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i purchased one of those backup batteries on ebay from china, after about 2 weeks it came in.
upon opening it i compared it to my battery, the new one said htc inovation on it but looked like a knock off counterfit to me. so before ever putting it in my phone i put it in the included charger and started charging it. once it was complete i tried changing batteries and as soon as i put it in my nexus one the little led at the top right started flashing from green to orange, the screen wouldnt even flicker. as long as this battery was in, even if i plugged it in it would do this. i left it plugged in over night.
i really dont wanna wait for a new one so im wondering if there is a way i could fix it. im going out on a limb and suspecting that the charger that came with it is the problem, as it seems to be some weird universal charger. so for the past few days ive had a led attached to the battery and it still i not dead. once its completely dead im going to try to charge it with my nexus.
any other ideas/insight you guys can give?
I know you can get a bit of info from /sys/kernel/debug/battery_log
I'm not 100% sure on how exactly to interpret that though.
I've also had what i assume is a dud battery from ebay. Exactly the same issue - flashing orange/green LED. I'm waiting for them to ship a replacement. I guess I'm not really that surprised. It's not like it's a genuine battery. I was kind of expecting problems with it i guess.
yeah it reminds me of those fake louie vutton purses you see on the streets in big cities, says htc on it but i doubt htc had anything to do with making it.
i bought one just like it for my g1 a year ago and it worked fine, still works to this day with no noticable difference from the legit one that i got it with.
i got a refund but i hate to let it go to waste i wanna try to fix it. when i hook it up to the led it shines so its obviously giving power, but every few seconds or so the led flashes, im not sure if this is the battery or the fact that i have the led taped to the diodes lol.
did you get one of those universal battery chargers with yours? i got one that you have to slide the connectors to fit the battery and i have a feeling its about as high quality as the battery. im wondering if that had anything to do with it?
that's what mine did when it got dunked in water....
did you dunk the whole phone or just the battery?
ive noticed that the phone flashes from orange to green if you try to turn it on while its plugged in without a battery in. perhaps it means insufficient power?
just a heads up, i put the new battery i got into the charger that was included in my first backup batty the charger is this one from this same seller
http://cgi.ebay.com/Multi-Purpose-B...wItemQQptZPDA_Accessories?hash=item3efc5b5855
not only did it destroy the new battery but it melted part of it after litterally 10 minutes of charging.
BEWARE of that charger and probably that seller as well
it probably would have burned my house down if i had not smelled it before walking out the door
iamwhoamnot said:
did you dunk the whole phone or just the battery?
ive noticed that the phone flashes from orange to green if you try to turn it on while its plugged in without a battery in. perhaps it means insufficient power?
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whole phone... it was tragic
Red MacGregor said:
whole phone... it was tragic
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i am so sorry for your lost.
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can someone please help me? i just got my xperia x10 which is sent by my uncle from uk and I dont know what's wrong but it's not working, besides no one will pay for a lot of cost to send a junk via dhl. can someone please help me?
i tried charging the phone battery but there's no light indicator to tell me that its charging, i even charged the battery alone thru clipped charger but the whenever i try to open the phone it will only vibrate a little and will never open
just leave it charging for an hour or so.
will try to do so...thanks
If the battery has completely run out of charge then you will never be able to charge it again.
A new battery is only a few dollars off Ebay.
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no it's not completely drained cause i tried to touch it with my lips wet and i felt a little ground from the ions.
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no it's not completely drained cause i tried to touch it with my lips wet and i felt a little ground from the ions.
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jezzz ... you try to kill battery finaly...
Put it on clip charger for over night
i have charged it with a clip charger and yes the phone hasn't turned on yet. Now I'm not interested anymore to have it back to life but I will never ever buy any SE phones again. And warn my friends who thinks of buying an SE phone to buy Blackberry or Iphone instead. I am really disappointed with this product.
This is what happend to mine, one day it was fine then it just would charge or turn on, I managed to get SE to send me shiny new one as it was still under warranty, if it is a UK one and under 2 years old take it to the Carphonewarehouse and ask them if it can be repaired under the manufactures warranty
Just go and buy a new battery.
Alright guys?
Accidentally leaned on my phone the other day whilst it was charging. Seems to have bent the charger port on the phone.
The phone still charges ONLY if the charger is plugged in and propped up in a certain way. needs to be pulled up slightly or there's no charge.
USB drive nor ADB work anymore so i'm guessing that a circuit has broken...
Does anybody know how these work?
If it's a case of broken connection, perhaps putting phone in an oven for a few mins will melt the the solder and hopefully fix the connection? (This worked fixing my 8800GT graphics card few years back!) Long shot
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If it's truly broken then i'll probably get an SGS and then take a hammer to the HD2
The micro-usb port on HD2's is flimsy. It's probably snapped off from the mainboard, and putting pressure in the correct way is pushing it back together. Same thing happened to my HD2.
But there is some relatively good news. An external charger and an extra battery will only cost you about $16-18 USD on ebay. This has worked just fine for me for over a year. With dropbox installed on your phone and comp, you rarely have to connect via usb anyways.
if poss, check with another cable first.
I have a usb cable that looks fine but will only charge when angled downwards, no data, , yet if i bend it upwards it carries data but wont charge. my other usb cable works perfectly.
chances are it IS the port, as said they're pretty flimsy, however best to check, be a shame to bake your phone for the sake of a £2 cable.
same thing happened to me a few months ago,
the usb in the phone broke,
so i got a mains battery charger from ebay for about £4 and a few extra batterys,
been using them now for bout 2 months and all is good again,
it was a pain trying to get the usb in the right place for it to charge , i tryed the oven thing and it didnt work , not sure if i left it in there for long enough but i didnt want to ruin my phone completly.
easy option is to buy a mains battery charger
Thanks for the replies!
I'll look into a mains charger and 2-3 more batteries
So after my phone failing to charge at all last night I popped down to the local phone shop / stand in town and bought a universal battery charger.
+ and - aren't labelled on the charger so I assume it doesn't matter or it works out which is which?
It's a little slow and was a bit pricey, either way I have 63% battery now after a couple hours
Thanks
Wow mine's at 100% after a couple hours
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Might grab a decent one from ebay and return the one I bought.
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skymera said:
Might grab a decent one from ebay and return the one I bought.
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this is the one i got from ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-Wall-U...ories_MobilePhoneChargers&hash=item27b5da68d1
been working ok now for few months
skymera said:
If it's a case of broken connection, perhaps putting phone in an oven for a few mins will melt the the solder and hopefully fix the connection?
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It will probably melt the plastic first, rendering your phone entirely useless...
DONT DO IT!
im down to 13%, i did a full reset.
i have it turned off currently, it shows a charger is plugged in for about 2 seconds and then that one is not plugged in. i have tried about 5 different chargers now.
anyone else have this? any ideas?
it is at&t stock. never rooted or rommed
i have removed the sim and sd-card.
could it be the battery?
i still have it turned off and plugged in. it had a quick flash of a red battery.
It's been charging for about 30 minutes turned off, powered it up, is taking a charge, just slowly. I think it's a bad battery. I work for att, I'll swap the battery out tomorrow and report if it was a bad battery or not so if others have this issue they will know what's wrong.
OK, went and got a new battery and it did not fix it.
Anyone got any ideas?
I just factory reset it as well, so to recap,
Factory reset, and new battery, 6 different chargers tried. Im assuming bad phone unfixable by me.
Are you rooted?
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same problem
got the unbranded version in the Netherlands. No special stuff going on (i.e. no root or exotic cables/chargers)
had this a couple of days earlier but after removing the battery, swapping wall outlets, (several) Usb2 and usb3 cables it started charging again. I don't know what set it off to start charging again
with the phone on, it did display in the status bar that is was charging, just the battery didn't fill up. So it did recognize the fact that there was power coming through the cable
before it started charging, when the phone was turned off and i put the cable in it, the phone started vibrating with intervals and a line appeared on the screen at longer intervals.
after turning the phone off, the charging led indicator did not burn even though the charging cable was connected
since i've been able to recharge it a couple of times since, i thought it was an one-off freak incident
Just now the problem came back and i'm going through all the stupid things described above: pulling out batteries, switching chargers, blowing down the connecor in case some dust or something else was blocking the pins.
No luck so far.
suggestions are welcome
This happened to my exynos version (India ) yesterday. I remember charging through my laptop before this happened. Strangely after i reconnected it to power it would not charge though the charging icon was showing up. After sometime somehow it started charging again. This has never happened before and I am not sure what's wrong. If this continues I am done with Samsung.
Sad to say I'm having the same issue on my week old Note 3.
It charged fine for the first few days but now I've determined that I have to put slight pressure on the cable to maintain a charging state. Basically if the phone is face down, I have to press down slightly on the USB3.0 connector.
Since I've rooted and flashed I'm not too keen on taking the new phone in for service so I've ordered another cable to test.
I read on another forum that people were having problems charging with the original OEM cable but no problems with USB2.0 cables and replacement USB3.0 cables. Hope that's the case, but it seems to me that the charging port may be bad.
Mine doesn't charge at all via computer when the screen is on (it shows charging, but the charge goes down), only through wall charger...wtf is going on?
If the phone barely charges or not at all when turned on, yet it still detects a charge, there's something running that drains more power than is being supplied. Start by checking active apps.
I had this on the IC Amsterdam - Berlin when I was playing a game, it kept going down at full rate even with the charger connected (The DB has powersockets in their trains, the thing the NS is too cheap to do.). Turned out the game was still running in the background even though I had quit it.
Force-quit everything non-critical in running applications and voila, it started charging. Slowly, but it did.
Another thing that bears relevance to mention is that sometimes there's not enough charge coming through a socket, usually when there's already too many devices on a single group or the socket is limited (like in trains, campsites, planes...)
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im having the same problem. im startint to think its is an issue with the usb socket on the phone.
I read some where that if you let the phone go completely flat and then let the phone charge without turning it back on it (just leave it on the sceen with the battery charging icon). I've tried and this seems to help (I only did this yesterday and pluged the phone in again after some use this morning and its charging again).
But I think there is an underlying issue with the hardware sometime my phone indicates that it has connected to dock when this isn't the case, only for a second but I think with the problems charging and the issue with the false dock connection would suggest that there is something wrong with the usb port itself.
Im probably going to take mine in for repair.
mines completly stock. no root etc
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But I think there is an underlying issue with the hardware sometime my phone indicates that it has connected to dock when this isn't the case, only for a second but I think with the problems charging and the issue with the false dock connection would suggest that there is something wrong with the usb port itself.
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This usually happens when there are metalic particles in the USB port.
Have you tried cleaning it with a needle/toothpick? Dont forget under the USB pin.
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ShadowLea said:
This usually happens when there are metalic particles in the USB port.
Have you tried cleaning it with a needle/toothpick? Dont forget under the USB pin.
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Thanks, I had a close look for any sort of dirt/conductive sort of material but it seems to be clear.
I keep the phone in a case which protects the ports and keep everything as clean as possible. The phone is only a couple of weeks old so it's still quite fresh.
But i know what you mean the usb terminals are small it would only take a small bit of something to cause a problem.
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im having the same problem. im startint to think its is an issue with the usb socket on the phone.
I read some where that if you let the phone go completely flat and then let the phone charge without turning it back on it (just leave it on the sceen with the battery charging icon). I've tried and this seems to help (I only did this yesterday and pluged the phone in again after some use this morning and its charging again).
But I think there is an underlying issue with the hardware sometime my phone indicates that it has connected to dock when this isn't the case, only for a second but I think with the problems charging and the issue with the false dock connection would suggest that there is something wrong with the usb port itself.
Im probably going to take mine in for repair.
mines completly stock. no root etc
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ShadowLea said:
If the phone barely charges or not at all when turned on, yet it still detects a charge, there's something running that drains more power than is being supplied. Start by checking active apps.
I had this on the IC Amsterdam - Berlin when I was playing a game, it kept going down at full rate even with the charger connected (The DB has powersockets in their trains, the thing the NS is too cheap to do.). Turned out the game was still running in the background even though I had quit it.
Force-quit everything non-critical in running applications and voila, it started charging. Slowly, but it did.
Another thing that bears relevance to mention is that sometimes there's not enough charge coming through a socket, usually when there's already too many devices on a single group or the socket is limited (like in trains, campsites, planes...)
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Mine doesn't charge at all via computer when the screen is on (it shows charging, but the charge goes down), only through wall charger...wtf is going on?
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denasqu said:
Sad to say I'm having the same issue on my week old Note 3.
It charged fine for the first few days but now I've determined that I have to put slight pressure on the cable to maintain a charging state. Basically if the phone is face down, I have to press down slightly on the USB3.0 connector.
Since I've rooted and flashed I'm not too keen on taking the new phone in for service so I've ordered another cable to test.
I read on another forum that people were having problems charging with the original OEM cable but no problems with USB2.0 cables and replacement USB3.0 cables. Hope that's the case, but it seems to me that the charging port may be bad.
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This might sound crazy, but try this... Drop your phone from a height of about 2 feet onto probably a hard foam or soft wood or that kinda thing.. Drop it on it's back of course. Anyways, 2 Feet is a very short drop for phone to get damaged. Just try.
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This might sound crazy, but try this... Drop your phone from a height of about 2 feet onto probably a hard foam or soft wood or that kinda thing.. Drop it on it's back of course. Anyways, 2 Feet is a very short drop for phone to get damaged. Just try.
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why?
Had a similar problem recently. Phone just wouldnt hold a charger longer than around 60 minutes.
I was able to take my phone back into the store and get a replacement. It was only 2 weeks old.
Try that
is there a way you can reset the battery as you do when in root?
stanley08 said:
This might sound crazy, but try this... Drop your phone from a height of about 2 feet onto probably a hard foam or soft wood or that kinda thing.. Drop it on it's back of course. Anyways, 2 Feet is a very short drop for phone to get damaged. Just try.
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Apart from the fact that it would take me longer to calculate how much 2 feet is than it takes for the phone to fall, I think I can speak for most people here when I say I'm rather hesitant to let a 700 euro/1200 dollar phone fall off anything.
The idea alone is rather disconcerting...
You could just as well give it a good whack with your flat palm, as the idea is to jar the wiring into place.
'Apply blunt force', One of the more classic troubleshooting approaches. No longer advisable these days, technology is ever so much more fragile than it was in the days of Nokias that could be used to commit murder by means of blunt force trauma and tv's that could electrocute you just by looking at it.
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mjneil.81 said:
why?
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Because that is EXACTLY how I fixed mine!
ShadowLea said:
Apart from the fact that it would take me longer to calculate how much 2 feet is than it takes for the phone to fall, I think I can speak for most people here when I say I'm rather hesitant to let a 700 euro/1200 dollar phone fall off anything.
The idea alone is rather disconcerting...
You could just as well give it a good whack with your flat palm, as the idea is to jar the wiring into place.
'Apply blunt force', One of the more classic troubleshooting approaches. No longer advisable these days, technology is ever so much more fragile than it was in the days of Nokias that could be used to commit murder by means of blunt force trauma and tv's that could electrocute you just by looking at it.
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Mate 2 feet is like 2 notebooks high, or 1 closed laptop high. And it's not falling of something, it's likee playfully dropping ur phone. But of course! You shouldn't try it if you don't want to, ok?
And I don't know where you guys buy your phones or what the currency situation is in your countries, but I got my phone for $700 (510 euros) in my country on release day. Which includes 2 years ADH warranty and 2 years regular warranty. :victory:
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Because that is EXACTLY how I fixed mine!
Mate 2 feet is like 2 notebooks high, or 1 closed laptop high. And it's not falling of something, it's likee playfully dropping ur phone. But of course! You shouldn't try it if you don't want to, ok?
And I don't know where you guys buy your phones or what the currency situation is in your countries, but I got my phone for $700 (510 euros) in my country on release day. Which includes 2 years ADH warranty and 2 years regular warranty. :victory:
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1000USD+ is very normal for a smartphone in the EU. Long live the Euro... NOT.
The price is still 678euro in the Netherlands (which they make look less cheap by fooling everyone into thinking the price is 578, which it actually is with 100 euro cashback after you buy it... And of course they all fall for it, some even use it as arguments )...
The Note 3 was 750 Euro in the Netherlands (699 Germany where I got it) upon release day, a whopping 1400USD in the exhange ratings at that time. 'So buy it here/there/whereever and have it shipped' (I've had this discussion a thousand times with all those americans) No, there was no regionlock away or even root at that time yet.
All electronic prices are ridiculously, pointlessly high here.
Would that be a 17.3" or 15" laptop? Horizontal or vertical?
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ShadowLea said:
1000USD+ is very normal for a smartphone in the EU. Long live the Euro... NOT.
The price is still 678euro in the Netherlands (which they make look less cheap by fooling everyone into thinking the price is 578, which it actually is with 100 euro cashback after you buy it... And of course they all fall for it, some even use it as arguments )...
The Note 3 was 750 Euro in the Netherlands (699 Germany where I got it) upon release day, a whopping 1400USD in the exhange ratings at that time. 'So buy it here/there/whereever and have it shipped' (I've had this discussion a thousand times with all those americans) No, there was no regionlock away or even root at that time yet.
All electronic prices are ridiculously, pointlessly high here.
Would that be a 17.3" or 15" laptop? Horizontal or vertical?
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Oh well! Bad for you guys! I bought my S4 for $650, sold it $500 after 5 months of use! Then didn't hesitate in spending $700 on the Note 3
2 feet is 0.6096 meters. I said a closed laptop. Not opened. And it's not like its a sure/known fix.. I just said try...
I smashed my Moto X Style screen. I tried to replace it manually, and when I turned it on it wouldn't charge beyond about 3-4%. When I unplugged, it would die instantly. I figured I may have shorted the battery in the process of replacing the screen.
I have now replaced the battery, and I'm still getting the same issue. I've tried a factory reset, different chargers, cleaning the motherboard contacts, replugging the battery several times... It will still not charge beyond about 32%. I can't post a screenshot of Ampere because I've 3 posts, so I'll type it out instead I guess:
Status: Discharging
Plugged: AC Charger
Level: 28%
Health: Cold
Technology: Li-Ion
Temperature: -22.5C
Voltage: 3.762 V
XT1572
7.0
NPHS25.200-15-8
I don't know why it's saying it's cold. It'll display totally different levels all the time. I've been trying to drain it to 0% to recalibrate it. It got to 1%, turned off, but I was able to turn it on another 2 times. I've plugged it in, and now it says 13%. The battery has never gotten warm whilst plugged in and I left it plugged in overnight but it only had "15%".
I've asked on so many forums and I've not gotten an answer to this. Does anyone know what could be wrong?
Sounds like the mainboard connector got broken, perhaps inside where you can't see it, or one of the micro-solder joints... My guess is you need a new mainboard, which for that amount of work you might as well just replace the whole thing.
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Sounds like the mainboard connector got broken, perhaps inside where you can't see it, or one of the micro-solder joints... My guess is you need a new mainboard, which for that amount of work you might as well just replace the whole thing.
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It did sound like something on the motherboard was most likely broken, wanted to make sure. At that time I gave up and ordered a 3T, but I really liked the Moto X and wanted to give another try and repairing it.
do you sell it?thanks
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do you sell it?thanks
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I probably should sell for parts, depends where you live though. I'm in the UK.
i need a lcd but i have ordered from ebay two days ago ..i'm from indonesia btw.
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i need a lcd but i have ordered from ebay two days ago ..i'm from indonesia btw.
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The LCD on my device has a black line going down the side so that's a no-go.