Hello there people!
Basically this is my first post on here because it's actually the first time that I couldn't find a thread covering the same/similar problem that I'm experiencing...
Here's my issue:
I've got two batteries for my SGS 2, the standard 1650mAh battery and an extended 2000mAh battery (Official Samsung Extended Battery Kit), which I bought about half a year ago, when the stock one started giving me battery life of only few hours.
Yesterday, when my battery died I plugged it into my PC and booted the phone back up immediately without letting it charge even a little bit because I was in a hurry... Since I started using it right away the battery drained faster than it could charge and died within seconds with the screen flickering.
I knew I wasn't really being nice to the battery so I finally let it turned off to charge...
This was when I noticed that it wouldn't charge at all (no charging indicator), though it did seconds before when it was on.
So I tested different USB cables and sockets --> Not charging.
I replaced the battery with the old one that I haven't used in months --> Charging!
These results prove that the charger itself and the USB port of the phone do work and indicate that the issue is with the extended battery.
Now my question is: Can a battery just break so suddenly and if yes, is it fixable and how? I knew a battery can get weaker with age and become useless this way and that the most common reason for a battery to not charge at all are broken components (usb cable or port) but I never knew batteries could suddenly stop working.
Keep in mind the 'broken' battery is relatively new (5 months) in comparison to the old one which was in duty for 2+ years.
Another thought: Maybe it's a problem with the phone, 'not recognizing' the battery after it had its sudden death?
I hope my description was somewhat clear and thank you guys in advance for your help and suggestions!
P.S. Don't know if it's of any help here but I'm running a cm 10.2 nightly (Android 4.3.1)
Of course batteries can die like that after a few mths. Manufacturing process isn't always perfect, some of questionable quality will always get through QC. Fix a battery - You're kidding, right ?
I doubt you can get a replacement, most guarantees on phone batteries are 90 days in my experience, but you can certainly go back to the seller & try.
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Now my question is: Can a battery just break so suddenly and if yes, is it fixable and how?
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May be charging board is the issue?
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hi guys,
this is my first posting too.
I am using Samsung Galaxy SII I9100G version
I have use odin to flash the stock rom JB 4.1.2
I use the blazing kernel safe mode
past few months the phone is working fine, it will go overheated (when charging sometimes not charging) if i use other version of blazing kernel.
this two days, something strange happen to my phone. it keep on overheating both charging and non charging. i have no idea what goes wrong as i did not flash anything nor change the rom. to charge my phone it takes longer as its burning!
without charging it also burning.
i do not know what to do now, any senior member can lend a hand?
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Hi folks... I hope this isn't just another "battery problem" thread... but I really do have a problem with my phone's battery (or should I say, batteries, since I got three different batteries and none of 'em seem to last long enough).
I'm running on the oficial FroYo-update rom - so I never installed any custom roms.
After the update the stock battery started dying real quick - not even a full day... and I can't charge the battery to 100%!!! :-/ I haven't seen that green light in ages... So I thought maybe it was a battery problem - bought a new battery 1500mAh from palmexx for about $20. However, the same problem with this battery too - drains quick and never-ever charges up to 100% .
I thought maybe it was a cheap rip-off battery, so I bought the much loved Mugen Power Battery 1800mAh. Followed the instructions - charged the phone while it was on for 12 hours. But even after 12 hours of charging the indicator said only 67% (I turned the phone on and off, then the indicator says 82%) - so left it charging for a couple of more hours (total charge 16,5 hours). The indicator still says 82%... and the battery started draining quickly again, it's down to 64% now, and I haven't used it much at all :-/
Is there any solution for this problem? The phone is just 10 months old.
same here
one of my colleagues have got the same problem with his HTC Legend. He sent it back to the reseller, they changed the ROM but nothing!
It charges up to 85% and never show green indicator until restart. I searched the XDA, lots of have-same-problem folks, no real solution though!
Is this problem (battery driver or ...) will be solved by custom roms?
Any help?
I think ur only choice is to try different Roms, im using cyanogen7 though but ive never experienced any battery problems.
Another thing you might try is to go back before ur update, and try charging over again..
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Might also be the charger.
When on USB the phone draws less power than on power plug.
If something weird is wrong with your charger it might happen that the "power" plug is not recognized correctly and you only get the usb-power.
Have a look at (not complely sure where) settings->phone settings->battery info if it is correctly identified. It should show something like connected (AC) when plugged in.
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It happened to me too, until I charged it two and a half days in a row and it worked out
This is a widespread, meanwhile pretty well-known problem. A whole range of the HTC Legend line is coming down with this problem. I have two of these, both without invoice. :-(
The only solution I have heard of is to return the phone and have it repaired, which essentially means replaced.
This post is about 1 year ago, but what was the solution. I have think the same problem with my senstation!
See here also: HTC Legend battery indicator underreads
Im using Cyanogen Mod 10.1 build Jan 23 on my phone. Till recently (2 days specifically) my battery has started acting up. When i connect it to the wall charger it charges super slow. Also if I'm browsing or using the phone for an email or anything during charge the charge on the battery still drops. I also charged the phone using a blackberry charger same issue happens. The battery takes 6-8 hours to charge completely.
This also happened to me the first time i charged my phone when i got it. But it fixed itself after that.
It behaves the same when i switch off the phone and charge it.
Plz Help.
Samsung Galaxy S3 [I9300]
CyanogenMod 10.1
Sounds like a bad battery imo. You didn't turn down the charging rate in a custom kernel by anychance?
CM10 nightlies are still under DEV so you can expect a battery drain until stable versions comes out !!
Im using Stock Kernel on the device. No changes made to it or battery charge rate. Should I buy a new battery? Or can it be a hardware issue?
Like being said before CM10.1 is still in dev.
Try flashing back to stock and test.
Welcome to the baffled S3 charging issues thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727540
I'm pretty certain it's not a ROM or a kernel issue. The same is happening to me.
My suspicions lie in the actual charging port and/or the battery. I don't have a spare battery to test. But this happens no matter what rom I use. It tends to be fine after a fresh ROM install or a fresh wipe. But it goes back to 'acting up' after some time.
For example, I left it at around 4% last night only to wake up to it at around 33%. Where before, it would fully charge after around ~4 hours or even less.
Another symptom is that when on wifi/data (whilst plugged in) the phone still drains and even faster so when it is actually downloading something.. This isn't your typical battery drain.
NOT a rom/kernel issue as some would like to suggest (for a "quick thanks" maybe...? ) as this isn't your usual battery drain.
Ok, I know my phone has battery-releated issues though im trying to figure what is the source and replacing it immediately.
I'll list couple of my chekcs around it:
Having it on charging barely gives the charger the "current heat" its supposed to have with it charging, therefore - resulting in a slow paced charging.
Disconnecting it from the charging port drops the battery down to 10-50% in some times, 60-80% the other times, but there are times that it's going down just to 99% or even keeping it at 100% like it should be.
Ive checked with the charging current app and I've seen it around 200-300, and after disconnecting and reconnecting it couple of times went to around 700-800, probably the reason for the slow charge.
Now my main problem is actually the 2nd one, I dont mind if my charging speed is slow, but I want it to deliver. are those battery drops related to the charging current? my main suspictions are the trickle charge cycle, that if the charger gets 200-300 mah charge, and it calls for a trickle charge, the amounts for it arent enough to keep the phone up even at minimal use, and report a fake 100%.
I havn't tried a different cable yet since I dont own any (same for charger) but if I will get any new cable, is there any rule I should follow to know the quality of it? like slimmer/fatter ones as an example?
And how do I know its not the battery that reached its cycle cap?
Thanks in regard for anyone who contributes to this post.
Ron
Search and read, same question asked a thousand times. Replace charger, lead and battery -done.
I have already searched for it for couple of threads. I have seen that it's a procedural solution but the main thing I'm trying to eliminate from the checklist is a bad charging port and board. Since my cousin already had that problem and he sold his phone it gave me that sort of red light and I haven't come across of a way of diagnosing it "without a cost" for the parts, I'd buy the pays only if there's no possible solution to diagnose it because those parts are quite expensive here unfortunately :/
how about battery calibration?
try that, and maybe your problem because u playing with tweaks or kernel maybe?
also try, install new custom roms. and format your system data
maybe it'll works
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how about battery calibration?
No that is only done by the battery read faqs and guides please .
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I think its battery issue, cant say for sure, but it also dies up on around 30% now (changed to 4.3)
I own the phone since april this year, and a friend of mine told me she had similar issues and after replacing the battery, it worked out flawlessly.
Also note that my phone is plugged in the charger for a lot of time and I barely plug it off (might be an issue as well)
Okay so I've switched the cable and the app shows flawless 1amp charge.
question regarding it:
if the phone is charging flawlessly like this. Could it eliminate my flickering screen and phone hang issue? (Due to "bad charging quality" if that lesser cable? )
Hey guys,
I had been using a UMI Zero as my daily for about 6 months. Apparently the Zero has been known to have the swollen battery issue, however i had no problems with it.
That was until an unrelated issue brought that phone to its death. So i ordered a new UMI Zero since i love the phone. But just 4 weeks in to my new phone, my battery is swelling.
Now, here is the problem. With the first phone, my charger was outputting 5.85 volts (exactly as the specs says it should) THEN just before the second phone arrived i had to charge a Galaxy S5 with the charger from my first phone. That didnt work (didnt charge) and my charger got hotter than usual (Red flag no. 1). I have been using the charger and cable from the first phone, on the second phone. Shouldnt be a problem since they are identical in every way. Now i have noticed, that my charger is outputting 6.00 volts with the second phone (Red flag no. 2). Also my battery life is now pretty bad - at around 40%, it just loses the will to live and drops to 0% in minutes (Red flag no. 3)
So, my question is:
Is it more likely that attempting to charge the S5 damaged the charger which has in turn damaged my new battery?
OR
Could it just be that i got one of the faulty batteries that the UMI Zero is known for?
Obviously the battery needs to be replaced but my concern is that it will just happen again if i dont replace the charger too
Extra info:
I no longer have the first phone in order to rule out the charger
I have not noticed a change in the amperage supplied
Have reflashed ROM's multiple times and performed full charge/discharge cycles to calibrate it, no worky
Opinions?
Thanks guys
To be honest it could be both. The prob with some of these off brand oem is that they tend to use sub par components. So just to be safe use the charger that came with the second phone.
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To be honest it could be both. The prob with some of these off brand oem is that they tend to use sub par components. So just to be safe use the charger that came with the second phone.
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+1 for ^^^
Also having the battery over heat will also tend to make it bloat up faster. So it is best not to heavily use your device while charging. The Umi zero is pretty popular, so I bet you can find a replacement battery and a tutorial for how to replace it online. This should be cheaper than a new device. You will want to do something because the stuff inside the battery is toxic and it will leak all over the place if it bursts. If there is still gas inside it can even catch fire...neither are particularly fun to deal with
Thanks for the help guys. Ive ordered the battery and the charger so hopefully that will sort it
Thanks again!
hello so I have enjoying my phone for about 2 years.:laugh::laugh::laugh: but I had this problem recently. When I try to charge my phone when its about 30% below, It doesn't charge. When I plug my phone, the battery says the phone is charging but the percentage doesn't count, I mean battery percentage still reduces even tho it is charging. When it drains, it shows a battery with a yellow triangle and wont open again.
Any help? Anything I can do about this??
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hello so I have enjoying my phone for about 2 years.:laugh::laugh::laugh: but I had this problem recently. When I try to charge my phone when its about 30% below, It doesn't charge. When I plug my phone, the battery says the phone is charging but the percentage doesn't count, I mean battery percentage still reduces even tho it is charging. When it drains, it shows a battery with a yellow triangle and wont open again.
Any help? Anything I can do about this??
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Try a new/different battery. It sounds like yours is about to die
oh sorry, I forgot to mention that, I have bought a new battery. An Original one. I think I bought it about 3 weeks ago
If you bought your 'original' battery from eBay, the chances are that it's the exact opposite of original......
That aside, I'm thinking that it *could possibly* be the USB port on the device.....
If as you say, your device is over 2 years old, you've done well for the port to last that long......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
I have bought a usb board on ebay too, about month ago because the port's solder is messed up and I got no clue fixing it. It works for about a month properly. But I just had this problem.
I saw some articles outside XDA, that I should remove the battery, wait 10 secs, then plug charger and immediately insert the battery and turn it on.
My phone finally works, and it charges properly. But I have to do it a lot of times just my phone to charge hahahah!
Thanks mate :--)
Lol...well done fella. ...I didn't do a lot though....it was you that found the fix.....
This issue will more than likely happen again, but at least you now know how to sort it.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg