My rhodium the (Tilt2) makes batteries fail within three-four hours. My first battery from the manufacturer worked fine for about five months, then the battery began to get hot after some light usage; turned the phone off. Battery did not charge afterwards. Used my warranty for a new battery, that battery worked for about four hours then didn't charge any longer.
Tried- New battery, New USB cable, Different A/C charger
What could it be?
Cyanide00311 said:
My rhodium the (Tilt2) makes batteries fail within three-four hours. My first battery from the manufacturer worked fine for about five months, then the battery began to get hot after some light usage; turned the phone off. Battery did not charge afterwards. Used my warranty for a new battery, that battery worked for about four hours then didn't charge any longer.
Tried- New battery, New USB cable, Different A/C charger
What could it be?
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The process of elimination says it's your phone. Explain your problem and get a warranty repair or exchange on it.
Bob is right. Similar things were happened with some of the 16gb micro sd cards. My dad had to get 3 replacement tp2's because the sd card was too powerful for the slot or something like that. They pulled out some bs excuse. Anyways, it is fixed now. Hopefully you have the ridiculous 6 dollar a month plan.. haha
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I was wondering if it was possible to have the primary source of power be the USB port versus the battery. I tend to leave my devices plugged in a lot more than I probably should and figured if I could do this it would save on messing up my batteries. It's kind of like having a laptop plugged in without a battery (if you don't really take it out).
Doesn't really help, but if you charge your battery to 100%. you can pull it out as it runs on the usb port from then on. Only worked a few times for me
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Deathsnuggle said:
Doesn't really help, but if you charge your battery to 100%. you can pull it out as it runs on the usb port from then on. Only worked a few times for me
Sent from my OG htc evo.
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ive had this happen alot, make sure its plugged in for 10 min but eventually it turns off
No need, the phone will turn off charging when the battery gets full.
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No need, the phone will turn off charging when the battery gets full.
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That's not what I was trying to get at. I was trying to avoid using the battery versus continual draining/charging it. I tend to use it as my hotspot at home for my primary internet connection and sometimes music.
My thought process was if I didn't constantly use the battery I'd keep phone temperature low and not mess up the battery.
Have you ruined batteries in the past by charging them/depleting them? Honestly, I have mine on and off the charger constantly. Today I used my phone to listen to Pandora most of the day and about half way through the day I video chatted with a friend and had it on the charger. I took it off the charger, ran around a little bit away from my house and then came back and it currently sits on the charger again.
From my experience with it, I've never had any issues with keeping it on/off the charger periodically through the day. I am also using a 3500mAh extended battery, but I did the same thing on the stock one.
I understand you are trying to keep temperatures low and play on the safe side, but unless you are noticing unusually high temperatures or something, I wouldn't worry about it being on and off the charger.
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Have you ruined batteries in the past by charging them/depleting them? Honestly, I have mine on and off the charger constantly. Today I used my phone to listen to Pandora most of the day and about half way through the day I video chatted with a friend and had it on the charger. I took it off the charger, ran around a little bit away from my house and then came back and it currently sits on the charger again.
From my experience with it, I've never had any issues with keeping it on/off the charger periodically through the day. I am also using a 3500mAh extended battery, but I did the same thing on the stock one.
I understand you are trying to keep temperatures low and play on the safe side, but unless you are noticing unusually high temperatures or something, I wouldn't worry about it being on and off the charger.
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Yeah, if you're worried about the battery crapping out, I wouldn't. I've had mine on charger every night or every other night, and it's still like new.
Heck, even if it did die on you, you can get a brand new OEM battery on eBay for less than $6 shipped.
Quick tip on battery. If you go online and sprint chat with a representative, just tell him or her your battery life is no good on your phone. Then he or she will tell you go to buy one then get back on chat and sprint will credit your account. I bought $60 battery extended with case and got credited $60 on my bill
Plus now I can charge one night and last two days!
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my phone has cyanogenmod 5 installed on it, but it will not charge to 99%, it will charge to roughly 66%, than be completely dead after 30 minutes. I tried using 2-3 different roms, with the same result. I am using a usb cable to charge it, (still waiting on the ac charger), would this have anything to do with it?, or do i need a new battery
My battery died about 18 months after I bought it. Sounds about like what you are experiencing. Take it to a store and borrow a battery and see if it charges. But I would think you just need a new battery.
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My battery died about 18 months after I bought it. Sounds about like what you are experiencing. Take it to a store and borrow a battery and see if it charges. But I would think you just need a new battery.
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sorry, I should have followed up on this thread. It turns out, the charger i was using, which was an off-brand charger, was only producing 500ma. i bought an htc mytouch branded charger, and it produces 1000ma, so now it charges just fine and easily lasts throughout the day. thanks for the response though
I have a battery / charging problem on my Gnex. The problem is that the battery won’t charge more then 60 %, drains quick and then the phone shuts down at 0 % ( in about 2-3hrs of use) and wont restart until recharged.
At first, I tought it was the battery so I bought one OEM on ebay. It did the same thing so I returned it and went to Telus store to buy an OEM.
Same thing happened with the new OEM. I then bought an external wall battery charger and charged the 2 batteries I have. When I put the first one back in the phone it said 12%?
I tried the second one which is the new OEM and same thing, its showing 12%.
I did a little test, I had 4.2.2 so I unlocked the phone and rooted (no more warranty anyway) I flashed back the ROM to ICS. No change.
So what I did next is I used the phone until it shut down at 0% and restarted it on the bootloader screen and left it on, on the bootlooader screen.
Well the phone screen stayed on for more then 3 hours, so I know the battery is good because there is no way that a 0% battery could power the screen for 3 hours.
So after it shut down from the bootloader screen, I charged it again, in the phone, and it went right back to 60%, I did try to wipe batt stats from recovery mode and battery calibration apps but no luck.
Is there a way to disable the auto shut down on the phone? The battery meter if definitely showing wrong charge stats. Is the battery controller part of the USB board or the motherboard?
The only thing I did not try yet is a custom ROM and Kernel.
Any ideas?
Sounds like a hardware failure... It's obviously not the batteries
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I found where the Power Management with Switch Mode Charger chip is, on the motherboard! I wonder if there is some ways to access and modify the values of this.
jackpot554 said:
I have a battery / charging problem on my Gnex. The problem is that the battery won’t charge more then 60 %, drains quick and then the phone shuts down at 0 % ( in about 2-3hrs of use) and wont restart until recharged.
At first, I tought it was the battery so I bought one OEM on ebay. It did the same thing so I returned it and went to Telus store to buy an OEM.
Same thing happened with the new OEM.
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For what it's worth, the same thing is happening to me. Charges to 64%, and it acts like it's only got a 64% charge - runs out fast. And I also tried a replacement OEM battery with no difference. I'm not completely convinced this is a hardware problem - though I guess it could be. I'm still stock Gnex (with the 4.3 upgrade - and come to think of it, this started some time after that upgrade). I was hoping it was some kind of kernel problem that i could fix by switching to CM. Anybody have any luck with that?
The same thing is happening to my phone, although I'm lucky enough to have it charge to 73%. Only realized the problem when I bought a new OEM battery and it stopped charging at the same 73%. I have a friend who has the exact same phone and will give her both my batteries to charge and see the results (with her phone then once batteries are reinstalled in my phone).
Outside of replacing the motherboard, would anyone know if there could possibly be a software fix? Has this happened to any other phone? If so does anyone know the results?
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Stefan
My gt s6312 has charging issue. It never charge over 67-69% in my phone. I checked the battery in other phone its ok.....please help.....
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Sounds like a hardware failure in the phones' charging circuit. Since:
- no software change (ROM or Kernel) fixes it
- no battery change fixes it
Then it's obviously the charging circuit in the phone. Time to get a new phone!
Well I've confirmed for myself that it is my phone charging circuit that's giving me bad info on my battery charge. I installed both my batteries in a friends Gnex and both gave me 100% charge reading on my friends phone. I then re-installed both batteries in my phone and both came back with identical 13% charge reading. So to me this is obviously not a battery issue.
Since my previous post in July my phone has gotten progressively worst. So I have now come to the point where I either have to replace the phone's charging circuit or replace the phone all together. I would much rather do the first as any replacement phone via my carrier would require me to pay more monthly on my contract.
So would anyone know with certainty where the charging circuit is located in the Gnex? Is it on the main logic board or the USB charging board?
Thanks
I have 2 t989's, one as my phone and the other as a charger (so I can always have a 100% fully charged battery ready to go instead of leaving my phone to charge and missing calls n stuff). I bought a 6ft charging data usb cable cause all my other chargers wer actually draining the battery when plugged in my phone, the very 1st time I plugged in the new cable, man I tell u, I was a happy camper, it actually CHARGED while using my phone, couldn't belive it. But now, 2nd time plugging in the new cable, right back to not even charging. It shows charging and all that but the percentage just goes down. What is going on and can someone please school me right. Thanks.
Now im soo broke, I cant even pay attention!
Are you using the original battery? If so it might be time to get a new one. They are estimated to go downhill after 500 charges. Maybe it just won't hold a charge anymore. I suggest getting the anker 2200mah replacement. It's the same physical size and 10 bucks on Amazon.
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Are you using the original battery? If so it might be time to get a new one. They are estimated to go downhill after 500 charges. Maybe it just won't hold a charge anymore. I suggest getting the anker 2200mah replacement. It's the same physical size and 10 bucks on Amazon.
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[Figured It Out] Between me and my son, we have like 11-12 of those little rectangular boxes that plug into the wall outlet then plug the usb charging cord into those and into the phone to charge, well I switched to a different one with the same new cable I got the other day and WHAM, it actually charges faster than it drains from normal use. Before itd take like 3-4hrs to charge without touching it and drain with 35min of use. Now it charges around a percent every 2 min, and thats even while using it too. The little charging box is the one from my ascend II with my new 12ft charging cable so I can answer the door and check car parts and stuff without having to put my phone down.
Now im soo broke, I cant even pay attention!
I'm glad you got it sorted out. Consider getting that new battery though. Ever since I got a new one I can use my phone for video, GPS, Web browsing, and still have 40 percent battery left by the end of the day. I only charge it when I go to bed. With the original battery I would have to charge it by lunch time. And I just started using the newest paranoid Android rom and I swear it makes my s2 almost as fast as my nexus 5, it amazing.
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I'm glad you got it sorted out. Consider getting that new battery though. Ever since I got a new one I can use my phone for video, GPS, Web browsing, and still have 40 percent battery left by the end of the day. I only charge it when I go to bed. With the original battery I would have to charge it by lunch time. And I just started using the newest paranoid Android rom and I swear it makes my s2 almost as fast as my nexus 5, it amazing.
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Ill take that suggestion and give it a shot cause its that time of the year to start working 14hr a day, 7 days a week, till February, and phone charging time and availability will be rare. Thanks.
Now im soo broke, I cant even pay attention!
Here we goes guys,
I finally received all parts to refresh my Panda Pixel 2XL.
New screen (Ixifit)
New USB-C port (Ixifit)
New battery
New display adhesive
Because I'm on reddit, I shared my experience and a nice guys tell me this:
'You will have charging problems after you replace the battery. I've done a few, all "original batteries", two of the phones charging times went from two hours to 8-9 hours to fully charge.'
"Maybe you have gotten a different battery. But I tried two different batteries in one phone and another battery in a second phone. Both phones, even after cycling the batteries, took 8-9 hours to charge from 20-30% to full. Using the original charger. I tried new cables and charging pucks. Resetting the phone etc. Even putting the old battery back in, still had the same 8-9 hour charging time. There must be something in the firmware that doesn't like loosing power(when the battery is disconnected). I don't know. I have to warn customers now before I change them out. Hopefully you will have better results."
Is it possible that phone software doesn't support a true power cut off (or removed battery) and charge slowly the new battery?
What is your experience about this because now I'm scared.