I'm using a Verizon SIII rooted with the bootloader unlocked. This problem just showed up today. I put the phone on the charger at 13% then, more than 2 hours later still on the charger my phone drops to 8%. I want to restore to from a Nandroid but I'm afraid the phone will die out before it can finish. What should I do?
Undivided said:
I'm using a Verizon SIII rooted with the bootloader unlocked. This problem just showed up today. I put the phone on the charger at 13% then, more than 2 hours later still on the charger my phone drops to 8%. I want to restore to from a Nandroid but I'm afraid the phone will die out before it can finish. What should I do?
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Sounds like either your phone was not charging at all, your battery has gone completely bad, or your phone is not reporting the battery stats correctly. Try a different outlet? Use an external charger? Different cable?
What all have you tried? I.E. changing wall plugs, doing a battery pull that kind of stuff.
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I got this phone quite recently. I hope the battery isn't bad. But the battery is charging, or at least the phone thinks it is because my red LED is on indicating the phone is charging. It may be data related as I turned airplane mode and power saving on and its now charging. I'll be able to restore to a Nandroid soon and hopefully whatever is causing my problem will go away. Anyway have any other idea what could have happened?
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I got this phone quite recently. I hope the battery isn't bad. But the battery is charging, or at least the phone thinks it is because my red LED is on indicating the phone is charging. It may be data related as I turned airplane mode and power saving on and its now charging. I'll be able to restore to a Nandroid soon and hopefully whatever is causing my problem will go away. Anyway have any other idea what could have happened?
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Well it really depends what your charging it with. If its not getting enough power from a certain outlet or power source then it might burn juice faster than its taking in.
Neverendingxsin said:
Well it really depends what your charging it with. If its not getting enough power from a certain outlet or power source then it might burn juice faster than its taking in.
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I used the same outlet I always have. I'll try another one.
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Well it really depends what your charging it with. If its not getting enough power from a certain outlet or power source then it might burn juice faster than its taking in.
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I took this for you guys if it helps. Normally my screen is what takes the most of my battery. Now however, its the android system. Any ideas?
Undivided said:
I got this phone quite recently. I hope the battery isn't bad.
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I got my GS3 Tuesday and i had to replace mine Friday because it was dead and wouldn't take a charge so it might be your battery.
Why don't you shut the phone off and then charge it. Then restore your back up.
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Hi guys. I have a weird problem with my htc one x that started recently. I got it about a year ago but from like last week, it keeps on shutting down (not restarting) and then I have to wait a bit before I turn it back on. This is because if I turn it back on straightaway it starts to overheat and then turns off. When I manage to turn it back on it shuts down after a bit of usage. The only way it works properly is when it's connected to a charger which basically means its unusable. I'm thinking that maybe I just need to change the battery but since it will take some time and effort, I wanna get some opinions and be sure. Thanks in advance. The phone is on official stock and I've tried factory reset.
The fact that it doesnt overheat and shut down when plugged in leads me to believe its not the battery since the battery gets even hotter when plugged in. Also, since you are able to turn it back on, that means theres still a charge.
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exad said:
The fact that it doesnt overheat and shut down when plugged in leads me to believe its not the battery since the battery gets even hotter when plugged in. Also, since you are able to turn it back on, that means theres still a charge.
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It does get extremely hot when it's plugged in and sometimes turns off but that's only when I'm using it for web browsing or something. If I'm not using it when it's plugged in that much then it's ok. And whenever I turn it on it keeps giving different battery readings. Sometimes it will say 80%. Then if I restart it it will say 30%. And sometimes it will have an exclamation mark where it's meant to say the battery reading :/
Hmm well you can certainly change the battery then. Have you taken this phone apart before? Be gentle or you could end up breaking the screen and also, you have to take the whole thing apart to change the battery wince the battery connects on the underside of the mainboard
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This problem was there since i bought the nexus 5 (first week of jan), but it used to happen seldom, like once a week or so. But since last 2-3 weeks, everytime i try to charge my phone, it doesn't charge and actually starts discharging and reaches 0% in some time while charging, one way i have found to solve it is to switch off the phone while charging, let it charge like that for 5 mins, and then switch back on, it gains 1% during that time, after that it charges normally.
Using original charger and USB cable that came with my nexus 5, tried using samsung charger and HTC cable with HTC charger as well as OEM charger, doesn't make a difference.
Also, since i bought the nexus 5, if the USB cable is even slightly displaced (like when picking up the phone), and phone disconnects and reconnects from charging, like the port on the phone is loose or something, this annoys me while transferring data from pc as if the phone is even slightly moved, then the Internal Storage unmounts and remounts on the pc, thus interrupting the transfer. Though this problem i have noticed is slightly higher when phone charge is on the lower side (~20%) and if i try to fiddle with the USB cable while the charge is >60%, the problem doesn't seem to be that much, though it still disconnects, but not that sensitive.
Can anyone explain what's going on?
Does the mobile display that the phone is actually charging when you have connected it to the charger??
As for your second problem, I'm sure the micro usb port of your device has become loose... Nothing you can do to fix it... May be visit a local LG centre and tell them to see if it can be fixed by opening up the device and tightening it may be?
PS: lol @ username are you Indian?
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Does the mobile display that the phone is actually charging when you have connected it to the charger??
As for your second problem, I'm sure the micro usb port of your device has become loose... Nothing you can do to fix it... May be visit a local LG centre and tell them to see if it can be fixed by opening up the device and tightening it may be?
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Yes, the phone says charging, battery settings says Charging (AC), but it doesn't charge, and discharges, i don't think that some app is using high cpu while charging, because my battery discharges fine before i put it on charge.
I purchased it from Play Store, so LG would fix it then too?
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PS: lol @ username are you Indian?
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uhm yes, well i hope the moderators don't take it too seriously..
madarchod said:
Yes, the phone says charging, battery settings says Charging (AC), but it doesn't charge, and discharges, i don't think that some app is using high cpu while charging, because my battery discharges fine before i put it on charge.
I purchased it from Play Store, so LG would fix it then too?
uhm yes, well i hope the moderators don't take it too seriously..
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Are you fully stock? If so, then perform a factory reset and see whether the issue persists. If you're using a custom rom then flash the factory images and go fully stock and see whether it still occurs.
If it does, then it's surely a faulty battery we are looking at. Since you've tried using different chargers and cables, there's nothing more you can do.
Call google customer service and RMA it.
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Are you fully stock? If so, then perform a factory reset and see whether the issue persists. If you're using a custom rom then flash the factory images and go fully stock and see whether it still occurs.
If it does, then it's surely a faulty battery we are looking at. Since you've tried using different chargers and cables, there's nothing more you can do.
Call google customer service and RMA it.
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Yes, i am running stock rom with root, tried factory reset, no improvement, currently my phone is on charging with 71% charge, now i am using my phone, testing new camera app, no disconnections, but when i use the phone with low charge while charging, it disconnects and reconnects, don't know if it's hardware fault or just software, as charging too returns to normal when phone is switched off and then turned on.
Is RMA'ing the last resort? coz i am afraid that RMA might lead to some other problems, like getting a replacement with screen bleed issue or some else issue.
madarchod said:
Yes, i am running stock rom with root, tried factory reset, no improvement, currently my phone is on charging with 71% charge, now i am using my phone, testing new camera app, no disconnections, but when i use the phone with low charge while charging, it disconnects and reconnects, don't know if it's hardware fault or just software, as charging too returns to normal when phone is switched off and then turned on.
Is RMA'ing the last resort? coz i am afraid that RMA might lead to some other problems, like getting a replacement with screen bleed issue or some else issue.
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Yes, what you've said is very true. The replacement device might have other problems if you're unlucky.
Are you on stock kernel or have you flashed a custom kernel? If you have then flash the stock boot.img and see.
If everything else fails you can flash the factory images from Google and go completely stock and see if the problem persists.
It's upto you to decide whether you can overlook this weird battery issue or not. If you can't, then RMA is the only option left.
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Yes, what you've said is very true. The replacement device might have other problems if you're unlucky.
Are you on stock kernel or have you flashed a custom kernel? If you have then flash the stock boot.img and see.
If everything else fails you can flash the factory images from Google and go completely stock and see if the problem persists.
It's upto you to decide whether you can overlook this weird battery issue or not. If you can't, then RMA is the only option left.
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hmm yeah, i would need to think about it, thanks for the help.. :good:
i think i'd wait for 4.4.3 first to see if it isn't a firmware issue.
This results are from my tests.
If your current CPU operating temperature is higher than 51 degrees celsius the phone won't charge,it will stay at for example 50% .
If the temp. Is higher than 51 degrees the batt% will decrease.
If the temp. Is below 45 degrees the battery will charge but very slow.
If you're gaming it's normal.
Leave your phone to cool down for 20 minutes and it will start to charge at normal tempo,1-2% per minute at 20.degrees celsius.
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gajkax said:
This results are from my tests.
If your current CPU operating temperature is higher than 51 degrees celsius the phone won't charge,it will stay at for example 50% .
If the temp. Is higher than 51 degrees the batt% will decrease.
If the temp. Is below 45 degrees the battery will charge but very slow.
If you're gaming it's normal.
Leave your phone to cool down for 20 minutes and it will start to charge at normal tempo,1-2% per minute at 20.degrees celsius.
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hmm, quite interesting statistics there.. :good:
i'd test for the temps and see if this problem is because of the temps or not.. :highfive:
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This results are from my tests.
If your current CPU operating temperature is higher than 51 degrees celsius the phone won't charge,it will stay at for example 50% .
If the temp. Is higher than 51 degrees the batt% will decrease.
If the temp. Is below 45 degrees the battery will charge but very slow.
If you're gaming it's normal.
Leave your phone to cool down for 20 minutes and it will start to charge at normal tempo,1-2% per minute at 20.degrees celsius.
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Whattt?? I have put my phone on charging while playing heavy games like mc4 where the temp easily reaches 50+*c and I haven't seen any interruption in battery charge..
Are you sure about this??
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In my case the battery isn't charging or it's charging BUT at 1 percent in 7-8 minutes when CPU temp. Is 51-52 celsius or above.
Sometimes when it's above 55 celsius,battery percentage is going down.
I'm charging with the original charger and cable.
I,m not using usb fast charge hack.
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In my case the battery isn't charging or it's charging BUT at 1 percent in 7-8 minutes when CPU temp. Is 51-52 celsius or above.
Sometimes when it's above 55 celsius,battery percentage is going down.
I'm charging with the original charger and cable.
I,m not using usb fast charge hack.
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Yes, that's normal. It will charge if the temp is above 50*c..it will charge slowly as you are using your phone for hd gaming which takes a toll on the battery..
Fast charge just means that you can charge via your computer at AC wall charging speed...
If you charge your phone via computer and play games on it simultaneously then it's normal to discharge while charging as usb charges only at 0.5amp
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gajkax said:
In my case the battery isn't charging or it's charging BUT at 1 percent in 7-8 minutes when CPU temp. Is 51-52 celsius or above.
Sometimes when it's above 55 celsius,battery percentage is going down.
I'm charging with the original charger and cable.
I,m not using usb fast charge hack.
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ok, so after some days of testing, i can say that this problem is irrelevant of temps on my device, sometimes it charges without any nags, but most of the time it discharges while plugged in, and i have to reboot the phone.. :crying:
madarchod said:
ok, so after some days of testing, i can say that this problem is irrelevant of temps on my device, sometimes it charges without any nags, but most of the time it discharges while plugged in, and i have to reboot the phone.. :crying:
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This happened on my last phone. For me, it was from using a USB fast charge option on a custom kernel: reflashed the kernel and charging was back to normal; selected the option and it duplicated the problem.
So:
Are you using a stock kernel? Either way, I would try wiping caches and flashing the kernel (or another one).
Or, if you haven't, try a simulated battery pull (hold down the power, volume up and volume down buttons for ~15 seconds).
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I know when I'm using my phone as a sat nav on the car dash it can get pretty toasty. When it's like that, it is on charge but the phone will still drain slowly... so on a 3 hour journey it may lose 20% battery or something. That is with an official HTC car charger so perhaps the results are a little unfair - think it's rated 1 amp.
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This happened on my last phone. For me, it was from using a USB fast charge option on a custom kernel: reflashed the kernel and charging was back to normal; selected the option and it duplicated the problem.
So:
Are you using a stock kernel? Either way, I would try wiping caches and flashing the kernel (or another one).
Or, if you haven't, try a simulated battery pull (hold down the power, volume up and volume down buttons for ~15 seconds).
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hmm, yeah, using the stock kernel, was waiting for 4.4.3 before flashing with custom kernel, will try though, thanks.. :good:
Sure sure! Does it seem like it only charges when it's off?
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Sure sure! Does it seem like it only charges when it's off?
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yeah, while discharging, no matter how many times i re-insert the cable, or change the charger or the cable, it won't charge unless i switch off the phone, let it charge for some minutes and then power it on, it'll start to charge normally after that..
I'm in a similar boat. Every now and then I'll wake up with the battery being only charged to 75 or so. Since it happens sporadically it's hard to test why it may be happening. Have you found any resolution for the issue? This is using a wireless charger so a bad USB port can be ruled out.
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I'm in a similar boat. Every now and then I'll wake up with the battery being only charged to 75 or so. Since it happens sporadically it's hard to test why it may be happening. Have you found any resolution for the issue? This is using a wireless charger so a bad USB port can be ruled out.
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The Nexus 5 has a charging controller by TI, that regulates the voltage and current to the battery if the battery gets hot enough lets say 50C it will stop all charging untill the battery is cooled and the charging session is re-started
The battery also has a fail-safe measure to prevent the phones battery from exploding which also does what the charging controller does, incase it fails the battery has another fail-safe mode
Anybody getting random power off's?
My note 5 has been randomly doing it. Sometimes wake up in the morning a d the phone is off. While it's plugged into the charger, and was on when I left it. Also, at random times while I am using it. Yesterday, battery was at 18%, and suddenly it shut off like someone flipped a switch... Wouldn't power back on. Plugged the charger in and said 0%.
After it started doing it, I thought it was the battery, so I paid 60 bucks to have it replaced. No change.
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5ft24 said:
Anybody getting random power off's?
My note 5 has been randomly doing it. Sometimes wake up in the morning a d the phone is off. While it's plugged into the charger, and was on when I left it. Also, at random times while I am using it. Yesterday, battery was at 18%, and suddenly it shut off like someone flipped a switch... Wouldn't power back on. Plugged the charger in and said 0%.
After it started doing it, I thought it was the battery, so I paid 60 bucks to have it replaced. No change.
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I wouldn't even have paid to have it replaced. It sounds like your battery simply needed to be calibrated and there's lots of apps on the play store for that very reason.
Hi friends,
Help needed. I flashed Halogen OS and installed Lightning Kernel today. Did some profiling in Kernel Adiutor....
After some time I am experiencing a strange problem. Mobile gets switched off continously.... And my battery is 100%
Phone works well when connected to charger.... Could this be the sign of battery got damaged?
Update: It was the battery that was causing problem. Replaced new battery and now everything is fine... Thanks for replies...
Yes the batteries need replacements...every time the phone required a charger to boot is a sign of dying batteries...buy new batteries and all the problem will go away...no need to flash or format anything cause it won't fixed your problem...
vipinpvarghese said:
Hi friends,
Help needed. I flashed Halogen OS and installed Lightning Kernel today. Did some profiling in Kernel Adiutor....
After some time I am experiencing a strange problem. Mobile gets switched off continously.... And my battery is 100%
Phone works well when connected to charger.... Could this be the sign of battery got damaged?
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I agree with @iPusak Gaoq™ ,but just to confirm, try flashing another ROM.
Wow! I am literally having the same issue! https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/boot-rom-phone-restarting-t3677975
Mystel said:
Wow! I am literally having the same issue! https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/boot-rom-phone-restarting-t3677975
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And you both are Indians! Hmm,must be coincidence.
Mystel said:
Wow! I am literally having the same issue! https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/boot-rom-phone-restarting-t3677975
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Normal issues considering that opo batteries only lasted 2-3 years...
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iPusak Gaoq™ said:
Normal issues considering that opo batteries only lasted 2-3 years...
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Okay..... Now having issue like the battery says 100%. When i disconnect charger the phone goes switched off in one or two minutes.... If restarted it goes on boot loop like behavior which I believe could be battery not charged.... When I connect to charger the device boots and everything works perfectly. Strange thing is the battery shows charging and it becomes 100% in 2 minutes.... But still it goes off after 2 minutes if disconnected from charger...
vipinpvarghese said:
Okay..... Now having issue like the battery says 100%. When i disconnect charger the phone goes switched off in one or two minutes.... If restarted it goes on boot loop like behavior which I believe could be battery not charged.... When I connect to charger the device boots and everything works perfectly. Strange thing is the battery shows charging and it becomes 100% in 2 minutes.... But still it goes off after 2 minutes if disconnected from charger...
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Don't be fool at the batteries percentage on the phone as it is not accurate anymore when you have a dying batteries...it may showed 100% but you actually have lowered or none at all...that is why your phone required charger to boot cause the phone need power from the charger to boot and once you disconnect it, it will goes into bootloop cause the batteries is no longer work as usual...
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iPusak Gaoq™ said:
Normal issues considering that opo batteries only lasted 2-3 years...
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iPusak Gaoq™ said:
Don't be fool at the batteries percentage on the phone as it is not accurate anymore when you have a dying batteries...it may showed 100% but you actually have lowered or none at all...that is why your phone required charger to boot cause the phone need power from the charger to boot and once you disconnect it, it will goes into bootloop cause the batteries is no longer work as usual...
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Thanks for the Information.... I have ordered a new battery from ebay.... Let me replace and update you...
If the battery is dead how can this device keep on boot looping ? Also it stays awake in recovery.... almost 15 minutes now and still the device is on status in recovery
I have the same issue. I don't think its a battery problem. As recovery is working fine without charger, I kept mobile on recovery and switched off the screen timeout and battery performed normal. So it can be deduced that, there is software problem only.
Sumedh Lichade said:
I have the same issue. I don't think its a battery problem. As recovery is working fine without charger, I kept mobile on recovery and switched off the screen timeout and battery performed normal. So it can be deduced that, there is software problem only.
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Ah,can you deduce how come it is not happening for others on same software?
Sumedh Lichade said:
I have the same issue. I don't think its a battery problem. As recovery is working fine without charger, I kept mobile on recovery and switched off the screen timeout and battery performed normal. So it can be deduced that, there is software problem only.
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No its actually batteries problem...if you can boot into recovery without charger then the batteries is still not in a critical condition yet but if you able to boot into recovery with charger connected or worst case scenario doesn't even boot to recovery even if charger connected then your batteries is in critical condition...
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