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[Q] Captivate Reboot and Battery Loop problem

Hello everyone, long time reader, first time poster (with a real query).
Actually last Friday my cappy started to show 100% of the battery after being for some time in use, so I reboot it trying to solve the issue.
After the boot, the cell shows the Initially Battery screen for 2 seconds with the battery without charge then turns off. Tried several times and also using a second battery with full charge and same problem persisted.
10 minutes later without having a battery inside the phone, it boots but when I rebooted the problem arises again.
This weekend I installed Illuminance 3.01, after that I have installed CM9 (very nice ROM) and the battery problem still is happening. I am able to use the phone but I don´t know for how much more.
Any suggestion?
Thanks,
Martin

have you tried to wipe battery stats in recovery ?

Felixcm88 said:
have you tried to wipe battery stats in recovery ?
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Yesterday night I did a wipe battery stats and the problem still is there.
It starts with the loop and the only way I can start the phone is plugging it then it shows the actual charge of the battery and after that I can boot.
It must be something "deeper" than the rom...
Anybody?
Thanks

Somebody can help?

I am having the exact same issue, stock froyo 2.2 rooted 5 months ago. I'm trying everything before updating to 2.3, I'll let you know if I find a fix, please do the same.
Searching google is not working this time, it's been 3 days...
Things I've tried:
1- From recovery, boot phone. Problem persists after phone is turned off.
2- Boot from revovery, then reset to factory settings, after rese, same issue.
3- Wipe cache from recovery. Problem still there.
4- Wipe cache+user data from recovery. Same thing.
5- repeating 1-4 without SD card or SIM card.
- Wipe battery data... nothing...
- Unrooting, same issue, rooted again.
- Run root fixes with Titanium backup. Same...
- Removing battery for hours, while charging it externally, replace battery, same issue.
All to no success. Things yet to try:
- Update to 2.3 using kies
- Update to beta 2.3.5 using odin
- Update to custom rom, maybe try 3 or 4 different...
- Cry, then save and buy a new phone, use cappy as shiny paperweight...
Please let me know if you could fix it...

I'm not sure what you mean when you say "initial battery screen."
But if I am to understand the rest, your problem is:
initial boot - runs fine, but battery stays at 100% no matter how long it runs.
reboot - phone now says the battery is suddenly dead, and shuts-off.
further reboots - same
You can't get the phone to fully boot till the battery is left out for a while and the phone is fully de-energized.
You have tried a different battery and it behaves the same.
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Have you tried using a known "good" battery? (a new one or one from someone who's phone works fine)
Also, what happens if you plug in the USB while the phone is off? (after the inital boot, when it is stuck in the "dead battery loop.")

Still dead after installing update and 2 custom roms...
Yes I tried a good battery from another cappy, if I plug in the cable it does the same, instead of normally booting, it displays an empty battery and goes off.
I am able to make it work but only entering the restore mode, so I cannot for example be on a trip and reset the phone for whatever reason...

have you tried using a different kernel?
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App

sorry, but how can I try a different kernel? do i need to change the rom?

Nah, kernels can be flashed independent of ROMs just look through development for topics that have "[Kernel]" as the fist word in their title.
If you have gone and loaded two custom ROMs and it still persist then it's not a kernel issue. As the kernel is always changed along with the ROM.
That said, I can only think of two other possibilities: one being dirt or such making a short in the contacts of the usb (does it sometimes think it is plugged in when it's not), two something in the circuitry for the battery randomly went bad.
Try cleaning the socket for the usb. If that does not fix then assume the worst
leaked from my ICS- FUSED SGS I897 contaminating you via XDA app.

Ok, here's the thing, I left it without the battery for 24 hrs, then it was worst. The phone would not turn on at all. However, after that I tried putting the battery in while holding the power button, it worked!!! it's better than having to connect to the computer, but still, I don't want to have to do this every time... flashing roms now to try again.
We're getting somewhere now...

DaNaRkI could be right about it being a circuitry problem (which would suck). With that in mind, have you checked to make sure the prongs which connect the battery to the phone are still in good shape?
When you flashed the roms, are you doing complete wipes? (wiping the cache/dalvik/data)? It might be worth it to go one step beyond that and format all the partitions and then reflash. I think if you do that, you could basically rule out any software problems.
Be sure to back up your data!
P.S. When you do all this wiping and formating and reflashing, boot up and check to see if the problem is still there before you put your data back on jic there is some weird corruption in your data which is causing this.

ok.
have you checked to make sure the prongs which connect the battery to the phone are still in good shape?
yes I have, they're perfect
When you flashed the roms, are you doing complete wipes?
many times, actually
I have yet to format all partitions, how can I do that?
Thanks!!
and yes, all my data is well backed up in my PC and cloud...
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this is rather odd, just tried to factory reset again, then restarted using the battery method, then... turned it off, and now it boots normally!!!
Thanks for your help !!!

I have the same problem. What exactly did you do? I use a custom rom, and I flashed stock gingerbread 2.3.4.

Formatting the partitions won't do anything, since the phone won't even turn on sometimes. So when exactly did this problem start happening? Was it after a particular flash or other incident?

Booting problem

Hi
I'm having problems when turning on my galaxy note. I was using Paranoid Android J.B. and was playing Death Trigger happily when suddenly the screen started acting like an old T.V. I got scared so I exited the game and rebooted the phone and got stuck so I re restarted the phone by long pressing the power button but this time it didn't boot but only appeared quickly the galaxy note N-7000 screen and turned off.
At first I charged the phone thinking maybe it was low on battery but happened the same. Then I entered to recovery mode after pressing the buttons a longer than usual time and installed P.A. CM9. Everything was ok but 15 minutes later I ran off of battery and the phone turned off. I charged again the phone and after a few minutes I tried to turn on the phone but I couldn't because again all I got was a quick flash of the galaxy note screen.
I entered again on the recovery mode but this time I only selected the reboot phone option and it turned on as always.
Does someone knows what could it be or how to fix it?
Would you recommend me to install stock rom and unroot the phone just in case?
Thanks four your help

Hello perri.etb, you could first try another custom firmware and see if the exact problem persists. You could then try a stock firmware just to double-check.

YLNdroid said:
Hello perri.etb, you could first try another custom firmware and see if the exact problem persists. You could then try a stock firmware just to double-check.
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That's why I installed Paranoid Android CM9. I have used it some time and know that it works perfectly but yeah, maybe installing a TW rom could work. I'll try.
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I installed another rom and everything worked fine. Now I installed again P.A. CM9 and everything is fine.
Thanks.

perri.etb said:
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I installed another rom and everything worked fine. Now I installed again P.A. CM9 and everything is fine.
Thanks.
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Hello perri.etb, I am glad you have resolved the issue.

CM10 won't shut down or display battery properly

My sincerest apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, but I've searched high and low in Google and XDA without result.
I recently rooted my P3 and then flashed CM10. Took me a few goes (first time 3G wasn't working etc.), but each time I factory reset, wiped cache and dalvik cache before and after flashing. I eventually got it working just fine, except for the battery not displaying properly. It always said it was charging, even when it wasn't, and it wouldn't charge to 100%, instead stopping at 99%. I used the battery calibration mod, and tried to wipe the battery stats via CWM recovery, but to no avail.
Other than that, and the auto rotation flipping to the opposite side you turn (I understand this is a known bug), everything was running smoothly so I decided to do a backup via CWM recovery. Once everything was completed I booted back up. It all was working as it had before, until I tried to power down. The screen went black, but shortly the Samsung Galaxy splash screen came on and it booted up again. I tried wiping the cache and dalvik cache, wiping battery stats, but it still will not stay powered down. The only exception is when I have it plugged in and charging, then it will stay on the battery charging animation instead of rebooting.
Any help would be much appreciated. I really don't want to have to revert to base CWM after tasting the awesomeness of CM10!

Xanthippus said:
My sincerest apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, but I've searched high and low in Google and XDA without result.
I recently rooted my P3 and then flashed CM10. Took me a few goes (first time 3G wasn't working etc.), but each time I factory reset, wiped cache and dalvik cache before and after flashing. I eventually got it working just fine, except for the battery not displaying properly. It always said it was charging, even when it wasn't, and it wouldn't charge to 100%, instead stopping at 99%. I used the battery calibration mod, and tried to wipe the battery stats via CWM recovery, but to no avail.
Other than that, and the auto rotation flipping to the opposite side you turn (I understand this is a known bug), everything was running smoothly so I decided to do a backup via CWM recovery. Once everything was completed I booted back up. It all was working as it had before, until I tried to power down. The screen went black, but shortly the Samsung Galaxy splash screen came on and it booted up again. I tried wiping the cache and dalvik cache, wiping battery stats, but it still will not stay powered down. The only exception is when I have it plugged in and charging, then it will stay on the battery charging animation instead of rebooting.
Any help would be much appreciated. I really don't want to have to revert to base CWM after tasting the awesomeness of CM10!
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Which version are you using? It was a known bug in an older ROM, which should have been fixed in the newer ones.

Using the 20120816 version that I got from the link in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803593

I've also had this problem for awhile, with several different ROM's.
Does fastboot work for you? Cause it doesn't for me, but not sure if related.

Xanthippus said:
My sincerest apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, but I've searched high and low in Google and XDA without result.
I recently rooted my P3 and then flashed CM10. Took me a few goes (first time 3G wasn't working etc.), but each time I factory reset, wiped cache and dalvik cache before and after flashing. I eventually got it working just fine, except for the battery not displaying properly. It always said it was charging, even when it wasn't, and it wouldn't charge to 100%, instead stopping at 99%. I used the battery calibration mod, and tried to wipe the battery stats via CWM recovery, but to no avail.
Other than that, and the auto rotation flipping to the opposite side you turn (I understand this is a known bug), everything was running smoothly so I decided to do a backup via CWM recovery. Once everything was completed I booted back up. It all was working as it had before, until I tried to power down. The screen went black, but shortly the Samsung Galaxy splash screen came on and it booted up again. I tried wiping the cache and dalvik cache, wiping battery stats, but it still will not stay powered down. The only exception is when I have it plugged in and charging, then it will stay on the battery charging animation instead of rebooting.
Any help would be much appreciated. I really don't want to have to revert to base CWM after tasting the awesomeness of CM10!
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Are you using the correct recovery? Not sure that you would be able to get as far as you if it were wrong but ...
I caused myself heartache at some point as a result of using the wrong recovery. It gave my weird results too. I am other 16 Aug ROM and I find it pretty damn good.
Here is the right one
http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/roms/cm10/p3/recovery.tar.md5

GaryWS said:
Are you using the correct recovery? Not sure that you would be able to get as far as you if it were wrong but ...
I caused myself heartache at some point as a result of using the wrong recovery. It gave my weird results too. I am other 16 Aug ROM and I find it pretty damn good.
Here is the right one
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I got the recovery from the same thread I linked above, so pretty sure it was the right one. Just to be sure I downloaded and flashed the one you linked with Odin, but it's made no difference. However, I have (finally) had success in getting the battery to charge to 100%. I kept wiping the battery stats every time I booted up, and powered it down while plugged in and left it on charge when I wasn't using it. After a couple of days (with it on and off charge) it finally said it was fully charged when I powered it on. I have used the battery calibration app with it at 100%, so hopefully it shall begin indicating properly, although it still says it's charging all the time, and the charging animation when it is powered down does not indicate its actual charge level.
As for it not powering down when it's not plugged in... I am still new to rooting and ROMs, but would it be of help if someone who has no problems powering down uploaded their kernel and I flashed that?

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As for it not powering down when it's not plugged in... I am still new to rooting and ROMs, but would it be of help if someone who has no problems powering down uploaded their kernel and I flashed that?
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Re-download the lastest ROM and flash it; the latest ROM does not have that problem.

pruano said:
Re-download the lastest ROM and flash it; the latest ROM does not have that problem.
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Where would I get that ROM from? The latest one from the link above at the Droid basement is the 16th August version I already have.

Xanthippus said:
Where would I get that ROM from? The latest one from the link above at the Droid basement is the 16th August version I already have.
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I would recommend you re-download and re-flash it, since others (myself included) have no such problem with that version.

Didn't work. Redownloaded, reflashed, same problem. I even tried to unroot it so that I could flash it all again fresh, but somewhere along the way something has gone wrong. Odin is not working anymore. I can transfer files to and from my tablet, the computer still recognises it when plugged in, and Odin recognises the USB connection too, but if I try to flash something with it, it always says it is unable to open the COM port.

Tried this many different ways, with different roms, nothing seemed to work. Finally, tried AOKP milestone 6 (based on CM9) and it works perfectly. Go figure...

Heating Up

hi, im having a problem, is it normal for a custom rom to heat up my phone after about 5 minutes of using it? i mean while texting?
when it's in sleepmode evything coolsdown, but then after waking it up for about 5-10minutes it heats up, im using the governor
abbysplug and i/o sio. im not connected to the wifi or mobile data(never used data though). i turn off sync for all my accounts and
location is turned off, im currently using Carbon 4.4.2(06022014). and my battery drain is like 3-5minutes for every 1% of its juice. is it
normal? because when im in stock rom my battery last a lot longer. im using set-cpu and greenify as for my battery saving. oh and here's one
more problem, everytime a set a setting for example changing dalvik to ART, after i set it, and rebooted, i check in the setting it's back to dalvik.
also the read-ahead option for extsd everytime i set it up for 4000KB and thick the start on boot, after reboot it goes back to the default, same for my prefered network 2g/3g i always use 2g only but then after several minutes back to 3g again. please if someone can help me.
i did a fullwipe (System, Data, Cache, Dalvik Cache)
im using Aroma GAPPS
and Recovery is TWRP by Android-Andi
and the Rom is by New-Maclaw

For the heating up & battery consumption : It's 1GHz bug. Hung the WiFi and reboot. :good:
For changing from dalvik to ART : update your recovery with NovaFusion's last update and try again. Btw ART is working. :good:
As for the other problems are bugs of the rom : Update the rom and wait for repairs.

jstath1972 said:
For the heating up & battery consumption : It's 1GHz bug. Hung the WiFi and reboot. :good:
For changing from dalvik to ART : update your recovery with NovaFusion's last update and try again. Btw ART is working. :good:
As for the other problems are bugs of the rom : Update the rom and wait for repairs.
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thanks for the response sir, i don't have a 1ghz bug, mine is playing around 200-1000, just updated my TWRP to 2.7.1 will try again to change the runtime.

Samsung Galaxy S III Mini battery drain problem
This has only happened twice. It could be my phone overheating and that causes my phone to reboot and go from around 60%-70% to exactly 4%.
But maybe its something else, i'm not sure. My phone isnt rooted or anything. But i will root it once i get this fixed.
I have the SIII Mini, Model Number- GT-i8190, android version- 4.1.2. PLEASE HELP

Droid Turbo turning off randomly after root

I recently rooted my droid turbo 32gb using sunshine root and kingroot. I successfully flashed Resurrection Remix Lollipop 5.1.1_r26.
However sometimes when the phone is idle in my pocket for awhile and i go to pull it out it is off. Also, it takes about a minute or so of pressing the power button to turn on. I also cleared the cache after flashing and reset everything. When i cleared the cache it seemed to work over night but turned off automatically during the day with more than sufficient battery life left. If anyone has any possible fixes, i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

kernel problem
guccimcilroy said:
I recently rooted my droid turbo 32gb using sunshine root and kingroot. I successfully flashed Resurrection Remix Lollipop 5.1.1_r26.
However sometimes when the phone is idle in my pocket for awhile and i go to pull it out it is off. Also, it takes about a minute or so of pressing the power button to turn on. I also cleared the cache after flashing and reset everything. When i cleared the cache it seemed to work over night but turned off automatically during the day with more than sufficient battery life left. If anyone has any possible fixes, i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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I am not sure 100% but it may be kernel problem as support for xt1254 from stock kernel is added 3 days back in cm12.1 and RR is based of cm12.1
possible solution
1) try clean flash RR
2) if first does not solve flash CM12.1 (running very smooth without any bugs) until RR team update their ROM

It's probably RR rom. I had an issue with my Droid Ultra on dirty unicorns. Went back to cm 12 and it worked fine.
Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

I am running resurrection remix fine on my droid turbo. For two days now I have had no issues. What I did is, in twrp, I did a factory reset, wiped dalvik and then cache. Then I flashed the ROM and then gapps. No more wipes. I booted it up from there and I've been stable ever since.

Thanks all. Went to cm 12. Now the GPS is the problem. Any fixes?

guccimcilroy said:
Thanks all. Went to cm 12. Now the GPS is the problem. Any fixes?
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Yeah, freeze motogeofences in Titanium Backup and install TopNTP.
See this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64109692&postcount=306

I was able to freeze georef then I installed TopNTP. however when it rebooted nothing changed. The GPS still didnt work. Do I have to flash again? Sorry I'm a noob

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I was able to freeze georef then I installed TopNTP. however when it rebooted nothing changed. The GPS still didnt work. Do I have to flash again? Sorry I'm a noob
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do you have "high accuracy" turned on?

Yeah. I turned it off when I froze it though

All you have to do is freeze georef then download TopNTP then reboot? Or am I missing a step

Do I have to go into stock to download topntp for it to work then flash cm 12.1 again?