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Your device battery is invalid cannot be charged???

after unlocking the bootloader and a couple other things... (messed around with it too much i think) i am not getting this message
YOUR DEVICE BATTERY IS INVALID CANNOT BE CHARGED
REPLACE THE BATTERY WITH AN ORIGIONAL MOTOROLA BATTERY
battery IS the origional motorola battery and also there is a question mark in my battery in the notification bar... any help is apprecieated please and thank you in advance... please

are you using the stock charger? did you try to flash any ROMS? what about custom kernels? also, has there been any water damage to the battery?
are you still under warranty? if so, i'd just take it back to the store and see about getting a replacement battery for free

Alcapone263 said:
are you using the stock charger? did you try to flash any ROMS? what about custom kernels? also, has there been any water damage to the battery?
are you still under warranty? if so, i'd just take it back to the store and see about getting a replacement battery for free
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1. yes i am using stock charger and usb cord
2. i did try to flash a couple diff roms through rom manager after unlocking the BL and running the auto root cwm with the method found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
3. no i do not have warranty....
does this mean i can go buy the sgs2 now?

You can try wiping the battery stats in CWM
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neer2005 said:
You can try wiping the battery stats in CWM
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just tried still didnt work... uggh.. facckk.. thanks for the help tho..

did a google search, someone said they had the same error and they fixed it by keeping the phone charged for a while.
you could try flashing a fresh sbf of gingerbread, no modifications?

Alcapone263 said:
did a google search, someone said they had the same error and they fixed it by keeping the phone charged for a while.
you could try flashing a fresh sbf of gingerbread, no modifications?
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or what if i try the new update that is out now?
problem is i can't figure out how to do that either.. ugghh...

You said you used rom manager I believe that is your problem. rom manager wont do a wipe right now. you need to use tenfers cwm or fastboot to wipe. There is a flashable tenfers cwm just do a search I believe it was in a thered about rom manager. Once I get on a computer ill send you a link.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173879&highlight=Rom+manager&page=6
this is where I got it from if it works don't forget to click the thanks button
Edit: you can still use rom manager but only to reboot into recovery then you have to do everything manually

backup your system, install stock rom via fastboot, wipe via fastboot, try to charge with the phone off.

Did you ever get this fixed if so what was the fix?

robwscott83 said:
does this mean i can go buy the sgs2 now?
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Lol I laughed

Try this:
1. Remove the battery
2. While the battery is out, plug in the charger
3. When the large battery question mark appears, put the battery back in
4. Wait a couple of minutes, then disconnect the charger
5. Turn on the phone and see if the problem is gone
Of course, it's possible that you fried the chip in the battery, and nothing will work short of a new battery.

im sorry this happened to you. but its refreshing to see an original problem around here besides a bootloop/brick lol. Id suggest fastbooting to a new rom or sbf to one.

[Q] Nexus 7 wont boot

I was playing a game on my nexus 7, it froze then when rebooted it it just got stuck on google screen. Read a bunch of stuff, went into recovery and tried to recover, it would say erasing but never go any further, just sits there. got toolkit tried to restore factory with that, now when it boots I still just get google screen but I get the menu in corner for start/boot/recover/power off. still never boots, when I try to run recovery now it doesnt even go to erasing. Ive read everything I can find to restore it, got 2 toolkits, unfortunatly everything tells me to put it in debug mode, which is funny cause if I could boot up and go into settings to turn on bebug mode then I wouldnt be having these problems... Can someone please help, Im good with computers but dont know much of tablets. I did no messing with tablet besides downloading updates when they came out.

unlock bootloader
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I was playing a game on my nexus 7, it froze then when rebooted it it just got stuck on google screen. Read a bunch of stuff, went into recovery and tried to recover, it would say erasing but never go any further, just sits there. got toolkit tried to restore factory with that, now when it boots I still just get google screen but I get the menu in corner for start/boot/recover/power off. still never boots, when I try to run recovery now it doesnt even go to erasing. Ive read everything I can find to restore it, got 2 toolkits, unfortunatly everything tells me to put it in debug mode, which is funny cause if I could boot up and go into settings to turn on bebug mode then I wouldnt be having these problems... Can someone please help, Im good with computers but dont know much of tablets. I did no messing with tablet besides downloading updates when they came out.
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Also forgot to add, hen I try and run recovery from toolkit it tells me to unlock bootloader, when I try to unlock bootloadermy nexus asks me if I want to then when I hit yes, unlock it gives me neither usp nor cac partitions found.

Are you rooted?
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Dark Jedi said:
Are you rooted?
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My guess is no, I never messed with any of my system stuff. Everything was factory except for the updates it had me do as they came out.

How long you let it sit in recovery erasing before you rebooted it? Is there an option in boot loader or recovery for a factory reset? Beings you're not rooted I doubt those one click tool kits will work for you.
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Dark Jedi said:
How long you let it sit in recovery erasing before you rebooted it? Is there an option in boot loader or recovery for a factory reset? Beings you're not rooted I doubt those one click tool kits will work for you.
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It sat in erasing for 1 hour and didnt do anything. I was doing factory reset in recovery.

As long as the boot loader starts you can recover your Nexus. Check this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796

If he can't unlock the bootloader then there's not a whole lot he can do. Run "fastboot getvar all" while in bootloader and tell us what it says please. If adb is seeing your phone in recovery, then run an adb shell and do "ls -l /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/" please.

Sorry I can't help further but I just got this and don't know much. I am glad others came in to give you more help.
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Damn... I didn't see he can't unlock the bootloader. This is going to be difficult.

wcorey1974 said:
My guess is no, I never messed with any of my system stuff. Everything was factory except for the updates it had me do as they came out.
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Im exact in the same situation. No rooted phone, nexus wont boot anymore, cant dont anything in the bootloader section ...
I would be extremley thankfull for hints how to fix this issue.
Cheers
Papa

Just sayin, I think you guys need to pull the back cover and disconnect the battery for at least one hour.
I am really new at this but it helped me save mine twice. I think?
After you plug the battery back in try fast boot.
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tnt0303 said:
Just sayin, I think you guys need to pull the back cover and disconnect the battery for at least one hour.
I am really new at this but it helped me save mine twice. I think?
After you plug the battery back in try fast boot.
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But this will void my warranty right ?

They have no way in knowing you pulled your back cover off. Just be careful so not to leave pry marks. Only way they will know is if you tell them you did it.
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Possible Fix For 4.1.2 Battery Drain

Hi guys
I came across this thread by "galchristian" in the Verizon SIII subsection, and thought I would share it here in the hope it might help someone. I myself haven't tried it yet as I'm at work, but I will be later on or tomorrow. According to the OP though, this seems to sort out battery drain issues for Jelly Bean.
Here is the original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1976666
"For all of you who have a JellyBean ROM already installed and have the battery drain skip to Step.8
1. Download your JellyBean ROM of choice
2. Place on SD card
3. MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP of your current ROM
4. Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache
5. Select ROM of choice from the SD card (Most ROM's these days come with an Aroma-Installer so remember what you picked to be installed and what not.)
6. Boot device
7. Set up the phone and let it restore all apps. Set everything you will use (facebook, e-mail, flipboard etc) -then ReBoot
8. I used TitaniumBackup and removed "Media Storage" and I also removed "Downloads 4.1.1"
9. ReBoot into Recovery & wipe cache and dalvik cache
10.Dirty-Flash your ROM of choice which you chose @ Step.5 and chose the same features if possible.
11.Install your prefered Kernel optional (I personally chose Ktoosez 3.0.49 just because it gave me good battery life)
12.Wipe cache and dalvik the last time and also fix permissions.
13.ReBoot the last time and enjoy!"
Please share your thoughts and feedback as I'm sure a lot of us are very peed off with losing 20% battery overnight.
Cheers

My first question will be, how can I convert a .tar ROM to a suitable format to be flashed via my SD rather than through Odin? Unless, of course, flashing a ROM via odin without wiping first is exactly the same as flashing a "dirty" ROM via recovery?

Thanks to OP. But this guide is something like how to drive your Ferrari on 6th gear without mentioning how to start it! What is 'dirty flash'? How will you flash the ROM, Mobile Odin or PC Odin or what? Also not everyone knows what Aroma installer is.
Besides, I don't think even after doing this battery life could improve. Imo, if 4.1.2 had good backup then it'll be just present there normally, like 4.1.1.
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jujuburi said:
Thanks to OP. But this guide is something like how to drive your Ferrari on 6th gear without mentioning how to start it! What is 'dirty flash'? How will you flash the ROM, Mobile Odin or PC Odin or what? Also not everyone knows what Aroma installer is.
Besides, I don't think even after doing this battery life could improve. Imo, if 4.1.2 had good backup then it'll be just present there normally, like 4.1.1.
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Dirty flash is flashing the rom over your current one without wiping first.
From what I deduced I assumed the OP is saying to flash via your SD card and not via odin. Also that aroma is not necessary, but if you use it then to keep all settings the same.
If any newbies have any question we'll try and help them, but I don't think it terribly overcomplicated for most people on this site.
I am not sure whether this works as I haven't yet tried it, but the OP certainly seems to think it does.

fade2black101 said:
Dirty flash is flashing the rom over your current one without wiping first.
From what I deduced I assumed the OP is saying to flash via your SD card and not via odin. Also that aroma is not necessary, but if you use it then to keep all settings the same.
If any newbies have any question we'll try and help them, but I don't think it terribly overcomplicated for most people on this site.
I am not sure whether this works as I haven't yet tried it, but the OP certainly seems to think it does.
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The op says "POSSIBLE" fix
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I'm use to wipe /system before a new flash. Have i right to do that?
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KyleDevlin12 said:
The op says "POSSIBLE" fix
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I said possible fix, the original op said it worked for him 4 times.

igol24 said:
I'm use to wipe /system before a new flash. Have i right to do that?
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Well for an upgrade there is basically no meaning doing a wipe, but if you want to make sure and wanna do a wipe anyway, then you should do it after flashing the ROM, not before.

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I said possible fix, the original op said it worked for him 4 times.
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So what consequences will removing media storage and downloads have?

Guys first thing first about battery draining is your mobile network not configure properly.. just realize it after I install configuration message from provider.. I drain 1% all over night.. and get 2day standby battery with medium usage.. 10 hours screen.. and leaving the phone with charging all night is weaken your battery.. first time I forget to unplug and everything change.. battery drain 5% after sleep 6hours..and only last for 1 day with medium usage.. 6hours on screen now I dont know how to make it back like it was.. using note for 3weeks anyone knows how to increase batt life without changing rom or kernel ?? Im still runing stock 4.1.1
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Need Advise Before Sending Back To Samsung

Hey Guy,
Need some quick advise. So I bought my N10 back when it launched and its been pretty great! I use it for watching videos, playing games, and teaching (Im a science teacher). Anyways, I use my tablet Daily... a lot... and its never given me any issues at all really. Well about a month ago I noticed it responding a little slow and really laggy for about 2-3 minutes, then it restarted itself. I figured it was no big deal cuz its done that before. Well this time it never turned back on and it just stayed at the Google boot up screen. So I restarted it manually and then it just stayed on the "X" screen forever... Never left either of these screens until the battery would die.
I reinstalled android using the Nexus Root Toolkit and it does the job every time. It works GREAT...but.... only for about 10 minutes, then it starts to get really laggy and then restarts again and gets stuck in the bootloop.
I have it under warranty through staples and they are telling me since its a software issue they want me to send it back to Samsung. If it was a physical issue like broken screen, they would have replaced it by now.
The Tablet isnt rooted. I always root my devices, but since this was a nexus I didnt think it was necessary...for me at least.
Thanks

socjdqcer said:
Hey Guy,
Need some quick advise. So I bought my N10 back when it launched and its been pretty great! I use it for watching videos, playing games, and teaching (Im a science teacher). Anyways, I use my tablet Daily... a lot... and its never given me any issues at all really. Well about a month ago I noticed it responding a little slow and really laggy for about 2-3 minutes, then it restarted itself. I figured it was no big deal cuz its done that before. Well this time it never turned back on and it just stayed at the Google boot up screen. So I restarted it manually and then it just stayed on the "X" screen forever... Never left either of these screens until the battery would die.
I reinstalled android using the Nexus Root Toolkit and it does the job every time. It works GREAT...but.... only for about 10 minutes, then it starts to get really laggy and then restarts again and gets stuck in the bootloop.
I have it under warranty through staples and they are telling me since its a software issue they want me to send it back to Samsung. If it was a physical issue like broken screen, they would have replaced it by now.
The Tablet isnt rooted. I always root my devices, but since this was a nexus I didnt think it was necessary...for me at least.
Thanks
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Smash the screen and get the replacement lol. Anyways I don't see now its a software issue when you flashed the factory image and nothing changed. Try downloading the new 4.3 factory image from Google and flash it manually instead of with the toolkit. If you still have the problem then I'm pretty sure its something to do with the hardware though I don't know how the hardware would affect it getting stuck at boot screen. This is a confusing problem. Anyways according to most people Samsung won't be much of a help and you'll get you're tablet back a week or two later in the same condition. Some people have had good luck with them and got a fixed device back so I guess if your out of options you might as well give it a shot
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abdel12345 said:
Smash the screen and get the replacement lol. Anyways I don't see now its a software issue when you flashed the factory image and nothing changed. Try downloading the new 4.3 factory image from Google and flash it manually instead of with the toolkit. If you still have the problem then I'm pretty sure its something to do with the hardware though I don't know how the hardware would affect it getting stuck at boot screen. This is a confusing problem. Anyways according to most people Samsung won't be much of a help and you'll get you're tablet back a week or two later in the same condition. Some people have had good luck with them and got a fixed device back so I guess if your out of options you might as well give it a shot
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Thanks a lot man. I just finished downloading the factory image now,but .... Noobie Question of the Day ... drum roll please ... how do I flash it manually? I transferred it to the device manually and then I opened up the bootloader then went to recovery mode then got into the stock recovery and the only options were Clear Cache...Clear Data... and ADB. Do I use ADB, If so Ill have to look that process up, I have never done that before. Sorry, Im not new to android or flashing or rooting, just new to Nexus I guess. My Samsung phones have corrupted me haha.

socjdqcer said:
Thanks a lot man. I just finished downloading the factory image now,but .... Noobie Question of the Day ... drum roll please ... how do I flash it manually? I transferred it to the device manually and then I opened up the bootloader then went to recovery mode then got into the stock recovery and the only options were Clear Cache...Clear Data... and ADB. Do I use ADB, If so Ill have to look that process up, I have never done that before. Sorry, Im not new to android or flashing or rooting, just new to Nexus I guess. My Samsung phones have corrupted me haha.
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No, you don't use ADB to flash image files. Stay in bootloader where you see it say "Fastboot enabled". Extract the system, userdata, recovery and boot image from the package to C:\Program Files\WugFresh Development\data.

Username invalid said:
No, you don't use ADB to flash image files. Stay in bootloader where you see it say "Fastboot enabled". Extract the system, userdata, recovery and boot image from the package to C:\Program Files\WugFresh Development\data.
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Thanks man, Ill give it a shot!

socjdqcer said:
Thanks man, Ill give it a shot!
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After that open the toolkit > Advanced Options > Launch CMD.
Your computer should recognize your device by entering
Code:
fastboot devices

Username invalid said:
After that open the toolkit > Advanced Options > Launch CMD.
Your computer should recognize your device by entering
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fastboot devices
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Well, I manually updated and it worked like a charm...for about 10 minutes. Then it restarted and is stuck at the boot "Google" page! This blows!!!!!!!!!

socjdqcer said:
Well, I manually updated and it worked like a charm...for about 10 minutes. Then it restarted and is stuck at the boot "Google" page! This blows!!!!!!!!!
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Rebooting into recovery and wiping the cache/dalvik cache usually works for me when it hangs on the loading screen.

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Rebooting into recovery and wiping the cache/dalvik cache usually works for me when it hangs on the loading screen.
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Yeah man, thats what I thought, so I have tried it a few times and whenever I go to wipe cache....The tablet doesnt really do anything and then all of a sudden it restarts. What would cause that?

try to use the toolkit to flash a factory image of 4.2.2 (mind it formats all data, files, music etc). See if it works fine. then unlock, root the device and install a custom recovery (all with the toolkit). If everything works you will have a rooted 4.2.2. Try the tablet and the recovery to see if everything works. If it does you can upgrade to 4.3

Well if your still having issues then just send it to Samsung and when it comes back if its still not working take it to staples and tell them Samsung said its a hardware issue or something. I'm pretty sure they'll replace it. I've always had good support with staples
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abdel12345 said:
Well if your still having issues then just send it to Samsung and when it comes back if its still not working take it to staples and tell them Samsung said its a hardware issue or something. I'm pretty sure they'll replace it. I've always had good support with staples
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Sounds good man! Thanks for the help!
Thanks EVERYONE! I tried everyone of your suggestions and the original issue still keeps happening. I can get the tablet to work for a little while, but the its back to bootloop.
Thanks

[Q] Help - GS4 - Even Best Buy could not Flash

Hello All,
I am quite new to the world of Android, but have searched and read up for multiple days on this site before finally posting my issue.
I have a GS4 that had been running stock with the MF3 OTA update. I finally decided to root and install safestrap to mess with a few custom roms. Everything went well. I was able to create a Rom Slot and load a custom rom for testing whilst keeping my stock in original form. NO issues what so ever. I used the Wicked Rom.... Eventually I decided that I would delete Rom Slot 1 and go back to stock. I followed directions to the T, deleted the slot and selected to boot from Stock. NO GO. This is where the horror begins:
Now, the phone boots up but I see the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo and it stays there...does not go back. I no longer see the SafeStrap recovery screen when booting up. --- I cannot even get into recovery on the phone any longer: it says recovery booting in blue and stays there.
I am able to get into Download mode to re-flash - but naturally none of the stock firmware files are loadable via Odin due to an error I keep getting NAND Flash! (Fail).
I finally decided to drive to Best Buy and asked the guy to flash my phone to stock there. He put the phone in download mode and used their multiflash tool which did not detect the phone and thus he could not move forward. The laptop did detect the phone at best buy, but their software did not and thus flashing did not occur.
I am looking for any and all advice to get this phone running without having to return it to Samsung....please and thanks in advance.
My apologies if my search did not yield a positive result and there is something out there....

Well There is no way to flash with Odin while on MF3, so that effort is completely fruitless at this time. Did the guy try a different USB port, cord or even restarting the computer he was using?
Can you get into your recovery to do a factory reset?
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Best buy should be able to do it. I remember reading somewhere that someone had to go to 3 different stores before they found someone smart enough to do it.. Lol
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I cannot get into recovery at all, it just says recovery booting and sits there....recovery booting is displayed at the top left of the screen in blue.
The guy did not try a different port or reboot. When he plugged the phone in, in download mode, the computer did recognize the phone but his Samsung software did not.
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Well There is no way to flash with Odin while on MF3, so that effort is completely fruitless at this time. Did the guy try a different USB port, cord or even restarting the computer he was using?
Can you get into your recovery to do a factory reset?
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Well he is an idiot for not troubleshooting his system. I have had the same exact thing happen with multiple different computers and phones. The computer detects the device correctly, but the program I needed to use would not. More often than anything a quick changing of ports or a reboot of the computer fixed it. I have had to completely wipe out the drivers a few times and reinstall them to get it to work. 9 times out of ten, it is not the phone that is the culprit, it is something else before the phone.
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FIXED
Well it seems the guy at my best buy was a TOOL! I took the phone in again today, had the battery pulled before I arrived - put it in download mode for him. Told him that Samsung tech support said he should reboot his pc. He did. Voila, reflashed to stock. Thank goodness....thank you guys for the advice.

Apply cold water directly to burned area.
Who's awesome?
ME!
Anyways, glad you are back up.
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