Oneplus 6 | stuck in battery too low | soft brick | recovery help needed

Oneplus 6 | stuck in battery too low | soft brick | recovery help needed - OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers

Background information:
Oneplus 6 is rooted with magisk (but magisk hasn't been updated)
Able to charge and connect to pc as a Qualcomm modem
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My Oneplus 6 phone randomly after charging went black and was stuck in a bootloop, after a while I was able to escape the bootloop. Shortly after the screen goes black and now I am prompted with "Battery is too low" screen. After trying many other things of trying to recover the phone, such as: Fully draining the battery then charging it again, charging it for over 24 hours, to "trickle" charging the phone. I wasn't able to bring the phone back.
I don't really know if it this is a battery coordination error or an actual battery error. My goal is to try to recover the phone with no data loss, I've been looking around other forms trying to see how to recover data using QFIL of writing the storage then writing it back to the phone. I have also purchased a 64gb Micro SD card in hope of being able to recover the data using TWRP which I do have on my phone, but I am not able to acess recovery mode, because I am stuck in the "battery too low" screen.
Any help is appreciated. My current last resort option would probably be trying to "unbrick" the phone using MSM downloader tool. My goal here is to try to reserve the data on my phone and be able to hopefully revive my phone, because I don't believe I am in a hard brick.

I had a sucessful operation using MSM tool upgrading the os with "enchilada_22_J.50_210121.ops" but is still stuck in battery is too low.

it may be a stupid solution but have you tried pressing the power button for a while?
another solution can be addressed in physically removing the battery for a while. You'll need the glue or the new adhesive tape at least

Alex261099 said:
it may be a stupid solution but have you tried pressing the power button for a while?
another solution can be addressed in physically removing the battery for a while. You'll need the glue or the new adhesive tape at least
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yes I have tried the first solution but I will try removing the battery, cause I was able to open my phone up
also do you mind linking me the page / link to where the person fixed it by removing the battery. I would like to try to follow his/her solution

From the photo you provided, your phone enters Emergency Download Mode (EDL mode)when connected to the computer so you may search for related data about EDL mode.

LR7875 said:
From the photo you provided, your phone enters Emergency Download Mode (EDL mode)when connected to the computer so you may search for related data about EDL mode.
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Oh yea, I've already went through and finished with that incase I was in a boot loop, behind the battery is too low screen. I was successful in flashing stock rom onto my phone but I am still stuck in the battery is too low screen.

elangtales said:
Oh yea, I've already went through and finished with that incase I was in a boot loop, behind the battery is too low screen. I was successful in flashing stock rom onto my phone but I am still stuck in the battery is too low screen.
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Then I cannot help you much but to make sure the battery is not the problem, you may have to replace the battery.

LR7875 said:
Then I cannot help you much but to make sure the battery is not the problem, you may have to replace the battery.
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no worries appreciate the help, just trying to brute force anything now in trying to fix my phone.

elangtales said:
yes I have tried the first solution but I will try removing the battery, cause I was able to open my phone up
also do you mind linking me the page / link to where the person fixed it by removing the battery. I would like to try to follow his/her solution
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Sorry i was busy with an exam.
I've had a similar issue on a Sony Xperia Z2 and a Sony Xperia Z3 and after disconnecting the battery I've managed to solve the problem.
the oneplus 6 it's simplier to disassemble but i would suggest you to change the battery as said by @LR7875, just in case.

Alex261099 said:
Sorry i was busy with an exam.
I've had a similar issue on a Sony Xperia Z2 and a Sony Xperia Z3 and after disconnecting the battery I've managed to solve the problem.
the oneplus 6 it's simplier to disassemble but i would suggest you to change the battery as said by @LR7875, just in case.
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Replaced the battery but the same problem still persists. I was searching online and appearently oneplus phones have a chip to lock the phone from charging. Is there any way to bypass this?

elangtales said:
Replaced the battery but the same problem still persists. I was searching online and appearently oneplus phones have a chip to lock the phone from charging. Is there any way to bypass this?
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Also able to do full process of MSMdownloadtool, is there anyway I can force charge from pc through the program. (seems pretty far-fetched)

elangtales said:
Replaced the battery but the same problem still persists. I was searching online and appearently oneplus phones have a chip to lock the phone from charging. Is there any way to bypass this?
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Usually using a low Ampere (<1A) charger would solve the issue. Leave the phone connected in charge for 1h and let us know.

Alex261099 said:
Usually using a low Ampere (<1A) charger would solve the issue. Leave the phone connected in charge for 1h and let us know.
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Is there anything to do after charging on a low Ampere charger? the faint red led is still showing on the phone.

elangtales said:
Is there anything to do after charging on a low Ampere charger? the faint red led is still showing on the phone.
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Nothing still is happening, also tried removing the battery and the phone is still the same as before.

elangtales said:
Nothing still is happening, also tried removing the battery and the phone is still the same as before.
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I don't know what to say...
You can try this last thing...
1.Remove the battery.
2. Unplug anything from the phone.
3.Using a paperclip or something made out of metal connect the positive and the negative battery connectors ON THE PHONE for a few seconds.
4. Reconnect battery.
5. Reconnect 1A 5V adapter.
DO NOT SHORT-CIRCUIT THE BATTERY! IT CATCHES FIRE AND EXPLODES!

Alex261099 said:
I don't know what to say...
You can try this last thing...
1.Remove the battery.
2. Unplug anything from the phone.
3.Using a paperclip or something made out of metal connect the positive and the negative battery connectors ON THE PHONE for a few seconds.
4. Reconnect battery.
5. Reconnect 1A 5V adapter.
DO NOT SHORT-CIRCUIT THE BATTERY! IT CATCHES FIRE AND EXPLODES!
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My Phone was charging for a second when connected to my pc, but this was during my time off of the PC. If I were to recall the events to the best of my knowledge. I believe my phone was just plugged in (old battery), for a long period of time (1-5 hours) then after I turned off my pc for about (2-4 hours) and when I turned it back on it was charging but stayed at only 1% and unable to restart or anything. I wanted to try to recreate this with the new bought battery installed but I was unable to recreate this. I believe this confirms your theory before of charging it with a low ampere for an extended amount of time.

elangtales said:
My Phone was charging for a second when connected to my pc, but this was during my time off of the PC. If I were to recall the events to the best of my knowledge. I believe my phone was just plugged in (old battery), for a long period of time (1-5 hours) then after I turned off my pc for about (2-4 hours) and when I turned it back on it was charging but stayed at only 1% and unable to restart or anything. I wanted to try to recreate this with the new bought battery installed but I was unable to recreate this. I believe this confirms your theory before of charging it with a low ampere for an extended amount of time.
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Alright, so please do the following:
-Unplug the battery for 1h (it will allow condenser to discharge).
-Plug-in the battery (the new one)
-Plug in the low-amp charger for one night (8h or so)
You'll have to try many times: even changing the order of the last 2 passages however it's not recommended to plug the charger first but in my case it worked.
NB. If it starts charging let it plugged until reaches at least 20%, boot the phone and switch with a 1A charger then power it off with the 1A charger.

Alex261099 said:
Alright, so please do the following:
-Unplug the battery for 1h (it will allow condenser to discharge).
-Plug-in the battery (the new one)
-Plug in the low-amp charger for one night (8h or so)
You'll have to try many times: even changing the order of the last 2 passages however it's not recommended to plug the charger first but in my case it worked.
NB. If it starts charging let it plugged until reaches at least 20%, boot the phone and switch with a 1A charger then power it off with the 1A charger.
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Ill try this tonight and update ya if there is any change, thanks!

elangtales said:
Ill try this tonight and update ya if there is any change, thanks!
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news?

just to share.
i charge a Op6 with this error together with a usb tester. and i find the amp jump when i press the power button. so i press the power & vol+ for around 5 min to warm up the low temp battery.... and it works!
but this trick doesnt work on my another 8 pro and 9 pro

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[Q] Help!! Phone dont boot up

Ok, here's the problem.... I am flashing the rom of "hellmonger rc2" at the middle of flashing my suddenly got battery empty.....after that i charged it for a hour and i notice that only the buttons has light....there's nothing in the screen even i pressed the lock button....i removed the battery....then while pressing "power button + volume up" nothing come's up.....i also tried the bootloader option....its also not working....i tried my best!
Please understand this......sorry for my bad english

Buy one of this:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/univer...r-moto-droid-milestone-us-plug-100-240v-43097
I had same problem with battery. After going below 5% it got into something like "charge loop", so I asked my friend to lend me his universal charger and then I bought the one I linked you, just in any case if that happen again.

archer88 said:
Ok, here's the problem.... I am flashing the rom of "hellmonger rc2" at the middle of flashing my suddenly got battery empty.....after that i charged it for a hour and i notice that only the buttons has light....there's nothing in the screen even i pressed the lock button....i removed the battery....then while pressing "power button + volume up" nothing come's up.....i also tried the bootloader option....its also not working....i tried my best!
Please understand this......sorry for my bad english
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try just leaving the phone in the wall charger, should be good enoght to load the bootloader after one hour.

hellmonger said:
try just leaving the phone in the wall charger, should be good enoght to load the bootloader after one hour.
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When the phone goes full-retard mode*, it charges and then auto-boots and drains faster than it charges. It's the damnedest thing when it happens. You can't keep it from booting when it's decided it wants to so you have to sit there and yank the battery every time it starts trying to boot.
*Motorola has a patent pending on full-retard mode. Google needs it to fend off Apple.

Mioze7Ae said:
When the phone goes full-retard mode*, it charges and then auto-boots and drains faster than it charges. It's the damnedest thing when it happens. You can't keep it from booting when it's decided it wants to so you have to sit there and yank the battery every time it starts trying to boot.
*Motorola has a patent pending on full-retard mode. Google needs it to fend off Apple.
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LOL OMFG thats a good one man

um, youd prolly be better off just charging it up, booting into bootloader and reflashing the sbf appropriate for you

I already did that....its just showing a kid peeing on the motorola logo then bootloop again...

Had s similar problem (blackscreen while usage, then stuck on bootloop even after flashing stock SFBs) .. i fixed it by doing .. nothing. Just leaving the battery out of the phone a few days (one night was not enough!)

Ok! I got into the bootloader! But it said "battery low cannot program' but i charged almost 8 hours! With the buttons with light everytime i plug in the wall charger!

archer88 said:
Ok! I got into the bootloader! But it said "battery low cannot program' but i charged almost 8 hours! With the buttons with light everytime i plug in the wall charger!
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u have really activated the retard mode*, meaning the phone will boot up while charging and the bootloop is sucking the battery dry.
2 Solutions: Pull the battery, everytime the phone boots. I did that for 1-2 hours and it was not enough ....
2nd solution: buy an external battery charger

archer88 said:
Ok! I got into the bootloader! But it said "battery low cannot program' but i charged almost 8 hours! With the buttons with light everytime i plug in the wall charger!
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If you can get it to the point of Calvin Pissing and then boot loop, then the problem could be just that you need to Wipe Dalvik and cache partions and reset.
But I see now the problem is that you don't have enough juice. Try turning the phone off completely and then pull battery for a 15 mins or so. Then put battery in and plug in but do not turn it on. A battery icon will appear with charge amount. See it if goes up or down after about an hour. Think that if you can get it to 30-40% it should be enough to boot up and then wipe.
50% is the usual base amount for sbf flashing though, so might want to wait for that. If you haven't already flashed the SBF and have a working ROM in there already, stay on it and try the above. Would hate for you to wipe everything, including OR and Root, if it is only a charge issue and not the ROM itself. Check cords and plugs too.

thanks mate!! but im here in SAUDI ARABIA i have different card (

I've never had to resort to this yet, but:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
This phone is just really, really, unbelievably stupid sometimes. If it thinks it's supposed to boot with minimal power, the only way to stop it is to do a proper shutdown (requires you boot successfully first or get into adb and run "reboot -p") or yank and replace the battery--that usually gives you about 15min before it will try to boot again. I used to just constantly wait and yank the battery whenever it started to boot. I got tired of that and got a second battery and wall charger pretty cheap online ($5 total, genuine Motorola). The bottom four leds on with a black screen is a tell-tale sign of full-retard mode.

are there any solutions? i cant do this myself ..... but thanks man for your help!

Mioze7Ae said:
I've never had to resort to this yet, but:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
This phone is just really, really, unbelievably stupid sometimes. If it thinks it's supposed to boot with minimal power, the only way to stop it is to do a proper shutdown (requires you boot successfully first or get into adb and run "reboot -p") or yank and replace the battery--that usually gives you about 15min before it will try to boot again. I used to just constantly wait and yank the battery whenever it started to boot. I got tired of that and got a second battery and wall charger pretty cheap online ($5 total, genuine Motorola). The bottom four leds on with a black screen is a tell-tale sign of full-retard mode.
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I did this once
It work fine
You just connect 2 of the 4 wire in an usb cable (you have to sacrifice a cable)
I gonna search a little more you have better pics with a droid i think
but you have to remove the battery. i don t know if you have too but it s less dangerous (the battery can t explode) and it s much more easy to connect the wires

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You just connect the red to the + and the black to the - You do your Macgiver so that don t move (i use scotchtape but you can see he is using wire...)
Really easy (more than it s look like)
I just don t touch the phone during the whole flash progress
But i read that you can charge the battery directly by connecting the wire on it (the same red + black -) you charge it during 30minutes and you have enough to flash
You can see it in the pic in the bottom left
But I don t test this trick i recommend to use the first one...

archer88 said:
are there any solutions? i cant do this myself ..... but thanks man for your help!
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And do worry it can be scarry but you can make it (Ok really really scarry but it would be fine...)
I did it with out a problem and i never do any electronic stuff or anything like this
Just take your time to stick the wire and let it like this don t try to return it (anyway you will see in rsdlite if it boot or not)

i did it man! i did it! thank you very much! you are an expert! i followed your instructions and it worked! thank you very much!

archer88 said:
i did it man! i did it! thank you very much! you are an expert! i followed your instructions and it worked! thank you very much!
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Happy to help !
And how do you do??? My method or the charging battery method?
And what do you use to stick the wire scotchtape or something else?

Battery dying !!!

I have a lot of battery issues lately... For info I have my xt720 for 1year and 3mouth i buy right after motorola release it
So if that can help someone...:
This is my first post with my first battery "blackout"...
My phone is dead !!!!
i don t know what to do!
It don t want to charge anymore
This morning i notice it wasn t fully charge after going out but i came back before it die so I plug it i had about 10% left
5min after it make me some no battery alarm ( 3 or 4) like if the phone was not plug anymore i replug it. it works but without moving it it stop charging
It reboot but with 5% battery and die
Now i can t boot anymore
Sometimes my led light but it never boot...
I hope it s only my usb cable or my electric plug that is causing it but i don t think so since i don t touch it when it stop charging...
I don t know what to do!!
It was my only phone...
The next day:
My phone come back to life after one night without battery...
Don t ask me why but this morning it charges like always....
I think its a motorola ota update... loool it s time to change !!!
The evening of the same day i plug it as always (it works well all the day) and not any problem
but this morning (the next day morning) my phone was out (black screen and not any reaction when power on or when pluging it...)
I remove the battery about 10minutes then i plug it and it works (it take about 1hour to start but the battery was totally empty so this is normal)
I m not sure what i m going to do right now...
I think the battery is the problem but i can t be totally sure.....
I hope the nexus prime will be release soon and worldwide...
I m going to try the new Mz CM7 and a battery calibration but i don t believe......

just get a new battery from ebay or Deal Extreme
only $3 + free shipping
i've got a few of those for spare, and they work great!

AllGamer said:
just get a new battery from ebay or Deal Extreme
only $3 + free shipping
i've got a few of those for spare, and they work great!
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3$ shipping included !!!!!!!
You re kidding!
I will search for this tomorrow thanks!
(If you remember the sellor......)

So I remember this from another thread yesterday and I had a similar problem. However my wifes is a bit different. Riddle me this. Her USB port is either not reading or not connecting. I checked her pins and plugged in my phone (works fines). I even went to /system/app/usb.apk and reinstalled. I even jiggled it softly, then wildly and then softly again to no avail.
Any ideas? We can take it in to CBW but man I hate that place with a passion. Would love for it to be something I can fix myself. At this point, i have to charge her battery in my phone and then swap them out until she either gets it fixed or replace the whole damn phone. I spent most of the night backing up her stuff last night (for some reason cannot do a nandroid of /system, data, cdrom, cache, cust or ext. Not sure what is the problem with that. She has 2.1 with app2sd script (much like ESB only not app2ext but rather app2sd)

This has happened to me a few times and freaked me out a little. Rebooting the computer (not the phone) worked, though. I think the USB stack on the desktops/laptops must get confused sometimes. It was even phone specific. One phone would work and the other wouldn't. After reboot both worked again. I feel myself becoming more and more superstitious.

STEVE JOBS DIED!!!
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using XDA App

Mioze7Ae said:
This has happened to me a few times and freaked me out a little. Rebooting the computer (not the phone) worked, though. I think the USB stack on the desktops/laptops must get confused sometimes. It was even phone specific. One phone would work and the other wouldn't. After reboot both worked again. I feel myself becoming more and more superstitious.
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Thanks MZ but it was never plugged into the computer. The charger wouldn't even register plugged in.

Woodrube said:
Thanks MZ but it was never plugged into the computer. The charger wouldn't even register plugged in.
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Only other idea I have is swapping batteries to see if there's a chance the problem is there... that sucks. Sounds like what happenesld to HM.
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Did that. Actually swap hers into my phone to charge it up and then put mine back. Sucks b/c she is a stay at home mom, so she needs her phone. Seems to me to be a hardware issue. Maybe something connecting the usb port to the phone. Short or bad wire or something like that. She's going to CBW to day to do battle.

if it's really a USB port problem, or lose contacts in the USB of the phone
you can always charge it with an external charger
see this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=927385

AllGamer said:
if it's really a USB port problem, or lose contacts in the USB of the phone
you can always charge it with an external charger
see this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=927385
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Our carrier replaced it with a Nexus S, so I might be hitting you up for some suggestions. Easye420 mentioned that you turned him on to some things over there. I'll root it and unlock the bootloader tonight and check it out, then probably PM you.

The problem with ebay and all the internet sellors is that i will have to wait for 2 or 3 weeks to get it....
I will have to quickly go to Paris during the lunchtime (i hope i will find one)
For the info last news of my dying battery...
Now it can t boot with out being plug....
But when it s on then the battery always stay at 0%(I never see the 0 before my battery issue) even after 3 or 4 hours of charge
but a little bit fun when i plug it i have the battery charging animation and it show me that my battery is fully charged...

The end of the story...
I just get my new battery (a standard motorola the same as the stock) (cheap and very fast to get if there is someone having battery problem on Paris... let me know by pm)
and I think everything is coming back to normal...
I m not sure yet cause the battery% is acting weird but i think it s the calibration
When i first plug it it show me 50% after a boot it shows 0% but it was charging...
After another reboot it was at 90%....
My moto is making fun of me!!!
But i think everything will come back to normal after a full charge and discharge...
I will let you know

Woodrube said:
Our carrier replaced it with a Nexus S, so I might be hitting you up for some suggestions. Easye420 mentioned that you turned him on to some things over there. I'll root it and unlock the bootloader tonight and check it out, then probably PM you.
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So you change it???
Did you make it work with charged battery???
I changed my battery and my phone don t boot anymore again
The first day i changed the battery it worked well i fully charge it and to calibrate it well i fully discharged it (until the phone shut down)
But now it don t want to charge again!!
When i plug it was booting at the beginning but after the boot it show 0% of battery and shut down after 10seconds
I test it 4 or 5 times and now it don t boot anymore
When i plug it sometimes it show me the animation with 50% of battery but it never move and shut down after max 5minutes (and now even this never happened)
I was asking myself about buying a battery charger like you say allgamer but i m not sure if that will work or if it s really broken
Now it don t have any reaction no matter what i try........
I don t know what to do i was waiting for the nexus prime but it will not shown up until at least 2 mouth (maybe more in France)

I think i read one time a guy who connect the power wire of an usb cable directly on the battery to charge it... It was a milestone battery i think (but its the same for the xt720)
Someone know something about that???
I m trying to recharg it only by connecting the wire to the battery...
We ll see... I don t have other solution for the moment (I try it before buying a battery charger)
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After 1hour of "this way" charging
It seems to have charge but just a little (even if i plug it to the charger and not to usb. It is a lot faster when charging the phone)
I can boot it but it still don t charge (i was hoping it will charge again after the battery get a little more juice)
I have plug it another time i will let it charge for 3 or 4 hour it should let me boot and use it a little more i hope....

I had the same battery problem.
I did the same trick to boot up to flashing mode, and flash back to stock sbf.
After that, battery manage to recharge.

miberic said:
I had the same battery problem.
I did the same trick to boot up to flashing mode, and flash back to stock sbf.
After that, battery manage to recharge.
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Mine don t want to....
I charge it for 3 or 4 hours and it boot without a problem (even if it show 0% battery again) I was able to go to bootloader or recovery but that s not my problem i just need to charge it and it don t want....
I think i m gonna buy a external battery charger. But that sucks it s about 50€ (i already spent 20€ for a battery...) and i m not sure that it will work...

What ROM do you have installed? I think some on the recent CM7's replace the charge_only_mode with a reverse-engineered non-motorola one.
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using xda premium

Mioze7Ae said:
What ROM do you have installed? I think some on the recent CM7's replace the charge_only_mode with a reverse-engineered non-motorola one.
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using xda premium
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I don t even try this.... It really seems to be a hardware problem
I m backing up my old 6.3 right now...
edit i hope you re right but it don t want to charge even when in the system... I mean after the boot i can play a little bit before the system shutdown and it don t charge even when it s power on...
It s still booting (i hope i m not in a bootloop i don t have the battery for...)
edit 2: the battery last enough to boot but it s the same...
Im gonna buy an external battery charger tomorrow.... I don t have any other choice...

[Q] [E] Battery down to 0%, phone doesn't charge

Hey.
I got the dreaded GSM bug on my E (running CM10). The battery was down to 7%, and I was being told to sleep. I did the foolish thing and turned it off, hoping I'd turn it on tomorrow and flash stock. Next morning, the phone didn't turn on; the red light issue. I managed to turn it on, but soon as it turned on, it complained about lack of battery and turned off - the battery symbol didn't say that it was charging, it just showed an exclamation mark. When the phone turned off, it didn't turn on; I never even got the red light back.
It's charging right now (or so I hope) with a 2A Nexus 7 charger and Sony's stock USB cable. Even after charging for about two hours, it still doesn't get a red light. I can't take it to Sony cause it has CM10 and I can't flash stock as I can't get it into Flashmode.
Help me? Please?

NSDCars5 said:
Hey.
I got the dreaded GSM bug on my E (running CM10). The battery was down to 7%, and I was being told to sleep. I did the foolish thing and turned it off, hoping I'd turn it on tomorrow and flash stock. Next morning, the phone didn't turn on; the red light issue. I managed to turn it on, but soon as it turned on, it complained about lack of battery and turned off - the battery symbol didn't say that it was charging, it just showed an exclamation mark. When the phone turned off, it didn't turn on; I never even got the red light back.
It's charging right now (or so I hope) with a 2A Nexus 7 charger and Sony's stock USB cable. Even after charging for about two hours, it still doesn't get a red light. I can't take it to Sony cause it has CM10 and I can't flash stock as I can't get it into Flashmode.
Help me? Please?
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Do you have an external charger? Probably not but it is your only shot! Or you need to find another Xperia E and charge your battery in that E. There is not much left you can try. Sorry.
Have you tried to plug it in your your PC? You never know...
This just pops up in my head: if you have enough micro USB cables, try to cut one open very delicate with a sharp knife.
Then try to insert them in your USB port to create voltage. This can't be stopped by the phone, it's a fully automatic process. Perhaps you can find a tutorial or so on the world wide web? Or do you have a very technical friend?
These are my suggestions. Can't think of anything else . Sorry.
Have a nice day and good luck!
Sent from a bad phone

MatsPunt said:
Do you have an external charger? Probably not but it is your only shot! Or you need to find another Xperia E and charge your battery in that E. There is not much left you can try. Sorry.
Have you tried to plug it in your your PC? You never know...
This just pops up in my head: if you have enough micro USB cables, try to cut one open very delicate with a sharp knife.
Then try to insert them in your USB port to create voltage. This can't be stopped by the phone, it's a fully automatic process. Perhaps you can find a tutorial or so on the world wide web? Or do you have a very technical friend?
These are my suggestions. Can't think of anything else . Sorry.
Have a nice day and good luck!
Sent from a bad phone
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Thanks. No external charger, plugging it into the laptop didn't do anything last night, my mother would kill me if I put a cut-open cable in my phone, can't find anything on the WWW, and I am the techinal one in my group of friends.
I left the phone to charge overnight and then tried to power it on. A red light occasionally blinks, but I can't turn the phone on. It's still connected to the charger, with me hoping for a miracle.

Try using one of those 'universal chargers'. They're really cheap, and availability shouldn't be a problem when you're in Delhi. But those are supposed to be kind of dangerous-might fry your battery. But then , it could give your battery just enough juice it needs to enter flashmode!
Best of luck! May God be with your E!
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Like I said in PM,universal charger should do it.
Actually one of my friend using miro had this issue,what he did was charged it by universal charger for a considerable time[like 20 minutes]
and then put in the battery in his phone and connected it,the battery was around 17 percent and then he continued charging the phone by sony cable.

NeoTrix said:
Like I said in PM,universal charger should do it.
Actually one of my friend using miro had this issue,what he did was charged it by universal charger for a considerable time[like 20 minutes]
and then put in the battery in his phone and connected it,the battery was around 17 percent and then he continued charging the phone by sony cable.
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There you go @NSDCars5
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@KDB223 @NeoTrix
What, exactly, do you mean by a "universal charger"? I thought all microUSB chargers were compatible with all microUSB phones. Or do you mean a charger that charges any phone, by using separate ports?

NSDCars5 said:
@KDB223 @NeoTrix
What, exactly, do you mean by a "universal charger"? I thought all microUSB chargers were compatible with all microUSB phones. Or do you mean a charger that charges any phone, by using separate ports?
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They mean an universal AC/DC battery charger. You can get those for 10 euros/15 dollars(don't know in rupees). They can be found in any tech store.
Have a nice day!

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Universal charger^

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Universal charger^
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Thanks - I had one lying about. Just put it on right now, I'll try and report back in about an hour.

Yes! It worked! @NeoTrix, @KDB223, @MatsPunt, and the universal charger who doesn't have an XDA account, thanks a lot!

NSDCars5 said:
Yes! It worked! @NeoTrix, @KDB223, @MatsPunt, and the universal charger who doesn't have an XDA account, thanks a lot!
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No problemo mate.
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Next time you may experience this, try putting out the battery for 10 seconds, then put it back in and turn the phone on. Make sure it's charged enough to make the test. Had the same battery problem with you, did this and it worked.

|>/\nte said:
Next time you may experience this, try putting out the battery for 10 seconds, then put it back in and turn the phone on. Make sure it's charged enough to make the test. Had the same battery problem with you, did this and it worked.
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Ah... that was the problem, see. It wasn't charged. I'd tried what you said many, many times.

Oh, I see....my bad.

NSDCars5 said:
Hey.
I got the dreaded GSM bug on my E (running CM10). The battery was down to 7%, and I was being told to sleep. I did the foolish thing and turned it off, hoping I'd turn it on tomorrow and flash stock. Next morning, the phone didn't turn on; the red light issue. I managed to turn it on, but soon as it turned on, it complained about lack of battery and turned off - the battery symbol didn't say that it was charging, it just showed an exclamation mark. When the phone turned off, it didn't turn on; I never even got the red light back.
It's charging right now (or so I hope) with a 2A Nexus 7 charger and Sony's stock USB cable. Even after charging for about two hours, it still doesn't get a red light. I can't take it to Sony cause it has CM10 and I can't flash stock as I can't get it into Flashmode.
Help me? Please?
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Had the same problem, phone would not charge via PC USB, tried it on the main power and its charging thankfully.

BrassEye said:
Had the same problem, phone would not charge via PC USB, tried it on the main power and its charging thankfully.
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I also had the same problem, but worser because I cannot charge my Xperia J either via PC USB or the main power. Is the universal charger is the only solution?

m3g4t1ff4 said:
I also had the same problem, but worser because I cannot charge my Xperia J either via PC USB or the main power. Is the universal charger is the only solution?
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You can find somebody with the same model phone like you and ask them to charge the battery for you.

Phone shuts down and will not boot when charging [SOLVED]

This trouble started about a month ago. The phone was rooted but I unrooted, factory wiped and then did the ota update last week. The trouble did not go away, unfortunately.
If I am using the phone, and plug the charger in, after a couple seconds it will immediately power off and go to the green charging screen. If I try and power on from there, it will power off again around the time the blu animation plays. Sometimes, it will get to "Android is starting.... Optimizing apps (number) of (number)" It won't get very far into that before it shuts down again. My girlfriend also has a Pure XL and I get the same result when trying to use her charger.
Any ideas what could be causing this?
Thanks!
edit: SOLVED!
Here is what happened: When I first got this device in december, I rooted it the day after it arrived. A week or so later, the phone randomly got stuck in a boot loop. No amount of button presses and or holds helped. The only thing i could think to do was a battery pull. As I was pulling the battery, I tore the ribbon cable in half. Within an hour I had soldered in some kynar to patch the tear. It booted right up and charged no problem at all and didn't give me any trouble until these recent charging issues. Tonight I decided to open it up and check the connections again. Lo and behold, a solder joint had failed in the center (thinnest) part of the patch job. I de-soldered everything, cleaned up the old solder, split the cable up and was able to do a much better patch job this time around. Everything is up and running just like new again. Thank you folks for helping me troubleshoot.
For anyone wondering what the heck I am talking about, here is an image of a similar ribbon cable patch job. This ribbon has 6 tracks. The Pure XL battery only has 3.:
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hexagonlux said:
This trouble started about a month ago. The phone was rooted but I unrooted, factory wiped and then did the ota update last week. The trouble did not go away, unfortunately.
If I am using the phone, and plug the charger in, after a couple seconds it will immediately power off and go to the green charging screen. If I try and power on from there, it will power off again around the time the blu animation plays. Sometimes, it will get to "Android is starting.... Optimizing apps (number) of (number)" It won't get very far into that before it shuts down again. My girlfriend also has a Pure XL and I get the same result when trying to use her charger.
Any ideas what could be causing this?
Thanks!
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load up app called ampere; and see if its an over current or voltage problem

tbirdguy said:
load up app called ampere; and see if its an over current or voltage problem
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just over 4 volts when charging. max went to 2970ma then dropped to about 2600 before it shut off again. battery temp was right at 30 degrees c.

hexagonlux said:
just over 4 volts when charging. max went to 2970ma then dropped to about 2600 before it shut off again. battery temp was right at 30 degrees c.
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All that seems within spec;
Id try reloading the rom using spflash tool (read the unbrick thread, its full of information)
or if that seems too major of undertaking, maybe pull some adb logcats and see what exactly is causing the reboot

tbirdguy said:
All that seems within spec;
Id try reloading the rom using spflash tool (read the unbrick thread, its full of information)
or if that seems too major of undertaking, maybe pull some adb logcats and see what exactly is causing the reboot
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Yeah I rooted it again for logcat access. I used an app called catlog to see the logs (in real time?) Will checking the logs via adb show me the stored logs and hopefully whats happening just before crash?
At what point after powering the phone on does it actually start logging?

hexagonlux said:
Yeah I rooted it again for logcat access. I used an app called catlog to see the logs (in real time?) Will checking the logs via adb show me the stored logs and hopefully whats happening just before crash?
At what point after powering the phone on does it actually start logging?
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Logcat should start logging as soon as its service starts, which is early in the booting stage so it should be logging everything that the system spits out while the phone is booting up and while running.
If you know exactly what to look for and how to troubleshoot Android systems, then you can try to debug the issue yourself. If you don't, just post the log(s) and let someone experienced and helpful check it out. Logs should be the files stored in /dev/log.

SOLVED!
Here is what happened: When I first got this device in december, I rooted it the day after it arrived. A week or so later, the phone randomly got stuck in a boot loop. No amount of button presses and or holds helped. The only thing i could think to do was a battery pull. As I was pulling the battery, I tore the ribbon cable in half. Within an hour I had soldered in some kynar to patch the tear. It booted right up and charged no problem at all and didn't give me any trouble until these recent charging issues. Tonight I decided to open it up and check the connections again. Lo and behold, a solder joint had failed in the center (thinnest) part of the patch job. I de-soldered everything, cleaned up the old solder, split the cable up and was able to do a much better patch job this time around. Everything is up and running just like new again. Thank you folks for helping me troubleshoot.
For anyone wondering what the heck I am talking about, here is an image of a similar ribbon cable patch job. This ribbon has 6 tracks. The Pure XL battery only has 3.:

hexagonlux said:
SOLVED!
Here is what happened: When I first got this device in december, I rooted it the day after it arrived. A week or so later, the phone randomly got stuck in a boot loop. No amount of button presses and or holds helped. The only thing i could think to do was a battery pull. As I was pulling the battery, I tore the ribbon cable in half. Within an hour I had soldered in some kynar to patch the tear. It booted right up and charged no problem at all and didn't give me any trouble until these recent charging issues. Tonight I decided to open it up and check the connections again. Lo and behold, a solder joint had failed in the center (thinnest) part of the patch job. I de-soldered everything, cleaned up the old solder, split the cable up and was able to do a much better patch job this time around. Everything is up and running just like new again. Thank you folks for helping me troubleshoot.
For anyone wondering what the heck I am talking about, here is an image of a similar ribbon cable patch job. This ribbon has 6 tracks. The Pure XL battery only has 3.:
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Something I've wondered about soldering on those flex cables, does the soldering iron melt the plastic, I've got a few things that could be fixed if I had the balls to try it

Of the admittedly few flex cables I have soldered on, I can't recall the plastic ever melting. I always use some kind of blade to scrape the top layer and expose the metal tracks underneath. If they are really small and or close together, carefully cutting the plastic between the tracks can make the job easier as you can individually lift and solder them one at a time.

Hey. I'm having a similar issue with my phone. How do you get the cable out for the battery? I just purchased this phone with issues from someone and it looks like they tried to remove the battery and I'm having similar issue to you but I'm not able to get the battery out and I don't want to destroy the cable. Thanks.

How do you remove the battery?

Cannot boot into any Rom. Phone is restarting.

This issue started yesterday. My setup at that moment was as following:
Multirom : Installed
Primary Rom: Lineage OS 14.1
Secondary Rom: TugaPower 48.0
I was using TugaPower rom. I opened music player and the phone got switched off. I tried restarting but into the middle of the booting process, again it shut down. I tried booting into primary rom but the same issue happened. Then I connected it into a charger and it booted normally. Phone's battery level was >80% at that moment. I unplugged the charger and kept it idle, it stayed on. However, if I try to perform any action like opening an app, it switches off if not connected to a charger. So, I kept the phone on charge entire day to use it.
Today I thought of fixing the problem by wiping it clean. So I wiped everything in the phone including Internal Storage. Then I flashed Lineage OS again but the same issue is there. It won't work without a charger despite the battery being full. Please note that TWRP was working fine without a charger so I don't think the battery is faulty. Anyway, I decided to flash COS 13 using fastboot. The issue was still there. then I flashed TWRP again but this time it is also getting shut down in the middle of installing Lineage OS. I plugged it, but still Rom is flashing fine but in the middle of Open Gapps flashing process, it shuts down despite being connected to charger. Now it won't boot to any rom. Just shuts down when it starts to boot.
So now I have a dead OPO with working TWRP(?) and fastboot. Another thing I noticed is that when it is connected to PC via MTP it does not show the available space it used to. Just Internal storage
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Are the days of OPO are finally over?
EDIT: It was the battery all along! Thank you everyone for your feedback and helping me sort out the issue. OPO is still running fine.

Mystel said:
This issue started yesterday. My setup at that moment was as following:
Multirom : Installed
Primary Rom: Lineage OS 14.1
Secondary Rom: TugaPower 48.0
I was using TugaPower rom. I opened music player and the phone got switched off. I tried restarting but into the middle of the booting process, again it shut down. I tried booting into primary rom but the same issue happened. Then I connected it into a charger and it booted normally. Phone's battery level was >80% at that moment. I unplugged the charger and kept it idle, it stayed on. However, if I try to perform any action like opening an app, it switches off if not connected to a charger. So, I kept the phone on charge entire day to use it.
Today I thought of fixing the problem by wiping it clean. So I wiped everything in the phone including Internal Storage. Then I flashed Lineage OS again but the same issue is there. It won't work without a charger despite the battery being full. Please note that TWRP was working fine without a charger so I don't think the battery is faulty. Anyway, I decided to flash COS 13 using fastboot. The issue was still there. then I flashed TWRP again but this time it is also getting shut down in the middle of installing Lineage OS. I plugged it, but still Rom is flashing fine but in the middle of Open Gapps flashing process, it shuts down despite being connected to charger. Now it won't boot to any rom. Just shuts down when it starts to boot.
So now I have a dead OPO with working TWRP(?) and fastboot. Another thing I noticed is that when it is connected to PC via MTP it does not show the available space it used to. Just Internal storage
I am not able to identify the actual issue. Is it a hardware problem? or any partition is corrupted?
Are the days of OPO are finally over?
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I'm pretty sure it's the battery.

replace the batteries and everything will be solved...no need to format of flash anything...

Mr.Ak said:
I'm pretty sure it's the battery.
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Is there a way to confirm?
iPusak Gaoq™ said:
replace the batteries and everything will be solved...no need to format of flash anything...
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Ok now you are telling that also means the battery is the main culprit..
Should I buy a battery from ebay ir contact OP service centre?
Now even twrp won't boot without power!

Mystel said:
Is there a way to confirm?
Ok now you are telling that also means the battery is the main culprit..
Should I buy a battery from ebay ir contact OP service centre?
Now even twrp won't boot without power!
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There you go,the confirmation.
Anyways,have a look at battery thread in accessories,they have some nice recommendations there.
OP SVC don't have any batteries left,so don't bother contacting 'em.

Mystel said:
Ok now you are telling that also means the battery is the main culprit..
Should I buy a battery from ebay ir contact OP service centre?
Now even twrp won't boot without power!
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Yes...i know this problem first hand cause i'm one of the first that have this problem 1 years ago...when a phone required a constant power from charger to boot normally then it is a clear sign of a dying batteries...don't be fool the with batteries percentage while you connect the phone cause it is not accurate anymore...
if you have OP service center nearby then i suggest you buy new batteries from them but if there no service center then buy new batteries in ebay, amazon or etc but you might get OEM's batteries instead of original batteries if you bought it online....still using OEM's batteries can give you around 3-4 hours of SOT depend on how you use it....

iPusak Gaoq™ said:
Yes...i know this problem first hand cause i'm one of the first that have this problem 1 years ago...when a phone required a constant power from charger to boot normally then it is a clear sign of a dying batteries...don't be fool the with batteries percentage while you connect the phone cause it is not accurate anymore...
if you have OP service center nearby then i suggest you buy new batteries from them but if there no service center then buy new batteries in ebay, amazon or etc but you might get OEM's batteries instead of original batteries if you bought it online....still using OEM's batteries can give you around 3-4 hours of SOT depend on how you use it....
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I was getting around 1.5 - 2 hr SOT so I think OEM batteries will be fine too. I will still contact oneplus service center to inquire about battery replacement cost. I have seen some videos on youtube. Do you think changing battery by myself will be fairly easy?

Mr.Ak said:
There you go,the confirmation.
Anyways,have a look at battery thread in accessories,they have some nice recommendations there.
OP SVC don't have any batteries left,so don't bother contacting 'em.
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Ok I will check the threads if there is any good battery recommendation in India, Thank you!

Mystel said:
I was getting around 1.5 - 2 hr SOT so I think OEM batteries will be fine too. I will still contact oneplus service center to inquire about battery replacement cost. I have seen some videos on youtube. Do you think changing battery by myself will be fairly easy?
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Easy AF.

Mystel said:
I was getting around 1.5 - 2 hr SOT so I think OEM batteries will be fine too. I will still contact oneplus service center to inquire about battery replacement cost. I have seen some videos on youtube. Do you think changing battery by myself will be fairly easy?
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Yes easy to change it yourself...even i change the batteries myself back then....

valvze said:
Try reflashing an older version of TWRP/ modded version and if that doesn't work, try an AOSP ROM. I had the same problem and got OMNI and AOSP 8.xx to boot.
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Now TWRP shuts down in the middle of flashing rom so no other ways. Sorry I was busy these days and OPO was lying dead. I just ordered one battery from eBay and will update once I replace the battery.

Well, I have the exact same issue & coincidentally or not, I was also running Tugapower 49. Phone will boot only with the charger connected. So, battery issue is confirmed.

I'll join your club. About 3 weeks ago had a similar problem but managed to get the phone to boot after an over night charge. The battery was around 13 months old. Ordered a new battery from ebay. Fitted it two days ago and flashed an updated lineage rom last night. My oneplus 1 is now stuck in a boot loop. After flashing and leaving it over night to update, it was still in the boot up logo this morning. Held in power button to kill power. Numerous attempts to boot up the phone failed. Only twice have I managed to get it to boot to TWRP recovery. Both times I have tried to resort to flashing the previous ROM, but still get stuck in the loop. I'm waiting to let it get to a full charge, then I'll try a fastboot method and pray that that works. I'll update if/when I get sorted
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Well.... had phone plugged into laptop charging. Wrote the above post. not 10 mins after, booted into Recovery first time, reflashed and got it working again........ wish I knew what was going off here but, its working now.

Had the same issue 4 months ago and I'm 99% sure it's the battery. Change it.

Replaced th battery.But in the process something messed up. First, touch would not recognize. Upper connector was loose. Now reconnected that and flashed lineage os. Having ghost touch constantly on "wipe" button position of twrp. This just started after setting up lineage. But the main issue was battery!

Mr.Ak said:
I'm pretty sure it's the battery.
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iPusak Gaoq™ said:
replace the batteries and everything will be solved...no need to format of flash anything...
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Quoting you if you have any idea about the ghost touches I am having after replacing the battery. The main issue is gone.

Mystel said:
Quoting you if you have any idea about the ghost touches I am having after replacing the battery. The main issue is gone.
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There shouldn't be ghost touch problem after you changes the batteries unless you disconnect other ribbons and didn't reconnect it properly...dissemble the phone and disconnect all ribbon and reconnect it again for further test....
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iPusak Gaoq™ said:
There shouldn't be ghost touch problem after you changes the batteries unless you disconnect other ribbons and didn't reconnect it properly...dissemble the phone and disconnect all ribbon and reconnect it again for further test....
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Here is a sample video I just took. only the area between sim tray and power button is affected.
https://ufile.io/iql19

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