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.
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Never mind, a recharge of the battery seems to have worked. Thanks anyway for the help.
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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.....
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
Hi,
I am very new to the Android world. Got a SGH-i777 from AT&T in US in February 2012 and had to move back to India in June. I got the unlock code from AT&T and used the device for 2 months without issues here on the local network.
Yesterday, the phone showed me a critically low battery message all of a sudden (I had fully charged it the night before) and turned off. When connected to the charger, I get the image of the battery with a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark in it.
Thinking it may be a battery issue, I took it to a local Samsung repair center and he tried using a working battery in it, but still got the same image. He suggested that it may be a motherboard isssue.
Please help !!! I am still in the AT&T contract.
It happened also with my I9100 but i just continue to charge the phone and it disappeared.. try it
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Just a thought. There are a lot of non-nfc batteries around. Are you sure the person at the repair center used the proper battery. The I777 must have an nfc battery. Worth checking out. May still just be the battery failing.
I guess you continue charging it. Are you on a stock rom?
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It happened also with my I9100 but i just continue to charge the phone and it disappeared.. try it
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I will certainly try it out. I will charge the phone for the entire night and check it out in the morning. Thanks for your reply. BTW< how long did you charge your I9100 when you faced this problem?
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I guess you continue charging it. Are you on a stock rom?
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Sorry, I am still not up to speed with the Andriod lingo,so didn't fully understand the word "stock rom" but I have not rooted the device if that's what you are asking. I will continue charging it and check after some hours. Fingers crossed..:angel:
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Just a thought. There are a lot of non-nfc batteries around. Are you sure the person at the repair center used the proper battery. The I777 must have an nfc battery. Worth checking out. May still just be the battery failing.
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Hmmm, I am not sure which battery he used. Will try a long continuous charge first and if it doesn't work will take it back to the repair center and check if he has an NFC battery. I hope it is just a battery problem and nothing more serious. Thanks for your reply.
An update: I charged the battery for the entire night and got a 100% charged indication in the morning. But when I disconnected the charger and tried to turn on the phone, I have the same issue. I still get the yellow triangle with the exclamation mark.
But this time around, I was able to enter the recovery mode by pressing the Volup+VolDwn+power key and I rebooted the phone from the recovery screen and it worked fine. I am able to run the downloaded apps, make calls etc.
Now, I notice 2 new things:
1) Every time I turn the phone off or when it turns off automatically (which it does very frequently since today), it doesnt restart normally. I have to enter the recovery mode to reboot the phone and make it operational
2) When the phone is turned on and when I charge it, no matter how long I charge, the charge percentage shows 78% always.I guess the only time I get a full 100% charge indication is when the phone is turned off and then charged.
All this is leading me to believe that there might be a problem in the battery. If the phone operates properly from the recovery mode, I guess there is no issue with the mother board. Any ideas?? Please suggest.
I can make some observations. Please bear in mind that anything I say is speculation, basically guess work.
From your description, it sounds like a problem with the battery charging circuitry. It doesn't sound like just the battery itself, but that is the easiest thing to test, by getting a new or at least different battery and trying it.
As far as the battery circuitry, it could be either a hardware failure problem, or a firmware problem. Are you still running stock firmware or have you customized the phone? And which firmware version does it have? If I had the phone, I would reflash the stock firmware to see if the charging issue clears up. If that didn't fix the issue, then I would suspect some form of hardware failure.
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Just a thought. There are a lot of non-nfc batteries around. Are you sure the person at the repair center used the proper battery. The I777 must have an nfc battery. Worth checking out. May still just be the battery failing.
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Is that something common? I have had an extended battery for about a week with no issues. As far as I know, it does not have intergrated NFC antenna (or chip...seems a subject of debate whether or not stock batter contains just the antenna or chip too). Anyway, I bought the batterny knowing the feature wasn't there. Unless by some fluke a tthe time of order I happened to get an updated version of the battery, but I seriously doubt it as there is not any indication on the battery itself that it does, aside from having 4 prongs. Which leads me to believe with the right materials I can create my own antenna and slap it on there....assuming people are wring with the whole chip thing. Just thought I'd mention since I don't have NFC and don't have that problem...and now curious as to why you suspect it for affect battery charge and the sort.
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.
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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 ?
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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.
Hello XDA! I have a strange issue here. My girlfriend has a Galaxy S2 on ATT.
The phone is not rooted, and is running the stock rom. The phone will not charge correctly. After leaving it on the charger all night, it'll show 100% battery. However, the minute you take it off the charger, it will only show say, 50% battery. The issue has gotten worse over the past weeks. Her phone hardly holds a charge now. It dies almost immediately after being unplugged. The phone is only 6 months old. I've always avoided the threads on resetting your battery stats, as they've always been wishy washy, and inconclusive. But I'm not sure what to do here.
I'm completely comfortable rooting phones and installing roms and such, but I don't want to do that to my girlfriend's phone. Any ideas?
Reseting battery stats doesn't do anything on this phone, or any Samsung phone for that matter.
The first thing I would suspect is a bad battery. If possible, borrow a known good battery to verify that it will hold a charge before you buy a new one.
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Reseting battery stats doesn't do anything on this phone, or any Samsung phone for that matter.
The first thing I would suspect is a bad battery. If possible, borrow a known good battery to verify that it will hold a charge before you buy a new one.
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It seems odd that the battery would be bad after just 6 months, but I suppose the whole thing is odd. I'll give that a try.
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It seems odd that the battery would be bad after just 6 months, but I suppose the whole thing is odd. I'll give that a try.
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Did you get it new? Is it still under warranty? If so, AT&T will give you a new battery just to see if that is the cause. I think you can do that in a corporate store or over the phone.
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Did you get it new? Is it still under warranty? If so, AT&T will give you a new battery just to see if that is the cause. I think you can do that in a corporate store or over the phone.
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Alright. I tried a new battery. It didn't fix the issue.
New phone should be here tomorrow. Hopefully that one works.