Nope not a problem (anymore) but just something I wanted to share with you. I bought an XT894 of Ebay, apparently from an XDA member. The phone is unable to register the SIM. So I thought of buying a new daughter board and swap it out. Then I thought of just swapping it with mine just to be sure. I did, but to no avail. While testing I accidentally used my battery in the Ebay Droid. After the swap I placed the batteries back. The phones kept on working. But one of the batteries wouldn't charge (my own Droid with the battery I accidentally put in the Ebay Droiid). When I plugged in the charger, the phone started charging from 5% to 100% in 5sec. But the phone wouldn't boot. I left it on the charger for a night, also didn't help. Then I thought of soldering a factory cable and SBF the SOB. Yep, that also did not work. The same thing happened, you plug in the charger and it goes from 5% to 100% in 5sec. After that I just ordered another XT894 with a cracked screen. The mainboard can be used to fix the one I bought of Ebay. The battery can probably fix my own Droid.
Yesterday I decided to swap batteries again. I was hesitant because of the risk of killing both batteries. But for some reason Battery A works in Droid B an battery B works in Droid A. I charged both, drained both 'till they turned off. And now both are on their second charge. In short, both Droids seem to be working well after I swapped the batteries. I searched everywhere but could find no report of this. That's why I'm posting it. As you can see I tried everything I could think of. Nothing, noooothing helped.
The next step would be swapping the batteries back again. But I won't be doing that. I had to go through 4 days without a working phone.
Just thought I'd share. An apparently dead battery isn't always dead. Even when the factory cable doesn't seem to work.
same thing is happening to me
Die Bruine said:
Nope not a problem (anymore) but just something I wanted to share with you. I bought an XT894 of Ebay, apparently from an XDA member. The phone is unable to register the SIM. So I thought of buying a new daughter board and swap it out. Then I thought of just swapping it with mine just to be sure. I did, but to no avail. While testing I accidentally used my battery in the Ebay Droid. After the swap I placed the batteries back. The phones kept on working. But one of the batteries wouldn't charge (my own Droid with the battery I accidentally put in the Ebay Droiid). When I plugged in the charger, the phone started charging from 5% to 100% in 5sec. But the phone wouldn't boot. I left it on the charger for a night, also didn't help. Then I thought of soldering a factory cable and SBF the SOB. Yep, that also did not work. The same thing happened, you plug in the charger and it goes from 5% to 100% in 5sec. After that I just ordered another XT894 with a cracked screen. The mainboard can be used to fix the one I bought of Ebay. The battery can probably fix my own Droid.
Yesterday I decided to swap batteries again. I was hesitant because of the risk of killing both batteries. But for some reason Battery A works in Droid B an battery B works in Droid A. I charged both, drained both 'till they turned off. And now both are on their second charge. In short, both Droids seem to be working well after I swapped the batteries. I searched everywhere but could find no report of this. That's why I'm posting it. As you can see I tried everything I could think of. Nothing, noooothing helped.
The next step would be swapping the batteries back again. But I won't be doing that. I had to go through 4 days without a working phone.
Just thought I'd share. An apparently dead battery isn't always dead. Even when the factory cable doesn't seem to work.
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I bought an ebay d4 to fix my d4. All seemed to be ok, but now I am having the above mentioned problem. Why wont my d4 recognize its own battery? I know the battery is charged, I charged it just fine before I took it apart, now it wont do anything unless its plugged in and its jumping from 0% to 5% then 2 seconds later, 100%. I can't get it boot. I will try the battery swap mentioned above, but the ebay d4s battery overheated, and when i got it and booted it, it had to exit `cooldown mode`. So im concerned about using that battery. Is there any way to get my d4 and its phone to talk to each other again?
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So, I tried the fix above, it didn't work either. As I was replacing the original battery, I remembered how the battery flopped out cuz the adhesive wasn't stuck to anything. So I took that cable that screws the phone to the battery and bent it down. Phone powered on wonderfully !!!! Im so happy! Thank you to everyone on here for sharing your repair knowledge so freely love y'all!
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I bought an ebay d4 to fix my d4. All seemed to be ok, but now I am having the above mentioned problem. Why wont my d4 recognize its own battery? I know the battery is charged, I charged it just fine before I took it apart, now it wont do anything unless its plugged in and its jumping from 0% to 5% then 2 seconds later, 100%. I can't get it boot. I will try the battery swap mentioned above, but the ebay d4s battery overheated, and when i got it and booted it, it had to exit `cooldown mode`. So im concerned about using that battery. Is there any way to get my d4 and its phone to talk to each other again?
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So, I tried the fix above, it didn't work either. As I was replacing the original battery, I remembered how the battery flopped out cuz the adhesive wasn't stuck to anything. So I took that cable that screws the phone to the battery and bent it down. Phone powered on wonderfully !!!! Im so happy! Thank you to everyone on here for sharing your repair knowledge so freely love y'all!
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Can you elaborate on "bent it down" ? the flap screws flat so how do you bend it down ? I have the same issue and just want to try it.
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Sure. I unscrewed the battery, and even though it looked flush I bent that tab down a bit. When I screwed it back in the battery worked just fine. Hope this helps!
I have exactly the same problem, anybody solved it?
It looks strange for me benting the tap since there are 2 screws that keep it hold on the phone..
Edit: I can confirm is a contact problem, as soon as you keep pressed in the middle of the screws it works...
Not charging more than 4-10%
elect86 said:
I have exactly the same problem, anybody solved it?
It looks strange for me benting the tap since there are 2 screws that keep it hold on the phone..
Edit: I can confirm is a contact problem, as soon as you keep pressed in the middle of the screws it works...
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I have same issue, maybe different. I discover that it was the charger. Gladly, i have 3 of them, and changing it start charging more than 10%, now it is charging to 12% and keep going
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Can you elaborate on "bent it down" ? the flap screws flat so how do you bend it down ? I have the same issue and just want to try it.
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Well, I saw how the battery bent as it flopped out of the phone. I unscrewed the battery, held it up, grasped the little gold ribbon that the screws go into and bent it down in the opposite direction gently. Then I reinstalled the battery. Hope this helps, sorry it's so late.
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Hiya...
Rooted/Nandroid with Bootstrapped Recovery..
I was in the car today,device charged about 40%, noticed the Bionic (for the first time) spontaneously booted. Got the boot screen icon, then black.
Went home, pulled the battery, put in the dock, nothing. Battery back in, nothing.
I think I've eliminated the battery as the cause.
Called Verizon, level 2 tech, offered to send a replacement; I opted to go the the brick and mortar store in the AM so as not to wait for 2 days.
Three questions:
Any chance that this is software related? Rooting app or Bootstrap app related? I think not, as in the dock without a battery it should at least start to light up, no?
If I'm correct, am I in jeopardy of voiding my warranty as the phone's rooted? (Not that they could tell).. ?
Anything else to try b4 swapping the phone?
Thx
Alan
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Any chance that this is software related? Rooting app or Bootstrap app related? I think not, as in the dock without a battery it should at least start to light up, no?
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No, MOST* smart phones cannot run on AC power alone. They require some charge on the battery in order to boot.
*added the emphasis before someone comes running in because their OG Droid/Nexus One/RAZR/POS flip phone/whatever could run off AC power alone.
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If I'm correct, am I in jeopardy of voiding my warranty as the phone's rooted? (Not that they could tell).. ?
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Rooting your device may void your warranty. Most of the time if it's a physical problem and not related to software, the warranty will still be honored. However, it'll probably be an uphill fight.
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I'd try to get ahold of another battery. I'm willing to bet that yours is defective.
I thought that the Bionic would light up in the dock with the battery removed?
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I thought that the Bionic would light up in the dock with the battery removed?
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Why would it?
The dock is just an AC charger with a stand.
Try fastboot. Rsd lite. Fxz file
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With my Droid X and a dead battery the phone would have to sit about 5 minutes and charge before it would come on at all. Wall charger, not USB via computer.
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its true that the bionic will have to charge for at least a couple minuets to turn back on. i have run mine totally dead and it will not power up untill it has charged for at least three to five plus minuets. although it will light up about three seconds after the charger is pluged in and even show the battery pic and charging. first thing you need to do is with battery back in the phone and a regular charging cable pluged in the phone other end, usb, pluged into your computer run adb or what ever you use and find out if it showes any devices at all being connected. you should be able to see this in the rds also. run rds app, then plug in phone using a rear usb port
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its true that the bionic will have to charge for at least a couple minuets to turn back on. i have run mine totally dead and it will not power up untill it has charged for at least three to five plus minuets. although it will light up about three seconds after the charger is pluged in and even show the battery pic and charging. first thing you need to do is with battery back in the phone and a regular charging cable pluged in the phone other end, usb, pluged into your computer run adb or what ever you use and find out if it showes any devices at all being connected. you should be able to see this in the rds also. run rds app, then plug in phone using a rear usb port
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yep, it's true.
I ran my bionic's battery dry the first day I had it. I was trippin out thinking it was broken or something.
After about 5-10 min of charging, I noticed it had a charging Icon.
I realized that I was upset over nothing.
I put it in the wall charger for the 10th time and noticed after about 10 minutes that it lit up with the boot screen, then the battery icon, which showed 0 percent... then it died. So it does look to be the battery. That's good news, I guess. Should I try to get a replacement from VZW, or spare the cross-exam about rooting and fork out the cash for a new battery?
If you want to spare yourself of the cross exam about root, get a new extended battery. Or if you firmly believe that the battery was defective to begin with, then stand your ground and ask that you be given a new one.
You should be fine taking it in. I would do what has been stated and just get a new battery because if it isn't that then it is a hardware issue and that isn't the roots fault anyways.
Also as a kind of FYI thing, Verizon does not do in store warranty replacements anymore(an exception being if you're within the 14day WFG period and the phone is ruled DOA). VZW, in store, does 5 day(overnight if you have insurance) shipping for free. If you want it sooner, you pay the shipping cost. Further, warranty replacement phones do not come with a new battery. They use the old phone's battery.
Where I'm going with this is always start with the battery in situations like this. That can be warrantied in store on the spot. Also make sure you're going to a corporate location.
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Like most cell phone batteries, they aren't designed to be completely drained.
I recommend charging it full, waiting tell it gets to about 10%, then charge it fully one more time.
After that charge, your battery should last you all day.
No need to waste money on an extend battery.
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Don't worry, you're not the first to have a dead phone. I had to go get a new one after three days.
Couldn't get booted past Motorola splash through any method, and an unlocked bootloader may have helped. But, in the past, and Verizon was happy to hand over a new one.
Wish I had more useful information, but I don't. So, good luck on getting your beast tamed.
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Update...
Went to the VZW store at 9... tech swapped out the battery for a new one. NO GOOD. Nothing.
Probably a good thing, as this way they couldn't void the warranty when they discovered it was rooted
Replaced the phone (17 days after purchase; had to get the mgr to approve a swap)..
Restoring apps as we speak..
Makes one wonder what's up with Motorola's QC dept.
So one day my phone randomly stopped charging correctly..... It was working perfectly like 2 days ago. But now every time I want to charge my phone I have to bend the HTC charging cord down so that it will charge and most of the time it doesn't even charge properly. If I just put it in normally it will not charge at all. The highest I got my phone to charge was 47% and from there it just goes down because my phone doesnt charge properly.
Ive had a problem with my charging port before but Ive gotten it replaced and it was working perfectly.
I also got a brand new charging cord for about $30 so the cord is not the problem.
Ive also tried to use a friends cord and charge my phone but I still have to bend the cord to get it to work.
Someone please help me with this.. This is very stressful. My phone was working fine 2 days ago. And its been working perfectly for a long time. But now all of a sudden it wants to stop working properly.
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So one day my phone randomly stopped charging correctly..... It was working perfectly like 2 days ago. But now every time I want to charge my phone I have to bend the HTC charging cord down so that it will charge and most of the time it doesn't even charge properly. If I just put it in normally it will not charge at all. The highest I got my phone to charge was 47% and from there it just goes down because my phone doesnt charge properly.
Ive had a problem with my charging port before but Ive gotten it replaced and it was working perfectly.
I also got a brand new charging cord for about $30 so the cord is not the problem.
Ive also tried to use a friends cord and charge my phone but I still have to bend the cord to get it to work.
Someone please help me with this.. This is very stressful. My phone was working fine 2 days ago. And its been working perfectly for a long time. But now all of a sudden it wants to stop working properly.
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Same exact thing happened to me, I wouldn't toy around with it too much because I completely broke mine to where it won't charge at all now..
What I suggest is getting a charger dock for just your batteries (if you have more than one) or just buy a new charger port and replace it.. it's only held in by two screws.
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Same exact thing happened to me, I wouldn't toy around with it too much because I completely broke mine to where it won't charge at all now..
What I suggest is getting a charger dock for just your batteries (if you have more than one) or just buy a new charger port and replace it.. it's only held in by two screws.
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How much does a charger dock cost?
You could probably find a cheap charger dock on eBay. Albeit it might be of poorer grade, it would be enough to get you by.
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Amazon is a good resource for many things, including chargers. I bought a battery for my old phone there, and it came with a free external battery charger. It turns out that it charges most any LiOn battery. The charger is built by Anker, and costs about $5 or $10. A very good technique is to buy a second battery and charge it, then swap batteries when the phone's battery gets low. That way you always have a charged battery available.
Hello!
I got an old Samsung gt-n7000, it worked well until the battery went old. The screen started to flickering for some days, until the battery lost all the power, the mobile turned off and I could not recharge it. I then bought a new battery and everything worked, I thought. Until I should charge the phone, it still dident work to charge it. I look all over the internet and found that maybe its the usb connector in the phone that stop working. I ordered one at ebay, got it today but it still don't give me any response at all.
The phone was rooted for ca one year ago, but then I factory reset it to all original. So this dosenĀ“t matter?
Any thoughts what I can do? Is it just trash?
My advice is to get an external battery charger and a spare battery.
It could also very well be a bad usb cable.
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My advice is to get an external battery charger and a spare battery.
It could also very well be a bad usb cable.
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I already tried 5 different cables and none of them work sadly.
Yeah I guess that's the only way?
I suspect something like this would work as well.
Please note that i have not tested/used/researched/ordered this. But its what i would consider giving your situation.
http://linkdream.en.alibaba.com/product/1512387341-220483571/Qi_Standard_Wireless_Charger_for_Samsung_Galaxy_S_I_II_III_IV_i9100_i9300_i9500_Note_I_II_III_N7100_N9500_All_Smart_Phone.html
Looks like I am the second person to report this? Anybody else having a similar problem? Super bummed. :crying:
http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus6/comments/2nrqqe/nexus_6_shuts_off_at_about_50_percent_battery/
"I have been fighting the exact same thing for 10 days now. Tonight I finally did my 6th factory image back to stock restore. Every day it gets worse. Started of just dying fast. 2 hours screen on time at most. Then it started shutting off at 50%. Then 64%. As of right now as soon as it gets to 73% it flashes power saving mode briefly and then shuts off instantly and won't power back on until I charge it. I can charge it for 2 or 3 minutes and then it boots up and says its already charged to 85%.
At the end of my rope with this. Already initiated my RMA earlier tonight but it makes me very very sad as this has been my most favorite Android ever and I have had *tons* of them. I know they don't have any replacement devices in stock anywhere and I'm not waiting weeks for repair of my 10 day old phone. Sending it back for a refund. Might try one again a few months down the road."
Well I tried going back to my Note 3 last night but after 15 minutes I was hating it. After one last factory reset last night in a dire attempt to somehow make it work it now shuts off shortly after hitting 97% battery. Moto hasn't been very much help. They suggested I do another factory reset and see if that fixes it. They are escalating my ticket but I have to call back tomorrow during normal "Order Administration Department" business hours, although he doesn't make it sound like they have any replacements available at this time he said order admin should be able to help.
I don't think this is anything I can be fixing on my end. Sounds like either some bad batteries are made it passed QC or the Turbo Charger is destroying batteries that were on the edge of not passing QC already. Phone does get very hot when turbo charging. Either way, color me crushed. :crying:
Damn dude!
Go through with the RMA. You got a dud, no other way to cut it.
Oh... and answer your texts!
Any update on this? I am experiencing the same thing though it happened around 73%. Once the phone was off it would not turn on unless I plugged it in (displayed dead white battery image on black screen). Once I plugged in, the phone booted back up and began charging from 73%. I had the phone for over a week and today is the first time it happened.
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Any update on this? I am experiencing the same thing though it happened around 73%. Once the phone was off it would not turn on unless I plugged it in (displayed dead white battery image on black screen). Once I plugged in, the phone booted back up and began charging from 73%. I had the phone for over a week and today is the first time it happened.
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Exact same thing. So let me ask you a question, do you charge overnight? I have for many years but I haven't at all with the Nexus 6 because the turbo charge is so fast that its always charged to 100% before I go to sleep. So since I got the N6 as soon as it hits 100% I unplug it and just set on my nightstand for the night.
Anyways, and I could be very wrong, I am wondering if it's not actually getting charged to 100% when it says it is for some reason? I finally got fed up with it last night and left if on the turbo charger overnight even though it already said it was charged 100%. Well today its been off the charger for about 8 hours and still hasn't shut down, at 84% now. Last night it was shutting off at 97% but when I would boot to bootloader it would say BATTERY: low charging.
Still waiting on Moto at this point.
I actually have a different experience. After one day,with one full charge, it shut down, stuck on google icon and only can charge it, i can log on boot-loader, make hard reset but it still not start. I made manual flash of factory image and now it works fine. Still have doubts that happened because of the battery. I put it on the table at night with 100% and wakes up with 75%
@GrandMasterB - So it's almost like the battery stats need(ed) cleared??? Hmmmm.....
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Exact same thing. So let me ask you a question, do you charge overnight? I have for many years but I haven't at all with the Nexus 6 because the turbo charge is so fast that its always charged to 100% before I go to sleep. So since I got the N6 as soon as it hits 100% I unplug it and just set on my nightstand for the night.
Anyways, and I could be very wrong, I am wondering if it's not actually getting charged to 100% when it says it is for some reason? I finally got fed up with it last night and left if on the turbo charger overnight even though it already said it was charged 100%. Well today its been off the charger for about 8 hours and still hasn't shut down, at 84% now. Last night it was shutting off at 97% but when I would boot to bootloader it would say BATTERY: low charging.
Still waiting on Moto at this point.
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I leave it charging overnight. I am thinking maybe it's a battery calibration issue as well.
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I also want to add I have been using a QI Wireless Charger for the past 5 days.
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Well I am going to try an exchange with AT&T since the phone is less than 2 weeks old. Hopefully its a hardware issue.
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I leave it charging overnight. I am thinking maybe it's a battery calibration issue as well.
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I also want to add I have been using a QI Wireless Charger for the past 5 days.
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Well I am going to try an exchange with AT&T since the phone is less than 2 weeks old. Hopefully its a hardware issue.
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Welp, I thought everything was going pretty well today after charging it overnight. Been off the charger for almost 11 hours now with 34 minutes screen on time and still running but as soon as it hit 72% it shut off. I officially give up. I can't have this thing dying randomly in the middle of the day like this. Please let me know what happens with yours.
I believe moto has inventory set aside for returns. I was going to return mine (sticker falling off) and was told I would get one in 2-3 days and not dependent on normal inventory.
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I believe moto has inventory set aside for returns. I was going to return mine (sticker falling off) and was told I would get one in 2-3 days and not dependent on normal inventory.
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I am returning to AT&T and they advised the new device ships in 3-5 business days. I have 14 days to return my old one.
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I am returning to AT&T and they advised the new device ships in 3-5 business days. I have 14 days to return my old one.
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I want to add I haven't used my wireless charger and I did not experience this issue again. I had about 60% last night when I charged it with the cable before bed. Not sure if it is related to wireless charging.
All these are happening with the ATT model? Not the other carrier models.
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I want to add I haven't used my wireless charger and I did not experience this issue again. I had about 60% last night when I charged it with the cable before bed. Not sure if it is related to wireless charging.
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I do have a Choe Stadium wireless charger I ordered specifically for the Nexus 6. I've never had a wireless charger before. I used it the very first night and never had the chance to use it again because I was constantly having to Turbo Charge to keep it up and running.
Still had this happen at least 2x a day for 13 days straight until I sent it back yesterday. Got to work yesterday and pulled it out of my pocket to box up and it was dead at 81%. So I supposed the wireless charger could have cause that initial damage ( if thats what happened ) but my problem didn't get better after after I stopped wireless charging. In fact it got worse everyday.
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All these are happening with the ATT model? Not the other carrier models.
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Mine was purchased direct from Motorola.
I was going to suggest resetting the battery stats, but it really just sounds like the phone is a lemon. I'm sure the replacement will be good.
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I was going to suggest resetting the battery stats, but it really just sounds like the phone is a lemon. I'm sure the replacement will be good.
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I did try charging overnight and manually deleting the batterystats.bin but it didn't help. Good idea though.
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I do have a Choe Stadium wireless charger I ordered specifically for the Nexus 6.
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That's the exact one I was using: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JA7HNZO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I used it for 5 days without issues. The battery drop only happened twice to me within an hour's time this past Sunday. I just received my replacement Nexus 6 yesterday and will see how it does but I will not be using my wireless charger any more.
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That's the exact one I was using: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JA7HNZO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I used it for 5 days without issues. The battery drop only happened twice to me within an hour's time this past Sunday. I just received my replacement Nexus 6 yesterday and will see how it does but I will not be using my wireless charger any more.
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Yep, exact same one I purchased. That makes me pretty sad though, that was one of my favorite parts of the Nexus 6. So did ATT send you the replacement or did Motorola and was it a "Like New" device or a new device with box and everything?
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Yep, exact same one I purchased. That makes me pretty sad though, that was one of my favorite parts of the Nexus 6. So did ATT send you the replacement or did Motorola and was it a "Like New" device or a new device with box and everything?
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AT&T sent me a new one with OEM box and cable/charger/booklets. Looks brand new. They told me 3-5 days to ship but it came the next day. No questions asked. Didn't even want to know what was wrong with the old one. I get a discount from work so I had to contact the AT&T Premier support.
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AT&T sent me a new one with OEM box and cable/charger/booklets. Looks brand new. They told me 3-5 days to ship but it came the next day. No questions asked. Didn't even want to know what was wrong with the old one. I get a discount from work so I had to contact the AT&T Premier support.
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How's the new one?
I got mine from Google on Monday and have same results - phone powers down at 50-60%, when trying to turn it on complains battery's depleted.
Attaching USB charger (not turbo one), charging for a minute and turning phone on again shows battery at 51%-62%
Interesting fact is that I am using same wireless charger - though a friend of mine is also using it and had his phone for much longer and hasn't noticed any issues like that.
Does the new phone works OK?
I have an HTC One M7 that I have been happy with for nearly 2 years. Yesterday I plugged it in to the charger in the car that I have used hundreds of times and there was a little wisp of smoke and now the USB port doesn't seem to work. I can't charge it and it isn't recognised by the computer. Everything about the phone works ok, but I can't get any power into it!
I have it rooted and have ViperOne running and the problem is I don't think there is enough battery to get it back to stock to send back for warranty!
Can anyone suggest any method of charging? Long shot I know...
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I have an HTC One M7 that I have been happy with for nearly 2 years. Yesterday I plugged it in to the charger in the car that I have used hundreds of times and there was a little wisp of smoke and now the USB port doesn't seem to work. I can't charge it and it isn't recognised by the computer. Everything about the phone works ok, but I can't get any power into it!
I have it rooted and have ViperOne running and the problem is I don't think there is enough battery to get it back to stock to send back for warranty!
Can anyone suggest any method of charging? Long shot I know...
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I had the same problem with the smoke, and I left it to sit for about a year. Usually, they don't turn on the phone to check it's "stockness" and even if they did, if you keep turning on your phone enough until it is absolutely dead, they can't recover it without replacing the charge port. I decided to replace the charge port, and let me tell you, there IS a glue around the sides that you have to heat up to take off. I would recommend buying a charge port w/ flex cable and taking it to an electronic repair shop and hopefully the guy understand what to do. I did it myself but pretty much destroyed the phone, so if you can make sure it is completely dead and send it in they cannot check if it is rooted or not.
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I had the same problem with the smoke, and I left it to sit for about a year. Usually, they don't turn on the phone to check it's "stockness" and even if they did, if you keep turning on your phone enough until it is absolutely dead, they can't recover it without replacing the charge port. I decided to replace the charge port, and let me tell you, there IS a glue around the sides that you have to heat up to take off. I would recommend buying a charge port w/ flex cable and taking it to an electronic repair shop and hopefully the guy understand what to do. I did it myself but pretty much destroyed the phone, so if you can make sure it is completely dead and send it in they cannot check if it is rooted or not.
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Cheers, I've taken your advice, drained the battery completely and sent it off for warranty. I did read something that said warranty shouldn't be affected unless the custom software is the cause of the fault so will cross my fingers...
The warranty is voided even if it is not the cause.