Hey all,
I flashed the LiquidSmooth ROM (Version 2.9) found HERE and my battery charging screen seems to be broken. Whenever I power off the device, and plug it into the charger, the giant battery comes up with the loading 'circle' in it. After being on the charger for some time, it still displays the same thing. (Before it would actually show the battery filling up, giving you a rough estimate as to when it was charged.)
Is this a ROM issue? Or did I accidentally break one of the other system files found on the phone? Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi,
my SGS 2 will not start anymore. It displays a strange battery indicator (the waiting one, and then loading indicator) on the display when off. It does not boot up.
I got it to boot with the key combination to boot into recovery. But only on charger and with around 30 tries.
The phone works without problems. The only thing which you can see when booted is that the charging symbol in the status bar does not go away and the battery stats always tell that your phone is just unplugged for some seconds.
Is this a hardware defect? battery destroyed? Tried a second one. Same problem. But used external charging station for both batteries. Maybe this could have destroyed it.
But now using original charger does not change anything. Everytime I switch it off it is just bootable with that strange key combination on a charger.
I did not see these bug description before in the internet.
The phone is rooted with ICS Custom ROM. But no problems with that the time before.
Please help me.
Michael
Using odin flash stock ics firmware
Your charging port is short-circuited. If you repeatedly twist your charging port when the charger is connected, e.g. sleeping on your phone by accident because it's on your bed with you, leaving it in the couch and sitting on it when on charger, it will get damaged and short-circuit. Now you need maintenance. Flashing will not help. A way of cleaning the charging pins will help clear the port.
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I'm not sure what happened. My US Galaxy Player was working fine yesterday, but this morning when I went to wake it from sleep it was acting like it had a dead battery. I plugged it into a charger and rebooted it, and the battery manager said I had 45% charge. I unplugged it and it shut down. Not a soft shutdown, like when you select the option from the power menu, but a hard shutdown, like when you pull the plug on a computer.
I'm running the ROM, Kernel, and GApps found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264671
(the first two downloads)
It's been a few days since I last flashed it, so I'm wondering if there might be a hardware issue.
PS: I also am noticing that when I do power it on while plugged into the wall, it skips the Samsung Galaxy S & CyanogenMod screen (and the one before that, I can't remember what it says), and goes straight to the CyanogenMod loading wheel. Every time I've tried to start it up, I've been unable to do so before it shows the Battery Charging icon (for charging when shutdown). I haven't noticed an animation for the charging icon, but my Player is now reporting that it's at 60% charge, so it seems to be working.
I've tried leaving the microUSB end of the charging cable in and unplugging the wall part, but it shut down as well (not totally unexpected, but I'm asking for help so I figure I should include as much info as possible).
Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
Fixed it (at least for now). Re-flashing the kernel was all it took.
JUST FYI
AFAIK, All of the newer kernels out there for the YP-G70 have this problem where, if you boot your device plugged in and then unplug it, it shuts off. If you boot your device not plugged in and then plug it in afterwards it's fine. I could be wrong but I think it's a problem in the kernel that everyone is using for a base (CM 10.1) . It's not really that big of a deal but it's something to keep in mind.
Boot with cable connected -> Shutdown before disconnecting cable.
Boot without cable -> Everything is normal...
Hey Folks,
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII (SGH-i777) that I used a couple of years ago. It was my first Android phone and I loved it very much (until corporate made me an iSheep).
The phone was retired to a shoe box for the last 1+ years and I recently dug it up so I could get it set up for my little bro who somehow recently fell on his phone with it in his pocket and shattered the screen (don't ask... I don't get it either).
Anyways long story short -- the phone sat idle for a long time, when I pulled it out it wouldn't boot up at all. Assumed that the battery had discharged so I plugged it in to see if it would start up. The battery logo would intermittently flash on the screen and show a drained battery logo but even letting the phone sit for a day did not provide me any results.
Fast forward 3-6 months. Today I replaced the charging board thinking that there was some issue with the USB connector on the phone that was preventing it from getting power. Once that was done I discovered that I was able to get the phone to boot into Odin mode. Great! No boot, no recovery, but download mode seemed to be better than nothing.
I have tried, in vain, to flash stock firmware to this phone via Odin, and even though all indicators point to it being successful, once I finish the Samsung logo comes up on the screen, goes off and that's it. I can see the 4 LEDs on the buttons at the bottom of the phone flash every 5 seconds as well as a faint flicker on the screen staggered between the LED flashes.
Looking for any further suggestions as to what I may be able to try. I have searched various sources on XDA and other sources but I haven't quite found anything that matches my exact symptoms.
Furthermore, I can't be sure what Kernel/ROM I was last running on this phone. Maybe Siyah kernel, maybe CM 10,1 with Flux kernel. Idk.
Any input is appreciated!
Seems I should mention this other detail --
With the battery in, I cannot get into download mode -- it just states 'Low Battery!! Can't Download!!" This is presumably due to the fact that the battery is completely discharged -- maybe incapable of holding a charge but perhaps this is indicative of a more serious hardware failure.
I'd guess the battery is completely shot.
I bought a replacement battery from here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111014533334?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
No problems with it.
bleggy said:
I'd guess the battery is completely shot.
I bought a replacement battery from here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111014533334?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
No problems with it.
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Very likely --
Since you got me to shift focus here, a quick search is telling me that it won't boot without a battery due to a feedback circuit. This would explain the ability to go into download mode but the lack of boot / flashing LEDs I guess.
Can someone confirm?
If the phone was working normally when it was put away, I would expect it to be working normally when it was pulled it back out. Your story is a little confusing, but did you ever try booting the phone with a fully charged battery? In the circumstances you describe, that would be the first logical trouble shooting step. And if you haven't tried that, then it is still the next logical trouble shooting step. Also, you can't assume that the original battery that you left in the phone is still able to hold a charge. It still may be good, but you can't assume that for testing purposes. Incidentally, the battery should have been pulled from the phone before it was put away.
I do not get any indication that the original battery is actually charging. Charging icon just flashes on the screen briefly in between LED and screen flashes (again, presumably due to the battery being completely dead/incapable of holding a charge since I left it in the phone this entire time).
I guess I'll go ahead and buy another battery and see what happens.
It is my understanding then that this phone will not boot on the charger without battery due to a feedback circuit. Correct?
kleinschmizzy said:
I do not get any indication that the original battery is actually charging. Charging icon just flashes on the screen briefly in between LED and screen flashes (again, presumably due to the battery being completely dead/incapable of holding a charge since I left it in the phone this entire time).
I guess I'll go ahead and buy another battery and see what happens.
It is my understanding then that this phone will not boot on the charger without battery due to a feedback circuit. Correct?
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Even if the battery is good, but fully discharged, it may not charge in the phone. You would have to have an external charger. Phones are not consistent, and many phones probably would charge a fully discharged battery, but I have seen a number of people report that a fully discharged battery would cause the exact same behavior as you report. If it were mine, I wouldn't throw the battery away yet.
If you know anyone with an I777, you could borrow their fully charged battery for a few minutes just to see if your phone will boot.
You are correct that the phone will not boot on the charger when the battery is out, although you should be able to successfully flash firmware through Odin with the battery out, and the computer supplying the power, but still, as far as I know, it will not boot after the flash without a working battery.
The battery was indeed at fault. Ordered a new one on Amazon, popped it in and voila -- we're up and running.
Thanks for the input guys! Much appreciated!
I was using Slim 4.4.4 for a little while on my Vibrant, no major issues, but wanted to flash it back to stock for one of my family members that prefers not to have to deal with any potential "quirks." So I grabbed the UVJFD rom and flashed via heimdall. No errors. Unplugged the USB and restarted the phone and it looked fine, but the battery was 14% so I plugged it in to charge. The phone shut off after a few seconds, then displayed the battery charging image that normally shows up - the empty battery with the circle on it that shows up while it is trying to determine how much charge there is. That image just keeps flashing on and off, it never shows the actual battery level. If I try to restart the phone, it boots but shuts off immediately after it gets to the home screen, then back to the battery screen. Same issue if I plug in directly to a wall outlet.
The issue only came up after I flashed back to stock. Here's the kicker: I bought a Galaxy S 4G a while back from eBay, it was flashed with a stock image before it was sent to me, and it had the exact same issue. I ended up getting rid of the phone after I swapped the screen out to fix the broken screen on the Vibrant, but I'm wondering if the issue is somehow related to flashing to a stock ROM?
Does anyone have any idea why I'm having this issue and what, if anything, I can do to fix it?
Edit: I meant to add, I have also tried the T959UVJI6 OTA update, again flashed via heimdall. It did not help.
Hi. Any ideas? I'm stumped, and open to suggestions.
Hi guys,
it seems my tablet finally died. It does not want to charge up (light is on when charging) and battery definetly went below 5%. It does not even show battery screen/3 led blinks when trying to turn it on.
It also has damaged screen so what I would like to do it, is to open the tablet up, change battery (could be bigger) and the screen and make something like mini-pc? I know the hardware's good, battery has been acting up for the longest time.
So, could any of you recommend me a good battery (and tools to open the tablet up) for this tablet and a bigger touch screen so I could reassemble this device into a mini-tv? Maybe a new charge port/charger could be good too so I could keep it powered on all the time. Any ideas are welcome, It is just a thing that came up to my mind what I could do with this device instead of throwing it away.