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Samsung Captivate i897 not charging?

I rooted my phone last week thanks to the xda forum
[ROM]-Unoffical AOKP
[Kernel]-No change.
phone worked great, awesome battery life, was on the phone for 4 hours and still i had 40% left, that to while using skype on wifi. Normally the phone used to die within the first 2-3 hours.
I was checking on the various kernels, just coz i wanted to get the ATT world phone image out of my phone! so i used icyglitchv14, well it worked.
But for some reason the phone's battery seemed to drain faster when the phones idle. The phone was back to its crappy battery life.
Yesterday, i flashed the unofficial AOKP ROM build 25 (thanks) the battery life improved drastically, though i have no clue as to why!
Problem now? Battery won't charge, rebooted, turned phone off, but battery just wouldn't charge.
Solution: Remove the battery, hold on to the power button for 5s, replace the battery and turn on the phone. It started charging.
I don't know if its a bug, or if its got to do with the icyglitch power states ( i used conservative), but hope someone checks this out.

i am 100% baffled that this just worked for me, but thanks so much for posting this

Thanks marcknight.
Noticed it around 15% and started to panic.
Turned to my trusty XDA hoping for a solution before it died completely.
One of those strange instances of: Don't ask HOW or WHY, just know that it works.

this worked for me!
this worked for me!
I was also using aokp build 40 ics. and the power mode I believe that I set it on was conservative, I guess i shouldn't use that mode anymore! My power button also doesn't work very well so i was basically mashing all of the buttons while the battery was out of the phone and also while the phone was plugged in, then i inserted the battery and it just started booting with the att screen.

Not charging
That happens to me today. Because I read this earlier I did the same and Voila!!
Thanks!!!

Mine stopped charging too.. and its stock
I am running stock ATT firmware and the battery will charge outside the phone but in the phone it shows charging but gos dead. I have tried the 2 amp power charger for my nexus 7 and that won't even charge it. Good thing I got a cheap external charger a while back.
Anyone know what could be causing this?

a guess: removing the battery, then holding the power key for a few seconds causes the max8998 power management chip to reset, probably by discharging a capacitor or equivalent.
liberate your captivate on xda

Having the same thing happen to me right now. I using the Captivating ROM, just tried your solution, will see how goes. Thanks.

About ParanoidAndroid

Since I can't post in development section (under 10 posts) I will ask here!
I'am using Paranoid 0.2 and it is great, no SOD, no battery drain.... but I did notice something strange!
My Note died on the way home from work (got to get extra battery), and when I connected to charger system booted up. I tried several times to power off but every time I connect charger (original Samsung), my note boots up!
It's not really an issue but I'am curious is it just my device or is it a known/unknown software bug??
Did the search button but came up empty

Experienced the same thing the other day.
Generally, my phone battery never depletes to that extent so I'd never had this problem before.
What made it worse was that I was unable to fully boot the phone, it would die in the middle of the Paranoid Android boot animation.
Ended up having to boot into recovery and leave the phone to charge for 10min just to ensure I could successfully reboot.
In any case, not really an issue as I usually recharge the phone long before the battery is completely depleted.

I usually carry charger with me but I was caught off guard this time!
After a few tryes I decided that this ROM is so good that my note simply refuses to stay off
Now I'am really curious about this bug, hoping to hear from someone with more knowledge!!

ozyk100 said:
I usually carry charger with me but I was caught off guard this time!
After a few tryes I decided that this ROM is so good that my note simply refuses to stay off
Now I'am really curious about this bug, hoping to hear from someone with more knowledge!!
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If I understood correctly:
Your phone doesn't have enough juice to support the boot animation? And you can't charge it because phone just turns on when you put charger on.
Solution would be to boot into recovery, then charge it.

its not a bug
ozyk100 said:
Since I can't post in development section (under 10 posts) I will ask here!
I'am using Paranoid 0.2 and it is great, no SOD, no battery drain.... but I did notice something strange!
My Note died on the way home from work (got to get extra battery), and when I connected to charger system booted up. I tried several times to power off but every time I connect charger (original Samsung), my note boots up!
It's not really an issue but I'am curious is it just my device or is it a known/unknown software bug??
Did the search button but came up empty
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It's not a bug, its a feature, PA or rathor Android never goes into shutdown mode. It has been implemented that way...
This discussion was discussed on the official PA thread just a couple of days back, read 4-8 pages back and you will get all the required info...

I just used this rom for about one week, the front is small for me

[Q] 4.3 Low Battery Reboot Cycle

Hey guys, I've got a bit of a problem after the latest 4.3 update. My phone battery went to 7% and then suddenly to 0%, upon which it turned off. Now whenever I try to turn it on the red light flashes and whenever I try to turn it on whilst charging (because I don't think it charges if I just leave it plugged in), it just enters a reboot cycle, whereby it goes to the lock screen, shows the "Shutting Down" window and reboots. I have no clue how to fix this.
I don't really care about the phone at this point, but I do have some photos I want to keep from there...
Any ideas? The software hasn't been pampered with.

same here
hey, feeling with you.
I recently updated my Xperia T to 4.3.
While in 4.1.2 the "low battery" behavior was quite weird, as my T did not charge (no red LED), I was able to get it back to life by pressing and holding the power button for quite some time, lets say 5 min. or so, as it was loading then. This was independent from whether it was exhausted (blinking red LED) or "simply of"(not blinking but not charging anyways).
Through this whole power pressing procedure (I just wrapped the cord around the phone several times) the LED was red and the phone was charging, but it did not turn on. After the 5 min. I freed the T an hit the power button again. Now it was booting as expected and did not immediately go off again.
On 4.3 unfortunately this does not work anymore . The phone just tries to boot and enters the reboot cycle as you described (with the difference that it does shut down instead of reboot).
Now first I would like to know, if your T behaved like mine under 4.1.2 (guessing that was your last Version too). From what I've read I assume that wasn't really normal behavior. I think there must be something wrong with the hw, as my 4.1.2 was neither unlocked nor modified in any other way.
Second I would advise you boot into recovery and select boot into bootloader* (if you have installed one) or connect your T to your PC and boot into flashmode (power+vol.down I guess) as it might charges in there. The recovery worked for me, flashmode should work, but I never tried.
Finally I guess chances are good, that your device works totally normal if it gets charged again (just don't let it run out of energy again )
btw. does the Xperia T normally charge while it's powered off? Anyone has send his phone back on warranty because of charging problems?
good luck to you,
wk
*I am using this 4.3 rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647459) atm, as I have root there. But the recovery is really buggy right now so it just restarts all the time. I'm not quite sure where the "boot into bootloader" option gets you ( never heard, that you could boot into bootloader on an xperia device) but the LED shines blue and the T charges and that's important right?

Yeah, my T would sometimes do that when the battery completely drained. I'd have to hold the button for a few minutes while the red light was on until it booted and started charging autonomously.
Now that doesn't work. It doesn't charge when it's off and when I connect it to the charger and turn it on, it restarts. Eventually though the battery drains completely and the old trick works again, but even when it manages to boot to the lock screen, it shows 0% battery again and restarts.
I've tried turning it on while holding the power+down button and charging. The green light came on and disappeared but it started rebooting again. Same with connecting it to my PC.

Can you remove the battery?
Same thing happens to mine,and i just remove battery,plug it without battery,it starts,then put the battery back on.
And it charges fine.
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herokickxx said:
Can you remove the battery?
Same thing happens to mine,and i just remove battery,plug it without battery,it starts,then put the battery back on.
And it charges fine.
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But the battery is inbuilt, no? Would I have to disassemble it?

KalST said:
But the battery is inbuilt, no? Would I have to disassemble it?
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So I think you are facing the same issue as mine... the phone has no time to charge. So what I did was flash an OmniRom with only the SystemUI apk and launcher apk. The intention was to make the boot time shorter so that the battery will not go down by the time it boots. But it ended up causing a bootloop: it was constantly stuck in the bootanimation. And it does charge during the bootanimation. So I let it be like that for about 30 minutes, rebooted to recovery and flashed the stock rom. And all my data was safe. This is more like a fluke so try it and maybe it would work.
If you can disassemble it, then yes, you can do the battery thing. There is just one screw under the SIM flap. I didn't do it because my screw driver kit was borrowed.

The battery trick worked! Now it discharges really fast though.
5% in less than 5 minutes...

KalST said:
The battery trick worked! Now it discharges really fast though.
5% in less than 5 minutes...
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Try recalibrating
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herokickxx said:
Try recalibrating
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How do u recalibrate the battery?

0% battery after crashes

So I've had this phone for about a year now, the moment I got it I unlocked the bootloader, rooted it and flashed cyanfox (cm11 fork) onto it.
It's been serving me great ever since, no problems whatsoever with it.
But as of a few days back I found it with a black screen, unresponsive. I connected the charger and it light up the green led solid, tries to boot but can't get past the boot loader message
This continues in an almost endless loop until getting to a 'battery 1%' screen with it showing the battery. After that I'm able to boot it up without problem
I first thought that was the end of it.. I finally got it too boot all seemed fine, battery showed 3% at start up bit voltage was suggesting it was 100%. It flashed to 100% later.
Good, no problem until then. But when leaving it over night to charge and disconnecting it from the charger this morning it turned off again. And now it's back in the bootloop when on charger :crying:
also important to mention is that when it crashes and gets into the bootloop on charger(0% battery and all) it was at 50-100% before the crash.
If anyone has any ideas what might be the cause I'd be very thankful
Main problem(s):
-random crashes instantly rendering battery % as 0 while there is still charge
-getting atrix hd to turn on at <1% battery
Some maybe useful information:
-it does say 'battery OK' in fastboot while connected to the wallcharger
-after I get it to boot it will run just fine on battery and charge as normal, but will crash/brick again after some time
-I can get into boot selection screen and fastboot, but only on wallcharger
-I cannot get to fastboot when connected to use, pc doesn't see the phone
-It won't boot past the bootloader('Motorola logo' for you on not unlocked bootloaders) no matter the boot selection(recovery, bp tools etc)
-This is a second hand model already in use by me (the second owner) for over a year now
-no custom kernel, only rom, cyanfox 4.4.2 (cm11 based)
-the few times it got past the bootloop and I was able to boot was on my aftermarket charger (stock charger will make the green led light up but no proof of being able to get past bootloop over time on it)

I've had dead batteries before.. and since It looked good last time I got it on (it won't go on at all now) I was skeptic about the battery being dead. But a quick test of the multimeter gives me <1v :crying:
I know batteries can be drained pretty bad.. but this just seems a bit extreme.. I'll try to get it to boot for a while.
Thanks in advance for any helpful solutions or ideas on the matter
EDIT: Got it on again last night, turned off this morning when pulling out the charger, was at 100%. Checked battery and again read around 1V.
blaming the battery, ordered a new one just in case, should be here in a month or so. Still open for suggestions on the matter

Catblaster said:
I've had dead batteries before.. and since It looked good last time I got it on (it won't go on at all now) I was skeptic about the battery being dead. But a quick test of the multimeter gives me <1v :crying:
I know batteries can be drained pretty bad.. but this just seems a bit extreme.. I'll try to get it to boot for a while.
Thanks in advance for any helpful solutions or ideas on the matter
EDIT: Got it on again last night, turned off this morning when pulling out the charger, was at 100%. Checked battery and again read around 1V.
blaming the battery, ordered a new one just in case, should be here in a month or so. Still open for suggestions on the matter
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Did you fix it somehow in the end?
My Atrix HD freezes after several minutes(sometimes even on wall charger). Bought new battery, tried to reset everything: usb storage, cash, system, factory reset. Went back to ROM I was using before(stable) but didn't help.
?

michael8s said:
Did you fix it somehow in the end?
My Atrix HD freezes after several minutes(sometimes even on wall charger). Bought new battery, tried to reset everything: usb storage, cash, system, factory reset. Went back to ROM I was using before(stable) but didn't help.
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It ended up being the battery, all problems were gone after I changed the battery.
Which in the end wasn't so bad because I'd been wanting to upgrade my eb20 to an eb40
No Idea to what it could be in your case.
Everything working appart from that? no battery hickups or things not working properly?

Catblaster said:
It ended up being the battery, all problems were gone after I changed the battery.
Which in the end wasn't so bad because I'd been wanting to upgrade my eb20 to an eb40
No Idea to what it could be in your case.
Everything working appart from that? no battery hickups or things not working properly?
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"0% battery after crashes" that is what was happening in the begging, so I thought it is the battery. I changed it to UB40
but everything's got worse. With the new battery I have crashes even when the battery is almost full.(but not always, for example I can play movie from youtube normally, but when I try to send sms or something else it crashes ).
Hard to believe that there is something with the new battery(I have it just one week+It took a month to ship from ebay).
I tried to flash another ROM, but still have freezes.
Last thing sometimes battery charges normally but then suddenly jumps to ~100%. Now I try to flash Stock ROM, but eventually soft bricked the phone. (+had "battery low" in fastboot, while charging animation was saying 100%)
Where did you buy EB40?
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It turned out that EB40 battery was bad, after replacing it with another one everything work

[Q] Phone charges with screen on on CM?

Hi Guys
I am running Cyanogenmod 12.1 nightly, and have the following issues:
1) If the phone is off, and I put it on charge it boots into a sort of "battery charging mode" which shows a big battery with the capacity charged inside it. The problem is that even when the picture of the battery goes away, the screen backlight remains on throughout, which obviously simultaneously uses power and consequently takes longer to charge. Is there any way of getting the screen to switch off?
2) If I use the phone until the battery is dead, I cannot obviously reboot. Then I plug it in, and it boots into the mode above. Whilst plugged in and the battery is dead, it will not boot up (on the factory rom even if the phone is dead, as soon as you plug it in you can boot it and it will chrage whilst the ROM is booted up). I then have to wait until it has charged a bit in the mode described in (1), unplug it, then boot it up, and let it charge whilst booted after I manage to get it booted. This whole process entails at least 10 minutes of downtime
Are there any ways around this? It is properly irritating

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Does anyone else have the same issue? Is it normal?

confirming
can confirm it's normal. Having this on PAC. Just keep an eye on your battery and don't let it die I guess?

What is PAC?
Are there any roms as stable and sleek as CM, with good battery life and consistent development, which doesn't have this problem?

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What is PAC?
Are there any roms as stable and sleek as CM, with good battery life and consistent development, which doesn't have this problem?
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PAC is another ROM. Unfortunately Paranoid Android is the only ROM along with Omnirom not based on CM sources, so no, there aren't any AOSP roms without this issue I'm afraid.

OK cool thanks. Guess I should move back to the oem rom