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[Q] Is my phone really defective

im gonna take my thrill back today and get a new one! I am having trouble with the battery as many people are but I dont know if it is worse than others. I unhooked it a few minutes ago and it went from 99 percent down to 90 in about 3-4 minutes and down to 80 in another 10 minutes and im not even sure what is running in the background because I thought I had an app killer installed. anyway the other problem is that I cannot get an internet connection at all unless I am on wifi. I have unlimited data and should be able to use programs like facebook even at the university but I cannot. Does anyone think I am doing the right thing by returning the phone? sorry about the long rant

Sounds like you have a bad battery. When I first got my Nexus S I had the same problem replaced that battery through att and it has been fine ever since. Also I have noticed that some task killers cant remember witch ones in specific hurt battery life. I would take it back for a new one may as well replace the whole device if you can.

lordshane said:
im gonna take my thrill back today and get a new one! I am having trouble with the battery as many people are but I dont know if it is worse than others. I unhooked it a few minutes ago and it went from 99 percent down to 90 in about 3-4 minutes and down to 80 in another 10 minutes and im not even sure what is running in the background because I thought I had an app killer installed. anyway the other problem is that I cannot get an internet connection at all unless I am on wifi. I have unlimited data and should be able to use programs like facebook even at the university but I cannot. Does anyone think I am doing the right thing by returning the phone? sorry about the long rant
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The data thing definitely sounds like a bug. The battery on the other hand is normal on some new Thrills. After a week or so it should settle in and battery life gets better over time.
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Yeah, if you first got the phone it takes a few cycles before battery starts to improve. But it seems pretty bad, i would return it since you have the oppurtunity.
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Thank you for the replies, I have had this phone for about 3 weeks and I keep it plugged in at night through usb but I also have to connect it for a few hours in the daytime as well. I havent had a chance to return it but I may do so today although the wifi issue seems to be working now. maybe the At&t Network was down?

lordshane said:
Thank you for the replies, I have had this phone for about 3 weeks and I keep it plugged in at night through usb but I also have to connect it for a few hours in the daytime as well. I havent had a chance to return it but I may do so today although the wifi issue seems to be working now. maybe the At&t Network was down?
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A note on the battery issue? What's the signal strength like where you live? The data signal in my house is so bad that if I forget to turn wifi on after getting home from work my battery will drain close to 40% over night. My wife's Captivate does the same thing. If the signal is weak the phone will constantly poll for a stronger signal.
All that aside I would definitely still take advantage and seek a replacement while its free. If you still have issues atleadt you'll know its something correctable and not the phone.
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Microwave / Battery Drain.

When i first got my note i updated it to 2.3.6 straight away and properly conditioned the battery. I only ever let it run out to 0% and then fully charge it to 100%. I used to get 90-100hours out of the phone with wifi on (sleep when screen is off) and light useage.
3 weeks ago my girlfriend left my phone on top of our microwave when it was on and since then i have noticed that the battery drain is a lot faster. it now drains about 4-5% an hour with (just the wifi on and same sleep policy) and i have never got anywhere near the standby time i used to.
I have had samsung send me a new battery and that has made no really difference...
Does leaving your phone on top of the microwave damage the actual phone in anyway?
P.s. i have minimal apps on there and nothing syncing in background except the google services.
Is it worth sending it to samsung to get a replacement?

Microwaves don't leak out of the appliance for 2 reasons, they are metal enclosed which doesn't allow then to come out and if they did no government agency would allow them to be used at homes because of ether health risks.
You might want to check what is eating into the battery, is it going into deep sleep?

Probably best to wear some tin foil on your head. Just in case.

just don't know what to say to that lol !!!
nobnut said:
Probably best to wear some tin foil on your head. Just in case.
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I really sorry guys but I LMAO F--K !!!!
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AlRadcliffe1986 said:
When i first got my note i updated it to 2.3.6 straight away and properly conditioned the battery. I only ever let it run out to 0% and then fully charge it to 100%. I used to get 90-100hours out of the phone with wifi on (sleep when screen is off) and light useage.
3 weeks ago my girlfriend left my phone on top of our microwave when it was on and since then i have noticed that the battery drain is a lot faster. it now drains about 4-5% an hour with (just the wifi on and same sleep policy) and i have never got anywhere near the standby time i used to.
I have had samsung send me a new battery and that has made no really difference...
Does leaving your phone on top of the microwave damage the actual phone in anyway?
P.s. i have minimal apps on there and nothing syncing in background except the google services.
Is it worth sending it to samsung to get a replacement?
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I reckon, your phone got COOKED by microwave when your g/f left your phone on the microwave ....
I am just worried samsung might turn around and say.." You can't bring that cooked phone for a replacement buddy !!" and what will you do then ??
I had a friend who was studying his PhD in microwave area and because he was exposed to microwave so many times while he was doing research about this topic, he ended up COOKED his half of his liver and had to have a operation.
SO WHENEVER I USE MICROWAVE TO COOK ANY FOOD, I NEVER LOOK DIRECT TO THE WINDOWS OF THE MICROWAVE DOOR AT ALL.... AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULD NEVER LEAVE ANYTHING ON TOP OF MICROWAVE OVEN EITHER !!
JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD ANYONE LEAVE ANYTHING SPECIALLY DELICATE ELECTRONIC DEVICE like your galaxy note on the microwave when it
was ON !!! IT REALLY MAKES ME WONDER WHY .....
I strongly suggest to have your phone checked for any internal damage caused by this microwave !!!

I would think your phone is probably fine. If you're suddenly using it more then you will see more battery drain. I also feel like some of the newer firmwares out are using battery more than the previous ones, but you trade off for much smoother operation of the phone. Also for some reason wi-fi seems to kill this phone much faster than just using 3G does.

torqu3e said:
Microwaves don't leak out of the appliance for 2 reasons, they are metal enclosed which doesn't allow then to come out and if they did no government agency would allow them to be used at homes because of ether health risks.
You might want to check what is eating into the battery, is it going into deep sleep?
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The microwave might not have cooked the phone, but it is entirely possible that it emitted some sort of EMF which messed with the phone.
You ever read the FCC stickers on the back of most electronic devices?
There are plenty of reports of individuals getting sterilized from good ol' fashioned radio towers.

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National Enquirer?
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There are plenty of reports of individuals getting sterilized from good ol' fashioned radio towers.
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Any outside of the National Enquirer?
It is just not physically possible! If it was, we'd have real problems with things like MRI scans!
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AlRadcliffe1986 said:
When i first got my note i updated it to 2.3.6 straight away and properly conditioned the battery. I only ever let it run out to 0% and then fully charge it to 100%. I used to get 90-100hours out of the phone with wifi on (sleep when screen is off) and light useage.
3 weeks ago my girlfriend left my phone on top of our microwave when it was on and since then i have noticed that the battery drain is a lot faster. it now drains about 4-5% an hour with (just the wifi on and same sleep policy) and i have never got anywhere near the standby time i used to.
I have had samsung send me a new battery and that has made no really difference...
Does leaving your phone on top of the microwave damage the actual phone in anyway?
P.s. i have minimal apps on there and nothing syncing in background except the google services.
Is it worth sending it to samsung to get a replacement?
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Forget the microwave issue. It is possible that a tiny component was fried, but the most likely result of that would be failure of some part of the system, not excessive battery drain.
It is much more likely that WiFi, or even the phone itself, is not going to sleep for some reason. I changed to the WiFi sleep when screen is off policy and my phone now gets twice the battery life.

My wifi sleep policy has always been set to sleep when screen off. How do I tell if the phone is going into deep sleep?
I know it sounds stupid guys and believe me I don't really think that microwaves leak out the unit, however I'm deadly serious that up until the evening of the incident I was literally loving my phones battery life and now if was to get anywhere near the battery life I used too, the phone would have to be off!
Even tonight it has lost 5%-7 an hour and I've just reset it to factory defaults and install shaman, unified remote, eBay, torrent-fu that's it.

Need to speak to tech support from Samsung !!
AlRadcliffe1986 said:
My wifi sleep policy has always been set to sleep when screen off. How do I tell if the phone is going into deep sleep?
I know it sounds stupid guys and believe me I don't really think that microwaves leak out the unit, however I'm deadly serious that up until the evening of the incident I was literally loving my phones battery life and now if was to get anywhere near the battery life I used too, the phone would have to be off!
Even tonight it has lost 5%-7 an hour and I've just reset it to factory defaults and install shaman, unified remote, eBay, torrent-fu that's it.
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Your g/f left your phone on the microwave when it was ON. Now, you discovered that your phone is losing about 5-7% of battery an hour... I would take my phone to samsung and have your phone CHECKED if there is any damage internally... THAT IS THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR YOU TO BE ASSURED !!!

nobnut said:
Probably best to wear some tin foil on your head. Just in case.
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This is really good!

AlRadcliffe1986 said:
My wifi sleep policy has always been set to sleep when screen off. How do I tell if the phone is going into deep sleep?
I know it sounds stupid guys and believe me I don't really think that microwaves leak out the unit, however I'm deadly serious that up until the evening of the incident I was literally loving my phones battery life and now if was to get anywhere near the battery life I used too, the phone would have to be off!
Even tonight it has lost 5%-7 an hour and I've just reset it to factory defaults and install shaman, unified remote, eBay, torrent-fu that's it.
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Can you post the graph (full graph) from the battery info screen? That will show WiFi and screen activity & sleep.

It's funny reading all redneck replies about how no microwaves leak at all. Of course all microwave ovens leak, the power decreases rapidly with distance though so it's usually not harmful unless you say, leave something sensitive upon it or look into it from an inch distance all the time. Please be smart and get away from your micro while cooking stuff.
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Attached are my Battery stats

AlRadcliffe1986 said:
Attached are my Battery stats
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OK, thanks.
That just look very, very wrong. The first part with the steep slope has the same 'profile' as the later shallow slope.
I think something is going very wrong, and it seems like a hardware problem. Personally I would try several different situations and try to find out what is making the difference, but that is because my profession involves that kind of diagnosis. You may just want to go for a repair.
My advice not to mention the microwave, otherwise they will just fix on that and claim it is your fault. I very much doubt that would cause it, although the timing (based on your statements) suggests it was an issue.
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Wait a minute....
If you manually turned off WiFi about half-way through, just before the graph goes flat, then it is WiFi not really turning off.

Here are some i just took.
It's just dropped 10% in and hour and a bit.

I think it's drops a lot fast will wifi enabled. I reckon I've fried my wifi because I only have 4apps installed none of them are using wifi and my wifi is set to sleep when screen off.

What happened just before it becomes almost flat? Did you reboot, perhaps? There is a vertical drop that I usually get when I reboot.
If so, then you may be right. Something is waking up the WiFi after a few hours, and from there it just does not go to sleep.
What happens if you manually turn WiFi on and off as required?

if i disable wifi it seems to drain the battery a lot slower. attached are ny batt stats from tonight. i have literally not touched the phone since 4:00 this afternoon.

jeromepearce said:
Any outside of the National Enquirer?
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00531.x/full
Yup. Looks like it doesn't it? You do realize that some folks on here have degrees in the things they talk about, right?

[Q] Xperia V battery drain upon reboot?

Hello! So my phone is new, just bought it on 22nd Dec! It's not rooted, and i havent done much to it other than downloading apps. Till now, the battery has been charged to full, drained to 0 and then charged to full again. So today, i tried rebooting my phone and bam: battery drain! O_O Is this normal? I've looked around some forums, but all of those are related to rooted phones so, yeah >o<!! It's running ICS also, btw.
Since the phone is new, i think its normal, but i don't know actually. Anything i can do about it? Or will it become normal after a few days?

whatisparadox said:
Hello! So my phone is new, just bought it on 22nd Dec! It's not rooted, and i havent done much to it other than downloading apps. Till now, the battery has been charged to full, drained to 0 and then charged to full again. So today, i tried rebooting my phone and bam: battery drain! O_O Is this normal? I've looked around some forums, but all of those are related to rooted phones so, yeah >o<!! It's running ICS also, btw.
Since the phone is new, i think its normal, but i don't know actually. Anything i can do about it? Or will it become normal after a few days?
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I have same "BAM" sometimes after reboot. :crying:
But don't drain to 0, its better to charge when its 20-10% left.

This is normal. After a few charge cycles, the measuring of battery will be accurate.
But if you do factory reset, or too many restarts, you'll notice this inaccuracy again.
And again, when the battery has 1%, it has about 3,2V, which is safe and does not damage the battery. Control mechanism for battery is good enough, there is no need to worry about damaging the battery by discharging.

whatisparadox said:
Hello! So my phone is new, just bought it on 22nd Dec! It's not rooted, and i havent done much to it other than downloading apps. Till now, the battery has been charged to full, drained to 0 and then charged to full again. So today, i tried rebooting my phone and bam: battery drain! O_O Is this normal? I've looked around some forums, but all of those are related to rooted phones so, yeah >o<!! It's running ICS also, btw.
Since the phone is new, i think its normal, but i don't know actually. Anything i can do about it? Or will it become normal after a few days?
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Which country are you from/Where did you buy your Xperia V and through which network?

nightwing369 said:
Which country are you from/Where did you buy your Xperia V and through which network?
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I bought it in Singapore, under Singtel. If that helps o.o

peetr_ said:
This is normal. After a few charge cycles, the measuring of battery will be accurate.
But if you do factory reset, or too many restarts, you'll notice this inaccuracy again.
And again, when the battery has 1%, it has about 3,2V, which is safe and does not damage the battery. Control mechanism for battery is good enough, there is no need to worry about damaging the battery by discharging.
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I hope it's really normal then, since another problem I found is that the phone sorts of heats up throughout the night and sometimes I can't unlock it. And other times, after locking it, if sort of can't be unlocked anymore until I pull the battery.
This is my first Xperia phone, got to say I'm kinda disappointed.

So i posted this during christmas right? It's like the 4th now, and the problem still persists.Over ONE WEEK. ROAR. This morning, the phone heated up for no reason (again; don't know how many times it happened now ,_,) and i couldn't unlock it and i pull the battery and bam! Over the course of the week, it's obviously been happening again and again. I'm getting so frustrated with this phone, but i don't want to go without a phone by sending it to repair, not to mention the center is so FAR away from me.
Just hope for the problem to be solved, or go away soon.
Does anyone else experience this too?
(PS: I've charged my phone quite an amount of times, since i'm a heavy user and it's a NEW phone, so yeah, i get busy playing with it, to the extent i almost charge it everyday. Is that bad?)

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Does anyone else experience this too?
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Yes, going through the sleep of death on my xperia v. It started when I switch on the location-based wifi service, and stopped when I disable that service.
I also turned off google location reporting which sort of saved my battery life.

hernit said:
Yes, going through the sleep of death on my xperia v. It started when I switch on the location-based wifi service, and stopped when I disable that service.
I also turned off google location reporting which sort of saved my battery life.
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thanks bro! will try out and see what happens in a few days. :fingers-crossed:

Spoke too soon, just got another sleep of death

hernit said:
Spoke too soon, just got another sleep of death
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i was safe for last night, but seeing as to how you still got the sleep of death, i guess i'm not that safe. i just hope sony will come out with some solutions sooooooon. :crying:

Repair with SUS, it has been discussed in another thread somewhere. :good:

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Repair with SUS, it has been discussed in another thread somewhere. :good:
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yeah, i know the thread you're talking about. i've done that way, way earlier, like the day after i experienced it for the first few times, and it didn't work still,

Seriously, I'm on JB Singapore firmware and still I'm getting SoD, when will sony come up with a solution?

chesterr said:
Seriously, I'm on JB Singapore firmware and still I'm getting SoD, when will sony come up with a solution?
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This is the second time youre posting this. And youre completely out of topic.

thedisturbedone said:
This is the second time youre posting this. And youre completely out of topic.
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I know, cause it gives me weird SoDs and battery drains, mainly SoDs,
Off topic
and you're from Sri Lanka, how rude of you to talk to another Sri Lankan like this,

chesterr said:
I know, cause it gives me weird SoDs and battery drains, mainly SoDs,
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and you're from Sri Lanka, how rude of you to talk to another Sri Lankan like this,
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Haha I never knew. But it would be frowned upon by others if you do this. So stick to one thread

okay so i know i'm the OP and i haven't been on in AGES but i'm here to update on the situation.
i guess the problem is.... perhaps solved? i don't know what i did or if i did anything but the problem seemed to have went away by itself.
the only 'problem' now is that the battery level is still fluctuating whenever i restart the phone :insert facepalm:
and contacting SONY didn't really help, they just told me to go down to their service center -_- i would go down, but i don't want to do a 1-for-1 now. i mean, the problem is... sorta solved, somehow, now.

[Q] [EMERGENCY] Sitting Brick - CM 10.1

Hi everybody,
I was (am?) running CM 10.1 for a couple days just to see how it was, and it was nice. I was going to make it my daily driver until I got a call while the phone was in my pocket and suddenly, the ringing stopped. I took the phone out of my pocket and tried to unlock it. No cigar. It must have powered off. Pressed and held. Nothing. Bootloader? Nope. Try under the halogen work lamp. Nope. No charging light, no splash screen, nothing. Just a brick.
How is it possible for the phone to just brick itself like that? I remember setting the max clocking speed at 1.5ghz and the governor to "conservative" but that's really it. Plus I had rebooted a couple of times between then and now. I ddon't have many apps, let alone many that have root access. So what's up?
Please help me. I give my battery 15 maybe 24 hours before it dies and I can't boot.

Oh yeah. I don't have S-off, I got my version of CM from get.cm, no custom kernel, or any mod of any sort. The phone was not actively doing anything, except for sitting in my pocket. I held the power button and the power + volume for a good 20-30 seconds.
EDIT: Is my only option to play dumb and ask for warranty? D': I don't want to do that because the rep who traded in my GS2 noticed that it was rooted. I'll probably get denied.

Seriously, anybody? What are my options? What caused this? Is it my fault?

I wish I had some insight on why that happened to you or how to fix it. What I can say is that I was thinking about flashing my first AOSP rom in the near future but was iffy on it. Now I'm super iffy.
I suppose there is a possibility that it was not software related. Maybe the phone is just a clunker? Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than myself can comment.

try posting this in the CM 10.1 forums and you will get a result. sorry.
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SantinoInc said:
I suppose there is a possibility that it was not software related. Maybe the phone is just a clunker?
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That's a possibility, and what I'm thinking too. Surely someone would have noticed if their phones blew up when they received a call right? The phone wasn't doing anything I hadn't done before (i.e. receiving calls).
You think Sprint will replace it? It's pretty much mint other than the software.
And there is no HTC One Cyanogenmod forum yet.
EDIT: So is it safe for me to go to the store and tell them it crapped out on me? Will they be able to tell that I rooted it?

Have you tried using the HTC charger that came with the phone and letting it charge for for an hour? If the phone got completely discharged it may take up to 10 minutes just to lite up/
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Have you tried using the HTC charger that came with the phone and letting it charge for for an hour? If the phone got completely discharged it may take up to 10 minutes just to lite up/
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First off, Lithium ion batteries do not completely discharge, ever. If they do, they are ruined. Your phone will turn off before it lets the battery drain.
Second, I had at least 80% charge left when it bricked this morning. But what the heck, might as well.
EDIT: Wow. I googled hard bricks and pretty much every case is some kind of update or flash gone wrong. Nobody was just walking around when their phone bricked. This is weird. Considering how rare hard bricks are and the fact that the only apps with root access I had were Ti, File Manager, Spirit and Nova, I'm inclined to believe this is a hardware issue. But I can't be sure.

Bumping. I only have a little while before my charge runs out.

Hmmm, do you know, or have an idea what the battery life was when the incident occurred?
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EDIT: Oh I see...

I unplugged it about 3 maybe 4 hours before it bricked. It had maybe an hour of screen time then. I'm assuming I had around 80% when it bricked. I have no idea how much power the device is currently consuming. But if it's truly bricked, prolly not much, so it'll last for a while.
If it isn't truly bricked, then probably not that long...
Guys, I'm desperate. I'll try absolutely anything.

All right, it seems like I'm done. This device is toast. Even though it seems like I didn't make any mistakes. I know that almost for sure because my phone was ringing when it bricked at 12:36 P.M. today.
Based on what I've said, does anybody think I am COMPLETELY to blame for this? I don't want my conscience to eat me alive when I take this is for warranty and play dumb. I truly believe this has nothing to do with rooting/custom ROM. I really believe this is a defective phone. Am I wrong?

Did u try the bright light trick
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Try the bright light trick...
You can't even get into the boatloader? Or does anything show up when you plug it into the computer?
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sauprankul said:
Hi everybody,
I was (am?) running CM 10.1 for a couple days just to see how it was, and it was nice. I was going to make it my daily driver until I got a call while the phone was in my pocket and suddenly, the ringing stopped. I took the phone out of my pocket and tried to unlock it. No cigar. It must have powered off. Pressed and held. Nothing. Bootloader? Nope. Try under the halogen work lamp. Nope. No charging light, no splash screen, nothing. Just a brick.
How is it possible for the phone to just brick itself like that? I remember setting the max clocking speed at 1.5ghz and the governor to "conservative" but that's really it. Plus I had rebooted a couple of times between then and now. I ddon't have many apps, let alone many that have root access. So what's up?
Please help me. I give my battery 15 maybe 24 hours before it dies and I can't boot.
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i knew there was something going on here, between cm10.1 and the sprint htc one ? sure makes me wonder, i've been on my replacement for nearly 2 weeks now running stock rooted with s-off. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310750

Ok I just read your thread and was wondering. did you get your 150 back?
Either you and I are incredibly unlucky or the m7spr cm 10.1 is suicidal.
Just a question. in general, what setting were you using? Anything similar to mine? I had also set notification light to "long". how about you?

sauprankul said:
Ok I just read your thread and was wondering. did you get your 150 back?
Either you and I are incredibly unlucky or the m7spr cm 10.1 is suicidal.
Just a question. in general, what setting were you using? Anything similar to mine? I had also set notification light to "long". how about you?
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I was told I would be refunded on my next bill so i'm waiting it out to see before I send back the bricked one. no i was stock-cm and what I mean by that is i installed cm10.1 added my apps, set up my home screens and used it like that until it died. i changed nor tweaked any of the settings from cm defaults

The same thing happened to my room mates HTC One yesteray. I first installed CM, and it was getting extremely hot, so I decided to try rootbox, similar issue, and the device was discharging far too fast. He turned the phone off to wait for me to get home so I could try to fix it. I got home, and there was no sign of life, it was charged fully before he turned it off. It wouldn't turn on at all. I had him take it to sprint and do warranty, they said they needed to open it(LAWL). He went back an hour later, they couldn't open it of course. They handed him a new phone.

Have you tried plugging it into a pc to see if it recognizes anything in device manager? Checked adb devices and fastboot devices?

I have. And nothing. No charge no power no recognizing
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Sourcing a new battery

Hello everyone,
I've enjoyed this watch even if the battery life sucks since the beginning!! especially coming from the Samsung Gear S3, which has never ever lasted less than a day (24 hours).
Since the last Android Wear 2.0 update, the battery life is even worse, although I doubt it's actually linked, probably just a coincidence, but my watch hasn't make it through the afternoon for few weeks now. Barely 6 hours (with EVERYTHING disable, even bluetooth, in Airplane mode).
As of today, the watch will turn on and turn off few seconds later regardless the battery %.
Lg answered nicely that they would take a look at it, and ask $20 for the diagnostic if I don't want them to process the fix!!! And I read online that the battery replacement is $60. I would rather throw it away...
Anyway, I have 2 questions :
Does someone knows where to source this damn battery (BL-S7)?? Out of stock on ebay
Did someone try to fit a Watch Urbane battery (BL-S6) which is 570mAh instead of 430mAh? Or anyone knows this battery size? (I know the connector is different but at this point it's not the biggest issue )
That could help many people meeting issues with this watch... (I'm done with LG!!)
Thanks!!

Ok, I found the answer to my second question, and obviously bigger capacity = battery battery
the BL-S6 (Urban 2nd G) is about 31x27
the BL-S7 (Sport Watch) is about 28x27
So I'm still interested to know where to buy the BL-S7.
Thanks,

Assuming I can find a BL-S7 battery, how easy is it to strip the watch down to change?
My watch is so random with shutdowns and % battery left remaining I am thinking it is all down to the battery after over 18 months daily usage/charging.

Also interested in this.

stag74 said:
Assuming I can find a BL-S7 battery, how easy is it to strip the watch down to change?
My watch is so random with shutdowns and % battery left remaining I am thinking it is all down to the battery after over 18 months daily usage/charging.
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Disassembly is fairly easy if you take your time and disconnect the connection points. Nothing is really glued in place aside from the bottom cover and the battery to the rest of the chassis. I was able to get to the battery within 20 minutes.
I was also able to find a battery on ebay. We'll see how assembly goes when it's delivered.

That is great, do you have the link to the battery on ebay?
Did you also have the same issues with random shutdowns, not being able to restart unless on the charger etc?
Keep us posted!
Thanks.

I confirm that disassembling the watch is pretty easy and quick, the only thing is you can say goodbye to the waterproof!
@sirdizzle415, does it come with the sealing? Please keep us updated if it does fix the reboot issue and if can even share the link :angel:
I only found 1 used....

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I confirm that disassembling the watch is pretty easy and quick, the only thing is you can say goodbye to the waterproof!
@sirdizzle415, does it come with the sealing? Please keep us updated if it does fix the reboot issue and if can even share the link :angel:
I only found 1 used....
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I wouldn't trust it to be waterproof anymore, but I'm mostly ok with that. If this watch survives a little while longer with a used $25 battery, I'd call that a win over buying another $300+ watch.
I should be getting the new battery tomorrow, should be pretty quick to put it back together. We'll see what happens.

FYI, My new battery is still in route, so haven't had a chance to test it. It is available brand new on ebay though... If anyone wants to give it a try, the link is here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Wa...1e1230fc8:m:mALL_k1FrV1tgtB_vyDJXTg:rk:1:pf:0
Make sure to select the LG-S7 battery for the Watch Sport.

Successful install of the battery! Watch no longer shuts off, and doesn't need to be on the charger to turn on.
I did try to carefully take my old battery apart. Multiple sources mentioned that it can be repaired by soldering a zero ohm link/resistor between two points. I could not identify them on the BL-S7 battery, so I probably won't be doing that.
All in all, it was a $25 dollar battery for me, so not a bad price to pay to extend the life.

I just ordered the one from ebay! That's great it's back in stock!! @sirdizzle415 Yours was a used one?? how did you glue back the back cover?
I know the watch won't be waterproof anymore, but I'm ok with that too.

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I just ordered the one from ebay! That's great it's back in stock!! @sirdizzle415 Yours was a used one?? how did you glue back the back cover?
I know the watch won't be waterproof anymore, but I'm ok with that too.
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My existing seal was mostly intact. The back cover also has tabs that snap it back in place.

Placed my order for a new battery.
There is simply nothing else to replace the Sport with LTE currently...unless you like apples.

I just received the new battery!
Results are not so great so far, the watch does stay alive and do not reboot/ shut down randomly anymore.
But after an hour using it to update app, hard reset it, I lost 40%... I didn't charge the battery yet, so I don't want to be pessimistic (yet) but I think my main issue wasn't the battery.
The watch seems too warm to me, probably something wrong with the hardware, other than the battery.
Plus, damn the watch is so slow with the new version of Android wear, so laggy!!
But true there is no better android watch anyway, which is a shame...

It seems that replacing the battery actually fixed the issue! I'm getting now a day and half of battery with only the bluetooth and NFC activated...
The watch is still slow from time to time, I have to tap the screen several time before it actually wakes up.
But for 20 bucks I guess it was the right move.

booster33 said:
I just received the new battery!
Results are not so great so far, the watch does stay alive and do not reboot/ shut down randomly anymore.
But after an hour using it to update app, hard reset it, I lost 40%... I didn't charge the battery yet, so I don't want to be pessimistic (yet) but I think my main issue wasn't the battery.
The watch seems too warm to me, probably something wrong with the hardware, other than the battery.
Plus, damn the watch is so slow with the new version of Android wear, so laggy!!
But true there is no better android watch anyway, which is a shame...
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I think right around this day, I received a Wear OS update that really hurt the battery life... it's been better since, but I definitely remember a day recently when I got an update and battery life was terrible for me.

Just replaced my battery.
Straight forward job, managed to keep the seal in place too.
Watch started up with what little charge was in the new battery, 16%, which is promising, it wouldn't before, and also all the apps /configuration haven't been lost either.
The only disappointment is that the new battery is not actually new.
Okay it may not be used, but it was dated late 2016, actually slightly older than the battery it replaced, early 2017.
See how I get on with it now....

A new battery is a must!
I'm getting a constant 7am until 11pm, 16 hours off cradle, with 50% still remaining, and that is with LTE on all day, including everything else too!
The combination of new battery, and latest firmware updates has just transformed the usage and battery life.
It is a must upgrade!

Hello, I'm from EU, is there any possibility to get new battery now? I looked on eBay and it looks like all are sold out.. :/
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Just after keep watching.
Ebay seller when this thread first started sold out, but got more stock later.
Worth pursueing still very happy after changing my battery.