I have a galaxy S4 that I have not been using since I got an S6. The phone was off for a long time and now when I'm powering on the phone, it is not turning on. Once it happened and I had to charge it for a while before it started charging at 0% but now it is not charging at all. The phone did not have any battery issues prior to this.
Is the battery dead or completely discharged and what should be done other than replacing the battery?
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Bought the N4 and charged it full when it arrived without any battery charge. Charging icon showed full (I tap the power button when charging the phone while off to see the charging icon). Put the phone back in the box and pulled it out a few days later after getting a new sim and the battery was dead again...odd. Charged the phone again, turned it on, inserted new temporary sim card, and battery lasted 11 days with very minimal use, but it blew me away that a battery could last that long. When it dies completely, I put phone on charger and saw the battery icon, again, when phone is off and tapping power button, showed full. Unplugged phone but left off. Turned on again 2-3 days later and the battery showed dead. I realized I was using my Galaxy Nexus carger the 2 times it did not hold a charge and thought okay, this phone must require the actual specific charger that comes with the phone. So, charged with the original charger while phone was off and unplugged when charge icon showed full. Turned it on a day and a half later and the battery is at 50%. What is going on? I know I charged with original charger and I saw the icon showing full as the battery was completely lit. Could the battery be discharging while it is off, will the Galaxy Nexus charger not charge the N4, or is the charge icon all wrong and showing full when it is not. Puzzled?
Thanks for any help.
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Some components on the board still draw a minimal amount of power while the device is off. If you have a phone with a removable battery, turn it off and leave the battery in. Check it in a week and you'll see significant drain. Pull that same battery out and leave it on a shelf for a week. It MIGHT move by 1%, as long as take battery is healthy.
estallings15 said:
Some components on the board still draw a minimal amount of power while the device is off. If you have a phone with a removable battery, turn it off and leave the battery in. Check it in a week and you'll see significant drain. Pull that same battery out and leave it on a shelf for a week. It MIGHT move by 1%, as long as take battery is healthy.
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Thanks for the reply. I agree with what you stated in that the battery may get a minimal draw from a device when off; however, after charging with the proper charger this last time and charging to full, and to see only 47% of the battery capacity remaining after being completly off for 1.5 days is excessive battery drain. Especially since it took 11 days to run the battery down when it was charged completely before.
I don't think that the minimal drain on the battery could run it down 53% in 1.5 days.
Thanks.
AndroidAble said:
Thanks for the reply. I agree with what you stated in that the battery may get a minimal draw from a device when off; however, after charging with the proper charger this last time and charging to full, and to see only 47% of the battery capacity remaining after being completly off for 1.5 days is excessive battery drain. Especially since it took 11 days to run the battery down when it was charged completely before.
I don't think that the minimal drain on the battery could run it down 53% in 1.5 days.
Thanks.
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That is pretty crazy. I can't test for you myself to give a comparison because I can't leave this phone for a couple of days since it's my main device. Perhaps someone else will volunteer? Anyone?!
have you tried charging through your computer via usb connection? my findings with computer charging this phone is that it is deathly slow compared to one that charges properly through an outlet, but it might be another senerio to add to your predicament.
I put my phone on charge just like every other day. But it didn't start charging. Nothing at all. then it switched off because battery died.
But it doesn't charge.
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Three days ago, my phone stopped taking a charge.
Thought it was the charging port.
Yesterday, it was charging but not actively adding battery percentage, ie charged for an hour; still at 8%.
Thought it might be something with fast charge.
change settings. no change.
did a factory reset. no change.
tried a spare battery. no change.
used another spare battery that was charged. watched the battery life drain.
turned phone off. plugged into charge. now the battery icon and the safestrap boot screen are alternating but it takes a charge very slowly. but not while powered on. and the battery is no longer draining so fast.
I guess the next thing to do is reinstall system?
any other suggestions before I do that?
Did you try a different charger and cable?
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r00st3rsauc3 said:
hello
smn900a
towelroot
safestrap
android 4.4.2 stock
minimal mods mainly to screen res
Three days ago, my phone stopped taking a charge.
Thought it was the charging port.
Yesterday, it was charging but not actively adding battery percentage, ie charged for an hour; still at 8%.
Thought it might be something with fast charge.
change settings. no change.
did a factory reset. no change.
tried a spare battery. no change.
used another spare battery that was charged. watched the battery life drain.
turned phone off. plugged into charge. now the battery icon and the safestrap boot screen are alternating but it takes a charge very slowly. but not while powered on. and the battery is no longer draining so fast.
I guess the next thing to do is reinstall system?
any other suggestions before I do that?
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I have this same problem. I think its my faulty cable.
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I have tried three different wall cables and the car charger.
I am currently taking the charger port from my parts phone and will replace this one.
r00st3rsauc3 said:
I have tried three different wall cables and the car charger.
I am currently taking the charger port from my parts phone and will replace this one.
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Buy a new orignal cable.
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I replaced the charging port with the one from my parts phone and it resolved all the problems.
Pls guys what can make an A5 to discharge current when phone if off(turned down completely) but when phone is powered on it saves battery and work normal
Wow! It's the first device I've ever heard that discharges battery when it's off and not when it's on!
I'd get this looked at... Or a potential battery replacement?
I've got an issue with my battery where phone shuts down every time at 30% and won't charge above 80% unless I disconnect and reconnect charger then charges rapidly to 100%
I've heard LiPo batteries are easily damaged and have a short life span. In my case it has came to 0% numerous times. I tried calibrating it and still nothing
Here is some info on the battery.
Are those mA measurement's okay or bad?
These measurements are totally normal
It's probably your rom mate
kenzyyy said:
I've got an issue with my battery where phone shuts down every time at 30% and won't charge above 80% unless I disconnect and reconnect charger then charges rapidly to 100%
I've heard LiPo batteries are easily damaged and have a short life span. In my case it has came to 0% numerous times. I tried calibrating it and still nothing
Here is some info on the battery.
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Sounds like you need to return it under warranty.
Well I tried many different ROMs and stock firmwares still no luck. I've called service center and they will fix it. I think Li-Ion batteries are far better then Li-Poly
Had that issues on my previous device, Galaxy S4. Shutdowns at ~20% battery, terrible sot. My battery went bad so i replaced it with new battery and that solved it.
Consider replacing battery if flashing stock firmware does not help.
Batteries can last long if you take care of it. I guess you tortured it by draining it all the way to 0% or using the phone while its connected on charger, you should NEVER do that! 20% in my opinion is minimum before you should charge it to prolong battery life. Also if you really want very long battery life, do not charge it above 90%.
marko.dnb said:
Had that issues on my previous device, Galaxy S4. Shutdowns at ~20% battery, terrible sot. My battery went bad so i replaced it with new battery and that solved it.
Consider replacing battery if flashing stock firmware does not help.
Batteries can last long if you take care of it. I guess you tortured it by draining it all the way to 0% or using the phone while its connected on charger, you should NEVER do that! 20% in my opinion is minimum before you should charge it to prolong battery life. Also if you really want very long battery life, do not charge it above 90%.
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Thank you, I will be sending phone to service center. I really was using it while it was charging and it went to 0% million times.
This is what you guys get with a bad battery
kenzyyy said:
I've got an issue with my battery where phone shuts down every time at 30% and won't charge above 80% unless I disconnect and reconnect charger then charges rapidly to 100%
I've heard LiPo batteries are easily damaged and have a short life span. In my case it has came to 0% numerous times. I tried calibrating it and still nothing
Here is some info on the battery.
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How long have you had the phone? I doubt li-poly batteries is alot worse than li-ion since both are very similar.