battery disconnected - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

getting this when i put on charge,also getting a yellow triangle with a battery on it and phone randomly turns of,should i just buy a new battery or is it a bigger problem

When I plug it in and it has the little yellow triangle that means the battery is critically low; meaning that it is so low that there is not even enough juice to turn the phone on while plugged in. Generally that means you just charge the phone for a couple, or few minutes, and it'll no longer be in that critcally low stage, and you can turn it on. Also, I've gotten the yellow triangle with a thermometer in it before. That means your battery, or phone temperature is too high/hot and basically I think it drains your battery and or stops charging. I've had that too once because I used an LG charger which had a higher voltage (if you use a charger with a reallyyyy high voltage - compared to what you should use, your phone can also catch on fire..). So those are the two Triangles I've gotten, but most likely you got the low battery one. Just let it charge for a bit. The random shut off is because the battery is really low....? My guess is either you don't know what is going on in which case read the above. Or that your battery won't hold a charge, and even though you've charged it for a while, it's still saying it is critically low. If that's the case look into getting a new battery, or also try a different charger first. May be the charger is not charging the batt, but i doubt it. Good luck

it was at 75% when it started going nuts today,i will see what happens tomorrow,cheers for reply

its now not working with the original charger but with my nexus one it comes on and off,its starting to get to me :silly:

tonybhoy said:
its now not working with the original charger but with my nexus one it comes on and off,its starting to get to me :silly:
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Any better luck today? If it goes on and off, I'd say your battery is probably ****ed haha. Considering you tried two DIFFERENT chargers and they both didn't work (assuming both your chargers worked fine before). I don't want to like direct you toward getting a new battery or anything, but honestly that seems like a very likely explanation.

Worked!
This happened to my phone and it really is a simple fix. First take the battery out of the phone for about 10 seconds. Then with the battery out plug the phone up, wait a few seconds, and put the battery in and immediately press power. Should be as good as new. source: Battery on samsung galaxy s2 wont charge anymore?
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this is what i found..and it did work for me..hope it helps!
just a thanks says it all!

For mine was worked, factory reset and no rpoblems at all any more.

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[Q] A Different Battery Problem!

Anybody had this problem?
I've had my GS2 for nearly 3 months and all has been well. Coming from a Motorola XT720, EVERYTHING is better including the battery life.
Last week I noticed that when connecting the charger, it took a long time for the phone to register that it was connected, ie. it didn't beep, light up and show the charging icon. It was also slow to recognize that the charger had been disconnected. (The charging icon would stay on for some time after.)
I thought a re-boot would help and it threw up the big battery charging icon flashing alternately with the battery over heating icon! Even pulling the battery wouldn't stop the warning message unless it was removed for at least a couple of hours or re-booting via Home, Vol+ and Power.
Whilst all of this was happening, battery life plummeted. I normally get about 1-3% loss of battery per hour in standby but this increased to 5-10% per hour.
The phone has somehow regained its normal response to the charger being connected and disconnected but the poor battery life remains.
Its un-locked, un-rooted and running KF3:KE7:KD1
Any ideas before I do a complete reset?
I would get a new battery to start with, if you UK, 7dayshop.com have an 1800mah for only. £4.49 delivered.
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_12&products_id=111674
Thanks. I forgot to mention that I've just bought an Andida "2000"mAh battery from Mobilefun. It's only had a couple charging cycles but it's behaving exactly the same as the original battery, which confuses things!
It could be that the problem is effecting it our it's just not working at it's full potential yet.
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Even the biggest best know battery manufactures cannot make a 2000mah battery to fit the S2 without needing a replacement back cover, the new Samsung 2000mah needs one.
So the Andida "2000"mAh battery , is more likely to be around 1500-1800mah
Yep, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is! Will probably return it and wait for the
official Samsung 2000 mAh.
Would still like to know what's going on with the sudden loss of battery life.
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Since you have tried a second battery and the phone is acting the same way the fault must be with the phone, the charging socket is not loose or something?
Or maybe the phone charger is faulty, do you have a second to try?
It looks like you should try a reset before you seek refund/replacement.

[Q] Not sure what kind of power issue I am having. Please help!

Hi all,
I am posting here after hours of research on my problem. Unfortunately I have not found anyone else posting similar issues so I decided to make a thread. *sigh*
okay so, I bought my samsung vibrant (t-mobile) from a seller on kijiji. He let me know ahead of time that the battery life "sucks" .
okay so, here is my problem. I have two batteries that were given to me when I purchased the phone.
1 standard samsung battery, and 1 generic ebay china battery. He told me he wasen't sure if the "china battery" worked.
okay so, the samsung battery did not last long at all, even with minimal use, ensuring that background applications were closed etc etc, I did my best to ensure optimal battery life as I had read so many tips and tricks on this forum many times over before.
But, I left my phone to charge one night, and the next day my phone wouldn't turn on, instead when I press the power button, a loading circle would display on the screen and it would show the battery charging screen when your phone is off, and it would flash on the screen for oh about 3 seconds then go black.
so I switched the battery to the ebay battery. it was working alright, I downloaded a battery application to monitor how much it was actually charging etc.
on the first day, the max power it seemed to charge would be about 68%.
by the second day it was around 45%
the third day, 23%, and now, today, my phone battery has died, I had it charging, and I managed to turn it on. I checked my battery application, and it said the battery was at 0% and it was attached to the adapter in an outlet charging but not holding the charge I guess. Well, I turned the phone off, and the same thing that happend with the previous battery is happening with this one, that loading circle thing, and the battery charging indicator flashes on for 3 seconds and no charge.
I purchased a new battery online, I am just waiting for it to arrive, but I am beginning to wonder if this is a problem with my phone or if it is a battery issue?
As of right now the phone wont turn on because of the "dead" battery.
any diagnostic help would be greatley appreciated.
it's most likely your battery. unless the usb is broken. have you ever connected your phone to your usb? the batteries the ebay gave you sounded like they needed to be replaced anyways. i suggest you go on amazon and get the anker 1800 mah battery.
Most likely you are going to need a new battery. If you know someone with a Vibrant or Captivate, maybe borrow their battery to see if your phone boots up with it. If you have a battery charger only, so that you can charge the battery outside of your phone and insert a fully charged battery, see if that works.
The Samsung advice they always give is to remove the battery and hold down the power button for about a minute. Then reinsert battery and try again. GL
My friend has the same problem with his Vibrant, his phone will charge to maybe 75% max. Except he has bought 3 different batteries (2 oem and 1 aftermarket) and they all have the same result. I've been trying to help him find a solution before he "breaks the damn thing" lol
I'm starting to think its a factory defect or something.

Hot device when charging.

As the title would suggest, my poor GS2 gets VERY hot when charging. Not all the time, but often.
If I charge from my PC's USB, it doesn't, but when I use a mains charger, it overheats.
When I finish my night shifts, my battery could be down to 20%, so when I go to bed, I plug in the phone, set it's alarm and pop it under my pillow, like I have done with every phone I've ever owned without issue. I wake up during the night and pull out the phone to check the time and almost leap out of bed because of how hot the device has become.
To make matters worse, it's discharged in battery power. This morning was the final straw, as when I checked the phone and it was red hot, it was also dead. I held down the power button and booted up the phone. It showed 15% battery left. I know people say that when it's charged, remove it from the charger, but it isn't practical. Besides, I've never had to do this on any other phone I've owned. This is unacceptable for me to rely on any more. Is this a common issue?
Or my fault because I have rooted the phone the tried custom roms/kernels/modems on it before?
X82X said:
As the title would suggest, my poor GS2 gets VERY hot when charging. Not all the time, but often.
If I charge from my PC's USB, it doesn't, but when I use a mains charger, it overheats.
When I finish my night shifts, my battery could be down to 20%, so when I go to bed, I plug in the phone, set it's alarm and pop it under my pillow, like I have done with every phone I've ever owned without issue. I wake up during the night and pull out the phone to check the time and almost leap out of bed because of how hot the device has become.
To make matters worse, it's discharged in battery power. This morning was the final straw, as when I checked the phone and it was red hot, it was also dead. I held down the power button and booted up the phone. It showed 15% battery left. I know people say that when it's charged, remove it from the charger, but it isn't practical. Besides, I've never had to do this on any other phone I've owned. This is unacceptable for me to rely on any more. Is this a common issue?
Or my fault because I have rooted the phone the tried custom roms/kernels/modems on it before?
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1) change to a diff kernel and see for the issue.
2) well charging from 10~20% to full 100% will lead to heat up the phone than charging from 50~60% to full 100% , hence also check for the same and see
Sun90 said:
1) change to a diff kernel and see for the issue.
2) well charging from 10~20% to full 10% will lead to heat up the phone than charging from 50~60% to full 100% , hence also check for the same and see
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I should have mentioned. This happens on any Rom and I've tried 4 kernels and still the same issue. Only thing I haven't tried, is going back to Samsung stock rom. Going to try that today, see if that solves it and report back.
Like Samsung told my wife "when it gets hot dial *#*#4636#*#* and note the battery temp".
Is it still under warranty
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Well the PC's USB output would be limited to .5 A whereas your wall charger could provide 2 A. This might just be normal IMO, although I can't say that my phone gets ridiculously hot during charging. As others mentioned, I would check the battery temp.
The issue is already in his post and the solution as well.
1) The S2 has the tendacy to get hot. Its all very compact and there are no internal ventilators so the S2 dissipates heat to the rest of its body.
2) There is a Power difference between the charger and a USB cable. The charger gets hotter since it delivers power directly of a higher voltage and slightly higher amps then a usb port.
Your issue comes from one sole thing. Your bed. beds have very poor heat dissipating abilities, in fact, it has none. Considering no fresh air is delivered to your device, because it is stored under your pillow. Not to mention your pillow, the rest of your bed stop heat from leaving and it builds up. Ontop of that your heavy head is resting on it, pressing the pillow tight around the device.
in short, it has no way to relieve the heat. There is a simple solution of a non technical matter. Don't put the darn device under your pillow.
(the same counts to people that use there laptops on there beds pillow or covers without a proper cooling matt, before wondering why the hell there device shut down all of a sudden.)
The problem is you put your phone under your pillow. I made this mistake a few weeks ago and the phone was too hot but no problem when i charge it somewhere not under the pillow
I agree, I should stop doign that. But one question, if that's the case and the getting hot is normal, then why did the battery drop from 100% to 8% while plugged in?
Your cooking the battery, thats why.
i'll admit i charge my phone and leave it ON the bed so air still circulates but it did used to get hot. Not sure if any changes i've made such to things kernel, ROM, modem or undervolting has caused my change in temps but my phone never feels warm anytime day or night weather its on charge or not where as my partners phone (stock sgs2) does get hot using the same charging habits as myself
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Another odd issue. If I mains charge my phone or connect it to my laptop(not PC the PC charging seems to not effect it) the phone lags. Menus take longer and it really struggles to register my touches on screen.
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X82X said:
Another odd issue. If I mains charge my phone or connect it to my laptop(not PC the PC charging seems to not effect it) the phone lags. Menus take longer and it really struggles to register my touches on screen.
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For the AC charger this problem is known: if the charger is of poor quality it will generate too much 'noise' (ripple) which disturbs the electric field used by the touchscreen. However the original Samsung charger is of good quality and does not have this problem.
Experiencing these kind of problems when charging by a laptop USB port however is abnormal.
Interesting.
I bought an official Samsung charger off ebay, and it produces the same results. Much to my frustration.
Leaving it plugged in all night however was fine, I placed it on a shelf and the phone was actually cold when I woke up. I'm just worried the battery is ruined. It seems to drain quite quick.
X82X said:
Interesting.
I bought an official Samsung charger off ebay, and it produces the same results. Much to my frustration.
Leaving it plugged in all night however was fine, I placed it on a shelf and the phone was actually cold when I woke up. I'm just worried the battery is ruined. It seems to drain quite quick.
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Another problem i faced recently was the battery draining to fast, i was told to pull the battery out for atleast 3 mins, this lets the CPU etc cool off, since then i've had no problems at all and getting a good 12 hrs atleast on battery use
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Phone doesn't hold a proper charge.

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.

Galaxy S II not charging

hello so I have enjoying my phone for about 2 years.:laugh::laugh::laugh: but I had this problem recently. When I try to charge my phone when its about 30% below, It doesn't charge. When I plug my phone, the battery says the phone is charging but the percentage doesn't count, I mean battery percentage still reduces even tho it is charging. When it drains, it shows a battery with a yellow triangle and wont open again.
Any help? Anything I can do about this??
Crazyevilbeef said:
hello so I have enjoying my phone for about 2 years.:laugh::laugh::laugh: but I had this problem recently. When I try to charge my phone when its about 30% below, It doesn't charge. When I plug my phone, the battery says the phone is charging but the percentage doesn't count, I mean battery percentage still reduces even tho it is charging. When it drains, it shows a battery with a yellow triangle and wont open again.
Any help? Anything I can do about this??
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Try a new/different battery. It sounds like yours is about to die
oh sorry, I forgot to mention that, I have bought a new battery. An Original one. I think I bought it about 3 weeks ago
If you bought your 'original' battery from eBay, the chances are that it's the exact opposite of original......
That aside, I'm thinking that it *could possibly* be the USB port on the device.....
If as you say, your device is over 2 years old, you've done well for the port to last that long......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
I have bought a usb board on ebay too, about month ago because the port's solder is messed up and I got no clue fixing it. It works for about a month properly. But I just had this problem.
I saw some articles outside XDA, that I should remove the battery, wait 10 secs, then plug charger and immediately insert the battery and turn it on.
My phone finally works, and it charges properly. But I have to do it a lot of times just my phone to charge hahahah!
Thanks mate :--)
Lol...well done fella. ...I didn't do a lot though....it was you that found the fix.....
This issue will more than likely happen again, but at least you now know how to sort it.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

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