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Help with my e4gt the battery drains 3hr

Where to begin....my phone would last about 9hr before this issues started happening. For some odd reason my indicator LED light won't shut off I had to download an app to turn it off. When I try to turn of the phone It will automatically turn on again but before it does it goes to the charging screen even thought the phone is not plug to an outlet. It all started happening after I used my friends LG charger i'm thinking maybe I damage something.
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I rooted as you can see I have try two different roms the result were the same I will UN root tomorrow and flash it to stock will updated

flash completely back to stock with no apps. Install apps one by one to see which is the culprit
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Judging by the screenies it looks like the battery is to blame. Those spikes are definetly not normal.
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D1rk said:
Judging by the screenies it looks like the battery is to blame. Those spikes are definetly not normal.
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Definitely not normal. Get BetterBatteryStats and see if you have a wakelock
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Judging by the screenies it looks like the battery is to blame. Those spikes are definetly not normal.
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Looks like the phone isn't correctly reading the battery.
However, the symptom of the phone going into charging when off when it's not plugged in (phone thinking it's charging) is pretty common with the Samsung Replenish, and is almost always an indicator of a bad charging port. This could also explain the LED not going out (ie charging). We see it in our store alot. Your battery dying in 3 hours would make sense, as the phone isn't charging the battery correctly in this scenario.
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Hey kartiel, hope you can figure it the problem. I would be frustrated if I were you. unroot and bring to sprint maybe they will replace the phone
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Looks like the phone isn't correctly reading the battery.
However, the symptom of the phone going into charging when off when it's not plugged in (phone thinking it's charging) is pretty common with the Samsung Replenish, and is almost always an indicator of a bad charging port. This could also explain the LED not going out (ie charging). We see it in our store alot. Your battery dying in 3 hours would make sense, as the phone isn't charging the battery correctly in this scenario.
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I agree.. it seems to be the charging port on the phone. My wife's phone had a very similar problem. Her screen would turn on by itself, the led light would stay on all day, and battery only lasted about 2 hours. It would always freeze up too once in a while and when you turn it back on, the battery drained like 20% in a span of 5 mins. Her battery stats look very similar to yours, with all the spikes. On top of that, her phone kept going into driving mode or voice talk randomly. Her phone was rooted with the auto root procedure. I wanted to back up her phone with TiB regularly and put on adblock.. but otherwise everything was stock on her phone.
What I ended up doing was a factory reset. That cleared up the freezing issue and the screen turning on and off, but the battery stuff was still acting the same. I did a battery pull over night and cleaned the contacts of the charging port of the phone with a very small q-tip and toothpick. I also cleaned the battery terminals as well for good measure. Put the battery back on the phone and charged to full while the phone was off. First thing I did when I turned on the phone was to download the battery calibrator app and run the calibration. Her phone has been back to normal now for almost 3 weeks.

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I agree.. it seems to be the charging port on the phone. My wife's phone had a very similar problem. Her screen would turn on by itself, the led light would stay on all day, and battery only lasted about 2 hours. It would always freeze up too once in a while and when you turn it back on, the battery drained like 20% in a span of 5 mins. Her battery stats look very similar to yours, with all the spikes. On top of that, her phone kept going into driving mode or voice talk randomly. Her phone was rooted with the auto root procedure. I wanted to back up her phone with TiB regularly and put on adblock.. but otherwise everything was stock on her phone.
What I ended up doing was a factory reset. That cleared up the freezing issue and the screen turning on and off, but the battery stuff was still acting the same. I did a battery pull over night and cleaned the contacts of the charging port of the phone with a very small q-tip and toothpick. I also cleaned the battery terminals as well for good measure. Put the battery back on the phone and charged to full while the phone was off. First thing I did when I turned on the phone was to download the battery calibrator app and run the calibration. Her phone has been back to normal now for almost 3 weeks.
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Are you in a damp/humid area? I know my phone did that sometimes too during humid summer days. It's completely fine in any other condition though, especially during this colder winter.

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Are you in a damp/humid area? I know my phone did that sometimes too during humid summer days. It's completely fine in any other condition though, especially during this colder winter.
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i'm not in a damp/humid area, my wife and I have the same phone. Mine has been okay with minimal issues. Although now that I think about it, she did spill some water on the table with her phone near by a week before her phone start acting up. She had a TPU case which protected it from most of the water, but maybe some of it got in through the headphone jack or charging port??
to the OP: maybe you can try this battery calibration method as well. Some people have reported success with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312273

Battery not charging (rooted and calks v2.8)

Hey guys just wanted to know is anybody else is having this issue that you plug your phone and instead of charging, keeps loosing charge, I don't know if it's a rom related issue (I doubt it) or just a defect from factory.
Is it a known issue I'm sorry I'm on the app at work and can't search that well on the app as you all know.
Thanks in advance
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Have you tried another cable/charger? My daughter goes through charging cables about once a month. I don't get how, I've been using the same one I got with my EVO.

I feel such a noob! It was the charger, but that is so cheap of samsung to give such a bad charger, now I'm using my old evo 3D charger and works like a charm!
Thanks
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Yeah, its probably just had a bad charger connection. For example, I have two LG chargers. One really "sticks" when charging, for example I could move the phone around and it will continue to charge. The other one, even the slightest movement, loses its charge easily.

OverHeating Issue

I left my phone on the charger all night and when I woke up it was fully charged, but really.. really, hot. I noticed I had one notification which was a text and I know the phone stopped charging, and that shouldn't be the issue. After unplugged it, reset it, and answered the text It cooled down. I had a text just a couple of minutes ago and waited a while to answer it and noticed my phone was getting slightly warmer. Since I responded Its now at a regular temperature. Is it possible my phones overheating from pending notifications? I know that question sounds dumb but this is really bugging me out. Anyone have any advice?
I running ERA Legendary Rom with GetuSum's EI22 ICS theme 2.1 if anyone wanted to know.

Did you leave any apps on plus when you charge your phone Being "ON" it heats up more than if Off
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Did you leave any apps on plus when you charge your phone Being "ON" it heats up more than if Off
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I usually power it off.. because it also charges faster. I had no apps running and even turned off the data connection. I DID however try to install the gta San Andreas app from an "undisclosed" website.. (ehmm 4shart) which was a bad idea since of course it didn't work.. I really hope im not gonna have to end up re-installing this rom and theme, since i just installed it 3 days ago.

what are a couple things that would cause over heating? maybe that can help out.. thanks

If your phone is in use while on the charger... the display being really high the normal things.... that cause overheating like leaveing it clocked at 1500mhz
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True, I think my display was on, and it usually is pretty bright. I just charged it again this time while powered off and there was no overheating (woohoo!) I've had this epic for about a year and a half now so I take care of it likes it's child haha...
I appreciate the advice :thumbup:

I noticed my phone got hot when charging (phone is on when I charge) with the EI22 ROMs I used.
I recently installed the stock EL30, rooted it, and installed the Shadow kernel for EL30. Now it always stays cool. Coincidence? Maybe, but I'm happy it's always cool now.

there's possibily charging overnight will make your battery broke inside (see explanation for li ion battery on google)so it easily become overheated when used normally

[Request] How to prevent screen from waking up while pluging charger?

Hi all. My Gnex have really annoying problem. It keeps charging even while charger is unplugged and screen keeps turning on and off all the time while it is unplugged from the charger. So my question is like in a title. Any one can help?
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AW: [Request] How to prevent screen from waking up while pluging charger?
it is a hardware problem, do a little research about it.. if you are lucky everything will be fine if you push the tounge in the usb port a little to the middle
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Odp: [Request] How to prevent screen from waking up while pluging charger?
I know that is a hardware problem but I need to disable screen wakening while it's "charging"
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Ewuetebe said:
Hi all. My Gnex have really annoying problem. It keeps charging even while charger is unplugged and screen keeps turning on and off all the time while it is unplugged from the charger. So my question is like in a title. Any one can help?
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if the phone shows that it is still charging while the phone is unplugged it sounds like your charging port could be going bad. as far as disabling the screen wake, try doing a google search for an app that can do it, i know the newer versions of the sourcery rom have an option to disable the screen wake on plug/unplug.

I have had the this problem as well and looked into this as possible way to deal with the problem but it really does not help the battery draining issue you are having with the screen wake while unplugging as the apps stop the full wakelock but then you will still get the partial wakelock so you get almost no deep sleep while the phone is on.
The best thing to do is just buy a new usb port and replace it, plus if you are having this issue you probably have lost usb data connectivity as well well i did when this happened. This gnex are super easy to tear down (took me about 10min to replace) and the usb port is like 4-6 dollars plus shipping, not really to much. This happens quite often on the gnex so i just bought 3 when i did it and it was all of like 14 dollars with shipping. But anyway like i said if you are thinking that just stopping the screen from waking is going to stop the massive battery drain that this causes it will not, or well it did not in my case.
Just my two cents on this wonderful usb port they have given us

[Q] Bricked stock phone while using gmail. Advice?

I was emailing myself about 8 pictures last night and managed to somehow brick my phone. I created the gmail message to myself with 8 photos attached. I pressed send, then launched the camera to snap a photo of something else. As soon as I took the photo, the phone said, "the application gmail process com.google.android.gm has stopped." I pressed okay then relaunched the gmail app to see if my message send.
This is when things got weird. The gmail app opened to an empty window. The window looked like the gmail app, just with no text or icons anywhere. Then whole phone became unresponsive. I could not pull down the status bar or go to the home screen. Since my power button is broken, I pulled the battery to reboot. When I put it back in, all I got was a solid blue light.
I did some research, but it seems everyone else gets the blue light of death from doing something stupid like pulling the battery midflash. I did try some of the suggestions I found, such as using a fresh battery or holding the volume button when the phone turns on. Nothing worked.
I was running the stock rom, probably GB27 or whatever was released in early march. If it makes a difference, I was running a stock rooted rom for a bit. Early last month, I needed to take the phone into sprint so I unrooted the phone and did an ota update. It ran fine like this until today.
What are my options to revive my galaxy, and how the hell did gmail brick my phone?
Thank you.

macraze said:
I was emailing myself about 8 pictures last night and managed to somehow brick my phone. I created the gmail message to myself with 8 photos attached. I pressed send, then launched the camera to snap a photo of something else. As soon as I took the photo, the phone said, "the application gmail process com.google.android.gm has stopped." I pressed okay then relaunched the gmail app to see if my message send.
This is when things got weird. The gmail app opened to an empty window. The window looked like the gmail app, just with no text or icons anywhere. Then whole phone became unresponsive. I could not pull down the status bar or go to the home screen. Since my power button is broken, I pulled the battery to reboot. When I put it back in, all I got was a solid blue light.
I did some research, but it seems everyone else gets the blue light of death from doing something stupid like pulling the battery midflash. I did try some of the suggestions I found, such as using a fresh battery or holding the volume button when the phone turns on. Nothing worked.
I was running the stock rom, probably GB27 or whatever was released in early march. If it makes a difference, I was running a stock rooted rom for a bit. Early last month, I needed to take the phone into sprint so I unrooted the phone and did an ota update. It ran fine like this until today.
What are my options to revive my galaxy, and how the hell did gmail brick my phone?
Thank you.
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I would imagine that something was updating in the background, perhaps one of google hidden services and conflicted with your email. I would try using the one clicks to flash in the whole package again myself (maybe a bit drastic, but you can try one of the no data wipe versions if you like).

hlxanthus said:
I would imagine that something was updating in the background, perhaps one of google hidden services and conflicted with your email. I would try using the one clicks to flash in the whole package again myself (maybe a bit drastic, but you can try one of the no data wipe versions if you like).
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Are you able to get into Odin mode? I'm curious as to how you turn your phone on after battery pull without a power button? I'm not being smart, just sincerely curious. If you can't get into Odin mode, you can't do a one click. If you can't get anything to come on, I would suggest trying a dongle jig to get you into Odin mode so you can flash a one click and bring your phone back to life. They are like 4 bucks on Amazon. Google dongle jig sph-d710 epic 4g touch. Simply plugging it in will bring up Odin(if you're not completely bricked, which I don't believe you are) no power button needed. Good luck!
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I've seen a blue light brick first hand and if I remember right the light does turn on with a battery in the phone. It's been a year now so I'm not sure.
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This sounds similar to my issue here and another post here, neither of which appear to have any resolution yet. What is bricking our phones?!

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Are you able to get into Odin mode? I'm curious as to how you turn your phone on after battery pull without a power button? I'm not being smart, just sincerely curious. If you can't get into Odin mode, you can't do a one click. If you can't get anything to come on, I would suggest trying a dongle jig to get you into Odin mode so you can flash a one click and bring your phone back to life. They are like 4 bucks on Amazon. Google dongle jig sph-d710 epic 4g touch. Simply plugging it in will bring up Odin(if you're not completely bricked, which I don't believe you are) no power button needed. Good luck!
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I can turn it on without the power button by simply inserting the battery. It automatically boots up when the battery is inserted.
The device is completely bricked. I can not get into Odin or recovery mode. When I insert the battery I get a solid blue light for about 5 seconds. Then it shuts off for 1 second and comes back on again. Holding volume down while it is powering up does nothing.
Thanks for the dongle suggestion, I will check it out.

if it remains solid blue after that single flash then something triggered the brick bug. the usb jig is very unlikely to boot to odin for you. however should you buy one or make one please update good or bad. thats a hell of a weird brick though.
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macraze said:
I can turn it on without the power button by simply inserting the battery. It automatically boots up when the battery is inserted.
The device is completely bricked. I can not get into Odin or recovery mode. When I insert the battery I get a solid blue light for about 5 seconds. Then it shuts off for 1 second and comes back on again. Holding volume down while it is powering up does nothing.
Thanks for the dongle suggestion, I will check it out.
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If the blue light is blinking on and off you need to try a fully charged battery or charging it in an external charger or 2nd device. The battery is below the minimum voltage threshold. If it's bricked the light stays on and doesn't turn off at all
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If the blue light is blinking on and off you need to try a fully charged battery or charging it in an external charger or 2nd device. The battery is below the minimum voltage.
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It only blinks once, and I have tried a full battery. I have two extra anker batteries and an external charger. It doesn't seem to help :/

macraze said:
It only blinks once, and I have tried a full battery. I have two extra anker batteries and an external charger. It doesn't seem to help :/
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Check for corrosion near the charger port on the logic board. The voltage regulator may have corrosion on it or cracked solder. The typical super brick lights up blue and stays lit up. Usually the pulse is an indication of incorrect voltage at the voltage regulator/charging circuit. Also check the connector pins in the battery bay to see if any are bent, broken, dirty or corroded.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Check for corrosion near the charger port on the logic board. The voltage regulator may have corrosion on it or cracked solder. The typical super brick lights up blue and stays lit up. Usually the pulse is an indication of incorrect voltage at the voltage regulator/charging circuit. Also check the connector pins in the battery bay to see if any are bent, broken, dirty or corroded.
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Okay, I'll take the back casing off and have a look inside. I will report back soon. Thanks!
Edit: I checked the batteries with my multimeter. One read 4.2v. The others read about 3.7v. There is not much corrosion on the battery contacts. I have yet to find the regulator circuit on the board.

That 4.2 is way too high. It probably fried something on the mobo. The voltage should never peak above 3.8. I am betting that the one that reads 4.2 is the battery that was in the phone at the time. Too much voltage=broke device. So it is likely that the voltage regulator could not handle the higher volts and it fried.
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That 4.2 is way too high. It probably fried something on the mobo. The voltage should never peak above 3.8. I am betting that the one that reads 4.2 is the battery that was in the phone at the time. Too much voltage=broke device. So it is likely that the voltage regulator could not handle the higher volts and it fried.
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Thank you very much for your response. I do not think it is the issue, however. Both of their batteries read 4.2 when full. I always charge them on the provided wall charger. The batteries say on the back not to charge above 4.2V. When charging batteries, you always charge with a voltage slightly higher than what is expected of the battery. (e.g. 12V car batteries charge at aprox. 14.4V). I do not think 500mV would fry a voltage regulator. I know the LM7805's are good for up to 35V on the input lead. Furthermore, this is the voltage with no load. It should be slightly less when the device is running.
However, I could be wrong. Perhaps the phone does have an extremely sensitive power management circuit. I will research this further and email Anker when I get the chance.

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That 4.2 is way too high. It probably fried something on the mobo. The voltage should never peak above 3.8. I am betting that the one that reads 4.2 is the battery that was in the phone at the time. Too much voltage=broke device. So it is likely that the voltage regulator could not handle the higher volts and it fried.
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4.2 is a full charge... precisely 4255mV or 4.2V is a full charge ans 3421mV or 3.4V is a dead battery.
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My battery has always read
3.7 to 3.8 volts. Even at a full charge. I have never seen it at a higher voltage. The output of the battery is 3.7, so why would that change depending on charge level?
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jdsingle76 said:
Google dongle jig
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Sorry, to intrude but this part was kind of funny.

Nuenjin said:
Sorry, to intrude but this part was kind of funny.
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That's what she said.
Pp.
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macraze said:
It only blinks once, and I have tried a full battery. I have two extra anker batteries and an external charger. It doesn't seem to help :/
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My wife got anker batteries and had nothing but problems, if you have a different brand or oem yet those after full charge. Ffr the anker external chargers are notorious for killing any battery put in them. They're sub par, cheap crap.
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