Charging question. Help needed - Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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.

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Xperia x10 in charging loop

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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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hal752 said:
Hi
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,
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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PoTi_96 said:
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,

Charging fails until reboot?

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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stolenmoment said:
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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416inversed said:
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?
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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.

My nexus 4 refuses to turn on while attached to the charger

I got my nexus 4 on Tuesday morning, plugged it in to the charger, waited until it reached 100%, then inserted my sim card, turned it on, upgraded through OTA from 4.2 to 4.2.2 and then set up my usual things. I discharged the battery from 100% to 16%, then I turned it off and plugged to the charger. I turned it on when it was at 95%, and unplugged from the charger because I had to get out of home. This morning it was roughly at 30%, then I turned it off and plugged it to the charger. Later I turned it on, it was at 93%, so I waited until 100% before unplugging. It stood ages at 99%, so I turned it off. A little bit later I tried to turn it on, and when I pushed the power button it showed that the battery was charged, then the image disappeared and the led began blinking in red until I released the power button. I unplugged it, then powered on, and it booted, everything as normal: but the battery was on 94%. I plugged it in and after one minute it was already at 99%. I turned it off, then pressed the power button, but same behaviour: image, then red led blinking. So I plugged the phone to my galaxy nexus charger, waited for a little, and then same behaviour again. So I unplugged it, turned it on, and when I was in the system I saw that the battery was on 100%.
Now the battery is normally discharging while using it, no strange values.
What should I do now? Should I let it discharge until it turns off, or should I never let it discharge until it turns off? And should I charge it with the stock charger or the galaxy nexus charger? I'll be grateful to everyone makes me know what he thinks.
Excuse me for my poor English and for how much I wrote, I would make things clear as possible.
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I am sorry for my lazy, I only skim through your post, but I do read the question.
I read somewhere in this 4rum that the Nexus4's battery can be charged at anytime you want.
FOr me, I usually use the phone until 20-30%, then I turn my phone off and charge.
For my brother, he charge without any pattern, and he doesn't turn the phone off when charging.
For my own opinion, you shouldn't use the phone until the batter is empty.
Notice the same thing 3 times with my Nexus. Have searched for a answer to this but no one has a answer I guess or just ignore it. I just power up without it being plug in ..
R: My nexus 4 refuses to turn on while attached to the charger
Now it's at 13%, i'll plug it in the next 10 minutes, then i'll see what will happen this time. Very strange indeed.. I'm only a little bit scared about the "red led death" i read about here and there over the internet.
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I never turn mine off. I charge it all night every night when I sleep. Stays on.
Send it back? Rma?
as above i charge my device every night, its never powered off,. is the device hot while charging not like usual warm temp, but very hot that the device detects an issue?
the battery stats are wiped each time its charged, i guess you have some internal failure, battery not being detected after you disconnect from mains or reported as flat, faulty, unreliable source
its best not to fully discharge the battery but maybe you should use it till it powers off then recharge, any charger is fine, but you dont need anything higher than 1amp
i would return it, would suck to have an issue away from home.

[Q] battery problem

when i charge it goes 90% in few seconds when i unplug the charger it goes to 5% in few sec then it shutdowns..
i tried to flash stock rom but no help..
what should i do..?
busted battery? how old is it?
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I had this. It was not the battery. I replaced it. Wiped battery stats. When you charge does it keep stopping charging?
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I had this. It was not the battery. I replaced it. Wiped battery stats. When you charge does it keep stopping charging?
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what do you mean?
when i plug the carger it goes 15% 30% 50% then 100% in few seconds...
when i unplug it shutdowns..
I have a similar problem
My battery was getting bad for a while, so I bought a new one off Amazon USA (I hope it's real). However since I put the new battery in my phone and switched to CyanMobile, my battery has been all over the place.
I can't get through a 9 hour work shift on 2G speeds (where I may glance at my phone 2 or 3 times). As well as the battery running down quickly, it'll jump from say 80% to 60% or 50% to 30%.
It does this both when charging and discharging. i.e. the phone just died. I plug it in to charge whilst switched off, and the screen immediately shows 20% charge. I turn it on whilst plugged in, and by the time it boots up it shows 60%!
I've tried deleting battery stats in recovery mode, and using a battery calibration app from the market...but nothing
What to do?

[Q] Help please. Nexus 4 gone :'dead' after charging ;-(

Good morning. Yesterday night i put my nexus into charging and when i woke up this morning the phone was dead. I have no reaction on any combination of the keys. I tried to remove a battery but i seems do not help me at all :crying: my phone is rooted and I'm using a LINAROBEAN Rom by tackleberry_crash last 2 or 3 months. I tried to connect my mobile into pc by i've got no reaction. Just charging led is on and thats it. PS. When i connect my phone into charger battery level was about 58%. Any ideas what might to be happened? i"m in UK. Just in case: how the servicing plocdure lookes like, and where i need to send my mobile?
If charging led is on, try and let it charge again, for an hour or so using wall plug or alternatively by computer. Then try to turn it on.
If it never turns on after you tried charging, maybe get a replacement battery?
I just came back from the work. Phone was in a charger about 10hrs (i used a diferent charger frommy htc). phone is still dead

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