My Galaxy Tab this evening seems to have started experiencing a rather catastrophic problem. I boot the thing up, and then within a few minutes it powers itself down.
It seems to be confused about how much batter power it's got. I have had it on the charger all day long while I was working. About 15 minutes ago I picked it up to have a play, and the next thing I now it was telling me it had no power and was shutting down.
But I can immediately start it up again without any problem. It boots up and shows almost full charge. However, within a few minutes it shuts itself down. Sometimes I see the battery indicator go flat before this happens.
Actually while typing this up, it has rebooted a couple times. While off it first shows no power on the "off, but charging screen". However, it then quite rapidly goes to full charge (according to the same screen).
This happens while the tablet is both on and off the charger.
Has anyone experienced anything like this or have a clue?
This is, btw, a Galaxy Tab I bought from a Car Phone Warehouse in the UK (in case that makes a difference). It has the stock ROM on it -- nothing done to it except installing way too many apps.
Any tips on what to try to get it back in working order? Perhaps some sort of hard reset? Or is this maybe an actual hardware problem?
(alas, I won't be able to visit the Car Phone Warehouse until Monday...)
I hate to say it but the term "defective" pops into my head.
Have you tried doing a factory reset just in the slim chance that some piece of software is causing this?
The battery on my GT has been great. The issues you are describing sounds like a hardware defect or the actual OS having a problem reading the battery. Neither are going to be good for you.
As a technical care representative with T-Mobile I would have to second that. Anytime the phone shuts itself off and does not reboot on its own typically means a physical power issue such as the battery. If the phone rebooted itself I would say likely a software issue. It never hurts to try the master reset though. My tab is due to be delivered on Tuesday so I am keeping my fingers crossed I don't have any similar issues. Best of luck to you.
-Scottprotege
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1. please try hard reset by
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remeber that it will erase all your internal storage. Back up all data before do it
2. If this cannot solve your problem, you need to upgrade to latest version
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I wouldnt bother trying to fix it return if you can as it is defective. I bought my galaxy from CPW too have an issue with losing wifi and data connection constantly so i will be paying them a trip for an exchange.
I got the same problem. Just unplugged after a night, it can show me 0 % left and shut down.
And I can turn it on, and then it shows me 100%.
I think it have happend 4-5 times in the last 3 weeks.
Hmmm maybe it's time to upgrade the firmware.
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For how long did it work fine before this started to happen?
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Same problem here
I bought my Galaxy Tab on November 3. It worked well for about two weeks but then I noticed that when the battery indicator reached about 40% it would drain the remaining charge very rapidly. It basically went from 40 to 3% right away. Today I could actually watch how the battery indicator gradually went from 75% to 0 in about 5 minutes. When I started charging the battery level was at 91% so I guess the charge is there but the pad doesn't recognize it some how.r
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As a technical care representative with T-Mobile I would have to second that. Anytime the phone shuts itself off and does not reboot on its own typically means a physical power issue such as the battery. If the phone rebooted itself I would say likely a software issue. It never hurts to try the master reset though. My tab is due to be delivered on Tuesday so I am keeping my fingers crossed I don't have any similar issues. Best of luck to you.
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Thanks everyone for the advice.
Oddly, within about a half hour of leaving the office last Friday, my Galaxy Tab magically sorted itself out. I do plan to visit the store about the problem and see what they say.
I suspect you are right Scott, and others, that I'll be best to just exchange now while it's still new... Let's see what they say....
Ayern said:
I bought my Galaxy Tab on November 3. It worked well for about two weeks but then I noticed that when the battery indicator reached about 40% it would drain the remaining charge very rapidly. It basically went from 40 to 3% right away. Today I could actually watch how the battery indicator gradually went from 75% to 0 in about 5 minutes. When I started charging the battery level was at 91% so I guess the charge is there but the pad doesn't recognize it some how.r
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YEAH, Same problem HERE >.< this TAB just run out the battery after i charged it, i charged in the night, unpluged in the morning at 9am (100%), play some games, download with 3G, listen to music, and the indicators show around 60% and i open some games, than it just show 3% need recharged (araund 12pm), weird, need some help here... after i see 3% battery, i turn off n turn on again, and it shown 48% again until now... O.O' Heeeelllppp... >.<
Occasionally the battery dat file becomes corrupt.
Try this ~ With the Tab screen off Press & Hold the Power Button AND place your finger on the screen.
Wait until you see the battery indicator pop up.
Now power down the the Tab and then power back up again.
You should now see a correct battery readout.
Beards said:
Occasionally the battery dat file becomes corrupt.
Try this ~ With the Tab screen off Press & Hold the Power Button AND place your finger on the screen.
Wait until you see the battery indicator pop up.
Now power down the the Tab and then power back up again.
You should now see a correct battery readout.
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what screen off ? just normal screen off or need to turn off device?
With normal screen off, then placing my finger on the screen while pressing the power button does me nothing. It just normally doing screen on like it should.
Please guide me.
denis_sianto said:
what screen off ? just normal screen off or need to turn off device?
With normal screen off, then placing my finger on the screen while pressing the power button does me nothing. It just normally doing screen on like it should.
Please guide me.
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The Tab powered fully down first, then power up whilst touching the screen.
This should bring up the battery indicator and hopefully now rectify the battery dat file.
Once done power back down and then restart the Tab.
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The Tab powered fully down first, then power up whilst touching the screen.
This should bring up the battery indicator and hopefully now rectify the battery dat file.
Once done power back down and then restart the Tab.
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I had this '40% to 3%' or '30% to 3%' etc battery problem before. I searched around for a solution and Beards' instructions above was one of them. Unfortunately, none of the proposed solutions worked.
For Beards' above, turning off then turning on the Tab while pressing the screen did not reset the battery stats database.
I tried many proposed solutions... a factory reset, deleting battstat.bin file, 'bump charge method' etc... all did not solve the issue.
Finally sent the Tab to the service centre and they upgraded the firmware. Samsung service centre claims that it is an issue with Froyo 2.2. They claimed Froyo 2.2.1 solves the issue. Can anyone verify??
After the upgrade, my battery problem is gone now, no more irritating '40% to 3%' issue. I am a happy man now... only for the fact that now I have a firmware with a protected bootloader.
greemme said:
I had this '40% to 3%' or '30% to 3%' etc battery problem before. I searched around for a solution and Beards' instructions above was one of them. Unfortunately, none of the proposed solutions worked.
For Beards' above, turning off then turning on the Tab while pressing the screen did not reset the battery stats database.
I tried many proposed solutions... a factory reset, deleting battstat.bin file, 'bump charge method' etc... all did not solve the issue.
Finally sent the Tab to the service centre and they upgraded the firmware. Samsung service centre claims that it is an issue with Froyo 2.2. They claimed Froyo 2.2.1 solves the issue. Can anyone verify??
After the upgrade, my battery problem is gone now, no more irritating '40% to 3%' issue. I am a happy man now... only for the fact that now I have a firmware with a protected bootloader.
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Yes, I have heard of this being a more wider problem and that as you say 2.2.1 corrects the problem.
Interesting you couldn't sort out the problem by deleting the .bin file as the method I mentioned is supposed to reset this (tip came from a tech at Samsung) and has been used successfully by some members over at Android Forums.
It's also good at reviving a 'stuck' Tab, one which when you switch it on it either will not fire up or stays at the glowing Samsung sign at bootup.
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The Tab powered fully down first, then power up whilst touching the screen.
This should bring up the battery indicator and hopefully now rectify the battery dat file.
Once done power back down and then restart the Tab.
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I turned off my tab completely, then place one of my fingers to the screen, while pressing the power button. And NO, there is no battery indicator showing up at all. Rather it goes straight to the samsung intro.
And, why did you say 'hopefully rectify battery dat file". Did this kind of battery indicator thingy happen by chance?
Did you know 'wipe battery stats' method from recovery? Whats strange is, I've tried this method on my tab, and there's no usual status messages showing that 'wipe battery stats completed' or such...
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I had this '40% to 3%' or '30% to 3%' etc
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I currently have this problem too.
You can refer to below links, all related to batteries issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924500&page=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928732&page=3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921848&page=2
You are not alone
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I am having this problem since i bought my first tab, i had to sell it off and get another new one. this is my 2nd galaxy tab and i am fedup with it. I am in asia with version dxjm2. Can anyone help me? I have been sending my tab to samsung twice already and all they said was do not download anything from android market. If that is so, what is the point of having a big tablet with nothing in it? Can i get a new replacement from samsung? Please anyone, i really need help.
jeromejeremytay said:
I am having this problem since i bought my first tab, i had to sell it off and get another new one. this is my 2nd galaxy tab and i am fedup with it. I am in asia with version dxjm2. Can anyone help me? I have been sending my tab to samsung twice already and all they said was do not download anything from android market. If that is so, what is the point of having a big tablet with nothing in it? Can i get a new replacement from samsung? Please anyone, i really need help.
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i Jeremy, if you are adventurous, you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986067&page=4 , currently, I am monitoring the status, so far so good. Now, I am doing my second charge after battery drained to 19% (I can't wait for it to go to 0% ). Before did, I will not be able to reach 19% and sometimes, the battery will prompt me to shut down due to battery left 3%, in actual fact, it is 30%.
Regards,
So out of the box, this was fine. But while downloading its update, it suddenly crapped out on me. I assumed it was battery life, so I set it up to charge. I came back a while later, and it was overheating. So I unplugged it.
I can get it to start to turn on for a brief second, but then it stops. So I plugged it back in to have it charge, and the battery charge icon keeps flashing, but I can't get it to boot up all the way. Any idea what's going on?
What was happening when you tried to charge it? Just nothing? The charging icon keeps flashing on mine, and it's getting really hot, but it's not turning on. sigh.
I'm having the same problem. I was using it and then it shut off while downloading the update. It never came back on. Google is sending a replacement. I'm so disappointed.
Mine I received and it was just plain dead.
Been it the charger hours, no sign of life at all.
They are sending me another ... disappointed as well.
wow, looks like I have same problem, just received, gear live was downloading and all over sudden stopped, I am not able to reboot anymore, reacts on nothing, disappointed since will be such a hassle living in the netherlands...
Did you buy it, or is from Google I/O? What was the current version of Android Wear, and update to which version? I am asking because I ordered mine a Gear Live and I am scared about these problems. I hope that is a problem with first devices and that I have not spent 220$ for nothing...
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Gear live not charging
I'm having the same issue. I got a replacement watch but unfortunately same issue. I'm trying to give it back and I' switch for a LG R. Not the same design but I know it works
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.
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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?
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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?
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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
I have an original Galaxy Gear, model V700 as always. A few months ago I had rooted it and flashed _nullrom to it. I grew bored of it and the battery life sucked worse than stock firmware so I reset the entire watch. Everything went back to normal, but maybe a month and a half ago I had offered it to a family member as a Fitbit replacement. They declined, so I just put it in a drawer and it eventually died.
Fast forward a month and a half later and I end up getting a Galaxy Note 5. I remembered I had my Gear, so I tried turning it on: No success.
I tried using the crappy 3rd party cradle I had gotten when I had bought it used: No success.
Tried at least 15 different power bricks/mUSB cords: No success.
Finally, a few days ago, I ordered the original charging cradle. Plugged it in. Still no success. I got a few half second flashes on the screen of the battery with the spinning watchhand on it, and I rarely get that, but so far no luck. I'm sure it charges as the watch and the case get warm, it just doesn't want to power up. It's not the screen as it flashed a few times. I unplugged and replugged the battery when I first took it out again. Any ideas guys? Don't wanna waste 250-300 on a newer Gear when I have a perfectly (un)usable watch right here...
This (half a second flashes) was the exact symptom I was having. Fixed by replacing the battery, see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-gear/help/sm-v700-battery-replacement-t3406665
Gear now fully operational, charged, everything working. Not difficult if you have some repair skills and tools.
Hi, I decided to turn on my urbane 1st gen after 3 months. I used it for an entire day just fine, but the next day it wouldn’t stay on out of the cradle.
I did a factory reset but the problem persisted. Then I did a factory reset from the bootloader. I got the first time setup twice but now the watch won’t even turn on when sitting on the cradle.
Very rarely the LG logo appears but it shuts down quickly after. The computer does not recognize the watch at all. I tested the usb cable with my phone and it worked fine.
I’m thinking about replacing the battery, but I would like to know if there are others solutions for this problem I can try first. Thanks in advance.
I had the same problem.
One day it worked okay the next it stopped.
It only booted when it was on the cradle,but as soon I took it off it would go off.
I fixed it by buying a new battery and now it works again.
I payed around € 8 for the battery
Most probably needs a battery replacement. Same was happening with mine. Replaced and works normally so far..