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Hi,
Preferably, I'm looking for a HTC Desire HD ROM or something that has the new HTC Sense on it with APP2SD functionality, It must be Clean Stock (meaning no customization) and must be Stable to use with no or little lag. The Android version should be 2.2 or above and OTA update be operational (not required).
I have stumbled upon some ROMS, that match my specifications, however I want to know your experience with it. Common Bugs, how is it for everyday use? blah blah etc...
- RCMixHD v0.15 1
- DHD Rom Port by baadnwz v1.7c
- ۵.AuraxTSense v8.2 HTC Sense 2.2
- ۵.ReflexTSenseHD v1.5.1 DHD port
- RCS Touch v06
I want to be able to flash a new rom without any fuss, but I do not believe this likely to happen.
Here are my device specs:
Code:
BRAVO PV1 SHIP-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-01d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
-Android 2.2
-T-MOBILE UK - Branded
-Not-Rooted
-4GB Micro SD Card (GoldCard)
Before any tells me to do my research and check the entire forums and says it all depends on your desire, well the whole point of the thread is to give me guidance on what to do next and then summarize your points and experience.
If any more information is require, please tell me so.
Thank you.
Little Bump. No one?
Root
Flash Baadnewz 1.7c
EOD
root read , read again , check the threads of the roms u want to try , download rom , instal and if you like keep it if not repeat from (Check)
regards
baadnewz has to be the quickest most lag free hd rom
Forget hd if you want zero lag just stick to standard Sense or aosp gingerbread.
I've tried Alex V HD which is very good but not zero lag and heard lots of good news about baadnewz.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
DHD Rom Port by baadnwz v1.7c
Root, S-Off then ReflexTSense HD.
This is not only fast, but also beautiful one..
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bharata212 said:
Root, S-Off then ReflexTSense HD.
This is not only fast, but also beautiful one..
Sent using Tapatalk from HTC Desire (ReflexTSense 1.5.1)
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its got a memory leak and is sluggish after time
First of all - root it (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788044).
Second - S-Off (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805811).
Need help? Search xda and google, google, google!
Then - READ ALOT about the different roms, apps/data2sd, recovery images etc etc and choose the one you like most. Search for youtube videos of the roms you like.
Pay attention - some roms work only with specific radio versions. Most roms require (or at least suggest) performing a full phone wipe (including davlik cache), so don't forget to backup EVERYTHING before you start (including contacts, sms, mms). AND NEVER EVER REBOOT / DISCONNECT CABLE WHEN FLASHING!
Rastaman-FB said:
its got a memory leak and is sluggish after time
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I was leaning towards this rom, good job you told me this.
Also, please guys, although I appreciate your guidance I am not new to flashing etc and do not want instructions on 'how to root, flash, S-OFF and S-ON'. If you read my question, all I want is your opinions/views on what ROM is good enough to meet my specifications as well as your experiences. I do not want to keep flashing my phone, that's another reason why this thread was created. And Please no 'SEARCH GOOGLE, XDA FORUMS', and choose what you like. I will research the ROM that I have narrowed down, helped suggested by you guys and then Check if it's good to go. I know some of you will find me arrogant, which is not the case.
Keep your suggestions coming in...
Thank you.
youve picked the roms you want to try , why dont you try them and find out for yourself.
and no i dont find you arrogant more lazy
I'd recommend Baadnwz. I found it to be one of the quickest!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Most of you guys are suggesting 'badnewz', tell me your experiences with it.
...Or shall I just flash a unbranded Stock ROM and Root and Partition the SD?
Thanks
EDIT: What do you guys think of this ROM 'Ginger Villain 0.8?
I was using gingervillian 0.8 for awhile and found it to be very good, however as only the nexus s is running gingerbread officially, I found there are some apps that I need that won't work.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Now I'm thinking of flashing to the standard HTC Stock ROM and ROOT+APP2SD...
I'd recommend teppic's stock ROM + updates. Why ? Because the author updates it regularely and has offered lots of optional addons, meaning the ROM is not a "try to please all so im stuffed with all imaginable crap" one.
I just got my desire HD a few days ago. But have been visiting this site from some time back. Now i wanna load a custom mod on my phone. However there are several questions which i am stuck at. :|
1) What is the difference between the "Android Revolution HD 3.2 mod[ARHD]" and "Cynagenmod"?
2)Is rooting required? If yes, could anyone help me how to please.
3)In the Themes and Apps section i seen that many themes had the [CM7] tag. Im assuming this is for the cyanogenmod, but will it work on the "ARHD" also?
4)Most of the mods installation asks for S-off or so. What is it? :
5)What is flashing?
and lastly
6)Whats the difference between Sense UI and no-sense UI? [im thinking it includes/excludes the default htc sense.]
As i am new at these things too, i will try to answer some of your questions.
1. Cyanogenmod is based on AOST source, which is main android source, while Revolution, LeeDrOID and rest are based on HTC source.
2. To be able to flash cooked ROM your Desire HD needs to be rooted.
Full step-by-step guide is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11557769
3. Themes for one ROM might work on other, but are not recommended.
4. Check the guide in point 2.
5. Same as above.
6. I think you got that right.
I hope i helped you a bit.Cheers
glenvarun said:
I just got my desire HD a few days ago. But have been visiting this site from some time back. Now i wanna load a custom mod on my phone. However there are several questions which i am stuck at. :|
1) What is the difference between the "Android Revolution HD 3.2 mod[ARHD]" and "Cynagenmod"?
2)Is rooting required? If yes, could anyone help me how to please.
3)In the Themes and Apps section i seen that many themes had the [CM7] tag. Im assuming this is for the cyanogenmod, but will it work on the "ARHD" also?
4)Most of the mods installation asks for S-off or so. What is it? :
5)What is flashing?
and lastly
6)Whats the difference between Sense UI and no-sense UI? [im thinking it includes/excludes the default htc sense.]
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Some of the mods are made specificaly for a ROM. The tag describes what ROM they are designed for. Rooting and S-OFF is requred for installation of a custom ROM, so yes, it's required for the mods also. You should probably ask the mod developer if his mod is compatable with another ROM, but I think CM7 being Gingerbread and ARHD3.2 being Froyo, the chances are slim. S-OFF is "Security OFF". HTC introduced a level of security which was supposed to make the system "read only" for anyone but them to prevent custom ROMs, kernels and ultimately - overclocking, which potentialy can damage your device. Luckily thy didn't do a good job on that, so the developers found a workaround. Flashing is writing a new ROM, kernel or a set of system files in your phone. And lastly, you are correct about the sense/non-sense stuff.
You can find good guides in the developement section about rooting, S-OFF (both radio and eng), flashing ROMs, etc. Bear in mind though that if your software version is 1.72, you'll have to downgrade first to get to the rootable 1.32
First of all thanks for the help.
I suppose flash means to install. Also the guide you gave me tells how to put s-off but i wanted to know what does s-off mean??
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
@ tkolev
Thanks a ton maan , that seriously helped a lot .
Btw you suggested in your post that overclockin could hwrm the system. Can cuetom roms also harm the system by any way??
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
glenvarun said:
@ tkolev
Thanks a ton maan , that seriously helped a lot .
Btw you suggested in your post that overclockin could hwrm the system. Can cuetom roms also harm the system by any way??
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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Custom Roms are there to help and inprove the things...
Overclocking is running an hardware to something which it was not designed for...So it could harm the phone (Does not mean that it always does, there are guys who are running the overclock phone without problem).
Custom Roms are just the installed ROM so if you flash one rom and don't like it replace it with another one..before flashing read the instruction and flash (I was only able to run official rom for 2 hours, after that I rooted and installed CM7...
@sanju.
so there wouldnt be any problems right? and which would you suggest.
Revolution or CM7 ?
Also the warranty gets void if im not wrong but is there any way to counter it like in the case of apple devices?
Yes you can revert your handset back to complete factory settings by running a suitable RUU (Rom Update Utility).
This will restore everything, except Radio S-OFF, back to HTC defaults. You could then send your handset away to be repaired, etc...
glenvarun said:
@sanju.
so there wouldnt be any problems right? and which would you suggest.
Revolution or CM7 ?
Also the warranty gets void if im not wrong but is there any way to counter it like in the case of apple devices?
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Rom depends on your choice, Revolution is based on HTC framework (sense and no-sense both available), 3.2 is froyo based, 4.X is gingerbread but its in beta..YOu will get the stock applications like video player, camera etc..
CM7 is also under development, RC2 is stable version, It is based on AOSP GingerBread...has a lot of modifications....I use this one....Just my preferance...
You can try both and see which one you like...
About warrenty, yes, you need to restore the RUU to claim it, but there are enough thread around which will tell you how to do that...
The only thing is I haven't seen the RUU for India, there is one for Asia and version number is close so that can work...in case it is required, or...before flashing custom rom create a backup for your official rom and save that backup...so that you can use that to come back to official rom...
Oh but i checked and seen that in CM7 the things like gps and google maps don't work .
tkolev said:
Some of the mods are made specificaly for a ROM. The tag describes what ROM they are designed for. Rooting and S-OFF is requred for installation of a custom ROM, so yes, it's required for the mods also.
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Not all custom roms require S-OFF btw... I would root your phone, once you have custom recovery you can flash your custom rom
get familiar with adb and just read read read .... plenty of guides out there
I would S-OFF after you are familiar with everything else... messing around with partition tables is a easy way to brick your phone... you can always S-OFF at a later date (just my personal view - alot of people S-OFF very quickly - depends how badly you want additional mods)
glenvarun said:
Oh but i checked and seen that in CM7 the things like gps and google maps don't work .
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Some people have had trouble with the gps lock on CM7, not all, as I for one haven't got any problems with neither of the RCs nor the nightlys. I'm running nightly build 20 atm. And there is a fix for the gps included in the latest two nightlys so it's not a problem anymore.
just read a lot man, all informations you want is spread out there! in beggining this thread helps a lot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846248
hope it can help! =o)
glenvarun said:
@ tkolev
Thanks a ton maan , that seriously helped a lot .
Btw you suggested in your post that overclockin could hwrm the system. Can cuetom roms also harm the system by any way??
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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No, overclocking to a reasonable extend should not harm your phone. I'm running an overclocked kernel (1.2 GHz) and it has no negative effect on my phone. In the manufacturing process there are deviations from the design and Qualcomm has rated the processor which is in our DHDs to 1GHz. This means that most processors can safely handle higher frequencies, but the higher they rate their production, more units will have to be scrapped. I think it's quite safe to go for 1.2 or even 1.5 (if you really need it and monitor the teperature closely) but I would never run on 1.8 GHz. I just wanted to explain why HTC decided to go for locked internal memory. There is a reason for that, not just because they are mean control freaks... oh wait those were Apple .
BigMrB said:
Not all custom roms require S-OFF btw... I would root your phone, once you have custom recovery you can flash your custom rom
get familiar with adb and just read read read .... plenty of guides out there
I would S-OFF after you are familiar with everything else... messing around with partition tables is a easy way to brick your phone... you can always S-OFF at a later date (just my personal view - alot of people S-OFF very quickly - depends how badly you want additional mods)
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I didn't know that you can install a custom recovery without S-OFF. Or a custom ROM without a custom recovery. Anyway there are many users which followed the guide in the developement section (including me) and did just fine (thanks to the great tools made by jkoljo and all the help we get in this great forum). Ultimately is anyone's decision what to do with his/her own phone.
I'm gonna s-off this weekend after I've fixed my custom recovery
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Guess u guys are confusing between Radio S-Off and Eng-S-OFF.
You can't install a custom recovery without Eng-SOFF, hence u can't install custom Roms.
There is a one click S-Off for Eng-Soff & Radio S-OFf which u can find in Dev Section.
This should do the work quickly and in a painless way...
Personally i would recommend to go for MIUI or CM7...
All your questions have been answered clearly.
Just one warning regarding the warranty. It's possible to revert to stock EXCEPT if one hard key is needed and it doesn't work.
If on DHD all can be done via adb then it's ok (never checked).
I'm just coming from HD2 and without vol- key you were fu**ed (can't launch the bootloader but OS bootable).
Anyway never stopped me to install custom roms the first day
So, as the title states, how do I make it as close to stock as possible? A couple of years since I was in the Desire rooting game so I'm a little out dated.
HBOOT:
AlphaRev HBOOT
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP.031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010 17:52:18
It is the AMOLED version by the way.
Thanks
b3ndik said:
So, as the title states, how do I make it as close to stock as possible? A couple of years since I was in the Desire rooting game so I'm a little out dated
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it's not really an answer to your question, but i sold my desire a week ago via ebay, and i made it clear, that there's 4.0.4 installed right now, and it really works great and everything's smooth. i made it clear that HTC themselves never supported the desire for 4.0.4, and that's what people got interested in the auction via ebay. at the end, i got around 145 EUR for a more than 2 year old device. the new owner mailed me the other day and he's as happy as i was. so depending on where you plan to sell it, you won't have to go back to stock, but of course it's your decision. and also, it's a matter of warranty, which i didn't have anymore after 2 years
good luck.
b3ndik said:
So, as the title states, how do I make it as close to stock as possible? A couple of years since I was in the Desire rooting game so I'm a little out dated.
HBOOT:
AlphaRev HBOOT
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP.031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010 17:52:18
It is the AMOLED version by the way.
Thanks
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If you really want to get it back to stock, flash alpharev downgrade via fastboot and run 2.3 RUU from your PC.
You will get s-on and unrooted device with latest software that HTC released.
Thanks for both your replies.
horst0815: Which ROM did you flash? That sounded really interesting
nlooooo: Thanks, will check how the phone runs with ICS, if it's not that good I will downgrade it
Are currently running LeeDroid HD V3.3.3 Gingerbread 2.3.3 and it's GSM by the way.
b3ndik said:
Thanks for both your replies.
horst0815: Which ROM did you flash? That sounded really interesting
nlooooo: Thanks, will check how the phone runs with ICS, if it's not that good I will downgrade it
Are currently running LeeDroid HD V3.3.3 Gingerbread 2.3.3 and it's GSM by the way.
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if ur planing on selling the phone with custom rom on it, imo i would put something alot more rock solid/stable on it rather than ICS. Also i personaly would do what nlooooo says and put it completly back to stock/s-on that way whoever buys the phone cant come back to u if they do something to it. let them s-off & root it themselfs.
Sent from my HTC Desire
as far as rock solid goes: i made fantastic experiences with mildwild 4.3 final. it doesn't get any more stable than that. here's the link
as far as my ics version goes, i used sandvold's ics from here
horst0815 said:
as far as rock solid goes: i made fantastic experiences with mildwild 4.3 final. it doesn't get any more stable than that. here's the link
as far as my ics version goes, i used sandvold's ics from here
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yh i used that rom for a while, never 1 problem, same as OxyZM1.2, both pretty much the same and oxygen based. but yh the obvious choice would CM or oxygen. but id put it s-on coz the last thing ya want is some f****r ringing ya saying the phone just stopped working (when really they were messing with it) lol
Sent from my HTC Desire
I think I'd like to get a sense ROM, cause sense is more user friendly, maybe not for us but for less experienced people. Which should I choose then?
b3ndik said:
I think I'd like to get a sense ROM, cause sense is more user friendly, maybe not for us but for less experienced people. Which should I choose then?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
there ya go buddy, all roms r here, sense, aosp + rooted stock roms
Sent from my HTC Desire
Please see this post
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***UNLOCKED***
ENDEAVORU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.12.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-2.1204.135.20
eMMC-bootmode:disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW Secure boot: enabled
MODEM PATH: OFF
June 28 2012, 11:31:28
Firstly, I am helping my friend install a custom rom on his One X.
A while ago I posted a thread about having trouble flashing recovery. That was resolved recently by using a different computer.
So now his bootloader is unlocked and custom recovery installed.
My friend bought his HTC One X from Virgin AU.
His CID is htc__023 and the OTA update messed with his APN settings and he can't use data anymore.
He is still on ICS and there are no more available updates.
I want to flash CM10 on to his phone.
Now I have a couple of questions.
The stuff to do with hboot version is confusing me. Do I need to upgrade my hboot before I flash CM10 or flash any other roms? Are there any advantages of upgrading hboot or is it merely for rom compatability?
What is the difference between this CM10 and official CM10 nightlies?
Thanks
Well does the first post explicitly say you must update hboot? :silly:
To flash CM10/AOSP/AOKP ROMs, you don't need to update your hboot, it's only when you install sense JB ROMs which are not AOSP/AOKP/CM10.
Upgrading Hboot apparently improves radio stuff i.e. wifi, phone signal. But, it has some issues with non-sense JB ROMs, that's why you shouldn't upgrade it.
The difference between the CM10s is that one is official (durh) and the other is built by Tripnraver, featuring compatibility with all hboot versions and his own tweaks/features.
tomascus said:
Well does the first post explicitly say you must update hboot? :silly:
To flash CM10/AOSP/AOKP ROMs, you don't need to update your hboot, it's only when you install sense JB ROMs which are not AOSP/AOKP/CM10.
Upgrading Hboot apparently improves radio stuff i.e. wifi, phone signal. But, it has some issues with non-sense JB ROMs, that's why you shouldn't upgrade it.
The difference between the CM10s is that one is official (durh) and the other is built by Tripnraver, featuring compatibility with all hboot versions and his own tweaks/features.
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Thanks a lot. Makes sense.
Do you think it is worth upgrading Hboot for radio benefits and then flashing the Tripnraver CM10?
If so, what is the correct method to upgrade the Hboot?
There has been numerous reports of people having issues on the newer hboots, so I recommend leaving it as it is. The problems outweigh the benefits. And the benefits aren't much either.
Oh yeah, camera is missing on Trip's ROM apparently. Maybe you should try Ice Cold Jelly AOKP, still based off stock google: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1796340
tomascus said:
There has been numerous reports of people having issues on the newer hboots, so I recommend leaving it as it is. The problems outweigh the benefits. And the benefits aren't much either.
Oh yeah, camera is missing on Trip's ROM apparently. Maybe you should try Ice Cold Jelly AOKP, still based off stock google: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1796340
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Okay thanks.
Yeah just realised camera was missing and my friend couldn't get the home button working on official CM10 (couldn't find anyone else with similar problem?). I did do a full wipe both times.
The reason I didn't initially go with IceColdJelly was because it is much more customisable and assumed my friend would just be better off with CM as he isn't that knowledgeable at these things. But am going to try this now.
Thanks again
Ok new question.
Why doesn't my friend's home button work on IceColdJelly and CM10 Nightlies?
He says it vibrates but does not play a click sound and doesn't do anything.
It worked on TripNRaVeR's rom.
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LiquidSmooth is working very well for him.
Perhaps the gapps I used for CM10 and ICJ were causing the problem? I was using the latest one available from goo.im for these 2 roms.
eRadicant said:
Ok new question.
Why doesn't my friend's home button work on IceColdJelly and CM10 Nightlies?
He says it vibrates but does not play a click sound and doesn't do anything.
It worked on TripNRaVeR's rom.
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LiquidSmooth is working very well for him.
Perhaps the gapps I used for CM10 and ICJ were causing the problem? I was using the latest one available from goo.im for these 2 roms.
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For Ice Cold Jelly, did you flash 3.4 or 3.4.1?
Gapps should not affect the functionality, it merely is a package of the google applications.
As for customisation, your friend may leave those alone if he doesn't want them
tomascus said:
For Ice Cold Jelly, did you flash 3.4 or 3.4.1?
Gapps should not affect the functionality, it merely is a package of the google applications.
As for customisation, your friend may leave those alone if he doesn't want them
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3.4.1
Yeah I didn't think gapps should affect functionality but it was the only thing in common between the 2 roms with the problem.
It's not that he doesn't want them, I just thought he would be better off without them in case he made problems for himself while playing around with them.
But yeah, he is happy on LiquidSmooth at the moment. We'll see if any major problems show up within the next 24 hours.
So recently I decided to get back to some of my older android devices, and why not try out the good o'l HTC Desire.
Now at one point I thought that installing a custom ROM was a good idea to get some of the newer apps or what not... and managed to screw up the camera somehow. Now the problem is, this was done around 3/4 years ago and the phone was left as it was.
Another issue it had with this ROM is the insane battery leakage. It lasts MAX 1 hour... Starts to heat up after a couple of minutes of usage.
I've tried several different things, including:
1. Camera Restarter application that many people recommend.
2. Wipe Dalvik/Cache, Factory Reset, Wipe Data... etc
3. Force closing the app, getting rid of the data/cache within the OS application settings...
The ROM I'm using is the old MildWild GingerBread v.2.3.7 JellyBean based version of the ROM.
Kernel version: [email protected]#1
Mod version: MildWild Jelly-Gingerbread
Build date: November 2013
Recovery: CVM Revolutionary 4.0.1.4
Phone model, obviously the HTC Desire Bravo, the original.
I'd love to try and fix this rom's issue... but what I'd like more than anything is, if someone could post a mirror to this custom ROM too:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2204681
I'd like to give that a try too, as it has the HTC Sense feel to it. Miss the good ol' rainbow blur live wallpaper, square weather widget... (the closest to the original)
And if not that, someone that knows how to revert this thing back to the original stock ROM.
Already tried doing that, but couldn't flash any of the RRU zip files provided on the Android Development section.
The phone should be from the European Region, as it was bought from there. Specifically don't know the operator... so WWE.
If none other options are avalible... may someone recommend me a very good ROM that atleast looks like the old HTC Sense and has a fully working Camera, without any Battery leakage issues.
Thanks in advance.