Can I charge in a case? - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I bought this case for my Nexus 4.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ionic-GUARDIAN-Armor-Nexus-Black/dp/B00A06Z41E
It's a right pain to put back together and remove, so was wondering if it's alright for me to leave my phone in the case to charge it? Or could it overheat?

just to confirm do you mean nomral charging or wireless charging? Unless you have some huge ballistic case you shouldnt have an issue with either. Cant click the link @ work sorry...

Normal charging. It's just taking the case on and off to charge, my phone keeps booting into recovery mode cuz the case presses all the keys
btw what does recovery mode do? i couldn't get out of it so pressed the power button and it rebooted into my phone.

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Nexus 4 Not Working, when plugged in battery starts to charge but wont turn on!

Hi,
I have a problem with my nexus 4,
The phone when is plugged in a wall charger or PC show up the charge animation (the lightning etc.), but wont turn on, its like the mobile dont know im pressing the power button, nothing happens :S.
Also the PC dont recognise it, the phone only starts to charge like in a wall charger but nothing on PC like it doesnt be connected :S....
I tried emergency mode but no luck, some advise ??
Can you get into recovery? Your power button might be dead
exb0 said:
Can you get into recovery? Your power button might be dead
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I cant get anywhere, but there is a way to power on without power button?? or a way to getting it recognized by PC? Thanks!
sdavidone said:
I cant get anywhere, but there is a way to power on without power button?? or a way to getting it recognized by PC? Thanks!
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Not that I know of. Your power button is dead I presume. If you see the battery charging animation it should mean your motherboard / main board is still alive..
Sent from Halo.
if that is true
exb0 said:
Not that I know of. Your power button is dead I presume. If you see the battery charging animation it should mean your motherboard / main board is still alive..
Sent from Halo.
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If this is true, do you have a suggestion for me?
I can not find anything on here with my similar situation. I dropped my nexus in the water. Put it on rice for like5 days. I charged it and got a charge signal, but when I powered it on, as soon as it got to the main screen it auto powers off. I replaced the battery with a new one AND did a factory reset. It still does the same thing.
Pmarsh91 said:
If this is true, do you have a suggestion for me?
I can not find anything on here with my similar situation. I dropped my nexus in the water. Put it on rice for like5 days. I charged it and got a charge signal, but when I powered it on, as soon as it got to the main screen it auto powers off. I replaced the battery with a new one AND did a factory reset. It still does the same thing.
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which main screen? The Nexus main screen or the normal home screen?
It could either be
A - You might have low battery, leave it plugged in for a few hours and try turning it on
B - Your main/mother board is dead.

[Q] nexus 7 battery issues

Hello everyone,
First of all my problem. My nexus 7 is dead . the battery got too low as the charger was busted and it switched off and now its not turning on. I got the OEM nexus USB cable, OEM charger and have followed almost all the troubleshooting tips on this forum and elsewhere.
Now I dont know if the problem lies in the charging point or the battery.
My question to anyone who has the idea is that, IF i charge the battery in another Nexus 7, or with an external charger, will it work?
I want to fix this( i am in Nepal) and there is no way I can get a warranty in this. So I am in DIY mode
If the battery is dead and I cant boot into the bootloader anymore, is the above idea a possibility?
Thank you
reganEZ said:
If the battery is dead and I cant boot into the bootloader anymore, is the above idea a possibility?
Thank you
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Does it do anything when you first plug it in to charge?
As in does it start to show the charging screen and power off immediately? Does it start to boot then turn off?
Was having an issue with my wife's n7 where she let it discharge all the way to dead and would not take a charge or turn back on.
There is a trick you may be able to save it without doing much at all.
Plug it in to a wall charger and immediately, or as quickly as you can, hold power and volume down to try and get into recovery mode or bootloader. Needs to be almost instant.
If you can get into recovery or bootloader select power down (in bootloader use volume keys to navigate, power button to select).
Unplug the power cord and plug it right back in. You should hopefully see the charging battery screen.
Hope this helps.
wilzard said:
Does it do anything when you first plug it in to charge?
As in does it start to show the charging screen and power off immediately? Does it start to boot then turn off?
Was having an issue with my wife's n7 where she let it discharge all the way to dead and would not take a charge or turn back on.
There is a trick you may be able to save it without doing much at all.
Plug it in to a wall charger and immediately, or as quickly as you can, hold power and volume down to try and get into recovery mode or bootloader. Needs to be almost instant.
If you can get into recovery or bootloader select power down (in bootloader use volume keys to navigate, power button to select).
Unplug the power cord and plug it right back in. You should hopefully see the charging battery screen.
Hope this helps.
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I have already tried the above method. The good news is I went to a repair shop and asked them to charge the battery externally. My nexus did start. But it seems like I damaged the USB port somehow, so it is either a POGO pin charger or have to get the port frm smwhere..hmmm

S4 i9500 dead without reason

Dad's S4 i9500 suddenly died.
Won't turn on at all. No recovery mode, nothing.
No damage, phone is immaculate.
Was not dropped, nothing.
Phone will not charge and screen that shows charge when charging shows nothing.
Any ideas, anyone?
kez3 said:
Dad's S4 i9500 suddenly died.
Won't turn on at all. No recovery mode, nothing.
No damage, phone is immaculate.
Was not dropped, nothing.
Phone will not charge and screen that shows charge when charging shows nothing.
Any ideas, anyone?
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Double check your power supply and your usb cable. Probably the battery is totally empty and will not been charged...
I keep a few spare batteries on me that are always fully charged. We have tried a couple of those in Dad's phone, then put them in my phone to check they had charge. They had 100% charge.
The phone was still 100% dead with the 100% charge batteries in them.
I have replaced the charging port ribbon last night in case this was causing a short.
The new ribbon made no difference; still 100% dead. Nothing at all. No sign of life at all.
I'm thinking the on/off button or the power IC.
Of course it may be something else.
Your thoughts?
Thanks
It can be the power button has gone faulty it happened to me before try smacking the power button couple of times to see if it makes any difference i pushed mine against a desk a couple of times and it worked after that i installed a shake lock app so i don't need to press the power button anymore unless i need to turn on/off the device.
#Runn3r said:
It can be the power button has gone faulty it happened to me before try smacking the power button couple of times to see if it makes any difference i pushed mine against a desk a couple of times and it worked after that i installed a shake lock app so i don't need to press the power button anymore unless i need to turn on/off the device.
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I put a ohm meter across the on/ off switch this evening.
I get infinite resistance when it is not pressed, and finite/ no resistance when button is pushed.
So the switch is working perfectly and it's definitely not the on/off switch.
Any other ideas?
guess your motherboard is x_x then
Yes seems to be the board.
What's the best way to work out what's wrong with it/ get it fixed.
Anyone know the most likely cause/ who does, or how to do such trouble shooting analysis.

Phone won't boot up after running out of battery

I'm running Omni rom with eas kernel and just yesterday my phone ran out of battery, and now I can't turn it on at all. At first when I held the power button, the phone would vibrate after about 15 seconds but it wouldn't do anything. Now it doesn't vibrate or show any signs of life at all; no charging led no nothing. If anyone knows a way to get into recovery or fastboot that would be enough for me to flash a new rom but I can't even get it to fastboot or recovery. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
What happens when you have the charger plugged in? Is it stock charging cable and brick? Have you tried checking what happens when you plug into a computer? If it is the stock cable check the end of the cable (phone side plug) to make sure there are no burns.
You can try holding the volume-down + power.
TeeDiddyDizzle said:
I'm running Omni rom with eas kernel and just yesterday my phone ran out of battery, and now I can't turn it on at all. At first when I held the power button, the phone would vibrate after about 15 seconds but it wouldn't do anything. Now it doesn't vibrate or show any signs of life at all; no charging led no nothing. If anyone knows a way to get into recovery or fastboot that would be enough for me to flash a new rom but I can't even get it to fastboot or recovery. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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It has been charging for hours on the stock cable and brick. There are no signs of burns anywhere, plugging it into the computer doesn't change anything either. The computer doesn't detect that it is even plugged in.
Ran out of battery? Like 1% was left? That's no good. You're never supposed to let a lithium-ion battery get that low. You might have to replace the battery. Just keep attempting to charge it and boot it up again, use different outlets, different cables and adapters, etc. This is a common issue--people are stupid and just let their phones die instead of being vigilant about charging them. And there's plenty of stories about and advice for Android phones that won't turn on after being completely drained of battery life. Google is here to help you.
Did you try what slgooding suggested?
I tried holding down the power and volume down button. I usually don't let my phone die but I went camping and left my phone in my car and I forgot to power it off I guess. Still I've never heard of this happening to anyone else.
TeeDiddyDizzle said:
I tried holding down the power and volume down button. I usually don't let my phone die but I went camping and left my phone in my car and I forgot to power it off I guess. Still I've never heard of this happening to anyone else.
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This is a real bummer. I would suggest trying another power brick and cable. That may be your best bet. See if it has any indication it is charging.
Try a different cable to charge and press and hold that power button till it boots(2,3, 5min...) it happened to me the other day... I love my LP3 keeps me entertained...lol

PH-1 requires long press PWR button to boot - Any ideas why?

Hello,
I just purchased a used PH-1 and it was reset before I got it. So I put in my Google credentials and restored a backup no problem. The first few times I powered the phone down and plugged in a charger, I saw the battery charging graphic icon (looks like a coffee to go cup : ), no problem. But now, when I power down the phone, the screen is black and stays black with no sound or vibration when I plug in the charger. It still *does* charge in this state, but when I try and boot the phone back up, I have to press the Power button for 10+ seconds and let go before it will boot. I suppose I can continue to use the phone this way, but I was wondering if there was a reason and/or fix for this that anyone is aware of? thanks so much.
ohcello said:
Hello,
I just purchased a used PH-1 and it was reset before I got it. So I put in my Google credentials and restored a backup no problem. The first few times I powered the phone down and plugged in a charger, I saw the battery charging graphic icon (looks like a coffee to go cup : ), no problem. But now, when I power down the phone, the screen is black and stays black with no sound or vibration when I plug in the charger. It still *does* charge in this state, but when I try and boot the phone back up, I have to press the Power button for 10+ seconds and let go before it will boot. I suppose I can continue to use the phone this way, but I was wondering if there was a reason and/or fix for this that anyone is aware of? thanks so much.
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Try a different cable and wall charger
sd_shadow said:
Try a different cable and wall charger
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Sorry I should have mentioned, I tried several cables and chargers... same result.
Another issue I noticed. If I turn on the phone when it's plugged in, it goes to the bootloader (which is locked). I have to unplug the phone if I want to boot to the OS.
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Another issue I noticed. If I turn on the phone when it's plugged in, it goes to the bootloader (which is locked). I have to unplug the phone if I want to boot to the OS.
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Make sure you're not fat-fingering the volume down button and the power button, because that combination is guaranteed to get you into the bootloader.
Smac89 said:
Make sure you're not fat-fingering the volume down button and the power button, because that combination is guaranteed to get you into the bootloader.
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Understood and no I'm not. It only happens when plugged in

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