Hi all,
a friend of mine gave me a broken P3300 that just doesn't turn on. The first thing I've tried was charging the battery but I noticed something strange: the battery' status led is always red, even after some hours. I thought this PDA fell in water and had the battery charging circuitry broken, so I removed the battery but the led still remains red.
Edit: it doesn't even turn on in bootloader mode
Do you have some suggestions?
Thanks a lot!
Think it is the chargingsystem in the phone is damaged. Had a qtek 9100 a year ago and blew up that part with tomuch volts. Led turned red then to.
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Hi,
a friend has an issue with his SPV M2000 :
while connected to home charger(already checked connector), the topright LED is blinking red.
After a while, screens lights up, then lights off about 30 seconds later.
The PDA doesn't seem to really charge itself, even after a few hours.
I guess both primary and backup batteries are completely discharged.
(I couldn't find a description of a blinking red LED in manuals or Wiki/forum.)
Anyone could advise as to how to revive it ?
the main battery is dead
been there and got the t-shirt. buy a new main batterey, cheap on ebay.
cheers martin
I have just taken delivery of my second replacement MDAC3, and it looks like this one might have a problem too!
When I first switched it on, it got as far as the green wm6 screen then the led flashed red a couple of times and the unit switched itself off. I plugged a usb lead in, the orange charging led came on but only for 5 seconds and then started flashing. It did this for a bit then it started flashing green.
To cut a long story short(er) it seems that the phone will not charge the battery unless it is switched off, and even then it gets to 96% and stops and shows the green led
Question: does this sound like the symptoms of a duff battery, or a duff phone?
As the battery seems to have discharged itself in the 2-3 weeks that the phone has been away
stunno said:
I have just taken delivery of my second replacement MDAC3, and it looks like this one might have a problem too!
When I first switched it on, it got as far as the green wm6 screen then the led flashed red a couple of times and the unit switched itself off. I plugged a usb lead in, the orange charging led came on but only for 5 seconds and then started flashing. It did this for a bit then it started flashing green.
To cut a long story short(er) it seems that the phone will not charge the battery unless it is switched off, and even then it gets to 96% and stops and shows the green led
Question: does this sound like the symptoms of a duff battery, or a duff phone?
As the battery seems to have discharged itself in the 2-3 weeks that the phone has been away
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Old 18th November 2009, 03:12 PM
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I have the same problem on my htc p3300, and when i used batti 2.4 i saw that the battery temperature is 432675.5 etc something fake temerature. This is the reason, why my pda unable to charge my battery. If you set your pda in bootloader mode, it will charge your battery!. After 3 or more times i charged it in bootloader mode somethimes the battery temp sensor works normally, and the charge is working as well. Sometimes not.
But you can charge your battery allways in bootloader mode.
Sorry for my English.
Try it!
Good luck!
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buy a new battery..
charge untill full.. while device is turned off..
dont turn it on untill its fully charged..
but yes.. flashing led, orange light, indicates battery is fffked...
good luck
Rn
Hello guys,
I have a problem, i haven't used my VPAIII for 6 months, and some days ago i wanted to turn it on, and it didn't react, so i decided that battery is low, i connected my device to cradle, and wait for some hours. So the problem is then device in cradle it's ok i can switch it on and it works perfectly, but if i remove it from cradle it turns off imediately and i can't turn on it again without connecting to cradle chargement, also it doesnt react to usb connection as chargment. Battery is totaly new it was bought from ebay (expanded 3400 mAH). Interesting thing that if i connect to cradle, device turns on automaticall and 1 time blinks led in red and goes booting system with no led light, after i see Windows screen it starting show the same right led in orange always, i see charging battery meter in windows but battery didnt go more then 50%, and everytime i boot on i receive Backup battery Very Low notification no matter how much i was charging my battery.
So i'm afraid maybe it's internal backup battery failure, or my main battery didn't get chargement then it says that charging. Maybe someone of You guys have any usefull advices, what can be the problem? Also if it possible maybe somebody can give me alink or image to see there this backup battery soldered on scheme.
Thanks ppl!!!
Raz
razorrazor said:
I have a problem, i haven't used my VPAIII for 6 months, and some days ago i wanted to turn it on, and it didn't react, so i decided that battery is low, i connected my device to cradle, and wait for some hours. So the problem is then device in cradle it's ok i can switch it on and it works perfectly, but if i remove it from cradle it turns off imediately and i can't turn on it again without connecting to cradle chargement, also it doesnt react to usb connection as chargment. Battery is totaly new it was bought from ebay (expanded 3400 mAH). Interesting thing that if i connect to cradle, device turns on automaticall and 1 time blinks led in red and goes booting system with no led light, after i see Windows screen it starting show the same right led in orange always, i see charging battery meter in windows but battery didnt go more then 50%, and everytime i boot on i receive Backup battery Very Low notification no matter how much i was charging my battery.
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It sounds like the main battery is bad.
Is the battery you picked up new, or new as of 6 months ago? If it's new-new, it is still possible that it is bad.
Also, the charging circuit may have died. Most electronics will work and work, and when they do die, it's usually when power is applied to them (turned on, charged, etc).
The fact that it does charge up to 50% makes me think the main battery is bad. Do you still have the original battery? Try it and see what that does.
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So i'm afraid maybe it's internal backup battery failure, or my main battery didn't get chargement then it says that charging. Maybe someone of You guys have any usefull advices, what can be the problem? Also if it possible maybe somebody can give me alink or image to see there this backup battery soldered on scheme.
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The internal battery is used only when the main battery is discharged or missing.
As for a link, hit the wiki.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel
Under the "Hacks & Tweaks" section, go into "Technical Stuff".
Thanks for reply, new battery i bought maybe 4-6 months ago i used it maybe 1 week, after that i turned off my device and left it for 4-6 months, so nothing should be happened to battery. I'll check device with old one, but it seems that device didn't work with original old one battery too.
Any other solutions, advices?
Thank You very much guys for help!!!!
RAZ
help..
i haven't use my dopod 900 for a month then when i'm about to use it i charge it first, minute after i noticed while charging the orange steady light turned to red light and it blinks. i disconnected the charger and when i'm about to remove my battery i noticed that my battery is bloated. a week after i bought a replacement battery. i tried charging again my new battery on my dopod 900 and still instead of steady orange light(sign that the phone is charging) the light is still red and it blinks. But there are times while charging the light is steady orange and that's the only time the dopod 900 turns on then after few minutes the light will turn red and blinks and the phone will turn off..
help..
The bloated battery is called cushioning and occurs when there is liquid damage. Your phone got liquid damage, you can see if I am correct by checking a small piece of what's supposed to be a white blotting paper, it can be found under your SIM card holder. It will be pink. If that's the case and combined with your description, I say your device is on the way out. Sorry.
Hi, I changed the battery of z1c, but when I try to charge it, red leds flash and the phone cannot charge and turn on.
What should I do?
Open the phone and connect the battery or change it, it might be a bad one.
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Open the phone and connect the battery or change it, it might be a bad one.
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I've fixed it by checking the battery connector, a piece inside was folded.
Hey guys, I have the same issue. Is it just the new battery **** or I to do smthg to charge it ? I've only got this red light flashing.
When I put back the old battery it is all OK ant the phone starts and charges correctly. But with the new battery I've only got this red light flashing.