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X10 doens't turn on/charge

Hello everybody... Well, my X10 doens't power and charges... It simply blinks a red led 3 times and start to get hot... I looked for this on google and just found a problem like this on X1. I removed the battery for some time, and now placed it again and started to charge... the red led blinked thousand times, but now stopped. But the phone didn't boot and still getting hot.
Someone can help with that?

ip_flores said:
Someone can help with that?
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How long have you left it to charge?

For like 30 minutes now...

ip_flores said:
For like 30 minutes now...
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Is the green led on?

XperiaX10iUser said:
Is the green led on?
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No... The red led was blinking 3 times... and now, no led light. Everything is black.

Are you using an 'official' SE battery? For my x10 I have three batterys, one which came with the phone ( the official one that has sony ericsson printed on ) and two fairly cheap ones I got from ebay which are ' 3rd party cheap replicas '.
The only way I can get my cheap ones to charge is by having them in the phone cradle I got off amazon where you can stand the phone and behind that there is a slot for a spare battery to charge without it being in the phone.
I hope this makes sence so far lol
So anyway I always have one battery charging, one ready to use when the one runs out in the phone and swap them around in a cycle as I need.
If I try and charge the cheap batterys in the phone the phone will just constantly turn itself off and on until the battery is completely drained.
I would recommend getting one of the cradle chargers and make sure it has the spare battery slot at the back, mine was around £10 - £15 I think.
Iv tried to be as clear as possible and I hope this helps if its not an official battery you have
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I have a same issue
I have Xperia.
But mine one is even not starting up.
nothing happen when I put on charge.
Help some one.

ravespandya said:
I have Xperia.
But mine one is even not starting up.
nothing happen when I put on charge.
Help some one.
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Xperia is the type of phone you have. Take out the battery and look at it and tell me if it says sony ericsson clearly on the battery itself with a hollogram or just bst-41 with a few pictures.
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Youd have to rule out the charger itself first by using another one. If that works then your sorted. If it doesnt then its either the phone or battery.
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johndub71 said:
Youd have to rule out the charger itself first by using another one. If that works then your sorted. If it doesnt then its either the phone or battery.
Very true but like I mentioned and somehow 2 / 3 of batterys won't charge in the phone, they have to be charged in the cradle.
Works fine for me.
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Well, my phone red led now stopped blinking, and dont blink in any situation... =/

Thatl be because the battery is drained completely. Look at my previous posts and read carefully what iv said and you shall hopefully find some answers.
EDIT: one last thought before I go. Turn on your pc or laptop and try charging through a usb port on there or try the mains charger instead.
I'm off to bed now so good luck and if your still stuck I'll try and help more tomorow, seriously read what iv said slowly and take it in.
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I have this same problem. For me, it happened when the battery (yes, official SE OEM battery) got fully discharged when I was unable to get to a power source on Saturday night, and since then, the battery will not take a charge. Worse, AT&T says they have no replacement batteries in stock, their warranty department found none in any of the AT&T online stores, and when they contacted SE for me, SE offered to send a replacement...in 5-7 business days! So, for now, I have a (fairly lightweight) brick after owning the device for a mere 34 days (4 days, by the way, after I could send it back to AT&T with a big middle finger for them to shove up their noses).
Ugh.
Does the X10a any key combinations that would allow the device to "reset" the battery memory?

(FIX) Red Blinking Light of Death

This may or may now help anyone.
I was using my phone and it just **** off on me. I wasn't flashing a rom or "tinkering" with it. I am rooted but was stock. No kernel. Connecting wall charger or connected to PC would just result in blinking red light.
I removed back cover (be careful doing this) and disconnected battery from mother board. Connected it back up and BAM...all is well. No loss of data...turned back on on the state I had left it.
Maybe this will help someone....

I'm 80% sure this has to be cuz of stock charger
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add3421 said:
did you try first just holding down the power button for like 10+ seconds? I get the red blink of death a lot in my car, I believe it is related somehow with thw wireless charging and it is shorting out or something with another component of my car. Anyway holding down the power button for a while reboots it.
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Which type of car charger were you using?
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calanizzle said:
I'm 80% sure this has to be cuz of stock charger
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Why are you so sure about this?

donchele said:
Why are you so sure about this?
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I've read at least 10 different posts about people having this, while charging with stock
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calanizzle said:
I've read at least 10 different posts about people having this, while charging with stock
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And then the other 1000 that weren't charging or did use a different charger.
I don't believe it's the stock charger

I tried 5 different wall chargers (including stock charger). Three different USB cables on three different PC's. No change in results. Red blinking LED remained. I tried all combination of powering it on...Red blinking LED remained. I literally tired everything for 4hrs straight without any results.
Removing the back, disconnecting battery and reconnecting did the trick. It has been working perfectly for 6hrs now. Charges fine, no issues.

aaronuser said:
I tried 5 different wall chargers (including stock charger). Three different USB cables on three different PC's. No change in results. Red blinking LED remained. I tried all combination of powering it on...Red blinking LED remained. I literally tired everything for 4hrs straight without any results.
Removing the back, disconnecting battery and reconnecting did the trick. It has been working perfectly for 6hrs now. Charges fine, no issues.
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How hard is it to remove the back panel and remove the battery?

italia0101 said:
How hard is it to remove the back panel and remove the battery?
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Very easy. Took about 3 minutes. I also had access to cell phone tools...basically a plastic separator tool (wont scratch or brake anything). You could also use a guitar pick or a plastic silverware knife.

I just received a Nexus and it is doing this exact thing.
I plug it in with my Samsung Tablet charger (2.0a so plenty of power) and get a SOLID red LED. After about 5 minutes, the Red LED turns off. If I try to power it on (power, vol down and power, all 3 buttons) with AC attached the Red LED just comes back on solid. Unplugged, nothing happens - no matter how long I hold down the buttons. Nothing is working!
Did I get stiffed with a crap device?

jamina1 said:
I just received a Nexus and it is doing this exact thing.
I plug it in with my Samsung Tablet charger (2.0a so plenty of power) and get a SOLID red LED. After about 5 minutes, the Red LED turns off. If I try to power it on (power, vol down and power, all 3 buttons) with AC attached the Red LED just comes back on solid. Unplugged, nothing happens - no matter how long I hold down the buttons. Nothing is working!
Did I get stiffed with a crap device?
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What really sucks...if you call and exchange it with them. They will want to hold the purchase amount on your card til they get the old one back.

aaronuser said:
What really sucks...if you call and exchange it with them. They will want to hold the purchase amount on your card til they get the old one back.
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Unfortunately I purchased this from ebay - just my luck it comes back in the play store the week I finally get one at a decent price! I'm going to leave it charging overnight, but I don't have high hopes. I'm really bummed out.

jamina1 said:
Unfortunately I purchased this from ebay - just my luck it comes back in the play store the week I finally get one at a decent price! I'm going to leave it charging overnight, but I don't have high hopes. I'm really bummed out.
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you gotta carefully take the back off and disconnected/reconnect the battery. that's your only hope.

I noticed my Belkin car charger started wheezing and the phone displayed the charging icon on and off. But disconnected before anything happened..

beegbear said:
you gotta carefully take the back off and disconnected/reconnect the battery. that's your only hope.
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I have nothing with which to separate the back and that would invalidate any hope I have of receiving a refund from the seller.

jamina1 said:
I have nothing with which to separate the back and that would invalidate any hope I have of receiving a refund from the seller.
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If you have paid with paypal check if you have buyers protection.
Then first contact the seller and if he ignores you then contact paypal about the issue.

jamina1 said:
I have nothing with which to separate the back and that would invalidate any hope I have of receiving a refund from the seller.
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If you take your time there is no way anyone can tell you've taken the back off.
via Google Galaxy Nexus 4

aaronuser said:
Very easy. Took about 3 minutes. I also had access to cell phone tools...basically a plastic separator tool (wont scratch or brake anything). You could also use a guitar pick or a plastic silverware knife.
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I'll have a try.

Did anyone tried to not panic and just put the phone for a couple of hours into charger?
if the battery is completly discharged, connecting it to charger for 10 mins will not make the device run, trust me it works the same on Nexus 7.
Put the device to charger for at least half of day (6h) and then check if the problem still appear, if yes then RMA the device (openning it up may break the warranty).
Adam

AdamLange said:
Did anyone tried to not panic and just put the phone for a couple of hours into charger?
if the battery is completly discharged, connecting it to charger for 10 mins will not make the device run, trust me it works the same on Nexus 7.
Put the device to charger for at least half of day (6h) and then check if the problem still appear, if yes then RMA the device (openning it up may break the warranty).
Adam
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This isn't the problem in a lot of the cases. I've had it happen to me now 10+ times. Sometimes the battery is almost full-charge. I can't RMA the device because I bought it at home (Wisconsin) and now I'm living in Germany.
For anybody wondering, you can buy a nexus from somebody else (as in the e-bay case) and transfer the warranty to your name.

ethugp3pp3r said:
This isn't the problem in a lot of the cases. I've had it happen to me now 10+ times. Sometimes the battery is almost full-charge. I can't RMA the device because I bought it at home (Wisconsin) and now I'm living in Germany.
For anybody wondering, you can buy a nexus from somebody else (as in the e-bay case) and transfer the warranty to your name.
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This a "lot" of cases, are simply people who panicked and cant think straight (this is most common issue at Xda developers, especially when rooting phone ). The long charging test is the first thing you should check, if this will not help then its battery fault and need to be RMA'ead. But in most cases i'v readed , it was simply that battery was discharged fully, and phone needed time to charge it back to run device...
You still can RMA your device, it will just cost u more to send/recieve it from Google/LG.
And yes, if you bought a N4 purchased at google play and sold to you, the device ID must be transfered to new owner (old owner can simply send an email to google play). In case it will not be transfered and you will try to RMA te device, the original buyer will get it , not you.
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Solid red LED when plugged in, device unresponsive

Last night, the battery of my N4 was getting really low, so I plugged it in. I noticed it was not charging when I plugged it in. It ended up dying completely on me. I plugged it in again later that night, and the LED started flashing red. I unplugged it and replugged it a few times, and now when I plug it in there is a solid red LED and the device is totally unresponsive. I let it sit on the charger all night and it made no difference. I was totally stock, no root, no kernel, bootloader was even still locked.
Am I going to have to RMA? I'm a college student and don't exactly have $300 sitting in my account at the moment..

Press and hold the power button for about 10-15 seconds till the light turns off
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nxt said:
Press and hold the power button for about 10-15 seconds till the light turns off
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Sorry, I should have specified. I've tried every button combo and nothing works. The phone is totally unresponsive.

Find a torx screw and reset your battery.

Strelok1987i said:
Sorry, I should have specified. I've tried every button combo and nothing works. The phone is totally unresponsive.
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you really need to hold it for a while, longer than you think. im pretty sure when it happened to me i had to hold the power button for around 30 seconds after unplugging it. if theres still no dice then it might be ok to freak out lol

joshnichols189 said:
Find a torx screw and reset your battery.
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This solution worked for me after no amount of charging and button pressing would get me anything. Phone was stock and charging overnight when the red LED happened.
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joshnichols189 said:
Find a torx screw and reset your battery.
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Reset the battery? What does that entail? Is there a guide for it or something?

Strelok1987i said:
Reset the battery? What does that entail? Is there a guide for it or something?
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You've got to open up the back of your Nexus 4, then unscrew the battery connector, take it out then plug it back in. There are some tutorials around the forum if you need them.

Yuvin said:
You've got to open up the back of your Nexus 4, then unscrew the battery connector, take it out then plug it back in. There are some tutorials around the forum if you need them.
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Did this, no difference. I'm a little afraid my warranty may be void now
Tried several different chargers, different cables, etc. Nothing works. Just a solid red LED.

Strelok1987i said:
Did this, no difference. I'm a little afraid my warranty may be void now
Tried several different chargers, different cables, etc. Nothing works. Just a solid red LED.
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Just call and rma. I did the same
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tried this an no luck
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Just call and rma. I did the same
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I have this same problem, I've already taken the battery connector off reset it nothing there, removed batter tried to ,annually charge using some wires on + and - terminals still no dice.
I'm afraid my warranty is void because of those procedures. Does any one know if that's the case.
I still have solid red led when I plug it, and I had solid red led when I plugged in with no battery, does anyone know if the battery is just completely dead and needs to be replaced?

I had a similar problem on one of my Nexus 4 phones - I went to the LG service centre to get it looked at. They said the motherboard is gone and needs to get replaced. If your phone is still in warranty then you can get it done - otherwise replacing mother board is a very expensive affair - you would be better off buying a new Nexus 5.

ae1990 said:
I have this same problem, I've already taken the battery connector off reset it nothing there, removed batter tried to ,annually charge using some wires on + and - terminals still no dice.
I'm afraid my warranty is void because of those procedures. Does any one know if that's the case.
I still have solid red led when I plug it, and I had solid red led when I plugged in with no battery, does anyone know if the battery is just completely dead and needs to be replaced?
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There is no warrenty sticker or anything. There are users who did the same as you and got their device rma-ed
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Is it time to trash the N4
My Nexus 4 went low on battery power (3%) so I plugged it in to my usb car charger, soon after i noticed a solid red led light coming from the notification led. I left it on charge for close to 12hrs once I got home. Pulled the rear cover off and removed the battery to test the voltage... 3.8V was available. After reassembly and many different attempts at button pressing combinations there is still no life whatsoever and when I plug it into the AC charger I still get the solid RED LED light of Death...
Can anybody tell me if the mainboard is likely to be fried???

Think my phone is dead. Won't boot. any ideas?

I've been having a few issues with my Nexus 4 on 5.1.1.
Twice in the past month I've had random Force closures of all aps. Facebook was the worst. But then it goes on to all other apps including the launcher.
First time that happened I did a factory reset and things went well. Yesterday it happened again while it was on another charger and I can get my phone to boot.
The screen backlight looks like is on when it's plugged into the charger and will go out if I hold the power button down for 5 to 10 seconds.
If I hold the power button down for 10 seconds when the charger is connected the LED flashes red till I take my finger of the Power button.
I've let it charge overnight (12 hours) and I've tried holding both volume buttons with the power button.
As well as Volume up and Volume down separately with the power button.
Is the phone dead? anyone got any ideas on how to bring it back to life
I've got a screwdriver set on order as I don't have fine enough star screwdriver to remove the internal battery connection. Which is my next step..

I think you are right to try replacing your old battery. Be careful while scraping it out where it is glued in not to tear it up too bad because it can 'splode. Might want to use a plastic card for that. I used a metal shim, an iOpener, and am much better now...
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I'm going to try just unplugging the battery from the board first before I attempt to replace it.
Think it's time for an upgrade anyway.
Got my eye on the "OnePlus-X" as my next phone.

Removed the battery and stuck my multimeter into it.
It's got V output of 3.61 volts but amps drop off a cliff to zero as soon as I touch the contacts.
New battery arriving tomorrow.

i have the same problem with my nexus 4 dude. it boots when it is connected to the charger. basically it works like a desktop. I went into recovery mode and did a fectory data reset and wiped all the cache. Pliz help me proceeed. I kind have a hunch that its a software thing. did yours start working ater change of battery? Thanks ..

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i have the same problem with my nexus 4 dude. it boots when it is connected to the charger. basically it works like a desktop. I went into recovery mode and did a fectory data reset and wiped all the cache. Pliz help me proceeed. I kind have a hunch that its a software thing. did yours start working ater change of battery? Thanks ..
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Can you go to recovery without charger plugged in?

karsondang said:
Can you go to recovery without charger plugged in?
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yes dude. i can go to recovery without it even being plugged in. I m pretty frustrated. I plan on giving it to the repair centre but he will charge me a bit high. Doesnt matter will let you guys know if I do find a solution.

Well my "new" battery arrived yesterday.
And it's getting sent back today!!
Got it through Amazon and when the battery arrived it looked ok but would not charge. I took it out to check the contacts and the ribbon came away form the battery! Looks like it was not soldered to the battery properly (if it ever was!) Just glad it didn't cause a short and kill the phone or myself.
Getting one from a different supplier tomorrow. Hopefully this one will work!

s0litaire said:
Well my "new" battery arrived yesterday.
And it's getting sent back today!!
Got it through Amazon and when the battery arrived it looked ok but would not charge. I took it out to check the contacts and the ribbon came away form the battery! Looks like it was not soldered to the battery properly (if it ever was!) Just glad it didn't cause a short and kill the phone or myself.
Getting one from a different supplier tomorrow. Hopefully this one will work!
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Please let me know! I've ordered a third battery just now. The first one was an aftermarket one, the second one was apparently a knock-off, this one was smaller than the original one.
The third one is hopefully a genuine LG one since the reseller is listed on LG their site.

Dam!!
Replacement battery arrived today. Looks good.
Installed it and the same thing is happening!
Screen backlight goes on. does not seem to be charging!
Now thinking the motherboard is buggered!
But I'll keep the phone on charge overnight just in case...

Damn that sucks to hear man. Hope it works tomorrow!

Now just searching freebe sites and eBay for any damaged cracked nexus4's I could scavenge from

Suraj Sanjay said:
yes dude. i can go to recovery without it even being plugged in. I m pretty frustrated. I plan on giving it to the repair centre but he will charge me a bit high. Doesnt matter will let you guys know if I do find a solution.
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After battery replacement, my Nexus 4 is come back

karsondang said:
After battery replacement, my Nexus 4 is come back
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Good on you!
No point in replacing a great phone if you can help it

won't power on after battery replacement

Hello,
I just replaced the battery with a new one on my old Nexus 4 and now after I got the red light blinking at power up and had to told power + volume down to turn it on the percentage of the battery is incorrect. Also at charge it will not go above 50%.
I am writing here after I read all sorts of problems with the phone after the battery replacement. I have also attached a screenshot showing how wrong the reading of the battery is. It often enters battery saving mode frequently and exits in a few seconds.
Basically it's like reading the Voltage wrong at different values.
Please if anyone can help me I would deeply appreciate it since I really like the way the phone works, even in 2017.
Found that I'm not the only one with this problem. So the phone has a check system to see if it's original or not.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/battery-issues-calibrate-boots-via-t3439321/page2

wonder if I install Lineage OS if this will still happen. I will post feedback.

confirmed it happens is TWRP as well. I even tried to disconnect and connect it again. Looks like this phone is dead.

natzy85 said:
confirmed it happens is TWRP as well. I even tried to disconnect and connect it again. Looks like this phone is dead.
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This clearly is a battery issue. It seems that you got a duplicate battery. From where did you buy it?
Nitin

nitin.chobhe said:
This clearly is a battery issue. It seems that you got a duplicate battery. From where did you buy it?
Nitin
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from a shop in Romania (a very good one that has all needed parts. The battery is identical to the one described in the replacement thread : https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/bulging-nexus-4-problem-battery-t3121956.
I don't think I can send it back thought. The battery is already glued to the phone now. Such a shame for the poor phone. I really had taken good care of it for all these years. Btw the phone now does not power on at all. I just get the red LED in the bottom and that's all. I can power it up by plugging in to an outlet, but the battery does not charge at all.

now it's behaving just like in this thread : https://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-4/312151-solved-nexus-4-wont-turn-charge-3.html
Managed last night to get the charging phone icon appear but it showed 0% and I had it connected to my laptop.
I will try again tonight using an 220V outlet. Maybe the phone is not dead yet according to the forum above.

natzy85 said:
from a shop in Romania (a very good one that has all needed parts. The battery is identical to the one described in the replacement thread : https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/bulging-nexus-4-problem-battery-t3121956.
I don't think I can send it back thought. The battery is already glued to the phone now. Such a shame for the poor phone. I really had taken good care of it for all these years. Btw the phone now does not power on at all. I just get the red LED in the bottom and that's all. I can power it up by plugging in to an outlet, but the battery does not charge at all.
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That again shows that the problem is with the battery and not the phone or software. Don't you have LG service center where you can get the battery replaced?
Nitin

nitin.chobhe said:
That again shows that the problem is with the battery and not the phone or software. Don't you have LG service center where you can get the battery replaced?
Nitin
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not here, and I bet it would cost quite a lot of money. Wonder why they decided to check on the battery? Maybe because of the problems like Note had with the battery exploding thing?

nitin.chobhe said:
That again shows that the problem is with the battery and not the phone or software. Don't you have LG service center where you can get the battery replaced?
Nitin
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why do you think the battery is to blame? Since I already found other people with the same problem of showing bad readings of % and also by not powering it up.

natzy85 said:
why do you think the battery is to blame? Since I already found other people with the same problem of showing bad readings of % and also by not powering it up.
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It costs around 20 USD here in India.
You wrote this " I can power it up by plugging in to an outlet, but the battery does not charge at all.", that's why I think this is battery issue.
Nitin

nitin.chobhe said:
It costs around 20 USD here in India.
You wrote this " I can power it up by plugging in to an outlet, but the battery does not charge at all.", that's why I think this is battery issue.
Nitin
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They did replace the battery and now it works as new. Thank you for all the feedback!