[Q] Rezound Wont Charge! Help! - HTC Rezound

My HTC Rezound has always been a little iffy on the battery side. No matter what i did, the battery would usually day 3 quarters of the way through the day. I learned to accept this. My problem now is that the phone died after being run down to 0% and when i try to charge it back up, all i get is a blinking orange light and the phone will not start up. I have tried removing the battery. I even left it charging for 3 days and it still wont charge up enough to boot up the phone. Does anyone have any idea what's going on and how I can fix it?

Is it acknowledging the charger is plugged in? Have you tried a different USB cable AND wall socket?
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izzaeroth said:
Is it acknowledging the charger is plugged in? Have you tried a different USB cable AND wall socket?
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I have tried both a different charger and wall socket but neither worked. I am rooted s-off with Amon Ra recovery installed.

mball567 said:
I have tried both a different charger and wall socket but neither worked. I am rooted s-off with Amon Ra recovery installed.
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IIRC The Rezound uses and Odd Voltage Battery, which sometimes throws off the calibration. When this happens the phone can drain the battery past the safe level for recharging. The phone is in battery safety mode atm.
Its been a long time since I've had to do this... Happened to me once when I got my phone in Nov '12 lol
Follow these steps EXACTLY Do NOT Deviate
1) Remove the battery Completely
2) Wait 1 hour
3) Place the battery Back in the phone, DO NOT PRESS THE POWER BUTTON
4) Place the battery on the charger. You SHOULD see a blinking red light
5) Leave the phone alone until the Red Light has been solid for at least 20 minutes
6) Power the phone on and let it fully charge
7) Restart into Recovery Mode and wipe battery stats.

Insertnamehere12 said:
IIRC The Rezound uses and Odd Voltage Battery, which sometimes throws off the calibration. When this happens the phone can drain the battery past the safe level for recharging. The phone is in battery safety mode atm.
Its been a long time since I've had to do this... Happened to me once when I got my phone in Nov '12 lol
Follow these steps EXACTLY Do NOT Deviate
1) Remove the battery Completely
2) Wait 1 hour
3) Place the battery Back in the phone, DO NOT PRESS THE POWER BUTTON
4) Place the battery on the charger. You SHOULD see a blinking red light
5) Leave the phone alone until the Red Light has been solid for at least 20 minutes
6) Power the phone on and let it fully charge
7) Restart into Recovery Mode and wipe battery stats.
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I tried your solution but the blinking red light never turns into a solid red light. It just keeps blinking no matter how long I leave it on the charger.

mball567 said:
I tried your solution but the blinking red light never turns into a solid red light. It just keeps blinking no matter how long I leave it on the charger.
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Just curious, what's the voltage say on the back of the battery?
If I remember right the rez initially had a slightly lower voltage battery when it came out.
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izzaeroth said:
Just curious, what's the voltage say on the back of the battery?
If I remember right the rez initially had a slightly lower voltage battery when it came out.
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The voltage is 3.8V

mball567 said:
The voltage is 3.8V
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Hmm I am wondering if the battery is shot. I do know I had a similar issue with mine and ended up buying a separate wall charger just for the battery. I would charge it for 5-10 mins and then pop it back in the phone to finish charging.
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Bricked

So, I did S-Off yesterday, flashed the SU binary yesterday. Did NAND backup for good measure. All great and all.
Today, I wake up and phone is off. Realized I forgot to charge it. Plugged into charger, and orange light comes on, turns off for about 2 seconds, turns on again. 10 minutes plugged in, Pune won't turn on. Took out and licked the battery terminals. It has juice.
Noticed that now the light doing quick flash of orange quick flash of green. None of buttons do anything.
Any ideas?
Leave it charge for about 1 hour, then try to boot up. If you have a battery dock use that, if not just plug in and let it sit.
edit.....i just seen another thread where the phone doesnt charge while off, what recovery are you using? I have the twrp (TeamWin Recovery) and it is charging while phone is off.
cordell12 said:
Leave it charge for about 1 hour, then try to boot up. If you have a battery dock use that, if not just plug in and let it sit.
edit.....i just seen another thread where the phone doesnt charge while off, what recovery are you using?
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The team win recovery. I did a crude battery test (licking terminals) and it should have sufficient juice to boot up
Unplug it and turn it on, its not bricked. But it wont turn on as long as its plugged in.
Konfuzion said:
Unplug it and turn it on, its not bricked. But it wont turn on as long as its plugged in.
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Weird, did turn on, but power button was weird. Had to push it few times. Booted up, shows about 50% battery
Meanee said:
Weird, did turn on, but power button was weird. Had to push it few times. Booted up, shows about 50% battery
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But unplugging it did the trick right?
Konfuzion said:
But unplugging it did the trick right?
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Yes. Took few tries to turn it on.
Meanee said:
Yes. Took few tries to turn it on.
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Cool glad you got it working.
cordell12 said:
Leave it charge for about 1 hour, then try to boot up. If you have a battery dock use that, if not just plug in and let it sit.
edit.....i just seen another thread where the phone doesnt charge while off, what recovery are you using? I have the twrp (TeamWin Recovery) and it is charging while phone is off.
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that would be my thread.
It was suggested on that thread that I use a different recovery (using CWM at the moment), but I see that the person who is having this same problem is using TeamWin recovery and has the same issue, so I'm guessing that it's not the recovery itself but some other reason.
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I can confirm this happened to me last night and I almost **** a brick......the charging light would turn on then offf right away.....after 15 min of holding the power button, it turned on with the charging light on...
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I think it has something to do with turning off fast boot. I checked it back, and it worked like it did before.
Meanee said:
So, I did S-Off yesterday, flashed the SU binary yesterday. Did NAND backup for good measure. All great and all.
Today, I wake up and phone is off. Realized I forgot to charge it. Plugged into charger, and orange light comes on, turns off for about 2 seconds, turns on again. 10 minutes plugged in, Pune won't turn on. Took out and licked the battery terminals. It has juice.
Noticed that now the light doing quick flash of orange quick flash of green. None of buttons do anything.
Any ideas?
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I bricked a 3vo before we had s-off and trust me you would know, when you plug into usb, ac, have a charged battery, or anything you get no indicator lights whatsoever lol glad its all good and working though
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Now my phone all of a sudden won't boot into hboot. Yesterday it did but today it hasn't. And I have no system data so it just hangs at the splash.
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It's because HTC won't allow charging with the phone off (trickle charge) due to the fact it kills battery cells fast and HTC doesn't like replacing batteries. Keep fastboot on in power menu and you will be able to charge with "phone off"...because it truly isn't off.....
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kpkimmel said:
It's because HTC won't allow charging with the phone off (trickle charge) due to the fact it kills battery cells fast and HTC doesn't like replacing batteries. Keep fastboot on in power menu and you will be able to charge with "phone off"...because it truly isn't off.....
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Hmm, interesting. My phone charger while having fastboot under power settings unchecked, with my phone powered off...
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Issues

Since today I've had issues with my photon got extremely hot but the weird thing is that I wasn't using it and I had my data turned off as I always do at work to save battery. Battery was dying SUPER FAST like it lasted bout 6 hours cut off I got home was charging it downloading seanz's latest 2.2 deblur build and next thing u know it just blanked out and now it wont cut bak on all I get is an indicator light when I hook it up to a CPU. Its been about 4hrs and still nothing anyone else experience something like this
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snoopy1e11 said:
Since today I've had issues with my photon got extremely hot but the weird thing is that I wasn't using it and I had my data turned off as I always do at work to save battery. Battery was dying SUPER FAST like it lasted bout 6 hours cut off I got home was charging it downloading seanz's latest 2.2 deblur build and next thing u know it just blanked out and now it wont cut bak on all I get is an indicator light when I hook it up to a CPU. Its been about 4hrs and still nothing anyone else experience something like this
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Try your OEM A/C charger. Some people have reported the phone will only recognize that when the battery is fully drained.
Yeah.....return that! That is not normal at all.
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Try your OEM A/C charger. Some people have reported the phone will only recognize that when the battery is fully drained.
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The only time the indicator light comes on is when its connected to CPU if I hit power button light goes off and nothing else I got it sitting on OEM charger now still nothing
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snoopy1e11 said:
The only time the indicator light comes on is when its connected to CPU if I hit power button light goes off and nothing else I got it sitting on OEM charger now still nothing
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Once I had my phone drain so low it died (not just turned itself off) and when I hooked up the charger, it took several minutes for the indicator light to come on and go into charging mode. Have you left it on the OEM charger for several minutes?
beartrap said:
Once I had my phone drain so low it died (not just turned itself off) and when I hooked up the charger, it took several minutes for the indicator light to come on and go into charging mode. Have you left it on the OEM charger for several minutes?
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I'm actually experiencing this right now. It has been on the charger for about 10 minutes and still wont boot. I had a white light, now it is green. Going to give it a little more time and see how it plays out.
my2cents said:
I'm actually experiencing this right now. It has been on the charger for about 10 minutes and still wont boot. I had a white light, now it is green. Going to give it a little more time and see how it plays out.
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Yep, mine also started as white and evidently that means a completely drained battery. It changed to green and started charging soon after.
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Yep, mine also started as white and evidently that means a completely drained battery. It changed to green and started charging soon after.
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After about 15-20 minutes the phone booted up on its own. Just an FYI for anyone who thinks there phone is not working after it dies.
I've had this problem too. I just figured, it's a SMARTphone, it'll figure itself out This has easily happened to me over 5 times, and phone still works fine and holds over a day charge.

Noobie needs help asap!!

My Evo 3D's is dead Wont turn on, if you plug it into the comuter it keeps connecting and disconnecting. Red light comes on for a few seconds when plugged into the charger. Eariler my In law plugged it into this program called "mobilego" tryin to root it for Metro PCS and now it wont cut on anymore. tried removing the battery nothing works...HELP!
Dez305 said:
My Evo 3D's is dead Wont turn on, if you plug it into the comuter it keeps connecting and disconnecting. Red light comes on for a few seconds when plugged into the charger. Eariler my In law plugged it into this program called "mobilego" tryin to root it for Metro PCS and now it wont cut on anymore. tried removing the battery nothing works...HELP!
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How was the battery level? Why would he try to root it with for metro pcs? Explain more and I'll see what I or other members can do.
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ali87va said:
How was the battery level? Why would he try to root it with for metro pcs? Explain more and I'll see what I or other members can do.
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Everything was working fine...i know the battery is completely dead but like i said when i plug it in the charger the red light comes on for about 5 seconds then it goes off and wont come on again. He was gonna put a ROM on it and root it but i have to get it flashed to the metro network. He put it on mobilego i guess to backup my info but he had it on other programs, told me i needed it flashed first then gave it back to me.its been on the charger for about 2 hrs now and no charge still
Maybe he bricked it?
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Did it boot yet? For me, if the battery dies, I have to pull it out, put it back and let it charge for at least 10 minutes before it starts up again.
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Cetus Corr said:
Did it boot yet? For me, if the battery dies, I have to pull it out, put it back and let it charge for at least 10 minutes before it starts up again.
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Pulled the battery out, kept the battery out basically anything batterywise i did and nothin but the red light comes on for a few seconds still
Dez305 said:
Pulled the battery out, kept the battery out basically anything batterywise i did and nothin but the red light comes on for a few seconds still
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Pull battery for a few put back in then charge it on a wall charger while its still off for 30mins...Mobilego is sync software so unless he actually went through the process of going into recovery etc etc then chances are its the battery
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neopolotin75 said:
Pull battery for a few put back in then charge it on a wall charger while its still off for 30mins...Mobilego is sync software so unless he actually went through the process of going into recovery etc etc then chances are its the battery
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I would like to know if you can access recovery with the phone without a battery but with the charger on.
To access the boot menu, make sure the phone is off and press pwr + vol down. If you can access the recovery menu then there is still hope.
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press the camera button + power button.
Sounds like battery issues... The phone thinks the battery is dead... Pull the battery out and leave it for about 20 mins or so, throw it back in, don't power it up and plug it in, let it sit for awhile(red led should stay lit) after like 20 mins turn it on
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the batttery is dead....so im hoping its just a battery issue, if its the battery i will buy another if not...off to htc it goes!!
Dez305 said:
the batttery is dead....so im hoping its just a battery issue, if its the battery i will buy another if not...off to htc it goes!!
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Had the same issue try plugging it into the charger for a couple mins remove the battery replace the battery plug it back in and repeat 6-7 times then hold power and volume buttons. If not leave the battery out for like an hour then try the first step. I know it sounds stupid but it worked for me. Hope it helps.
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Battery stats

I'm on cleanROM 3.7 and everything so far is running GREAT. Recently I wiped the battery stats using Scott's tweaks, of course after a full charge and then unplugging for a full drain without charge, as with other battery calibrations on previous devices I've owned or used. After charging without break, I cannot reach a 100% charge, it stops at 99%. I am now not so sure about charging overnight as I suspect the battery/device might overheat since a 100% charge does not seem to be attainable. Anyone know about this issue?
Does the light go green?
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You might want to take a gander at the following post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9777867
Your battery gauge is lying to you (and it's not such a bad thing)
That thread might be useful if it said anything about a 99% charge. Usually the little LED light turns from orange to yellow when it becomes fully charged at 100%. The light is staying orange and will not display 100%, only 99%.
tschmid5 said:
That thread might be useful if it said anything about a 99% charge. Usually the little LED light turns from orange to yellow when it becomes fully charged at 100%. The light is staying orange and will not display 100%, only 99%.
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Try charging with the phone off.
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Try charging with the phone off.
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Ok, so I turned my phone off last night before charging and I was able to attain the yellow LED light indication for a full charge but when I power on my device it boots up almost immediately. It skips the HTC screen and goes straight to my custom boot animation and then boots up. When the device boots up any other time I get the white HTC screen and everything like normal.
tschmid5 said:
Ok, so I turned my phone off last night before charging and I was able to attain the yellow LED light indication for a full charge but when I power on my device it boots up almost immediately. It skips the HTC screen and goes straight to my custom boot animation and then boots up. When the device boots up any other time I get the white HTC screen and everything like normal.
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That's because you have fastboot checked in settings. Pull the battery, put it back in, then charge til green. If its any consolation though my battery does the same thing with the phone on it gets to 99 and hangs, but I've found that if I reboot it while on the charger it will turn green within about 10 minutes of being back on. Usually I don't worry about it being at 100% because when it actually is at 100% it goes back to 99% like 10 seconds after I unplug it. But to sum up, pull the battery b4 you charge and put it back in or uncheck fastboot then power off anand charge.
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That's because you have fastboot checked in settings. Pull the battery, put it back in, then charge til green. If its any consolation though my battery does the same thing with the phone on it gets to 99 and hangs, but I've found that if I reboot it while on the charger it will turn green within about 10 minutes of being back on. Usually I don't worry about it being at 100% because when it actually is at 100% it goes back to 99% like 10 seconds after I unplug it. But to sum up, pull the battery b4 you charge and put it back in or uncheck fastboot then power off anand charge.
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why pull the battery? why not simply uncehck fastboot??
I try not to ever pull my battery..
adb reboot if needed will work 99% of the time if you're by your computer.
andybones said:
why pull the battery? why not simply uncehck fastboot??
I try not to ever pull my battery..
adb reboot if needed will work 99% of the time if you're by your computer.
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Well I usually just hold the power button and push reboot if the phone needs rebooting. You probably know but you cant also hold power + volume up + volume down for about 5 seconds and it will also reboot itself. I was just trying to tell him the different ways to get the phone to completely turn off. That's why I suggested two different ways. But yes as Andy said, unchecking fastboot should be the easiest way.
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Is my battery fried?

So I've been running CM9 nightlies on my phone for a for a while now and everything has been working great. I believe the last nightly I flashed was 5/12 or around there and I've had no problems with it so far until last night my battery was about to die. So I plugged it in to my computer to charge overnight. This morning when I woke up I noticed the phone was dead and was pretty warm to the touch. Now it won't turn on.
I have tried pulling out the battery and letting them both sit for about 30min but it still won't turn on. When I put the battery in and try turning it on the charging icon pops up for a second or 2 then goes away and sometimes it will flash on and off. I think it could be the battery because if I take the battery out and try going in to download mode it will turn on to the initial warning screen warning about flashing and what not. If i put the battery in at this point it immediately shuts off. I just don't know how it could go from working fine to not working at all overnight.
Anyone have any suggestions? The phone is only about 4 months old.
Use your wall charger to charge it.
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Sorry I should have added that to the original post, plugging directly into the wall is what I have been trying today and still no luck.
He means why in the world would u plug your phone into your computer to charge especially if it was almost dead. Next time i would just use the standard wall charger from the get go if you're looking to fully charge it.
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Phalanx7621 said:
He means why in the world would u plug your phone into your computer to charge especially if it was almost dead. Next time i would just use the standard wall charger from the get go if you're looking to fully charge it.
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Every phone that I have ever owned with a USB port I have charged through the USB port from a computer, and I have never once had an issue. When I plugged it in the battery symbol changed to charging so I didn't think anything of it. When I woke up it was dead.
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Use your wall charger to charge it.
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^ This.. I mean yes you can use USB to charge, but USB isn't as reliable for everyday use...
I pulled the battery and then let it sit for about 30 min and then charged from the wall charger for about 30 minutes and it still will not even turn on.
Order a new battery off Amazon or something.
Will it power on with the battery in and the wall charger connected?
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Order a new battery off Amazon or something.
Will it power on with the battery in and the wall charger connected?
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I'm thinking that's what I'm going to do. Might take it to Best Buy and see if they can check it since the phone is only 4 months old. Not holding my breath on that though.
Phone will not turn on with the battery in while plugged in to the wall charger. I can see the battery symbol with the little circle when I first plug it in but it goes away after a second or so. The only way I can get the phone to turn on is if I remove the battery, hold the volume buttons and plug the USB cable in while connected to a PC. This brings up the download mode warning screen asking to continue. If i put the battery in at this screen it shuts off. If I hit continue with the battery out if shuts off. I guess the only thing to do is try another battery.
Does it taste like chicken? If so, then its probably fried.
cicatriz63 said:
I'm thinking that's what I'm going to do. Might take it to Best Buy and see if they can check it since the phone is only 4 months old. Not holding my breath on that though.
Phone will not turn on with the battery in while plugged in to the wall charger. I can see the battery symbol with the little circle when I first plug it in but it goes away after a second or so. The only way I can get the phone to turn on is if I remove the battery, hold the volume buttons and plug the USB cable in while connected to a PC. This brings up the download mode warning screen asking to continue. If i put the battery in at this screen it shuts off. If I hit continue with the battery out if shuts off. I guess the only thing to do is try another battery.
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Best buy is good with things under warranty, trust me.
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cicatriz63 said:
I'm thinking that's what I'm going to do. Might take it to Best Buy and see if they can check it since the phone is only 4 months old. Not holding my breath on that though.
Phone will not turn on with the battery in while plugged in to the wall charger. I can see the battery symbol with the little circle when I first plug it in but it goes away after a second or so. The only way I can get the phone to turn on is if I remove the battery, hold the volume buttons and plug the USB cable in while connected to a PC. This brings up the download mode warning screen asking to continue. If i put the battery in at this screen it shuts off. If I hit continue with the battery out if shuts off. I guess the only thing to do is try another battery.
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Replace the battery.
welp apparently it fixed itself. I just left the battery in it and let it sit powered off for the rest of the work day and when I was leaving work ready to head to Best Buy just out of curiousity I plugged it into my car charger and it magically turned on. Now the wall charger and USB charging are working as well. No clue what that was all about but works for me. Thanks for the replies guys.
Bah same thing is happening to me with my sgs2. It just keeps showing the battery charging screen then going off. Any ideas?
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There is a thread on here with the fix..... I looked I cant find but it is here in the i777 section try to search it maybe Q&A. I Was thinking that person would come in here and link you... I will try again the fix is here!!! Hold tight
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This is not the one but the last post has a fix. #8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1653818&highlight=battery+wont+charge
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I pulled the battery and then let it sit for about 30 min and then charged from the wall charger for about 30 minutes and it still will not even turn on.
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Your battery should be dead. My dad had exactly the same experience as you did. Try calling att for a new battery if the phone still in warranty.
USB charging is just unreliable: different motherboards may even supply slightly different voltages. Although it doesn't make a difference in normal use, adding a near empty battery to the equation complicates things.
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