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Hi everyone (and sorry for my bad english) !
Since some days my GSM Galaxy Nexus is anoying me with a problem I can't understand.
At random moments, my GN thinks he is charging but he isn't even plugged !
The indicator in the notification bar shows the battery is in charge and all the phone believes he is charging.
Other problème, the charging indicatore comes and goes again and again and again, so the scree goes on everytime the GN is "plugged in".
My battery goes down at the speed of light this way ...
I tried to wipe, uninstall potential apps that could cause the issue, changing rom, changing kernel ... It still happening but not every time. Often it comes when the battery is under 50% or arround. I also have battery drops when I reboot the phone, like if the battery wasn't correctly calibrate ...
If I reboot the phone, the problem still here, if i get the battery off and then put it back and reboot the phone it works normaly ... for a indeterminate time ...
This problem make me crazy, is anyone got a solution ?
Thanks for all.
Anyone can help please ?
I would definitely demand a replacement battery. For me it seems like the battery is broken, therefore it's a warranty issue. If the problem still exists, it must be the hardware of the phone itself. I don't think it's a software problem, since you wiped, changed rom and even the kernel.
So demand a replacement of the battery!
Thanks for your answer ! I'll try this but I don't think samsung customer support will send me a replacement battery like that, they will ask me to send back the phone I think.
I recently had the same issue... here's what fixed it for me. I took the battery out and left the phone plugged into the outlet. Let it sit. I then installed the battery and let it finish its charge while the phone was off. I then took the battery out, unplugged the charger from the phone, and reinserted battery. Power on, VOILA! Mine was back to normal. Hope this helps.
Thanks for helping ! I'll try this
I just saw that I'm not alone in this case : http://code.google.com/p/android/is...s Owner Summary Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=23789
This issue is considerated as a medium priority, I hope for a fix !
I have the exact same problem, and have also commented on the issue at code.google.com. I have also tried "everything". Changed ROM, kernel, wiped battery stat, even let it fully charge while off. Still the same problem where it show as charging in notification bar when unplugged.. and when it have drained to below 50% or so, it start to flicked between charging and not-charging and drains even faster.
After checking CPU Spy it tells me that the phone never goes to sleep, this causes the battery to only last about 12-14 hours by itself..
I have also tryed to open the phone and clean the connector, but it did not fix it. One thing that is strange, is if I pry a toot stick or similar in the micro-usb-connector to press the connector plate (inside the micro-usb-connector) down with the phone faced up, it actually stops to flicker and stays not-charging.
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Same problem here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379478 and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21031287#post21031287
I have the same problem, and it make my crazy.
I bought the phone about month ago and this problem came in the second week.
I plugged my phone up to my car charger omw home for lunch and the stupid charging issue started to happen all over again... I had to do the whole thing over again. Remove otterbox, back shell, battery, and put it all back together. I'm really trying to avoid swapping the phone out with verizon. With the way it's looking, I'm about to call and hassle a VZW CSR and get me an instant swap in the morning. This is unacceptable SAMSUNG. Bad thing is, it must be common with Smsg phones, as I found 5 other devices of theirs that seemed to have the same problem Nexus S and Fascinate being two of them.
Same issue here as well, with the battery icon showing the charging bolt despite not being plugged in.
This will happen when the phone is not in use, and ill notice the screen flash on for a moment.
I tried the solution offered in this thread, only to have the symptom return just hours after powering the phone back on, and w/o being plugged back into another charger.
Same here, the solution didn't work for me but push the conector down with a toothpick seems to work for me ... for the moment.
So it seems to be a hardware problem of the device !
I have now ordered a new USB connector board to see if that fixes it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150713366355
Will report back.
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When did you buy your phones? This could be a problem on early batches.
Could you see what part number you have on the actual USB connector?
I see that on this replacement board the number is 1H13D, while my number is 1J10F.
The replacement board with 1H13D written on it: http://www.globaldirectparts.com/v/vspfiles/photos/SMSNG6111630-6.jpg
Melhouse said:
I have now ordered a new USB connector board to see if that fixes it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150713366355
Will report back.
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When did you buy your phones? This could be a problem on early batches.
Could you see what part number you have on the actual USB connector?
I see that on this replacement board the number is 1H13D, while my number is 1J10F.
The replacement board with 1H13D written on it: http://www.globaldirectparts.com/v/vspfiles/photos/SMSNG6111630-6.jpg
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Hey, strong work! You might diagnose this thing before Google does. Keep us posted.
I'm experiencing this too, I did have it go away for about a week, but now it's back. I"m not looking forward to RMAing it, because I ordered it from the US and I'm in the Caribbean. I'm hoping the USB board replacement will work - waiting to see the results.
So glad I finally found this thread....
This started happening to me Friday night. First thing I noticed was while I was out the battery symbol had the lightning bolt in it as if it was charging, but it wasn't.
Long story short, nothing I do is able to charge the phone, both while the phone is on and while the phone is off) and it's REALLY pissing me off. The only response I can get from the phone is when it's off, it keeps looping over the two battery animations and acts like it's charging, but it's really not.
In all my playing around with it I somehow got it to charge to 40% yesterday. The only thing I can say for certain was that the phone was plugged in while I was trying to boot it up and when it shut off I didn't see the battery charging animations so I left it alone for a little bit before I checked it out and was surprised to see it charged a bit.
Today I was able to have it happen again and got the battery to 60%. This time I Started from the bootloader and again, when it turned off, I didn't see the battery animation.
I was able to reproduce this again just now by going into the bootloader and just choosing the option to power it off. Will report back in a little while to let you know if it charged past 60% after doing that.
Edit: powering off from the bootloader did not charge the phone. I accidentally pulled the battery and it went from 60% to 37% when I turned it back on. I think there is something screwy with my battery. Does anyone know if the regular Verizon battery fits in the GSM version?
I've got at least a similar issue, but managed to get a fix working (at least for now). I've had the phone for about 2.5 hours now. I got it with around 50% charge, after 1.5 hours, it was at 24% so I went to charge it. Tried the included USB cable to my Windows 7 PC, it tried to install drivers, the install failed. The battery was labeled as still discharging and the unlock screen told me to charge the battery.
I proceeded to try the samsung charging head thing with the original cable in one outlet, then in two more - same result, no charging indicated. Tried with a brand new micro USB cable and had no results. Tried the other cable with the PC. I read around on the issue a bit and found this thread, since people were saying it could be software related, I figured I would power down the device and try again.
I powered down the phone while it was disconnected from USB. I then plugged it into the USB cable connected to my computer. My PC then recognized the device and installed the drivers correctly, the bolt over the battery icon appeared on the Galaxy Nexus's screen. I let the screen turn off then woke it again, the battery charging animation was going. I booted the device while connected to USB. Now in the OS it says the battery is charging and it was charging from about 42% - so I think the actual battery power was not being properly reported before the reboot and when the charging problems were happening.
I'm hoping this has set it to work, but if something else happens, I'll post here again.
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I've got at least a similar issue, but managed to get a fix working (at least for now). I've had the phone for about 2.5 hours now. I got it with around 50% charge, after 1.5 hours, it was at 24% so I went to charge it. Tried the included USB cable to my Windows 7 PC, it tried to install drivers, the install failed. The battery was labeled as still discharging and the unlock screen told me to charge the battery.
I proceeded to try the samsung charging head thing with the original cable in one outlet, then in two more - same result, no charging indicated. Tried with a brand new micro USB cable and had no results. Tried the other cable with the PC. I read around on the issue a bit and found this thread, since people were saying it could be software related, I figured I would power down the device and try again.
I powered down the phone while it was disconnected from USB. I then plugged it into the USB cable connected to my computer. My PC then recognized the device and installed the drivers correctly, the bolt over the battery icon appeared on the Galaxy Nexus's screen. I let the screen turn off then woke it again, the battery charging animation was going. I booted the device while connected to USB. Now in the OS it says the battery is charging and it was charging from about 42% - so I think the actual battery power was not being properly reported before the reboot and when the charging problems were happening.
I'm hoping this has set it to work, but if something else happens, I'll post here again.
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I've had the phone for over a month now and never had any issues. I've been trying to plug into a Mac so drivers aren't an issue (I know from previous phones that in Windows the phone wouldn't charge until the right drivers were installed).
There's definitely something very wrong w/ the phone and I fear it's likely a hardware issue, as even when the phone is off it won't charge (but acts kind of like it is).
Right now the only surefire way for me to charge my phone is let it die all the way down and keep trying to boot it up until it dies during a boot before the OS comes up (at which point it'll charge).
For what it's worth I fixed the phone on Monday. I stuck a wooden stir stick from work in the usb port and pushed down on the plate inside ever so slightly. I'd seen this suggestion from a few places online, but I was pretty skeptical. Well, much to my surprise it started charging!
I quickly got it back to it's stock state and re-locked the booloader in case I end up needing to send the phone back to Sammy if the problem happens again.
So far so good, but I've been very careful when plugging and unplugging the usb cord.
I think it's important to keep the OP's issue in mind, because I'm pretty sure there are two different issues here.
1)Many of us have an issue were the phone shows it's charging WHILE UNPLUGGED, causing the screen to flick on repeatedly. This may/may not be accompanied by a charging issues - in my case it isn't.
2)A second issue where owners have problems charging their phones (but never experience the charging while unplugged bug).
I think the intent of this thread is to track (1). I've never heard of the toothpick issue helping those experiencing (1).
How are people pushing the usb plate down, any pictures?
Well I was at work and my phone died and I thought no biggie I'll just charge it when I get home, well when I got home I put it on the charger and all that happened was the Blue LED flashes every 4 seconds. I can get into download mode but it keeps saying "LOW BATTERY! CAN'T DOWNLOAD!" I dont know what to do my phone was perfectly fine right before it died. Please help me
Well Im off to bed, so far nothing please if anybody could help I'd really appreciate it!?!?!
LeKtRiCzzz said:
Well I was at work and my phone died and I thought no biggie I'll just charge it when I get home, well when I got home I put it on the charger and all that happened was the Blue LED flashes every 4 seconds. I can get into download mode but it keeps saying "LOW BATTERY! CAN'T DOWNLOAD!" I dont know what to do my phone was perfectly fine right before it died. Please help me
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try leaving it on the charger a while... but I'm sorry to say that it sounds like a brick. If it won't take a charge, you won't be able to odin anything. I had a similar issue and the battery would get real hot on the charger but it wouldn't charge so I couldn't flash anything.
good luck my friend
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try leaving it on the charger a while... but I'm sorry to say that it sounds like a brick. If it won't take a charge, you won't be able to odin anything. I had a similar issue and the battery would get real hot on the charger but it wouldn't charge so I couldn't flash anything.
good luck my friend
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I'm hoping its not a brick, i left it on the charger and was getting warm. This sucks how did it even brick
guys help me.
what the hell do you want help with? Find a way to way to charge your battery and Odin something.
Need more details than "my battery died".
Are you rooted, what rom, kernel and recovery? What did you do leading up to this point? What have you done to try to remedy the problem?
Cover the basics and you might get an answer
There could be two possible problem
1.Battery is not charged - maybe usb cable is bad. Try charge with another cable
2.Battery is bad or dead - replace the battery.
To test couple of things, try to use different battery if you can find. If phone boots up, then you don't need to worry about the brick.
tkemack said:
Need more details than "my battery died".
Are you rooted, what rom, kernel and recovery? What did you do leading up to this point? What have you done to try to remedy the problem?
Cover the basics and you might get an answer
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Yes I am rooted. My rom is MIJJz BLEND ICS 2.5 and Im using Rogue FC18. I was at work and texted my dad that I was off and at that time my battery was at 1%, well it died and ever since then it hasnt turned on. I have flashed anything since the 18th
kobridge said:
There could be two possible problem
1.Battery is not charged - maybe usb cable is bad. Try charge with another cable
2.Battery is bad or dead - replace the battery.
To test couple of things, try to use different battery if you can find. If phone boots up, then you don't need to worry about the brick.
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I tried a different charger and same thing happened
CBowley said:
what the hell do you want help with? Find a way to way to charge your battery and Odin something.
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If you were in my situation you'd be desperate for help
Im not sure if our phones are even capable of doing this but take out the battery and plug the charger into the phone without the battery essentially bypassing the battery. Its strange that the phone would just brick, it sounds like something more than that.
I tried that and it didnt work this sucks bro
Take out the SD Card if you have one. And I assume you have tried accessing the recovery menu while plugged in?
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Also did you try to just try charging it via the usb on your computer?
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Take out the SD Card if you have one. And I assume you have tried accessing the recovery menu while plugged in?
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Also did you try to just try charging it via the usb on your computer?
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That was the first thing I did, I can get into Odin but it says my battery is to low
How long are you leaving it on the charger? I know with some devices like ipod touches and stuff if they are really dead they need to sit on the charger for a while so they can gain enough power to boot up. However I will say my epic has gone dead over night before too and when I plug it in it goes right on. I would definitely take it to a sprint store. Make sure they have a repair center though otherwise they will want to mail it to samsung and then you will be without a phone for at least a week or two.
I have had batteries/phones in the past where they would only accept trickle charge after they were fully drained. My theory is since these batteries take more current as they get more depleted, they are refusing to charge because the current is higher than expected.
I have no idea if that is what is happening here, but you may want to try low current charging sources .5 amp or less.
You can try an external battery charger....if you have one. If not, find an extra charger and strip the end. Take the battery out of the phone and put the bare wire ends on the appropriate terminals on the battery and reinsert it, now you will be directly charging the battery. Its not very safe if you dont know what your doing, but I have done it before....I actually have a charger set up for this. Another option would be to tape the wire ends to the terminals.
Ok so I just tried to boot without battery on my device while plugged into the wall. It doesnt power nor do any lights come on. I think it may be your battery brother. I would suggest order a cheap one off ebay and have it ship as fast as possible just to check it for a solution. Or go to your sprint store with the battery only and tell them that it is not working and that you want to replace it and see what they say.
Sounds like a bad battery to me. I would try what the guy above me suggested. Get a extra battery from Ebay. Or take it to Sprint..
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This happened to me. It was a bad recovery/kernel.
Find a way to charge your battery, boot into download mode, Odin a stock ROM from sfhub and start over.
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This happened to me. It was a bad recovery/kernel.
Find a way to charge your battery, boot into download mode, Odin a stock ROM from sfhub and start over.
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lmao...well thats the problem isnt it
CBowley said:
This happened to me. It was a bad recovery/kernel.
Find a way to charge your battery, boot into download mode, Odin a stock ROM from sfhub and start over.
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The point is he CAN'T charge it lol...
He most likely has a bad battery.
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The Nokia Lumia 900 got BRICKED within a week of getting it....
Here is what happened, Wed night I could not get my phone recharged on time and as I was doing something the phone suddenly froze and died as it had ran out of juice. I left it there in that state for awhile and then plugged into wall...first the bottom three buttons lit up, a white screen, then a big battery showed up with with a bit of red charge, then a nokia page and then finally an att page with the words "rethink possible".....and it shuts off and starts this loop.
it did that loop since 1 am Wed night.... tried all resets in the morning - three button, two button, one button - but no success.
I swapped my phone today!!
I've seen threads where 710 and 800 users have complained about this. Not sure if its the same bug but just wanted to put it out here...
Same thing happensed to me. But I think it has to do with the type of charger you use. Has it happend with the new one. Please report back so that i know if i should return my phone.
sridhar618 said:
The Nokia Lumia 900 got BRICKED within a week of getting it....
Here is what happened, Wed night I could not get my phone recharged on time and as I was doing something the phone suddenly froze and died as it had ran out of juice. I left it there in that state for awhile and then plugged into wall...first the bottom three buttons lit up, a white screen, then a big battery showed up with with a bit of red charge, then a nokia page and then finally an att page with the words "rethink possible".....and it shuts off and starts this loop.
it did that loop since 1 am Wed night.... tried all resets in the morning - three button, two button, one button - but no success.
I swapped my phone today!!
I've seen threads where 710 and 800 users have complained about this. Not sure if its the same bug but just wanted to put it out here...
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This also happened to 1 of the 2 900s I had. Turned on Nokia Drive and within 3 minutes the phone shut off and would not turn back on we eventually got it on, but it never completely booted back up.
After a TOTAL battery drain, where it just shut off.. I had to charge for over 2 hours before it would even power on. I think it has to be over 20% before it will power on. I was also using an HTC charger I had at work when I did this. It finally turned on after all that time.
There is a BIG difference between the NOKIA charger and most other chargers. I've got a really good HTC one, and a really good aftermarket one. They charge at 300mA and 350mA. But the nokia one charges at 500-650mA. It makes all the difference in the world on this phone with this large battery. Especially, since Windows Phone MUST be on to charge.
If you are having charging trouble, be sure to try the NOKIA supplied charger and cable. Give it a while to catch back up. Up to a couple hours if battery is completely depleated.
PS: While on the Battery issue. I'm getting Incredible battery life on my 900. About twice as long lasting as my Focus was. But, it did not get good until about the 5th or 6th day of using it. Now, it lasts a good day and a half with decent use. My Focus only got about a day if lucky. With that said, I JUST installed the Nokia Update, so we will see how the battery fairs now. Firmware updated from 2175.1000.8112.12082 to 2175.1002.8112.12084.
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yungboss22 said:
Lol buy a Galaxy Nexus
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Yeah, but once his battery bug is fixed, he'd like it to last more than half a day... hehehe
SuperSport said:
There is a BIG difference between the NOKIA charger and most other chargers. I've got a really good HTC one, and a really good aftermarket one. They charge at 300mA and 350mA. But the nokia one charges at 500-650mA. It makes all the difference in the world on this phone with this large battery. Especially, since Windows Phone MUST be on to charge.
If you are having charging trouble, be sure to try the NOKIA supplied charger and cable. Give it a while to catch back up. Up to a couple hours if battery is completely depleated.
PS: While on the Battery issue. I'm getting Incredible battery life on my 900. About twice as long lasting as my Focus was. But, it did not get good until about the 5th or 6th day of using it. Now, it lasts a good day and a half with decent use. My Focus only got about a day if lucky. With that said, I JUST installed the Nokia Update, so we will see how the battery fairs now. Firmware updated from 2175.1000.8112.12082 to 2175.1002.8112.12084.
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Yeah, but once his battery bug is fixed, he'd like it to last more than half a day... hehehe
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With light usage with my galaxy nexus, i have 1.5days on battery life with data on. With heavy usage, about 12-16h of battery life, not bad
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Even after charging if its not powering on, then you could try this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1587907&page=2
SuperSport said:
There is a BIG difference between the NOKIA charger and most other chargers. I've got a really good HTC one, and a really good aftermarket one. They charge at 300mA and 350mA. But the nokia one charges at 500-650mA. It makes all the difference in the world on this phone with this large battery. Especially, since Windows Phone MUST be on to charge.
If you are having charging trouble, be sure to try the NOKIA supplied charger and cable. Give it a while to catch back up. Up to a couple hours if battery is completely depleated.
PS: While on the Battery issue. I'm getting Incredible battery life on my 900. About twice as long lasting as my Focus was. But, it did not get good until about the 5th or 6th day of using it. Now, it lasts a good day and a half with decent use. My Focus only got about a day if lucky. With that said, I JUST installed the Nokia Update, so we will see how the battery fairs now. Firmware updated from 2175.1000.8112.12082 to 2175.1002.8112.12084.
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Yeah, but once his battery bug is fixed, he'd like it to last more than half a day... hehehe
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My HTC chargers are all 1.5A
hx4700 Killer said:
My HTC chargers are all 1.5A
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When the Lumia is charging using your HTC chargers, what is the mA input according to Lumia Diagnostics?
I get as high as 650 at times with my Lumia Charger, but only up to 350 using the others. Around 150-200 on USB from PC.
SuperSport said:
There is a BIG difference between the NOKIA charger and most other chargers. I've got a really good HTC one, and a really good aftermarket one. They charge at 300mA and 350mA. But the nokia one charges at 500-650mA. It makes all the difference in the world on this phone with this large battery. Especially, since Windows Phone MUST be on to charge.
If you are having charging trouble, be sure to try the NOKIA supplied charger and cable. Give it a while to catch back up. Up to a couple hours if battery is completely depleated.
PS: While on the Battery issue. I'm getting Incredible battery life on my 900. About twice as long lasting as my Focus was. But, it did not get good until about the 5th or 6th day of using it. Now, it lasts a good day and a half with decent use. My Focus only got about a day if lucky. With that said, I JUST installed the Nokia Update, so we will see how the battery fairs now. Firmware updated from 2175.1000.8112.12082 to 2175.1002.8112.12084.
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Yeah, but once his battery bug is fixed, he'd like it to last more than half a day... hehehe
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the one that came with my amaze says 200mA haha
if your phone can't boot after a deep discharge, try hooking it up with the original cable to a computer USB port.
I guess my first questions is how are you charging it in the first place? USB or Electric outlet? USB usually takes longer and can be a weaker charge.
Second, like some people mention are us using another charger by a different company like HTC and etc..?
This will help us understand the issue better to help you.
That being said, my HD7 pulled this with me once... All was well after though.
FiyaFleye said:
Do you think any of us give a damn about your Galaxy Nexus in the Lumia section? Honestly? Because if you do, then I think you need to re-examine the idea behind a LUMIA forum.
That being said, my HD7 pulled this with me once... All was well after though.
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Don't feed the troll... otherwise you will just get more oxygen/blood deprived answers from someone trying to type one handed, not skip a stroke and sound like they aren't trolling. Probably has a thing for the latest and greatest but is locked in to a contract....
johnnybrav0 said:
I guess my first questions is how are you charging it in the first place? USB or Electric outlet? USB usually takes longer and can be a weaker charge.
Second, like some people mention are us using another charger by a different company like HTC and etc..?
This will help us understand the issue better to help you.
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After the charge completely depleted, i hooked it to the wall using the nokia supplied charger for abt 7 hrs. The phone did not respond on trying to power it up. I tried all button combos, plugging to comp, plugging and unplugging multiple times etc (you name it and I have tried) but none of them worked. I tried to resurrect it for a full. I finally gave up and swapped for a another device at the ATT store.
The device should reach you guys via your channels for your R&D.
I just bought the phone. After 3 hours of charging using the Nokia charger. Phone is still not booting. After connecting the charger cable it vibrates and the 3 button lights turn on, but thats all that happens.
davel8135 said:
I just bought the phone. After 3 hours of charging using the Nokia charger. Phone is still not booting. After connecting the charger cable it vibrates and the 3 button lights turn on, but thats all that happens.
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If the Lumia 900 is drained completely it will not power on until it gets a 20% charge. If your phone wasn't charged to that in 3 hrs. you should take it back and get another phone.
I want to say that it was at least two hours if not 3 before my phone came on from a total discharge.
The phone would vibrate and flash if I plugged or unplugged etc... I played with it enough that it came on was still pretty much dead on the charge but once on and plugged in it actually charged so what I read above that it won't charge if its not on seems to hold true.
Of course that was all before the update.
Keep it civil
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I experienced the same thing last night. When it finally did power back on, it was at 22%... And hard reset!
Calling it a PITA is an understatement.
Hey all im having a charging issue with my gnex, It will fully charge, however the issue is when I unplug the phone it says that its still charging then it will say its discharging(like normal) however a few seconds later it does the same thing and keeps doing this until the battery hits about 85% then it will act normally. What bothers me the most is the screen will come on and stay on and im worried of LCD burns. I have odined to stock tried multiple different ROMs and Kernels and to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all in advance
Have you cleared the battery stats? Also try the EZ battery calibration app from play store that helped me tremdously good luck
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I was having the issue with my Gnex. when i plugged it to the charger it would charger but when i unplugged it it will say that its charging. just like yours mine would fix itself. at first i though it was s/w so i factory reset and even flashed another rom or same rom. i did notice something this only happened when i plugged it to a certain charger which was a Samsung charger but not the original. i stop using that cable and never had the issue again
JamesPumaEnjoi said:
Have you cleared the battery stats? Also try the EZ battery calibration app from play store that helped me tremdously good luck
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I can adore you that neither one helped you. You just so happened to fix the problem independently at about the same time. In a nutshell, you're equating correlation with causation.
Batterystats.bin has absolutely nothing to do with battery charge. The only info contained in that file is a list of apps that have operated on battery since the last full charge- nothing more. The file is automatically cleared each time you unplug the phone after a full charge. The wives' tale of that affecting battery charge or the reported charge level was officially debunked by a member of. Google's Android team early this year.
It is for this same reason that apps that claim to calibrate your battery are 100% snake oil.
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blackoakx22 said:
Hey all im having a charging issue with my gnex, It will fully charge, however the issue is when I unplug the phone it says that its still charging then it will say its discharging(like normal) however a few seconds later it does the same thing and keeps doing this until the battery hits about 85% then it will act normally. What bothers me the most is the screen will come on and stay on and im worried of LCD burns. I have odined to stock tried multiple different ROMs and Kernels and to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all in advance
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It would seem that your USB port may be shorted or, less likely, you have a defective battery.
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Had this same issue, had to get a replacement on my insurance =[
Clearing Batterystats.bin is a busted myth.
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Ok so i fixed it (and it was rather simple too)
i plugged the phone into the wall and popped out the battery and left it plugged it for a min or two. then i unplugged it put the battery back in and let it show the charging then popped out the battery again then the usb. Put the battery back in and powered on and its working normally now.
Last night my phone died after 2 days off cable due to me having to use my cord for another device. I plugged it in today to find that it wasn't charging at all. I decided to give it a few minutes before trying, thinking it may not be turning on because it still needs some juice. I waited 30 minutes and it wouldn't turn on still, just gave me the little animation of a battery draining to indicate that it needs to be charged. After this, I figured that it's possible the cable is just dead, so I opted to borrow a cable from my brother. The cable charges his phone just fine, but it doesn't work with charging my phone. I took a shower while waiting for it to perhaps get the juice it needed, and still no dice. I tried several different outlets thinking perhaps the outlet was dead, and still nothing.
I've had the phone for a little over a month, so I'm not sure how long I have to turn it in or not; I'd hope it'd be 3 months for factory issues, but judging from how people mention 14 days, I'd assume that they're eager to push responsibility of broken devices onto the customer as fast as they can. Do you guys have any idea of what could be wrong? Perhaps if it's possible for me to get a replacement at this point?
I've been running the Lifeless v.11 Rom for a while with no issues, I haven't flashed anything in possibly a week or two, so I honestly doubt this is a software issue. It's never been exposed to water, but then again I really don't trust phones to detect if they've been damaged or not since it seems even a humid day is enough for those small water damage detection stickers to run pink.
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Last night my phone died after 2 days off cable due to me having to use my cord for another device. I plugged it in today to find that it wasn't charging at all. I decided to give it a few minutes before trying, thinking it may not be turning on because it still needs some juice. I waited 30 minutes and it wouldn't turn on still, just gave me the little animation of a battery draining to indicate that it needs to be charged. After this, I figured that it's possible the cable is just dead, so I opted to borrow a cable from my brother. The cable charges his phone just fine, but it doesn't work with charging my phone. I took a shower while waiting for it to perhaps get the juice it needed, and still no dice. I tried several different outlets thinking perhaps the outlet was dead, and still nothing.
I've had the phone for a little over a month, so I'm not sure how long I have to turn it in or not; I'd hope it'd be 3 months for factory issues, but judging from how people mention 14 days, I'd assume that they're eager to push responsibility of broken devices onto the customer as fast as they can. Do you guys have any idea of what could be wrong? Perhaps if it's possible for me to get a replacement at this point?
I've been running the Lifeless v.11 Rom for a while with no issues, I haven't flashed anything in possibly a week or two, so I honestly doubt this is a software issue. It's never been exposed to water, but then again I really don't trust phones to detect if they've been damaged or not since it seems even a humid day is enough for those small water damage detection stickers to run pink.
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wish i could help you man:/ only thing i can think of is taking of the back plating and make sure the connector is fine.it would suck if we have another evo 4g on our hands, especially without a removable battery
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Last night my phone died after 2 days off cable due to me having to use my cord for another device. I plugged it in today to find that it wasn't charging at all. I decided to give it a few minutes before trying, thinking it may not be turning on because it still needs some juice. I waited 30 minutes and it wouldn't turn on still, just gave me the little animation of a battery draining to indicate that it needs to be charged. After this, I figured that it's possible the cable is just dead, so I opted to borrow a cable from my brother. The cable charges his phone just fine, but it doesn't work with charging my phone. I took a shower while waiting for it to perhaps get the juice it needed, and still no dice. I tried several different outlets thinking perhaps the outlet was dead, and still nothing.
I've had the phone for a little over a month, so I'm not sure how long I have to turn it in or not; I'd hope it'd be 3 months for factory issues, but judging from how people mention 14 days, I'd assume that they're eager to push responsibility of broken devices onto the customer as fast as they can. Do you guys have any idea of what could be wrong? Perhaps if it's possible for me to get a replacement at this point?
I've been running the Lifeless v.11 Rom for a while with no issues, I haven't flashed anything in possibly a week or two, so I honestly doubt this is a software issue. It's never been exposed to water, but then again I really don't trust phones to detect if they've been damaged or not since it seems even a humid day is enough for those small water damage detection stickers to run pink.
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Pull your battery, try again
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Yea, going to update this. Sprint was giving me issues and trying to cough up money from me, so I pulled the battery and cleaned the port with a q-tip and it charged fine again. I was in for a scare there, but it's back to life.
Same problem...didn't have to pull battery
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Yea, going to update this. Sprint was giving me issues and trying to cough up money from me, so I pulled the battery and cleaned the port with a q-tip and it charged fine again. I was in for a scare there, but it's back to life.
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Just wanted to chime in with my experience.
I had same issue. Battery completely drained with a visit to the relatives (low cell signal).
Got home and plugged it in for 5min, the "battery charging" animation came on when short pressing the power button.
Had to move the phone to a different charger for the night and noticed that I couldn't get it to even show the charging animation while on the charger. Indeed after 8 hours on the charger the next morning it still wouldn't turn on. I thought I would have to take it back to Best Buy. On a whim, I thought I would drain all of the capacitance from the system by pressing and holding the power button to see if that would allow it to restart the charge cycle. So I held the power button for about 30-45sec off the charger, then waited about 30min and plugged it in at work.
It worked. Not sure why, but I didn't have to return it to Best Buy, so I'm happy.