So, I ran my Razr Maxx down to 0% battery the other day. (I know - don't do that...)
After much reading, I tore the phone apart and was able to charge the battery by connecting the red/black wires from a USB cable directly to the +/- screws on the battery connection.
I can now boot all the way into my ROM, stock or Eclipse (SafeStrap slot 1). The battery status shows 'charging (AC)'. But the % remaining is slowly dropping. It was at 44% when I first booted. It's down to 41% now.
I powered off and let the charging screen come up - it shows 50%, but it's not gaining any charge. Last night, I left it plugged in all night (powered off) and the battery was dead by morning. I think I started with ~ 30% charge that time. So, even though this shows 50% now, I suspect it's still discharging.
I've tried different chargers, including the Motorola charger.
I tried making a factory cable, but that doesn't seem to charge the phone - it appears to just provide power while bypassing the battery.
Any ideas on other things I can try to get this to charge off a normal charger & cable? Thanks!!
I think USB port is broken. Check charging in BMM.
dzi0bas said:
I think USB port is broken. Check charging in BMM.
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Well, I was able to connect via usb to my laptop and copy files of the internal sd. And the charging indicator shows that it is charging via usb/ac. Of course, it doesn't seem to actually be charging. Would that be possible if the usb port was broken?
Maybe something is wrong. To be 100% sure check it in BMM. Charge it 1hr and boot normally and check bat %
dzi0bas said:
Maybe something is wrong. To be 100% sure check it in BMM. Charge it 1hr and boot normally and check bat %
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Thanks... I'll give it a try. Quick question - where should I grab BMM from? I want to make sure I have the latest version. (I've always used SafeStrap.) The thread I found for BMM looks like it hasn't been updated in a long time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2005187
Okay... installed bmm from Google play...
When I first get into bmm, it shows 99% for the battery. After tapping around, it eventually updates and shows 13%. I powered off and waited for the charging screen, which shows 15% now.
I'm not familiar with bmm... is there any place aside from the status bar at the top that shows charging/battery status?
Is there any sort of battery calibration that might help?
Thanks...
Yes for the battery calibration it is in the recovery under wiping it says wipe battery stats. See if that helps
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tydiamond11 said:
Yes for the battery calibration it is in the recovery under wiping it says wipe battery stats. See if that helps
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Tried wiping battery stats, and still no luck...
So, right now it appears that:
1) The battery will NOT charge via the usb port, but WILL charge when I apply +5v directly to the battery.
2) The usb port is functional for connecting to a computer and transferring files over a usb cable.
Something that occurred to me today is that, when the phone was at 1%, I plugged it into a friend's charger. She has a Samsung Galaxy S4 - I'm not 100% sure if it was the factory charger, but I think it was. Could the charger somehow have damaged the phone such that it won't charge over the usb port (but somehow leave the usb port functional?)
Could replacing the battery have any chance of success? (Seems unlikely, since it can take a charge directly.)
Is there any other debugging I can do to narrow down the problem? Or is it time to give up? Is the phone likely to be useful to anyone for parts?
Thanks everyone so far for the suggestions...
marksibert said:
Tried wiping battery stats, and still no luck...
So, right now it appears that:
1) The battery will NOT charge via the usb port, but WILL charge when I apply +5v directly to the battery.
2) The usb port is functional for connecting to a computer and transferring files over a usb cable.
Something that occurred to me today is that, when the phone was at 1%, I plugged it into a friend's charger. She has a Samsung Galaxy S4 - I'm not 100% sure if it was the factory charger, but I think it was. Could the charger somehow have damaged the phone such that it won't charge over the usb port (but somehow leave the usb port functional?)
Could replacing the battery have any chance of success? (Seems unlikely, since it can take a charge directly.)
Is there any other debugging I can do to narrow down the problem? Or is it time to give up? Is the phone likely to be useful to anyone for parts?
Thanks everyone so far for the suggestions...
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I am sorry I wish i could help more but i am out of ideas. Hope you get some other help!
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So.. I have googled the crap out of this problem and seen loads of issues raised, but nothing solved.
I am coming from a Dell Streak and grabbed me a galaxy s 2 from craigslist a couple months back.
It has been running fine and I have tried a few roms/kernels and a few days ago I got the following error:
When charged to 100%, I get the notification to unplug, when I do, it sticks. No big deal but even when the phone battery has dropped to around 80% it stays.
It does not go into MTP mode or think it is plugged in via USB. Although, before this problem originated, the phone continuously vibrated between charging and not, when not plugged in.
I have calibrated the battery, tried a mixture of roms/kernels and I am now on unrooted stock. The problem still occurs and sometimes it does not recognise a USB connection, like today.
Probably worth mentioning that when turning on (and not plugged in) the phone does not turn right on, just boots into the battery screen and flashes between the battery charging and the overheating symbol.
Anyone got any ideas?
encima said:
So.. I have googled the crap out of this problem and seen loads of issues raised, but nothing solved.
I am coming from a Dell Streak and grabbed me a galaxy s 2 from craigslist a couple months back.
It has been running fine and I have tried a few roms/kernels and a few days ago I got the following error:
When charged to 100%, I get the notification to unplug, when I do, it sticks. No big deal but even when the phone battery has dropped to around 80% it stays.
It does not go into MTP mode or think it is plugged in via USB. Although, before this problem originated, the phone continuously vibrated between charging and not, when not plugged in.
I have calibrated the battery, tried a mixture of roms/kernels and I am now on unrooted stock. The problem still occurs and sometimes it does not recognise a USB connection, like today.
Probably worth mentioning that when turning on (and not plugged in) the phone does not turn right on, just boots into the battery screen and flashes between the battery charging and the overheating symbol.
Anyone got any ideas?
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Turn off the phone and put it on charging. Once it beeps that its fully charged, quickly unplug the battery for 5-10 minutes. Should work and 'recalibrate' your battery
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Thanks, giving a go now.
Do you need root to calibrate though? I am on stock firmware and not in front of a windows machine to use ODIN.
Vlad the Cat said:
Turn off the phone and put it on charging. Once it beeps that its fully charged, quickly unplug the battery for 5-10 minutes. Should work and 'recalibrate' your battery
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OK, charged to 100% and got the full notification.
Left battery out for 10 mins and whacked it back in.
Turned on and it went to the overheating sign again.
Booted into the samsung recovery and I can boot into android from there.
Battery says it is as 88, cannot calibrate as I do not have root atm.
Any ideas?
encima said:
So.. I have googled the crap out of this problem and seen loads of issues raised, but nothing solved.
I am coming from a Dell Streak and grabbed me a galaxy s 2 from craigslist a couple months back.
It has been running fine and I have tried a few roms/kernels and a few days ago I got the following error:
When charged to 100%, I get the notification to unplug, when I do, it sticks. No big deal but even when the phone battery has dropped to around 80% it stays.
It does not go into MTP mode or think it is plugged in via USB. Although, before this problem originated, the phone continuously vibrated between charging and not, when not plugged in.
I have calibrated the battery, tried a mixture of roms/kernels and I am now on unrooted stock. The problem still occurs and sometimes it does not recognise a USB connection, like today.
Probably worth mentioning that when turning on (and not plugged in) the phone does not turn right on, just boots into the battery screen and flashes between the battery charging and the overheating symbol.
Anyone got any ideas?
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i am actually having the exact same problem FYI im using exynos extreme rom 7.2 i think nt sure its getin worse before it used to detect usb mode somrtimes now it dosent!
encima said:
OK, charged to 100% and got the full notification.
Left battery out for 10 mins and whacked it back in.
Turned on and it went to the overheating sign again.
Booted into the samsung recovery and I can boot into android from there.
Battery says it is as 88, cannot calibrate as I do not have root atm.
Any ideas?
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Get root and use the battery calibration tool from the market. The best idea so far. I suggest rooting with CF-Root, its fast and easy - its basically still your stock kernel but just with root.
If you really need the warranty or you'r scared of root you can install cf-root, calibrate the battery, then re-flash a stock kernel (unroot)
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Done and done.
Calibrated, even bought a new battery. Tried various other roms and appears to be an issue. Phone knows when USB is plugged in but does not seem to recognise the unplugging of the charger. And stays at 100% for a while before dropping down to like 80.
One thing to note is that this seemed to happen around the time of buying a dock for the samsung from Amazon, by Kidigi. I plugged the phone in to the dock without a USB cable connected to the dock and the dock LED lit up, making the phone think it was charging. Is this likely to have caused it/messed up the micro usb forever?
Thanks again guys!
well i think ive figured out what the problem was
Its due to overcharging or keeping the charger connected after battrey is full which has caused a hardware damage
im not sure if this is true but this is the closest explanation i can get the phone shows connected to charger even when diconnected only when i keep it connected for long time even after its battrey is full my usb connection has completely stopped working
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encima said:
Done and done.
Calibrated, even bought a new battery. Tried various other roms and appears to be an issue. Phone knows when USB is plugged in but does not seem to recognise the unplugging of the charger. And stays at 100% for a while before dropping down to like 80.
Thanks again guys!
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well that the same problem with me when it shows connected to charger at 100% i restart it then the phone drops to ~80% battery although its 100% which makes the app battery monitor widget think i have a 1977mah battery while i have the standard 1650mah battery this must be the extra 20% which disappeared after the restart for me
I thought it may have been an overcharging problem, although no other phone I have owned has had this problem.
I let the battery charge all the way down (it stayed at 1% for about 3 hours) until it shut itself off. I left it on the side and it created a clicking noise, it was trying to turn the phone on as it knew the battery was in, even though it was depleted.
I plugged it in via USB to charge and it tried to turn on straight away. Shut it down and charged by plug until the 100% notification then turned on.
Still the same problem but one of my battery widgets warned that the battery was over voltage for a while before calming down.
If the phone cannot be off with the battery in, what could be causing that?
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If the phone cannot be off with the battery in, what could be causing that?
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It has been known to be caused by a defective circuit board for the USB connector.
So, it needs a samsung return, I assume?
i have the same problem with overheating and usb plugged when there is nothing connected
i changed the usb port from the phone but it still having the problem!!!
i will try to put a new battery and see if it work and after post a reply
Hey guys,
Phones being really annoying! it only charges on engering mode (*#301#) it says charger disabled! how can i fix this really annoying me now!!
Everytime I've had that problem, it was the charger's fault.
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Clear battery stats and see if that helps but Lord Morpheus is probably right
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hey guys, how do i clear battery stats?
sweetipie92 said:
hey guys, how do i clear battery stats?
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You can use a free battery calibrator app from the market or do it from the advanced options in Streakmod recovery
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Does the phone have to be rooted?
sweetipie92 said:
Does the phone have to be rooted?
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I don't think so... is your Streak bone stock? What ROM and version?
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Yeah I think it is! Ermm I 2.2 I believe!!
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sweetipie92 said:
hey guys, how do i clear battery stats?
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you should do it by Streakmod recovery/ Clockwork mod recovery
How do i install streak mod without usb connecting to the phone becuase "battery charger disabled"
There was a detailed thread on just this and I think the general consensus was that it's not possible.
My Streak currently is unable to charge . Tried the default charger and portable charger but to no avail . The funny thing is the charger is giving its output to my Streak but its not inputting the current .
I've tried my cable on my computer but its unable to read my Streak + used the cable to connect to my portable charger and connecting it to Streak but also not accepting current . I've cleared battery stats already . I'm currently at 1% thus there's really nothing much i could do .
Charger problem too ?
Not if the computer didn't recognize the Streak. In your case, it's the cable.
I cant get mine into fastboot modee! its so annoying!!
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Not if the computer didn't recognize the Streak. In your case, it's the cable.
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Nope. Changed the cable to a brand new one but still unable to charge or read through the computer.
Then the only other option is the port on the Streak is damaged. Especially since it's not taking a charge from either power source.
Had this problem last night in bed. Device was charging fine through albeit damaged original Dell charging cable. I had wanted to leave it charging but it wouldn't charge through that cable or the new cable (a cheap Chinese one) I had got previously. This morning, connected it to the laptop and the laptop recognised something was connected, the device lit up but with the picture of a charger and yellow exclamation mark. Went into fastboot and through *#301# had said;
Battery voltage= 3210mV (this value is decreasing)
Ave Current -306mA
Charge state 0%0%
Temperature 28.25C
No charger detected
HC Mode
DCIN OV: Yes USBIN OV: Yes
Battery charger Disabled
Battery too Hot did trip IRQ
Battert too cold did trip IRQ
Voltage test Fail
Temperature test Pass
I can boot into Fastboot, obviously, recovery and it does boot up, albeit slowly but the ROM has reset itself and says charger is invalid.
worst case scenario, get external battery charger.
and your battery is pretty much discharged way beyond the minimum limit...
deysmacro said:
worst case scenario, get external battery charger.
and your battery is pretty much discharged way beyond the minimum limit...
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I managed to charge my battery externally through a power pack and some leads. As a result the battery charges but I cannot vouch for it's ability to hold charge. It's holding pretty steady on airplane mode so perhaps it's okay. And it now says voltage pass in fastboot mode.
I've ordered an external charger and a new battery.
Quite a few of the pins are bent badly, which is a pretty bad design flaw as the pins are exposed, I had been using a cheap cable over the original Dell cable but that was poor quality and the sheath had pulled away exposing the inner wires. But the fact that it had been charging the battery leads me to think that charging wasn't affected but wasn't able to tell the device that it was charging and hence it thought it was at zero. But the fact it's recognised the charge and discharge has left me rather perplexed.
Ok, I've had a couple back batteries I've cycled through and am running into a weird problem. Currently I'm using a non-NFC battery in my ATT I777 (probably one of the backups i ended up using daily) works great but i lost the other one saw i bought a new one. This one is an NFC battery but I can't get it to charge. I get the flashing battery icon when i plug it in. Its not a USB connection issue - if i pop it out and put in the non-NFC it works fine.
I had a new battery sent from the vendor and had the same problem, flashing battery icon on the screen never charged.
I thought the non-NFC wouldn't work, but it seems to be fine. My problem is that I have no backup. Is there a way i can use any combination of 1 non-NFC or 2 NFC batteries so that I have a primary and backup?
Thought about wiping battery stats and trying the NFC but wanted to see what folks here thought.
Tried dalvik wipe and battery stat wipe which didn't work. I had to do a factory wipe about 4 days ago so not sure if it would make any difference to do it again. Still won't charge the NFC batteries, just getting the flashing battery icon.
Running CM 9.1
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mikeu1 said:
Tried dalvik wipe and battery stat wipe which didn't work. I had to do a factory wipe about 4 days ago so not sure if it would make any difference to do it again. Still won't charge the NFC batteries, just getting the flashing battery icon.
Running CM 9.1
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I vaguely remember someone having a problem getting a dead battery to charge, and they did this to get things going:
Turn the phone off
Pull the battery
While holding down both volume + and - down, plug in a USB cable that is already connected to your computer. This should put your phone in download mode.
Put the battery in and leave it there for a while (an hour or so)
At this point you should be able to get it to charge normally, either off a charger or the USB cable from your computer.
Also, this might be something that you noted, but some other people who look at this thread might not.. Make sure it's the right battery (i777) not (i900) or whatever the other one is.. My brother ordered the wrong one and it always turned off the phone when charging, and some other weird stuff. :X
No luck with either of the NFC batteries doing this. Let them set a few hours but never got anything indicating it was charging and the phone wouldn't start either still plugged into the USB or not. Battery did feel a little warm so I think it's got juice, the phone just doesn't want to seem to recognize it.
According to everything I've read, these are definitely I-777 batteries. I think the non-NFC battery in mix might not be for the I-777, but it's the only one that works.:crying:
mvi57 said:
I vaguely remember someone having a problem getting a dead battery to charge, and they did this to get things going:
Turn the phone off
Pull the battery
While holding down both volume + and - down, plug in a USB cable that is already connected to your computer. This should put your phone in download mode.
Put the battery in and leave it there for a while (an hour or so)
At this point you should be able to get it to charge normally, either off a charger or the USB cable from your computer.
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Hi Guys,
I have searched the forums and i found that all the issues are with the phone on. My problem is the phone loses power when plugged into the PC when the phone is off and while plugged into the mains, it charges very very slowly. When it is on, the phone does not charge when plugged into the mains.
Do i need to get a new battery? Or should i go back to stock and see if it still occurs.
I am using cm10.1 nightly btw
Thanks
This thread might help you out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36124435
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oh i forgot to add, i am using siyah and have pushed my usb charge to 900ma, and i used another current widget and it shows that the phone is drawing 899ma. that 1 ma does not really affect anything.
now the problem is when the phone is off, it shows charging but not really charging. i have wrote a program in c to see what current the cpu is outputting to the usb ports and it shows 500ma.
since it is 500ma shouldn't the phone be charging?
my question is will the kernel or rom affect the phone if it is off, if so it means i need to get a new battery.
But my battery can last 19hrs on a full charge, so i dont see how it is damaged.
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exge said:
oh i forgot to add, i am using siyah and have pushed my usb charge to 900ma, and i used another current widget and it shows that the phone is drawing 899ma. that 1 ma does not really affect anything.
now the problem is when the phone is off, it shows charging but not really charging. i have wrote a program in c to see what current the cpu is outputting to the usb ports and it shows 500ma.
since it is 500ma shouldn't the phone be charging?
my question is will the kernel or rom affect the phone if it is off, if so it means i need to get a new battery.
But my battery can last 19hrs on a full charge, so i dont see how it is damaged.
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In that case, do basic troubleshooting first:
Try with different cables. S3 cables have known issues with charging.
Try another port on the PC.
Try another PC/laptop.
Try other chargers.
Using the link I posted, check what is the current_max when you plug the phone to charge in each case. Details are in the first post of the linked thread.
Unplug and re_plug the cable from the phone when it is charging, several times if need be, to check if the charging current varies/increases.
Install stock and check if the issue persists.
Try with another battery (borrow from a friend, if needed).
If ask this fails, take it to the service centre. It might be an issue with the charging port.
Good luck!
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this issue only came up when using cm10.1 .. guess i have to go back to stock and see
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this issue only came up when using cm10.1 .. guess i have to go back to stock and see
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Good luck! Post back what the result is.
ok i am on stock sammy rom now and it still has this problem.
this is what i know so far
my battery % shows 53%but my battery has 3.858 volts.
do i need to get a new battery or anything?
i might have damaged it due to always leaving it plugged in overnight for 1 year, but i thought li-on cells should have a chip to detect when they are full and automatically prevent anymore uptake of current
ok i am using inductive charging to charge my phone now, even though it is only 500ma, it charges faster then the 1A when using a wall charger.
So i guess that the microusb port is the one affecting it.
please help my moto g power just went into a bootloop with crDroidAndroid-11.0-20211014-sofiar-v7.11 latest running rom .
Now it wont turn on but when I plug in charger the led just blinks and nothing happens.
please help
Did it happen right after the firmware installation?
Is the battery good?
I think the battery is going bad
darko454 said:
I think the battery is going bad
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It needs a fair amount of current during boot up, a charger may not supply enough.
Batteries last 1-3 years. I just look at replacing them as part of normal maintenance.
Get it out of there before it fails... any swelling is an Li failure which can cause severe damage.
hey thanks for the info
I tried to start from stock using Rescue tool from motorola
everything went normal but now i tried to boot up and nothing happens even with the charger plug in
any help thanks
I forgot to mention if I leave it alone for a while sometimes it turn on but won't go passed Motorola
Any ideas what to do?
Thanks
darko454 said:
Any ideas what to do?
Thanks
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Try replacing the battery, then go from there.
It may be a dead end but you need to eliminate it as the cause. You could also check it's voltage after a failed boot to get an idea of it's condition.
Fully charge it first... and don't short it out while measuring it. Measure before and right after boot attempt with no charger.
4.3 volts is about 100%
3.9 volts is about 70%
3.5 volts is about 20%
Since it's a no load reading at 100% it should be near 4.3 volts. After the attempt if it drops below 4 volts it's likely toast.
Thanks
But isn't the display supposed to turn on when I plug in the charger
Not even the display shows anything..
darko454 said:
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But isn't the display supposed to turn on when I plug in the charger
Not even the display shows anything..
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Probably time to have it examined. May be a loose connector, a C-port or a mobo failure.
Or may be from a bad flash...
blackhawk said:
Probably time to have it examined. May be a loose connector, a C-port or a mobo failure.
Or may be from a bad flash...
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What should I do
I have already checked all connections and I have already replaced USB port before
Thanks
blackhawk said:
Try replacing the battery, then go from there.
It may be a dead end but you need to eliminate it as the cause. You could also check it's voltage after a failed boot to get an idea of it's condition.
Fully charge it first... and don't short it out while measuring it. Measure before and right after boot attempt with no charger.
4.3 volts is about 100%
3.9 volts is about 70%
3.5 volts is about 20%
Since it's a no load reading at 100% it should be near 4.3 volts. After the attempt if it drops below 4 volts it's likely toast.
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I think I found out the battery is bad
I disconnected the battery and plugged in charger. The led blinks and tries to boot up
When I connected the battery and then plugged in charger nothing happens not even the led blinks
darko454 said:
I think I found out the battery is bad
I disconnected the battery and plugged in charger. The led blinks and tries to boot up
When I connected the battery and then plugged in charger nothing happens not even the led blinks
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You'll know for sure when you get a new battery...
blackhawk said:
You'll know for sure when you get a new battery...
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ok just installed new battery... did a RSA
booted up
randomly shut down
wont turn on
please help
darko454 said:
ok just installed new battery... did a RSA
booted up
randomly shut down
wont turn on
please help
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Will the boot menu come up?
Charge the battery to at least 70% before you use it... right?
blackhawk said:
Will the boot menu come up?
Charge the battery to at least 70% before you use it... rig
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yes i left it charging for about 5 hours
i booted bootloader but now it doesnt boot not even bootloader
darko454 said:
yes i left it charging for about 5 hours
i booted bootloader but now it doesnt boot not even bootloader
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could it be a defective battery?
darko454 said:
could it be a defective battery?
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Try a hard reboot. Disconnect/reconnect the battery if needed. Inspect it's contacts if you do and all other ribbon cable connections... make sure nothing slipped by.
Is the charge port pcb good?
Pull SD and sim cards if present.
darko454 said:
I think I found out the battery is bad
I disconnected the battery and plugged in charger. The led blinks and tries to boot up
When I connected the battery and then plugged in charger nothing happens not even the led blink
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I redid everything
same results as before except for the fist boot when i installed new battery
something i noticed when in fastboot mode when i have it connected to charger with no battery connected where it says :
TRANFER mode: usb connected
but it shuts off i believe because the battery is not connected
darko454 said:
I redid everything
same results as before except for the fist boot when i installed new battery
something i noticed when in fastboot mode when i have it connected to charger with no battery connected where it says :
TRANFER mode: usb connected
but it shuts off i believe because the battery is not connected
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Not for sure it sounds like either the C port pcb or mobo is bad.
Any indication the battery is charging ie heat when on the charger?