Im off on holiday soon ands won.t be taking it with me. I don't want to leave it and the battery runs out and i don't want to leave it in the charger for too long. has anybody got a solution.
You can't actually turn off the XDA2, only put it into standby. Best advice is to just back it up all the data and then restore it if it is lost when you come back. If you are gone for 2 weeks or less than you might save some battery power by putting it into flight mode. Mine lasted from a full charge for 15 days (without use) on flight mode.
Leaving it charging wont harm it as far as I know, you can switch on flight mode then press power button to switch off phone and pda, alternatively you could do a full backup to sd card and just leave it in the drawer until you return home.
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Soft reboots about 1 time per half hour now. Seems to have a hard time coming back to life after shutting down--flickering screen also the orange charge light goes off. Just happened again. This sucks.
Could be related to the charging function??
Did you installed any suspicious software lateley?
Have you tried a hard-reset? (do a backup first)
Now its hard rebootng by itself.
Its hard rebooting byitself now.
No new software. Looks like a trip to the shop where i bought it for service.
Pressing the power switch does a hard boot now.
Checking now the reset button--could be jammed.
On about the 10th hard reset--every time it completes installing and thenas soon as i press the on/off button it goes haywire
-or even before presing the buttton.
i have a similar problem, but i turned out to be that:
one my battery is dead, i cant recharge (charger at home)
i plug an external charger that uses 4 AA batteries...
it works fine, BUT when those 4 start to die, the xda
keep softreseting, somtimes even b4 it fully get booted.
so... check your main battery, maybe its dying on you!
Interesting!!
Took the unit to the shop today--they played around and at one point insisted that it was my sim card that was causing the problem.
Finally could see that the secondary battery had gone to 0% and was not recharging.
So in had to leave it there for extended service. Had to buy another mobile phone to use as a backup--bought the smallest thing i could find as I will use it at times i dont want to lug around the xda.
...you know, that could be true too, there is a small switch by the sim card, that if not pressed firmly, it resets the device.
a common problem if you remove the sim card often.
The battery says its 100%. But everytime i take the battery out for 5 sec and put it back in again and turn on the pda, it is as if it has resetted and the stuff comes as if im putting it on for the first time (ie. the tap the screen and application stuff installs come) and everything is wiped off.
Looks like your battery is dead. Go back to your supplier and have it replaced
You mean the backup battery is dead?
i have the same problem
and i chang the backup battery
and update jame
and it's same whin u remove battery for 5 sec the phone do a hard rest
how can i solve this
plz helppppp
On Himalaya this ocurs too, but ONLY when the Phone was on (ie not in flight mode) when you take out the battery.
Remedy: Put phone in flight mode before taking out battery!
Maybe that also works with the Magician
But, every time you open the cover for the main battery, you switch off the device! There is a switch. Putting it bach into your MDA, you switch it on. Just this way...
Exactly, you switch OFF the device when the Phone is ON.
The are three ways to switch something OFF:
1. Go into Flight mode: Switches off the Radio functionality (including the Phone)
2. Switch off the PDA: Use the power-button, Radio Functionality remains active
3. Take out battery: All off!
When you take out the battery, the Phone (ie the Radio) has to be OFF to avoid a hard-reset.
When you take out the battery when the Phone is OFF, you only get a soft-reset
With my previous Xda II, I have the same problem too. But I think it's the small switch that cause the hard reset. When removing the battery we have to slide down the switch. After taking up the battery don't ever try to slide up the switch with the battery not in the place. Only when the battery is in its place then you should slide down the switch to lock the battery.
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Exactly, you switch OFF the device when the Phone is ON.
The are three ways to switch something OFF:
1. Go into Flight mode: Switches off the Radio functionality (including the Phone)
2. Switch off the PDA: Use the power-button, Radio Functionality remains active
3. Take out battery: All off!
When you take out the battery, the Phone (ie the Radio) has to be OFF to avoid a hard-reset.
When you take out the battery when the Phone is OFF, you only get a soft-reset
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I tried turning on the flight mode before taking out the battery.. but the magician still resets!..
Any other suggestions?
With the Jam/mini, you NEED to flick the soft red plastic "Battery lock" out of its slot on the right hand side, or you will run the risk of a hard reset. You don't pull it right off, just flick it away from its "Locked" position. Not sure why a proper switch could not have been built in on the left hand side.
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With the Jam/mini, you NEED to flick the soft red plastic "Battery lock" out of its slot on the right hand side, or you will run the risk of a hard reset. You don't pull it right off, just flick it away from its "Locked" position. Not sure why a proper switch could not have been built in on the left hand side.
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The red rubber is not connected to any kind of circuit.. it is there jsut to keep the battery tight.. anyways i tried it.. and my mini still hard resets..
Thanks for the input tho.
i have the same problem too... hard reset everytime i take the battery out even only 5 secs. i did turn the flight mode on, then press the power button. its not help. still hard reset. do you think the backup battery is dead?? how to check this? because its always show 100%.. please help.
hi all... for who has the same problem like mine (take out batery then got hard reset instead of softreset), the solution is: SENT IT BACK FOR REPAIR TO THE SERVICE CENTRE.
also, dont forget to write: " please change my RF/MAIN BOARD" otherwise, they will change ur backup battery only, and this wont solve the problem.
i got mine fixed, and i get new IMEI number as a result. first, they replace the backup battery only, and WITHOUT CHECK it, send the phone back to me. im shocked to find that it still had the same problem. made a serious complaint and send it back, this time the manager take care of my phone directly.. hehhehehe.... well, thats the story... thx for all of u that read n give comments about this problem.
I have an XDA 2 and its not mine I'm borring it, the battery got low and I didn't want to waste it so I took it out for 15 minutes, then I popped it back in to use it later and it reset EVERYTHING. And now it says charge it up or it will lose it all. Is there anyway to recover what was gone? I don't have a charger near me, should I just rip out the battery - and it wont die? I CANT lose all the data on it
I'm afraid you've already lost everything. By taking the battery out you're forcing the XDA to keep the contents of it's memory purely by using the battery backup, but that only last approx 10 to 25 minutes depending on the charge level before being unplugged.
These aren't the same as conventional cell phones. The memory is stored in battery powered RAM. You should only take the battery off to change the SIM card or change it for another battery.
Even if the phone is flat and won't turn on, the battery contains enough power to hold the memory for a day or two until you can get to a charger.
Sorry - You'll have to restore from backups (if any were already taken)
so should I just leave the battery in now and let it die, its in standby mode, the screens off just the light is blinking.
I've got an XDA IIs instead of a II, but my unit doesn't actually turn on when I put the battery back on, I have to actually push the power button for that. After that it's impossible to turn it completely off without removing/replacing the battery. I would expect the XDA II to be the same with that off/on functionality.
But you should be able to leave it on standby for ages (push the power button when it's turned on, screen goes blank and flashes occasionally to tell you about network signal).
But you've already wiped everything by sounds of it so it really isn't going to make any difference whether you put the battery on it or not. It's not going to come back. This part is definetly the same regardless of XDA IIs/II or whatever. Sorry.
Probably I'm just new, but since after rooting it, it slowly ran out of battery as phones do, but now I'm unable to switch it on. Tried several ideas but to no avail.
I guess it isn't a big deal, I can always return it to the store later today and ask for a replacement since I only bought it last week.
Whilst I'm here, anyone think it's worth dropping this and switching it for another one whilst I'm at it.
Empty battery? Maybe you should charge it for a while.
won't boot
Hi, my dell streak is only three weeks old, but all of a sudden won't boot. Haven't done anything I shouldn't have. Have just downloaded a few apps, was using it at night and woke up in the morning to find it was off and can't be switched on. Took the battery out and put it back on again. Pressed the shutter button along with the power button, and held down the volume keys along with the power button, nothing seems to make a difference. Can someone help please!
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Hi, my dell streak is only three weeks old, but all of a sudden won't boot. Haven't done anything I shouldn't have. Have just downloaded a few apps, was using it at night and woke up in the morning to find it was off and can't be switched on. Took the battery out and put it back on again. Pressed the shutter button along with the power button, and held down the volume keys along with the power button, nothing seems to make a difference. Can someone help please!
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try charging it for a while?
Take it back to the store and get a replacement, if its still under warranty.
Hi Guys, thanks for your replies. It's working now, this is what happened:
I woke up in the morning to find my phone switched off and I couldn't switch it on. I connected the main power charger for 5 mins, then laptop for 5 mins to charge but neither helped. The defect I think is in the charger. I left the phone connected to the laptop for a few hours, then switched it on to find it still wouldn't switch on. Then disconnected the sync cable, took the battery out, and put it back in - and voila, it switches on!
Issues: charger failed in two weeks; the streak doesn't switch on when the battery is down even if it's connected to a source of charging (in this case, laptop). Dead battery - charge - take battery out - put it back in - switches on.
I have an Gallaxy S4.
Yesterday i turn it of and went to sleep.
At morning, the Screes was black.
First I thougt, the Battery was empty, but it wasn't I load the battery and "sometimes" I plugin the Cable, I see the Battery loading Screen (about 50%).
I've tried a lot, like booting in rescue-mode or in Rom-Download-Mode. What ever I did, following happend:
The Screen shows the Gallaxy-Logo, then shows e.g. rescue or rom-loader menu and then turn black.
It doesn't turn black if I click anything, it seems to be a special amount of time, while the display was on.
So what may be the issue? How can I save my data (I have an SD-Card on Android 7 mounted as internal Storage).
If I could recover the data from SD, it would be fine. If I also could repair the phone, it would be awesome.
Hi,
The screen will turn black in any mode after a certain amount of time to save power. Press the power button short and the screen will turn on again.
Leaving your phone in standby and finding it dead in the morning might mean your battery is dying. (Even if it shows 50% at charge). Take it out, is the battery still flat or getting fat?
An example, mine would show 100% on charger, i would go to the toilet with it, it would die when turning on the screen, when turning it on it showed 2% charge. Replaced it last week since it was about to explode.
You could also go into recovery mode and reset to factory settings, this should not delete your pictures and such. (Not sure though, i have not used stock recovery for years!)
Not sure about the stock recovery, but it might just let you access your files through MTP, which you then can copy to your computer.