in hopes of someone having an idea but nothing yet.
90% working which I can live with just fine.
Open it up (carefully) and let it air dry. I used some rubbing alcohol on the buttons. Air and time are probably the most important part of the endeavor.
I also ordered a part (GH59-14697A) in case the buttons go bad. ($9) I might change the button sensor some day.
Good luck!

barywsf said:
It works fine. The buttons are back to normal.
The only issue I have is that when I rotate the bezel, the sensors aren't working. Not sure where the problem is located. I started a different thread in hopes of someone having an idea but nothing yet.
90% working which I can live with just fine.
Open it up (carefully) and let it air dry. I used some rubbing alcohol on the buttons. Air and time are probably the most important part of the endeavor.
I also ordered a part (GH59-14697A) in case the buttons go bad. ($9) I might change the button sensor some day.
Good luck!
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Got my tool kit in today, no luck reviving my watch. I had it in rice for the last two days and I noticed it disconnected from my phone pretty quickly. I assumed that meant the battery died. Today after opening it up and doing an inspection I put it back together and now it won't charge. Flashing red light on the charger.
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JamesR913 said:
Got my tool kit in today, no luck reviving my watch. I had it in rice for the last two days and I noticed it disconnected from my phone pretty quickly. I assumed that meant the battery died. Today after opening it up and doing an inspection I put it back together and now it won't charge. Flashing red light on the charger.
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Sorry to hear that. Give it more time to air out. I put mine in in-direct sunlight and rotated the parts to make sure all the parts were fully dried.
Maybe the charging coil is still a little wet. It is on the bottom of the lower case.
I would suggest giving it some time...

Update: let the battery die again and sit for a few days, Yesterday decided to give it a try again and now everything is working great. The only issue I have now is the battery drain is extremely high. Took it off the charger yesterday morning at 4 and was at 10% at 5 yesterday afternoon.

JamesR913 said:
Update: let the battery die again and sit for a few days, Yesterday decided to give it a try again and now everything is working great. The only issue I have now is the battery drain is extremely high. Took it off the charger yesterday morning at 4 and was at 10% at 5 yesterday afternoon.
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You could replace the battery. It isn't hard.
Maybe a firmware update will help.

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You could replace the battery. It isn't hard.
Maybe a firmware update will help.
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Now after the watch sat a day off the charger it won't come on and the charger just blinks red. No matter what I do it just blinks red after a few minutes
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