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whenever my has battery died, i plugged it into the charger and every time i plugged it in recovery has opened up. However, today i plugged it in and it wouldnt charge at all and so i tried to reinstall my rom and now it wont even start up. The battery is completely dead and every time i plug it in to charge, the orange light comes on, goes away and the recovery screen shows for a second then the phone restarts and keeps on doing that. I've tried everything . Please help me out.
Thanks.
visit a local phone shop, ask them if you can borrow one of their batteries for a few minutes to fix your phone, or ask them if you can charge your own battery in their display phone, if they are not assholes they should help you out
i dont think its a battery issue though, recovery doesnt even boot up all the way it quickly flashes 2 lines then it restarts. Ill try the battery option though.
have you flashed the newest recovery?
i hadn't gotten to it yet, i was planning on doing it really soon though. The problem is that it wont even boot into anything. it will go into cwm for half a second and then turn off and then keeps on cycling.
Hanzee94 said:
i hadn't gotten to it yet, i was planning on doing it really soon though. The problem is that it wont even boot into anything. it will go into cwm for half a second and then turn off and then keeps on cycling.
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you cant boot into fastboot?
nope, it boots straight into cwm. its really weird. I tried looking it up first but had no luck finding anything similar to my situation.
iff the battery is charged, you may possibly just have a hardware fault, I have a similar fault on my HTC HD2 where similar things happen with CWM and booting in cycles, I stick it in the freezer for 5 minutes and then pull it out and boot it, and it works then... maybe try that?
i let it stay on the charger overnight and when i woke up this morning it fixed itself. I have no idea what happened. needless to say, im going to reset everything and reinstall everything.
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This is why I don't recommend anyone use the old recoveries that some ROM devs are suggesting.
Please, general public: don't install any recoveries that don't support charge mode!
If certain conditions are met, it's possible to be stuck without a way to charge the battery if you use a recovery that doesn't support battery charging (since recovery handles offmode charging on this device).
If you haven't done so already, please update to the new CWM I posted a few weeks ago that does support charge mode.
hey guys im stuck now and would like you see the community imput on this, thank you!
3 Days ago my phone froze (custom rom and kernel), i removed the battery and started the phone up again.... i was **** faced at a concert and was impatient as it was on the htc screen, i went into recover and re installed my rom (i have no idea why i didnt install my nand back up.)
The rom installed fine, than it was loading at the htc screen and after 3 min, i took out the battery (mistake on my part)
and at this point is where i really screwed my self, i did a factory reset from fastboot...
now my battery is dead and i cant access recovery, i can push it there through fastboot but when the phone reboots into recovery it dosnt have enoufe battery...
and i cant install my back up or my rom because of this!
when i plug my phone into charge, it charges for about 2 minutes than turns on... but it gets stuck at the htc logo because i didnt a fastboot reset
To get into fastboot, i plug my phone in and wait till it automatically turns on and than hold the volume button down once it vibrates. this dosnt always work and is quite a skill actually!
When i load fastboot/bootloader and the phone checks for update zip's it says battery voltage is too low!
please change a battery...
I had a similar experience only with a Rom that allowed the battery to drain completely dead before shutting down. Then when I plugged it into the charger it would charge for about 3 seconds and go off. Too dead to charge! The fix?
to buy a seperate battery charger off E-Bay that allowed me to charge the battery externally.
I got one for $8.00 and received it within a couple of days. No way arround it, you need to charge that battery!!! Gary
jul644 said:
hey guys im stuck now and would like you see the community imput on this, thank you!
3 Days ago my phone froze (custom rom and kernel), i removed the battery and started the phone up again.... i was **** faced at a concert and was impatient as it was on the htc screen, i went into recover and re installed my rom (i have no idea why i didnt install my nand back up.)
The rom installed fine, than it was loading at the htc screen and after 3 min, i took out the battery (mistake on my part)
and at this point is where i really screwed my self, i did a factory reset from fastboot...
now my battery is dead and i cant access recovery, i can push it there through fastboot but when the phone reboots into recovery it dosnt have enoufe battery...
and i cant install my back up or my rom because of this!
when i plug my phone into charge, it charges for about 2 minutes than turns on... but it gets stuck at the htc logo because i didnt a fastboot reset
To get into fastboot, i plug my phone in and wait till it automatically turns on and than hold the volume button down once it vibrates. this dosnt always work and is quite a skill actually!
When i load fastboot/bootloader and the phone checks for update zip's it says battery voltage is too low!
please change a battery...
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kelnhofer said:
I had a similar experience only with a Rom that allowed the battery to drain completely dead before shutting down. Then when I plugged it into the charger it would charge for about 3 seconds and go off. Too dead to charge! The fix?
to buy a seperate battery charger off E-Bay that allowed me to charge the battery externally.
I got one for $8.00 and received it within a couple of days. No way arround it, you need to charge that battery!!! Gary
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Thanks man i was getting worried ! im going to try going to my carrier to see if they will swap it ! lol
Hello.
I have my Vivid with everything working good, S-OFFed and rooted. I have a stock ICS rom which works fine for my needs. The thing is I never leave the battery to completely die, everytime the phone warning me about low battery, I plug the AC charger or just the USB cable to my PC and then charge the battery.
However last night I fell asleep and the battery went down to 0% and the phone turned off. Now it seems that the phone isn't able to wake up the battery. I don't know how, but the battery got like 1% of charge and the phone woke up. Once it woke up, it get the charge perfectly but I took off the charger to go to my room and then the phone turned off, it seems it could not stand with such a little charge. Now I connect it to AC or PC and turn on the orange LED by 3 seconds, then the LED turn off, then the screen goes from black (turned off) to grey (on, but showing no image) and the LED blinks on orange to green. In AC is the same, and in USB you hear the usb-on sound but in the phone the behavior is exactly the same.
Obviously the battery isn't getting an initial charge and that's why the phone never wake up.
Why is happening this? Is there a way to fix it?
Help please!
Try to borrow a friend's battery and flash a different recovery. When my phone wouldn't charge while powered down, it was because chargemode was broken in my recovery.
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Try to borrow a friend's battery and flash a different recovery. When my phone wouldn't charge while powered down, it was because chargemode was broken in my recovery.
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Yes but, any suggestion about a good and stable recovery?
You're 100% this thing is because of that?
Thanks in advance.
Nothing's 100%, but I had the EXACT same problem as you described. Worse, I didn't know anyone with a Vivid at the time, so instead I kept plugging it in and unplugging it, getting that one second of charge until I was able to boot the ROM and let it charge to 100%. It took forever.
I've been using WCX recovery since the first version WildChild released, I've never had a single problem since I switched. I don't think you can get it here anymore, though, you might have to find his forum (it's distributed with his ROMs).
Edit: Looks like the All-in-one tool in the Dev forum contains a WCX recovery you can flash.
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Nothing's 100%, but I had the EXACT same problem as you described. Worse, I didn't know anyone with a Vivid at the time, so instead I kept plugging it in and unplugging it, getting that one second of charge until I was able to boot the ROM and let it charge to 100%. It took forever.
I've been using WCX recovery since the first version WildChild released, I've never had a single problem since I switched. I don't think you can get it here anymore, though, you might have to find his forum (it's distributed with his ROMs).
Edit: Looks like the All-in-one tool in the Dev forum contains a WCX recovery you can flash.
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OK thank you so much... I'll look someone with a Vivid.
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Nothing's 100%, but I had the EXACT same problem as you described. Worse, I didn't know anyone with a Vivid at the time, so instead I kept plugging it in and unplugging it, getting that one second of charge until I was able to boot the ROM and let it charge to 100%. It took forever.
I've been using WCX recovery since the first version WildChild released, I've never had a single problem since I switched. I don't think you can get it here anymore, though, you might have to find his forum (it's distributed with his ROMs).
Edit: Looks like the All-in-one tool in the Dev forum contains a WCX recovery you can flash.
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you can download the WCXJB root pack from the superguide thingy in the development forum.. its in there
XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
you can download the WCXJB root pack from the superguide thingy in the development forum.. its in there
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Thank you so much man, I'll do it right away.
The thing is I have no friend with an HTC Vivid. Is there a way with 2 wires and a 9v AC adapter to give some charge to the battery and then put it in the phone and then still charging from the OEM AC adapter?
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Nothing's 100%, but I had the EXACT same problem as you described. Worse, I didn't know anyone with a Vivid at the time, so instead I kept plugging it in and unplugging it, getting that one second of charge until I was able to boot the ROM and let it charge to 100%. It took forever.
I've been using WCX recovery since the first version WildChild released, I've never had a single problem since I switched. I don't think you can get it here anymore, though, you might have to find his forum (it's distributed with his ROMs).
Edit: Looks like the All-in-one tool in the Dev forum contains a WCX recovery you can flash.
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I flash the WCX recovery, but I'm still having this issue. After flash it do I must do something? Like run the recovery or something?
Thanks.
Well, I would try to go into recovery to make sure the flash worked.
If you're running a working chargemode recovery and your phone still isn't charging while powered off, I don't know what the problem could be. Have you tried a different cable/charger?
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Well, I would try to go into recovery to make sure the flash worked.
If you're running a working chargemode recovery and your phone still isn't charging while powered off, I don't know what the problem could be. Have you tried a different cable/charger?
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Well right now I'm in the recovery and it says in the bottom:
Code:
RA Revamped
Build : Made for WCX ILLUMINATI SERIES by GINM
So I assume everything has properly flashed.
Beforeflash the recovery I've tried with several chargers.
Hey guys, recently I've been having a problem with my battery. I've tried different roms and still have the same problem.
if the battery is fully charged, half etc and the phone is restarted, the battery screen shows up and shows an empty battery, turns off, restarts and shows the empty battery screen again, turns off, restarts and keeps doing this until I plug the charger in. once I plug it in, the battery shows full, or what ever the current charge is and phone starts up fine again.
I've noticed that sometimes the battery percentage goes up without being on charge or even sticks at a percentage for a few hours then drops a lot.
Has anyone else had this problem or know how to solve?
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Hey guys, recently I've been having a problem with my battery. I've tried different roms and still have the same problem.
if the battery is fully charged, half etc and the phone is restarted, the battery screen shows up and shows an empty battery, turns off, restarts and shows the empty battery screen again, turns off, restarts and keeps doing this until I plug the charger in. once I plug it in, the battery shows full, or what ever the current charge is and phone starts up fine again.
I've noticed that sometimes the battery percentage goes up without being on charge or even sticks at a percentage for a few hours then drops a lot.
Has anyone else had this problem or know how to solve?
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I have found alot on my problem surfing through the forums with many saying they have solved the problem by flashing CM10 mod. Another that i found was a flash with "param.lfs". Apparently this solves boot problems but I cant see how to use this file.
Any help with a step by step guide or just any help at all is very much appreciated
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Any help with a step by step guide or just any help at all is very much appreciated
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just select it as PDA and flash with Odin3 , download from My Android Solutions
Thanks for your reply, param fix didn't solve my problem. The first rom I installed ( before I found the wonderful world of xda developers ) was this one:
aokp_galaxysmtd_jb_build-2.zip
Which I got from a site called "ibtimes"
(I've tried to post the exact link but I need to make 10 posts within the forums to get this option)
Since then I've had this battery boot loop problem. Restart works fine, but power off and powering back up gives this infinite boot loop. is it possible that this first rom has corrupted my phone?
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is it possible that this first rom has corrupted my phone?
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Doubt it, it would more be due to wrong flashing procedures , anyway have a number of options to get over bootloops in My Android Solutions
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card...make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.
I have looked in depth through the "My Android Solutions" and tried flashing a 512.pit and also tried a new semephore kernel without success, I still had the battery bootloop.
My phone does work if started with charger plugged in but its a worry if im out and about and the phone dies. theres no way i can restart it without the charger boost.
so.....
Im looking at the Recovery Kit now.
"i9000 Rescue Rescue Kit for i9000 using heimdall packed by ldq"
I have never used heimdall and the files within the rescue kit are confusing to know how to use them correctly.
I have looked within the forums for a "how to" guide using Heimdall but it feels like its over my head, and to be honest, it seems that if i make any kind of mistake i could hard brick my phone which scares me :crying:
:fingers-crossed: A total NOOB guide would be so greatly appreciated, or if there are any other solutions besides using the rescue kit Id love to know about them.
Thank you very much for your assistance
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I have never used heimdall and the files within the rescue kit are confusing to know how to use them correctly.
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You can use the EZbase with root or Darkys, it uses Odin and has guide , all of them are rescue kits or even a JVU upgrade ROM (also mentioned in the top)
I tried quite a few stock roms with the same result, darkys 10.2 EE and darkys 11, 4.0.4 ICS and again same results. This morning I went back to the GB stock rom ( " I9000XXJVU_I9000OXAJVU_OXA " with root file " CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVU_2.3.6-v4.3-CWM3RFS " ) and had the same results, battery screen bootloop after power down. :crying:
however...
After 7 hours normal use i powered the phone down and powered back up ( thinking another vain attempt ready to see the dreaded battery loop screen again ) and found the problem had completely cleared!!! Phone started like it normally should!!!
Very strange. I was ready to try a new battery and now there is no need. I'll keep powering down and powering up over the next 24 hours with different charge percentages to make sure the problem has 100% cleared it's self. :victory:
Will post back in 24 hours to confirm for anyone interested.
Thanks for the guidance xsenman, seems as though going to and from different roms with the 3 wipes each time actually solved the problem!!!
Too hasty with my last post.
Phone has started looping up at boot again with empty battery screen.
Tried another battery with the same results.
For it to work for most of the day normally booting up and to suddenly start playing up again leads me to believe that its some kind of battery stat problem.. maybe??
it powered down and powered up again fine from 100% full down to around 16%. lower than 16% and the phone looped with empty battery screen on powerup.
The battery percentage jumps quite alot after a restart, sometimes as much as 40%
surely it has to be battery stats being messed up?????
There are alot of procedures to reset battery stats on the net and a few in these forums.
I'll give some a try.
If anyone has a sure way to reset batt stats then i'd like to know please.
Thanks to anyone with help.
suggest you clean your Battery contacts on phone and Battery with cleaning alcohol and try to keep battery firmly in place with scotch tape or folded paper and give it a try
Hi!
I had the same problem.
I fixed with a sheet of paper that do pressure under the the battery for better contact with pines of the phone.
Good luck.
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Thanks for the replies.
I've cleaned with electrical contact cleaner and also tried the paper trick having the paper under and around different parts of the battery, still the same, empty battery screen loop.
It only happens after power down then attemped power up, fine when just a reboot is selected though. When powering down it actually doesn't shut down, it goes into this infinite empty battery loop. I'm beginning to think some kind of hardware issue??
But also, i only started to get battery issues after my first ever custom rom install Cm9 jellybean which was not from xda. Sorry for repeating myself, im just completly stumped with this issue.
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i have the same problem and i dont know what to do to solve it!!! :-S
it started when i flash a official cm10 nightly... then i flashed the stable cm9.1 and the problem disappeared... after a few days i decide to give cm10 another try and the problem started again... now i cant make this go away... i've tryed flashing other roms, even a GB JW4, and the same thing happen. I dont know what to do anymore!!!!!!
I feel the same way. It must be quite a rare problem.
Its very frustrating.
I just tried flashing that first rom i used. aokp_galaxysmtd_jb_build-4.zip which is a CM rom thinking maybe the first time i flashed was an improper flash.
still have same results.
Then tried Darkys 11 as they claim to fix bootloop problems but still have the same result. So im back to 2.3.6 GB JVU stock.
I really think we have somehow damaged the hardware by installing these CM roms.
Its as though the part in the phone which looks for battery charge in order to boot up fails and just shows battery empty until the charger is used, and also refuses to shut down.
How strange. How frustrating!!!
kilas_bff... I think we're stuck with our problem my friend. I have just brought a portable charger which i'll carry around incase my phone needs started after these battery screen loops, just to give it that initial boost of power to restart. Got mine from Ebay for £8 GBP which is about $12.50USD.
I just dont like the thought of really needing my phone while its in a battery loop. this portabe charger will be very handy and give me peace of mind.
Any more ideas on this is greatly appreciated. I'll try anything. :fingers-crossed:
As with all things funny have you gone back to a clean install of a stock rom via Odin? Run it stock for a bit and see what happens?
sent using my fat fingers from the robot eating the apple...
Stock is back in as of today. will take your advice and run it for a while and see what happens.
Another thing ive just noticed.... before going back to stock i performed the usual 3 wipes a couple times and even went as far as formatting system.
The picture I have attatched with my reply is what I was confronted with:
could these failures be causing my phone to act as it is?
I have searched about for clues and didnt come up with much. My forum searching skills need sharpened I think.
Thanks for the replies.
think it was just a bad flash initially...
stock rom and pit flash should see you right. leave it on stock for a day or so to see what happens then flash a kernal with cwm and begine the update to JB.
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1418135&page=2
or make a google search for: format_volume rfs format failed
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1418135&page=2
or make a google search for: format_volume rfs format failed
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Hello, Thanks for the reply.
Before I go on.....the factory format method I used before was not from recovery mode but from the dial pad *2767*3855# (PLEASE DO NOT TYPE THIS CODE IN UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO HAVE THE PHONE COMPLETELY RESET TO FACTORY)
That's when I got those 4 failures mentioned before.
I tried your suggested solution but not sure it has solved the problem, its basically reset the phone to Factory settings but had alot of unexpected errors and app shutdowns. Before I flashed the stock back on I went into CWM recovery, went to 'mounts and storage' and formatted every option apart from the 'Format Boot' option. All formats successful.
After another flash with 2.3.6.GB stock I tried the dial pad factory format again out of interest to see if I got those same 4 errors and BINGO!! all went without any problems!!!
So that problem is solved.
But my initial issue remains.....After power down it doesn't actually power off completely, just infinite empty battery screen loop until charger is used. :crying:
I'll stick with the suggestions from 'creative0100' and stay with stock for a few days to see what happens then flash a kernel, thinking semaphore kernel and go from there.
:fingers-crossed:
its been nearly 5 days since stock has been on, rooted today and put semaphore kernel on and still have that empty battery bootloop. Won't power up without the charger boost to kick start it back into life.
Does anyone have anymore suggestions please? I've looked quite deeply within the forums and some have had a similar problem but no real solutions as yet.
Just editing my post as it seems that the phone powers down and powers up totally fine when the charge is below 35% - 40%. If its above it'll bootloop showing the empty battery screen.
Ive tried charging to 100% overnight and then resetting batt stats as the charge percentage jumps about alot. seems very confused showing different charge values now and again and even charging when it aint plugged in!!!
Seems something in the phone is not reading the battery correctly.
I really am stuck on this and cant figure out how to recalibrate the battery so it acts normally again.
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Hi all,
Am new to this forum, I've installed the latest version of Liquid Smooth over the weekend and am impressed by the speed my device now runs.
One glitch that I've noticed is that if the battery is completely dead it simply wont charge. But I've placed that same battery into my other non rooted S3 GT-i9305 and it started charging again. Anyone else had the same issue and may be a solution for it?
Regards,
Andy
sabapathee said:
Hi all,
Am new to this forum, I've installed the latest version of Liquid Smooth over the weekend and am impressed by the speed my device now runs.
One glitch that I've noticed is that if the battery is completely dead it simply wont charge. But I've placed that same battery into my other non rooted S3 GT-i9305 and it started charging again. Anyone else had the same issue and may be a solution for it?
Regards,
Andy
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Do you mean "appears" to be not charging when you switch it off and connect charger? If so, it is a well known bug, google it and you'll see
sabapathee said:
Hi all,
Am new to this forum, I've installed the latest version of Liquid Smooth over the weekend and am impressed by the speed my device now runs.
One glitch that I've noticed is that if the battery is completely dead it simply wont charge. But I've placed that same battery into my other non rooted S3 GT-i9305 and it started charging again. Anyone else had the same issue and may be a solution for it?
Regards,
Andy
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When you plug the phone while OFF, the animation is stuck, it's a known issue on current AOSP roms (excepted for latest SLIMKAT build AFAIK), but even if there is no charging animation, it's really charging. That's what I've noticed on Liquid Smooth and other ROMs and also what I've read on XDA for other users.
To restart the phone (because it's stuck), push the power button for approximately 10 seconds without removing battery.
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When you plug the phone while OFF, the animation is stuck, it's a known issue on current AOSP roms (excepted for latest SLIMKAT build AFAIK), but even if there is no charging animation, it's really charging. That's what I've noticed on Liquid Smooth and other ROMs and also what I've read on XDA for other users.
To restart the phone (because it's stuck), push the power button for approximately 10 seconds without removing battery.
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You guys are quick thanks for the fast response. Well the phone was off as the battery was dead. However just before going completely off it was stuck in a reboot loop. I've then removed the battery, placed in back in and then put the phone on change for about 10 mins and tried turning on the device again. The animation battery was displayed but did not display the green stuff. Tried turning on again after another 5 mins still no luck.
But when I've placed the battery in my other S3 it stated changing again. So I ended doing a battery swap on the device.
Regards,
Andy
sabapathee said:
You guys are quick thanks for the fast response. Well the phone was off as the battery was dead. However just before going completely off it was stuck in a reboot loop. I've then removed the battery, placed in back in and then put the phone on change for about 10 mins and tried turning on the device again. The animation battery was displayed but did not display the green stuff. Tried turning on again after another 5 mins still no luck.
But when I've placed the battery in my other S3 it stated changing again. So I ended doing a battery swap on the device.
Regards,
Andy
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Offline charging seems to be disabled with aftermarket AOSP roms (unfixable kernel issues ??), so when you totally discharge the battery you end up in a boot loop : the phone starts up when you plug it in and it attempts to start. It wont fully boot because it runs out of juice then it attempts to start up again and it keeps going in this loop.
You have 2 choices if you drain the battery totally with this kind of ROM.
1- Take the battery out and put it in some other charger. It's YOUR current workaround.
2- Plug it in to a charger and hold down power + home + vol up to enter in recovery and let it sit in that mode for a few minutes then reboot the phone.
Let us know if it works for you