Hi
I have a problem with my HTC Aria. A few months ago it stopped charging the battery fully - no matter how many hours I connect the charger it always charges only to about 50%. For months now I didn't see the green light which indicates a fully recharged battery.
I've tried everything:
* charge and discharge fully
* a new battery
* a few chargers and cables
* factory reset
* clean the battery stats using 'recovery'
* run calibration app
* search the forums for any other idea
but nothing helps.
Please help...
Thanks,
Nadav
Guys,
I'm desperate - unless I'll find a solution to this I will have to buy a new phone...
If there's anyone with any other idea of how to fix this please reply.
Thanks,
Nadav
I have had this to,i just got a new battery,all ok?
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Make sure that your chargers are able to deliver sufficient power. For best results, the charger should consistently deliver 700mA or more. The original HTC charger is rated at 1A. Otherwise, the battery will not charge and the status LED will remain yellow. Most of the common USB chargers will only deliver 500ma.
To complicate things, the ratings on the charger's label may not be accurate and the actual power output is less than what is listed. For example, I have a charger that's rated at 500ma and it barely is able to charge the battery. If I am actively using the phone (navigation, talking, etc.), the battery will drain even with the charger connected and the battery symbol shows "charging".
-John
Sorry, a bit off topic. I haven't had any battery issues yet, but mine came with a spare. Would it be better to leave it alone until i do have battery issues our swap between the two?
I would just stay with one battery and swap when the current battery no longer holds a charge.
-John
That's the way I've been leaning.
Thanks,
Jeremy
Thanks for the answers,
But this is not the battery nor the charger - I've tried a new battery and a handful of chargers, including some original ones.
Nadav
As a last resort I would try doing a factory restore with the RUU and see what it does. As long as you keep you're nandroid backup you can always get back to where you were. If that doesn't do it, it's probably the phone.
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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.
So I'm running my aria on CM7-07282011-Nightly. I'm having battery issues, not battery-life issues, but general battery function issues. My stock battery died, then I bought two identical 1500mah batteries, which I have been charging with a standard Li-ion smart charger which I normally use for battery packs I build for various other projects. I just charge one battery while I use the other battery. Anyways the problem is that my phone's battery meter will never go over 80%. I boot up on a fully charged battery, and after two or three minutes have passed(when it first boots up it just shows the % it was at when I took the other battery out), the phone reads something like 74%.
I've thought maybe there was just a problem using two different batteries, so I tried charging one of these batteries in the phone and of course they stop a little above 70%, and sometimes the battery even drains while plugged into, well, any, of my 4 AC wall-plug type chargers or my computer.
I've tried wiping the battery stats, but it didn't do anything, and all the calibration methods I see say to charge until it's at 100%, which I can't get to...
I just wish there was a way to plug in an externally charged battery and reset the battery meter and force it to recognize whatever value is actually 100%....I've searched these forums and googled for two days and found no solution.
Does anyone know how I can fix this??
Try fixing permissions
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I'm not sure if there is anything you can do about it. There's almost always going to be some quirks with third party batteries.
A tip is never get 3rd party batteries and the batteries we use love charging so charge whenever possible because if you let your battery die before charging waste builds up and leaves less space for charging.
Signatures are fancy.
well, the phone works as long as if the battery has been charged to 100%, so I just wondered if the was something I could do...
So even if the batteries work a long time when fully charged from my external charger, there is no way to fix the battery meter? If I continue using it normally would battery stats eventually callibrate? they are good batteries...just seems like a software problem to me
Where did you buy the batteries from, E-bay??? E-bay and other on-line markets are loaded with Chinese knock-off batteries & SD cards that are fakes and/or not to manufacturer spec products.
If that's what you have, you can't expect the phone to "fix" it.
Battery stats do take a few days to calibrate, but I believe it should still show 100% when charged, if you have a real battery and not something out of spec.
I don't know what the manufacturer specs are, but a fully charged battery reads 4.2v, well within standard Li-ion open-circuit values. There is nothing wrong with these batteries....
chaldeman1984 said:
I don't know what the manufacturer specs are, but a fully charged battery reads 4.2v, well within standard Li-ion open-circuit values. There is nothing wrong with these batteries....
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Problem is that the percent battery available is not determined my measuring the cell voltage, rather reading a value out of the fuel gauge built into the battery pack. Li-Ion batteries have a rather flat discharge profile then crater at the end, making the cell voltage an unreliable predictor/measure of battery capacity.
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Okay so I've this problem where my battery discharges while charging!
I had this problem since wednesday that time I was on stock... So I thought flashing a custom ROM now as of now i'm on SonyStyle still the same problem,
let me elaborate my problem a bit more
-To monitor how much current is discharging n charging! -498 mA while discharging n -298 mA while charging it normally
-So next thing I tried is to charge it while being switched off, most of the times it wont charge n when it'll charge it'll reach some point n starts discharging! Discharging even when its off and plugged to the charger! BIZZARE isnt it?
-Now in order to put it on chrging i've to reboot it couple of times untill battery monitor widget shows +current... N when it reaches 100 it'll begin to discharge like it'll be empty in 1nhalf hour
-ALSO I'VE TURNED OFF ANYTHING THAT SUCKS BATTERY! AND I'M NOT USING MY DEVICE WHILE CHARGING! ALSO IT DISCHARGES WHILE BEING ON CHARGER IN A switched off state.
these things i've already tried
-Flashing custom ROM
-Putting my cell on powersave CPU governor
-undervolting
-charging using USB
-CUSTOMER CARE CENTRE only resets the software
I'M SO FRUSTRATED THAT I'LL BURN THIS CELL INTO ASHES! Anybody help me before I kill thislil fellow!
You might try resetting your battery stats on clockworkmod or xrecovery. Charge until 100% and let it discharge naturally to switch off, allow a few days of charge cycling and it should be ok.
Lipoly batteries dont trickle charge. If you leave your phone on charge for 8 hours it will just switch off the charger, discharge for awhile and then switch back on the charger. Most take 1 to 1.5 hours to charge, so if you leave it plugged in you will be charging/discharging about 6 times in that period. Lipoly have a limited number of charges before they diminish, usually about 500. So if you leave it plugged in you can reduce your battery life span considerably - otherwise it should last a good year and a half before it wears out.
Dont ever try to trickle charge, overcharge or manually discharge a lipoly battery as they have a tendancy to explode.
The good news is lipoly batteries are cheap to manufacture. You should be able to pick up a decent bst-38 (or substitute) on ebay/amazon for around 15-20 euros. Dont be hoodwinked into the 2000mAh batteries, most are fake. My 970mAh can last 2 days on Gintonic rom.
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I had a similar problem with the battery discharging whilst charging.
For me the problem turned out to be my USB cable becoming faulty. It would still transfer data when connected to a computer, but would get a similar problem to the one you describe when charging. Might not be the same problem for you though.
I am now experiencing this problem. I think it is my usb cable too. Will buy another 1 soon. It discharges then charges again when I pull out the cable and plug it in again.
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Well already tried wiping battery stats
heres what I've discovered till now
-The charge current drops as if the battery is at 91% but it isnt even close
-It is either the battery is sending wrong data to charger, or it is faulty
-Not able to explain how n why it discharges even a switched off state???
-Only solution I can think is a charging dock for BST-38
obsidian_eclipse said:
You might try resetting your battery stats on clockworkmod or xrecovery. Charge until 100% and let it discharge naturally to switch off, allow a few days of charge cycling and it should be ok.
Lipoly batteries dont trickle charge. If you leave your phone on charge for 8 hours it will just switch off the charger, discharge for awhile and then switch back on the charger. Most take 1 to 1.5 hours to charge, so if you leave it plugged in you will be charging/discharging about 6 times in that period. Lipoly have a limited number of charges before they diminish, usually about 500. So if you leave it plugged in you can reduce your battery life span considerably - otherwise it should last a good year and a half before it wears out.
Dont ever try to trickle charge, overcharge or manually discharge a lipoly battery as they have a tendancy to explode.
The good news is lipoly batteries are cheap to manufacture. You should be able to pick up a decent bst-38 (or substitute) on ebay/amazon for around 15-20 euros. Dont be hoodwinked into the 2000mAh batteries, most are fake. My 970mAh can last 2 days on Gintonic rom.
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If I leave my cell on charging for 8 hours, then after 8 hours my battery will be zero... It'll keep blinking the red light for hour or more... See thats a wicked problem...
happened to me also, had to use a better cable (don't use thin and/or long cables)
Yeah I tried with a Nokia made cable and its charging flawlessly! This is my first time with a Non-Nokia n so far the experience is not very good!
btw thanxxx a lot for your attention n concern!
- similar (identical) problem, tried similar resolutions (factory reset/sdcard/sim removing/different chargers/battery replacement)
- disassemble my phone... and found out, that micro usb connector replacement is unrealistic.
- watched charge/discharge/voltage/current/temperature process trough battery monitor widget (1 minute sampling)..
- re-calibrated battery many times
RESOLUTION : micro usb connector or connections in mobo is dead. I build charger with current meter. No matter, what says my phone about charging (pluged in - discharging)- any information displayed delays for minutes on phone. IF my external current meter says - "charging", than phone state is "CHARGING" independent from what phone is displaying at the moment. Moving usb charging connector in phone causes current to stop flying to phone or reducing current value. Phone still says "plugged in" and or "charging" on "discharging"...
Temporary resolution: little pushing/deformation on charging connector (male) and LED in charging chain, witch is displaying - charging or not. Every time connecting charger i'm looking on indicator LED and moving charge connector, till LED says "charging" and then no more any moves on phone.
Future resolution: contact-less charging trough inductive coupling
I've been having issues with my phone charging. Took it to Telus and I got a new one. Problem kept occurring so I got the battery replaced as well. Despite basically getting a new phone I'm still having issues. Basically say I'll have 14% battery, I plug it in overnight and come back and it's 34%. So it charges 20% in 7 or 8 hours in the wall charger. I'll then turn it off and pop out the battery, put it back in, turn it on and I'll have 60%. Within a few minutes I'll have 50%. After an hour of use or so it'll beep saying I have 15% battery. I once again pop out the battery and then it'll say I have 40%. I don't even remember the last time I've ever got over an 80% charge or even a 100% charge. I'm lost for ideas at how to fix this.
I'm running ICS S-On, but rooted.
Thanks.
PS The picture I've attached shows what I was talking about. When it was at the bottom red when my phone died saying it had over 20% battery I plugged it in and left it charging for about 14 hours to find it at under 30%.
Sell it and get a better phone
You probably are flashing something wrong or have a rogue app... but there are better phones and its the "black friday" time of year. Just get a better phone.
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Have you tried using a different USB cable and/or adapter? Either or both could be faulty.
Give Better Battery Stats a try, and see if it can point out some apps that are running that you were unaware of.
Free app provided here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Alternatively, based on what you're saying, you might need to re-train your battery stats. Since you used a new phone with a possible bad battery, when your phone depleted itself on that bad battery, that might have trained the battery stats improperly. Retrain your battery stats and see if that will help you out.
Instructions on that are provided here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517044
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I just re-read OP and noticed you advised it NEVER hits 100% charge - Few more things to try:
Firstly, try shutting phone off and charging it OFF overnight, as that might charge it faster.
Secondly, if that fixed the issue, try a different phone charger. Either your USB cord or the USB adaptor (or both) might be bad and not supplying sufficient power.
Thirdly, if that didn’t work, try a different wall outlet – I have run into a few wall outlets that don’t supply sufficient enough power to charge a device.
Finally, if everything I advised fails …… get a new phone. LOL I’d suggest a new battery, but you already did that. If you still have your old one, try the steps I suggested with that battery as well.
Yeah, you could try a different battery or charger. Make the the battery is genuine OEM and new just to be sure, and/or try getting that T-Mobile branded micro-usb charger that outputs 1,000 mAh.
Hello guys... I'm having a major problem with my battery not taking a charge or just being stubborn.
I used multiple chargers and the phone refuses to charge. It discharges even though it says it's charging and it mounts via USB with no issues and data transfer is faster than ever. I have the OEM stock and the Laza extended battery but the Laza takes much too long and the stock battery won't come back at all because the charger kills it...
This started when I left my extended battery on the charger overnight and it was at maybe 30%. I woke up and it was dead; it wasn't responding to anything unless I pulled the battery and it gave me the blinking orange LED. Any ideas?
*phone was dropped once but a WHILE ago
did nothing special and it was charging great 3 days ago
charging while powered down actually kills the battery FASTER
I'd appreciate any help.
Have the same issue. I believe my USB port is coming loose from the board and needs repair or replacement. I tried physically bending bits of the port with the battery removed to mixed success short-term, but now I have trouble just getting data to connect over the cable. Could try to work around the issue by buying a couple of wall chargers for just the battery pack, then circulate between two or three batteries through the day. Used Battery Monitor Widget app to see my device can eat 500 to 1,000 mA an hour, so I got two 500 mAh chargers and spare batteries to keep pace with max drain rate.
Okay, thanks for the recommendation! My Droid MAXX has arrived but my battery is actually doing pretty well right now. It decided to charge overnight but still no luck with the stock. But I still want to use this phone to test ROMs, and it's difficult to do so with the discharged battery. Anyways thanks a lot, I will look into this. Or maybe I could buy another Rezound for cheap or a Thunderbolt (if it works).