think my phones bricked when I plug in a charger I get a flashing red led, then every so often it turns solid green then the green led goes off it trys to start then switches off again.
What were you doing with your phone before this happened?
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I have upgraded to wolfbreaks 2.2, I think something has gone wrong with the usb drivers within the phone. The phone no longer charges and my pc sees something but says the USB device has malfuntioned,
I am now in a constant loop of red flashing led for a few mins then the phone tries to start I get the SE logo and then the phone dies.
Could be that the battery has died completely and now you can't charge it. Have you tried repairing with seus or flashing another stock rom with the flash tool?
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yeah tried but the laptop wont recignise the phone even tried the flashtool and it just told me to connect my phone
You can only 'soft' brick your phone because our bootloader has been bypassed not cracked meaning it can always be returned to stock condition by flashing with seus or the flashtool but what you may need to do is take your phone in for repair and get the USB socket or mother board replaced. Perhaps try flashing on a different PC, you may have more luck.
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There have been multiple threads lately with fixes for issues like this. Its either the phone hardware or the battery. There was however one poster who fixed his phone that was acting the same as yours by removing the battery and plugging the phone into the charger for a few minutes then replacing the battery (whilst still plugged in) and letting it charge in off mode. You might just need to try and charge while off and if you are charging with USB via PC you should try AC power as it uses more current.
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I have seen the same increased number of problems with this. It seems that it is battery / charging related, and I have started to wonder if the batteries of some headsets now have reached a critical limit. A battery can go from perfectly usable to dead in a secound due to the built in protection circuits. Either they goes off because of some error in the battery, or protection circuit itself might malfunction and go off.
Depending on the circutis the battery can sometimes be restored, but not always, it has to do with the safety circuit design. I have some knowledge about these circuits, but I do not know whitch is in use in the X10 batteries. It might be several different, it is not given that all batteries are made by the same factory even if they have the same label (label is SE design, but SE does not make batteries.)
A good place for getting the basics of battery security circuity is this site:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/safety_circuits_for_modern_batteries
This is clearly a failure of chargemon
Ask a dev.
That means you need some way to reflash.
i might be wrong...
Its good there's a few suggestions and one is bound to be right so try these things in order to avoid spending money that doesn't nessesarily have to be spent.
1 plug in your phone to the charger without the battery and insert the battery again after a few minutes and leave it to charge.
2 flash on a different PC
3 buy a new battery. bst - 41is the model
4 if none of these things work I'd say the xda member doomlord is the best Guy to ask, he's very knowledge able.
5 take your phone in to be repair, its time for new USB socket or mother board.
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Oh well Epic fail with this phone so its off to O2 to get it fixed, got a Nokia 2760 clamshell phone.
That's a pity, looks like it was your USB socket broken which is a fairly common fault or motherboard.
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Im not sure, just hope they dont find the 2.2 upgrade lol, otherwise warranty will be out of the window.
If anyone else got this error too, he _could_ try this, it was working with my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12889844#post12889844
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It would take almost 10 hrs or more to fully charge my desire z to 100%. After i remove it from the charger, my phone switches off. Once i powered it on again it showed that my batt level is only 20% or less and it switches off again. The only way i can keep my phone powered on is if i connect it the charger.
Also, i checked what has been using the battery (under settings>about phone) and except for the display which is stuck at 100% and nothing else is showing.
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How old is the battery? Buy one off ebay would be my first move. Also I would factory data reset.
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it remembering me my old iphone. I had to change the battery, some times lithium-ion battery can be defective. If your learn about this technology, you'll see that is not that good. The main reason why we use it, is because it can takes any shapes.
Well, first check if theres nothing between you phone and battery connections.
I'd bet my money on battery death. Something similar started happening to mine old G1 battery, had to buy a replacement.
If battery's new - maybe its ROM's ir miscalibration fault.
Basically as title states. It won't charge properly and takes a lot of faffing for it to actually start charging. What is wrong and how can it be fixed?
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Is it the charger?
no, it is the phone. many chargers have been tried
I still want help with this guys
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We need more info.
When you say it's not charging 'properly', do you mean not at all or just very slowly?
Also, what do you mean by 'takes a lot of faffing for it to actually start charging'?
Cheers
Not charging at all. You have to keep moving the position of the charger and try to get the right position for it to charge but this is now nigh on impossible.
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OK, when you say 'moving the position of the charger', do you mean the plug in the side of the phone? If so, have you tried another lead?
Sounds to me like you may have a faulty USB socket on the phone, maybe. Does it work for data transfer?
I have tried my Xperia play charger and a HTC charger to no avail, you have to move the thing that you plug into the phone (don't know what it's called, pin?) And its very hard and time consuming to get it in the right position.
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That says its a faulty charger socket on your phone. Give it to service.
And BTW, try to use the charger specified by the device manufacturer only. It has the right voltage and amperage needed by your battery.
Didn't think about that, thanks!
How much do you think it would cost to get repaired?
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Hi plz can someone help me out to Fix charging for ZTE Blade G Lux
My Blade is doing the same thing!
Hey, My ZTE Blade is doing the same thing... I have owned it for about 6months and then, suddenly I couldn't get it to charge... What did you find out about this? did you get yours services or resolve the problem? Ceepax
mine does the same but still transfers files but the only way for my phone to charge is by using my dads tablet charger because it always get the right position. how can i fix this?
i think that usb socket,, my be scratch te pin in usb android usefull try gently do not broke your usb pin..
secondly if thats fail.. it means your usb pin android Path.. is broken replace to customer service zte
or my be your Voltage path not true,,
My zte is not charging fully,it gets to 70% and does not go higher again.when you unplug the charger it come back to 56%
I just wonderding how many ppl here got red light issues?
had this problem just now. discharged battery and wont turn on.
Ive had it 4 times lol get to bootloader flash to stock reflash rom all good to go
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how?
joshndroid said:
Ive had it 4 times lol get to bootloader flash to stock reflash rom all good to go
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i've tried all the power + volume combos...how did you get to bootloader?
If people just let their phones charge undisturbed overnight and tried the next day to boot, that number would be -80%..
I bricked my N4 by accidentally flashing a wrong bootloader - a simple error that proved fatal!
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I bricked my N4 by accidentally flashing a wrong bootloader - a simple error that proved fatal!
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That would brick basically any phone. You don't play around with flashing the bootloader unless you're sure.
Got the red light once while doing benchmarks.. But i was able to get into bootloader mode reflash system img.And bam i was good to go..
Dang man, this same problem is happening to the LG Optimus G. There is a thread on xda for that phone and the op says to take the back cover off, disconnect the battery then reconnect it and that fixes it. Maybe worth a shot on the nexus.?? That is if you don't want to reflash the phone.
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Dang man, this same problem is happening to the LG Optimus G. There is a thread on xda for that phone and the op says to take the back cover off, disconnect the battery then reconnect it and that fixes it. Maybe worth a shot on the nexus.?? That is if you don't want to reflash the phone.
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Why you want to do it the hard way that void the warranty than the easy way?
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I plugged on my friend's car charger and suddenly my phone turned off and wont turn on.
When I plug on charger or USB and keep holding power, red led blinks many times, faster and faster.
My computer wont recognizes it.
Any solution?
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I plugged on my friend's car charger and suddenly my phone turned off and wont turn on.
When I plug on charger or USB and keep holding power, red led blinks many times, faster and faster.
My computer wont recognizes it.
Any solution?
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Holy crap. It's literally IN THIS THREAD.
Leave it on your charger for several hours and see if it boots. If not, it's probably RMA time.
It's plugged for about 10 hours and nothing.
I live in Brazil, no sells here yet and it was bought on USA.
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Why you want to do it the hard way that void the warranty than the easy way?
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I was just mentioning other options just in case someone couldn't get into the bootloader. What if you send the phone to lg because you couldn't get into the bootloader to reflash and they can by disconnecting the battery and find out that you are unlocked and rooted when the phone boots back up, which would also void your warranty. Although I would not take the back cover off if the phone was stock, might as well send the phone back if you can't get it to boot.
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It's plugged for about 10 hours and nothing.
I live in Brazil, no sells here yet and it was bought on USA.
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I am in exactly the same situation as you. Prospects to resuscitate our bricked Nexus 4 are extremely dim!
Im wondering if what is posted Here may cause this issue?
Please, any advice will be thanked.
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Im wondering if what is posted Here may cause this issue?
Please, any advice will be thanked.
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You seem to know very little about how chargers, batteries and charging circuitry works. To put your mind at ease, a USB 2.0 port is rated at 5V DC, 500mA. That will charge a Nexus 4, albeit slowly. Your 0.7A charger isn't going to fry anything, as there are multiple safeties built in, unless something is SEVERELY wrong with it, meaning faulty construction.
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You seem to know very little about how chargers, batteries and charging circuitry works.
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Yup, that is the reason im asking
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To put your mind at ease, a USB 2.0 port is rated at 5V DC, 500mA. That will charge a Nexus 4, albeit slowly. Your 0.7A charger isn't going to fry anything, as there are multiple safeties built in, unless something is SEVERELY wrong with it, meaning faulty construction.
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So you are telling me that, unless there is any issue with the charger (faulty construction) there is no reason to worry about that it will lead to this "Red light of death" or any other issue (lowering battery lifetime for example)?
This is totally off topic but, Do you (personally) think it's true what people say that charging a cellphone with a lower output charger increases its battery service?
Quick question:
Does this red light issue appear when battery is drain to 0% (among other factors)
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Yup, that is the reason im asking
So you are telling me that, unless there is any issue with the charger (faulty construction) there is no reason to worry about that it will lead to this "Red light of death" or any other issue (lowering battery lifetime for example)?
This is totally off topic but, Do you (personally) think it's true what people say that charging a cellphone with a lower output charger increases its battery service?
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There is no reason to worry unless the charger or your phone is faulty, in other words, hardware failure on either side. Unfortunately there would be no easy to foresee that.
The charging circuitry will only use what it needs to do it's job. As long as the voltage is within range and the current is not too LOW, you're OK. The N4 is rated at 900 mA to perform a standard charge. It will accept as low as approx. 500 mA to charge in USB mode. That idea is rubbish.
So I've got a dx I'm getting set up for my wife...
Originally installed paranoid android but was having problems sometimes getting past a bootloop and did not realize that it won't charge during recovery,,,, it also would not charge while off it kept trying to reboot which would then loop....
So i searched and read about cutting an old cable and rigging it so it would work with dead battery..
That worked and seemed to be going fine, wound up doing an sbf and starting over, rooted again ,,, all was good,, (or so i thought) took off the cable rig,,,
and now if i try to charge it it shows a green light and icon animates like it's charging,,, but it's really not. It died again...
Thought maybe just the battery was old and gave up the ghost...
So i ordered another BH5X,, got it in and same thing happens with it,,, and if i try to charge from a powered off state it will try and boot up fully but then quickly display a large battery with a question mark and then reboot, starting the cycle over again...
What gives??? Did I screw something up internally, with the cable hack???
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looks like you fried the phone
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So I've got a dx I'm getting set up for my wife...
Originally installed paranoid android but was having problems sometimes getting past a bootloop and did not realize that it won't charge during recovery,,,, it also would not charge while off it kept trying to reboot which would then loop....
So i searched and read about cutting an old cable and rigging it so it would work with dead battery..
That worked and seemed to be going fine, wound up doing an sbf and starting over, rooted again ,,, all was good,, (or so i thought) took off the cable rig,,,
and now if i try to charge it it shows a green light and icon animates like it's charging,,, but it's really not. It died again...
Thought maybe just the battery was old and gave up the ghost...
So i ordered another BH5X,, got it in and same thing happens with it,,, and if i try to charge from a powered off state it will try and boot up fully but then quickly display a large battery with a question mark and then reboot, starting the cycle over again...
What gives??? Did I screw something up internally, with the cable hack???
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Had the same problem here. It seemed like charging but then fell out almost directly. Like he's using too much power while charging (even when power is off). After an extremely long charging he finally gave up 4% .. But went dead again after like 15 minutes......
Somebody any idea? Lot a thanks if you have any!..
if you did something like [Howto] Fix "Battery Low - Cannot program
you likely fried your phone and there is no fix
but phone not charging can be one of several problems
bad software: fix with sbf
bad charger: buy new charger
bad usb charging port: no fix at least not easy anyways Replacement Micro USB Charging Port
bad battery: buy new battery
also may want to buy a Battery Charger for Motorola Droid X (MB810)
or a TBH’s Motorola Programming Cable Adapter
Hi my nexus 7 is charging at a pathetic rate . I left it to charge for 5 hours from 7.00am to 12.00pm and it only charged from 5% to 12% .
It all happened a few days ago . I charged my nexus 7 to 100% (stock rom used for few months alr )and wiped the battery stats . Following that I drained the battery till 0% . After rebooting , the slow charging problem surfaced . I have already did a clean wipe and reinstall of stock 4.1.2 using nexus toolkit , the problem is still there . Help ?
in my country it happened to many people. you should take the nexus to ASUS reparing service and ask them to replace the USB port. it will be ok
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in my country it happened to many people. you should take the nexus to ASUS reparing service and ask them to replace the USB port. it will be ok
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Warranty is over . Asus will probably rip me off for it.
Btw just to note charging is substantially faster when connect to pc . It charges from 5% to 31% in 2hrs .
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Whether out not your warranty is over depends on where you live. If you're U.S. you are probably out of luck, but you may not be elsewhere - an increasing number of countries now have two years as standard, despite what the card in the box may say.
I have the exact same problem. Started going down hill after install vanir. I thought flashing to stock fixed. it might have for a while. Cant live on stock anyway. Otherwise I don't know what to do with it.
Check your account syncs in settings. I use two different accounts with Google (that real name policy uses a very odd definition of real name,) and if what syncs with each account isn't set just right the poor thing will get stuck awake and trying to sync forever because the awful Google+ will forbid some things without telling the device to stop trying. That absolutely rags the battery.
It's certainly not the only possible cause, but it returns, unbidden, often enough to be worth checking for.
Your situations seem different from mine ...
Anyone has a fix for this ?
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Whether out not your warranty is over depends on where you live. If you're U.S. you are probably out of luck, but you may not be elsewhere - an increasing number of countries now have two years as standard, despite what the card in the box may say.
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Mine is a u.s model shipped to Singapore that I purchased online
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I think my nexus 7 has a bad USB port as was suggested in another thread. A closer look it appears to be severed. Android tuner shows a negative flow. Its been fun anyway.
You can maybe PRESERVE IT BY CONNECTING CHARGE CABLE TO ADAPTER??
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Check your account syncs in settings. I use two different accounts with Google (that real name policy uses a very odd definition of real name,) and if what syncs with each account isn't set just right the poor thing will get stuck awake and trying to sync forever because the awful Google+ will forbid some things without telling the device to stop trying. That absolutely rags the battery.
It's certainly not the only possible cause, but it returns, unbidden, often enough to be worth checking for.
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Another thing I didnt think to try was just use a restricted user profile and charge with that.
I fixed problem with "Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit " flashing 4,4,2 and bootloader 4.23(wich i think was my problem becouse it freezing some times when i was in it).
happy flashing and flash it from bootloader, not developer option.
I had all kinds of charging issues for awhile, turns out the battery cable had become loose. Just pop off the back and check that the battery cable is plugged in all the way and seated firmly. The battery itself was also loose and sliding around in its compartment (probably how the cable became loose in the first place), which I resolved with some electrical tape.:victory:
Hopefully it's not worse than that, good luck.
I created a thread about a similar issue. I have the Asus dock. Charging on there is brilliant. Charging via USB is pathetically slow
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Rcoil73 said:
Warranty is over . Asus will probably rip me off for it.
Btw just to note charging is substantially faster when connect to pc . It charges from 5% to 31% in 2hrs .
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So it could be that your charger is not powerful enough ... Tablet need more than phone usually. I know that because I use the same charger for my Nexus and a Samsung SIII and the time it takes to get from 5% (typical ) to 100% is quite different!
I had this slow charging problem on both mine and my wife's N7. Checked, opened and adjusted the battery connector a few times through few weeks but it did not solve the problem. Later I found out it was the usb ribbon connecting to the mirco usb port behind the speaker was loosen even when locked. I cut and stick a small piece of tape on the back of the ribbon, thicking it slighty, relocking it back in place. Solved the charging issue and both devices are charging back on time properly.
I'm having crazy slow charging recently on my Nexus 7 and I'm trying to figure it out myself.. USB or Dock charge the same; about 300-400mA, that's it. USB speeds. Using the stock charger and cable.
I recently went to AOKP so I wonder if it's something there but I can't figure it out.
I've found that different combinations of USB cables and chargers make a big difference. I have a very long micro USB cable I like to use for charging because the couch is far from the outlet, but attaching that to the Nexus 7 or Nexus 5 wall charger yields a slow charge. If I play a game like Magic 2014 while charging that way, the battery goes down as I play. However some of the short USB cables that came with devices produce a fast charge with both the N7 and N5 wall chargers - the battery actually moves up while playing the same game. So I've resorted to using an old-school AC extension cord and plugging the good cable into that so it can reach the couch.
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Rcoil73 said:
Hi my nexus 7 is charging at a pathetic rate . I left it to charge for 5 hours from 7.00am to 12.00pm and it only charged from 5% to 12% .
It all happened a few days ago . I charged my nexus 7 to 100% (stock rom used for few months alr )and wiped the battery stats . Following that I drained the battery till 0% . After rebooting , the slow charging problem surfaced . I have already did a clean wipe and reinstall of stock 4.1.2 using nexus toolkit , the problem is still there . Help ?
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I had this issue for a long time. Tried all the chargers and ROMs I could get my hands on.
Decided that it should be an hardware problem.
I opened up the Nexus 7 and re-soldered all the USB contacts.
I removed the flat cable that goes from the USB PCB Surface mounted connector and cleaned the contacts on it and re-plugged it.
I removed the battery and cleaned the contacts in there with electric cleaning spray.
I re-soldered the battery contacts on the PCB side.
My nexus 7 now goes from 0% to 100% in about 3 hours.
asrdias said:
I had this issue for a long time. Tried all the chargers and ROMs I could get my hands on.
Decided that it should be an hardware problem.
I opened up the Nexus 7 and re-soldered all the USB contacts.
I removed the flat cable that goes from the USB PCB Surface mounted connector and cleaned the contacts on it and re-plugged it.
I removed the battery and cleaned the contacts in there with electric cleaning spray.
I re-soldered the battery contacts on the PCB side.
My nexus 7 now goes from 0% to 100% in about 3 hours.
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Do you have a video of how to do that? I've bought a new battery thinking that the problema was in my battery. Did not work well, still with the low charging. I don't want to spend more money. So, do you have a toturial of how you did it?
Thanks
asrdias said:
I had this issue for a long time. Tried all the chargers and ROMs I could get my hands on.
Decided that it should be an hardware problem.
I opened up the Nexus 7 and re-soldered all the USB contacts.
I removed the flat cable that goes from the USB PCB Surface mounted connector and cleaned the contacts on it and re-plugged it.
I removed the battery and cleaned the contacts in there with electric cleaning spray.
I re-soldered the battery contacts on the PCB side.
My nexus 7 now goes from 0% to 100% in about 3 hours.
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Which nexus 7 do you have, 2012, or 2013? And how did you open it?
Thanks,
kkh5
My N7 charges slow as well. Will try the one posted above and clean the usb ribbon.