I'm having a weird issue that's been dragging on for nearly 9 months now. Not only is my phone draining the battery while in flight mode, it's even doing it when I've turned off the phone completely. Even when it's supposedly completely shut off, the battery drains. I've been using my S2 as a game and internet device at home. I don't use it everyday. Turning it off at 80% battery, then 2 days later turning it on to discover it's at under 10%, beeping and flashing about being low on battery life is driving me absolutely nuts. I'm on my 4th battery now (one of them an extended) and it makes no difference whatsoever. It drains the battery at the same rate whether flight mode is on or off, or if there is a sim inserted or not. I've also done several hard resets of the phone thus wiping out all my apps and information.
Now the weird thing is my boss has an old S2 at work. It has 4.0.3 on it whereas mine is on the official 4.0.4 update. I turned on my boss' S2 after it having sat in a drawer for 9 months (since the S3 came out) only last week and it still had 70% battery life on it. Why can't my phone even last a few days turned off!?
I should not have to root the phone and muck around with countless roms and kernels to get this phone working properly, but am prepared for any advice at this point. If it's not sorted within the week, my cell phone provider will cancel my contract.
I'm running the official stock rom (Virgin Australia) on my phone as seen here.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
As you can see in this pic, the huge jumps in battery % are when the phone has been turned off.
And the details of my boss' old S2 (Optus Australia).
Now compare this with a cheap $29 Android phone I got recently and it's on day 7 of being constantly on. It doesn't have a sim in it, and has just been sitting on, but at this rate I think I might be able to push 2 whole weeks of this being on.
Something clearly is wrong and broken with my S2 and I wonder if it's at the hardware level
Yep. Could be an issue with the USB/charging circuitry if you've tried a bunch of batteries with the same results. Reset the flash counter, back to stock (if you've flashed non-stock firmware/rooted it at any stage), send it in for warranty service & see what happens (Back your stuff up before you send it; chances are they'll wipe it & put the latest stock firmware they have on it).
Edit - You could also try carefully cleaning the battery contacts on the phone with isopropyl alcohol on a fresh cotton bud/similar (be really careful tho).
i have exactly the same problem with my galaxy s2 ?? have u found any fix for it??
konafaa said:
i have exactly the same problem with my galaxy s2 ?? have u found any fix for it??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same problem here with my Note 2. I also have an issue where the phone won't power on after changing batteries without first plugging it in for a second. I bought the phone refurb with only 90 day warranty..Any resolution?
Same prob here but when I have 50% and I turn off and turn it again it goes to 15%. It may be battery prob. I will buy another battery
kevingt01 said:
Same problem here with my Note 2. I also have an issue where the phone won't power on after changing batteries without first plugging it in for a second. I bought the phone refurb with only 90 day warranty..Any resolution?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
We don't care about your Note. Go post in Note Q&A.
Firoz24 said:
Same prob here but when I have 50% and I turn off and turn it again it goes to 15%. It may be battery prob. I will buy another battery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Logic says you try another battery first.
MistahBungle said:
We don't care about your Note. Go post in Note Q&A.
Logic says you try another battery first.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanx i will buy and let you know
If that doesn't work the USB board/port may need replacing, but worry about that if a new battery doesn't solve the issue. No probs
MistahBungle said:
We don't care about your Note. Go post in Note Q&A.
Logic says you try another battery first.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have posted to the Note section and nobody responded. If you don't care about my note, then ignore that statement.
I'm still interested if there was any resolution to the problem with the S2.
a friend of mine had a similar problem, turned out her sd card was cracked, but hers refused to charge completely and if it did it became really hot, maybe you should check your sdcards...
kevingt01 said:
I have posted to the Note section and nobody responded. If you don't care about my note, then ignore that statement.
I'm still interested if there was any resolution to the problem with the S2.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Scan for .nomedia files on internal and external memory.
Scan broken mp3.
Last if still the issue replace the battery
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
You didn't say the things you tried, have you tried factory resetting your phone? It may be just because one app.
Same problem here and its around 2 months now still searching the answer hoe to fix this is my 3rd battery and still the result is same and now last 1 week I got a new problem randomly losing network on my s2
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
---------- Post added at 07:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:19 PM ----------
Today I went to service centre and told them about my problem they said its a motherboard issues you have to change this
My s2 not in warranty they said total cost of solving this problem is $180
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Dakura said:
You didn't say the things you tried, have you tried factory resetting your phone? It may be just because one app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've since stopped using my S2. Gave up on the ridiculous battery usage, even when it was turned off.
I've tried 3 different batteries. Even the Official Samsung S2 Extended battery, along with my original S2 battery and another but slightly older genuine S2 battery. Same problem with all batteries. The phone drains the battery even when the phone is turned off.
I've done a factory reset, I've tried different sd cards, makes no difference.
I still use the phone to play a few games in bed each night, and then turn it off. I might turn it off with 50% battery left and not use it again for a few days. Turn it back on and it's beeping saying low battery at 4%.
I've since bought an S4 Mini and it's amazing. With wifi and data turned off, it goes 5 days and I'm still at 40% battery. The only thing I do miss fro the S2 is the screen. It's still nicer to look at than the S4 Mini. But I don't miss the stupid and still unresolved battery drain bug.
The S2 was supposed to be 4.2.2 and maybe even 4.3, but it never did. That's another crap thing Samsung do, is they just can't be stuffed getting updates out on their handsets.
KrazyKong said:
I've since stopped using my S2. Gave up on the ridiculous battery usage, even when it was turned off.
I've tried 3 different batteries. Even the Official Samsung S2 Extended battery, along with my original S2 battery and another but slightly older genuine S2 battery. Same problem with all batteries. The phone drains the battery even when the phone is turned off.
I've done a factory reset, I've tried different sd cards, makes no difference.
I still use the phone to play a few games in bed each night, and then turn it off. I might turn it off with 50% battery left and not use it again for a few days. Turn it back on and it's beeping saying low battery at 4%.
I've since bought an S4 Mini and it's amazing. With wifi and data turned off, it goes 5 days and I'm still at 40% battery. The only thing I do miss fro the S2 is the screen. It's still nicer to look at than the S4 Mini. But I don't miss the stupid and still unresolved battery drain bug.
The S2 was supposed to be 4.2.2 and maybe even 4.3, but it never did. That's another crap thing Samsung do, is they just can't be stuffed getting updates out on their handsets.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I mentioned earlier that I had the exact same problem with my Note 2. Battery drained 7-8% an hour when completely off. I had reverted to backup I took early on with no success. Factory reset with no success. I thought for sure it was a hardware issue, but i recently resolved it without messing with hardware.
I followed another post on xda-developers on how to get my Note 2 back to factory stock.. completely wiped with stock recovery, no root, reset custom flash count, and the original factory ROM before any OTA updates. Unbelievable, but that solved my battery problems. In addition, I was having an issue where I couldn't power on my phone after swapping battery without first plugging into USB to jump start it. That's also been resolved. These are things I was absolutely sure were related to a hardware short or something and are now fixed.
Can someone try this advise above and see if it resolves the issue.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
if it makes often the same problem, then is the battery or you have to put on stock ROM with format/system before you install the stock ROM.
farksi said:
if it makes often the same problem, then is the battery or you have to put on stock ROM with format/system before you install the stock ROM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's not the battery. I have the stock rom, never done anything to this phone accept root it, and it was doing the battery run down from day 1. I think I've updated twice on this phone, and they have been the official OTA updates from Samsung. First update was to 4.0.3 I think, then to 4.1.2. The battery drain issue has remained both before and after these updates. Some months back I rooted this phone, didn't make things any better or worse. It still eats the battery when turned off
Got the exact same problem. Nice to know I am not alone. Did a factory reset, no change. Bought a new extended battery but no joy. The phone can show as fully charged at 10 pm and by 9 am the next morning it is down to 40% when it has been switched off all night. In fact I get roughly the same figures if I have left the phone on with wifi, mobile data and GPs all turned on.
The phone is 2 years old. My 2 year contract ends in in a couple of months and I'll get a different phone. So I think I'll struggle on for now. I live in deepest Spain and the thought of tackling the Orange shop about it leaves me cold....
arjay1 said:
Got the exact same problem. Nice to know I am not alone. Did a factory reset, no change. Bought a new extended battery but no joy. The phone can show as fully charged at 10 pm and by 9 am the next morning it is down to 40% when it has been switched off all night. In fact I get roughly the same figures if I have left the phone on with wifi, mobile data and GPs all turned on.
The phone is 2 years old. My 2 year contract ends in in a couple of months and I'll get a different phone. So I think I'll struggle on for now. I live in deepest Spain and the thought of tackling the Orange shop about it leaves me cold....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm curious if the phone is actually shutting down or not. I had an S1 that would act like it shut down but was really hung in shutdown mode so the screen was dark but I could feel it was staying warm. I never figured it out as I tried different roms and had the same results so I just started pulling the battery and putting it right back in and it would stop draining the batt and the phone didn't get warm. Does the phone turn back on normally or do you have to hold the power button long enough to reset it?
Related
Hey,
Major issue I'm facing today. I first noticed this about 2 days ago, I'm currently running Resurrection Remix 2.0 and has been installed for about a week? with no issues.
Two days ago, I put my phone on to charge at night, as usual. Woke up the next morning and by mid morning Noticed my battery was at 15%, When I checked the battery stats, It looked as If the battery had not charged ( I'm pretty sure it had been on charge, but put it down to the fact that It wasnt plugged in correctly)
Next Day, (last night) I put it on charge, and checked it was definitely on charge, which it was. I woke up this morning to find the exact problem, this time at 50%, When I remove the power cable the charging animation still continues.
I turn the power off, Remove the battery and wipe battery stats and start back up, over the next 20 minutes the battery stats increase my battery percentage (not charging) and then continue to drop later on.
Tonight my phone had drained its battery, thought it would be best to drain it, leave it off on charge and turn it back on. I've come to turn it back on removed the power cable and now it will not turn on but constantly loop through the Charging animation icons..
Does anyone know the fault for this or even a fix? I cant boot into my rom, or even CWM
urgent help needed!! thanks in advance
Rob
addictedtopain said:
Hey,
Major issue I'm facing today. I first noticed this about 2 days ago, I'm currently running Resurrection Remix 2.0 and has been installed for about a week? with no issues.
Two days ago, I put my phone on to charge at night, as usual. Woke up the next morning and by mid morning Noticed my battery was at 15%, When I checked the battery stats, It looked as If the battery had not charged ( I'm pretty sure it had been on charge, but put it down to the fact that It wasnt plugged in correctly)
Next Day, (last night) I put it on charge, and checked it was definitely on charge, which it was. I woke up this morning to find the exact problem, this time at 50%, When I remove the power cable the charging animation still continues.
I turn the power off, Remove the battery and wipe battery stats and start back up, over the next 20 minutes the battery stats increase my battery percentage (not charging) and then continue to drop later on.
Tonight my phone had drained its battery, thought it would be best to drain it, leave it off on charge and turn it back on. I've come to turn it back on removed the power cable and now it will not turn on but constantly loop through the Charging animation icons..
Does anyone know the fault for this or even a fix? I cant boot into my rom, or even CWM
urgent help needed!! thanks in advance
Rob
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you have a screen shot of the battery usage? And it sounds like you have an issue with the charging port. Clean it with a dry toothbrush
Sent from my GT-P7510 using xda premium
may be a kernel change would also help u ...
Pretty straightforward really. Either a battery problem (less likely) or a problem with the USB/charging circuitry (more likely; we see it on here all the time).
Try another battery & see if you can get the phone to boot. Otherwise, service centre.
As KMs said, you might as well clean the USB port while you're at it, and then try a new battery (at least you'll have a spare when you get it back from repair).
MistahBungle said:
Pretty straightforward really. Either a battery problem (less likely) or a problem with the USB/charging circuitry (more likely; we see it on here all the time).
Try another battery & see if you can get the phone to boot. Otherwise, service centre.
As KMs said, you might as well clean the USB port while you're at it, and then try a new battery (at least you'll have a spare when you get it back from repair).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay tried cleaning it with a tooth brush but no luck, the phones been playing up all day, still saying its charging even though Its not plugged in lol. Just got back home to back everything up do a full wipe and update the rom to the latest version+ kernel and its not even being recognised by USB, it'll charge, but not recognise
Is this a common problem with the S2 then? that the usb fails/malfunctions?
Think I'm gonna have to take it back to three on Monday, hopefully get it repaired/replaced asap ( but will need to flash back to original stock ROM + Kernel first!)
We've seen our share (I've seen at least a couple of dozen) of these in Q&A over the time I've been here (~8 mths), yeah.
addictedtopain said:
Is this a common problem with the S2 then? that the usb fails/malfunctions?)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
MistahBungle said:
We've seen our share (I've seen at least a couple of dozen) of these in Q&A over the time I've been here (~8 mths), yeah.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cheers, Thanks for your Help. I'll let you know the outcome on Monday.
no point starting a new thread.
So Does anyone Know where I can get the original (HG3) Three UK ROM for Samsung Galaxy S2?
I don't want Three to say that because I've put a custom ROM on it I've voided my warranty
Here, Samfirmware.com or you can get the latest firmware for phone model/country/carrier that you'd normally get via OTA update with the PC version of Checkfus (search for it on here/Google).
Thanks again for all your help.
finally got some screen shots off my phone,
here's the battery stats if anyone's interested
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
MistahBungle said:
Here, Samfirmware.com or you can get the latest firmware for phone model/country/carrier that you'd normally get via OTA update with the PC version of Checkfus (search for it on here/Google).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Downloaded the firmware, however I cant seem to find how to update OTA, Its given me a .tar which I could use Odin to upgrade, However as I cant get it to read from USB I cannot get Odin to detect my device
That's probably due to the USB circuitry problems you seem to be having. Might want to use Mobile Odin (get it from Google Play) to flash the firmware. If it's an ICS stock rom, you should be able to use Triangle Away to reset the flash counter.
Hey guys..im also experiencing the same problem.....sometimes charging stopped halfway....when i check with the "battery widget" it says overvoltage (with " ! " symbol)....
is it because the firmware problem or usb port or charger problem ? any solution? Tq in advance guys !
Did you even bother to read the thread ? Go back to stock & see if this resolves the problem. Then clean the USB port with an unused toothbrush or similar. Try a new battery. Try a new charger. And if none of these fixes things, service centre.
maliiik said:
Hey guys..im also experiencing the same problem.....sometimes charging stopped halfway....when i check with the "battery widget" it says overvoltage (with " ! " symbol)....
is it because the firmware problem or usb port or charger problem ? any solution? Tq in advance guys !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
MistahBungle said:
Did you even bother to read the thread ? Go back to stock & see if this resolves the problem. Then clean the USB port with an unused toothbrush or similar. Try a new battery. Try a new charger. And if none of these fixes things, service centre.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
of course i read the thread bro I was thinking of a solution besides sending it to service centre since ive already rooted my phone ~~
My battery has just been 4 month ~~
maybe i"ll try cleaning the port 1st as u suggest ~~
will give feedback A.S.A.P.
tq XD
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!
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
That sounds serious, have you tried sending it to the customer service? It's helpful if you're still on warranty..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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?
Sent from........Somewhere In Time
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..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
tylerdurdin said:
Have you tried a different battery?
Sent from........Somewhere In Time
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
saywhatt said:
It sounds suspiciously cheap.. mmmmm. You should try going for the legit 2000mAh from samsung longer battery life haha so much win
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
\
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Hello,
I bought my Samsung gs2 just over a year ago. I had issues with the battary life all the time (It sometimes lost 20% in a few minutes without reason), but many other gs2 users have similar problems, so I just ignored it. 2 weeks ago, after I unplugged it, it suddenly lost 90% of the battery in an hour, and got extremly hot (the heat wasn't coming from the top of the phone where the cpu is, but from the middle of the it). I shut it down and removed the battery. When I switched it back on it had only 1% left. Now it is completely dead.
The Battery is working properly in my brothers phone, and I reproduced this with 2 other batteries. I suspect there is some kind of hardware damage. When I try to charge it, it displays an overheating alert (both switched on and off), and doesn't charge at all. Now the battery is so low, it doesn't display anything any more.
Unfortunately I installed a custum ROM (wanam lite), because I tried to solve the battery issues, so Samsung won't repair it.
Can anyone please help me keeping the phone alive long enough to flash the original firmware?
Thanks in advance!
do you have any symptoms for a faulty usb port? as for flashing a stock rom just fully charge it (turned off) boot in download mode and fire away... or is it draining your battery in download mode too?
I have the same problem with my white S2 i9100T, sent back twice to repair, just got it back one week ago, finally the battery problem is gone! Last changed is the mainboard, first repair they swaped the battery and updated software(already latest firmware, what the hell they tried to update?).
My phone is just over a year old as well, it has battery problem since first day and only fixed now. As I know only the one made in Vietnam has this problem so yours made in Vietnam probably you will need to replace the mainboard. I am using a 2 yrs old black S2 made in Korea, exactly same model, very stable and never fail, that Vietnam one keep having unexpected behaver, another friend's Vietnam one is the same, recently another friend got one made in China, so fast so good.
Thanks for your replies. Unfortunately My phone seems to drain the battery even when switched off, and it isn't possible to charge it, no matter whether it is on or off. So my only option is to ask somone else to charge the battery, and then try flashing the original software. How long do you think flashing will take? Even if the battery is fully charged, I don't have power for more than half an hour.
Another question: Does anyone know if it is possible to reset the flash counter without booting the phone? I doubt that I will have enough time to install triangle away...
do you have better battery stats? It'll tell you what the problem is more accurately.. I just check it when I have battery issues
genesis0403 said:
do you have better battery stats? It'll tell you what the problem is more accurately.. I just check it when I have battery issues
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
BBS does not tell you a thing about hardware problems buddy.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium
---------- Post added at 09:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:32 PM ----------
I have the same problem recently. I am hoping it is the charging board... new one should be arriving this week. If that doesn't do it I am resigned to the fact that my phone's main board is faulty and it's time to upgrade.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium
Hey guys,
So I was outside working in the yard and had music playing on my phone, I then walked into the garage and back and my phone was off when I got back. It wasnt in the sun when I left it out. Anyways It was connected to my laptop charging all night and had close to a full charge when it shut off. I plugged it into the wall for hours, plugged it into a linux laptop for a while, plugged it into a windows tower for a while, and no luck. Ive held down the power for up to a minute, Ive tried power and volume down and no luck.
Phone has the newest version of CM 4.3 10.2 8/7 with crpalmers 4.3 kernal installed.
Any suggesetions? Id ask in the forum thread for CM 10.2 but I dont have enough posts.
Try a different cable and attempt to charge overnight with a wall charger.
htc response
After contacting HTC they told me to do a battery recalibration which was charge for ten minutes and hold vol down vol up and power for 2 minutes but no dice.
Ive only had this phone for a month and they suggested I contact Verizon and try to get a replacement. Since this phone is competely whacked and I cannot RUU im curious If I should send it to verizon or If it will get declined.
tatumjef said:
After contacting HTC they told me to do a battery recalibration which was charge for ten minutes and hold vol down vol up and power for 2 minutes but no dice.
Ive only had this phone for a month and they suggested I contact Verizon and try to get a replacement. Since this phone is competely whacked and I cannot RUU im curious If I should send it to verizon or If it will get declined.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If it doesn't turn on they won't be able to tell anything go for it.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using xda app-developers app
cstrife999 said:
If it doesn't turn on they won't be able to tell anything go for it.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is what I was thinking. I tried to put it into fastboot by holding down volume and power, waited and then pressed power again and then plugged it into my computer and ran "fastboot devices" and "fastboot -- s" and both came back with waiting for device.
I watched the JTAG video but I honestly dont see a repair guy going through that much trouble to find out why it was bricked.
Fingers crossed I dont end up paying 500
This sucks
Just had this happen to me on Carbon 4.3 latest running stock kernel. Had mine on the charger overnight. My wife says that it was still working when she got up at 0730, but when I got up at 1000 it wouldn't turn on. Tried everything I could think of: Different cables, different power sources, nothing will get it to show a charging light or turn on. Ugh.
armydog13 said:
Just had this happen to me on Carbon 4.3 latest running stock kernel. Had mine on the charger overnight. My wife says that it was still working when she got up at 0730, but when I got up at 1000 it wouldn't turn on. Tried everything I could think of: Different cables, different power sources, nothing will get it to show a charging light or turn on. Ugh.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
any luck ? if you need a spare borrow phone let me know ...
round 3
well I sent my first phone back into verizon and they sent me another one. All was well and I didnt get hit with a $500 fine, but within a week the same thing happened to the second phone as did the first. [ running PA with stock kernal, played a few songs and then dead with no charge light for days ] I received my 3rd phone yesterday and Im terrified to even root it now haha.
Is this a common problem with this phone? or maybe im having trouble with aosp roms. I really want to install PA again.
Same thing happened to me...
tatumjef said:
well I sent my first phone back into verizon and they sent me another one. All was well and I didnt get hit with a $500 fine, but within a week the same thing happened to the second phone as did the first. [ running PA with stock kernal, played a few songs and then dead with no charge light for days ] I received my 3rd phone yesterday and Im terrified to even root it now haha.
Is this a common problem with this phone? or maybe im having trouble with aosp roms. I really want to install PA again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had the same thing happen to my phone. I was playing music in the garage and when I came back, deader than a door nail. I finally ended up sending mine in to HTC. They sent back a working phone. What irritated me most besides having to pay shipping to get the phone to them when it was an under warranty repair, was the fact that they did not tell me what they fixed. And since the wifi MAC address was changed, I assume they swapped out the guts or something. Apparently there are issues with this phone that they don't want to share? I got the phone rooted again and am currently running crdroid with crkernal and the battery life is beyond horrible. I can charge it completely, leave it set at home and not use it at all and when I get home and check it, it's completely dead. Nothing. Very frustrating because I enjoy the phone when it's functioning correctly.
interesting nonetheless since mine died running the latest cm10.2 just before 4.3 came out hmm wonder if something with cyanogenmod is messing with the devices but if that was the case then everyone would be having this very same issue i dont know waiting on a repair from htc myself as i have heard nothing from them yet accept tracking shows in repair
Same thing just happened to mine running CM 10.1. Getting a new one from verizon tomorrow and I guess ill be sending them my dead rooted DNA.
Mine did something similar a couple of months ago. I was running carbon, listening to music. The music stopped and the phone was dead. I was able to boot into recovery. Initiated a reboot and got a popup about losing root and did I want to fix it. Selected yes and that was the last time it powered on.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Mine just did the same thing today. I was outside working in the yard cleaning up leaves and listening to music via headphones. All of a sudden the phone was dead. Not even 30 min before that it was at 90%+ battery. Now it won't turn on and the charging light won't even come on when it's plugged in. I've been running rooted S-off Viper ROM for a while without any previous issues. Is there something that I could try to fix it? I'm so confused about what happened. I'm pretty sure I'm out of the warranty too.
Had the same thing happen to mine. Sent it back and got a new one.
Sent from Tapatalk on my HTC Droid DNA (VZW) running Carbon ROM with crpalmer kernel
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/643501314
I just sent mine back to Verizon and got a new one.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
kusumuck said:
Mine just did the same thing today. I was outside working in the yard cleaning up leaves and listening to music via headphones. All of a sudden the phone was dead. Not even 30 min before that it was at 90%+ battery. Now it won't turn on and the charging light won't even come on when it's plugged in. I've been running rooted S-off Viper ROM for a while without any previous issues. Is there something that I could try to fix it? I'm so confused about what happened. I'm pretty sure I'm out of the warranty too.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Update: Popped the back cover off after trying every button push/plugged in wall/plugged in computer/not plugged in combination possible and took the 2 tiny screws out of the battery connector and unhooked it, left the phone to sit for about 10 min, put it all back together and WAALA! It turned back on like nothing had happened. The battery was down to 55% though and it was 90+ when it turned off. Either it drained 40% and wasn't taking a charge while it was off since I had it plugged in a considerable amount of time that it was off without a light OR the more likely scenario is that I think the battery completely died somehow and it was actually charging without the light coming on and it had only gotten to 55%. Either way: if your experiencing this problem go for the battery. Watch a YouTube video to see how to get the thing apart, it's not that hard. Just make sure your gentle taking it apart the first time and don't rip the rubber gasket, it's sealed with a tiny amount of silicon so gently peel it off and place it back into its groove before reassembly.
kusumuck said:
Update: Popped the back cover off after trying every button push/plugged in wall/plugged in computer/not plugged in combination possible and took the 2 tiny screws out of the battery connector and unhooked it, left the phone to sit for about 10 min, put it all back together and WAALA! It turned back on like nothing had happened. The battery was down to 55% though and it was 90+ when it turned off. Either it drained 40% and wasn't taking a charge while it was off since I had it plugged in a considerable amount of time that it was off without a light OR the more likely scenario is that I think the battery completely died somehow and it was actually charging without the light coming on and it had only gotten to 55%. Either way: if your experiencing this problem go for the battery. Watch a YouTube video to see how to get the thing apart, it's not that hard. Just make sure your gentle taking it apart the first time and don't rip the rubber gasket, it's sealed with a tiny amount of silicon so gently peel it off and place it back into its groove before reassembly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which 2 screws are you talking about? The torx?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
For many months now I had been using the same version of Carbon ROM and whichever kernel was available at that time I installed it. Sometime after flashing that last update I learned that when I started to use my phone heavily enough to drop the battery to less than 50%, it would eventually and randomly shut off well before the battery was completely drained. As I also had also problems with the phone passing the boot screen most of the time so I figured they were just ROM or kernel issues that I would deal with later. I ended up just dealing with these two issues this whole time. Fast forward to now, I finally got around to updating my phone and wiped then flashed both the newest C-ROM and corresponding kernel. Sadly to say, the battery is still causing issue.
So, anywhere from the 40% range down to maybe 15% at the lowest I've seen, my phone randomly shuts off. Attempting to turn the phone right back on fails because it either shuts off again during boot, or immediately after the home screen manages to appear. In one of these instances of the latter I saw the phone reporting it was at <1% battery capacity, not even a minute later, before shutting off a second time.
After connecting a charger for a minute and powering the phone back I can finally pull up the graph like the one below, showing a sudden and unexplainable drop, although the right hand side is usually much lower than ~18% when its turned back on. It then continues to charge as normal.
Granted this is after a few hours of active screen-on time, and I also occasionally see the battery level stop for several minutes at a single value while in use. Is this just an issue with the phone reporting the correct battery capacity, or something else? This is somewhat alarming considering the battery cannot be replaced.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
This sounds similar to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2505825 but of course there are no replies.
Azbulldog said:
For many months now I had been using the same version of Carbon ROM and whichever kernel was available at that time I installed it. Sometime after flashing that last update I learned that when I started to use my phone heavily enough to drop the battery to less than 50%, it would eventually and randomly shut off well before the battery was completely drained. As I also had also problems with the phone passing the boot screen most of the time so I figured they were just ROM or kernel issues that I would deal with later. I ended up just dealing with these two issues this whole time. Fast forward to now, I finally got around to updating my phone and wiped then flashed both the newest C-ROM and corresponding kernel. Sadly to say, the battery is still causing issue.
So, anywhere from the 40% range down to maybe 15% at the lowest I've seen, my phone randomly shuts off. Attempting to turn the phone right back on fails because it either shuts off again during boot, or immediately after the home screen manages to appear. In one of these instances of the latter I saw the phone reporting it was at <1% battery capacity, not even a minute later, before shutting off a second time.
After connecting a charger for a minute and powering the phone back I can finally pull up the graph like the one below, showing a sudden and unexplainable drop, although the right hand side is usually much lower than ~18% when its turned back on. It then continues to charge as normal.
Granted this is after a few hours of active screen-on time, and I also occasionally see the battery level stop for several minutes at a single value while in use. Is this just an issue with the phone reporting the correct battery capacity, or something else? This is somewhat alarming considering the battery cannot be replaced.
This sounds similar to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2505825 but of course there are no replies.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Probably a sign of a bad battery. Eventually it will just stop working. If your under your year warranty contact htc and they can perform a repair for free. If your not I would still contact them and they will perform a repair and give you a quote.
Please press the thanks button if I have helped you in anyway.
Jaggar345 said:
Probably a sign of a bad battery. Eventually it will just stop working. If your under your year warranty contact htc and they can perform a repair for free. If your not I would still contact them and they will perform a repair and give you a quote.
Please press the thanks button if I have helped you in anyway.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks like I'm a several months past warranty. If it is just the battery going bad, which is pretty pathetic given the short amount of time, comparatively, maybe I'll look at replacing it myself. Won't that be fun.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk
Azbulldog said:
Looks like I'm a several months past warranty. If it is just the battery going bad, which is pretty pathetic given the short amount of time, comparatively, maybe I'll look at replacing it myself. Won't that be fun.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Replacing it would be very difficult. It's fused to the housing of the phone. Good luck.
Please press the thanks button if I have helped you in anyway.
Jaggar345 said:
Replacing it would be very difficult. It's fused to the housing of the phone. Good luck.
Please press the thanks button if I have helped you in anyway.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I found at least one video on how to perform the operation, just carefully prying off the glued parts. That will be the last resort.
HTC Support responded to my email and recommended performing a "battery reset" by holding down all three physical buttons while the phone is powered down, for two minutes. Before powering off it was at around 75% battery after charging for a little while. So as I did the button hold and it of course kept flashing the boot screen, but after two minutes I let it boot up fully and the battery was reported at 58%. So either it drained that much charge in those two minutes, or it's now giving a more accurate reading.
I'll have to continue testing to see if it still shuts off.
I have started looking at other battery calibration methods, and will try those as well.
Azbulldog said:
I found at least one video on how to perform the operation, just carefully prying off the glued parts. That will be the last resort.
HTC Support responded to my email and recommended performing a "battery reset" by holding down all three physical buttons while the phone is powered down for two minutes. Before powering off it was at around 75% battery after charging for a little while. So as I did the button hold and it of course kept flashing the boot screen, but after two minutes I let it boot up fully and the battery was reported at 58%. So either it drained that much charge in those two minutes, or it's now giving a more accurate reading.
I'll have to continue testing to see if it still shuts off.
I have started looking at other battery calibration methods, and will try those as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I also believe your battery is dead. I had the same exact problem with my HTC Amaze. The problem starts with a bad kernel that runs your battery hard heats it up and ends up with a bad broken. I'm sorry to say but there's no way around replacing it. I tried everything to get more juice or of it but it was too late.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda app-developers app
Azbulldog said:
I found at least one video on how to perform the operation, just carefully prying off the glued parts. That will be the last resort.
HTC Support responded to my email and recommended performing a "battery reset" by holding down all three physical buttons while the phone is powered down, for two minutes. Before powering off it was at around 75% battery after charging for a little while. So as I did the button hold and it of course kept flashing the boot screen, but after two minutes I let it boot up fully and the battery was reported at 58%. So either it drained that much charge in those two minutes, or it's now giving a more accurate reading.
I'll have to continue testing to see if it still shuts off.
I have started looking at other battery calibration methods, and will try those as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Any luck?
I was just hoping that it'd be some kind of calibration issue. I saw that same tutorial and it looks kind of hard to put it back together more than anything else.
jjlwork said:
I am already a subscriber to spinvox which is through my carrier (Telus Canada), I get it for 7.50 unlimited so I am really looking for a solution to that service. Like I said in my previous post mvisualvoicemail works great for this it actually identifies which of my email are voicemail and only displays those however I would like an app that pulls in the transcripted version too, so I can be selective in which ones I want to listen to. I figured if a program like throttle launcher can pull in the header information and display it, it wouldn't be too hard to make an app that pulls the information from an emailed voicemail and displays it nicely for review. Maybe I'll post over in the throttlelauncher thread as a request for a plugin actually.
Spinvox apparently has an app for windows mobile in a private beta test but they will not allow subscribers who subscribe through their carrier partners to use it yet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah its a hard phone to perform repairs on.
Please press the thanks button if I have helped you in anyway.
dickcruz said:
Any luck?
I was just hoping that it'd be some kind of calibration issue. I saw that same tutorial and it looks kind of hard to put it back together more than anything else.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well after I did HTC's recommended reset I started to drain the battery to see if it would shut off unexpectedly, but it steadily went all the way down to 1% before doing so like it should. I guess that's an improvement, but I don't know how it will behave in regular usage. I then left it off to charge completely before powering it back on the next morning. Maybe it will get worse but I'll just have to wait and see, at least now it should be reporting the proper values if that was the case.