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What does a red battery charging led means ?

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.

BA turning off if removed from cradle and not turning on again

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.
razorrazor said:
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

Dash won't stop charging?

When I unplug my Dash from my HTC car charger the charge light and screen icon stayed on. I soft reset many times, and hard reset once and it stayed on. Before I reflash it is their anything I'm not trying? New to note: I let my phone charge overnight and the charge icon on the screen is gone, it shows a full battery. The led is still on, but it's steady green. I think this is a sign of the end is near.

I went out to my van this morning and saw that my car charger no longer works. Mabye some type of power surge caused this. New to note: After charging all night the light is off and the icon is a full battery. My phone showed 100% from 6am to 1:30pm; odd I know. Then I reset it and It was at 7%. I charged it turned off for 3 hrs. and it ran well full green on till one block form my house at 10:30pm. Has anyone had problem after using a "bad" car charger?

Wish my phone didnt stop charging.
I wouldnt need to plug it in every night

your battery may have went bad

phatmanxxl said:
your battery may have went bad
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I have 2 batterys. I think while charging my phone with my car charger the charger "shorted-out" and messed my phone up. It still works, but the led stays on and the charging icon comes on when it gets below 90%. I installed dontforget .cab to get some led functions back. I like other on this form love my Dash. This is realy hurting me to see it on its' last leg. I found one on craigslist for $60; I paid $140 for my current one on craigslist 'bout 2.5 years ago.

blinking orange

This morning, my phone was dead. I tried plugging it in but found a blinking orange light. I tried turning it on but it wouldnt turn on. Does this mean there is a problem with my battery?
I've gone on several trips lately where I used my phone as a GPS. I just got a new dash mount for it. On those trips, I had noticed a blinking alternating orange and green light. I thought this meant it was charging and I had a notification, however, now that I do some searching it looks like it means overheating perhaps.
The orange blinking did turn solid after a while and I was able to boot my phone.

Could be a battery issue. If the phone is completely dead, it takes a few minutes on the charger before it can power on. Let it sit for like 5 - 10 minutes on the charger, and when the light goes solid it should be able to be turned on. You may want to invest in a new battery.

enricong said:
This morning, my phone was dead. I tried plugging it in but found a blinking orange light. I tried turning it on but it wouldnt turn on. Does this mean there is a problem with my battery?
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This is normal behavior for a completely drained battery. The phone will not turn on until it achieves partial charge (I'm not sure off-hand what %), and it will give you the flashing orange to let you know.
As you observed, once you charge it enough, it will turn on normally and everything is fine again.
As for the blinking you observed during navigation, that could have meant notifications while charging, as you suspected. It's also possible that you were overheating, but if so the phone would have stopped accepting charge and the battery icon would have changed to indicate such.

Thanks, it is working again now. I'll have to keep an eye on the battery life to see if it has really gotten worse.
In the car, I know there was one time where it got really hot. I held it next to the AC vent for a few minutes to cool it down. Also, my charger cable may be going bad. I noticed that eventhough I turn off the screen, sometimes it will randomly come back on. I figure maybe this is the cable getting disconnected and then reconnected.

This happened to me before and it turned out it was my charger not working properly. I even got a message multiple times saying that the charging accessory was not compatible but it was the the stock data cable. The problem turned out to be it didn't have enough voltage or something like that because it kept telling me to connect to a wall rather than through USB, while I was using the A/C adapter.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

I'm pretty sure that a blinking orange light during use is a "hot battery" notification. On one trip, I had navigation going, while streaming XM and had the car charger plugged in. When I noticed the blinking orange, the temp was at 119F and really hot to the touch. I immediately stopped navigation and streaming, and unplugged from the charger. Since I had the air on, I removed the phone case and battery door and let the AC blow on the phone which cooled it down and the blinking stopped.

byrong said:
that could have meant notifications while charging, as you suspected.
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No. It doesn't do that. If you are charging, you get a solid red and no indication of notifications.
The blinking red/green means the battery is too hot and is not charging, as other people have confirmed.

Urgent pls phone dead

guys this is urgent pls.. bought a htc onex in seconds with 4 % charge left.. wheni came home and connected charger to ac , power got even less..it became 2 percent charge and eventually got switched off... tried switching on it did couple of times but now it doesnt even turn on... only a red led flashes... even that it flashes for sometime and turns off completely amd again comes in... pls help guys the phone refuses to switch on.. it was running stock rom...pls help..pls

Leave it on the main charger for about 5-6 hours if you haven't done that already.

Mr Hofs said:
Leave it on the main charger for about 5-6 hours if you haven't done that already.
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thanks a lot for ur prompt reply dude... ya will try that surely.. but any idea y this is caused? could it be a battery caliberating issue or battery itself gone.. ?

May i answer to this? @karthik_sa2 : I had the same problem about 1 month ago.
This is what happened to me.
I plugged the phone to an ac charger, leaving it on.I think i may have left open some battery hungry apps like a game, and the ac charger could not deliver enough power to the phone.The battery continued to discharge untill 0, but the phone remained on for a reason.After 3-4 minutes, the battery reached a critical level and the phone shut down.
I left the phone plugged to an wall charger for about 1 and a half days.Then i was able to start the phone in bootloader.Happy ending!

Costinutz32 said:
May i answer to this? @karthik_sa2 : I had the same problem about 1 month ago.
This is what happened to me.
I plugged the phone to an ac charger, leaving it on.I think i may have left open some battery hungry apps like a game, and the ac charger could not deliver enough power to the phone.The battery continued to discharge untill 0, but the phone remained on for a reason.After 3-4 minutes, the battery reached a critical level and the phone shut down.
I left the phone plugged to an wall charger for about 1 and a half days.Then i was able to start the phone in bootloader.Happy ending!
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OMG!! 1 and a half days? what was ur LED showing? was it flickering or stable red while on charge ? after 1 and half days what was the charge percent? my phones LED suddenly flickers and then does nothing..does it indicate anything? is it charging ?

karthik_sa2 said:
OMG!! 1 and a half days? what was ur LED showing? was it flickering or stable red while on charge ? after 1 and half days what was the charge percent? my phones LED suddenly flickers and then does nothing..does it indicate anything? is it charging ?
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No, my led was dead.
After 1,5 days , it charged 3%.At least this is the info the ROM was telling me .
Don't worry about the led, just leave the phone charging for 1-2 days.Then try oppening it on bootloader.

Costinutz32 said:
No, my led was dead.
After 1,5 days , it charged 3%.At least this is the info the ROM was telling me .
Don't worry about the led, just leave the phone charging for 1-2 days.Then try oppening it on bootloader.
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ok sure... thanks a lot again

I read this post somewhere and it perfectly worked for me...thanks for all the help again..
"Be paitient, Plug your phone in and give it a minimum of 20 mins charge even though it's flashing.
Unplug the phone and hold both the VOL up and VOL down buttons together for at least 2 mins then release.
Plug the phone back in.. don't worry if it's starts flashing again just be paitent it will I guarantee stop flashing a red led and begin charging to show a constant red led..
By holding thew vol up and vol down buttons you will reset the charging circuit..
The reason your phone has started flashing is because it's gone too far into a discharge...
JUST DON'T PANIC and stay calm.. show a little paitence and all will be well...." :victory:

God here comes another problem.. After i brought the HOX live initially i charged while phone was switched off to 44%..Then i could not charge it from ac adapter both while switched off or on. when its on the charging indicator seems to show charging but even after hours the charge remains the same infact goes down...any help pls?? i thoughht i was on stock but now am confused..am pretty new to HOX forum..so not sure of anything about custom ROMS.. when i boot it says HTC ONE..ANDROID VERSION: 4.1.1 , SENSE VERSION :4+, KERNEL : 3.1.10 gd21b8f8 [email protected]#1

got rid of this crap

karthik_sa2 said:
God here comes another problem.. After i brought the HOX live initially i charged while phone was switched off to 44%..Then i could not charge it from ac adapter both while switched off or on. when its on the charging indicator seems to show charging but even after hours the charge remains the same infact goes down...any help pls?? i thoughht i was on stock but now am confused..am pretty new to HOX forum..so not sure of anything about custom ROMS.. when i boot it says HTC ONE..ANDROID VERSION: 4.1.1 , SENSE VERSION :4+, KERNEL : 3.1.10 gd21b8f8 [email protected]#1
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I had the same problem with my other one x, it was off and charging for 24 hours, when checked it battery level was still on 6%, used it for 2 hours and battery didn't even drain, couldn't flash another rom since bootloader was still locked and battery level was low, I sent it to htc center problem was solved and they said it was a hard fault.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
CM10.1 ROM
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