Hiya,
I was out travelling, with my Kaiser and my three batteries - unexpectedly two of them died in humid weather, and I thought the phone had died totally too. It refused to boot up even when plugged in, or it got into a strange reboot loop.
Now back home, one battery is working as it should, but the other two are totally dead - but they seem to charge ok (in my external charger).
Has anyone seen this? Is there any point in trying to revive these battery?
Next step: check with a voltmeter if they respond, and also clean the terminals...
frax said:
Hiya,
I was out travelling, with my Kaiser and my three batteries - unexpectedly two of them died in humid weather, and I thought the phone had died totally too. It refused to boot up even when plugged in, or it got into a strange reboot loop.
Now back home, one battery is working as it should, but the other two are totally dead - but they seem to charge ok (in my external charger).
Has anyone seen this? Is there any point in trying to revive these battery?
Next step: check with a voltmeter if they respond, and also clean the terminals...
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Are the batteries older than a year?
They are about a year old... Maybe less than that, and I have rotated between them fairly well, but they have been travelling around in my messenger bag when not in use (and there is a lot of other junk in there...)
frax said:
also clean the terminals...
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Good idea if they've been floating around in a messy storage bag. Lithium Ion batteries come with built in protection circuitry so if, for example, a staple has shorted between the terminals then the diagnosis for the battery will probably be terminal. Cleaning them with contact cleaner or IPA and testing them in a known good phone is about the best thing you can do in an attempt to 'revive' them. Good luck.
Try connecting all of the batteries together inline, then attach them to a bit of this cable and then attach that to a kite. You'll need to wait for a thunderstorm to fly the kite but with any luck, lighting shall strike the kite, thus recharging the batteries.
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I just cleaned the terminals of the batteries with a dry q-tip, and that did it, back to life, and working ok! (they have seen quite intensive usage, so they are not 100%, but now they work as they did before)
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Just Pictures for now will try to post usage sometimes later
Anyone else got these? feedback would be appreciated
UK EABY
HIGH EXTENDED 3500mAH Battery for HTC HD 7 HD7 + Cover
Ordered from the Above link
As you can see it spoils the beauty of the HD7 but I guess its worth it only if you plan to use your phone for a long day trip or something if you are taking photos.
Its China made and looks like hand made, bit rough if you know what I mean, still wondering whether I should use it or not, as I don't really use my HD7 that much
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Holy cow! that looks ugly hehe!
good lord thats immense! what sort of life do you get out of that thing?
Trust me.
I Just put it in and took it out straight away. It made my sexy phone look horrendous.
I rather have low battery life then carry that around so that battery is lying in the corner unless someone wants to buy it off
That is ugly as hell.
But I can see it being useful if you go hiking or biking a lot; you would get a lot of GPS-mapping done with that battery and the phone itself could just be attached to your bike or your bag. You wouldn't want it in your pocket though.
bought that same battery from a vendor here in the US... The phone doesn't seem to "recognize" it's larger capacity... all system info/system view apps still show the batt as the 1230 maH... once the battery indicator goes low, and the orange LED starts flashing and the low battery warning pops up, I can shut down the phone, pull and re-insert the battery, power it back on and it shows about 50% battery again for a couple hours...
I have it.
I have this battery, i can stay up for 4 days without charging it, but when it goes down to drain level and orange light comes up i have to take the battery off and start phone again to see the battery's rest of the capacity left. I use Deepshining V2.0 and i use the phone with wifi once a day to pick up new apps but i don't talk much. Overall i am OK with it despite the phone doesn't see full capacity
Ugly son of a b'tch.
Bought in November of 2011, my Galaxy Note 1 does not react to any (combinations of) button pressing anymore.
1. It was bought in Germany through Amazon.de; the so-called international unlocked version.
2. Absolutely no rooting.
3. How it got bricked (or dead): at some moment (while using) it stopped reacting and automatically reboot but failed.
4. What happened before: around one month before that, I found the original battery last less and less time, and what's more of my concern, the battery is obviously inflated, which might present a safety problem. So I bought a new battery through Amazon.com (actually two, but the first one did not work at all, so I bought another from a different seller; didn't expect that batteries can also have this kind of "fitting" problem).
5. What I have tried: I didn't spend much time in this because I didn't have much time. What I tried was to use Ordin to install a new (stock) system to it, but failed because Ordin said something like "connection problem". Later the phone cannot enter the download mode because it does not react to any button-pressing anymore.
6. Could it be that the battery is dead: I hope so, but it seems the battery cannot be charged (I tried to charge it for many times).
7. All those happened a few months ago. Today I happened to see the original battery of the phone, and found that it is amazingly so inflated that it looks like a balloon, and I wonder how could it be fitted into the phone if I didn't bought a replacement (and if the phone was not bricked, of course):
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[The one to the right is the new one.]
Any comments would be welcome!
Try new battery. Don't use the swollen battery, it might explode in your pants :laugh:
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Try new battery. Don't use the swollen battery, it might explode in your pants :laugh:
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The new one cannot be charged...
fjdu said:
The new one cannot be charged...
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I had the same problem. I had to use a friends note to charge my original battery after draining it completely.
try to use one of those universal chargers.they're cheap(about 2 euros),but they to the right job. Or use another note to charge the battery.NEVER try use odin on less than 70% battery.
(This is separate from the Empty Battery, Can't Charge issue)
Sometimes when I place the Gear into the cradle (in correct orientation) for a charge, nothing will happen. The watch is on, the battery is not fully depleted.
It's very frustrating.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I had a similar issue recently. I didn't think it was charging, but after 15 minutes on the cradle it had gained significant battery level. I rebooted it afterwards and it acted like normal when charging.
This has happened to me a few times recently. Opening and closing the cradle seems to fix it. Sometimes a few tries is required.
I've noticed the gold on the contacts on the watch are wearing out and the contacts are starting to get dents in them. So I think the cradle is not making a good connection all the time. Seems like the contact material is too soft and cheap...
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Wow, are those just dirt or actual dents in the metal?
Mine looks brand new, and still doesn't charge.
Dents where the gold coating has worn away. I've had it since October last year and have charged it every day, sometimes twice a day.
LaDamian said:
I had a similar issue recently. I didn't think it was charging, but after 15 minutes on the cradle it had gained significant battery level. I rebooted it afterwards and it acted like normal when charging.
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That's very interesting, so you're saying that is actually charging even though the Android OS doesn't indicate with the charging icon.
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That's very interesting, so you're saying that is actually charging even though the Android OS doesn't indicate with the charging icon.
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I'm saying it could be the case. I felt mine getting warm and noticed a significant jump in battery power in a short time. If it is charging, it won't take long to prove it.
Hello,
It's been some time and some devices since I was wannted to try this dirty hack. My good old GT-P6800 has successfully avoided this fate, my SM-T705 has not.
So, the theory is like that. You can connect virtually any Li-Ion batteries by attaching plus to plus and minus to minus and achieving and thus capacities will be summed.
So, I purchased a battery from aliexpress.com an attached it to original battery wires red to red, black to black.
Then I had to cut a rectangle hole in tablet's back housing cover to let it close with that battery onboard. To protect battery (li-ion battery has to be protected) I use TPU cover.
It looks like that
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And the actual effect
Now, from original 6-7 hours I got 15-18 hours on battery, while time to charge to top is now somewhere about 7-7.5 hours.
Need to mention, that original capacity calculation algorithm based on MAX17050 chip is adapted for original battery (obviously), so has to be overridden with custom software patch to kernel.
I agree, this mod isn't aimed to mass user, but the experience itself I find really interesting.
18hours screen on time? This looks really cool. But hey now you got and extra 8-9 hours of spare battery
-DUHA
I would say extra 10-12 hours.
wow that is one hard core mod! How long does it take to charge it to full?
Oh, totally forgot to mention, about 7 hours.
Hi, i know it's a 5 year post. What happended to green wires ? and i think the battery you used had just black and red cables?
Hi, I know I am necroposting and I'm sorry for that. But how do I inform the kernel of the new capacity?
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Hi, I know I am necroposting and I'm sorry for that. But how do I inform the kernel of the new capacity?
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I think he doesn't. It should work fine without any extra settings.
Hello people,
My battery would only last for about 8 hours after using quickcharge way too many times.
So I went online, bought me a new battery from Nohon and it finally got delivered yesterday.
All went fine until I came to the part where I had to remove the old battery.
It was firmly glued to phone and I had to apply some force (very gently) and while doing that, the battery caught fire. (It looked like a little firecracker).
The battery wasn't even connected anymore at that time. by the way.
Luckily, the phone didn't show too much damage, so I connected the new battery.
The good news is that it seems to be working except for the screen. About 10% of the screen (at the bottom) seems to be working and is responding when pushing on it, although there is some backlight problem. The other 90% of the screen is black and doesn't respond at all.
Do you think that the whole screen needs replacing or that the cables under the battery (they look a little damaged) could cause this?
Thanks!
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It happened to me too. The melted circuits can not be restored. I purchased a used mi5 (paid € 80)
Inviato dal mio MI 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
It seems to be a screen issue only, because the phone boots up and I am able to copy files over to my pc. So I don't think that all the circuits are destroyed.
Please help me get fast charging back. Like 3 months back, my phone suddenly stopped charging fast and since then its charging super slow. Like if I use it while charging it actually discharge. While switched off it takes 4+ hrs to fully charge.
I have replaced battery, usb assembly, charger, cable everything but to no avail. Now I think its a software issue. Maybe some kernel, firmware I screwed. I have tried Syberia, Xiaomi EU, Rev OS roms as well.
Ampere app never goes beyond 300 mah reading, whatever charge cable combination I try. Please throw if insights.
Thanks a lot
shashanksinghal said:
Please help me get fast charging back. Like 3 months back, my phone suddenly stopped charging fast and since then its charging super slow. Like if I use it while charging it actually discharge. While switched off it takes 4+ hrs to fully charge.
I have replaced battery, usb assembly, charger, cable everything but to no avail. Now I think its a software issue. Maybe some kernel, firmware I screwed. I have tried Syberia, Xiaomi EU, Rev OS roms as well.
Ampere app never goes beyond 300 mah reading, whatever charge cable combination I try. Please throw if insights.
Thanks a lot
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You should open your own topic because it has nothing to do with my problem