Anyone else experience this? Look at the battery meter widget in the upper right corner. It will go from green (not charging) to blue (charging).
When this happens if I unplug the orb and plug that same cable into the phone it charges normally. This is my second orb that has done this.
Nobody?
Sorry, not a single issue with my charging orb.
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No issues here either. When looking at your batt icon in the status bar, does that change as well? Or does it continually say charging?
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No issues here either. When looking at your batt icon in the status bar, does that change as well? Or does it continually say charging?
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The stock battery icon changes too. It's just easier to spot the widget.
Your phone looks a bit low in the vid. Does the problem happen if you raise the phone up a bit on the orb? And is your N4 have a case or screen protector on the back? Unsure if there is a slippage problem or not.
I do not have the slipping problem and it happens even if I reposition the phone.
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I do not have the slipping problem and it happens even if I reposition the phone.
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I gots nothin, sorry man. Not sure why.
no problem with my orb, and it charges through wood:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2196541
Nice! I actually envisioned doing that exact thing!
Right now my phone is sitting there at 87%, says it's charging, yet the battery is going down. It is also very hot to the touch. This is my second orb though. I wonder if the problem is with the phone.
Mine sometimes does this, I will hear it toggling off and on and such. Seems to not work with the bumper on it. Makes it not fully contact.
Mine also does this where it will connect and disconnect in a loop constantly repeating. I think it had to do with how i was placing the phone as it doesnt happen anymore.
Rafoolik said:
Mine also does this where it will connect and disconnect in a loop constantly repeating. I think it had to do with how i was placing the phone as it doesnt happen anymore.
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It's probably still happening and you don't realize it. On mine the positioning of the phone does not change anything.
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It's probably still happening and you don't realize it. On mine the positioning of the phone does not change anything.
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Maybe the problem is your phone, not the orb. My orb works like magic, the phone does not heat up and it charges just as fast as when plugged with the cable. Also, I use a quite thick TPU case, without any issue.
Mine has done that before (toggle on and off), but it seems to be okay lately. Only issue is that it gets pretty warm and seems to charge ridiculously slow.
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halo0 said:
Anyone else experience this? Look at the battery meter widget in the upper right corner. It will go from green (not charging) to blue (charging).
When this happens if I unplug the orb and plug that same cable into the phone it charges normally. This is my second orb that has done this.
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I am having this identical problem. I got both the Nexus 4 and the Orb replaced, and my new ones are doing the same exact thing. Usually turning off the phone and turning it back on fixes it for some reason, temporarily though.
Mine does the same thing. Almost every morning I wake up and it's at 90% or below. No slippage at all. A few times it has been almost dead. Sometimes it charges completely but rarely. Restarts don't really do anything either.
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Apparently not a small issue. Happened to me as well, multiple times, on 2 separate orbs. Waiting for the refund on the first before I send back the second. Wondering at what point they say enough is enough and give me my money back. Battery Monitor Widget screenshots attached. From 5% to 95%, it was in the same place on the charger. No slippage. It is in a case, but it should still be consistent, I would think. The day before, the second screenshot, was abysmal. 30% in 8 hours. It boggles the mind.
halo0 said:
Anyone else experience this? Look at the battery meter widget in the upper right corner. It will go from green (not charging) to blue (charging).
When this happens if I unplug the orb and plug that same cable into the phone it charges normally. This is my second orb that has done this.
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I'm having the exact same problem. I'm thinking of sending it bac, if possible.
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My TMOUS HD2 won't charge when plugged in to any source. I've tried multiple cables and have tried plugging it into the computer as well as into the wall and with the car charger. Nothing as far as a charge, but the light flashes on the LED and when plugged into the computer, it is recognized and can sync.
Also, the "do not charge the battery when connected to a PC" is NOT selected.
Is there a registry setting or something that may have been changed? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I just pulled out the battery and restarted the phone and it charged, but when I unplug it and then plug it back in, it won't charge again. I tried pulling the battery out again and it didn't work.
I'm truly baffled.
Hope you guys are not using an aftermarket battery. If you are,then most likely that is the culprit.
sounds defective to me, maybe a bad battery, or a dodgy circuit in the charge control circuits.speak to your vendor, try another battery.
(id try hard reset first, though)
Mine did this last night. Wouldn't charge of the wall charger or PC. What I did was take the battery out, hold the power button down for 20 seconds, put battery back in, plugged it onto the wall charger and it started to work again.
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Hope you guys are not using an aftermarket battery. If you are,then most likely that is the culprit.
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Well crap. When I get home I'll throw in a stock battery and see if that changes things.
go to
settings->system->power->battery and uncheck "when phone is on, do not charge battery, when connected to a PC"
it should help
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Quickill said:
go to
settings->system->power->battery and uncheck "when phone is on, do not charge battery, when connected to a PC"
it should help
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As said in the first post, that was off.
Anyways, was using Kumar 1.6 and flashed Elegancia 2.5 and it's fixed.
try different ROM and RADIO it may help
for those having this issue you might want to check out the contact points on the phone for the battery.
I had this issue and it would out of no where not charge but it would say the battery is 100% right away and the LED light would blink orange and green. But when you unplugged it it would go right back to the actual charge amount that was on it before.
I noticed when I put in the battery that the middle contact was poking out between the battery and the phone and then i pushed it in and it started charging.
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for those having this issue you might want to check out the contact points on the phone for the battery.
I had this issue and it would out of no where not charge but it would say the battery is 100% right away and the LED light would blink orange and green. But when you unplugged it it would go right back to the actual charge amount that was on it before.
I noticed when I put in the battery that the middle contact was poking out between the battery and the phone and then i pushed it in and it started charging.
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Had the same problem and tried rlacsamana's suggestion. That one do the trick. Ty n God bless.
rlacsamana1989 said:
for those having this issue you might want to check out the contact points on the phone for the battery.
I had this issue and it would out of no where not charge but it would say the battery is 100% right away and the LED light would blink orange and green. But when you unplugged it it would go right back to the actual charge amount that was on it before.
I noticed when I put in the battery that the middle contact was poking out between the battery and the phone and then i pushed it in and it started charging.
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my wife's phone had the same problem with the middle contact. Poor design on htc's part. A hole through the back cover to get to the reset button would be really nice.
HTC HD2 USB Charging problem
EXCELLENT!!!
I have been zapped @ this damn problem for like the last 10 days.
it WAS the middle connector. so stupid. feels great to have charging back!
rlacsamana1989 said:
for those having this issue you might want to check out the contact points on the phone for the battery.
I had this issue and it would out of no where not charge but it would say the battery is 100% right away and the LED light would blink orange and green. But when you unplugged it it would go right back to the actual charge amount that was on it before.
I noticed when I put in the battery that the middle contact was poking out between the battery and the phone and then i pushed it in and it started charging.
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Thank you
rlacsamana1989 said:
for those having this issue you might want to check out the contact points on the phone for the battery.
I had this issue and it would out of no where not charge but it would say the battery is 100% right away and the LED light would blink orange and green. But when you unplugged it it would go right back to the actual charge amount that was on it before.
I noticed when I put in the battery that the middle contact was poking out between the battery and the phone and then i pushed it in and it started charging.
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Thanks, this worked for me, saved a lot of time too !
Damn htc for such a poor design.
rlacsamana1989 said:
for those having this issue you might want to check out the contact points on the phone for the battery.
I had this issue and it would out of no where not charge but it would say the battery is 100% right away and the LED light would blink orange and green. But when you unplugged it it would go right back to the actual charge amount that was on it before.
I noticed when I put in the battery that the middle contact was poking out between the battery and the phone and then i pushed it in and it started charging.
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THANK YOU!
Thank u, thank u, thank u
I thought hardware should be hard but not in case of HTC... But really appreciate the fix suggested here... Saved my day...
rlacsamana1989 said:
for those having this issue you might want to check out the contact points on the phone for the battery.
I had this issue and it would out of no where not charge but it would say the battery is 100% right away and the LED light would blink orange and green. But when you unplugged it it would go right back to the actual charge amount that was on it before.
I noticed when I put in the battery that the middle contact was poking out between the battery and the phone and then i pushed it in and it started charging.
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Amazing how so many of us can have the same problem, that's TRUE design fault right there. You described my problem exactly, Battery Displaying as 100% when charging, LED flashed Orange and Green and would discharge instead of charging. It was indeed my middle contact, thanks a ton.
I had the same issue, and SOLUTION here worked, but another issue I have is that phone is taking close to 4 hours to completely charge. Anyone out there had the same issue?
mynlal said:
I had the same issue, and SOLUTION here worked, but another issue I have is that phone is taking close to 4 hours to completely charge. Anyone out there had the same issue?
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Did you used the official charger? Some micro USB wire are rated higher than others as far as power vottage goes...I think...cuz this happens to me too...
azzzz said:
Did you used the official charger? Some micro USB wire are rated higher than others as far as power vottage goes...I think...cuz this happens to me too...
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Yeah I am using the same charger, earlier it would charge in 1-1.5 hour now almost 4 hours.
Had it for over 3 weeks. Never had one single problem, reboot, etc.
Was working fine today, left it on the desk for a bit, went to use it again....Nothing. Press power button, screen does not turn on at all. Red light is flashing sometimes. Tried plugging into the wall charger, not charging, nothing shows up.
If I make a phone call to it, it rings but nothing on screen shows up and pick up call obviously. Now its flashing red/green LED's, I just tried sending it an e-mail and could hear the e-mail sound so its a live but the screen is completely dead.
I can fix mostly anything on a PC but sort of a noob when it comes to smartphones. Should I pull the battery? How do I reset it without erasing any data? I'm going to take it to the place I bought it from later today but is there anything I can do?
Anyone have a similar problem before? I tried searching on the net but can't really come up with anything.
I had that once before... just pull the battery...
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Plug it into the charger that came with the phone. Leave it plugged in for a hour or so.
Pulling the battery should fix it.
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donniesd said:
Plug it into the charger that came with the phone. Leave it plugged in for a hour or so.
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I did that and the only thing that changed was it was flashing More LED colors instead of just red.
I'm going to try pulling the battery now. Hopefully its not too hard to do...
Does this happen often to you guys? Anything that causes it?
KingKuba13 said:
I did that and the only thing that changed was it was flashing More LED colors instead of just red.
I'm going to try pulling the battery now. Hopefully its not too hard to do...
Does this happen often to you guys? Anything that causes it?
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You know how to take the back case off right? What are you doing on XDA if you have never opened your phone before lol.
Software bugs are the likely cause. My screen locks up every once in a while and I am unable to turn it back on..battery pull always resolves it. When in doubt, pull the battery.
Pulled the battery and everything is fine. Thanks everyone.
You can probably delete this thread if you'd like.
If its a software bug, probably all the apps....right??
I was using my Nexus 7, browsing the web, and the battery dies, so i go and get my charger, plug it into a USB extender, and then into the Wall Charger, it began to charge then when i unpluged it by mistake it made a static noise, (like the old TV snow, that static-y noise, I dont know if it came from the speakers or not though) and on the screen was grey(ish) horizontal lines, & really tiny colorful horizontal lines, that were moving up and down. Now it will not charge or turn on even if pluged in via the wall charger. Help?
Horizontal lines in portrait mode? I've been getting that on my Nexus 7 all the time , specially when the battery was lot or I was surfing the internet. Unplugged, discharging or low battery charging. I will try and get a replacement for dead pixels though.
Mine didn't make any noise though :/
Is it anything like this problem I've been having? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1973953
anthonycr said:
Is it anything like this problem I've been having? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1973953
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Had the horizontal lines until the 4.2 update. Now is fixed.
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sec6 said:
Had the horizontal lines until the 4.2 update. Now is fixed.
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Sweet, I'm hoping the static I have gets fixed by the update!!
EDIT: after mashing the update key a few more times and getting the OTA, this problem seems to have gone away.
Same thing happened to me tonight.
Heard the low battery sound thought it was gnex but realized I had it charging . Went to see nexus 7 and saw it was at 0 so quickly plugged in charger but was too late. When I plugged in charged it was dark screen but then became slightly lit. When I tried to turn on it wouldn't and after holding power button it would bring about the static screen. I eventually got to Google screen and thought it was fixed. I thought it would boot normally and charge, when I glanced at it a minute later saw it was showing static.
Made a video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72bU5-0IsM4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This was made after reaching Google screen second time and I was going to stop recording because it booted normally and no static appeared. However at 49 seconds you will see that it does. After restarting again and then booting normally I shut it off before trying to get the static again and it charged normally and now its at 73% charged and running fine. I was scared tho but from what I searched it seems to happen when battery dies out
I was using my Nexus 7 til it hit about 15% and the battery alert came out. I turned it off, plugged into the charger and left it there overnight. The following night I took it out of my pouch only to realise that its very warm. I had to press on the power button for a good 10 seconds before it turned on, and when it booted up the battery had only 5% remaining, even though it was fully charged (I checked to make sure it was 100%) and was left OFF the entire day.
I encountered this before but thought I solved the issue after wiping the device and flashing CleanROM 3.0 without any custom kernels or tweaks. Looks like the issue is back, any idea what might be wrong? I hope it has nothing to do with the physical battery itself because that would be a pain. Other than this, the day to day battery life of the tablet and stability is pretty good.
BUMP
No one really? Im sure there are people who experienced this before.
My wife's phone does something very similar. Crashes, heats up and when she gets it back on the battery has taken an absolute hammering. Luckily it occurs only rarely and it appears that there are no long term consequences.
Cheers Danny
toidimaet said:
My wife's phone does something very similar. Crashes, heats up and when she gets it back on the battery has taken an absolute hammering. Luckily it occurs only rarely and it appears that there are no long term consequences.
Cheers Danny
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What phone is she using? Is it rooted?
Anyway I think i figured out why, i happened to notice it by chance. After full charge, i plug it out and notice the screen is actually turned on even though the device isnt! The screen is just showing a plain blank screen, but you can tell its turned on, by looking at an angle. I had to manually force a shut down by holding the power button before it goes off, then the tablet automatically switches on. It seems that it only happens when i charge the tablet while its switched off, I wonder if it has anything to do with the bootloader (Im on 4.2.1) or the charger itself.
Galaxy s2 rooted, does not appear to be rom or kernel specific as it occurs with different combinations. Anyway good news you have at least identified the problem.
Cheers Danny
Sounds like it never charged. Why turn it off to charge it? Airplane mode is just as good.
toidimaet said:
Galaxy s2 rooted, does not appear to be rom or kernel specific as it occurs with different combinations. Anyway good news you have at least identified the problem.
Cheers Danny
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If thats the case have you tried re-calibrating the battery? Sounds like its pretty messed up, thats what i'd do.
jefferson9 said:
Sounds like it never charged. Why turn it off to charge it? Airplane mode is just as good.
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It did charge because when i turned it back on it showed as 95%, the first 5% was drained because the screen was left "on" the whole time. I am beginning to suspect it is the case I use with the tablet. Its similar to those smart cases on the iPad where the screen auto ons/off when you flip or close the cover. I notice that even during the process of shutting the tablet down the flap still affects the screen off/on when i close it. A potential way of screwing up stuff. Next time I charge it turned off, I'll try removing the case entirely and see what happens.
Alright this time I turned the tablet off and left it to charge over night WITHOUT the casing and now it's working fine. No screen on or any heat whatsoever.
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cr0wnest said:
Alright this time I turned the tablet off and left it to charge over night WITHOUT the casing and now it's working fine. No screen on or any heat whatsoever.
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Why are you turning it off to charge? Just plug it in and be done with it. I never turn any of my devices off - the only time my S2 has been off is to reboot to flash a new ROM. Never have any charging issues.
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tedkunich said:
Why are you turning it off to charge? Just plug it in and be done with it. I never turn any of my devices off - the only time my S2 has been off is to reboot to flash a new ROM. Never have any charging issues.
T
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Its just a habit i guess, and i always have the mentality that it makes a difference charging it while off
And its also good to reboot your phone once in a while, I usually do it once every 24 hours of use. Y'know, to flush out the RAM and OS so it can start anew. :highfive:
So I decided to replace my 3 year old battery that had about 50% of its initial capacity remaining with a new one. I followed YouTube video to do it but after reassembling the phone it won't turn on. I tried plugging the charger in for several minutes and putting my old battery back into the phone but without success. The phone does not respond at all, no image or sound or LED light. I'm trying to understand what exactly I've screwed up. So my question is what I should worry about that could make my phone not turn on. For example are camera/proximity sensor connectors crucial or irrelevant? Should I be able to turn my phone on without battery with charger plugged in? Does anyone else have any experience with this and if so what was the problem?
Also the charger was warm in the beginning but after some time it became cold. I think that indicates that the battery was connected properly and was charging. The phone still won't turn on though.
Hey!
First you should make sure that all cables inside the phone are properly connected, double check them - sometimes you'll maybe miss one of these tiny connectors
niklas389 said:
Hey!
First you should make sure that all cables inside the phone are properly connected, double check them - sometimes you'll maybe miss one of these tiny connectors
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Yeah, I did but to no avail.
nikoliazekter said:
Yeah, I did but to no avail.
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Maybe the new battery is DOA...