My PadFone mini 4.3's station has issues charging. Basically the station will act normally, then it will not show a light for charging for a couple of days but still accept a charge. During this time period it will allow me to plug the phone in/use the station but it will not charge the phone (with it in the station) if plugged in to the power cord. Also no sound in this configuration.
Eventually it will not charge at all and will run the station out of power. After about a week or two it usually starts working again and then repeats. I can unplug the battery in the station and it will also start the process again. No issues with the phone and it charges normally on its own. Have tried hard, soft and factory resets with no no change. Sent it to Asus but they took 4 months and wanted $150 just for parts plus additional for $ the labor, however they couldn't tell me what was wrong or what parts they even needed. Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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I went away for xmass, and the last thing I did before leaving (this is stupid i know) was to upgrade my XDAII to 2003SE 2.02 rom.
I brought only my USB charge cable because i didnt want to carry too much.
Now, when I plugged it in to charge on my PC it said charging and the light came on as usual. However, it seems it wasnt charging. I left it overnight expecting to have a charged unit, only to find it completely dead the next day.
Now, when I plug it in, the charge light comes on RED for about 2 minutes, then the unit comes on from a hard reset and shows both charge levels at ZERO.
It stays on for about 10 minutes pretending to charge, but only the backup battery charges, the main one doesnt charge at all. Then it goes off totally and the light goes red again.
If I turn the unit off while it goes red straigh away and wont come back on.
After a few minutes it comes back on and pretends to charge again. The Backup battery reached "100 %" but the main battery will not charge. its still at 0% and wont charge.
Ive connected it to a 5v2amp psu as it requires but this was via a powered usb charger so using the same lead, not the official cradle.
Im worried there is something wrong but dont have access to the cradle.
Has anyone else ever had experiance of a total discharge state on an XDAII ?
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I travelled 50 miles today to get to the nearest charge cradle for an XDA2, put my battery in and it charged fine. I put it back in the XDA and it worked. However, when I got home I plugged it into the USB charge lead, and it came on and said charging again, with the yellow light and all seemed well. I left if for a bit and the battery was then dead again with no charge and back to showing the red light. it wont come on at all now.
This is the same lead i used previously and the only change is the 2003SE rom, has anyone else had a problem charging after doing this rom upgrade? Can I revert back to 172 ? how? help please.
Please help. IM screwed unless I can find a solution, has anyone got any idea?
Dude, I have the same problem on my 1.72 version. I have (of course) dropped by xda2 several times on the floor, but it works charging from the cradle (which again has a adapter connected to it) but not from my brand new USB sync+Charge cable. I have also tried another cable and even on a different PC. Only thing that happens, is that it says it is charging, but nooooo... it's all flat after a little while. It's as if the cable uses my XDA power to change the PC instead of the other way around
It's funny. So now I have to drag that big-ass charger along with me to work every day instead of that neat little USB cable.
Life is unfair!
As for your problems, I can only say that you're not alone.
Hi, thanks for the reply.
I havent ever dropped mine, ive taken good care of it, so I dont think that is the cause. It does sound like the same issue however, I dont have my cradle here to test it though, just a usb sync+charge cable.
Does it work with the charge adaptor and psu alone? I mean the little thing that goes on the end of the mains psu to connect directly to the XDA without the cradle. How about on the cradle without the PSU plugged in?
I think this may be a hardware fault that needs repair, so its off back to o2 for mine if it is, you may find they would repair yours too.
Anyone else got an idea?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4330
With my charger alone, it charges perfectly. In the Cradle with the charger connected, it works too. I havn't tried to use the cradle alone using only the USB cable to the PC.
I think I might bring it to the repair-dudes when it's so trashed that it is not working at all Until then, i will keep on using it.
I have exactly the same problem. i am not sure if it was because of the upgrade, but this is what happened to me, I upgraded to 1.72wwe from the factory 1.66wwe and it was working fine when I noticed that sometimes when it was charging after pulling out the plug, the unit will display 0% charge from the external battery and then after plugging it again the power is at 100%, It happened twice and was ok again, I presumed it was just a glitch from the system and promptly dismissed it as such. After a week, it was hardresetting everytime i got it out of the plug. I brought it to the service center and they replaced the battery (it was under warranty) It was working fine then I upgraded to 2003se the unit was ok for about 3 days then i noticed that the unit was loosing charge and hardresetting everytime. I brought it to the service center again and they said they replaced the motherboard this time and was back to 1.66wwe. So far its ok and working fine.
Was wondering if I'm the only one having issues with the tablet mode...I've only had this phone about 4 days.
When I insert the phone into the docking station, its dead. No vibration or light. When the power is plugged in, it does work but after a few seconds the screen times out, and I have to remove and re-insert the phone to get it to go again.
It being such a new phone and it seeming like such a good deal to me, I'm a little scared of it now. Still got 10 days to change my mind...lol
Anyone with those sort of issues?
Do I not understand something about how it works? Does the docking station battery need to charge independently or something?
I thought maybe playing with different launchers and Dynamic Display settings messed it up, so I did factory reset and same result.
zackzuse said:
Was wondering if I'm the only one having issues with the tablet mode...I've only had this phone about 4 days.
When I insert the phone into the docking station, its dead. No vibration or light. When the power is plugged in, it does work but after a few seconds the screen times out, and I have to remove and re-insert the phone to get it to go again.
It being such a new phone and it seeming like such a good deal to me, I'm a little scared of it now. Still got 10 days to change my mind...lol
Anyone with those sort of issues?
Do I not understand something about how it works? Does the docking station battery need to charge independently or something?
I thought maybe playing with different launchers and Dynamic Display settings messed it up, so I did factory reset and same result.
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Occasionly there are quirks but is how mine normally works:
If the phone is on while I insert it, the pad boots up, usually within a couple seconds
If the phone is off while I insert it, the pad stays off.
Turning the phone on after it is inserted into the pad, using the pad's power button is where it can be confusing:
Push and hold the power button for about 4 seconds, you should feel a vibration, release the button, then after an additional 15-20 seconds the phone and pad boot up.
Turning the phone off while inserted in the pad, and using the pad's power button is very similar to using the phone's power button. You should get a dialog box with power down options.
The docking station battery does not have to be charged independently, but it is an option. Check out Settings--ASUS customized settings--Padfone Settings--Padfone Charging Policy for options. Intelligent Mode charges both at the same time and was what mine was defaulted to.
Since you re-set the phone I agree you probably didn't mess anything up.
battery wise, how does the phone intereact with a station battery less or that wears off when the phone is docked
does the phone battery take the relay to power the station or is a powerless station... powerless even with a full charged phone in it?
madthing said:
battery wise, how does the phone intereact with a station battery less or that wears off when the phone is docked
does the phone battery take the relay to power the station or is a powerless station... powerless even with a full charged phone in it?
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I am a bit confused with this too, but here is how I think the batteries and charging interact:
The station can charge the phone but the phone can not charge the station.
If the phone is not docked into the station, but the station is plugged into a charger, the station will charge.
If the phone docked into the station and the station is plugged into a charger, there are two options in settings:
1. Intellegent mode: The charger will charge both the phone and station at the same time.
2. Phone preferred mode: The charger will charge the phone 1st before charging the station.
If the phone is docked into the station and the station is not plugged into a charger, the station and phones batteries work independently unless:
1. The Power pack mode is selected.
The station's battery will charge the phone. The station turns off while charging the phone. You can turn the station back on by on by pressing the station's power button on for 2 seconds. The charging mode defaults to Inteligent mode when the power button is pressed or the phone becomes undocked.
Power Pack mode does have some issues however. I do not think the station charges the phone's battery while the station is on, even when in Power pack mode. This means you can not simultaneously charge the phone and view the station'screen. You have to use the 2 second press to access the screen. I can receive calls while in Power pack mode but I had to remove the phone from the station to answer it. The station takes too long to boot up. Texts come through while in Power pack mode but again I had to remove the phone from the station.
Basically this means that while in Power pack mode, you will need to remove the phone to answer calls and possibly texts. Also the phone will not charge if you are using the station. These are issues only in Power Pack mode. The other charging options do not appear to have these issues.
Thats the way I think charging works between the phone and station.
rlridgeway said:
I am a bit confused with this too, but here is how I think the batteries and charging interact:
The station can charge the phone but the phone can not charge the station.
If the phone is not docked into the station, but the station is plugged into a charger, the station will charge.
If the phone docked into the station and the station is plugged into a charger, there are two options in settings:
1. Intellegent mode: The charger will charge both the phone and station at the same time.
2. Phone preferred mode: The charger will charge the phone 1st before charging the station.
If the phone is docked into the station and the station is not plugged into a charger, the station and phones batteries work independently unless:
1. The Power pack mode is selected.
The station's battery will charge the phone. The station turns off while charging the phone. You can turn the station back on by on by pressing the station's power button on for 2 seconds. The charging mode defaults to Inteligent mode when the power button is pressed or the phone becomes undocked.
Power Pack mode does have some issues however. I do not think the station charges the phone's battery while the station is on, even when in Power pack mode. This means you can not simultaneously charge the phone and view the station'screen. You have to use the 2 second press to access the screen. I can receive calls while in Power pack mode but I had to remove the phone from the station to answer it. The station takes too long to boot up. Texts come through while in Power pack mode but again I had to remove the phone from the station.
Basically this means that while in Power pack mode, you will need to remove the phone to answer calls and possibly texts. Also the phone will not charge if you are using the station. These are issues only in Power Pack mode. The other charging options do not appear to have these issues.
Thats the way I think charging works between the phone and station.
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I think this is correct, and confusing . Lol. I thought the tablet station was dead until I turned on the settings to soul the percentage of battery left, and noticed there was two showing up.
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I ran into an issue when I changed some things on my lock screen just phone it messed up my tab. So I docked phone to tab and launcher would just keep force closing
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I ran into an issue when I changed some things on my lock screen just phone it messed up my tab. So I docked phone to tab and launcher would just keep force closing
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Were you able to fix the problem?
I ran into some simular glitchiness with using different launchers. Don't like that...
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zackzuse said:
I ran into some simular glitchiness with using different launchers. Don't like that...
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Hello Zackzuse,
I am sorry to hear about the force closing issues you are experiencing. If the application is unresponsive or force closes while inserting the PadFone into the Station, please try to enable "Keep all applications alive". Open the setting application > Select "ASUS customized settings" > Select "PadFone Settings" > Select "Dynamic display switch list". Find the app which you want to enable Dynamic display and check the box > Slide the "Keep all applications alive" switch to the "ON" position.
For further assistance please feel free to email me at [email protected]. Be sure to place case # N140720670 and your username in the subject line for reference. I am here to assist with all of your ASUS needs.
Warm regards,
Scott
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I very much appreciate the advice, Scott. I have recently reset my phone and started over and this is the first thing I will try if I run into this issue.
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rlridgeway said:
I am a bit confused with this too, but here is how I think the batteries and charging interact:
The station can charge the phone but the phone can not charge the station.
If the phone is not docked into the station, but the station is plugged into a charger, the station will charge.
If the phone docked into the station and the station is plugged into a charger, there are two options in settings:
1. Intellegent mode: The charger will charge both the phone and station at the same time.
2. Phone preferred mode: The charger will charge the phone 1st before charging the station.
If the phone is docked into the station and the station is not plugged into a charger, the station and phones batteries work independently unless:
1. The Power pack mode is selected.
The station's battery will charge the phone. The station turns off while charging the phone. You can turn the station back on by on by pressing the station's power button on for 2 seconds. The charging mode defaults to Inteligent mode when the power button is pressed or the phone becomes undocked.
Power Pack mode does have some issues however. I do not think the station charges the phone's battery while the station is on, even when in Power pack mode. This means you can not simultaneously charge the phone and view the station'screen. You have to use the 2 second press to access the screen. I can receive calls while in Power pack mode but I had to remove the phone from the station to answer it. The station takes too long to boot up. Texts come through while in Power pack mode but again I had to remove the phone from the station.
Basically this means that while in Power pack mode, you will need to remove the phone to answer calls and possibly texts. Also the phone will not charge if you are using the station. These are issues only in Power Pack mode. The other charging options do not appear to have these issues.
Thats the way I think charging works between the phone and station.
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I have an issue with my padfone s station...
I used the intelligent setting and never change it, but when I charging both the station & phone, only the phone is charging. I try to charging station and phone separately, nothing odd with the phone...but the station dock only save 18% power after 9 hours of charging...anyone know how to fix this?
HI Scott,
I am using Padfone X and i performed a clean factory reset , with charger on and plugged , on the Padfone station ( means asus padfone was docketed and On/working so far before reset) ......It asked for reset and i did yes>> rebooted and Asus logs came and kept coming for 15 mins ...I got suspicious and removed the padfone , its working Ok and fine , However the Docket station has just the red light (next to camera ) on always and On inserting the padfone to the station , it Vibrates as normal , but no Padfonne station screen display ....Can you suggest what to do ...
I have tried ,,,pressing the docket station Power On/Off for 5 to 10 sec ..still the Red light is always On and no display on station whatsoever..
But when i eject the padfone , its Ok and normaly working ....What to do ...Pls help
Hello,
I have a really weird problem with my phone for several months now. I use Zenfone 5, and my warranty is probably void already, but I could not use it anyhow (it is in a different country). I tried contacting the official support, but they just said to send it in for a check up, which I could not at the time, and cannot now either.
The problem started when I plugged in my phone in my car using third party car charger. It worked with other phones with no problems, and the output should be OK. When I plugged it in, the light on the charger went off, and the phone turned itself off without any notification. I tried to power the phone on with no success. It just vibrated, and remained off. Later I disassembled the charger and found out that the safety fuse has melted.
I went to my house and plugged the phone in, and it turned on. But the problem was, and remained to this day, that the phone thinks it is charging even when it is not plugged in. The phone charges normally, and battery life is ok, the phone normally goes into deep sleep mode.
The phone won't power up without charger, and the USB OTG obviously doesn't work. But there are some curious things about this problem.
When I took my phone apart and disconnected the battery for 30 minutes (it is non-removable), after I connected it back, the phone turned itself on (without the charger), until I tried to charge it, then it went back to only powering on while on charger. The constant charging thing, nevertheless, remained all the time.
Sometimes when I plug in the cheap USB OTG converter, the phone stops charging notification. When I unplug it, it goes back to charging.
I have no clue what could be the problem, and which part (the usb board or the battery) could be faulty.
I also tried hard reset a few times, with no success.
Thank you in advance for your answers.
Bump? Anyone? Any clue?
Is there any way to change kernel so it doesn't register charging if there is no current flowing to the phone?
And which type of battery connector is this?
http://www.myfixguide.com/manual/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Asus-ZenFone-5-Disassembly-7.jpg
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So, this was my mothers tablet and it stopped working one day. She hadn't used it in a while and it was simply under her bed. After a period of no use she pulled it out and tried to use it - didn't work at all. Plugged in = no response, etc.
Friend has same tablet, same charger, etc. Tried his charger with her tablet, nothing. No charging light, no indication of response of the tablet whatsoever.
Tried the long-time trickle charge using a lower power charge, left it charging for days on end. Still nothing.
Tried replacing the battery and the charging port/ribbon, still nothing. Left to trickle charge again and still nothing.
This was all many months ago and she has since given up and purchased a new tablet. I thought of a good use for this TF300 if I could get it working so figured I'd try to fix it. Is there anything else I need to try before I just go ahead and replace the main board? It's only like $30 on ebay so no harm done if it doesn't work.
Hello again xda members. If you guys know who I am you'll know I love Azpen Tablets bought from MicroCenter. A few years ago myself and others provided the community with a solution to "unbrick" the Azpen A727 and following I had mad a step by step tutorial on how to get the A727 working again.
For about 6 months I have had trouble with my Azpen A1023 10inch Tablet I bought from Microcenter a few years back on sale for 60 bucks. The issue with it is it will not charge at all, it wont even turn on when I have it plugged in to a USB charger. Ive tried multiple things. Holding down the power button for 30 seconds to do what i heard is a power cycle, holding down the power button and the home button for 30 seconds, trying different USB wall chargers with 500ma 800ma, and 2A. And it absolutely does nothing.
Now I am assuming it is a completely depleted battery since I left it unused for a few months since I realized I had this problem. I went from the A1023 working fine to not using it for a few months and it not coming on or charging at all. Now I heard if you leave a tablet that has a completely dead battery (in which all its cells are depleted, not your battery dying) and you plus it into a USB port that has low milliamps (ex. Computer USB 2.0 port (500ma)) overnight or for a day then the low trickle of power for a long period of time should bring the battery back to life. I am actually trying that method right now as we speak. Im going to attempt to bring my tablet battery back to life by leaving it plugged in my computers USB 2.0 for at least 24 hours. Also I heard of unplugging the battery from inside a tablet and replugging it back in sometimes helps this problem, but when I opened my Azpen A1023 up I come to find that the battery is soldered to the mainboard with some wire. Worse comes to worse I'll snip the wires and re-solder them, tell me what you guys think.
I'll let you know how it goes!
P.S. If I need to be corrected for something I said (ex. calling it a "depleted" battery) feel free to correct me because when I do threads on any site I try to be as professional and direct and legitimate as possible. Also to let you guys know, any help and any solution that is found or steps to a solution you will be credited for you help when I edit this post for a final tutorial on how to fix it.
So I had my Azpen A1023 plugged into my desktop computers USB 2.0 port at 500mA I believe for 36hours and still its not turning on. Ill leave it plugged in for a week to see what happens. And of course the PC is on and I shut off advanced power setting of selective USB power or whatever its called. Anyone have any input?
So I decided to open up the A1023. I unsoldered the battery from the motherboard left it for 20min and resoldered it back to the mobo to see if that helped . still nothing, wont charge or turn on. Any ideas?
Azpen tablet not charging.
Did u ever get it charging. If u did how