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First off i'd like to say hello to everyone, this is my first post on the site.
I read the post about the 3600mah battery and it looks like the phone would sit on a slant. Looking at this 3500mah battery by seidio it looks like the phone may sit level. check it out and let me know what you guys think of this battery
I have the 3500 battery and it sits flat.
bluther said:
I have the 3500 battery and it sits flat.
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Awesome, thanks Bluther. How well does the black finish on the new back piece match the phone?
bluther said:
I have the 3500 battery and it sits flat.
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How many days does it work? Where did you bought it?
looks awesome. but its more than 90$ if i ask them to ship to China..pity
scottypimpin636 said:
First off i'd like to say hello to everyone, this is my first post on the site.
I read the post about the 3600mah battery and it looks like the phone would sit on a slant. Looking at this 3500mah battery by seidio it looks like the phone may sit level. check it out and let me know what you guys think of this battery
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The poster that commented on the slant must have seen the same pictures I posted about on another forum. Fortunately, I was corrected by someone who had bought the Mugen 3600.
Across the forums, those who've tried both pretty much all prefer the power & size of the Seidio & the look of the Seidio cover. Plus it's cheaper.
I got my Seidio 3500 Thursday night. The instructions say to do an 8 hour initial charge before putting the battery in the phone & that performance would increase after 5-6 full charges. I did the initial charge Thursday night, put the battery in the phone about 7:30 Friday morning, was down to 32% about 4pm Saturday. I put the battery on the charger Saturday night, put it back in the phone 6am Sunday morning, am at 38% as I write -- slight improvement. It looks like a fully conditioned Seidio 3500 ought to easily go two full days...maybe longer.
I'm using the unlocked UMTS version on AT&T.
I have this battery, bought it on day one because I use a lot of data with my phone and normally, even in Edge, a 8 hour battery is CRITICAL. I can't say what the original battery can do, but this battery is AWESOME!!!! I'm getting greater than 5 days of battery on this huge guy! Even when I'm in range of the 3G/HSDPA area, I'm getting at least 2 days.
I use GoodLink with my corporate email and it keeps the data connection HOT 24x7. Usually drains a battery VERY quickly.
Another pro is that the Seidio cover is non-skid black rubber coated plastic. While not matching the "pretty" glossy finish, I like it better because the phone doesn't slide around on surfaces.
I have one issue and I'm not sure if anyone else has this battery and have experienced this issue. But I can't charge this phone/battery with any USB cable I've tried through my USB ports. I've tried 3 different cables, including the included Palm cable, powered hubs and monitors with powered hubs.
I can't figure out what's going on here... Any help here???
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I have one issue and I'm not sure if anyone else has this battery and have experienced this issue. But I can't charge this phone/battery with any USB cable I've tried through my USB ports. I've tried 3 different cables, including the included Palm cable, powered hubs and monitors with powered hubs.
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I can leave mine in the phone & charge it using my Palm cable or the retractable Seidio cable. I also have a Mobi Products cradle -- phone with normal sized battery in the front slot, the Seidio 3500 in the spare battery slot, both fully charged when I get up in the morning. Sounds like you might have an issue either with the phone itself or your USB ports. Are the ports fully powered USB 2.0 compatible?
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I have one issue and I'm not sure if anyone else has this battery and have experienced this issue. But I can't charge this phone/battery with any USB cable I've tried through my USB ports. I've tried 3 different cables, including the included Palm cable, powered hubs and monitors with powered hubs.
I can't figure out what's going on here... Any help here???
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You must have the windows mobile device center/activesync installed on your pc in order for the device to receive power.
I found it for less $$$
sn00per0 said:
I'm using the unlocked UMTS version on AT&T.
I have this battery, bought it on day one because I use a lot of data with my phone and normally, even in Edge, a 8 hour battery is CRITICAL. I can't say what the original battery can do, but this battery is AWESOME!!!! I'm getting greater than 5 days of battery on this huge guy! Even when I'm in range of the 3G/HSDPA area, I'm getting at least 2 days.
I use GoodLink with my corporate email and it keeps the data connection HOT 24x7. Usually drains a battery VERY quickly.
Another pro is that the Seidio cover is non-skid black rubber coated plastic. While not matching the "pretty" glossy finish, I like it better because the phone doesn't slide around on surfaces.
I have one issue and I'm not sure if anyone else has this battery and have experienced this issue. But I can't charge this phone/battery with any USB cable I've tried through my USB ports. I've tried 3 different cables, including the included Palm cable, powered hubs and monitors with powered hubs.
I can't figure out what's going on here... Any help here???
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In the Treo Pro manual you will read that the phone takes much longer to charge on a USB connection. In other words it is suggested to use the AC adapter and the usb cable to get a powerful and fast charge. That being said maybe the battery needs and AC charge and USB wont suffice.
I have read so many reviews and your problem is a one of a kinder.
About getting this battery cheaper.
Go seidioonline.com and enter coupon code: ITB0630 for 10% off an order over $50.
They sell battery $65 ($5 cheaper than most) plus you get 10% off.
My total purchase was $64.35 shipped.
YAY!
Go get em.
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In the Treo Pro manual you will read that the phone takes much longer to charge on a USB connection.
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I don't have a Treo (yet) but I've had the same on other devices.
The thing about a USB cable is that if no driver exists to tell the device what it's connected to, it doesn't know whether it's USB2 or USB1, so can't assume there's much power to use. (though I would have thought USB1 still presents a useful amount).
Some devices charge slowly on plain USB without software, some don't charge at all. Of those that do trickle charge, the rate can be less than the power consumed by keeping the backlight on and/or running the GPS, so all that happens is the device stays awake and runs flat quicker.
Sometimes there's a pin in the connector to indicate "this is a charger that supplies what's needed", and you can get an adaptor cable to use with generic USB cables or chargers.
Was thinking of ordering one on eBay found HERE.
Would be around €40 + €17 = €57. But this would mean it has to be shipped from the States to the Netherlands. Why isn't their any battery available a bit closer to home
At this time I get just two days if I'm lucky. Doesn't seem that to many use the 3500 mah from Seidio though. No more users tried this baby?
When I got my Epic the battery was at 50% like expected. I immediately plugged it in when I got home and it seemed like it was charging because the charging light was on and the battery indicator was showing charge.
About 1 hour later I had to leave for class and I unplugged my epic. It stated it was 15% battery left and gave me the sad low battery notification.
I plugged my epic into the wall at school and let it charge a good 2 hours. Throughout the charge the battery would NOT GO ABOVE 15%. I finally unplugged it a few minutes ago, and STILL the battery is at 15%.
Is there any way to reset the battery stats or is this a faulty unit?? I called my radioshack nd they stated they can do a phone swap for me BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL GET MORE EPICS IN. WTF. I obviously can't use a phone that won't charge..... I saw a similar problem on androidcentral forums, where someones epic wouldn't charge over 80%.
My radioshack lady said to take out the battery and reset the phone. I've done this 3 or 4 times and still the battery registers 15%.
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I'm having the exact same problem except my phone always thinks the battery is at 0%. Even when plugged in to charge, the phone will still occasionally die. It's very likely that I'm just making some silly mistake though, as the Epic is my first Android phone.
I had on USB debugging but I don't think that should affect charging through usb. I don know what's wrong with the charging port or the battery. But its definately going DOWN. Now its blinking at 0% with no way to charge it.
I'm wondering if I let the battery die and try to charge it to see if it will fix the battery.....
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Same issues until i plugged it into a wallcharger.. now im good
meaning a non usb charger
I have tried the usb wall charger that came with the phone, and also a generic microusb charger. Both light up the notification charging light, and then the battery shows the charging..... still won't go above 15%.
Argh!
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easy fix guys....
be sure to use the original charger and usb cable.
plug in the charger to the wall, then plug the usb into the charger, then plug the phone into the usb....
follow these steps exactly and it should start charging......
(in the future, dont let your phone completely die)
PS: this issue affects ALL epics when they die completely so dont bother taking your phone into sprint. they will not replace it because the replacement would do the same. (2.2 should fix this..... its only a couple weeks away)
hope that helps!! ENJOY YOUR EPIC!!!
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easy fix guys....
be sure to use the original charger and usb cable.
plug in the charger to the wall, then plug the usb into the charger, then plug the phone into the usb....
follow these steps exactly and it should start charging......
(in the future, dont let your phone completely die)
PS: this issue affects ALL epics when they die completely so dont bother taking your phone into sprint. they will not replace it because the replacement would do the same. (2.2 should fix this..... its only a couple weeks away)
hope that helps!! ENJOY YOUR EPIC!!!
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I have tried this, charger into wall, then cable into charger, then usb into phone.
Still phone will not charge.
If I unplugg the charger, it says the battery is empty.
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aww man that sucks, maybe the battery is defective? u should try going to the sprint corporate store that does repairs. they should be able to test the battery and if its defective give u a new one.Its still under warranty, and if u have TEP it definitely is covered.
My Epic was experiencing the same issue. When I first got it today, it was gradually charging fine via my new Thinkpad's USB port. But then for some reason, "Battery Indicator" showed the charge going down, even though the red LED and the battery icon indicated that the phone was being charged. So did my lock-pattern screen. I called my local store for a replacement.
The phone wouldn't charge while I had the rubberized phone cover on, bought from the Sprint store. Also, the phone felt very warm, so I took the cover off, opened the battery cover to see how hot the battery was. It didn't feel too hot to the touch. I removed the battery, put it back in, powered the phone back on, and saw a huge green battery charge icon, but alternating with an icon with what I think was a yellow warning sign, and a thermometer on it. So I left the Sprint rubberized phone cover off, and recycled the power on the phone.
After the phone fully loaded up, I tried USB-charging the phone. Now, it's gradually charging up (was down to 14%, now back up to 19%). The phone feels cooler, too.
I'm leaving the replacement option on the table in case my phone turns for the worst. I rely on the phone for work and business so can't be without a phone. Maybe I should reconsider getting a land-line or VOIP service again. But maybe, this being a brand-new phone, the battery needs to be cycled a few times before it stops acting unusually. I'll try the wall charger before I head to bed tonight, and see what happens tomorrow.
Here is my findings after putzing with it all day. I was using two chargers. Both griffin's. One was cigarette plug to usb with an output capacity of 1 amp. I also have a wall one that has a usb port and is meant for an ipad. They need lots of current to charge them and this one is capable of 3 amps.
Using the evo, both could charge it and run the phone at the same time. The battery percentage would always increase. With both of these chargers on the epic, even though the charge light would be red, if I was using the phone, it was not charging and it was pulling off the battery to run the phone.
This should not act like this. I have read that these screens are supposed to be more power efficient, but I don't notice that. I do not know if the power regulator in the phone is wimpy or not but I noticed that when I played something loud through the speaker, the screen backlighting would dim when the sounds peaked. Come on! An amp and a half battery in this phone should be able to handle that.
Here are some more observations. About three hours before I was to go home, I would either put the phone on the griffin wall charger when I was inside or I would put it on the griffin 12v adapter when I was in the car. Finally around 45 minutes before quitting time, the charging led went blue. I was mostly charging the last hour with the phone off. I turned it on but kept it plugged in. By the time the home screen came up and everything settled down, the battery would be at 95%. I was like wtf. I left it on until it charged up and the light went blue. The battery was at 96% at full charge.
I kept hitting it with the charger. Unplug it for a few seconds then plug it back in. I repeated this many times. I would also charge until blue then turn off and let charge until blue. I would follow that cycle for awhile.
Lastly, I left it turned on and charging but would unplug it for a few seconds then plug back in. The maximum % would inch higher and higher. I got it up to 98%. Then I noticed that when the screen came on to tell me it was fully charged, it was at 100 for maybe a second or two then it would drop to 98. I suspect the screen was causing the drop. All the time I have been typing this, I have gone from 98 to 90 while on wifi, screen minimum brightness and using hardware keyboard.
This was my battery and charging findings for today. Add this to the theories out there flying around.
I find that completely unacceptable if the phone can't charge if being in use....
I plugged it in the way mentioned earlier for about 30 minutes while I was waiting on a friend. The charge went up to 15% but 15% isn't gonna last me longer than a hour of use which isn't usable.
It stil won't go above 15%.... I'm gonna leave it alone for a hour and see if it will charge, but a phone that can't charge isn't of use to me.
And judging from what everyone says its not even a hardware error, if there are many people with the problem.....
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is this a defect, or is this only isolated to some phones?
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Using the evo, both could charge it and run the phone at the same time. The battery percentage would always increase. With both of these chargers on the epic, even though the charge light would be red, if I was using the phone, it was not charging and it was pulling off the battery to run the phone.
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Ive been testing finding battery charge of 2% every 10 min while connected to desktop charger Telanav enabled so somethings definitely wrong with your device.
I would take back asap swap for new
So I just got home and plugged my Epic in yet again. After about 30 minutes of charging my battery is at 20%.
Still way slow but the battery has gone above the 15% sliver of battery.....
I'm thinking its because the battery has to be conditioned... I'm gonna charge it for a day to see if the battery performance changes...
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I'm gonna try turning off the phone while it's charging at night and see what happens. Or I could try the htc evo battery conditioning suggestion.
Full 8 hour charge on. Disconnect charger and turn off phone. Charge off for an hour. Turn on and wait a couple minutes then turn off and charge for a hour. I think maybe charging the crap out of it might condition the battery some.
Maybe kinda like filling your gas tank up until the lever pops. Then slowly keep filling until it pops again. Then push the rear of the car up and down and side to side to try and get the tank to burp out any air pockets. Then slowly top it off until it barely overflows the filler pipe. I know, stupid mental picture!
The only questionable thing I have is, after a "full charge" should I run the phone until it shuts off then give it another FULL charge? Some say yes, some say no. Each have their theories.
I noticed that the "Where" application was sucking down a tremendous amount of juice. There are multiple similar complaints for it in the Market. Uninstalled it, and now the phone is charging gradually and steadily.
@ 9:57PM, battery life = 36%. Now @ 10:25PM, battery life = 48%. I'm cautiously optimistic.
With Where installed, "Battery Indicator" displayed a voltage of <3V. After removing it, voltage is now a hair < 4V (3.945V is the latest refreshed value).
I will be following herb's suggestions for conditioning by maxing the battery out tonight. I think I'll run the phone down to 0% tomorrow, once it's fully charged to the hilt.
Even so, I still intend to exchanging this unit out because I'm also experiencing issues with the Back soft-button.
Considering encasing it in that Sprint rubberized casing tomorrow to see if it affects the battery life.
My Epic has no problems except for the battery being slow to charge, but i charged it to 80ish in about 2 hours.
If anything, I will try to switch it for a new battery.
I just thought of something that may be nothing. Did anyone, like myself, update google maps to 4.4.0? I am going to try something and see if it helps.
In battery use details, in the about phone under menu, what is your highest battery consumption? My display is pegged all the way and it is at 70%. The next closest is cell standy 14. Then browser is 9, system is 4, idle is 2 and os is 2. I'm going to remove the maps update. I read somewhere that some people suspected the update to eat battery.
I haven't updated the maps app. The screen and standby are the highest ive seen on power usage.
My radioshack wont have any more Epics in until Friday or later.... I'm gonna try to power cycle the battery (if I can leave it off for that long. )
I recently let my phone go to 0% battery because i forgot to charge it last night. This is the 1st time this has happened. So i start to charge it & it still doesnt turn on. The LED flashes orange & green on ear grill. any suggestions ?
Pop out the battery and plug it back in a wait 5 minutes. If its still flashing like that (green and orange) that's a charging error. One of two things... bad battery or bad charger. Of course check a different outlet too. Happened to me before with a bad battery... flashed green and orange. Switched batteries and all was good. Good luck!
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Pop out the battery and plug it back in a wait 5 minutes. If its still flashing like that (green and orange) that's a charging error. One of two things... bad battery or bad charger. Of course check a different outlet too. Happened to me before with a bad battery... flashed green and orange. Switched batteries and all was good. Good luck!
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Thanks. My friends at school has the same phone as me. So i will try his battery. If that works I will sure to thank you
the phone shuts off before the battery can be damaged. just let it charge a while.
so hows the outcome? *curious*
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the phone shuts off before the battery can be damaged. just let it charge a while.
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Not always true. The safety circuit on the battery is supposed to prevent over-discharge. But its possible if you drain the battery drain to zero, and the safety circuit does not work properly (doesn't happen often, but it does happen), that the battery will be over-discharged and no longer be able to take a charge. In this case, only a special battery meter/charger with a boost function will bring it back to life.
Slight chance that the following will work: plug the phone into the wall charger (not USB) and leave it overnight. Then try to power on. Otherwise, you may need a new battery.
This is why you shouldn't let your battery drain to zero. I understand if it was an accident (happens to all of us once in a while). But some people let their battery go to zero intentionally, which is not wise.
Guys i figured out what the problem was. Some how the battery touched water & if you take out your battery & look at little white sticker. If that turns red that means it touched watcher & no longer works... Figured that out today because my friend has the same phone as me & tried his battery. So i will be buying a replacement battery ASAP.
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Not always true. The safety circuit on the battery is supposed to prevent over-discharge. But its possible if you drain the battery drain to zero, and the safety circuit does not work properly (doesn't happen often, but it does happen), that the battery will be over-discharged and no longer be able to take a charge. In this case, only a special battery meter/charger with a boost function will bring it back to life.
Slight chance that the following will work: plug the phone into the wall charger (not USB) and leave it overnight. Then try to power on. Otherwise, you may need a new battery.
This is why you shouldn't let your battery drain to zero. I understand if it was an accident (happens to all of us once in a while). But some people let their battery go to zero intentionally, which is not wise.
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My understanding that lithium ion batteries cannot recover if totally dead. Therefore, a battery at 0% is more like 5% and are built that way as a safety measure.
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Vandale said:
Guys i figured out what the problem was. Some how the battery touched water & if you take out your battery & look at little white sticker. If that turns red that means it touched watcher & no longer works... Figured that out today because my friend has the same phone as me & tried his battery. So i will be buying a replacement battery ASAP.
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Hmmm... interesting! No good for you but facinating nonetheless, lol! You could try lightly scrubbing the battery contacts with alcohol and old toothbrush and let that baby dry out for a week. I bet it starts working again... it'll will be a nice backup for ya!
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My understanding that lithium ion batteries cannot recover if totally dead. Therefore, a battery at 0% is more like 5% and are built that way as a safety measure.
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Hmmm... interesting! No good for you but facinating nonetheless, lol! You could try lightly scrubbing the battery contacts with alcohol and old toothbrush and let that baby dry out for a week. I bet it starts working again... it'll will be a nice backup for ya!
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Its all good bro. I orderd 2 3500mah batteries Shouldnt have to charge my phone for a week with these 2 babies
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My understanding that lithium ion batteries cannot recover if totally dead. Therefore, a battery at 0% is more like 5% and are built that way as a safety measure.
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I think that is true. But over-discharge means that the battery still has some charge, but too low for it to take a charge from a standard charger. Then, only a battery meter with a boost function will bring it back. The safety circuit is designed to prevent it from going below whatever the "over discharge" threshold is, but its not 100% reliable. I've seen several reports by XDA users for the Desire Z/G2 what have killed their batteries by running them to "zero", and similar reports on past HTC phones I've owned and followed on these forums.
I am having problems with my Nexus 4.
History, replaced screen after phone was knocked out of my hand, probably damaged battery while trying to remove it, but everything worked once it was back together.
Screen broke again, and while working on that, I noticed the battery had swollen so ordered a replacement of eBay.
All back together now, but.
1 Phone does not state "charging" when connected to AC or USB charging, although the battery icon has the lightning bolt in it and the %charge does not drop while messing with the phone.
2 Phone does charge using wireless, but slowly, and status swaps back and forth between charging and not charging and the % will move from e.g. 40% to 35% as it says charging or not charging.
3 USB works for connection to PC.
I charged the new battery overnight, wirelessly. It got to about 90%, so slow charging, but seems to work. Phone is usable, everything seems to work. I connected it to PC and was able to use Nexus Root Toolkit to backup, the reset the phone, no change in charging behavior.
Booting into safe mode made no difference either. So it seems it is not software/firmware/apps that are causing the problem?
I guess next step is to open it up again and remove and remake all connections and check contact posts? Should I order a third battery? Or a new motherboard?
I searched here, but could not find anyone with the same problem.
Any and all help appreciated. Thanks in advance, guys.
Opening and rechecking connections and coating with contact cleaner has made no difference.
Phone typically needs Volume Down and Power button pressed to get it to start, then Power Button to select start option, then seems to run okay.
Battery still not reaching 100% charged, generally 70-80% after a full night off, using wireless (my Nexus 5 charges happily on same charger).
Ordered a cheap battery from China, not really expecting that to be the problem, but no other clues or suggestions for now.
Any update?
My battery is ****e now, lasts 3-4 hours and I need to turn off the phone and charge. It takes 4+ hours to charge when switched on. Charging via the PC you can forget it, it drains the battery if anything!
I'm thinking of buying the battery on eBay and doing my research on how to fix myself.
Phone not switching on and Battery issues
Hi,
I have been facing quick drainage of my Nexus 4 battery since past few months. Recently I had been keeping it on charge almost the whole day, and a full charge would last only 2-3 hours! Further, the charging was taking a lot of time too.
Today, my phone had already switched off due to low battery when I put it on charger. After the white charging icon appeared for a few seconds, the phone wasn't charging at all. I have tried 4 different chargers, but to no avail.
Can someone help me? Is there a guide on how to change the battery?
Any help and urgent help appreciated!
Zany!
Cooldood2012 said:
II guess next step is to open it up again and remove and remake all connections and check contact posts? Should I order a third battery? Or a new motherboard?
I searched here, but could not find anyone with the same problem.
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It's possible some hardware was damaged when you took apart and put back together your phone. The USB board is a possibility, as is the back cover itself. These parts are pretty inexpensive, if you want to try buying a replacement, but that's just a shot in the dark.
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Any update?
My battery is ****e now, lasts 3-4 hours and I need to turn off the phone and charge. It takes 4+ hours to charge when switched on. Charging via the PC you can forget it, it drains the battery if anything!
I'm thinking of buying the battery on eBay and doing my research on how to fix myself.
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Buy a new battery. Li-ion batteries are only good for a few hundred cycles or so (~500 cycles is the expected lifetime), and the N4 isn't exactly the best in battery life, so you can reach the point where your battery turns to crap within a year or so (or less).
Go to ifixit.com and look at the teardown. All you need to replace the battery is a T5 TORX driver (for the screws at the bottom), something thin and plastic (like a guitar pick or a plastic knife - they do make professional tools for this) to pry the back cover off, a tiny phillips screwdriver (like for eyeglasses) for the battery screws, and something to pry the old battery off of the adhesive holding it in. Double sided cellophane tape works fine for keeping the new battery in. When prying the cover off, go slowly. A little at a time, don't rush or force things. Or you might flex too much and crack the back glass. Don't forget to take out the SIM tray first.
zanyguy said:
Hi,
I have been facing quick drainage of my Nexus 4 battery since past few months. Recently I had been keeping it on charge almost the whole day, and a full charge would last only 2-3 hours! Further, the charging was taking a lot of time too.
Today, my phone had already switched off due to low battery when I put it on charger. After the white charging icon appeared for a few seconds, the phone wasn't charging at all. I have tried 4 different chargers, but to no avail.
Can someone help me? Is there a guide on how to change the battery?
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Time for a new battery. See above.
My battery have started to swollen up a bit but not alot (around 1mm or less, but it is noticeable when not in a case, it can wiggle a bit from side to side but not alot at all).
I have already ordered a new battery if it is expanding more, but yet battery life is pretty good in standby but not getting more then 3hours of SOT. but since im mostly using the N4 for email's and texting its not a problem for me to get through a full day.
I'm having the exact same issue but I've never taken the phone apart. In the 20 minutes its been off charger it's dropped 11% screen off in my pocket. It also gets hot and shuts off.
apocolypsecow said:
I'm having the exact same issue but I've never taken the phone apart. In the 20 minutes its been off charger it's dropped 11% screen off in my pocket. It also gets hot and shuts off.
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That could be software/ROM related. It sounds like somethings keeping your phone going full blast instead of letting it idle.
Yup, trying going back to full stock (should always be first step if possible), and then you can go from there. If it doesn't happen, than it was a software issue, and if it still does than it is definitely a hardware issue. Best of luck.
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With a swollen battery I strongly recommend you stop actively using the device. Swollen batteries can explode and that would not be good at all. I advise you to please not use the device anymore.
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Third battery (original, suspect replacement, now China sourced replacement) has been working well, phone back together and preforming as new for the last few months
As the title says, Phone won't turn on. There are no led lights at all. It does get warm after being plugged in for a little. I had jrkruse's hybrid_bra1 stock safetynet samsungpay...... rom on it. It was rooted. Very minimal processes running. I actually had basically everything stopped and greenify on. Phone was around 40% battery. I plugged it into charger, took my dog outside, showered real fast, washed a few dishes, then came back in to room within 15 minutes to my phone being dead and hot. It's never got this hot before even while rooted and plugged in with this rom on it. I have never had it get that hot. Was just formatted the day before and really bare but, that is what happened.
A couple battery apps I had put the batteries remaining life capacity at around 60%. It held a charge poorly. Even for 60% capacity it felt weak, considering how little I did on it lately. I am thinking the battery may have took a crap but unsure because it warms up when it is plugged in. I plan on getting a battery soon since they are inexpensive and replace it to try it out.
Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with this and can offer any advice.
Thank you in advance.
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You say your battery was already outworn, It may have died. I think you should try with a new battery, Or take it to a technician who can test the phone's hardware to see if there is anything else broken
i've only had one similar case with an s3, which would turn of at random % of battery. But when plugged turned on. I replaced the battery and it worked fine then
Maxissc said:
You say your battery was already outworn, It may have died. I think you should try with a new battery, Or take it to a technician who can test the phone's hardware to see if there is anything else broken
i've only had one similar case with an s3, which would turn of at random % of battery. But when plugged turned on. I replaced the battery and it worked fine then
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I really do hope that is what's wrong. I just ordered a battery. Thanks for the reply. I also got some little tools and battery door adhesive sticker. Wish me luck!
funny story....
The mic in my Nubia Red Magic broke and I sent that back to hong kong for repairs like 20 days ago. Before the Red Magic, I used this galaxy s7 edge my friend gave me. I gave it back when I got the Red Magic and told him to sell it or something. Not much later, decided to buy it back off of him for $200 to give to my mother. She loved it. I had the gs7 edge with me exploring prepaid provider options for my mom when the Red Magic mic broke. So then I decided to borrow the edge from her till my phone got back and few days later I break this one too..
I feel naked without a phone for so long haha
Zombiebeaver said:
As the title says, Phone won't turn on. There are no led lights at all. It does get warm after being plugged in for a little. I had jrkruse's hybrid_bra1 stock safetynet samsungpay...... rom on it. It was rooted. Very minimal processes running. I actually had basically everything stopped and greenify on. Phone was around 40% battery. I plugged it into charger, took my dog outside, showered real fast, washed a few dishes, then came back in to room within 15 minutes to my phone being dead and hot. It's never got this hot before even while rooted and plugged in with this rom on it. I have never had it get that hot. Was just formatted the day before and really bare but, that is what happened.
A couple battery apps I had put the batteries remaining life capacity at around 60%. It held a charge poorly. Even for 60% capacity it felt weak, considering how little I did on it lately. I am thinking the battery may have took a crap but unsure because it warms up when it is plugged in. I plan on getting a battery soon since they are inexpensive and replace it to try it out.
Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with this and can offer any advice.
Thank you in advance.
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I have the same rom, with charging issues. I don't think its the rom causing it. The s7e are getting old and the batteries are taking a toll with the age. My phone will charge up to 81 at night and stay there. I get better results with wireless charging so i just top my phone off during the day with my wireless charger. There is a code to reset the battery's internal memory, if i find the link on how to do it I will post here for you.
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I have the same rom, with charging issues. I don't think its the rom causing it. The s7e are getting old and the batteries are taking a toll with the age. My phone will charge up to 81 at night and stay there. I get better results with wireless charging so i just top my phone off during the day with my wireless charger. There is a code to reset the battery's internal memory, if i find the link on how to do it I will post here for you.
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Thanks for reply and alright let me know if you find out. My phone had no problem charging to 100% Its just the 100% on the status bar wasnt 100% of the 3600 capacity from wear. My friend's also does the same thing as yours except his he cant charge more than like 24% haha. He just uses it as a plugged in music player in car.... I am getting battery in the mail tomorrow and will see what I can do.
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Thanks for reply and alright let me know if you find out. My phone had no problem charging to 100% Its just the 100% on the status bar wasnt 100% of the 3600 capacity from wear. My friend's also does the same thing as yours except his he cant charge more than like 24% haha. He just uses it as a plugged in music player in car.... I am getting battery in the mail tomorrow and will see what I can do.
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Try this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74268596&postcount=4
I have not done it because it requires draining the battery and I never get around to doing that. Hopefully it will help you out. Good luck!
Fear_The_Fluff said:
Try this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74268596&postcount=4
I have not done it because it requires draining the battery and I never get around to doing that. Hopefully it will help you out. Good luck!
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A little late, sorry. lol.
Thanks for suggestion, however, I may have worded my statement incorrectly. I meant to say that My phone would charge to 100% and the status bar displayed it as 100% but, the health and total capacity of the battery in mah was not the maximum 3600 or so due to simple wear and tare. It isn't apparent within any stock android feature however, battery monitoring apps like accubattery gather statistics after several charging sessions and estimate the current mah capacity. Mine was much lower than the default oem stated value of 3600. So my battery could be charged 100% but the 100% is really only 2400 mah lol. It was obvious either way by noticing that after my time using it and the previous owner's bad charging over night habits, that the battery was gradually needing charged more often lol..
I did read about the calibration method before when I was first looking into the battery issues. It seems it is more often done after a new battery is installed.
I screwed up a new battery install at the last second. I had to stop due the tiniest little round metal piece coming off from a very light swipe of my plastic spudger.
It was a very small wire connector piece. Unbelievably irritating. I didn't even finish because I doubt it would work properly. I beleive it is for the rf cable or something not sure. The red one on the left bottom side of the logicboard/motherboard whatever. There are three of them.
I took it apart and put it together a couple times prior to this and in a hurry it popped off and I couldnt find it. I couldnt find out the exact part name online so I could buy one and solder it back on. I did find a site/ supplier that has a plethora of them though. They are tiny coaxial connectors/pins. I didn't look through them all but there are 6,000 some listed under coaxial connectors (RF). https://www.digikey.com/products/en/connectors-interconnects/coaxial-connectors-rf/437?k=coaxial pin
I haven't gotten around to asking samsung or the digikeys support if they could help me find out which it is. They have different sizes and frequency ratings or speeds and such. The phone is packed away until I manage to figure out which pin to buy or if I pull 80$ or so out of my behind and buy a whole new motherboard logic board haha.