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So I rooted and installed CWM, and now when I try to charge my phone WHILE it is off, the charging light wont come on, which means is not charging while off at all. Has this happened to anyone else? When the phone is on, it charges just fine.
EDIT: Just tried it with FastBoot on, and now it charges when powered off. So to anyone having the issue, try this.
EDIT 2: It appears this only happens when on CWM recovery. TWRP does not exhibit this problem.
I've noticed the same on my end.
Try a different recovery.
Locked & Loaded
same
Same result here, i woke up to a dead phone this morning.
Happen to me too with different recovery.
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Out of curiosity, were your phones _off_, or in the hibernation state that is used for Fast Boot?
blakejohnson86 said:
Out of curiosity, were your phones _off_, or in the hibernation state that is used for Fast Boot?
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Mine was in the "hibernation" state, but before I had root, I could charge the phone while off with either FastBoot off or on. Anyway, I already changed recoveries to TeamWin's, and Im in the process of a Nandroid backup, so as soon as its done, I will try to charge with both FB on and off to see what happens, and I will post results. BTW, I've seen that this has happened to quite a few more people, so it might be a widespread problem that not a lot of people know because most of us dont ever turn off the phone to charge it.
I dunno.. havent tried that but why do u turn your phone off to charge it anyways lol
brownhornet said:
I dunno.. havent tried that but why do u turn your phone off to charge it anyways lol
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Well, if you run your battery until the phone turns off, it'd be great to be able to charge it in your own phone instead of an external charger or non-rooted/s-on phone.
brownhornet said:
I dunno.. havent tried that but why do u turn your phone off to charge it anyways lol
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For one, the phone charges faster this way because its not using any power at all.
I have fastboot turned off in the menu and mine charges fine when I turn it off. I'm using Teamwin Recovery
devgrp said:
I have fastboot turned off in the menu and mine charges fine when I turn it off. I'm using Teamwin Recovery
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I can also confirm this, so it appears to be a bug related to CWM recovery, can any of the guys that still have that recovery and is experiencing this problem try to charge with FB off while the phone is off and confirm if it works or not?
Droga said:
I can also confirm this, so it appears to be a bug related to CWM recovery, can any of the guys that still have that recovery and is experiencing this problem try to charge with FB off while the phone is off and confirm if it works or not?
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Same here. I did notice however, the light would not turn green while off... It was on the charger for 7+ hours. Weird. I'm using TWPR.
It's definitely the cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img recovery. I just tested with both twrp and cwm. twrp allows the phone to charge with fastboot off and phone off.
Fastboot on isn't really a 'fix' because the phone never goes off completely from what I understand. I just want to know I can charge a dead battery in my phone if I ever needed to.
mwalt2 said:
It's definitely the cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img recovery. I just tested with both twrp and cwm. twrp allows the phone to charge with fastboot off and phone off.
Fastboot on isn't really a 'fix' because the phone never goes off completely from what I understand. I just want to know I can charge a dead battery in my phone if I ever needed to.
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This.
This might be a serious problem to anyone whos using this recovery and their phone dies before they can get to an A/C outlet (for example, on a car w/o a car charger, etc). I will send the developers a quick note for them to check this out.
Good work on figuring this out... Im sure we will see more folks wondering wtf is goin on with their batteries
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I can confirm this. Using CWM the phone does not charge when powered off. Whats the best way to remove CWM and install TWR?
when you turn off the phone and plug in the charger, the red light does go off in a few seconds, but my phone was fully charged overnight (without the red light on)
Mine charged to 100% this morning. I stuck with CWM, I also flashed OMJ deodexed rom before I went to bed. I plugged it in when the phone was on and awake.
c19932 said:
when you turn off the phone and plug in the charger, the red light does go off in a few seconds, but my phone was fully charged overnight (without the red light on)
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I also wondered if it was just that the led wasn't on, but was really charging. I tried having the phone off with cwm, plugged in charger, led came on/went off, and left it for 30 minutes. It did not charge my battery at all.
str8upx said:
Mine charged to 100% this morning. I stuck with CWM, I also flashed OMJ deodexed rom before I went to bed. I plugged it in when the phone was on and awake.
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Yeah, the problem does not happen if the phone is on and charging.
Hey all ,
1. Plugging my phone into a wall charger brings up the USB options menu requesting a mode as if it were plugged into a computer (incorrect)
2. After unplugging the wall charger, the phone continues to indicate that it is charging (it isn't). It is stuck in charging mode.
2b. If the battery indicates it is fully charged, after unplugging the wall charger, the phone continues to display 100% indefinitely -- even as the battery drains. (Difficult to use).
3. If the phone is turned off in this state, it can't be turned back on! It loops between a blank screen, an round indicator as if about to charge, and a brief view of the empty battery indicator usually seen as a progress bar when charging in an off state. The power button is useless and the phone cannot be booted regardless of actual batter charge. Breaking this cycle requires plugging the phone into a actual charger, waiting for the progress indicator to begin working properly, then booting.
Once in any of the above states, I've been able to break out by booting to recovery mode, then selecting "Advanced" and "Wipe Battery Stats". This will solve the problem until I plug the phone in again (not long). This is equivalent to deleting the "/data/system/batterystats.bin" file.
Any ideas? This is really annoying!
Running :
Kernel 2.6.32.9
Build Bionix-v 1.2.1 By Team Whiskey
Related threads :
This thread recommends cleaning the cables and phone usb port -- which I've tried -- so please other ideas are preferred.
"Keeps charging when there is no USB cable plugged it"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056758
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Suggestions involving flashing ROMs without fully functioning GPS not welcome , thanks.
Go back to stock an re flash
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Jasonhunterx said:
Go back to stock an re flash
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Jason is right Odin back to stock, then if you are going to flash a GB rom, then flash the GB bootloader 1st then the rom, this will solve all your conflicts. Also, when restoring your apps from titanium, do not restore old system data just the apps, you will be error from there on.......... good luck
Thanks guys, I'm only interested in 2.2 Froyo due to GPS issues.
Any ideas other thank flashing back and forth? Any ideas as to the cause? I'd rather fix this without "reinstalling the OS". Much appreciated!
had that same issue on that rom. if you like team whiskey roms id suggest nero 5 w/voodoo. i kno i kno its a bit outdated but everything simply works on that rom with no bugs. gps works flawlessly as well
hope this helps you.
Hey all --
The solution appears to be hardware, and related to the usb port on the phone.
Many more details here:
There is a thread on androidforums.com in the samsung-galaxy-s forum with the title: 154080-usb-connected-notification-stays-after-usb-disconnected.html
I can't post a link because I am too new. Good luck!
Last night I turned my phone off and put it on the charger and when I woke up today, it was in BSR! I've heard of phones randomly doing this and I was wondering if there is a way to stop this.
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Normal. Learn to charge while not off. If you set bsr to charge mode you may get caught w/o bsr and have to sbf. Just life with a locked bootloader sucks.
I believe it does charge properly in cwr I just don't do it.
Well, that's the way it's supposed to work. You can change it by opening the system recovery app and pressing on charge mode. If the phone is plugged in when you do this, it will reboot into charge mode. If it's not plugged in it will just reboot. However, once you've done this the phone will always go into charge mode when you plug it in while the phone is off.
The only downside is that if sometime you should happen to end up in a boot loop (for whatever reason) you won't have anyway to get into BSR.
To get it to go into BSR again when you plug it in, open the app again and press the recovery button. Once again, it'll stay that way until you change it again.
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skwoodwiva said:
Normal. Learn to charge while not off. If you set bsr to charge mode you may get caught w/o bsr and have to sbf. Just life with a locked bootloader sucks.
I believe it does charge properly in cwr I just don't do it.
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It did charge. I kind of dont feel like sbf'ing again so Ill make a habit out of charging while the phone is on.
Symptoms:
1. Hitting power does nothing
2. Power + down volume does nothing
3. Plugging into AC power = no green light
4. Plugging into USB (computer) power = green light (which stays on after unplugging)
I have:
1. Tried battery and SD card pull while plugged in and not plugged in
2. A friends BH5X battery
3. Leaving the battery out for an hour
4. Leaving it charge via the Motorola AC adapter over night
I am out of ideas. Something else that may help... when the phone died I plugged it in (AC) and it rebooted to the recovery menu. I hit reboot, and since then it will not power on... or charge apparently.
Even with a charged battery it wouldn't boot?
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CadenH said:
Even with a charged battery it wouldn't boot?
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Had a coworker charge my battery in his Droid X to 80% before he had to leave. I don't know what his battery was charged to in his phone, but I tried his as well with the same results. Does it have to be charged to 100%?
Xeno62277 said:
Had a coworker charge my battery in his Droid X to 80% before he had to leave. I don't know what his battery was charged to in his phone, but I tried his as well with the same results. Does it have to be charged to 100%?
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I wouldnt think so.
So the battery just simply died and wont boot up now? You werent doing anything else to it?
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I wouldnt think so.
So the battery just simply died and wont boot up now? You werent doing anything else to it?
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My battery will boot my coworkers Droid X. When it died it shutdown due to low battery. I plugged it into AC power... it booted up to recovery, and I hit reboot from the menu... after that it is completely unresponsive.
Xeno62277 said:
My battery will boot my coworkers Droid X. When it died it shutdown due to low battery. I plugged it into AC power... it booted up to recovery, and I hit reboot from the menu... after that it is completely unresponsive.
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If the battery worked on your coworkers droid X then its not your battery. Which means its hardware or software related. Were you running any roms or anything or were you completely stock?
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If the battery worked on your coworkers droid X then its not your battery. Which means its hardware or software related. Were you running any roms or anything or were you completely stock?
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I've been running Eclipse 2.1 for a while now with no issues... even if I was having a ROM issue... wouldn't still at least boot to the M logo or stock recovery?
Xeno62277 said:
I've been running Eclipse 2.1 for a while now with no issues... even if I was having a ROM issue... wouldn't still at least boot to the M logo or stock recovery?
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Yes, it should. Or if you had bootstrap on there (which you should if you flashed stuff) it would boot into that if you turned the phone on when the phone was plugged in. Its really hard to say what it is when your phone simply died of low battery and now wont boot. I'm just as stumped as you right now since you pretty much tried everything I would have.
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Yes, it should. Or if you had bootstrap on there (which you should if you flashed stuff) it would boot into that if you turned the phone on when the phone was plugged in. Its really hard to say what it is when your phone simply died of low battery and now wont boot. I'm just as stumped as you right now since you pretty much tried everything I would have.
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Yeah when I said it booted to recovery I meant the bootstrap recovery. Since it won't boot I guess I don't have to worry about VZW finding out it was rooted... lol. Maybe I can get them to replace it.
Xeno62277 said:
Yeah when I said it booted to recovery I meant the bootstrap recovery. Since it won't boot I guess I don't have to worry about VZW finding out it was rooted... lol. Maybe I can get them to replace it.
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Yeah, maybe you can get a replacement before they even know its rooted. lol. Just keep trying to boot it though. Maybe you'll get lucky.
Does your computer recognize the phone when you plug it in? You said the light comes on when its connected to your pc. If you can get adb running you can try to reboot the phone using adb.
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Does your computer recognize the phone when you plug it in? You said the light comes on when its connected to your pc. If you can get adb running you can try to reboot the phone using adb.
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No, and it will not power on... just green light... which stays on even after disconnecting it from the usb.
I did some more googling and reading. Then came across the Factory style programming cable.
So you flashed your phone and now it thinks the battery is dead (even though it's not) and it won't let you flash it again to fix it? Or, your battery really is dead and you don't have a way to charge it because your phone is soft-bricked and won't charge the battery. What do you do?
With this cable you don't even need a battery in your phone. This is our clone of what is generally referred to as a Motorola "Factory Cable".
Unlike a normal USB cable these cables are wired in a way that compatible Motorola phones recognize as a "factory" programming cable. This allows the phone to power up and be flashed without having a battery in the phone. Depending upon the model of the phone, it may also boot up differently than it does with a normal USB cable.
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Sounds like my problem exactly (minus the flashing part... which I did over a month ago). I went ahead and ordered it
Xeno62277 said:
I did some more googling and reading. Then came across the Factory style programming cable.
Sounds like my problem exactly (minus the flashing part... which I did over a month ago). I went ahead and ordered it
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Cool. I hope this works out for you.
Xeno62277 said:
I did some more googling and reading. Then came across the Factory style programming cable.
Sounds like my problem exactly (minus the flashing part... which I did over a month ago). I went ahead and ordered it
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Please let us know just for informational purposes. .
cyanogenmod
If you can get to bootstrap why not just use a card reader throw eclipse or some rom on your micro which should have come with an sd adaptor and just reflash from bootstrap?
Perpetual Void said:
If you can get to bootstrap why not just use a card reader throw eclipse or some rom on your micro which should have come with an sd adaptor and just reflash from bootstrap?
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It won't power on at all... that's why I need the factory cable... it doesn't require a battery.
Well, I finally got that factory programming cable. That didn't power the phone on either... it did power on my fiancee's droid 2 with no battery in it though. I figured the phone was completely hosed (also noticed the battery bulging a bit), so I got a warranty replacement. Since I couldn't even get it to boot with the programming cable I have no doubt VZW will not waste any time trying to repair it... at least I hope that's what they will do.
If a lithium ion battery begins to bulge it can be dangerous if not replaced. This is rare but with these batteries if one were defective it could reach 1.5V per cell during use. This would render the battery unchangeable and its discharge would cause the copper plating to create a short circuit in the cellphone.
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If a lithium ion battery begins to bulge it can be dangerous if not replaced. This is rare but with these batteries if one were defective it could reach 1.5V per cell during use. This would render the battery unchangeable and its discharge would cause the copper plating to create a short circuit in the cellphone.
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Yeah I chucked that battery and got a new one. Thinking that's what killed my old phone.
I have a rooted Droid RAZR (spyder) and I installed cyanogenmod on it. There was a gapps error and I deleted everything off of it. I didn't know the screen was on and just black so the battery drained. I have put it on the charger all night and it still holds a 10 second charge. I have the stock ROM on my desktop and I want to flash it via ADB. The problem is that it will not let me get into recovery mode then the sideboot thing. It just shuts off. Please help!!! I want to know what to do!
EDIT- When I plug it in, all it shows is the Motorola logo. It's been 4 minutes since I plugged it in the wall.
RAZR9312 said:
I have a rooted Droid RAZR (spyder) and I installed cyanogenmod on it. There was a gapps error and I deleted everything off of it. I didn't know the screen was on and just black so the battery drained. I have put it on the charger all night and it still holds a 10 second charge. I have the stock ROM on my desktop and I want to flash it via ADB. The problem is that it will not let me get into recovery mode then the sideboot thing. It just shuts off. Please help!!! I want to know what to do!
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You say that it only holds a ten second charge, how have you determined that? You see the motorola symbol then nothing, or you are watching it shut itself down? You charged it with a wall charger correct?
So you cannot get in to stock recovery? Or you cannot get into custom recovery? This is a xt912 right?
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You say that it only holds a ten second charge, how have you determined that? You see the motorola symbol then nothing, or you are watching it shut itself down? You charged it with a wall charger correct?
So you cannot get in to stock recovery? Or you cannot get into custom recovery? This is a xt912 right?
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It is approximate, the 10 seconds. When it is on a wall charger, all I see is the motorola logo. When connected to my PC, I see the Motorola logo, then nothing. A white (sort of) flash comes on, that is how I know it shuts off. I can get it in to stock, but not for long. I deleted the custom recovery when I deleted everything. This is a xt912.
RAZR9312 said:
It is approximate, the 10 seconds. When it is on a wall charger, all I see is the motorola logo. When connected to my PC, I see the Motorola logo, then nothing. A white (sort of) flash comes on, that is how I know it shuts off. I can get it in to stock, but not for long. I deleted the custom recovery when I deleted everything. This is a xt912.
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At this point I would suggest you try to make sure it is off, and let it stay on the wall charger to charge for a couple of hours.
The motorola logo showing means that the bootloader is working but since you don't have anything for it to boot up, it can't do anything.
Download matlgrof's script utility for the xt912 while you are waiting for the phone to charge. If you can get the device to charge, use his utility to reflash fresh xt912 firmware and you will also be able to root it. then install safestrap 3.65 or 3.72 (whichever one you have.) If you had backups you will be able to restore them. The phone being charged is very very important with matlgrof's tool, if the battery goes dead while it is flashing, it will brick your phone.
If you can't get the phone to charge, then you will have to make/buy a motorola factory cable, and flash xt912 firmware via
RSD Lite.
Draxin said:
At this point I would suggest you try to make sure it is off, and let it stay on the wall charger to charge for a couple of hours.
The motorola logo showing means that the bootloader is working but since you don't have anything for it to boot up, it can't do anything.
Download matlgrof's script utility for the xt912 while you are waiting for the phone to charge. If you can get the device to charge, use his utility to reflash fresh xt912 firmware and you will also be able to root it. then install safestrap 3.65 or 3.72 (whichever one you have.) If you had backups you will be able to restore them. The phone being charged is very very important with matlgrof's tool, if the battery goes dead while it is flashing, it will brick your phone.
If you can't get the phone to charge, then you will have to make/buy a motorola factory cable, and flash xt912 firmware via
RSD Lite.
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When I have it on the wall charger, the logo stays on. When I try the power+volume down it shows back up... will this have any effect on the battery?
RAZR9312 said:
When I have it on the wall charger, the logo stays on. When I try the power+volume down it shows back up... will this have any effect on the battery?
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So, if the phone is off, and you plug it in, the logo comes on and stays on? Have you tried power volume down without the charger plugged in. My device always gets hinky if I am trying to access stock recovery with anything plugged into usb port, I have to access what I want, then plug the phone in.
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So, if the phone is off, and you plug it in, the logo comes on and stays on? Have you tried power volume down without the charger plugged in. My device always gets hinky if I am trying to access stock recovery with anything plugged into usb port, I have to access what I want, then plug the phone in.
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When ever it is off and I plug it in it turns back on. Isn't there a charge-only mode?
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When ever it is off and I plug it in it turns back on. Isn't there a charge-only mode?
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Generally it should stay off. I guess try to leave it alone for a couple hours and see if it will charge. You are using a stock motorola data cable and not some cheap walmart one right?
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Generally it should stay off. I guess try to leave it alone for a couple hours and see if it will charge. You are using a stock motorola data cable and not some cheap walmart one right?
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Yes... its the one that says Eco-Moto on it, Right?
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Yes... its the one that says Eco-Moto on it, Right?
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yes
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When I was charging on my pc, there was a white light. Does this mean anything?
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When I was charging on my pc, there was a white light. Does this mean anything?
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Charge the phone with a PC will take forever to get a decent charge. You will have to do it with a wall outlet and a regular charger, and it will still take hours.
I had same issue. Just leave it charged for a good while. Then, while still plugged I into charger, he hold power+vol⬆+vol⬇. When menu pops up disconnect then connect it to computer via USB to run whatever recovery tool you choose. Also the white led is no big deal. Just get a good connection with the charger and let it charge for a while
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