strange things happening with my HD2 - HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi, i have latest energy rom. since last 2-3 energy roms i have a problem with my battery. it drains very fast and when i charge it, it also charges very fast! in half an hour. for instance,right now, i put it on charge, and it flashes green and yellow, the battery shows 100%. when i take the charger out, it shows me 74%. what can i do?

im also using the same rom, what radio did you use? im using 2.10.50_8.2 also charge fast buat discharge normally

i haVE THE same radio like you

flashing charge light usually indicates faulty battery or charge control circuitry.
any chance of you trying another battery?
you can also try completely draining the battery, get rid of the last dregs by trying to power on a few times, then charge on mains for a good few hours.
BUT draining the battery completely may just result in not being able to use the phone at all till you get a new battery maybe the half hour you are getting now is too important, and you should try another battery first.

samsamuel said:
flashing charge light usually indicates faulty battery or charge control circuitry.
any chance of you trying another battery?
you can also try completely draining the battery, get rid of the last dregs by trying to power on a few times, then charge on mains for a good few hours.
BUT draining the battery completely may just result in not being able to use the phone at all till you get a new battery maybe the half hour you are getting now is too important, and you should try another battery first.
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i have two baterries, one genuine htc and another one bought off ebay, with both of them is the same story. also a couple of time i discharged the battery completely, and then charged, no changes

dimushor said:
i have two baterries, one genuine htc and another one bought off ebay, with both of them is the same story. also a couple of time i discharged the battery completely, and then charged, no changes
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ah well, sounds like an issue with the phones charging circuits then.

Before confirming as a harware issue just try this,
1. MTTY,
2. Flash to stock.
3. Check the battery issue with stock ROM.

have no clue how to work with mtty

same here
Hi similar things happens to my hd2. I try to charge it the entire day, and nothing happens, it goes only for 10-15% up, then after one call or two it goes down very quickly.

dimushor said:
have no clue how to work with mtty
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5848003&postcount=19
1. Just download the file.
2. Backup your data in device.
3. Switch off device. Put your device in bootloader by switching on your device holding your volume down key.
4. Connect to PC and wait for serial to become usb in device screen.
5. Run the file & follow the steps.
6. After restart, remove battery.
7. Connect in Bootloader again.
8. Flash Stock ROM.
Just in case, try reflashing HSPL. It matters sometimes

skr_xd said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5848003&postcount=19
1. Just download the file.
2. Backup your data in device.
3. Switch off device. Put your device in bootloader by switching on your device holding your volume down key.
4. Connect to PC and wait for serial to become usb in device screen.
5. Run the file & follow the steps.
6. After restart, remove battery.
7. Connect in Bootloader again.
8. Flash Stock ROM.
Just in case, try reflashing HSPL. It matters sometimes
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it gives me errors

dimushor said:
it gives me errors
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Running as administrator?
Try disabling antivirus & firewall if any installed.

just flashed the stock rom and the light still flashes green and yellow. does that mean that i have a hardware issue?

dimushor said:
just flashed the stock rom and the light still flashes green and yellow. does that mean that i have a hardware issue?
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Seems to be

i noticed that when the phone is on charge, it is not charging. may be if i turn it off it would charge?

i think i solved my problem. when i looked at the phone's battery contacts,they were somehow positioned in a weird way. i fixed them with my fingers and now everything seems to be ok/.

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Galaxy s2 won't shut off

Just rooted, overclocked, now when i power off it simply turns on 2 sec after.
How come? Anyone know?
Reflash your kernel, see if it continues.
seshmaru said:
Reflash your kernel, see if it continues.
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Just did with odin and tried to power off again, it turns on.
Any other ideas?
Pulled my battery to shut it off.
Started the phone, shut it off, and it stayed off. Weird!
Thanks for your help.
its not off, it's underclocked so low it can't even wake up the screen, higher your min clock speed to 600 and see if it still happens, of try removing setcpu or that other one that starts with a T.. whichever you use
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stephaneseguin00 said:
Just rooted, overclocked, now when i power off it simply turns on 2 sec after.
How come? Anyone know?
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I have the same problem, instead of switching off it just reboots, even if I power off from recovery.
What kernel are you using. I'm using Ninphetamine 2.0.5, with VillainROM 2.4.2, with Black Android Theme.
I'd rather not pull the battery, after seeing how flimsy the battery cover when I put it on first, I decided I'd try to avoid fiddling with it if at all possible
ZagatoDB7 said:
I'd rather not pull the battery, after seeing how flimsy the battery cover when I put it on first, I decided I'd try to avoid fiddling with it if at all possible
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I was a bit shocked by the battery cover when I first got it, but look how wrong we were...
ZagatoDB7 said:
I have the same problem, instead of switching off it just reboots, even if I power off from recovery.
What kernel are you using. I'm using Ninphetamine 2.0.5, with VillainROM 2.4.2, with Black Android Theme.
I'd rather not pull the battery, after seeing how flimsy the battery cover when I put it on first, I decided I'd try to avoid fiddling with it if at all possible
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Well let me tell you about a little secret: if you hold the power button for 10 seconds the phone will shutdown instantly no matter what.
I have the same problem too, it's very frustrating...
seshmaru said:
Well let me tell you about a little secret: if you hold the power button for 10 seconds the phone will shutdown instantly no matter what.
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Doesn't work: it turns off, stays off for 2 seconds en boots up again.
I got same problem. Never flashed, never rooted. Got original 2.3.3.
I think I#ll try to flash it to fix it.
got a similar problem. probably not related. after unplugging it from a full charge, the phone kept making the "USB connected" sound. when turned off, it would do one of two things: display the big battery charging indicator while flashing the overheat indicator or turn itself back on.
while powered on, the battery icon will change from charging to not charging. I checked the USB socket and doesn't seem to be malfunctioning and there isn't anything shorting out the contacts. so far now, the battery level is at 87 percent after 48 minutes not in use. and now it's not making the sound anymore. I suppose the battery is malfunctioning.
lotacus said:
got a similar problem. probably not related. after unplugging it from a full charge, the phone kept making the "USB connected" sound. when turned off, it would do one of two things: display the big battery charging indicator while flashing the overheat indicator or turn itself back on.
while powered on, the battery icon will change from charging to not charging. I checked the USB socket and doesn't seem to be malfunctioning and there isn't anything shorting out the contacts. so far now, the battery level is at 87 percent after 48 minutes not in use. and now it's not making the sound anymore. I suppose the battery is malfunctioning.
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I got a mixed-up thing of the issues on this topic..
When I take off the power socket, the symbol that shows "charging" remains there, and also, it is completely impossible to turn off the phone..
Whenever I turn it off, hard, or standard mode, it turns on again after 2 seconds..
And even if I remove the battery, I put it on again, and then it's back on in 3 sec....
Uh, and when I plug the charger in, when the battery is completely discharged, I have to take it out and back in , several times, before anything appears on screen, and even when it does, there is a temperature warning sign , and a yellow one which usually appear...
I'm getting very frustrated since I just paid 5000 nok (920 USD) for this phone..
And while I really begun to like Android, I guess I'll have to switch back to iPhone with a 4S, or to some better android device, since yes, the gs2 is cool , but I can't stand such issues, since I do run business things, and the phone is of vital importance for me, and not just a console/browsing crap.
Has anyone got any solution on this issue?
It would be crap if I had to send it to service, since it would take a lot of time, and I would have then to buy another temporary phone in the meanwhile...
PLEASE, HELP!
I had this problem, i cleaned the USB port out but that didn't stop it, but i think it helped. I then drained the battery to nothing and it has now stoppped. It's a battery problem, as it didn't switch off like it does when it hits low battery it just died. The battery readings were also inacurrate and every now and then it would do a weird thing like flashing it was charging, but it wasn't. I tried software etc.. and clean wipe before i tried the hardware, so it wasn't the rom i was running. I think the battery is on it's way out, so I've bought a new one.
parker7 said:
I had this problem, i cleaned the USB port out but that didn't stop it, but i think it helped. I then drained the battery to nothing and it has now stoppped. It's a battery problem, as it didn't switch off like it does when it hits low battery it just died. The battery readings were also inacurrate and every now and then it would do a weird thing like flashing it was charging, but it wasn't. I tried software etc.. and clean wipe before i tried the hardware, so it wasn't the rom i was running. I think the battery is on it's way out, so I've bought a new one.
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Did this actually help? I had all the symptoms everyone has been describing and sent it to Samsung for repair. Their response was that the phone was stuck trying to download a PRL update, but as soon as I got the phone back from them and charged my battery to 100%, removing the phone from the charger caused everything to start again. I'm not entirely sure it is the battery, but have no other ideas.
USB charging port is dead.
Buy a new one on ebay and replace it.
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Hi all.
Had similar problems about one month after getting my s2. I have unlocked sim card, rooted it and flashed some kernel, shyah i think. And left it with stock rom (Android 4.0). As it was under warranty i reverted completely to stock and took it to the carrier. After one day got it back but they said it had no problem. The fact is that i could in fact turn it off again. After a few days it was back so i flashed a custom rom (resurrection remix at that time) and never had it again.
Now I'm with alliancerom and apolo kernel for a few months and never had it again.

[POLL] Dead battery / Powered off inability to charge issue (UPDATE #4!) {Solved!}

As per feralicious' suggestion I've created a poll to collect data. Information on the issue below. Sorry about the long poll.
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So I'm on Rezound #2 right now. Both of the phones had the same exact problem when the battery died ie. they simply wouldn't charge. Now I thought the problem was hardware (which is why i got the replacement), but after being able to boot up my replacement phone with my girlfriend's battery, I relocked and RUU'd back to stock. I then threw in my dead battery and VOILA it began charging. I let the battery die again just to see if i can recreate the problem, and havent had the issue since.
Now i really want to unlock my phone again but my girlfriend isn't here all the time for me to test out if this was an issue with either the unlocked bootloader, a kernel issue, ROM issue, or if I'm actually having hardware issues. I'm hoping someone here with an extra battery or external charger here can recreate the problem and hopefully we can pinpoint this. Just for reference the ROM I was using was CleanROM GBE 1.6.5 *SP1* - Base: OTA 2.01.605.11 and whatever kernel that came with it. If this is a ROM and/or Kernel issue, we need to get a hold of scrosler and let him know.
Any help would be much appreciated guys thanks!
EDIT: Just to let you guys know. I did do all the OTA updates prior to unlocking the bootloader in the first place.
UPDATE: So I've been sitting with my phone literally all day trying to pinpoint what could be the cause of this. Clockworkmod seems to be the culprit. I'm going to be testing more right now so I'll keep you guys updated.
UPDATE #2: Success! The battery not charging while dead and powered off issue was resolved on my end. ClockworkMod definitely was to blame. I noticed it stopped charging while powered off/dead as soon as I flashed ClockwordMod and shut down my phone while it was connected to my PC (This was after my 5th go around with the bootloader unlock). I then flashed over Amon Ra to see if it really was ClockworkMod or if it was the recovery in general, and what do you know Amon Ra allows me to charge while powered down and dead. If you guys are having this very problem with your phone and you're running any version of ClockworkMod I suggest you try flashing Amon Ra 3.13 and posting your results so we can see if this is universal.
Instructions to flash recovery with adb and fastboot for Windows below:
Note you only need to do this if for some reason you can't boot into the bootloader using Vol. Down + Power. I am not responsible for bricked phones.
Prerequisites:
1. ADB & Fastboot (found with the Android SDK)
2. Amon Ra IMG (Use ver. 3.15 if you've flashed ICS RUU)
3. Battery with a charge.
Instructions:
1. Pull out battery, and unplug from charger/computer
2. Reinsert battery
3. Plug in your USB cable to computer and phone (your charge indicator light should go on for 1-3 seconds and shut off, then your drivers should load afterwards.)
4. Place the Amon Ra img file in the folder where ADB and Fastboot reside.
5. Once drivers have loaded open up Command Prompt, and find your way to where you set up ADB and Fastboot. Type cd <folder path>
6. Now type the command adb reboot bootloader (Note: if you get some sort of error try again a few more times. if it keeps giving you error try redoing steps 1-3 before doing 5 again)
7. Your phone should have now loaded directly into Fastboot. When in Fastboot go back to the command prompt and type in fastboot flash recovery <amon_ra_file.img>
8. When the process is done shutdown your phone and test the charging.
**ADDED** If you can run ADB commands while the phone is off, dead, and not charging, type adb reboot. The OS should boot up and begin charging. I would say let it charge till 40% before you flash an alternate recovery. If you're unsuccessful in rebooting with adb try leaving your phone plugged into the charger for 2-5 hours (this seems to have worked for some people to get a charge). If that doesn't work I recommend you get another battery or use an external charger. (Thanks excellentnuke)
If you are coming from a dead battery the charge light indicator should turn on for a few seconds then turn off for a few seconds then begin flashing continuously. When the light becomes solid you should be able to boot. When coming from a charged battery the same thing should happen, except instead of the charge indicator flashing continuously it should come back solid.
UPDATE #3: I've also discovered this problem isn't relegated to having a dead battery. Simply disabling Fast Boot and shutting off your phone can recreate the problem with CWM.
UPDATE #4: I can say that I think I've gotten enough feedback to determine that this issue was solved by what I've written above. I would highly advise people to switch over to Amon Ra until we get a bug fix/update for CWM to address this issue.
Thanks to everyone that was involved in this thread to help determine the cause of this; I appreciate it.
You should set up a poll and change the thread title to indicate that.
I am on Ineffabilis GB and accidentally let the battery die yesterday and it charged no problem. I was ready for a problem, thankfully it went straight to charging. I had also let it die once before unlocking and no problem then either.
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You should set up a poll and change the thread title to indicate that.
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Good idea. Done!
My phone shut off last night due to battery death, when I woke up I plugged it in and the charge indicator came on after about 10 minutes of charging.
I have been running different ROMs and had it die a few times...
When I plug it in the LED comes on and starts blinking, after a few minutes of the blinking, I unplug then re-plug in the phone to the charger and the light comes on and stays on. I never let it sit there long enough to stop blinking on its own. I get impatient LOL.
UgXvibe said:
My phone shut off last night due to battery death, when I woke up I plugged it in and the charge indicator came on after about 10 minutes of charging.
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I take it you're running stock still? or a custom rom? It seems odd that the charge indicator would take that long to start. I left mine on the charger for about 30 minutes when it was unlocked without any progress.
This happened to me, I took my phone to verizon and they just gave me a new battery... it took a little while, them trying different batteries, looking for a 'test' rezound battery before pulling a packaged battery to try and finally they were satisfied then swapped it out... all my boot logos and screens were stock but my launcher was not... they never went as far as checking phone specs or asking about root/unlock... they did check the phone settings to check on charge at one point... I was just thankful it wasn't a bad micro connector because I didn't want to have to wait for a new phone
I'm having the same problem once my phone dies i can't get it to charge. it starts charging for two sec and it stop charging and i does that with both of my batteries i have a 3.8v that came with the phone and a 3.7v that verizon sent me because my phone was over heating. I'm unlock and running CleanROM GBE 1.6.5 *SP1*
Before I knew about this issue I actually had my phone die when I had my 3.8v battery, I had no issues what-so-ever plugging it in to charge. I've been afraid ever since, I also have the 3.7v battery now.
I bought my phone from a trade of my GNEX, so I do not have the 1 year manufacturer warranty, so no refurbs for me, and I had to buy the 3.7v battery
I'm getting rare blue screen flickers like the ones from ICS ROMS on GB ROMS too. no fun!
andybones said:
Before I knew about this issue I actually had my phone die when I had my 3.8v battery, I had no issues what-so-ever plugging it in to charge. I've been afraid ever since, I also have the 3.7v battery now.
I bought my phone from a trade of my GNEX, so I do not have the 1 year manufacturer warranty, so no refurbs for me, and I had to buy the 3.7v battery
I'm getting rare blue screen flickers like the ones from ICS ROMS on GB ROMS too. no fun!
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What's interesting is that I keep reading about issues with the 3.8v battery but nobody talking about the 3.7v's. I'm on a 3.7v and this issue is occuring, but i'm beginning to think it has something to do with either an unlocked bootloader or ROM issue.
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I'm having the same problem once my phone dies i can't get it to charge. it starts charging for two sec and it stop charging and i does that with both of my batteries i have a 3.8v that came with the phone and a 3.7v that verizon sent me because my phone was over heating. I'm unlock and running CleanROM GBE 1.6.5 *SP1*
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I would highly suggest you relock and go back to stock. It seems to have made the issue subside. Since you have 2 batteries if you wanna do further testing with other roms and configs that would help out a lot. No pressure though i understand if you dont want to do it.
I've also had the problem with it not charging after it's died and thus had Verizon send me a new 3.7v battery. And now Ive had the same problem with the 3.7v.
This is how i've fix both the 3.7v and 3.8v when they wont charge.
Battery pull and replace. Then plug in. Dont hit power or touch the phone. Just leave alone. Orange light will come on for a few seconds then off. Still leave it alone. I swear it took an hour but it finally booted on it's own. Weirdly it had 40% battery when it was finally on.
I'm on stock OTA rooted and running chad's beta 4 but i've had the problem with beta 3-1 as well. I did have Force fast charge enabled in incrediControl. Most of the reason the phone died was because it bootlooped for hours(?) while i was sleeping and it wasnt plugged in.
I did have a similar problem when i first got my incredible... dunno what i was running at the time could have been stock.
What i'm guessing happens is that you drain the battery so much it takes forever for it to get a strong enough charge to boot on it's own.
I had this happen for the first time today. Phone wouldn't start,battery wouldn't charge. My fix.... Open command prompt. Plug phone in to computer. Type " adb reboot recovery" when recovery opens the battery starts charging. Push reboot and Pooooof! A charging phone!
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joel4832 said:
I've also had the problem with it not charging after it's died and thus had Verizon send me a new 3.7v battery. And now Ive had the same problem with the 3.7v.
This is how i've fix both the 3.7v and 3.8v when they wont charge.
Battery pull and replace. Then plug in. Dont hit power or touch the phone. Just leave alone. Orange light will come on for a few seconds then off. Still leave it alone. I swear it took an hour but it finally booted on it's own. Weirdly it had 40% battery when it was finally on.
I'm on stock OTA rooted and running chad's beta 4 but i've had the problem with beta 3-1 as well. I did have Force fast charge enabled in incrediControl. Most of the reason the phone died was because it bootlooped for hours(?) while i was sleeping and it wasnt plugged in.
I did have a similar problem when i first got my incredible... dunno what i was running at the time could have been stock.
What i'm guessing happens is that you drain the battery so much it takes forever for it to get a strong enough charge to boot on it's own.
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Hmmm... I'm beginning to suspect its either an unlocked bootloader issue or a kernel issue and not a ROM issue.
Now thats cool that your phone was able to boot up after an hour on the charger without the charge indicator light telling you it was charging (my phone was probably doing the same thing) but it still shouldnt take that long to be able to boot up the device.
When stock my charge indicator blinks continuously until it's ready to boot up, then it becomes solid. This only takes about 4-5 minutes. When running custom ROM/Kernel it would give me the same thing it gave yours ie. charge indicator turns on for 1-3 seconds and turns off and nothing else.
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I had this happen for the first time today. Phone wouldn't start,battery wouldn't charge. My fix.... Open command prompt. Plug phone in to computer. Type " adb reboot recovery" when recovery opens the battery starts charging. Push reboot and Pooooof! A charging phone!
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I'm definitely going to take this into account and try it when i unlock my phone again. Thanks man!
IrvChynaman said:
What's interesting is that I keep reading about issues with the 3.8v battery but nobody talking about the 3.7v's. I'm on a 3.7v and this issue is occuring, but i'm beginning to think it has something to do with either an unlocked bootloader or ROM issue.
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Update in OP!
Im unlocked and on the senselessICS.
Ive had this issue happen to me several times. However today it was bad. I had it plugged in for 6+ hours with out it being able to turn on.
I had the 3.7v battery in the device.
i messed with it a bit with in that 6hour time frame. Pressing buttons pulling battery, etc. About 4 hours into this whole ordeal... it turned on, on its own. But stayed on the white HTC screen for about 45mins before i pulled the battery and tried to turn it on again. However, it would not turn on. Infact it never turned on....
Heres where it gets interesting. I had the 3.7v. My girlfriend comes home and has the 3.8v. I pop hers out, put it in my device. Fires right up... still sticks on the white HTC screen. While im impatiently waiting, i stick my 3.7v that my phone wouldnt boot with in her device. Fires right up.
I wasnt able to fully boot. Recovery/computer wouldnt mount my SDcard. Though... reformatting it from within recovery allowed it to be mountable again. I also had to wipe and reflash my rom in order to get the POS to boot.
edit: i would also like to note, when putting the battery [my 3.7v] into my girlfriends device. It showed about 80% battery.
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Im unlocked and on the senselessICS.
Ive had this issue happen to me several times. However today it was bad. I had it plugged in for 6+ hours with out it being able to turn on.
I had the 3.7v battery in the device.
i messed with it a bit with in that 6hour time frame. Pressing buttons pulling battery, etc. About 4 hours into this whole ordeal... it turned on, on its own. But stayed on the white HTC screen for about 45mins before i pulled the battery and tried to turn it on again. However, it would not turn on. Infact it never turned on....
Heres where it gets interesting. I had the 3.7v. My girlfriend comes home and has the 3.8v. I pop hers out, put it in my device. Fires right up... still sticks on the white HTC screen. While im impatiently waiting, i stick my 3.7v that my phone wouldnt boot with in her device. Fires right up.
I wasnt able to fully boot. Recovery/computer wouldnt mount my SDcard. Though... reformatting it from within recovery allowed it to be mountable again. I also had to wipe and reflash my rom in order to get the POS to boot.
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are you running clockworkmod recovery? Your issue sounds identical to mine and I MAY have a solution. I'm testing right now on my own phone right now.
IrvChynaman said:
are you running clockworkmod recovery?
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yes. the touch one. However i had this issue prior with the unofficial clockwork.
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yes. the touch one. However i had this issue prior with the unofficial clockwork.
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Ok try flashing Amon Ra 3.13. Clockwork mod seems to be the culprit from my end. what was weird is when the phone was shut down I was able to run adb commands and every time i ran "adb devices" it showed my phone as recovery. It seems like clockwork mod recovery was trying to load before anything else preventing the phone from charging and booting up

[Q] SGS2 won't turn on but shows charge symbol

Hi all
My phone was shutting off instantly without any reason for couple of days and then I would turn it on. My battery was also acting weird. Sometimes when I turn it on it was showing 30% battery while before it was at 70%. Today, it turned off and wouldn't turn on. I tried Vol Up/Down+HOME+Power button and Home+Power button but it wouldn't turn on or go into recovery/download mode. When I put it on charge, charge symbol shows for a second and then it would turn off and then again on and off and continues forever.
Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.
Either your battery is not accepting charge or is not getting any charge.
If you know someone else with an S2, ask to borrow their battery to find out whether your phone will boot.
I've a suspicion that you're going to have to replace either the battery or the USB charger port.....or maybe even both.
But the first thing to find out is if the phone boots with a 'known good' battery.
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
keithross39 said:
Either your battery is not accepting charge or is not getting any charge.
If you know someone else with an S2, ask to borrow their battery to find out whether your phone will boot.
I've a suspicion that you're going to have to replace either the battery or the USB charger port.....or maybe even both.
But the first thing to find out is if the phone boots with a 'known good' battery.
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
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Thanks a lot buddy for your reply.
An hour ago I put the phone on charge for about 15 minutes and the battery charging symbol stabilized. Then I pressed Power button and phone booted and was working fine. Then just to check, I shut off and it won't start again and came back to the same old problem. I would definitely battery from same phone and will let you know about the updates.
Regards,
Its a very weird problem. I have put the battery of my brother's SGS2 in my phone and the problem is same. Then when I put my battery in my brother's mobile then that mobile shows the same problem. After switching batteries many time, my brother's SGS2 with its own battery would show the same problem. In other words that mobile was dead also. Then I plugged out the battery from the other mobile and left it out for some time and plugged in again and mobile was ok.
After that I didn't risk to switch batteries again. I have the feeling that problem is not at hardware end. For some reasons my mobile's software is corrupting batteries. I remember to have re-calibrated the battery couple of days ago with software named "battery recalibrate". I am lost at what the problem might be and what to do anymore.
Pls help.
Flash firmware with Odin that will rule out software problems. Flash say lsw and see if its the same.
andrewwright said:
Flash firmware with Odin that will rule out software problems. Flash say lsw and see if its the same.
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But I am unable to go in recovery/download mode and can't boot the device. How can I install firmware with odin.
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But I am unable to go in recovery/download mode and can't boot the device. How can I install firmware with odin.
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Thought you got it to boot?
andrewwright said:
Thought you got it to boot?
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Any idea/suggestion to boot the device.
Jig to force it to download mode
Just for the record. I discovered the solution to be ridiculously simple. Battery pins connection was loose and by just putting a foiled tissue paper at below corner of battery to strengthen connection of pins, all was back to normal. Ahh! it was such a relief.
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[Q] Xperia Ray not charging/ need to unroot to send for repair

Hi guys, i consider myself an intermediate around the android OS and i have tried most solutions that came to my head with no results.
My problem is the following:
My xperia ray is running stock rom ICS and is rooted. That's it
One day my battery suddenly drained to 0% and phone shut off.
Since then, i cannot charge it. Whenever i plugged it, the led blinks red /sometimes keep blinking/something always red/sometimes the phone boots after 10 seconds from entering the main page it will reboot.
I tried a different battery, the phone worked, so i bought another battery but the same happened, it suddenly went to 0% and not charging anymore.
Now I cannot access the phone via USB since it is not recognized and i can't work on it since there is no power,
What can i do to at least unroot it before sending it to warranty?
Try reflashing..
elmariachii said:
Hi guys, i consider myself an intermediate around the android OS and i have tried most solutions that came to my head with no results.
My problem is the following:
My xperia ray is running stock rom ICS and is rooted. That's it
One day my battery suddenly drained to 0% and phone shut off.
Since then, i cannot charge it. Whenever i plugged it, the led blinks red /sometimes keep blinking/something always red/sometimes the phone boots after 10 seconds from entering the main page it will reboot.
I tried a different battery, the phone worked, so i bought another battery but the same happened, it suddenly went to 0% and not charging anymore.
Now I cannot access the phone via USB since it is not recognized and i can't work on it since there is no power,
What can i do to at least unroot it before sending it to warranty?
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Heard of universal charger??Charge your battery to 100% using a universal charger..get a stock ftf file from here
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35239
use flash tool and flash your phone with this stock ftf file..
then your phone should work..
hope i helped you..btw have you unlocked your phone's bootloader ?
regards..
a|\|droid_user said:
Heard of universal charger??Charge your battery to 100% using a universal charger..get a stock ftf file from here
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35239
use flash tool and flash your phone with this stock ftf file..
then your phone should work..
hope i helped you..btw have you unlocked your phone's bootloader ?
regards..
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unlocked bootloader and rooted, or can you root without unlocking it? I actually forgot since the ray was always my secondary device.
Do you mean i rule out any hardware problem, this is related to software only ? Since my Pc cannot recognize the phone, it gives me usb device not recognized..
Might be a hardware problem..cant say for sure..
elmariachii said:
unlocked bootloader and rooted, or can you root without unlocking it? I actually forgot since the ray was always my secondary device.
Do you mean i rule out any hardware problem, this is related to software only ? Since my Pc cannot recognize the phone, it gives me usb device not recognized..
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We cannot rule out any hardware problem as of now..,yes you can root without unlocking the bootloader.
This might be a software issue..are you running on stock kernel ?
Can you enter into fastboot or flash mode ?
Have u installed the adb drivers? does your pc recognise any other xperia 2011 phone ?
a|\|droid_user said:
We cannot rule out any hardware problem as of now..,yes you can root without unlocking the bootloader.
This might be a software issue..are you running on stock kernel ?
Can you enter into fastboot or flash mode ?
Have u installed the adb drivers? does your pc recognise any other xperia 2011 phone ?
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My phone isn't holding any charge, the battery is always 0, when charging it only gives red lights. Sometimes the phone will boot, it will show the xperia logo, go into the main lockscreen for 5 seconds then shuts off.
Buying a universal charger would mean waiting for 1 month for it to be delivered since i only found it on ebay
elmariachii said:
My phone isn't holding any charge, the battery is always 0, when charging it only gives red lights. Sometimes the phone will boot, it will show the xperia logo, go into the main lockscreen for 5 seconds then shuts off.
Buying a universal charger would mean waiting for 1 month for it to be delivered since i only found it on ebay
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Was it damaged by water?
it's really easy to check if it was water damaged, open the back cover and look for a small WHITE rectangle, if you see a red rectangle it was water damaged, same with the battery it has a small white rectangle
IF NOT..see if SUS or PC companion recognises the phone..Repair your phone if it recognises.
IF NOT take out your phone battery for 15 seconds..put it back turn on the phone..and connect the charger but DO NOT SWITCH ON YOUR PHONE..let it charge for 5 HRS continuously..
IF NOT Try using another battery to turn your phone on...and see if it charges up..
Still NOT working?,Have you unlocked your boot loader ?
Regards..
a|\|droid_user said:
Was it damaged by water?
it's really easy to check if it was water damaged, open the back cover and look for a small WHITE rectangle, if you see a red rectangle it was water damaged, same with the battery it has a small white rectangle
IF NOT..see if SUS or PC companion recognises the phone..Repair your phone if it recognises.
IF NOT take out your phone battery for 15 seconds..put it back turn on the phone..and connect the charger but DO NOT SWITCH ON YOUR PHONE..let it charge for 5 HRS continuously..
IF NOT Try using another battery to turn your phone on...and see if it charges up..
Still NOT working?,Have you unlocked your boot loader ?
Regards..
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Thank you for your suggestions, i did something in the meanwhile.
I have a co-worker who has the exact phone, so i put my battery in her phone and charged it. In the meantime, i used her battery inside my device and used flashtool to flash stock ICS.
My device had bootloader unlocked, i managed to lock it back.
Now after i have a clean ICS copy unrooted. I return my friends phone, put in my battery and put it on the charger, the phone recognizes the charger, it gives me the small flash logo on the battery icon but the battery meter is not charging.
I'm afraid it's going to stay on until the battery drains to 0 and then i'm back to square one.
At least now i'm unrooted and can check the sony service center if they could do anything.
elmariachii said:
Thank you for your suggestions, i did something in the meanwhile.
I have a co-worker who has the exact phone, so i put my battery in her phone and charged it. In the meantime, i used her battery inside my device and used flashtool to flash stock ICS.
My device had bootloader unlocked, i managed to lock it back.
Now after i have a clean ICS copy unrooted. I return my friends phone, put in my battery and put it on the charger, the phone recognizes the charger, it gives me the small flash logo on the battery icon but the battery meter is not charging.
I'm afraid it's going to stay on until the battery drains to 0 and then i'm back to square one.
At least now i'm unrooted and can check the sony service center if they could do anything.
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The battery voltage is increasing or not ?
Do not trust the battery meter...The voltage reading will tell whether its working fine or not..
Close to 4200 mV is 100%
While 3400 mV is low battery less than 10% typically..
Hope i helped you..Just hit thanks instead of sayin..U know there is a button..
Regards..
a|\|droid_user said:
The battery voltage is increasing or not ?
Do not trust the battery meter...The voltage reading will tell whether its working fine or not..
Close to 4200 mV is 100%
While 3400 mV is low battery less than 10% typically..
Hope i helped you..Just hit thanks instead of sayin..U know there is a button..
Regards..
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Well when it's plugged in, the lockscreen says charging. The battery icon has the flash sign on it. It is recognized by my Laptop. But the battery status is discharging and i monitored the voltage, it was decreasing.
elmariachii said:
Well when it's plugged in, the lockscreen says charging. The battery icon has the flash sign on it. It is recognized by my Laptop. But the battery status is discharging and i monitored the voltage, it was decreasing.
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Then its a problem..
Try connecting to wall charger...is it the same situation?
a|\|droid_user said:
Then its a problem..
Try connecting to wall charger...is it the same situation?
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yep, tried various chargers, USB cables, laptops...
elmariachii said:
yep, tried various chargers, USB cables, laptops...
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Check if the port is clean and check the battery pins and pins on your phone.
Do you have the possibility to test another battery? So you can be sure it's not just your battery...
did you have try to let the smartphone shutdown by itselft? and charging the battery after that...
Sounding more and more like a hardware problem. If you have access to a voltmeter, turn your phone off, remove the battery and plug your phone in, check the voltage coming out of the battery terminals in the back. It should be ramping from 1 V to around 3.6 V (at least from the USB port, it might be higher from the wall charger).
justmpm said:
Sounding more and more like a hardware problem. If you have access to a voltmeter, turn your phone off, remove the battery and plug your phone in, check the voltage coming out of the battery terminals in the back. It should be ramping from 1 V to around 3.6 V (at least from the USB port, it might be higher from the wall charger).
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thanks for the reply guys, I'm updating the thread so other people might benefit from reading it. I went to Sony service center. The technician first told me there was water damage, although i'm confident that the phone was never dropped in water. Also he showed me that the pins for the battery were bent.
He said he will inspect the motherboard, if it's not corroded (from water) he will replace the motherboard since it's still on warranty.
If it is corroded, he can't do anything.
The strange thing is that the phone is working 100% except i cannot charge it. USB function is working correctly.
PS: Always Unroot and re-lock your bootloader before sending to service, they will check for these and can refuse to serve you by the warranty.

is LGOG Perm Bricked

I was bought a LGOG ATT model from US, it was working with full battery but suddenly in on condition, it goes blank and not able to on again.
when i insert power cable/charger cable it shows only stable red light (it is not flashing).
also i open the phone and removed the battery and then plug it with charger but still it shows stable red light (without battery).
as i m not able to switch on so not able to go in download mode or any thing else.
is it perm bricked???
arunkarnwal1981 said:
I was bought a LGOG ATT model from US, it was working with full battery but suddenly in on condition, it goes blank and not able to on again.
when i insert power cable/charger cable it shows only stable red light (it is not flashing).
also i open the phone and removed the battery and then plug it with charger but still it shows stable red light (without battery).
as i m not able to switch on so not able to go in download mode or any thing else.
is it perm bricked???
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I would do the battery remove again, leave it disconnected for at least 10 minutes. With no battery and no charger connected, press the power button for 10 seconds, then let it rest.
Make absolutely sure that you did not damage the connector for the battery to the motherboard. With no power cord, reconnect battery and try to boot. If a 10 minute battery pull doesn't work, it may indeed be bricked.
The phone can act very strange and then go completely normal forever also, some people have left it plugged in for hours with the red light and it magically began to work again. Best of luck.
[r.]GimP said:
I would do the battery remove again, leave it disconnected for at least 10 minutes. With no battery and no charger connected, press the power button for 10 seconds, then let it rest.
Make absolutely sure that you did not damage the connector for the battery to the motherboard. With no power cord, reconnect battery and try to boot. If a 10 minute battery pull doesn't work, it may indeed be bricked.
The phone can act very strange and then go completely normal forever also, some people have left it plugged in for hours with the red light and it magically began to work again. Best of luck.
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thanks for reply. i will sure do this.
[r.]GimP said:
I would do the battery remove again, leave it disconnected for at least 10 minutes. With no battery and no charger connected, press the power button for 10 seconds, then let it rest.
Make absolutely sure that you did not damage the connector for the battery to the motherboard. With no power cord, reconnect battery and try to boot. If a 10 minute battery pull doesn't work, it may indeed be bricked.
The phone can act very strange and then go completely normal forever also, some people have left it plugged in for hours with the red light and it magically began to work again. Best of luck.
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Thanks a lot for your great suggestion, now my LGOG is again in working order
:angel::angel::angel::angel::angel:.
[r.]GimP said:
I would do the battery remove again, leave it disconnected for at least 10 minutes. With no battery and no charger connected, press the power button for 10 seconds, then let it rest.
Make absolutely sure that you did not damage the connector for the battery to the motherboard. With no power cord, reconnect battery and try to boot. If a 10 minute battery pull doesn't work, it may indeed be bricked.
The phone can act very strange and then go completely normal forever also, some people have left it plugged in for hours with the red light and it magically began to work again. Best of luck.
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one problem, after starting the phone, i was tried to LGNPST to restore it back ATT stock ICS but it stuck at 85% with error : faile to write partition 525312th sector. and now only able to go in download mode directly???
arunkarnwal1981 said:
one problem, after starting the phone, i was tried to LGNPST to restore it back ATT stock ICS but it stuck at 85% with error : faile to write partition 525312th sector. and now only able to go in download mode directly???
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I haven't used LGNPST but I understand that it does get stuck at 85%, from what I have read.
A lot of others on this forum have experience with flashing, try searching or asking someone. Glad your phone powers on again.
Same Problem
I know this thread is quite old but I didn't want to bother anyone by posting another thread about the exact same problem. Anyways, my phone is behaving in the exact same way as the OP's and I have tried the aforementioned fix to no avail. I know this is a bit of a toss up but does anybody have any other ideas?

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