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Bad battery????

Hi everyone, I need help finding out what is wrong with my Hero before I throw it out the window!!! I am having HORRIBLE battery life. I can unplug it and it's dead within 30 minutes at times. I am running the latest CyanogenMod 7 (GingerBread) 2.3 on the C Spire (Cellular South) network. I have recalibrate my battery to see if it would help but no change. I have also changed chargers but no change. I have checked to see if there is an app draining it but nothing is draining it no more then usual. This has been going on for weeks and when it started happening I had not changed anything on my phone. It just started happening out of the blue. Now I am having bigger problems out of it now that it is having trouble even getting a charge. For instance, when I plug it in sometimes it will charge and sometimes it won't. Sometimes it will start charging then stop. Like I said, I have changed chargers so I know it isn't a bad charger. Also the biggest problem now is that when I do get it to charge, it won't charge past 86%. It will stay there til I unplug it then it will drain down to 60% within 10-15 minutes, so now I can't even recalibrate the battery now to see if it will help. I thought well maybe my battery is bad but when I check the battery health in the settings it says Good. I do not have another battery to test it against. I also have freezing problems. Somethings it will freeze up and will not unfreeze. I will have to eventually take out the battery and reboot it. Then if I don't let it set for a little bit after I reboot it and I touch it during that time, then it will freeze again and I have to reboot it again. I really LOVE my phone, I have had it for a little over a year now! I have never had any problems like this out of it! PLEASE HELP ME!!! THIS PHONE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY NOW!!!! THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

Anyone? PLEASE!
I just tried my sis in law's battery and no change. She has an HTC Hero also.

$5 on Amazon
Or
After a complete drain, Charge while its off overnight then turn on but into recovery so u can erase battery stats. Then reboot
Either way I'd still spend the $5 and u can probably find free shipping for black Friday.
U can also try a ROM called hero deck without adding anything. This ROM rocks on the battery life. Then for giggles put it in airplane mode with wifi off to see if it drains...
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero

It will not charge while it is off, that is another problem I'm having.
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It is not the battery cause I put my battery in my sis in law's phone and she played on it forever and the battery did not drain and it also charged fast. I put her battery in my phone and it drained fast and would hardly charge, just like my battery does in my phone. So it is not a battery problem, it has something to do with my phone. BUT WHAT?!?!

Just to rule out if something didn't went wrong during flash of CM7. Try a different ROM and see if it same issue.

I did, I tried the ROM vidaljs suggested. Still draining my battery!

What charger ru using?
Is it different than ur sisters charger. That could be the problem.
I use a blackberry charger that has the same power output. So verify that the wires are not damaged and if it's not the hero charger then verify the proper power output.
V's CDMA Hero

I have used HTC charger, Blackberry charger, and Garmin GPS charger all with the some result, slow to no charge. The main problem is it draining too fast. Last night I unplugged my phone, which was on 40%, walked next door to my sis and bro in law's house, which is about 100 ft away, when I walked in their house it was on 11%!

Any suggestions?

Well if u visually look into the female plug on phone.. does it look damaged?
If not perhaps it may just be damaged in another way.
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It looks fine. I had a Hero before this one and the charger port did break but this one looks ok!

Well I have kinda solved my problem! I have the cable to my charger pulled tight and taped to the side of it and it is charging now, but it take literally all day and all night for it to get a full charge! It still drains FAST when unplugged! This still does not explain the fast battery drain and how it still won't charge on other chargers that I know work! Oh well, C Spire has a Holiday Sale going and I can get a Samsung Galaxy S for FREE, plus my $65 replacement fee since I have only completed 20 months of my 24 months! So $65 for a Samsung Galaxy S sounds like a good deal to me!!! This might be one of my Christmas presents from my hubby! I might get him one too! Gonna miss my Hero though! Good times, good times!!!

Right on.... ur issue still bugs me when j think about... but a new phone compared to the hero is awesome. I got the nexus S 4g last week for free except for taxes and activation and it is awesome.
So the galaxy does sound like a great plan and gift
Good luck
Vs Nexus S 4G

Fried battery?

I was using a wifi tether on my phone running PCForce's CM7 and my phone restarted (it was connected to my PC via USB) and when it came back on it said "Charging 0%" and whenever I unplug it it switches off, never seen this before but it seems, to me, like the battery has been fried anyone think the same.
I also have a spare battery that works fine, which also tells me that it is some problem with the battery, and running a wifi tether can heat things up a bit which brought me to that conclusion.
Anyone wanna throw any ideas on if its possible to fix it, I am now using the battery that came with the phone but it has a crack near the contacts which doesn't fill me with confidence.

delsus said:
I was using a wifi tether on my phone running PCForce's CM7 and my phone restarted (it was connected to my PC via USB) and when it came back on it said "Charging 0%" and whenever I unplug it it switches off, never seen this before but it seems, to me, like the battery has been fried anyone think the same.
I also have a spare battery that works fine, which also tells me that it is some problem with the battery, and running a wifi tether can heat things up a bit which brought me to that conclusion.
Anyone wanna throw any ideas on if its possible to fix it, I am now using the battery that came with the phone but it has a crack near the contacts which doesn't fill me with confidence.
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try with 600 mHz it solved the problem for me

With mobile data and Wifi tethering enabled, my phone can get up to 52 degrees celsius in some cases without charging. I usually turn the phone off and take out the battery for a few minutes for it to cool down. I guess a temperature that high is caused by overclocking. I'm not sure if its damaging or not but I do prevent progression of operations in that temperature.
I also have a crack on the battery. Had it for a few months now and no problems so far
How 'cracked' is it?

jhonnyx1000 said:
With mobile data and Wifi tethering enabled, my phone can get up to 52 degrees celsius in some cases without charging. I usually turn the phone off and take out the battery for a few minutes for it to cool down. I guess a temperature that high is caused by overclocking. I'm not sure if its damaging or not but I do prevent progression of operations in that temperature.
I also have a crack on the battery. Had it for a few months now and no problems so far
How 'cracked' is it?
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Its only about half a centemeter long, and it only seems to be affecting the case, but got a replacement last year (was the repacement that got fried)
Havent tried it with andreas's advice yet but I will

delsus said:
Its only about half a centemeter long, and it only seems to be affecting the case, but got a replacement last year (was the repacement that got fried)
Havent tried it with andreas's advice yet but I will
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I don't think the crack will be that much of a problem. If you want, you could take it to someone experienced just to be sure.

jhonnyx1000 said:
I don't think the crack will be that much of a problem. If you want, you could take it to someone experienced just to be sure.
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It shouldnt, but I like to be sure lol.
Also setting to 600MHz didn't help, guess i'm stuck with my stock one for now.

wow, good job. Yep, mine charges up to 100% before the crack. After that battery hardly charges up to 97-98%.

I have crack to, but battery go to 100. Btw, i glue mine with tape.
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my battery didnt passed 99% but i do wipe battey and solved the problem

delsus said:
I was using a wifi tether on my phone running PCForce's CM7 and my phone restarted (it was connected to my PC via USB) and when it came back on it said "Charging 0%" and whenever I unplug it it switches off, never seen this before but it seems, to me, like the battery has been fried anyone think the same.
I also have a spare battery that works fine, which also tells me that it is some problem with the battery, and running a wifi tether can heat things up a bit which brought me to that conclusion.
Anyone wanna throw any ideas on if its possible to fix it, I am now using the battery that came with the phone but it has a crack near the contacts which doesn't fill me with confidence.
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I have 4 gt540 and all the batteries cracked the same way also another lg phone w550 cracked the same way this batteries with the hard plastic sucks all of them crack cause the cheap plastic cover
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wow 4 gt540s? O_O lol i left mine to charge over night at 40% and in the morning its 30% O_O the phone shows that it dint charge at all WTF but im sure it was before i turned in for the night >_> after that the batt levels jumped around the whole day before dying during school (damn) now im at home charging the phone and i think it has problems again... not chargers fault my bro just used it...

bs828 said:
wow 4 gt540s? O_O lol i left mine to charge over night at 40% and in the morning its 30% O_O the phone shows that it dint charge at all WTF but im sure it was before i turned in for the night >_> after that the batt levels jumped around the whole day before dying during school (damn) now im at home charging the phone and i think it has problems again... not chargers fault my bro just used it...
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Erase batt stats. That also hapends to me. Charged batt. All nite and shows 50% but if i reboot it will show 100%
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na its really that much. reboot and still same as good as no charge at all :/ but now its ok after rom change >_>

In 2 batteries that i have they also made the same crack in the same place.. :/

oyanezg said:
Erase batt stats. That also hapends to me. Charged batt. All nite and shows 50% but if i reboot it will show 100%
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well it's look like the rom's fault,change rom maybe work

My battery cracked as well, but it has been dropped a few times...
It is a real shame because my previous LG phone was the LG Viewty and that was an amazingly well built phone. Cost ~£100 and came with an amazing camera and 3G front facing camera too. Shame it didn't have android. So I don't know why LG decided to go really cheap on the build qualities - you'd think having cracked batteries would have come up in their design tests but they probably didn't care...

I got the same trouble...
Papu Singh, sent via lg gt 540

my battery drop very fast :crying:

My batery works about 1 day with deep sleep and oc 744mhz ;d

Faulty battery or faulty phone hardware?

So, a couple of weeks ago I went to bed with the Note connected to the AC charger while listening to music when sleeping. I woke up the next morning, only to find an EXTREMELY overheated phone that wouldnt boot or charge. Went to a local electronincs store and it turned out that the battery was dead so I ordered a new one. (Original battery, identical to the previous)
The first day of using the new battery I ran in to some strange behavior, the screen started to flicker as if the phone was running out of battery, the only problem was that there was atleast 30% of battery left. I have been experiencing the same kind of behavior ever since. The phone suddenly drains the battery, precentages increases or decreases when not charging, or the battery is suddenly empty at 15-40%. When I left for school today my phone was 100% charged, when I came home it was probably 50%, I listened to some music, after a while it read 15%, and before the song I was listening was done the phone started to flicker (as usual) and then turned off. I connected it to my PC and charged it for about 30 minutes, and when I turned the phone on the battery read 50%?? So basically I've experienced pretty wierd battery behavior all over.
The screen flickering has occured before when using low quality charger with battery stats at ca 1%, thats quite normal i guess?
I haven't been using low quality chargers on the new battery, nor did I under the incident that killed the previous battery, however, I've been using an original Galaxy SII charger with a 0,7A output, should be totally fine right?
I'm out of ideas what to try, I've tried to delete battery stats after a 100% charge numerous times, no change. Havent seen any battery drains from the battery monitorer. Currently using MIUI Vengeance CM9, havent experience battery drain earlier with this rom.
So what do you think? Battery, phone hardware or software?

try to clean the battery contacts at the back of your phone also clean out some dusts or lints on your usb charging port. Charge it back after to 100% and see if your still getting the same problem.

The same problem still occurs, thanks tip though.

lameplx said:
The same problem still occurs, thanks tip though.
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It's unlikely its hardware related, but get a replacement battery from somewhere preferably stock, they're not expensive. It's not hardware, most likely duff battery.
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I think i have the same situation as yours. My battery is kinda bloated also. Im planning to chnage battery if it works...
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PierreTech said:
I think i have the same situation as yours. My battery is kinda bloated also. Im planning to chnage battery if it works...
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Finally bothered to buy a new battery (again), and so far the battery life seems to be all good!
I guess I was just a bit unlucky by having the orginal battery break, and then receiving a faulty battery after ordering a replacement A series of unfortunate and confusing coincidents

Phone shuts down around 15%

Hi guys,
Since a few days my phone powers off when de battery is around 15%. And when i charge the phone again it starts charging at 15%. I repaired the software but that didnt help. Any ideas how to fix this? I am not rooted and im not planning to do that with this phone.
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Just charge the device to full capacity and don't restart it. This behaviour is normal.
Each restart or time spent in recovery, breaks remaining capacity estimation.
Full charge repairs it again.

peetr_ said:
Just charge the device to full capacity and don't restart it. This behaviour is normal.
Each restart or time spent in recovery, breaks remaining capacity estimation.
Full charge repairs it again.
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Okay thx, ill try that
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peetr_ said:
Just charge the device to full capacity and don't restart it. This behaviour is normal.
Each restart or time spent in recovery, breaks remaining capacity estimation.
Full charge repairs it again.
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Out of curiosity, is this a software problem, a hardware problem, or a Sony is really bad at making phones problem? My first Xperia TL by them bricked itself less than a week after purchase, and now I am having this same problem with my new device ever since the update to Jellybean. I have this device through AT&T, could it be their fault? My problems with my Galaxy Note were their fault so I wouldn't be surprised.

You may notice a pattern, if its a feature of every you phone you have its a feature of the phones.
This issue has been discussed repeatedly, its all to do with the way the phone calculates the charge and its not really an accurate picture of the power in your phone. Thats why some people ave noticed their percentage going up whilst not on charge.
I suggest you just use your phone as normal for a week, (I.e no flashing etc) and let it go through several full charge, this always settles the battery stats out.
Also, the new bateries we have prefer to be on charge, so whenever posoble leave it plugges in and NEVER let it discharge, the new batteries dont like that

spromper said:
Hi guys,
Since a few days my phone powers off when de battery is around 15%. And when i charge the phone again it starts charging at 15%. I repaired the software but that didnt help. Any ideas how to fix this? I am not rooted and im not planning to do that with this phone.
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Try calibrate the battery Go on Google Play and search for "Battery Calibration"

Mine was doing that too. You SHOULD read this post just in case http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2355862

How I calibrate my battery:
I made sure my phone is unable to be turned on again by making sure it has no battery left. Charge it without turning it on for 3 hours.
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Anyone have a defective battery issue?

So my One has been charging slow, I know, they made a safety feature where is it will charge slowly to protect the battery from losing its recharge capacity.
BUT this is very slow, I mean overnight charging and still 70%!
I called tech support and the dude said going under 15% battery and charging is really bad for the phone, something about this phone has a Li-On battery vs some other battery tech for the older HTC phones.
I work in security and it is very slow work and I'm constantly on the phone and get to 15% quite fast in my 8 hour shift.
I took it to sprint for a radio issue and the dude said sprint will not replace the phone since over 14 days and said HTC will charge me $50! to give me a new phone! The HTC tech didn't tell me any of that because he told me it could take 2 weeks to get the phone back from repair, so I declined it.
So long story short, it takes over 6 HOURS to charge my phone, when plugged in and in use battery will not recharge either!

ninten5 said:
So my One has been charging slow, I know, they made a safety feature where is it will charge slowly to protect the battery from losing its recharge capacity.
BUT this is very slow, I mean overnight charging and still 70%!
I called tech support and the dude said going under 15% battery and charging is really bad for the phone, something about this phone has a Li-On battery vs some other battery tech for the older HTC phones.
I work in security and it is very slow work and I'm constantly on the phone and get to 15% quite fast in my 8 hour shift.
I took it to sprint for a radio issue and the dude said sprint will not replace the phone since over 14 days and said HTC will charge me $50! to give me a new phone! The HTC tech didn't tell me any of that because he told me it could take 2 weeks to get the phone back from repair, so I declined it.
So long story short, it takes over 6 HOURS to charge my phone, when plugged in and in use battery will not recharge either!
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maybe its your charger

Nope. I tried the Original charger and my Samsung charger

Mine took two weeks to get back and it was shipped to Houston, and I live in Houston lol.
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So it doesn't go to Taiwan? That tech dude lied to me....
What about any price or was it free?

ninten5 said:
So my One has been charging slow, I know, they made a safety feature where is it will charge slowly to protect the battery from losing its recharge capacity.
BUT this is very slow, I mean overnight charging and still 70%!
I called tech support and the dude said going under 15% battery and charging is really bad for the phone, something about this phone has a Li-On battery vs some other battery tech for the older HTC phones.
I work in security and it is very slow work and I'm constantly on the phone and get to 15% quite fast in my 8 hour shift.
I took it to sprint for a radio issue and the dude said sprint will not replace the phone since over 14 days and said HTC will charge me $50! to give me a new phone! The HTC tech didn't tell me any of that because he told me it could take 2 weeks to get the phone back from repair, so I declined it.
So long story short, it takes over 6 HOURS to charge my phone, when plugged in and in use battery will not recharge either!
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mine charges in about 2 hrs. from about 30%, I've never tried it while plugged in and using phone so i don't know about that, all i know is my son has the same phone and his won't keep up while plugged in and using the phone at the same time. (i'm rooted and he isn't, also i'm on a custom rom and kernel)

Aldo101t said:
mine charges in about 2 hrs. from about 30%, I've never tried it while plugged in and using phone so i don't know about that, all i know is my son has the same phone and his won't keep up while plugged in and using the phone at the same time. (i'm rooted and he isn't, also i'm on a custom rom and kernel)
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Yeah..my Galaxy S3 was 100% from 5% in about 2 hours. I'm even on power saver. I don't play games, just youtube videos, internet surfing or email/text.
HTC better give me a a new phone or replace for free!

ninten5 said:
So my One has been charging slow, I know, they made a safety feature where is it will charge slowly to protect the battery from losing its recharge capacity.
BUT this is very slow, I mean overnight charging and still 70%!
I called tech support and the dude said going under 15% battery and charging is really bad for the phone, something about this phone has a Li-On battery vs some other battery tech for the older HTC phones.
I work in security and it is very slow work and I'm constantly on the phone and get to 15% quite fast in my 8 hour shift.
I took it to sprint for a radio issue and the dude said sprint will not replace the phone since over 14 days and said HTC will charge me $50! to give me a new phone! The HTC tech didn't tell me any of that because he told me it could take 2 weeks to get the phone back from repair, so I declined it.
So long story short, it takes over 6 HOURS to charge my phone, when plugged in and in use battery will not recharge either!
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I think it is a defect because mine charges very fast. From 20% to 80% in about an hour and half. Running pure stock though
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^^^^ Nail in the coffin right there... Now to call HTC and get a new phone or new battery put in. Really disappointed with the quality control from them.

Both of my one's charge well.
Fwiw:
Assumimg you don't have insurance your true options would be
Pay a Sprint corp repair store $50 and they will test and replace if necessary. 3-5 days
Call and deal with HTC ..??? Who knows timeframe
Sounds like the was a miscommunication somewhere
Tell more though? Stock rooted..many things can contribute to battery and charging issues.
What is the "radio issue"
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I am completely stock. I don't root my phones until I feel they are slowing down.
The radio issue was the "sim card locked" please power cycle error with multiple dropped calls.
Sprint guy fixed that by "tweaking" the radio signal.

ninten5 said:
So it doesn't go to Taiwan? That tech dude lied to me....
What about any price or was it free?
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Well my issue was a broken screen. It cost me 189.
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ninten5 said:
I am completely stock. I don't root my phones until I feel they are slowing down.
The radio issue was the "sim card locked" please power cycle error with multiple dropped calls.
Sprint guy fixed that by "tweaking" the radio signal.
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Yeah find a different repair store...for sure
Make sure it is a corporate store
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I don't think anyone took the time to read your question.
The phone will charge quickly if it is idle and isn't in use.
The phone will charge STUPID SLOW if it is in use. Typically 10 hrs + to recharge up to 100% if you are a) talking on the phone b) using an app (games) that will truly utilize the hardware of the phone. As far as I can tell, this IS a built-in security feature to preserve the life of the battery.
Example: My past phone batteries would get VERY hot when I am talking on the phone and charging it, but it charges quickly. But long-term effect is that the battery dies within a few months.
The HTC One's battery doesn't get hot while it is charging.
Hope that answers your question.

Buy a nexus 7 charger it will charge quicker
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Mouahmong said:
I don't think anyone took the time to read your question.
The phone will charge quickly if it is idle and isn't in use.
The phone will charge STUPID SLOW if it is in use. Typically 10 hrs + to recharge up to 100% if you are a) talking on the phone b) using an app (games) that will truly utilize the hardware of the phone. As far as I can tell, this IS a built-in security feature to preserve the life of the battery.
Example: My past phone batteries would get VERY hot when I am talking on the phone and charging it, but it charges quickly. But long-term effect is that the battery dies within a few months.
The HTC One's battery doesn't get hot while it is charging.
Hope that answers your question.
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No, even when I am charging overnight AKA sleeping that phone will not get to 100% after I take it off the charger in the morning. Max it gets to is 70%
I'll call HTC again and demand they fix this battery for free or I'll provide them with bad publicity through the internet

Mouahmong said:
I don't think anyone took the time to read your question.
The phone will charge quickly if it is idle and isn't in use.
The phone will charge STUPID SLOW if it is in use. Typically 10 hrs + to recharge up to 100% if you are a) talking on the phone b) using an app (games) that will truly utilize the hardware of the phone. As far as I can tell, this IS a built-in security feature to preserve the life of the battery.
Example: My past phone batteries would get VERY hot when I am talking on the phone and charging it, but it charges quickly. But long-term effect is that the battery dies within a few months.
The HTC One's battery doesn't get hot while it is charging.
Hope that answers your question.
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My phone will actually lose a charge while charging and using navigation and I have had my battery overheat a couple times while charging and using nav and also while charging and using tango video chat. Phone was blazing hot. Best just to not use phone while charging
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Some of you guys are missing the point.
THE PHONE DOES NOT CHARGE EVEN WHEN LEFT ON CHARGE FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT!!!
If that is not a defective battery then what is? If this was my evo 3d I would just buy a new battery not make a big deal but since this "One Piece" BS has trapped the battery inside, I am unable to fully use a brand new phone just months into its ownership!!!

ninten5 said:
Some of you guys are missing the point.
THE PHONE DOES NOT CHARGE EVEN WHEN LEFT ON CHARGE FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT!!!
If that is not a defective battery then what is? If this was my evo 3d I would just buy a new battery not make a big deal but since this "One Piece" BS has trapped the battery inside, I am unable to fully use a brand new phone just months into its ownership!!!
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Take it back
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Just took mine to sprint and they are giving me a new one since there are no refurbs in stock. I pick it up on tuesday
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