Phone is Moto X 1st gen that had the original battery and was slowly dying so I bought a replacement off Amazon and swapped it out. Now it doesn't recognize any charge level to the device. I've tried a couple of those battery recalibration apps off the App Store but no luck with that (though one of them tested the battery integrity and confirmed it's not a dud). When I swapped out the old battery it was at like 18% or something so upon putting the new one in and rebooting it stuck with that 18%. I read that you could retrain it by letting it drain completely then charging full so that's what I tried next, now it reads zero.
Here's the behavior I see:
Power off device, plugged in to charger. If you push power button it will display a battery icon with a question mark in the middle
Hold down power button in this state and it still doesn't start up but the battery icon switches to the standard lightning bolt 'charging' icon but reads 0%. This number doesn't change.
Hold down power button again and it boots successfully but battery meter reads 0% - charging (actually one of the recalibrate apps I ran set it to 4% so now it says that)
How do I fix this?
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So, I accidentally let my phone run down to zero battery. Now it won't turn on, even when plugged in. It used to show the empty battery icon, but now shows nothing, not even that icon, or even the LED.
Anyone have any ideas, or places to point me out to.
I'm gonna leave it charging overnight.
So, leaving it charging overnight seemed to do the trick.
jhtfarquhar said:
So, leaving it charging overnight seemed to do the trick.
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So, i did it from this link
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Use the electrical outlet charger (not usb pc or notebook), connect the device and hold the power button until start. (may take up to 2 minutes)
After the LED next to the front camera light up, release the Power button immediately.
The LED lights up for some time (in my case, more than 30 seconds) and may blink, then turns off and the phone will light up the loading screen with the battery indicator at 0% (zero percent), and turns off again.
Pressing the power button again, just once, without keeping it pressed, the phone will not turn on, will remain off (not rule because he can light with the target load, it depends on the charge status of the battery). But do not worry, leave loading for a few minutes without stopping and soon the phone will light up indicating more or less a 5% (five percent) of battery charging.
Now most importantly, do not connect or disconnect the phone from the charger until you complete 100% (one hundred percent) of the battery charge. This undoubtedly is the crucial and most important point of this walkthrough. I repeat: do not remove the charger or plug in your cell before reaching 100% (one hundred percent).
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All credits to pedro henrique by his walkthrough.
it happened with me too...
Just put ur phn in recovery mode...by pressing up vol+power button and then dont use wall charger...at this time it wont get charge from there.
use usb ..charge from ur laptop or pc..after 10 -15 min..boot your phn and then u can use wall charger,
I entered a swimming pool with my OPO in my pocket. I immediately went and bought some rice. I wasn't able to open the back completely because I didn't have the tools to remove the SIM tray.
After a few days, I tried booting it and it showed a message that the battery was too low (pic) and then it would keep rebooting itself.
I thought that the battery was messed up, so I replaced it. Now it turns out that everything works perfectly fine (screen, speakers, camera), but the new battery (and maybe even the old one) does not seem to be charging. What's even more weird is that it will only show me that it is charged 50%.
The phone seems to recognize that it is connected to a power outlet. When turned off, I can click the Power-button once and see that it is "charging" and at 50%. When turned on, it does not appear anywhere that it is charging. No notification light, nothing on the status bar, and "50% - Not charging" in Settings>Battery (when plugged in) and "50% - approx. 12 hours" (when not plugged in). Also, in Settings>Battery>Battery optimization it says that "battery optimization not available" for Google Play Services.
I have obviously plugged the battery connector back in when I replaced the battery, but I don't know if I need to replace the Micro USB Port or not. It seems like it is recognizing when it is plugged in, but it's simply not charging.
What do you think I should do? Thank you!
Phone is off, plugged in to charger, battery is out - and when I click on the power-button it still tells me that it's charging and on 50%!?
My LG G Flex 2 H950 was working fine, running google maps and playing music, plugged in to the car charger. Within minutes of leaving the car the phone was dead - I could not power it on. I can usually get it to show the LG logo by trying to start in Recovery Mode (holding the power and volume-down buttons for several seconds) but then the logo just disappears after a few seconds and the phone does not power on. But sometimes when I try this the red LED blinks on the phone screen and the logo may or may not appear. Sometimes (50%) when I plug the phone in to my Windows 10 desktop, the computer plays a tone to indicate a new device has been connected, but no icon appears in the list of hard drives or devices.
I think the battery is charging normally - when I connect the phone to a USB volt meter it usually (but not always) shows a normal amount of amperage flowing, and just now when I tried to start the phone it showed the battery charge icon on the phone screen (it doesn't usually do this) and showed 100% charge.
Is there anything else I can try, even if just to get the phone running long enough to backup my text messages etc?
Is there any way to test what's actually wrong? I'd hate to spend money on a new battery or charging port etc for a slim chance to temporarily fix a phone that seems like it's dying.
Thanks for any advice or suggestions...
Hey, i've got the same problem since today. i was watching youtube videos when the phone suddenly stopped working. did you already find the problem?
Sorry for my bad englisch ( Dutch)
No - not solved, phone still dead. Still would love to hear any advice...
I used to have the exact same problem as you - bootloops at the LG logo, no recovery etc. After some reading it seemed that the battery was the root of the problem, and after replacing the battery my phone was back to life - no issues ever since. I recommend you check if the battery is the issue by connecting it to a normal charger (i.e. not charging from a PC) and powering it on, by holding the power button at the battery charging screen. If it powers on normally then it's most likely a battery issue, which can be easily fixed. Cheers!
Hello
i just calibrated the battery with "advanced battery calibrator" app. in the begning of the process it noticed that do not turn on phone unless the fully charged. i turned off the phone but it automatically turned on; i calibrated with that software again and turned it off, but it automatically turned on again. i turned it off and; after fully charged i wanted to turn on the phone: but the phone so quickly turn on & off. the LG logo just blinking. when i attach the charger it turn on and i can use the phone and it show correct percent of battery. but when i remove the charger cable, it turn off after 10 second. i upgrade its rom but still the problem exists.
can anybody help me?
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i just calibrated the battery with "advanced battery calibrator" app. in the begning of the process it noticed that do not turn on phone unless the fully charged. i turned off the phone but it automatically turned on; i calibrated with that software again and turned it off, but it automatically turned on again. i turned it off and; after fully charged i wanted to turn on the phone: but the phone so quickly turn on & off. the LG logo just blinking. when i attach the charger it turn on and i can use the phone and it show correct percent of battery. but when i remove the charger cable, it turn off after 10 second. i upgrade its rom but still the problem exists.
can anybody help me?
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My guess would be your battery is bad. I've had my device since launch and have gone through 4 batteries. Each time at failure the symptoms were the same. Battery drains fast, device shuts down with random amount of battery percentage remaining then bootloops and eventually only functions when a charger is plugged in. I'm guessing you were having battery issues intially and that's why you decided to use a calibrator? The calibration process may have been the last straw and your battery is shot.
Hey guys!
After two years, the battery of my HTC U11 drained so quickly that I had to charge it twice a day. I decided to replace it, ordered an original one and followed this guide: https://youtu.be/FY8ITVIkydM.
Now I have the following issue:
- Without the charging cable plugged in, it only shows the very first boot screen, after that, the phone shuts down
- With the cable plugged in, the phone boots normaly
- When the SIM-Card is inserted, it boots up, but after typing in the SIM-Pin, the phone shuts down
- Without the SIM inserted, I can start and use my phone (of course, without the cellular functions)
The strange things are: The battery value is wrong. When i plug in the cable after a reboot, it shows 58% and beginns to charge. If I charge until 80% and pull out the cable, the phone shuts down. After a reboot, Android shows 58% again.
Does anyone have an idea what the issue could be? I've checked the pin of the battery, it should be connected correctly. Does the system not recoginze the new battery and need a factroy reset?
Thank you in advance - cheers!
What happens if you use the old battery again?