Hello all,
As my trusty Note 4 which I've had for over a year gave signs of low battery life (lasting only 3-5 hours on a full charge), I decided to pick up a new replacement battery.
I purchased it from a renowned retailer, it is an original battery with the plastic packing and everything. Made in Korea, Assembled in Vietnam.
The problem is, I inserted the battery and the phone won't turn on. I put the charger in as I though it was discharged. While on charge it turns on perfectly and I can use it. As soon as I remove the charging cable it shuts down after 1 sec. After that when I try to turn it on it keeps restarting, won't get past the Note 4 logo.
My phone is rooted, with TRWP recovery and Emotroid 6.0.1 ROM on it.
Could this be a software issue? I can power it up just fine in download mode, but recovery does the same as normal boot up.
Thank you
sounds like a bad battery, even trusted sellers send out bad batteries sometimes.
I second the vote for bad battery. I had the same situation with a replacement battery. If the phone is turned off and connected to the charger, the charging image pops up briefly, closes down and then pops up again repeatedly. All my other batteries charge normally in the phone. There are too many bogus parts on the internet. Other than buying directly from the manufacturer I don't know of any way to be sure what I am buying is genuine.
Yep....deffo a battery issue. I got a new battery for my wife's N4 direct from Anker. The same as I have done for every phone I've ever needed a new battery for. NEVER had any problems with Anker batteries....
https://www.anker.com/products/A6035021
This link takes you to the Anker website, but to buy the battery, the website will redirect you to the Anker store on Amazon.
Stay WELL away from eBay, even if the seller states 'genuine' you can pretty much guarantee that the offered battery has never seen the inside of a Samsung battery factory.
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So I had an unusual experience with my G1 and I though I would share it with the forum for feedback or to possibly help someone else out.
I come from the winmo community and recently purchased a Cliq xt. Without a root method and stuck on 1.5 I picked up a cheap used G1 to play with. I was told the phone was a few years old. I rooted the phone and installed CyanogenMod 5.0.8.
I soon noticed my battery was not holding a charge and immediately ordered 2 1400mah batteries off Ebay. I got the batteries, fully charged one and let it completely drain. When I went to plug the phone back in to charge it up it would not charge. The only way the phone would boot up was if it was plugged in (to the usb or wall charger). From what I read I gathered that if I got a unit to charge the batteries out of the phone I would still be able to use the phone. I charged a battery and put it in the phone. Still the phone will not turn on. Oh well my G1 died, I'll just buy one with a broken screen and swap them out.
By the time I found a broken G1 on CL my original G1 sat for 4-5 days with the fully charged battery in it. When I went to start dissecting the phones I noticed my old G1 was on and running. WTF? Battery level was at 18%. I plugged the phone into the wall charger. It indicated it was charging. I turned the phone off and on and fully charged it over night. I have been using the phone for the entire day and the battery life is as good as a G1 gets.
Everything I have read about the not charging/turning on issue indicated that the mother board was bad in the phone. Yet my phone displayed those same symptoms and started working again.
Thoughts?
Yea it happend to me too.
You just need to pull the battery for 5 minutes and put it back in. I think its because the CM6 builds overclock it to 576mhz (higher then rated 528mhz) and that causes issues like this.
not as magical as I thought. Thanks for the reply.
I had this as well and when I removed battery and put back in I noted that the battery level had flipped from in the red to the equivalent of in the green... this was before i even rooted my phone... possible software issue perhaps?
I had given my Touch HD for replacing the digitizer. After it came back from the customer care center, I faced a problem with the battery. As soon as i plugged it in for charging, I noticed the orange light- that usually shows the charging mode. But after 6-7 seconds, the light goes off and the battery never gets charged. Even after I charged the phone for 4-5 hours, when i try to switch it on.. it says low battery and switches off. I visited the customercare again with the same problem. The person there said the battery was to be blamed and he ordered a new battery for the same. That poor battery never arrived, even after a good 20 days waiting. That is when i ordered it from UK. Now, I recieved the battery a week back and the same problem persists. I am sick of this cell now. I would be grateful to anyone who has a solution for this.
Regards,
Rakshith
Hi
Problem of the circuit device to be charged
If I were you, I'd buy a universal lithium charger. You can get one on eBay for as low as 2.80 USD. I would recommend an online company called bestofferbuy.com because it has several for under 2.60. My personal favorite one there is one shaped a penguin that can recharge either via USB or AC. It is available at:
http://www.bestofferbuy.com/universal-cell-phone-lithium-battery-charger-with-usb-power-port-ac-110v240v-p-26225.html
The charging USB dongle on my phone broke and when I asked a friend about his recommendation, he asked if I had searched for a universal lithium charger. I went to froogle.com, performed the search and found bestofferbuy.com. Basically, if you look at any universal lithium charger, it will have two posts that you "line up" with terminals on your battery. When the lithium charger senses a correct alignment, a light will come on. When charging, those lights will flash until the battery is fully charged. Then the lights will come on steady. I have bought two chargers from there as I like to keep one in my overnight bag.
If you do a search on eBay, I'd recommend you use "lithium charger" as it will show the lowest priced models. Then, look the sellers that offer a USB and a/c models. You should not pay over 2.80 USD (shipping included).
My Nexus is now unuseable. 2 nights ago I had it plugged in all night and it did not charge. Last night it charged. However, now it boots comes up to the homescreen and shutsdown. Other weird things have happened like seeing speckles on the screen and last night the screen was unresponsive.. I can't get it to boot in safe mode because it shuts down before I can bring up the safe mode screen. After it shuts down I can't do anything with it. About 5 minutes later the charging indicator appears and I can reboot again. I had charging problems before. Google was supposed to send me another charger but never did. I rooted and unlocked it. Now I may be stuck with a broken tablet? Any suggestions? Google is closed on Sunday. Thanks.
Sounds like a hardware issue, possibly with the GPU on the Tegra 3 chip, although I could be wrong.
In any case, I would recommend waiting till tomorrow and contact Google.
Did you do anything with your tablet like flashing a custom ROM or anything like that?
charge with ur phone charger for an hour and see.
Problem solved???
OK it looks like I solved it. The charger is BROKEN and not providing any power to the tablet. When the tablet booted up to the homescreen, there was not enough charge in the battery to sustain it so it shut down. Fortunately, I bought a very nice blackberry charger on Ebay and now that the tablet is plaugged into it, the tablet is working. THANKS for your concern guys. I will be calling Google to have them send the charger they promised me.
THANKS!
have you ever gotten any asus products as you know asus are half baked there useless ill just sell it
After a few years of good experiences, the last couple of weeks my Archos 10.1IT is having problems. A re-install of everything did not cure. Apparent problem are the device not going to sleep (the screen switches off but the device keeps active), and the USB host port no longer working. Well, sleep and host port works immedeately after a reboot, but stops after having slept once. This happens with stock Android, and with UrukDroid.
Yesterday I switched it on at charge level 80% and within minutes it dropped to 10%. Then the device froze, and I notices that it had become very hot. I could not switch it off (long press of the power switch had no effect) so I put it outside just in case it would catch fire.
That didn't happen. I tried to recharge it but the behaviour didn't change: Immedeately after booting up it starts discharging fast. Peculiar is that although I switched it to ariplane mode, WiFi is still the biggest consumer of energy (36%). Also peculiar is that although the battery feels hot, battery snap reports the temperature at 23.0 (which is the normal temperature during operation).
Something is severely wrong. I think this is the end of this tablet.
Goodbye
After some attempts to get it back to life, deep discharge, recharge and so on, I consider the device dead.
If anyone is interested in the remains (the unit's okay, just the battery is broken) drop me a note.
Goodbye to y'all -- it was fun.
I ordered a Samsung Galaxy Note for replacement.
Never say never...
Just for fun I investigated at the company I bought it, and they informed me that I had a two year warranty (I expected just one year). This means that I still can send it back for repair.
To prepair the device for reparation I wiped it (reset Android and data). To my surprise it is now charging again and seems to function normally (except for the deep sleep and host port). Strange...
FYI: The Samsung Note 10.1 is nice and fast, but very bloated. And you need all kinds of extra connectors and cables to connect it to the charger, USB devices and HDMI.
Finally
Today I went to the shop with the broken Archos. They were very sorry to inform me that they didn't sell Archos anymore, and couldn't repair it. All they could do was give me a refund.
So I received €159,95 refund after 20 months for a device that was €229,00 when I bought it.
Still I think I gonna miss it...
new batteries
sciurius said:
After some attempts to get it back to life, deep discharge, recharge and so on, I consider the device dead.
If anyone is interested in the remains (the unit's okay, just the battery is broken) drop me a note.
Goodbye to y'all -- it was fun.
I ordered a Samsung Galaxy Note for replacement.
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There are 2 batteries inside the Archos 101, and it is very easy to replace. Will you try ?
Those batteries are very simple. You can get it thru the mail order.
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So I don't seem to be the only one that has battery issues with the i9505.
It's randomly rebooting and then stuck in bootloop until i connect it to the charger. Once it reaches the homescreen I can disconnect and the battery % will slowly creep up to it's original percentage which is VERY frustrating when you're not near a charger.
Problem is the phone is rooted so going back to the shop is probably not an option plus I can't be without a phone for several weeks because I'm guessing they will send the phone back to Samsung for tests.
Should I buy an original battery or are there good aftermarket ones? I'm kind of weary of buying some cheap eBay battery since I heard they have bad performance or can even be dangerous.
Suggestions?