I have a Note 4 that is stock that started randomly restarting. Then it couldn't even boot all the way up. I noticed it was getting very hot near the sim card. After letting it sit for a day, and cool off, I think. I was able to get into stock recovery and do a factory reset before it froze again. However, it still can't even boot all the way to the welcome screen. I assume it is a hardware issue. Any advice on what to repair/replace to fix this? Is it the motherboard? Thanks.
Hi, you could try to flash the stock ROM of the Android version that you're using. If that doesn't help, it's most likely an hardware issue and you have to send it to Samsung or get it repaired otherwise if possible.
Thanks. I am pretty sure it is the motherboard that has gone bad. It won't stay powered on long enough to flash a rom.
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Hi, you could try to flash the stock ROM of the Android version that you're using. If that doesn't help, it's most likely an hardware issue and you have to send it to Samsung or get it repaired otherwise if possible.
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Can you access the download mode of your device long enough? If yes, you could use the software Odin to flash the ROM.
If no, I guess nothing than Samsung itself can help you.
when my note 4 died suddenly during the day- having had issues like freezing, laggin and restarting since MM6.0.1- I thought it was ready for the burial but I read online somewhere- too many google pages LOL- to take the battery out, put it to chill in the fridge for 10 mins (I left mine in for 30), take it out and put the battery back in . Totally resuscitated!
Now using Wakelock app and all is- fingers crossed- well i.e.: no more lagging, freezing etc.
(I somehow could not flash custom firmware using my Mac after 3 tries- )
That's EXACTLY the case with mine right now, did you figure out the problem and if you did would you please be so kind and tell us what was it, i'm majorly desperate, i'm thinking a short circuit.
FoxX666MegAx said:
That's EXACTLY the case with mine right now, did you figure out the problem and if you did would you please be so kind and tell us what was it, i'm majorly desperate, i'm thinking a short circuit.
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Sorry, no. I was going to replace the motherboard, but didn't find a good deal on one and gave up.
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Sorry, no. I was going to replace the motherboard, but didn't find a good deal on one and gave up.
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Thanks for the quick reply, guess i should probably follow up too, i'll try to remove the shorting using Elma's solution and if it doesn't work i'll just throw it out, a new motherboard costs as much as a whole new phone, and yeah your Note 4 was shorted as well, most likely due to a poor quality battery or a bad Charger/USB cable or excessively using it while charging.
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My HD2 recently froze, so i decided to pull out the battery, and now it wont turn back on
This is after i upgraded to Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread
How can i fix this?
More info would be really helpful. when did it freeze, during boot, after boot..did it ever boot up correctly and get pass the setup? are you using clk or magldr? can you link to which gingerbread ROM you used? sorry for all the questions but without some more accurate info we would only be taking an educated guess.
So my guess would be that it might just be coininsidense it froze and really the battery is just dead. Magldr does not charge when the phone is turned off so try and get a spare battery if you can to test it out. You might have some luck going into T-mobile and asking them about it only because they might be able to grab a battery out the back to test it for you. If your not using magldr other issues could be a bad download or you flashed the wrong ROM.
I use magldr and i had this problem once, infact it took me several days to get it up and running again. If you do find out its this which hopefully its all it is you can get a spare off ebay rather cheap. I bought three spare batteries plus a wall charger for them for around $10 or so...maybe $15.
Sounds like bent battery pins, which can happen when doing battery pulls.
Take out your battery again and look at the 3 pins that stick out and make sure none are bent and all connect to the battery.
Try this... Pull the battery, plug the phone into the charger, then while plugged in, insert the batter back into the phone.
The same thing just happened to my HD2. It froze so I pulled the battery out and now it wont turn on. The only difference with mine is that I was running stock software. I had not done any tinkering with it at all such as flashing ROMs to it and whatnot. Is it completely dead or could it just be a battery issue?
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The same thing just happened to my HD2. It froze so I pulled the battery out and now it wont turn on. The only difference with mine is that I was running stock software. I had not done any tinkering with it at all such as flashing ROMs to it and whatnot. Is it completely dead or could it just be a battery issue?
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Did you try as I suggested in this thread?
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Did you try as I suggested in this thread?
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Yes. I tried everything that was suggested but with no luck. =/
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Yes. I tried everything that was suggested but with no luck. =/
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Battery might be fubar, I'd try another one.
To me it sounds like the battery pins if it wasn't for he said it froze, there is no description of when it froze but that it happened after he flashed a new ROM. If it was working fine for several hours and he hadn't pulled the battery out in that time then I would think its something else since it was working at one point. With out a little more info though we are just taking an educated guess...one of many things that could have happened.
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More info would be really helpful. when did it freeze, during boot, after boot..did it ever boot up correctly and get pass the setup? are you using clk or magldr? can you link to which gingerbread ROM you used? sorry for all the questions but without some more accurate info we would only be taking an educated guess.
So my guess would be that it might just be coininsidense it froze and really the battery is just dead. Magldr does not charge when the phone is turned off so try and get a spare battery if you can to test it out. You might have some luck going into T-mobile and asking them about it only because they might be able to grab a battery out the back to test it for you. If your not using magldr other issues could be a bad download or you flashed the wrong ROM.
I use magldr and i had this problem once, infact it took me several days to get it up and running again. If you do find out its this which hopefully its all it is you can get a spare off ebay rather cheap. I bought three spare batteries plus a wall charger for them for around $10 or so...maybe $15.
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It froze when i was just going through my messages, i am using Magldr,. and the rom is Cyanogen MOD 7 Gingerbread 2.3.5, (TyphooN_CM7_v3.5.8-MAGLDR)
And yes i do have a spare battery, ive tried using new battery, but same problem applies. and the pins are all aligned
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To me it sounds like the battery pins if it wasn't for he said it froze, there is no description of when it froze but that it happened after he flashed a new ROM. If it was working fine for several hours and he hadn't pulled the battery out in that time then I would think its something else since it was working at one point. With out a little more info though we are just taking an educated guess...one of many things that could have happened.
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Hey thanks for this information... my pins were bent and you saved me some hair pulling!
SOLVED!
orangekid said:
Sounds like bent battery pins, which can happen when doing battery pulls.
Take out your battery again and look at the 3 pins that stick out and make sure none are bent and all connect to the battery.
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Man, your suggest has just solved my problem! many thanks :angel:
pull out the battery. press the 'on'button for several seconds. press the reset button. plug the phone into charger. insert battery.
that worked for me
Hey Guys.
I'm very excited to get my nexus 4 but I've been hearing a lot of people talking about the RLOD!!
What causes this problem and is there anyway to fix this??
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Hey Guys.
I'm very excited to get my nexus 4 but I've been hearing a lot of people talking about the RLOD!!
What causes this problem and is there anyway to fix this??
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the red light is just caused by using your phone the wrong way. it won't happen if you do not flash a custom rom anyway.
And if you flash custom roms it won't happen either, if you follow the standard steps you have to follow on every android phone. It's just a brick that can happen on every android device if you flash broken .zip's or anything else comparable .
People who claim this happened from a moment to the next without them doing anything wrong, are just not telling the truth. Even IF this would happen this way(not your own fault), you could easily get a replacement from google without any costs or problems.
Thanks for the reply,
Ive heard many people who had a completely stock and unrooted nexus 4 say they got a red light of death too... The problem is, I don't live in any of the countries that have playstore devices. So I'm having somebody from the US bring it for me...
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Thanks for the reply,
Ive heard many people who had a completely stock and unrooted nexus 4 say they got a red light of death too... The problem is, I don't live in any of the countries that have playstore devices. So I'm having somebody from the US bring it for me...
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propably you could check the rev of those n4's (asking them in pm's). i can't imagine rev11+ have this problem anymore. I still won't believe this happened without a reason
S.H.A.D.E said:
Thanks for the reply,
Ive heard many people who had a completely stock and unrooted nexus 4 say they got a red light of death too... The problem is, I don't live in any of the countries that have playstore devices. So I'm having somebody from the US bring it for me...
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These many people you speak of? That's not even half possible for it to RLOD on pure stock without any mods it's just to save the hardware its the phones built in safety net...unless you plan on OCing to 1.98ghz and set it to performance and run antutu that will most likely do it for you
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Hi,
It happened wih or without running an Antutu bench. Yes some users have reported the red light on stock with rev 10 or with rev 11.
Antutu is not directly the culprit, it's due to a bad read of battery stuff (in a stress condition even at 50% battery the phone think you are out of battery then shutdown + heat, there is an issue with some phone about the battery contact inside the phone). If it's happen you can try to let your phone in charging for hours, sometimes it's enough. But the better thing is to open your phone then disconnect / reconnect the battery.
It happened also while flashing something in recovery mod, 40% battery, flash then reboot and bam red light...
Also on a French forum it happened during a download while browsing...
I agree we not know all the conditions together when it happened but it seems this is slightly random. Maybe a combination of circumstances...
It's "just" related to some weird battery reading issue.
For example I ran a bunch of Antutu bench with / without overclocking at different battery % (even at 11% battery ) without any issues, at least until today...
Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36304348
So does this problem happen to everybody or is only a minority of nexus 4 users affected? Do you think google would've fixed this problem by now??
Re,
It seems it's a minority phones who are concerned...
I don't know if Lg / Google have worked on the problem. As I read maybe the rev 11 are less concerned? But I'm not sure...
Don't be afraid, use your phone and if that happens rma or open your phone, there is always a solution
Alright, read a lot of threads and it looks like removing the battery and starting it again works perfectly. I also read somewhere that its due to too much pressure being applied on the thing the connects the battery to the phone.. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128392&highlight=red+light+of+death&page=2
Yes, it's what I said, ah I forgot this link.
When you search, you find
Happened to me a few days after I got it (100%stock, not rooted); I left it charging for some time and it turned on again like nothing happened. Didn't happened since.
Only time I had it was when I first rooted.
It got stuck in a boot loop on the "X" screen and when I rebooted to clear the cache the red light flashed and I had to hold the power button in to turn it off.
Booted into recover fine after that.
No issues since.
Alright that's good to hear. When did you guys get your nexus?? Maybe google resolved this issue.
I got mine very recently ordered in late February. It did red light because I flashed a mod which was for the nexus 7 but i flashed it on my nexus 4. I just went into recovery and flashed stock, phone was fine.
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Alright. Sounds good.
Got mine last week but it's a Rev 10 not an 11.
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the red light is just caused by using your phone the wrong way. it won't happen if you do not flash a custom rom anyway.
And if you flash custom roms it won't happen either, if you follow the standard steps you have to follow on every android phone. It's just a brick that can happen on every android device if you flash broken .zip's or anything else comparable .
People who claim this happened from a moment to the next without them doing anything wrong, are just not telling the truth. Even IF this would happen this way(not your own fault), you could easily get a replacement from google without any costs or problems.
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That is not true.. Red light appears due to some small chip next to the battery which is hardly put in there, you just need to release some pressure and it will be fine.. (there's a youtube video)
Loosen the screws?? Do you have a link to the YT video?
Ordered mine when they were first available, got it 2-3 weeks later (end of November).
Got a bricked rev11 301k here. Tried everything untill I get my replacement (takes a bit longer since I live in holland). Check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2177787&highlight=nexus+4+bricked for more info. Now I try to drain the battery and let it charge (put it in a cold enviroment for a full 24 hrs. Got past the google logo for half a second and saw the stock recovery before it went dead again
Since last week I am experiencing a really strange behavior of my battery.
Sometimes my phone (in a random app) just vibrates, the screen goes black and then it reboots. After the reboot I have lost 40-50% battery life. Sometimes the phones isn't even able to complete the reboot because it spontaneously has too little power left. See attached screenshots.
Has anybody had similar problems? Or knows a solution?
About my setup: The problem seems to be not rom or kernel related. It occurs no matter what rom or kernel setting I am using. Currently I am running coool boy's 4.3 GE witch KT's kernel (no OC or UV).
Is it possible that the battery is physically damaged? I have NO IDEA...
Experiencing the same problem. I've flashed back to stock and still experiencing this. Phone randomly turning off, not starting, sudden battery drops. Driving me crazy.
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This looks pretty strange 0.o
Consider buying a new recovery
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I've seen the same sort of graph on my old i9000. You're not gonna like this, but it got worse over time, and eventually my battery wouldn't last more than 5 mins. I thought buying a new battery would help, but it didn't. When I sent it in to Samsung they said they would have to replace the entire motherboard...
I think it's got something to do with the motherboard not being able to correctly sense the battery voltage/whatever/%. The phone reboots automatically because it thinks the battery is flat (even though it isn't).
If you're under warranty I suggest sending it in soon... Hopefully it's not the same as what I had heh.
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I've seen the same sort of graph on my old i9000. You're not gonna like this, but it got worse over time, and eventually my battery wouldn't last more than 5 mins. I thought buying a new battery would help, but it didn't. When I sent it in to Samsung they said they would have to replace the entire motherboard...
I think it's got something to do with the motherboard not being able to correctly sense the battery voltage/whatever/%. The phone reboots automatically because it thinks the battery is flat (even though it isn't).
If you're under warranty I suggest sending it in soon... Hopefully it's not the same as what I had heh.
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Well *#!$
I'll observate it for the next few days and see if it's getting worse...
If your phone is rebooting as opposed to just powering off, then I suspect it is hardware related (motherboard) as already mentioned.
I do hope I'm wrong though.
Maybe try using it for extended periods while plugged into a charger and see what happens. If it doesn't reboot then it may just be the battery.
Right as OP I'm suffering the same exact problem or there abouts. I've flashed back to stock rom, fully charged to 100% drained to 0% back to 100% yet still phone keeps shutting off randomly and the only way it works properly is with the charger plugged in. It's escalated quite badly with now after a few mins of YouTube turning itself off and not rebooting. I've requested a repair by o2 who I'm in contract with and see what will happen. I've heard crap stories about their repairs before taking it to Samsung.
I9500 owner. Had this exact same problem when using older firmware. After updating to the latest one, never had this issue again. Its been two months now, even more.
Try this. Flash the latest available firmware for you phone, not talking about OTA but the downloadable one from any region (whichever is latest for i9505). I guess it may have something to do with the kernel too.
Edit: wait a minute, why is your battery level going up when it isn't even charging in the second screenshot. Middle of the battery timeline. That's weird. I guess you should send the phone back
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Its a hardware issue(motherboard).I hope your under warranty.Best of luck .
i have something strange like that also on my device ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2409284
Thank you guys :good:
In the last few days the problem occurred more often. But now it is just shutting down (no reboot after vibrate) and after plugging it to the charger and restarting it sometimes I haven't lost any battery. Strange!
I fear there is nothing else to do than turning it in (warranty)
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Thank you guys :good:
In the last few days the problem occurred more often. But now it is just shutting down (no reboot after vibrate) and after plugging it to the charger and restarting it sometimes I haven't lost any battery. Strange!
I fear there is nothing else to do than turning it in (warranty)
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Same problem here. It started three days ago and today I'm barely able to use it... I'm still on warraty and I even have insurance, but it's a major inconvenience anyway.
Mines gone in for repair back to my carrier still no movement despite them having it for 2 days now really should have sent it back to Samsung directly. Will keep you guys posted.
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Will send it in tomorrow. Lady on the hotline told me apparently the motherboard is defect and I'll get a new S4. Exchange, no repair. I'm fine with that...
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That's good to hear, just inconvenience but at least you won't have to pay for it (or have the defect materialize a year later or something)
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Since last week I am experiencing a really strange behavior of my battery.
Sometimes my phone (in a random app) just vibrates, the screen goes black and then it reboots. After the reboot I have lost 40-50% battery life. Sometimes the phones isn't even able to complete the reboot because it spontaneously has too little power left. See attached screenshots.
Has anybody had similar problems? Or knows a solution?
About my setup: The problem seems to be not rom or kernel related. It occurs no matter what rom or kernel setting I am using. Currently I am running coool boy's 4.3 GE witch KT's kernel (no OC or UV).
Is it possible that the battery is physically damaged? I have NO IDEA...
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Experiencing the same problem. I've flashed back to stock and still experiencing this. Phone randomly turning off, not starting, sudden battery drops. Driving me crazy.
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Right as OP I'm suffering the same exact problem or there abouts. I've flashed back to stock rom, fully charged to 100% drained to 0% back to 100% yet still phone keeps shutting off randomly and the only way it works properly is with the charger plugged in. It's escalated quite badly with now after a few mins of YouTube turning itself off and not rebooting. I've requested a repair by o2 who I'm in contract with and see what will happen. I've heard crap stories about their repairs before taking it to Samsung.
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Its a hardware issue(motherboard).I hope your under warranty.Best of luck .
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Hey
I am new here.
but i was looking for information becuase my s4 9505i has the same problem
shuts of almost everytime i open apps too quickly or stream youtube or some other high usage apps etc.
battery drops up to 50 percent then back 40 percent then to 0 percent, the fact it that the phone never seems to know where the battery is.
by the way my phone is not rooted and i have done the factory reset a few times.
samsung... hmmm.. they seem to be real hard to talk to on the phone, i have had to call them 4 times already about the s4 i ahve had since june, and they just play me off like i am some kind of idiot etc. and deny that there is possibly any reason for random shutdowns, phone freezing, and now this battery/motherboard issue.
next bit is kinda stupid, the phone has a few internal scratches on it from when i ahve stupidly had the phone next to keys and all that. im sure they are going to try and void my warranty and say i have mistreated the phone...
had many phones before, maybe close to 50 and never, never, never have had to ring up a company to try and complain etc.....
any ideas.
I am in Australia,
I am thinking of trying the CONSUMER AFFAIRS kind of threats, but i have to word it the right way...
Okay aside from me not having a computer to be able to develop on I still use my Note 3 and yes I am a flashaholic so I do continue to test other developers ROMs and find something that works for me. I am having some really bad battery drain issues on my Note 3 and it gets VERY hot.. i mean like really hot! First off let me say that I don't have warranty on it so i can't send it back to get another one. Whenever I use the phone for pretty much anything it starts to get hot and then battery drains like 20% every 20 min or so. I've tried flashing multiple ROMs and even using stock.. yeah STOCK. But each and everything that I have tried just doesn't help. I am at the point of like smashing my phone on the wall or something lol. Please if you guys have any suggestions please let me know. If i can't get this thing fixed then I will no longer be a Samsung Fanboy (that's a lie) lol. But thanks in advanced!
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Okay aside from me not having a computer to be able to develop on I still use my Note 3 and yes I am a flashaholic so I do continue to test other developers ROMs and find something that works for me. I am having some really bad battery drain issues on my Note 3 and it gets VERY hot.. i mean like really hot! First off let me say that I don't have warranty on it so i can't send it back to get another one. Whenever I use the phone for pretty much anything it starts to get hot and then battery drains like 20% every 20 min or so. I've tried flashing multiple ROMs and even using stock.. yeah STOCK. But each and everything that I have tried just doesn't help. I am at the point of like smashing my phone on the wall or something lol. Please if you guys have any suggestions please let me know. If i can't get this thing fixed then I will no longer be a Samsung Fanboy (that's a lie) lol. But thanks in advanced!
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I had this problem with my old razr, it didn't get as hot as you say but the battery did drain really fast. If I were you I'd buy a new battery and see if you have the same problem. It's not uncommon to have a shot battery. Although, I'm not exactly sure what could be causing the overheating. You could possibly try putting it back to stock, calling Verizon and explaining to them that your battery is dying really fast and the indicator will jump percentages really fast. They may replace it...."may". Tell them you have done nothing to do it and have tried everything on the internet to fix it. What's the worst that can happen, they say no? Good luck man.
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Okay aside from me not having a computer to be able to develop on I still use my Note 3 and yes I am a flashaholic so I do continue to test other developers ROMs and find something that works for me. I am having some really bad battery drain issues on my Note 3 and it gets VERY hot.. i mean like really hot! First off let me say that I don't have warranty on it so i can't send it back to get another one. Whenever I use the phone for pretty much anything it starts to get hot and then battery drains like 20% every 20 min or so. I've tried flashing multiple ROMs and even using stock.. yeah STOCK. But each and everything that I have tried just doesn't help. I am at the point of like smashing my phone on the wall or something lol. Please if you guys have any suggestions please let me know. If i can't get this thing fixed then I will no longer be a Samsung Fanboy (that's a lie) lol. But thanks in advanced!
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If you have an sd card installed, take a look at that first. Make sure there aren't any corrupted files on it.
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Logan3824 said:
I had this problem with my old razr, it didn't get as hot as you say but the battery did drain really fast. If I were you I'd buy a new battery and see if you have the same problem. It's not uncommon to have a shot battery. Although, I'm not exactly sure what could be causing the overheating. You could possibly try putting it back to stock, calling Verizon and explaining to them that your battery is dying really fast and the indicator will jump percentages really fast. They may replace it...."may". Tell them you have done nothing to do it and have tried everything on the internet to fix it. What's the worst that can happen, they say no? Good luck man.
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If you have an sd card installed, take a look at that first. Make sure there aren't any corrupted files on it.
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Before I made this post I did some research and found that the sd card may be the problem. I have had it removed for around 2 weeks. I also took the sim card out and still nothing works. If Samsung doesn't send me another one then I will switch to Moto.
Running apps have a factory Mode running? That's what used to make my phone hot.
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If you have an sd card installed, take a look at that first. Make sure there aren't any corrupted files on it.
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Make sure your SD card didn't get killed. My battery got VERY hot too & drained very fast
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560780
It seems the Note 3 "eats" SD cards after a few months
My SD card is completely dead. Can't read it with my laptop & other cards are fine in same SD Slot
It happen when inject virus or Chache data So, Before reset check this fix Note 3 getting overheat -14 Reasons and answers
Hi All,
Firstly thanks for all the invaluable advice from these forums over the years.
My partners nexus 4 has started frequently crashing to power-off. Possibly since using a cheap charger on a trip overseas. It was on stock OS. We thought that would be a good reason to root and install LineageOS which I have used on my phone without a glitch. It didn't solve the problem though, it would boot if plugged into power and could be used, but on battery it would quickly crash if asked to do anything but idle.
Now it seems to be even worse, crashes on boot, even plugged in. I can get to recovery (twrp) but crashes if I try to sideload any other kernel or ROM file.
Is this likely a hardware issue? Considering trying a new battery, but that's only a guess...
Or could it be resolved in software? If so, any top tips getting new files onto the SD card? (This is where I wish the nexus 4 has an SD slot!)
Thanks!
Topher
anonymi.topher said:
Hi All,
Firstly thanks for all the invaluable advice from these forums over the years.
My partners nexus 4 has started frequently crashing to power-off. Possibly since using a cheap charger on a trip overseas. It was on stock OS. We thought that would be a good reason to root and install LineageOS which I have used on my phone without a glitch. It didn't solve the problem though, it would boot if plugged into power and could be used, but on battery it would quickly crash if asked to do anything but idle.
Now it seems to be even worse, crashes on boot, even plugged in. I can get to recovery (twrp) but crashes if I try to sideload any other kernel or ROM file.
Is this likely a hardware issue? Considering trying a new battery, but that's only a guess...
Or could it be resolved in software? If so, any top tips getting new files onto the SD card? (This is where I wish the nexus 4 has an SD slot!)
Thanks!
Topher
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Most likely a battery issue. A new battery (avoid cheap substitutes) is likely to solve the crashes.
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Most likely a battery issue. A new battery (avoid cheap substitutes) is likely to solve the crashes.
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Thanks, trying that out now. Will let you know how we get on.
Cheers
anonymi.topher said:
Thanks, trying that out now. Will let you know how we get on.
Cheers
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Hello, I have exactly the same problem. I bought two different batteries and the problem is still there on both. Is it possible that it is due to the usb charge connector ? I am waiting for two pieces.
berturion said:
Hello, I have exactly the same problem. I bought two different batteries and the problem is still there on both. Is it possible that it is due to the usb charge connector ? I am waiting for two pieces.
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Sorry, forgot to report outcome - a replacement quality battery totally fixed the issue. Running LineageOS like a dream
anonymi.topher said:
Sorry, forgot to report outcome - a replacement quality battery totally fixed the issue. Running LineageOS like a dream
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Where did you buy quality replacement battery ?