Hi
I have just been given a XDA with no life in it. I try and charge it through the cradle and no charge light comes on. I have diconnected the internal battery overnight, done a soft and hard reset, tested the AC adaptor which works and used a sim card, and it still does not work.
Any suggestions please?
Thanks
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How did you perform the soft+hard reset? The device is ok on AC? Dead battery?
I used he two buttons in the bottom of the device for soft and hard reset. I don't know how to check the internal battery to see if it is working and there is no indication of life when attached to the AC adaptor whilst in the cradel
xda no charge
if it doesn't work can i have it
Seriously though if you want to test the battery to see if you have life in it then remove the rubber seal on the back of the XDA and connect a volt meter to the gold connections that you find ,then if you have life u will know that the battery is charging. Hope that helps
Does it feel really light? You know your buddy might have given it to you because there isnt a battery in it? You should check!
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First thing I did was have the back off to check the battery contacts. I have now put a meter across it and nothing.
Would the logical answer be that it is a knackered battery?
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hello all,
i have spend the last 24 hours searching this forum, as any true newbie with an XDA should i got mine from a friend, but it was not used for over a year, so the battery was empty. i recharged the phone, but it won't turn on. i have readed a lot of topics here about phones that only go into bootloader, but mine does nothing at all. when i put it in the charger, the led turns red first and then orange and stays that way. it also won't turn on while it's in the charger.
i tried a soft and a hard reset, several times, i checked the battery, it gives 2.8-2.9 volts, i also tested the sim door switch, but that also seems to be ok.
also when i attach the USB cable to my pc (windows XP SP2 prof) it detects a device, but cannot make out what kind of, active sync also cant find the xda.
i don't know many more specs about it, cause i have not yet got it running. anyone got any sugestions for me that would bring back the phone to life?
greetings and thanks in advance!
These units tend to use a Lithium Ion battery:
If the battery is left plugged in and not charged for an extended duration, they tend to die beyond repair. Even though it says it may be charged, it is probable that it is not, and the unit will not power on without a certain amount of charge.
Is there any way you can try a known good working battery??
i know a few things about batterys too, so this thought had crossed my mind allready, but i hoped the xda would be able to run from the charger, so i could see if it was working.
the battery is coming back to life real slowly, but i think i'll have to look for a new one. the voltage is 2.93 volts at the moment and coming up with about .1 volt/hour. i think it needs to be 3.6 volts (like most lion accus)
tnx 4 the msg, if anyone has any other suggestions, would love to hear them
ps. maybe someone with an xda can measure his battery voltage for me so i can compare? you can check it on the back of your XDA with a simple voltage meter, just take the cap of the contact pins for the external battery and use the most left and most right pin.
Don't know about the XDA, but my XDA II does not run from the charger if the battery is removed or really flat - if it is really flat, I get nothing but a red lamp for a while till the charge has reached a certain level, then the unit turns itself on.
My XDA always shows a battery charge state of 100%. I think this is the reason, why it never start charging. I' ve just bought a new battery but it works the same way. If I remove the battery and charge it with a simple charger circuit, then XDA works for a normal period of time.
Can anybody help me? I realy love this PDA.
Could be the logic onboard the battery has a problem.
It can't be because I've just bought a new battery which does the same thing. Can it be the rsustack? I changed it but can't remember if it works badly since then.
Hi. For those who had the same kind of or similar problem with charging. Finally I made a charger that connects to the external battery connector. Now it works fine. The only thing is that I'm not notified when battery is low. Summary: Wallaby can be charged from the back connector.
One more thing. This solution is realy very very ugly, but it's very cheap and is working.
My Xda II is always charging. Even when is not plugged in.
Battery life is around 6 - 7 hrs.
First i thought that is the battery dead, but i tried with a new one.. and got the same result. He eats like 10 % in one hour.
Now I have Sin.Merged.V.2.0 but is not the soft fault.
I hared that I have do a hard reset but I don’t know how.
Anybody have an idea what to do so will not be on charge mode anymore ?
it's normal for a himalaya to charge up to 100% then run of the battery untill it reach a surden % and then begin charging once more
Is always on charging mode. Even when is not plugged in.
Probably a short on the pins on base of phone. Get a magnifying glass and take close look.
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is not this .. i checked...
does anyone know ? why it shows charging and eats up my xda2 battery ?
I have the same problem! My XDA II is always charging. Even when is not plugged in. And i think it needs more thime for charging.
Battery life is around 4 hours.
I also tried hard reset a couple of times. It did not work. Still charging all the time!
I NEED SOME GOOD ADVICE ABOUT THIS.
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ME TOO !! please anyone knows something about this ? Why is always charging and eats bettery life time ?
ok, so consider the possibility your battery is on the way out and you need to buy a new one, obviously if you haven't had the PDA/Battery wrong, this shouldn't be true, but nonetheless a possibiliy
always charging and eats bettery life time
I found out that my qtek 2020 has some other failure than yust bad battery. I took it to the service and they try with other battery and also put on my ppc new software (upgrade) but no succes.Battery still always charging and eats bettery life time.
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yes i tried with a new battery and also made a software upgrade but still the same problem...it always says charging...
anyone knows a solution ?
There is a green lite always on. Usualy it is blinking and while it is always on, it needs at least 10times more power than usualy. This is the reason why battery life is so short.
On monday i will try to diskonect the green lite and hope solve the problem with battery life.
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no... don't do that ... the green light doesnt eat the battery...
the battery is eaten because the XDA thinks is charging...is not the light
maybe the pins are touching somewhere... this is what should cause this battery eating
You were right. 4 days testing my qtek2020 and result was mistake in mother board. Imposible to locate short. It is not in the pins, IT IS mother board...
I have battery problem too,
I read it must be alive 160 hours but my xda is down more speed
I changed my battery 2700 mA battery new one same problem continue
it finish speedly
could this problem electronic battery assambly of my xda IIi?
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well i sold mine... but i never was able to fix the phone... i dont think it was the batteries, nor the software... i think the phone was broken... in one way or another...
i wish you all luck with this problem... i hope you'll all fix it
had the same problem before, its still under warranty wayback that time, they said its a problem with the board inside. anyway they fixed it and replaced the circuit board inside. the call timers were revert back to 0 and my imei had changed so basically just like a new phone.
do you need a battery to turn on a wallaby? i have one and dont want to buy both a battery and a charger to see if it even works.
Well it doesnt run on solar power so i am pretty confident that you would need a battery but if the battery is dead you will need a charger to obviously, charge it. A charger costs £5 in the uk so i cant see it costing you much to try
You misunderstood. I have neither a battery or a charger. i want to know if you can power it on with just a charger. or do i need both the battery and charger just to get it ON?
it works without a battery.
cerjam said:
You misunderstood. I have neither a battery or a charger. i want to know if you can power it on with just a charger. or do i need both the battery and charger just to get it ON?
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The battery in the wallaby is inside the case, so if you have no battery who took it out and why? But as the previous post states you can use the wallaby without a battery.
it came dissassembled, missing the battery and antenna. and it looks like someones done some wiring in it, but the screen isnt broken from what i can tell. so if its tits up, anyone who needs a screen or parts i probably got em.
hi, my battery was really low than my phone turned off. i went home to charge but no charging sign. tried to charge it for 1 hour nothing happend. did my phone just died? or can i do somthing to get it back to work?
also i drained it 3 times the past 3 days, could i have broken the battery becouse of this?
try plugging the charger in with the battery out, and fit the battery after and see if it starts to charge? maybe leave it connected overnight or try another battery if possible.
lector007 said:
hi, my battery was really low than my phone turned off. i went home to charge but no charging sign. tried to charge it for 1 hour nothing happend. did my phone just died? or can i do somthing to get it back to work?
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I'm not an expert, so double check the information I'm giving you, as it might be wrong.
Have you tried to use a USB jig to revive the phone? You can buy one on eBay for €5. Hopefully it will solve the problem.
Otherwise, I don't think that it should be the case, but it is reported that SSD drives can be completely erased when they suffer a subtle power cut. In this case, there is no damage other than the complete wipe of all information on the memory. As far as I'm concern, the phone's memory is quite similar to SSD and other flash memories, therefore it would be a possibility, although it is not likely.
Should it be the case, it's better to seek Samsung Service Centre's help. Running out of battery should never damage the phone, therefore, if you have warranty it should be covered.
also i noticed that after a few hours of trying to charge it the battery feels really colld. could this mean the battery is dead?
lector007 said:
also i noticed that after a few hours of trying to charge it the battery feels really colld. could this mean the battery is dead?
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normally when you charge a battery it heats up a litle. mine stays really cold
Have you tried another charger, or charginging with the usb lead? Soundlike the charger could be duff.
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Have you tried another charger, or charginging with the usb lead? Soundlike the charger could be duff.
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tried 3 diffirent chargers. and usb as well. no sign of life
hi any chance did u solve your problem?
i am having the same problem my voltage on the battery drops down to 0 so it does not charge or power on when connected to a charger.
i had to shock the battery with 5v dc till i got the voltage upto 3.2v than put back into phone than on charge but it still drains out completely. any help on how u solved your problem?