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Hi everyone,
I have an unusual problem and I have searched almost the whole internet but I have not found an answer, so now I turn to you for any ideas. My problem is that over the past month, my amber/orange charge light remains constantly on, even when the phone is not charging. I have tried to soft reset, I have looked into HKLM->Drivers->BuiltIn->Battery key and have found no solution. The phone will still charge the battery OK. The other bluetooth light works OK, it still blinks when bluetooth is on. The right led remains orange. I have also tried to take out the battery and re-insert, but issue persists. I am using Faria's 3.3 and IPL/SPL is 2.26, radio is 2.61.11 for over 6 months on a WIZA100, but the issue has occurred a little over a month. Phone has always been well taken care of, no major drops and absolutely no water has ever touched it. Battery drain is normal, I get about 1 day and a half of normal usage, push email. I thought it was batterystatus, and I have removed it, but problem persists. When I soft reset, as soon as the IPL/SPL screen comes on, better yet, as soon as the HTC logo screen before the IPL/SPL screen comes on, the battery light remains constant orange. Any ideas? Please help!!
Sincerely,
Ricardo Cheing
Ricardo Cheing said:
Hi everyone,
I have an unusual problem and I have searched almost the whole internet but I have not found an answer, so now I turn to you for any ideas. My problem is that over the past month, my amber/orange charge light remains constantly on, even when the phone is not charging. I have tried to soft reset, I have looked into HKLM->Drivers->BuiltIn->Battery key and have found no solution. The phone will still charge the battery OK. The other bluetooth light works OK, it still blinks when bluetooth is on. The right led remains orange. I have also tried to take out the battery and re-insert, but issue persists. I am using Faria's 3.3 and IPL/SPL is 2.26, radio is 2.61.11 for over 6 months on a WIZA100, but the issue has occurred a little over a month. Phone has always been well taken care of, no major drops and absolutely no water has ever touched it. Battery drain is normal, I get about 1 day and a half of normal usage, push email. I thought it was batterystatus, and I have removed it, but problem persists. When I soft reset, as soon as the IPL/SPL screen comes on, better yet, as soon as the HTC logo screen before the IPL/SPL screen comes on, the battery light remains constant orange. Any ideas? Please help!!
Sincerely,
Ricardo Cheing
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It doesn't sound like you've tried hard resetting your device yet. Hard resetting the device will not revert back to manufacturers rom but will bring you back to the part where you configure the phone, before customization.
I imagine this is the only way you are going to get the orange light to go away, at least when its not charging... You can hard reset by holding the comm manager and voice button and pressing the reset button with the stylus.
BACK UP EVERYTHING BEFORE HARD RESETTING!!!! If you do not, you will lose everything on the device IE: music, videos, pictures, documents etc...
Try to use another Radio ROM version. The charging related issues are related to the Radio ROM.
Thanks guys, I will change the radio rom on my phone before hard resetting. I didn't want to try to hard reset because of the way I already have my phone configured. I have heard there is a way to create a cab with all customizations, but I'll have to figure out how to do this. I will report more later, because I'm at work right now and I don't have the usb cable.
Ricardo Cheing said:
Thanks guys, I will change the radio rom on my phone before hard resetting. I didn't want to try to hard reset because of the way I already have my phone configured. I have heard there is a way to create a cab with all customizations, but I'll have to figure out how to do this. I will report more later, because I'm at work right now and I don't have the usb cable.
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Hi, my phone last night (O2 XDA Mini S (Wizard)) started the exact same symptoms as you. At half 4 last night the screen came on and the phone claimed to be charging, while unplugged. I soft reset, but no change. by the morning the phone now claims to be fully charged. I've taken the battery out for a while, soft reset but nothing has worked so far, it now claims to be 100% charged constatnly, so i'm currently running the battery down to see what happens.
did you ever find a solution to this?
Hello, just wanted to update the thread, after 1-2 months of the battery charging light always on, no matter what, it fixed all by itself as I was preparing to hard reset my phone, no BS, I swear. I took the phone in my hand and was debating if I should hard reset or just flash another radio rom, and bam, I saw the light go back to normal, blinking green. That day it went back to always on, but then it would fix itself, but finally it's back to normal. So I went ahead and flashed the official T-MO 2.26/ 2.26.11 ROM which downgraded my Radio from 2.61 back to 2.26.11 and replaced my OS and then I flashed the official T-MO 3.08/ 2.69.11 ROM which upgraded my IPL/SPL and Radio. I then flashed Dr. Dot's BlackDiamond 2.0 WM6 and applied the 2.69.11 radio fix on XDA Mobile 6 Release 3. My phone has been wonderful since, thanks everyone.
hi leewebster try this and let me know if it works for you
thanks Ricardo Cheing ,
your input helped as this problem started when i had charged my phone with wife's dopod m700 charger
any way after playing around for some time i figured a workaround for it
i did the regitry hack for disabling the charging via the usb,
powered off the device by pressing the power button then took out the battery and put it back and then powered the device and the problem was sorted also the phone now will not charge when connected to the comp
now if i enable the charging via the usb then the problem returns
hope this is of help to somebody
ps: registry for disabling charging via usb
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/DRIVERS/BUILTIN/usbfndrv
enablineUsbcharging change the value to "0" (for disabling)
and
"1" (for re enabling)
Thanks for this tip, I have added a reference to this thread in the Wizard Wiki
just to update
today i re enabled the charging via the usb by making the registry hack , powered down the phone took out the battery and then restarted the device and was pleasently surprised to see that the device no longer had the solid amber light
device is working absolutely fine
Sweet hack
Hi, The post about disabling USB charging does indeed cure the charge light on all the time. Now the battery status works correctly. Only drawback was I use a cradle to charge with a USB plugged into a wall adapter. It won't work because of the USB being disabled and I mistakenly assumed since it was plugged into the wall it would although USB is USB whether powered from wall or computer. The factory AC adapter charges it fine though and the annoying light on all the time is gone. SWEET!! I will also re-enable it just to see if it remains gone like you did after a few days, and hopefully it will. If it doesn't I can live with it the way it is now
Thanks for the post!
Amber Charge Light Always ON!
wizard1 said:
Hi, The post about disabling USB charging does indeed cure the charge light on all the time. Now the battery status works correctly. Only drawback was I use a cradle to charge with a USB plugged into a wall adapter. It won't work because of the USB being disabled and I mistakenly assumed since it was plugged into the wall it would although USB is USB whether powered from wall or computer. The factory AC adapter charges it fine though and the annoying light on all the time is gone. SWEET!! I will also re-enable it just to see if it remains gone like you did after a few days, and hopefully it will. If it doesn't I can live with it the way it is now
Thanks for the post!
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Dear All,
Please help me if possible. I have been facing this same issue, however, when I go to battery icon and click on it, the next screen shows that the battery bar is running as it runs during charging, though the device is not connected neither with USB and/or wall charger, amber light is also stays on. I did hard reset, i did soft reset, I took the battery out and put it back in, all my efforts are in vain, no success sofar. I must tell everyone here that this is my third battery and the last two faced the same problem and then died and now they are useless, using those two batteries, i can't turn the device on, i cannot charge the device, they are garbage now, please help if possible!
Is There any solution to this....
hi I have been facing the same problem in my HTC touch Viva (India))...... but the problem is random .......... all of a sudden the light comes on and the phone claims to be charging without any source of charging ............... however in my case soft reset makes the light revert back to normal......but the problem re occurs after a few hours ....... I have tried every solution given on the internet (Hard Reset , registry hack etc) ....... but no avail.........Has anyone found a solution to this
My phone Specifications
WM 6.1
ROM 1.35.720.2 WWE
RADIO 03.37.90
this is my firends phone - tmobile cmpact 2 - its never been cooked, standard wm5 rom and no upgrades or downloads. it suddenyl today entered bootload screen - we took out the battery restarted, then it loads to the tmobile splash screen the cuts off, now it wont even turn on
tried charging it, and the charge light doesnt ocm eon, any ideas??
Thanks
anyone?..........................................
You have to enter bootloader mode (look up the wiki for how to) and then run the official rom upgrade for charmer.
my charmer is also dead
right in the middle of typing in an adress at iGO on my Charmer with WM5 it started rebooting and turned black after the T-Mobile bootscreen. And I could only turn it on by removing the battery, waiting for some minutes and then turning on again, just to see the same thing happening - black after T-Mobile screen.
Now I cannot turn it on at all, cannot reset (neither hard nor soft), cannot get into bootloader nor can I charge it (at least no LED is indicating anything).
Does anybody have an idea? vlodeck?
At the moment I am not at home, so I cann't try the original power supply (so far I used the one in the car).
Thanks in advance!
There are two possible outcomes Jared.
Either your power supply in the car is not enough to lift up Charmer.
Or your battery went totally dead, in which case you would have to buy a new battery.
Good luck.
Thanks for the fast support!
the strange thing is, that it all started with battery at about 80%...
I will check on sunday with the original power supply and a battery from another device. Then I will let you know the outcome.
I can lend you my battery, Jared!
...to see if it is really the battery.
Otherwise I can only recommend the HTC Kaiser ;-)
problem solved for now
thanks frikibaby for the offer...
but vlodeck was right. At home I pluged in the charger and it started charging and I can also turn it on again. So for some reason my car charger does not charge the charmer anymore although the indicator and the battery bar says so ...???
Thanks for the support!!
Okay I just bought this Wizard used. It had a dead battery when I got it so I charged it completely before I started messing with it. I was having a lot of problems upgrading it. First the loader wouldn't work at all but I started using the noID version and got it to upgrade to 99% but it kept giving a communication error at that point. From what I've read so far I guess it's probably because this is a G4 Wizard and it has the CID-Lock that's preventing it from taking these roms. Anyway, I put wizard_love on it and it did boot up which made me pretty happy but then I started a flash of XDA WM6 v5 on it and went to sleep while it was upgrading. I guess it again failed at 99% but then when I woke up the phone was completely unresponsive. I tried removing the battery and reinserting, including holding the camera button while pressing the power button. No response. I reinstalled Activesync on my laptop and then the VERY first time I plugged the phone in, it went to the bootloader screen and I was a little bit relieved but then just a second later it went black again before I had a chance to begin the wizard_love flash again. What happened? Did the battery die and now it doesn't want to charge? What's the fix for this? I feel like it's not completely bricked since I did see the bootloader screen for a second but I can't figure it out for the life of me. I searched and read the whole flashing thread. Can someone point me in the right direction? There's SO much about this device here. Not like my old Wallaby. Oh, also this Wizard is a Cingular 8125 if that matters.
Ugggghh... I think I have some strange USB cable action going on.... I have one USB cable that I originally used to charge the phone but it wouldn't sync correctly... Just to be having something to do I tried pugging that cable back into the phone and it did go into the bootloader screen with THAT cable but no USB connection indicator. I unplugged that cable and plugged the cable I'd used to sync it in and did get the USB indicator on the bootloader screen so I started flashing wizard_love and it got about half way through and went black again. Now I'm pretty positive that this IS a battery issue being exacerbated by my apparently shoddy USB cables. I'm going to leave the cable that it charged off of plugged in for a couple hours and then try to flash with the other cable again. The phone should be able to take a charge while sitting at the bootloader screen right?
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Ugggghh... I think I have some strange USB cable action going on.... I have one USB cable that I originally used to charge the phone but it wouldn't sync correctly... Just to be having something to do I tried pugging that cable back into the phone and it did go into the bootloader screen with THAT cable but no USB connection indicator. I unplugged that cable and plugged the cable I'd used to sync it in and did get the USB indicator on the bootloader screen so I started flashing wizard_love and it got about half way through and went black again. Now I'm pretty positive that this IS a battery issue being exacerbated by my apparently shoddy USB cables. I'm going to leave the cable that it charged off of plugged in for a couple hours and then try to flash with the other cable again. The phone should be able to take a charge while sitting at the bootloader screen right?
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NOPES ! battery cannot be charged via usb cable in bootloaders,charging a battery via usb cable is only possible if you gave a working phone and it loads up into working OS.So to get it charged you need to have a 'wall charger' capable of an charge output of 1.00 amps,only then it'll get fully charged and work or get it charged through a friends phone,ok
Actually it did charge while in bootloader mode but only with one out of many USB cables I have. It was a thick clear cable with a metal weave visible inside. Interestingly, this same cable won't let the phone sync. Signs and wonders.
I recovered it with wizard_love but I want to put a WM6 rom on it. I'm trying to load xm6r5 right now but it still will only get to 99% and then craps out. Is this because it's a G4 and has this CID lock thing going on? I installed the lokiwiz utility that supposedly removes the CID lock but it still failed at 99% loading xm6r5. What is currently the best method for loading these type of flashes onto G4 Wizards? I've read so many 50 page threads that I'm getting a headache and it's hard to figure out which one is the most reliable/current.
Once again "dead"
Okay now I tried to downgrade to Button's ROM CUSTOM__RUU_Wizard_1050412_WWE_101_11210_WWE.exe in order to get the lokiwiz program to unlock the cid but after it installed, when it started it stayed on Button's splash screen with the beer for like five minutes so I tried to hard boot it and now it once again won't come on, even with the silver usb cable. Whats up with that?
Man I have this terrible fear that even though I read about this rom in threads about how to remove CID locks from G4 phones that I've bricked it by putting something on it that has the G4 killing data in it. Can someone tell me what happened?
Alright... I guess that rom WAS intended only for G3 phones and I made a big mistake. It's time to start shopping for a replacement motherboard I guess. I think I'll try to get a G3 one this time.
What ? !!! Did I Hear Yet Another G4 "bricked"
OMG !
This has been at least more than 1000 times posted...WARNED...SCREAMED...YELLED...BEGGED..PLz PLZ never flash a Rom with IPL/SPL in it to a G4 device, it'll "BRICK" it
HURRAH ! man congratulations ! you have a shiny expensive paper weight decorating your table
hi, please! need help... after I've flash the Wizard_Love_2.26.10.2_WWE_Novii_CF2 on my G3 device the rom is very slowly and my PC doesn't recognized my wizard when it connected with the USB cable.
any solution how can I change this rom?
many thanks
moran
maybe i need a driver?
Wrong version of ActiveSync?
No, i was try with 3 different PC...
I'm not talking about the PC version, I'm talking about the version of ACTIVESYNC. You should be using either 4.1 or 4.5. Make sure you are. Let us know...
My Blackstone doesn't sync when connected to pc and also not charge either with charger or data cable Somebody plzzzzzzzzzzzz help me
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sakiyo6789 said:
My Blackstone doesn't sync when connected to pc and also not charge either with charger or data cable Somebody plzzzzzzzzzzzz help me
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had a similar issue which...i had to send my hd to htc, the mother baord was replaced,, make sure u turn bak to stock rom inorder for it to be under warranty
tc
Please check the following:
Unplug your device. Turn off (no standby, turn completely off by long-pressing the power button) your HD and start into bootloader mode (hold down the volume down key while pressing the power button). You should now see a screen with four coloured bars in the background (red, green, blue and white, if I'm correct). Wait a few seconds until it reads "serial" at the bottom. When it does, connect your HD to a USB port - if your USB port still works, it should switch from "serial" to "USB"! After connecting, wait a few seconds as the PC might install some drivers first...
If it doesn't switch to "USB" I would guess that your device has a hardware fault...
Good luck! Crossing my fingers!
thank yu for yours suggestion but my phone is not under warranty now and i have given all my pained earnings to purchase this ppc c and also my rom is not the original one so can anyone show me a simple way out thre to come out of this stucked ups
Sorry as i cant bear all the conditions this two of my friend shown to me sorry
but thanks to be so kind to me as im new to all this stuffs
waiting and expecting for reply plzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me out here
does anyone knows the conditions by which the mother board become defective or mini usb becomes unfunctional waiting for replyplzzzzzzzzzzzzz
not really much help, but why isnt your phone under waranty?
afaik, the touch HD didnt come (to the UK atleast) till around nov/dec 08 - less than 12months.
also, didn't you think about insuring the HD - not exactly a cheap phone?
-change USB cable - faulty?
-check 'charge via USB' is set on the phone - this wouldnt affect mains charging though
-hard-reset phone
-remove all devices from the phone (sim, battery, SDcard), leave overnight, and try to see if it will charge again in the morning
Charging when Switch off But not charging or syncing whed on
removed all devices from the phone (sim, battery, SDcard), leave overnight, and try to see if it will charge again in the morning
This Trick Worked for Me to Some Extent
Now I can Charge Blackstone By Using usb cable connected to pc but only when the mobile is switched off
When Switched on it doesnt charges
And also It doesnt sync with the pc
Plzzz Help to overcome the next step out
U R the MASTER.....Atleast for me and my blackstone
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Your phone may not sync with pc as your usb drivers may need updated. Also check that usb connections has been activated in activesync connection settings
sakiyo6789 said:
removed all devices from the phone (sim, battery, SDcard), leave overnight, and try to see if it will charge again in the morning
This Trick Worked for Me to Some Extent
Now I can Charge Blackstone By Using usb cable connected to pc but only when the mobile is switched off
When Switched on it doesnt charges
And also It doesnt sync with the pc
Plzzz Help to overcome the next step out
U R the MASTER.....Atleast for me and my blackstone
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You may wish to try this. Go to system settings, power settings and make sure you have unchecked "when device is turned on, do not charge the battery when connected to the PC".
Good luck
thank i will give it a try actually my blackstone battery had been emptied
Than ks ...THANKS A LOT FOR this apreciable replyzzzzzzz
is the problem in my device or on pc
is the problem in my device or on pc
becoz itried to sync my phone with many pc's it wont worked for me
it is not recoznizing my phone even after boot
Can i upgrade it to wm6.5 in this situation if yes then how???????????
plzzzz reply
is the problem in my device or on pc
becoz itried to sync my phone with many pc's it wont worked for me
it is not recoznizing my phone even after boot
Can i upgrade it to wm6.5 in this situation if yes then how???????????
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sorry my server is hanging out so i repeated it
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Upgrade may fix it
i think if we assume it software(driver actually) error the reflashing to original rom or upgrading may fix this(as i have tried hard resetting)
just requiring urs opinion and the way to upgrace in this condition
thank plzzzz reply
When in bootloader does bottom of screen say 'usb' or 'serial' when connected to pc? Have you updated drivers on your pc? Have you tried using a different usb cable? When connected to either usb or charger, does LED at top of phone turn on? Changing rom shouldn't affect this, so I don't see a reason for flashing a new rom just for this.
Same issue
I had the same problem, sent the fone for warranty, which is replaced now..............
Ok but i want to just know can i upgrade or not
sakiyo6789 said:
Ok but i want to just know can i upgrade or not
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You should still be able to upgrade/flash new rom as long as you follow correct procedure by using either USPL or HSPL
plzzz can any1 redirect me to the lnk from were i can informatn about upgrading in this condition
plzzzz tell me hoe to flash USPL HSPL
PLzzzzzzz
Help a blacston is dieing
plzzz can any1 redirect me to the lnk from were i can informatn about upgrading in this condition
plzzzz tell me hoe to flash USPL HSPL
PLzzzzzzz
Help a blacston is dieing
Hi, I have HTC X7500 with a very serious problem. It has SPL 1.20 Olipro. The thing is that it can't get to windows mobile. When i plug it in the USB the trackball gets red and if I take the battery out and the in in turns yellow and the device gets into 3-coloured mode. It's not detected also by the computer. What can I do? Is there anyway to get everything back to normal, to restore original ROM ot firmware, wahtever it's called? Thanks!
?dead battery?
sharky56 said:
Hi, I have HTC X7500 with a very serious problem. It has SPL 1.20 Olipro. The thing is that it can't get to windows mobile. When i plug it in the USB the trackball gets red and if I take the battery out and the in in turns yellow and the device gets into 3-coloured mode. It's not detected also by the computer. What can I do? Is there anyway to get everything back to normal, to restore original ROM ot firmware, wahtever it's called? Thanks!
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Hi Sharky.
I would hazard a guess and say the battery is stuffed.
The battery is renowned for having problems getting good contact so the first thing I would do is leave it off and plug it into the wall charger then fiddle with the battery to make sure it is making contact and charging.
If it gets to geen light then try booting.
If not ,it is then possible to flash from SD card.
Let me know how you go.
If the battery is out, I can't do anything, the LED is always RED. If the battery is in, the LED is still RED, but sometimes I can get into bootloader (3-coloured screen). What's the thing with the flashing from SD card?
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If the battery is out, I can't do anything, the LED is always RED. If the battery is in, the LED is still RED, but sometimes I can get into bootloader (3-coloured screen). What's the thing with the flashing from SD card?
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I just checked on my old athena.
When it is turned off and plugged in the light is orange untill it is fully charged and turns green.
If the battery has a poor connection it stays red.
I have an old battery that doesn't work and the light stays red.
So I would say you have a poor connection to the battery or the battery is dead.
I would not attempt to flash anything till you have a functioning battery.
Yeah, thanks, I've finally managed to reinstall ROM and the light when the battery is in is now orange. But I have another problem: when I plug in the USB cable the device gets gets very slow and freezes sometimes. Also the WiFi isn't working, but the bluetooth does so I think it's a software, not hardware, problem. Can you give me link to the original athena (x7500 advantage) ROM so that I can try with it. And one last thing: when I plug it in the computer via USB, Windows 7 doesn't seem to recognize the device, the Windows Mobile Device Center can't connect to the device. I appreciate your help till now and I hope you'll continue helping me to solve my problems. Cheers!
the corrupt wifi is a known issue wiith upgrade problems
this is the fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2154726&postcount=33
have a look through the wiki for various files
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Athena
a lot of the links don't work anymore
also have a look at the stickies in the upgrading section and doing a search using variations on your question usually finds an answer
ps
this phone was originally released when xp was the main OS so try finding an old laptop that uses this if you want to upgrade to AP4 to get SPL 3.5.
Have a read of the beginners guide as well
cheers
I've tried that fix but it doesn't help. It's obviously hardware, so I'm taking it to the service. Thanks anyway!