Bought in November of 2011, my Galaxy Note 1 does not react to any (combinations of) button pressing anymore.
1. It was bought in Germany through Amazon.de; the so-called international unlocked version.
2. Absolutely no rooting.
3. How it got bricked (or dead): at some moment (while using) it stopped reacting and automatically reboot but failed.
4. What happened before: around one month before that, I found the original battery last less and less time, and what's more of my concern, the battery is obviously inflated, which might present a safety problem. So I bought a new battery through Amazon.com (actually two, but the first one did not work at all, so I bought another from a different seller; didn't expect that batteries can also have this kind of "fitting" problem).
5. What I have tried: I didn't spend much time in this because I didn't have much time. What I tried was to use Ordin to install a new (stock) system to it, but failed because Ordin said something like "connection problem". Later the phone cannot enter the download mode because it does not react to any button-pressing anymore.
6. Could it be that the battery is dead: I hope so, but it seems the battery cannot be charged (I tried to charge it for many times).
7. All those happened a few months ago. Today I happened to see the original battery of the phone, and found that it is amazingly so inflated that it looks like a balloon, and I wonder how could it be fitted into the phone if I didn't bought a replacement (and if the phone was not bricked, of course):
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[The one to the right is the new one.]
Any comments would be welcome!
Try new battery. Don't use the swollen battery, it might explode in your pants :laugh:
M3TALLICA said:
Try new battery. Don't use the swollen battery, it might explode in your pants :laugh:
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The new one cannot be charged...
fjdu said:
The new one cannot be charged...
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I had the same problem. I had to use a friends note to charge my original battery after draining it completely.
try to use one of those universal chargers.they're cheap(about 2 euros),but they to the right job. Or use another note to charge the battery.NEVER try use odin on less than 70% battery.
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Hiya,
I was out travelling, with my Kaiser and my three batteries - unexpectedly two of them died in humid weather, and I thought the phone had died totally too. It refused to boot up even when plugged in, or it got into a strange reboot loop.
Now back home, one battery is working as it should, but the other two are totally dead - but they seem to charge ok (in my external charger).
Has anyone seen this? Is there any point in trying to revive these battery?
Next step: check with a voltmeter if they respond, and also clean the terminals...
frax said:
Hiya,
I was out travelling, with my Kaiser and my three batteries - unexpectedly two of them died in humid weather, and I thought the phone had died totally too. It refused to boot up even when plugged in, or it got into a strange reboot loop.
Now back home, one battery is working as it should, but the other two are totally dead - but they seem to charge ok (in my external charger).
Has anyone seen this? Is there any point in trying to revive these battery?
Next step: check with a voltmeter if they respond, and also clean the terminals...
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Are the batteries older than a year?
They are about a year old... Maybe less than that, and I have rotated between them fairly well, but they have been travelling around in my messenger bag when not in use (and there is a lot of other junk in there...)
frax said:
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Good idea if they've been floating around in a messy storage bag. Lithium Ion batteries come with built in protection circuitry so if, for example, a staple has shorted between the terminals then the diagnosis for the battery will probably be terminal. Cleaning them with contact cleaner or IPA and testing them in a known good phone is about the best thing you can do in an attempt to 'revive' them. Good luck.
Try connecting all of the batteries together inline, then attach them to a bit of this cable and then attach that to a kite. You'll need to wait for a thunderstorm to fly the kite but with any luck, lighting shall strike the kite, thus recharging the batteries.
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I just cleaned the terminals of the batteries with a dry q-tip, and that did it, back to life, and working ok! (they have seen quite intensive usage, so they are not 100%, but now they work as they did before)
(This is separate from the Empty Battery, Can't Charge issue)
Sometimes when I place the Gear into the cradle (in correct orientation) for a charge, nothing will happen. The watch is on, the battery is not fully depleted.
It's very frustrating.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I had a similar issue recently. I didn't think it was charging, but after 15 minutes on the cradle it had gained significant battery level. I rebooted it afterwards and it acted like normal when charging.
This has happened to me a few times recently. Opening and closing the cradle seems to fix it. Sometimes a few tries is required.
I've noticed the gold on the contacts on the watch are wearing out and the contacts are starting to get dents in them. So I think the cradle is not making a good connection all the time. Seems like the contact material is too soft and cheap...
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Wow, are those just dirt or actual dents in the metal?
Mine looks brand new, and still doesn't charge.
Dents where the gold coating has worn away. I've had it since October last year and have charged it every day, sometimes twice a day.
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I had a similar issue recently. I didn't think it was charging, but after 15 minutes on the cradle it had gained significant battery level. I rebooted it afterwards and it acted like normal when charging.
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That's very interesting, so you're saying that is actually charging even though the Android OS doesn't indicate with the charging icon.
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That's very interesting, so you're saying that is actually charging even though the Android OS doesn't indicate with the charging icon.
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I'm saying it could be the case. I felt mine getting warm and noticed a significant jump in battery power in a short time. If it is charging, it won't take long to prove it.
My device is not very old. It's about 1 year now and battery isn't as good as it used to be. When I got it after school I had minimum 50% no matter what I've been doing and atm it's 24% which is disturbing.
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Any tips/ideas what to do?
olokos said:
My device is not very old. It's about 1 year now and battery isn't as good as it used to be. When I got it after school I had minimum 50% no matter what I've been doing and atm it's 24% which is disturbing.
Any tips/ideas what to do?
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Check for battery health in 7378423 to see if it had any wear out in battery capacity. Mine is 31460 (1+ year, when buy it is 32000, Sony is always add more to make the battery last longer )
And check for any apps that run out of battery, malware too (There are some Android malware which mine Bitcoin/Litecoin and make phone hot and run out of battery)
Also check your kernel setting or reflash ROM if nessesary.......
Mine is 1,5-2 day battery life with typical behavior.......
Well, my battery says 31440 when at 86% of charge. I haven't got many wake locks in betterbatterystats either so I'm not sure what could be the cause. I'm on stock kernel. Thanks for the heads up on that mining malware. I had no idea it went over to mobile devices. My phone actually gets a bit hot after some regular usage, but nothing out of ordinary I guess. I did lots of mods to the stock rom on my own so I'm not that keen on reflashing. I'd rather find out what could be the cause of that poor battery life and fix it by myself.
Any other suggestions and things to try?
You can reinstall your Firmware, and see if the battery life would be better. And my Wakelocks have i solved with the App DS Battery Saver.
Strangely enogh my battery was at 2880 after only 140 charge cycles.
Then by accidient it deep discharged (problems with not charging, hard reset etc. until it was fully 100% dead) and now is back at 3130 with only the first charge cycle counted as 1.
Not the case here since your's has a good number, but I wanted to add this information.
Hello,
It's been some time and some devices since I was wannted to try this dirty hack. My good old GT-P6800 has successfully avoided this fate, my SM-T705 has not.
So, the theory is like that. You can connect virtually any Li-Ion batteries by attaching plus to plus and minus to minus and achieving and thus capacities will be summed.
So, I purchased a battery from aliexpress.com an attached it to original battery wires red to red, black to black.
Then I had to cut a rectangle hole in tablet's back housing cover to let it close with that battery onboard. To protect battery (li-ion battery has to be protected) I use TPU cover.
It looks like that
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And the actual effect
Now, from original 6-7 hours I got 15-18 hours on battery, while time to charge to top is now somewhere about 7-7.5 hours.
Need to mention, that original capacity calculation algorithm based on MAX17050 chip is adapted for original battery (obviously), so has to be overridden with custom software patch to kernel.
I agree, this mod isn't aimed to mass user, but the experience itself I find really interesting.
18hours screen on time? This looks really cool. But hey now you got and extra 8-9 hours of spare battery
-DUHA
I would say extra 10-12 hours.
wow that is one hard core mod! How long does it take to charge it to full?
Oh, totally forgot to mention, about 7 hours.
Hi, i know it's a 5 year post. What happended to green wires ? and i think the battery you used had just black and red cables?
Hi, I know I am necroposting and I'm sorry for that. But how do I inform the kernel of the new capacity?
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Hi, I know I am necroposting and I'm sorry for that. But how do I inform the kernel of the new capacity?
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I think he doesn't. It should work fine without any extra settings.
Hi Guys,
I have a very awful battery with my phone. See, even it discharge nearly 50% when I sleep at 12midnight (100% charge), when I woke up it already has below 50% battery. The phone is completely on a factory state, Poland Firmware 4.4.4 Kitkat. I even have bought a new OEM original battery and it just performs the same.
Also I noticed that cpu usage (developer options) are very high, but when I restart the phone it averages to 2.0/1.5/0.8 or something near to that values.
Do i have a problem with any of the following?
1. Bootloader
2. Kernel - but why it drains even if turned off
3. hardware
4. battery - unlikely because it is brand new. bough it around $30.
5. firmware
6. Baseband
7. Modem
I dont know, I've been looking around but cant solve this dilemma
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any input guys?
no idea guys?
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Hello and thank you for using Q/A,
please try a factory reset and report back, if the problem is still there.
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Trafalgar Square
I have got the same problem as you....
Trafalgar Square said:
Hello and thank you for using Q/A,
please try a factory reset and report back, if the problem is still there.
Regards
Trafalgar Square
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I have factory reset this device over 200 times already, trying different roms. Stock or custom
notic.bt said:
I have got the same problem as you....
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You have exactly the same problem as mine?
I also got this phone I9305 4.4.4 ...... Using Anker 2200mAh battery and use wifi after every 5-10 Minutes and the battery timing for me is not that Good and not even bad
Strange. I don't think this could be a software issue, in this situation I mean firmware. Because, you tried several ROMs including stock and custom, and problem appear. Also as you told, you bought a new battery and the issue still occur. I am curious why it is draining even turned off. In my opinion, this is hardware problem, the mobo is faulty.
bercerobry said:
any input guys?
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Do you try to watch what is using your battery with GSam, WakeLock Detector (WLD) or Better Battery Status (BBS)?