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Flashing red led of death

Hi everyone, yesterday I took my G1 from my pocket (after using it normally for some hours) and it was turned off. I thought the battery was dead (I left it at about 20% charge) so I tried to turn it back on and surprise...no vital signs at all. The phone didn't turn on, and the led was dead. After losing half of my hair, I tried removing the battery and placing it back. Now the phone behaves like this; when I press the power button, as long as I keep it pressed the led flashes red and that's it. When I stop pressing the power button the led stops flashing. When I plug the usb cable, the led gives a solid red and stays like that forever.
Please someone tell me it's just a screwed up battery...please

Neuromansa said:
Hi everyone, yesterday I took my G1 from my pocket (after using it normally for some hours) and it was turned off. I thought the battery was dead (I left it at about 20% charge) so I tried to turn it back on and surprise...no vital signs at all. The phone didn't turn on, and the led was dead. After losing half of my hair, I tried removing the battery and placing it back. Now the phone behaves like this; when I press the power button, as long as I keep it pressed the led flashes red and that's it. When I stop pressing the power button the led stops flashing. When I plug the usb cable, the led gives a solid red and stays like that forever.
Please someone tell me it's just a screwed up battery...please
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Probably bad battery. It is certainly worth it to at least try another battery -- they're dirt cheap anyways, or better yet, BORROW one.

* Solid green (when connected to the power adapter): The battery is fully charged.
* Solid red (when connected to the power adapter): The battery is charging.
* Flashing red: The battery is low and needs to be charged.
* Flashing green: There is a new notification.

Neuromansa said:
Hi everyone, yesterday I took my G1 from my pocket (after using it normally for some hours) and it was turned off. I thought the battery was dead (I left it at about 20% charge) so I tried to turn it back on and surprise...no vital signs at all. The phone didn't turn on, and the led was dead. After losing half of my hair, I tried removing the battery and placing it back. Now the phone behaves like this; when I press the power button, as long as I keep it pressed the led flashes red and that's it. When I stop pressing the power button the led stops flashing. When I plug the usb cable, the led gives a solid red and stays like that forever.
Please someone tell me it's just a screwed up battery...please
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Leave it to charge for 30 minutes or so, then try to power on. should be okay

better to charge from ac power if u can

Its possible your charger could be faulty.

I have the same problem, has anyone found a solution?

Try leaving it charge for a good hour, or just go out and try a new battery, could just be dead.
Sent from my Xoom

sometimes if a battery gets to low it wont even charge... not just for phones but cameras too and so on..... iv had to do this to cell phones and cameras.... take a usb cord you dont care about and cut it and expose the red and black wires..... look for the positive on your battery and negative, usually its marked, how positive to positive and negative to negative for 30 seconds to a minute while its plugged into the computer then, pop the battery back into the phone and try to charge..... everytime iv had to do this for a freind or something of my own the battery has lasted over a year after with no problems.... just a suggestion

Thanks for the suggestions. I had already ordered a new battery and the phone boots up with it but it won't charge on or off and usb isn't recognized either. I tried wiggling the plug around to see if it was some kind of loose connection but it doesn't appear to be the case. I may take the phone apart and see if anything is loose but otherwise I'll just have to enjoy the last 30% battery of G1 time I have.

Not starting up + flashing red led while charging.

Connected the u8800 to the pc overnight for charging, today the phone will not turn on.
Charging it just results in the red led flashing, tried removing the battery but that did not help.
Anyone else had this?

mangoman said:
Connected the u8800 to the pc overnight for charging, today the phone will not turn on.
Charging it just results in the red led flashing, tried removing the battery but that did not help.
Anyone else had this?
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Sounds like broken battery... can you boot at pink screen? plug the phone to the PC without battery and try volume up + volume down + power.

ok, it starts without a battery.
Lucky for me i have 3 huawei 3g routers, two of them not even opened. They use the same battery as the phone, hb4f1.
The battery was completely dead, so going to ask for a new one.

Hi, i have the same problem i connect my phone into power and the red led blinks,except that that mine had get into see water...I try to get into pink screen but it is not responding.Also i have disassembly the phone and clean it from the water inside.Is there any fix?Will it be some component broken from the water?Any help will be appreciate.Thank you

[Q] N4 only turns on when charging

Couldn't find any response or anyone with the same problem here. If it's the right place. Please, let me now.
I only can use it when it's plugged at the wall charger. And sometimes I can enter fastboot and recovery using the laptop. When I take out the cable, it dies again.
Tryed all stock versions (4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.4.2) and all the same.
Tryed three new batteries and then go from 0 to 100% in one minute the go back to 0 and starts charging again.
I noticed that every time I try a new battery, it show the red led, and to start charging, I must hold power 10-15 sec then i can see the battery icon with the flashlight then charging. But when I press power after 15 hours of charging, the red light appears again. So i keep pressing and it turns on, but with the same result.
Any idea?
PD. Sorry about my english.

contapapo said:
Tryed three new batteries ...
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I am curious, how are you able to so easily swap out the batteries?
Has it always behaved like this (from new), randomly one day or after you changed something for example ROM, Kernel, some hardware etc?

Mr_JMM said:
I am curious, how are you able to so easily swap out the batteries?
Has it always behaved like this (from new), randomly one day or after you changed something for example ROM, Kernel, some hardware etc?
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After the first one, you are able to open and close it in 2 min.
One day it turned off and never woke up again. :crying:

Nobody? I'm about to put it in the garbage.

I've got a similar issue to the OP, I can force my phone to start, and have left it to "charge", but as soon as i disconnect the charger, the battery percentage goes down about 20%. if i then turn the phone off, I get a solid red notification light for about a second. to get the phone to turn on, i hold down the power and volume down buttons. If i hold down the power and volume up buttons, it appears to start charging, but never actually does. Any suggestions on how to get it to charge?

Nexus 4 Red Light of Death: Already Reconnected Battery

Hey guys, so my friend gave me her Nexus 4 and asked me to try and figure out what the problem was...
As the title says, the device refuses to turn on no matter what, I've tried using different chargers, different cables, even opened up the back cover, disconnected the battery from the device and left it like that for about half an hour, then plugged it back in, nothing. If i try to press any of the buttons while the device is plugged in, the Red light comes on and stays on until after i let go of the buttons...any thoughts? Its been awhile since she got this phone, so i don't believe she'll be able to send it back to Google to get a replacement.
TIA!

I read somewhere that you need to externally charge the battery to fix this.

nileshgr said:
I read somewhere that you need to externally charge the battery to fix this.
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How would you go about doing that? Thanks!

The battery could simply be toast. A new one off eBay will run you about $20.

I had the same problem. Try this steps pls:
Press Volume down+power buttons at the same time for 15 seconds.
After 15 seconds, plug the charger as the buttons pressed
After doing this u will see the led than the phone is going to start charging
That's it.

ariciselman said:
I had the same problem. Try this steps pls:
Press Volume down+power buttons at the same time for 15 seconds.
After 15 seconds, plug the charger as the buttons pressed
After doing this u will see the led than the phone is going to start charging
That's it.
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Thanks for the input! I tried this, but when i plugged it in, the LED blinked Red once and then still no response from the device?

How to turn on wileyfox storm after battery fully drained.

Hello to all experts.
1- Accidently my wileyfox storm battery was fully drained at night and i was not at home during that time.
I connected mobile to wall outlet it was showing red colour on home button when connected (as a battery charging indication) but after near about 8 hours i tried to turn it on but no luck. I pressed power button for many seconds, many times but no luck.
Now what should I do to turn on my wileyfox storm.
2- My second question is how to open back cover of my wileyfox storm. i did not find any notch or point to open back cover to see inside.
Thanks in advance.

Plug your phone on charge but not in usb, and wait about 20mn

I am having this problem as well right now, how did you fix it?

I too have the same problem , it was off because drain , but then put in office is no longer lights . the light is always red . what can I do?

Leave it charging for a while from the mains. Red light means charging on low charge, the screen doesn't turn on until it has some charge.

it is normal to be in power for eight hours, and nothing has changed ? Red light always on and off screen

rugabella said:
it is normal to be in power for eight hours, and nothing has changed ? Red light always on and off screen
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Have you tried holding down the power button now?

Johndawolf said:
Have you tried holding down the power button now?
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yes , and unfortunately nothing happens . problems that can have ? He does not get the charge? because it comes on the same spy and it is always red ? the phone has just three months

for anyone who is interested I solved !!! simultaneously press power button and volume less for about 20 seconds and the phone switches

rugabella said:
for anyone who is interested I solved !!! simultaneously press power button and volume less for about 20 seconds and the phone switches
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Im dealing with the same problem from morning. Im going to try your solution by 10 minutes.

ijaz1976 said:
Hello to all experts.
1- Accidently my wileyfox storm battery was fully drained at night and i was not at home during that time.
I connected mobile to wall outlet it was showing red colour on home button when connected (as a battery charging indication) but after near about 8 hours i tried to turn it on but no luck. I pressed power button for many seconds, many times but no luck.
Now what should I do to turn on my wileyfox storm.
2- My second question is how to open back cover of my wileyfox storm. i did not find any notch or point to open back cover to see inside.
Thanks in advance.
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I am no expert, but I've had the same problem after fully running the phone battery down. While looking for an answer I managed resolve the issue by to hold the power down and down array while the phone in chagrining for around 2 minutes and the phone started up, almost by complete accident.

rugabella said:
for anyone who is interested I solved !!! simultaneously press power button and volume less for about 20 seconds and the phone switches
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Hi rugabella
please guide me
I have same problem
since 17:30 today my storm battery drained and when i put it in charge LED light RED
it not Happened before , until now (20:44) phone is in charge and LED light is red
I tried time to time the key combination you mentioned (Power + volume Down) but nothing happens
now I'm waiting for more time to spent charging
Can you or someone else help me more?

tiosus said:
Hi rugabella
please guide me
I have same problem
since 17:30 today my storm battery drained and when i put it in charge LED light RED
it not Happened before , until now (20:44) phone is in charge and LED light is red
I tried time to time the key combination you mentioned (Power + volume Down) but nothing happens
now I'm waiting for more time to spent charging
Can you or someone else help me more?
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16hours and still RED light and nothing else
any help!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

tiosus said:
16hours and still RED light and nothing else
any help!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
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I had the same issue you are having, battery ran down to empty, charge light would always be red no matter how long it was plugged in, slow charge, fast charge, holding down the power button, even with the inclusion of the vol down, nothing worked.
I fixed it by opening up the phone and disconnecting then reconnecting the the battery. After doing so the phone started to properly charge (phone booted up and displayed the battery animation). Everything now operates as normal, though I won't be letting it drain to 0% again, that's for sure.
If you're able to, give it a shot and hopefully it will do the trick for you as well (though I'm probably way to late).

Hello to all
I again have the same problem, the battery of my storm has fully discharged, but although is it charging for many hours the LED light is always red and the phone will not turn on. This time even while holding together power button and volume less nothing is happening.
Can anyone help me and tell me how I can fix ?
Level1imp how did you open the phone to disconnect the battery ?

level1imp said:
I had the same issue you are having, battery ran down to empty, charge light would always be red no matter how long it was plugged in, slow charge, fast charge, holding down the power button, even with the inclusion of the vol down, nothing worked.
I fixed it by opening up the phone and disconnecting then reconnecting the the battery. After doing so the phone started to properly charge (phone booted up and displayed the battery animation). Everything now operates as normal, though I won't be letting it drain to 0% again, that's for sure.
If you're able to, give it a shot and hopefully it will do the trick for you as well (though I'm probably way to late).
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How i did you open up the phone? I'm struggeling with it

Thank you soooo much!!!!
rugabella said:
for anyone who is interested I solved !!! simultaneously press power button and volume less for about 20 seconds and the phone switches
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After I read your message here, I've tried and finally I solved this problem in my phone.
I was getting crazy because there isn't place to fix this phone in my country and the company Wileyfox wanted me to send my phone to someone in europe to them send to Wilefox to fix it. I've spoke with the company today to see what could they do for me and the solution they gave to me was this and to I try to open the back by myself. But this last solution it isn't a solution because would make me loose the garantee. Why the technician didn't told me about this solution? I'm so disappointed with them.

hi i have a wileyfox storm it is not going on when i press power button .now i connect with wall charger so it show a red circle on the bottom and phone show logo on and of .how can i put it on

This works!!
For anyone who needs it, this also works on wileyfox swift 2

Had this too, but solved
Just had this problem occur on my Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus. Completely drained, left on charge for 4h but it got 0% charged in that time.
For me, hooking it up to a slightly stronger power source (5V 2.1A) USB port of my power bank,
in combination with Power + Volume UP
Got me to a boot screen I'd never seen before.
Hit Fast Boot, it looked like it just turned off again but a few seconds later I saw the normal boot screen pop up