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I have been getting pretty bad battery life recently, and now it's gotten to the point where I could leave the phone plugged in all day, come back and it will only last about 20 minutes.
So I went to AT&T and picked up a new battery, and I popped it in and left it plugged in overnight. When I checked on it last night it was up to 35% charging, now this morning, after being plugged in all day it's at 6%!
If I unplug the phone, it gives me the battery critically low warning immediately and then soft resets.
I am not sure what to do here. I read some stuff on here about doing a hard reset and then charging, or another one said let it charge while in bootloader mode, I really dont know how to go about this. I dont want to have to send the phone in for service because then I have to revert everything back to how AT&T had it first.
Any ideas on this would be appreciated. Thanks!
EDIT: Awesome, and since the battery level is under 50% it will not let me do the ROM update back to the AT&T stock ROM.
Check the usb port. It is rather easy to bend one of the gold connectors and the battery won't charge. You could still get a connection with your PC with the usb and not get a charge if you bent the right one.
You can flash VIA the SD card if you Charge is too low.
But I wouldn't recommend trying with less than 40% battery with your draining problem.
If the battery goes out during the flashing problem, you would have a pretty nice Paperweight.
I had the same problem. Try a different charging cord! They don't last long
Brickcity said:
I had the same problem. Try a different charging cord! They don't last long
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You know what I had it plugged into the computer for a while with the new battery and I think it took the charge okay.
Also, I just gently used the stylus to poke around at the usb connector on the phone (as I have done as many others have in the past, and tried to do a soft reset in the dark and wound up putting the stylus in the USB port instead of the reset hole, but up until now I never had any issues). It seems to be charging again after doing that. I'll have to keep an eye on it and really baby that USB port, lol.
I do have a spare charger from my old HTC Wizard, I'll try using that one again if I have any more issues. I wound up reverting to the official ATT rom now as well just in case I need to get it serviced, and it really makes me appreciate the hard work people put into these custom ROMS because the stock one sucks, lol.
Ok guys i hope some one can help with this ...It all started yesterday when i tried to charge my phone. it kept saying charging at 0% and it stood like that for hours. so i tried another charger & battery and the same thing. I even called t-mobile and they told me i could be a hardware problem, so i was woundering if theres any chance it could still get fixed ??? i am willing to pay if anyone can fix my phone i am located in los angeles pm me if your up to it .
thanks in advance.. if phone is not fixable i will be selling it for parts!!
Tmobile should give you a replacent! Free of charge.
and umm have you tried taking out the battery leaving out for a minute or 2 and then putting it back and trying to charge it?
That is correct.
So long as you are still under warranty, T-Mobile will issue you a replacement phone.
However, if you have any root/modded firmware, you may want to revert back to Stock.
ya i called t-mobile and they said that since i bought the phone off a friend that it void the waranty ...so im stuck with a bad g1 till i get another one and or sell this one for parts...how much would you guys say its worth for parts it works but it has to be plug in at all times>
Not sure if you have access to this, but you may want to try switching out the batteries with a friend. If that doesn't work, go to any T-Mo store and tell them you need to test the battery/phone.
If it works on a new battery, your solution is there. Buy a new one for about $20-$50
It's worth a shot, considering you'd be selling someone a good phone for cheap, lol.
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Hello, I also have the same problem with it charging. The usb port seems to work, I bought a new battery and it still doing the same thing. So I built a charger that I can just stick the battery in and I just swap them out. The phone shows the orange light and also says it is charging but it does not charge the battery.
fireman1937 said:
Hello, I also have the same problem with it charging. The usb port seems to work, I bought a new battery and it still doing the same thing. So I built a charger that I can just stick the battery in and I just swap them out. The phone shows the orange light and also says it is charging but it does not charge the battery.
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I have exactly the same problem, i tested with 3 different batteries, oem cables, wipe phone, factory reset, and im in the same situation.
HELP! any idea to fix this?
btw
i dont have warranty, i bought about 1.5 years ago, unlocked one, i live outside usa
Alienmike said:
I have exactly the same problem, i tested with 3 different batteries, oem cables, wipe phone, factory reset, and im in the same situation.
HELP! any idea to fix this?
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i dont have warranty, i bought about 1.5 years ago, unlocked one, i live outside usa
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Buy a stand-alone battery charger. Search google for "g1 battery charger" and buy a product similar to this: http://www.netimes.com/shop/desktop-cradle-with-2nd-battery-charger-for-google-g1-p-1506.html
There is probably something wrong with the charging circuit inside the phone and this *should* be a decent work-around for it.
I had this problem with my old HTC Wizard... I just hacked the end off a usb cable and taped the 5v line to the battery terminals to charge it.
I am NOT recommending this as a solution.. but I still have both hands and a functional face.
Ive been having the exact same issue with my G1 phone since updating to the latest Cyanogen rom. Im not saying that the ROM caused the issue, but that the issue developed on the same day I did the update.
I contacted T-Mo and they have shipped me a brand new phone. I had to un-root and go back to the stock ROM, but that was not big deal.
It was definitely an issue with the charging circuit. I have two G1's and was able to charge the battery in the spare phone.
Can anyone help me with my issue. i had a old battery on my g1 that got expanded and wouldnt hold a charge for that long it would just die. Now i bought 2 new batteries and charged them till they were full. Now when the phone dies and i plug in the charger to charge the new batteries they do not charge. I have to put my old expanded battery charge it till its green take the old battery out then put the new one in and then it the led will come on saying its charging. When I try and charge the new batteries when the phone is off it says its charging but the percentage doesnt go up. Anyone have a reason why these batteries wont charge while on, and the only way they will charge when off is if i put the old expanded battery in first charge then charge the new ones. Im running a rooted g1 on 1.6, I just dont understand why I cant charge the new batteries when the phone is on, or when its off unless i use that method. ANy help would be appreciated and thanks in advance.
Oh yea I have had the phone since launch and im sure the warranty is expired.
You have to change the phone motherboard. Its a hardware problem.
Only solution : Send it for a replacement!
Also my phone is dying fast with the new battery the display and idle is eating it up. I know I can reset my battery stats but when i reset them at 100% i cant reboot and charge to 100% because the phone wont charge while on......Do you guys think if i got a external wall charger i could charge the batteries and they would work. My phone might be reading my old battery stats thats why it doesnt last that long even on new battery
I had the exact same problem, my phone would charge when i plugged it in to the pc but not in the OEM wall charger, so i bought a usb wall charger adapter and used my pc data cable plug and it worked perfectly. Ebay sells them for 4-6 bucks with an additional pc plug, just search htc g1 wall usb adapter charger.
I understand that much time has left, but I have the same problem, the phone is not charging(but 'speaks' that charging is going on). I don't know about the others, but I have noticed that phone can charge in fastboot mode. It charging very slow and I think it because the screen is always on and white(Spl: 1.33.0013d).
It charges only after a strict sequence of actions:
1. When the phone is off turn it to fastboot(power+back)
2. Wait for several secconds.
3. Plug in charger wire.
There is no result in other sequences. I have measured the battery by voltmeter and voltage is truly rising. But LED is off while charging and also phone is warming.
Like others, I tried to change batteries and chargers with no results.
It looks like many users have the same problem, and maybe it can be solved by software methods.
At least maybe there is some way to charge it like in fastboot, but with screen off? It would be more faster.
I've tried to use some programs like battery calibrator, but they are not purposed for such things.
try leaving the battery out for a while, than put it in device and d not power on, plug in the charger and let it charge for a couple hours, than boot into recovery and wipe battery stats, reboot and see if anything changes...
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try leaving the battery out for a while, than put it in device and d not power on, plug in the charger and let it charge for a couple hours, than boot into recovery and wipe battery stats, reboot and see if anything changes...
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I've tried doing so, but it doesn't charge at all while the power if off(but LED is RED). Although I have wiped battery stats now and many times before after 100% charging in fastboot mode with no result.
The question is in difference between charging in fastboot mode and other modes.Maybe someone knows this difference and will help with this problem.
It doesn't charge in recovery mode, while the power is off, when the power is on (system says that it is charging but the percents are going down), and in all of this states LED is working well(Green, Orange, Red). In fastboot mode the LED is off but the charging is going on. Maybe there is a way to emulate fastboot charging mode in system drivers.
By the way, I have changed several ROM's after problem has appeared. Now it is COS-DS(07192011).
I hope that someone will help me and other users who have this problem.
hmmm, wow that is strange... could possibly be a hardware issue... doesn't sound like anything a custom rom would cause, hope you can find an answer to your issue
I'm using Darky ROM 10.4.2, My Galaxy S has been in use for almost a year now (i bought it second hand early last year), it has been running great up until this morning. I have always charged my phone while I sleep and everytime i'm next to the computer and have USB cable handy. I more than often charge directly from a computers USB or from a plug socket to USB converter i have (designed for phone charging).
Anyway what happened this morning was I woke up and my phone was really hot, and a message was on the screen saying that the battery is too hot or too cold and that charging has been paused.
I removed the battery and took it off charge and let the phone cool down. After rebooting, the phone seemed to be working fine, however when I tried charging via USB, I noticed that the phone recognizes that its charging (i.e. the charging animation icon comes up), however the percentage does not increase no matter how long i leave it charging (did it for about 30 minutes this morning). I thought this may have been a battery stats problem, so just to be safe I cleared the battery stats in CWM recovery. However the problem seems to remain. Although, I'm not sure whether its charging fully if i switch the phone off instead of booting it, as again it does recognize that its charging, but the battery meter in that case has no % and I can't actually make out whether its increasing or not.
Any ideas on what I need to do? Whether that's to buy a new battery, flash a new ROM, or anything else I could attempt?
(I'm aware a lot of battery problems are reported, but after searching I could not find one that particularly matches whats happening to mine.)
My phones been dead for about a month, most hope was given up but heres my last ditch. I updated to android N preview. Used it like normal. The last day (before my phone ate ****) i was having problems charging it. It wasnt accepting the charge almost as if my "Quickcharge 2.0" had stopped. In fact it would discharge while connected to turbo charger. Anyways that day i went swimming, where i live its very hot i left it on the charger near the pool and it had gotten super hot. So i took it off and put it in a chair and it was on again super hot (hot enough that it burnt my hand when i touched the glass) and it was still on it hadnt shut off. Some people there put it in their cooler for me and that was that, although i noticed a burn mark on the actual usb port on the phone itself. Fast forward a few hours. I was skyping some chick got off skype. Turned my phone off in the hopes it would charge faster. ( it was at 13%) plugged it into the charger, Nothing. Tried to turn it on, Nothing. I finally got it to boot up ( i had to press the **** out of the power button) and the google logo came up. Then it turned off. Tried again to power it on. Same thing, google logo dead. Left it on the wall charger for an hour. tried to power it up, nothing. Used a samsung wireless charger on it for close to 3 hours. Tried to power it up. Still nothing. Power + Vol Down. Nope nada. Opened it up checked the wires everything was plugged in and secure. I didnt make it any further than the backplate because i stripped the screws. Since then its just sat on my shelf, but today i dropped it on my foot and i decieded to see if it would turn on, so i plugged it into my pc (and this is honestly the reason im writing this) and i wiggled the charger around and my pc actually "sensed" it. It said that "The usb device has malfunctioned" so idk what that means. Maybe its still there maybe not. Ik that if i can get my pc to recognize it again it will be difficult as that port on the phone is on its LAST leg.
Let me know what you guys think. Sorry for the short story. Just want to make sure you know everything as it happened
Also when i plug it into the wall, or use the Qi charger on it the device heats up/gets warm. Again dont know if its anything but the more the better.
Could be anything really, possibly a bad battery, if the QI charger isn't helping. How old is the device, and when did the usb burn mark appear?
Okay so I am going to give my best guess here, that the battery in your phone has gone bad, and it was killed by your charger going bad with an electrical short circuit.
Here is my reasons for think that...
Currently your phone won't accept a charge at all, so that leads me to believe that the battery has gone bad.
As for my suspicion that your charger went bad, I have had two different quality brand chargers (HTC and Samsung) go bad on me over the last 3 years or so.
Both times the charger failures caused the same symptoms on my phone that you described...the phone getting extremely hot, and the battery discharging, while connected to the charger, instead of charging.
Luckily for me, in both cases, my phone batteries did not completely croak.
In one case the battery did bulge out the phone, but it was an older HTC M7 and it kept working.
In the other case, I noticed that hot phone and the discharging, and immediately unplugged the charger and tossed it in the trash.
So that is just my two-cents.
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Okay so I am going to give my best guess here, that the battery in your phone has gone bad, and it was killed by your charger going bad with an electrical short circuit.
Here is my reasons for think that...
Currently your phone won't accept a charge at all, so that leads me to believe that the battery has gone bad.
As for my suspicion that your charger went bad, I have had two different quality brand chargers (HTC and Samsung) go bad on me over the last 3 years or so.
Both times the charger failures caused the same symptoms on my phone that you described...the phone getting extremely hot, and the battery discharging, while connected to the charger, instead of charging.
Luckily for me, in both cases, my phone batteries did not completely croak.
In one case the battery did bulge out the phone, but it was an older HTC M7 and it kept working.
In the other case, I noticed that hot phone and the discharging, and immediately unplugged the charger and tossed it in the trash.
So that is just my two-cents.
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What advices do you have to avoid this kind of problem?
Okay guys. I would have to check the IMEI to give you hard facts for the dates. Which I can do im just at work. But last I looked it was manufactured in, March of 2014 or close to that. Ik for a fact that he model was an XT1103 it was completely factory unlocked however my bootloader was locked. Storage was encrypted. And it was the 32gb version. Yes! It could quite possibly be my battery.
Before all this started I was having trouble getting it to charge and I was using a Samsung mini USB with it. But the outlets at the pool I don't think are designed to charge phones. Anyways the burn mark on my USB port showed up the same day. I just didn't notice it (I think) until later that day,but after I got it my phone no longer charged. It would either discharge off the charger, or discharge slower on it.
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What advices do you have to avoid this kind of problem?
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Sorry for the delay in replying...RF got in the way.
Anyways...I really can't offer much 'technical advice'. I can, however, offer some practical advice.
1. Use brand name chargers or be careful if you do use an off-brand charger.
2. If you are charging your phone (either on a brand name charger or an off-brand charger), and you either feel it getting hot or you see it discharging (or both) immediately unplug your phone and throw away the charger.
3. If you do notice that the battery on your phone is bulging, either replace the battery or if it is a sealed device, replace the phone.
Honestly, that is the only advice I can give.
So guys ive decided i m gonna go ahead and try and replace my battery since its rather inexpensive, im gonna order the parts from ifixit. such as anew midframe and battery. It should be done hopefully by next week. Im still completely open to opinions. When its complete ill make a post.
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Sorry for the delay in replying...RF got in the way.
Anyways...I really can't offer much 'technical advice'. I can, however, offer some practical advice.
1. Use brand name chargers or be careful if you do use an off-brand charger.
2. If you are charging your phone (either on a brand name charger or an off-brand charger), and you either feel it getting hot or you see it discharging (or both) immediately unplug your phone and throw away the charger.
3. If you do notice that the battery on your phone is bulging, either replace the battery or if it is a sealed device, replace the phone.
Honestly, that is the only advice I can give.
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In my case, i use aukey quick charge 2.0 and it works great, when i charge the phone, i do it on the night and try to not use when it charge, i dont like to charge with scrap chargers, but thanks for the advice, i will take care on that :laugh:
Alright well today my screwdrivers (ordered from china) came i disassembled the phone, havent gotten my battery yet but theres some things i would like to note. The first being that the old battery had alot of corrosion along with its contact to to mobo. ill update when i get the new battery in.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy SIII LTE GT-I9305
Problem: It doesn't turn on or charge, absolutely no reaction
ROM: Stock KitKat 4.4.4
The phone had the stock KitKat 4.4.4 flashed by me in 2016. For about 4 years everything was ok, it only occasionally hanged up so it needed to be restarted by removing battery or holding volup+power. Also at the end the charging port sometimes caused little problems so it was a lil fussy about the cable. Half a year ago the phone was replaced by a new one, so it was shutted off and put 'as is' into the locker without removing the battery (was fully charged before). Few days ago, when I needed it as a backup phone it doesn't boot up or charge the battery - there is absolutely no reaction. The battery measured by micrometer showed 3.87V - I've fully charged it in an external charger. I also cleaned the charging port and folded back the pins in it. Checked with the multimeter the contracts looks good, the current is able to flow. Anyway the phone is not charging and nothing happens when I'm pressing the power or even the mode combinations volumeup/down key + home + power for more than 30 seconds. It looks like there is flowing a 0.11A current and a battery voltage drops about 0.06V when it's connected to charger and I'm pressing the power button. The power button itself is ok, I've tested it with a multimeter. Nothing changes when I'm connecting the charger directly for the pins for battery.
So I've checked on the web that there is a common problem in that models called "sudden death" so the memory gets damaged after some time if using the stock old kernel. It had the symptoms (hangs, restarts) but I even didn't know about that problem, and I only know that it had a stock KitKat, don't know anything about the bootloader or kernel versions. But is it possible that the phone which was turned off and only laid with battery inserted in a locker for half a year get damaged?
I've tried connecting the usb jig, the "debrick.img" sdcard method (I've created the image by myself with the stock ROM file using a tutorial), the uart connection with both 150K and 560K resistors and NOTHING seems to work. Is there anything else that I could possibly try doing by myself to get it back to work? I'm afraid that the only way is replacing the memory or trying to re-flash it in an external programmer. The phone has MHL and LTE so would be good as an multimedia and web player for an old TV so I would like to save it. But anyway, at this moment it's a hard brick. Please help.
Mmmh i think its memory is dead, my s3 dead same u s3, and no response from anything, I change s3 motherboard with lte version.
Yea, it looks like the most probable cause is damaged eMMC chip on board. I only wonder why it got damaged just lying switched off in the locker, the battery was in unfortunately so maybe that matters. Probably replacing only the eMMC memory with a new, programmed one would fix the problem. Anyway, because it's nothing to be quite sure about, UART doesn't work to make sure about it and the current value of the used working phone is close to the eMMC chip it's not worth it and it's probably time to just toss it out or sell as an parts donor. So sad, that Samsung didn't send any notification about that problem directly to the phone via the notification channel, I had no idea about that problem before. Fortunately I've migrated all the crucial data to the new phone before so it's not a big loose at all. Thanks anyway.
ah Mathey, when my default smartphone was s3 i usually was turn off it when i going to sleep and one day without signal my phone not want turning on when i woke up that morning, i have a charger that do a little beep when a device is conneted to it and s3 was do it but not turn on.
So maybe half a year ago when I was doing data transfer to a new phone it was the last time when the memory was in good condition, sth caused damage and the next boot was not possible, but the time I tried to do that was the few days ago. Fortunately I've moved everything crucial, so it's not a big lost. We could only wonder if leaving the phone with the battery inside can cause the problem or that's something what happens only when the phone is on and after a reboot there is no guarantee it will start up. Someone told me that GT-I9300 with the same problem could be bringed back to life just by USB, but the GT-I9305 have a different memory chip and that's not possible. Only the external programming. Sad but true :|