[Q] Dying at 17% battery - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My Nexus 6 is dying at around 17% battery. I've tried using battery calibration apps to fix it but they haven't worked. I've also factory reset, and went from LMY47D to LMY47M, both of which would die at 17%. Any suggestions?

What you mean by die at 17%?
Does it shutdown automatically at 17%, and you can't turn on by pressing power menu. Right?
Then how you overcome from this situation? By charging your device again?

I had a similar issue. This helped:
1. Power off your phone.
2. Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons. This will put the phone in fastboot.
3. Use the Volume buttons to scroll through the menu until you see "Bootloader logs"
4. Press and hold the power key for a long time (7+ seconds) until the phone reboots.

Masum56k said:
What you mean by die at 17%?
Does it shutdown automatically at 17%, and you can't turn on by pressing power menu. Right?
Then how you overcome from this situation? By charging your device again?
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The phone shuts down at 17% and when I try to turn it back on, it shows the battery dead icon and won't turn on. After charging it for about 30 seconds it'll turn back on and say it has about 18% battery.
draa2711 said:
I had a similar issue. This helped:
1. Power off your phone.
2. Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons. This will put the phone in fastboot.
3. Use the Volume buttons to scroll through the menu until you see "Bootloader logs"
4. Press and hold the power key for a long time (7+ seconds) until the phone reboots.
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I'll give that a try, thanks

draa2711 said:
I had a similar issue. This helped:
1. Power off your phone.
2. Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons. This will put the phone in fastboot.
3. Use the Volume buttons to scroll through the menu until you see "Bootloader logs"
4. Press and hold the power key for a long time (7+ seconds) until the phone reboots.
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Unfortunately, this did not work. Phone died at 15%, about 10 seconds after it prompted me to turn on power saving mode .

draa2711 said:
I had a similar issue. This helped:
1. Power off your phone.
2. Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons. This will put the phone in fastboot.
3. Use the Volume buttons to scroll through the menu until you see "Bootloader logs"
4. Press and hold the power key for a long time (7+ seconds) until the phone reboots.
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It seemed to work for me. Phone drained to 5% and automatically shut down. Charged it to full without booting, so if it still behaves, it fixed me.
How did you discover this "fix"?

Волк said:
It seemed to work for me. Phone drained to 5% and automatically shut down. Charged it to full without booting, so if it still behaves, it fixed me.
How did you discover this "fix"?
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I can't remember, sorry. It was whether here on xda or on google forums.
For me this issue started after I used my (original) Nexus 5 Qi charger with my N6. Almost the same problem as you described but on my N6 it was 17 %. Tried the workaround mentioned above, sold my N5 with the Qi charger and the problem disappeared. It's been a while now. Guess 2 months...

draa2711 said:
I had a similar issue. This helped:
1. Power off your phone.
2. Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons. This will put the phone in fastboot.
3. Use the Volume buttons to scroll through the menu until you see "Bootloader logs"
4. Press and hold the power key for a long time (7+ seconds) until the phone reboots.
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I tried this again, this time holding the power button until "Google" appeared on the screen (The first time I let go when the screen turned off) and it seems to have worked! I'm on the second cycle now and the phone reached 0% the first time and I'm at 12% now.

Good news! Hopefully this will last.
Btw: do you use the original turbo charger or a qi station?
Sent from my Nexus 6

draa2711 said:
Good news! Hopefully this will last.
Btw: do you use the original turbo charger or a qi station?
Sent from my Nexus 6
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I use the turbo charger

drkboze said:
I tried this again, this time holding the power button until "Google" appeared on the screen (The first time I let go when the screen turned off) and it seems to have worked! I'm on the second cycle now and the phone reached 0% the first time and I'm at 12% now.
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when i scrolled to "bootloader log" i pressed and held the power button for some seconds and it turned off and it wouldn't go back on until i released it and pressed again.
how exactly did you do it if I may ask? thanks

draa2711 said:
I had a similar issue. This helped:
1. Power off your phone.
2. Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons. This will put the phone in fastboot.
3. Use the Volume buttons to scroll through the menu until you see "Bootloader logs"
4. Press and hold the power key for a long time (7+ seconds) until the phone reboots.
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Yes! Thanks!

schizophrenia said:
when i scrolled to "bootloader log" i pressed and held the power button for some seconds and it turned off and it wouldn't go back on until i released it and pressed again.
how exactly did you do it if I may ask? thanks
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I held the button for probably 10 seconds. The screen turned off for a few seconds, then Google appeared and I let go of the button

drkboze said:
I held the button for probably 10 seconds. The screen turned off for a few seconds, then Google appeared and I let go of the button
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thanks, i know the trick now. I had to scroll to bootloader log, press power once, then long press the power button for reboot. it'll turn off the phone if i did not press power once, i think.
that's what happened to me.

I have the same problem though my phone powers down at varying percents (15-60%) all well above the level where the batter should be expiring. I Googled and found a number of suggestions. None worked including the "Bootloader Logs". My phone will power down 2-3 times a day. Finally called Google and asked for a replacement.

mytouchglast said:
I have the same problem though my phone powers down at varying percents (15-60%) all well above the level where the batter should be expiring. I Googled and found a number of suggestions. None worked including the "Bootloader Logs". My phone will power down 2-3 times a day. Finally called Google and asked for a replacement.
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Stop using the Qi charger for a while and retry the workaround. Don't charge your phone with a Qi station for the next few days - just to verify whether Qi is causing your problem or not.
Sent from my Nexus 6

draa2711 said:
Stop using the Qi charger for a while and retry the workaround. Don't charge your phone with a Qi station for the next few days - just to verify whether Qi is causing your problem or not.
Sent from my Nexus 6
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I may not make it much farther than the end of the week testing since I RMA'd this back to Google.
Can verify I charged overnight on the included charger.
I have had two power downs so far today.
These however did not require me to plug into power in order to turn the device back on.

Did a complete system wipe. Within two hours the phone completely powered off on its own (about 37% power displayed). Set the phone up as new -- did not restore prior apps. Replacement is on the way.

FYI:
Last weekend I accidentally charged my N6 with my friends charger. Guess what happened? My phone started to randomly shut down. I went through the workaround steps again and fully charged my N6 with the original turbo charger and - surprise, surprise - no more shutdowns.
Sent from my Nexus 6

I don't have the link, but I found a google support thread on this issue. The bootloader trick apparently clears the battery stats.
I am guessing that some 6's don't play well with non-stock chargers and that causes reading issues, leading to over charging and battery life messed up, my phone was fine, then it started acting up again. I haven't seen a permanent fix for this and plan to RMA my phone.

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[Q] Touchpad won't turn on - home+power doesn't work

Let me start by saying, Power + Home does not work. Yes, really. I know there are a dozen threads about Touchpads not turning on, and they all have "Hold power and home for 20s" as the reply. Please don't respond with "Hold Power and Home for 20s". I have tried it.
Background
I took my Touchpad with me on a road trip. I did not have an official car charger, but I had one rated at 1 amp. I used this charger with my Touchpad, and it said that it was not powerful enough (as expected). I figured I would let the Touchpad at least get some juice while it was not being used. The battery steadily drained over the next couple of days, to the point where the screen did not come on. I assumed this was because the Touchpad was completely drained.
Once I got to a location with an actual outlet I used the original Touchpad wall adapter and let it charge for a few hours. The screen still did not come on, and there was no response (sound/light/vibration) from any buttons. I let the Touchpad continue to charge over night with the same result.
The Touchpad has alpha 2 on it.
What I have done
I have tried:
Power + Home for 15s
Power + Home for 30s
Power + Home for 1min
Power + Vol Up for 15s
Power + Vol Up for 30s
Power + Vol Up for 1min
Power + Vol Up + Home for 15s
Power + Vol Up + Home for 30s
Power + Vol Up + Home for 1min
All of the above with and without the Touchpad being plugged in to the wall and PC.
Trying WebOS Doctor (does not recognize a device)
Trying novacom directly (does not recognize a device)
Letting the Touchpad charge for > 1 day and repeating all of the above
Letting the Touchpad sit on the Touchstone for > 1 day and repeating all of the above
Verifying that the AC adapter is secured properly and repeating all of the above
Changing the USB cable and repeating all of the above
Changing the AC adapter and repeating all of the above
Results
The only time I have gotten any indication that the Touchpad is actually doing something is when using Power + Vol Up (and Vol Down) with the Touchpad connected to the PC. Vol Up has the Touchpad recognize as Palm. Vol Down has the Touchpad recognize as QHSUB_DLOAD. If I have the Touchpad connected to the PC in one of these states, Power + Home will reset the device (and Windows will not recognize it until I use Power + Vol Up/Down again).
That is the only response I get from the Touchpad. Anything else I have tried results in nothing.
My current plan is to attempt to let the battery completely drain, and then charge it again. I was previously under the impression that my Touchpad was out of power, but the testing with Vol Up/Down has shown me otherwise. My hope is that losing all power will truly "reset" the device.
Does anyone have any advice on anything else I should try? Is there a way to recover the Touchpad via booting it as Palm or QHSUB_DLOAD?
Volume Up + Power while connected to PC, then run WebOS Doctor?
You may have done this, but have you tried pressing home first and then holding it and power together? I couldn't get mine to start by pressing power and then home, but when I held home first and then power it came right on. If you have done that then disregard this, but if not I hope it helps.
Another method
Try power and Volume down. Hold for a minimum of 30 seconds before giving up. It has worked twice for me when all else failed.
FishDoc
That was very thorough. Once my TP died completely. I plugged it in and it didn't do anything. When I held Power + hitting home 15 times, it would give mea low battery indicator.
I plugged it in and left it over night. By the morning it was on 100%.
DJ_SpaRky said:
Volume Up + Power while connected to PC, then run WebOS Doctor?
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It may not have been clear since it came after the list, but I did try this. WebOS doctor does not recognize the device in any mode. I do not know if this is simply because I lack the necessary drivers when it is in one of the other device modes. On the off chance that I didn't I will try again when I get home.
Dbarker 2 said:
You may have done this, but have you tried pressing home first and then holding it and power together? I couldn't get mine to start by pressing power and then home, but when I held home first and then power it came right on. If you have done that then disregard this, but if not I hope it helps.
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I do believe I have tried this, but I will try again when I get home.
FishDoc said:
Try power and Volume down. Hold for a minimum of 30 seconds before giving up. It has worked twice for me when all else failed.
FishDoc
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It is my fault for leaving it out, but I tried this after exhausting the other options.
chrischoi said:
That was very thorough. Once my TP died completely. I plugged it in and it didn't do anything. When I held Power + hitting home 15 times, it would give mea low battery indicator.
I plugged it in and left it over night. By the morning it was on 100%.
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I really wanted to avoid the slew of "Hold power and press home!" comments and the followups telling me to hold it longer, hold volume, and all of the other normally recommended fixes. I know how to write a bug ticket or two. I'm also the type of guy who posts a followup with what actually fixes the problem (No "nm, fixed it" from me).
It sounds like my current plan of action is going to mimic what you did. I originally thought the Touchpad was getting no power, so I kept trying to charge it. Now I am waiting for it to lose all power, so I can repeat the process after the device (hopefully) resets. I'm not sure how long that will take since I cannot actually use the device to drain the battery.
Thanks for the responses. Some replies are better than no replies.
So i had a similar situation and tried everything you had mentioned and all the suggestions in the thread. Nothing. No power, completely dead. I even left it
overnight on the charger... nothing. For sure i thought I bricked it. Then, I read online that someone tried the following:
Press and hold Power + Volume Up and click the card (menu) button a thousand times.
Wow! It worked! The TP is alive! In actuality, it only took about 30-50 times (not a thousand) of pressing the menu button while holding power + volume up.
I then got the white USB icon in the middle of the screen and then pressed and held the power + menu button to reboot.
What I did find interesting though is the battery was almost discharged even after having it on the supplied charger (not touchstone) overnight.
Anyway, hope this resolves your issue as well.
No go with Home + Power, Power + Vol Down, Power + Tapping Home
suremail said:
No go with Home + Power, Power + Vol Down, Power + clicking Home
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Just making sure you read it right since you didn't list it above.
Power + volume up + clicking home button repeatedly.
All 3, same time. Just trying to help.
^ worked for me..thanks
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Well this is a really strange one...
Touchpad was completely non-responsive, I'd tried everything above about 5 times and it just wasn't showing any signs of life. I have left it charging all day today.
Assuming it was completely dead, I sat it down. 5 minutes later, it inexplicably just started booting up.
Wish I knew what I did, if anything to make it boot.
I am having the same issue but what got me there was trying to restore my Touchpad via WebOs Dr. It would restore to like 60% or 80% and then say we were unable to reset your device. It kept failing and no ROM was on my the device anymore. When I hold Power+Vol Up+ Home I can hear my PC detect it but that is all it does.
When I get home tonight I am going to try some of the things in this thread.
But what if I cannot get it into recovery? I read that it is near impossible to brick a Touchpad. How can I still recover without getting into recovery?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394061
Phillip Fry said:
I am having the same issue but what got me there was trying to restore my Touchpad via WebOs Dr. It would restore to like 60% or 80% and then say we were unable to reset your device. It kept failing and no ROM was on my the device anymore. When I hold Power+Vol Up+ Home I can hear my PC detect it but that is all it does.
When I get home tonight I am going to try some of the things in this thread.
But what if I cannot get it into recovery? I read that it is near impossible to brick a Touchpad. How can I still recover without getting into recovery?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394061
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not near impossible. I actually bricked mine and had to send it back for RMA.
it got to the point where the hp screen will show, and webos doctor will detect it, but it'll fail when trying to reinstall at about the same percentage as you (maybe less).
menting said:
not near impossible. I actually bricked mine and had to send it back for RMA.
it got to the point where the hp screen will show, and webos doctor will detect it, but it'll fail when trying to reinstall at about the same percentage as you (maybe less).
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Well I installed Android uninstalled it. Then installed it again and forgot mboot then uninstalled it. So I belive I am back to stock but I wanted to upgrade to 3.0.4 then install Alpha 3.5 as I has having problems with the Touchpad rebooting in both Android and WebOS.
So when do I know if it is bricked. And what do I say to customer support to get it fixed? I just bought the Referbed ones off ebay the other day.
Here's an update...
No luck with anything so far. I caved and decided to take the Touchpad apart to disconnect the battery. I did this and still no screen response. The only changes have been it's a bit more difficult to get it into Palm mode (if it does at all), and now it seems that I can get into QHUSB mode just by repeatedly pressing the vol- button (no need to hold anything else). I do not know if the QHUSB thing was like that before disassembly, or if it is a result of me mucking around.
Unless anyone has any great ideas it looks like I will have to hope HP fixes it in order to tell me it is out of warranty for having Android.
If you send it to Hp and If they can't power it on, I'd say they would definitely replace it. Problem is, I doubt they have any more TP's in stock. Not sure how the warranty would work now being that its a discontinued product.
Hopefully after toying with it enough you'll figure it out and get it powered.
Mine is stuck in download mode too. Still no success.
Here's my experience so far.
Black screen.
When connected to PC :
Home + Vol UP - Device Manager shows PALM (with yellow exclamation) - no driver found.
Vol Down (no need to press home or power) - Device Manager shows QHSUSB_DLOAD (with yellow exclamation) - no driver found.
WebOS Doctor fails to detect device (palm ! in device manager)
I tried forcing novacom drivers on the Palm device (both novacom and novacom-bootie) and then running WebOS Doctor, still refuses to enable next button.
Tried connecting with novaterm, cannot find device. (both novacom and bootie driver).
Power + Home for 15 - 20 secs always resets and clears device from device manager.
I installed QHSUSB Drivers.
now when I Vol Down it installs as a com port (Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008).
I installed QPST_2.7.323 and am able to see the device as Q/QPC-XXX - ESN=*Download* - Phone Number=*Download* - Banner=*Download*.
I tried resetting the device with QPST, fails to complete the command.
I think I need a new boot.hex to flash to the TP, or a way to force it to charge (if that is the problem).
My Touchpad was low on power when I put it away in the car while on a road trip. I plugged it in to the wall the next day when it wouldn't turn on. After charging overnight, it still refused to power on. That's when I started combing the web for possible solutions.
Please stop posting irrational solutions, such as Power + tap home 5,000,000 times as the few times this did work for others, it was merely coincidence, and power + home would have worked also.
Any rational solutions are welcome.
I may just send it in for warranty. Although I bet that at HP, they will just hook it up to a machine with "special" drivers and re-flash it with Web-OS. I wish they would just let me do the repair myself with the appropriate files.
Who knows, maybe it is a hardware issue, but I doubt it.
I'm having the same problems too. What happened on mine is that my webOS was crashing doing random things like watching videos so I figured I'd just reflash the whole thing. I rebooted and went into the webOS recovery and that's when I think I bricked it. All I got was a USB cable symbol and the touchpad was unresponsive. I couldn't make it do anything and I tried all the appropriate button holding combinations and so I let the power run out over night.
Now when I plug it into the wall all I get is a low battery charging symbol. If I hold the home+power button down the screen will turn off after about 20-30 seconds of holding it down. But when I try to boot into recovery by holding the power+volume up buttons, all I get is the same low battery charging symbol. I'll add that I have had it charging for most of the morning so I don't think it is low battery still. And when I unplug it from the wall I get a symbol of two pronged plug that shows for about 5 seconds and then disappears.
Now when I plug it into the computer, I get the low battery charging symbol for a quick second and then it flashes to the message telling me "To reliably charge, use the cable and power adapter that came with your device" in 5 different languages. When I run webOS doctor I get to the screen where you connect your phone to the usb but it doesn't recognize anything and doesn't let me click next. I was able to have my computer recognize the power+volumedown button as the weird Qhusab thing but my computer said it couldn't find any drivers for it. Now I am not able to reproduce that.
I'm not sure what else to try so if anyone has any suggestions, that would be great. Otherwise I'm going to have to try my luck with HP support.
skiinginstead said:
I'm having the same problems too. What happened on mine is that my webOS was crashing doing random things like watching videos so I figured I'd just reflash the whole thing. I rebooted and went into the webOS recovery and that's when I think I bricked it. All I got was a USB cable symbol and the touchpad was unresponsive. I couldn't make it do anything and I tried all the appropriate button holding combinations and so I let the power run out over night.
Now when I plug it into the wall all I get is a low battery charging symbol. If I hold the home+power button down the screen will turn off after about 20-30 seconds of holding it down. But when I try to boot into recovery by holding the power+volume up buttons, all I get is the same low battery charging symbol. I'll add that I have had it charging for most of the morning so I don't think it is low battery still. And when I unplug it from the wall I get a symbol of two pronged plug that shows for about 5 seconds and then disappears.
Now when I plug it into the computer, I get the low battery charging symbol for a quick second and then it flashes to the message telling me "To reliably charge, use the cable and power adapter that came with your device" in 5 different languages. When I run webOS doctor I get to the screen where you connect your phone to the usb but it doesn't recognize anything and doesn't let me click next. I was able to have my computer recognize the power+volumedown button as the weird Qhusab thing but my computer said it couldn't find any drivers for it. Now I am not able to reproduce that.
I'm not sure what else to try so if anyone has any suggestions, that would be great. Otherwise I'm going to have to try my luck with HP support.
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Having the EXACT same problem....anyone have any solutions to this? WHy is this happening?
It's a long shot, but it might help if you are getting to the USB symbol on the Touchpad .
I spent hours trying to connect with no luck with the Touch pad in that state. I rebooted my PC and it connected to the TP right away. (I was using a Win 7 64 bit PC.)

[Q] Brand new Nexus One can't be powered on

I have a brand new Nexus One bought on last year April. For some reason it wasn't to be used. Yesterday, I got it out of the package and charged it for ready to be powered on. Unfortunately, it reacted nothing as I pressed the power button! I took out the battery and put it into other Nexus One, it showed the battery was 100% charged.
I took back the battery and repacked it to this new Nexus One. I tried to press the power button more and more with data cable connected pc. Nothing happened. Just one time, the sceen lighted on and the "X" in four colors appeared! I didn't know why it was powered on. Maybe I pressed the trackball or volume up/down buttons, God know it.
The X sceen lasted almost for ten minutes and then sceen was off! Yes. It shutdown! I can't power it on anymore!
It seemed the hardware was OK. It may be the locked by the outdate android system. The android prestored in this phone is version 2.1.
Any advice is welcome. Thanks.
Can u you go in fastboot? Press power button+trackball..if so then you can recover your phone by unlocking bootloader and falshing custom recovery.
Sadly, It can't be power on and go in fastboot by pressing trackball+power button.
Any more advice?
Check the battery terminals just to make sure they're not dirty.. Sadly, you MUST be able to at least be able to boot something (hboot/fastboot) in order to troubleshoot anything software related. Sounds like you've got a hardware issue that could be one of (literally) a million things.
Sell it on EBay for parts. You can probably get $50-$60
you could try pressing pwr/vol-/trackball all at same time, hold down for around 30 seconds to make sure
commonly known as 3 finger salute
try power on without sdcard by manual methods and plugging in and plugging in with no battery
I have seen a video on YouTube on how to fix the power button which is known for messing up and how to turn it on. Search YouTube
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
is it that the power button is not working? that would be weird for a new phone though.
have you tried to turn it on using the "jump start" method?
connect the cable. led the charging led come on. remove the battery, wait for the led to go off (while cable is still connected) then pop the battery back in.
see if you can get it to start that way
When you plug charger cable in your Nexus, does the orange or green LED go on?
If one of them does and stays (green for full battery, orange otherwise) - then your problem is most likely the power button. It may not be the only problem, but at least the one that's stopping you from turning on your phone. You can try "jumpstarting" it by inserting battery while charger is connected.
If you don't see LEDs when plugged in - your phone is done.
If you see blinking LEDs - battery terminals might need cleaning/fixing, it usually happens when the battery is out of the phone.

Replaced battery, been acting REALLY weird since.

So a few months ago I replaced the battery on my HTC One M7 and ever since it's been acting really weird.
Here's an incomplete list of symptoms I've been experiencing:
- it'll get <15% but >1-4% battery and just shut off, instantly in the middle of something
- sometimes when taking pictures in low <40% battery, especially when using the flash, it'll just die, and has to be plugged in to revive it
- doesn't seem to have much better battery life, at least not very consistent (one day i'll get over a days worth of usage, and another, won't even make it home)
I've tried holding the 2 vol buttons down + the power button when it's dead and plugged in for 2min, but that didn't seem to do anything.
I'm out of ideas.
Try resetting the battery stats. You can google that.
incarceration said:
So a few months ago I replaced the battery on my HTC One M7 and ever since it's been acting really weird.
Here's an incomplete list of symptoms I've been experiencing:
- it'll get <15% but >1-4% battery and just shut off, instantly in the middle of something
- sometimes when taking pictures in low <40% battery, especially when using the flash, it'll just die, and has to be plugged in to revive it
- doesn't seem to have much better battery life, at least not very consistent (one day i'll get over a days worth of usage, and another, won't even make it home)
I've tried holding the 2 vol buttons down + the power button when it's dead and plugged in for 2min, but that didn't seem to do anything.
I'm out of ideas.
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You missed the procedure with buttons. You need to charge your phone while it's off for 2 minutes, then while charging press and hold vol up, vol down, and power button for 2 minutes. Phone will reboot every 10-15 seconds while you're holding the buttons. After 2 minutes let go, and charge your phone fully. It doesn't matter if your phone is on or off while charging at that point
donkeykong1 said:
You missed the procedure with buttons. You need to charge your phone while it's off for 2 minutes, then while charging press and hold vol up, vol down, and power button for 2 minutes. Phone will reboot every 10-15 seconds while you're holding the buttons. After 2 minutes let go, and charge your phone fully. It doesn't matter if your phone is on or off while charging at that point
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i've unfortunately tried both suggestions :\
i've since upgraded to the Nexus 6P though.

Restarting Droid 4 when battery is completely dead

I've had my Droid 4 completely lose battery on one or two occasions where I wasn't paying attention to it while doing something else.
It turns out that I have to plug it in and wait until the battery is at 100% to get it to start up again. What is the way around this? Just holding the power button turns the phone on, shows the motorola boot logo, and then shows the battery at whatever percentage it's currently charged to. How do I bypass this and start into the ROM and then just charge from there?
In an emergency when I'm waiting for a call or something, this is something I need to be able to do.
Careless_ said:
It turns out that I have to plug it in and wait until the battery is at 100% to get it to start up again. What is the way around this? Just holding the power button turns the phone on, shows the motorola boot logo, and then shows the battery at whatever percentage it's currently charged to. How do I bypass this and start into the ROM and then just charge from there?
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The power button on my phone is completely non-functional, so I have to plug it into a charger to "kick-start" it on the rare occasion that it's completely shut off; which, more often than not, is when my now rapidly-aging battery craps out and I don't catch it in time. So I face this every now and then.
The solution:
Let the phone charge enough to safely boot; 10% oughtta do it. It seems that the phone does charge whenever power is being supplied regardless of its state, but the amount of drain while booting means your charger by itself probably won't keep up
Unplug the phone; this should make it shut off
While holding Vol+ and Vol-, plug the phone back in (you may be able to use the power button instead of plugging in, but I wouldn't know). This will bring up the menu of which the name escapes me at the moment
Unplug the phone (may or may not actually be necessary for success, but I always do)
Select Recovery (Vol- navigates, Vol+ selects); this will get you into the 96% useless stock recovery
Press Vol+ and Vol- together until the menu comes up; this might take several tries because either the phone is fidgety or the timing is stupid-precise
Select Reboot (either Enter or Ok on the keyboard to select, I forget)
The phone should reboot properly, skipping the forced charging thing. You can (and should) plug the charger back in anytime after you hit Safestrap/the post-SS kexec buzz if you have the custom SS installed which disables the popup at boot.
Septfox said:
The power button on my phone is completely non-functional, so I have to plug it into a charger to "kick-start" it on the rare occasion that it's completely shut off; which, more often than not, is when my now rapidly-aging battery craps out and I don't catch it in time. So I face this every now and then.
The solution:
Let the phone charge enough to safely boot; 10% oughtta do it. It seems that the phone does charge whenever power is being supplied regardless of its state, but the amount of drain while booting means your charger by itself probably won't keep up
Unplug the phone; this should make it shut off
While holding Vol+ and Vol-, plug the phone back in (you may be able to use the power button instead of plugging in, but I wouldn't know). This will bring up the menu of which the name escapes me at the moment
Unplug the phone (may or may not actually be necessary for success, but I always do)
Select Recovery (Vol- navigates, Vol+ selects); this will get you into the 96% useless stock recovery
Press Vol+ and Vol- together until the menu comes up; this might take several tries because either the phone is fidgety or the timing is stupid-precise
Select Reboot (either Enter or Ok on the keyboard to select, I forget)
The phone should reboot properly, skipping the forced charging thing. You can (and should) plug the charger back in anytime after you hit Safestrap/the post-SS kexec buzz if you have the custom SS installed which disables the popup at boot.
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Yes... this is the method I remember using once, but I couldn't get passed the useless stock recovery this time around so I thought maybe I was just dreaming. I guess my timing was just bad this go around.
Thanks again, Septfox!
My DROID 4 is like my DROID 3. When the battery completely dies, you cannot press the power button while it's plugged in.
So, Dead phone. Plug it into the charger. Wait a couple minutes, so it gets some charge. Unplug the charger, Hit the POWER button, then plug it back in.
It won't work if it's plugged in, dead, and charging. You gotta unplug it to turn it on, then plug it back in to continue charging.
That is happening not only with this model phone. On other brands is the same.

Question Deadboot problem with battery icon

Poco M3 Pro 5g
Stock rom
Locked bootloader
It was powered off for some time because I had to replace broken display
Now when I try to boot a battery icon appears and then it turns off. Same thing happen when I plug in the charger
I repair smartphones professionally so I am sure no hardware damage during the repair
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I went through it. try holding the power button, connect the cable and only release after the battery shows 1%. you can try holding the power and volume + or power and volume - buttons too instead of Power button only, in the same way. alternatively, you can leave it on the charger for hours and it might turn on. Make sure you are using the supplied xiaomi charger
If I plug the cable or I plug and hold the power button the phone just tries to boot continuously showing the battery icon and then turning off and repeat, nothing really happens
Is that what is supposed to happen?
Virtuazada said:
I went through it. try holding the power button, connect the cable and only release after the battery shows 1%. you can try holding the power and volume + or power and volume - buttons too instead of Power button only, in the same way. alternatively, you can leave it on the charger for hours and it might turn on. Make sure you are using the supplied xiaomi charger
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piccolo132 said:
If I plug the cable or I plug and hold the power button the phone just tries to boot continuously showing the battery icon and then turning off and repeat, nothing really happens
Is that what is supposed to happen?
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Yes, It happens. Luckily the phone will reach 1% and charge normally, keep trying
You actually saved me, it worked in the end, after some loops it booted alone, all I had to do was just let it sit there, didn't even have to keep power button all the time, once it started the loop I just left it there and when I came back it was booted.

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