What it means? Plugged in computer - white LED. Plugged in charger - nothing? - Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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What does it mean? When device is plugged into computer - I see white LED. When it is plugged into charger - I see nothing.
Additionally: Volume up + Power - nothing.
Can I bring it back to life?

Does your battery charge?

DiegoxG said:
Does your battery charge?
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No sign of it. But last time the battery was at around ~75%.

DiegoxG said:
Does your battery charge?
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In fact, had problem with charging ever since I received this used phone as a gift. Any clue? Thanks.

Does it charge when pluged into an USB port? If it works, let it overnight.
My wall charger died a year ago and I use an old iphone charger or a car charger.
The only situation I know that the battery does not charge is when you have nothing on the phone. I mean no system at all. Been there, mcgyver method was needed.

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Help :(

My X1 doesn't turn on anymore! I just woke up and it was off. I left it recharging during the night... Now when I plug it in all I see is a red light on the power on/off button. Any ideas?
Could it be just the battery?
The problem is i got it from someone in England so i'm not sure about warranty.
take off the battery cover and then take out ur stylus and you will see a little hole next to the battery and then take ur stylus and push he little button in tha hole and then that will restart it.
no, that doesn't solve it... but thanks
i tried removing the battery and leaving it off for a while but nothing...
the red light appears only when the phone is supposedly charging
Then leave it charging for hours and don't touch it until the red light goes away. Then you can switch it on again.
Don't let a Lithium-battery run out of power! It drastically reduces the battery lifetime and it's not easy for the controller to charge it again.
Recharge the battery before it runs out, best at >40%
Hmm... think I encountered that red light problem before, though can't really remember how I solved it. Think encountered it when I was charging using another cable (and not the original one) and later was ok after using the original cable + charger.
Thanks guys
I'll try doing that. I never left it with less than 50% battery though... I have no idea why this happened.
I'll give news later today
mesaboogie said:
Thanks guys
I'll try doing that. I never left it with less than 50% battery though... I have no idea why this happened.
I'll give news later today
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When the battery decreases that fast (50% over night) than maybe the battery is broken. If charging over a few hours does not help, you should try another battery.
skycamefalling said:
When the battery decreases that fast (50% over night) than maybe the battery is broken. If charging over a few hours does not help, you should try another battery.
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I left it charging (it was at around 60% when i plugged it)
Still doesn't work.. the red light goes off after a bit and if i try to turn it on (while plugged) a red light by the USB port flashes 3 times.
It has the same behaviour as if the battery wasn't on.
I tried reading the voltage and it's at 3.3v which is 0.3v below normal but that's because it's not fully charged, right?
I'm afraid of throwing away another €35 for a new battery and it still doesn't work :\
mesaboogie said:
I left it charging (it was at around 60% when i plugged it)
Still doesn't work.. the red light goes off after a bit and if i try to turn it on (while plugged) a red light by the USB port flashes 3 times.
It has the same behaviour as if the battery wasn't on.
I tried reading the voltage and it's at 3.3v which is 0.3v below normal but that's because it's not fully charged, right?
I'm afraid of throwing away another €35 for a new battery and it still doesn't work :\
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Are you charging with a computer?
Try the real charger. You can always try a battery from another one who has the same phone or go to a shop where they sell it and kindly ask for a battery to try.
Should be no problem.
oh man! it's working now! i don't know what happened... I didn't do anything else. In fact, I had just sent an e-mail to Sony Ericsson
skycamefalling said:
Are you charging with a computer?
Try the real charger. You can always try a battery from another one who has the same phone or go to a shop where they sell it and kindly ask for a battery to try.
Should be no problem.
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oops didnt see your reply
yeah i tried the charger as well. No idea what happened here.
Thanks skycamefalling!
edit: Oh yeah... something wrong happened during the charge because now it shows just around 20% battery left! hmm... what could drain battery this fast while the phone is sleeping (and plugged in to the pc)?
Glad to hear your phone is awake again
mesaboogie said:
edit: Oh yeah... something wrong happened during the charge because now it shows just around 20% battery left! hmm... what could drain battery this fast while the phone is sleeping (and plugged in to the pc)?
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It seems your USB-PC port does not give currency to the phone. It's the other way around -the Computer sucks the power out of the battery.
You can look in the Hardware Manager (PC) how which currency the USB port provides -it should be around 500mA when the phone is plugged is.
I would suggest using the wall charger to be sure the phone is charging.
skycamefalling said:
Glad to hear your phone is awake again
It seems your USB-PC port does not give currency to the phone. It's the other way around -the Computer sucks the power out of the battery.
You can look in the Hardware Manager (PC) how which currency the USB port provides -it should be around 500mA when the phone is plugged is.
I would suggest using the wall charger to be sure the phone is charging.
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It's weird. I've been using the same port every night since I got the X1 and it always charged it perfectly. They all provide the 500mA.
Yeah, I'll use the wall charger from this day on whenever I can haha... *phew*

HD2 Died - Power Problem

Thats right.. last night i left my Leo charging, today when i woke up i noticed that the battery level was very low so.. i unplugged it and plugged it again, noticed that the orange led wasnt lighting up, neither was the phone charging.
The phone gets very very very hot when plugged to charger or USB port on my computer and does not charge at all.
Tried it all, left it all day long with the battery out of the phone, tried charging without it in.. and nothing..it just gets very hot where the connectors (pins) make contact with the battery.
Now im trying to charge the battery on a cradle to flash it with stock rom and SPL to get it to warranty..
Any of you guys has any thoughts?
I see i posted in the wrong section.
Thank u mod
Do you always charge via usb into pc? Is your cradle plugged into the wall or pc? I don't know if you have done this, probably so, but check in windows settings->system->Power and inside the battery tab see if the "When phone is on, do not charge the battery when connected to a PC" is checked.
Sean3 said:
Do you always charge via usb into pc? Is your cradle plugged into the wall or pc? I don't know if you have done this, probably so, but check in windows settings->system->Power and inside the battery tab see if the "When phone is on, do not charge the battery when connected to a PC."
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Yeah.. it crossed my mind to check for it, and that option is unchecked.
Though the charging "orange" led doesnt turn on even if the phone is off.
I usually charge it via usb->pc, allthough i tested with the wall charger and nothing.
I suspect it must have been a power surge that burnt in some way the PBC of the "charging module..thing"
Thanks for the suggestion
i'd check that none of the pins for the battery are in contact with each other if there is heat in that area.
Ok, I'm assuming then that the phone works, but just has low battery at the moment. If that's the case then it doesn't appear to be the battery or the leads. Any chance it's the cable? That of course assumes your using the same one with the cradle. I ask because my device didn't come with a wall charger, just a usb cable so I had to get a few extra plus a wall plug-in with a usb port.
Jack E said:
i'd check that none of the pins for the battery are in contact with each other if there is heat in that area.
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Yep already checked it..although if it was something wrong with the pins the phone wouldnt turn on.. i dunno
Sean3 said:
Ok, I'm assuming then that the phone works, but just has low battery at the moment. If that's the case then it doesn't appear to be the battery or the leads. Any chance it's the cable? That of course assumes your using the same one with the cradle. I ask because my device didn't come with a wall charger, just a usb cable so I had to get a few extra plus a wall plug-in with a usb port.
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I have a car charger also.. and nothing.
Your leo didnt came with a wall charger?
BillReed said:
I have a car charger also.. and nothing.
Your leo didnt came with a wall charger?
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Weird, but unfortunately it didn't. I think being in the US and getting the device from Telstra in Australia may be why I didn't. Well, if it is a hardware problem and you can't get it to charge from the device, I believe you can get a cradle that will allow you to charge the battery independant of the phone. I know it's not the best option on the planet, but it would get your battery where it needs to be to flash and confirm whether or not it's a charging issue with the battery itself.
Come to think of it, this did happen to me several weeks ago. I plugged the phone in before bed as usual and noticed the charging light didn't go on and the battery drained overnight from about 60% to 15%, which it shouldn't have done. Not in standby at least. Soft-reset the next day fixed it. It hasn't done it since. I was installing a bunch of things that evening, which may have been what did it.
I had a same problem with my hd2 and by some miracle and few days of pain
it workd again...and it workd about 5 days and same thing happend al over again...and I think I have solution!
It may be stupid but it work for me...
try to connect your hd2 to charger but without battery and then insert the battery and it should start up your phone and charging...
I apologizes for my poor english
mikelebrat said:
I had a same problem with my hd2 and by some miracle and few days of pain
it workd again...and it workd about 5 days and same thing happend al over again...and I think I have solution!
It may be stupid but it work for me...
try to connect your hd2 to charger but without battery and then insert the battery and it should start up your phone and charging...
I apologizes for my poor english
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I'll try that when i arrive home..

Hd2 not getting charged!!!! Pls help me

Hi Folks,
My HTC HD2 Android not getting charged either by a wall charger or usb via my pc... i dont what happened suddenly it got turned off due to low battery and when i pluged it for chrging its not showing orange LED notification of charging. when its off and plugged in Orange LED blinked once and Phone got switched on. And when its connected to PC for abt 3 mins it will show charging and after that it shows discharging and battery drains when it shows it discharging . pls help me out coz i dont want to loose my Leo .
Thanx in advance,,,,
Check the pins at the phone which connects to the battery. Sometimes they are deformed and this cause the charging/not charging problem.
But... in this case I don't think this is the problem, because this problem should not affect direct charging from usb cable.
Anyway check them just for sure!
Thanks VDodi
VDodi said:
Check the pins at the phone which connects to the battery. Sometimes they are deformed and this cause the charging/not charging problem.
But... in this case I don't think this is the problem, because this problem should not affect direct charging from usb cable.
Anyway check them just for sure!
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I tried diff cables but its the same...
Magldr doesn't support charging when phone is off.
Nigeldg said:
Magldr doesn't support charging when phone is off.
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so if your phone dies how do you get it to charge?
Wdustin1 said:
so if your phone dies how do you get it to charge?
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Best way is not to let it run out
However, normally it will have enough charge left once it dies to boot up far enough to start charging. If this is not the case, then you have to cut open a USB cable and use the red and black wires to charge the battery. I have not had to do this and am unsure as to how to do it but there are tutorials. It seems simple enough.
Sarathdna said:
Hi My HTC HD2 Android not getting charged either by a wall charger or usb via my pc... i dont what happened suddenly it got turned off due to low battery and when i pluged it for chrging its not showing orange LED notification of charging.
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Consider, as was previously suggested, a cable connection issue.
While you do not currently have the luxury of looking at your status icons, I have found that, on occasion, when I plugged in the phone to charge, the status icon indicated a USB connection, rather than a charging icon. Unplugging the cable and re-inserting the cable fixed it.
Note that new high quality cables can exhibit the same issue.
You have nothing to lose... Give it a shot.
Good luck.
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Sent from my ICS HD2 with XDA Premium
Nigeldg said:
I have not had to do this and am unsure as to how to do it but there are tutorials. It seems simple enough.
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Take out battery, plug chopped up USB cable into wall charger, use fingers to hold red to + black to -, count to twenty, battery in phone, phone into bootloader, real charger cable into phone and wall charger, leave 10 mins, reboot into android. (Can charge all the way in bootloader, but it seems slower than when android is running.)
samsamuel said:
Take out battery, plug chopped up USB cable into wall charger, use fingers to hold red to + black to -, count to twenty, battery in phone, phone into bootloader, real charger cable into phone and wall charger, leave 10 mins, reboot into android. (Can charge all the way in bootloader, but it seems slower than when android is running.)
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By 'tutorials on how to do this' I basically meant your posts
As previously said if you're using magldr you need to be booted into Android before the phone will charge. You can try to warm the battery up in your hands to squeeze the last bit of power out of it to boot up. Or there are standalone hd2 battery charges you can buy from eBay that charge your battery outside of the phone, they're pretty cheap.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
As Samuel said you can charge phone in bootloader. Just try!
Had to buy external charger
item # M00366 this charger was cheap has led's that change from red to blue as the battery charges and has a usb port so you can charge a battery in phone at the same time.
I'd been alternating tween an extended battery and the original when my HD2 started discharging while plugged in. same batteries and nearly a year of typhoon's excellent ROM progression then wham dead batteries....

[Q] battery dosen't charge

My battery dosen't charge anymore.
About one month ago, sometimes when my battery was in 1% I only can charge with cell off and usb pluged in pc. In the wall charger the white led dosen't turn on.
Now, my battery won't charge, I plug in pc and the white led turns on. Sometimes phone turn on and boot normally, but after 2 minutes it turn off.
When is on, battery indicator shows is charging and 4% battery,
I´m using tezet' CM10.
edit: in the last 3 hours i plug in wall charge. screen shows just battery and a interrogation point inside and the white led is off.
Any sugestions?
thanks
Yuriê
yuriebc said:
My battery dosen't charge anymore.
About one month ago, sometimes when my battery was in 1% I only can charge with cell off and usb pluged in pc. In the wall charger the white led dosen't turn on.
Now, my battery won't charge, I plug in pc and the white led turns on. Sometimes phone turn on and boot normally, but after 2 minutes it turn off.
When is on, battery indicator shows is charging and 4% battery,
I´m using tezet' CM10.
edit: in the last 3 hours i plug in wall charge. screen shows just battery and a interrogation point inside and the white led is off.
Any sugestions?
thanks
Yuriê
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Did you try with another battery?
It seems the phone cannot handle it because the circuitry inside the battery may be broken.
Good luck.
i dont know anyone with the same phone.
after changing charging to pc and to wall many times my phone began to charging.
now is working perfectly...
Did you use the same cable for usb and wall connector charging? (cable broken?) Did you try another wall charger? (charging device broken?)
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Did you use the same cable for usb and wall connector charging? (cable broken?) Did you try another wall charger? (charging device broken?)
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the problem only occur when my phone is 1% charge. After the last problem i can charge my phone without problems.
So you just can't let it get to 1%?
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So you just can't let it get to 1%?
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yes.
yuriebc said:
My battery dosen't charge anymore.
About one month ago, sometimes when my battery was in 1% I only can charge with cell off and usb pluged in pc. In the wall charger the white led dosen't turn on.
Now, my battery won't charge, I plug in pc and the white led turns on. Sometimes phone turn on and boot normally, but after 2 minutes it turn off.
When is on, battery indicator shows is charging and 4% battery,
I´m using tezet' CM10.
edit: in the last 3 hours i plug in wall charge. screen shows just battery and a interrogation point inside and the white led is off.
Any sugestions?
thanks
Yuriê
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If the battery lower than 15%, it will warn, if lower than 5% it will auto close device. If the battery lower 5% then charge may cannot open device to charge.

Solid RED light when insert USB cable

Nexus just died on me last night, out of nothing at all.
Plug the charger into USB, out for a bath and N4 give me a welcome with solid RED notification light. Unplug the charger RED light gone, but phone won't have any response no matter what key combination i press.
No fastboot, no bootloader, no charging animation, just a piece of brick with RED light when connected to USB power. Have tried to remove the battery connection and reconnect but yield the same.
Anyone have similar case? All the search i found is blinking RED light, unlike mine with a solid "RED mean STOP"
Plug it into the mains and let it gain power for a bit.. Battery might be completely depleted
Rizy7 said:
Plug it into the mains and let it gain power for a bit.. Battery might be completely depleted
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Have leave it charge overnight, however still the same when i woke up this morning.
One thing i forget to mention, when i unplug the battery pin and put in USB cable, the same solid RED light appear, wondering is this having to deal with battery not receiving/release charge
vyis said:
Have leave it charge overnight, however still the same when i woke up this morning.
One thing i forget to mention, when i unplug the battery pin and put in USB cable, the same solid RED light appear, wondering is this having to deal with battery not receiving/release charge
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It was plugged in the USB all night, or AC power?
username8611 said:
It was plugged in the USB all night, or AC power?
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AC, original charger.
This is so weird that i have idea what have went wrong, worst case scenario it should have boot up to bootloader even if kernel / ROM went wrong, but haven't flash anything new for the past few days.

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