[Q] Charging Annoyance - Nook Color General

I dont know if someone else has found a fix for this, but its annoying the crap out of me and really only seems to be an issue with the stock Nook OS build.
(I have it currently rooted, but not modified beyond that)
Anyways, whenever I put a microsd plug into the charging port, the thing turns on either from being powered off, or pulls it out of sleep mode and displays the screen.
This is draining my battery like crazy, and makes it takes 3x longer to charge up from a dead battery, or like right now, its not charging at all because the screen keeps coming on at full brightness to tell me it needs to charge more.
Any ideas or help anyone?
Thanks for anything,
K41N

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battery full notification

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

Screen randomly does blank, Doesn't respond to power button

There is a little more to it than just the title says. Here is some background on the phone. I'm a rooted user with MotoWPNoMo. I also have Xposed Framework installed as well.
All this problems started to happen on day after I let the battery drain to 0%. I tried charging it with my car computer and even a wall charger nothing seem to bring it back to life. I got luck when I had just left it plug into my computer for a few hours when it randomly decided to boot up. Since then I haven't wanted to turn it off. Additionally I have had some issues with it where the screen will turn and then I'm unable to turn it back on with the power button. While everything seems to be going smooth now, I fear it will be short lived.
What kind of issues would cause these kinds of problems? Can this really be triggered from the battery going down to 0% just once?
Thanks again in advance to anyone who offer any kind of help.

(solved) Did it always say charging slowly when connected to the mains charger?

Well I'll leave the question (striked) below, but my phone decided to make me look crazy. Been testing on and off for 5 hours today after noticing it yesterday. Minutes after posting this question it is no longer doing it . . .
Hopefully it is nothing major, and it was just something that is supposed to happen under certain circumstances.
Thanks
On the lock screen it says charging slowly whenever it is connected to the charger now. I thought it might be the new battery optimisation as I dont remember it doing that before, so turned it off and still says the the same thing and seems to be fairly slow at charging. While the phone itself is turned off it seems a bit faster but I cant be certain.
Can anyone else confirm if their lock screen says charging slowly while connected to a (stock) charger, with the new battery optimisation turned off?
Or if not does anybody know what the problem might be?
Thanks

Help! Battery drained, phone won't turn on, battery charging icon flashes on and off?

My phone had been working perfectly fine, as well as charging perfectly fine. Recently, I accidentally let it drop to 0%, which I don't usually do. I went to plug it into the same wall outlet as always, but instead of the usual charge process, the battery icon with the lightning bolt in the middle simply flashes on the screen and then turns off, which happens over and over again.
It should be noted as well that about 3 weeks ago my phone get fairly wet. After that incident, I turned it off till it dried, powered it up, and everything appeared to be totally ok.
Other facts:
-I can safely get into the recovery menu (power + vol down), which is stable, but any menu selections result in the Motorola splash screen for a quick second and then the phone powering down.
-The computer will recognize the connection to the phone.
Attempts to resolve:
-New cable, new usb hub, new wall outlet
-Trickle charge from the computer (same flashing)
-Phone in rice to remove moisture
-Toothbrush cleaning of Micro-usb port (suggestion from another thread)
I'm pulling my hair out, and I am considering prying off the back and replacing the battery. I have searched other threads, but have seen various solutions none of which worked for me. If anybody has any idea how I can fix this please help!!! Thanks in advance.
DroidGuy321 said:
My phone had been working perfectly fine, as well as charging perfectly fine. Recently, I accidentally let it drop to 0%, which I don't usually do. I went to plug it into the same wall outlet as always, but instead of the usual charge process, the battery icon with the lightning bolt in the middle simply flashes on the screen and then turns off, which happens over and over again.
It should be noted as well that about 3 weeks ago my phone get fairly wet. After that incident, I turned it off till it dried, powered it up, and everything appeared to be totally ok.
Other facts:
-I can safely get into the recovery menu (power + vol down), which is stable, but any menu selections result in the Motorola splash screen for a quick second and then the phone powering down.
-The computer will recognize the connection to the phone.
Attempts to resolve:
-New cable, new usb hub, new wall outlet
-Trickle charge from the computer (same flashing)
-Phone in rice to remove moisture
-Toothbrush cleaning of Micro-usb port (suggestion from another thread)
I'm pulling my hair out, and I am considering prying off the back and replacing the battery. I have searched other threads, but have seen various solutions none of which worked for me. If anybody has any idea how I can fix this please help!!! Thanks in advance.
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Either there is something wrong with your battery, or there is something wrong with the USB port. If the USB port is the problem, you can use wireless charging instead. I'm a fan of this one, personally: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S7IBDGW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1.
Also, are you unlocked? If so, what battery percentage does TWRP say?
TheSt33v said:
Either there is something wrong with your battery, or there is something wrong with the USB port. If the USB port is the problem, you can use wireless charging instead. I'm a fan of this one, personally:
Also, are you unlocked? If so, what battery percentage does TWRP say?
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Thanks for the quick reply. It does seem like a battery problem, however it is just so coincidental that it stopped working after I let the battery drain to 0%, when only hours previously it was in use and charging without any issue at all.
Also, if there was a problem with the micro-usb port, I would think that a computer wouldnt be able to read the phone, but when I plug it in it is recognized as an ADB device.
I have another turbo with a cracked screen, I'm thinking about dissecting both and putting that battery in this phone as a replacement.
And unfortunately I am not unlocked :/.
Update
Well, after some further experimentation, I've gotten it working again. The solution was to charge it for like 5 hours, then let it sit off charge for an hour, and then it would boot... bizarre combination of actions. It has since dies twice and I've had to use this method.
It is working for now if I don't let the battery drop below like 15%. Seems more like a software or hardware issue to me, and i'm still trying to resolve it, so if anybody has any suggestions please let me know.
Also, what is the best way to re-calibrate the battery, maybe that could help?
DroidGuy321 said:
It is working for now if I don't let the battery drop below like 15%. Seems more like a software or hardware issue to me, and i'm still trying to resolve it, so if anybody has any suggestions please let me know.
Also, what is the best way to re-calibrate the battery, maybe that could help?
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If you can't let the battery go below a certain percentage, it might be an early sign of failure. The voltage might drop suddenly and unexpectedly towards the end of discharge, prompting the phone to emergency-shutdown.
As for calibrating the battery...it depends on who you ask. I would say that running it to shutdown (even if shutdown is "15%") and then charging it to 100% should do it, since that gives the controller a full set of data with which to extrapolate a discharge curve. Clear your cache in recovery, so hopefully the OS will pick up on this to accurately track the battery's actual state.
Get Kernel Adiutor or something similar to check your battery's health, too. If there's something obviously badly wrong, it should report something other than "Good".
If you note when your battery dies abruptly and you immediately reboot the back light is very poor. Almost flickering.
I think this is a battery issue of not being able to feed enough amperage.
...however. My phone was doing this and after a full clean reflash it has stopped. I question if this is because I am running less apps now. Or if perhaps somehow the battery managed to lose its memory. (Li ion is an odd duck..)
mrkhigh said:
If you note when your battery dies abruptly and you immediately reboot the back light is very poor. Almost flickering.
I think this is a battery issue of not being able to feed enough amperage.
...however. My phone was doing this and after a full clean reflash it has stopped. I question if this is because I am running less apps now. Or if perhaps somehow the battery managed to lose its memory. (Li ion is an odd duck..)
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Septfox said:
If you can't let the battery go below a certain percentage, it might be an early sign of failure. The voltage might drop suddenly and unexpectedly towards the end of discharge, prompting the phone to emergency-shutdown.
As for calibrating the battery...it depends on who you ask. I would say that running it to shutdown (even if shutdown is "15%") and then charging it to 100% should do it, since that gives the controller a full set of data with which to extrapolate a discharge curve. Clear your cache in recovery, so hopefully the OS will pick up on this to accurately track the battery's actual state.
Get Kernel Adiutor or something similar to check your battery's health, too. If there's something obviously badly wrong, it should report something other than "Good".
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Thanks for the pointers. So strange, first it died at 40%, then 30% then 15%. Now, it is still dying early but I am no longer facing the issue I originally had, it will show normal charging when off, and boots up right away. Sure hope its not some ticking battery time bomb, its still a relatively new refurb.
I attempted the charge calibration so we shall see if it helps. I also did a factory reset for the hell of it, since I am on stock and can't reflash. Perhaps I'm in the clear, that would be awesome. Still no idea what the issue was in the first place though, which will annoy me to no end.

I changed the battery of my phone but now...

I changed my phone's battery and other than the annoying stickers it went well, i wanted to test the battery and connected the phone, the led at the top turns on as if its charging but I'm not getting the charging screen, my concern is that i messed up the display cable or something what do you guys think.
I really don't want to get a new phone, all things considered I'm quite happy with this one.
Edit: Also when i try to turn on while connected the screen turns lighter as if its going to turn on but then just goes dark and I have to connect and reconnect the battery again for it to charge, is my phone dead or perhaps the problem is the new battery?

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