When running n163, my charger (twice) stopped working until I rebooted. The odd symptom was that the "n" was green, right down to a low-battery shutdown, even when the USB end of the cable was unplugged.
The NC itself acted as if the cable was unplugged, even when plugged into a USB port.
It hasn't happened under n165, but that's only since this morning.
These were some USB changes recently, weren't there?
Thanks!
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It happened to me again just now. I'm running n177 now, and I'd been using my NC off and on the charger all morning. I plugged in with the gauge at about half, the plug light went green, and I got no lightning bolt on the gauge.
A reboot restored normal charging.
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It happened to me again just now. I'm running n177 now, and I'd been using my NC off and on the charger all morning. I plugged in with the gauge at about half, the plug light went green, and I got no lightning bolt on the gauge.
A reboot restored normal charging.
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Check chargin with another cable if it works fine u need to replace ur cable.
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Check chargin with another cable if it works fine u need to replace ur cable.
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Same cable works fine after reboot, didn't even unplug it for the reboot. The light changed color midway through the boot.
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I had this happen to me too. Put it on the charger last night right before I went to bed. Woke up to a green 'n' but the battery was down 6%. Unplugged & replugged the charger, still a green 'n' but not charging. Reboot got an orange 'n' and it's finally charging.
Running Nightly 174.
I am seeing a bit of bizarre behavior with Nightly 166. On two units, when I power down, and plug in the charging cord, the unit boots up. I have had to press the power button to get the screen to go dark, and it will charge faster than if I had not done so.
Also, I have experienced once or twice, an issue of putting the unit under charge only to have the charge level reported as low, but, strangely, it felt like the unit was warm, like the battery had undergone charging.
A friend's Nook with 166, he claimed when he put the unit on a charge, it kept cycling screen on/off. He was using a non-OEM cable, but the proper AC adapter.
Does the unit have to wake itself? Does the OS assist in charging the device? Is there a known issue with %Charge being displayed?
I had Nightly 177 loaded but backed it out because the Market wasn't working.
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I am seeing a bit of bizarre behavior with Nightly 166. On two units, when I power down, and plug in the charging cord, the unit boots up. I have had to press the power button to get the screen to go dark, and it will charge faster than if I had not done so.
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That's normal behavior. Something about preventing Sleep of Death.
Also, I have experienced once or twice, an issue of putting the unit under charge only to have the charge level reported as low, but, strangely, it felt like the unit was warm, like the battery had undergone charging.
A friend's Nook with 166, he claimed when he put the unit on a charge, it kept cycling screen on/off. He was using a non-OEM cable, but the proper AC adapter.
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Can't trust non-OEM cables; there're extra conductors in the B&N cable for faster charging.
[QJUOTE]Does the unit have to wake itself? Does the OS assist in charging the device? Is there a known issue with %Charge being displayed?
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Yes; look for PBD, Premature Battery Death.
Turning USB host mode on and off affects my problem, but it doesn't help it any.
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I had this happen to me too. Put it on the charger last night right before I went to bed. Woke up to a green 'n' but the battery was down 6%. Unplugged & replugged the charger, still a green 'n' but not charging. Reboot got an orange 'n' and it's finally charging.
Running Nightly 174.
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Sounds like the same issue. I find that if it's unplugged when I boot, it just doesn't charge, and the NC never notices when I insert or remove the charger cable, the lightning bolt never changes. Also, I've lost USB storage mode altogether, a real pain.
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Well, it turns out that this whole problem was the charge cable. I had satisfied myself that it wasn't the cable with a visit to the store earlier, but I think that was before I realized that the "plugged in" state never changed after boot.
The fact that the plug could make the NC itself so confused about the state of the power supply is really startling. By the end, the light on the cable was changing color when I powered up.
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Battery Status Wonky....
Ok. Reading through this I seem to have a similar but not identical situation.
Running CyanogenMod-7-08312011-Nightly-encore with kernel 2.6.32.9.
Nothing special about the install.
Few days ago Nook took a nap and didn't wake up. Thought it was bricked but after fussing with a combination of pressing power and the "N" button finally got it to boot up like if nothing had happened.
Problem? When the battery started to discharge after its nap of death it got to 16% and stopped. Doesn't move. Perpetually at 16%.
If I plug it is to charge it the bottom gets warm, status says it is charging and the cable changes color like it is supposed to, (orange to green), just like it were fully charged but the Battery Status stays at 16%.
Bought a new cable from B&N and same thing. Battery Status stuck at 16%. Nook feels warm, (as if battery has been charged), and the cable changes color correctly, (orange to green).
At one point I even took the cable out and the status indicator showed that the battery was still being charged but no change from the 16%.
Very annoying as I keep getting notifications that I need to recharge since the battery is at 16% but I can leave it on for HOURS and it keeps working fine.
Any ideas or should I reformat to stock and get a new one from B&N?
Occams_Razor said:
Few days ago Nook took a nap and didn't wake up. Thought it was bricked but after fussing with a combination of pressing power and the "N" button finally got it to boot up like if nothing had happened.
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That sounds like classic Sleep of Death, and is most likely unrelated.
Problem? When the battery started to discharge after its nap of death it got to 16% and stopped. Doesn't move. Perpetually at 16%.
If I plug it is to charge it the bottom gets warm, status says it is charging and the cable changes color like it is supposed to, (orange to green), just like it were fully charged but the Battery Status stays at 16%.
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At this point, I trust the cable light over the software to reflect reality, but mine would change color as I wiggled it because it was flaking out.
Bought a new cable from B&N and same thing. Battery Status stuck at 16%. Nook feels warm, (as if battery has been charged), and the cable changes color correctly, (orange to green).
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Did you power-cycle while plugged in? I did several boot-to-CWR while fiddling with things, and wound up with not enough power to boot when I got to the store. Try full power down, insert new cable, power up. I'm pretty sure that the software has a role in this.
At one point I even took the cable out and the status indicator showed that the battery was still being charged but no change from the 16%.
Very annoying as I keep getting notifications that I need to recharge since the battery is at 16% but I can leave it on for HOURS and it keeps working fine.
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What's reporting 16%? Battery monitor and the status bar (just the icon) both reported consistent levels throughout, except for being always plugged in.
Any ideas or should I reformat to stock and get a new one from B&N?
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See what happens with a power cycle while plugged in.
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Okay. Decided to try and discharge this puppy completely and they let it charge all the way up again and see what the Battery Status indicators look like.
As of right now, (12:24 am on Wednesday 9/14/2011), my Nook has been on since boot for 7:22:14 and the Battery Voltage still shows 3613 mV with a Battery Level of 16%.
BTW Battery Temp is 27.8 C and Battery Status shows as Discharging.
How long this sucker is going to last is anyone's guess. Hopefully by tomorrow it will be dead and I can start charging it to see if the battery status goes back to normal.
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Hi this is the second time this has happened (last time I smashed the screen and claimed on insurance.anyways last night I put it on charge. I left it while I slept. In the morning I noticed my phone was off, I turned it on to the message that 2 percent was left, Since then its being on a loop, Of turning off and on. This is the second time this has happened. How do I resolve this issue?
Thanks
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Hi this is the second time this has happened (last time I smashed the screen and claimed on insurance.anyways last night I put it on charge. I left it while I slept. In the morning I noticed my phone was off, I turned it on to the message that 2 percent was left, Since then its being on a loop, Of turning off and on. This is the second time this has happened. How do I resolve this issue?
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Hi,
Leave it alone til it has 0%...
Then charge it
If this doesn't work you have to buy a new battery...
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Hi,
Leave it alone til it has 0%...
Then charge it
If this doesn't work you have to buy a new battery...
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I have, The light flashed red every couple of seconds, Then boots with the 2 percent message, After that it will last 30 secs then die, Even though its on charge the battery indicator does not show it.
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I have, The light flashed red every couple of seconds, Then boots with the 2 percent message, After that it will last 30 secs then die, Even though its on charge the battery indicator does not show it.
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It won't work with usb. are you using the wall charger?
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Yeah it's being charged from the wall using the apple usb wall plug.
I recommend only charging the phone when you're able to unplug it from the wall. The x10 doesn't seem to like trickle charging so you're better off keeping track rather than letting the battery cycle like 3 times while you're sleeping.
Ok i seem to have resolved it. I removed the apple usb and replaced it with the original. When it turned on again I plugged the mini usb down towards the battary which then stated that the phone was charging. If i knock it it will stop charging and I will have to do it again. Guessing fualty? by my means or its own?
Sounds like you weren't getting enough voltage out of the Apple USB charger (which makes no sense, but...) or your micro USB port is screwy.
I think it was the port, I tried diffrent micro usb leads to no avail. I put it into repair with o2 today =/2 weeks wait now though,
So the phone was really low, at 6% this morning. SO I put it on the wall charger. I saw the icon come up that it was charging and then put the phone down.
A while later I went back to the phone and saw that although the charger was plugged in to the wall and also plugged into the phone, it was NOT charging.
Using the phone I went to my contacts to check a phone number and then it turned off, due to no charge.
I plug it into the wall charger, the USB connected to the computer, as well as the car charger and here is what happens:
The top and bottom of the phone blink red for about 1-3 minutes.
Without pressing anything on the phone it automatically turns itself on, I see the Sony Ericsson boot screen, the Windows boot screen then my SPB Mobil Shell screen for about a second and then it turns off again showing and the blinking red light for about 1-3 minutes and then it starts the process all over again.
I think that a setting for Backlight/Power management was changed. As setting similar to "Only charge with usb", or "only charge when connected with ActiveSync" or somthing like that.
The problem is that I turned off the Active sync on the phone in order to conserve battery power so that I could look up the phone number from my contacts. And after I did that the phone shut off and I cannot change it, because it will not charge.
I do not have a different, charged, battery to try and do not think that I can find one easily.
Any suggestions?
Now when I see that the phone is re-booting(I see the SE logo), I use the stylus to to soft reset. It is obvious that there is some type of charge happening before it re-boots, , otherwise it would not re-boot. SO my theory is that by doing a soft rest between restarts, the battery will gain more of a charge each time. And possibly have enough of a charge so that I can go into my settings and see the backlight/ power settings have been changed.
So I took a battery from my old SE 902 phone and rigged it to work with my X2.
It booted up just fine. I was able to get into the menu for power settings. Nothig was changed however I did check the box "do not charge when connected to the computer" backed out of that screen and then went back into the screen and unchecked the box.
I powered down the phone and the screen went to the default charging battery meter.
I then put the proper battery in the phone and it was still blinking red. I saw it blink green for a few seconds, then I felt it vibrate, and then I saw the green battery meter. But after a few seconds it went back to blinking red and I could not see the battery meter again.
This seems to be happening intermittenly. As of right now there is a green blinking light and I see a dimmed battery meter.
Hopefully it will be fine, we shall see.
So it was charging for a while and now has stopped. I see the battery meeter, but there is no green bar moving up. and the light has stopped blinking.
I unplugged the usb and I still see the battery meter with no green bar moving. Installed the back cover and plugged the usb back in.
Now it is back to the red blinking again. . . ? ? ? ? ?
I think that it is a battery issue.
CAn anyone suggest why a battery would all of a sudden stop working?
Just ordered a new battery. $70.00!!! Ouch!!!
It does come with a battery charger for use with a Mini USB, but still, $70.00 is a lot of money!!
I will update with the results after i charge it up.
I got the new battery and put it into the charger. As I mentioned in an earlier post the new battery came with a separate charger for use with a mini usb. At first I had problems. The charger would not charge the new battery. I was using a wall connected mini usb to power the charger. So I went to the computer and tried the mini usb from there. It still would not charge. So I took the battery out of the charger and put it into then phone and went back to the wall charger and it was charging. I could feel the phone vibrate and then saw the battery meter slowly fill with green and back to empty and then fill green again.
So I decided to do a few other chores around the house and went to check the charging status after about 10 minutes. I noticed that the phone was on!! I did not turn the phone on. No one else was in the house to turn it on. It was just on. Weird.
So I took the battery out of the phone and decided to try the new charger again with the computer mini USB. It WAS charging this time!! I charged the new battery on this charger using the computer mini USB until the red light(charging) turned green (finished charging) and then put it in the phone. It works fine.
I then decided to put the defective battery into this charger and it was actually charging!! I left it overnight and it was green this morning: identifying it as a full charge.
When the new battery is down to 10% or less I will take it out and put the defective battery in and see what happens.
So I put the original battery back in after the green light came on identifying a full charge on the accessory charger.
It showed 1% and a message came up identifying that "the battery is low, please charge asap", something like that.
So, in my unprofessional opinion , the original battery is toast.
The new battery worked great after its initial charge using the included accessory charger.
When I decided to charge it using the phone itself with the wall charger I noticed some really weird things happening.
First of all you should know that I downloaded and installed Spoon Charge. Look it up here on the forums, free and works great. It basically tells you what charge level you have, temperature of the battery, what voltage is coming in to charge it and also type of charge the battery is doing: trickle, fast, very fast and on battery.You can set it to read reading at specific time intervals: I have it set to read at every second.
I noticed that the charge kept bouncing between very fast and trickle. At one point it went to on battery, then to trickle then to on battery then to fast.
Ok. Weird. . . I thought to myself.
So I let it continue to charge overnight.
The next day I "tried" to use the phone. it was as slow as it was at it's factory installed settings before I did the memory card fix, accelerator settings, and other fixes that I forgot now have forgotten that I have installed.
At this point I decided to drain the battery as fast as I could by turning on WiFi, Bluetooth, and play a movie at the loudest volume possible. As soon as it reached 10% I took the battery out and charged it with the accessory charger. The next morning I saw that the indicator light was green showing full charge and installed the battery in the phone. It booted up and I immediately received a message that the battery was low, saw 1%.
Knowing that this was a BRAND NEW BATTERY, I turned off the phone and took the battery out and waited a few seconds until I put it back in and rebooted the phone.
This time it said 86% charge!!!!!!
WTF!!!!
So I tried to use the phone and it was as sluggish as before. After about 25 minutes it was starting to be a bit faster but nothing like it was before.
I am really confused now. Since I have a new battery I have ruled out that as a problem. So now is it the phone itself? Could it be the wall charger that is faulty?
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Another update.
I put the original battery in the phone and now it works!!!! The old battery that would not charge now charges and works!!!
The phone is not the same. Still really slow, can't get it out of the "LOCKED" position when I want to answer a phone call. Opera is sliggish then fast then sluggish. Not what I had the phone at before all of this started. It actually WAS stable. It WAS useable. Now I want to throw it into the drink!!!!!!
Not sure what to think anymore.
well bro go into the system help of ur mobile press as i say
2ce the end button one time call button, 2ce the end button one time call button,one time end button and u will find the problem it is in the charging port the same issue with me
Hello all,
I left my phone charging over night as usual. When i woke up i was surprised it had only 32%. I plugged the charger back in, but the phone wouldn't charge. I restarted the phone and when it booted up it had 60%
After some standby time it showed 50% .. really confusing. I pulled the battery out and when i plugged it back in and "before" turning it on. The green battery icon came on flashing with yellow triangle and red thermostat (see pic).
It won't boot up until i plugged in the charger. I left charge until 100% and tried to restart. I got the same icon again and had to plug the charger in.
Anyone know the meaning of this? Battery app showing temp as 36C after boot up. Now it shows 34C. I did attempt battery stat wipe too.
Please share with me your thoughts.
EDIT: I returned mine for a replacement. After that, my nephew admitted that he spilled something right over the usb.
I had a similar problem. When the icon comes up plugged in, yank the battery out and shove it back in.
If that doesn't work, when plugged in take the battery out, unplug the phone, put the battery back in, and then plug it in.
It worked for me!
steve228uk said:
I had a similar problem. When the icon comes up plugged in, yank the battery out and shove it back in.
If that doesn't work, when plugged in take the battery out, unplug the phone, put the battery back in, and then plug it in.
It worked for me!
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HEY!! that worked for me. Thank you sooooo much
OK guys, it came back again. The issue is not resolved. Perhaps a battery failure?
I waited for my battery to completely run out. Then charged it all the way up. Then a simple battery pull out and in takes it down to around 80% ?!
Strange stuff here.
steve228uk said:
I had a similar problem. When the icon comes up plugged in, yank the battery out and shove it back in.
If that doesn't work, when plugged in take the battery out, unplug the phone, put the battery back in, and then plug it in.
It worked for me!
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Sounds like a very delicate procedure xD
it seems i am the only one with this issue :/
Sounds like the battery just isn't being calibrated correctly.
Let it drain fully and then take it out and put it back in. Chances are it'll turn back on. Let it drain again until it shuts off and then charge fully while the phone is off.
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late update ... got a replacement .. i tried everything ..
i've this problem..
does anyone resolved it?
i don't want return it to samsung...
Same problem here. The phone is "charging" even without the charger plugged in (!) When I turn off the phone a green battery icon with a yellow triangle and a red thermostat is flashing. Can't turn it on without a charger plugged in Tried everything. Anyone else suffering from this?
Babylonian said:
Same problem here. The phone is "charging" even without the charger plugged in (!) When I turn off the phone a green battery icon with a yellow triangle and a red thermostat is flashing. Can't turn it on without a charger plugged in Tried everything. Anyone else suffering from this?
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Looks like similar problem, read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132588
Summary post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15924419&postcount=13
Probably your USB got polluted or bended.
i also think it is a usb issue. i updated the original post. By the way before i returned it for a replacement i tried using a qtip and "contact cleaner" and sprayed some on the usb. After 30 mins i was able to charge normally before it was acting up again.
Bottom line: clean your usb.
Cheers a bunch for your replies! Gonna clean my usb again & carefully "bend" it down a bit. I'll post the results later
Hahaha I laughed so hard in a bus after reading your edit. What a cute nephew
I feel sorry for you though
Tried everything, including a couple of factory resets/wipes. Sent it to the service center yesterday
For me the main idea from using SGS2 for cpl of weeks before selling this crap:
'Do NOT buy korean smartphones !!!'
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For me the main idea from using SGS2 for cpl of weeks before selling this crap:
'Do NOT buy korean smartphones !!!'
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I cannot disagree more. This is the most fantastic phone I've ever had. Feel free to check my signature. I've had worse. Haha. Much worse. This phone has only lagged twice in the months I've had it and I had to do a battery pull once. I've had my iPhone 4 crash more times than this phone.
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I've had charging problems with my SGS2 as well. All of a sudden it started switching tap&talk on and off. Turned very warm and drained the battery juice.
When I attached the charger, it didn't show signs of recognizing that it was attached. I tried to switch it off, and on again with cable connected. Then it started charging, but if I unplugged and tried again it failed again.
So I had to send my beloved SGS2 for service. Now heading on to two weeks without it, i'm growing desperate from having to spend the time with my old Samsung Spica.
Have a look at the charge port problem thread in general. Few of us have had this problem for various reasons.
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i also have a kind of similar problem on my S2, suddenly it stopped charging, when i plug it in i tries to start up but isn't able to & then restarts.
i get the normal battery sign when you plug it in after the battery completely dies (no thermometer), nor does the phone or battery gets hot. is there any solution or should i just take it to a service centre? BTW my phone is rooted & loaded with a custom ROM.
I was changing the frequency of my video card and the screen went blank and I had to reset my computer. After resetting my computer I looked at my phone (which had been plugged in and charging to my computer) and it was off. When I tried to turn it back on the screen flashed for maybe half of a second and went back off. I am using a HTC EVO 4G rooted with gingerbread 2.3 ROM
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I was changing the frequency of my video card and the screen went blank and I had to reset my computer. After resetting my computer I looked at my phone (which had been plugged in and charging to my computer) and it was off. When I tried to turn it back on the screen flashed for maybe half of a second and went back off. I am using a HTC EVO 4G rooted with gingerbread 2.3 ROM
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Sounds like for whatever reason, your battery may be completely dead. Maybe something weird happened when the computer reset...I'm not sure. Do you get a charging led when you plug the phone into the wall (A/C) charger? The USB from the computer isn't strong enough to charge the phone when the battery is completely dead, so you need to plug into the wall. I would charge it up for a while, and then try to turn it on again. If you don't get a charging led at all when you plug it in, I would try a battery that is known to be charged up if you have access to one. Good luck.
It also wouldn't hurt to try doing a battery pull.
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Sounds like for whatever reason, your battery may be completely dead. Maybe something weird happened when the computer reset...I'm not sure. Do you get a charging led when you plug the phone into the wall (A/C) charger? The USB from the computer isn't strong enough to charge the phone when the battery is completely dead, so you need to plug into the wall. I would charge it up for a while, and then try to turn it on again. If you don't get a charging led at all when you plug it in, I would try a battery that is known to be charged up if you have access to one. Good luck.
It also wouldn't hurt to try doing a battery pull.
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It was dead when I first plugged it into my computer and then it started charging. I plugged it into the wall and it still wasn't turning on and wasn't getting a charging LED. I left it on the wall for about 15 minutes and nothing still, right now I have my battery in the freezer. I read somewhere putting your battery in your freezer could fix it or it could be completely wrong.
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It was dead when I first plugged it into my computer and then it started charging. I plugged it into the wall and it still wasn't turning on and wasn't getting a charging LED. I left it on the wall for about 15 minutes and nothing still, right now I have my battery in the freezer. I read somewhere putting your battery in your freezer could fix it or it could be completely wrong.
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Take it out of the freezer, leave the phone alone for about an hour then but the battery in and plug it up. When the led light comes on, don't turn the phone on just let it charge. This has happened to me a few times and I thought I screwed something up but I did what I just told you to do and when the led light came on I let it sit and charge and then turned it on in the morning. I think the battery discharged somehow (guess), good luck.
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It was dead when I first plugged it into my computer and then it started charging. I plugged it into the wall and it still wasn't turning on and wasn't getting a charging LED. I left it on the wall for about 15 minutes and nothing still, right now I have my battery in the freezer. I read somewhere putting your battery in your freezer could fix it or it could be completely wrong.
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Yea, I'd put it back in the phone and plug it back in. Let it sit for a while, an hour or two. If you don't get an led in that amount of time, you probably won't get one. You can take your battery to sprint and they should be able to boost the battery and bring it back to life.
Got my mom a nook color about 6 months ago, been running fine with CM7 on emmc. Yesterday she said it would not turn on. Plugged in, and tried to power on and got the graphic that the nook need to be plugged in. So let it sit for 20 min and it powered on and showed battery at about 2%. Left it charging with screen off over night and after 9 hours the USB cable was green showing charged, but when I turned on the screen it as only at 48%. Unplugged charger and plugged back in and it started changing again.
Any ideas if it might be a battery problem, charger problem or what?
Thanks for any help.
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I would try a reboot just in case that something drains the battery.