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Battery charging issue (or not?!? )

Hi guys. Ive just got myself a nexus 7, my first android tab!
Ive searched around for the issue and found similar problems but none exactly the same!?
I plug my nexus in, and nothing happens. It says and does nothing.
Ive tried my ipad charger, different cables, and nothing.
Ive checked my the battery info on the settings however, and it says it is not charging, even though according to the chart it is, albeit a tad slow (putit on charge at around 40%,at around 5.00-5.30, its now 9.30 at 98% and still rising)
If i turn it off the battery charging symbol(s) come up.
Is there any fixes? Ive tried 4-5 different cables, 2 chargers, all the same.
Its not put me off android tabs or anything, the tab so far is mint and is alot more fun than my ipad!!

Try flashing a new ROM or flash the factory image from Google, tbh it doesn't seem like a major problem, its just an issue with the battery animation in the status bar.
Also you should use the proper charger, not sure of the output on the iPad charger but this one is 2.0a whereas my gnex charger is 0.7a.
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nodstuff said:
Try flashing a new ROM or flash the factory image from Google, tbh it doesn't seem like a major problem, its just an issue with the battery animation in the status bar.
Also you should use the proper charger, not sure of the output on the iPad charger but this one is 2.0a whereas my phone charger is 0.7a.
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Thanks! Im gonna try wiping it shortly i am using the asus charger now, and the ipad charger is the same output as the asus one! (ipads have beefier chargers than the phones)
Im not too fussed as most of the time ill leave it to charge overnight anyway. Its up to 100% too now, only really a 5hr first charge?!

OK that'll probably sort it for you and if not then flashing a factory image is pretty straightforward and puts it back to basic stock everything fresh and new.
ah OK that's good to know about the iPad charger!
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nodstuff said:
OK that'll probably sort it for you and if not then flashing a factory image is pretty straightforward and puts it back to basic stock everything fresh and new.
ah OK that's good to know about the iPad charger!
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Is there a way to recover without a pc per chance? Im on my holidays lol! I dont have cwm on so im guessing not

wkdcal said:
Is there a way to recover without per chance? Im on my holidays lol! I dont have cwm on so im guessing not
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Not really, but its not a problem worth fretting over, just do it once you get home. It still charges so its just an aesthetic issue really.
Don't worry about it.
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Battery drain while phone is off

For the love of god i can't understand why my Nexus 4 battery is draining while it's off! Sometimes i use my iphone 5 , and always charge the Nexus 4 in case i wanna use it,i know it's already charge. 2 days ago i let the Nexus 4 completely charge, today i power up the phone and the battery was at 14%. It happened a couple times but was always thought ah maybe i left it on or something, this time i made sure the phone was off, but battery still drains... Im on stock rom never rooted, using Nexus 7 charger... Any idea on what could be the problem?? Thx in advance!
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Maybe a bad battery?
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I mean i don't have battery problem at all when i'm using it.... It's just when the phone is not in use and off it's still drains battery like it was on... I can understand something like that happening if the phone was off for a long period of time but 2 days 14% left while off seems ridiculous!
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Try using the same cable and charger. Make sure Facebook isn't running or any apps that can drain your battery. Facebook killed my battery with no data connection
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I just sent my first Nexus 4 in for RMA on this very issue, got the replacement on Friday, did a charge cycle, charged the phone fully up whilst off, took it off the charger (the official Nexus charger btw), and let it sit for the last day, just turned it on, and it's at 60%.... W T F !!!
This is sooo totally bizarre! I can only assume that this is common to most Nexus 4 (what are the odds of me getting two bad ones - direct from Google - with the exact the same issue?), and that people just aren't noticing, as most people don't leave their phones off after fully charging, and thus just never notice, as the battery behaves perfectly normally under usual use.
I would gratefully appreciate it if people could put this to the test, so I know whether or not to RMA the second device or not....

Was the phone powered down, or just sleeping? Any programs set to auto sync? Check for wakelocks?
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Did you use the same charger with both phones?
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What to do? Bad battery but brought from eBay!!

Hi everyone, I've had my nexus 4 for about three weeks now and I think I have a problem with the battery, it just seems to be draining no matter what set up I have be it ROM or stock or any kernel, its draining whether I'm using it or not, obviously it drains quicker when I'm using it but it empties at quite a quick rate, also when I'm charging it it seems to take an age to fully charge.
I don't know if its me just being silly about the whole thing but I'm certain it shouldn't be draining this quickly.
Now I don't know if I need a replacement and if I do would the fact that I brought it off eBay matter?
I'm a bit gutted cos I sold my other phone to get this one now this one is playing up and I'm not sure I can get it replaced?
Just need some advice from you guys as what to do?
Many thanks
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I suggest buying a battery on eBay for the Nexus 4 and replace the battery currently in your phone. It shouldn't cost more than $40 USD.
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I9505 problem battery

hello,
i'm using a galaxy s4 since 3 months now but i have a problem since this week.
my phone looses signal at some point. nothing that i know that can cause it. it doenst turn back when activating airplane mode and then deactivating this mode.
and when i turn of the phone it turns on to the standard galaxy S4 logo and then samsung logo but then it just dies.
i have to connect it to a charger and then it works.
also my phone doenst give an announcement when my battery is emptY. it sometimes displays 15% on battery and then it dies. when charging the battery icon displays and the battery is completly empty?
i looked at my battery and it is a little bit swollen and i only use official charger at night from samsung and during the day one of nokia
anyone else with this problem?

I had the same issue. My battery was also swollen.
Replacing my battery solved the problem. At least till now (fingers crossed)
nielsvg said:
hello,
i'm using a galaxy s4 since 3 months now but i have a problem since this week.
my phone looses signal at some point. nothing that i know that can cause it. it doenst turn back when activating airplane mode and then deactivating this mode.
and when i turn of the phone it turns on to the standard galaxy S4 logo and then samsung logo but then it just dies.
i have to connect it to a charger and then it works.
also my phone doenst give an announcement when my battery is emptY. it sometimes displays 15% on battery and then it dies. when charging the battery icon displays and the battery is completly empty?
i looked at my battery and it is a little bit swollen and i only use official charger at night from samsung and during the day one of nokia
anyone else with this problem?
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Exact same issue here. Replaced the swollen battery with a new one and its working as usual again.
Strange that original battery lived only a few months.
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Same problem with my phone. My warranty cover battery 6 months and tomorrow I'm going to service and I''ll ask them about this problem. I'll share info here

jefff said:
Same problem with my phone. My warranty cover battery 6 months and tomorrow I'm going to service and I''ll ask them about this problem. I'll share info here
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Willing to see the result.
Cheers.

Also somewhat swollen. Started expanding slowly untill the battery was dead. I have the 9500.

My battery goes down pretty quick when on LTE.
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My battery goes down pretty quick when on LTE.
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Unless you have a goof full LTE connection, expect that. Lte and battery do not get along with each other.
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occupational_hazard said:
Unless you have a goof full LTE connection, expect that. Lte and battery do not get along with each other.
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I´m experience that too. My battery is going slowly... Every new charge theems the phone lasts less... Battery issue?

I have experienced this during my Galaxy W days. And samsungs centre's technician told me it's because I charge my phone while using it for hours, and it's straining the battery causing the gradual swell. Since then I never plug my phone while using it and until now my s4's battery is still good as new. My phone's 4 months old already.
FYI.

gyxter said:
I have experienced this during my Galaxy W days. And samsungs centre's technician told me it's because I charge my phone while using it for hours, and it's straining the battery causing the gradual swell. Since then I never plug my phone while using it and until now my s4's battery is still good as new. My phone's 4 months old already.
FYI.
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I allways charge it overnight. And own many galaxy devices and none has this issue.
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gyxter said:
I have experienced this during my Galaxy W days. And samsungs centre's technician told me it's because I charge my phone while using it for hours, and it's straining the battery causing the gradual swell. Since then I never plug my phone while using it and until now my s4's battery is still good as new. My phone's 4 months old already.
FYI.
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I'm sorry but this doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe it's Samsung's was of "diverting" the fault to the user. The battery should not swell because you're using it while charging. I've never had this issue with with my other phone, which had a very small battery by design and had to stay plugged in if I were to get any real use out of it. Over charging does gradually reduce battery life but no swelling.

I have also had this issue. Started a few days ago with random reboots and signal losses.
Has anyone taken it back to the shop? Will they want to keep the phone for testing? I just want to replace the battery and not have to send my device away for a long time. I need to know because it's rooted and if they see that the warranty will be voided. Phone is only 3 months old, this really shouldn't happen.

I think it's battery issue. Maybe Samsung spares on the battery this time... on s3 it was on memory.
I solved this issue flashing a Google edition romantic with a full wipe (formating internal sd). Take some days with this Google edition tom and battery drain stopped. This can be related to last firmware releases. Just guessing...
Google edition 1.4 by coolboy
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[Q] Fault battery indicator [SOLVED]

Hello, :fingers-crossed:
i'm having a lot of troubles with the battery of my Nexus 4. I'll try to explain this strange situation...
Few days ago i noticed a ridicoulous battery drain while i was, as usually, listening to some music with my bluetooth A2DP headset Jabra HALO2. It was something like 1% every less then 1 minute. At first i thought it was due to a recently upgrade to CM10.2M1 (which is a monthly build of Cyanogenmod on 4.3) or due to a 5 minutes fast charge from the 2A charger of Nexus 10 that could have "upset" the battery.
At first i started focusing on the software side problem; i tried CM10.2RC1, CM10.2, stock 4.3, stock 4.4 and now CM11M1, and, while doing all of those wipes, i noticed that not only the discharge was insanely fast, but even the charge! The graph on the setting panel is almost vertical while cahrging, like 3% to 40% in 25 minutes.
But that's not all, sometimes, after rebooting, i noticed a battery level different from the previous boot, so i decided to wait a full discharge and then fully recharge it. I have waited the 0% (not so much time ) putting the screen always on and the LED flash too, then, i tried few times to turn it on and every time, after the boot screen disappeared it immediately started to turning off due to 0% battery.
Moreover, for being certain, i tried to turn it on in recovery and wait how much time it would take to consume the lasting charge on the battery. Surprisingly, after 30 minutes it was still there! I tried a reboot into system, showing me a 10% remaining battery (WTF), which discharged to 0% in like 3 minutes. Now i'm waiting the whole night the real discharge in recovery with screen always on, hoping that a full recharge could fix it. I would like to evidence that the phone do not overheat during both charghe and discharge, so i guess the battery itself may be ok.
I'm still not sure if it's a software problem, and i'm worrid if it could be an hardware related issue. Maybe it could have been the charge from the 2A adapter.
I really don't know what to do next. Someone knows how to help me?
Here 2 screenshoots, I wasn't able to upload it normally so here the links:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnMlFUOGU4bXkzaGs/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnZEtXczNuTXhiMGc/edit?usp=sharing
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I've done a full discharge until even the full hybernation has been shutted down, but seems that it hasn't solved anything. I've also noticed that in the battery stat is missing the display consumption (WTF?!?). Maybe it's a CM11M1 bug, it happen even to my Nexus 10. Here other shots:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnazVacUNZeEZkUlk/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnRHU2QlJibk5TVVE/edit?usp=sharing
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As happened to the N10, after a while the display appear in the stats:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnMEozbzNRVGdzSHc/edit?usp=sharing
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I've noticed just now that while I was waiting a real full discharge of the battery the TWRP couldn't show me the battery percentage. Really strange...
[SOLVED]
In summary, the problem was the combination of kernel+ROM. The CM with his kernel on N4 was consuming tons of electrons. I tried Purity+Hellscore, now i reach few days of low usage and one and half of medium usage

How old is your phone? You might be able to get a replacement from Google under warranty.
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I don't think it'd be the 2A charge, I use the 2A charger on my battery all the time.
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sshark said:
How old is your phone? You might be able to get a replacement from Google under warranty.
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It have 9 months, and yes is still under warrenty, but I've bought it in Spain, and I live in Italy. I think this will be hard to solve

I have some strange problemi too.
Sometines the phone reboot itself and the battery drops (i tried to flash all stock: recovery, bootloader,ROM ecc..)

It could be a faulty battery.. Read this topic, it looks like you have the same kind of problems.
Do you also have simlocks/loss of network connection?

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Faeshaas said:
It could be a faulty battery.. Read this topic, it looks like you have the same kind of problems.
Do you also have simlocks/loss of network connection?
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I've already read this topic, i think the source of the problem may be related with mine, but symptoms are different. It is strange that this happened 9 months later!

Gully discharging the phone, rebooting, discharge again if any, reboot. Connect charger, charge full. Reboot, charge full again if any, reboot. This always worked for me.
You can also try to fully discharge, completely power off the phone and let it fully charge while powered off ( only a white battery should be shown on the display).
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I'm having the same issues with my phone.
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Oxious119 said:
Gully discharging the phone, rebooting, discharge again if any, reboot. Connect charger, charge full. Reboot, charge full again if any, reboot. This always worked for me.
You can also try to fully discharge, completely power off the phone and let it fully charge while powered off ( only a white battery should be shown on the display).
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Already done, nothing....

Did all of u found the problem? Cause it seems i have the same...
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Amiramac said:
Did all of u found the problem? Cause it seems i have the same...
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Unfortunately, no. Probably it is a battery related problem, i'm going to replace it and see what happen. In the meantime not even PurityROM+HellsCore kernel may handle this battery draining...