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My battery really overheats now. I was at a club 2 weeks ago my phone dropped with my battery popping out! there was a tiny bit of water on it, but i put the phone in a bag of rice for 3 days. I then tried to put the battery in, it was dead. I then proceeded to go to 2 Mobile repair people and get them to look inside my phone to see if there was water damage! 1 said there was none, the other said there was some.
I found out later that my phone still turned on with a friends battery so i left my phone on the table for 2 weeks, ordered battery off of ebay. I found out that i could bring my original HTC battery to life. Charged it last night, and now SPARE Parts is telling me its too hot and overheating and it is!!.....Everything on the phone works fine, Everything! except the battery is getting VERY veryyy hottt arounnd 48-49 C. when the normal for me was 38-41 C. any ideas? i really dont want to sell the phone, i know someone would buy it with a battery problem
Battery + water is the worst equation you can have.
Overheating battery can explode (rare, but possible in your case), stop using your phone and get a new one ASAP.
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Battery + water is the worst equation you can have.
Overheating battery can explode (rare, but possible in your case), stop using your phone and get a new one ASAP.
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I have just charged it and left it in rice today. I checked this morning and the battery didnt overheat, the temperature seemed fine. Im going to test it after work today and if it overheats ill give it away or something. But Hopefully it wont.
I know you've been on here for a while but I figured I throw down some basic suggestions if it starts doing it again.
Are you oc'd? What to, and which CPU manager do you use (CM or SetCPU)? Do you have a temp profile set for SetCPU?
Is there a process that's eating up your CPU clock cycles? DRM, Downloads, and 3D Gallery cause the Android Media process to make the CPU max out it's set clock frequency sometimes. So check that if it does it again.
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My battery really overheats now. I was at a club 2 weeks ago my phone dropped with my battery popping out! there was a tiny bit of water on it, but i put the phone in a bag of rice for 3 days. I then tried to put the battery in, it was dead. I then proceeded to go to 2 Mobile repair people and get them to look inside my phone to see if there was water damage! 1 said there was none, the other said there was some.
I found out later that my phone still turned on with a friends battery so i left my phone on the table for 2 weeks, ordered battery off of ebay. I found out that i could bring my original HTC battery to life. Charged it last night, and now SPARE Parts is telling me its too hot and overheating and it is!!.....Everything on the phone works fine, Everything! except the battery is getting VERY veryyy hottt arounnd 48-49 C. when the normal for me was 38-41 C. any ideas? i really dont want to sell the phone, i know someone would buy it with a battery problem
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Lets get this straight... your problem is with the ORIGINAL battery, not the replacement one you ordered off efag?
You smashed the new battery, its probably shorted out internally. Wait for the new one to arrive, try it out, and then come back here if it is still doing the same thing.
Order a new OFFICIAL HTC battery. You're making it seem (at least to me) that it is the battery not the phone that is acting up.
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Just dried out the phone and my htc battery seems to be ok. But i dont think it will last, i might just buy the orginal one from the HTC website. The chinese batteries i got from ebay are crappy and die within the hour.....(voltage issue with my phone maybe??)
Im charging the htc battery right now, ill see how it goes, it drains 1% every 2-3 mins, i believe its a battery fault, Im just gonna order a HTC battery.
I am OC and it does overheat when doing things, but now it seems fine, the temperature reading is fine and same as what i have had back when i originally had it (before damage)
Will be buying new battery, i guess i gotta fork out the $50 for the official one
Edit** just bought the brand new ones for $10 from Ebay. I hope my phone isnt overpowering the batteries.
It wouldn't hurt to take apart your phone and clean off any corrosive material left on the board.
Just follow one of the tutorials for disassembling and use a old toothbrush and rubbing alcohol to do so. Use the alcohol very carefully and apply it to the brush directly and not the board. Good luck!
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It wouldn't hurt to take apart your phone and clean off any corrosive material left on the board.
Just follow one of the tutorials for disassembling and use a old toothbrush and rubbing alcohol to do so. Use the alcohol very carefully and apply it to the brush directly and not the board. Good luck!
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Could you link me to a video or guide doing that? Im super paranoid when taking apart something i love .
I tried the orginal battery, (temperatures fine, but went down 1% every 2-3 mins)
^^ i tried the 2 chinese batteries (1500mah) i got for $10 from Ebay and they also DIED, (draining 1% every 2-3 minutes.)
What is the cause of this??? I Doubt 3 batteries in a row are faulty?...
Does anyone know how to fix this? what would cause my batteries to be drained 1% every 2-3 minutes? the phone lasts less than 1 hour.
I have tried 3 batteries......any help is appreciated.
your phones has water damage most likely.
my previous phone got water damage from me using it in the shower.
(not literally in the shower bu i had it by the sink cuz i listened to music)
im assuming water vapor got in my phone and messed it up.
afterward i started experiencing what you are. tried different batteries but the phone killed em quickly.
tried the batteries on other phones and they worked fine.
I came to the conclusion that it was the phone that was damaged and not the battery. like with yours everything worked except it died fast.
try the batteries on other phones and if they don't die fast then it might be your phone that's water damaged. I think you can draw the same conclusion if batteries that work on other phones die on yours quickly. must be th same phone of course lol
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your phones has water damage most likely.
my previous phone got water damage from me using it in the shower.
(not literally in the shower bu i had it by the sink cuz i listened to music)
im assuming water vapor got in my phone and messed it up.
afterward i started experiencing what you are. tried different batteries but the phone killed em quickly.
tried the batteries on other phones and they worked fine.
I came to the conclusion that it was the phone that was damaged and not the battery. like with yours everything worked except it died fast.
try the batteries on other phones and if they don't die fast then it might be your phone that's water damaged. I think you can draw the same conclusion if batteries that work on other phones die on yours quickly. must be th same phone of course lol
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thanks buddy! finally some good input. I gave it to a repair shop who apparently said they can fix Shortages on the main PCB board. expecting a call tomorrow. I take it you just had to buy a new phone??? what happened to your phone now?
So FutureTel Solutions said they can fix my phone in Ontario.....its water damaged and will cost about $250 or less to replace.
My question is: Is the price worth it? I for one dont like any of the new dual core phones coming out as i am a Hardware keypad guy alot and like the feature of having both of best world. Is it best to fix it? they'll just replace the board and send it back....
My phone has serious temperature problems... If I surf in the internet and Facebook then my S4 is almost always at 40°C . When playing games then it can reach over 60°C (where the CPU is under the screen, measured with optical IR thermometer) It randomly starts heating up in my pocket till it is so hot that I cant hold it in there anymore.
Battery life is around 8 hours with LIGHT use!
I bought my S4 on first may and that problem appeared after summer holiday.
In November I sent it to warranty, It took them like 20 days and they did basically nothing to it. I haven't had any time to send it back there because I need my phone.
Yesterday I put it in a warm glove mining Dogecoins using AndroMine (android CPU/GPUminer) with charger connected
After 15 minutes it was at 67°C and battery was down to 30% form 97%. About 5 minutes later I heard a vibration, it had turned off and it didn't boot anymore. I was very happy, because I thought I manged to burn it down. Unfortunately it booted after cooling down . Now the battery life is even worse...
I'm thinking of putting it mining in oven... oven at 50°C I know that S4 has temperature protections but sill it might work. And the battery inside definitely doesn't like heat, so it might pop .
If I mange to burn it then I will get warranty replacement!
All crazy ideas to burn it down are welcome !!!
Sounds like a defective battery. See this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504093
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Sounds like a defective battery. See this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504093
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The thing is that my battery serial is YS1D420JS/2-B
And how can defective battery make phone become hotter?
I am having problems with my Nexus 4.
History, replaced screen after phone was knocked out of my hand, probably damaged battery while trying to remove it, but everything worked once it was back together.
Screen broke again, and while working on that, I noticed the battery had swollen so ordered a replacement of eBay.
All back together now, but.
1 Phone does not state "charging" when connected to AC or USB charging, although the battery icon has the lightning bolt in it and the %charge does not drop while messing with the phone.
2 Phone does charge using wireless, but slowly, and status swaps back and forth between charging and not charging and the % will move from e.g. 40% to 35% as it says charging or not charging.
3 USB works for connection to PC.
I charged the new battery overnight, wirelessly. It got to about 90%, so slow charging, but seems to work. Phone is usable, everything seems to work. I connected it to PC and was able to use Nexus Root Toolkit to backup, the reset the phone, no change in charging behavior.
Booting into safe mode made no difference either. So it seems it is not software/firmware/apps that are causing the problem?
I guess next step is to open it up again and remove and remake all connections and check contact posts? Should I order a third battery? Or a new motherboard?
I searched here, but could not find anyone with the same problem.
Any and all help appreciated. Thanks in advance, guys.
Opening and rechecking connections and coating with contact cleaner has made no difference.
Phone typically needs Volume Down and Power button pressed to get it to start, then Power Button to select start option, then seems to run okay.
Battery still not reaching 100% charged, generally 70-80% after a full night off, using wireless (my Nexus 5 charges happily on same charger).
Ordered a cheap battery from China, not really expecting that to be the problem, but no other clues or suggestions for now.
Any update?
My battery is ****e now, lasts 3-4 hours and I need to turn off the phone and charge. It takes 4+ hours to charge when switched on. Charging via the PC you can forget it, it drains the battery if anything!
I'm thinking of buying the battery on eBay and doing my research on how to fix myself.
Phone not switching on and Battery issues
Hi,
I have been facing quick drainage of my Nexus 4 battery since past few months. Recently I had been keeping it on charge almost the whole day, and a full charge would last only 2-3 hours! Further, the charging was taking a lot of time too.
Today, my phone had already switched off due to low battery when I put it on charger. After the white charging icon appeared for a few seconds, the phone wasn't charging at all. I have tried 4 different chargers, but to no avail.
Can someone help me? Is there a guide on how to change the battery?
Any help and urgent help appreciated!
Zany!
Cooldood2012 said:
II guess next step is to open it up again and remove and remake all connections and check contact posts? Should I order a third battery? Or a new motherboard?
I searched here, but could not find anyone with the same problem.
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It's possible some hardware was damaged when you took apart and put back together your phone. The USB board is a possibility, as is the back cover itself. These parts are pretty inexpensive, if you want to try buying a replacement, but that's just a shot in the dark.
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Any update?
My battery is ****e now, lasts 3-4 hours and I need to turn off the phone and charge. It takes 4+ hours to charge when switched on. Charging via the PC you can forget it, it drains the battery if anything!
I'm thinking of buying the battery on eBay and doing my research on how to fix myself.
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Buy a new battery. Li-ion batteries are only good for a few hundred cycles or so (~500 cycles is the expected lifetime), and the N4 isn't exactly the best in battery life, so you can reach the point where your battery turns to crap within a year or so (or less).
Go to ifixit.com and look at the teardown. All you need to replace the battery is a T5 TORX driver (for the screws at the bottom), something thin and plastic (like a guitar pick or a plastic knife - they do make professional tools for this) to pry the back cover off, a tiny phillips screwdriver (like for eyeglasses) for the battery screws, and something to pry the old battery off of the adhesive holding it in. Double sided cellophane tape works fine for keeping the new battery in. When prying the cover off, go slowly. A little at a time, don't rush or force things. Or you might flex too much and crack the back glass. Don't forget to take out the SIM tray first.
zanyguy said:
Hi,
I have been facing quick drainage of my Nexus 4 battery since past few months. Recently I had been keeping it on charge almost the whole day, and a full charge would last only 2-3 hours! Further, the charging was taking a lot of time too.
Today, my phone had already switched off due to low battery when I put it on charger. After the white charging icon appeared for a few seconds, the phone wasn't charging at all. I have tried 4 different chargers, but to no avail.
Can someone help me? Is there a guide on how to change the battery?
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Time for a new battery. See above.
My battery have started to swollen up a bit but not alot (around 1mm or less, but it is noticeable when not in a case, it can wiggle a bit from side to side but not alot at all).
I have already ordered a new battery if it is expanding more, but yet battery life is pretty good in standby but not getting more then 3hours of SOT. but since im mostly using the N4 for email's and texting its not a problem for me to get through a full day.
I'm having the exact same issue but I've never taken the phone apart. In the 20 minutes its been off charger it's dropped 11% screen off in my pocket. It also gets hot and shuts off.
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I'm having the exact same issue but I've never taken the phone apart. In the 20 minutes its been off charger it's dropped 11% screen off in my pocket. It also gets hot and shuts off.
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That could be software/ROM related. It sounds like somethings keeping your phone going full blast instead of letting it idle.
Yup, trying going back to full stock (should always be first step if possible), and then you can go from there. If it doesn't happen, than it was a software issue, and if it still does than it is definitely a hardware issue. Best of luck.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Free mobile app
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With a swollen battery I strongly recommend you stop actively using the device. Swollen batteries can explode and that would not be good at all. I advise you to please not use the device anymore.
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Third battery (original, suspect replacement, now China sourced replacement) has been working well, phone back together and preforming as new for the last few months
I have a LeEco Le Pro3 x720 on stock software, never rooted. It had plenty of battery when it suddenly shut down to a black screen when I was in the middle of a Messenger videocall. Now I can't power it on anymore. The led doesn't turn on when I charge it. When I press the power button long enough the phone will make 1 small vibration every ten seconds. What should I do?
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I have a LeEco Le Pro3 x720 on stock software, never rooted. It had plenty of battery when it suddenly shut down to a black screen when I was in the middle of a Messenger videocall. Now I can't power it on anymore. The led doesn't turn on when I charge it. When I press the power button long enough the phone will make 1 small vibration every ten seconds. What should I do?
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Interesting as same thing happened to me just two days ago. When I tried to boot, I, too, got that short vibration. Upon plugging the power, faint orange or green LED light showed up. I tried getting into bootloader or recovery but nothing happens except that short vibration. After trying it many times, I am now not even getting that vibration.
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Interesting as same thing happened to me just two days ago. When I tried to boot, I, too, got that short vibration. Upon plugging the power, faint orange or green LED light showed up. I tried getting into bootloader or recovery but nothing happens except that short vibration. After trying it many times, I am now not even getting that vibration.
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Did you manage to fix it? Tried qfil, but didn't work ....
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Did you manage to fix it? Tried qfil, but didn't work ....
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It vibrates because its in EDL mode, you can leave EDL mode by pressing down and power for 1 to 2 minutes.
Have you tried a different cord and charger. I recently had an issue with my battery getting extremely hot, it turned out that my brand new anker usb C cable was defective. I have a new cable and no issues with heat.
If you still have issues, you may need a new battery. In fact, upon reading you description I immediately thought its your battery, especially since you only ever used EUI.
A replacement battery is about $7, you might as well order a new LCD $ 20. Because you will probably break the one you have when you attempted to remove the screen.
Carefully use a heat gun instead of a hairdryer and the screen will come off with ease. There are videos on youtube that show you how its done.
tsongming said:
It vibrates because its in EDL mode, you can leave EDL mode by pressing down and power for 1 to 2 minutes.
Have you tried a different cord and charger. I recently had an issue with my battery getting extremely hot, it turned out that my brand new anker usb C cable was defective. I have a new cable and no issues with heat.
If you still have issues, you may need a new battery. In fact, upon reading you description I immediately thought its your battery, especially since you only ever used EUI.
A replacement battery is about $7, you might as well order a new LCD $ 20. Because you will probably break the one you have when you attempted to remove the screen.
Carefully use a heat gun instead of a hairdryer and the screen will come off with ease. There are videos on youtube that show you how its done.
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What is it when it does not vibrate anymore? In my case, it does not vibrate anymore but when I plug it, faint orange LED notification appears then disappears after several seconds.
I have tried pressing down the power button for a long time (not sure if it was 1-2 min. long) but nothing happened.
I think my battery was in good standing. For two years of use, I made sure to charge it at 40 - 85% and placed it on cooling pad (aluminum mouse pad) so it does not overheat.
In fact, Accubattery battery health rated its health at 94%.
I ordered an EDL cable which is on the way. I will see how that works out.
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Did you manage to fix it? Tried qfil, but didn't work ....
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I bought Pocophone F1. I was actually eyeing for Redmi Note 7 Pro but could not wait due to LP1's sudden death.
I am happy with Pocophone as it runs noticeably faster, battery lasts longer (4-5 hrs more, screen on time), and it does not heat up. The only downside is feel of the phone. In your hand, it does not feel nice as LP1.
However, I am still trying revive LP1 as it contains last 8 years of accumulated data.
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What is it when it does not vibrate anymore? In my case, it does not vibrate anymore but when I plug it, faint orange LED notification appears then disappears after several seconds.
I have tried pressing down the power button for a long time (not sure if it was 1-2 min. long) but nothing happened.
I think my battery was in good standing. For two years of use, I made sure to charge it at 40 - 85% and placed it on cooling pad (aluminum mouse pad) so it does not overheat.
In fact, Accubattery battery health rated its health at 94%.
I ordered an EDL cable which is on the way. I will see how that works out.
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I bought Pocophone F1. I was actually eyeing for Redmi Note 7 Pro but could not wait due to LP1's sudden death.
I am happy with Pocophone as it runs noticeably faster, battery lasts longer (4-5 hrs more, screen on time), and it does not heat up. The only downside is feel of the phone. In your hand, it does not feel nice as LP1.
However, I am still trying revive LP1 as it contains last 8 years of accumulated data.
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Hey congrats on your Poco! I have been considering a POCO myself. But after doing a lot of research, it turns out the the POCO does not have the same amount of LTE bands as my Le Pro 3. So I might end up buying the Mi Mix 3, or the Black Shark instead.,
Regarding your Leeco, a faint flashing light usually means brick. You might know if you have read any of my unbricking posts that quite a few people have mailed their phones to me for repair. Usually with a faint light, I can fix it by unbricking with QPST &QFIL or Flash 2.0 and Qfil. However, some of those cases ended up being the battery, even when the battery going dead will show a blue led light. There have also been some cases where the board is fried, but those do not have any led lights.
Your issue could be the battery even though, accubattery reported 94% especially if you used the usb cable that came with the phone. There have been so many things that destroy our phones lately. In November it was bad thermals, in December it was correct thermals that went working and recently it seems that some audio mods are causing the battery to reach extremely high temperatures.
In any case it seems that these phones will start degrading at two years. In my family we have had a total of 9 Leeco phones. ^of those were Le Pro 3s ( 3 failed within the first 90 days and were returned to Amazon ..fortunately. One has a fried motherboard and 2 are working ( One is mine and the other belongs to my Mom) The moist resilient Leeco's that we have owned are the ones that have also been the most used and abused by my kids : 2 Leeco X522's some of the best built phones that I have ever seen.
It wouldn't cost you too much to test the battery on your non-working Leeco. If you live in the US, you can mail it to me a I will use the battery from my phone with the damaged motherboard and unbrick it if needed Shipping is usually $14 round trip. If I fix it you can get me a case of beer as payment. Otherwise just order the battery, if you can get it working to can recoup some of your money spent on the POCO.
by the way, my brother has this case and its awesome : Here
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Hey congrats on your Poco! I have been considering a POCO myself. But after doing a lot of research, it turns out the the POCO does not have the same amount of LTE bands as my Le Pro 3. So I might end up buying the Mi Mix 3, or the Black Shark instead.,
Regarding your Leeco, a faint flashing light usually means brick. You might know if you have read any of my unbricking posts that quite a few people have mailed their phones to me for repair. Usually with a faint light, I can fix it by unbricking with QPST &QFIL or Flash 2.0 and Qfil. However, some of those cases ended up being the battery, even when the battery going dead will show a blue led light. There have also been some cases where the board is fried, but those do not have any led lights.
Your issue could be the battery even though, accubattery reported 94% especially if you used the usb cable that came with the phone. There have been so many things that destroy our phones lately. In November it was bad thermals, in December it was correct thermals that went working and recently it seems that some audio mods are causing the battery to reach extremely high temperatures.
In any case it seems that these phones will start degrading at two years. In my family we have had a total of 9 Leeco phones. ^of those were Le Pro 3s ( 3 failed within the first 90 days and were returned to Amazon ..fortunately. One has a fried motherboard and 2 are working ( One is mine and the other belongs to my Mom) The moist resilient Leeco's that we have owned are the ones that have also been the most used and abused by my kids : 2 Leeco X522's some of the best built phones that I have ever seen.
It wouldn't cost you too much to test the battery on your non-working Leeco. If you live in the US, you can mail it to me a I will use the battery from my phone with the damaged motherboard and unbrick it if needed Shipping is usually $14 round trip. If I fix it you can get me a case of beer as payment. Otherwise just order the battery, if you can get it working to can recoup some of your money spent on the POCO.
by the way, my brother has this case and its awesome : Here
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Thank you for your kind response! I really appreciate it.
I only used original charger and cable for less than a month when I first got the phone. Since then, I only used USB 3.0 chargers with 56k ohm cables. Considering circumstances, I thought it is unlikely that battery is the culprit but as there are no other explanations I can think of, I will try replacing the battery. Unfortunately, I do not live in US and will have to find a way get it fixed. I am planning to order a battery from Aliexpress.
EDIT: The case is cool but Pocophone is already thick enough that I decide to use it without a case. That is the thing I miss about LP1 and why I originally wanted to get Redmi Note 7 Pro. Poco just feels a bit chunky on hand.
tsongming said:
It vibrates because its in EDL mode, you can leave EDL mode by pressing down and power for 1 to 2 minutes.
Have you tried a different cord and charger. I recently had an issue with my battery getting extremely hot, it turned out that my brand new anker usb C cable was defective. I have a new cable and no issues with heat.
If you still have issues, you may need a new battery. In fact, upon reading you description I immediately thought its your battery, especially since you only ever used EUI.
A replacement battery is about $7, you might as well order a new LCD $ 20. Because you will probably break the one you have when you attempted to remove the screen.
Carefully use a heat gun instead of a hairdryer and the screen will come off with ease. There are videos on youtube that show you how its done.
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Unfortunately I have the same problem . Could you please send me a link to buy a battery and a lcd screen for my X722?
So I recently replaced my screen. (This isn't the fist s8 I've done) I used a hairdryer because I didn't have a heat gun with me. Everything went well. After a while it started to die slowly while fast charging. Eventually it's completely died. The charging screen when the phone is off just flashed then the phone died completely instantly. I decided to take another peak inside this time using a heat gun. The battery had swollen. I ordered a new battery and put it in, luckily it came with 50% battery. I tried charging it but the same issue is occurring. It did everything the exact same after dying. The new battery isn't swollen. Please help. I don't know what parts to order. And I don't want to spend a bunch of money trying to fix it. I have a new phone but be I miss my Samsung.