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RED LED of Death - Guide to get phone back up and running

Hey all,
Surely at some point we have all gone to pick up our x10's and seen nothing on the screen and a blinking red led when you try to turn it on.
Immediatly thoughts of Phone Death and End of the World will undoubtably echo through our minds. Fear not!
Well, this happened to me on the weekend again (a few times now) so i thought i'd try a few different ways of getting it back up again and i think i nailed it first go
1. Yank battery out
2. connect charger and wait for green charging led
3. insert battery and wait for charging icon to appear in screen* (SE logo first, then Charging screen)
4. power phone on with cable still connected. Phone will boot as normal and continue charging.
5. celebrate avoidance of mobile technology isolation with a few cold ones
Hope that helps someone!
* For what its worth, i am running Zdzihu's 2.2 Beta4, but i think this should work on most. Only thing that might be different would be the charging icon does not appear on some ROMS. That i cannot answer but is probably worth a shot anyway
Tim.

Hasn't happened to me yet. Do you let your battery get fully drained?
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violentgoomba said:
Hasn't happened to me yet. Do you let your battery get fully drained?
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did happen that way once, was not anywhere near anything remotely power generating (camping) but this last time was still on 70% charge and on charge via USB at the time. weird!

Ok that sounds alarming. I'll keep an eye out for this on my x10
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Hi,
I am facing the same issue as mentioned above but unable to resolve it.
I tried the steps mentioned:
1. Yanked battery out
2. connected charger and waited for green charging led
But for me the green charging led does not come up!!
What could be the issue?

I don't quite understand. Are you saying that X10's are just suddenly and mysteriously dying? I've never heard of this or had it happen to me on stock firmware. The way you described it sounds like you always leave your screen on. Maybe that's the problem, or it's because 2.2 custom ROMs are completely stable yet? :Confused?

sumtimes strange things happens
i charged the battery completly 100% den wipeout the battery
rubb it in my palmm ...insert it back
turn on the phone it says 3 % charged RED led starts blinking
ahahahahahahaha..
wipe out battery rub again placing it back it says 100%

Rohveric said:
Hi,
I am facing the same issue as mentioned above but unable to resolve it.
I tried the steps mentioned:
1. Yanked battery out
2. connected charger and waited for green charging led
But for me the green charging led does not come up!!
What could be the issue?
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Or it could be that your USB port is broken.

same issue...
i don't think usb is broken...coz the phone went dead when i was playing a game...there was no issue with the usb port then...
when i charge the RED light blinks...
if i remove the battery and place it back and swith it on RED light blinks again but for 3 times....and no display....
i've been searchin solution for this issue on sonyericsson support forums and xda support forums but no solution that i came across works...
does this mean that xperia x10 dies just by playing games? phone freezes and dies....weird!!

this was some time ago for me, and has not happened since, but i was thinking about it recently and i was actually thinking it was heat related. i was charging (at the time it died last time) via usb-pc connection, and that always gets really hot. maybe its a thermal heat saving thing?

mrtim123 said:
this was some time ago for me, and has not happened since, but i was thinking about it recently and i was actually thinking it was heat related. i was charging (at the time it died last time) via usb-pc connection, and that always gets really hot. maybe its a thermal heat saving thing?
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You should avoid charging via usb on PC...it never charges battery properly and is recommended when you only want to charge your phone to do it via charger, not PC usb.

simacid said:
You should avoid charging via usb on PC...it never charges battery properly and is recommended when you only want to charge your phone to do it via charger, not PC usb.
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Where is the data on this?
I just discovered as of yesterday, that my Lenovo (IBM) Thinkpad T400 only has one good USB port as far as my X10a is concerned. The other 2 ports appear to connect, but the charge still falls down.
My best port is on the left side, further back of the two.
I am using rendeiro2005's [MOD/ROM)scamble_v01[CM6.1.3][30MAR]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015765
I am attempting a portion of the cycle of power as noted here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010070
# Unplug Charger and do not plug back in until your phone dies
# Reboot into recovery once it is dead by connecting charger
# Wipe battery stats
# Charge to 100% and repeat the discharging, wiping, and charging process about 3-5 times
In attempt to make sure my battery was drained, I kept turning my phone on.
This led to my flashing red LED of death.
I attempted this workaround, but it didn't work exactly, but close enough.
I had to pop the battery out and in and disconnect usb a few times and back in until it started charging.....

simacid said:
You should avoid charging via usb on PC...it never charges battery properly and is recommended when you only want to charge your phone to do it via charger, not PC usb.
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yep, i generally do, but i was away on a trip and only had access to a pc/usb for charging (forgot my AC charger!)

Red flash of death:
For me it was because the connector on my phone(!), was broken.
So I send it back for repair.
A friend of mine had exact the same.
Vodafone is currently repairing mine, and made a photo of what was broken. ;p
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Now the wait till they repair it and send it back to me

x10 not charging, not working at all
when i got my x10 which was sent to me thru dhl, i saw it was working before it was placed inside the box then when i get it just this morning i tried to power it on but it didn't so i charged it but nothing happened. Even the led indicator is not blinking so i tried to buy a new one. there, the indicator blinks when i power it up but still didn't work. i tried to charge my original battery thru usb for more thn 2 hours and charge it thru clipped charger for almost half day now but nothing happened. issue is still persisting. can somebody help me with these?

haha.. this had happen to me be4 when i flash to custom ROM. and tht time my phone battery was 34%. After flash. it show only 10% ._. how funny it is..

mrtim123 said:
Hey all,
Surely at some point we have all gone to pick up our x10's and seen nothing on the screen and a blinking red led when you try to turn it on.
Immediatly thoughts of Phone Death and End of the World will undoubtably echo through our minds. Fear not!
Well, this happened to me on the weekend again (a few times now) so i thought i'd try a few different ways of getting it back up again and i think i nailed it first go
1. Yank battery out
2. connect charger and wait for green charging led
3. insert battery and wait for charging icon to appear in screen* (SE logo first, then Charging screen)
4. power phone on with cable still connected. Phone will boot as normal and continue charging.
5. celebrate avoidance of mobile technology isolation with a few cold ones
Hope that helps someone!
* For what its worth, i am running Zdzihu's 2.2 Beta4, but i think this should work on most. Only thing that might be different would be the charging icon does not appear on some ROMS. That i cannot answer but is probably worth a shot anyway
Tim.
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i tried using these steps but nothing happened. the green led lights up but after a minute is goes out and then nothing happened.
what else can i do to turn my x10 on? i'm really losing hope for this phone. really disappointed. and i don't wanna say these but i'm starting to hate sony ericsson for not responding to these issue. i've read from different forums from different sites that a lot of same issue is happening to same brand and model yet all of these haven't responded even a single solution and that's really frustrating.

i have the same issue phone turns on on some point but battery keeps on 0% even if i charge it for more than 2 hours it doesnot goes past 0%..............I tried the genuine charger and everything

Rohveric said:
Hi,
I am facing the same issue as mentioned above but unable to resolve it.
I tried the steps mentioned:
1. Yanked battery out
2. connected charger and waited for green charging led
But for me the green charging led does not come up!!
What could be the issue?
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i am in the same boat. had more than 70% when mine died... now all it does is the flashing light thing...
i kno the usb port works b/c ONE time out of probably about a 100 that i've tried, it actually worked and brought me to the charging battery screen then immediately died again...
i can't seem to get the phone to go to xRecovery OR boot into flash mode...
this is all very upsetting... what to do?

Is this topic still alive.i v the same issue like other frends told.my x10 is dead.when i press power button it vibrates for less than a sec and then ..... no life.

Nexus S ICS 4.0.4 - Reboots every minute!

My phone is a rooted Nexus S ICS - 4.0.4
It reboots now whenever it goes into sleep mode (when the LCD turns off). This is like 1 reboot every 1.5 minutes. It is really crazy and I have tried disabling apps like Gmail and Google+ but with no results. I have also disabled Wifi Sleep policy to "Never", no results either.
The phone has the stock 4.0.3 ROM upgraded via ClockWorkMod to 4.0.4 using Google latest OTA update zip. It was working fine for the past 10 days, but this thing started happening today.
I had experienced random reboot like this one month ago on 4.0.3 . That happened again whenever the phone went into the sleep mode.
These reboots do not happen when the phone is plugged into USB for debugging or when it is charging.
UPDATES:
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Full Factory Reset/ Dalvik cache wipe/ Battery stat wipe --> The phone Still reboots each 5-6 minutes in sleep mode.
BATTERY INDICATOR ISSUE:
When the phone is turned off and it is charging, unhooking the phone from the battery charger has no effect on the Charing indicator and it keeps charging !
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I pull in the charger, then pull out but no effects!
Only a full battery remove would make the charging indicator go away.
Could these random reboots be related to the battery indicator issue?
UPDATE:
The charging indicator malfunction, as displayed above, is the cause of these reboots while the phone is in sleep mode and not connected to a charger. I have played a little bit with the USB port of my phone, cleaned it and raised the lower edge and the indicator went away.
Meanwhile the phone has not rebooted for almost 4 hours.
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Update: ISSUE RESOLVED
I changed the charger to a new stock Samsung charger and bought a new battery. No restarts in the last two weeks!
This was not a software bug.

download a custom rom + custom kernel and do a full wipe, then flash the combo.
all issues gone

thegtfusion said:
download a custom rom + custom kernel and do a full wipe, then flash the combo.
all issues gone
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Are there any easier choices?

Regular rebooting is a fairly serious issue, so you should really consider a serious solution i.e. custom rom/kernel. You could also try reflashing stock 4.0.4 and this might fix things for you.
Since you're already rooted, you've already done the hard part and you can do a full nandroid backup, so worst case scenario you can always revert to your rebooting stock rom
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heccubusxda said:
Regular rebooting is a fairly serious issue, so you should really consider a serious solution i.e. custom rom/kernel. You could also try reflashing stock 4.0.4 and this might fix things for you.
Since you're already rooted, you've already done the hard part and you can do a full nandroid backup, so worst case scenario you can always revert to your rebooting stock rom
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
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UPDATES:
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Full Factory Reset/ Dalvik cache wipe/ Battery stat wipe --> The phone Still reboots each 5-6 minutes in sleep mode.
BATTERY INDICATOR ISSUE:
When the phone is turned off and it is charging, unhooking the phone from the battery charger has no effect on the Charing indicator and it keeps charging !
I pull in the charger, then pull out but no effects!
Only a full battery remove would make the charging indicator go away.
Could these random reboots be related to the battery indicator issue?

If you're REALLY attached to stock rom I would suggest flashing a custom kernel. No data wipe, just cache and dalvik.
It would take you like 10 minutes and it MIGHT solve the problem.
Nothing to lose and a working device to gain
If that doesn't work, do a full backup and flash a rom (stock or custom lots of choices).
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

heccubusxda said:
If you're REALLY attached to stock rom I would suggest flashing a custom kernel. No data wipe, just cache and dalvik.
It would take you like 10 minutes and it MIGHT solve the problem.
Nothing to lose and a working device to gain
If that doesn't work, do a full backup and flash a rom (stock or custom lots of choices).
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
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Is the battery charging indicator while the phone is off also a part of the currently installed ROM? I mean 4.0.4 or 2.3.6 or Cyanogenmod?

heccubusxda said:
If you're REALLY attached to stock rom I would suggest flashing a custom kernel. No data wipe, just cache and dalvik.
It would take you like 10 minutes and it MIGHT solve the problem.
Nothing to lose and a working device to gain
If that doesn't work, do a full backup and flash a rom (stock or custom lots of choices).
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
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I did a full ROM installation (ZD3PyN0t.zip) and the same thing happened.
Crazy the charging indicator shows when the phone is off and not connected to ANY charger!

If you've done a FULL wipe (system, boot, data) and installed the stock 4.0.4 ROM without a custom kernel and without restoring any data or apps from backups and you're still getting reboots then you've got a hardware problem. If not then you did something wrong with your previous install.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2

that sounds like symptoms of too much undervolting for your phone(reboots when the screen is off). but from what ive read here, youre not undervolting it. are you messing with your cpu speed or using any screen-off profiles?

jesusice said:
If you've done a FULL wipe (system, boot, data) and installed the stock 4.0.4 ROM without a custom kernel and without restoring any data or apps from backups and you're still getting reboots then you've got a hardware problem. If not then you did something wrong with your previous install.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2
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Well I guess if it were a hardware issue then these reboots would occur even when the phone was plugged in a USB charger. The phone never reboots while charging, even in the sleep mode.

simms22 said:
that sounds like symptoms of too much undervolting for your phone(reboots when the screen is off). but from what ive read here, youre not undervolting it. are you messing with your cpu speed or using any screen-off profiles?
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I think you are right. I left the phone in the charger while turned off, so it became fully charged. Now, so far, haven't seen any reboots even in the sleep mode without the charger; it has been 25 minutes, good, but the phone is not reliable at all for me.
UPDATE: The phone rebooted after 31 minutes. The battery has gone to 80%. This is crazy!
I have not noticed any missing cpu speed. But screen repaints on the lower left parts of my phone's LCD are a little choppy and sluggish when swiping home screen or sliding a view. It is like that part of the screen has troubles in smoothly updating itself.
I have noticed that sometime the "charging indicator" shows the phone is being charged when the phone is off and not connected to any chargers!
This is crazy! The only way to remove the charging indicator is to remove the batteries.
Also there were times when the phone turned off completely (while battery was 30% or lower) and didn't even reboot or turn on by pressing the power button. A battery removal would resolve the issue, but then random reboots would come in.
Do you think these symptoms are related to the reboot issues?

Have you tried a new battery?

I second Harrbs response. My friend had a G2 that did the same exact thing. He bought a new battery and the issues completely went away.

chronophase1 said:
I second Harrbs response. My friend had a G2 that did the same exact thing. He bought a new battery and the issues completely went away.
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Please read my update in the original post. The USB port was the culprit. And the reboots were linked to a malfunctioning charging indicator.
And I guess a bad battery could also create the same behavior.

Reboots came back
chronophase1 said:
I second Harrbs response. My friend had a G2 that did the same exact thing. He bought a new battery and the issues completely went away.
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Well after fully charging the phone last night with the wall charger, while the phone was turned off, this behavior came back and also the reboots. Now I think I should go for charging the batteries to see what happens next.
This happens with the wall charger I guess. I am using a Nokia Wall charger btw. It has the same voltage and usb specification as the stock Samsung charger. Could this the culprit?

Just about anything could be the culprit so try different chargers/usb cables, a different battery and observe the 3 pins that connects to the battery and make sure they're clean (as well as the 3 slots on the battery itself) to cover all bases.
A full wipe and reflash of Stock 4.0.4 (fastboot images would be perfect) would be recommended, any number of hard to diagnose random problems can tag along without one. Remember to do a backup beforehand, as always.

Flash everything. The latest Boot loader, a new radio, a new rom , kernel.. etc.
All the best!
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2

Running a STOCK Google Nexus S 4g ICS 4.04 and I was having the same issue after going to ICS, as soon as I put my phone in sleep mode it would reboot and do this a few times in a row. Also my battery was draining like crazy one of the main things draining it was media at about 35%, i wasn't even running any music or video services. I searched everywhere for an answer and nothing so before rooting I decided to do a complete factory reset SD card and all. I transferred all my SD card info to my computer then did the reset. Low and behold not one reboot its been about 24 hours now. Also the battery drain issue gone media isnt even on the list of battery use. Before reset about 3.5 hours on battery to 30% now first run through about 68% at 3.5 hours. Also the battery showing its charging when its unplugged take very small piece of plastic and easily lift the small piece inside the charging port on the phone up GENTLY lift it up a hair and I bet the charging problem goes away. Hope this helps people.

hmdz said:
Well after fully charging the phone last night with the wall charger, while the phone was turned off, this behavior came back and also the reboots. Now I think I should go for charging the batteries to see what happens next.
This happens with the wall charger I guess. I am using a Nokia Wall charger btw. It has the same voltage and usb specification as the stock Samsung charger. Could this the culprit?
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I've used an aftermarket charger providing 1A instead of 750mA in the past and it made my screen act all funky. Worked right as soon as I unplugged it, so make sure the amperage is the same.

Bizarre battery behavior after replacing LCD, it's time to replace it?

I've read some similar threads about this problem. Most of them keep it inconclusive or ends with "replace the battery". Unless one damaged the battery itself, I find this rather strange.
In my, and most of the other cases, the phone will shutdown immediately: no warnings, no 'Shutting down...' message, nothing. Just like if the battery was plugged out from the phone. Then it reboots and can't get through the second boot screen: it shows the [Google] screen then shutdowns again. And starts to reboot again, endless loop until the battery is totally drained (which will take some hours). If I plug in the power cable it will boot the phone normally.
There are some confirmed actions that trigger the shutdown (always not plugged in the power):
- turn on WiFi (100% of the times)
- turn on Cellular Data
- sometimes when making a telephone call
- sometimes only by using the phone anywhere
When plugged to the power, the phone won't ever shutdowns like that.
Another symptom is the Cellular Network. Seems like every X seconds (around 10) the phone loses the signal, then 5 secs later it comes back - this is even with the power plugged in. I found it when people tried to call me, they said they try around 5x to call me, 4 first times the phone can`t be reached, suddenly it can. When the call is made I can talk for hours, the call never shuts down or anything.
Any clues on that? Anything I can test in here? It's really a faulty battery?
Just for info:
- 3yr old Nexus 4 using Chroma (Android 6.0.1), rooted. Battery worked 100% before the LCD replacement.
- I've already wiped Dalvik+Cache dozens of times, no difference.
- Wiped batterystats.bin, no change.
- At TWRP Recovery, sometimes the battery indicator also behaves in a weird way.
Some screenshots showing some bizarre behavior while charging:
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I suggest flashing back to a complete stock LP ROM, use it for a while and see if the problem continues to occur. If it does, and since the phone is 3 years old (assuming you're using the original battery) this leads me to conclude that the battery is the likely culprit.

Hi there!
I know it's strange, but it's battery related I'm sure because I'v been there too.
I replaced my lcd first. Everything were fine for at least 2-3 days after that I've recongized some issue with my phone. For example the drained battery. Those symptoms were the same as you described in your post. (no connection, drops connection, sim missing, draining from full, etc)
One thing, i knew i fck'd my battery when I replaced the lcd and I had to remove the sticky-hardglued battery from my phone. I knew I've damaged the foil of the battery. Smell your battery! (if it has a phys problem you will know it by smelling it, damaged battery smells sweet-like)
Then I've ordered a battery as well and replaced it, but it has problems too. Phone didn't get charged and I was like crazy. The problem was with screws on the battery cable which is connected to the motherboard. I had to remove the screws from it and with some adhesive tape it just works fine now.
Good luck bro! :fingers-crossed:

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bceeN said:
Hi there!
I know it's strange, but it's battery related I'm sure because I'v been there too.
I replaced my lcd first. Everything were fine for at least 2-3 days after that I've recongized some issue with my phone. For example the drained battery. Those symptoms were the same as you described in your post. (no connection, drops connection, sim missing, draining from full, etc)
One thing, i knew i fck'd my battery when I replaced the lcd and I had to remove the sticky-hardglued battery from my phone. I knew I've damaged the foil of the battery. Smell your battery! (if it has a phys problem you will know it by smelling it, damaged battery smells sweet-like)
Then I've ordered a battery as well and replaced it, but it has problems too. Phone didn't get charged and I was like crazy. The problem was with screws on the battery cable which is connected to the motherboard. I had to remove the screws from it and with some adhesive tape it just works fine now.
Good luck bro! :fingers-crossed:
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Ok, you've practically described what happened with me when replacing my LCD too. That dreadful glue on the battery... I'm pretty sure I f*ed it up too. I was only after some confirmation, THANK YOU very much for telling your story. I'll replace the batt in here (and post the after story too, sure).
Thanks again! :good:

Similar issue - Stock 5.1.1 rooted
wirapuru said:
I've read some similar threads about this problem. Most of them keep it inconclusive or ends with "replace the battery". Unless one damaged the battery itself, I find this rather strange.
In my, and most of the other cases, the phone will shutdown immediately: no warnings, no 'Shutting down...' message, nothing. Just like if the battery was plugged out from the phone. Then it reboots and can't get through the second boot screen: it shows the [Google] screen then shutdowns again. And starts to reboot again, endless loop until the battery is totally drained (which will take some hours). If I plug in the power cable it will boot the phone normally.
There are some confirmed actions that trigger the shutdown (always not plugged in the power):
- turn on WiFi (100% of the times)
- turn on Cellular Data
- sometimes when making a telephone call
- sometimes only by using the phone anywhere
When plugged to the power, the phone won't ever shutdowns like that.
Another symptom is the Cellular Network. Seems like every X seconds (around 10) the phone loses the signal, then 5 secs later it comes back - this is even with the power plugged in. I found it when people tried to call me, they said they try around 5x to call me, 4 first times the phone can`t be reached, suddenly it can. When the call is made I can talk for hours, the call never shuts down or anything.
Any clues on that? Anything I can test in here? It's really a faulty battery?
Just for info:
- 3yr old Nexus 4 using Chroma (Android 6.0.1), rooted. Battery worked 100% before the LCD replacement.
- I've already wiped Dalvik+Cache dozens of times, no difference.
- Wiped batterystats.bin, no change.
- At TWRP Recovery, sometimes the battery indicator also behaves in a weird way.
Some screenshots showing some bizarre behavior while charging:
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I have a similar issue:
1. Sudden battery drain, no particular pattern
2. Frequent Signal Loss (WiFi as well as Cellular) [My network provider usually displays a msg when I switch from Data to Wifi or Switch off Data, and I get around 1 such message every 2 minutes, even when I am connected to WiFi]
3. Excessive heating (No fixed pattern)
4. Yellowish marks towards bottom left on screen when Phone heats up

Skoche said:
I have a similar issue:
1. Sudden battery drain, no particular pattern
2. Frequent Signal Loss (WiFi as well as Cellular) [My network provider usually displays a msg when I switch from Data to Wifi or Switch off Data, and I get around 1 such message every 2 minutes, even when I am connected to WiFi]
3. Excessive heating (No fixed pattern)
4. Yellowish marks towards bottom left on screen when Phone heats up
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Hi, first of all sorry - I said I would post some feedback here after the battery replacement and never did. Ended up being completely solved by the replacement indeed. In my case, like I said before, must have been while replacing the LCD and then I damaged the battery somehow. If I was you I'd save some headache and go for a new battery, I tried to find answers for this everywhere (at the time I was really short on $) before finally accepting it. Today my phone works normally again.
(Note: about 4. Yellowish marks towards bottom left on screen when Phone heats up I really never heard/read about it.)

Galaxy S8 Won't Charge When Powered Off

The problem:
When my S8 is turned off and plugged in (yes, stock charger), the device won't charge. The charging icon show on the screen nor will the LED indicator light up. However, the device will still charge while it's ON (with the same charger).
This matter hasn't really been pressing because I rarely run out of battery. However, the few times I drain the battery completely, it's been extremely hard to turn the device on again. I'll have to trickle charge it and then turn the device on, hope the device doesn't die while turning on, and only then will the S8 start charging normally.
A ton more details:
Sometimes, I'll see a charging warning that there is water in the port. I think that this entire problem has arisen from the device thinking that there is water in the port, but I don't see why it would refuse to charge only when the device is turned off. My device has not been in water for 3-4 months.
This problem has been ongoing for 3-4 months
If turned off, the device will still charge WIRELESSLY
When I plug in the charger while the device is off, there's a small horizontal line on the screen that will light up every few seconds. I'm assuming that this is a boot loop due to charge failure.
I've been "trickle charging" the device by holding the power down and volume down button to start the bootloader. I'm unsure if this is a permanent solution, though, and it is not quite consistent.
Thanks in advance.

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I have the same problem buddy.
I don't know how to fix that.
did you manage to fix it ?
p.s : I just bought this phone.

Sounds defective, I'd contact Samsung about a warranty repair.

Have the exact same issue. It will wireless charge when off, though.
Won't fast charge when on.
All the problems started when all of a sudden I got the old "moisture" in USB warning.
Got rid of that and downhill from there.
This started around 21 January, but the not charging when off, and slow charging seemed to have come on at a later stage.
Not impressed as I tend to baby my phones.

I have the same issue.
If i quickly press the power button while it's turned off and immediatly plug the charger, the phone shows the moisture warning and starts to vibrate.
The phone has never been exposed to moisture. I already tried to clean the usb and jack ports, and i also cleaned the usb app without success.
Any idea before a factory reset or rma?

I had exactly the same problem as Spike96.It seems it's a software problem from Samsung.I tried everything on the net to fix it,including talking to Samsung,nothing worked.I then systematically went through the entire usb programs and settings-FINALLY I found the problem,the USB audio routing when turned on,,causes the USB failure,go to developer options,disable USB audio routing,and your phone will charge as it should when powered off

12 hours later problem returned

U have to turn off " Varify apps via USB" in developers option, as well.
I had the same problem and just fixed it by clicking every option and found the luck.

Came here because I also have this problem now. Which unfortunately happened to start the DAY AFTER I pre-ordered the S10+ with my S8 included as part exchange.
If the phone is off, it says theres moisture in the port and wont charge. If I hold volume down and power, it resets and turns on like normal and charges like normal. Phone has been exposed to water in the past but not in the last few days. Strange that it says there's moisture when the phone is off.

Same issue over here. No quick charge and it won't charge when my phone is off. It also won't turn on with the charging cable is connected, I have to disconnect it before I'm able to turn on my phone.
Tried fully cleaning all my phone ports with a wooden toothpick and some alcohol, but without luck. (Had a charging issue before, with another phone, and this is what fixed it)
After reading this tread I changed the developer options, but I still have the problem.
I also recorded a bug report, but I got a really big file out of it and I can't find anything regarding the phone charging.
Are there any other suggestions for things I can try without having to factory reset my phone?
Any suggestion is welcome.

I've noticed that sometimes after i unplug the phone from the charger (obv i can charge only if it's on) the warning appears.
Do you think that a custom rom would solve the problem?

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I've noticed that sometimes after i unplug the phone from the charger (obv i can charge only if it's on) the warning appears.
Do you think that a custom rom would solve the problem?
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No. I have lineageos 16, but the problem is present.

Superweird problem. I always had this problem, when the phone was fully off it would not charge unless I powered it on first.
Disabling "USB audio routing" PLUS disabling "Verify apps via USB" in developer options like suggested fixed this for me!

I've got the same issue, and I have been dealing with this for over 2 years now. I initially thought my phone was gone for good because it wouldn't turn on at all, flash me a working screen, or vibrate like it usually does. So, I just kept it hidden in my cabinet for almost a year.
When I remembered I had this S8+ device, I decided to take one more look at it and it finally turned on!.. Well, the charging icon before actually being turned on did, at least. However, like @Spike96, @MrRanza, @AC5L4T3R, and @IkBenNietHier mentioned, the off charging screen showed a water-in-port warning below the charging icon and would vibrate non-stop — and not charge too, of course. Here's a picture of what the screen looks like on the device:
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I later then found that either hard resetting the device or using a wireless charger would pretty much fix the issue, but again, like @Spike96 presumed, it isn't a permanent solution and isn't very consistent, because I've noticed that the longer I leave my S8+ uncharged and dead, the harder it is to get it starting again. I'm quite relieved, though, that a lot of other people are experiencing this predicament, as well, because I know I'm not alone with having this annoying issue anymore.
A couple of people in this thread suggested going to Developer Options > Debugging: disable Verify apps via USB + Media: Prevent USB audio routing, but my Verify apps via USB was always disabled (by default, unless I turn Debugging: USB debugging on), and doing the given steps did nothing for me. I appreciate the help a lot, though, but I'm still stuck with the same problem...
Actually, it's worse now — for some reason, after turning my phone off to see if it'll charge, it now won't react to any of the button combinations except for Odin mode (volume down + power key + Bixby key). I'll just try again some other time — this happens a lot, anyway...

I faced exactly similar issue with s9+ around a year back .... I tried cleaning the port etc and flashing custom rom ... Nothinh fixed the issue .... Wireless charging worked fine .... Finally i got the usb port changed and it fixed this issue ...

Battery charging problem

Hi there,
I have a Leeco Le Pro 3 x720 running Lineage OS 17.1 (last version) . I was very happy with it but recently it is giving me a good headache due to the next battery charging problem.
This is a description on how the phone behaves depending on the situation:
* if the phone is powered off -> it just charges fine .
Once the phone is charging at this stage, if it boots while charging, it keeps charging until it is unplugged. This is perfectly right.
* But if the phone is already powered on, with no charging cable plugged, there are two behaviors depending on the charger:
** chargers that only can charge if they are plugged when the phone is powered off: if the phone boots connected to this kind of chargers, it charges and works as usual until they are unplugged. But they won't charge at all If they are plugged once the phone is on. I have no idea about what is happening in this case
** chargers that can charge anyway: if these chargers are plugged once the phone is on, the battery charging logo doesn't show the battery logo charging ray that means the phone is charging, but the phone is actually charging. The battery logo won't update the battery level shown, it will just stay at the last battery level, the battery level won't rise at all. In example, the battery level shown stays at 50%, and when the battery drops from that level, it goes down as usual, but it never shows a higher battery level, it is not going to show a 51% battery level. Only if the phone is rebooted, the battery level logo will show the right battery level. Looks like the phone is not detecting it is charging, although it is actually charging.
This behavior don't depend on the battery charger watts:
- I have some 10 Watts and 24 Watts battery chargers made by Amazon, Leeco, Samsung, that work in the first way described (they only work if they are plugged at boot time), and
- I have a 10 Watts battery charger made by Aukru that works the second way described, (it charges anyway).
I have tried wiping and reinstalling the Lineage ROM using TWRP but this didn't fix the problem.
At the beginning I thought it was a software issue but now I have no idea.
EDIT: I noticed that each time a system update was applied, the next time the phone boots, the charging worked without any problem. Charging whenever it was plugged to the battery charger. After that, the next time the system reboots it works in the way described above.
Questions:
- is this a software issue or a hardware issue?
- Could you explain what is happening?
- How could I fix it?
Thanks in advance.
Regards!

I have a quite similar situation.
Mi Le Pro 3 stopped charging, just charges when the battery completely drains and the phone turns off.
Once I turn the phone on it keeps charging but if it´s unplugged it stops charging until the battery is completely drained again.
I´ll reinstall LOS 17.1 again, if it doesn´t work I´ll try with 18.1.
I´ll let you know any update.

I've had the same/similiar problem it seems since I've had the phone almost. I got the phone in July of 2018, and within a week of getting it a dropped it in the toilet (feel free to laugh). Let it dry, and it's still worked ever since. I just don't know if that could cause issues down the road or not. I figured when it comes to water, it's either screwed, or not, but I don't know enuff about how that works. Anyways, I used the phone for a little less than a year and got another phone, and rarely used it since. Started using it again recently, and there's the usual problem with some cords or chargers not working for it. And then there's the phone either reading the battery information wrong, or it's getting fed the wrong information, regarding battery level as well as charge time left. Like, it's said 2% charging, 2 min left till full ha. Almost the phone likes to randomly shut off, but i'm thinking now that it's not randomly shutting off, but it's because the battery is actually dead even though it's reading say, 52%. And then sometimes when the phone shuts down and I'm charging it, when i hit the power button to see the charge level, I instead get a battery icon with a ? in the center of it!

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This is what it shows now, which looks correct.

Ok, a bit more info now that i've been trying to watch for any patterns on this issue. So, if the phone is off and i put it on a charger, any charger that it recognizes and does so with an led light coming on, hitting the power button to check the charge level displays this fun little icon:
Annoyances aside, I find this (never seen it before) quite comical, just in the fact of me visualizing a conversation between me and my phone, and the phone gets an attitude and throws up a question mark symbol in response to any question i have for it lol...
But yeah, so not all chargers will charge the thing, even tho it acts like it's charging. Turning it on while on one of these chargers will make the phone shut back off during boot, no matter how long u leave it plugged in to charge. There's only a few chargers i have that will actually charge it.
Another thing I noticed is I have Battery Saver set to pop on at 30%, but i dont see any indication that it is on, and the buutton that says "TURN ON NOW" can never be clicked, no matter what.

GWARslave119 said:
I've had the same/similiar problem it seems since I've had the phone almost. I got the phone in July of 2018, and within a week of getting it a dropped it in the toilet (feel free to laugh). Let it dry, and it's still worked ever since. I just don't know if that could cause issues down the road or not. I figured when it comes to water, it's either screwed, or not, but I don't know enuff about how that works. Anyways, I used the phone for a little less than a year and got another phone, and rarely used it since. Started using it again recently, and there's the usual problem with some cords or chargers not working for it. And then there's the phone either reading the battery information wrong, or it's getting fed the wrong information, regarding battery level as well as charge time left. Like, it's said 2% charging, 2 min left till full ha. Almost the phone likes to randomly shut off, but i'm thinking now that it's not randomly shutting off, but it's because the battery is actually dead even though it's reading say, 52%. And then sometimes when the phone shuts down and I'm charging it, when i hit the power button to see the charge level, I instead get a battery icon with a ? in the center of it!
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Lol that's weird. I've got my X722 since Feb 2018 and used it for all these years every single day (no signs of replacing it until it dies...probably), and in contrast I've taken quite some care with it: Never ever using the original charger and cable (just throw them away as these were the cause of many burnt ports back then) and using QC3 only when I actually need it (mainly because the phone gets pretty warm when charging this way, especially during summer, Lithium cells don't like extreme heat too much). It doesn't even have any noticeable scratches (a couple super small ones that are pretty hard to even notice).
I've gone through every single Android revision and currently in 10 (AICP) and experienced some of those issues a couple of times:
- The phone would, quite literally, randomly shutdown without any warnings (nothing to do with the battery, as it would turn on like normal after a hard reset). Maybe like 10 times since I've got it. Sometimes I just noticed it's actually turned off or it dies in my hands while doing anything. I've got no clue why this might happen, but it's so rare (like once every couple of months) that it doesn't bother me.
- The phone would not charge AT ALL when using some particular chargers (nothing to do with the cables as I've tested).
So far: Huawei and Samsung original chargers would only turn on the charging LED indicator for it to turn off like 2 seconds later (no charging whatsoever); and crap quality bootleg chargers (like those fake Samsung ones from Aliexpress) or those ****ty $1 chargers that you can buy everywhere would trigger charging but at unreasonably low speed (like 15mA charging current, basically not charging at all).
My Tronsmart 2 port charger (one with and one without QC3) coupled with the same 2 cables I've bought with it still works like a charm (been using it ever since I've got this phone). Only the port on the cable I use for normal (non QC3) charging is slightly loose (because that's the one I use the most) and the phone still holds quite a charge even though I charge it almost everyday (too much Youtube...).
Apart from this one, all the Xiaomi chargers I've tried also works fine (although none of the QC capable ones actually charge with QC3, I've only get this to work with my Tronsmart one). And the Nokia charger from my sister's phone also works fine.