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 ?
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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.
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.
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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Hello. I am using b528 rom.
And my battery goes around 3-4 hours. I always charge, i dont know how my battery became so bad. I am using it for 1 year and 5 months. I always left on usb charge on nights, i use even if it has low charge etc, so mybe because of those.
So now i want to buy new battery because i need this phone. Maybe usingh two batteries can help me?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-1500mAh-...494096?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item53ef904150
Like that, a home charger, charging the 2. battery in the night and next day, when main battery finished, i can use other.
Or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-1500mAh...282048?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4abac88000
only another battery and charging in the phone both in the night.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1X-1500mAh-...8?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2c60442a26#shId
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-1500mAh-...6?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item337a778e7a#shId
What do you suggest, please tell me about what you do , how you use and suggest me.
Cursed Chico said:
Hello. I am using b528 rom.
And my battery goes around 3-4 hours. I always charge, i dont know how my battery became so bad. I am using it for 1 year and 5 months. I always left on usb charge on nights, i use even if it has low charge etc, so mybe because of those.
So now i want to buy new battery because i need this phone. Maybe usingh two batteries can help me?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-1500mAh-...494096?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item53ef904150
Like that, a home charger, charging the 2. battery in the night and next day, when main battery finished, i can use other.
Or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-1500mAh...282048?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4abac88000
only another battery and charging in the phone both in the night.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1X-1500mAh-...8?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2c60442a26#shId
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-1500mAh-...6?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item337a778e7a#shId
What do you suggest, please tell me about what you do , how you use and suggest me.
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Try other ROM... :fingers-crossed:
Calibrate your battery? Wipe Battery Stats?
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Calibrate your battery? Wipe Battery Stats?
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I cant open phone. It doesnot charge. I dont know the reason is if the battery or cable. It shows red led so the charge is very low and it closes immdiately.
Cursed Chico said:
I cant open phone. It doesnot charge. I dont know the reason is if the battery or cable. It shows red led so the charge is very low and it closes immdiately.
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Maybe the phone bricked so try to connect an USB cable to your phone without battery if not try to connect it with the battery for some minutes.
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Mahdial said:
Maybe the phone it self is the reason so try to connect an USB cable to your phone without battery if not try to but it with the battery for some minutes.
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I connected another micro usb cable but same, doesnot get charge. Without battery still same, doesnot get charge. What is reason can bnE?
Update, i connected again without battery and it opened. It worked, it charged %0 charge. So my battery is broken?
Cursed Chico said:
Update, i connected again without battery and it opened. It worked, it charged %0 charge.
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Connect your phone without battery. After it completely boots put your battery in the phone for 5 minutes and see if it charges or not.
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Mahdial said:
Connect your phone without battery. After it completely boots put your battery in the phone for 5 minutes and see if it charges or not.
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While phone is open and connected to usb? Is not it dangerous?
Cursed Chico said:
While phone is open and connected to usb? Is not it dangerous?
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I don't know but I did it sometimes ago. Why it is dangerous?
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Mahdial said:
I don't know but I did it sometimes ago. Why it is dangerous?
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I dont know, maybe it can hardm the software. I did this after minutes of showing "no charging", it stupidly started to charge. For 20 minutes, it is now around %8.
I think my cable has problem because when i move the cable, it disconnects. But my battery is not best i think. I wiped battery stats, fixed permissons. I dont know what to do now. I dont want to buy another battery but i dont know.
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I told i used my brother's usb cable and it charged until %8. Then i connnected my usb cable, it showed it was charhging but it was still %8 after 10 minutes so i took of, and then it showed %1. So i think my cable is broken? Now i am charging via ac but phone shows usb charging and it is still %2. Should i countinue or take off ?
Cursed Chico said:
Update
I told i used my brother's usb cable and it charged until %8. Then i connnected my usb cable, it showed it was charhging but it was still %8 after 10 minutes so i took of, and then it showed %1. So i think my cable is broken? Now i am charging via ac but phone shows usb charging and it is still %2. Should i countinue or take off ?
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Keep it on for atleast 20mins in USB w/o battery in. Then insert battery and charge for about 2 hrs w/o touching. It should be about 5%. Let it charge all night w/ AC.
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Somcom3X said:
Keep it on for atleast 20mins in USB w/o battery in. Then insert battery and charge for about 2 hrs w/o touching. It should be about 5%. Let it charge all night w/ AC.
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Hello all, I'm having the same issue with an AT&T Impulse 4G, aka the wonderful Huawei U8800-51... This is running the stock AT&T OTA 2.2 froyo version, never been rooted or messed with.
It won't charge really at all, and I've tried a new battery also. It will boot and run OK when connected via USB, with no battery installed. I've only been able to get it to 12% battery, I did this since I wanted at least 10% charge to do an FDR. It won't last when charging on the AC, I've gotten the battery to around 5% on USB and then powered it off, then plugged it into the wall charger. I've tried both the Huawei OEM charger (1mA) and a replacement charger (650mA).
After a while of being plugged into the wall, the phone won't boot and the red LED just stays lit. I have to remove the battery and plug it in via USB to get it to boot again.
Is there anything in the OS that can go wrong and not let it charge the battery? (even though the screen shows the lightning bolt in the battery icon). I've gotten a battery monitor widget installed from Wifi. Other than that nothing has been installed whatsoever, it's FDR wiped, cleared cache, and the only other thing I've done is surfed the web a few times to verify connectivity after each FDR.
Or do I have a hardware problem? I've used different AC and USB cords, wiggled them a little bit in the port on the phone - it doesn't do anything and it's all the same - it just won't charge.
Or do I need to charge the battery externally somehow to some decent level and then throw it in the phone? Is there anything I can try to do from the basic OS or an app I can try to revive a battery (I have two) and get it to at least charge the battery fully just once so I can mess with it for more than a few minutes at a time?
jp233 said:
Hello all, I'm having the same issue with an AT&T Impulse 4G, aka the wonderful Huawei U8800-51... This is running the stock AT&T OTA 2.2 froyo version, never been rooted or messed with.
It won't charge really at all, and I've tried a new battery also. It will boot and run OK when connected via USB, with no battery installed. I've only been able to get it to 12% battery, I did this since I wanted at least 10% charge to do an FDR. It won't last when charging on the AC, I've gotten the battery to around 5% on USB and then powered it off, then plugged it into the wall charger. I've tried both the Huawei OEM charger (1mA) and a replacement charger (650mA).
After a while of being plugged into the wall, the phone won't boot and the red LED just stays lit. I have to remove the battery and plug it in via USB to get it to boot again.
Is there anything in the OS that can go wrong and not let it charge the battery? (even though the screen shows the lightning bolt in the battery icon). I've gotten a battery monitor widget installed from Wifi. Other than that nothing has been installed whatsoever, it's FDR wiped, cleared cache, and the only other thing I've done is surfed the web a few times to verify connectivity after each FDR.
Or do I have a hardware problem? I've used different AC and USB cords, wiggled them a little bit in the port on the phone - it doesn't do anything and it's all the same - it just won't charge.
Or do I need to charge the battery externally somehow to some decent level and then throw it in the phone? Is there anything I can try to do from the basic OS or an app I can try to revive a battery (I have two) and get it to at least charge the battery fully just once so I can mess with it for more than a few minutes at a time?
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Broken USB port? Flash a 2.2 rom like horse and format data. First try calibration m calibrate battery from play store
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Broken USB port? Flash a 2.2 rom like horse and format data. First try calibration m calibrate battery from play store
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I don't think the USB port itself is broken, since I don't lose/gain/drop any charge or data transfer by wiggling various cables that I've used.
When plugged into a computer via USB, I can see all the drives on the device fine, including the removable microSD card and I can access files on the microSD card just like any other USB device.
I measured the voltage at the - and + battery terminals on the phone,obviously without the battery installed, I get 0.60 VDC on USB and 0.81 VDC when plugged into several known-good wall chargers (including the OEM Huawei wall charger which says it's a 1 amp charger, and another generic microUSB wall charger which is labeled 650 mA).
So, I can't see how that would charge a 3.7 volt battery - it actually would be draining the battery like a vampire. This is why I think there's something wrong between the USB port and those battery terminals. But I just don't know if it's wiring/board stuff, or the stock Froyo somehow.
I also measured the two batteries I have.... one is at 2.97 VDC and the other at 3.06 VDC, so I assume those are flat dead basically. Both of them are basically brand new. The original battery was an AT&T replacement that my wife got just before she just bought an iphone instead, got sick of this thing.
I will try to get a battery calibration app when I get it back on wifi, it basically only works after I do an FDR and then put a battery in after having it already plugged into USB (otherwise, I get wifi "error"). But I'm really thinking I'm going to have to just disassemble this thing and see if anything is burned/broken/etc. Or does someone just want it on the cheap??
jp233 said:
I don't think the USB port itself is broken, since I don't lose/gain/drop any charge or data transfer by wiggling various cables that I've used.
When plugged into a computer via USB, I can see all the drives on the device fine, including the removable microSD card and I can access files on the microSD card just like any other USB device.
I measured the voltage at the - and + battery terminals on the phone,obviously without the battery installed, I get 0.60 VDC on USB and 0.81 VDC when plugged into several known-good wall chargers (including the OEM Huawei wall charger which says it's a 1 amp charger, and another generic microUSB wall charger which is labeled 650 mA).
So, I can't see how that would charge a 3.7 volt battery - it actually would be draining the battery like a vampire. This is why I think there's something wrong between the USB port and those battery terminals. But I just don't know if it's wiring/board stuff, or the stock Froyo somehow.
I also measured the two batteries I have.... one is at 2.97 VDC and the other at 3.06 VDC, so I assume those are flat dead basically. Both of them are basically brand new. The original battery was an AT&T replacement that my wife got just before she just bought an iphone instead, got sick of this thing.
I will try to get a battery calibration app when I get it back on wifi, it basically only works after I do an FDR and then put a battery in after having it already plugged into USB (otherwise, I get wifi "error"). But I'm really thinking I'm going to have to just disassemble this thing and see if anything is burned/broken/etc. Or does someone just want it on the cheap??
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What model? Maybe it is for a specific model.
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This device is a U8800-51
All I want is to get the battery working OK so I can keep it around the house as a wifi/camera/music device and so one day I can hopefully use it as a learning tool for my kid...
jp233 said:
This device is a U8800-51
All I want is to get the battery working OK so I can keep it around the house as a wifi/camera/music device and so one day I can hopefully use it as a learning tool for my kid...
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Hmmm. Wipe battery stats in cwm. It must be rooted tho via super one click
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Hmmm. Wipe battery stats in cwm. It must be rooted tho via super one click
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OK, so I bought an external wall charger that charges the battery separately from the phone (and it came with yet again another battery for $7). So I have now 3 good, full batteries.
I rooted it via SuperOneClick, and installed CWM, all thanks to the root guide here on XDA. (thanks!) Everything went fine and the device appeared to function correctly, although as I was doing all this, and setting the phone back up, the battery would go from 75-60-55-50-45-40% in a matter of minutes.
But once I got it done and rooted, I went and got the battery calibration app. Put in a fresh battery at 100& and wiped the stats (I've now done this several times). The battery definitely lasts a good bit longer, but still drops pretty quickly so I will try to find some new ROMs here shortly.
The only thing that is still very strange, is that if I shut the screen off or if it goes off on its own, it will not wake up.... I have to pull the battery and it works fine on reboot. Any ideas?