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[Q] Captivate Reboot and Battery Loop problem

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

have you tried to wipe battery stats in recovery ?

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

Somebody can help?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Busted note?

So,
My partners note is running CleaNote v4, with NoteCore v13 standard. Today, after shutting off Automatically through empty battery, she plugged the phone in for half hour and tried turning it back on. ever since.. its simply not starting, the boot screen is active but not proceeding beyond it for anything up to an hour.
and therefore..
ive tried the usual, let it charge full, nothing. wiped dalvic, cache and battery stats.. nadda.
when i choose to wipe dalvic now however, i get the message .. E: unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]
im hoping its not as serious as it looks, ive searched it and there doesnt seem to be a solid solution anywhere, should i just factory reset?
ive reflashed CleaNote v4 via CWM.. been booting again.. for a long, long time.
afraid im all out of options, factory reset? flash stock rom and return to sammy?

You can do factory reset as you are on safe Kernel OR you can try flashing some other custom rom using cwmr, but best way is to flash stock GB rom using odin.

I agree with the post above.. but better try to go first to CWM, wipe cache partition, wipe data, wipe dalvik cache, reboot recovery and reboot system... if the phone's still stuck on 'Samsung's' bootlogo... then go to the last option of downgrading to Sammy's Stock GB and work your way up again to flash CleanNote after.

Oi
Cheers fellas,
Sorted it, just a factory reset fixed it.. still get the same error message in CWM when wiping dalvic.. BUT..
restored the wifeys ice age village save from nandroid backup before i wiped.. my nuts are safe, so are her ingame nuts!
i flash my note every few days, and face the odd hiccup, hers has never had a single hiccup on the trusty CleaNote/NoteCore combination..wonder what caused it? thanks anyway!

I read somewhere before that you shouldn't run your battery juice out completely... Always leave a little juice out and charge it back again to full. Never leave it to run dry... Li-Ions are not designed to be completely drain out.. with a small juice left, you need to recharge it back again. It's not good for the battery itself to leave it completely drained.

Battery drain on my Note after flashing XXLS7 rom

Hi,
I recently flashed my XXLS7 ROM and while doing so, I was asked to wipe battery stats too, after then I see that my battery % is getting reduced drastically and the worst is that whenever I am in normal mode it shows me 75% but after getting into recovery mode it shows 55% or so. Now I am completely confused whether 100% is actually 100% or not. Any ideas on how to get this problem rectified?
Thanks in advance.

may be you need to do a clean install of the rom again.
use format/system and format /data this time

nokiamodeln91 said:
may be you need to do a clean install of the rom again.
use format/system and format /data this time
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Thanks, I have tried that option too, but still no help..........

Be patient
Mine was discharging like crazy when media scanner was doing its thing -- just keep a charger handy and stick it on when it gets low. Eventually it should sort itself out.

boot into recovery and wipe battery stats again.. then charge the phone to 100 % and test again.

I had this problem in almost every xxls7 ROM... I tried everything, literally EVERTHING.... i made 3 wipes, format preload format system etc etc... Result is DEVICE IDLE eats battery... I CAN NOT figured out which causes this... But finaly, SweetROM solve the problem... I do not know how but it solved... I tried RR3, Alliance and Stock xxls7... All of them causes battery drain for me but i do not know if it is a problem of all... Anyway, just in case you can try Sweet ROM... At least it does not cause drain when you do not use it...

I have this problem too..
Nokia 3210 with PA Utacka

after restarting the phone go to settings>application>all>media storage and stop it.
on every bootup, media storage process consumes %5-10 battery to scan media files.
you can disable it but the gallery wont work.
you can use Quickpic instead.

Sudden battery discharge upon unplug

hi all, i've been having a battery calibration issue and it's getting worse, earlier whenever i charged my phone to 100 and unplugged it, it dropped to 97% or 95% but now when i take it off the charger at 100, it drops to 89% within a matter of minutes, even if i keep it plugged in for an additonal 30-40 minutes, the same happens, i'm on stock ROM , unrooted, with stock recovery, everything is stock , i have read a few threads stating that wiping cache from stock recovery can solve the problem but i'm unsure, i've been told by someone that there are various answers and opinions about this, should i wipe cache from stock recovery? can it help? even if it can't help, it wont do any harm to my phone, will it? thanks in advance

muhammad.uzi1994 said:
hi all, i've been having a battery calibration issue and it's getting worse, earlier whenever i charged my phone to 100 and unplugged it, it dropped to 97% or 95% but now when i take it off the charger at 100, it drops to 89% within a matter of minutes, even if i keep it plugged in for an additonal 30-40 minutes, the same happens, i'm on stock ROM , unrooted, with stock recovery, everything is stock , i have read a few threads stating that wiping cache from stock recovery can solve the problem but i'm unsure, i've been told by someone that there are various answers and opinions about this, should i wipe cache from stock recovery? can it help? even if it can't help, it wont do any harm to my phone, will it? thanks in advance
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wiping cache only, wont harm your phone / OS... don't know if it will help or not though.
you could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43579577&postcount=36105

nkk71 said:
wiping cache only, wont harm your phone / OS... don't know if it will help or not though.
you could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43579577&postcount=36105
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I'll try wiping cache first, thanks

nkk71 said:
wiping cache only, wont harm your phone / OS... don't know if it will help or not though.
you could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43579577&postcount=36105
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I just wiped cache from stock recovery, my battery level was 75% but when I booted into Rom after cache wipe, it showed 81%, I think my battery percentage has started to show actual and accurate battery level now , I think it's now showing the battery loss difference that occurs between 90-100%, I'll let you know of the result after I recharge next time

charging!

when i charge my zr, it show 90-91% then suddenly show 100%, battery full. how can i fix it???

Solution only if root and CWM installed.
link_it said:
when i charge my zr, it show 90-91% then suddenly show 100%, battery full. how can i fix it???
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If you are on root and have a recovery like CWM installed, then boot to recovery, then go to advanced and there must be an option to clear battery stats or something (I don't remember exactly ). You must do this only when you have kept your phone switched off and then charged it to 100%. Then only do it, then it would clean the junk battery data and recalibrate battery.
If the same issue persists, "your battery may be faulty".
If you are not rooted, then I am sorry, I am not aware of any solution if there is any.
Press thanks if I helped. :good:

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nikhilkaushik said:
If you are on root and have a recovery like CWM installed, then boot to recovery, then go to advanced and there must be an option to clear battery stats or something (I don't remember exactly ). You must do this only when you have kept your phone switched off and then charged it to 100%. Then only do it, then it would clean the junk battery data and recalibrate battery.
If the same issue persists, "your battery may be faulty".
If you are not rooted, then I am sorry, I am not aware of any solution if there is any.
Press thanks if I helped. :good:
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i have done that, but not work

Try this
link_it said:
i have done that, but not work
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Try killing your phone to dead battery 2-3 times and then full charge in one go and then repeat it
Last trick in my bag of tricks

Charge it through twrp/cwm. If not rooted, you could try getting into that *#*#menu thing and try those battery options, i think i saw something there that might help