There are times when my HTC Touch Diamond refuses to charge on the battery even though it is plugged in. Other times, like when I just get off a hike where the phone is at around 5-10% charged and I get into my car and plug it in and continue to listen to say a a streaming podcast, thus the phone, bluetooth and data connections are being used and the phone is drained to 0% where it shuts down. All this while plugged in! Can't the HTC Touch Diamond run and not drain out as long as it is plugged in???
When you plug a charger the phone's battery starts increasing the temperature. When you use the bluetooth, GPS, WiFi etc. it heats the processor and the phone becomes more warm. When the phone exceed a determined temperature it stops charging to preserve destroying of the battery and the phone. When the phone stops charging it begin consuming the power from the battery.
P.S. I hope I explain it well and you managed to understand me. If you couldn't understand Sorry for my English!
So then you're saying when this happens I should submerge my phone in ice water?
defaria said:
So then you're saying when this happens I should submerge my phone in ice water?
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turn on the air condition to LOW
Please, I'd like to see feedback from people on what circumstances people are seeing their phone get hot charging USB. If your phone gets hot on a USB charge, try powering down the phone completely and then charge on USB, does it still get hot?
And please, if your phone gets hot on USB charge, post how you're charging, your ROM, and how hot does it get? There are many applications for this. I use Battery Snap, you can use any program you like. If you don't have a program, please don't guess at the poll, but feel free to post results in a reply.
Also one would assume ambient temperature in the room is typical, but if yours is not (<20c, >28c) please post that information too.
Please answer the poll by the typical range of temperature your phone gets on a USB charge. I'd suggest charging around the 50-60% mark to get more consistent results.. For example charging if the phone is at 95% wouldn't be useful information etc..
One more slight constraint; if your phone gets hot "one time" but not other times, I'm inclined to think there was something else going on with the phone at that time. If your phone is consistently hot when charging USB then post results here.
Reserved in case I need to add any info..
I charged my phone off my Dell M6400's docking station today, started the charge after pulling the phone out of my horizontal case and the phone was 29.5C, I looked multiple times at the highest I saw it was 31.3, and most of the time 31.1. Using Battery Snap for the data. Started charge at 80%, as that's what charge it was from this morning until 4pm when I started I do not have USB Debug enabled by default on my phone, nor did I have mass storage.. When I got the mount prompt I just hit the back button.
Phone is about neutral to the touch, slightly cool. Normally when it's on my desk like this it's fairly cold to the touch, so I'll have to update later when I've put the phone in the same place without charging, but I'm guessing it's a few degrees warmer on the charger than off of it.
I'll repeat this a bit over the weekend here too as I have time, this time I'll set the phone sit on the desk for a while first, check temperature, then charge.
Please do post when you provide input on the poll so we know the circumstances... I mean, if your computer room is 35C and your phone gets 40C charging, I think that's reasonable My office here is around 24-25C.
Charged again today from about 75%, house is around 23C (wife likes it cold..meh) and the phone was 27C max charging on USB.
My AT&T Nexus One purchased June 2 from Google overheats and reboots.
Here's what I've found out:
I charge with the original AC Adapter and this only happens when I'm charging and the battery is LESS than 40%.
If the battery is 50% or higher, it's fine.
When the Battery is less than 45%ish, the phone gets hotter and hotter, from 33C up to 39.3C (is what I last see), then it will SHUTDOWN AND REBOOT. When it reboots, it would be about 37-38C. If it's still under 45%, temp will keep rising again, till 39.3% and REBOOT again, takes about 5-10 minutes for this to happen.
Weird thing is, if you pop the battery out and FEEL it, IT IS NOT HOT AT ALL. It's the DAMN phone that OVERHEATS.
2 nights ago, I was charging and reading in bed. IT DID THIS 3 TIMES IN A FREAKING ROW.
7AM EST, I called HTC, and doing a Device Swap.
Have not received my replacement unit yet. Funny thing is, HTC told me they send out device swaps of JUST THE PHONE, no battery no battery cover. So I have to keep my battery and battery cover. And I told them about my overheat/charging/battery issue, and they said if it still happens to mine, they can send me a new battery.
Anyways I will be testing the replacement unit with my battery and make sure it's VERY low to see if it overheats and reboots.
Other info: This happened in OFFICIAL STOCK FRF91. I'm currently running CyanogenMOD 6 RC1.
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My AT&T Nexus One purchased June 2 from Google overheats and reboots.
When the Battery is less than 45%ish, the phone gets hotter and hotter, from 33C up to 39.3C (is what I last see), then it will SHUTDOWN AND REBOOT. When it reboots, it would be about 37-38C. If it's still under 45%, temp will keep rising again, till 39.3% and REBOOT again, takes about 5-10 minutes for this to happen.
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Hmm, yeah that sounds like hardware problems to me.. Curious, what are you using to measure? I'd assumed the battery temp stuff was really the battery, not .. something else?
In my case when my phone is cool, the whole phone is cool, not just blindly looking at numbers of course.
Again, would the folks voting really high temps try the things in my first post, and let us know what the ambient temperature of the room is, how hot the phone feels vs the measurement, what's being used to measure it... But particularly I'm curious if totally powering down the phone makes the problem go away.
Dial *#*#INFO#*#* then select Battery Information. It will tell you temperatures there. But I think the temps there is phone temp not batt temp, since in my case when it days 39.3C and I pull the batt, it feels less hot than the phone itself.
Also for my case, it does get hot and reboot while USB charging. Reported 3 time in a row again yesterday and I got pissed and HAD to turn the phone off.
Anyways, waiting for my replacement u from HTC.
Well got my replacement Nexus One today, serial number is higher than my 1 month old Nexus One.
I got it go to up to 39.8C and it did not shutdown and reboot, but stuff started crashing.
Music playing would stop, then if I try to start the song again or choose another one, Music app would Force Close.
Started Navigation app and that right away FC.
Anyone experiencing this?
I think you are using a goofy USB cable, or your room is HOT. Because the only time I've had my phone overheat, I was at a pool, in the sun. The phone's temp was 45 c also. I could still use it, but it was burning hot. An app notified me of the temp (I had it set that way) and I turned the phone off.
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I think you are using a goofy USB cable, or your room is HOT. Because the only time I've had my phone overheat, I was at a pool, in the sun. The phone's temp was 45 c also. I could still use it, but it was burning hot. An app notified me of the temp (I had it set that way) and I turned the phone off.
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I'm using both the original AC adapter and usb cables from google.
Also AC has been on it's under 80F in the room.
The other day on the unit that keep rebooting, when I was navigating, i had to hold it up to the AC vent while i was driving to be able to use it... lol... sigh.
I usually only charge on ac but i think i can easily hit 37-39 while charging for over 30 minutes. Its has been up to 40.5 before i think but there were no crashes or anything. everything was stable (its hot but not enough to be seriously scared or anything)
the room at night is around 24? varies alot but the phone also sits on my bed and/or pillow/blanket. try not to cover it when i sleep.
is there a way to remove that notification that pops up once the battery is full?
thanks
You mean the one that lights up the screen to more quickly drain the battery when you are trying to get the last few minutes out of your battery? Yeah, there's no way to turn that off.
Not yet but it has been brought up and I'm sure someone is working on it because of the way the phone shuts down certain features when the battery gets low (camera, etc).
the vibrant forums have something like this but i think it still turns on the screen but no sounds or messages...don't know if we,captivates, can use it
Yeah this is kind of annoying I leave my phone on the charger until I am ready to head out for the day. I guess I'll just plug it in when I see it's getting low instead. Hard habit to break
I use sleep as android at night to monitor my sleep patterns it needs to be on charge under my pillow. My phone gets really hot and is there a way to stop this?
umm if your phone is CHARGING under your pillow its like baking chicken o.o. charging already turning it to 40~deg and if you put it under the pillow the heat can not spread which makes it really hot. i think you shouldnt charge it during the whole night since:
1. over heating will kill the battery.
2. charging under your head means x3 radiation into your head, not healthy...
I'll run a Chinese battery overnight and see if its alive in the morning. Thanks
Mines goes to 49 degrees when charging...
Hi everyone,
Since few days my Xperia Z battery is behaving crazily. It goes up and down. Sometimes when I disconnect the charger, like say at 60 percent, it suddenly goes up or goes down and when I again reconnect the charger it again goes back to 60 percent. Sometimes it doesn't charge only. Sometimes it starts charging, then all of a sudden it stops charging then starts by itself. :/
What's wrong with my device, I don't know. Need help.
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Hi everyone,
Since few days my Xperia Z battery is behaving crazily. It goes up and down. Sometimes when I disconnect the charger, like say at 60 percent, it suddenly goes up or goes down and when I again reconnect the charger it again goes back to 60 percent. Sometimes it doesn't charge only. Sometimes it starts charging, then all of a sudden it stops charging then starts by itself. :/
What's wrong with my device, I don't know. Need help.
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Maybe you should try to charge it fully while it's off? Might not do anything but it might help You might just have a damaged/faulty battery.
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Maybe you should try to charge it fully while it's off? Might not do anything but it might help You might just have a damaged/faulty battery.
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Not helping. It was good till last week. All of a sudden how can the battery get damage?
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Not helping. It was good till last week. All of a sudden how can the battery get damage?
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Well, sometimes batteries just give out and start acting weird. How long have you had the phone? Sometimes as your battery ages, it just starts doing weird thing's. Wouldn't be a problem if we could change the battery
YourManAdrian said:
Well, sometimes batteries just give out and start acting weird. How long have you had the phone? Sometimes as your battery ages, it just starts doing weird thing's. Wouldn't be a problem if we could change the battery
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Give out within 7 months? Yeah, wouldn't have been a problem if we could change batteries. But that's the sad part of the story.
I am thinking of switching to Note 3 now. Charges fast, has a bigger battery, stays long. That's exactly what I need.
faster charging kills battery faster
Hi There, this may sound stupid but have you checked the lead/charger, is it an aftermarket one? I have also had similar probs but it was the conections. also try a system wipe and a full charge. and wait for the phone battery to fully flatten then repeat. always charge past 100 percent if you have installed a fresh rom or done a system wipe.
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fast charging plus over charging or charging while using the phone= super kill battery
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This is true, however sometimes the battery can indicate it is fully charged when it isn't, ( battery stats can be wrong ). I always leave my phone on charge when I sleep and have never had any probs my xperia t is now about 18 months old.
Thanks everyone. I guess I have somehow damaged the battery way too early. I used to use it while charging also. May be the reason of it's present Behaviour.
Right now I am not letting the battery go below 50% and have found out that it stays good, charges, no hiccups
But as soon as the battery goes below fifty it starts behaving too badly, takes time to start charging.
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Thanks everyone. I guess I have somehow damaged the battery way too early. I used to use it while charging also. May be the reason of it's present Behaviour.
Right now I am not letting the battery go below 50% and have found out that it stays good, charges, no hiccups
But as soon as the battery goes below fifty it starts behaving too badly, takes time to start charging.
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I'm so paranoid about using my phone while it's charging I avoid it as much as possible.
Since you've only had it for 7 month's or so, you should still have the manufactures warranty. You should send it in for service. I had a problem with my old ZL last year, and I ended up getting a new phone.