So I got a flashing orange light on my EVO tonight when I plugged it in to charge, phone was dead, wouldn't turn on, dead battery. That's one reason you get a flashing orange light, a completely dead battery, just plug it in and let it sit for a bit and it will get a solid orange light. I advise waiting 20min or so then turning it on.
Side note, car chargers don't always have the power so you can use your phone while it's charging when the battery is really low, had it plugged it and was using it for an hour + and it still died
mrono said:
So I got a flashing orange light on my EVO tonight when I plugged it in to charge, phone was dead, wouldn't turn on, dead battery. That's one reason you get a flashing orange light, a completely dead battery, just plug it in and let it sit for a bit and it will get a solid orange light. I advise waiting 20min or so then turning it on.
Side note, car chargers don't always have the power so you can use your phone while it's charging when the battery is really low, had it plugged it and was using it for an hour + and it still died
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There are car chargers you can get that will charge the same as your wall charger. Read it and see if it says 1000mA.. There are also adapters that plug into 2 usb ports at 500mA equaling 1000 when charging your phone. Most car usb port chargers have 2 slots or more so its possible. You can also use the adapter method on your computer to receive the full 1000mA charge.
I'm using my palm pre car charger (original). I was streaming Pandora n checking my Facebook and it charged till it was full (green light n all)
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I'm using my palm pre car charger (original). I was streaming Pandora n checking my Facebook and it charged till it was full (green light n all)
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Mine charger works for my car, but my moms has a usb port built into the car and that's the one that wouldn't keep my phone alive.
mrono said:
So I got a flashing orange light on my EVO tonight when I plugged it in to charge, phone was dead, wouldn't turn on, dead battery. That's one reason you get a flashing orange light, a completely dead battery, just plug it in and let it sit for a bit and it will get a solid orange light. I advise waiting 20min or so then turning it on.
Side note, car chargers don't always have the power so you can use your phone while it's charging when the battery is really low, had it plugged it and was using it for an hour + and it still died
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My EVO Shift completely discharged and when I plugged it in to recharge it, I got the same problem - amber light would flash 3 or 4 times then stop, it would not charge and not turn on. I removed the battery for 10min. With the battery removed I plugged in the USB cable into the computer and phone, pressed the power button, unplugged the USB, pressed the power button again, replaced the battery, plugged in the USB and the amber light went solid and appears to be charging now.
BTW, I'm posting this because the OP's solution of plugging "it in and let it sit for a bit" didn't work, it was plugged into the wall adapter all night and didn't charge. I could only get it to do so using the steps above. cheers.
If you happen to be near a Sprint store and the "let it charge for about 20 minutes until solid orange" didn't work, take your battery to them. They can boost it on their battery machine. I see a lot of customers just for this very reason.
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There are car chargers you can get that will charge the same as your wall charger. Read it and see if it says 1000mA.. There are also adapters that plug into 2 usb ports at 500mA equaling 1000 when charging your phone. Most car usb port chargers have 2 slots or more so its possible. You can also use the adapter method on your computer to receive the full 1000mA charge.
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I've had my EVO for just a few days and I got the abrupt shut down followed by flashing amber light also. The phone was charging off the usb of my laptop at the time. When i unplugged the phone the light turned off and the phone would not turn on. I thought I fried it because I did not know what flashing amber meant. What was strange about it was that not only did I not receive the usual "battery is nearing 15%, please plug in" notification but the phone powered off when I was reading an article about things to do to prolong battery life. Anyway, I proceeded to charge the phone from an outlet and now things seem to be fine.
I am having a similar problem with my HTC Incredible 2 on verizon. Last night it was charging just fine, and when I woke up this morning it was off and it won't turn on or do anything. I can plug it in and if I hold the battery it will flash the orange light a few times but it always stops. I've tried the fixes in this thread and nothing...what can I do?
It was still almost half way charged when I feel asleep last night so the battery wouldn't have run down. The only thing I'm worried about is if the charger did something to the battery but it seems unlikely as its a charger I've used often.
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My EVO Shift completely discharged and when I plugged it in to recharge it, I got the same problem - amber light would flash 3 or 4 times then stop, it would not charge and not turn on. I removed the battery for 10min. With the battery removed I plugged in the USB cable into the computer and phone, pressed the power button, unplugged the USB, pressed the power button again, replaced the battery, plugged in the USB and the amber light went solid and appears to be charging now.
BTW, I'm posting this because the OP's solution of plugging "it in and let it sit for a bit" didn't work, it was plugged into the wall adapter all night and didn't charge. I could only get it to do so using the steps above. cheers.
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Thanks! That worked!
I tried bryank909's method and that worked for me too, thanks a lot !
EDIT : after a little time the LED switched off . So I retried the trick and it's not working anymore...
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I tried bryank909's method and that worked for me too, thanks a lot !
EDIT : after a little time the LED switched off . So I retried the trick and it's not working anymore...
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When the amber light is blinking, it basically means charging, but there is not enough turn on voltage to power on the device. If you were previously charging it > remove the battery for 5 minutes > replace it > charge the device on a WALL outlet, NOT a usb charging, i.e. computer, tv, xbox, etc. You should be good to go after that.
Well, when I plug it on a wall outlet and always this switching amber LED...
The fact is that this charger is working well with my other phone (HTC Sensation)
I'll try another charger if I found it !
Hello
This happens on my HTC HD2 when it's on the car mount and used as a GPS, and when there's too much sun hitting the device!
I know I should put the device in the shade, but for that, I'd have to buy a new car mount system, annoying...
In my case of desire sv which suddenly died and was "amber blinking", I had to just push the battery a little bit for it to start working again. Until that point of physical battery adjustment, I tried many options for the "amber blink" to go away.
Thank God, the phone is alive. Apparently, as I understand, the amber blink is to indicate that the battery is not present - perhaps. :on't Know::
Got the 3500MAH battery via ebay yesterday. Plugged it in, ran it all day. Got down to 3 percent when I got home. Plugged it in.. all i get is the amber light blinking, then turning to amber and green blinking. Ok, so i unplugged the charger and let the battery sit out for an hour or so. Maybe it was overheating. Plugged it all back in, same thing and it will not turn on. Tried a different charger, nothing.
I remember seeing something on here a while back, but i can't find it now (yes, even with a google search) about people using 3000-3500MAH batteries and having the same issue but after doing.. something.. everything started working. Couldn't remember what. Any ideas to help me get this thing to charge?
Hi,
last night my Desire ran out of juice, and when i woke up it was empty.
So this morning i turned it on, entered my PIN and immediatly plugged it.
When i came back later, it was not running anymore. The LED isn't green as usual, and i can't turn it on.
It charges for several hours now, and nothing happen. I tried pulling of the battery, nothing at all.
I'm running Oxygen 2.0 RC7 (Android 2.3.2) for weeks without any problems.
tl;dr : phone not charging, no led at all. plz help.
Thx in advance for your answers !
EDIT : the phone rebooted without SIM and SD cards. Weird.
I just faced the same problem. I woke up to see the battery was compelety drained and the phone was off. I plug in the charger but the led doesn't turn on. How did you resolve this? How did you manage to reboot the device?
In my case, the phone was on with the charger plugged in but battery icon is red and empty. I reboot and clear battery stat in clockworkmod, reboot and all's well again...
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Well, in my case I had drained the battery completely. The phone neither would turn on nor would charge after the battery was drained overnight. I checked that there was about 3V in all cells of the battery.
In such case, pull out the battery and plug in your charger and you can see the led flash in all colors. This will make sure that the problem is with the drained battery and not the phone. Leave the charger plugged in for about 10-15 mins without the battery. Then put the battery back on and charge your phone, it should start charging and you will be able to see the red led. Now, let it charge till till your battery is fully charged.
i also have the problem that the phone want charge
when i insert the charger (with removed battery) sometimes the led starts flashing and sometimes it does not
at the first time i tried your method and waited for about 10 minutes
at next i inserted the battery but the phone didnt start to charge and now the led want start flashing when i connect it to the charger
ME Too1!!!!
pointia said:
i also have the problem that the phone want charge
when i insert the charger (with removed battery) sometimes the led starts flashing and sometimes it does not
at the first time i tried your method and waited for about 10 minutes
at next i inserted the battery but the phone didnt start to charge and now the led want start flashing when i connect it to the charger
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Please HELP !!! Tryed other bats and chargers, no led, no charging, it't 0% charging non stop!(i charged battery in other phone!)
Any solutions to cp6ija's problem?
This morning had same problem myself. HTC Desire plugged into mains charger overnight, but this morning discovered hadn't actually been charging and battery low although phone working. Now battery drained and cant get charging led to flash whether plugged into mains charger or PC via USB. Tried different USB leads and temporary battery removal as well as charging withour batter. LED resolutely dead
As per sod's law, phone out of warranty a few months back.
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Hi all,
So I've had my Desire HD since launch and it's been doing me great! However last night I plugged it in for it's routinely charge and wake up this morning and it is dead.
Here is the thing,
I know the USB charge is loose and needs to fiddle with it before it charges sometimes (phone sleeps on the bed next to me so could have knocked it in my sleep stopping it from charging)
The phone was working this morning at around 9am, because my alarm goes off then, but I turned off my alarm and went back to sleep and woke up later to a unresponsive phone
The phone is not using the HTC charger, just a USB cable that is plugged into a USB wall outlet adapter. The phone picks this up as a USB charger rather than a A/C charger (which I know means a slower charge)
So after all this, is there a way to see if my phone is genuinely dead or if the battery is just completely flat?
When you plug it into the charger the LED should come on; orange if the battery is below 90% and green if the battery is 90% or above.
Does this happen when you try to charge your phone? If it does leave it that way in a place where the phone or cable can't get bumped or moved and let it charge for a few hours and see if the LED changes to green.
Chezbel said:
When you plug it into the charger the LED should come on; orange if the battery is below 90% and green if the battery is 90% or above.
Does this happen when you try to charge your phone? If it does leave it that way in a place where the phone or cable can't get bumped or moved and let it charge for a few hours and see if the LED changes to green.
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So I do not get any LED lights coming up on the charge indicator at all. I've left it for a few days now plugged in trying different chargers as well.
I would assume in this case, the phone is dead?
Maybe try a different cable/charger
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Or maybe check if you placed your battery with the metal contacts together and not the other way. Or try a new battery. Could be a faulty battery too
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Hi yesterday my One X went down to 3% battery. When I pluged in the charging cable a pop up message said. more battery used than charged and the One X shut completely down. I tried to turn it on again but nothing happened.
Ok. I let it charged the whole night over. But in the morning I still can't turn it on. Everything I got is a blinking red LED. I tried holding the power button for 20 sec., power+vol. down, power+vol. up.
When the phone isn't conected to the charging cable I didn't get the blinking LED neither.
Anybody with the same problem?
maybe the charger is broken because from what you describing i think the phone still works
+1 looks like charger has a problem. Did you try another cable ? Directly plugged in your computer ?
Hi do you have clockwork mod installed? Mine did this and to fix it i connected it to my pc via usb and left it for 4 hours. the red light stopped blinking and i booted, then connected it to a mains charger. just an idea.
Hm okay. I don't think it's the charger because the phone is getting warm on the backside when it is plugged in. Some thing when it's USB-plugged.
The man of the service hotline told me to take out the battery. hahaha stupid man. Now I get a 1on1 exchange tomorrow. He couldn't solve the problem.
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Do anybody know a trick how I could backup my files? Shortly before breakdown I took a few photos which I would like to keep.