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MDA(usa) unable to charge battery-I am using original charger

MDA got dropped (by a friend trying to be funny) about 18inches onto tile floor and into a small puddle. Caused small water spash into phone. Phone didn't work for 18hrs then T-Mobile store plugged in and it worked. Within 5 days the battery was fully dead 20 minutes after a supposedly full charge. I believe that the phone has not been charging the battery at all. --no lite comes on at all. At first a red light would come on but now nothing (same, new, original charger)I am willing to open phone to look for loose connection or do whatever else it takes. --just need to know how to proceed. Any help other than telling me to charge with original charger will be appreciated. I have read many threads here and none seem to mention this exact issue

charging phone
I have read in this forums a way to jump start the battery by using a 9v battery. Just do a search and hopefully it helps you.
Clem

the battery is not the issue
I am looking for someone who has taken apart the MDA to address this issue. I have a new battery, and charger and I think the phone has a loose connection, but I am a bit nervous to take apart the phone--I'm not as experienced as all the peeps on this forum

I have the Service Manual I can send it to you if interested.

I'm very interested in how to do this also since my wife has done almost the exact same thing to here MDA and now it won't charge. She also broke the button on top to power on/off the phone. Is there a replacement part I can purchase for this?

bricked phone??

hey all, like most people here, i've been flashing my phones like crazy for the past couple days to trying out all the new roms it's been fine for the last couple days and sundenlly it just stop working this morning. It wouldn't turn on or anything, when i plug the usb in, window gives me an error as it cannot connect to the phone. I try the charger and it wouldn't charge(the charging light on the phone wouldn't turn on). I just got my phone replace last week due to theft. So is my phone bricked? I've flashed my phone alot and each time i wipe everything, could that be the problem? if i take it back to sprint store you think they would send me a new one? thanks.

Take it in and find out...

Just curious... what rom were you running when that happened?

cptkool said:
hey all, like most people here, i've been flashing my phones like crazy for the past couple days to trying out all the new roms it's been fine for the last couple days and sundenlly it just stop working this morning. It wouldn't turn on or anything, when i plug the usb in, window gives me an error as it cannot connect to the phone. I try the charger and it wouldn't charge(the charging light on the phone wouldn't turn on). I just got my phone replace last week due to theft. So is my phone bricked? I've flashed my phone alot and each time i wipe everything, could that be the problem? if i take it back to sprint store you think they would send me a new one? thanks.
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Pull out the battery, remove charger.
Put the battery back in and dont press anything. Plug it into the wall and see after ~60 seconds you get a charge light.

I just got my phone replaced with the exact problem. Took it to sprint and they ordered me a new one under the HTC warranty, no problem. I didnt say anything about flashing just that it stopped charging and would not turn on anymore.

natelw said:
I just got my phone replaced with the exact problem. Took it to sprint and they ordered me a new one under the HTC warranty, no problem. I didnt say anything about flashing just that it stopped charging and would not turn on anymore.
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Just remember that if they get the phone to boot after you turn it in and they find out its rooted/ROM'd that they can fine you the entire price of the phone. Not trying to scare you but it has happened to people. However, it does seem there have been quite a few complaints about USB "issues".

dfbonney said:
Just remember that if they get the phone to boot after you turn it in and they find out its rooted/ROM'd that they can fine you the entire price of the phone. Not trying to scare you but it has happened to people. However, it does seem there have been quite a few complaints about USB "issues".
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I too have had the usb charging issue. Try moving the usb cable around in the phone and see if it contacts. Mine does by lifting up on it. I called Sprint to see what they can do and they said that it is caused by the user. I laughed at them and said some not so nice words then hung up on them. Then took it to a Sprint store and they ordered a new one for me without any questions.
as a side note I am glad they are replaceing it cause now the speaker is blown and the paint is peeling from the power button.

Also, FYI, my kid's hero's charger died on him (the one out of the box). We thought his phone was broken because it would not charge or be recognized by the USB. Then we tried out my charger and, boom, all good.
Worth a shot....

alright guys, thx everyone for the reply, status update: I try everything that was mention here, pull bat and putting it back(several times), moving charging cables, letting the charger sit 60sec, none of it work. I know my phone wasn't out of batteries cuz when i went to sleep it was about 86% left, so i thought my bat blew out on me after a week of usage. so i just left my phone in my pocket and after a while it started getting hot, i was like wtf, and took out the bat immediately. i leave the bat out for about 30min, put that sucker in again, and voila, it power up, everything was back to normal...anyone know wth's going on? of course i'm very happy my phone is working again

X10a wont turn on !

MY phone died the other night and wouldn't charge. It blinks red when plugged in and will blink numerous times when you press power. Sometime when its plugged in and i press power it will only blink red once.
Its rooted with 024. Im screwed eh?
Also im with Rogers in Canada

I vaguely remember having this sort of problem before.
What was happening was the cable wasn't working properly for some reason, and my phone wasn't drawing enough power to charge. Therefore it not working, and the red flashing light. It wasn't actually charging.
Is it plugged in to charge via AC or USB? It might not be drawing enough power if it is charging through USB.
If it is charging though AC, have you left it to charge overnight? If a Li-ion battery enters a state of deep discharge, it may take a while for it to charge enough for the phone to be able to power on. This shouldn't be the case though, the battery should have failsafes to prevent this from happening.
If neither of these things do anything, I'd try either swapping the wall adaptor and/or the usb cable or the phone battery itself, and if those things work, you're out of luck.
Hope that helps.

Have tried two wall chargers different outlet and my two pcs. left it overnight twice. Im screwed lol

tyler24_11 said:
Have tried two wall chargers different outlet and my two pcs. left it overnight twice. Im screwed lol
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Tell Rogers that one of their Sales Reps burnt the phone while trying to show you how to charge it

Im going to take it back to walmart it is only 3 week old

I had the same issue with mine... it completely died out and would not start charging. Found it weird the phone couldn't be charged while being powered off (my old KRZR could do it)....
Anyway, I called up Rogers and told them the situation and they exchanged it with a new one. I don't let the phone go below 5% now in fear of it not being able to charge if it the battery is completely drained XD

was your phone rooted?

No... it was on the original firmware and all...
For some reason I forgot you rooted it when you replied. Rogers might not want to exchange it... Wal-Mart on the other hand will probably not even look at it and just exchange it.
Other option could be to buy a new battery?

it actually looks as if the usb port itself is chipped.

ok, i had the same problem with my old SE phones.
everytime i tried to charge it, it did not charge. other phones were charging thru same cable.
the problem in the OS.
what i did is upgraded thru SEUS.
try to plug it to PC thru USB cable without battery. then go thru procedure as u would go for upgrade and then put the battery back.
it might not work if your battery complitely dead, thought worth a try

Yea, cant connect to seus

your batter yshould be fine. it's just dead.
dont buy any battery just yet. i would replace the phone if i were u. without spending extra bucks.
this is the quickets solution i can think of.
however, for the future reference i will buy me extra battery just in case
good luck

Just had it turn on and it said less than 2% remaining connect to charger. It was connected. This happened before and it just shuts off.

yeah mine would open from time to time but instantly shut down also. Seems like it didn't have enough time to detect it was plugged in...
try returning it

This may sound weird but it worked for me. Try taking out the memory card and leave it out and plugging it in.

Yea. I tried every combination. Brought it to walmart qndvthey gave me a new one. 30 day replacment woo. Im nervous to root now
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same problem... no solution ?

Hi, I'm new to the forum and I found this topic is describing the same problem I have. I bought an x10 mini pro (U20a) unlocked and it doesnt turn on with my service provider SIM, but if I try another service provider SIM card or without SIM card, it turns on normally. It's the same behavior, cause it wont charge either. Other users are reporting the same problem in SE support forums and it is related to X10, X10 mini and X10 mini pro. It seems to be related to software since a factory reset or a repair using PC Companion solves the problem partially, but for some users the problem starts again when their batteries dries out and want to charge their phones. In case anyone find a solution that really works, please post it here.
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I'm disappointed because I have the exact same problem, but I'm outside of AT&T's 30-day return period (and they're being typical idiots about the issue). They have no replacement batteries (of course) so I've had to request one directly from SonyEricsson, which will take 5 business days to deliver. (!) Hopefully, this will resolve the issue; however, before you returned your phone to Walmart, I noticed that you thought you had a problem with a chipped mini-USB port. Do you know if that was part of the problem?

Samsung focus will not recharge?

So.. I have been spending more time with my hd desire.... but I had some major issues with my new focus. It froze on me once or twice (windows ) and it randomly restarted.... but the most troubling aspect is it is not charging.... the first day I had it... I left it on the usb cord... the ENTIRE night.... it did not charge at all?!!
So last night, I did a reset and tried a wall charge... nothing... then I did a FULL format/hard reset and back into the wall overnight.... now it is at 40%
what gives? I know no phone could take 28 hours to charge? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated... I tried the battery pull, restarting etc
thx
update: I called samsung and they said take it in to my carrier, they will send it out? Rogers does not know anything about these phones yet?

Return the phone and get a new replacement while you can. Obviously a hardware defect. If you wait past 30 days, you will have to settle with refurbs for your warranty replacement.

I bought it from Ontario but I live in Winnipeg, they said I had to bring it back to the orignal store for replacement... and there are no focus here.... pretty lame so far!
hahaha, rogers says I did not buy it from them.... the imei # does not match, so I have to go through samsung, samsung says they do NOT repair or exchange phones and I have to go through rogers or the store of purchse.... which is not possible, cheaper to buy another phone then fly to ontario
samsung is crap, never again.

If you did actually buy it from a Rogers store and you have a receipt to prove it, then you can contact customer service and speak to a supervisor. They will arrange for you to ship it to them and they will ship you back a new unit.

So, for all of you that has a normal working phone... any freezes/issues? I am guessing all my problems were from some hardware issue
I liked typing on the phone....

Mr.Kakarot said:
So.. I have been spending more time with my hd desire.... but I had some major issues with my new focus. It froze on me once or twice (windows ) and it randomly restarted.... but the most troubling aspect is it is not charging.... the first day I had it... I left it on the usb cord... the ENTIRE night.... it did not charge at all?!!
So last night, I did a reset and tried a wall charge... nothing... then I did a FULL format/hard reset and back into the wall overnight.... now it is at 40%
what gives? I know no phone could take 28 hours to charge? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated... I tried the battery pull, restarting etc
thx
update: I called samsung and they said take it in to my carrier, they will send it out? Rogers does not know anything about these phones yet?
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I had this exact problem with my phone the first few days I had it.. let it charge over night and it still showed an empty battery and gave me the warning beep every few minutes.. i was about to take it back to the store to replace it when i came across a set of instructions for entering diagnostic mode and listing the battery details (sorry i forget the exact sequence of keys but you should find it on here). All of the battery details were 0 or none which confirmed there was an issue.. after exiting this diagnostic mode the battery started registering correctly.. no problems since..

tbowman said:
I had this exact problem with my phone the first few days I had it.. let it charge over night and it still showed an empty battery and gave me the warning beep every few minutes.. i was about to take it back to the store to replace it when i came across a set of instructions for entering diagnostic mode and listing the battery details (sorry i forget the exact sequence of keys but you should find it on here). All of the battery details were 0 or none which confirmed there was an issue.. after exiting this diagnostic mode the battery started registering correctly.. no problems since..
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wish I seen this before I sent it back, Hhahaha, I will have my friend try it out... thx

Bad USB Cable?
I wonder if it was just a bad USB cable?
Charging the phone by USB to PC is CRAP! I tried to charge it that way over an afternoon, and the charge meter barely moved. Switched to using the wall plug, and the battery charged fairly quickly.
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I tried the wall charger for 12 hours..... tried it all.... thx
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update: I went to lunch with a friend... he was late, so I went into a rogers plus store... she had 1 in stock... so I bought it, brand new, sealed $671.... yesterday I did my best to kill the phone, now... 3 hours later the phone is not charging at all and I had to pull the battery, just like my used one.... so now, after the battery pull and being plugged into the wall charger... it just has the battery symbol with the plug on it.....
If I can get into the phone, i will try the dianostic thing, but seriously? wtf, but now I have the receipt... and a 15 day return policy.... but come on, I just want a windows 7 phone that works?
did the battery thing.... lots going on over the 3 pages... not sure what I was looking for... although, I seen the battery go from 1 to 2... maybe it is charging now.... will update soon, but this is pretty weird for a brand new phone?
** did a soft reset, battery pull... charged for awhile... still not moving, I go into the battery thing again... now it says 10%.... so I get out of there and see some battery charge.... but it has been on there for awhile and has not moved... so I go back in, now it says 29%.... screwy stuff, I will see what it says after being on the wall charger all night.

[Q] Didn't even flash or root yet and my 32 grey GT died last night...

Didn't even flash or root yet and my 32 grey GT died last night. It had been working great and was getting ready to flash pershoots kernel this weekend. Last night I plugged in after shutting it down like I do every night. Today when I went to turn it on nothing. I tried holding down the power button for a while and still nothing. I tried holding down volume buttons with power for extended period still nothing. I even tried plugging into different outlet to see if something happened with outlet and maybe drained the battery overnight. Luckily I got it from Fry's two weeks ago on Friday right when they came out and Fry's has a 15 day return policy but this makes me a little concerned... and that's cutting it a little too close.
Has anyone heard of things like this happening with the GT? I'm thinking I may need to see if they'll still sell me the extended warranty. I babied this thing and hadn't even flashed anything on it yet. I'm a little concerned about the reliability of the hardware... I'm not usually the one with the needle in the haystack device that goes bad but who knows... I'm already in withdrawal without it.
Is there anything else I can try before I take it back? Maybe try plugging it into the computer instead to see what happens? I can't really see what else I could do since this thing doesn't have a removable battery. If it won't power on I can't imagine there's much I can test with the SDK dev tools from the PC using the usb cable?

plugged it in with usb...
I do hear the sound of a device being plugged in on win7 when I plugged GT in and got the driver message in tray. GT still won't turn on. When I hold down the power button every about 6 seconds my windows machine machine makes the same sound you get when plugging in a usb device in addition to an extra sound at the end.
[email protected] well I guess it's going back tomorrow.

You got the sleep of death. This is a honeycomb bug that i have personally experienced in the xoom, transformer, and the GT. The way to fix it is to unplug the GT, press the power button down by itself and hold it until the you see the screen turn on and startto boot up. It may take 15 seconds or more.
If that doesnt work, plug it into the wall outlet and try the process again. If that fails also, unplug it again and try the process once more.
That combination seems to work for everyone. The only exception would be if the battery is completely drained. You would need to plug it into a wall charger for a few hours and let the battery charge, and then try the process again.
I dont know why this hasnt been fixed by google yet, its really annoying. I thought 3.1 would fix it but it didnt.

you should have post this on the general thread, but why dont you return it for a different one? problem solve...

Android Development is not for your Questions or Problems Please post in the correct forums
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I think you got the battery drained .. for some odd reasons the android has leaky power consumption even when shutdown on occasions ..
Charge it up for a while .. wait .. correction LONG while ..
Hope that is the problem

Exactly the same problem, I have tried the hold power button but it is not working... any other work around?
Please Help

I chatted with a rep from Samsung last knight and he told me that I needed to leave the Tab charging for at least 6 hours and then try again... so I'll let you know if that did the trick... hope it does...

I've actually had this happen on two different 32GB Galaxy Tabs (the original one I purchased and its replacement). After powering the device down it would not boot up.
In both cases it happened about 3 days after receiving the tablet and with 80-90% battery charge remaining. I tried additional charging, holding the power button down for an extended period of time, and attempting to boot into download mode - everything failed to bring it back to life.
I'm not sure what triggers this condition my only suspicion was that it may have something to do with enabling encryption on the device. On the second tablet I didn't have time to do much customization or install many apps but it ended up dying shortly after enabling encryption.

Wow. This happened to me yesterday with my 16gb from Sprint. Had come unlocked,yesterday 3 days in, died. I tried all the suggestions above to no avail.
Took it to corporate today. Now waiting on replacement.
bumming*
Hope next one is unlocked
Edit**** worked. Lol. Guess I didn't try it again today after I tried charging it last night.
About 15 to 20 seconds and she's back!!! Excellent! ! Thank you so much.
Not sure now whether to replace it.
With another.
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