[Q] Autoboot when charger is connected - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I want to modify the AOSP boot loader to boot the device when charger is connected instead of displaying the battery charging animation. This seems to have been implemented in some ROMs. I would like to know what needs to be modified

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[Q] Alternative Battery Screen

I know it's possible to flash alternative boot logos and boot animation with fastboot, but I was curious to know if there is a way to flash an alternative battery charging screen (for when the phone is shut off and charging).

[Q] Recharge boot loop

Hi,
I'm having this problem for a while and don't remember exactly how it occurred, if I remember well, it started happening after flashing a non-stock ROM with CWM, but can't really reproduce it.
Current CWM is Cyanogen CWM-based recovery v5.0.3.2. The problem persisted even when upgrading the ROM to 4.2 (PacRom).
Anyway, as for the problem itself, when I plug-in the device to charger while its off, I see a legacy loading star similar to this one for like 5 secs, then comes up the battery icon for a couple of seconds, and device is turned off again for another 3 seconds. The whole routine repeats over and over infinitely.
Note, that the device warms up during the charging process while it's turned off.
How to solve this?
NullUser said:
Hi,
I'm having this problem for a while and don't remember exactly how it occurred, if I remember well, it started happening after flashing a non-stock ROM with CWM, but can't really reproduce it.
Current CWM is Cyanogen CWM-based recovery v5.0.3.2. The problem persisted even when upgrading the ROM to 4.2 (PacRom).
Anyway, as for the problem itself, when I plug-in the device to charger while its off, I see a legacy loading star similar to this one for like 5 secs, then comes up the battery icon for a couple of seconds, and device is turned off again for another 3 seconds. The whole routine repeats over and over infinitely.
Note, that the device warms up during the charging process while it's turned off.
How to solve this?
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Afaik, this behavior is normal. When the device is off and you plug it in via a wall charger, it's fine; it boot's up and shows the battery charging icon. However, if you plug it in via a USB port on a computer, you enter an endless boot loop.
Afaik, the only solution is to charge the device via a wall charger, or turn the device on normally and charge via any source you want.
Note: I have flashed back to stock just to test this and it behaved the same.
Note: Jelly bean roms seem to have an additional issue where, when you reboot the device while it's plugged in (any source), the device goes into the "charging only" mode. If you are plugged into a USB port then you end up in the above mentioned boot loop. The solution to that is to simply unplug the device before rebooting...

Problems with offline charging

I'm havin problems with offline charging after i installed cm11. I've tried change kernel and change rom (i'm using PA rom now) and i'm still with the same problem.
When i plug the charger on my phone while turned off, it shows a battery icon with a question mark on it and i think it's not charging. Is this a general problem or did i make something wrong?
Try keeping it plugged in. See if it charges or not.
Also,did you change your bootlogo?
I didn't change my bootlogo. it boots motorola bootloader and then shows the battery icon with the question mark. I left my phone charging this way for a couple of hours and tried to turn it on. my phone booted with 0% battery and then shutted down, so definitely it is not charging. other thing I notice is that when my phone enter this buggy offline charging mode, I have to press power button + volume down to reboot my phone, it kind of get stuck in this mode when my phone enter it
Try using a different charger.
It doesn't seem to be a common issue.
Can you power up the phone whilst charger connected.?
I've tried two different chargers, one of my Moto X and the original one. If I want to charge the phone I need to turn it on first and then plug the charger. I can't turn it on with the charger on cuz it is stuck on that screen with the battery icon
I'm starting to think I've done something wrong. I did the following to get where I am right now:
I was on stock firmware, so I rooted the phone and installed the newest version of SS. Then I downloaded cm11 and gapps and copied to the phone. I entered the SS and wiped everything. After that I installed cm11 and gapps.
When I discovered that issue I've tried install JBX kernel to fix it and nothing. then I wiped everything again and installed PA rom + gapps and still that issue. Did I do something wrong?
No, you didn't do anything wrong.
Since its persistent across both ROMS, its not a ROM issue either.
In my opinion, its most probably a problem with port or the board. The port doesn't deliver enough power.
You can try flashing the stock ROM back, it might repair in case something s/w related is corrupted. If it doesn't work after that, then its a h/w glitch for sure.
just in case, if I install stock rom and the problem goes away, what might be causing this problem?
I can't re-flash stock rom because I can't charge my phone and I can't boot into the rom or recovery. I don't think fastboot charges my phone. I just realized that bootloader is locked. Maybe this is the problem, isn't it?
it isn't a h/w glitch because before cm11 it was OK to charge offline
You'll need a factory cable to flash in case your phone has insufficient power.
Look for it, there's a guide about making one in the general section I suppose.
No need, I've managed to charge the phone through USB on my pc. When I plug the charger on my phone, that glitch happens, but when I plug the USB on my pc, the phone lights up a white led and apparently it charges the phone (slower, but charges). That's really weird. I really want to know what is happening to my phone

[Q] A kind of bricked Xperia Sola

Hello guys, my friend was installing some ROMs (jumping from one to other) and he probably accidentally installed wrong ROM.
System loading is in bootloop and then it came to empty battery. Connecting charger to wall charger first shows red LED light.
Then, when red LED disappears, phone immediately starts appearing SONY logo, then XPERIA logo and loading system that can't be loaded because system is in bootloop (since it is wrong ROM) and battery is too low for it (phone is in bootloop max 15 seconds). Phone start itselfs!
That's not even enough to install drivers in Win 7. Power + Vol+ does nothing. Holding Vol- and connecting USB to PC does nothing. I wanted to flash stock ROM via Flash Tool but I can't boot phone in Flash Mode. I am holding back key at phone and plugging USB cable but It does nothing except "trying" to install drivers that cannot be finished because phone is shutting down too fast.
Xperia Sola
Okay, got enough time to flash custom kernel via fastboot. Flashing went successful and kernel works. But something is still wrong.
If there is enough battery, kernel should boot up to show battery charging screen.
My screen shows SONY logo with blue "Custom" text, then XPERIA logo and then it boots system that can't be booted without enough battery.
Why didn't kernel start battery charging screen after charging enough to boot kernel?

Underclocking failed, need help!

Hopefully someone can help me
I tried a custom ROM (Lineage OS 14.1 based on Android N) on an old SD810 phone. It was working fine, however, it was hot (usual SD810 issues).
To resolve this, I installed "Trickster MOD Kernel" to "lock the CPU frequency" between 384k to 1.5m ++. It was working fine in the beginning, but after a few hours, the phone randomly reboots to a "battery sign", as if you were charging the phone whilst it was turned off. I tried installing the stock ROM (based on 6.0.2), however, it was still shutting off. It became way worse, to the point that you cant turn on the phone if it is not connected to the charger. I tried reinstalling the "trickster MOD Kernel" and remove the CPU frequency lock, but it was stuck to "ON". I tried lowering CPU freq to 1.4m++, and rebooted the phone, which rendered the phone unable to turn on even if the phone is connected to the PC's USB Port (it only turns on when connected to a charger).
At the current state, the phone still turns on at the TWRP Recovery and fastboot mode if connected to a charger, but if it is connected to the computer's USB port, it can only turn on via fastboot mode.
Phone stays ON if it is on fastboot mode, not connected to a charger/USB port
If the phone is turned on normally or on recovery mode, if it is not connected to the charger, it reboots to a battery sign as if you're charging the phone whilst turned off (again, the phone is not connected to anything at this point) then beeps twice and loops to the same battery sign.
Please enlighten me; is the issue caused by playing around with the kernel/CPU frequency? Or is this a battery issue?
So far, what I've done is:
1) reinstall LOS ROM, reinstall Trickster MOD and remove the CPU freq lock -> Does not work, still not able to turn on when not connected to a charger
2) wipe everything
3) install new boot.img from the stock ROM

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