So, I thought I see if anyone else has had this issue with the Nook charger. My first charger stopped lighting up correctly (not turning green when charged). The LED actually never changes from amber, even when the nook is not plugged in. It also stays dimly lit for about 60-120s after the cable is unplugged from the wall. It still provides the normal charge, but I'm scared to use it. I had this replaced (and the replacement is now broken - arg), but I was wondering if it might be safe to use.
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Hi,
I Just noticed That when I plug it into my computer the nook charger has an orange/Yellow LED color, but when I plug it into another computer it has a green color - without any relation to how much battery he has.
At first I thought that orange means charging and green means full But apparently that's not true.
Thanks.
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EDIT:
Figured out the problem, the other computer slow usb ports were just not fast enough to chrage it, so the nook charger lighted green
Today, for the first time, I noticed my Nook Color USB power cable had an illuminated red colored "n". And that was while the cable was unplugged from the Nook Color itself. (But, obviously, while plugged into the wall charger.)
I thought to unplug the charger from the AC wall power. It takes several seconds for the LED to stop glowing. I waited about 15 seconds after the light was not visible before I plugged the charger back into the AC socket. The cable glowed red again.
Upon plugging the cable into the Nook Color, the cable shows orange again. (As I'd expect, since it's been a couple of days since I last charged my Nook.) The battery icon on the top status bar is "filling", so I think it's actually charging.
I'm used to seeing a green "n" when the battery is full. And orange/amber/yellow when charging. Until today I have not seen a red "n" at all.
[Later, the same day... .]
I -do- find the battery is fully charging. I just have this funny feeling that I ought not leave this thing alone in the house, or take a nap, or whatever, charging. Somehow I think I'll end up on the nightly news... another "victim" of Lithium-Ion gone horribly wrong. ;-) I'll probably try, like some others I've now found via Google, to get B&N to replace the cord or charger.
Wonder if this has something to do with the poor quality of the charger? There is a thread about the chargers breaking easily and the plug bending and eventually breaking.
Just a thought...
Sent from my Nook Color using taptalk
I love both my Nooks (they serve different purposes) but the chargers/cables are very problematic. I had a perfectly working one with my first purchase but an accident destroyed the usb connector and B&N sent me a replacement. It worked for a couple of days and then died a slow death. I ordered a second Nook and got its cable confused with the third cable sent to replace the second defective one. Both worked fine, though, for a couple of days and then suddenly the N on one turned red while plugged in to the Nook or even connected to the computer. Tried it on two other Nooks and the same thing happened. So, I'll be calling in for my fourth replacement cable. I am very glad that I paid for the warranty; it has more than paid for itself with the replacement chargers/cables that B&N has sent to me.
On a side note, when I was waiting for the replacement cable and had no other Nook charging cable available, I used my Blackberry microusb charger to trickle charge the Nook. It literally took all night but at least it was up and running the next morning. It doesn't charge fast enough to use while running apps, as the battery discharges faster than the BB charger can charge the battery.
Again, I love my Nook, even with the charger/cable issues!
I'm running Froyo off the SD. Every since I've done that, I noticed that power cord never turns green when charging is finished at 100%. Has anyone else run into this problem as well?
Recently acquired certified pre-owned Nook Color, but there is a issue: at any level of the battery charging, the green light is lit on the cord, although it should be orange if the battery is not fully charged. While charging is normal (~ 3 hours 15-100%). In what could be the problem? Very uncomfortable, because is not visible when the device is fully charged.
Previously, I had another NC, which worked fine.
Maybe someone else had this problem? How to solve it? Really need help.
Thanks in advance.
[email protected] said:
Recently acquired certified pre-owned Nook Color, but there is a issue: at any level of the battery charging, the green light is lit on the cord, although it should be orange if the battery is not fully charged. While charging is normal (~ 3 hours 15-100%). In what could be the problem? Very uncomfortable, because is not visible when the device is fully charged.
Previously, I had another NC, which worked fine.
Maybe someone else had this problem? How to solve it? Really need help.
Thanks in advance.
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Is this with stock B&N ROM? If not stock, which ROM are you using... some, myself included, have seen carging issues with certain configurations, although I cannot say specifically that my configuration is not causing the issue I see,
[email protected] said:
Recently acquired certified pre-owned Nook Color, but there is a issue: at any level of the battery charging, the green light is lit on the cord, although it should be orange if the battery is not fully charged. While charging is normal (~ 3 hours 15-100%). In what could be the problem? Very uncomfortable, because is not visible when the device is fully charged.
Previously, I had another NC, which worked fine.
Maybe someone else had this problem? How to solve it? Really need help.
Thanks in advance.
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In normal charging operation the light is orange until fully charged then turns green. In CM7 the led would turn green and stay green all the time when Host mode (otg) is activated using Nook Tweaks even when charging. In CM9/10 host mode is activated by default. Root hub is present and host mode is active but the encore otg module is not installed, thus we don't have USB otg yet. So, in a nutshell, having the green led on all the time doesn't indicate anything wrong with the charger/cable. I just charge it overnight or plug it in when it gets to 15 percent when the warning sounds the low battery alarm and unplug it when the lock screen indicated 100% charged.
Edit: If CM10 host mode is not activated by default the setting is a remnant of CM7 Nook Tweaks host mode setting.
Update: Tested the charger/cable from my other Nook with CM7 - light is orange when charging, green when fully charge on CM7. Tested same charger/cable on Nook with CM10- light stays green during charging.
Update 12/28/12: Had to get a new charging cable today $14.95 plus tax. The micro pins bent and broke when nook fell off table while charging.
The new cable now shows orange when charging. So issue may well be a bad cable after all. New cable shows green when fully charged.
[email protected] said:
Recently acquired certified pre-owned Nook Color, but there is a issue: at any level of the battery charging, the green light is lit on the cord, although it should be orange if the battery is not fully charged. While charging is normal (~ 3 hours 15-100%). In what could be the problem? Very uncomfortable, because is not visible when the device is fully charged.
Previously, I had another NC, which worked fine.
Maybe someone else had this problem? How to solve it? Really need help.
Thanks in advance.
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I had the same problem with my Nook Color and it turned out being the cable. If you have noticed, the configuration of the micro USB connector is different than what you see with say a Motorola Droid. This makes the cable a little more difficult to get plugged in and can cause some damage to the pin arrangement if forced. I called B&N and complained and they sent me a new cable free of charge. I keep the old cable as a spare as it works well other than the indicator.
As a side note, I have used various versions including stock, rooted stock, CM7, and CM10 and the problem appeared to be independent of the ROM being used.
I just got a new cable and the indicator stays orange when fully charged. My old cable still works fine (orange while charging, green when charged), but the plastic at the micro-USB end is splitting apart. I have a piece of clear tape holding it together.
I guess as long as they keep actually charging the device, I can't complain too much.
ETA: On stock rom you can still see if it's charged by unlocking and tapping the lower right corner where the battery icon is. The Quick Settings pop up and show % charged.
Hi,
After using my phone all day yesterday it went down to 15% battery so I turned it off and put it on charge using a mains charger. When I switched the plug on the LED went red and I assumed it was charging the phone.
Got up this morning and the led is still red and the phone won't switch on so I am assuming it didn't charge properly, have plugged in the usb charger and am now waiting to see if the light goes green once charged...
Any ideas why the light was red if it wasn't charging, and why it is still red this morning, does it do this when the battery is low and the phone is off?
When the phone is turned off and charging, it will be red. When the battery is enough (not full), it will boot up to a charging state.
All you will see is a battery with a green bar across it.The led will now emit, yellow/red.
Not sure what the problem was but I'm guessing this phone cannot be charged correctly with a mains charger so I will stick to using USB chargers connected to the mains, once I switched to that charger the phone started charging correctly and the led went from red to orange to say it was actually charging
It is not good to leave your phone charging overnight.
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/1...our-cell-phone-battery-life-stop-charging-it/
take a look at this article. I have been following these steps and even till today my iphone 4 battery operates like the day I first got the phone.
I have a C6003 running 4.4 Stock with an unlocked BL and am rooted. The phone screen is cracked at the top third (not smashed, just 2 long cracks) and that third of the screen does not receive touch input, but still displays. Anyway, the phone is currently out of battery, when I try to power it on, I get either a flash of the Sony logo then 3 blinks of the red LED or just straight to the LED, which is normal. I plug it in to charge (tried several USB cable / wall plug combos, up to 2.1A etc.) and the red LED glows solid as it should. Even hours later it still will not power on and gives me the blinking LEDs...It was charging for a total of at least 7 hours and is still not turning on. I have had several battery issues recently but this is the most serious. I am sending my phone in for repair under insurance for the screen but need to back it up first! Any help is appreciated.
EDIT: Quick edit to add the fact that this same issue occurred yesterday as well but it eventually powered on with 15% battery, I used it and it would not charge and so that is why it is run down again. Even when powered on it would not charge, the LED did light and it charged for 5 seconds each time the cable was inserted, but after the 5 the LED would stop and it would stop charging. The phone knew the cable was there though as when it was inserted Stamina mode was disabled (as it should) even though it was not charging?
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I have a C6003 running 4.4 Stock with an unlocked BL and am rooted. The phone screen is cracked at the top third (not smashed, just 2 long cracks) and that third of the screen does not receive touch input, but still displays. Anyway, the phone is currently out of battery, when I try to power it on, I get either a flash of the Sony logo then 3 blinks of the red LED or just straight to the LED, which is normal. I plug it in to charge (tried several USB cable / wall plug combos, up to 2.1A etc.) and the red LED glows solid as it should. Even hours later it still will not power on and gives me the blinking LEDs...It was charging for a total of at least 7 hours and is still not turning on. I have had several battery issues recently but this is the most serious. I am sending my phone in for repair under insurance for the screen but need to back it up first! Any help is appreciated.
EDIT: Quick edit to add the fact that this same issue occurred yesterday as well but it eventually powered on with 15% battery, I used it and it would not charge and so that is why it is run down again. Even when powered on it would not charge, the LED did light and it charged for 5 seconds each time the cable was inserted, but after the 5 the LED would stop and it would stop charging. The phone knew the cable was there though as when it was inserted Stamina mode was disabled (as it should) even though it was not charging?
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Check this thread out, it might just resolve your issue credits to @AhmedZadjali
Note I have replaced the battery (battery worked but the unit wasn't charging which tells me bad cable.) Today I had gotten a cable after a long dry spell of not having any money to spare. Plug it in. Unit light turns green, then orange, shows charging icon, then screen blinks and shows empty battery + wall plug Icon. Then turns off.
I suspect the battery is just so dead that it isn't registering as charged. Took the unit apart to plug the charger in with the battery unplugged which caused a red light and blank screen. Plugged battery back in. Same behavior as before.
Do i just keep flicking it on whenever it turns off to hope enough charge trickles in so the internal controller perks and goes 'oh wait I need to do something'?
Edit: Turns on now but it says it's at 11% and not charging. Do i flash cyanogenmod and hope thatdoes something?