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It always seems like there's something wrong with my evo. This morning I went to pick up my evo after it was plugged in all night (like i do every night) and it was burning hot. I looked at it and it said it was 133 degrees so i unplugged it and turned it off immediately, after it cooled down I turned it back on and it was at 70% battery after it was charging all night, so it wasn't charging at all last night even though the light was on and it was showing a green full charge when I woke up. after I turned it on it was on for about 2 minutes then automatically rebooted and then was on for another 3 min and rebooted again for no reason. my phone reboots randomly alot. this happens to me a few times a day usually 2 or 3 times. sometimes while im doing something important and sometimes when the evo is int even being used.
Does anyone have any idea what my problem might be?
My evo setup is fresh 3.3, no custom kernel. ebay 3000mah battery no case or anything like that for overheating. ive been running this setup for months (just with lower fresh builds) and have random reboots. This is the first overheating issue. The only thing thats changed is I started using a .99 ebay blackberry micro usb but ive been using that for a week and never had a charging issue. my hw v is 3
I'm thinking that maybe the battery has an issue. Have you tried with the old battery? As far as the other problems that you have, it does not look good. Try reflashing, if it does not fix it then it is likely that you need your phone replaced.
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I'm thinking that maybe the battery has an issue. Have you tried with the old battery? As far as the other problems that you have, it does not look good. Try reflashing, if it does not fix it then it is likely that you need your phone replaced.
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Im not sure because Ive been using this battery a long time with no problem, even now I plugged in the phone and its charging fine with no problems. If it does this again tonight maybe its the battery, I was thinking maybe it was something to do with that battery being plugged in to long.
Skittles from tampa?
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I would say it's your aftermarket battery or BB charger. Try and use the OEM accessories.
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DirtyShroomz said:
Skittles from tampa?
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no, but Florida yes
gqstatus0685 said:
I would say it's your aftermarket battery or BB charger. Try and use the OEM accessories.
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what about the rebooting issue? this was there before the aftermarket battery and charger
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what about the rebooting issue? this was there before the aftermarket battery and charger
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As I said before, try reflashing the ROM and see how it behaves. If the problem is still there AFTER a clean install then it is hardware related, if not then, well keep the ROM
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no, but Florida yes
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Ahh lol welcome onboard! Yes I believe it's probably the charger and not the battery. $0.99? Great deal, but be careful.
I got the same over heating issue on the stock battery a day ago. It was burning hot when I woke up, and took out the battery with the ac on blast for a minute. It wasnt plugged in, so I was surprised it happened while on the stock battery. Went to my 3000mah battery from ebay, that I have never had any problems at all with.
I was running cm6 with stock kernel. Im guessing it was a freak accident, since no reboots or any after effect from the heat.
On the positive side, I was able to push down the screen due to the heat and fix my light leakage problem
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As I said before, try reflashing the ROM and see how it behaves. If the problem is still there AFTER a clean install then it is hardware related, if not then, well keep the ROM
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Is there a chance it might be something to do with apps ive installed?
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Is there a chance it might be something to do with apps ive installed?
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That is precisely why you need to reflash so you can know for sure if it is a problem with the device itself or just a software glitch.
See if you have too many rotation options checked in cm settings. That made mine reboot a lot. Now just have 90 and no more issues...
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The only external item left is the sdcard. Try another. If it still reboots, then return it for service/replacement. The low battery and heat and reboot can all be caused by a large amp draw. Install alogcat from market and look for messages indicating why. You could also use quicksysteminfo from market, and look at the dmsg's.
I have had a similar problem with my girlfriends Evo. Random reboots until it got to the point where it was just stuck rebooting. After reading this thread, I recognize battery heating as a symptom as well. I ended sending it in to HTC for warranty repair. It turned out to be a bad chip of some type. Having seen a number of threads regarding random rebooting, I wonder if there might not be a defective series of these chips. At any rate, the warranty process was quick and easy. No problems since I got the phone back. This was also an unrooted phone, so I think your ROMs are probably working correctly and it is more hardware issue.
Pierceye said:
I have had a similar problem with my girlfriends Evo. Random reboots until it got to the point where it was just stuck rebooting. After reading this thread, I recognize battery heating as a symptom as well. I ended sending it in to HTC for warranty repair. It turned out to be a bad chip of some type. Having seen a number of threads regarding random rebooting, I wonder if there might not be a defective series of these chips. At any rate, the warranty process was quick and easy. No problems since I got the phone back. This was also an unrooted phone, so I think your ROMs are probably working correctly and it is more hardware issue.
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judging by all my problems id have to say its a hardware issue, my phone seems like its always at 100% cpu and its awake time is always the same as its uptime and i only get about a 4 hour battery life
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judging by all my problems id have to say its a hardware issue, my phone seems like its always at 100% cpu and its awake time is always the same as its uptime and i only get about a 4 hour battery life
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you need to reflash bad.
There is nothing hardware related that is going to run you 100 cpu all the time.
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you need to reflash bad.
There is nothing hardware related that is going to run you 100 cpu all the time.
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even after I reflash The same things keep happening
I've been messing around with roms for a while now, and I've finally chosen one that I really like, but the other day I decided to start playing with kernels, and I flashed netarchy-toastmod-4.3.2-cfs-sbc-havs-more-universal-signed. Once I flashed it, my phone would no longer charge at all. When I plug it in, the orange charging indicator would come on for just a second, and then turn off as if I unplugged it.
I had this happen once before, when I installed the fullHDMI app, I read that if I installed a custom kernel I would get better performance, and the same thing happened.
Luckily I am OCD about most things I do, and I ALWAYS Nandroid, so I was easily able to revert back to my former rom and kernel with no problems.
And the last time, my phone would charge fine if it was off, so worst case scenario, until I did a restore, I could get by just turning my phone off and charging til it was ready. But this time, my phone wouldn't do either! When its on, again, light comes on for a second, then turns off. And when its off, I don't even get that much!
I have never had an official htc charger (bought my phone on Craigslist and the guy "forgot it"), but I used to use my old Samsung Reclaim charger with no problems. Therefore, I can't remember whether or not the charger I'm currently using (stupid Rocketfish micro usb charger from best buy) ever charged my phone when its off.
Which brings me to my question, really. How do kernels affect charging on the Evo? I've read elsewhere about people having issues after flashing a new kernel. And really, does it matter if you're using an aftermarket charger or the OEM htc charger?
I would love to be able to play with new kernels and see what's best for my battery life, but every time (btw, if its relevant, the 2 times I've tried flashing a kernel without a full Rom I've had charging issues) I've tried I run into trouble, and I am terrified that I'll flash and forget, and won't have enough battery life to restore to my old kernel!
Edit: Also, whenever I forget my charger at home, I can usually find one laying around at work, and the one I usually use, some AT&T micro usb charger, has never worked unless my phones off, even with the built in kernels. It works perfect, on or off, with my buddys stock, non-rooted Evo. I haven't tried it lately, so I'm not sure if it'll even charge while off. I just feel like my charging issues are kernel related, and I wouldn't think the kernel would affect anything while the phone is turned off? Do different kernels work only with certain chargers? And do some chargers only work when enabled by certain kernels? I find it hard to believe that there's anything physically wrong with my phone when I can always restore and get it working again, but at the same time, its weird to me that some work while my phones off, and others do not.
Update: Just tried the Rocketfish charger while off. Phone does not respond to it whatsoever.. I need my Reclaim charger back! But again, this raises the question, do some chargers only work when enabled by certain kernels? Why would this charger not work when the phone is off, when no software is running, but work fine when its on and certain kernels are running??
Nothing??
Does anybody know anything about this?
that's weird man. if your phone isn't charging even when the phone is off, then it's not kernel related, it would be hardware related (possibly your charger port on the bottom of the phone) i read somewhere that the charger port has been reported to break off easily. have you connected it to a computer to see if the computer recognizes it?
edit: i noticed you were using an SBC kernel. I'm not gonna get into the whole debate about if sbc fries batteries and stuff, but have you tried swapping out your battery for another one? maybe the battery is fried?
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that's weird man. if your phone isn't charging even when the phone is off, then it's not kernel related, it would be hardware related (possibly your charger port on the bottom of the phone) i read somewhere that the charger port has been reported to break off easily. have you connected it to a computer to see if the computer recognizes it?
edit: i noticed you were using an SBC kernel. I'm not gonna get into the whole debate about if sbc fries batteries and stuff, but have you tried swapping out your battery for another one? maybe the battery is fried?
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I think its your charger too. I've had other phone (hybrids..yuck) that were very charger sensitive so it would not surprise me at all. THIS is the same charger that came with the phones so it will work or if your an ebayer like myself than go THIS route since its cheaper. And I've used SBS kernels since they first arrived on the seen and still to this day have had no problem, but everyone is different.
I also have had a phone with a broken usb port. It wont let you charge unless the port is wiggled just right and as soon as the phone is moved itd stop charging. Your issue definitely sounds like a charger problem to me.
Also, next time try to sum everything up in a paragraph or so. Many people will turn down a question when they have to read an essays worth of info.
Yeah sorry, I know I wrote a novel. I was kinda drunk and wanted to get the facts out there. I know my problem is not hardware related though. Charges perfect, no wiggling required, while my phone is on. Won't charge whatsoever, no matter how much I wiggle, with the phone off. It's just weird to me..
And the second the kernel loads after the boot animation (screen dims and 4 softkeys light up) my phone starts charging. Can a kernel make a charger that's not compatible compatible?
I believe the kernels are based off of HTC Stock Kernels, they are just tweaked to achieve greater performance. I've never seen any evidence of Dev's adding/removing charger compatibility so Id say its safe to say no.
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Nuff said! Been there. lol
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Yeah sorry, I know I wrote a novel. I was kinda drunk and wanted to get the facts out there. I know my problem is not hardware related though. Charges perfect, no wiggling required, while my phone is on. Won't charge whatsoever, no matter how much I wiggle, with the phone off. It's just weird to me..
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And the second the kernel loads after the boot animation (screen dims and 4 softkeys light up) my phone starts charging. Can a kernel make a charger that's not compatible compatible?
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I've never experienced anything like that before. Very strange. I wouldn't think that a kernel would prevent the phone from charging while the phone is powered off. I also wouldn't think that a kernel could make an 'incompatible' charger 'compatible'. If the charger is Micro USB, it *should* be compatible. I always use the charger that came with my phone, but I have used other ones in a few different instances, and have never had a charging issue whatsoever. Some chargers have different ratings, such as 1Amp charge output, or .5A charge output. Generally USB and car chargers charge at .5A, while wall chargers charge at 1A. The Evo should charge with either one, as long as the cable is Micro USB. I just don't see how a charger could even be 'incompatible', unless the charger itself was no good. My guesses are, either a bad battery, or a bad connection where the battery makes contact. Or, a hardware issue. There is a known problem for some Evo's, where the solder joints that connect the USB charge port to the motherboard fail. Poor solder joints. That could be your problem. I just don't buy that it's software related, because the phone should charge when it's powered down, regardless of the software. However, it is strange that this happened right after changing kernels, and nandroid restoring to your previous setup alleviated the problem...that is strange. I guess the easiest and least invasive thing to try would be flashing a few different kernels, and see how different kernels affect the problem. If the problem persists no matter what kernel / rom combo you're on, then it's not software related. If the problem goes away when you change kernels, then maybe somehow it is software/kernel related. It's just very odd.
My evo was getting low on battery and I plugged it in. I went to check on it a half hour later and it wasn't charging. I plugged it into my computer and used multiple charging cords and it still won't charge. The battery is dead now. What can I do now? I am rooted and am scared to take it in.
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My evo was getting low on battery and I plugged it in. I went to check on it a half hour later and it wasn't charging. I plugged it into my computer and used multiple charging cords and it still won't charge. The battery is dead now. What can I do now? I am rooted and am scared to take it in.
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Just to be clear, did the phone die completely before you tried to start charging it? Or did you plug it in before it actually died, and then it still wouldn't charge, and died anyways?
If it died completely on it's own, and then you plugged it in, and it won't take a charge (no led charging light), then your battery is most likely toasted. You can try leaving it plugged into the wall charger for some time, and see if it starts charging again, but it may not. Lithium Ion batteries don't like to be drained completely. They can get so low, to a point that the battery won't recieve a charge. It has something to do with the software in the phone not letting it. I've heard that if you have an actual wall charger, to put the battery directly on that, and it may charge up again. Otherwise, you need a new battery, most likely.
If you plugged it in before it actually died, and it still wouldn't recieve a charge, I would have to take a guess and say that there might be a problem with your usb/charge port (because you did say you tried other cables already, right?, so that should rule out a bad cable)
If you have any other batteries, try one. Or if you do happen to have a direct wall charger, put the battery on that and try to charge it up.
What rom/kernel combo are you currently on?
The battery was at about 24% when I plugged it in. I plugged in and the led didn't come on. It's been on the charger for about an hr. I tried a bb charger no luck and also plugged it into my computer.
I was running CM7 RC4 with savage zen 1.0.1 cfs havs sbc at the time. I got scared that i would have to take it in when the battery was getting low so I tried to flash the pcj136 zip on my sd card but it was corrupted (good time to find outit was corrupted) but after that I flashed back to my stock rooted backup. That's what it's on now. The led still didn't come on.
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The battery was at about 24% when I plugged it in. I plugged in and the led didn't come on. It's been on the charger for about an hr. I tried a bb charger no luck and also plugged it into my computer.
I was running CM7 RC4 with savage zen 1.0.1 cfs havs sbc at the time. I got scared that i would have to take it in when the battery was getting low so I tried to flash the pcj136 zip on my sd card but it was corrupted (good time to find outit was corrupted) but after that I flashed back to my stock rooted backup. That's what it's on now. The led still didn't come on.
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Okay, so you were able to successfully get the stock rooted rom flashed before the battery died? So you were running the stock rooted rom before it actually died? Still no charging on the stock rooted rom eh? Personally, i would find a way to get your battery charged up. Either take it to a sprint store, or if you have any friends that have a hero or an evo, pop it in there and charge it up. Once you're charged up, you can then have some time to unroot and turn S on if you need to, so you can take it in. It would also allow you test a couple more things, and be sure that it's not software related. (sounds like a bad usb/charge port to me) There isn't a lot you can do without being able to turn it on.
And you meant to say you tried to flash a PC36IMG, right?
Haha yes PC36IMG
Yes now I am running the stock rooted rom. As soon as I flashed the stock rooted rom it died.
My friend has a evo so I think I'll try to use my friends battery to see if it will work. To me it seems like a bad USB port but I'll try the battery. Hopefully it will work.
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Haha yes PC36IMG
Yes now I am running the stock rooted rom. As soon as I flashed the stock rooted rom it died.
My friend has a evo so I think I'll try to use my friends battery to see if it will work. To me it seems like a bad USB port but I'll try the battery. Hopefully it will work.
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Yea, as I stated above, I also believe it's a bad usb/charging port. I just think you should use your friends evo to charge your battery, so you can then put your fully charged battery back in your phone, and unroot it if you need to take it in. Just beware, that if it is a bad usb/charge port, I have heard of Sprint giving people a tough time with repairing it (its a known problem). Sprint claims it to be cosmetic damage or physical damage or some bs like that.
I thought this issue would be fixed already. I got my evo in Dec and it's hw 0004.Cosmetic damage? Wow. How is it cosmetic damage when you can't use your phone? If I do have to take it in will sprint fix my evo? I have insurance through best buy.
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I thought this issue would be fixed already. I got my evo in Dec and it's hw 0004.Cosmetic damage? Wow. How is it cosmetic damage when you can't use your phone? If I do have to take it in will sprint fix my evo? I have insurance through best buy.
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I have seen people reporting here on XDA, that Sprint refused to fix the problem, and insisted upon either sending it to HTC or using your insuarnce. I'll see if i can find the thread for ya to look at, it wasn't too longg ago.
Cool, thanks
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Cool, thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008960
I've seen more on the subject kicking around here, but the dang search is currently down. I got lucky by finding that one on page 7!
This happened to me as well. I was using my EVO (rooted to Warm ROM) as a GPS today driving down to NYC. The battery wasn't completely dead yet and I was using a car charger to the phone. All of a sudden, the phone just reset! I had no clue why. I used my brother's EVO for GPS and after a little while, his started to reset as well! After I got home my phone wouldn't charge with the wall charger USB so I used my cradle charger to directly charge the battery, which worked and now my phone is on and the usb wall charger works again.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004T07XNY/ref=cm_cr_thx_view
Anyone know how to permanently get rid of this? I used G3 Tweak Box but that just removed the notification in the pull-down. It still vibrates irregularly if you use the phone while it's plugged in as the voltage level climbs and falls. PLEASE for the love of FSM let's get rid of this!
Unplug charger. It gone
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Unplug charger. It gone
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... that's not a fix. It's not even a workaround.
Any other ideas?
Try removing g3 tweak box and exposed then see if it does it. My phone does not. Asked a few other guys and they don't have this issue
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Try removing g3 tweak box and exposed then see if it does it. My phone does not. Asked a few other guys and they don't have this issue
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It's not Tweks Box or xposed, this stupid notification is a LG feature and there's no way to turn it off. Yet.
JustLok said:
It's not Tweks Box or xposed, this stupid notification is a LG feature and there's no way to turn it off. Yet.
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Could be bad hardware cause mine don't vibrate like his. Also xposed does phone to act stupid. Not for everyone but it does.
Its probably because the phone starts charging again when it hits the 99% mark (or close to 99%) then tells you its at 100 again. This phone doesn't have a pass through for power. If your phone is on its using battery even if its plugged in.
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Its probably because the phone starts charging again when it hits the 99% mark (or close to 99%) then tells you its at 100 again. This phone doesn't have a pass through for power. If your phone is on its using battery even if its plugged in.
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Damn I charge mine and when I use Pandora plugged in it never drops below 100%. Hmmmm that is weird
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Damn I charge mine and when I use Pandora plugged in it never drops below 100%. Hmmmm that is weird
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Different batteries but it could be my phone thats broke. All I know is this is the first phone I have owned that I can't remove my battery even though its plugged in.
There's been several of these same threads about the persistent battery notification in this forum as well as the general G3 forum, it's not Xposed or faulty phones. What it seems to be is the charger that's being used, most notably if it's not the OEM charger.
Some are saying it's the battery/phone dropping from 100% to 99%, then charging back to 100% and gives the notification. Others are saying it's just saying you're at 100% and flashing it once a minute or so to remind you.
I'm wondering if it's the charger, as when I'm home and it's plugged in on my old Note 3 2amp charger, I don't get that notification during the night when I'm sleeping.
But, when I'm at work and I'm using my Samsung 1amp cube charger, it keeps displaying and sounding that stupid battery full, unplug to save energy notification over and over.
It could be as ThePagel said, the phone is not getting the full power it needs from the charger, so the battery drops to 99% and charges back up to 100%, display notification, rinse and repeat.
That's why I'm assuming it might be the chargers perhaps.
Could be why I don't have this issue. Both my chargers are 2 amps or higher
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There's been several of these same threads about the persistent battery notification in this forum as well as the general G3 forum, it's not Xposed or faulty phones. What it seems to be is the charger that's being used, most notably if it's not the OEM charger.
Some are saying it's the battery/phone dropping from 100% to 99%, then charging back to 100% and gives the notification. Others are saying it's just saying you're at 100% and flashing it once a minute or so to remind you.
I'm wondering if it's the charger, as when I'm home and it's plugged in on my old Note 3 2amp charger, I don't get that notification during the night when I'm sleeping.
But, when I'm at work and I'm using my Samsung 1amp cube charger, it keeps displaying and sounding that stupid battery full, unplug to save energy notification over and over.
It could be as ThePagel said, the phone is not getting the full power it needs from the charger, so the battery drops to 99% and charges back up to 100%, display notification, rinse and repeat.
That's why I'm assuming it might be the chargers perhaps.
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This describes the problem perfectly. The charger I am using is a 2.1A charger, though, so I don't understand why it keeps doing that. I also don't understand how it could possibly be using enough power to actually discharge the battery down from 100% to 99% WHILE being charged even from a 1A charger. How much freaking juice does this thing need to use?!
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Different batteries but it could be my phone thats broke. All I know is this is the first phone I have owned that I can't remove my battery even though its plugged in.
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My Galaxy Note II was like this too, so was my Nexus One and my T-Mobile G2 (HTC Vision). This isn't a strange phenomenon AFAIK.
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This describes the problem perfectly. The charger I am using is a 2.1A charger, though, so I don't understand why it keeps doing that. I also don't understand how it could possibly be using enough power to actually discharge the battery down from 100% to 99% WHILE being charged even from a 1A charger. How much freaking juice does this thing need to use?!
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What charger are you using?
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What charger are you using?
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I just checked it; it's actually a 2.4A and it's designed to be able to charge two devices at the same time. It's a PowerGen HLPG-001-12W. http://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerGen-Bl...S_Cell_Phone_PDA_Chargers&hash=item46234c30b0 Mine is white, but it's the same one.
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Could be bad hardware cause mine don't vibrate like his. Also xposed does phone to act stupid. Not for everyone but it does.
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I'm not trying to to bad mouth xposed or anything it is really cool but it seems like everything I ever tried to do with xposed is buggy. It really is to bad that most roms depend on it so much now a day's. I miss the hard framework modifications that worked perfect unless the developer made a mistake. But I do understand it can take a long time to add some of the stuff xposed gives for example reboot options. Sorry I just realized I went way off subject lol.
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I just checked it; it's actually a 2.4A and it's designed to be able to charge two devices at the same time. It's a PowerGen HLPG-001-12W. http://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerGen-Bl...S_Cell_Phone_PDA_Chargers&hash=item46234c30b0 Mine is white, but it's the same one.
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That might be the issue. It might be 2.4 all together but 1.2 per port. I have the note 3 which is 2 amp and the lg one also 2.1. My car has 2 port but it is 4.3 amp so it could do 2.1 per port. That be why I don't have that issue. Try the lg plug and see if it same thing.
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That might be the issue. It might be 2.4 all together but 1.2 per port. I have the note 3 which is 2 amp and the lg one also 2.1. My car has 2 port but it is 4.3 amp so it could do 2.1 per port. That be why I don't have that issue. Try the lg plug and see if it same thing.
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I'm now remembering that the LG charger is the one on my nighttable at home and it definitely has the same issue on that one.
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I'm now remembering that the LG charger is the one on my nighttable at home and it definitely has the same issue on that one.
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Just found an old blackberry USB charger. Holy cow that's old lol. It is .9 amps. I been using my phone and it keep dropping back and fourth. I really dunno what to tell you bro. When I use normal amp stuff I am OK when I use low amp I get what you get. Maybe the new kernel that came out will help you out.
My M8 has no feedback whatsoever, even plugged into the HTC brand charger, nothing happens. However, I plugged it into a 2.1A charger and got the little battery charging logo to appear, still no boot. Is the battery dead? This started happening after switching from CWM to TWRP, should I try to get the phone to turn on and switch it back to CWM?
Leave the phone on charger for several hours, then try holding power+vol up for 30 seconds or so. See if there is any change.
I'll definitely try it. It's not easy to charge this though, as the charging port is pretty broken as well. I put it in this angle and it charges (usually)
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Leave the phone on charger for several hours, then try holding power+vol up for 30 seconds or so. See if there is any change.
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I'll definitely try it. It's not easy to charge this though, as the charging port is pretty broken as well. I put it in this angle and it charges (usually)
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EDIT: 0%. The phone can boot but I just turned it back off.
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I'll definitely try it. It's not easy to charge this though, as the charging port is pretty broken as well. I put it in this angle and it charges (usually)
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This a pretty relevant detail. Probably more the issue than changing to TWRP. And to answer that question, no I would not switch back to CWM, since its obsolete on this device and no longer really supported.
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This a pretty relevant detail. Probably more the issue than changing to TWRP. And to answer that question, no I would not switch back to CWM, since its obsolete on this device and no longer really supported.
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Okay so I've been charging it since my last post. I just turned it on and it claims to have 1%. But hey! It's on!
Thank you!! I changed out the cable I was using to charge the phone (I was using the stock HTC cable, grabbed some random Asus cable) and plugged the 2.1A charger directly into the wall (previously using an extension cable) and after doing what you said, just letting it charge for several hours and then turning it on, I got a 24% charge!!! I guess this means I can just never let the phone die if I don't feel like having this issue again. Thanks!! Now I have two high end android phones again!
BFCE said:
I changed out the cable I was using to charge the phone (I was using the stock HTC cable, grabbed some random Asus cable) and plugged the 2.1A charger directly into the wall (previously using an extension cable) and after doing what you said, just letting it charge for several hours and then turning it on, I got a 24% charge!!! I guess this means I can just never let the phone die if I don't feel like having this issue again.
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Good work! It should have been said before to always try different chargers and cords if suffering charging issues. I saw you had tried a different charger, but missed the fact that you used the same cable. Charger/cable are not always the issue, but at least you can easily eliminate those as the cause by some experimentation.
If you again discharge the phone to shutdown, and doesn't power on after charging; you can usually: charge for several hours, then hold power + vol up until it boots.
But that being said, discharging the phone to shutdown should usually be avoided. Most all of us have done it at some time or other. But one should not make it a habit. There are safeguards that are supposed to prevent battery voltage from dropping too low (by shutting down the phone once voltage reaches a certain threshold) but those safeguards are not ironclad. And once the voltage drops too low, you can be stuck in a tough spot. Plus, fully battery discharge/charge cycles are not best for long term battery life of Li ion batteries. So again, discharging the battery to shutdown should be avoided as much as possible.
I seem to have this exact issue now too. Even with the way the charging port has to be for it to charge. Unfortunately it seems the port is messed up somehow now or maybe the battery connections are bad.
Though I'm technically able to pull it apart i haven't done it yet. Maybe it knows it's now getting old lol
Looks like it's time to upgrade to a new phone for me. :/
shadowline said:
I seem to have this exact issue now too. Even with the way the charging port has to be for it to charge. Unfortunately it seems the port is messed up somehow now or maybe the battery connections are bad.
Though I'm technically able to pull it apart i haven't done it yet. Maybe it knows it's now getting old lol
Looks like it's time to upgrade to a new phone for me. :/
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Try putting it while pulling down and to the right of the cable. I held mine like that for an hour or two to make it turn on. Once I did so I opened ampere only to discover that even when it says it's charging, it's actually not. I have to angle it or the left to make it get power, even though just angling it upward makes it say it's charging.
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Yeah I've had it say charging on and off for the last day and a half. But it seems that when I hit the "sweet spot" it just doesn't stay charging and then quickly discharges any bit of charge.
shadowline said:
Yeah I've had it say charging on and off for the last day and a half. But it seems that when I hit the "sweet spot" it just doesn't stay charging and then quickly discharges any bit of charge.
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Happened to me too. Legit hold it in your hand for about 20 minutes. Turn it on as soon as possible to monitor the amperage
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