For quite some time I already have the problem that the phone almost always shuts down once i plug in the charger.
It reboots to the bootloader, recovery selection and then briefly shows 65% battery and then the actual battery state.
I'm currently on AOSP 6, however this problem was already present with older versions. I also tried using different basebands without success.
This issue has been becoming quite annoying as I always have to manually restart the phone again to actually boot up instead of showing the charging animation when turned off. I hope you guys can help me with this.
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My phone (which is currently running Incubus26Jc's Android 2.2 FroYo RLS10 NAND) rebooted at around 12:30 AM. I noticed that it reboots, randomly, about twice a day. Not sure of the cause, haven't looked in to it, but normally it comes back to the desktop, like a fresh boot of the phone. So I thought nothing of it.
Last night, however, during the reboot, SOMETHING happened, and it seemed to have gotten stuck in an infinite loop. It would show the boot animation for a while, then lose power... then it would notice the power cable was plugged in, and try to automatically boot up.
If you notice, plugging the power cable in forces the phone to boot all the way into the Android OS. There seems to be no "charge while off" feature, at least for me.
Anyway, this endless loop caused the phone to reboot over and over and over, until the point where the battery was so far drained, that this "hand off" between the boot screen and the actual OS (somewhere during the boot animation) where the phone had to run on battery for a split second, was long enough to cause the phone to power off completely.
I couldn't flash back to Windows (I thought) because the phone didn't have enough of a charge to stay in bootloader mode while flashing the phone. Which was mostly true.
FYI (how I fixed my problem): should something similar happen to you, put the phone in true BOOTLOADER mode (hold the camera button when you press the power button, see the colored bars across the screen), even though the indicator doesn't light up, the phone DOES charge when in this mode and plugged in to a wall charger (and probably while plugged in to USB).
As far as I know, you are required to maintain a certain level of charge to run the RUU because the USB cable cannot charge the phone WHILE FLASHING, but while waiting in bootloader mode, the battery will charge. I was able to let the phone sit at the bootloader for about an hour then started up my phone and had over 70% charge according to Android. Working again!
thank for the 411. i had a similar issue with rls10. went to 10.5 and rls11 and flashed a new kernel, no further issue since
Hello everyone,
So I am new to XDA forums and I have a few questions about the HTC Vivid. I just recently purchased a phone for cheap just to practice doing how to root and do certain task on phones. When I purchased the phone I knew that the phone was not working properly. When I tried to turn on the phone nothing happen but I saw that the screen did light up in a black screen. I took the battery out and checked the battery and the connection to the battery on the phone everything seems fined. When I put the battery back in and tried to turn it on nothing happened. Think it might just be a dead battery I charged it all night. While changing I noticed the phone led light was not constant it kept blinking and a screen showed up real quick and it looked like it booted into recovery real quick and shut off. It kept doing this by itself for a while. (Cycling) Then it finally booted into the white boot screen with the HTC Logo. I thought the phone was finally going to work but nothing happened it continued the cycling process again for a while. Thinking there was a possibility of fixing the phone I connected it with my PC and using both Windows and Linux. When I connected it with Linux (Ubuntu) nothing seems to happen. When I connected it with Windows it does the same thing as if i charged it. The orange led light blinks a couple times and then becomes solid for a bit and blinks again life it was Morse code. This time I see a black screen lighting up more and boots fewer times booting into recovery. I think it booting into recovery because I remember the CWM. Through all this process while connected with my computer I see that it is attempting to connect with my computer but then shut off. After approximately 8-10 minutes of cycling i get the white screen with the HTC logo again and then the cycle happens again.
My question is what is the problem with the phone? A few things that pop into my mind is probably just the battery is fried, the microusb is bad, or something went wrong during the process of flashing something onto the phone. I was very detailed about the problem and what I noticed because like I said I purchased this phone only to learn how to root and do other various things on a phone. Is the phone salvageable? I will post a video later if my detailed description didn't make sense or you just have to see it happening.
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Hello everyone,
So I am new to XDA forums and I have a few questions about the HTC Vivid. I just recently purchased a phone for cheap just to practice doing how to root and do certain task on phones. When I purchased the phone I knew that the phone was not working properly. When I tried to turn on the phone nothing happen but I saw that the screen did light up in a black screen. I took the battery out and checked the battery and the connection to the battery on the phone everything seems fined. When I put the battery back in and tried to turn it on nothing happened. Think it might just be a dead battery I charged it all night. While changing I noticed the phone led light was not constant it kept blinking and a screen showed up real quick and it looked like it booted into recovery real quick and shut off. It kept doing this by itself for a while. (Cycling) Then it finally booted into the white boot screen with the HTC Logo. I thought the phone was finally going to work but nothing happened it continued the cycling process again for a while. Thinking there was a possibility of fixing the phone I connected it with my PC and using both Windows and Linux. When I connected it with Linux (Ubuntu) nothing seems to happen. When I connected it with Windows it does the same thing as if i charged it. The orange led light blinks a couple times and then becomes solid for a bit and blinks again life it was Morse code. This time I see a black screen lighting up more and boots fewer times booting into recovery. I think it booting into recovery because I remember the CWM. Through all this process while connected with my computer I see that it is attempting to connect with my computer but then shut off. After approximately 8-10 minutes of cycling i get the white screen with the HTC logo again and then the cycle happens again.
My question is what is the problem with the phone? A few things that pop into my mind is probably just the battery is fried, the microusb is bad, or something went wrong during the process of flashing something onto the phone. I was very detailed about the problem and what I noticed because like I said I purchased this phone only to learn how to root and do other various things on a phone. Is the phone salvageable? I will post a video later if my detailed description didn't make sense or you just have to see it happening.
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OK, first thing to do is to charge the battery in an external charger. That is the *only* way to eliminate the battery as a problem. If the phone wont boot with a fully charged battery, see if it will boot into recovery mode. If you can't do that, it is quite possibly dead.
I have the I9000 . Until this morning I haven't had any problems with my phone. I was on C-ROM KK 5.8 (not that it affects my problem) and last night I left my phone to recharge. This morning I've unplugged my phone from the wall charger and made a reboot (my morning routine). Strange thing happened. The phone went into the phone off connected to wall charger screen mode but showing that the battery is empty. I took my battery out and now every time I place it back in my phone, the screen goes on showing empty battery or it's checking for battery level, without even touching any buttons. If I try to go from that screen to make my phone boot using the power button it does not react. I can't go in recovery mode , only I can go into Download Mode from that screen. I went back to 2.3.6 JVU using Odin and rooted it, phone booted fine. Now the thing is : When I am turning off my phone the phone keeps doing that battery screen problem. It turns screen on, acts like it's in a wall charger or it's checking for battery level or something and keep showing me an empty battery for a second then the screen goes off and back on again and only way to make my phone usable is to flash using Odin , the 2.3.6 stock ROM again and not take my battery out. If I try to flash CM 11, it goes into a recovery loop (because it's changing partitions sizes and the recovery version) and I have to take my battery out and it does it again. If I turn my phone off, my phone does it again and only way to boot it is to flash something from Odin so it forces it to boot.
Please Help ! What could be the problem and it's there a way to fix it?
Edit: I've been using my phone for an hour with on the Stock 2.3.6 and the battery level dropped just a bit . So The battery is not draining completely, and that fast. Also I've tried with a different battery and the problem persists. And my battery works just fine on a friend's GT-I9000. I've also successfully flashed Mackay CM9 2014 1.7, the situation didn't change. Also tried with Samsung 2.3.6 JW4
idCyber said:
I have the I9000 . Until this morning I haven't had any problems with my phone. I was on C-ROM KK 5.8 (not that it affects my problem) and last night I left my phone to recharge. This morning I've unplugged my phone from the wall charger and made a reboot (my morning routine). Strange thing happened. The phone went into the phone off connected to wall charger screen mode but showing that the battery is empty. I took my battery out and now every time I place it back in my phone, the screen goes on showing empty battery or it's checking for battery level, without even touching any buttons. If I try to go from that screen to make my phone boot using the power button it does not react. I can't go in recovery mode , only I can go into Download Mode from that screen. I went back to 2.3.6 JVU using Odin and rooted it, phone booted fine. Now the thing is : When I am turning off my phone the phone keeps doing that battery screen problem. It turns screen on, acts like it's in a wall charger or it's checking for battery level or something and keep showing me an empty battery for a second then the screen goes off and back on again and only way to make my phone usable is to flash using Odin , the 2.3.6 stock ROM again and not take my battery out. If I try to flash CM 11, it goes into a recovery loop (because it's changing partitions sizes and the recovery version) and I have to take my battery out and it does it again. If I turn my phone off, my phone does it again and only way to boot it is to flash something from Odin so it forces it to boot.
Please Help ! What could be the problem and it's there a way to fix it?
Edit: I've been using my phone for an hour with on the Stock 2.3.6 and the battery level dropped just a bit . So The battery is not draining completely, and that fast. Also I've tried with a different battery and the problem persists. And my battery works just fine on a friend's GT-I9000. I've also successfully flashed Mackay CM9 2014 1.7, the situation didn't change. Also tried with Samsung 2.3.6 JW4
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Two questions for clarification:
-Do the symptoms differ depending on whether you run stock or custom ROM? Or symptoms are 100% identical?
-If you shutdown your phone, keep the battery in position and do not connect the phone to the charger, it still shows the battery-crazy stuff? Because that would lead me to believe it is a hardware thing....
If there is a difference between stock & custom:
Maybe the hardware is dealt with differently between stock & custom ROMs making it look different, but I am not sure about that. You could try whether CM7 has the problem as well, as that one had a kernel that was much closer to stock.
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Two questions for clarification:
-Do the symptoms differ depending on whether you run stock or custom ROM? Or symptoms are 100% identical?
-If you shutdown your phone, keep the battery in position and do not connect the phone to the charger, it still shows the battery-crazy stuff? Because that would lead me to believe it is a hardware thing....
If there is a difference between stock & custom:
Maybe the hardware is dealt with differently between stock & custom ROMs making it look different, but I am not sure about that. You could try whether CM7 has the problem as well, as that one had a kernel that was much closer to stock.
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Thank you for replying.
1. it's 100% identical on stock and custom ROMs only the battery icon shape is changed but the problem is the same.
2. The screen turns on by itself, without being plugged to anything.
3. Just tried CM7 and it's the same.
This is what is displayed when I put the battery and the phone is turned off, without being connected to anything. The picture is an example, found on the net, I don't have a camera to take a photo of my phone but the image shows exactly what I see for a second then it turns the screen off and back on forever, phone reacts only to download mode.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/attachments/samsung-galaxy-tab-2/83680d1380495982t-android-ota-updates-never-fail-brick-my-galaxy-tab-2-10-1-img_20130929_185629_413.jpg
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Thank you for replying.
1. it's 100% identical on stock and custom ROMs only the battery icon shape is changed but the problem is the same.
2. The screen turns on by itself, without being plugged to anything.
3. Just tried CM7 and it's the same.
This is what is displayed when I put the battery and the phone is turned off, without being connected to anything. The picture is an example, found on the net, I don't have a camera to take a photo of my phone but the image shows exactly what I see for a second then it turns the screen off and back on forever, phone reacts only to download mode.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/at...galaxy-tab-2-10-1-img_20130929_185629_413.jpg
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I'm afraid this may be hardware related if the symptoms occur on different types of ROMs. The charging animation with screen off is triggered by the charging hardware of the phone, which thus seems to give wrong signals...
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kasper_h said:
I'm afraid this may be hardware related if the symptoms occur on different types of ROMs. The charging animation with screen off is triggered by the charging hardware of the phone, which thus seems to give wrong signals...
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Thank you for your help and clearing it for me that it is not a software issue. Guess you are right it's a hardware problem probably caused by the wall charger, after 2 years of usage I think it starts to break and "took something from the phone with it as a heads up" . I have to make a visit to the "phone doctor".
Hey guys,
I'm facing some weird battery behavior ever since I flashed my phone with unofficial roms.
I'm currently using a Cyanogenmod 12.1 Unofficial build. I'm going explain the problem as detailed as possible.
Everything works fine, except after a boot, the phone ALWAYS shuts down in 2 to 3 minutes while a SIM card is present.
If a SIM card is not present, the phone shuts down anytime between 5 minutes to 1 hour.
The reason? The battery reading jumps from an accurate value to 0% and the phone shuts down.
ALSO, When I connect a charger, the phone shows "Charging" but no battery is detected (Charging 0% AC), so when I remove the charger, the phone immediately shuts down due to 0% battery.
Lets call this Mode 1
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Well, now I tried something. I connected the charger, and then pulled out the battery while it was still connected.
The phone went off.
Now on a restart, the phone stays at the bootloader screen for 1.5 to 2 minutes (Samsung GS3 I9305)
Now after the phone boots up, everything looks normal, but now, the battery stays at 99% all the time. No matter how much I use or try to charge it, 99% always.
This is Mode 2
In short,
Mode 1: 5 seconds at bootloader, Accurate battery reading, Sudden 0%, phone shutdown
Mode 2: 2 minutes at bootloader, Inaccurate 99% battery reading, never shuts down.
Now I can switch between Mode 1 and Mode 2 by connecting a charger and pulling out the battery while its still connected. I've done this atleast 4 times and it always worked. Weird.
What is going on really? Any ideas on how to fix this?
P.S.
I've tried:
Flashing Samsung S3 i9305 stock 4.4.4
Flashing Cyanogenmod 10.1 (Official)
Flashing Cyanogenmod 11 ( Latest Nightly build)
Same problem everywhere.
Also tried Battery Calibration apps
I don't have a backup of the original stock rom as it was already broken in the first place.
Hello, XDA developers. As you may see, this is my first post, but I would like you to tell me what happened with my cellphone.
Something weird happened with my S Advance after I rooted it and installed CyanogenMod 11. I was playing on it, as I changed MinFree settings and overclocked the processor and wanted to check how the performance increased. Suddenly, the phone abruptly shut off without showing the traditional dialogue box that should appear.
When I took the phone to connect it to my battery pack I waited for like 5 minutes and the battery symbol never appeared; after that I tried to turn it on but it didn't work either. As soon as I arrived home, I connected a proper charger to the S Advance and, still, it didn't respond at all.
About one hour later I took the phone and now, when I tried to turn it on (in normal and recovery mode), it would only vibrate for a few seconds, as if it was actually turning on - with the difference that nothing was happening. The only boot mode that I could enter to was the download mode.
Saddened because I thought it was bricked, I came to my room and plugged it to my computer. The screen instantly showed the battery charging sign, and when I turned it on everything was normal. I used my wall charger to try, and it keeps working fine.
I understand that when a phone battery reaches 0%, and you try plug it to a charger you need to wait like 10 minutes to actually turn it on. But in this case was an hour! And when I finally turned the phone the battery was at 0%.
Could you tell me what happened (for potential future ocasions)?