The device is charging at such a low rate that when at idle the battery level remains the same. This began after trying three different applications which are supposed to enable UMS, but which all fail to do so for the N900V. I also just recently installed SafeStrap, but I think this problem began before SafeStrap and it continues after uninstalling SafeStrap. I had also installed TWRP earlier in the day, but that was later replaced by SafeStrap. All of these applications have been uninstalled.
Yesterday I had it plugged into the laptop for several hours while I was away from home and experimenting with the UMS applications, then I made a 10 minute journey home and saw that the level was 95%. It should have been 100%. I plugged it into an external lithium battery and the charge finished while I was installing SafeStrap. Today I've had it plugged into the laptop for a couple of hours and the charge has remained at 93%. I got it to increase by a couple percent after being powered down for 10 minutes with a USB 3.0 cable into the externally powered laptop. Powered up with the screen off it increased 1% after 15 minutes, but after a couple seconds of screen on it lost that 1%.
It there something in the root that could have been altered which controls the charge rate? With the external lithium battery the transmit/receive lines are not used; could this be related?
EDIT 09:48:
I've confirmed that the external battery has a normal charge rate. The low charge rate is on the laptop and I'm certain it was as fast at the external battery until yesterday.
EDIT 2013-11-23 1259:
After some research I see that the PC's USB port does not normally output sufficient current to charge the Note 3, only a sufficient quantity to power it while it is in use. The statements I struck were confusion between my Note and Note 3. It seems to me though that when the Note 3 is powered off and plugged into the PC's USB port that the PC should output the higher current for battery charging, but I don't think this is happening on my laptop (with fully charged battery and on external power). This is unsatisfactory. I have a growing list of unsatisfactory Verizon Note 3 issues*.
Frank
* The Unsatisfactory List (items greater than simply undesirable)
1. Boot locked.
2. No UMS.
3. No USB battery charging (even if it is a PC issue).
Hi all,
Since the Lollipop update my battery life has been pretty terrible, and the device seems to have run much hotter than previously. The battery hit about 16% by 5pm today, so I plugged it in as normal, just as the update claiming to improve standby battery usage popped up, but the phone wouldn't acknowledge the cable being connected. I've tried different cables, different plugs, tried connecting it to my PC etc and nothing. The battery hit 1% and the phone switched off and is now dead.
Since the battery is not removable, I guess a warranty replacement/repair is my only option at this point, with all my stuff lost.
Anyone got any bright ideas?
Try the new update
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adamo86 said:
Try the new update
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I can't, the device is dead!
The only solution I see is contact mother Russia and ask for support or a replacement.
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You could flash the latest update via download mode (which would save you from the power hog that is Lollipop), but if the device outright refuses to charge, even from the wall outlet which gives you more power than USB, then you are out of luck.
It's always possible that the phone has been somehow damaged, but I do not necessarily believe that.
TLDR: see at bottom of post...
Since the (initial) Lollipop update, I've had pretty terrible battery life, too. I do happen to have a couple of games that exert a great toll on battery life, and what's strange is that I remember, in the pre-Lollipop days, being able to run the game on my Yotaphone plugged to a USB charger and have the bettery recharge, slowly but steadily. Since the update, I've noticed that the phone, plugged to the very same USB charger, would continue to drain the battery instead of charging while I played the game.
The funny thing is that I decided to install the game on an Android tablet so that I coud keep playing while making sure that the phone's battery would get topped off when I'd leave my desk, and the tablet (LG G Pad 8.3) has shown the very same behavior (i.e. the battery depleting while playing plugged to the USB charger), so I strongly suspect that it's a Lollipop issue more than a Yotaphone issue.
I've read somewhere that Lollipop, amongst other "features", exhibits a bug where the data connection will not time-out as it should, so the device actually remains with a more or less permanent live data connection, contributing greatly to reduce the battery life. Give that the aforementioned games are online games, I'm more than ready to believe in the existence of such a bug.
TLDR: if the battery dies completely, it can take quite some time for it to reharge enough to power-up the device properly. I'd leave your Yotaphone connected to a USB charger for a whole night, for instance, and see if that helps. Trying another charger (preferably 2 Amp, instead of the normal 0.5 Amp delivered by a USB cable), and/or another USB to micro-USB cable (preferably a short one, the longer it is the less efficient it is, generally), and see if that changes anything.
If that still fails to le the device restart, you're certainly out of luck and should contact Yota for a replacement (it is certainly covered by warranty, new as this phone is).
Hope this helps, let us know if you can bring it back from dead-phones-land!
or maybe some contacts at the usb port are brocken. did you try a qi wireless charger?
Hey everyone,
It's a while that my Droid Turbo 2 is behaving weird over USB. It's not getting turbo charge anymore (it shows "charging slowly" on the screen and it take almost 12 hours to get 100% charge). Also when I connect the phone to my laptop, it just gets charge over the USB (still slowly) and not my laptop not mounting the device as a storage device (and the adb command wouldn't list the device).
Do you have any idea what should I do?
P.S. Things I did but I didn't get any result:
- I already did the reset factory
- I wiped cached
- I tested with other cables (including another working Motorola turbo charger)
- I tested charging inside the safe mode
the USB port is broken...
Check the data pins in the socket on the bottom for damage, also try a different cable.
I've exactly the same defect than you.
This happened a month ago. Problem is that each time i would like to send it back turbocharge is working again for 1 to 2 time before problem restart.
I've checked it with Ampere app. The intensity is around 50 mA to 250 mA but mostly around 130 mA which is really low.
Strangest thinks is that when i switch on the device, intensity can sometimes be higher than 1600 mA but immediately fall down to 200 mA after a couple of seconds.
Some forums say that's can come from a bad position of your SIM/SD card. Others tell to send it back to replace the device.
I've never could connect my device by USB to my laptop and i've oftenly observed an overheating of the device when charging with TurboPower.
I'm fed up and will send it back for replacement as soon as possible!!!
Bonne chance!!
I've bought an Axon 7 last month (A2017 Chinese variant 128gb internal 4gb RAM). One day when my phone was shut down, I inserted the usb type c into the phone's port to charge it and it vibrated and turned on and showed the battery and the percentage but it was not actually charging and the percentage didn't go up even 1% and as I waited longer it actually discharged 1%. I didn't have this issue before that day so I pulled out the usb type c and inserted it in again and I saw that it was charging normally.
Later I figured out that the reason of that issue was that I unintentionally inserted the usb type c in the port in two pushes.(I mean I inserted half of the usb type c first and then push the other half into the port) So I checked it out and I observed that when my phone is shut down and I insert usb type c in one fell swoop then my Axon 7 starts charging normally ,but when I insert half of it first and wait for just a second and then push the other half and all of it into the port, the phone vibrates and turns on and shows the battery percentage but doesn't go up even 1% and if I wait longer it will even discharge 1%. FYI I 've tried several chargers,quick chargers,cables and the one that came in the box but the results are the same so if it is a real issue,the issue is with the software itself. I hope you guys can help me with this and tell me the reason and if yours have got the same issue. I would sincerely appreciate any replies.(my Axon 7 is still running 6.0.1 and A2017V2.1.1B07)
I've bought an Axon 7 last month (A2017 Chinese variant 128gb internal 4gb RAM). One day when my phone was shut down, I inserted the usb type c into the phone's port to charge it and it vibrated and turned on and showed the battery and the percentage but it was not actually charging and the percentage didn't go up even 1% and as I waited longer it actually discharged 1%. I didn't have this issue before that day so I pulled out the usb type c and inserted it in again and I saw that it was charging normally.
Later I figured out that the reason of that issue was that I unintentionally inserted the usb type c in the port in two pushes.(I mean I inserted half of the usb type c first and then push the other half into the port) So I checked it out and I observed that when my phone is shut down and I insert usb type c in one fell swoop then my Axon 7 starts charging normally ,but when I insert half of it first and wait for just a second and then push the other half and all of it into the port, the phone vibrates and turns on and shows the battery percentage but doesn't go up even 1% and if I wait longer it will even discharge 1%. FYI I 've tried several chargers,quick chargers,cables and the one that came in the box but the results are the same so if it is a real issue,the issue is with the software itself. I hope you guys can help me with this and tell me the reason and if yours have got the same issue. I would sincerely appreciate any replies.(my Axon 7 is still running 6.0.1 and A2017V2.1.1B07)
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when my phone was shut down, I inserted the usb type c into the phone's port to charge it and it vibrated and turned on and showed the battery and the percentage but it was not actually charging and the percentage didn't go up even 1% and as I waited longer it actually discharged 1%.
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Does this happen when the phone is turned on? Maybe try Ampere if it does.
No when the phone's on, it doesn't happen. But when the phone is off and I insert usb c in two pushes and it starts discharging slowly, at that moment if I turn on the phone without pulling out the cable then it doesn't show any charging at all.