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Defy Not Charging - Question Mark?

Hi all,
Hi hoping someone could help, a guy at work has handed me his Defy as its not charging. Plugged it in and after the M splash screen it goes to the battery charging screen. Only problem is that just shows a massive question mark ? Anyone know what that means please? My ony thought is its not a a genuine battery so the phone is having diffaculty reading the charge level or something ?
Cheers

I can think of three reasons why the battery why the battery wont charge:
You are not using the original charger
You don't have the right battery
The battery is defect
It is easy to test point one: Just plug your phone in an USB-port of a running PC.
Otherwise you could buy an original battery, or if you know someone else with a defy, swap batteries and test...

I too had same issue, used universal battery charger for charging the battery for some time and then on its working fine.
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And you can charge it with an USB cable and a PC?

It just happened to me two days ago. A battery pull and put back solved it. There must be something with the connections. Got me. Only happened that one time.

I too had same issue,how did you solve !?

I too had same issue in 7 mounts

I have the same problem. If I connect my defy to a pc the white LED of charging turn ON but it doesn't charge. It can boot but it turn off after the boot because have no charge!

you could also have a wrong battd!

I have one charger that charge some android phones ( old xperia and samsung) but doesn't charge my defy or a newer samsung.
Anyway, I use an original samsung charger (don't buy those cheap $1 ones) and it can charge any phone.
It's strange because the voltage written written on both is the same and so is the mini usb plug (the amps are higher on the original though).

Only the original charger that came with the phone will charge mine. Any other charger and I get errors.
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Happened to me that the brand new battery didn't charge, just a question mark on the notification bar(I even charged via mcGyver Style). Check your connection pins on the battery between + and -. It couldn't check the battery load status. Check yours if still have the problem.

Ya are saying use a usb charger to charge our android but ya are not solving our problems for those who like the charging pads mine charges when phone is on and in sleep mode however when turned off and on the charging pad it shows the question mark on the battery symbol the phone works fine with the charging pad when in sleep mode just not when its turned off I like to just take my phone off the charger and go instead of unplugging it.

need quick help please defy wont charge

Hey guys I am hoping someone can assist me. This morning when I woke up my defy would not charge. I have tried charging via my pc, ps3, and 3 wall chargers and it refuses to charge. The battery is at a very low state (around 7 percent). I am afraid if I call tmobile and/or bring it to their store and they look at it im screwed because im running CM9.
The phone is still under warranty for another few weeks, do I just chance it at this point and hope it has enough juice to flash the USA SBF and then go for warranty options or is there a fix for this?
EDIT: silly me, cant flash a SBF because my pc doesnt know my phones connected

did u try to use other usb cable ?
maybe the problem is the usb cable .

Yes all 3 chargers had different cables. My wife's LG marquee is charging fine on them
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is it odd that without a battery in the phone I can wiggle the usb charger and my phone will boot into CM7? I thought it was odd, I kind of find it out on accident
EDIT heres the deal I can wiggle the usb end that plugs into the phone itself without a battery, and the red M logo comes up and will boot into CM7. At any time if disconnect the usb during this process, the phone turns off, If I leave the usb plugged in it continues to work. Anyone have an idea as to whats going on? It seems like it must be getting a signal from the usb cord

my friend, if you have an earlier complete recovery just boot into recovery mode the restore it. i can confirm that will solve your problem as i encountered the same problem before.
try to use an original usb cable.

Motorola defy wont charge, EXCEPT when its connected by USB

Hi everyone I have a motorola defy, and yesterday night it wouldnt charge. I tried using my charger and my friends charger. But using both chargers the defy doesnt reconize it. I know it isnt hardware because I never dropped it and i used can air to blow out all the dust. I am using USB to charge right no, but its really annoying, does anyone know a way to fix it to charge like usual. Also on the top of my defy there is this LED notification light that is green/red when im connected to USB
Edit.
I reformatted to cyanogenmod 7.2 but it does not fix my problem....

shameless self bump.

i would still try third charger. then try factory reset.

What charger have you got?
My defy came with Usb cable + usb-sector adapter. In my case it would be the adapter that would be broken

You could also try another cable. The one that came with my defy died a long time ago. It could even be that the difference is that the cable is rolled up when connecting to PC and a bit stretched when in wall or something.
If it's not the cable then I don't know what it is.
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Ever tried another power socket?

I have same problem
Hi guys,
I have the same charging problem.
I have MB525 with stock Android 2.1.
My wife has same phone model with same Android version and she doesn't have any charging problems.
Symptoms:
When I use AC charger or car charger I occasionally have problems - the phone won't charge. I hear the sound of cable connected, but it won't charge.
When I use USB cable to charge I never have problems (when I connect to computer, car audio system, TV).
I hope someone here can know how to solve this.
Thanks,
Moshe

moshe74 said:
Hi guys,
I have the same charging problem.
I have MB525 with stock Android 2.1.
My wife has same phone model with same Android version and she doesn't have any charging problems.
Symptoms:
When I use AC charger or car charger I occasionally have problems - the phone won't charge. I hear the sound of cable connected, but it won't charge.
When I use USB cable to charge I never have problems (when I connect to computer, car audio system, TV).
I hope someone here can know how to solve this.
Thanks,
Moshe
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Glad you still on stock rom. Why don't you try Custom roms, they always better and stable than the stock.
You can use battery fixes.
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ZTE Blade Battery issue - wont charge properly

hi all
been running a ZTE Blade for a while on CM 7.10 stable
all of a sudden charging the battery has been a bit of a pain
ive not seen it go over 28% charge in over 2 days constant charging
ive bought a new battery for it aswell and tried a different cable and another genuine zte blade charger to no avail
ive wiped the phone and put on CM 7.10 again and also just wiped and put on Swedish Snow r7 but still behaving the same
one thing i find now is that i have to position the usb cable into the zte in a certain position for it to charge. It says charging and red LED is on.
ive also wiped the battery stats in CWM many times too
im planning it to leave it on charge over night on Swedish snow to see what happens
you reckon even though it says charging the charge port is faulty?
thanks!

re:
Dude you check your charger first!!

Try with a different charger
Have u tried with different charger or battery,check with this its work,if this is not working u can contact your service provider,
they can assist you better.

anish76 said:
Have u tried with different charger or battery,check with this its work,if this is not working u can contact your service provider,
they can assist you better.
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Service provider?
@op, I had this problem too. Changing the charger helped

motorola defy igreen lens bricked

i was flashing my motorla defy and in between my battery got low and it turn off,now when i am trying to charge it with my charger it doesnt charging and nor it is not been detect by pc ..i have tried all the things but i cant turn it on ..........please help me out

yasirsa said:
i was flashing my motorla defy and in between my battery got low and it turn off,now when i am trying to charge it with my charger it doesnt charging and nor it is not been detect by pc ..i have tried all the things but i cant turn it on ..........please help me out
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You need a external wall battery charger... Charge the battery externally and then put the phone in bootloader menu n flash the suitable sbf. Or there is another way where you will have to cut one end of the USB cable n connect directly to the battery terminals. The procedure is in one of the threads, but be careful. Best is to buy a external wall battery charger.
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