i woke up this morning, and my htc8525, which had just been sitting on a table for a couple days, was off. battery ran out, i thought. i plugged it in to the wall adapter and not even the charging light came on. i plugged it in to a usb cord on my laptop and still no love. i cleaned the battery, charger and sim contacts with rubbing alcohol, still nothing;
i have not flashed it or updated software in it in over 2 months.
any suggestions on what could the problem be or how to fix it!?!?
thanks!
Try with another battery, sometimes batteries are hard to kickstart when they are completely drained.
Mmmm. Yes the charging circuit can get temperamental if the battery runs below 10%. But in that circumstance the Red LED will come on when the charger is connected.
The likely situation is that either:
1
The battery is completely flat and co-incidentally a pin is bent in the usb socket (thus preventing charging) - a somewhat unlikely co-incidence.
2
The internal on-board fuse is blown - this is actually not that uncommon.
You can see a pic of the fuse location in the Service Manuals section here:
www.mikechannon.net
Mike
I have made the assumption that the charger is operating normally.
similar problem here:
When connected (charger or USB cable) Red LED 'no charning' comes on.
How can I solve this problem and force the device to charge?
Thanks in advance
edit: I've downloaded Service Manual and tried to charge it - it's been almost 4 hours now, and Hermes is still dead, red LED still on (not amber)
To be clear, if the device shows a red LED then it's a charging circuit problem or a faulty battery. If no LEDs light up then it may be the fuse problem, USB connector, or battery connector block problem.
For situations where you get the red LED try these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1077622&postcount=6
Mike
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My Atom has been working excelent for more than 6 months.
The problem is that when I try to charge it through the AC or a USB it doesnt charge anymore, the orange light doesnt turn on and the symbol in the phone turns only for a few seconds fron the battery into a wall plug, but then nothing...
I took out the battery and then charge it and worked but only when the device is off completely not when it is on or on stand by...
What can I do?
I just made a self diagnostic and when it gets to the part of the USB/AC Charging it says battery 100% charged (it passes the test) and that is not true, battery is at 18% right know
Same...
I have the same issue where my battery always shows as 100% even when you use it to 1% its still shows 100% and then it just quit when it runs out. Damn weird.... Just happened today and I only had the Atom Exec for 2 months... Any input would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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It was faulty battery not reporting correct capacity & usage.
I had a similar problem with my Atom. It could not charge the device from USB at first, then it got worse and stopped to charge from wall outlet. What I found out was that the connection plate at mini-USB port of Atom was worn out slighlty. I solved the problem by forcing usb cable connector into a mini-USB port, so it went further a bit (half a millimeter) and now everything is Ok - no problems to charge from either USB cable or wall charger.
I had the same problem, and found out that one pin in the mini usb socket bent downwards, fixed it myself and now its working fine
ozamalloa said:
My Atom has been working excelent for more than 6 months.
The problem is that when I try to charge it through the AC or a USB it doesnt charge anymore, the orange light doesnt turn on and the symbol in the phone turns only for a few seconds fron the battery into a wall plug, but then nothing...
I took out the battery and then charge it and worked but only when the device is off completely not when it is on or on stand by...
What can I do?
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Mate! You gotta bring it to the SC... Its the fuse. The charging loop gose through the fuse and since it doesn't charge - most likely its the fuse (yo can test it with the normal tester...) If its not the fuse, it can be either of two - UEM Chip (Universal Energy Managmnt) or your PA (power amp). You can test it by measuring the resistance on the very left contacts of the battery ON YOUR PHONE! If the resistance close to 1 - its PA...
Wouldn't recomend to replace it yourself... Go for repair centre.
It's going to be a loose USB connection...
I did it on mine a while back, you have to hit the patch cable fitting in vigorously to the unit, and then from that day forward, no problems with charging!
Clean battery + phone><batt contacts if that makes you happy (it made me reassured)
G
When I try to charge my Universal the red led stays on and it does not power up. I didn't try to update, unlock,...
It seems like it died all of a sudden. I already tried a new batter, hard/soft-reset, keeping it on the charger all night, removing battery for over a week, using different chargers...
Is there something like a battery switch like the Magician has?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: Does anyone have voltage readings from the batteries small pins?
Dunno what to tell you, mine goes red when the battery is compleatly drained, and stays red untill its about 5% charged.
It also happens if your battery isn't connected when you plug in, so you might want to make sure that the connections are clean and not lint covered or something.
thanks for your help! I tried this,but no effect at all.
I tried to read the voltages from my battery. It says 1,4V on the small pins and 4,18 on the big ones. 1,4 on the small ones seems a bit low. The service manual doesn't give any information about the small pins
Red LED and the device not turning on meant a hardware failure for me -- had to give it in for repair -- fixed within a day but beat my head to a pulp tryin to figure out what was wrong.
Hi !
I searched already around the forum, but I didn't find anything for my problem:
Yesterday my device turned off because of low battery (while listening music), then I tried to charge it with the original charger over night. Today in the morning the device was not charged but the amber/organge LED was blinking.
When I put on the charger the red led turns on, after a few seconds the amber led starts blinking then after a few minutes the led turns again red an then again blinking amber and so on ...
I can boot up Windows mobile bu after a few secounds the deivce turns off an then again red led an blinking amber ...
I did a softreset and a hardreset but still no charging.
I tried another battery from a neighbour, the device works fine, but still a blinking amber led (not always-on) when connect on the charger.
Can anybody help me ?
Sorry for my bad english ..
Have you tried using your friend's phone charger?
The problem has been discussed. It is known as the RLOD (Red light of Death) and is reported against many different phones and brands. It is likely a fault in:
1
The phones charging circuit
OR
2
A faulty battery
OR
3 A faulty USB port (bent pin or cracked solder joint)
OR
4
A cracked solder joint between the battery connector and m/board
In my experience it is most likely to be a faulty (stuck) charging circuit.
The following link may be useful, and it is worth persevering. I once had a phone that took several days to get started again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1077622#post1077622
Mike
@gypsygirl: I tried two different chargers which are working fine which another device (xda neo)
@mikechannon:
I think its a problem with the charging circut or the usb port (otherwise the data connection works when connected to the pc).
I tried the battery from my friend with 90 % battery left and put on the charger and ist doesn't start charging, only blinking amber ...
I guess I will buy an external cradle for charging the battery, not the best way, but so i can use the device ...
When there is any solution for a cracked charging circut, i will try it out ...
Thanks for help
Hello,
my problem is strange.
When I turn off my Atom Life it can be charged (USB, External Power Supply).
Red indicator light on.
When turned on (in use) it does not charge. The charging symbol in the status line shows the unit is connected to external power, but the red indicator light is off, and power continuously goes down.
I already tried a hard reset, but that did not help.
Does anybody have an idea?
Sorry, I forgot to mention that everything with charging went fine earlier (until some weeks ago)
charging
same thing with my XDA ATom dude
I have ordered a new battery for mine at ebay (did not arrive yet).
Maybe it helps.
Otherwise ...
Ok, the battery came in and it does not change anything.
Still the same issue.
So I am gonna litter it...
bye bye
New info,
there seems to be a bad contact at the USB connector.
If I connect the USB cable and hold the plug in a specific angle, then the charging light (red led) turns on).
Brought the device to a friend of mine. He's good at electronics and tries to figure out and fix the usb connector.
wait and see
Siyan said:
New info,
there seems to be a bad contact at the USB connector.
If I connect the USB cable and hold the plug in a specific angle, then the charging light (red led) turns on).
Brought the device to a friend of mine. He's good at electronics and tries to figure out and fix the usb connector.
wait and see
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any news for your problem ??
i'm having this problem too
i brought used one and seems the battery is almost dead and can't charge when device is ON
Thanks!
I got a used atom life and bought a new main battery for it. Charging via USB cable connected to my notebook is working fine. Using the (wall socket plugin) power supply with the same cable it behaves the same way you described it. It starts charging only when the device is turned On and back Off. In my opinion the power supply is the reason. Maybe it is to week ar has some sort of security switch build in, which is protecting it against to high power consumption.
In my case it was definitely not the charger. I tried several ones and they behaved all the same (the original one wrked for long time).
It is the device itself.
I had it sent to a friend who was able to open it and a have a look at it.
The USB plug itself was a bit loose. But soldering it again did not fix the problem.
There seems to be a micro break of a wire on the mainboard (which is multi layered). So no real chance to repair.
I replaced my device by a HTC Desire which was available in Germany very very cheaply (you don't want to know the price because it wuld be too frustrating).
So goodbye Atom Life.
Hi guys,
Suddenly facing a strange problem since last night.
My x10i was running out of charge & i connected to the comp to charge while i was working. I noticed the charging speed was extremely low, so i restarted the phone to see if it would help. Did not.
Thought there is some problem with the cable, used a different cable as well, but no use.
The slow charging had stopped and eventually the phone died.
Tried connecting to the socket & charging, still no use.
The red led blinks when i connect the phone to a charger via the usb or the socket.
needless to say the phone does not even boot up now, obviously for no charge...
any ideas wat maybe wrong or wat i could do ?
please advice
Have you tried to let it charge for some time in off mode? As long as your battery is not dead, and the phone get the right voltage through the USB connector it should charge in an "emergency mode". This is a slow way of charging, but allows for charging without any electronic circuits to monitor it, it is not the same as the charging screen that usually displays when you connect the phone while it is powered off. Usually when a phone is completely discharged it needs to be connected at least 15 min, sometimes a lot longer, before the electronics kicks in, and starts the speedcharging.
My best advise would be to connect it to the mains charger, or a USB port you KNOW supplies power. Some laptops cut down on the powersupply to the USB ports when they run on battery. Let it be connected for a long time (several hours), and then try to power it on again.
If that does not help three things can be wrong
1. Somewhere the USB connection is broken, either in the cable or in the connector on your phone (or on the PC's connector, but that is less likely).
2. The battery is dead, modern batteries contain circuits that actually disables the battery when any given parameters gets outside the defined limits. This is to prevent the battery catching fire. On some batteries this renders the battery useless, and you need a new battery.
3.) The mainboard of your phone is dead, and hence nothing works, can be ruled out if you can borrow a battery from someone to test if your phone works then.
I hope a good and long charge can sort out your problem, that is the easiest fix, and it is free.
Hi O_K,
well, i have been charging (or trying to) the phone since it died last night.
i have used different chargers & different modes of charge (through the system & the wall socket) - no joy at all.
the LED blinks red a couple of times when connected.
Very occasionally, the SONY ERICSSON logo (startup) shows on the screen & it switches off again, back to the blinking.
So charging for a long time & through different chargers has not helped.
gonna try a different battery now to see if that can help.
Thanks for your response!
well, tried switching chargers & batteries.
The problem seems to be with the charging unit on the phone (USB)
with any charger or battery, wen connected the led blinks (like wen the phone is charging), but there is no charge happening.
eventually the phone dies, even if charging
any ideas?
There is a thread some where in this forum for fixing the same problem you have...I don't remember the exact name of the thread..if I find it I'll post the link here..Anyways what the guy did was
-Pull the battery out and connect the charger till the led turns green.
-put in the battery now and charge the phone...
and I think that was it.
Hope it helped..
EDIT: Found the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944322