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Quick background:
Got a new phone early December so my i777 sat idle for nearly a month. Battery (original OEM) completely drained during that time. Went to recharge last week and couldn't do so - charging animation just shows the battery at 0% for a 1/2 second, cuts to black screen/totally off for 2 seconds, then 0% animation for 1/2 second... etc. Just loops like that. Left overnight like that and battery got warm but didn't charge at all. Tried charging via 2 different USB cables from 2 different PCs, as well as wall-mounted charging from OEM i777 charger, N7, N4 and Kindle Fire chargers. Six charging methods, same result - no charge, couldn't boot.
Bought a cheapo replacement battery off Ebay,results when I put in in the phone and plugged it in the same. A 0% "charging loop". However after disconnecting the USB the phone booted up as apparently battery shipped with a 30%'ish charge. Once the phone was on it charged up to 100% just fine on USB. However if I power off the phone and try to charge, it's the same thing. Shows the 0% and endless loop. Confirmed it's not just a visual/animation issue by leaving it powered off in the charging loop for 2 hours - was at 92% when powered off and 92% when powered on 2 hours later.
ROM on phone at time was the Task650 12/2 build. Wiped EVERYTHING and flashed the most recent Hellybean ROM, same result. Flashed the most recent SuperNexus 2.0 and same result.
Any suggestions? Feels like I've ruled out charger issues by trying 6 types, micro USB port seems for file transfers and charging the (phone provided the phone is on), have both an OEM and cheap aftermarket battery acting identical, and ruled out ROM issues by trying three. Not sure where to go from here. As long as the battery doesn't get to zero charge the phone works fine, charging with the phone on. If it gets to zero % I presume I'd need a dedicated battery charger to bring it back to life. I want to sell the phone and that's sort of a lame situation to sell a phone so want to get it fixed (not going to scam anyone). I can get into download mode with battery removed, USB connected and key combo if that matters. Also pulled the microSD card which made no changes - figured worth a weird shot.
Thanks!
stevebro said:
Did some searching but didn't find anything.
Quick background:
Got a new phone early December so my i777 sat idle for nearly a month. Battery (original OEM) completely drained during that time. Went to recharge last week and couldn't do so - charging animation just shows the battery at 0% for a 1/2 second, cuts to black screen/totally off for 2 seconds, then 0% animation for 1/2 second... etc. Just loops like that. Left overnight like that and battery got warm but didn't charge at all. Tried charging via 2 different USB cables from 2 different PCs, as well as wall-mounted charging from OEM i777 charger, N7, N4 and Kindle Fire chargers. Six charging methods, same result - no charge, couldn't boot.
Bought a cheapo replacement battery off Ebay,results when I put in in the phone and plugged it in the same. A 0% "charging loop". However after disconnecting the USB the phone booted up as apparently battery shipped with a 30%'ish charge. Once the phone was on it charged up to 100% just fine on USB. However if I power off the phone and try to charge, it's the same thing. Shows the 0% and endless loop. Confirmed it's not just a visual/animation issue by leaving it powered off in the charging loop for 2 hours - was at 92% when powered off and 92% when powered on 2 hours later.
ROM on phone at time was the Task650 12/2 build. Wiped EVERYTHING and flashed the most recent Hellybean ROM, same result. Flashed the most recent SuperNexus 2.0 and same result.
Any suggestions? Feels like I've ruled out charger issues by trying 6 types, micro USB port seems for file transfers and charging the (phone provided the phone is on), have both an OEM and cheap aftermarket battery acting identical, and ruled out ROM issues by trying three. Not sure where to go from here. As long as the battery doesn't get to zero charge the phone works fine, charging with the phone on. If it gets to zero % I presume I'd need a dedicated battery charger to bring it back to life. I want to sell the phone and that's sort of a lame situation to sell a phone so want to get it fixed (not going to scam anyone). I can get into download mode with battery removed, USB connected and key combo if that matters. Also pulled the microSD card which made no changes - figured worth a weird shot.
Thanks!
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Try to get to stock and see if it happens
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Try to get to stock and see if it happens
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Back to the Oct 2011 stock (the OP "[Heimdall][Odin][Stock][Root]UCKH7/KK6 Return/Unbrick to Stock" post in Development?)
stevebro said:
Back to the Oct 2011 stock (the OP "[Heimdall][Odin][Stock][Root]UCKH7/KK6 Return/Unbrick to Stock" post in Development?)
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Yes
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Try to get to stock and see if it happens
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That fixed it. Made the EBay knockoff battery totally unusable but brought three OEM back to life. Thanks!
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Okay, I have two batteries on my Vibrant. Both are official Samsung batteries bought at the same time. The one that came with the phone is dated August. The one that I bought separately is dated June.
Problem is, after using the August battery for a while, if I switch the June battery into the phone, it won't register a full charge properly. My external charger says it is fully charged, but when I put it into the phone, it immediately shows 88% charge. If I plug in the phone to charge with it in, it quickly jumps to 100% and says fully charged. But within seconds of unplugging the charger, it drops back to 88%. There's no way to get a full charge on it.
I have a feeling one of the two batteries has around 12% less capacity, probably the June battery. Very annoyed as it was bought with the phone at T-Mobile.
Anyone run into this and know if that's actually the case or if it might simply be a difference in needing to reset the phone's internal "battery meter", which I'm not sure how to do on the Vibrant?
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... to reset the phone's internal "battery meter", which I'm not sure how to do on the Vibrant?
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Let the battery die. While turned off, charge it overnight or ~10 hours. Go into clockwork recovery and under advanced, choose wipe battery stats.
From yesterday I have been seeing some major battery charging issues with my S3.
Battery drained in evening, came home and connected it to charger for 3 hours and saw battery was just 8%. I removed the battery and put it back and left it for whole night charging. Woke up and saw (after 8+ hours) 22% charged.
Now that's a serious issue. What else can be done now? Is my adapter not working? or that mini dock? or something else?
Samsung disappointed.
Try reboot. Could be a rogue app constantly pushing your CPU. If it does not charge faster, try shut the phone off at a percentage you know, charge a hour and boot it up. Should have charged at least 40% in that time.
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When the battery drained. The phone was switched off. Charged for 3 hours and it was just 8%. And yes, I rebooted my phone twice. and removed the battery too.
theonlyanil said:
When the battery drained. The phone was switched off. Charged for 3 hours and it was just 8%. And yes, I rebooted my phone twice. and removed the battery too.
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Try wiping battery stats in cwm?
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use a different cable/plug
There are quite a few faulty wall chargers around. Mine was totally dead others work only sometimes... Maybe try charging @pc or with a different adapter.
Due to the software update via Kies, Root access and CWM was lost. Will use a different adapter...
Now it's being charged via my laptop (very slow though) but adapter was not doing anything except just showing the red LED light. :/
I think I have to change the adapter.
It's the adapter which is not working. Charged from Galaxy S2's charger. Have to get it replaced from samsung service center.
Hey all.
I've seen a few posts with this topic but none seem to completely match the symptoms I've been having;
I've got a samsung S3 i9300, stock ROM and unrooted with a serious charging issue. Seems no matter what I do the phone won't charge. I've tried:
Mains Charging
USB Charging (through PC)
Wireless Charging
Changed three different batteries
Used the galaxy charging app to make sure it's getting the 999 it needs on mains
Begged the Gods to charge it.
On everything it will state the phone is charging but never go above 3 or 4% regardless if it's on or off.
I've watched the battery graph nosedive whilst it's off charging, putting it on charge only flattens it a bit.
I'm just curious as to how I go about fixing this; is this some sort of software glitch? Have I been cursed? Do I need to perform some sort of battery exorcism?!
My thanks for any and all replies.
sounds more like a hardware issue ,have you tried with other battery(new ones) ,how old is your phone ?
Try factory reset, followed by stock firmware flash with Odin if that doesn't help.
If still the same then probably hardware, charging circuit failed. A work around would be two batteries and external charging cradle.
I've tried a factory reset. It seemed happy to charge on mains again but got up to only 45%, and levelled off; it refused to charge more (I left it for an hour) It then started dropping rapidly, going from 45 to 41 in less then two minutes.
I've noticed another oddity; even though I've turned WiFi off, the battery screen reports it as constantly on.
Amberw said:
I've tried a factory reset. It seemed happy to charge on mains again but got up to only 45%, and levelled off; it refused to charge more (I left it for an hour) It then started dropping rapidly, going from 45 to 41 in less then two minutes.
I've noticed another oddity; even though I've turned WiFi off, the battery screen reports it as constantly on.
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I had the exact problem with my G Nexus,it was charging only to 70% and then just remain there,even with the charger connected it started to drop battery,I tried to change the charging port,nothing,I tried to change the charger,nothing,finnaly I bought a new battery and the problem dissapeared.
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I had the exact problem with my G Nexus,it was charging only to 70% and then just remain there,even with the charger connected it started to drop battery,I tried to change the charging port,nothing,I tried to change the charger,nothing,finnaly I bought a new battery and the problem dissapeared.
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I've tried three battieres, no luck
Hello XDA I was just wondering if anyone else has any sort of anomalies in their promotional charging cradle for instance I was charging 1 battery in there and it was still red indicating still need of charge and my other battery in the device was around 75% so I wanted to switch them fast charging saving time. Once the battery in my phone it was at 100%. Also once it turned green before I was going to bed so I unplugged it and in the morning I switched them and the battery from the cradle once I put it in had 13%.
Anyone, anything to you?
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Hello XDA I was just wondering if anyone else has any sort of anomalies in their promotional charging cradle for instance I was charging 1 battery in there and it was still red indicating still need of charge and my other battery in the device was around 75% so I wanted to switch them fast charging saving time. Once the battery in my phone it was at 100%. Also once it turned green before I was going to bed so I unplugged it and in the morning I switched them and the battery from the cradle once I put it in had 13%.
Anyone, anything to you?
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I haven't had to switch batteries yet but I'll test tonight.
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Yep it happened to me same thing is glitchy
No problems here so far. I've only switched out twice so far so hopefully I won't run into this problem.
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Switched out twice and no issues yet.
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No issues for me so far
Months behind but my charger started messing up. Battery in the dock was green, swapped at work last night and had 5%. I just now swapped the one I charged this morning after it was green and it's at 22%.
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Months behind but my charger started messing up. Battery in the dock was green, swapped at work last night and had 5%. I just now swapped the one I charged this morning after it was green and it's at 22%.
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Having same exact issues with both of mine all of the sudden.
Having the same exact issue. The cradle was all good until a few months ago.
After putting an externally charged battery in the phone I often had the problem that it was only at 5% or something like that. After rebooting und once pulling the battery it was at 100%. So the battery is fully charged but the phone doesn't recognize it. My workaround: When changing batteries I pull the empty one, wait about ten seconds, put the full one in, pull it again after a few seconds and put it back in the phone after some seconds and boot the phone. Doing it this way leads me to a phone showing 100% battery.
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After putting an externally charged battery in the phone I often had the problem that it was only at 5% or something like that. After rebooting und once pulling the battery it was at 100%. So the battery is fully charged but the phone doesn't recognize it. My workaround: When changing batteries I pull the empty one, wait about ten seconds, put the full one in, pull it again after a few seconds and put it back in the phone after some seconds and boot the phone. Doing it this way leads me to a phone showing 100% battery.
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Hmm, that's weird. I'm having this issue as well so I'll have to try this and see what happens. Thought for certain is was charging cradle though and not the phone misreading the battery simply because it worked fine for like 6 months.
I get service from Qlink. They sent me a refurb as all their phones are refurb, Sprint Samsung Galaxy S2. It came with 8 or 4gb and a 1400 battery or something. A much smaller battery then the retail phone.
Ever since I got it, it won't hold a charge. I don't remember if this started right after I got it because it took me a long time to notice it won't hold a charge. I'd charge it and when I would shut off the phone and try to turn it on a few days later it wouldn't boot. I'd have to charge it for hrs before it'd even boot. When I shut off phone it would always have over 70% battery. Then I notice it says connect to charger even though it is.
Then all of a sudden it stopped charging. I have a 4 port smart charger and cable that has no problems with my other android phone which is an unlocked Moto X Pure or my iPhone 6s Plus.
I ordered from Amazon a sprint galaxy s2 battery. Got it. Plug in and charge many hrs. Turn on. Battery shows about 93%. Turn off phone. Les then two hrs later I turn it on and lost 4% charge to 6%. That doesn't seem right. Turn off phone. Next day phone won't turn on. Hold power and vol down says no battery power. Leave it charge for hrs. Won't turn on. Finally it turns on. I notice battery going down 1% every 10 minutes or less. Not right. Just sitting there.
Then I notice it looses battery % even while charging. % went down. Now when I try to charge it don't work. It powers on by itself. Says connect charger. Shuts off. While later it powers on again and keeps repeating this every so often.
Also when it was on once, it opened calendar even with me not touching it. It would like open it and go to home screen by itself. This after a factory reset.
Now it won't charge. Just does the above turn on then off every so often.
I am clueless what's going on. I wonder if I must get another phone which cost $25. They send anything. All used crap non hd phones. Qlink is a lifeline program thing.
Install android n, of that doesn't entirely solve it, get an unofficial high capacity battery.
Found the original charger and cable. Now when I charge you see the big battery with dots under it when the phone is off. So that's good. Why don't you see this with other chargers?
Battery now seems to work and hold the charge. I don't get it.
I don't think the phone can update to any newer then what's on it now. It's 4.something. Nothing of 5.0 when you check for updates. I think the phone is too weak for 5 at good performance but I don't know.
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I don't think the phone can update to any newer then what's on it now. It's 4.something. Nothing of 5.0 when you check for updates. I think the phone is too weak for 5 at good performance but I don't know.
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I think he meant installing a custom ROM. There's currently one Cyanogenm... Lineage OS 14.1 for the Galaxy S2. It is based on Android 7.1. If you are curious, check out this link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=68771297
Nice to hear that your problem seems to be solved! I am a little bit surprised, as I often used different chargers without problems.
Why won't it hold the charge long?
With official cable and charger and batter it came with from lifeline program it looses full battery while powered off in like 3 days. And gone from 94% to 87% in less then 30 minutes.
What's going on?
Then one week it'll be fine.
Me too, i have the same problem too , and I'm charging my phone almost 4 times in a day