Hey, has anybody tethered with this phone (specifically PDANet in my case) and noticed it loses battery? In my experience I've had phones that either gain charge or stay equal, but first time I've seen it lose.
gpgorbosjr said:
Hey, has anybody tethered with this phone (specifically PDANet in my case) and noticed it loses battery? In my experience I've had phones that either gain charge or stay equal, but first time I've seen it lose.
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how are you getting pda net to work. mine wont with verizon, And yes i was loosing the charge just syncing all my accounts.
Pdanet works on tmobile. I noticed a slight loss.
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Hello,
is there a way to prevent the phone from charging when connected via USB?
Probably not until the phone is rooted. Why would you want to turn it off though?
I just do not want the phone to be charged every time, I connect it with my PC, especially if it is not necessary.
I'd like the option to choose whether it will be charged or not.
vindiesel said:
I just do not want the phone to be charged every time, I connect it with my PC, especially if it is not necessary.
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why not?
what is there to loose?
Probably, when the phone is connected to a laptop which is NOT connected to a wall charger. This will drain the laptop battery, which you dont want.
CorruptedSanity said:
why not?
what is there to loose?
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makes sense!
That does mae sense, but some people still think phone battery's have a memory effect. They dont now, so repeated charging from a partial charge is fine.
Ah, I was also wondering where this option was. Used it for years on my Windows Mobile devices. Really don't understand why this hasn't been implemented, couldn't be that hard! Any workarounds yet?
And as explained above, it's pretty annoying when you for example travel by train and connect your phone to your (low capacity) netbook for tethering, only to see that is drains your netbook battery almost twice as fast. Without charging, my phone will easily outlive my netbook. So no, I really don't need charging. Bluetooth tether then might be a better option.. Oh wait, this isn't supported either!
But overall I'm more than happy with my Desire and Android!
Update: Just found PdaNET on Market which claims to provide bluetooth tether on non-rooted devices.. I'll check it out
Hello all, new to the E4GT world from the OG evo and I loaded starburst 1.9 after formatting system and data, wiping cache and then dalvik cache in that order. I find though while I was loading all my old apps to the new rom that the battery percentage keeps dropping even when the usb is connected. I'm using the official samsung cable. Does this happen to anybody else? Thanks!
psych2l said:
Hello all, new to the E4GT world from the OG evo and I loaded starburst 1.9 after formatting system and data, wiping cache and then dalvik cache in that order. I find though while I was loading all my old apps to the new rom that the battery percentage keeps dropping even when the usb is connected. I'm using the official samsung cable. Does this happen to anybody else? Thanks!
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I've had this happen but only when I was overclocked and watching videos while connected via USB to my PC. If you're plugged into a wall Jack and this is happening there's probably something wrong. Also make sure you're using the adapter that came with your phone as different phones have different voltage/amperage and that can cause them to kill the battery. I've had to tell this to friends and even had one permanently damage their battery where it wouldn't take a charge because he was using an old charger.
USB connected to your PC just can't give enough juice for high end phones. That's why they charge slower than when plugged directly into the wall.
Thanks for the heads up, I normally work with the screen always on when connected to usb, but it appears to be charging normally now that it's attached straight to the wall. Still it's sad to see I can't overclock easily while on the PC
With many phones you can use up power faster than it can charge. Doing stuff like tethering over WiFi with both WiFi and Cellular radios running is a common scenario, but you can do it other ways too. If the phones charge too fast, they can overheat too, and they could have circuitry to disable charging in an attempt to reduce the temperature.
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With many phones you can use up power faster than it can charge. Doing stuff like tethering over WiFi with both WiFi and Cellular radios running is a common scenario, but you can do it other ways too. If the phones charge too fast, they can overheat too, and they could have circuitry to disable charging in an attempt to reduce the temperature.
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Yup. Running wifi tether with the screen on with an overclocked kernel is another scenario where this phone can't get enough juice from the USB port
I have AT&T (not for long) home internet service. I was late on just one payment the whole time I've had them (5+ years) and got shut off without notice. Now they say they can't find my account information. WHATEVER. They're getting cancelled. Anyways I am setting up my WiFi tethering so I can get my laptop back online.
I set it up using WPA security and typed the password in and it connected without problem, but nothing worked. The phone was maybe 6 feet from the laptop. I usually have pretty decent/good signal at my house too. I ended up having to put the phone physically on the keyboard of the laptop to get a signal strong enough to visit any sort of webpages.
Is this normal? I feel like having to place my phone ON the item I want service on makes it kind of pointless...
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Also. I plugged my phone into a/c power knowing I was about to start tethering. I have been plugged in since 93% battery and my phone is at 83% on a/c power. Is that normal too?
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I used the tethering option this morning and it worked great. I was connected for over an hour and only lost about 2%. The speeds were great. Maybe you could try tethering in the meantime.
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I've heard some carriers are blocking traffic when connected with tethering (haven't experienced it myself though), so that might be what is happening.
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Your power loss definitely sounds excessive to me, I've never experienced a loss in power when tethering/hotspotting when plugged in to power. Instead of hotspotting, perhaps you could try USB tethering.
I am on my third OG. The two previous failures appeared to be catastrophic battery issues. Both phones were rooted and unlocked. This last time the phone was having issues with GPS, so I rebooted. That was it. Never came on, completely, again. Sprint told me they can't fix it because the battery is too low to start. The one before had a "similar" issue, but Sprint had a doner battery to fix it. Can anyone shed any light on this. Has anyone heard of any similar problems. I hate this phone because the battery is not removable and it drains much quicker than my Evo 4G
Have you tried to get into download mode? Also are you using the charger that came with the phone?
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Bdadd34 said:
Have you tried to get into download mode? Also are you using the charger that came with the phone?
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I tried everything and finally received, today, my third OG. Not sure about the charging, as I have several types of adapters and chargers around. I thought the micro USB was a standard for power. I just want to prevent this from happening a third time. Thanks for your response.
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I tried everything and finally received, today, my third OG. Not sure about the charging, as I have several types of adapters and chargers around. I thought the micro USB was a standard for power. I just want to prevent this from happening a third time. Thanks for your response.
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the plug in is universal but some of the wall plug ins are different voltages I believe...I know my optimus 3d wouldn't charge when fully dead on some of my old chargers. don't know if that was your problem but it is strange to have two in a row do that.
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I am on my third OG. The two previous failures appeared to be catastrophic battery issues. Both phones were rooted and unlocked. This last time the phone was having issues with GPS, so I rebooted. That was it. Never came on, completely, again. Sprint told me they can't fix it because the battery is too low to start. The one before had a "similar" issue, but Sprint had a doner battery to fix it. Can anyone shed any light on this. Has anyone heard of any similar problems. I hate this phone because the battery is not removable and it drains much quicker than my Evo 4G
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First off, I'm sorry to hear that happened to you- but you're not alone.
I've been a lurker on the forums for a while now- and I had this happen to me about a week ago as well. My phone was acting exactly as you described- I was using the GPS, and I let the battery get low (~5%) and it powered down.
When my phone wouldn't power up after letting it charge, I wasn't phased at first- I had let my phone's battery drain low before (causing it to glitch) and had been able to restore it through Lgnpst or TWRP- but this time it was as if the battery couldn't hold a charge.
I got mine into download mode eventually and was able to flash teenybins and a stock rom- when I finally got it to boot again- it was only charged to 13% (after about three days of charging). I played with wiping the battery stats and restoring old backups just to be sure- but it would never charge over 13%.
I'm of the belief this is a heat failure. It was about 95* in my car without A/C and heavy usage- I was so busy trying to get work done that day I didn't realize how hot my phone must have been getting.
I'm picking up my new LGOG tomorrow- I'm interested to hear more about how you came to the same issue ( providing we really are having the same problem)
Heya, just a quick question.
Got a Sprint Galaxy S3 here from a co-worker to back up her pictures and contacts (she doesn't use/remember her gmail account). I rebooted the phone and now I cant get the battery to charge at all. She was having issues with it so she upgraded to the S5.
It does connect to the computer with USB (the device connected notification plays) but that's about it. Can it be forced to turn on without the battery? A lot of older/other phones allow you to do this. If not no harm done I got what I needed off the phone. Was hoping to use it as a tinkering phone (got a few already lol).
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Heya, just a quick question.
Got a Sprint Galaxy S3 here from a co-worker to back up her pictures and contacts (she doesn't use/remember her gmail account). I rebooted the phone and now I cant get the battery to charge at all. She was having issues with it so she upgraded to the S5.
It does connect to the computer with USB (the device connected notification plays) but that's about it. Can it be forced to turn on without the battery? A lot of older/other phones allow you to do this. If not no harm done I got what I needed off the phone. Was hoping to use it as a tinkering phone (got a few already lol).
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well right now im charging my battery and my brother jacks it when im asleep and levees me his dead one....but my suggestion would be see if it charges in another s3 or with external battery charger....if that doesn't work it finally died