Hey,
my milestone doesn't charge anymore. Whether plugged in to the pc or to the wall, or the car.
When i plug in the cable the percentage located in my battery-icon on the statusbar, disappears - but the device will not charge.
--> batterystats.bin deleted, hard-reset --> no effect
When i plug in the cable, the white charging-LED is lightning, but then it shuts again. If the device is turned off and I plug in the charging-cable, it is booting regulary right away.
Does anyone know, how I get my Milestone loaded again!? Or how I can fix it?
Thank you for your help
may by you battery dead ? try with another, is cheap in ebay.
If is not a dead battery, I would flash a stock rom.
I have that same problem :/ Cant charge my battery
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Hello everyone,
I have weird problem with my kaiser - it doesn't charge. I tried everything what comes to my mind, but maybe someone will have some new ideas.
When plugged in, yellow LED turns on and it says "charging" in the OS, but battery keeps loosing charge. It doesnt matter if I'm trying to charge it via stock charger or over USB. USB port on device is communicating normally - i can access phone memory or SD card from computer over USB, and I checked that "dont charge over USB" is NOT ticked.
I found Kaiser dead in the morning while on wall charger, with yellow LED on. Tried to charge over USB, same thing happens.
I then opened the device (thanks for nice guide for taking kaiser apart) and confirmed that situation is as following:
- voltage on inner contacts of usb (on the PCB side) is 4.5V
- voltage on the pcb side of the battery contacts is 0.8V when plugged in, and when yellow LED is turned on (I believe that in this situation there should be full 4.5V from USB port which i measured and confirmed that is really there on the USB)
- I tried to charge battery individually, (out of the device) and it takes charge normally and keeps it (for a 2 years old device and battery thats great)
- tried to reflash stock rom - all went well (another confirmation that usb is working), but no change, battery still wont take charge
Phone specification:
Kaiser 130 (T-mobile MDA Vario III)
Hard SPL 3.56
ROM and radio: Stock t-mobile 6.1
Battery: stock DynaPack
So it seems that im in the market for new PCB or Kaiser with broken screen or flat cable - offers on pm, please
Oh, it seems that i was able to solve what red LED means - it simply means that there is no (or either failed or inadequate) battery while USB is plugged in and should be charging - but that doesnt mean that it is main battery - there is another small backup battery on PCB. That is my observation, was unable to check it in literature or service manual if im right with that opinion, but i do hope that i helped someone with RLOD
Have a nice day,
darko
bump! anyone?
curious, havwe you tried another battery? You can get them on ebay for $5-$10. I killed my USB plug, I was able to connect with USB, but it would not charge. So I purcahsed a 3-in-1 adapter (which supports the usb plug on top ane bottom), when that finally died I purchased a cradle with extra battery charger. I just keep the spare battery it in and swap them when one dies. No charger needed.
I can help maybe. It has to do with the software. The USB connector can't be the porblem otherwise it would not see the power and let the Red LED turn on. In older devices and some of the new is a lock. It prevents you from charging the phone with a charger not made by HTC. There is a cab called Batfix.cab (Or anything like that). Try to install it. Maybe it helps. The 0.8 Volt only can be normal cause the voltage has to do with the battery. If you take it out the System won't try to charge it cause it doesn't get any power from the battery. That is done to prevent it from charging a fully dead battery cause that could harm your device and yourself cause the battery may explode.
j101399j said:
curious, havwe you tried another battery? You can get them on ebay for $5-$10. I killed my USB plug, I was able to connect with USB, but it would not charge. So I purcahsed a 3-in-1 adapter (which supports the usb plug on top ane bottom), when that finally died I purchased a cradle with extra battery charger. I just keep the spare battery it in and swap them when one dies. No charger needed.
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hi, I want to buy a non USB charger so I can plug my battery in and charge it without the phone needing to be present. What charger did you buy, can you post a link or a pic etc. thanks!
Hi everyone! yesterday I flash miui rom, but I forget to do the wipes, and now my cellphone doesnt get up, my milestone show me a battery icon with this sign ? , and dont charge,and freaking out!! please help, please!!
Since I think you already tried to enter Recovery, I think you run out of juice.
If you have a second battery (or someone who can lend it to you) just swap and get Recovery.
Otherwise, you'll need to unbrick it.
I cut a usb cable I didn't need and put the inner cables beetween cellphone and battery. I should find a picture...
found...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838836
thanks bro, I will try with another battery, because i am not good with cables, there is no other way?
Think not...
Our phone needs a small amount of power to boot in charging mode, othewise won't charge and stay bricked :|
I leave my phone plugged with the pc, and the white led starts to shine, one hour later my phone wake up, alone, and start like always but the battery shows this ?, but at least he turn on, now...what "?" in the bat in the status bar means?
josecabre said:
I leave my phone plugged with the pc, and the white led starts to shine, one hour later my phone wake up, alone, and start like always but the battery shows this ?, but at least he turn on, now...what "?" in the bat in the status bar means?
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It means that the phone cannot recognize the state of the battery. I had a dead battery and I was able to boot by leaving the battery out for 5 minutes. You can also try to boot with no battery, but plugged into the wall and not the PC. The wall charger supplies much more power compared to USB. You might be able to boot that way.
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Sounds like you need to recalabrate the battery, so basicly plug it into the wall and leave it over nnight and see what happens
Edit: thanks to this post, my problem has been solved. Thanks!
So last night I went from stock motorola 2.2 to this wonderful-seeming version of CyanogenMod on my UK milestone - the install went flawlessly, but now I have a problem - my battery is not charging at ALL.
While the phone was on last night after I charged it, it was plugged in, first to my PC and then to the wall socket. In both cases, the battery indicator had a ? (question mark) on it.
I thought it might have been some weirdness with battery calibration so I left it and plugged the phone in from the wall to charge overnight. This morning, my phone was telling me to connect my charger (despite it being plugged in) and on removing the power cable, it died due to no battery power left within 10 minutes.
While plugged in from the wall, the battery indicator comes up but again just contains a ? on it. The little white light next to the power socket never lights up.
If I plug the phone in to my PC via USB then if the handset is OFF, the white light comes on and around 10 mins later it gets enough juice to boot up. The problem is that when the CM7 software starts, the little white light disappears, the phone stops charging despite the cable being present, and it then dies 2 minutes later.
I know the battery is fine because it was perfectly fine before I installed CM7.
Anyone else experienced this problem and/or know how to fix it?
One thing I did manage to do before it died was install a battery calibration app that I found on xda-developers - this told me that the battery was running at 3267 mV - any idea if that's good or bad?
(and yes, I'm using precisely the same cable/charger I was using before I put this version of CM7 on, so I know they are fine - they charge a friend's SGS with no problems)
thatbloke83 said:
So last night I went from stock motorola 2.2 to this wonderful-seeming version of CyanogenMod on my UK milestone - the install went flawlessly, but now I have a problem - my battery is not charging at ALL.
While the phone was on last night after I charged it, it was plugged in, first to my PC and then to the wall socket. In both cases, the battery indicator had a ? (question mark) on it.
I thought it might have been some weirdness with battery calibration so I left it and plugged the phone in from the wall to charge overnight. This morning, my phone was telling me to connect my charger (despite it being plugged in) and on removing the power cable, it died due to no battery power left within 10 minutes.
While plugged in from the wall, the battery indicator comes up but again just contains a ? on it. The little white light next to the power socket never lights up.
If I plug the phone in to my PC via USB then if the handset is OFF, the white light comes on and around 10 mins later it gets enough juice to boot up. The problem is that when the CM7 software starts, the little white light disappears, the phone stops charging despite the cable being present, and it then dies 2 minutes later.
I know the battery is fine because it was perfectly fine before I installed CM7.
Anyone else experienced this problem and/or know how to fix it?
One thing I did manage to do before it died was install a battery calibration app that I found on xda-developers - this told me that the battery was running at 3267 mV - any idea if that's good or bad?
(and yes, I'm using precisely the same cable/charger I was using before I put this version of CM7 on, so I know they are fine - they charge a friend's SGS with no problems)
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Try plugging the phone into the wall charger, without the battery. Try and boot it up and let it boot. Once it's booted up, give it a bit and try and put the battery in and leave it to charge.
What happens if you turn off you phone and plug it in a wall charger? If the problem isn't in your battery it will charge fully.
When you phone comes up, try to disable the 1% battery steps in settings. I got a problem with it, and after disabled/enabled it worked fine for me.
Hope this helps.
On plugging it into a wall charger, the phone comes up with its special battery charging screen (i.e. a fullscreen battery level indicator) - no amount of pressing the power button seems to get it to boot properly (with or without the battery).
I'll see if I can get in and get rid of the 1% steps thing later, thanks for the suggestion
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What happens if you turn off you phone and plug it in a wall charger? If the problem isn't in your battery it will charge fully.
When you phone comes up, try to disable the 1% battery steps in settings. I got a problem with it, and after disabled/enabled it worked fine for me.
Hope this helps.
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Dude, that was PERFECT.
Managed to get enough juice into the thing to get into the menu for a moment and was able to disable the 1% battery steps option - soon as I touch that tickbox, the battery indicator switches from a ? to the charging symbol and the phone starts charging. Thanks a million!
Nop dude, you are welcome
I have this problem
interrogation symbol appears in the place of battery icon on the top of screen.
The battery no charge with the wall charger or other charger
The battery can be charged with an external charger (without the phone). Once charged the phone power on, however appears the symbol ?. in the battery widget i can see correctly the charge percent
When the battery is discharged the phone no work, but if you plug the charger, then the phone power on, when unplug the charger, the phone powers off. (i think the charge port is good)
I already tried this solutions without succes
Flash stock rom with Myth Tools - AHD
Flash Cyanogenmod with recovery
Delete batterystats.bin
Calibrate the battery.
I can´t flash with rsd lite,get error in the step 18 flashing (have unlock bootloader)
I can buy another battery but i fear that no be the solution
Please help me
Sounds like a hardware issue. The battery contacts can be finicky. You need to have the screws just right or it won't make proper contact with the terminals and the battery cables. Check that first. Make sure the terminals and ribbon are clean. If it still does not recognize the battery, you'll need to buy a new one. If that new battery doesn't work, then it's probably some other hardware issue. Good luck.
elojo_8 said:
I have this problem
interrogation symbol appears in the place of battery icon on the top of screen.
The battery no charge with the wall charger or other charger
The battery can be charged with an external charger (without the phone). Once charged the phone power on, however appears the symbol ?. in the battery widget i can see correctly the charge percent
When the battery is discharged the phone no work, but if you plug the charger, then the phone power on, when unplug the charger, the phone powers off. (i think the charge port is good)
I already tried this solutions without succes
Flash stock rom with Myth Tools - AHD
Flash Cyanogenmod with recovery
Delete batterystats.bin
Calibrate the battery.
I can´t flash with rsd lite,get error in the step 18 flashing (have unlock bootloader)
I can buy another battery but i fear that no be the solution
Please help me
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i had an issue with the screws that hold the bat cable to the board would slightly touch the metal frame thats holds the bat in place, sometimes you have to loosen thing up to make proper clearance then re secure also make sure the little red protector is over the screws
Thanks in advance for anyone's advice and or help... My Moto X is stock/unrooted. When I plug it in to charge (yes with the original charger) l noticed the lightning bolt icon does not come on. However, it would originally still charge. Now when I plug it in, no lightning bolt, no charge. To charge it I have to reboot without being plugged in and then plug it in after reboot is complete. If I unplug it and plug it right back in... No charge. I would have to reboot. Here is the kicker... I did a full blown factory reset. And it did not fix anything. One would think it is a hardware issue... But if so why does it charge every time without fail after I reboot??? That sounds like a software issue right??
I am perplexed to say the least. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue. Also if I reboot with the power cord plugged in I get caught in this restart loop where is shows the boot image and shows its charging... Please down and repeats?? I need help!!!
Thanks!!!
Jklsr55 said:
Thanks in advance for anyone's advice and or help... My Moto X is stock/unrooted. When I plug it in to charge (yes with the original charger) l noticed the lightning bolt icon does not come on. However, it would originally still charge. Now when I plug it in, no lightning bolt, no charge. To charge it I have to reboot without being plugged in and then plug it in after reboot is complete. If I unplug it and plug it right back in... No charge. I would have to reboot. Here is the kicker... I did a full blown factory reset. And it did not fix anything. One would think it is a hardware issue... But if so why does it charge every time without fail after I reboot??? That sounds like a software issue right??
I am perplexed to say the least. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue. Also if I reboot with the power cord plugged in I get caught in this restart loop where is shows the boot image and shows its charging... Please down and repeats?? I need help!!!
Thanks!!!
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Try with a different charger and cable.It's very long to explain, but it's probably related to the battery protection kicking in. I would put my money on defective charger, but not entirely.