I just had my streak replaced by dell and i guess its a refurb. I dont care that its a refurb, really. I think there is something wrong with it. If i plug it in, it will charge and reach 100%, BUT it will never say fully charged like my other streak i sent back to them.
Is this a comon problem? I am thinking of calling them and having them swap it out again.
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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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I am having an issue where my phone is showing a charge only up 99%, and then it stays there until I take it off the dock. I've tried a few different Rome, and 2 batteries. Any thoughts?
I bought a Brand New Nexus One. Charged it for 24 hours & still only had 20% charge. Also the Orange indicator did not change to Green.
I think you might have a similar Hardware/Software fault & might need to return your phone for repair.
I know it not as drastically bad as my phone, but still.
Get what you paid for.
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This is my 2nd phone....Im having an issue with charging. I plug my phone into be charged using my an HTC charger and the light that indicates that the phone is charging blinks from orange to green. When this happens the phone isn't charging. Any1 having the same issue or has any advice HELP PLEASE!!!
I think my wife's phone had the same issue. It would look like it was charging, was supposedly charging, yet it would shut off and die in the middle of the night. Or would be dead by noon, even though she hadnt really used it.
Tmo replaced her battery and she hasnt had an issue since.
That's the thing I've gotten a replacement battery and a replacement phone and Im still having the same issue....I shouldn't want to throw my phone @ the site of it...
kbryant2095 said:
That's the thing I've gotten a replacement battery and a replacement phone and Im still having the same issue....I shouldn't want to throw my phone @ the site of it...
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Does the little LED blink from green-orange even on the new phone? When you see that, it's the phone telling you there's a hardware issue with charging...either a bad batt or a bad charging circuit. Get the phone replaced. Make sure you demonstrate to tmobile the exact symptoms, and test the replacement as soon as you get it.
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.
So, I just replaced my second Epic due to the charger port going out and no longer charging on the phone. I knew it was happening Saturday because the symptoms were the same as before. The phone thought it was charging and even counted up, but as soon as it was unplugged, it dropped faster than normal, or a restart made it *reset* to the actual phone battery level.
Today, it would not even recognize the charger at all. Luckily, Sprint had a replacement for me in-store this time, so no week wait.
Has anyone else experienced this problem?
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So, I just replaced my second Epic due to the charger port going out and no longer charging on the phone. I knew it was happening Saturday because the symptoms were the same as before. The phone thought it was charging and even counted up, but as soon as it was unplugged, it dropped faster than normal, or a restart made it *reset* to the actual phone battery level.
Today, it would not even recognize the charger at all. Luckily, Sprint had a replacement for me in-store this time, so no week wait.
Has anyone else experienced this problem?
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I think mine is going bad too. Sometimes it charges and sometimes it doesn't ... did they charge you to replace your phone? How long you've had it for?
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I bought mine pre-order and picked it up the day it came out from Best Buy. My first replacement was right at the one year mark. This last one didn't last a year, but since it's refurbished, there's no way to tell how much wear there may have already been on the port.
I have insurance through Sprint, there was no charge.