Any help here appreciAted all the sudden my shift won't charge I plug it in and get a solid amber light for 5 seconds then nothing. Tried various chargers Anne removing as still nothing.
try a battery pull and try again
Tried removing battery SDcard still solid then off
Check the charger port. If you keep your phone in your pocket like I do, you get lint build up. I've already had to clean mine out twice. I used compressed air, and was very careful.
Tried charger port looks clean used air did try to turn it on while amber light was solid iT began to then shut off
try a different mini usb cord, see if that works. It could be a bad cord...
Also tried different cord combinations USB>AC USB>Pc etc to have same result plug in a few seconds Later I get solid amber for about 5 seconds then it goes off. Have to unplug and remove battery and replugin to get it to recognize anything again.
Can you clear battery stats? Long shot, but you never know...
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All I can do is try a power on during that 5 seconds. Which initiates a power up but it still shuts off as soon as either the white HTC screen starts or if I try recovery as soon as the Boofloader screen where it gives you boot options and shows sff that screen don't know correct name for it. Either way all I get is a quick flash of either screen when it attempts to boot then shuts off.
This is a longshot too try plugging it in and leave it for a couple hours or if somebody you know has a hero or og evo charge your batt in it for a hour or 2 then see if it is your battery or the phone. I remember reading somewhere if you completely kill those li-lon batteries it messes them up and possibly the phone too. You didn't run it completely down did you?
Edit: you may have to flip the hero or evo's battery over to make the contgacts match up,not to worry it'll work cuz I'm running my heroi 1700mha battery in my shift now.
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Themikmik.com has a thread on battery calibration, one of the options is to pull the battery during bootup. This clears the battery stats folder.
Ought to see if your local sprint store has a battery you can test b4 you buy, may be that simple. I would avoid the full service stores, maybe a mall kiosk?
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This is a longshot too try plugging it in and leave it for a couple hours or if somebody you know has a hero or og evo charge your batt in it for a hour or 2 then see if it is your battery or the phone. I remember reading somewhere if you completely kill those li-lon batteries it messes them up and possibly the phone too. You didn't run it completely down did you?
Edit: you may have to flip the hero or evo's battery over to make the contgacts match up,not to worry it'll work cuz I'm running my heroi 1700mha battery in my shift now.
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+1 You might want to try a different Battery. These batteries do not like being run all the way down to nothing. Had an issue once where I thought it was a rogue app running the battery down really quick. It wasn't, I had let the battery drain down to nothing one to many times. Fresh battery cured the issue. Actually got it from Sprint for free. Walked in said my battery was no good and they gave me a new one, no questions .
HERE is the thread on the MikMIk for Battery Calibration.
Issue resolved after 3 hrs at retail seems battery boost is all it. Needed so far although CSR tried to blame it on water damage. Saying litmus near USB port was pink which they refuses to show me when I asked to see It knowing that it's never been near moisture other then the humidity in the air. Let's hope this does it.
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Issue resolved after 3 hrs at retail seems battery boost is all it. Needed so far although CSR tried to blame it on water damage. Saying litmus near USB port was pink which they refuses to show me when I asked to see It knowing that it's never been near moisture other then the humidity in the air. Let's hope this does it.
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Water damage is their fallback answer everytime.. I've dealt with the same thing from Sprint. It's a bunch of bs.
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Glad you got it solved! We're here if ya need anything else.
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Glad you got it sorted out. That BS about water damage is just that, BS. Been told that a bunch of times. Actually showed them it was BS. They opened one of thier own unused phones, and the damm indicator was red. Never been opened and red. Oh yea, sure it's a good indicator
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Thanks for finding that link prboy, I didn't have time to hunt it down earlier.
Anyone mind tellin me what a battery boost is? New to me.
Also, according to HTC, we should be completely killing the battery once a month as maintenence. Has this proven detrimental to the life of the cell?
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No proplem, help when I can. No idea what a battery boost is . But as for killing the battery once a month. Well that's a whole different can of worms . There are different schools of thought on that. Some say it's really bad, because it kills the cells. Others say it's necessary to kill it in order to retrain it. Just Google it, but be prepared to read through a lot of info. Personaly ( IMO not that it means a damm thing ) I don't believe in the whole drain it dead phiosophy. But that's just my opinion
I used to manage batteries plus... Lithium ion batteries are the best because there arent memory gimmicks... It is not a bad thing to drain it down to 1 - 2 percent. I personally dont drain down all the way because I had an odd experience with my phone not being able to turn on (no recovery, nothing!) for about 2 hours... I thought it bricked somehow, so I let it alone for an hour on the charger and it magically (thankfully) turned on when I tried... It freaked me out so I never let my phone's battery die...
It is always a good idea to cycle the battery but the most imporatant thing to do with any cell phone battery is to charge it uninterrupted for 24 hours before using it...
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Has anyone solved the "Low battery" and "immediate turn off" problem yet?
Man this is the most frustrating issue EVER.
I'm running SRF 1.1.0
I have a 3500 mAh battery.
For some Farking reason, if the battery is under 50% and I get a call. It will RANDOMLY beep LOW BATTERY and turn off, in the middle of the farking call!!!
You turn it back on and it'll have 40+ % charge left!!!
AHHHHH!!!!!
After watching the 25 how to videos, I fixed almost everything that pissed me off, but this one thing drives me bonkers!!!!
I think that's the battery. Is its a yoo-bao from china (cheapie) or a good brand from a reputable source(sedio)? I have that problem with all the cheapies I bought on ebay.
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It's not just the battery. My stock phone and rom does it too when the battery gets to 15%. When it reboots it has 20 or 30%.
This phone should never have been released with such a serious bug.
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For "such a serious bug" it doesn't seem like many of us have it... I can keep a call all the way to 0%...did it a few minutes ago. Have you tried calibrating the battery stats?
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Now I dont normally let my phone get down to 0% but yeah i know i've gone WAYYYYYYY past even 10% and the phone hasn't done this. Stock battery not extended.
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For "such a serious bug" it doesn't seem like many of us have it... I can keep a call all the way to 0%...did it a few minutes ago. Have you tried calibrating the battery stats?
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it's a cheapy battery.
However, it's also a bug somewhere in some software...
If it hits 15% when u are NOT on a call, the phone doesn't shut off. It's only when you're actually talking that it does it.
I'm surprised to hear STOCK people saying it happens to them... When I had my phone stock it didn't do this. I assumed it was a ROM issue.
I would try calibrating... I believe there's an actual app in the market to do everything for you. I'm fairly certain its free, so ill post a link, but if its not, I apologize, and well get a mod to take it out.
http://db.tt/NaGV1TB
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I assumed it was a ROM issue.
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I love how people assume I sprinkle magic fail dust on my ROMs.
Charge to 100% with the device off and wipe battery stats in CWM.
Key word there, "Assumed"
Kcarpenter said:
For "such a serious bug" it doesn't seem like many of us have it... I can keep a call all the way to 0%...did it a few minutes ago. Have you tried calibrating the battery stats?
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Yes. I've calibrated my battery. I have seen a couple threads on the issue. I have repeated the issue on several roms and modems. Happens every time i'm on a call and the battery gets to 15%. That makes it serious since it is a phone after all. What if I was talking to 911?
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I love how people assume I sprinkle magic fail dust on my ROMs.
Charge to 100% with the device off and wipe battery stats in CWM.
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Not just YOUR rom, I've read that this is a problem on all different ROM's including the stock one!
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Not just YOUR rom, I've read that this is a problem on all different ROM's including the stock one!
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Right, but you said you assumed it was a ROM issue before you found out stock users had it.
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Right, but you said you assumed it was a ROM issue before you found out stock users had it.
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well even stock is a rom right?
What I'm hoping for is I can figure out what you guys are running that doesn't crash on you when the low battery beep happens.
I think this is a battery issue. I never had this problem with stock battery and it happened twice on cheap 3000 ma battery I bought. Returned the battery and got another one (same kind) and this one works fine. I think this is a manufacturing problem with cheap batteries. When you look at reviews of more expensive ones online, you never see anything about this problem.
I have found the solution! It turns out that our phones, much like a simple light bulb, just don't function when they don't have enough juice...
Since I can't modify a light bulb to magically require less power, the only solution I have found is to provide the specified power level. I have applied this same method to my phone - when the battery gets close to that magic threshold, all I do is - get ready for this - charge the phone again!
Seriously, though - everything takes power to operate, and a low battery can't put out the same current and voltage as a fully- or even half-charged battery. This isn't a bug, it's just a fact of life (with current technology, anyway). Who here complains when their almost-dead AA batteries can't power an Xbox 360 controller? Most of us just replace them with fresh ones (or charge them) and keep going.
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I have found the solution! It turns out that our phones, much like a simple light bulb, just don't function when they don't have enough juice...
Since I can't modify a light bulb to magically require less power, the only solution I have found is to provide the specified power level. I have applied this same method to my phone - when the battery gets close to that magic threshold, all I do is - get ready for this - charge the phone again!
Seriously, though - everything takes power to operate, and a low battery can't put out the same current and voltage as a fully- or even half-charged battery. This isn't a bug, it's just a fact of life (with current technology, anyway). Who here complains when their almost-dead AA batteries can't power an Xbox 360 controller? Most of us just replace them with fresh ones (or charge them) and keep going.
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This! Cheap batteries are never worth the money. I bought some cheap chinese rechargeable packs for my 360 controllers... they ALWAYS show low charge even if I just charged to full. Same deal with cheap chinese cell phone batteries.
I am sure the battery calibration is way off with one of the cheapies.
styles420 said:
I have found the solution! It turns out that our phones, much like a simple light bulb, just don't function when they don't have enough juice...
Since I can't modify a light bulb to magically require less power, the only solution I have found is to provide the specified power level. I have applied this same method to my phone - when the battery gets close to that magic threshold, all I do is - get ready for this - charge the phone again!
Seriously, though - everything takes power to operate, and a low battery can't put out the same current and voltage as a fully- or even half-charged battery. This isn't a bug, it's just a fact of life (with current technology, anyway). Who here complains when their almost-dead AA batteries can't power an Xbox 360 controller? Most of us just replace them with fresh ones (or charge them) and keep going.
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Ok Mr. Smarty pants. You are not understanding the problem. It happens with the stock battery too.
The SECOND you hit 15% while on the phone and get the battery low warning, the phone turns off, MID CALL. You turn the phone back on and it will last hours, even on the stock battery.
If it hits 15% without being on a call, it does not shut down.
That is the real problem here.
This has happened to me once , what could be the cause ? Defective phone or software?
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Ok Mr. Smarty pants. You are not understanding the problem. It happens with the stock battery too.
The SECOND you hit 15% while on the phone and get the battery low warning, the phone turns off, MID CALL.
If it hits 15% without being on a call, it does not shut down.
That is the real problem here.
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You mean just like a 360 controller can have enough juice to turn on, but not enough to actually play? Or how a flashlight will be too dim to be worth it when the batteries get low?
Would it be better if the battery ran like a champ right up to the second that it shuts off without warning? That would fix your problem - no notification when the battery is low (the sudden shut off can't be avoided until we find an unlimited energy source small enough to fit in our phones)
Your expectations are unrealistic. Just sayin'...
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J3ff, it's likely the cheap battery. Here's why:
Charge level is a simple linear voltage function. Our phones consider 4.2V to be full charge (100%), and empty to be around 3.6V (0%). The voltage drops roughly linearly between these two values as charge is consumed.
The kicker is this: The voltage seen at the battery terminals is also affected by the interaction between the internal resistance of the battery and the instantaneous load, or current draw. For electronics buffs, this is the classic V=IR, and what happens is that the voltage on the battery will drop by IR in addition to it's unloaded voltage level due to whatever the stored charge state is.
Good quality batteries have a very low internal resistance, and will not drop much voltage due to an increased load. Crappy batteries are just the opposite, and even though they do carry the charge storage (most of the time) advertised, they are only suitable for low load applications.
What's happening is you have a battery with a horribly high internal R. When you make a phone call, the load increases A LOT -- transmit power goes way up. This if why phones get hot when talking on them -- they really suck the juice.
As a consequence, because of the high resistance, voltage from the battery takes a nosedive. At an "idle" reading of 50% (3.9V, thereabouts) you're probably dropping more than 0.3V when the load goes up during a call, the phone panics, and shuts down to protect the battery (LiIon doesn't like to be discharged below 3.3V, and can be damaged).
When you reboot, the high load is gone, so the voltage shows higher again, reflecting the fact that there is truly still plenty of charge stored and available. The battery simply can't handle gulps, but only slow sipping.
High internal R is one of the most common reject reasons from mfgs, and those batts are sold on the cheap to dealers and distributors in a secondary market. Honest ones then resell into appropriate application spaces where low-current is all that is needed. Most, however, are not that scrupulous, and sell right back to the same market, leaving behind puzzled and unhappy customers.
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Ok, my battery(atleast I believe it's my battery) is having a serious issue, so hopefully someone will be able to help me out on this one. After flashing multiple roms and such over time now, this has never happened till now, basically whats going on is my phone will be completely charged, then ill unplug it and mess around with it for a short time then say the battery percentage is at 75% well randomly the phone will just completely shut off. When turning it back on the battery will be completely dead, or on occasion it will either be slightly the same percentage or lower, but most of the time completely dead. Ive been running the same old stock evo battery since the day the evo came out and im currently running Gruesomwolf's shooter e3d rom which ironically this all started happening the first time I flashed it. So hopefully someone can help out with this, been thinking the battery is just done for, but im not sure. So I figured i'd ask for some help and opinions on what to do haha
Sounds like the battery is done to me.
Your battery is toast.
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Yep new battery time send tommy tomato a pm he has stock battery for cheap and he ships ASAP tell him Austin sent u LOL I was having this exact same problem I guess stock batteries are only good for a year idk
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since no one's said it, I think your battery is pining for the fjords.
Might want to clear battery stats and charge to full once while the phone is turned off, but I really think daisies are being pushed up...
Check and clean the contacts on both the battery and on the phone itself, being careful not to short the battery while cleaning it. Then, reinstall the battery and make sure theres not too much or any play where contact may be lost. If you do that and still have a problem, its definitely new battery time.
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Ok, my battery(atleast I believe it's my battery) is having a serious issue, so hopefully someone will be able to help me out on this one. After flashing multiple roms and such over time now, this has never happened till now, basically whats going on is my phone will be completely charged, then ill unplug it and mess around with it for a short time then say the battery percentage is at 75% well randomly the phone will just completely shut off. When turning it back on the battery will be completely dead, or on occasion it will either be slightly the same percentage or lower, but most of the time completely dead. Ive been running the same old stock evo battery since the day the evo came out and im currently running Gruesomwolf's shooter e3d rom which ironically this all started happening the first time I flashed it. So hopefully someone can help out with this, been thinking the battery is just done for, but im not sure. So I figured i'd ask for some help and opinions on what to do haha
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your battery might be dead but you should either try 1 of 3 things first:
1 - you can calibrate your battery
2 - Flash a new Kernel
3 - Flash a new Rom
you may find aosp roms/kernels in the link in my sig, if you are interested. hope i helped ^_^
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wtwildnateis said:
Ok, my battery(atleast I believe it's my battery) is having a serious issue, so hopefully someone will be able to help me out on this one. After flashing multiple roms and such over time now, this has never happened till now, basically whats going on is my phone will be completely charged, then ill unplug it and mess around with it for a short time then say the battery percentage is at 75% well randomly the phone will just completely shut off. When turning it back on the battery will be completely dead, or on occasion it will either be slightly the same percentage or lower, but most of the time completely dead. Ive been running the same old stock evo battery since the day the evo came out and im currently running Gruesomwolf's shooter e3d rom which ironically this all started happening the first time I flashed it. So hopefully someone can help out with this, been thinking the battery is just done for, but im not sure. So I figured i'd ask for some help and opinions on what to do haha
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Try this trick by zeppelinrox: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11803458&postcount=10
Sounds like its toast to me as well. But you can try calibrating like others have mentioned just for sh*ts and giggles. It may or may not help.
Unplugging your battery and dropping a ton of percentage...that's normal with most evos...lack of an SBC kernel
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If u clean the contacts use a qtip and 91% rubbing alcohol. Let it sit for 30 mins so the alcohol can completely evaporate. Then charge til green light with phone off, boot into recovery wipe battery stats, and cache and dalvik while ur there, reboot to phone run it completely dead recharge to green while phone is still off. Use like normal afterwards if battery is still acting up time to euthanize it and get a replacement
Edit: by 91% alcohol I mean the bottle says 91% on it not like 91% alcohol mixed with 9% water its the purest alcohol u can buy at the store
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Having this issue too after installing CM a few days ago. My extended 3500mAh dies out a few hours quicker than with stock. I heard Tiamat and Savages Zen kernels help battery life. But having major problems trying to flash it.
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If u are using AmonRa try wiping the battery from recovery but before u do let charge for atleast a couple hours maybe that well help if not yep you need a new batter what kernel where u using and on what rom
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JUN10R831 said:
If u are using AmonRa try wiping the battery from recovery but before u do let charge for atleast a couple hours maybe that well help if not yep you need a new batter what kernel where u using and on what rom
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Using Clockwork Mod here. Even then on having major issues getting into recovery. Stalls at the white "HTC EVO 4G" screen every single time. No matter what method I try.
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Been running Clean GB BML rom (latest version) since it came out and haven't had any problems. Battery has been decent (not grand but not bad), and its been pretty snappy.
All of a sudden this morning i take my phone off the charger, as I do every day, and the battery meter is basically just counting down and draining. The phone lasts about 2 hours and its practically dead. I charge it up at work and again the battery is draining like crazy. I popped the battery out and cleared battery stats, no luck at all. Battery is smoking hot too.
So in an effort to hold on to juice, i fire up juice defender. This of course helps some, but still draining. And then it starts getting VERY laggy. A text comes in and the screen won't rotate for 10 seconds after popping out the keyboard and things like that.
I haven't installed any new apps in the last few days. I really haven't done anything unusual or different than I normally do.
Any ideas what might be wrong? Battery gone bad over night? Phone is actually dying?
I'd rather not have to flash a new rom, but of course if i have to i will.
help! lol
You might want to try odining to stock, rerooting, and reflashing cleangb.
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Been running Clean GB BML rom (latest version) since it came out and haven't had any problems. Battery has been decent (not grand but not bad), and its been pretty snappy.
All of a sudden this morning i take my phone off the charger, as I do every day, and the battery meter is basically just counting down and draining. The phone lasts about 2 hours and its practically dead. I charge it up at work and again the battery is draining like crazy. I popped the battery out and cleared battery stats, no luck at all. Battery is smoking hot too.
So in an effort to hold on to juice, i fire up juice defender. This of course helps some, but still draining. And then it starts getting VERY laggy. A text comes in and the screen won't rotate for 10 seconds after popping out the keyboard and things like that.
I haven't installed any new apps in the last few days. I really haven't done anything unusual or different than I normally do.
Any ideas what might be wrong? Battery gone bad over night? Phone is actually dying?
I'd rather not have to flash a new rom, but of course if i have to i will.
help! lol
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I had this issue, except for me, it started to last 6 hours, then in December lasted for 2 hours, and before new years it lasted 30 mins. I went ahead and ordered an Epic Touch 4G battery and it's back to the norm of 12- 1 day battery. Do try Marcusant's advice, but if you ask ME, as surprising as it may be, batteries don't last forever and it sounds a lot like what was wrong with mine. They're made to last about a year or two. Buying a new battery won't hurt, and if its fixed with Marcusant's advice, having a spare will only help for when it does eventually die.
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Thanks. I think I will go ahead and get a new battery. I get a free one from best buy black tie anyways. It can't hurt.
Worse case scenario it gives me an excuse to load up cm9 ics lol.
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I'm with Shinydude
My Dad has been flying RC airplanes for yearsssss.... I mean like sences they came out in the 60s & he/we have worked with every type of battery there is on the market & to me that sounds like a dead battery ;-)
Let us know how it works out. I really would like to know if it really is a bad battery.
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Well ready for a crazy unexplained answer. The phone seems to be working just fine today. Really really strange yesterday. I'm still going to get that new battery since I get a free one from BB anyways.
My crappy chinese battery that I bought on ebay a year ago is dieing on me, the phone just shuts off randomly. I don't mean shuts down from low battery, I mean literally the screen goes black and it won't turn back on until I pop in my other battery. Kind of annoying, especially when it says I have like ~60% left
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thomasskull666 said:
My crappy chinese battery that I bought on ebay a year ago is dieing on me, the phone just shuts off randomly. I don't mean shuts down from low battery, I mean literally the screen goes black and it won't turn back on until I pop in my other battery. Kind of annoying, especially when it says I have like ~60% left
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That use to happen to me on my bad oem after I kept trying to turn it on past the 30 mins. Also another good indicator of a battery not holding charge is if you notice its got juice, and when it "dies" on you, it claims to have none, then it magically charges in about 15 mins.
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Well ready for a crazy unexplained answer. The phone seems to be working just fine today. Really really strange yesterday. I'm still going to get that new battery since I get a free one from BB anyways.
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Be careful with that. They sent me these crap 1200 maH batteries. I went through 3 of them before 1 would work. I got fed up and called them and they said if I bought an OEM battery somewhere I can fax them the receipt and they will reimburse me. And they did. Got a genuine OEM from Ebay for $12.
Thought I'd ask the experts in all things Glacier...
A couple of weeks ago I found that my phone wasn't charging as quickly as normal. One night I plugged it in, got up 5 hours later and found it had only charged 50%. I left it plugged in a few more hours, and everything seemed ok, but I didn't use the phone much. Then this started happening consistently, and with the screen brightness set anything past 1/3, I was literally losing 2% per minute. The display appears to be the big drain - nothing else really even registers.
So I ordered a replacement battery, ran it dead and recharged twice, and I'm still having the same problem.
So the question is, with the battery now eliminated as the problem, is it possible my Rom is causing some screen glitch (turning on at random times?), or has my phone decided that it's been dropped in too many times and it has some internal damage that's causing the screen to draw more power than it should?
Related question, how does one restore darkside sense 4 Rom? Is out the same procedure as stock roms?
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Have you tried another rom? Or maybe reflashing? It might also be a good idea to re-calibrate your battery to make sure you aren't getting wrong readings of your battery.
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Thanks for the suggestion. The new battery isn't OEM, so a calibration might be in order. I downloaded an app and I'll try it out later today when I can charge my phone back to 100%.
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nuclearbroccoli said:
Thanks for the suggestion. The new battery isn't OEM, so a calibration might be in order. I downloaded an app and I'll try it out later today when I can charge my phone back to 100%.
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The battstats.bin file that is deleted when "calibrating" the battery is located in /data. That said, just flashing a ROM wipes this file. Just make sure you flash on a full charge and all is well.
Be aware that there are several items that can be the culprit in the scenario. The charger, cable, port, charging circuitry and battery are all part of this setup. Try to swap out as many of these items as you can until you narrow it down, if reflashing doesn't help.
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The battstats.bin file that is deleted when "calibrating" the battery is located in /data. That said, just flashing a ROM wipes this file. Just make sure you flash on a full charge and all is well.
Be aware that there are several items that can be the culprit in the scenario. The charger, cable, port, charging circuitry and battery are all part of this setup. Try to swap out as many of these items as you can until you narrow it down, if reflashing doesn't help.
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I'm a little confused about how some of those would factor in.
The drain only happens when the screen is on, and the brightness is turned up beyond about 25%.
It's not that the phone won't charge, its that it does it slowly, and the display is using waaay more power than it should be.
Screen off=1%/h battery drain.
Screen on lowest brightness=20%/h
Screen on highest brightness=120%/h
Although the problem might be resolved now. I have the screen set to max and my charge hasn't started at all while I've been typing this out.
Guess I'll see hours the day goes, but it would appear that the battery calibration did the trick.
*EDIT*
Nope. Still draining too fast. According to the battery drain app, I'm still losing 120%/h on a higher brightness setting.
Time to back up my apps and try reflashing my Rom I guess...
This sucks.
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Update: Tried my wife's battery in my phone, same crazy drain, so that excludes the battery for sure.
Did a restore, unfortunately got stupid and only backed up my downloaded apps, so 36 updates later and one manual genius button apk install and I'm back to where I was minus a few notepad notes...
Battery use still seemed high at first, but I think it was swapping the batteries around with two different charge levels that threw off the tracking. I actually seem to be back to normal now. Battery use is nowhere near what it was, even on a medium brightness setting.
Conclusion: Glitch in the OS. Restore did the trick.
Thanks to all for the assistance. Hopefully this helps someone else down the road.
Edit: Spoke too soon. Issue continues. Has to be the phone itself at this point.
Sad... I liked this phone.
Oh well, I guess I have an excuse to buy an Amaze now. Thanks again for the suggestions.
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Btw. I believe I have answered the question on how many times you can get away with dropping this phone: 11.
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I have an L01F, a Japanese G2. The ROM right now is CloudyG2 3.3, with the stock Cloudy kernel. My problem is that the phone seemingly doesn't charge to 100%; it usually stops at 93-98%, but unplugging it and a simple reboot immediately changes the reading to 100%. I dug around, and whenever the phone stops charging at a level below 100%, the voltage reading is at ~4200mV, which is supposed to be 100%. I've done battery calibration numerous times already, and nothing seems to work. The problem first started showing when I installed KK Dorimanx kernel when I was still using CloudyG2 2.2 (KK). I've moved on to CloudyG2 3.3 (LP) with proper wipes, but to no avail. Anyone have any idea what's going on?
EDIT: the battery voltage hovers at around 4330mV when it stops charging below 100%
Seems like battery controller problem?..
Would that mean I have to replace the battery to fix this?
I don't think that you should do that.
For example my Mac shows 99% max, and wife's older one shows 93% max.
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I recently found out that, using the hidden menu *#*#4636#*#*, the battery hovers at around 4330mV when it stops charging below 100% (in the past it would stop charging at around 4200mV). I think that this is detrimental for the battery's longevity, and I need to fix this asap. I've tried calibrating the battery again using the appropriate steps, still no luck. Anyone have any idea? Could this be a ROM bug? Kernel?
2 questions. How old is the battery? Have you let it completely drain and recharge?
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greenpharmer said:
2 questions. How old is the battery? Have you let it completely drain and recharge?
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The battery is around 1.5 years old. And I have done complete discharge and (undisturbed) charge cycles multiple times now. It only gets straight to 100% if I leave it turned off while charging. Else, I would need a reboot to change the reading to 100% after it stops charging.
breakfastdude said:
The battery is around 1.5 years old. And I have done complete discharge and (undisturbed) charge cycles multiple times now. It only gets straight to 100% if I leave it turned off while charging. Else, I would need a reboot to change the reading to 100% after it stops charging.
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At that rate I'd look into a replacement battery. Litium cells build internal resistance over discharge cycles.and Given uve done full discharge/charge cycles only getting a full charge when off is a good sign.
If I remember right u said you have a LG G2. It does not have a replaceable battery it is very easy to swap. I can try and do a basic teardown video of a G2 tomorrow at work if you would like.
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greenpharmer said:
At that rate I'd look into a replacement battery. Litium cells build internal resistance over discharge cycles.and Given uve done full discharge/charge cycles only getting a full charge when off is a good sign.
If I remember right u said you have a LG G2. It does not have a replaceable battery it is very easy to swap. I can try and do a basic teardown video of a G2 tomorrow at work if you would like.
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I would appreciate that, would be very helpful. I guess it is indeed time for a replacement battery. No rush for the teardown though, I'd still have to look for a replacement battery. Thanks!
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I would appreciate that, would be very helpful. I guess it is indeed time for a replacement battery. No rush for the teardown though, I'd still have to look for a replacement battery. Thanks!
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Not a problem man. I'll dig through the boxes at work tomorrow to build a G2 and tear it down. A new battery should be pretty easy to find on eBay, swappa, or some of the various parts dealers on line for pretty cheap. That used to be one of the biggest problems with g2's aside from broken lcd's
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Try draining the phone till it shuts itself off, then charge it to 100% while the phone is still off.
Boot it back up with the power cord still attached.
It should be back to 100%.
If you have the time, a normal discharge refresh is 100%>0%>100%>0%>100%. So 3 cycles.(I do this with my 3000mA LiPo batteries at 1amp and it takes like 15 hours.)
If that doesn't help, you could try to check internal resistance, if it's over 500mili-ohms, it's a bad battery.
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xNotta said:
Try draining the phone till it shuts itself off, then charge it to 100% while the phone is still off.
Boot it back up with the power cord still attached.
It should be back to 100%.
If you have the time, a normal discharge refresh is 100%>0%>100%>0%>100%. So 3 cycles.(I do this with my 3000mA LiPo batteries at 1amp and it takes like 15 hours.)
If that doesn't help, you could try to check internal resistance, if it's over 500mili-ohms, it's a bad battery.
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Thanks for the tips! And nope, I haven't been able to perform a normal discharge refresh. Unfortunately, I don't have that much time to spare away from my phone. But will definitely try this if I do find the time (before getting a replacement battery, that is).
Are you getting the same results with other roms too? Try Dirty Deeds rom, if you haven't tried it yet.
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Are you getting the same results with other roms too? Try Dirty Deeds rom, if you haven't tried it yet.
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Unfortunately, it's the same with other compatible roms. AFAIK only a few roms are compatible with L01F (Japanese G2), and Dirty Deeds isn't one of them.
What I haven't tried is flashing the kdz, since I don't have the time to do that, plus I don't like JB (though the stock JB gave me the best battery life by far). Thinking back, this problem might have started when I played around with the charging speed options in the KK Dorimanx kernel back when I was in CloudyG2 2.2.
bat vid
Sorry it took so long to get this made. finally got a g2 to tear apart. all thats needed is a gituar pick/nails/etc, p00 Philips screwdriver
turn sound off, theres no important audio.
1 remove sim tray
2 pry up the corner and use pick to remove back cover
3 Unscrew top and bottom plastic pieces, remembering where the black screw goes
4 remove associated ribbions and peel buttons back.
5 Pry battery out, Use a little caution here since it is a lithium battery, and you are using the back of the frame and lcd as leverage.
the frame is pretty sturdy. and the battery is taped in pretty good. a little 99% alcohol can help loosen it when the corner is peeled up,
Reinstall is opposite
sorry the video is in 2 parts, and uploaded to mega
https://mega.nz/#F!R8gVxKqS
Funny thing ive recently replaced my old battery with a new original one and stiil getting 100% at 4330mv too. Haven't figured what's wrong, still searching :/