I bought a brand new gs4 a month a ago in tmobile last night I put it on the charger this morning it was at 100% then 2 hours later it was at 100% then I restarted the phone and it was at 14% and the phone won't charge if I put the charger with the phone off it shows a battery icon with a circle and a red line in the middle.
infected to the bone T999.
razielpr said:
I bought a brand new gs4 a month a ago in tmobile last night I put it on the charger this morning it was at 100% then 2 hours later it was at 100% then I restarted the phone and it was at 14% and the phone won't charge if I put the charger with the phone off it shows a battery icon with a circle and a red line in the middle.
infected to the bone T999.
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The error icon indicates that the USB port is probably okay since it is registering that it's plugged in.
The battery could be defective. Take it out and look at it closely. Does it show any signs of bulding at all?
If so then get a new battery. If not then I'd say take your new phone back to the store and get a new one. It's a brand new phone. Don't try to fix it. Get a replacement.
I'm going to check with my friends battery if it works I will get a new battery if not I will take it back to tmo since it's brand new only has 3 weeks
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My cord that came with the s4 crapped on me, maybe it's just the cord.
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lucas said:
My cord that came with the s4 crapped on me, maybe it's just the cord.
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I tried with another cord and did the same error my last hope is to try with my friends battery if it charges with it I will get a new battery if not then back to tmobile.
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Yeah my money is on the battery...
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Is it heating up when you plug it in. My fiance had a problem with hers not charging but we noticed it was heating up on the right side above the battery. I took it apart and when I plugged it in there was a short in the ribbon cable with a consent spark. It was unrooted and taken back that day.
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I saw on drippler that an s4 caught on fire. Our that there was battery issues with a bunch of devices. Id sure hate to have my S4 spontaneously combust during a phone call. Ha
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my brother's evo was working fine early in the morning a couple of days ago and he came back a few hours later and it was completely dead. refuses to take a charge and I've tried troubleshooting it all the way down. I'm at a total loss. I've tried leaving the battery out for 30 minutes and still no dice. I've managed to get it to flash the white evo 4g screen for a second a couple of times. any ideas on next steps?
Leave it on the charger for a few hours, see if that works. If not, the battery got too discharged to receive a charge, in which you just take it to your sprint store and they'll jump the battery.
Ugh. The repair stores are almost an hour away. Thanks for the advice anyway. Does this happen a lot on the evo?
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contradude said:
Ugh. The repair stores are almost an hour away. Thanks for the advice anyway. Does this happen a lot on the evo?
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I've seen it happen a lot here from members of xda. Once it gets too low, wont charge
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contradude said:
Ugh. The repair stores are almost an hour away. Thanks for the advice anyway. Does this happen a lot on the evo?
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My evo is having the exact same issue! last night it was on my dresser, then I guess the battery died, it went off. when I put it on the charger I get no lights or anything on the phone. I tried to turn it on while on the charger no luck, a few times it flashed the white screen for about 5 secs then cut off. the charger is fine because it charged my wifes evo shift. I left the battery out all night last night and tried to put it in and charge this morning nothing! I am going to try and get another battery from sprint a little later today and I hope that is the only issue, because this thing died out of nowhere!
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My evo is having the exact same issue! last night it was on my dresser, then I guess the battery died, it went off. when I put it on the charger I get no lights or anything on the phone. I tried to turn it on while on the charger no luck, a few times it flashed the white screen for about 5 secs then cut off. the charger is fine because it charged my wifes evo shift. I left the battery out all night last night and tried to put it in and charge this morning nothing! I am going to try and get another battery from sprint a little later today and I hope that is the only issue, because this thing died out of nowhere!
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As previously stated, take battery to Sprint store and have them reinitialize/jump it so it will again take a charge.
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As previously stated, take battery to Sprint store and have them reinitialize/jump it so it will again take a charge.
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Hope your right, on my way out the door now.
Results - Ok good and bad news
Ok so after dropping it off for 2 hours, I go back and my phone is on charged at about 70%. the guy says they did not find anything wrong, they plugged it in and it charged. They also said the battery did not pass some test so they reccommended me get a new battery.
BUT he said they could not check it further because it was rooted. The one thing I was worried about was them finding out it was rooted, but I could not get any power to it, to unroot it. I just hope if something goes wrong and I put the stock ROM back on, they accept it (I hope it does not have to happen)
So I did not have to pay anything, got the phone working again, but they told me they could not find anything wrong, which makes me nervous because it will probably happen again. I know it did not just start working once they plugged it up, because I tried many different ways to charge it, and got nothing. I'm thinking someone jumped the battery like you said, but did not say anything, because I know it was not working for me, I have it charging now on my CPU, which it was not doing before I took it in. but it works so Im cool with that. Just home that root thing does not stay on my file.
That's funny . . . I would not have let them have the phone if I took it in . . next time, go to different store and just hand them the battery . . . as for them knowing about it being rooted, deny, deny, deny . . . hopefully, the battery is ok now . . .
Took it to a sprint store finally and my battery had randomly died. They ordered a replacement that should be in today so I'll let everyone know if that fixes it
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Took it to a sprint store finally and my battery had randomly died. They ordered a replacement that should be in today so I'll let everyone know if that fixes it
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Are batteries covered under the warranty that Sprint offers or even under the manufacturer's warranty? It hasn't been a year yet...
My battery started charging again!! I put it in the freezer for about 15-20 minutes, stuck it back on the phone, then it started charging again. After it's fully charged, I'm gonna do a nandroid backup just in case.
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Are batteries covered under the warranty that Sprint offers or even under the manufacturer's warranty? It hasn't been a year yet...
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They said my battery's casing was distended somehow so they'd get me a replacement. Don't know who's covering it but I'm happy
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I began noticing this problem last night before bed. I was playing around on my phone and although it was hooked up to the charger and everyting indicated it was charging (the charging LED was on, the battery icon animation was going, and my battstatt widget status was "charging), the battery percentage only kept decreasing. When I woke up this morning, it was dead, and no matter how long I kept it on the charger, the battery LED would flash, but it would not charge. Thinking it was a battery issue, I took it to the Verizon store and got a replacement under warranty. Well, long story short, I'm still having this problem. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Or may I have to restore my handset to stock and send it back to Verizon to have it replaced under warranty?
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I also had that problem. The charging port is probably done. I unrooted and got a refurb.
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Inc2 USB ports are known to be about as durable as wet toilet paper.
happened to me also, I eventually gave up and got a new one.
Mine did the same then I used the USB cord and now it's charging.
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my nephew had the same problem. Just get a refurb or a new phone.
So I was on my way home from a vacation weekend and my wife was texting my boss in the passenger seat (more time off ) and the phone just shut off. I knew it had more than 50% battery so I pulled it and tried everything I know. I tried swapping batteries and everything. No luck. I also went and plugged it into a computer expecting the OMAP flash... Nothing
I think she's completely and utterly dead. Even plugging it into an outlet does not display the battery symbol.
Sucks because I was going to ride it out for the next Nexus.... Now I don't know what I am going to do. I may get a 8GB N4 but with the 32 coming out in a few weeks I expect the 16 to drop in price, so I may get a One X on the new Tmobile deal since I want unlimited data instead of the 5GB cap I have on the pay as you go plan now... Kinda blows
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Ive had this issue last night, left the phone with 62% and this morning it was dead, i pulled the battery a couple of times, nothing, then i cleaned the battery pins and let it charge for 5 minutes or so and it turned on with 3% battery, the battery screen showed it dropping from 60ish to 0, so it shut down, maybe this is what happend to you too, have you tried cleaning the pins or replacing the battery ?
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Yeah I have 3 batteries and I charged the stock one all the way last night with a standalone charger and it is still dead. I cleaned the connectors with a cloth and alcohol and still nothing.
Thank goodness it is still under warranty for 2 more days... Yikes
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Thank goodness it is still under warranty for 2 more days... Yikes
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Wow you're extremely lucky!
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Hello everyone,
I am currently going through hell with my sph-l710. This all started a few days ago.
My phone refuses to charge sometimes, but the charging light comes on. I have never gotten the phone to charge above around 20%. I took it to sprint. First they said it was a software issue but they wouldn't look at it because i was on a custom rom (Liquidsmooth) and rooted. So I went home and did a reflash of md4 via odin.
This didn't fix the issue.
So I went back in. This time, they said it was the battery. So I bought a brand new battery.
That didn't help the issue.
So I went back in, and they said they had to keep in for an hour to see if I simply needed a new phone. When I came back, they said it worked fine on multiple chargers and they got it up to 56%. So I came back home thinking maybe they were just covering their asses for the previous times they couldn't figure it out.
That didn't help the issue.
It once again wouldn't charge and while I was bored I flashed cleanbean v4.0. Still not charging properly. I noticed that while it was plugged into my PC, it got up to like 30% so I got excited, but when I rebooted the phone after unplugging it, it went down to 17% immediately.
I'm literally pulling my hair out over this. I have used my mom's charger for her htc evo and that won't charge it either.
Can someone pelase tell me what in the world is wrong with my phone??
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The charger, do not use a charger for HTC, make sure you use the charger that came with the phone. USB charging from the computer is slow. But your wall charger should have it fully charged within an hour. If not then your charger is bad or the cable is bad.
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Check the port on the phone for pocket fuzz, Try a different usb cable, try a different charger. It's likely one of these is the problem. If not, is your phone running hot? If so, maybe an app on the phone is drawing so much current that the charger can't keep up. What does the battery usage display in settings say? Does it show something eating up battery that shouldn't be?
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The charger, do not use a charger for HTC, make sure you use the charger that came with the phone. USB charging from the computer is slow. But your wall charger should have it fully charged within an hour. If not then your charger is bad or the cable is bad.
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As long as its compatible it doesn't matter what chargers you use over the years I have usrd various ones and they all worked whit no issue wheter they are intended for my device or not..
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As long as its compatible it doesn't matter what chargers you use over the years I have usrd various ones and they all worked whit no issue wheter they are intended for my device or not..
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I used to think the same thing, but when I use my Kindle's charger or my old Evo 4G's charger, my phone doesn't charge, it just maintains the same level. My Palm Pre's charger, though, works like a charge. The Funkiest Ed wasn't saying that only Samsung chargers would work, but that it's likely the charger doesn't work anymore.
Hey guys, I'm having charging issues. I'm rooted and on jedi x14. I'm using the zerolemon 9300 mah battery. My phone started acting up about 3 days ago. I put it to charge all night and come morning it did not. When turned on, the charging symbol would not even turn on. I changed the battery with my stock samsung battery and it showed the charging symbol, but was charging at 0 mah on galaxy charging current so I switched back to the zero lemon. It said it was charging but it was still charging at 0 mah. I left my phone on and on the charger for 9 hours and it is still at the same percentage. I turned it off for about 10 minutes while plugged in and when turned back on, it went up 2%. While turned off, the phone will not even recognize that it's charging. For example, usually when my phone is working properly and turned off, it will show a big green battery showing that it's charging. Mine would not do this. When I try to turn it on when on the charger, it will show a spinning battery symbol as if it's trying to read the battery but goes away after two seconds. My phone will not turn on when connected and powered off. After unplugging it, it will boot normally. I am using the stock samsung power brick with a different cable that is 6 ft but would still charge at 2 A up until recently. The charger works on an s3 mini, s3, and s2 with no issue. Please help, any suggestions are appreciated. I bought the phone in November and have insurance with tmobile.
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Any one? Also not charging when plugged into laptop via usb.
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Now it's not charging at all. I tried using a micro usb to micro usb cable to pull some battery out of an s3 but that did not work.
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Not gonna find a fix. It sounds like hardware. Try your orig cord. If it doesnt charge let tmobile deal with it via warranty.
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Not gonna find a fix. It sounds like hardware. Try your orig cord. If it doesnt charge let tmobile deal with it via warranty.
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Original cord not charging. Something weird just happened. My phone went into docking mode and I don't know how tk get out of it. It's not plugged in at all. I'm in a foreign country and can't replace the phone for at least another week. This sucks.
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Try cleaning the contacts on your usb port. I was having a similar issue and it worked for me.
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Hey guys, I'm having charging issues. I'm rooted and on jedi x14. I'm using the zerolemon 9300 mah battery. My phone started acting up about 3 days ago. I put it to charge all night and come morning it did not. When turned on, the charging symbol would not even turn on. I changed the battery with my stock samsung battery and it showed the charging symbol, but was charging at 0 mah on galaxy charging current so I switched back to the zero lemon. It said it was charging but it was still charging at 0 mah. I left my phone on and on the charger for 9 hours and it is still at the same percentage. I turned it off for about 10 minutes while plugged in and when turned back on, it went up 2%. While turned off, the phone will not even recognize that it's charging. For example, usually when my phone is working properly and turned off, it will show a big green battery showing that it's charging. Mine would not do this. When I try to turn it on when on the charger, it will show a spinning battery symbol as if it's trying to read the battery but goes away after two seconds. My phone will not turn on when connected and powered off. After unplugging it, it will boot normally. I am using the stock samsung power brick with a different cable that is 6 ft but would still charge at 2 A up until recently. The charger works on an s3 mini, s3, and s2 with no issue. Please help, any suggestions are appreciated. I bought the phone in November and have insurance with tmobile.
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I had the same issue & is on a Jedi rom also,what fix it for me was that i flash Persus kernel because i saw that it increase charging speed a little which may also be good for charging high capacity batteries
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