Hey Guys,
I have been following this thread since a while and finally took the plunge with the S3.
it was a blue s3 and i loved it.
All stock, not rooted nothing..
So i was downloading my games and apps the first day all went well
the second night, i bought NOVA 3, and put it for charge while downloading the 1.7 gb data for the game over wifi.
i woke up in the morning and the phone is dead, it shows a yellow connect it to kies message.
I dont know what happened?
took it to the service center, they tried re-installing the firmware, but no avail. finally told me they have to replace the motherboard it was fried.
I fought with them and managed to get a replacement unit which im gonna get on monday.
The ordeal aside, i want to know, is it possible this happened because i downloaded too many games(6 actually)
each with about 400 mb data.
can a phone get bricked if i download nova 3's data of 1.6 gb
cause i am going to get all my games again.
so help with the solution!!
probably a 1 off defective unit.
You left it charging overnight right, have you considered a power surge may have fried it?
It's better to wake up early in the morning and put it on charge than to leave it overnight.
Sorry about your loss though.
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kofiaa said:
You left it charging overnight right, have you considered a power surge may have fried it?
It's better to wake up early in the morning and put it on charge than to leave it overnight.
Sorry about your loss though.
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true,
but i have a surge protector which i plug my charger into.
any ways thanks
Using or downloading stuff while charging gradually heats up ur phone....possibly...yeah motherboard fried..and u left it charging overnight
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kofiaa said:
You left it charging overnight right, have you considered a power surge may have fried it?
It's better to wake up early in the morning and put it on charge than to leave it overnight.
Sorry about your loss though.
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Not true. Modern mobile batteries like s3' have overcharge guard
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To answer your question, you just had a defective unit that's all.
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I think heating was the problem... I remember few guys with sgs2 with same problem reporting..
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I don't think the game's could do anything wrong to you while downloading.
Btw while playing games on SIII take care as the Phone's temperature reaches the sky and literally i have to close down the game because the phone becomes too hot.
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Not true. Modern mobile batteries like s3' have overcharge guard
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power surge and over charge are totally different things. over charge protection would not prevent a power surge.
Most probably just a defective unit.
I left my HTC Sensation charging overnight once, and somehow there was an app running continuously and when I woke up the phone was scalding hot to touch. I freaked out and pulled the battery and let the whole thing cool before I booted it up again. Might not be relevant but just goes to show that our phones can take more heat than we think.
kofiaa said:
You left it charging overnight right, have you considered a power surge may have fried it?
It's better to wake up early in the morning and put it on charge than to leave it overnight.
Sorry about your loss though.
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Well I have been charging my handsets overnight for at least 6 years now and I have never had a fried nokia, hero, desire, sgs2 or sgs3 ever.
Charging overnight is safe
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yeah , modern batterys not like old batterys
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Buying an iconia today, just wondering if you need to fully change it out of the box before you even use it/turn it on. Thanks
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Buying an iconia today, just wondering if you need to fully change it out of the box before you even use it/turn it on. Thanks
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Mine came with about 50% charge on it, but your mileage may vary.
Mine came with no charge at all (completely dead) and someone elses email and ebooks configured and configured for Staples in store wifi...
I think they were playing with it a bit. Works fine now, I deleted all that crap.
My two came with about 50% charge as well. Enough to play with for a while, but you shouldn't let the battery get very low before charging it, as its not good for the battery service life.
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Mine came with 90% charge
Normally comes around 40% +- storage/shelf life is best at that charge. So short answer , charge it.
Mine came with 50% charge......according to the manual...first charge should be for four hours...
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Mine came with enough power to tell me to charge it.
I plugged it in and continued the fun.
Ok so these last couple of days I've been having the strangest problem with my vibrant. The battery litterally sucks it self on the charger. For example, today at 3 in the morning I woke up to find my phone charging at 71% I was like ok good. Woke up at 7 and the phone was completly dead! It looses power on the charger. At first i thought it was the battery so i switched it. And whattya know. Still the same problem. Then i thought it was the usb port since ya know samsungs port sucks ass so j get a new charger and nothing. Let me remind you tthat this is a recent problem. Any body know a fix to this?
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Rom?
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Rom?
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Bionix V 1.3.1, Bali kernel.
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which bali kernal? im rockin bali 1.8.8 and no problems
im getting amazing battery life with this setup
Yea 1.8.8. Im getting serious battery drain! Ill loose about 7% in like 5minutes while plugged in the friggin charger.
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Test your charger. Try usb charge from pc. With a different cable to be sure something is not crossed inside.
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Test your charger. Try usher charge from pc. With a different cable to be sure something is not crossed inside.
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The battery should not drain like that period not even cm is that bad
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My point is nothing to do with rom or phone but rather the charger or cable my be damage and causing short that drains the battery. Hence the suggestion to try other cables and charge methods to eliminate the possibility of this being the culprit.
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Bought a new charger before I posted. Still draining!
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Does it also fail to charge if the phone is turned off? If it charges while off then perhaps its a software issue after all. If not then the charge/usb port might be bad. How are you charging the battery between posting?
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Does it also fail to charge if the phone is turned off? If it charges while off then perhaps its a software issue after all. If not then the charge/usb port might be bad. How are you charging the battery between posting?
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It shows its charging. But it'll go from like 11% to 0% in like 10 mins. And yea it charges with the screen off.
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Have you tried to backup and re-flash your phone? Have you tried a battery calibration by wiping the battery stats? My advice *having never encountered that issue* would be to save all your data, make a list of the apps you use regularly and re-flash the phone then manually re-download each app and do not restore anything. if all goes well and it charges like normal then your set and can if you wish restore your old data and/or apps 1 per day till you notice the problem, return if it does.
I did just that. Reflashed a new rom and less drain but its definatly.
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My next advice would be to try stock 2.2 for a day or so and see if it has issues. then if its ok try a new stable version of cm7 or miui * different build than previously used* and see if the problem returns.
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My next advice would be to try stock 2.2 for a day or so and see if it has issues. then if its ok try a new stable version of cm7 or miui * different build than previously used* and see if the problem returns.
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Ive been thinking of cm7 but the battery life is driving me away. I was able to charge it till like 40% then i unplugged it by accident and I plugged it back in and BOOM battery drain. Its at 0% and will not rise.
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If the phone gets hotter than 120° then it wil stop charging and actually dicharge. Make sure your not overcloking or ajything.
My advice on which rom if your not set would be to use trigger. I moved to trigger a long time ago after one of my bionix flashes didnt work quite right and have not looked back yet. I am currently on project v with trigger theme which is a little more like stock but with tweaks than a fully custom rom.
Ok so I got it to charge too 100% overnight and I unplugged it and it went down too 37% instantly. -__- just started working today and this isn't cool. I also left it by a fan so it wasn't hot at all.
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Alex530 said:
Ok so I got it to charge too 100% overnight and I unplugged it and it went down too 37% instantly. -__- just started working today and this isn't cool. I also left it by a fan so it wasn't hot at all.
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In that case I would be sure to flash back to stock clean and then go to a different rom, I suggest Trigger 3.2 very stable in my experience, and charge to 100% and do a battery calibration. Trigger comes with an app to calibrate the battery and be sure its fully charged.
one min my evo is on and battery might say it's at 49% charged. then out of no where, my phone will cut off and when i turn it back on, sometimes its completely dead. sometimes, it's showing 2-4% battery life left.
WTF is going on?
Is it a stock battery from sprint/htc or one you got from eBay or any other seller?
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Steven 1 said:
Is it a stock battery from sprint/htc or one you got from eBay or any other seller?
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it's the stock battery 'the red one', shipped with the phone. it use to work fine up until a few days ago, when i noticed what was happening.
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it's the stock battery 'the red one', shipped with the phone. it use to work fine up until a few days ago, when i noticed what was happening.
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Ive been purchasing 2000mha batteries from eBay and they have been working great for some time now.
I believe that sometimes the length of your battery life experience will depend on the way you charge it through out your day and the amount of charging cycles you've used during the life time of that battery.
Sure I do agree that certain things can be done to improve battery life, but sometimes... It's just time to discarded it and get a new one, imo anyways.
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I figured that, but I didn't wanna get a new battery if it was a bad ROM flash or something.. but I'll use my extended battery when I get home and see how it plays out. I just that damn bulky Ness to that battery.
Change roms and wipe battery stats in recovery. If its still acting funky then it must be your battery. I think sprint replaces them for free if you tell them that your battery is disfunctional
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one min my evo is on and battery might say it's at 49% charged. then out of no where, my phone will cut off and when i turn it back on, sometimes its completely dead. sometimes, it's showing 2-4% battery life left.
WTF is going on?
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I had same problem when I bought my 3500mah sedio battery. So I exchanged it. Most likely there is a problem with your battery.
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Steven 1 said:
Change roms and wipe battery stats in recovery. If its still acting funky then it must be your battery. I think sprint replaces them for free if you tell them that your battery is disfunctional
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Just came from there. Bastard said no free battery. And I did swap roms, and it still happened. Went a head a bought a new battery. Testing out now.
culua said:
I had same problem when I bought my 3500mah sedio battery. So I exchanged it. Most likely there is a problem with your battery.
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Yeah, just did that. Think it was over used. Regular charge, trickle charge, over charged. It's toast.
Been running the new battery over a day now. No restarts at all. Guess it was the battery.
It doesn't boot unless plugged into a USB. Doesn't matter if it has power to it or not. Can this be fixed and is it a known problem?
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and it runs on battery after it boots? or does it always need to be plugged in?
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and it runs on battery after it boots? or does it always need to be plugged in?
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Runs on battery. I'm trading for a droidx, so its a win even with this flaw
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Sounds like a hardware malfunction ... wouldn't know anything without more details
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Sounds like a hardware malfunction ... wouldn't know anything without more details
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Well the phone works completely fine. I can nandroid and restore. So I'm not really worried about loaning it out.
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I have a fascinate with this problem. Ive read everywhere and its a known problem by Samsung. But they don't give a **** to fix it. I don't know what to do to fix it. I've tried everything I can think of and then some. Its kind of annoying because if it ever reboots without a plug in around it won't start up, just sits on a charging screen.
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I had a fascinate with the same issue. I'm pretty sure I fixed it by an Odin with Repartition checked to a di01 rom, let it boot, and then reflash whatever from you want.
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I had the same prob it was due to the battery. I used a new battery and it booted fine. I got a new batt from amazon not a knockoff but a $17 in packaging sold by amazon battery. Check to see if the pink moisture indicator is showing on the battery.
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I had the same prob it was due to the battery. I used a new battery and it booted fine. I got a new batt from amazon not a knockoff but a $17 in packaging sold by amazon battery. Check to see if the pink moisture indicator is showing on the battery.
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Mine does this at times when the battery completely dies.. I just swap out my spare battery or charge the original a bit and it'll boot
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Wow lastnight i left it on charge and today i wake up phone is total dead.. removed battery 30min nothing no led or anything, charger plugged in total dead.... :crying::crying: how can this happen i havent root or anything its been working perfect as of lastnight....
and my old 1.5 year desire still works rofl..... i should have bought htc.....:silly:
A minute of silence for your beloved S3...
Well, in case you really have a faulty one which is only 3 month old, you have warranty and it will be replaced. Products who are sold by millions are always some defective, electronics.... I had the same with my Sony cyber shot camera.... a few years back. Just go back to the store and get a new one.
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s3 is like a top end budget phone its crap
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Ahh. Assuming this is just a one off, extreme case for you... it's gonna be pretty damn comforting knowing that you'll still have another 21 months of warranty coverage
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Contact the retailer and tell them, then if needed go to a service centre for a repair
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try replacing battery if a friend our relations have one try that may have over dosed the battery did that last month on my s3
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chwads2k8 said:
s3 is like a top end budget phone its crap
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**** happens man, doesnt mean the model is crap, just your's fella
mines working fine lol i aint prob with mine jus think the device performance doesnt match its hardware software design probs the culprit
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mines working fine lol i aint prob with mine jus think the device performance doesnt match its hardware software design probs the culprit
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Its not software design its optimization, flash an AOSP ROM and you will see the differences in performance.
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Maybe it's just dead battery. Try another one.
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Maybe it's just dead battery. Try another one.
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I'm not sure about this because he said its the same with the charger plugged in, and it will run with the charger plugged in but no battery.
If you don't have a spare battery to try use a multimeter put the probes across the positive and negative terminals of the battery if there's an output on the screen its fine.
That's if you have a multimeter
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I'm not sure about this because he said its the same with the charger plugged in, and it will run with the charger plugged in but no battery.
If you don't have a spare battery to try use a multimeter put the probes across the positive and negative terminals of the battery if there's an output on the screen its fine.
That's if you have a multimeter
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Not sure if it turns on just on a charger.
FDisk80 said:
Not sure if it turns on just on a charger.
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If I take the battery out mine won't turn on even when in the charging dock. So it could just be the battery.
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Not sure if it turns on just on a charger.
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Hmm I would check but I'm not at home atm I know most modern products will, laptops,PSP, my old lg phone etc.
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Hmm I would check but I'm not at home atm I know most modern products will, laptops,PSP, my old lg phone etc.
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Doesn't work, it needs the battery as well.
Maybe the charger is broken? Connect it with your pc
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take it back to the store you got it from, ask them to put a battery in it for you to check whether its faulty, they shouldnt have a problem with this. If its still dead then you dont need to worry about the fact you have probably flashed a cooked recovery / rom or rooted, it will be dead, they'll likely just swap it out. - albeit via samsung.
Well said
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AOSP
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Its not software design its optimization, flash an AOSP ROM and you will see the differences in performance.
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Tried and tested, AOSP is definitely faster on the GS3 and battery lasts longer than stock (depends on your usage) if your not a fan of AOSP and like the Touchwiz wait for the Jellybean update to come.. shouldnt take long now..