(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.
LaDamian said:
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.
klau1 said:
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.
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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)
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Anyone else got these? feedback would be appreciated
UK EABY
HIGH EXTENDED 3500mAH Battery for HTC HD 7 HD7 + Cover
Ordered from the Above link
As you can see it spoils the beauty of the HD7 but I guess its worth it only if you plan to use your phone for a long day trip or something if you are taking photos.
Its China made and looks like hand made, bit rough if you know what I mean, still wondering whether I should use it or not, as I don't really use my HD7 that much
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Holy cow! that looks ugly hehe!
good lord thats immense! what sort of life do you get out of that thing?
Trust me.
I Just put it in and took it out straight away. It made my sexy phone look horrendous.
I rather have low battery life then carry that around so that battery is lying in the corner unless someone wants to buy it off
That is ugly as hell.
But I can see it being useful if you go hiking or biking a lot; you would get a lot of GPS-mapping done with that battery and the phone itself could just be attached to your bike or your bag. You wouldn't want it in your pocket though.
bought that same battery from a vendor here in the US... The phone doesn't seem to "recognize" it's larger capacity... all system info/system view apps still show the batt as the 1230 maH... once the battery indicator goes low, and the orange LED starts flashing and the low battery warning pops up, I can shut down the phone, pull and re-insert the battery, power it back on and it shows about 50% battery again for a couple hours...
I have it.
I have this battery, i can stay up for 4 days without charging it, but when it goes down to drain level and orange light comes up i have to take the battery off and start phone again to see the battery's rest of the capacity left. I use Deepshining V2.0 and i use the phone with wifi once a day to pick up new apps but i don't talk much. Overall i am OK with it despite the phone doesn't see full capacity
Ugly son of a b'tch.
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.
What's the temperature of the phone while charging? Mine gets heated to 42-degree Celsius. While charging, it only had both the SIMS and nothing else - Wifi Bluetooth etc. - on.
Also, CPU-Z's thermal tab, the chg_temp (whatever it signifies!) value goes as high as 75!
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Are these temperatures too bad for the phone? What are the temperatures of your phones while charging?
Don't use it while charging bro because of charging and metal body. It's also decrease your battery life... Leave it to charge bro!?
Raj.S said:
Don't use it while charging bro because of charging and metal body. It's also decrease your battery life... Leave it to charge bro!
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That's the last resort to switch it off while charging. If you too have the same model, could you confirm if yours gets this much heated as well?
tarun0 said:
That's the last resort to switch it off while charging. If you too have the same model, could you confirm if yours gets this much heated as well?
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Yeah bro its does if i am using it while charging + wifi+ browsing..
But if i will let it charge with wifi off it doesn't want even a bit!
Raj.S said:
Yeah bro its does if i am using it while charging + wifi+ browsing..
But if i will let it charge with wifi off it doesn't want even a bit!
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I too don't use it while charging with wifi etc switched off. It still heats. I thought the problem was with my phone only, so I even got it replaced from Amazon but it's the same with this new phone as well. :/
Hmmm... I think we should get others opinions if they are also having the same issue.
I don't know if G5 also has such problem!
It is normal for the handset to heat that much while turbo charge.It has metal body.I figure out that when i charge my moto g5s with other charger it doesn't heat that much but when i switch to turbo charger which comes up with the package it heats up the phone considerably.
Dropped her in the Yellow Breeches while fishing. About 2 ft deep quick running stream. Took about 10 minutes to find (it got dark and AOD was face up).
Worked perfectly right away (prune fingerprints never work) and until I got home an hour later, then saw this message. Still working perfectly fine at the moment, but will wait it out.
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Looks good to go!
nice demonstration! thanks for letting us know what happens if...
cheers
Thats pretty cool, totally an "thinking outside the box" feature.
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Thats pretty cool, totally an "thinking outside the box" feature.
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Same detection/response capability exists on the 4a which offers no moisture protection. Mine got inn the way of a toppled water glass (light splash) and immediately displayed this message. 15 min later was good to go. Could still use phone during this period, although I opted not to.
Nice feature... My 2xl got wet, no message though. When the battery was low, I naturally plugged it in and of course it cut off immediately. Now it only charges on certain chargers. Would have been nice to have that warning.
So, my "lesson learned" is, if your phone gets wet, do not plug it in until you are sure it is completely dry!
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Dropped her in the Yellow Breeches while fishing. About 2 ft deep quick running stream. Took about 10 minutes to find (it got dark and AOD was face up).
Worked perfectly right away (prune fingerprints never work) and until I got home an hour later, then saw this message. Still working perfectly fine at the moment, but will wait it out.
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Pixel 5a is not waterproof but it is water-resistant. its rating is IP67 which survives fresh water up to one meter for 30 mins max, so you're good to go.