I'm hoping some of you wise heads on here might be able to help me out with a problem that has got me totally and utterly stumped!
Last week I was using my One X and noticed the battery was down to aorund 14%. I plugged it into a charger and nothing happened...no light...nothing. I tried various different chargers and cables to pc etc and nothing seemed to do anything.
After leaving the phone plugged into the mains for a few hours, I noticed that a very slow/long flashing red/amber light appeared. It kind of stays on for 5 seconds and then off for the same amount of time. I left the phone in this state for about 14 hours and when turning on it would say battery was somewhere between 0%, 1% and 2% and would promptly switch itself off.
I messed about for hours on end trying many different button combinations, sim in/out and came to this bizarre conclusion.........If I plug the phone into the mains for a few minutes, then press power and volume down to get to the HBOOT menu then hold power in again to reboot, the phone reboots into the OS and is functional. It still reads as having 0% or 1% battery and shows as not charging, but it must be getting some juice for it to be working. If I leave the phone in this state for a while I can then unhook it from the charger and use it as normal, even though battery is displaying as 0%. I can use the phone like this for some time, although the battery does not appear to last as long.
Also, the phone is not recognised at all by the PC when plug in via usb when in android os - nothing at all shows in device manager, but it is recognised from the fastboot menu and tries to install device drivers.
Has anybody got any clue if I can save my HOX or am I without a paddle?? Many thanks in advance
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Running a rooted, unlocked, EVO 4g running CM 7.2.0 Rom
I've seen this same behavior twice. Once yesterday and once today.
Yesterday
Phone was plugged into usb port of laptop charging (around 50% at the time) was running Pandora and Wifi Tether (build into ROM). Phone crashes to off, no reboot attempt. Attempt to power phone back on yields no result (no lights, no screen ... nothing). Remove battery for 10-15 mins, insert and hook up to a AC charger and hit power button. Red light starts flashing, I wait for it to turn solid and try booting again. This time phone turns on and hangs at white HTC EVO splash screen. I then boot phone into custom recovery image, clear cache partition, and reboot. Phone boots ROM fully, batter reads 50% still and works fine until the next day.
Today
Phone was plugged in running Wifi tether, but not Pandora. Same behavior in crashing, removing battery, hooking up ac charger etc... this time however it didn't hang on the HTC EVO splash screen, and boots the ROM. However, the battery no reads 0% and wasn't charging. Removing the AC charger causes phone to shutdown. Reboot rom again, still read 0%, but let it sit for a few minutes and begins to charge. Appears to be charging fine and holds its own without the ac charger. **Note - battery was also around 50% or so when it crashed out
Questions:
Whats the root here? Bad battery? Bad rom? Thoughts on root cause would help if anyone has gone through this.
Thanks!
I'd say a combination of battery and ROM. Try flashing a new ROM and if it continues, try a new battery.
Okay so, my LG G3 has had a problem with restarting and bootlooping before this. Basically, it would restart if used while not plugged in and would not boot up if not hooked up to a charger. Before this, plugging the charger in would solve the boot loop issue, but now, that leads to a different issue.
So, I was using my phone (while it's charging) and suddenly - screen goes black. After a few seconds, the battery loading screen (an icon of a battery with a small circle with several spokes in the middle of the battery icon) pops up. I hold the power button and the LG logo pops up and then goes back to the battery loading screen. which just bootloops if left alone.
Now, the phone CAN boot into recovery and bootloader (although it sometimes fails, it's like the device restarts mid-way through). In TWRP recovery, it shows the battery at 100%, although after rebooting into recovery again after some time, it displayed 75% (i never took the phone off the charger).
Sometimes while in recovery and the device is not plugged in, it'll restart, but that's kinda... normal, I guess, it used to do that before.
My PC recognizes the phone and I can access the data on it via USB without any problems.
I'm almost positive that the battery is the culprit, since a few hours before this started happening, it drained 20% in 5 minutes and in general, after it restarts randomly when not charging, the battery goes from 100% to 90% and if restarted again goes back to 95% or something like that. But does anyone have any idea how to fix this? I won't be able to buy a new battery for a few days and I need the device in working order until then.
Hello folks,
I think I have the universal problem here but none of the solutions online helped me.
Yesterday my phone turned off by itself and after an hour I tried putting it on charge while it remained OFF. Within a minute I could see the display showing 1% and hence I left it OFF as that usually charges quicker.
After an hour or so I unplugged the phone(did not bother to check the display for batter status) and tried getting the phone ON but it failed to respond.
I tried connecting to the charger port and all I could see was a empty battery icon(white) with a lightning bolt sign(amber) appearing every 3-5 seconds, and goes off after a few seconds and this keeps repeating. I could neither see my charge going up not able to turn the phone ON.
I tried the battery recalibration technique/hard boot techniques etc., like holding the power + Volume buttons for 2 minutes/3 minutes and different combination. None of them helped. All I could see it that lightning bolt sign.
Anybody faced similar issues or any folks here able to help?
Try a different cable and different charger. Make sure you use a wall charger, and not charge via computer USB port. Charge for several hours, then try holding power + vol up for a minute or so.
If none of this works, and still shows low battery, you might have a failed battery.
Thanks for the response.
I have already tried several cables and the combination of power+volume up (Is there a particular order in which I need to press these buttons or it can be done simultaneously?)
I have been holding them for like more than 3 minutes or so and there seems to be no response.
Shall try putting it in charge overnight and try again tomorrow.
vforvadi said:
I have already tried several cables and the combination of power+volume up (Is there a particular order in which I need to press these buttons or it can be done simultaneously?)
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Simultaneously. It doesn't really matter which you start holding first.
I am having problems with my HTC 10. This morning I charged the phone but it told me fast charging isn’t working so it was charging slowly. By the time the charge got to 20% I decided to unplug the charger from my phone and switch it on.
When I switched it on I expected there to be 20% on the battery but instead it was only 1% charge left. The phone then switched itself off so I connected the charger back to the phone but the phone switches itself off halfway through the boot and I notice sometimes the battery charge icon appears then goes off. I also notice the red light on the top of the phone flashes then goes off.
I then switched the phone into download mode and selected TWRP to factory reset the phone. I rebooted and it goes into Android and I get the message that it’s starting android as if I am booting into a newly installed android.
The phone then switches itself off when it’s halfway through loading android. The strange thing is that the phone stays on when it is in download mode. What could be the problem? Please advise.
The phone has now switched itself off from download mode probably because the battery is dead. It looks like it’s a connection problem with the charger or the battery is needing replace because when I connect the charger to the phone the red like on the phone flashes for a few seconds then goes off then the battery charger icon appears for a second briefly then it switches itself off and nothing happens. Any ideas.
Ok, so I think that my zuk has completely gone under.
This is what happened, My phone started to get random restarts and battery swelled, so naturally, I went to the service center & got a new og battery for zuk z2. After charging the new battery for around 2 hrs, I went on to wipe the phone since, I wanted new battery to gel with a new ROM. After wiping off everything, my phone goes completely blank. NO REACTION whatsoever.
This is what is happening to my phone:
1) No initial vibration.
2) No LED blinks whatsoever.
I've tried the following:
1) Pressed power button (& other combinations) for prolonged period time both with & without charger.
2) Left the phone for charging for like 6-8 hrs.
3) Left the phone as is for a day.
4) Disconnected the battery and everything & let the phone(in disconnected state) sit overnight.
5) Disconnected the battery and connected the phone directly to charger for 7 sec and then connected the battery again. (https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/288970/Phone+won't+accept+charge-turn+on)
6) Tried the Deep Flash Cable Mod.
Nothing is working and phone doesn't show any sign of being alive. Anybody who went through the same or give some new ideas to try?
My phone also randomly turned of with no signs of life. It does response to my pc though when I connect I hear a sound