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Flashing orange light, here's one reason.

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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YafaKlan said:
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.

Jus10o said:
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.

bryank909 said:
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...

pronstaR said:
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::

[Q] Dead Desire HD?

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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Dead in the morning

Ok, so here is the scenario...
Charging from my laptop, via USB... Always works fine, UNLESS: I leave it plugged into the laptop over night.
To reproduce this issue, and *I* can, every time, you need:
-Laptop
-Xperia Ion
-USB charge cable
What to do:
-Plug the phone into the Laptop USB port. (The phone starts charging...As it should)
** Please note, it does not matter what level of charge the phone has when performing this
-Unplug the laptop
-Goto bed
Now...If you get the same results I do, every single time... Your phone will be off, and dead in the morning.
Has anyone else experienced this?
It happens only on laptops... Well the one's I have. (One laptop is a HP/Compaq 8510p and the other is a Lenovo T500)

tribalartgod said:
Ok, so here is the scenario...
Charging from my laptop, via USB... Always works fine, UNLESS: I leave it plugged into the laptop over night.
To reproduce this issue, and *I* can, every time, you need:
-Laptop
-Xperia Ion
-USB charge cable
What to do:
-Plug the phone into the Laptop USB port. (The phone starts charging...As it should)
** Please note, it does not matter what level of charge the phone has when performing this
-Unplug the laptop
-Goto bed
Now...If you get the same results I do, every single time... Your phone will be off, and dead in the morning.
Has anyone else experienced this?
It happens only on laptops... Well the one's I have. (One laptop is a HP/Compaq 8510p and the other is a Lenovo T500)
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When you said "unplug the laptop" meaning the USB cable unplug from the laptop, laptop turned off, or phone is unplug from the USB cable ? From my understanding if you have the USB plugged in the phone and no power source on the other end. Phone will die, it actually drain the battery. Happen to all my phones, as if I charged in the car and turn car off - forgot the phone in the car (luckly nobody breakin yet), and next thing I know my battery is even worse than before or if not dead already.

accts said:
When you said "unplug the laptop" meaning the USB cable unplug from the laptop, laptop turned off, or phone is unplug from the USB cable ? From my understanding if you have the USB plugged in the phone and no power source on the other end. Phone will die, it actually drain the battery. Happen to all my phones, as if I charged in the car and turn car off - forgot the phone in the car (luckly nobody breakin yet), and next thing I know my battery is even worse than before or if not dead already.
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Sorry about that. By unplug, I meant the power source to the laptop.
This is the ONLY phone that I have had that does this. My previous phone did just fine...
So...If I am understanding you correctly, it sounds like the laptop is actually pulling power back from the phone somehow when it die?. But again, on all previous phones, I would wake up...Laptop either sleeping or dead, and the phone was fully charged.

It is not the laptop pulling the power (well it might be easy to think it that way) - but the phone itself thinking it is beeing charged. However no juice is going in (power source) so for some reason that drain the battery.
From your case, because the laptop turn off, the phone couldn't pull power from the laptop - so the battery drain instead. I'm not sure how you able to manage to charge other phones that way. I never could and yes I will find a death phone if I do that.
Also I noticed Ion has a high Voltage & amp. For some USB cable or car/home charger might not give enough juice for the phone if used while charging. I notice that on my car charger if Gps/navigator is used even when plugged battery seem to drain (not as fast if not plugged). I am looking to get a higher voltage on the car charger.
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Yea, not sure. Maybe a branding thing? All of my previous phones were HTC. Maybe that has something to do with it? I'm gonna leave the laptop plugged in tonight, but still allow it to go to sleep. ...its the inner curiosity in me. I have to narrow this down. Lol.
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accts said:
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I notice that on my car charger if Gps/navigator is used even when plugged battery seem to drain (not as fast if not plugged). I am looking to get a higher voltage on the car charger.
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Same thing here, it's happened to me twice.
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jeriku said:
Same thing here, it's happened to me twice.
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How many amps is your car charger? "Most" only put out anywhere from .8 - 1.3 amps. I've noticed the house charger is 1.5 amps.
On thread topic: Leaving the power source to the laptop was the difference... The phone actually held its charge over night that way. So it seems unplugging the laptop is

I'm not sure. I'm using one of those small footprint cigarette lighter usb adapters.
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[Q] Phone Does not charge Note 2

Hello,
This problem started recent, that i can not charge my phone
when i plug it to my computer the charging led does light up,
it says charging on the screen but percentage does not increase. It decreases like it is unplugged.
If i plug to a wall charger, same thing happens (And even sometimes it doesnt say charging while on wall plug"
if I plug my note 2 to my laptop, the device does not show up on "my computer"
I'm pretty sure this is a software issue. This happened after I changed my ROM (This --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722002)
I tried to calibrate my battery with an APP but problem still exits.
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UPDATE
somehow I was able to power the device without the battery, it was just plugged.
I was able to see Samsung screen. So, my device does receive power/current from the cable but does not charge
Please help me, I'm tried to swap batteries

K2adir said:
Hello,
This problem started recent, that i can not charge my phone
when i plug it to my computer the charging led does light up,
it says charging on the screen but percentage does not increase. It decreases like it is unplugged.
If i plug to a wall charger, same thing happens (And even sometimes it doesnt say charging while on wall plug"
if I plug my note 2 to my laptop, the device does not show up on "my computer"
I'm pretty sure this is a software issue. This happened after I changed my ROM (This --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722002)
I tried to calibrate my battery with an APP but problem still exits.
Please help me, I'm tried to swap batteries
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May be your USB charging cable is busted? Try another samsung charging cable.Good luck.

singhpratik87 said:
May be your USB charging cable is busted? Try another samsung charging cable.Good luck.
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i tried like 4-5... Nothing happens

K2adir said:
i tried like 4-5... Nothing happens
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First clean your usb port contract
Second Always Use LG/BlackBerry/Sony USB cables instead of samsung one.(specifically for N7100)
Giving suggestion from my personal experience.
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Charging problem

Start from yesterday, my phone wont charge with the stock charger it told me to use a compatible charger. I have tried 3 differet USB cable but none of them work. Also ihave the quick charger on my car, it was working fine before, but now it will Not show the plus sign next to the charging icon and the battery % drops even with the charger pluged in. Any one knows what's happening?
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I have exactly the same Problem! I can only charge the phone, if the lipo is fully discharged! And only the ASUS Qick charger works for me.
I also monitored, that the USB at the phone is always On, also, if the phone is powered off. Do that the phone, itself dischares..
Have anybody an solution?

My phone doesn't charge with any quick chaegers… only work woth normal chargers
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I've occasionally had this problem---a battery icon with a "!" in it appears and says to use a compatible charger. This mostly happens for me with the stock charger. I've found the most likely thing to fix it is unplugging the charger from the wall for 20-30 seconds to let the capacitors fully discharge, and then plug it in again.
Sometimes it has been due to the charger partially unplugged from the wall, or the usb cable partially unplugged at one end.
I hope this helps, as the first few times it happened to me I was worried the usb port in the phone might be going bad.

I have problem with both original and non original chargers occasionally. The trick for me is to unplug the cable and re plug. Problem solved.

The replug Fix the (!) Symbol.
My phone was now fully charged. After an full discharge of the LiPo. Now it has 85% . and then i plug in the charging cable nothing happens. Nö recharge. So i must wait that the phone is fully discharged, and then i can charge it aging. I think On my phone is the charging controller damaged.