Hey all;
Issue 1 : Its almost impossible to turn on.
The times I cannot get it to turn on it also doesn't show that the phone is charging when plugged in (no battery on screen, no led indicator).
If I reinsert battery a few times whilst plugged into a charger it will sometimes work sometimes will not (I've tried multiple batteries on known working charger)
I know when it has worked as the phone vibrates when battery inserted randomly and screen shows the battery charging symbol, then I am able to also turn it on normally.
Issue 2: When charging phone it becomes too hot to touch on the front glass about 1/4 below the earpiece
This is with the phone switched off; with it turned on; same thing but it never gains charge. (fresh ROM flashed, first boot, no connections, sim or wifi)
It also becomes hot when plugged into charger without the battery inserted; assuming strange processor issue?
I tried to charge it from 10%, it reached 35% before I unplugged it as I was concerned the phone would burst into flames; it had become untouchable/almost scalding on the front glass and the battery was absorbing a lot of the heat.
Issue 3: Wifi will not switch on.
Maybe problem with the processor also? although I did not attempt this on a few different stock roms yet.
More details:
So far I've flashed a stock ROM (actually I’ve tried 3 versions so far, two KitKat and one Lollypop); including flashing correct PIT files with each and using NAND erase all just to see if it would help.
I am using Odin 3.09 with good success; I’ve never had a write issue and it behaves itself very well always detecting the phone instantly in boot mode without fail. I've succeeded with all odin flashes of stock roms and booted each one without too much trouble.
The power drain is sufficient that the phone will only stay turned on for a few hours right after a fresh flash (e.g NO user apps; nothing; no sim; no Wi-Fi; NOTHING); after which I have to swap batteries with another (I'm using a working S4 to charge these).
Thanks to all.
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Several times when my HD2 had very low power it would go through a reset-reboot cycle which eventually resulted in a power off-> charge (I couldnt get it to merely remain powered off whilst charging as it would always start up and attempt a boot whenever I either put the bat in or pluged it in)
Last time this happened, however, it stopped charging altogther. I have two batteries, neither of which charge. Ive tried several roms and have now even returned to winmo 6.5!
BTW the roms flash ok, but in all cases, the phone restarts at some stage during boot.
The phone behaves as if Ive pulled the battery when I pull the usb cable, hence why it feels to me as if its an issue related to the battery not charging.
Any ideas? Anyone successfully charged up a battery without it being in the phone?
Thanks!
sorry *facepalm* just noticed one of the power pins was bent! Fixed!!
Hey all.
So I have an s4 that was running safestrap and hyperdrive. It all worked fine and I was having no problems. The phone froze (programs not responding, not a big deal.)
I did a battery pull and then the phone would not turn on again. When I put the battery in, it turns on for about 5 seconds. I managed to get it into recovery and download mode, however it turns off almost as soon as I get there. I checked with a different battery, but nothing.
I would ODIN it and everything would be fine, but it won't stay on long enough for my computer to even recognize it.
Also, I tried leaving the phone on the charger overnight, but it won't charge the battery or show the red LED. I felt for heat to see if it was hot around the usb/charging port but it wasn't.
Any ideas?
I'm sure you tried this, but did you try to use the USB cord to power and not rely on the battery?
Hey there!
I'm using a samsung S4, got it in august 2013, don't have any custom ROMS or anything of the like installed, but recently, the battery has been causing a lot of issues with the duration of which it can be used despite having a full charge.
Despite having no apps besides spotify, myfitnesspal and a game, the battery has been Excessively draining for some reason, there are various incidences whereby it is connected to the charger but is losing battery instead of being charged. There was once when it showed 0%; and when I plugged out the charger, the phone automatically shut itself down, it drains at a rate of 2% every minute when on airplane mode and watching youtube videos with wifi being on about 20% brightness. I have tried restoring it to default factory settings which worked about a year ago, but when I tried it several months ago, the battery life still remained miserable but it was never to this extent.
Now, I can't even boot the phone up, it starts itself automatically when I put in the battery, I have tried booting into recovery mode but as soon as the blue message in the top left hand corner appears, the phone shows a black screen. Also tried clearing the RAM by holding onto the power button for three minutes without a battery and memory card.
I was considering that it might be a screen issue however the phone is unable to charge whilst in this "booted" mode and my computer doesn't not recognize it as a device, as if it's turned off.
I also realized that my mother who uses the same phone as me has a slightly different looking OS on her phone ( she would never download custom ROMs) despite my failing to update my phone's OS several times as it said on Kies and on the phone itself that my phone was already on the latest available version.
Dear friend!
Sorry to tell you this, but buy another Galaxy S4!
I'm sure that will solve my problems but I don't have the financial means to do so, on top of that, my photos and videos and other sensitive information will be lost
loler357 said:
I'm sure that will solve my problems but I don't have the financial means to do so, on top of that, my photos and videos and other sensitive information will be lost
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it doesn't even go into download mode?
It might be a damaged usb connector
well, could be battery busted issue maybe? try a new battery or try your mothers battery and see if that works? just my opinion since i've read alot of S4's fixing itself after getting new original batteries
Greetings, everyone!
I bought an N910C Note 4 back in 2015, has been working flawlessly up until the last couple months where I couldn't go more than 5 minutes off the charger without the phone dying and having to recharge it again. About a month ago, I bought a new battery and it resolved my phone's performance issues completely. At least, so I thought.
After around 2 days of having the new battery, my phone has been giving me a new issue: The phone immediately turns off(No Samsung screen or anything) when un-locking the screen or when doing just about anything(Although Chrome seems to be an exception, I haven't tested it again yet) past a certain battery percentage(Seems to be around 60% or so) and is unresponsive unless I do a battery pull or I put the charger in. Now here's the thing though, after it turns off and I put the charger back in, it still shows either the same percentage it had when it died or sometimes 2-5% less charge. After I turn it back on, the cycle continues.
I've done the following:
-Tightening the screws on the phone
-Dialing *#0228# and re-calibrating the battery
-Charging via computer with third party USB and charging via wall with original charger
-Disabled Fast Charging
-Running in safe mode
-Deleting Cache Partition
I have rooted the phone two months ago, and it is on 6.0.1. I did do a factory reset prior to getting the new battery, but I will try again if it is suggested.
Thank you for reading and I appreciate any help.
EDIT: It seems that prolonged usage of an app(As in not switching between apps or closing it out) seems to give me usage all the way to about 34-14%, where the phone then shuts off.
=============DEVICE DESCRIPTION================
rom=pixel experience A12 rom
recovery=pixel experience's custom recovery.
ram=6GB
processor=snapdragon 600 series (forgot the variant name)
=================Conditions====================
So, i have been using this device for over 4-5 months on this rom as an daily driver, it was working fluently with no issues whatsoever, Mic was a bit glitchy. on an random weekend as usual before going to sleep as the device was on low battery i still remember it being at 6%. i plugged it into an wall outlet to charge and went to sleep. fastforward to the next morning the device is completely dead with no activity on plugging in or out the charger. no vibration or display of any sort, fast forward a week i checked the battery voltage which specified that it was at ~4.0v meaning the battery was charged. which only meant the device was dead.
================RESOLUTIONS==================
So, as the device wasn't turning on fastboot mode would obviously didn't worked. disconnecting and reconnecting the battery didn't worked either. HOWEVER!!, i was able to boot into downlaod/EDL mode using the on board joint on the device and as expected it popped up in device manager meaning it had some life in it, so i went on to use qfil to flash the stock rom but it after flashing the phone never turned on, repeating the step didn't helped. as it went back to it's lifeless state.
now, i want to get this device back to its working state but just can't get it to work. the display probably isn't the fault as there should be an vibration on connecting an charger or rebooting the device.