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Phone won't charge unless I don't touch phone

Lately my phone drains even while on the charger. I basically can't use it while charging or it won't go past the percentage its at, sometimes. Its driving me crazy anyone else experiencing this or have. Any tips?
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I've been having the same problem for two weeks now. I thought it might be the charger so I bought a new one. It wasn't. Sometimes it will chargw normal but most of the time it just stays at the aame percentage if I'm using it while charging and it seems to get really hot. What rom/kernel you running?
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zaydaboss said:
Lately my phone drains even while on the charger. I basically can't use it while charging or it won't go past the percentage its at, sometimes. Its driving me crazy anyone else experiencing this or have. Any tips?
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Just got my S3 last week so not super familiar with it yet but just a couple of practical things to try. First switch out the cord and the charger, if that doesn't do anything and you have an extra battery or can borrow someone's see if that makes a difference. Also are you rooted, what ROM, and how long have you been on that ROM. My guess is those its not root or ROM related at all. Either the battery is going or the charger or cord isn't supplying the right voltage somehow. The only other possibility is that it is charging and its not registering. If you are rooted with TWP recovery it will show your batt percentage in recovery. Reboot to recovery and see if it matches up with what your seeing on your phone.

The charger and brick charges my gnex fine. I've used multiple ROMs to see if its a ROM issue. I've used darthstarker, synergy, root box, liquid smooth, and now I'm on deviant xone. Tried different kernels as well. I have ordered a couple zero lemons.
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try a different battery, and also try going into recovery if you have twp and see if the percentages match up. You could also download battstat and wipe the current stat just to try it because you never know lol.

It's more likely a software issue than hardware.
As in, let's see some battery stats.

Aerowinder said:
It's more likely a software issue than hardware.
As in, let's see some battery stats.
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Only reason I was thinking hardware is if he has flashes multiple roms and kernels and the problem is still there I doubt it's software, but that was my initial thought also. Just figured if he can try a different battery that for sure says it's in the phone.

It happens to me when I first got the phone. Then I realized the phone is really picky about the the cable and the charger you use. Using everything stock will guarantee you a quick charge. I use a 2 Amp brick and OEM SamSung cable and it charges just fine. Using USB extension cord might slow down your charging also. So maybe just play around with your brick and cable a bit and see if it fixes your problem.

spursrchamps2007 said:
Only reason I was thinking hardware is if he has flashes multiple roms and kernels and the problem is still there I doubt it's software, but that was my initial thought also. Just figured if he can try a different battery that for sure says it's in the phone.
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At first, I thought the same thing. But when you flash multiple roms, do your apps change? I know mine don't. I use the same apps regardless of rom. We can't know anything without more information, just putting out there what I consider to be another valid point of view.

Here's a shot of my battery notice its on the charger and decreasing? I'll post a battery log later when it dies
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This phone is very quirky, completely stock sometimes it decides to charge quickly other times it takes way longer time. Now my phone won't give me notification in the status bar that I'm getting a message.
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[Q] Catastrophic Battery Issues

I am on my third OG. The two previous failures appeared to be catastrophic battery issues. Both phones were rooted and unlocked. This last time the phone was having issues with GPS, so I rebooted. That was it. Never came on, completely, again. Sprint told me they can't fix it because the battery is too low to start. The one before had a "similar" issue, but Sprint had a doner battery to fix it. Can anyone shed any light on this. Has anyone heard of any similar problems. I hate this phone because the battery is not removable and it drains much quicker than my Evo 4G

Have you tried to get into download mode? Also are you using the charger that came with the phone?
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Bdadd34 said:
Have you tried to get into download mode? Also are you using the charger that came with the phone?
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I tried everything and finally received, today, my third OG. Not sure about the charging, as I have several types of adapters and chargers around. I thought the micro USB was a standard for power. I just want to prevent this from happening a third time. Thanks for your response.

jminor4326 said:
I tried everything and finally received, today, my third OG. Not sure about the charging, as I have several types of adapters and chargers around. I thought the micro USB was a standard for power. I just want to prevent this from happening a third time. Thanks for your response.
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the plug in is universal but some of the wall plug ins are different voltages I believe...I know my optimus 3d wouldn't charge when fully dead on some of my old chargers. don't know if that was your problem but it is strange to have two in a row do that.

jminor4326 said:
I am on my third OG. The two previous failures appeared to be catastrophic battery issues. Both phones were rooted and unlocked. This last time the phone was having issues with GPS, so I rebooted. That was it. Never came on, completely, again. Sprint told me they can't fix it because the battery is too low to start. The one before had a "similar" issue, but Sprint had a doner battery to fix it. Can anyone shed any light on this. Has anyone heard of any similar problems. I hate this phone because the battery is not removable and it drains much quicker than my Evo 4G
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First off, I'm sorry to hear that happened to you- but you're not alone.
I've been a lurker on the forums for a while now- and I had this happen to me about a week ago as well. My phone was acting exactly as you described- I was using the GPS, and I let the battery get low (~5%) and it powered down.
When my phone wouldn't power up after letting it charge, I wasn't phased at first- I had let my phone's battery drain low before (causing it to glitch) and had been able to restore it through Lgnpst or TWRP- but this time it was as if the battery couldn't hold a charge.
I got mine into download mode eventually and was able to flash teenybins and a stock rom- when I finally got it to boot again- it was only charged to 13% (after about three days of charging). I played with wiping the battery stats and restoring old backups just to be sure- but it would never charge over 13%.
I'm of the belief this is a heat failure. It was about 95* in my car without A/C and heavy usage- I was so busy trying to get work done that day I didn't realize how hot my phone must have been getting.
I'm picking up my new LGOG tomorrow- I'm interested to hear more about how you came to the same issue ( providing we really are having the same problem)

Extreme battery drain

So my phone was at full charge. Took it off the charger and ate dinner. I was not using my phone and noticed it was extremely hot. Battery was down to 40 percent in less than an hour. I reboot phone thinking it was a wake lock issue. Phone battery dies and drains to 0 percent. I had to plug it into a charger in order to turn it on. From here I notice that the phone gets extremely hot and charges extremely slow. It's been charging for an hour and only 5 percent has been charged. I think maybe it was my ROM or a persisting wake lock. I wipe my phone and clean flash cyanogen. Phone still getting hot and charging extremely slow. Could I possibly have a malfunctioning battery or something?
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Woke up in the middle of the night after about 4 hours of charging. Battery was at about 40% or so but the phone was the hottest it's ever been. I decided to turn it off and unplug it from the charger. Woke up this morning and it's officially dead dead. The orange/red LED won't turn on when plugged into the charger and I can't turn it on or try to boot into recovery.
I'm going to take it to Costco and see if I can get a replacement since I'm in my 90 day period. This certainly has to be a manufacturer's defect since I did not have water damage, drop my phone, overclock, or anything risky.
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There have been a few people who have had the same issue. I haven't read of a fix or even what causes it.
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Check and see what is using the battery. A day ago Google play store was the cause of battery drain for a lot of people.
It's not just a One its a tiKtaK One

Well my phone can't even turn on right now - it is literally a dead phone. I'll check one more time before trying to exchange it at Costco. I don't think it's Google play because I did a full wipe and fresh install of Cyanogen. I did not even setup my WiFi and put my phone on Airplane mode while charging. It was still running hot and charging extremely slow.

Cares said:
Well my phone can't even turn on right now - it is literally a dead phone. I'll check one more time before trying to exchange it at Costco. I don't think it's Google play because I did a full wipe and fresh install of Cyanogen. I did not even setup my WiFi and put my phone on Airplane mode while charging. It was still running hot and charging extremely slow.
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I had this all happen to me a few weeks ago. Was inexplicable. Not sure how it happened while the phone was OFF. Brought into Verizon, they sent me a new one, without much hassle.

dbornack said:
I had this all happen to me a few weeks ago. Was inexplicable. Not sure how it happened while the phone was OFF. Brought into Verizon, they sent me a new one, without much hassle.
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Just got back from Costco. Got a brand new phone without questions asked. Great service.

This is happening to me again right now..
I'm in luck though, as I'm on a charger and around 50%.. I went from about 100% to 11% in 20 minutes this morning. I've been running SlimKat for about a week now, and have had no issues.
I have no idea why this just pops up at a seemingly random time.
Now, I've wiped the entire phone, installed BoneStock, and it's still persisting.
What can I try to get this fixed?
I've held PWR and Vol+/- to reset the phone.. but this is still occuring.
Anything? Anyone?

dbornack said:
I had this all happen to me a few weeks ago. Was inexplicable. Not sure how it happened while the phone was OFF. Brought into Verizon, they sent me a new one, without much hassle.
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I'm having a similar issue. I'm worried that I won't have enough battery to return the phone to stock and relock the bootloader, which is what I meant in the other thread when I said unable to return to stock.

sdot_sd said:
I'm having a similar issue. I'm worried that I won't have enough battery to return the phone to stock and relock the bootloader, which is what I meant in the other thread when I said unable to return to stock.
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Have you tried turning it off and plugging it into a wall outlet for a while?
What recovery are you using?
If I was you, I would probably plug it in with it off, hope that I get enough juice into it over a period of time, that I could flash the full odex stock rom.
The Faux Hboot in my Red Text Hex Edited hboot thread, so that it appears as though it's s-on and locked.
Flash stock recovery and warranty it to HTC. They should just take it apart and put a new battery in and send you the same device back.
Those are pretty much the steps I would take if I was in your shoes.
Hope that maybe that helps a little and that you can get enough of a charge to do so.

santod040 said:
Have you tried turning it off and plugging it into a wall outlet for a while?
What recovery are you using?
If I was you, I would probably plug it in with it off, hope that I get enough juice into it over a period of time, that I could flash the full odex stock rom.
The Faux Hboot in my Red Text Hex Edited hboot thread, so that it appears as though it's s-on and locked.
Flash stock recovery and warranty it to HTC. They should just take it apart and put a new battery in and send you the same device back.
Those are pretty much the steps I would take if I was in your shoes.
Hope that maybe that helps a little and that you can get enough of a charge to do so.
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OK got it powered off and charging now. I've heard a lot of horror stories about HTCs customer service, any reason you would deal with them directly instead of VZW?

sdot_sd said:
OK got it powered off and charging now. I've heard a lot of horror stories about HTCs customer service, any reason you would deal with them directly instead of VZW?
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I've heard good things about HTC's Customer service, compared to Verizon's especially.
Not to mention, Verizon will wanna know if you have Insurance, will maybe make you pay a deductible.
Even if they don't, you will likely get a refurbished CLN replacement, which may or may not exhibit it's own issues of some kind.
I would rather have my own device fixed and sent back to me, then receive someone else's fixed device that may have had a bigger issue or stress to parts not yet known.
Just how I feel about it, and I do not much care for Verizon, other then for actual phone service.
You are more then welcome to try your hand with Verizon if you would prefer.
I also have a Blue One, so Verizon wouldn't do much for me...

sdot_sd said:
OK got it powered off and charging now. I've heard a lot of horror stories about HTCs customer service, any reason you would deal with them directly instead of VZW?
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My wife got a DNA with a bad cable and I called htc. They didn't fuss or ask any questions. They took my info and sent a new one. It was much easier than dealing with vzw.
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Random Reboots to 0% battery

Hello,
Recently I have been having a problem where my phone would show say 80% battery but then it would crash and randomly reboot to 0-30% battery. This may happen just 15 minutes after fully charging my phone. I am just trying to find out the source of the problem. I am using the rooted stock rom. Any ideas?
Cheers.

2Beastmode4u said:
Hello,
Recently I have been having a problem where my phone would show say 80% battery but then it would crash and randomly reboot to 0-30% battery. This may happen just 15 minutes after fully charging my phone. I am just trying to find out the source of the problem. I am using the rooted stock rom. Any ideas?
Cheers.
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You could try calibrating your battery but honestly I think its an actual battery issue. I was having similar problems, and I realized it was the actual battery that was just damaged or worn out so i got it replaced. Haven't had an issue since. You can also try all of your normal troubleshooting like a factory reset and re flashing the firmware but it's most likely a battery issue.

g4_e said:
You could try calibrating your battery but honestly I think its an actual battery issue. I was having similar problems, and I realized it was the actual battery that was just damaged or worn out so i got it replaced. Haven't had an issue since. You can also try all of your normal troubleshooting like a factory reset and re flashing the firmware but it's most likely a battery issue.
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I just got it replaced today and it seemed to fix all of the problems but I can't say for sure since it hasn't even been a day but thank you for the input. I was thinking it was either a battery or a software problem, I just wanted to hold out on paying $80 for the battery replacement haha.

2Beastmode4u said:
I just got it replaced today and it seemed to fix all of the problems but I can't say for sure since it hasn't even been a day but thank you for the input. I was thinking it was either a battery or a software problem, I just wanted to hold out on paying $80 for the battery replacement haha.
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80 for a battery replacement on this device? That's not horribly bad. For sure thought it would be almost th CPA of a new phone.
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elesbb said:
80 for a battery replacement on this device? That's not horribly bad. For sure thought it would be almost th CPA of a new phone.
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Yeah not too bad. I just wish they had removable batteries but I know we'll never go back to that.

Bad Battery?

I know. I've seen the threads for battery drain and such, but I don't think there's a problem with "drain" so much, as perhaps a bad battery altogether.
I'm using my old M8 for my daughter, but after RUU, and setting up latest TWRP and all, then trying to install a custom ROM whether Stock or AOSP, when I boot into recovery, it goes from 100% within the ROM, to show 80% in recovery.
If off the charger, there does appear to have some battery drain, but I chalk that up to normal first usage.
However, it then shuts off @ 30%, but when I put it on the charger, it says @ 60%.
I've done the calibration method (hold all buttons for 2 minutes) trick, but there appears to be no help for the erratic battery readings.
Does anyone know if my suspicion is correct?
I'm on Sprint's last RUU.

mcwups1 said:
Does anyone know if my suspicion is correct?
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Ive seen so many posts now that refer to the exact thing you mention. Phones turning off at 20-30%. Its claimed that this is due to a faulty battery and a replacement has fixed it. I do not have this problem, however, I did get a replacement 12 months ago.

That's what I'm afraid of.
Did you replace it yourself, or have a tech do it?

mcwups1 said:
That's what I'm afraid of.
Did you replace it yourself, or have a tech do it?
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I replaced mine just Yesterday, with both speakers, chraging portero AND buttons, its not that hard AND not easy, you Will nerd a razor blade, AND see a few videos first, one thing to have in mind Is that i put a m9 battery on my m8, AND the phone works, but the phone doesnt recognize the aditional 240mamps,. AND the battery temp always shows 25C, but besides that everything is ok, waiting for the battery yo settle.