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Charging the T-Mobile G2

Now why is the phone charging yet battery level doesn't go up but down very slowly WTF?, also I have this problem very frequently where it just doesn't charge at all! But this time it isn't charging its discharging even with the charging sign SMH, anyways who else got this problem?
This phone is so lucky there isn't another htc phone with a real keyboard that looks as classy and has the latest GPU processor (I swaer these are the only things that is keeping me with this phone) in tmo other than the G2, and no not the mytouch 3g slide, it is outdated already small 3.4 screen, thicker than G2, older GPU (adreno 200) so nop not that one lol the glacier seems to sport a real qwerty keyboard but not much is known so it is too far away from now.

do u have wifi turned ON when you charge? If so, try turning OFF wifi and charging it.. you should see a difference

You didn't have Navigation running, by chance, did you? I remember my Nexus One couldn't keep up with the stock car charger and got nice and warm while Navigation was running. You might also want to try rebooting; there may be an app that's drawing a lot of CPU time and killing the battery faster than it can be charged.

System Process "YES" Running G2 phone down?
So I did some digging last night and noticed that this system process was running my phone at 100% cpu usage all the time... System Process YES. Anyone know what the hell this is for and why it is having such a negative impact on my G2? I am at wits end here I want to find out if it is me before I call in to T MOE AGAIN.

funkadesi said:
do u have wifi turned ON when you charge? If so, try turning OFF wifi and charging it.. you should see a difference
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It is unlikely to be wifi directly. In my experience wifi uses less than 3G. I have been leaving my wifi on nonstop since the initial reports that T-Mo may be going to a (firmer) softcap of 5Gb, which I go over every month currently even without tethering. I have had no problems whatsoever with charging.
I think the advice to reboot and see if the charging problem still occurs afterwards might be the better suggestion. It could be a rogue app maxing out CPU time or perhaps continually probing GPS, though I am not sure if GPS alone would be enough to tip the scales.

Nop I got nothing on no navigation or wifi, but now it seem to be charging even tho very slowly.

You could always try powering off the phone when you charge it.

Got the same problem with my T-Mo G2...
Now it isn't charging / powering up anymore :|

Possibly a stupid question, but are you using the stock charger? Most other chargers do not provide as much current and may not be able to keep up with the phone's power usage.
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Also, keep in mind that if you're charging via USB (via laptop or PC) you're not going to get as much charging current versus using the AC adaptor.

I'm using the stock charger that came with the device and the stock MicroUSB cable connected to the charger.
Also tried with HTC HD2's charger.

Man I just hope this gets fix with the OTA update, but wouldn't this be a hardware issue so it can't be fix with update?
This phone by far is the wierdest most problematic device I've ever had in my life, but at the same time the best lol
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Wow and the charging problem continues smh, its now stuck on the small red bar not going to the yellow or green been charging for 2 hours and its only @ 15%, and the replacement shipping had issues so the 2 day shipping I paid for did not happen so now ill have to wait by Monday and I order the 2 day shipping on Friday. Lucky me I did demand them to waive the 20 dollar fee for the 2 day shipping since I did not get the shipping in 2 days so they did waive the fee
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And its been already 6 hours since it started charging its its just at 91% :s
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Just an idea, but try a CPU monitoring utility like WatchDog and see if there is a specific application using CPU heavily.
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I agree. Get Watchdog from the Market and leave it running. You have something killing your CPU; I'm pretty sure it's a rogue app.
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Bishybob said:
Just an idea, but try a CPU monitoring utility like WatchDog and see if there is a specific application using CPU heavily.
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Kk ill let yu know
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Yea it says there are no alerts :s
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So everything is fine no app is killing my G2 but I still have the charging problem. But I don't care anyways because I'm getting a replacement Monday so its fine
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androidfeen809 said:
So everything is fine no app is killing my G2 but I still have the charging problem. But I don't care anyways because I'm getting a replacement Monday so its fine
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Just so you guys are aware most laptop usb ports do not supply enough power to charge your phone efficeintly. Most have a high power usb port with an icon to indicate this which is what u should charge from.
Iv noticed if I use a regular port my phone bearly charges.
Let me know if this helps!

Solution for One Potential Cause of Rapid Battery Drain

I've was using 5.2.3 for the last several weeks and to begin with, it worked wonderfully.
Until around 10 days ago, I'd never suffered any rapid battery drain problems, then all of a sudden one morning, I woke up and the phone was at 10% charge despite being left on charge overnight.
I figured there was an issue with the ROM and decided to reboot. This seemed to work fine for a day. Then the same charge problem was back.
I thought the ROM was now failing so decided to install the latest version 5.2.6 directly over 5.2.3 but the problem still persisted so the problems didn't seem to be ROM related but could be due to the unwiped areas but this seemed unlikely.
Just as a final test I decided to change the cable. I normally use the cable provided by HTC as it seems pretty sturdy. Turns out it was the cable all along.
The phone is now charging fine with a different cable and it's running fine again.
So, if you're having problems with overnight power drain when your phone is on charge, try changing the cable.
Edit: There is no visible damage to the cable and it has never been stressed in anyway as I take great care not to stress the pressure points.

Thanks for the info mate. Probably not in the right the right section though.

Your response to that post is probably in the wrong section. Oh, wait..! [email protected]*!t now this post is probably in the wrong section, see what you started.
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My cable just stopped working yesterday. Or well, it worked before flashing ARHD 5.2.6 and after it stopped working. I didn't believe it had anything to do with the rom and not sure that I still do, but still an interesting coincidence.

Sorry for posting in the wrong thread everyone. I don't create new threads very often so I wasn't thinking clearly.
Diffler said:
My cable just stopped working yesterday. Or well, it worked before flashing ARHD 5.2.6 and after it stopped working. I didn't believe it had anything to do with the rom and not sure that I still do, but still an interesting coincidence.
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I'm not saying the cable problem was caused by the ROM - I was just explaining how I identified that the ROM I was using wasn't the cause of the battery drain.
Cables breaking are very rare - happened once to a phone cable once after engineers had been called out to check the fax machine about 6 times before someone gave the cable a try.

MK808, Is it safe to leave plugged in?

Hi,
I have an MK808 Stick PC that i'm using as a SmartTV adapter for my TV to play content on local and internet network. I read in the booklet that it is not recommended to leave it plugged in for extended periods, but is kind of inconvenient where it is located to keep plugging in and out all the time. Is it safe to leave it plugged in all the time? Is anyone doing this now? If not, anyone have an alternative idea?

have left mine plugged in for nearly 2 months now, if you touch the stick its cold, so doesn't overheat.

Yup. Mines been plugged in for a while.
I replaced the power supply with a 2A unit and I have no problems playing PS and N64 games. In fact, my old LCD 32" TV is giving me more fits then the MK808.
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no problem
mine left plugged in for more than 3 months. Do not worry.:good:

Mine too left with plugged in more than a couple of months no issues
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If you're really worried about it you could consider a smartstrip type surge protector for you TV setup so the miniPC powers up and down with your TV.
http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Strip-Protector-Autoswitching-Technology/dp/B0006PUDQK#productDetails
Or a remote controlled power strip like this one from Belkin:
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Conser...=1365896502&sr=1-8&keywords=smart+power+strip
Just some ideas.

Thanks everyone for the replies, puts the mind to ease. I have left it plugged in since I started this thread (barring power outages) and so far so good. I also got an RC11 air mouse+keyboard and it has a power button on it. I assumed it was for the remote, but when holding it down it brings up the stock android shutdown/reboot screen. Just thought it was worth mentioning, haven't see that said anywhere else yet.

I have been leaving mine powered by my ROKU's USB port.
We will see how it does with my 1st (what appears to be stable ROM: Stock + Goodies http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070390), flashed this morning...

colhavoc said:
Thanks everyone for the replies, puts the mind to ease. I have left it plugged in since I started this thread (barring power outages) and so far so good. I also got an RC11 air mouse+keyboard and it has a power button on it. I assumed it was for the remote, but when holding it down it brings up the stock android shutdown/reboot screen. Just thought it was worth mentioning, haven't see that said anywhere else yet.
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As long as you don't forget to turn it off, you should be fine. I see no reason for that behavior to harm the device.

lesmo_sft said:
As long as you don't forget to turn it off, you should be fine. I see no reason for that behavior to harm the device.
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I am no expert, but what does it hurt if you pull power while it is in the GUI?
When we pull batteries on locked up phones, I have yet to see ill-effects.
This is just speaking of the following devices: D1 x2, D2 x2, DroidX, Intercept, Optimus Slider, Sidekick 4g x2, and Relay 4g...
I understand Dalvik might get corrupted, and maybe cache, but couldn't you just wipe it? While running WiFiKill, a SK4g sometimes would lock up, and I could either restore a backup, or clear both caches to stop boot lock-up.
How I understand it:
Writes are only done when you select a setting, open an app, etc... unlike Windows that does a bunch of crap in the background, and never stops licking drives/cache/etc.
Enlighten me.

It is not safe. It will start acting up and eventually die. That is why there is a power button in the status bar, so use it!
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It'll probably be fine for a year or more, but eventually the heat will degrade the board and components and cause it to malfunction, by which time it'll be obsolete anyway.

[S4 Active]- So my phone started freezing up on me yesterday...

My experience with my S4A has been amazingly flawless up until yesterday, when it started experiencing one of the issues that killed my experience with the HTC One- random freezes. And what's strange about it is that they are the same type of freezes that my One experienced, only when browsing the web or using an internet based app like Pulse. It has happened 3 times since yesterday and is so bad that I've had to pull the battery to even get it to reboot. Which brings me to one of my suspicions...
The only thing that has changed between me getting the phone set up originally and when the freezes began was the fact that I started swapping batteries instead of charging the phone. Now, phone batteries nowadays are not just like your average AA cell, it has circuitry in it and NFC stuff... is it possible that a defective battery could be the culprit of my woes? I just put in my original battery and am gonna just wait and see if it happens. The other battery that I've been using is a Samsung OEM battery and not a cheap one. I did root and freeze a bunch of stuff, but nothing exotic, and it was fine until yesterday. I doubt anything I did caused this.
Has anyone else experienced any freezes like this? Help me solve this, I really want to keep this phone (at least until the next latest and greatest comes out). TIA

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My experience with my S4A has been amazingly flawless up until yesterday, when it started experiencing one of the issues that killed my experience with the HTC One- random freezes. And what's strange about it is that they are the same type of freezes that my One experienced, only when browsing the web or using an internet based app like Pulse. It has happened 3 times since yesterday and is so bad that I've had to pull the battery to even get it to reboot. Which brings me to one of my suspicions...
The only thing that has changed between me getting the phone set up originally and when the freezes began was the fact that I started swapping batteries instead of charging the phone. Now, phone batteries nowadays are not just like your average AA cell, it has circuitry in it and NFC stuff... is it possible that a defective battery could be the culprit of my woes? I just put in my original battery and am gonna just wait and see if it happens. The other battery that I've been using is a Samsung OEM battery and not a cheap one. I did root and freeze a bunch of stuff, but nothing exotic, and it was fine until yesterday. I doubt anything I did caused this.
Has anyone else experienced any freezes like this? Help me solve this, I really want to keep this phone (at least until the next latest and greatest comes out). TIA
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Mine started Sunday. All it would do is hang at the ATT logo on reboot. I ended up doing a factory reset and it hasn't happened since. Certainly made me suspect the rooting I did...

kbmapper said:
Mine started Sunday. All it would do is hang at the ATT logo on reboot. I ended up doing a factory reset and it hasn't happened since. Certainly made me suspect the rooting I did...
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What did you do to your phone after rooting?

A couple of times now my active has become unresponsive. The power button doesn't seem to work and the home key doesn't do anything. The led is flashing blue and the battery is still about 35%. The only thing I can do is pull the battery.
Not sure if this is related to your question but I'm going to try to get it replaced...
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Didn't really do anything drastic- Titanium Backup and froze some att crap. Nothing even remotely close to system apps.

dinglayne said:
A couple of times now my active has become unresponsive. The power button doesn't seem to work and the home key doesn't do anything. The led is flashing blue and the battery is still about 35%. The only thing I can do is pull the battery.
Not sure if this is related to your question but I'm going to try to get it replaced...
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My LED never starts flashing but like yours, none of the buttons respond and I have to do a battery pull. I really don't want to have to get it replaced, and I really don't want to wipe and start over, just don't have the time right now to do either. Did you do anything to yours? Root?
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Didn't really do anything drastic- Titanium Backup and froze some att crap. Nothing even remotely close to system apps.
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Same here. Nothing I froze should have any affect on system stability.

I Haven't had any issues since I've had the phone, going on 3 weeks. I've been rooted and have froze apps in TB with no problems since geohot gave us root. Also have done some other root mods, and have not experienced any issues.
Sounds like just some bad hardware circulating.
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I've modded mine a good amount and haven't had any lock ups. I have just about every root app out there. Xposed with nottach, dark phone and contact apk, and cm10.1 messaging app. Froze a lot of bloat too
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Man I REALLY hope it's not a hardware issue. I'm so tired of doing the repeated exchange thing. I went through 5 One X's before I found a suitable one, saw that pattern emerging with the One (had 2, both with same issues) and was really hoping the S4A was going to be the answer to my woes. I really love this phone but if it ends up being a hardware thing, I will be incredibly disheartened.
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Any way to tell the build dates of our phones? Maybe we could narrow it down to a certain production date.
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echonc said:
Any way to tell the build dates of our phones? Maybe we could narrow it down to a certain production date.
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I dunno... My box is in another state so I won't be able to check it for a few weeks. I bought it on the very first day it was available if that helps any. On a side note, I put my original battery in last night and it hasn't locked up on me since. We'll see what happens by the end of the day.
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I am rooted but that's pretty much it.
The only thing I know I was doing at the time was watching a YouTube video then pressed pause.
Next thing you know I picked it up hit the power... Nothing. Hit menu... Nothing. The blue LED was just the normal notification indicator, so I knew it hadn't powered off... Resulted in a battery pull.
I also know that I didn't get any messages or new notifications while the screen was off.
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I ALWAYS have issues restoring from titanium backup, esp going from one phone to another. My suggestion is to factory reset and start with a clean slate, cas only then can u verify a hardware issue.

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I dunno... My box is in another state so I won't be able to check it for a few weeks. I bought it on the very first day it was available if that helps any. On a side note, I put my original battery in last night and it hasn't locked up on me since. We'll see what happens by the end of the day.
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I know on the Captivate the Build Number could be found under the battery (can be found there on the S4A as well) and it was the year/month that the phone was built, or so they say. My S4A Build number is 1306 so I'm guessing it was built the beginning of June...

_MetalHead_ said:
I dunno... My box is in another state so I won't be able to check it for a few weeks. I bought it on the very first day it was available if that helps any. On a side note, I put my original battery in last night and it hasn't locked up on me since. We'll see what happens by the end of the day.
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I would like to know if you have had any more problems since you put your original battery back in? If you could give a update I would really appreciate it. I really think the active is a great phone and I truly like it but if people are having a lot of issues with it, I'll just return it and get something else to save myself a headache down the road. I have a week left on my return date so that's why I was wanting to know.
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gf has had similar issues; heres what fixed it.
battery pull
factory reset/restore
reboot
battery pull
reboot
root/etc/restore from there. check to make sure you dont have custom CPU voltage/speed mods enabled; i believe this was the initial culprit, though even after resetting them to stock it would still lock up. it only did it 3 times, and usually right after a new mod, but ONLY if CPU values were changed. after the above procedure, she redid all her cpu values but only AFTER all mods were installed, rebooted, and everything works great again.

tmease1 said:
I would like to know if you have had any more problems since you put your original battery back in? If you could give a update I would really appreciate it. I really think the active is a great phone and I truly like it but if people are having a lot of issues with it, I'll just return it and get something else to save myself a headache down the road. I have a week left on my return date so that's why I was wanting to know.
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The only "issue" I've had with mine is that it's too bright when the brightness is set to max

tmease1 said:
I would like to know if you have had any more problems since you put your original battery back in? If you could give a update I would really appreciate it. I really think the active is a great phone and I truly like it but if people are having a lot of issues with it, I'll just return it and get something else to save myself a headache down the road. I have a week left on my return date so that's why I was wanting to know.
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Same problems no matter which battery. It seems to happen most when I'm using Chrome so I deleted the updates but it's still doing it. It happened while playing a game today which it's never done before. Next step is to freeze Chrome and see if that helps. If not, then I'm gonna factory reset and if that doesn't work, I'm gonna have to exchange it. I really did not want to have to deal with this. With my ridiculous work schedule I don't have the time or the energy. I might just start looking for a different phone because I'm sick of having issues like this.
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Same problems no matter which battery. It seems to happen most when I'm using Chrome so I deleted the updates but it's still doing it. It happened while playing a game today which it's never done before. Next step is to freeze Chrome and see if that helps. If not, then I'm gonna factory reset and if that doesn't work, I'm gonna have to exchange it. I really did not want to have to deal with this. With my ridiculous work schedule I don't have the time or the energy. I might just start looking for a different phone because I'm sick of having issues like this.
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I would say if the factory reset does not work than it is the phone itself. I had issues like this in the past with my old infuse and I did a factory reset and it took care of it. Hopefully that will help you out so you can keep your phone. Thanks for replying.
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tmease1 said:
I would say if the factory reset does not work than it is the phone itself. I had issues like this in the past with my old infuse and I did a factory reset and it took care of it. Hopefully that will help you out so you can keep your phone. Thanks for replying.
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Yeah bud, I really hope a reset works. I might do it tomorrow, I should have enough time. I'm just frustrated that I'm having identical issues with the S4A that I had on my One. I was really hoping to find a phone that just works. I don't think I've had a problem free phone since my Epic 4G Touch. My One X had issues (though my 5th one was near perfect), my iPhone 5 was horrible, both my Ones had problems, and now this. I'm just venting now but I'm seriously tired of it. I've got my eye on that new Sony i1 that's coming out in a couple months, I really love their current design choices and I've never tried a Sony before. Or maybe the next Nexus. Who knows. I just don't want to deal with this crap anymore.
/rant
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[Q] Screen less responsive while charging since 4.4.3 update

Hi all,
I have Nexus 4, unrooted, stock only Android 4.4.3
In the last couple of days I noticed something strange, while I charge the phone, the touch screen starts to act quite strange, sometimes I click things and he doesn't do anything, sometimes I try to move between screen and it does the opposite.
When I release the phone from the power cord, everything's back to normal.
Also, the charging became unbelievably slow since update, am I alone here?
Should I try to reset the phone and hope for the best?
Thanks guys,
Fabian

Sounds like grounding issue, but its weird that it started as soon as you upgraded. Are you using an official charger, and have you tried plugging it in to different outlets?
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Are you using different charger?