Hi my battery meter on my Idol 3 doesn't seem to recognize whether its charging or draining. It'll stay at 55% while charging for 1+ hour and the only way to get the actual charge is to restart my device. I've tried flashing different roms/kernels and draining the battery and charging to 100%. Just wanted to know if anyone had encountered this problem with this device or other and if you were able to fix it.
DivorcedDad said:
Hi my battery meter on my Idol 3 doesn't seem to recognize whether its charging or draining. It'll stay at 55% while charging for 1+ hour and the only way to get the actual charge is to restart my device. I've tried flashing different roms/kernels and draining the battery and charging to 100%. Just wanted to know if anyone had encountered this problem with this device or other and if you were able to fix it.
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Hello, one of the ways that you can solve this problem is :
1º : do a factory reset
2º: take your battery to 0%, (turn off your phone)
3º then recharge to 100%
this will recalibrate the battery sensor.
(if anything is wrong correct me please )
Regards.
It can be these two things:
Battery defect
Software bug
Factory resetting wipes the batterystats, (no need to charge to 0-100)
Should it stay the same, it's most likely the battery.
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DivorcedDad said:
Hi my battery meter on my Idol 3 doesn't seem to recognize whether its charging or draining. It'll stay at 55% while charging for 1+ hour and the only way to get the actual charge is to restart my device. I've tried flashing different roms/kernels and draining the battery and charging to 100%. Just wanted to know if anyone had encountered this problem with this device or other and if you were able to fix it.
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I've had similar problems. Seems hit or miss. But when it isn't working it will show a ? for the amount of charge remaining and or a notification that it is -107%.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R1ilwYE_IRa5j81fso_IovOpJi6gi3lfKA/view?usp=sharing
Ensure you use the original charger and good (original) cable. And the rest as my predecessors said.
If you are not on stock (you wrote you tried different kernels etc.) use the Pc app "mobile upgrade Q" version 4.9.2 or 4.9.7 to go back to stock.
If it will not help,just call the customer support and send it back to seller.
DallasCZ said:
Ensure you use the original charger and good (original) cable. And the rest as my predecessors said.
If you are not on stock (you wrote you tried different kernels etc.) use the Pc app "mobile upgrade Q" version 4.9.2 or 4.9.7 to go back to stock.
If it will not help,just call the customer support and send it back to seller.
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I'm not having any issues charging. I'm just having an issue on what the phone is reporting the charge as. Below is a screenshot showing one hour of use starting at 100% without being plugged into a charger.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxa0JnfB24thUE5rSHloaXNnRWs/view?usp=sharing
I ment that defect power supply or usb cable, then it can confuse the software.
and if you flash the stock firmware using the pc app? its still the same? If yes, then return the device.
DallasCZ said:
I ment that defect power supply or usb cable, then it can confuse the software.
and if you flash the stock firmware using the pc app? its still the same? If yes, then return the device.
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I'm using CM12.1 with the stock kernel. I'll reset first to see if it wipes the battery statistics then take it from there. I typically use an Anker quickcharge 2.0 charger for home and a Tronsport quickcharge 2.0 charger in my car.
I'll post once I can backup everything and reset.
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I'm using CM12.1 with the stock kernel. I'll reset first to see if it wipes the battery statistics then take it from there. I typically use an Anker quickcharge 2.0 charger for home and a Tronsport quickcharge 2.0 charger in my car.
I'll post once I can backup everything and reset.
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discharge the device and then charge it with original charger ( 2A)
DallasCZ said:
discharge the device and then charge it with original charger ( 2A)
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That had no effect. I'll try resetting as soon as I have some down time.
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Thus as well is happening to me. At first the battery was reading -107%, but now it's just reporting 0%
i think if reset to stock firmware and factory reset dont help send it to seller and claim warranty repair. thats all.
DallasCZ said:
i think if reset to stock firmware and factory reset dont help send it to seller and claim warranty repair. thats all.
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Yeah. Looks like it comes to that as the battery with it's inaccurate reading actually undercharged today and know the battery is only lasting about 2 hours (screen off) from what I believe is a full charge. Too late to return it now, but I can still get it fixed hopefuly, I just wish I could find a replacement battery online to avoid such a thing.
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Yeah. Looks like it comes to that as the battery with it's inaccurate reading actually undercharged today and know the battery is only lasting about 2 hours (screen off) from what I believe is a full charge. Too late to return it now, but I can still get it fixed hopefuly, I just wish I could find a replacement battery online to avoid such a thing.
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why too late to return? you cant have the device for more than a year.
I finished returning to stock and it is even worse. Because it thinks the battery is at 0% it will shut down the moment it boots up. At least with CM12 I was able to use it. I will attempt to return to Cricket tomorrow. Hopefully I don't need to deal directly with Alcatel for the warranty.
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why too late to return? you cant have the device for more than a year.
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You are right. The device comes with a one year warranty from Alcatel where I've had the device for less than three months. I would have much rather returned it to the retailer (Amazon) it's too late for that so I'll have to deal with Alcatel. Hopefully all goes right since the creation of this thread has revealed at least another person with the issue
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darthwhit said:
I finished returning to stock and it is even worse. Because it thinks the battery is at 0% it will shut down the moment it boots up. At least with CM12 I was able to use it. I will attempt to return to Cricket tomorrow. Hopefully I don't need to deal directly with Alcatel for the warranty.
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Hope all goes well you. Even though it doesn't seem like it now, switching back to stock was a good idea as the warranty should be honored by Alcatel again in the event that Cricket won't help you out with your problems.
FlubbleWubble said:
You are right. The device comes with a one year warranty from Alcatel where I've had the device for less than three months. I would have much rather returned it to the retailer (Amazon) it's too late for that so I'll have to deal with Alcatel. Hopefully all goes right since the creation of this thread has revealed at least another person with the issue
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Hope all goes well you. Even though it doesn't seem like it now, switching back to stock was a good idea as the warranty should be honored by Alcatel again in the event that Cricket won't help you out with your problems.
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I will return it to Alcatel. I assumed I would have to go through them. I did some searching and it appears we aren't the only ones that have had issues. It just seems different if you aren't using the stock rom.
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I will return it to Alcatel. I assumed I would have to go through them. I did some searching and it appears we aren't the only ones that have had issues. It just seems different if you aren't using the stock rom.
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May I ask when you purchased the device? I'm interested in knowing if it's perhaps a bad batch of battery controllers. Also is your battery greatly shortened like mine is? THe curiosity is real.
May need to change carriers. Cricket says that because there is a tiny ding on the corner that is only visible on close inspection my warranty is void and there is nothing they can do for me. This phone is less than 3 months old.
darthwhit said:
May need to change carriers. Cricket says that because there is a tiny ding on the corner that is only visible on close inspection my warranty is void and there is nothing they can do for me. This phone is less than 3 months old.
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That's some bull**** man. Luckily I got the unlocked varient and my phone is in literally perfect physical condition. Hope all goes well with Alcatel, I think it will cause we're far from the only people with the problem and our phones seems to be manufactured at the same time, so that leads me to believe there's a bad batch. If Alcatel doesn't honor their warrenty then I will never purchase another Alcatel ever again. Their service regarding Marshmallow for their flagship is already bad enough.
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So I'm kind of stuck. I was on the ICS OTA update (stupid move, I know) and I attempted to flash to CM10 (probably an equally stupid move), and the flash proceeded for awhile, but ended up failing. So now I can't access bootstrap, and I'm essentially stuck in a soft brick. In Fastboot flash mode I can't get it to connect via USB, so there's no real hope of FXZing to anything as far as I know.
Do I just call it quits, or is there something I can do? :| I need an adult.
Kay, a little more info is required.
You're on the official OTA? If so, you're stuck mate. There are a couple of semi writing ways to get out of this, you just gotta search and read.
This is why we recommend against the ota update man.
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Fall of Enosis said:
Kay, a little more info is required.
You're on the official OTA? If so, you're stuck mate. There are a couple of semi writing ways to get out of this, you just gotta search and read.
This is why we recommend against the ota update man.
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Yeah, I OTA'ed to the official without thinking, before I checked the forums. Wasn't even thinking about the fact that there might not be an fxz.
I've been reading up and researching for a couple hours, but I still can't find a way to get it to connect via USB in fastboot. :| Have you come across anything that might actually help? Realistically I think it's still under warranty, and we have an AT&T wireless device help center thing here that does same day warranty exchanges, so I think I'm probably just going to go there tomorrow and tell them my phone died during the OTA update and now it won't turn on all the way. Does that sound believable at all? haha They're usually pretty lenient anyway, I got a warranty replacement there on my Atrix 1 and they gave me a bad battery, and when I came back in do get a replacement the guy noticed I was running CM7, and said something jokingly about how "yeah the battery was bad, but the ****ty CM7 port probably didn't help much". lol
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Yeah, I OTA'ed to the official without thinking, before I checked the forums. Wasn't even thinking about the fact that there might not be an fxz.
I've been reading up and researching for a couple hours, but I still can't find a way to get it to connect via USB in fastboot. :| Have you come across anything that might actually help? Realistically I think it's still under warranty, and we have an AT&T wireless device help center thing here that does same day warranty exchanges, so I think I'm probably just going to go there tomorrow and tell them my phone died during the OTA update and now it won't turn on all the way. Does that sound believable at all? haha They're usually pretty lenient anyway, I got a warranty replacement there on my Atrix 1 and they gave me a bad battery, and when I came back in do get a replacement the guy noticed I was running CM7, and said something jokingly about how "yeah the battery was bad, but the ****ty CM7 port probably didn't help much". lol
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I don't know why it wouldn't be working in fastboot. try reinstalling drivers if you are on windows.
If you can get an exchange do it, just play dumb, and you'll be fine. I hardbricked when the first ICS hell hit (kind of on purpose, I had a problem that they would not replace for) testing some stuff for how to get back, and I brought it in and just acted sad and said I took it off the charger and it wouldn't turn on. I had a new one in a week.
P.S. I have done much stupider things, so don't worry, you are far from alone.
Thats acually the same thing I said when I flashed the razr developer edition of mbmloader. Just say that the OTA failed and trust me in order to get a new phone
Cheers and good luck!!!
Joewee3 said:
So I'm kind of stuck. I was on the ICS OTA update (stupid move, I know) and I attempted to flash to CM10 (probably an equally stupid move), and the flash proceeded for awhile, but ended up failing. So now I can't access bootstrap, and I'm essentially stuck in a soft brick. In Fastboot flash mode I can't get it to connect via USB, so there's no real hope of FXZing to anything as far as I know.
Do I just call it quits, or is there something I can do? :| I need an adult.
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I stupidly did the same thing as the OP :/. I need to get a replacement and my device is under warranty. How do i proceed? When booting up the device says "Cyanogenmod", so I don't really want to get caught with that! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
007bond said:
I stupidly did the same thing as the OP :/. I need to get a replacement and my device is under warranty. How do i proceed? When booting up the device says "Cyanogenmod", so I don't really want to get caught with that! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Attempt at your own risk:
Take out the phone's battery, and find a couple of lead wires with small alligator clips on both ends. Then, attach the negative black lead wire to a 12v lantern battery (you can find these just about anywhere) and to the negative terminal of the phone. Then attach the positive red lead wire to the battery, and then just touch the end of the positive lead wire to your phone's positive terminal - only takes a second. This will fry the motherboard completely, and it will never turn on. Contact Motorola via their website and open a warranty exchange ticket. They'll send you an email with a shipping label to print, affix to your shipping box, and just drop it off to any FedEx pickup location. I got mine back in less than a week.
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Attempt at your own risk:
Take out the phone's battery, and find a couple of lead wires with small alligator clips on both ends. Then, attach the negative black lead wire to a 12v lantern battery (you can find these just about anywhere) and to the negative terminal of the phone. Then attach the positive red lead wire to the battery, and then just touch the end of the positive lead wire to your phone's positive terminal - only takes a second. This will fry the motherboard completely, and it will never turn on. Contact Motorola via their website and open a warranty exchange ticket. They'll send you an email with a shipping label to print, affix to your shipping box, and just drop it off to any FedEx pickup location. I got mine back in less than a week.
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Also if you have a car battery charger, set it at a 2AMP charge and connect it the same way ^^, for a min or 2 and it will all be over... it does not matter what phone you have that will do the job just fine. If you send a phone that only needs 2 volts to charge, a 14 volt 2 amp signal, it will be dead. Just make sure the battery is not in the phone when you do this, that will be VERY bad.
I am just saying, and do this very carefully, this can hurt you, if not done correctly.
I wasn't daring enough to follow those steps, so I decided to be creative and use this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935485
Essentially, I did everything but flash the OTA. It didn't fix my issue completely, but it did stop my phone from showing the CyanogenMod logo. I then called AT&T and asked for a replacement I told them that the OTA stopped my phone from booting. They gave me free priority shipping and it arrived this morning (ordered yesterday afternoon).
1. I dropped the tablet from approximately 50cm above a hard surface.
2. Initially, I thought it was no big deal, so I proceed to try turning it on.
3. Something was odd; the tablet did not boot at all. It's NOT stuck on Asus logo. All I can see was black screen, completely unresponsive.
4. So I tried to hold power for 30sec, reset, hold reset for 30sec... nothing worked. :crying:
5. I figured, 'something must have gone wrong with the hardware when it dropped'.
6. Thus, I opened the tablet & carefully tried to find out what went wrong. (And I really hope I didn't break it even more in the process...)
7. And here I am stuck with no more idea.
WHAT I FOUND OUT:
LED indicator flashes twice when I press power or when I connect charger. Edit: It only flashes twice if I have charger connected. Nothing happens if it's disconnected from charger.
PC does not recognize tf300.
I have no warranty.
Please help me. Thank you!
Aqueouss said:
1. I dropped the tablet from approximately 50cm above a hard surface.
2. Initially, I thought it was no big deal, so I proceed to try turning it on.
3. Something was odd; the tablet did not boot at all. It's NOT stuck on Asus logo. All I can see was black screen, completely unresponsive.
4. So I tried to hold power for 30sec, reset, hold reset for 30sec... nothing worked. :crying:
5. I figured, 'something must have gone wrong with the hardware when it dropped'.
6. Thus, I opened the tablet & carefully tried to find out what went wrong. (And I really hope I didn't break it even more in the process...)
7. And here I am stuck with no more idea.
WHAT I FOUND OUT:
LED indicator flashes twice when I press power or when I connect charger. Edit: It only flashes twice if I have charger connected. Nothing happens if it's disconnected from charger.
PC does not recognize tf300.
I have no warranty.
Please help me. Thank you!
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Not much to go from, but it sounds like the battery is disconnected.
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elesbb said:
Not much to go from, but it sounds like the battery is disconnected.
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Thank you. I thought about that, too. But I cannot do anything because I have no idea which connector is which...
Can you anybody tell me where the disconnection might be? (location of battery related port?)
Aqueouss said:
Thank you. I thought about that, too. But I cannot do anything because I have no idea which connector is which...
Can you anybody tell me where the disconnection might be? (location of battery related port?)
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Here is a couple of things you can do, it already does not work so what the hell, it can't get any worse. Drink two shots of Grey Goose and check out these links.
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Disassembling+Asus+tf300+Tablet/11794/1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_JRLd7lPv8
Good Luck!!
Erik
ricco333 said:
Here is a couple of things you can do, it already does not work so what the hell, it can't get any worse. Drink two shots of Grey Goose and check out these links.
Good Luck!!
Erik
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Thank you, I fixed it!
I simply disconnected the battery connector and reconnected it, and everything magically started working again :victory:
I seem to have the same issue
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Not much to go from, but it sounds like the battery is disconnected.
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ricco333 said:
Here is a couple of things you can do, it already does not work so what the hell, it can't get any worse. Drink two shots of Grey Goose and check out these links.
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Good Luck!!
Erik
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Aqueouss said:
Thank you, I fixed it!
I simply disconnected the battery connector and reconnected it, and everything magically started working again :victory:
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Hi guys, I am having a similar problem. My device won't turn on unless the charger is connected. The battery display says 94% but if I unplug it, it immediately shuts off. It is like using a laptop with no battery connected, being powered by the charger only. I think it might be the same case as the OP here?
Well, looking at the photo tutorial and the video, I am still unsure about the exact location of the battery connector. Could you point it out more clearly for me? My tablet is out of warranty and I'd like to give it a shot at DIY, but taking the least possible risks.
Thanks!!
rmvieira said:
Hi guys, I am having a similar problem. My device won't turn on unless the charger is connected. The battery display says 94% but if I unplug it, it immediately shuts off. It is like using a laptop with no battery connected, being powered by the charger only. I think it might be the same case as the OP here?
Well, looking at the photo tutorial and the video, I am still unsure about the exact location of the battery connector. Could you point it out more clearly for me? My tablet is out of warranty and I'd like to give it a shot at DIY, but taking the least possible risks.
Thanks!!
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It's located underneath the copper shield. You need to lift it off to see. The connector is visible in plain sight. Just follow the wires coming out of the battery. But if you're still under warranty and don't want to break the seal, you can resort to Asus customer service.
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It's located underneath the copper shield. You need to lift it off to see. The connector is visible in plain sight. Just follow the wires coming out of the battery. But if you're still under warranty and don't want to break the seal, you can resort to Asus customer service.
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Thanks, I will take a look at it tonight as it is just outside the warranty period
Hopefully this will solve the problem. I will post back when I try.
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It's located underneath the copper shield. You need to lift it off to see. The connector is visible in plain sight. Just follow the wires coming out of the battery. But if you're still under warranty and don't want to break the seal, you can resort to Asus customer service.
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Well I tried disconnecting and re-connecting the battery connector, but it didn't work. To make things worth, the touch screen is no longer working. I am getting desperate... Can you point me in the right direction for, at least, getting the screen to work again?
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Well I tried disconnecting and re-connecting the battery connector, but it didn't work. To make things worth, the touch screen is no longer working. I am getting desperate... Can you point me in the right direction for, at least, getting the screen to work again?
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Well, don't panic just yet. Try to remember if you'd done anything (flashing, loading or playing around with software) or anything had happened (tab drop etc...) before the tab started acting up. AFAIK, the TS board doesn't fail that often, but is fragile and thus prone to physical damage, especially the connectors and cables. The least movement in the wrong direction would wreck it. Pushing the cables in at the wrong angle would bend the pins beyond repair, to give you an idea. And you should've disconnected the battery or turned the service mode switch off before even touching anything.
At this point, my guess is either the battery is dead (not charging)*, or some weird software is screwing up the reading. Apparently, the main circuitry is intact since you can turn the tab on with the charger attached. If you can access recovery, and assuming you have CWM (TWRP requires touch), you can try wiping the battery stats.
Regarding the touch screen, there are a few possibilities. Check the surface of the mainboard if there's anything that's burned. Check the cables to make sure you did not displace any of them while pulling or pushing the battery connector. If you reconnect the cable or boards make they are seated correctly. Don't pull on the amber ribbons coming out of the digitizer. Last time I checked, the green part pasted to the face of the touchscreen can detach with the force you use to peel a protective screen off your tab. I kid you not. Above all, do not force a cable in, do not snap them in. They should slide in easy if you do it at the right angle. If nothing is damaged, I wouldn't worry too much about it now.
If you have access to a keyboard, you can go into the /etc/firmware/touch/ folder to see what's in there. This only shows the correct info if you're on stock rom. Then note the model of the touchscreen printed on the white sticker on the ribbons.
Again, turn the service switch off first.
* not charging could be caused by the battery itself or the chip controlling it on the mainboard. But we want to examine the obvious first.
wow this trend really old.
...just rediscovered my old asus transformer n upgraded it android 7 and gave it to my niece...
lonq story short she dropped it. and now the device dead. I opened it and reconnected the battery and still the screen looks dead.
when I connect it to the laptop, windows detects it and even shows it's charging
... did I miss something or? everything looked connected when I opened it
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I rooted my Verizon Galaxy S III a long time ago (at least 6 months), and never really did anything with the root (it was running the most recent Touchwiz that updated a few days before this happened). A few days back, after leaving my phone on and plugged into a wall charger the night before, I woke up to it being nonresponsive. This has happened before, so I removed the battery and put it back in. It booted fine, but with the time in the upper corner an hour fast. I thought that was weird, so I decided to reboot it. I started to reboot it and then turned away to take a shower. When I get out of the shower, I discover that the phone is now hard bricked and will not boot in any mode (download, recovery, normal). It won't respond to anything. The only thing that it will do is illuminate the red LED when it is plugged into the wall without a battery for about 90 seconds (then, when you put in a battery, it won't do anything). When I plug it into a computer, all that comes up is that "QHSUSB_DLOAD" popup.
My family has GS3's as well, so I tried swapping out the battery and charger. That doesn't change anything.
So I decided to go ahead and call verizon, and the replacement phone came in. Now, however, realizing that my phone used to boot up to a Samsung screen with a lock and "Custom" below it, and it looks an awful lot like I hardbricked it myself, since it's rooted, I question whether or not I will get charged that $600 if they think that I killed my phone (which I think I didn't, but I AM a noob).
My question to you knowledgeable people is: Do you think it is safe to send it to Verizon as it is? Is there anything I can do to make it safer to send in? Or should I send back the replacement phone and look for a $250 used one on craigslist?
TL;DR It looks like I hardbricked my rooted Touchwiz GS3 when I didn't. Is it safe to send it into Verizon's Warranty Department?
Check this out http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
Definitely cheaper than buying a used device. I don't think I would send in a sgs3 that has that "custom" display on it. If you took it into verizon, they wouldn't replace it after seeing that it has been modded. I would think as soon as they see that in their facility, they would charge you for the replacement. I don't know for sure but that would be my guess. I wouldn't risk getting charged $600. Though maybe someone can help you troubleshoot it more but it definitely seems bricked.
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Definitely cheaper than buying a used device. I don't think I would send in a sgs3 that has that "custom" display on it. If you took it into verizon, they wouldn't replace it after seeing that it has been modded. I would think as soon as they see that in their facility, they would charge you for the replacement. I don't know for sure but that would be my guess. I wouldn't risk getting charged $600. Though maybe someone can help you troubleshoot it more but it definitely seems bricked.
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I am of the understanding that JTAG brick repair is aimed at solving problems arising from software, but I suspect that this is a hardware issue (seeing as there were about 6 months between the root and the brick) that wouldn't be fixed by that.
IF it does'n;t boot at all, I doubt Verizon will spend the time to do anything with it other than send you a replacement. As long as you didn;t drop it in water.
DigitalMD said:
IF it does'n;t boot at all, I doubt Verizon will spend the time to do anything with it other than send you a replacement. As long as you didn;t drop it in water.
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The water stickers still show purple X's, so I'm not worried about that. I'm more inclined to agree with you than tu3218. And it looks like I'll need to brick a few more phones before I can get that earlier work of art going. Haha.
Triforce11 said:
I am of the understanding that JTAG brick repair is aimed at solving problems arising from software, but I suspect that this is a hardware issue (seeing as there were about 6 months between the root and the brick) that wouldn't be fixed by that.
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Well you could email the folks at Mobile Tech and get their input on this. I wouldn't necessarily rule them out entirely just cuz you didn't hard brick it yourself.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Well you could email the folks at Mobile Tech and get their input on this. I wouldn't necessarily rule them out entirely just cuz you didn't hard brick it yourself.
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Not a bad idea. I'll shoot them an email and post whatever they say here. If anyone else has any input though, I'd be glad to hear it.
If all fails put in microwave for 15-30 seconds and you will be good for exchange.
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Triforce11 said:
The water stickers still show purple X's, so I'm not worried about that. I'm more inclined to agree with you than tu3218. And it looks like I'll need to brick a few more phones before I can get that earlier work of art going. Haha.
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AS bad as Verizon is in most regards, they really can't afford to accuse everyone that comes in with a dead phone of breaking it and refuse to honor the warranty.
QHSUSB_DLOAD = hard brick
jtag is aimed at fixing a software problem, but more specifically your base coding of your phone. Technically, a hard brick isn't always a hardware malfunction (although it can be), but your base coding to your phone which tells it to boot at its most essential level.
Getting that message when you plug it into your computer means your phone is unrecognizable. It's trying to read what you're plugging in, but your base coding is gone so it can't tell what device is plugged in making it impossible to odin back to stock.
A jtag will rewrite your base coding and allow the phone to be able to boot into recovery and download mode. I would send it in to mobile tech videos and not to verizon. $60 isn't too bad for a working phone.
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I just Odin my s3 back to stock for the warranty reason. Started having some issues with the power button and need another warranty replacement. I didn't want it flashed with no way to get back to stock. With this being my 3rd or 4th replacement I think I might try to guilt them into the s4.
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Any luck with this or did you ever return it? I'm in the same situation. Rooted phone a while back, no problems until yesterday when the phone turned off at some point while not in use and would never turn back on or charge, same QHUSB_DLOAD message when connecting to a Windows machine. It would seem to be unrelated to rooting, but I'm afraid if I send it to Verizon, they'll notice and charge me. I'm not sure what their actual procedure is with returned phones and how far they'll go in troubleshooting/doublechecking a phone that's bricked in this way. I don't feel like this is warranty fraud, but Verizon may disagree.
Does anyone know how to distinguish between a genuine and fake lg v10 battery?
I think mine came with a fake from an eBay seller.
Could someone please take some photos of their genuine battery and post here?
Mine is missing the water detection dot but the plastic moulding has a spot for it.
Here's mine. Both are genuine LG batteries.
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Thanks.
My battery looks almost identical except the manufacturer appears to be Yantai Bonsung Electronics Inc.
I notice my charger is made by Donghwa which is the same company that makes your batteries.
Hmm maybe the v10 battery really just is terrible. Mine says it was made in 2016.07.08
I also noticed my battery feels lighter than the original one in my wife's LG G4. Both are meant to be same capacity (though different physical dimensions). Unfortunately I don't have accurate scales to compare weights
If the suspected fake battery gets too low, and you try to boot up, the phone says it is not original... At least that is what happens with my PowerBear extended battery. So, I suppose that is one way you might tell...?
I have two OEM batteries. One came with the phone and the other came from the LG promo. The labels are different. One has the BL-45B1F printed really large and the other really small. One has Korean writing, the other is all English. One has a date code of 2016.02.18 and the other has DC151009 (D) written in where the date code of the first is located. One of mine has the solid white dot and the other has red hashes through the white dot.
I bet its all good and OEM but different factories and batches.
Thats an after market battery, Yantai Bonsung Electronics a chinese firm that makes battery, and even they make batteries for LG, but the only way to find out if is genuine from LG is to compare it with the old genuine one, weight and writing will be different, OEM genuine batteries writing is bolder than after market ones, and it weights more than after market one, hope that helps
LG V10 battery is on sales on lg's website for $15, thought it was a great deal & ordered one.
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Please tell me of its original or fake..
TThanks a bunch
Guys, I am very much troubled with 'Invalid battery-shutting down' error. Recently i had bought a battery for my H961N from Ebay which said it's LG genuine battery. Though I face a very strange issue. My phone started showing error message 'Invalid battery-shutting down' while I tried charging it after couple of days of usage with new battery. I figured out that this error comes only when my battery % dropped below 15%. Otherwise it won;t give that error. I tried hard reset, going back to MM from Nougat. None of these seems helping and I still have same issue. I checked battery physical connectors, they are all fine and not bent. Does anyone has come across the issue and resolved?? It seems I need to get a brand new LG battery to fix this issue.
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Guys, I am very much troubled with 'Invalid battery-shutting down' error. Recently i had bought a battery for my H961N from Ebay which said it's LG genuine battery. Though I face a very strange issue. My phone started showing error message 'Invalid battery-shutting down' while I tried charging it after couple of days of usage with new battery. I figured out that this error comes only when my battery % dropped below 15%. Otherwise it won;t give that error. I tried hard reset, going back to MM from Nougat. None of these seems helping and I still have same issue. I checked battery physical connectors, they are all fine and not bent. Does anyone has come across the issue and resolved?? It seems I need to get a brand new LG battery to fix this issue.
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I have fix this issue with updating to Nougat via LG Bridge. But I'm not sure what's the real problem with your phone. Maybe it's a motherboard problem. Anyway, how did you go back from Nougat to MM?
i have got same issue
sunny68097 said:
Guys, I am very much troubled with 'Invalid battery-shutting down' error. Recently i had bought a battery for my H961N from Ebay which said it's LG genuine battery. Though I face a very strange issue. My phone started showing error message 'Invalid battery-shutting down' while I tried charging it after couple of days of usage with new battery. I figured out that this error comes only when my battery % dropped below 15%. Otherwise it won;t give that error. I tried hard reset, going back to MM from Nougat. None of these seems helping and I still have same issue. I checked battery physical connectors, they are all fine and not bent. Does anyone has come across the issue and resolved?? It seems I need to get a brand new LG battery to fix this issue.
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How did you update to Nougat ? is it h900
My phone is dead ''Invaild Battrey" Please Help
Can someone tell me what battery to buy now lol
Quick update on two supposed genuine LG batteries.
After about 12-18 months of use, both batteries have started to cut out at about 40% and they both have started to swell up slightly.
Not impressed.
edrift said:
Quick update on two supposed genuine LG batteries.
After about 12-18 months of use, both batteries have started to cut out at about 40% and they both have started to swell up slightly.
Not impressed.
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Same! I was thinking it was Android 7.0, but guess the batteries are just shot. Are you buying more?
Nawaf Bawyan said:
How did you update to Nougat ? is it h900
My phone is dead ''Invaild Battrey" Please Help
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YYOUR PHONE died or your battery
your battery dead you can not on ur phone
or your phone motherboard died as known problem bootloop
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klemen241 said:
Can someone tell me what battery to buy now lol
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IF YOU FOLLOW WHAT I SAY AND MY OPINION
BUY IT DIRECT FROM korean websites that selling second hands they are good and to buy using some companys they buy for you and shipping and they tack 5% from price that is all
but shipping go expensive because korea post and ems no shipping items have batterys
you need fedex shipping economy will cost about 20 usd
that is what i buy from there
Youcef84 said:
YYOUR PHONE died or your battery
your battery dead you can not on ur phone
or your phone motherboard died as known problem bootloop
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IF YOU FOLLOW WHAT I SAY AND MY OPINION
BUY IT DIRECT FROM korean websites that selling second hands they are good and to buy using some companys they buy for you and shipping and they tack 5% from price that is all
but shipping go expensive because korea post and ems no shipping items have batterys
you need fedex shipping economy will cost about 20 usd
that is what i buy from there
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yea there is some problem shipping to my country
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Observe if the issue is only once or frequently.
If it happen many times, return to official stock MIUI and lock bootloader. Though the cause is unknown, it can be hardware issue. Find Xiaomi repair center to check the problem.
Similar case happen in Poco F3:
(SOLVED) Charging and Battery Percentage Error
Hello Everyone, Before sleeping my phone was at 36% battery, after woke up my phone suddenly showing 76% battery without any charge, after using phone for 30 minutes my phone fet switched off, it doesn't get turned on, then i put the charger and...
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pl1992aw said:
Observe if the issue is only once or frequently.
If it happen many times, return to official stock MIUI and lock bootloader. Though the cause is unknown, it can be hardware issue. Find Xiaomi repair center to check the problem.
Similar case happen in Poco F3:
(SOLVED) Charging and Battery Percentage Error
Hello Everyone, Before sleeping my phone was at 36% battery, after woke up my phone suddenly showing 76% battery without any charge, after using phone for 30 minutes my phone fet switched off, it doesn't get turned on, then i put the charger and...
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But I am in official Miui, bootloader locked !! Haven't unlocked yet !!
biswatmak said:
But I am in official Miui, bootloader locked !! Haven't unlocked yet !!
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Then you can directly go find Xiaomi repair center to find out the problem. Warranty should cover this issue.
Show them the screenshot to prove to them.
Backup your data first. Maybe they will reset your phone.
pl1992aw said:
Then you can directly go find Xiaomi repair center to find out the problem. Warranty should cover this issue.
Show them the screenshot to prove to them.
Backup your data first. Maybe they will reset your phone.
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Actually I did a factory reset after which this happened, before factory reset I used it for more than a week and didn't get this kind of a graph.
biswatmak said:
Actually I did a factory reset after which this happened, before factory reset I used it for more than a week and didn't get this kind of a graph.
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So higher chance of hardware cause, maybe similar to the thread I posted. In that thread the person had written what he did.
Straight to Xiaomi repair center for help.
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So higher chance of hardware cause, maybe similar to the thread I posted. In that thread the person had written what he did.
Straight to Xiaomi repair center for help.
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Took it to the service center, they said they didn't find any fault.
A reddit user posted a similar issue , even those guys seems least bothered. Don't know what's happening to the world !!
I have posted the link to the particular reddit post below
https://www.reddit.com/r/PocoPhones/comments/obhh67
biswatmak said:
Took it to the service center, they said they didn't find any fault.
A reddit user posted a similar issue , even those guys seems least bothered. Don't know what's happening to the world !!
I have posted the link to the particular reddit post below
https://www.reddit.com/r/PocoPhones/comments/obhh67
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If the center said did not find any fault, then observe if it happen later.
Find them again if it occurs again.
without soundin daft, check how your phone gets the time, if its from the network, try it on manual
biojo said:
without soundin daft, check how your phone gets the time, if its from the network, try it on manual
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Ok I charged my phone to 94% and right now its 66%. Please check my battery graph to say how its going
WhatsApp and Meet(?). Using a lot of resources.
I wouldn't like either one run on my device.
It may be a malware related issue or a crap app(s)... be careful what you download.
I see a factory reset in your future... load more wisely on the next OS.
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Ok I charged my phone to 94% and right now its 66%. Please check my battery graph to say how its going
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It might not happen right away. Just keep in mind it happen before. Use your phone as you wish.
If in the future your phone sudden shutdown, or the battery percentage behaves strangely, you can check the battery meter.
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It might not happen right away. Just keep in mind it happen before. Use your phone as you wish.
If in the future your phone sudden shutdown, or the battery percentage behaves strangely, you can check the battery meter.
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In the service center yet again waiting for a miracle to save my not even one month old device !!!