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battery low and now wont boot up

my battery died completely and i put it on charge but it wont boot up when i press the power button a red light flashes but wont boot. any advice with whats going on? have i damaged my battery/phone

have you left it for a while? also try pulling the battery out and then putting it back in, then sticking it on charge.

artesea said:
have you left it for a while? also try pulling the battery out and then putting it back in, then sticking it on charge.
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yep tryed it .. theres a red light on the power button whats that about?

Have you tried removing the charger and battery, then plug the charger back in, wait a few seconds, then put the battery back in (with the charger still connected). This usually solves the ol' red light/no power issue on my hermes. I only normally have to do this though if I accidently let the battery run completely flat.
Other than that, a red flashing LED when the power button is pressed on a sony ericsson device usually indicates an error. The LED flashes error codes based on either hardware or flash problems/errors... though I don't know if this will apply in this case on the basis its completely different hardware/software to "standard" SE devices.

hmm now the red is on constant on the power button i tryed the few things you guys mentioned but no luck maybe it need s a good charge again.. DOHHHH!!
i flicked throught he manual there is no detail about what the red light on the power button means

Hmmm - on my Wizard when the battery went flat I couldn't use a USB cable from the computer I had to charge it from the Wall socket. Your Xperia should have come with a normal plug to plug into a wall socket (you attach your USB cable to that).

why not call the X1 support?

after overnight charging there was no change, so i manged to boot it in flash mode let it on charge for a few min then i reset the phone and bingo it rebooted.. woooohoo

I followed your instructions.
But I cannot boot in flash mode (4colour) even though I charged it for a while, then press and hold Volume Down + Power together.
The illumination lights just flash and turn off.

Is it always like that? If you leave your phone with totally no power in the battery you can not start it later, or you have problems starting it?
I ask because I saw a couple of topics for that issue in the forum. Does everyone have this problem or it's for some devices only?

Do you use the origin SE-charger? I had the problem once and used the charger of the diamond from my wife since I was too lazy going up into the arttic searching for the carton. But the charger of the Diamond has too few ampere, so the battery of the Xperia didn't received enough power. Even using the USB-port of the computer didn't worked well.
So try using the origin charger and also don't let the battery get too low.

aah, I use the original charger of SE X1.
The Cause of problem:
+ I set the alarm. After it had notified, it still snoozed and ran out of battery.
+ I didn't know the current phone without power when I woke up. I turned it on and it had to used little power left inside (the saved power - I guess). From that point, X1 cannot be charged even you plug it all day and all night - different with other phones.
(My Cingular 8125 can be charged after 24hours charging continously).
* Any X1 and other PDA using window CE can suffer that problem.
The Solution:
* For other phones: just plug wallcharge in, after 24hours, it can be charged.
* For X1: You have to come to BOOT MODE (4colours)
(but if doing like above posts, you cannot come to boot mode with no power inside battery)
1. Remove the battery.
2. Plug to wallcharge.
3. Hold the volume Down + Power buttons.
4. Still keeping hold those 2 buttons in one hand, another put the batter back inside.
5. Wait until it turns into Boot Mode, released them and charge in 15 minutes (to make sure that it would receive a little power)
6. Remove the battery and plug back. Restart in Normal Mode and charge it.
* It is my experience after many trials in 9 crazy hours

Thank you for that useful post. It's good to know that there is a way out of that situation.

pekvocey said:
aah, I use the original charger of SE X1.
The Cause of problem:
+ I set the alarm. After it had notified, it still snoozed and ran out of battery.
+ I didn't know the current phone without power when I woke up. I turned it on and it had to used little power left inside (the saved power - I guess). From that point, X1 cannot be charged even you plug it all day and all night - different with other phones.
(My Cingular 8125 can be charged after 24hours charging continously).
* Any X1 and other PDA using window CE can suffer that problem.
The Solution:
* For other phones: just plug wallcharge in, after 24hours, it can be charged.
* For X1: You have to come to BOOT MODE (4colours)
(but if doing like above posts, you cannot come to boot mode with no power inside battery)
1. Remove the battery.
2. Plug to wallcharge.
3. Hold the volume Down + Power buttons.
4. Still keeping hold those 2 buttons in one hand, another put the batter back inside.
5. Wait until it turns into Boot Mode, released them and charge in 15 minutes (to make sure that it would receive a little power)
6. Remove the battery and plug back. Restart in Normal Mode and charge it.
* It is my experience after many trials in 9 crazy hours
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Thanx man! I'd same problem and solved it by your guides.

pekvocey said:
aah, I use the original charger of SE X1.
The Cause of problem:
+ I set the alarm. After it had notified, it still snoozed and ran out of battery.
+ I didn't know the current phone without power when I woke up. I turned it on and it had to used little power left inside (the saved power - I guess). From that point, X1 cannot be charged even you plug it all day and all night - different with other phones.
(My Cingular 8125 can be charged after 24hours charging continously).
* Any X1 and other PDA using window CE can suffer that problem.
The Solution:
* For other phones: just plug wallcharge in, after 24hours, it can be charged.
* For X1: You have to come to BOOT MODE (4colours)
(but if doing like above posts, you cannot come to boot mode with no power inside battery)
1. Remove the battery.
2. Plug to wallcharge.
3. Hold the volume Down + Power buttons.
4. Still keeping hold those 2 buttons in one hand, another put the batter back inside.
5. Wait until it turns into Boot Mode, released them and charge in 15 minutes (to make sure that it would receive a little power)
6. Remove the battery and plug back. Restart in Normal Mode and charge it.
* It is my experience after many trials in 9 crazy hours
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yeah omg,
thx for this this should be a sticky
i was listening to my music and got an notification that my battery is low, not even 2 minutes later my phone went off
and couldn't put it back on. the weird part is that the 10 prcnt of power drains that fast my music isn't loud (via media xperia panel - phone volume was 100% but music player was full for 2-3 blocks)
but anyway, thx

pek, you're a star. flawless fix.

When my wife's X1i run out of power completely two weeks ago I also first tried to use the original SE charger. No effect after 6 hours charge.
Next I tried my lab power supply which can provide 5V/3A current. It took less than an hour to charge the phone making it fully workable.
My car's charger can fully charge X1 from 20% battery to 100% in less than 45 minutes. 2A maximum current restricted. Fast charge seems have no influence on battery's life.
Also if you have a wall charger for X1 battery you can charge it outside the phone for some time (20 minutes usually enough). Also works.

pekvocey said:
aah, I use the original charger of SE X1.
The Cause of problem:
+ I set the alarm. After it had notified, it still snoozed and ran out of battery.
+ I didn't know the current phone without power when I woke up. I turned it on and it had to used little power left inside (the saved power - I guess). From that point, X1 cannot be charged even you plug it all day and all night - different with other phones.
(My Cingular 8125 can be charged after 24hours charging continously).
* Any X1 and other PDA using window CE can suffer that problem.
The Solution:
* For other phones: just plug wallcharge in, after 24hours, it can be charged.
* For X1: You have to come to BOOT MODE (4colours)
(but if doing like above posts, you cannot come to boot mode with no power inside battery)
1. Remove the battery.
2. Plug to wallcharge.
3. Hold the volume Down + Power buttons.
4. Still keeping hold those 2 buttons in one hand, another put the batter back inside.
5. Wait until it turns into Boot Mode, released them and charge in 15 minutes (to make sure that it would receive a little power)
6. Remove the battery and plug back. Restart in Normal Mode and charge it.
* It is my experience after many trials in 9 crazy hours
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Hi thanks for you help but unfortunatly i tried your method but it simply goes back into the Constant red light power button mode even though i have been charging it for hours

this thread is a life savior for all X1 users! thx!

pekvocey said:
aah, I use the original charger of SE X1.
The Cause of problem:
+ I set the alarm. After it had notified, it still snoozed and ran out of battery.
+ I didn't know the current phone without power when I woke up. I turned it on and it had to used little power left inside (the saved power - I guess). From that point, X1 cannot be charged even you plug it all day and all night - different with other phones.
(My Cingular 8125 can be charged after 24hours charging continously).
* Any X1 and other PDA using window CE can suffer that problem.
The Solution:
* For other phones: just plug wallcharge in, after 24hours, it can be charged.
* For X1: You have to come to BOOT MODE (4colours)
(but if doing like above posts, you cannot come to boot mode with no power inside battery)
1. Remove the battery.
2. Plug to wallcharge.
3. Hold the volume Down + Power buttons.
4. Still keeping hold those 2 buttons in one hand, another put the batter back inside.
5. Wait until it turns into Boot Mode, released them and charge in 15 minutes (to make sure that it would receive a little power)
6. Remove the battery and plug back. Restart in Normal Mode and charge it.
* It is my experience after many trials in 9 crazy hours
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Thanks for sharing this. Should stick it.

[HOW TO] Gen 9 didn"t start after a low battery

Hello,
this post to share a process after you let your archos with low battery.
If you don"t see anymore the green led when you plug your usb power (with the right cable, bigger than a normal one) = No led blinking or continue led. Or you could see your green led only works 1 times during 1 on 2 secondes, and after nothing happens.
I tried something, that I calledin french "le bouche à bouche", which we could translate in "mouth-to-mouth resuscitation".
Note : There are differents step when it happens. I'm not sure again about the different case.
Process :
. Be sure that the devices is OFF : Press short power button, wait, long press (over 10sec)
. Plug and unplug 4 to 5 times quickly your usb power from your archos gen9.
And miracle, He's a live!!!
. Then if you have just 2 s of green led. Let the usb power during 1 day (normaly it's enough).
. After, try to disconnect the USB and plug it again. You should see a 2/3 quick blink green led. Let i plug like that for less than 1 day.
. After to charge quicker the battery, go into recovery menu.
It's worked for me and my brother.
Add : - warm the device up (e.g. with a hair dryer)

it is ok for many archos

Tks for the info

That did not help me
After it has been discharged fully (and it happened for the first time after Arhos G9 80 was purchased) I cannot charge it anyhow
No green LED after I connect it to the charger. No any reaction on pressing and holding power key
And what is strange, while it was working brother connected it to the charger and LED was lighting green, but there were NO ANY CHARGING as percents of battery in device were only decreasing until 1% and then display went black and now I cannot charge anyhow.
Seems like I have to go to service. Any other ideas?

UltraMaks said:
Seems like I have to go to service. Any other ideas?
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I am now in the same situation.
But it seems to be that others can re-animate it with different solutions:
- plug-in, -out by turns (like in this topic)
- press short power button, wait, long press (over 10sec), wait, short press
- plug-in on computer
- plug-in, plug-out, press long power button, wait, plug-in by turns
- a mix of above
and:
- warm the device up (e.g. with a hair dryer)
The goal is to boot the device because only then it can charge the battery.
I will try all this, this afternoon (here is now 3pm).
I hope that something helps.

There are differents step when it happens. I'm not sure again about the different case.
When you have really and anymore battery. You just have 2 s of green led. Let the usb power during 1 day (normaly it's enough).
After, try to disconnect the USB and plug it again. You should see a 2/3 quick blink green led. Let i plug like that for less than 1 day.
I will update the top of this topic.

This didn't work for me.
I returned my Archos to get it fixed.
I'm so dissapointed in this tablet. What tablet doesn't charge when it is turned off?
It has a dual core processor but can't even manage to function 20 seconds without lagg. The stock browser is so slow it's a joke. Too bad though because other then that it is a very good browser.
The machine has random reboots when playing a movie of browsing. The XDA always cracshes randomly when using it.
I'm putting 50 euros on top of the price to get myself an Asus transformer.
Was fun while this lasted.

Thanks, this helped me out 2 times! Ur the best
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

It's a pleasure!
Your welcome!

[Q] HTC One only charges when off

Wow, my phone stopped charging. I have TWRP 2.6.3.3, and tried ARHD 81.0, Maximus HD and Stock Rom to see if my battery would start charging again when on, yet it makes no difference.
When off, it does charge (official HTC wall charger, and others as well). For a couple of seconds you see the empty horizontal battery (no filling animation though) with a solid red led and after that it changes to the vertical battery icon which has a filling up animation and a less bright red led. After a couple more second it changes back to the horizontal battery icon, and this process loops indefinitely.
I have tried:
Charge for 20 minutes, then hold the power + vol up + vol down button for 2 minutes, multiple times - doesn't work
Charge for 20 minutes, then hold the power + vol up + vol down button for 2 minutes under a bright light, multiple times - doesn't work
Different chargers, including usb on my computer - doesn't work
Various reboots from bootloader and fastboot - doesn't work
The thing is - it IS charging when off, so the battery can't be broken, right? This must be a software problem. Should I try to flash another kernel or something?

I am facing the same problem. Even I tried changing ROMs. I changed from ARHD 81.0 to Maximum 41.0 and now on crdoid (cynogenmod) but it is not charging. It is exactly in the same state as yours.
I inquired with the HTC service center in my city. They said they need to change the motherboard of the phone which will cost me Rs. 19000 ($310). The amount might vary in your country. I hope there is another solution to this problem except changing the motherboard.

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rahulwadhwani said:
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Hi Rahulwadhwani,
I have tried everything, finally decided to go back to stock, because you have a 24 months guarantee period on your device. Tonight I'm gonna bring it back in the shop where I bought it.
If you start reading from here, you can see how I brough it back to stock, I can imagine you face the same things as me when you decide to bring it back to stock too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55521074&postcount=624 (replies are slow the first couple of pages)

I went to the htc service center again. They charged me Rs. 1350 (approx $22) and chanted the charging port of the phone. It's working properly now.
By the way, my phone had a custom rom and was out of warranty too..
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That's good news, glad you had it sorted out!

I have tried everything as well. And since it DOES charging when off I tend to think it's not port/charger problem.
I chatted with HTC customer support and they told me that developer working on software fix for that which will be distributed over the air (OTA updates). I'm not confident how true is that, but I decide to switch to Maximus HD room from Revolution HD, since the former has OTA updates support.
Things I've tried so far:
Plug-in charger -> power off -> press and hold Power button + volume down for 15+ seconds and put proximity sensor under the bright light
Plug-in charger -> power off -> let it charge for 10+ minutes -> press and hold Power button + volume up + volume down buttons for 2+ minutes -> release them
Reboot the phone into the Safe mode (while charger is plugged in)
Different chargers, car charger, connect to PC
And just for the record - it won't charge even if it's off if Fast Boot is ON.

sfba said:
I have tried everything as well. And since it DOES charging when off I tend to think it's not port/charger problem.
I chatted with HTC customer support and they told me that developer working on software fix for that which will be distributed over the air (OTA updates). I'm not confident how true is that, but I decide to switch to Maximus HD room from Revolution HD, since the former has OTA updates support.
Things I've tried so far:
Plug-in charger -> power off -> press and hold Power button + volume down for 15+ seconds and put proximity sensor under the bright light
Plug-in charger -> power off -> let it charge for 10+ minutes -> press and hold Power button + volume up + volume down buttons for 2+ minutes -> release them
Reboot the phone into the Safe mode (while charger is plugged in)
Different chargers, car charger, connect to PC
And just for the record - it won't charge even if it's off if Fast Boot is ON.
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Let's hope they will come with a software fix. I wonder what that is gonna be though, I have tried so many different roms and firmwares, they made no difference. Other people with the same problem had it fixed by replacing the usb port or even the motherboard.

XSP won't charge or boot

Hi
I am stuck with a phone that won't boot, charge, or be detected by flashtool (or windows) and will not boot in flashmode/fastboot either.
I had plugged in the phone for charging when the battery was considerably low ~ 5-10% before I went to sleep. I remember the red LED glowing, meaning the phone must've been charging.
The next morning I check the phone, the LED was STILL red and the handset was kind of dead - no response at all, whatsoever. Even the reset button on the bacl panel doesn't work (no vibration).
The phone was running BlissPop (5.1.1) with Tangerine kernel.
Now when I plug in the phone for charging, nothing happens at all, not even the red LED. The LED does glow red for as long as I press and hold the power button while it is plugged in (both PC and wall outlet)
I took it to the service center; they say they'll have to change the motherboard. Obviously the phone is not in warranty and there is no way I can pay 10,000 INR that Sony is demanding for the job.
Someone somewhere in the forums suggested allowing the battery to drain completely, but I don't think my battery is holding any charge.
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks

msainani said:
Hi
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks
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1. Press and hold the reset button for 8 seconds and check if it vibrates. Now plug in charger as there is a possibility that phone is not booting because of insufficient charge.
2. Charge for atleast 20 min without switching on phone.
3. Make sure flashtool is installed properly and so as drivers.
4. Flash Stock ftf
If the above didnt work then try Fastboot mode and simply flash Tangerine kernel.
If nothing works, then its an hardware issue and there is no point in spending 10k in repairing.
Get yourself a brand new Moto G or yureka.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717303 <- this guy had a pretty similar problem and managed to fix it
I was following the steps he provided: i plugged the phone to PC and held the power button pressed. Surprisingly the PC did recognize the phone after a while- but it was only momentarily and the red LED also stopped glowing. Unfortunately I haven't been able to reproduce a similar situation after that.

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Won't power on

Phone seems to have died on me today...
- was on gallery, screen froze
- after 30-60secs no response, performed powerbutton+volume down reset
- screen went black, however even after holding buttons for about 30 secs, nothing happened.
- at least 60% battery estimated at the time
- recovery mode button combination does nothing as well
- notification led or screen does nothing when USB charge is plugged in allowed up to 30 minutes
- unplugged device, I gave up, had to sleep
- woke up 3 hours after, accidentally left phone under pillow
- phone was warm/hot (supports initial suspicion that phone was stuck doing something probably in the background)
- phone just updated to latest software earlier that morning (not sure if that matters)
- phone has been cold for the past 8 hours now (thinking of allowing it to drain battery)
- tried plugging in earlier for 5 minutes, same result, no screen, logo, notification light
- power, reset, recovery modes no success
Suggestions anyone? (BTW USB on this device has gone out 2 years ago)
Any suggestions will be appreciated. :fingers-crossed: