Hey guys!
My phone died on me yesterday since I forgot to charge it the day before, it was dead in my pocket for 3 hours until I got home.
Without bothering to do anything, I simply plugged my dead phone into the charger and went to bed. I woke up today, unplugged it from the charger and the phone stayed with the charging symbol stuck, I pressed the power button and nothing so I had to make a battery pull to get it to turn on.
Any issue to what could have caused this? also any interesting battery saving tips? sprints crappy 3g network in my area is draining the battery quickly so I turned off mobile data.
EDIT: Snap, I think this belongs in the Q&A section sorry mods
forcing 2g mode should help.
you can also get a spare battery
letting a lithium battery drain to 0 reduces its life.
Not sure what could have happened to make your phone get stuck at boot when charging.
As far as battery saving tips, there are tons all over these forums, but it really depends on what you are willing to give up as far as features in order to save battery. You can always turn down screen brightness, turn off WiFi/Bluetooth/3G, uninstall battery-hogging apps, turn off sync and background data etc.. Its all about finding a good balance though.
martonikaj said:
Not sure what could have happened to make your phone get stuck at boot when charging.
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That's not his issue.
gab2012 said:
Hey guys!
I woke up today, unplugged it from the charger and the phone stayed with the charging symbol stuck, I pressed the power button and nothing so I had to make a battery pull to get it to turn on.
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That's a sign of either:
dirty usb port, clean it.
Faulty or going faulty usb port.
Sometimes Rom, kernel issue.
atifsh said:
That's not his issue.
That's a sign of either:
dirty usb port, clean it.
Faulty or going faulty usb port.
Sometimes Rom, kernel issue.
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Can I use compressed air to blow the possible dust out?
I'm running ru jellying m1 with no special kernel.
gab2012 said:
Can I use compressed air to blow the possible dust out?
I'm running ru jellying m1 with no special kernel.
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I have that ROM as well this is one of the few listed bugs in the OP of that thread.
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sstory792 said:
I have that ROM as well this is one of the few listed bugs in the OP of that thread.
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Thanks, should have red the OP first
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My phone has started acting weird lately and im not sure why, it could just be a bad battery but im not sure until i put another one in it tomorrow. Ive been using myns 2.2 for a few weeks, and cm6 for a long time.
Myns has been setup the same way for weeks, no changes at all. Yesterday i woke up and my phone was dead, but before i went to sleep it had a little over 70% battery.
Its not my charger ives tried different usb cables, car charger, etc. The battery icon will change to charging but the % never goes up....
Any other ideas except a bad battery?
Could always do a nandroid backup, then do a wipe reinstall, just to see if its OS or app related. Then if no change was found in regards to battery drainage,you could go do a nandroid restore, if you found it was just a bad battery all along.
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potna said:
Could always do a nandroid backup, then do a wipe reinstall, just to see if its OS or app related. Then if no change was found in regards to battery drainage,you could go do a nandroid restore, if you found it was just a bad battery all along.
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i did a backup and full wipe earlier when my phone still had about 30% battery. Still wont charge.
Turn your phone off, and plug it into a USB charger, see if it charges. If not, try plugging into a USB port on a laptop/desktop, while the phone's still off.
Just a shot in the dark here.
drmacinyasha said:
Turn your phone off, and plug it into a USB charger, see if it charges. If not, try plugging into a USB port on a laptop/desktop, while the phone's still off.
Just a shot in the dark here.
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yeah ive tried to charge it every way possible lol. thanks for the suggestions though!
So your usb will power the phone enough to turn on? Can you do all adb type things like the USB is connecting right? It could always be the battery or bad contacts/solder on the phone part
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Assuming you flashed new Rom correctly, you can start to look at battery and hardware.
Id start wig battery, maybe sprint store has one laying around they could pop in ling enough to observe its behavior. Maybe buy heap battery from ebay.
I m not the authority on anything but I would flash back to stock and ask Sprint store to help you out. If you walk in with custom Rom they may flag you. I find it hard to believe you have a bad battery already, but I have seen stranger things.
How long does it take to charge? And precisely how long it last? An hour? 30mins?
Oh my bad, I see its not charging at all. Could be bad cable. Bad thing is, if they find that he usb port is damaged they may not warranty that. But who knows.
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ok well its been solved. narrowed it down to the usb port. sprint guy agreed and ill have a replacement on wednesday!
have you checked this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243&highlight=usb+fix
i would give that a shot if you can even get it to come on long enough or a way to get your battery to charge.
I'm having the problem your describing.
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Turn your phone off, and plug it into a USB charger, see if it charges. If not, try plugging into a USB port on a laptop/desktop, while the phone's still off.
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I'm having the problem your describing. Do you know how to fix it? I've seen a couple of threads One said to flash the radio, but no one provides any links as to how to do it. I could really use some help.
Thanks,
Lance
Battery charge indicator 2.3.5 upgrade problem
Hello everyone.This is my first time come to xda-developers form.I'm from china.
Yesterday I update my wildfire S(China mainland Edition)to 2.3.5+Sense3.0 lockscreen(Taiwan Edition)'s ROM.
I charge my bbttery yesterday evening.I turn off my phone.
When charge compalate.I found that the LED light didn't change green.It was still orange.
Why?How to solve it?
PS:Maybe my post have some Grammar problem。I hope that you can Bear with it.
Try factory reset see if it helps.
Backup important information and personal stuff first.
Just try the procedure of taking the battery out, sim card, micro sd etc etc and see if that works...
are you using the stock battery?
i used to notice with my (so called) extended battery 2430mah Gold battery, the software would say it was 100% charge, but it stayed orange for around another hour or two, then eventually turned green...i assume this is because the phone software had misjudged the charge level...so although it THOUGHT it was 100% full, it was actually still charging?
so if you have changed the battery at all, leave it charging for a bit longer (only an hour or so) and see if it goes out?
should be safe, as the batteries themselves usually have an auto shut off safety to stop them from being over-charged.
I get the exact same on ALL custom ROMs, never on Stock though, would love a fix!
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I get the exact same on ALL custom ROMs, never on Stock though, would love a fix!
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Since I unlocked my phone's bootloader, rooted and installed custom recovery I have the same problem too.
If I charge the battery with the phone turned on, the led turns green at 100% and everything is fine.
If I charge the battery with the phone off, the led stays orange forever even when I disconnect the charger. Then I have to remove the battery and insert it again so that the led turns off. If I wait enough time charging the battery reaches 100%.
This is a strange sympton that only started with the rooting/recovery flashing process.
Oh and BTW the way, I use stock battery but now I'm waiting for the arrival of two batteries I ordered on eBay.
One is a Li-Ion 1500 mAh and the other a Li-Polymer 2430 mAh.
Will see if the same happens when they arrive but I'm almost 100% sure this has something to do with the bootloader unlocking process.
Does anybody know how to fix this? I would really appreciate it.
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are you using the stock battery?
i used to notice with my (so called) extended battery 2430mah Gold battery, the software would say it was 100% charge, but it stayed orange for around another hour or two, then eventually turned green...i assume this is because the phone software had misjudged the charge level...so although it THOUGHT it was 100% full, it was actually still charging?
so if you have changed the battery at all, leave it charging for a bit longer (only an hour or so) and see if it goes out?
should be safe, as the batteries themselves usually have an auto shut off safety to stop them from being over-charged.
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I for example left my phone charging for 8 hours (during the night) beyond the normal charge time. And the worst is that I have to remove the battery in order to turn off the orange led and be able to turn on my phone...
miguelca said:
I for example left my phone charging for 8 hours (during the night) beyond the normal charge time. And the worst is that I have to remove the battery in order to turn off the orange led and be able to turn on my phone...
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happens to me too ... and i see we don't use same rom ... noone knows ?
Hi
have you try to wipe battery stats in recovery mode?
perhaps this will help, although I had not previously encountered a similar problem
freem4n said:
Hi
have you try to wipe battery stats in recovery mode?
perhaps this will help, although I had not previously encountered a similar problem
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I've tried wiping battery stats in recovery mode and also with Nema Battery Calibration. Nothing fixes this annoying bug.
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I've tried wiping battery stats in recovery mode and also with Nema Battery Calibration. Nothing fixes this annoying bug.
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Same as, pain in the arse!
Great news! At least on my phone this problem is gone.
You wonder how? Simply by updating recovery to v5.0.2.8 from ROM Manager.
I almost didn't notice it it but a few hours ago I plugged my phone to the charger while still on. After finishing my work I turned it off (no fastboot).
In the meanwhile I needed to use my phone far from the wall plug and disconnected the usb charger cable.
My gesture was to immediately remove back cover to remove the battery but fortunately I noticed the orange led went off.
So I decided to plug it again and wait for the charge to complete and for the green led. It did!
So run to the Market, download ROM Manager and let it update your recovery to the latest version.
I hope this annoying pest won't bother you no more.
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Well done MiguelCA
That sorted it out alright, now, thats all my little annoying bugs sorted!
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Well done MiguelCA
That sorted it out alright, now, thats all my little annoying bugs sorted!
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Great to hear that I could help.
miguelca said:
Great news! At least on my phone this problem is gone.
You wonder how? Simply by updating recovery to v5.0.2.8 from ROM Manager.
I almost didn't notice it it but a few hours ago I plugged my phone to the charger while still on. After finishing my work I turned it off (no fastboot).
In the meanwhile I needed to use my phone far from the wall plug and disconnected the usb charger cable.
My gesture was to immediately remove back cover to remove the battery but fortunately I noticed the orange led went off.
So I decided to plug it again and wait for the charge to complete and for the green led. It did!
So run to the Market, download ROM Manager and let it update your recovery to the latest version.
I hope this annoying pest won't bother you no more.
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thanks, i will definitely try this, ive been having a hard time looking on ways how to solve this problem.. also can i now do battery calibration steps after that?
cause im having battery drain issue on my WFS after flashing of ROM, im not getting 4.219V my only maximum was 4.196V. And yesterday i tried charging my phone in OFF state for 7.5hours and when i open it 100% at 4.077V, and now 87% just after 15mins of use..
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thanks, i will definitely try this, ive been having a hard time looking on ways how to solve this problem.. also can i now do battery calibration steps after that?
cause im having battery drain issue on my WFS after flashing of ROM, im not getting 4.219V my only maximum was 4.196V. And yesterday i tried charging my phone in OFF state for 7.5hours and when i open it 100% at 4.077V, and now 87% just after 15mins of use..
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also try the battery saving tips from my signature links
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also try the battery saving tips from my signature links
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thanks, il try your tips after i succeed in battery calibration.
miguelca said:
Great news! At least on my phone this problem is gone.
You wonder how? Simply by updating recovery to v5.0.2.8 from ROM Manager.
I almost didn't notice it it but a few hours ago I plugged my phone to the charger while still on. After finishing my work I turned it off (no fastboot).
In the meanwhile I needed to use my phone far from the wall plug and disconnected the usb charger cable.
My gesture was to immediately remove back cover to remove the battery but fortunately I noticed the orange led went off.
So I decided to plug it again and wait for the charge to complete and for the green led. It did!
So run to the Market, download ROM Manager and let it update your recovery to the latest version.
I hope this annoying pest won't bother you no more.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using xda premium
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sorted it out alright,was using a universal charger for a replacement night hour charging ....thought this is just because of the overclocking.
First of all reset the phone . Am sure that will help.
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First of all reset the phone . Am sure that will help.
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Not what the problem was or related to, it was an outdated ROM manager app that caused it...
my phone doesnt turn on or shows me any indications of charge…when plugged into mac it disables the usb ports saying that some device is using large power so they are disabled to prevent computer from damaging…pls help me
i am going mad without my nexus feeling like i am in hell….
i even tried that pulling battery out then connecting and then inserting the battery but nothing seems to work…i am totally out of ind because i live in india so cant even get a new battery todo something it really hurts
NO USE OF A PC TOOO….THATS simply annoying i feel as if my fingers are cut god please help me:crying::crying::crying:
God this is happening quite a lot now...
I had the same issue for quite a time, but seem to have solved it just now.
My phone only charged when the power was off. When the phone was turned on it didnt charge. So what I did was turn off the phone > let it charge for like an hour > than turn on the phone while it's loading.
Let me know if it worked. Good luck!!
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u misunderstood
Casparovic said:
I had the same issue for quite a time, but seem to have solved it just now.
My phone only charged when the power was off. When the phone was turned on it didnt charge. So what I did was turn off the phone > let it charge for like an hour > than turn on the phone while it's loading.
Let me know if it worked. Good luck!!
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my phone doesnt show charging indication at all but it seems charging the battery because i have a seperate battery charger where it showed full charge it so weird that battery is charged but phone doesnt turn on
same same same!!!
pvkiniyan95 said:
my phone doesnt show charging indication at all but it seems charging the battery because i have a seperate battery charger where it showed full charge it so weird that battery is charged but phone doesnt turn on
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ya....i was having the same problem, but then it progressed to not charging when it's turned off, to finally the battery is just dead and now the phone won't turn on at all. i too feel like i'm in hell.
HELP!!!!!!
Check your usb port for damage, dust, etc
After that try a different usb cable
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no use
bk201doesntexist said:
Check your usb port for damage, dust, etc
After that try a different usb cable
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I cleaned everything but no use...has anyone found a solution for these long days i have been using f***ing nokia e5-00...
pvkiniyan95 said:
I cleaned everything but no use...has anyone found a solution for these long days i have been using f***ing nokia e5-00...
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i think ur phone is bricked see HERE it may help :good:
samersh72 said:
i think ur phone is bricked see HERE it may help :good:
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No buddy i wasnt flashing any custom rom nor custom kernel...my mobile is a comple stockish unrooted galaxy nexus...
so there is no issues of any brick because yesterday to try my luck i plugged my phone to windows pc initially charging indications when the phone is off was displayed but immediately i heared an unplugging sound in my pc and nothing happedned...
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No buddy i wasnt flashing any custom rom nor custom kernel...my mobile is a comple stockish unrooted galaxy nexus...
so there is no issues of any brick because yesterday to try my luck i plugged my phone to windows pc initially charging indications when the phone is off was displayed but immediately i heared an unplugging sound in my pc and nothing happedned...
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if u can get into fastboot mode reflash factory image. otherwise if u can not get into any mode and ur nexus is not turning on, the above link of omap may be useful
samersh72 said:
if u can get into fastboot mode reflash factory image. otherwise if u can not get into any mode and ur nexus is not turning on, the above link of omap may be useful
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all links in that thread are broken(((
but i googled and found a download lemme check it thanks buddy ))))
got my nexus back
finally after 8 months last week igot my gnex back after replacing the entire board which cost me 300$....no more stockish phone just rooted and installed custom kernel....no matter whichever phones come GNEX always rockzzzz...thank u all whoever tried to help me...btw i dont see a thanks button in ur post....thank u
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if u can get into fastboot mode reflash factory image. otherwise if u can not get into any mode and ur nexus is not turning on, the above link of omap may be useful
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I had the problem of ghost charging, it started with phone not charging when connected to charger and then randomly showing charging(even when not plugged in i.e. ghost charging) .
After seeing other thread, i cleaned the port with paper and tooth pick and also pushed the inner tongue slightly upwards and now it doesn't show charging icon, but it says not charging in settings>battery, instead of discharging
It causes vbus_tuna_otg wake lock in Bette battery stats and high system usage in setting> battery, basically not letting the phone go to deep sleep, causing battery drain.
Have tried multiple roms and stock, etc all give same behaviour so definately h/w problem and also have two batteries and both do the same thing.
Any way to fix this. ?
Any help appreciated.
hardikjakharia said:
I had the problem of ghost charging, it started with phone not charging when connected to charger and then randomly showing charging(even when not plugged in i.e. ghost charging) .
After seeing other thread, i cleaned the port with paper and tooth pick and also pushed the inner tongue slightly upwards and now it doesn't show charging icon, but it says not charging in settings>battery, instead of discharging
It causes vbus_tuna_otg wake lock in Bette battery stats and high system usage in setting> battery, basically not letting the phone go to deep sleep, causing battery drain.
Have tried multiple roms and stock, etc all give same behaviour so definately h/w problem and also have two batteries and both do the same thing.
Any way to fix this. ?
Any help appreciated.
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Just have them send you a replacement, I was experiencing the same thing. I was back up and running in a half hour...
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0dBu said:
Just have them send you a replacement, I was experiencing the same thing. I was back up and running in a half hour...
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Hey,
i actually live in India, and had purchased this from US from Google directly, so i dont think samsung will be providing replacement, they give only limited warranty after 14 days..
Any idea on how to solve problem or atleast let device go to sleep..
- Hardik
hardikjakharia said:
Hey,
i actually live in India, and had purchased this from US from Google directly, so i dont think samsung will be providing replacement, they give only limited warranty after 14 days..
Any idea on how to solve problem or atleast let device go to sleep..
- Hardik
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There's another thread in here somewhere where a guy replaced his USB port, you may look into that.
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vbus-tuna_otg
Did you ever get it fixed, I also have the same problem I have been searching and searching and I can't find a solution. I have tried a new battery, resetting the phone to stock, cleaning the usb port, replacing the usb port, taking the phone apart and cleaning it, greenified a lot of apps and the phone still does it. I just ordered another usb port in case the first one I bought was defective. I have bbs and vbus-tuna_otg is the main kernel wakelock killing my battery. Hopefully someone can help us seeing as this is a Google flagship phone.
My phone is a Verizon 32GB Galaxy Nexus running CM 10.1.3
Have tried the same as you. Changed port and battery and problem still persists. It's probably a board thing and needs a board replacement. I ll just have to live with it. I have the GSM version. I wonder if there is any way of disabling the service /process that creates the wakelock...
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Have tried the same as you. Changed port and battery and problem still persists. It's probably a board thing and needs a board replacement. I ll just have to live with it. I have the GSM version. I wonder if there is any way of disabling the service /process that creates the wakelock...
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Damn that really sucks. I just bought the phone and I never knew this problem existed. Google should fix this.
open-source software solution
hardikjakharia said:
It causes vbus_tuna_otg wake lock in Bette battery stats and high system usage in setting> battery, basically not letting the phone go to deep sleep, causing battery drain.
Have tried multiple roms and stock, etc all give same behaviour so definately h/w problem and also have two batteries and both do the same thing.
Any way to fix this. ?
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Hi,
I have developed an open-souce (GPLv3) app that helps save battery when this happens.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2484871
SnooZy Charger turns off the screen on these ghost connections, saving battery consumption by the display. It does not fix the charging issues, but it reduces the battery drain when this happens.
mudar
ps: sorry if this is considered as self promotion or xposting but this issue has been reported on multiple threads..
mudar1488 said:
Hi,
I have developed an open-souce (GPLv3) app that helps save battery when this happens.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2484871
SnooZy Charger turns off the screen on these ghost connections, saving battery consumption by the display. It does not fix the charging issues, but it reduces the battery drain when this happens.
mudar
ps: sorry if this is considered as self promotion or xposting but this issue has been reported on multiple threads..
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Hey thanks I'm going tobgive it a try. I'll leave feedback to see if I have any ideas for you. Thanks again.
Hey everyone
My i9190 (Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini 3G) no longer starts up - and by that, I mean it doesn't even vibrate and show the Samsung logo when I hold down the power button. I'd flashed the CM 13 nightly only a day before this happened. I'd left it on at home when I went out, and when I came back I found it was off, and it doesn't respond to any key combination I try to make it work. My recovery is TWRP, I'd flashed a custom kernel a month back but replaced it with the CM kernel again when I found the custom one didn't offer anything new.
I'm thinking about sending it to Samsung for repairs, but I don't know if they'll fix it because it had been rooted ever since I found out about CM 12.1 in May 2015 from here. Can anyone offer some advice regarding how to fix it? Thanks in advance!
I don't want to offend you but just to be sure... does the phone have the battery charged?
babblo said:
I don't want to offend you but just to be sure... does the phone have the battery charged?
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Lol I'm not offended
I'm pretty sure it was... but anyway turns out the internal motherboard's battery may have died or something, because when I left it on the charger overnight, it showed the charging battery frame while switched off! Earlier even plugging it in didn't seem to start it up, but now when I held the power button, it started working normally!
Thanks for your concern anyway!
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Lol I'm not offended
I'm pretty sure it was... but anyway turns out the internal motherboard's battery may have died or something, because when I left it on the charger overnight, it showed the charging battery frame while switched off! Earlier even plugging it in didn't seem to start it up, but now when I held the power button, it started working normally!
Thanks for your concern anyway!
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I sometimes have the same problem, but it's just a matter of charging. If you don't see anything when it's charging, don't worry. The battery is just completely flat. Just to let you know.
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perry_verheij said:
I sometimes have the same problem, but it's just a matter of charging. If you don't see anything when it's charging, don't worry. The battery is just completely flat. Just to let you know.
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Thanks for the heads up. I was quite worried for that reason.
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Thanks for the heads up. I was quite worried for that reason.
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He he, me too when I discovered it for the first time. You're welcome.
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