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So I upgraded to the latest mr clean rom and did some tweaks with the registry wizard. I was playing around with it for a while and turned it off to charge overnight. I wake up and try and turn it on and nothing. I've tried soft reset, and hard reset and it doesn't turn on or do anything. When I plug in my charger the light on my phone doesn't even come on. PLEASE HELP. WHAT CAN I DO!!!.
This exact same thing happened to me last week. I played with it everday hoping it would turn back on, but nothing worked. Out of nowhere, it powered back up after 7 days of being non-responsive.
So I would just suggest waiting it out and making sure it is fully charged. Sorry I don't have any better solutions, but this is what worked for me.
leave it charging (even if there is no light) for a couple of hourse. then hold the power button for 3 secs. It will work...ciao,V.
Charge it with the charger, not usb, mine did this and I thought it was dead but it's probably just a dead battery. For some reason it can self discharge to the point where the USB charger can't recharge it.
I've done that, had it charging for over 24 hrs now on the home charger. I guess the next step would be a new battery? Do T-mobile stores carry them? TIA
YOU HAVE TO USE THE ORIGINAL 1A CHARGER!!!!! 800mA will not do the job!!!
that's what i've done i think...the home charger... it doesn't say how many A though.
I fixed it , What I did was zap the battery with a 9v battery in 3 sec intervals, I did this about 5 times, then I pluged my phone into the charger and turned it on, the 9v gave it enough juice to boot up and the usb took over from there. So to everyone out there who is having this same problem, try this but don't over zap, check your battery with a multimeter.
my wizard wont turn on this morning. I just tested my battery and it's at 3.1 volts (not 3.7 as stated on the label)
Would your method work do you think ? My mains charger is at my girlfriends house i rely on usb here
Yeah I've had this issue before and I have it again. Last time it self-started after about an hour just sitting on the desk. This time it's taking longer, and is still out. I'm charging it as we speak - no light but I'm hopeful.
So this is a battery fault then? I guess that's a slight relief - I've already sent one in for repair and I can't do it again, as I'm on the far side of the channel..
ive never been backwards in trying these things out so i gave it a go. Slightly different method (a little safer).
Found an old 5v 2A charger lying around bared off the wires and used my meter to identify the positive and ground cores.
tested the battery again.. 3.1volts
applied the wires of the charger to the terminals for 5 secs
tested battery.. 3.25 volts
re applied wires for 5 secs
tested battery.. 3.45 volts
re applied wires for 5 secs
tested battery.. 3.52 volts
put in the wizard.. boot screen.
I think i have a seperate problem as i now have a red flashing light and then it locks up around 20 secs later but im a little further on at least !
cheers,
malty
all sorted here. I hadnt quite enough juice in the battery. Re applied the charger until the battery measured 3.62V Booted ok to the point then that the usb charger took over.
many thanks to the original poster
You saying that giving it brief jolts helps restore the battery? Given the time you applied it for, I can't really think it's being recharged by this action...
its a very temporary thing like a 'kick' and the extra voltage isnt sustained very long. It worked. thats all that matters
Yeah. But I'm reluctant to pump power into an electrical device without knowing why. In my case, the battery is giving a steady 4.2V output, which should be enough, no? In fact, the battery seems to be healthy in every way possible, and a few minutes before it died was reporting a ~80% charge...
I'll try kicking it though
4.2V is over voltage but yea that should be enough. sounds like you may have a more serious problem
Yeah, so do I. Battery was unaffected by a kick, output is still at the rated 4.2V, well above the needed 3.7V.
So, what would make an apparently healthy phone sporadically fail? It wasn't dropped or exposed to anything. I had it, on, on my desk. The screen turned off after 30 seconds, as usual, and then wouldn't turn back on. Soft and hard resets both fail to invoke any response whatsoever. No charging light.
The only thing that's different is that I did an ActiveSync for the first time in weeks, on a new computer, a few hours before it died. For which I'm extremely thankful, as I'd got a lot of data building up without a backup until then. But I'm doubtful that the sync has anything to do with the failure.
These symptoms occured before, a month or so ago, but the phone revived on its own after an hour or so. This one has been out two days now, which worries me.
Hi All,
THANK YOU!! I just bought this 8125 and thought I broke it in only 2 days. The 9 volt battery did the trick.
Now I can get on with trying to use it.
I have had the same problem last week and I used a 9V battery briefly onto the + and - of the phone-battery.
this just gave the phone-battery enough juice to start up and I was able to normally charge the phone again.
Old Trick but !!!Caution!!!
What you guys are doing is reviving a deeply discharged battery.
I frequently do that to normal AA 1.2v NiCd or NiMH Rechargeble battery that have not been used for a long time. When they measure about 0.2v you just jolt a 10v current through it for 1-3 seconds and then carry on charging as normal. If it does not come right, throw it away or use it as a paperweight
Problem comes in with the type of battery you do it with. I had a Lithium - Ion battery explode in my hands once.. (Thank god I wear glasses) I only had a few cuts on my hands and my shirt was ruined so I came off very lucky.
With lithium-Ion batteries one should be very carefull when attemting to boost it when deeply discharged... They dont like it very much.
My 10cents worth
Well, this is the first time i have made a thread. I bought an HTC Wizard about 2 weeks ago, i got it from a guy on ebay. The charger that came with it worked great, no problems at all, just happy to have my pocket pc back. the other day i ran in to a problem i was stuck with a dead mda and no charger. I went to the store and bought an iGo charger. i figured since my batt. was completly dead i would have to let it sit on the charger for a while. It charger for 24 hours and nothing, no indicator light not bootloader no power up. i finally got the charger that came with the phone. and it still will not charge. i tested both the chargers and the fuction properly with other phone so that rules that out. i need help i am now out of a phone. can some one HELP ME!!!
Try to charge the battery with other phone,you might need to 'Jump Start' the battery.
A completely discharged battery will only get charged with a wall charger capable of 1 amp out put or jump start the battery and it'll start to charge,but if the battery is gonner and faulty,it won't charge at all,you'll have to get a new one.
I think I'm having the same problem as the OP. My phone ran dead the other day in the middle of a call. I tried to restart it so I could send a text to the person I was on the phone with to let them know that I would call back when I charged my phone. It stuck on the splash screen and I'm pretty sure that it drained the battery completely. Now, it won't charge and the indicator doesn't come on.
Can you tell me more about this "jump start" that you speak of? More specifically, can you explain how to do it and what is needed?
What you need to do is get ahold of a standard 9-voly batter and 2 wires. On your Wizards battery, locate the positive(+) and negative(-) terminals, and hole one end of each wire there, then on the 9-volt, hold the corresponding wire to said terminal(pos to pos, neg to neg) and hold it there for approximantely 30 seconds. After waiting for 30 seconds, put the battery back in the Wizard and connect it to a wall charger that outputs 1AMP or higher and it should charge.
Same thing happened to me -let the battery get too low and then couldn't charge it with the phone. I bought a desktop charger for wizard battery from ebay and a spare battery. The performancde from the battery is much better from the desktop than it is when charged in the phone. For the sake of £3 it's worth a shot.
Hi everyone. I've made the error of letting my Wizard get to 0% battery charge... so, when I tried to charge it up, no deal. I read around why, and I understood how this phone charges the battery: ok, no big deal. I followed a couple of posts here, on how to revive the Wizard. I used a 9V battery to let it boot... and it booted! But the battery never kept charge... well, I dunno: the battery status screen showed some percentages, but to be honest it never kept charge, or I had already fried the phone, thus the battery didn't get any charge/the phone couldn't start.
Then I got smarter, I read that a spare battery and the original wall charger would've been better... I took another battery, I attached its 1A wall charger... red blinking led, which sometimes stops blinking.
I fried the mainboard, didn't I ? I'm starting to think that 9V is a lil bit too much.
UPDATE EDIT: Well, I've done some electronic necromancy... the two batteries I had won't charge. I've managed to piggy back them with a power supply, they can boot the phone. Whee. Then I plug in the original wall charger, and... after 5-10 minutes, bang, power goes down. How much voltage do those batteries output after this little trick? 0.00, 0.01. Well, I just bought a new battery... but I still fear I might have fried something. I'm gonna charge one of those old batteries with the power supply and see what happens.
How to Recharge battery. When battery goto 0%
try this.. mine worked. Take a USB Cable cut the small end of the usb cable
not the side that goes to the computer. Strip the wire . all you need is the
red and the black wire. the rest fold it or cut it short. First : take the battery out of the phone. SECOND: Plug the usb to the computer ** becareful don't let the open wire touch each other it will shut your computer down or burn your usb port. THIRD ut the red wire to the + (positive ) and the black wire to the - (negative) on the battery for 1-3 minute. then put the battery back in the phone, turn it on , then plug your charger quickly. Hope this help you..
Thanks for the advice, goon1. I'm going to try this tomorrow, you'll have updates
The battery kept charge for like 10 minutes... then, bam, it's dead. It won't charge with the wall charger, it won't with the usb charger, nothing at all. I hope I just overloaded it and broke when I clumsly tried to reboot my phone, which I'll discover as soon as my new battery will get here from HK
that mean you have a bad battery. MADE IN CHINA. doesn't live up to it name.
the battery from there loose it charge quick. Remember they run 220 and we run 110. Just get a good battery from USA.
Batteries do wear out, and it shows when they wont hold their charge...
Before you conclude your phone is damaged, buy and try a new battery. ;-)
Peter
UPDATE
Since I didn't want to spend too much on a phone I consider bricked, I bought a 3$ battery from HK.
New, supposedly working... the red led is watching me.
Another detail: the power button does not work. In the rare cases where the phone booted, pushing it to go in stand by didn't work.
I'm more and more convinced that I fried something.
Hey everyone been using this thread for a few months now it's so useful and I appreciate all the help. I know this has been posted before and I tried all the steps listed in the other thread but last night I let my phone die and when I plug it in it just boots up until the dark forces team screen before it starts over again i tried all the steps listed to get it to charge it just seems not to work. I was able to get into the magldr screen if I plug it in and hold volume and power off. From there I choose to power down and as long as it stays plugged in the orange light comes on but when I try to power it on nothing happens. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much
you cant charge it powered off without winmo, simple.
2 options, borrow battery long enough to flash wnmo on your phone, use your phone to charge battery, or put battery in another winmo hd2 to charge enough to start android. (or, let it sit for an hour or two, they sometimes recover a little charge, perhaps enough to boot. Boot with the usb in, cos ability to charge kicks in about half way thru teh boot process.
just to add a third option to my last post, , i let my battery die stupidly today, completely dead, , took an old usb cable, took the end off, black wire to - and red wire to + on battery, plug in usb cable, bite nails and worry for 1 minute, enough charge in battery to power on phone and boot enough for actual charging to start!
phewwwwww.
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just to add a third option to my last post, , i let my battery die stupidly today, completely dead, , took an old usb cable, took the end off, black wire to - and red wire to + on battery, plug in usb cable, bite nails and worry for 1 minute, enough charge in battery to power on phone and boot enough for actual charging to start!
phewwwwww.
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That was very engeniuse of you samsamuel. Good to know that actually works though just incase I ever have to use it myself or to aid someone else here with a similar problem. But you should know better than to let your battary die like that samsamuel lol. As I said before you the man
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just to add a third option to my last post, , i let my battery die stupidly today, completely dead, , took an old usb cable, took the end off, black wire to - and red wire to + on battery, plug in usb cable, bite nails and worry for 1 minute, enough charge in battery to power on phone and boot enough for actual charging to start!
That sounds like a good idea and I'm gonna give that a shot in like 5 minutes thanks!
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Holy smokes man can't believe that worked you saved me from spending so much money on a spare battery charger and all that business thanks man your a life saver!
Our you wouldn't have to worry about that if you were on cLK
Sent from my HTC HD2
Hehe I was reading about clk just a few days ago for exactly that reason, and I couldn't be bothered,,,, silly me.
hi, i've tried the third option to your last post, , i let my battery die stupidly today, completely dead, , took an old usb cable, took the end off, black wire to - and red wire to + on battery, plug in usb cable, bite nails and worry for 1 minute, enough charge in battery to power .
CAN you please explain the operation because i have the feelling to do it badly.Thanks and i really need help
samsamuel said:
just to add a third option to my last post, , i let my battery die stupidly today, completely dead, , took an old usb cable, took the end off, black wire to - and red wire to + on battery, plug in usb cable, bite nails and worry for 1 minute, enough charge in battery to power on phone and boot enough for actual charging to start!
phewwwwww.
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clever! brave! i like your attitude man
heh, not that brave, i didnt do it till id read about a hundred posts of people doing it on various devices.
@bakse, whats to explain?
get a usb cable,
cut the usb end off,
strip off the silver shielding,
find the red and black wires,
bare the ends,
attach the ends to the battery,, red to +, black to - (it says on the battery which is which)
plug in the usb cable.
After a minute, remove the wires, and try the battery in the phone, and hope it has enough power to start to boot and start to charge.
I read a fair few posts where people were holding the wires to the battery by hand, it is after all only a few volts dc, but i just wasnt that brave and went for gaffer tape.
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I read a fair few posts where people were holding the wires to the battery by hand, it is after all only a few volts dc, but i just wasnt that brave and went for gaffer tape.
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Ha ha I have been a electrician for 15 years now and I can tell you with 100% assurance that the very small voltage that it takes to charge the battery of any cell phome will never ever affect you in any kind of way. You know I had often wondered if you could charge the battery in this fashion but was not completely sure as my I do not have a full understandimg of yhe iom bstteries yet.
T-Macgnolia said:
Ha ha I have been a electrician for 15 years now and I can tell you with 100% assurance that the very small voltage that it takes to charge the battery of any cell phome will never ever affect you in any kind of way. You know I had often wondered if you could charge the battery in this fashion but was not completely sure as my I do not have a full understandimg of yhe iom bstteries yet.
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hehe, i did 3 years as an electronics tech in the RAF, (long time ago) so im not usually that nervous around electricity, but i was last night, , generic 3 pin usb charger, generic usb cable, stories of batteries bursting, ANYTHING could have happened!
Ive tried it again today on an old dispensable htc elfin, held it for 5 mins, which is far longer than any posts ive read. Battery got warm, but not worryingly, and when i booted the elfin it had 2%, and managed fully booting plus ten minutes use, and id drained it completely before starting.
Im glad ive tried it, and now i hope i never need to do it again.
I just accidentally let my HD2 drain the battery, but this is the first time it hasn't come on. I did the USB cord trick and it seems to juice the battery, but when I finally got to the menu me being so caught up in the excitement that my phone wasn't bricked and that I could get it running again forgot to plug in my phone to be charged and it died again... Now I am using the hacked up USB cord to charge my battery, but is doesn't seem to charge it very fast and after about 10 minutes of letting it sit I get to the boot screen in Magldr but the battery dies mid boot. Now my question is should I leave the battery to be charged with the red and black wire USB trick and how long can I let the battery charge like that will it be fine for a few hours? Thanks for your replies in advance.
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I just accidentally let my HD2 drain the battery, but this is the first time it hasn't come on. I did the USB cord trick and it seems to juice the battery, but when I finally got to the menu me being so caught up in the excitement that my phone wasn't bricked and that I could get it running again forgot to plug in my phone to be charged and it died again... Now I am using the hacked up USB cord to charge my battery, but is doesn't seem to charge it very fast and after about 10 minutes of letting it sit I get to the boot screen in Magldr but the battery dies mid boot. Now my question is should I leave the battery to be charged with the red and black wire USB trick and how long can I let the battery charge like that will it be fine for a few hours? Thanks for your replies in advance.
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I don't know if it would be safe to leave the wire connected to the battery that long. To be safe I would only leave them connected to the battery for 15 to 20 minutes 30 minutes max. I would also monitor the battery making sure it is not getting warm/hot or that the batterry does not start to swell.As either of this things are signs that you should disconnect the wires.
Well it worked I got it charged to 5% and it took forever, but when I put it in my phone and it booted it said it was currently charging, but when I woke up dead again...
Charge with wall charger, not via PC,, the current of PC charging is way lower, so for an almost flat battery it may not be enough to both charge and run the phone.
Ive been doing this usb cable hack/trick what ever u wanna call it for a few days now my usb port is completely busted and ive got wp7 on it struggling to find anyone near me that will fix it as im not brave enough to take the phone apart and replace the micro usb port
HTC HD2 running NAND won't turn on after battery died
I spent couple hours last night after my phone accidently died and was unable to turn on even charging with wall charger, I read about trick with cutting usb or charging cable and attaching wires to the battery. Finally, I found great solution by myself. I simply connected phone to my car charger and in less than 1 minute it started Android and after couple minutes I was able to move my phone back to the wall charger
actually you can charge the battery with whatever you have handy.
I charged phone batteries with anything ranging from wires cut off from just about any li-ion phone charger (older nokias, samsung and se preferable), solar panels, other batteries (3 standard aaa alkaline batteries in series will do the job also - almost no risk to phone battery) electrochemical reactions (the best one, getting electricity from mustard using copper and zinc electrodes - also worked but you need 6 "custom made" mustard "cells" ), any sort of usb port etc
My choice depended on whatever i had handy at my disposal at that particular moment.
I also powered up phones with empty (or if i suspect them to be dead) batteries by placing 3 aaa rechargeable (ni-cd or ni-mh.. NEVER USE primary-non rechargeable batteries or any sort of alkaline/carbon based chemistry) batteries in series with the + and - leads over the ones in the phone but WITH the original phone battery connected (it won't work if you simply supply the phone with 3.7 - 4.3 volts.. the center phone battery pin is needed).
They all work and for a one time quick emergency charge, it will be fine (just don't make a habit on doing these to often).
I installed/flashed Gingerblur yesterday and it was working fine for the whole day. At night, I put it back into it's case because I'm still waiting for my New Screen Protector and Case to come. I take really good care of it. Then I did not use the phone for the whole day. After having a really bad day, I started up my brand new Atrix for some fun and it was already at around 5% battery left so I went ahead and tried to charge it. I noticed plugging it into the computer did not work, so I tried wall charging it and that also did not work.
To sum it up,
Symptoms:
-Green Led for 2-3 seconds when I hold down the top main button then shuts off led. Note: Only happens/works if the phone is plugged into the wall.
-Green Led for 4 or more seconds if I plug in wall charger then shuts off led.
-No visual image on screen after battery drained out at all.
What can I do? I don't think I bricked it since it was working perfectly yesterday. Is there anything I can do? I have tried removing battery with no avail, it is plugged in to the wall charger still for the past hour.
This is a very weird problem and I don't know the exact answer..I just know i bricked my atrix before (failed to flash on a full battery) and couldn't charge the dead battery even on AC.
I ended up buying a universal battery charger from radioshack and then returning it once I got my battery fully charged and flashed the rom. Haven't had any battery problems since.
Hope this helps
Thanks, I will try this but it is night time right now. I hope someone else has had experience of this before and can guide me to any other directions.
I did not fail a flash, unless the flash can fail even if Gingerblur was working 100% before it failed. I don't know if thats possible.
Are you using the usb cable/charger that came with the phone?
I know it sounds ridiculous but the phone does NOT charge on any of my existing MicroUSB cables or wall chargers (used to have a nexus one). Pretty bummed about that :/
Yeah I am using the one that came with it.
I also want to update that I've tried my sister's HTC Inspire charger and an old Samsung charger I have left around.
Both are USB to wall Adapters (I am not using the same wall power adapter for each charger) so I wonder if I need the one that plugs directly into the wall?
Yeah, you probably just have a dysfunctional battery or charger, either way, you're going to have to diagnose which one is the problem (fingers crossed that it isn't the phone)
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it sounds like its not the charger, from your most recent post.
I think your phone is the problem, it's not processing how to charge the battery from the cable.
Common problem. You need at least 850mA to charge the phone, so older usb ports wont work. The wall charger is actually working. Pull the battery out, put it back in, plug in the wall charger(don't press any buttons!) and let it sit for about 30min to get a decent charge. Should boot up after that.
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Common problem. You need at least 850mA to charge the phone, so older usb ports wont work. The wall charger is actually working. Pull the battery out, put it back in, plug in the wall charger(don't press any buttons!) and let it sit for about 30min to get a decent charge. Should boot up after that.
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Hm, it's been charging for over an hour now and still hasn't turned on. But I did not do it exactly as you said. I unplugged the battery acouple times but I always try to hold the "fingerprint" on button right after plugging it in. I'll try not pressing anything this time. Thanks, I'll post back if I get any results.
The phone should turn on if charging, you don't need 850mA either. Standard USB is 500 and it just charges slower. I know this for a fact as I just charged it like that.
Take it into a store or contact where you bought it from.
Plugging in phone while off: Green LED for a bit, moto logo, battery icon
Power on, no charger : green light for a bit longer, moto logo, boot animation.
Try an at&t stores charger and see if theyll let you charge the battery.
Sent from my Motorola Atrix 4G on the network with the most backhaul, whatever that is. This post might have errors as I hate touchscreen keyboards.
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The phone should turn on if charging, you don't need 850mA either. Standard USB is 500 and it just charges slower.
Take it into a store or contact amazon support.
Sent from my Motorola Atrix 4G on the network with the most backhaul, whatever that is. This post might have errors as I hate touchscreen keyboards.
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With a dead battery you need 850 mAH. The phone needs 850 mA ti boot and it needs to boot to charge (strange yes but software controls the charge).
I would suggest trying all the chargers you can (the Moto one may be giving you to little amps) and if that does not work you can try to either 1) make a dev cable (post on how to in the dev section, though it requires soldering and such so you may not be able to do it if you don't have supplies) or 2) get a charger for the battery (one to directly charge the battery vice through the phone).
The battery method did not work, I did not try to hold the main button until 1 hour later to no avail. I'm going to Best Buy tomorrow for a replacement.
Edit: Oops..Too late to the party! I had the same issue that was fixed when I used a good quality micro-usb charger!
850ma? You sure?
I've charged and booted my phone from dead on a 700ma charger and 500ma usb on numerous occasions.
U need not worry .. put it in a wall charger .. and let it sit dere for atleast an hour .. the green led will come up when charge level reaches around 50% or more .. be patient ..
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I installed/flashed Gingerblur yesterday and it was working fine for the whole day. At night, I put it back into it's case because I'm still waiting for my New Screen Protector and Case to come. I take really good care of it. Then I did not use the phone for the whole day. After having a really bad day, I started up my brand new Atrix for some fun and it was already at around 5% battery left so I went ahead and tried to charge it. I noticed plugging it into the computer did not work, so I tried wall charging it and that also did not work.
To sum it up,
Symptoms:
-Green Led for 2-3 seconds when I hold down the top main button then shuts off led. Note: Only happens/works if the phone is plugged into the wall.
-Green Led for 4 or more seconds if I plug in wall charger then shuts off led.
-No visual image on screen after battery drained out at all.
What can I do? I don't think I bricked it since it was working perfectly yesterday. Is there anything I can do? I have tried removing battery with no avail, it is plugged in to the wall charger still for the past hour.
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I had the exact same issue the other day. I forgot to put my phone on charge at night, and it was dead in the morning. I plugged into the wall with my Moto charger, the phone turned on and went right to CWM. I rebooted from there, the phone showed 5% battery level, and within 10-15 minutes was at 20%.
I thought it strange my phone went right to the old Tenfar CWM even though I uninstalled it after unlocking my phone and installing the latest CWM from Tenfar.
It does seem that the shut off with the battery is 5%. I am assuming this is the safety factor built into either the Android OS, or the batteries themselves, as they do have circuits in them much like mini computers to shut them off before 100% discharge, as this will kill a Lithium Ion battery.
Some simple facts regarding the Lithium Ion batteries:
•They start degrading as soon as they leave the factory. They will only last two or three years from the date of manufacture whether you use them or not.
•They are extremely sensitive to high temperatures. Heat causes lithium-ion battery packs to degrade much faster than they normally would.
•If you completely discharge a lithium-ion battery, it is ruined.
•A lithium-ion battery pack must have an on-board computer to manage the battery. This makes them even more expensive than they already are.
•There is a small chance that, if a lithium-ion battery pack fails, it will burst into flame.
What I would like to know is why some people have problems getting a charge back in the Atrix after a complete discharge. There I was at 20% after 10-15 minutes using the Moto wall charger, while other people can't even get their phones to turn on after an hour on the wall charger.
I have the same problem, tried everything and finally found a solution
Get a warranty replacement.
The phone won't turn on, so they don't know what you did to it.
Got my new phone today, popped the dead battery in and voila, it charges !
Sometimes it's like people say, it's because of the charge, but your phone probably have issue, just get a replacement
I let it charge all night and it still has the same symptoms. Going to Best Buy in an hour when it opens.
When I get my new phone, should I Gingerblur it again or am I going to face this same issue? Was this software related or hardware?
Gingerblur was relatively easy to do, but I don't want to risk killing my phone a second time.
UPDATE: Got a replacement phone. Complementing whether I want to Gingerblur it again because that's the only thing that could have caused the battery issue other than it being hardware related.
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I let it charge all night and it still has the same symptoms. Going to Best Buy in an hour when it opens.
When I get my new phone, should I Gingerblur it again or am I going to face this same issue? Was this software related or hardware?
Gingerblur was relatively easy to do, but I don't want to risk killing my phone a second time.
UPDATE: Got a replacement phone. Complementing whether I want to Gingerblur it again because that's the only thing that could have caused the battery issue other than it being hardware related.
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You can try it again should work fine for you. If not...
You can always use their phone and your "dead battery" and visa versa theirs into your phone. Then if same issue happens. Just warranty the phone. If your in warranty do it. I've had g1's for no reason not charge. Led says it, os says it, yet NONE of my working batteries were getting any charge off the phone. Especially when the phone was 3 days old. Warranty.... if its free do it.
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850ma? You sure?
I've charged and booted my phone from dead on a 700ma charger and 500ma usb on numerous occasions.
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Well, according to motorola it needs that much... so you never know
Ciloteille said:
You can try it again should work fine for you. If not...
You can always use their phone and your "dead battery" and visa versa theirs into your phone. Then if same issue happens. Just warranty the phone. If your in warranty do it. I've had g1's for no reason not charge. Led says it, os says it, yet NONE of my working batteries were getting any charge off the phone. Especially when the phone was 3 days old. Warranty.... if its free do it.
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Yes if warranty then ok .. But we are here to do the impossible.. I just reconditioned a new battery just so it can turn phone on in same instance for a friend. So yes batteries and phones new can have charging issues.
There is an issue with smart-phones and batteries and has been since day one. If you are here then evidently you either love these phones and want to mod them or you are like me and love playing with electronics. Real simple if you in the smart-phone world there are a few rules of thumb..
1.) Never begin working without a fully charged battery (some say 51% or better I say 100% )
2.) Buy , borrow , get an external battery charger and/or stronger wall charger
3.) Extra batteries are always good.
4.) Read the damn stickies and wiki's ... People have taken plenty of time creating them. Those who know me know I have written some myself.
5.) The biggest problem is located between the chair and the keyboard .... (lol)