[Q] battery problem and icone too - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Guys, some problem in the phone of a friend of mine.
The battery icone near the clock start to blink, and the battery have a drain... The duration is 8h max.
He had reset the phone, change the battery, micro sd, charger and still the same.
Anyone have or had the same problem?
Stock rom, in 4.0.3, there is no 4.0.4 yet for vodafone portugal.
Tks

no one with this problem?

I am Portuguese and currently have the same problem!
Could you check his battery stats in definitions?
Mine says "0s in battery", I tried several ROM's and other batteries as well.
Does he get "Bateria desligada" some times?
Look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhA4qxP8_VU
Anyway, I am testing Die Hard Battery Calibrator which so far didn't make changes.
Cheers

dealextreme, gotta love them koreans!
you're saying that that non-official battery works better that stock samsung? i recall seeing 1800 mah....
still.....bettetbatterystats might help to identify the drain source of the device.
if nothing funny shows up...and you already travelled thru different ROMs...than we might be talking hardware or callibration, and you guys dont want that.
from sii xda-ded

It was working at that moment, of course my battery only lasted 3 months (chinese)
Still the original one is ****ed up as well so its a hardware problem!

Hey... he said that if the phone isnt charging it still has the information. If it take and replace the battery the phone turn on without pressing power button.
In battery stats he can see everything, battery %, all processes, everything normal.
He have 4.0.3 and u ?

snamer said:
Hey... he said that if the phone isnt charging it still has the information. If it take and replace the battery the phone turn on without pressing power button.
In battery stats he can see everything, battery %, all processes, everything normal.
He have 4.0.3 and u ?
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I am running Biftor 4.7 but its nothing to do with software. I've tried over 20 ROM's and still happens
Purchasing a new battery won't help either, if he has the phone's warranty make him go to Samsung Support, if he doesn't try to find stores in Coimbra that fix smartphones and request them to check the battery/usb connections, you will probably ending up buying a new usb connector/connection.
Cheers

flash original rom, pack it up and send it away and pretend to be mad at the guy who sold it to you.
works like a charm.

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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.
http://youtu.be/sBtEz6sWzZY
erredsha the
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.

[Q] Battery Disconnected

Hi guys. Today when I was trying to charge my GS2, there was popup said 'battery disconnected'. I've tried to take out the battery for a few minutes, but the problem has not been solved. I am running checkromv4 and siyah kernel right now, just updated to siyah 2.6.12 last night. Can anyone help me? BTW, I am using the stock battery.
Are you able to charge it ? If you are (even tho this probably won't make a difference, but it might), charge it to 100% & delete battery stats in RedPill Recovery.
If this doesn't work (probable), try an earlier build of Siyah. If that doesn't help, go back to stock firmware & see if you can reproduce the problem. If you have no problems with stock, then it would obviously be a problem with that build of Siyah or your rom.
If you still have the problem running stock firmware, it would probably indicate a problem with the battery or something else hardware related. Perhaps try another battery. Failing that, back to Samsung/your telco for repair.
just take out the battery again this afternoon for ten minutes, and the problem seems like sloved so far. I can charge now, but have to take a try tonight. Thanks for your help.
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This is an old thread, but I recently had this same problem with my Galaxy Note i717. After worrying about it for awhile and searching to find this thread, I took my battery out and examined it, and of the three terminals, the middle one had a piece of plastic broken off of the battery, covering the terminal. So the phone was getting power, but apparently couldn't communicate with the battery, and so for its own safety, wouldn't let me charge
Hopefully this helps someone else!
-Tom
EDIT: Also I tried charging to 100%, and clearing the stats etc, to no avail.
battery disconnected simple fix
pull out the battery take a 12v battery of your car or UPS touch the terminals -+ to your phone's -+ as - to - and +to+ remember just two or three times kisses only . now put battery back in phone Done....
First....why revive a thread that no one has visited in over 3 years.....
And second.......seriously? Connect a high capacity 12 volt source directly across the phones battery terminals?
To whoever reads this.....
DON'T EVER ATTEMPT TO DO THIS.....
It is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS and incredibly stupid to even *think* of doing it. It WILL destroy your device and it will likely cause you to suffer burns and possibly start a fire.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

Sudden shutdown and Sudden battery drain

Hi all, I have a very serious problem here. Please help me out.
Whenever I am using my phone for more than around 10-15 mins continuously, even though battery is around 80-85%, I lose network all of a sudden, the phone flickers or flashes or blinks for a moment and shuts down all of a sudden. When I try to boot it again, it says battery low and many times, it wont boot only. When it is about to be botted only it gets turned off. the solution is to connect to charger when it shuts down. At first, on connecting, it shows zero battery, and immediately battery level will be restored to the previous level, after blinking again in the charging screen and then only I can turn it on. What is the issue?
I also tried wiping data/factory reset.. Wipe cache and dalvik wipes repeatedly. Tried many roms like resurrection 2.6, 3.01, XWLPM stock rom, Salman ROM, etc. The same issue happens in all the roms as well.
Somebody do reply!
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That sounds serious, have you tried sending it to the customer service? It's helpful if you're still on warranty..
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well do one thing- try flashing another kernel too- anything will do - siyah maybe. 1% chance of it working..
and if it doesn't, what this means is that it is most probably a hardware issue- and you would need to get your phone checked in the service center.
Have you tried a different battery?
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Maybe battery failure! try with a different battery if no change and everything was like before then I suggest you to send it to customer service as soon as possible.
Same thing for Stock
I experienced the same thing on Stock samsung unrooted rom 4.0.3
I suddenly found that my phone is not responding and is heated up too much, I quickly removed the battery and after letting it to cool off restarted it.
Was amazed to see battery came down to 20% from 80%, Post this incident it is working fine
Now I have tried multiple kernels and Roms and it still is working awesomely on everything I throw at it
saywhatt said:
That sounds serious, have you tried sending it to the customer service? It's helpful if you're still on warranty..
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sendsmsdad said:
well do one thing- try flashing another kernel too- anything will do - siyah maybe. 1% chance of it working..
and if it doesn't, what this means is that it is most probably a hardware issue- and you would need to get your phone checked in the service center.
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tylerdurdin said:
Have you tried a different battery?
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ercxar said:
Maybe battery failure! try with a different battery if no change and everything was like before then I suggest you to send it to customer service as soon as possible.
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sirajuddin said:
I experienced the same thing on Stock samsung unrooted rom 4.0.3
I suddenly found that my phone is not responding and is heated up too much, I quickly removed the battery and after letting it to cool off restarted it.
Was amazed to see battery came down to 20% from 80%, Post this incident it is working fine
Now I have tried multiple kernels and Roms and it still is working awesomely on everything I throw at it
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Thanks for the replies
Turns out its some battery problem. I swapped mine with a friend's battery. He is facing the same issues now and I am not facing any issue. In ebay and flipkart, it shows original battery costs just 559 Rs(around 10$). Is the original battery available for such a cheap price? Or is it not genuine?
It sounds suspiciously cheap.. mmmmm. You should try going for the legit 2000mAh from samsung longer battery life haha so much win
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saywhatt said:
It sounds suspiciously cheap.. mmmmm. You should try going for the legit 2000mAh from samsung longer battery life haha so much win
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where can I buy it online?
Well u could try ebay, but u gotta be careful, it could be a total hoax. I recommend u buy it in samsung or some official retailers
just a girl addicted to android
Hi yashwanthms,
Just to let you know, currently I'm facing exactly the same issue.
During or after using camera, gps or usage of data, the screen flickers and then after a few seconds it freezes and shuts down. Switching it on doesn't work, because it thinks the battery is dead while still having 50% left or something like that. It does however work when it is plugged into power.
Thanks for your reply of your battery replacement. I will try the same thing and see if it works out.
Still a question though: did you buy a new battery and what were your results afterwards?
Kind Regards,
Ahsimmis
same issue here
After reading above posts, I'm sure it is a battery issue. I use hotspot and GPS a lot which is why I've to charge a lot and charge while docked to car cigarette lighter too, no wonder the battery didn't last more than a year. Will buy a new battery tomorrow and post the result here.
yashwanthms said:
where can I buy it online?
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try amazon
yashwanthms said:
Hi all, I have a very serious problem here. Please help me out.
Whenever I am using my phone for more than around 10-15 mins continuously, even though battery is around 80-85%, I lose network all of a sudden, the phone flickers or flashes or blinks for a moment and shuts down all of a sudden. When I try to boot it again, it says battery low and many times, it wont boot only. When it is about to be botted only it gets turned off. the solution is to connect to charger when it shuts down. At first, on connecting, it shows zero battery, and immediately battery level will be restored to the previous level, after blinking again in the charging screen and then only I can turn it on. What is the issue?
I also tried wiping data/factory reset.. Wipe cache and dalvik wipes repeatedly. Tried many roms like resurrection 2.6, 3.01, XWLPM stock rom, Salman ROM, etc. The same issue happens in all the roms as well.
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Like others said, I think it's battery problem. Do not use cheap unreliable batteries, nor leave your phone charging after 100% charged for a long time. This would affect your battery performance. Experienced that using my back-up battery, from 25%, sudden shutdown. My original battery would alert me first "Battery is now low, please recharge now". The back-up won't.
This is to confirm that I've purchased a new battery from Samsung franchise store. It is doing fine.
Cost me Rs.800 which is like $18. The store didn't have any retail battery in stock but they provided me one from one of the phones on display. I'm not sure if I did the right thing by taking it but I needed one badly and none of the stores I went to had any in stock for retail (there are like 15 of them in a 2km radius)
This is happening to both mine and my wife's Galaxy S II's. Screen flickers, shuts down, comes back with zero battery, plug it in to charge for a few minutes, suddenly back to ~80%. I've also found the phone is hot when this happens, pulled the battery and its NOT the battery that is hot, the phone itself is (feels hottest right below the camera, just above the battery port).
I ordered a replacement battery for her and it cleared the issue for about 2 weeks but now its happening again. The replacement was a genuine Samsung OEM, same maH, same part number.
My phone is rooted with a custom ICS kernel, her's is factory ICS.
I've ordered a new battery for my phone too to try, but I'm not convinced its solely a battery issue.
Staxeon said:
This is happening to both mine and my wife's Galaxy S II's. Screen flickers, shuts down, comes back with zero battery, plug it in to charge for a few minutes, suddenly back to ~80%. I've also found the phone is hot when this happens, pulled the battery and its NOT the battery that is hot, the phone itself is (feels hottest right below the camera, just above the battery port).
I ordered a replacement battery for her and it cleared the issue for about 2 weeks but now its happening again. The replacement was a genuine Samsung OEM, same maH, same part number.
My phone is rooted with a custom ICS kernel, her's is factory ICS.
I've ordered a new battery for my phone too to try, but I'm not convinced its solely a battery issue.
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I have the same problem, change the battery with new one but still it happens & I am afraid it may be hardware!
Phone is not root & running official rom 4.0.4
I have changed battery and now it works ok. But yesterday, the phone freezed and became very hot. I rebooted it and then the battery level decreased high. After that it works ok again.
same problem
hi there,
I am having the same problem as on the OP. Have already ordered a new battery, because my warranty expired on sep 15th and I was on holidays outside my city and without the invoice
do you have any feedback about changing the battery?
thanks.

[Q] Weird battery and screen issues

Hey guys and gals
this is my first post here. although a lot here is about rooted devices with custom ROMs, I hope you can help me out - you sure have a lot of expertise here compared to many other forums.
For the past two days I've been running into some of the weirdest problems with my Galaxy S2. Before i go into detail, here is the summary:
1. Screen time-out doesn't work while device is not plugged to a charger or computer
2. Notification shows 100% charge for a very long time (hours after heavy usage)
3. Not sure if charging actually works
4. Booting up seems to fail when not connected to a charger
it started yesterday when I noticed the phone light up and say it was charging. The problem is it wasn't - it was in my pocket.
Then I noticed that the screen didn't time out. I changed the setting, nothing - it remained on. I could push the power to make the screen turn off and on again but it wouldn't time out itself.
The charging info went away... at some point. I left it to charge over night and in the morning it indeed showed 100% in the notification bar. The problem is it remained 100% for A LONG time. In the settings menu under the battery it says it has been running on batter for 0 secs and showed 100% charge. For hours... There were no info about any apps or function using the battery. that part was clear.
Then i discovered that the screen time out problem goes away while connecting the charger or via USB to a PC. Then it times out. As soon as i unplug the charger it never times out....
I'm actually not sure if the charging works. Indeed it shows charging but sometimes it magically reaches 100% rather quickly.
Because I suspected a battery fault I used another battery. let it drain completely and then tried to recharge. Can't - when booting it shows a battery icon with question mark and then goes to show that the battery is 100% charged. Then the question mark and then 100% again. Seems to be in some sort of loop.
I've done the factory reset, I had a new firmware installed via Odin just in case. The problem still remains.
Booting the device seems to be an issue and only work with charger or USB cable attached. Ot it will be in that "what battery" and "100% charge" cycle...
I've searched high and low today but couldn't find anyone with the same problem.
Have any of you an idea? Really down't want to get a new phone! Seems to be a very bad month going on because a few weeks ago I had really serious issues with my brand new hybrid camera which i have to buy ... again! sold it for parts for pocket money....
Any help would be really appreciated! thanks!
That's really strange....try getting out the battery,charge it to max va an external charger,or borrow a friend's Galaxy S2.Leave the phone withou battery for an hour.Then when you put it in,go to recovery,and "wipe battery stats"(Root it if it's not).See if that works.
GamingDj said:
That's really strange....try getting out the battery,charge it to max va an external charger,or borrow a friend's Galaxy S2.Leave the phone withou battery for an hour.Then when you put it in,go to recovery,and "wipe battery stats"(Root it if it's not).See if that works.
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thanks for your thoughts. i will try to root it wipe battery stats. i've never rooted before so i hope i find the single best tutorial to do that
thanks again!
kuldark said:
thanks for your thoughts. i will try to root it wipe battery stats. i've never rooted before so i hope i find the single best tutorial to do that
thanks again!
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How long have you had the phone? The usb flex cable has issues over time. A symptom of this is the charging when not connected to the charger.
If it is this issue the part is cheap (around 5$ I believe).

Phone doesn't work.

Hello everyone. I'm having a major problem with my Galaxy S2. My battery is flat and I plug my phone in and switch it on and I'm getting the sympyomd of a stuffed battery. The signal drops out, screen starts flickering and then phone switches off. I've checked my battery and it hasn't expanded. Tried a brand new battery and my phone doesn't read it correctly, it reckons there's only 1% battery which I know there's not. So I have the symptoms of a stuffed battery other than it hasn't expanded and my phone doesn't read a new battery properly either. If anyone can shed some light on this issue for me that would be greatly appreciated. Especially because my phone is on a contract but is out of warranty. Thanks in advance.
flash a new Rom wipe battery stats and check if it gets fine
Is it alright to flash the same rom or an older version? That's all I have and my only form of internet is pretty much my phone. Using my partner's phone to post on here and she doesn't have enough data for me to download a rom. Also how do i wipe the battery stats. Thanks.
This is a hardware issue, not software.
What kind of battery did you get? Generic or genuine?
You could be dealing with a faulty battery chip.
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My battery is the genuine one that came with the phone. The brand new one that I tried is a generic one, don't know what brand but it's from a store called Battery World. If it's a faulty battery chip, is that easy to replace or even possible? What sort of cost would be involved in fixing it?
Alright, first you need to rule out a falty battery, get a genuine SII battery from someone/somewhere and try it out.
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Ok, I'll give that a go and let you know, thanks.
Never mind, a recharge of the battery seems to have worked. Thanks anyway for the help.
Smithers475 said:
Never mind, a recharge of the battery seems to have worked. Thanks anyway for the help.
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