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I use TomTom on my Touch HD with a car charger.
The first charger I used was fine but since I lost it I cannot find a charger that works properly... At first I thought I was just using faulty charger's but as I have now tried 3 different ones I am beggining to wonder if the problem is with my HD!
The funny thing is that on both the main screen and in TomTom it is showing the status as 'charging'... even the light on the top of the phone is lit to show it is charging but the battery level is still going down all the time!
The only thing I can think of is that maybe the chargers I am using now are not as powerful as the first one I used? Or are all car chargers standard?
Either that or my HD is broken!
Can anyone please help me find a solution?
Ps. The phone still charges fine through both a wall plug socket and a USB connected to a PC.
The car charger I use I bought for my old Tytn 2 (original HTC one), works great for the HD and Diamond, even when the battery was at about 20% left on the HD, TomTom 7 running, screen brightness max, the battery was almost fully charged within an 1hr.
Think it's rated at 1amp, you might want to check the power rating on yours, anything under 1amp and it's really going struggle to charge while using it.
Unfortunately its not printed on any of my chargers what amp they are... I actually thought they were all the same amp but if some are more powerful than others this could be my problem.
What does concern me however is that even when the HD is switched off it is still not charging (even though the light at the top of the phone shows it should be!)
There are plenty of tools around (HTC's battery.exe, acbpowermonitor, battlog, powerguard, etc...) that can show you charge/discharge current. If your car charger gives you less than the unit is consuming, battery will not be able to charge.
loll_l said:
I use TomTom on my Touch HD with a car charger.
The first charger I used was fine but since I lost it I cannot find a charger that works properly... At first I thought I was just using faulty charger's but as I have now tried 3 different ones I am beggining to wonder if the problem is with my HD!
The funny thing is that on both the main screen and in TomTom it is showing the status as 'charging'... even the light on the top of the phone is lit to show it is charging but the battery level is still going down all the time!
The only thing I can think of is that maybe the chargers I am using now are not as powerful as the first one I used? Or are all car chargers standard?
Either that or my HD is broken!
Can anyone please help me find a solution?
Ps. The phone still charges fine through both a wall plug socket and a USB connected to a PC.
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I had this problem and found it was because I was charging through the usb socket on the stereo which always worked on Polaris but not with Blackstone. If I charge from the cig lighter socket it works good.
deanoyouno said:
link the charger to the main battery under the bonet and you will recieve a quicker phone charge, usually a full battery charge will take 24 hours, link it up to your main battery and a full charge will be done ina matter of minutes, its genius
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No it doesn't. You're a twat. Now piss off...
I belive you will need one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000mA-2A-USB...3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318
Im sure someone will tell me if im wrong
Burnzoi said:
gonna try this now, ill post a reply when im done
EDIT: DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TRY THIS
my phone is now permanently stuck to my battery under my bonnet!
maybe i shouldn't have left the car running
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I am assuming you are joking!!!!
deanoyouno has been banned for being his useless self.
In future be careful what you read as a few people think it is funny to post damaging advice. If you are unsure about something or advice received UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO ANYTHING YOU ARE UNSURE OF
Generally most people here want to help and share knowledge.
Hope this doesn't put you off.
Any future advice, I'm always willing to help.............like many others
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All noobs should try reading the wiki pages
Fallen Spartan said:
I am assuming you are joking!!!!
deanoyouno has been banned for being his useless self.
In future be careful what you read as a few people think it is funny to post damaging advice. If you are unsure about something or advice received UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO ANYTHING YOU ARE UNSURE OF
Generally most people here want to help and share knowledge.
Hope this doesn't put you off.
Any future advice, I'm always willing to help.............like many others
EDIT
All noobs should try reading the wiki pages
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God I hope he's joking too...
First I used my original HTCTyTn carcharger by trial. But he has not
enough power to charge and run TomTom at the same time!
So, i bought this new one (more powerfull) for the Touch HD.
http://www.pdashop.nl/product-gallery/48058/0
This one works perfect for me!
luckyuser said:
First I used my original HTCTyTn carcharger by trial. But he has not
enough power to charge and run TomTom at the same time!
So, i bought this new one (more powerfull) for the Touch HD.
http://www.pdashop.nl/product-gallery/48058/0
This one works perfect for me!
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I bought a cheap and cheerful universal usb charger from tesco's for a couple quid. Works great and no problems with power whilst running TomTom
Hi, first post here and rather than start a similar thread so soon, i thought it best to post here.
Is it possible for car chargers to over-charge the device? I bought a cheap and cheerful car charger off ebay but was a bit concerned some of them are listed as having overcharge protection and this one wasn't. Wouldn't normally be bothered but its a £550 handset!
Cheers!
Here's my PSA:
I plugged my old Galaxy S4 into my USB cable, not thinking or remembering that it was the Note 4 fast charger.
You would think that the circuitry would be smart enough for the higher voltage to not hurt the S4?
I left the S4 on the Note 4 charger for a couple days. While on the charger, the phone was off, but charging screen showed as expected. No problems.
When I went to unplug it, it wouldn't start... even with a new battery or w/o a battery with straight AC.
When you plug the phone into a computer, you hear the USB noise, but nothing else. The screen doesn't appear to work at all... all back. Can't boot normally or into recovery or download.
Took it into a local cell phone repair place and they said that I fried my eMMC. They if fixable it's either a new eMMC or it needs to be reflashed. not Odinable.
So, anyway, if you have a Note4 and older phones, I wouldn't plug any of the older phones into the new Note 4 charger. I can't believe I"m the first to run into this, but I haven't seen any other threads on it.
Thanks
CalPolyRock said:
Here's my PSA:
I plugged my old Galaxy S4 into my USB cable, not thinking or remembering that it was the Note 4 fast charger.
You would think that the circuitry would be smart enough for the higher voltage to not hurt the S4?
I left the S4 on the Note 4 charger for a couple days. While on the charger, the phone was off, but charging screen showed as expected. No problems.
When I went to unplug it, it wouldn't start... even with a new battery or w/o a battery with straight AC.
When you plug the phone into a computer, you hear the USB noise, but nothing else. The screen doesn't appear to work at all... all back. Can't boot normally or into recovery or download.
Took it into a local cell phone repair place and they said that I fried my eMMC. They if fixable it's either a new eMMC or it needs to be reflashed. not Odinable.
So, anyway, if you have a Note4 and older phones, I wouldn't plug any of the older phones into the new Note 4 charger. I can't believe I"m the first to run into this, but I haven't seen any other threads on it.
Thanks
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This is interesting, but not surprising. Thanks for sharing.
As a rule of thumb, I've always used only the oem charger that the phone came with and nothing else. Even if I was sitting right next to a charger for a different phone, I'd always get my @$$ up and walk upstairs to grab my charger for that specific phone no matter how comfy I was. It has always been a habit fueled by my ocd.
Along with that, it all started when I had my note 2, which was also the very first time I've messed around with aftermarket batteries. What the heck I had though...few extra mAh...wouldn't hurt right? WRONG.
These were known names too like anker, etc...not some cheap knock off on ebay or anything. Until then and even now, I don't mess around with anything aftermarket battery wise or chargers...so what happened with my note 2 was that I started noticing the screen being washed out and everything just looked funny. Sometimes it'd flicker. Something wasn't right. Then my microSD started failing, mounting and unmounting etc... I immediately knew what was causing all of this...the darn aftetmarket battery!
So after putting back in the stock battery everything went back to normal.
Therefore, I firmly believe, let alone have been tramatized to never again mess around with all that crap. Only stick with oem when it comes to battery and/or chargers specific to your phone. That's it. I know now that there was something funny about the lack of inconsistsnt/spikes/spurts/uneven/whatever you want to call it, power going on.
So this all makes sense about the N4 charger, frying up some eggs. Doesn't surprise me one bit.
Stay with OEM. (Batteries and/or Chargers.) [emoji106]
There's no way it could hurt it.
They're universal like this one
http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...sfl_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3IAN4VN1Q26HU
charging through the night
was it not because u left it the whole night, coz i always interchange my note and s4 charges with no problems, but after hearing ur experience i am definetly not trying it again
Impossible
Why you left it plugged up for a couple of days is what I'm curious about.
Power surge, nuff said.
I think it's far more likely that your S3 was either about to die anyway and this was simply a coincidence, or that you had some other mundane issue - such as a power surge - while your S3 was plugged in. I can't possibly imagine Samsung would release a charger into the wild that would fry other devices.
Charged my old note 3, and s3 with note 4 charger.....no problems on my end.....
That's what I'm saying he said he left it changing for a couple days who does that?
Sent from another Galaxy! Note the difference!
ive occasionally used my Note 4's fast charge charger on my wife's Galaxy S4 and it hasn't been an issue. charges normally and haven't seen any side effects from it. something else happened to the OP's S4 that it fails to boot up properly.
I have use all type of charge on my phone, even those $2 charger that only gives out 1 amp. It takes long to charge.
I think its the fact that you left it in for 4 days was it?
Thats a long time to leave your phone plugged in...
Charged ton of stuff (iPad, iPad mini, iPhone, Note 2, Note 3, Note 4, Nexus 5, S4) with my charger. Never a problem. I am 100% certain it was not the charger that killed your phone.
This story seems very iffy. It could have been several things that caused the problem.
I use my Nokia 521 charger for all phones and tablets and it works perfectly, just a little slower.
I didn't even take the Note 4 charger out of the box yet.
Sorry for the delay in the replies.
I bought my Note 4 so I had my S4 set aside getting ready to sell it back. I sat it aside just in case I needed to copy anything else off of it. So yes, it was plugged in for a couple days although in the "off" state. The phone was in perfect condition ready resell. Trust me, I was bummed about it! I ended up only being able to sell the phone for parts!
The only thing I could think of is is either:
1) The HW circuitry in the charger tried bumping the voltage up to 9V one too many times for the circuitry in the S4
and/or
2) The slimmed down "phone off & recharging kernel" didn't have enough failsafe logic to handle this condition. The slimmed down kernel I'm describing is discussed by Chainfire's NoMoarPowah
and/or
3) Power surge
As far as random chargers go, they're typically underpowered. You typically will get anywhere from 700mA to 2100mA. That's just going to affect charge times but won't hurt you. None of them (as far as I know) try to bump the voltage up from the standard spec of ~5V.
CalPolyRock said:
Sorry for the delay in the replies.
I bought my Note 4 so I had my S4 set aside getting ready to sell it back. I sat it aside just in case I needed to copy anything else off of it. So yes, it was plugged in for a couple days although in the "off" state. The phone was in perfect condition ready resell. Trust me, I was bummed about it! I ended up only being able to sell the phone for parts!
The only thing I could think of is is either:
1) The HW circuitry in the charger tried bumping the voltage up to 9V one too many times for the circuitry in the S4
and/or
2) The slimmed down "phone off & recharging kernel" didn't have enough failsafe logic to handle this condition. The slimmed down kernel I'm describing is discussed by Chainfire's NoMoarPowah
and/or
3) Power surge
As far as random chargers go, they're typically underpowered. You typically will get anywhere from 700mA to 2100mA. That's just going to affect charge times but won't hurt you. None of them (as far as I know) try to bump the voltage up from the standard spec of ~5V.
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I've seen that happen as well. Overnight charge of an S4 using a note 4 charger (with the phone powered down), and in the morning the S4 is dead (but very warm to the touch). Tried everything (including changing batteries, using original charger, trying to boot into recover/download etc) but it simply won't power up anymore.
Common sense says that the Note 4 charger should not be the cause, as it it still gives a 5V output as well as 9V, and so I had put it down to coincidence, but seeing that you've experienced the same thing, I'm not so sure. One thing could be is that I was on the old bootloader but newer rom. The old bootloader always had challenges with charging whilst powered off, when on 4.4 roms in the early days, before kernels were updated. Maybe something triggered the 9V mode on the Note 4 charger without the new bootloader/original kernels.
The charger says "adaptive" right on it. It lists on the back that it does 9V1.8A on the Note 4 and 5V/2A on anything else. It won't hurt your GS4.
smar said:
I've seen that happen as well. Overnight charge of an S4 using a note 4 charger (with the phone powered down), and in the morning the S4 is dead (but very warm to the touch). Tried everything (including changing batteries, using original charger, trying to boot into recover/download etc) but it simply won't power up anymore.
Common sense says that the Note 4 charger should not be the cause, as it it still gives a 5V output as well as 9V, and so I had put it down to coincidence, but seeing that you've experienced the same thing, I'm not so sure. One thing could be is that I was on the old bootloader but newer rom. The old bootloader always had challenges with charging whilst powered off, when on 4.4 roms in the early days, before kernels were updated. Maybe something triggered the 9V mode on the Note 4 charger without the new bootloader/original kernels.
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While it sucks that it happened, it's nice to hear that I'm not the only one! Thanks
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I've had my axon 7 for 4 days. Good phone BTW. But this morning I woke up to charge my phone only to be woken up by the disconnecting sound. Battery at 30 and it refuses to go any more. Defect? I think so! Damn! Right when I thought this phone will be puuurfect. This happens I waited a long time to get this phone and now I might have to send it back
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The AC charger is bad. No wonder for a 400 bucks phone they'll go after the cheapest brand they could to get us 3.0 chargers. Plugged it into my car this morning and it worked. Can I used the fast charger off my s7 edge? The input Is the same the output is obviously higher because it's 3.0 and Samsung one is 2.0. Will ZTE send a replacement charger? Or will I have to buy another. Says on the manual I can't use 3rd party charges too long or I can damage battery, guessing 20-40 cycles. Do I have to purchase another?
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nano303 said:
The AC charger is bad. No wonder for a 400 bucks phone they'll go after the cheapest brand they could to get us 3.0 chargers. Plugged it into my car this morning and it worked. Can I used the fast charger off my s7 edge? The input Is the same the output is obviously higher because it's 3.0 and Samsung one is 2.0. Will ZTE send a replacement charger? Or will I have to buy another. Says on the manual I can't use 3rd party charges too long or I can damage battery, guessing 20-40 cycles. Do I have to purchase another?
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you can use any charger you want, but a Dash Charger from Oneplus because it's proprietary.
I personally use an Auckey QuickCharge 3.0 charger and it works great: https://www.amazon.com/AUKEY-Quick-...2-spons&keywords=aukey+quick+charge+3.0&psc=1
and the portable one too.
LeKeiser said:
you can use any charger you want, but a Dash Charger from Oneplus because it's proprietary.
I personally use an Auckey QuickCharge 3.0 charger and it works great: https://www.amazon.com/AUKEY-Quick-...2-spons&keywords=aukey+quick+charge+3.0&psc=1
and the portable one too.
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Thanks man but I'm just going to send it back and grab myself to OnePlus 3T it is ridiculous of 5 day old phone is f****** faulty really pisses me off because I like this phone but oh well
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nano303 said:
Thanks man but I'm just going to send it back and grab myself to OnePlus 3T it is ridiculous of 5 day old phone is f****** faulty really pisses me off because I like this phone but oh well
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Ok .. wait... you like the phone ... the phone is perfectly ok ... it has a bad 5 dollar charger so you are going to send back the phone and buy a different lesser quality phone for higher price and .. well .. you may get a faulty charger on that one too .. or maybe even a faulty phone.... why take the chance .. just have ZTE replace the charger since the phone isn't defective. You do realize that you can charge it without QC and it is actually better because no matter what ZTE or anyone says .. QC will kill your battery faster than normal charging so QC should only be used if you need a quick boost and not to charge your phone on a regular basis. .. just use the little adapter they give you and your computer or an old charger you have laying around from your old phone and have ZTE send you a replacement for the bad charger you got.
When things are mass produced there is always a chance for a faulty component... and since the faulty component was the charger not the phone .. it seems kind of a foolish move to replace the phone if you "like it" .. I guess you don't really like the phone if having a charger go bad makes you want to switch out phones.
JohnOrion said:
Ok .. wait... you like the phone ... the phone is perfectly ok ... it has a bad 5 dollar charger so you are going to send back the phone and buy a different lesser quality phone for higher price and .. well .. you may get a faulty charger on that one too .. or maybe even a faulty phone.... why take the chance .. just have ZTE replace the charger since the phone isn't defective. You do realize that you can charge it without QC and it is actually better because no matter what ZTE or anyone says .. QC will kill your battery faster than normal charging so QC should only be used if you need a quick boost and not to charge your phone on a regular basis. .. just use the little adapter they give you and your computer or an old charger you have laying around from your old phone and have ZTE send you a replacement for the bad charger you got.
When things are mass produced there is always a chance for a faulty component... and since the faulty component was the charger not the phone .. it seems kind of a foolish move to replace the phone if you "like it" .. I guess you don't really like the phone if having a charger go bad makes you want to switch out phones.
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please state your sources, QC3 is different than raising the amps like the old times, it's a feature included inside the CPU, it's very different.
but I agree, to send back the A7 to get a OnePlus3T that he will get in a month if he is lucky, and since he is not, he might get a faulty one that he will have to send back to China and...
LeKeiser said:
please state your sources, QC3 is different than raising the amps like the old times, it's a feature included inside the CPU, it's very different.
but I agree, to send back the A7 to get a OnePlus3T that he will get in a month if he is lucky, and since he is not, he might get a faulty one that he will have to send back to China and...
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I'll just use my fd s7 edge till. I will be returning this device. It should work great out the box. No problems I will not buy another charger just so it won't work with this phone either. No AC charger works. Not to mention Wi-Fi has less range. Like I said I like this phone but I mostly like it for its sound. Wont keep it just because it sounds awesome when the battery wont charge. Not even going to deal with this sht I'll just get with a company I know makes quality products. Samsung never failed me, HTC either. Good luck guys.
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LeKeiser said:
please state your sources, QC3 is different than raising the amps like the old times, it's a feature included inside the CPU, it's very different.
but I agree, to send back the A7 to get a OnePlus3T that he will get in a month if he is lucky, and since he is not, he might get a faulty one that he will have to send back to China and...
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Quick charging produces more heat than standard charging ... heat is what kills the battery. I have done more research and found that the heat caused by QC 3 isn't as bad as it used to be with prior fast charging methods and shouldn't really cause too much degradation of the battery. So if you are one of the people who replace their phone every year or maybe every 2 years .. then I guess QC3 isn't too bad.
If you are like me though, who doesn't replace their phone every year ... then QC3 may impact you if you use it for every charge. LOL .. my last phone before got the Axon 7 for replacement was a Samsung Galaxy S3 ... lol so I keep my phones for a long time .. The only reason I actually replaced the S3 was because I finally dropped it and broke the glass on the screen.
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nano303 said:
I'll just use my fd s7 edge till. I will be returning this device. It should work great out the box. No problems I will not buy another charger just so it won't work with this phone either. No AC charger works. Not to mention Wi-Fi has less range. Like I said I like this phone but I mostly like it for its sound. Wont keep it just because it sounds awesome when the battery wont charge. Not even going to deal with this sht I'll just get with a company I know makes quality products. Samsung never failed me, HTC either. Good luck guys.
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lol no offense but Samsung never failed you ???? you are lucky .. you bought a S7 edge instead of a Note.... Samsung .. a huge company failed a lot of people. But its obvious .. you are pissed off because a mass produced part went bad ... you are pissed because you had bad luck and got one of the bad chargers out of the 100000 chargers sent out. ... You act like the charger that came with it is the only way it can be charged and the phone is a paperweight because of this one small glitch that happens all the time and there is no way to control it.
No company can test every component they sell before it goes out the door... that would cost way too much and raise the price on the components way too much to be useful to anyone. As Samsung proves ... even big companies can have problems. Yes you got a bad charger .. just have ZTE replaced it .. im sure they would replace it without any problems at all. Until you get the replacement use either the cord from the Axon charger and plug that into your computer to charge it .. or use the adapter supplied with a charger that has a micro usb and charge it that way...
At least ZTE will deal with your problem ... I mean I have a Corsair AX760i Power supply .. it was over 200 dollars .. and supposed to be amazing quality .. well .. guess what .. it has a design flaw ... yet they still sell it even tho it has a known design flaw... they just don't care... at least with this ZTE .. its just a mass production issue.... its just a bad luck issue. .... they aren't selling defective products .... you just happened to get one out of thousands that prematurely failed and that happens to every product.
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Quick charging produces more heat than standard charging ... heat is what kills the battery. I have done more research and found that the heat caused by QC 3 isn't as bad as it used to be with prior fast charging methods and shouldn't really cause too much degradation of the battery. So if you are one of the people who replace their phone every year or maybe every 2 years .. then I guess QC3 isn't too bad.
If you are like me though, who doesn't replace their phone every year ... then QC3 may impact you if you use it for every charge. LOL .. my last phone before got the Axon 7 for replacement was a Samsung Galaxy S3 ... lol so I keep my phones for a long time .. The only reason I actually replaced the S3 was because I finally dropped it and broke the glass on the screen.
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lol no offense but Samsung never failed you ???? you are lucky .. you bought a S7 edge instead of a Note.... Samsung .. a huge company failed a lot of people. But its obvious .. you are pissed off because a mass produced part went bad ... you are pissed because you had bad luck and got one of the bad chargers out of the 100000 chargers sent out. ... You act like the charger that came with it is the only way it can be charged and the phone is a paperweight because of this one small glitch that happens all the time and there is no way to control it.
No company can test every component they sell before it goes out the door... that would cost way too much and raise the price on the components way too much to be useful to anyone. As Samsung proves ... even big companies can have problems. Yes you got a bad charger .. just have ZTE replaced it .. im sure they would replace it without any problems at all. Until you get the replacement use either the cord from the Axon charger and plug that into your computer to charge it .. or use the adapter supplied with a charger that has a micro usb and charge it that way...
At least ZTE will deal with your problem ... I mean I have a Corsair AX760i Power supply .. it was over 200 dollars .. and supposed to be amazing quality .. well .. guess what .. it has a design flaw ... yet they still sell it even tho it has a known design flaw... they just don't care... at least with this ZTE .. its just a mass production issue.... its just a bad luck issue. .... they aren't selling defective products .... you just happened to get one out of thousands that prematurely failed and that happens to every product.
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OK. So I've tried to use my s7 edge charger with it and it didn't work. Ironically it works with the car charger and it says AC charging but the phone displays a message to use the included charger for faster results. I come back from break and it don't work on AC, so in all honesty I would like to keep this phone but I think it's a defective unit. Not just the charger. So I'll contact ZTE to get a replacement because the phone is 4 days old. I will have more problems with a device like this if they can't do that I'll just get my money back. Thanks for your comments
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nano303 said:
OK. So I've tried to use my s7 edge charger with it and it didn't work. Ironically it works with the car charger and it says AC charging but the phone displays a message to use the included charger for faster results. I come back from break and it don't work on AC, so in all honesty I would like to keep this phone but I think it's a defective unit. Not just the charger. So I'll contact ZTE to get a replacement because the phone is 4 days old. I will have more problems with a device like this if they can't do that I'll just get my money back. Thanks for your comments
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yeah it may be an issue with the phone then .. I can plug my phone into my computer using the cord supplied with the original charger and it charges fine through my computer .. I can take my Samsung S3 basic non QC charger and plug it in with the adapter they supplied to convert it from micro to c and it will charge.. yes not fast but it will charge.
I would try plugging it into the computer and see if it will charge ... maybe the QC2 charger from Samsung just isn't compatible with the phone. .. for testing purposes tho .. i would try what I mentioned above .. using the computer with the supplied cord .. or using a basic micro usb charger with the adapter they supplied with the phone and see if it would charge... I guess if the only charger you have is the Samsung QC2 one .. I would try the computer with the supplied cord. I'm lucky I have a bunch of basic chargers lying around and they work to charge the phone without any problems .. yes its not quick charge but it still charges the phone.
If it wont charge when plugged into the computer ... or with a basic non QC charger and using the adapter to change from micro to c, then it may be something in the phone too ... but again ... these things happen with all mass produced products ... if you even have to do a full exchange ... hopefully you wont have bad luck with the replacement. My phone was fine out of the box ... as is with many others who bought it .. but ... again with all mass produced products ... it is always a crap shoot .... you can never say that each and every person is going to get a fully working product. Again to guarantee that they would have to test each phone and charger before packaging it and selling it.... and that would take many man hours and a lot of bucks so if they were to do that ... this phone would cost probably about 4000 dollars instead of 400.
I have to say I've had this phone now for a couple of months and I've had the s7 edge and s6 edge before that. I don't see the need for rooting the phones since i got the s6 edge onwards. The phones perform well out the box. But on all the Samsung's I've had from the original s series then the note series... There would be some sort of lag somewhere.... Though the Samsung's have improved recently... Still there is lag every now and then. This Chinese version Axon 7 i have is just totally lag free. It's on stock I've not done anything with it and it's working perfect out the box. I've got 2 sim and a 64gb sd card in it giving me a grand total of 188gb with dual sim. What can i say..... If they invest in some other features for the software... This phone can take over the smartphone market in a big way.
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nano303 said:
I'll just use my fd s7 edge till. I will be returning this device. It should work great out the box. No problems I will not buy another charger just so it won't work with this phone either. No AC charger works. Not to mention Wi-Fi has less range. Like I said I like this phone but I mostly like it for its sound. Wont keep it just because it sounds awesome when the battery wont charge. Not even going to deal with this sht I'll just get with a company I know makes quality products. Samsung never failed me, HTC either. Good luck guys.
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WiFi less range??
My WiFi is so fast at home, it's really amazing:
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WiFi less range??
My WiFi is so fast at home, it's really amazing:
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Coming from the HTC M8, the only difference that I noticed in wifi performance between the M8 and this phone is that the A7 takes twice as long as the M8 when connecting to a wifi source. When I say longer, mind you, I am only talking about ten seconds or so vs less than five for the M8. So, still not bad and totally acceptable. Once connected, the connection stays solid though. I am really happy with this phone. It is better than the M8 in every way. Beautiful design(esp. the front compared to the M8), newer and faster processor, bigger and better display, 4K recording, fingerprint sensor, USB-C, QC 3.0, dual SIM/microSD up to 256GB, Tmobile Band 12 support and, of course, the awesome audio/speakers. All that for almost $300 less than what I paid for the M8. This is without a doubt one of the best values in the high-end smartphone market right now. A premium phone but without a premium price.
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I've had my axon 7 for 4 days. Good phone BTW. But this morning I woke up to charge my phone only to be woken up by the disconnecting sound. Battery at 30 and it refuses to go any more. Defect? I think so! Damn! Right when I thought this phone will be puuurfect. This happens I waited a long time to get this phone and now I might have to send it back
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What was the charging temperature? I think over 44°C it shuts off. I sometimes have big lags when I download or stream stuff while charging. I had two other devices so far, this newer device has a larger actual battery capacity than the previous one but has this heating behavior. I think this is due to having different voltage settings to ensure larger battery capacity since it is still directly correlated. The other device didn't have this issue and felt more fluid overall but battery was depleting a little bit faster.
It may be that your device has too aggressive voltage settings and it stops charging because of overheating. But it is strange that it happens while you don't use the device at all.
Can you install accubattery and check your charging stats, estimated battery capacity, temperature, etc.?
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What was the charging temperature? I think over 44C it shuts off. I sometimes have big lags when I download or stream stuff while charging. I had two other devices so far, this newer device has a larger actual battery capacity than the previous one but has this heating behavior. I think this is due to having different voltage settings to ensure larger battery capacity since it is still directly correlated. The other device didn't have this issue and felt more fluid overall but battery was depleting a little bit faster.
It may be that your device has too aggressive voltage settings and it stops charging because of overheating. But it is strange that it happens while you don't use the device at all.
Can you install accubattery and check your charging stats, estimated battery capacity, temperature, etc.?
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That dont help anything because the phone will disconnect every 1 to 5 seconds. Stupid pos if my next one comes out like these I'm giving up on ZTE
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nano303 said:
I've had my axon 7 for 4 days. Good phone BTW. But this morning I woke up to charge my phone only to be woken up by the disconnecting sound. Battery at 30 and it refuses to go any more. Defect? I think so! Damn! Right when I thought this phone will be puuurfect. This happens I waited a long time to get this phone and now I might have to send it back
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I received mine a few days ago and it won't enter quick charge and I have to jiggle the charge cable to keep it connected. Tried multiple chargers and cables. ZTE tells me it's a bad charge port or battery. Too bad it's a great phone otherwise. It will have to go back though. 15 hours to charge from 0 is not helpful.
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I received mine a few days ago and it won't enter quick charge and I have to jiggle the charge cable to keep it connected. Tried multiple chargers and cables. ZTE tells me it's a bad charge port or battery. Too bad it's a great phone otherwise. It will have to go back though. 15 hours to charge from 0 is not helpful.
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I am. Sure replacement will be great. I had 4 devices and they were all great, so you were just unlucky. Compares to other brands I had before, quality has been very consistent from device to device.
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I am. Sure replacement will be great. I had 4 devices and they were all great, so you were just unlucky. Compares to other brands I had before, quality has been very consistent from device to device.
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Thanks. Sadly, though, it started out great, but then started suffering from the same issue as the first. It's not quite taking 15 hours to charge, life the first, but a solid eight or nine. Also, there is the additional bonus of white flashing horizontal lines every so often, until I restart the phone.
I wonder if B&H got a bad batch. I noticed two other people, in different forums that got there's from B&H, had the exact same charge issue. Strange.
I've been living with it, until I can get a LeEco to play with, then it's getting RMAed. Hopefully the third will be the charm!
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Thanks. Sadly, though, it started out great, but then started suffering from the same issue as the first. It's not quite taking 15 hours to charge, life the first, but a solid eight or nine. Also, there is the additional bonus of white flashing horizontal lines every so often, until I restart the phone.
I wonder if B&H got a bad batch. I noticed two other people, in different forums that got there's from B&H, had the exact same charge issue. Strange.
I've been living with it, until I can get a LeEco to play with, then it's getting RMAed. Hopefully the third will be the charm!
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Which version have you been using? This is something strange. Do you think B&H may be sending returned faulty devices to their customers? You seem to be amongst a tiny minority of people who have issues - such a level of faultiness cannot exist for any manufacturer, it just contradicts the principles of manufacturing smartphones.
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Which version have you been using? This is something strange. Do you think B&H may be sending returned faulty devices to their customers? You seem to be amongst a tiny minority of people who have issues - such a level of faultiness cannot exist for any manufacturer, it just contradicts the principles of manufacturing smartphones.
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First I had a gold A2017U. Then a silver one. I have also heard some people that bought from Best Buy and had strange issues. I can tell you both got a big shipment in right before Thanksgiving. I almost didn't buy the phone because they were both out. The suddenly that week they both had them in stock. As a side note the tech support person at ZTE mentioned he had a few people with similar problems and was going to swap it out without hesitation. Instead I just returned it to B&H for a new one.
My tinfoil hat theory, and I have a background in manufacturing as an engineer, is that they cranked up production to meet holiday demand and didn't pay as close attention to QC (ie what parts their suppliers were providing). But I have no idea. It's just heresy and anecdotes from people. ::shrug::
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I should mention, I still love the phone, and have no I'll will towards ZTE. It's an amazing bargain, and the best no contract phone I've had, aside from the issues. I looking forward to getting a replacement.
My phone is two months old and has ceased to quick-charge. Actually, 90% of the time, it will only charge when powered down. I use the factory charger and cable but get a message that I need to use the original charger and cable. Catch 22?
I bought it at Best Buy so I took it back to them this evening. My charger is fine as is my cable. Best Buy confirmed that my issue is a factory defect and politely sent me on my way. I take care of my phones if nothing more than the fact that I've had to replace micro USB ports in the past. The weird thing is that when it charges powered down, it seems to refresh to full battery very quickly.
Has anyone else had similar issues? If in fact, I do have to deal with ZTE, what has been members experience?
Thank you for letting me vent.
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U can test your charger using USB volt amp reader on another phone which supports quick charging.
If charger works as it should then u need to test your phone with multimeter to see how much current it draws while phone is powered off without charger (battery only).
But that means you need to open 2 month old phone which i dont recommend if u have warranty.
Axon 7 draws about 2.66-2.68 amps while in quick charging mode. Volts i forgot but i think it was 6v. I'm not in shop at the moment so i cant know exactly.
But for amps i remembered.
Wallor77, thank you for your reply. My charger is in good working order. In fact, I have several 2.0 and 3.0 chargers. They all work fine on my Samsung Galaxy Note Edge. The Samsung displays "Fast Charger Connected" on the lock screen.
Now my ZTE Axon 7 will not charge while it is powered up. As soon as I turn it off, it charges just fine. This is really annoying!
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If your charger and cable are OK, perhaps have you recently installed an application which limits the power. Such methods exists in some antivírus to preserve the health of the battery. It's just an idea.
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Same thing there. If it charges normally while power off u need to see how much amps. USB volt amp reader is a good little device. I recommend for everyone to get one. It cost about 15 bucks. From there it's all about elemination process to diagnose proper issue
wallor77 said:
Same thing there. If it charges normally while power off u need to see how much amps. USB volt amp reader is a good little device. I recommend for everyone to get one. It cost about 15 bucks. From there it's all about elemination process to diagnose proper issue
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I second this. But $15?! You can get them for about $5 on aliexpress!
U have USB volt amp reader with both volt units, amp units, time duration and mAh over time charged value. But 15$ was about avarage price listing. I'm sure there is cheaper as well.
UPDATE: 6/2/17
I ended up sending my phone to the ZTE repair center in TX. It took about 3 weeks to get it back. There was no explanation of what was repaired and I received my original phone; not a refurbished one. All I know was that it was covered.
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I am in the process of returning my 3rd Axon to ZTE. 2 of them have had this problem. It's definitely known because when I was talking to them and told them what was happening they just kind went "yeah ok" and fast tracked the whole thing. Thank god for this warranty, their quality control is ****e.
anyone noticed that occasionally it stops charging?
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anyone noticed that occasionally it stops charging?
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Last night, mine started doing this. It goes on and off about every two seconds. What's weird is it only does this with the quick charger. it slow charges when connected to a PC usb just fine. Its not the OEM charger either since my wife's quick charges just fine with the exact same charger.
Guess I'm going to have to call ZTE....
Mine suddenly stopped quick charging - I have 3 different chargers that work fine with other phones except for this one. And chances of all 3 of them going bad at the same time are slim to none. Tested different cables as well, but again same result. It charges with normal speed even when connected to QC3.0. Tried wiping cache. I think it's no different if I turn the phone off. Think it might be time to move on. Had it since December 2016, so I guess it's nearly 2 years old now. Still shame.
bustr85 said:
Mine suddenly stopped quick charging - I have 3 different chargers that work fine with other phones except for this one. And chances of all 3 of them going bad at the same time are slim to none. Tested different cables as well, but again same result. It charges with normal speed even when connected to QC3.0. Tried wiping cache. I think it's no different if I turn the phone off. Think it might be time to move on. Had it since December 2016, so I guess it's nearly 2 years old now. Still shame.
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Quick update. Swapping batteries (OEM) hasn't helped. I wonder if this is software or hardware related
Let me add to this thread. I'm also not getting quick charge anymore for maybe a month already. Tried different cables, booting to safe mode, etc. There are few instances where i see quick charging but very rarely. I was thinking it's my usb port but I haven't opened my phone yet to verify.
I been thinking about getting this but amazon is full of reviews from people saying it only lasted a month, battery bulged and broke the screen, one guy saying he's on his third replacement, another about how it died and burned his USB cables, etc
Is it that bad? did anyone here got some serious hardware problems with this phone?
This is my first Android phone i have had zero hardware problems, had it over a year now. It was out of commission for 3 months because of a boot loop, but that was my fault, not installing a new Rom correctly. Currently running TURBO's MIAU Destroyer V12 not a single hiccup in 6 months.
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This is my first Android phone i have had zero hardware problems, had it over a year now. It was out of commission for 3 months because of a boot loop, but that was my fault, not installing a new Rom correctly. Currently running TURBO's MIAU Destroyer V12 not a single hiccup in 6 months.
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Did you try official lineage? how did it go?
If you think its bad why even thinking of buying it? million of phones out there
I have X720 over 6 months it work well. I been flashing everything stock rom, Aicp, Omni, Turbo roms, Tora33 rom and more. Still use it everyday. If you know what you doing with your own it should be fine.
The thing is the Lineage Nougat family rom (non stock) maybe only few of them that work well for example I found AICP Nougat pretty good, I heard good things about Lineage but haven't really try it. You need 1-2 good rom and stick with it should be best.
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correction: If you know what you doing with your phone it should be fine.
I've had two.
The fingerprint reader stopped working on the first after one week.
The second has been working fine so far for the last four months.
I have had 727 with no problems at all and I have tried every rom and best results have been 21s stock remove bunch of junk.
Runs perfect.
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Moon75 said:
If you think its bad why even thinking of buying it? million of phones out there
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Not a lot of good phones and I was hearing from some reviews this phone had problems so I wanted to know if its true
BTW anyone knows if its going to get oreo/official lineage15?
JustinTrouble said:
I've had two.
The fingerprint reader stopped working on the first after one week.
The second has been working fine so far for the last four months.
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FP I never have single problem on X720. Try flash latest stock rom it might help.
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FP I never have single problem on X720. Try flash latest stock rom it might help.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I already tried the latest stock rom.
The fingerprint reader was working and then suddenly stopped working (LineageOS is installed on the phone), so I assume it's the fingerprint reader that has failed.
If you had asked me a few days ago, I would have said that it's the best phone I have ever owned. The battery last for me 3 days, with 7h SOT on average. I had zero issues ever since I bought it begining of 2017 on sold.
But yesterday, with absolutely no reason at all, when I plugged the cable for charging (original LEECO cable and charger), the USB-C port just burned. It was very fast, as soon as I plugged it, I smelled burn odour. I unplugged, the USB port was hot with burn marks. I tried another cable, burned like the first one.
I have now a phone with less than 15% of battery I cannot recharge anymore. It will go in the trash as soon as I used the remaining battery to retrieve all my data by wifi because there is no aftersale for LEECO anymore. It's a real shame, the phone was really great to use.
I looked over the internet, several people seem to have similar issues lately with this phone. Looks like a hardware problem that just started to appear lately on several devices. Maybe a wrong batch of phones, but it's 300€ for a few month of use only.
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But yesterday, with absolutely no reason at all, when I plugged the cable for charging (original LEECO cable and charger), the USB-C port just burned. It was very fast, as soon as I plugged it, I smelled burn odour. I unplugged, the USB port was hot with burn marks. I tried another cable, burned like the first one.
I looked over the internet, several people seem to have similar issues lately with this phone. Looks like a hardware problem that just started to appear lately on several devices. Maybe a wrong batch of phones, but it's 300€ for a few month of use only.
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Yeah, I can confirm that there are problems with a batch LEX720. My device died while trying to recharge. I plugged in the orginal cable for charging, the device went off and could not be started anymore. Now I am annoyed about the Banggood support. It is really a great device, but not if it only lasts 2 months!
It's sad to hear about your devices dying while charging.
I didn't trust the original cable or the charger. First thing I did was buy a trusted USB A charger, and 56k Ohm USB A to C cable.
It really is an amazing phone (when used with a custom rom) when it works.
It's sad to hear about your devices dying while charging.
I didn't trust the original cable or the charger. First thing I did was buy a trusted USB A charger, and 56k Ohm USB A to C cable.
It really is an amazing phone (when used with a custom rom) when it works.
Don't use the stock cable, I doubt it's Benson approved or even safe for non-China use. Use a USB-C cable approved by Benson Leung, a Google engineer. Like the stock Google Pixel cable.
USB-C to USB-A has a lot of issues. Many cables aren't made to spec, and can cause fires if you're not careful. Stop using the LeEco stock cable and buy a better one from a reputable brand!
I have 3 LeEco phones, Le Max2 x829, LE Pro3 x720 and Le Pro3 Elite x722, All of them I always use charger and cable that come with the phone. I never have any problem. I sold the Le Max2 recently which was work perfect.
I'm a little scared to use the original charger and cable after reading the horror stories I'll probably start off with my old Nexus 6p charger and cable until I can find a good third party charger and cable!
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I'm a little scared to use the original charger and cable after reading the horror stories I'll probably start off with my old Nexus 6p charger and cable until I can find a good third party charger and cable!
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Before I have Lg V20 use its charger to charge LeEco phones too which work fine without problem. Lg quick charger come with a thick strong cable.
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LeEco quick charger come with skinny cable compare to Lg cable.
Got 2 leecos in the house for over a year. The original lead for my pro3 went bad not long ago, where it would keep stopping charging, the charger and the charger and lead for the max 2 are fine though.
Seems it maybe worth buying a lead at least, if your worried.
i replaced the original usb c cable with an ebay one, then it has been working fine for just over a year. great phone. never give any problems.
The stock charger can burn the USB port, which might be a fire hazard. I wouldn't use it personally even if it hasn't happened to you yet. I use my Kindle Fire's wallplug, and Suaoki type C cable. It's cheap and Benson approved.
MGREX said:
I been thinking about getting this but amazon is full of reviews from people saying it only lasted a month, battery bulged and broke the screen, one guy saying he's on his third replacement, another about how it died and burned his USB cables, etc
Is it that bad? did anyone here got some serious hardware problems with this phone?
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I've had mine since November of 2016, so a little over a year. None of these issues have popped up. Now, a broken screen can occur to any phone if you drop it. I haven't read the reviews, so not sure about the context.
Other than that my experience has been good, especially as someone coming from the LG G4 (boot looped). Battery life is back to the LG G2 days, so I get well over 6 SOT, and can easily hit 8-9. On wifi battery life is crazy as well.