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[Q] 4.3 Low Battery Reboot Cycle

Hey guys, I've got a bit of a problem after the latest 4.3 update. My phone battery went to 7% and then suddenly to 0%, upon which it turned off. Now whenever I try to turn it on the red light flashes and whenever I try to turn it on whilst charging (because I don't think it charges if I just leave it plugged in), it just enters a reboot cycle, whereby it goes to the lock screen, shows the "Shutting Down" window and reboots. I have no clue how to fix this.
I don't really care about the phone at this point, but I do have some photos I want to keep from there...
Any ideas? The software hasn't been pampered with.

same here
hey, feeling with you.
I recently updated my Xperia T to 4.3.
While in 4.1.2 the "low battery" behavior was quite weird, as my T did not charge (no red LED), I was able to get it back to life by pressing and holding the power button for quite some time, lets say 5 min. or so, as it was loading then. This was independent from whether it was exhausted (blinking red LED) or "simply of"(not blinking but not charging anyways).
Through this whole power pressing procedure (I just wrapped the cord around the phone several times) the LED was red and the phone was charging, but it did not turn on. After the 5 min. I freed the T an hit the power button again. Now it was booting as expected and did not immediately go off again.
On 4.3 unfortunately this does not work anymore . The phone just tries to boot and enters the reboot cycle as you described (with the difference that it does shut down instead of reboot).
Now first I would like to know, if your T behaved like mine under 4.1.2 (guessing that was your last Version too). From what I've read I assume that wasn't really normal behavior. I think there must be something wrong with the hw, as my 4.1.2 was neither unlocked nor modified in any other way.
Second I would advise you boot into recovery and select boot into bootloader* (if you have installed one) or connect your T to your PC and boot into flashmode (power+vol.down I guess) as it might charges in there. The recovery worked for me, flashmode should work, but I never tried.
Finally I guess chances are good, that your device works totally normal if it gets charged again (just don't let it run out of energy again )
btw. does the Xperia T normally charge while it's powered off? Anyone has send his phone back on warranty because of charging problems?
good luck to you,
wk
*I am using this 4.3 rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647459) atm, as I have root there. But the recovery is really buggy right now so it just restarts all the time. I'm not quite sure where the "boot into bootloader" option gets you ( never heard, that you could boot into bootloader on an xperia device) but the LED shines blue and the T charges and that's important right?

Yeah, my T would sometimes do that when the battery completely drained. I'd have to hold the button for a few minutes while the red light was on until it booted and started charging autonomously.
Now that doesn't work. It doesn't charge when it's off and when I connect it to the charger and turn it on, it restarts. Eventually though the battery drains completely and the old trick works again, but even when it manages to boot to the lock screen, it shows 0% battery again and restarts.
I've tried turning it on while holding the power+down button and charging. The green light came on and disappeared but it started rebooting again. Same with connecting it to my PC.

Can you remove the battery?
Same thing happens to mine,and i just remove battery,plug it without battery,it starts,then put the battery back on.
And it charges fine.
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herokickxx said:
Can you remove the battery?
Same thing happens to mine,and i just remove battery,plug it without battery,it starts,then put the battery back on.
And it charges fine.
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But the battery is inbuilt, no? Would I have to disassemble it?

KalST said:
But the battery is inbuilt, no? Would I have to disassemble it?
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So I think you are facing the same issue as mine... the phone has no time to charge. So what I did was flash an OmniRom with only the SystemUI apk and launcher apk. The intention was to make the boot time shorter so that the battery will not go down by the time it boots. But it ended up causing a bootloop: it was constantly stuck in the bootanimation. And it does charge during the bootanimation. So I let it be like that for about 30 minutes, rebooted to recovery and flashed the stock rom. And all my data was safe. This is more like a fluke so try it and maybe it would work.
If you can disassemble it, then yes, you can do the battery thing. There is just one screw under the SIM flap. I didn't do it because my screw driver kit was borrowed.

The battery trick worked! Now it discharges really fast though.
5% in less than 5 minutes...

KalST said:
The battery trick worked! Now it discharges really fast though.
5% in less than 5 minutes...
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Try recalibrating
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herokickxx said:
Try recalibrating
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How do u recalibrate the battery?

[Q] [PLEASE HELP] HTC One M7 not charging when on.

Device: HTC One (M7) Stock ROM
A few days ago, my never rooted, stock firmware, no unlocked boot loader, no custom ROM, never dropped HTC One (M7)'s battery died. Plugging in the charger had no effect, absolutely NOTHING. Tried 6 different cables and 9 different locations to charge it, nothing. Waited a while, dying in desperation. Then after so much of panic, I plugged it again, and randomly it started charging. But the charging had a loop - showed a bright orange LED with the power symbol on a battery for about 5 seconds, then a dim orange LED with the green battery charging, and a number, for about 10 seconds. The loop kept repeating. Eventually I could turn it on till the (incredibly low capacity) battery could live. So I did about 10 resets to it, and the situation would not improve.
Since my phone just decided to do this to me just before a long journey of mine, I was quite upset, and eventually infuriated to the limits. I decided to take it along and try different things to it - tried, tried, cleaned the ports, searched the net, nothing.
One fine day it decided to break the loop - now it charged, but only when off.
And today again its started the loop.
And here I am, begging for some help. I'm starting to hate this device now. Please help me.. :crying:
P.S. : I played a lot of Clash of Clans on the phone - it heated up a lot. Hope the info helps (Possible corrupted overheating charge instructions of the phone,etc.)

please help i love this phone cant lose this at all
AnubhavSaxena said:
Device: HTC One (M7) Stock ROM
A few days ago, my never rooted, stock firmware, no unlocked boot loader, no custom ROM, never dropped HTC One (M7)'s battery died. Plugging in the charger had no effect, absolutely NOTHING. Tried 6 different cables and 9 different locations to charge it, nothing. Waited a while, dying in desperation. Then after so much of panic, I plugged it again, and randomly it started charging. But the charging had a loop - showed a bright orange LED with the power symbol on a battery for about 5 seconds, then a dim orange LED with the green battery charging, and a number, for about 10 seconds. The loop kept repeating. Eventually I could turn it on till the (incredibly low capacity) battery could live. So I did about 10 resets to it, and the situation would not improve.
Since my phone just decided to do this to me just before a long journey of mine, I was quite upset, and eventually infuriated to the limits. I decided to take it along and try different things to it - tried, tried, cleaned the ports, searched the net, nothing.
One fine day it decided to break the loop - now it charged, but only when off.
And today again its started the loop.
And here I am, begging for some help. I'm starting to hate this device now. Please help me.. :crying:
P.S. : I played a lot of Clash of Clans on the phone - it heated up a lot. Hope the info helps (Possible corrupted overheating charge instructions of the phone,etc.)
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I am having the same exact problem right now. its very annoying. I have to drain the whole battery to charge it again. and its in that loop that you mentioned. plus it does not charge when you put it on charge when its on. it doesnt even have that charging light. it only charges itself if its off and if there is no battery left, i have to put it on charge by draining the whole battery by using apps and stuff and i am so pissed right now i cant find a solution to this. Did you find a solution on how to get this fixed?

I am currently having a similar problem where I can only charge my phone if off. Hopefully someone can help!

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parthami said:
I am currently having a similar problem where I can only charge my phone if off. Hopefully someone can help!
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I have found a solution to this. I am really happy since i am able to use my phone again.
Let me state what exactly i was going through.
I had to use the phone till it actually turned off completely consuming the whole battery and it was very frustrating because i had to deliberately use the phone till the phone shuts down and charge it. And once it started charging, it has a weird stupid way of charging. It shows that its charging and it goes off, comes back on and shows its charging, then it goes off... When it goes off the red light goes away...then comes back on.
I've read other threads and forums about people having the same issue. Others say they're not even able to connect their phones to the computer. You all should try connecting your phone to a computer and check if its able to transfer data.
If that happens, then you're saved. Because this really worked out for me.
Now, i'm not really sure what kind of bug this is, but here's how you fix this.
If you're able to transfer data to your phone, you must browse your phone on the computer and copy a file (or a couple of files - in my case i transferred a movie folder that had a couple files in it)
And guess what..i put it on charge and started charging like normal oh my god i was happy as hell
Thanks. I hope the same works for you all, people have been saying you have to clean the charging port but not really

trapboi187 said:
I have found a solution to this. I am really happy since i am able to use my phone again.
Let me state what exactly i was going through.
I had to use the phone till it actually turned off completely consuming the whole battery and it was very frustrating because i had to deliberately use the phone till the phone shuts down and charge it. And once it started charging, it has a weird stupid way of charging. It shows that its charging and it goes off, comes back on and shows its charging, then it goes off... When it goes off the red light goes away...then comes back on.
I've read other threads and forums about people having the same issue. Others say they're not even able to connect their phones to the computer. You all should try connecting your phone to a computer and check if its able to transfer data.
If that happens, then you're saved. Because this really worked out for me.
Now, i'm not really sure what kind of bug this is, but here's how you fix this.
If you're able to transfer data to your phone, you must browse your phone on the computer and copy a file (or a couple of files - in my case i transferred a movie folder that had a couple files in it)
And guess what..i put it on charge and started charging like normal oh my god i was happy as hell
Thanks. I hope the same works for you all, people have been saying you have to clean the charging port but not really
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I have the very same problem, my phone will only charge when the battery is completely drained, now i have like 25% and tried your way, my pc doesnt detect the phone :/
I tried with and withouth usb debug mode. :crying::crying::crying::crying:
Is this a sotware problem i guess? it wouldnt charge at all if it was hardware right?
Just checked and my phone now says "the usb host cable is plugged in, cant charge the device"

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Laderiva said:
I have the very same problem, my phone will only charge when the battery is completely drained, now i have like 25% and tried your way, my pc doesnt detect the phone :/
I tried with and withouth usb debug mode. :crying::crying::crying::crying:
Is this a sotware problem i guess? it wouldnt charge at all if it was hardware right?
Just checked and my phone now says "the usb host cable is plugged in, cant charge the device"
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I'm not sure how are you NOT able to get it connected to your computer. Since i connected it to the computer, it didn't start charging but it allowed me to transfer files. And so i did. You might wanna change the cable and check if its letting you connect to your PC.
So far its working perfectly alright. I don't have a problem as such. And wait, you could install a file manager and move a couple files around. Maybe delete some files or download some files and try.
I Hope it works for everyone who's getting this problem. I know its not a hardware problem and HTC support sucks BIG time. i don't even have htc headquarters so i couldn't get it replaced, bad. but if your phone is under warranty you must get it replaced :laugh:

trapboi187 said:
I'm not sure how are you NOT able to get it connected to your computer. Since i connected it to the computer, it didn't start charging but it allowed me to transfer files. And so i did. You might wanna change the cable and check if its letting you connect to your PC.
So far its working perfectly alright. I don't have a problem as such. And wait, you could install a file manager and move a couple files around. Maybe delete some files or download some files and try.
I Hope it works for everyone who's getting this problem. I know its not a hardware problem and HTC support sucks BIG time. i don't even have htc headquarters so i couldn't get it replaced, bad. but if your phone is under warranty you must get it replaced :laugh:
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Hi! so you are saying that if i move some files from the computer to the phone it might get fixed? Well, i cant plug it to the computer, it just doesnt recognize the phone, if i plug it when the phone is on the pc doesnt show anything and the phone doesnt charge or anything, just like when trying to charge it with the ac charger, if i plug it with to the pc with the phone off then it shows a message that doesnt recognize the device, and the phone doesnt even charge aswell...
Right now the only fix i have found is to solve the problem of having to drain the battery in order to charge the phone, now i fixed it unticking the fastboot option in energy, now i can charge with any % but the phone must be off. Btw it gets a lot of heat while charging it this way... idk if its normal, i heard that because the aliminium case it gets more heat than normal plastic cases.
Thanks for your reply, ill try to connect the phone to the pc a few more times.

Hello guys , , I have the same problem , charging the M7 (On stock rom), I have tried many things ,roms and kernels , currently I managed to make it charge with the screen on with some conditions..
I installed SLIM ROM from their site (4.4.4) . To charge the phone with screen on I have to check "screen on while charging" (because if the screen goes off it stops charging /same thing if somebody is calling me )
To Charge my phone I just need to Reboot normally and charge it ( if you install this rom Activate the sound for the ac plug/unplug so you can know if it is charging well or not )
Eaven if i have to do these things its better then the OFF mode .
Hope It helps .

HTC M7 Only charges when it's off and the laptop can't recognize the device.
Hello, I've had this HTC M7 since last year. It's worked perfectly until a couple days ago.
The phone will not charge when it's on. It only charges when it's off. Also, my laptop won't recognize the device. I've tried with a couple different AC chargers, but no luck.
Sometimes my phone says "CAN'T CHARGE WHILE IN USB HOST MODE," and I don't know how to take it out of USB Host mode? I'm guessing this is a problem with the software. Before this happened the phone worked flawlessly.
Any help, please??!!
alexandru.j91 said:
Hello guys , , I have the same problem , charging the M7 (On stock rom), I have tried many things ,roms and kernels , currently I managed to make it charge with the screen on with some conditions..
I installed SLIM ROM from their site (4.4.4) . To charge the phone with screen on I have to check "screen on while charging" (because if the screen goes off it stops charging /same thing if somebody is calling me )
To Charge my phone I just need to Reboot normally and charge it ( if you install this rom Activate the sound for the ac plug/unplug so you can know if it is charging well or not )
Eaven if i have to do these things its better then the OFF mode .
Hope It helps .
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cathesys said:
Hello, I've had this HTC M7 since last year. It's worked perfectly until a couple days ago.
The phone will not charge when it's on. It only charges when it's off. Also, my laptop won't recognize the device. I've tried with a couple different AC chargers, but no luck.
Sometimes my phone says "CAN'T CHARGE WHILE IN USB HOST MODE," and I don't know how to take it out of USB Host mode? I'm guessing this is a problem with the software. Before this happened the phone worked flawlessly.
Any help, please??!!
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It can sometimes be caused by a defective usb port on the phone, does your port looks damaged? Boot your phone in safe mode and check if its doing the same thing.

I've already done that and it doesn't work.
I really don't know what the issue is? I mean this is a perfectly working unlocked HTC M7.
I've turned if off multiple times and even wiped it clean twice. I don't know what else it could be.
I mean it's been working perfectly since I got it.
But as I mentioned earlier it will only charge while the phone is off. And my laptop can't recognized it either.
It only appears and "Unknown Device."
But even when it is off it charges for a bit and then it completely stops.
Then you see the battery logo and then it starts charging again. But it repeat that same process throughout the whole time. So, it can never reach to 100%.
As I've mentioned before I've never really had this problem.
I've been looking for hours on the internet and so far nothing seems to work. There was an app I saw on to access engineer mode or something, but for some reason I can't use that app because it says that I'm missing another application.
Any thoughts??
alray said:
It can sometimes be caused by a defective usb port on the phone, does your port looks damaged? Boot your phone in safe mode and check if its doing the same thing.
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I have the same problem, it can't charge, PC don't recognize when the phone is on android, but when i boot into recovery everything work fine (charge or data move to PC), so far i could't find any way better.

Hi,
had same problem.
Clearing system cache helped in my case.
Related cause for the trouble seem to be a couple of OTA upgrades I did recently.
(I was on a pretty old version.)
I noticed that there was something wrong while upgrading.
Even though the phone was connected to the charger while the whole upgrade process,
battery level went down...
The following procedure is your own risk!
Be careful not to choose any options that wipe all your data or factory reset your device.
This is how I cleared the system cache :
Boot into recovery (hold both volume-down and power buttons for ~30 seconds until menu shows - )
Press volume-down to choose RECOVERY and press power button.
Be patient ~60 seconds until menu appears.
Choose wipe cache partition and press power button.
Choose reboot system and press power button.
I hope this helps you.
Thanks
v

Please help with Battery Issue

Lately when i upgraded to 4.4.4 i noticed this annoying , disturbing problem with my battery . My moto X is stock, no root yet. First it went up and down spontaneously, like really crazy, while charging it appear to be at 65% while previously it was at 73% then i unplugged and plugged in again then it went to 73% again and didn't went fully charge, i have to turn off.
Any suggestions how to fix this ? btw i don't want to void the warranty though cause i want to return it to motorola for exchange when i get back there next summer. Many tks

Do a Full Battery Drain
Use your phone's battery till the point of phone shuting down.
Even after that try starting phone, as much times you can see the moto's boot logo.
After one point, the phone won't even show start screen, nor vibrate and may flash a green LED from its speaker.
Now connect your charger and charge your battery keeping your phone switched off, for about four hours.
And then check, how it works

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Use your phone's battery till the point of phone shuting down.
Even after that try starting phone, as much times you can see the moto's boot logo.
After one point, the phone won't even show start screen, nor vibrate and may flash a green LED from its speaker.
Now connect your charger and charge your battery keeping your phone switched off, for about four hours.
And then check, how it works
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Tried it before i posted this !!! Still didn't work
Should i wipe cache partition ?

Still cant fix it, please help

I've been having a similar problem with 4.4.4... This article helped me out http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-calibrate-the-battery-on-your-android-device but luckily I'm rooted so it was far easier to fix the problem. Good luck! Method number 2 looks promising for non-root users. Not sure about method 1 though.

No Charging [Edit: The Phone is crazy][Edit 2: Game Over]

Hi everyone!
A few minutes before, I was using my phone and it just turn off... Black screen and I have to turn it on again with the power botton. For the moment I think that was an issue with the firmware that I recently flashed over flashtools, is the last unbranded firmware of USA and it was working excelent.
The thing is that I pluged it to the PC with USB to download a photos and my computer didnt realise that the phone was pluged. I try every USB port of the PC and no one works. Also, the phone dont turn on the charging led.
I plug it to the wall with the USB charger and nothing... The battery was over 48% and suddenly it turns off... Then the screen shows me the battery image with 16% and it dont charge anything... It was working fine over my desktop, until that happened. I didnt drop it never, I never used an other charger, allways the original.
PD: Now the battery image says 15% (the phone is pluged to the wall)
Edit: I Just turn on the phone to make a fast backup and the battery says "17%"
Edit2: The magnetic cable charges the phone.... Randomly restarts. One time it just freezes and the speker emit a little "biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip" and just auto-restart. I think that is big hardware problem... Or something else that I didnt know:crying:

What was the status of your phone in terms of locked / unlocked, recovery, ROM etc.? Can you still get to flash mode?

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What was the status of your phone in terms of locked / unlocked, recovery, ROM etc.? Can you still get to flash mode?
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Hey man, the phone had a Retail Spain firmware. The only thing I "put hand" was flashing with Xperia Flashtool to the last United States firmware available. Not rooted, bootloader unlock allowed but I didnt unlocked it. You can say is "original".
The phone charges normally with a Magnetic cable (same original charger for the USB cable).
When the battery rise over 50%, when you turn off the screen, the phone autoreboot. With the scree ON you can use the phone perfectly.
I charged to 100% with magnetic cable. I turned it off. Then, a 2 o 3 days later, I dissambled it thinking that water could get inside, but I dont found anything, all the components were in perfect conditions.
After I re-ensabled it, the phone dont turn on and the screen show the low battery icon... So I plugged it to the wall with USB, the red light turned on, and after a 30 minutes it stop "charging", so I put the magnetic cable and the battery after a little more than an hour and half more, rise to 100%... Now the phone not reboot it self, it works perfectly except the USB port.
No starting Flashmode, no chargin via USB unless the battery is COMPLETLY empty, then it charges to 1% and continues with magnetic cable. The PC dont even knows when I plug the phone.
I know, I lose the warranty when I open the phone, but I bought it at 10.000 km away from my town. :crying:

Will only boot to fastboot mode

Hi everyone. my z3 compact got wet... waterproof phone supposedly but it soon turned itself off. i've had it in rice for a while but it wont boot up. I've used the yellow reset button and it vibrates 3 times and does nothing. when I plug it into the computer tho I am able to get fastboot mode. I'd rather not have to send it back to Sony as I am without a phone. anyone have any idea how I can get it to boot normally. I'm presuming as it goes into fastboot mode the hardware isn't bricked? thanks for any advice you can give me.

Did you already tried to flash full stock TFT via FalshTool (and Phone in FlashMode)?

I'm currently waiting for a password for the flashtool..... I tried running repair phone on sony pc companion and the pc seemed happy but the phone still wont start. 3 vibrations when I try. currently the phone is plugged into the wall hoping it will charge. it is showing the red battery icon that flashes. I suppose the first hurdle is to get the thing to charge altho last night before I tried the repair phone option when plugged into charger it did say 100% charged.

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I'm currently waiting for a password for the flashtool..... I tried running repair phone on sony pc companion and the pc seemed happy but the phone still wont start. 3 vibrations when I try. currently the phone is plugged into the wall hoping it will charge. it is showing the red battery icon that flashes. I suppose the first hurdle is to get the thing to charge altho last night before I tried the repair phone option when plugged into charger it did say 100% charged.
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Waiting for a password for the flashtool? It's free and shouldn't need any passwords, unless you mean password from Sony for unlocking your bootloader? I hope not.
Three vibrations means turning the phone off. Two vibrations is on.
Try the power button while plugged into a PC to see if any USB functions start when the phone boots up. If the phone can be seen in your PC but nothing on the phone, then the screen is duff.
I think the next stop is Sony repair centre, or if it's out of warranty, $80 on a genuine screen on ebay, a guitar pick and a hair dryer.

thanks guys. ok i've done some googling. seems I have been looking at the wrong flashtool. I was looking at one called Emma..... the official sony one. I'm now presuming I should be using the one at flashtool.net? I'll have to download that at home later. works pc has all sorts of blocking things on it. the screen was working yesterday as I could see the fastboot screen but that was all I could get. Am I right in saying the led ligghts blue when it goes into flash mode?

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thanks guys. ok i've done some googling. seems I have been looking at the wrong flashtool. I was looking at one called Emma..... the official sony one. I'm now presuming I should be using the one at flashtool.net? I'll have to download that at home later. works pc has all sorts of blocking things on it. the screen was working yesterday as I could see the fastboot screen but that was all I could get. Am I right in saying the led ligghts blue when it goes into flash mode?
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Good news, if the screen comes on and it goes into flashmode then it should be possible to rescue it.
I'm still puzzled as to why the partitions/system would be corrupted from water damage, unless it's something to do with the motherboard itself.

I have had the phone plugged into the original wall charger for a while now. the screen goes from blank to the battery charging icon every 3 or 4 seconds. The battery is red showing low charge and doesn't seem to be going up at all. If the water indicator shows red (which it does) will this void my warranty with Sony? I'm going to leave it on charge here all afternoon at work til I go home. That will have given it about 5 hours on charge so if the battery isn't improving by then it isn't looking good is it..... I've managed to get flashtool on the pc here and it has detected a device in fastboot mode. Don't know if this is a good sign or not as without the battery charging it's useless

Just get an full stock FW (TFT-File) and put it in the correct folder for FlashTool.
Then flash the full tft rom - HowTo here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-stock-roms-t2240614
To get into Flashmode (not Fastboot Mode) push Vol Down (hold it) and then plug in USB (while phone is off!)
But do this first if the Flashtool program ask you to do so...

crampy said:
I have had the phone plugged into the original wall charger for a while now. the screen goes from blank to the battery charging icon every 3 or 4 seconds. The battery is red showing low charge and doesn't seem to be going up at all. If the water indicator shows red (which it does) will this void my warranty with Sony? I'm going to leave it on charge here all afternoon at work til I go home. That will have given it about 5 hours on charge so if the battery isn't improving by then it isn't looking good is it..... I've managed to get flashtool on the pc here and it has detected a device in fastboot mode. Don't know if this is a good sign or not as without the battery charging it's useless
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You are right to be worried about trying to flash the device with a low battery. If power fails during the flash it really will become a brick.
Don't try a flash unless you have at least 7% battery.

Thanks for all your help. Battery won't charge at all so it looks like the only option is a repair shop..... Like you say it really isn't worth risking bricking it.