Have just got a new O2 Exec. It came with 2 batteries and they both seem to give me the same problem - the charge meter does not go beyond 5%. I'm pretty sure that the battery is charging as I've tried to run the battery off and it lasts for several hours. Would not normally be a train smash to not have the right battery time, but at this level none of the bluetooth / wifi / etc. turn on. Have tried a hard reset without any difference. Have I just been completely unlucky with 2 bum batteries?
Any help appreciated and thanks in advance.
Update
Turns out it was bad batteries after all. I had the batteries from "Dynapack international technologies" made in China. Replaced by same manufacturer batteries, but these were made in Taiwan, and working perfectly. Not sure if the first ones were fakes (looked pretty real based on the labels, and they were from reputable ebay dealer). May have been a bad batch.
i have this phone for 1 year now and in one week it managed to screw up two batteries. Is there any way to fix a pm16a battery cause i'm not buying another one. now i have 4 batteries with similar simptoms: they don't charge anymore. two of them show the red light, one actually shows orange light but doesn't charge and one shows a flickering red light. I'm aware that these batteries actually need their own current to charge (which is quite dumb).
If it helps somehow the 3rd battery was charged to 98% when it suddenly dropped to 0 and phone turned off. I left the last one to discharge to 2% but then the phone turned off and now shows red light when charging.
Any help or advice that doesn't involve buying a new battery or trashing my phone would be very much appreciated
ok i managed to reactivate the batteries so for those of you who are getting this problem just check if your charger (original or not) outputs the required voltage. It won't reactivate the batteries if it isn't strong enough. In my case my brother's charger did the trick so i'll have to get a new one. Remember that red light indicates that the battery is not charging either because of a hardware malfunction or the current it gets is not strong enough.
I had given my Touch HD for replacing the digitizer. After it came back from the customer care center, I faced a problem with the battery. As soon as i plugged it in for charging, I noticed the orange light- that usually shows the charging mode. But after 6-7 seconds, the light goes off and the battery never gets charged. Even after I charged the phone for 4-5 hours, when i try to switch it on.. it says low battery and switches off. I visited the customercare again with the same problem. The person there said the battery was to be blamed and he ordered a new battery for the same. That poor battery never arrived, even after a good 20 days waiting. That is when i ordered it from UK. Now, I recieved the battery a week back and the same problem persists. I am sick of this cell now. I would be grateful to anyone who has a solution for this.
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Rakshith
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Problem of the circuit device to be charged
If I were you, I'd buy a universal lithium charger. You can get one on eBay for as low as 2.80 USD. I would recommend an online company called bestofferbuy.com because it has several for under 2.60. My personal favorite one there is one shaped a penguin that can recharge either via USB or AC. It is available at:
http://www.bestofferbuy.com/universal-cell-phone-lithium-battery-charger-with-usb-power-port-ac-110v240v-p-26225.html
The charging USB dongle on my phone broke and when I asked a friend about his recommendation, he asked if I had searched for a universal lithium charger. I went to froogle.com, performed the search and found bestofferbuy.com. Basically, if you look at any universal lithium charger, it will have two posts that you "line up" with terminals on your battery. When the lithium charger senses a correct alignment, a light will come on. When charging, those lights will flash until the battery is fully charged. Then the lights will come on steady. I have bought two chargers from there as I like to keep one in my overnight bag.
If you do a search on eBay, I'd recommend you use "lithium charger" as it will show the lowest priced models. Then, look the sellers that offer a USB and a/c models. You should not pay over 2.80 USD (shipping included).
Recently my phone was acting weird, the phone wouldn't charge in USB mode, and when I disconnected the cable it still thought it was in USB mode, the next day it went from a full charge to off in a few hours. After then it refused to charge, with the side light blinking. It sent off for a repair/replacement to the place I bought it from clove technology.
Just wondering if any one has had this problem, or has ever dealt with clove and their experience when dealing with them.
I had a similar problem. I notice a lot of people here are having such issues...
I my case the solution was to keep the charger connected for about 5/6 hours, after which the battery was charged 5%. After that it took a few more hours to be completely charged, but since then there were no problems.
My unit is bought from Clove also but is working well. Mine is UK unit.
w0ndersp00n said:
I had a similar problem. I notice a lot of people here are having such issues...
I my case the solution was to keep the charger connected for about 5/6 hours, after which the battery was charged 5%. After that it took a few more hours to be completely charged, but since then there were no problems.
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5/6 hours, wow that's determination, i think i charged it for 2 hours before sending it off to the place i bought it from.
I bought mine from an authorized dealer in malaysia, and I had the same problem. The charge light was blinking in rapid motion, and the phone failed to charge. Upon replacing the part, they noticed a problem with a component on the motherboard thats draining too much power. They gave me a new unit there after. Touch wood no problems with that. Some searching around got me to notice these problems have plagued the milestone range eversince, n motorola hasn't rectified it yet
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I've been doing tons of research on this whole battery draining issue on the 6p. I cant seem to find a simple solution around this tired issue that plenty of people seem to be having. My battery has about 3 Hrs of screen on time before it dies. I've tried shutting down all kinds of connection settings, clearing the cache and even factory reseting my phone. I just recently tired the android O beta and that didn't help either. All I want is to figure out if my battery needs to be replaced or is it the software that's killing my battery. I've even called google and they cant help, Huawei wants to charge me $165 for a replacement battery and thats way too much. Has anybody found a fix that doesn't involve rooting the phone?
ev713 said:
I've been doing tons of research on this whole battery draining issue on the 6p. I cant seem to find a simple solution around this tired issue that plenty of people seem to be having. My battery has about 3 Hrs of screen on time before it dies. I've tried shutting down all kinds of connection settings, clearing the cache and even factory reseting my phone. I just recently tired the android O beta and that didn't help either. All I want is to figure out if my battery needs to be replaced or is it the software that's killing my battery. I've even called google and they cant help, Huawei wants to charge me $165 for a replacement battery and thats way too much. Has anybody found a fix that doesn't involve rooting the phone?
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It is NOT the software. There is no fix for a badly degraded battery. Replace your battery. Buy the battery online and then shop around for a local shop to install it if you're not able to.
ev713 said:
I've been doing tons of research on this whole battery draining issue on the 6p. I cant seem to find a simple solution around this tired issue that plenty of people seem to be having. My battery has about 3 Hrs of screen on time before it dies. I've tried shutting down all kinds of connection settings, clearing the cache and even factory reseting my phone. I just recently tired the android O beta and that didn't help either. All I want is to figure out if my battery needs to be replaced or is it the software that's killing my battery. I've even called google and they cant help, Huawei wants to charge me $165 for a replacement battery and thats way too much. Has anybody found a fix that doesn't involve rooting the phone?
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Are you dying at 60% or lower? Does it happen when you open the camera? Does the phone shut off when a random loud sound plays or something of sorts? I ask cause that is what is happening to me. Random reboots? I don't think that is "battery" related per-say.
Have you tried installing a battery stats app that can help narrow down the culprit?
More details would probably help others help you.
Does it fully charge?
How long does the battery last, not just screen on time?
3 hours SOT doesn't sound terrible. I've heard worse.
How old is the phone?
Had the same problem...I bought a new original battery from ebay and replaced the old battery by myself. To be honest, there was not much improvement...now with a medium usage (whatsapp, wifi or 4g always on, some clash of clans/clash royale gaming) I get 3hrs30min SOT at the late evening, never more. And also I'm on francokernel so I should easily get 4hrs but nothing.
Anyway, unless you are an expert, I don't recommend you to replace the battery for yourself because, sadly, the N6P is a phone impossible to open up without damaging it especially the rear glass...surprisingly, on my case it didn't break but it's all scratched and I should buy a new one.
Furthermore, now my battery doesn't charge anymore up to 100%...it's stuck at 93% and only if i unplug and plug again the phone it gets to 98%...to get 100% i have to plug and unplg it several times and wait something like 30min to get from 98% to 100%. I don't know what caused this problem but it looks like there's no solution...software and hardware battery calibration didn't do anything. Maybe the battery I bought was faulty...
In conclusion, buy the new battery but ask someone expert to replace it if you aren't.
WhiteWashed said:
Had the same problem...I bought a new original battery from ebay and replaced the old battery by myself. To be honest, there was not much improvement...now with a medium usage (whatsapp, wifi or 4g always on, some clash of clans/clash royale gaming) I get 3hrs30min SOT at the late evening, never more. And also I'm on francokernel so I should easily get 4hrs but nothing.
Anyway, unless you are an expert, I don't recommend you to replace the battery for yourself because, sadly, the N6P is a phone impossible to open up without damaging it especially the rear glass...surprisingly, on my case it didn't break but it's all scratched and I should buy a new one.
Furthermore, now my battery doesn't charge anymore up to 100%...it's stuck at 93% and only if i unplug and plug again the phone it gets to 98%...to get 100% i have to plug and unplg it several times and wait something like 30min to get from 98% to 100%. I don't know what caused this problem but it looks like there's no solution...software and hardware battery calibration didn't do anything. Maybe the battery I bought was faulty...
In conclusion, buy the new battery but ask someone expert to replace it if you aren't.
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The first replacement battery I tried acted like that and it was quite frustrating. It wouldn't charge to 100% and had about the capacity of my degraded OEM battery. I ended up ordering this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-3-82V-3...wei-Google-Nexus-6P-H1511-H1512-/351786248092 It charges to 100% and has like new capacity, but no internal battery temperature sensor. I installed it in January and have been happy with it. Others have opted for the Cameron Sino brand replacement. more expensive but with working battery temperature sensor.
You can order a replacement back cover with glass and bottom strip for around $25 if you're worrried about scratches. That's under $40 for new battery, aluminum back, camera glass, and bottom strip.
hawkswind1 said:
The first replacement battery I tried acted like that and it was quite frustrating. It wouldn't charge to 100% and had about the capacity of my degraded OEM battery. I ended up ordering this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-3-82V-3...wei-Google-Nexus-6P-H1511-H1512-/351786248092 It charges to 100% and has like new capacity, but no internal battery temperature sensor. I installed it in January and have been happy with it. Others have opted for the Cameron Sino brand replacement. more expensive but with working battery temperature sensor.
You can order a replacement back cover with glass and bottom strip for around $25 if you're worrried about scratches. That's under $40 for new battery, aluminum back, camera glass, and bottom strip.
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I think I'll go for the Cameron Sino battery...a little more expensive, yes, but more reliable...I've also heard of people complaining that after 2 months their batteries (ordered from ebay, false OEM) died...
So, is that the answer to our fast draining battery issues? To get a replacement battery? The Cameron Sino?
baldybill said:
So, is that the answer to our fast draining battery issues? To get a replacement battery? The Cameron Sino?
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Yes.
Unless it came from the play store where you can RMA it and let Google have the problem.
But if Google replaces it, it may have the same issues, right?
It could I guess if the battery in the replacement device is a dud. Just got my replacement and the battery is showing 106% capacity compared to 30% capacity on the old one. Back to how it was when I first got it so happy with that service seeing as it was nearly 2 years old.
If the new one does not have a full capacity, then just reject it before you swap over to it and get Google to send out another.
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It could I guess if the battery in the replacement device is a dud. Just got my replacement and the battery is showing 106% capacity compared to 30% capacity on the old one. Back to how it was when I first got it so happy with that service seeing as it was nearly 2 years old.
If the new one does not have a full capacity, then just reject it before you swap over to it and get Google to send out another.
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How are you checking the capacity?
Accubattery is one way. Do a couple of decent charges with the screen off and then look at the health report.
Same, I tried several things, clearing the Cache, factory reset and nothing works. My Nexus 6P randomly shuts down between 80% to 90% and doesn't turn on umless I connect it to the charger.