Develop Bugs

Battery Issue

Since a few weeks, my phone takes a very long time to charge (like +10% every hour), when I watch tv or a movie on it while it's plugged in it even tells me that the phone is using more battery than it can charge (sorry for the french-> english).
Every morning I find it turned off, I plug it no led lites, after a while the led starts blinking and after 30minutes approximately it finally turns red and I can turn it on.
I'm using Revolution HD rom, but I assume it might be a hardware issue rather than software.
Does anyone ever encountered this issue ?

Do you use usb charging from pc? Disable any data connection,gps and close some apps. That should work!
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cicioflaviu said:
Do you use usb charging from pc? Disable any data connection,gps and close some apps. That should work!
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Today I used usb charging inded (but usually I use regular charger), I disabled everything I could, plug it at 9am, it's now 5pm and it's finally 100%
The good thing is that it seems to normally drains battery.
I just used battery callibrator, I'll let it empty and then charge it anew to see if there is any change.

ElChouch said:
Today I used usb charging inded (but usually I use regular charger), I disabled everything I could, plug it at 9am, it's now 5pm and it's finally 100%
The good thing is that it seems to normally drains battery.
I just used battery callibrator, I'll let it empty and then charge it anew to see if there is any change.
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Using another charger might help to!

[Q] "Helpful" battery full notification

Anyone know how to permanently get rid of this? I used G3 Tweak Box but that just removed the notification in the pull-down. It still vibrates irregularly if you use the phone while it's plugged in as the voltage level climbs and falls. PLEASE for the love of FSM let's get rid of this!

Unplug charger. It gone

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Unplug charger. It gone
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... that's not a fix. It's not even a workaround.

Any other ideas?

Try removing g3 tweak box and exposed then see if it does it. My phone does not. Asked a few other guys and they don't have this issue

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Try removing g3 tweak box and exposed then see if it does it. My phone does not. Asked a few other guys and they don't have this issue
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It's not Tweks Box or xposed, this stupid notification is a LG feature and there's no way to turn it off. Yet.

JustLok said:
It's not Tweks Box or xposed, this stupid notification is a LG feature and there's no way to turn it off. Yet.
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Could be bad hardware cause mine don't vibrate like his. Also xposed does phone to act stupid. Not for everyone but it does.

Its probably because the phone starts charging again when it hits the 99% mark (or close to 99%) then tells you its at 100 again. This phone doesn't have a pass through for power. If your phone is on its using battery even if its plugged in.

ThePagel said:
Its probably because the phone starts charging again when it hits the 99% mark (or close to 99%) then tells you its at 100 again. This phone doesn't have a pass through for power. If your phone is on its using battery even if its plugged in.
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Damn I charge mine and when I use Pandora plugged in it never drops below 100%. Hmmmm that is weird

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Damn I charge mine and when I use Pandora plugged in it never drops below 100%. Hmmmm that is weird
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Different batteries but it could be my phone thats broke. All I know is this is the first phone I have owned that I can't remove my battery even though its plugged in.

There's been several of these same threads about the persistent battery notification in this forum as well as the general G3 forum, it's not Xposed or faulty phones. What it seems to be is the charger that's being used, most notably if it's not the OEM charger.
Some are saying it's the battery/phone dropping from 100% to 99%, then charging back to 100% and gives the notification. Others are saying it's just saying you're at 100% and flashing it once a minute or so to remind you.
I'm wondering if it's the charger, as when I'm home and it's plugged in on my old Note 3 2amp charger, I don't get that notification during the night when I'm sleeping.
But, when I'm at work and I'm using my Samsung 1amp cube charger, it keeps displaying and sounding that stupid battery full, unplug to save energy notification over and over.
It could be as ThePagel said, the phone is not getting the full power it needs from the charger, so the battery drops to 99% and charges back up to 100%, display notification, rinse and repeat.
That's why I'm assuming it might be the chargers perhaps.

Could be why I don't have this issue. Both my chargers are 2 amps or higher

JustLok said:
There's been several of these same threads about the persistent battery notification in this forum as well as the general G3 forum, it's not Xposed or faulty phones. What it seems to be is the charger that's being used, most notably if it's not the OEM charger.
Some are saying it's the battery/phone dropping from 100% to 99%, then charging back to 100% and gives the notification. Others are saying it's just saying you're at 100% and flashing it once a minute or so to remind you.
I'm wondering if it's the charger, as when I'm home and it's plugged in on my old Note 3 2amp charger, I don't get that notification during the night when I'm sleeping.
But, when I'm at work and I'm using my Samsung 1amp cube charger, it keeps displaying and sounding that stupid battery full, unplug to save energy notification over and over.
It could be as ThePagel said, the phone is not getting the full power it needs from the charger, so the battery drops to 99% and charges back up to 100%, display notification, rinse and repeat.
That's why I'm assuming it might be the chargers perhaps.
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This describes the problem perfectly. The charger I am using is a 2.1A charger, though, so I don't understand why it keeps doing that. I also don't understand how it could possibly be using enough power to actually discharge the battery down from 100% to 99% WHILE being charged even from a 1A charger. How much freaking juice does this thing need to use?!

ThePagel said:
Different batteries but it could be my phone thats broke. All I know is this is the first phone I have owned that I can't remove my battery even though its plugged in.
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My Galaxy Note II was like this too, so was my Nexus One and my T-Mobile G2 (HTC Vision). This isn't a strange phenomenon AFAIK.

starkruzr said:
This describes the problem perfectly. The charger I am using is a 2.1A charger, though, so I don't understand why it keeps doing that. I also don't understand how it could possibly be using enough power to actually discharge the battery down from 100% to 99% WHILE being charged even from a 1A charger. How much freaking juice does this thing need to use?!
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What charger are you using?

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What charger are you using?
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I just checked it; it's actually a 2.4A and it's designed to be able to charge two devices at the same time. It's a PowerGen HLPG-001-12W. http://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerGen-Bl...S_Cell_Phone_PDA_Chargers&hash=item46234c30b0 Mine is white, but it's the same one.

BACARDILIMON said:
Could be bad hardware cause mine don't vibrate like his. Also xposed does phone to act stupid. Not for everyone but it does.
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I'm not trying to to bad mouth xposed or anything it is really cool but it seems like everything I ever tried to do with xposed is buggy. It really is to bad that most roms depend on it so much now a day's. I miss the hard framework modifications that worked perfect unless the developer made a mistake. But I do understand it can take a long time to add some of the stuff xposed gives for example reboot options. Sorry I just realized I went way off subject lol.

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I just checked it; it's actually a 2.4A and it's designed to be able to charge two devices at the same time. It's a PowerGen HLPG-001-12W. http://www.ebay.com/itm/PowerGen-Bl...S_Cell_Phone_PDA_Chargers&hash=item46234c30b0 Mine is white, but it's the same one.
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That might be the issue. It might be 2.4 all together but 1.2 per port. I have the note 3 which is 2 amp and the lg one also 2.1. My car has 2 port but it is 4.3 amp so it could do 2.1 per port. That be why I don't have that issue. Try the lg plug and see if it same thing.

BACARDILIMON said:
That might be the issue. It might be 2.4 all together but 1.2 per port. I have the note 3 which is 2 amp and the lg one also 2.1. My car has 2 port but it is 4.3 amp so it could do 2.1 per port. That be why I don't have that issue. Try the lg plug and see if it same thing.
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I'm now remembering that the LG charger is the one on my nighttable at home and it definitely has the same issue on that one.

starkruzr said:
I'm now remembering that the LG charger is the one on my nighttable at home and it definitely has the same issue on that one.
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Just found an old blackberry USB charger. Holy cow that's old lol. It is .9 amps. I been using my phone and it keep dropping back and fourth. I really dunno what to tell you bro. When I use normal amp stuff I am OK when I use low amp I get what you get. Maybe the new kernel that came out will help you out.

Won't boot or charge

Anyone having problems with it not powering up. It will charge to about 8-12% then shut off. It gets really hot when it's charging but I can't get anywhere with this watch. Getting really frustrated, been trying to get it work for over 5 hrs. Has anyone had this issue?

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Anyone having problems with it not powering up. It will charge to about 8-12% then shut off. It gets really hot when it's charging but I can't get anywhere with this watch. Getting really frustrated, been trying to get it work for over 5 hrs. Has anyone had this issue?
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Boot it up. Press and hold power button. Chose reset device from menu. When it boots back up don't touch until charged.

Definitely had issues like this. I ultimately exchanged it (got lucky with Best Buy having it in stock) but I read here that you may want to reset it, and charge it while its completely off, to full battery, Before trying to sync and use it. My defective 360 wouldn't even factory reset, so YMMV.

tcollum said:
Definitely had issues like this. I ultimately exchanged it (got lucky with Best Buy having it in stock) but I read here that you may want to reset it, and charge it while its completely off, to full battery, Before trying to sync and use it. My defective 360 wouldn't even factory reset, so YMMV.
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Boot it up. Press and hold power button. Chose reset device from menu. When it boots back up don't touch until charged.
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Thanks guys, that worked appreciate it! :good:

Don't pair it to your phone. A service kicks off to do an update but you can't until it's 80% or more charged. As others have said, do the rest then leave it alone.
Same thing happened for me.

reTARDIS said:
Don't pair it to your phone. A service kicks off to do an update but you can't until it's 80% or more charged. As others have said, do the rest then leave it alone.
Same thing happened for me.
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I'm having the exact same issue. How do you know when it is charged fully? When it is off there is no indicator of charge level. The Galaxy gear and gear live I had both had a battery icon when charging while off. I hope the battery is not a dead since the gear and live watches had awesome battery life for me...

Like a dumbass i tried to pair without fully charging it and was unsuccessful. Now the watch is dead and on the charger. Hopefully it charges or I will have to return this.

It took me about 10 attempted charging cycles over 24 hours before it worked. Usually the watch was off and it would be pretty hot. I noticed the charger was only a .5a so I changed the adapter to a 1.8a one I had. I left the watch on where the blue circle and time was showing and it charged right up from 3 to 100 in about an hour and today I used it from 2pm till 1030 pm with ambient screen and it was down to 39 now on charger for about 20 mins and it is up to 77. So far so good after a nightmarish 1st day...
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yeah, I'm noticing my watch feeling hot while being charged. Sadly, it still won't power on. :crying:

It will, just wait a little while then when it is on the cradle press the power button for 3-5secs then it will come on. On the stock charger you will prob see the power circle start dropping then shut off. Plug in a higher rated Micro USB charger into the dock and it should charge fine.
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bruceo said:
It will, just wait a little while then when it is on the cradle press the power button for 3-5secs then it will come on. On the stock charger you will prob see the power circle start dropping then shut off. Plug in a higher rated Micro USB charger into the dock and it should charge fine.
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Yeah, I was @ 3% and charging using the stock and it powered off my itself. but, now I'm on a higher charger so hope things get better. I'm so impatient right now. I just want to start playing with it. hehehe

bruceo said:
It will, just wait a little while then when it is on the cradle press the power button for 3-5secs then it will come on. On the stock charger you will prob see the power circle start dropping then shut off. Plug in a higher rated Micro USB charger into the dock and it should charge fine.
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Is this safe for the hardware? My moto 360 keeps floating between two percentages after about 2 hours. I plugged in the charger from my note II, and it seems to charge really quick. But is this higher amperage safe for the moto 360, since the stock is rated at a much lower amperage?

RodrigoKim said:
Is this safe for the hardware? My moto 360 keeps floating between two percentages after about 2 hours. I plugged in the charger from my note II, and it seems to charge really quick. But is this higher amperage safe for the moto 360, since the stock is rated at a much lower amperage?
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The device will draw what it needs a .5a charger will provide up to that amount of current. a 2a charger will provide up to 2a of current but a device may not pull that much. It is generally thought that for LiIon batteries that providing a low maximum current and taking longer to charge will make the batteries last longer, so if you dont mind a slow charge cycle, which for a watch that should be charged while you are sleeping it doesnt matter then you should go back to the stock adapter to maximize total life.
I went off charger at 7:30am and now at 11 I am at 65%, which is terrible, but I'll wait a week to pass judgement, but my gear live and galaxy gear 1 with tizen both had awesome battery life of 2 full days with more than moderate use.... The Galaxy Gear 1 on Android was lucky to get more than 14 hrs of use.

Thanks everyone for helping me get my Watch up and running. For anyone who is new and reading this, fully charge your watch before pairing it since it will need at least 80% battery so it can update itself. Of course, this has already been stated in the thread and thanks to those folks who stated it already and all the credit goes to them.

I'm having this issue as well. I've been trying to charge it for the past few hours and it never gets past 10%. I kept trying to reset the device and it would never work. It kept coming up in the "Just a minute" mode which seems to eat the battery.
But finally on my last reset attempt, the device rebooted immediately and came back up on the "Select language" screen. I now have the device charging and am hopeful it will work this time.
But my big question is: how do you know when it's fully charged? Without knowing what the current charge level is, I'm afraid to try the update procedure or I may get stuck in the same "Just a minute" loop again. Anyone have any ideas on how to determine the charge level prior to setting up the device?

I killed mine. I tried to pair, got stuck on the "just a minute" screen and then it died. I charged it for a couple of hours and it still would get stuck. Somehow, I got to settings (still don't know how) and did a factory reset. Then, everything seemed ok and it was charged at 100% when I paired and did the update.
However, after the update, I got into a boot loop where it would show the M logo with the marks around the dial, flash to some colored balls, then say "android wear" and then it would reboot. Tech support from Motorola couldn't help me and finally after a few hours the watch died. I put it back on the charger and it would eventually fire back up and go into the bootloop again. It did it all night last night.
Furthermore, my indicator on the charger never lit up either.
I took it back and "exchanged" it for a new one that the store said would ship this week.
As much as I was anticipating this thing showing up, I'm pretty disappointed already.

Finally got mine booted. After successfully resetting the device (back to the "select a language" screen), I had it on the charger for about an hour. Then I tried again and it went through the whole installation successfully.

Ugh! Wish I read this first. Unable to get it to turn on at all, cannot get it charged over 6%

Over Achiever said:
Ugh! Wish I read this first. Unable to get it to turn on at all, cannot get it charged over 6%
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I was in the same boat. The trick is to get the device reset. When I was trying to do that (via the menu that comes up when you press-and-hold the watch button), it would sit there and do nothing. Then 10 seconds later it would power down. But then as it charged, it would power back up and the "Just a minute" message would appear.
To get it to work, I turned the device off and let it charge. When it powered back on, I turned it off immediately and kept charging it. Then eventually, the charge jumped up to about 13%. I tried the device reset option again and this time it powered down immediately and booted back up with the "select a language" screen. I then turned off the display and let it charge for an hour. After that, I went through the setup and it worked.

DanPLC said:
I was in the same boat. The trick is to get the device reset ... After that, I went through the setup and it worked.
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Thanks Dan, that did the trick. I see the firmware update added quite a few watch faces but can't customize the colors on those until the Connect app is updated.
Waiting for the watchface contest winner to be released by Motorola!

[Q] Fast charging option greyed out???

adaptaive fast charging not working for me, there is a checkable option for it under battery settings, but its greyed out....wtf!! Phone is charging super slow atm.....I hope at&t didnt diable this for some stupid reason....

ok, nevermind. I guess it is working, Its just charging really slow, considering samsung claims its supposed to do 50% in 30 minutes, I think this thing has doe maybe more like 10% in 30 minutes, but idk more experimentaion will tell.

breacherman said:
ok, nevermind. I guess it is working, Its just charging really slow, considering samsung claims its supposed to do 50% in 30 minutes, I think this thing has doe maybe more like 10% in 30 minutes, but idk more experimentaion will tell.
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Mine chargers super fast idk

Super fast

you have to use the charger that came with the phone for fast charging.
I believe fast charging stops once the screen is on? (at least the popup seems to indicate that)
I am not sure why your option is greyed out, mine isn't and my phone fast charges just fine *shrugs*

My understanding is that the phone has to be powered off to get the 50% in 30 minutes.

You do have to use the charger that came with the phone.
It will charge faster with screen off, but the phone itself does not have to be powered off.

I went from 15%-75% in about 45 minutes.

That check box is unavailable when connected to the fast charger that came with the phone, mine charges about the same as my note 2 did really. It is fast but not new.
I really feel like samsung pulled a rebok with this phone and introduced a new "pump up shoe" lol when the other one was just fine.
Samsung note 3 - wifi issues, random drops in LTE camera lag
Samsung note 4- great everything above^^ but got rid of the dock audio cant win.

breacherman I know what you're talking about, same here! Sometimes I see the notification that fast charging is active and that was only twice, both times my phone charged super fast. But sometimes I don't get that notification and it's charging slow, I'm trying to figure out why this is happening, if I figure it out I'll let you know. And yes this is with using the charger that came with the phone
There has to be a reason that it only works sometimes..

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you have to use the charger that came with the phone for fast charging.
I believe fast charging stops once the screen is on? (at least the popup seems to indicate that)
I am not sure why your option is greyed out, mine isn't and my phone fast charges just fine *shrugs*
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I think it stays on, it's just not as fast. Mine charged to 50% in probably 35 minutes while I had the screen on the whole time, so it's still pretty damn fast!

Fast charge option is greyed out when it's plugged in. When it's unplugged you can switch the option.

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I went from 15%-75% in about 45 minutes.
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Mine also charged 50% in 45 minutes. That is fast enough for me, but I know it isn't the 30 minutes that Samsung says it will do. I used the charge block that came with the phone, but a different cable. So maybe it was the cable's fault that it didn't charge 50% in 30 minutes. IDK. I do know you must use the charging block that came with the phone to achieve the fast charging because it puts out more voltage/ milliamps than other chargers.

Adaptive fast Charging just stopped working..
The same problem just occurred. AT&T just had an updated and once I updated the AC adaptive charging wont work anymore. Before It was 30 minutes to 50% and now its 2hoursish to 50%.. I think it could be a update issue. But everything was normal until the update. If anyone knows any way to fix it please let me know. The option of the fast charging is greyed out and I cant click it. Before the update it was fine. I will go to at&t later to see about this issue.

Make sure your USB is plugged it firmly on both ends, I've had it charge the normal way a few times when I didn't have it in all the way.

Clienterror said:
Make sure your USB is plugged it firmly on both ends, I've had it charge the normal way a few times when I didn't have it in all the way.
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This. And it's greys out for me when I have it plugged in. It goes black when I unplug.
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Is the battery dead/destroyed?

My M8 has no feedback whatsoever, even plugged into the HTC brand charger, nothing happens. However, I plugged it into a 2.1A charger and got the little battery charging logo to appear, still no boot. Is the battery dead? This started happening after switching from CWM to TWRP, should I try to get the phone to turn on and switch it back to CWM?

Leave the phone on charger for several hours, then try holding power+vol up for 30 seconds or so. See if there is any change.

I'll definitely try it. It's not easy to charge this though, as the charging port is pretty broken as well. I put it in this angle and it charges (usually)
http://i.imgur.com/pBGIwBO.png

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Leave the phone on charger for several hours, then try holding power+vol up for 30 seconds or so. See if there is any change.
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I'll definitely try it. It's not easy to charge this though, as the charging port is pretty broken as well. I put it in this angle and it charges (usually)
http://i.imgur.com/pBGIwBO.png
EDIT: 0%. The phone can boot but I just turned it back off.
http://i.imgur.com/ePlLvgq.png

BFCE said:
I'll definitely try it. It's not easy to charge this though, as the charging port is pretty broken as well. I put it in this angle and it charges (usually)
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This a pretty relevant detail. Probably more the issue than changing to TWRP. And to answer that question, no I would not switch back to CWM, since its obsolete on this device and no longer really supported.

redpoint73 said:
This a pretty relevant detail. Probably more the issue than changing to TWRP. And to answer that question, no I would not switch back to CWM, since its obsolete on this device and no longer really supported.
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Okay so I've been charging it since my last post. I just turned it on and it claims to have 1%. But hey! It's on!

Thank you!! I changed out the cable I was using to charge the phone (I was using the stock HTC cable, grabbed some random Asus cable) and plugged the 2.1A charger directly into the wall (previously using an extension cable) and after doing what you said, just letting it charge for several hours and then turning it on, I got a 24% charge!!! I guess this means I can just never let the phone die if I don't feel like having this issue again. Thanks!! Now I have two high end android phones again!

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I changed out the cable I was using to charge the phone (I was using the stock HTC cable, grabbed some random Asus cable) and plugged the 2.1A charger directly into the wall (previously using an extension cable) and after doing what you said, just letting it charge for several hours and then turning it on, I got a 24% charge!!! I guess this means I can just never let the phone die if I don't feel like having this issue again.
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Good work! It should have been said before to always try different chargers and cords if suffering charging issues. I saw you had tried a different charger, but missed the fact that you used the same cable. Charger/cable are not always the issue, but at least you can easily eliminate those as the cause by some experimentation.
If you again discharge the phone to shutdown, and doesn't power on after charging; you can usually: charge for several hours, then hold power + vol up until it boots.
But that being said, discharging the phone to shutdown should usually be avoided. Most all of us have done it at some time or other. But one should not make it a habit. There are safeguards that are supposed to prevent battery voltage from dropping too low (by shutting down the phone once voltage reaches a certain threshold) but those safeguards are not ironclad. And once the voltage drops too low, you can be stuck in a tough spot. Plus, fully battery discharge/charge cycles are not best for long term battery life of Li ion batteries. So again, discharging the battery to shutdown should be avoided as much as possible.

I seem to have this exact issue now too. Even with the way the charging port has to be for it to charge. Unfortunately it seems the port is messed up somehow now or maybe the battery connections are bad.
Though I'm technically able to pull it apart i haven't done it yet. Maybe it knows it's now getting old lol
Looks like it's time to upgrade to a new phone for me. :/

shadowline said:
I seem to have this exact issue now too. Even with the way the charging port has to be for it to charge. Unfortunately it seems the port is messed up somehow now or maybe the battery connections are bad.
Though I'm technically able to pull it apart i haven't done it yet. Maybe it knows it's now getting old lol
Looks like it's time to upgrade to a new phone for me. :/
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Try putting it while pulling down and to the right of the cable. I held mine like that for an hour or two to make it turn on. Once I did so I opened ampere only to discover that even when it says it's charging, it's actually not. I have to angle it or the left to make it get power, even though just angling it upward makes it say it's charging.
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Yeah I've had it say charging on and off for the last day and a half. But it seems that when I hit the "sweet spot" it just doesn't stay charging and then quickly discharges any bit of charge.

shadowline said:
Yeah I've had it say charging on and off for the last day and a half. But it seems that when I hit the "sweet spot" it just doesn't stay charging and then quickly discharges any bit of charge.
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Happened to me too. Legit hold it in your hand for about 20 minutes. Turn it on as soon as possible to monitor the amperage
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