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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
Wizard Knight said:
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.
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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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Hi All,
About a year ago, I bought an HTC One X from Three UK. I recently came to China on holiday and bought an external battery pack from a market stall. Everything seemed to be going well until one day I plugged my phone into the external battery pack and it suddenly died even though it was on ~50% charge, it wouldn't boot and it wouldn't charge when plugged into a power supply (no red LED shining). No combination of pressing buttons would work, so I decided to get it fixed.
I went to a repair guy in China who said that he would charge me if he could repair my phone, but no charge if he couldn't. He disassembled my phone but was unable to fix my phone. He said the problem was that the motherboard was 'burnt' (I'm not sure if the literal translation is correct), and that it would cost 70% of the original phone's value to repair (although he could be wrong about my motherboard being dead)
Now my dilemma is this: I'm not sure if I should send it to Three UK or ask another cheap repair shop in the UK. The problem with sending it to Three UK is I'm not sure whether they will repair it or not - my phone is completely dead and I don't know whether they will count that as improper usage. Also, now that my phone has been opened, will the repair center be able to tell that my phone has been opened before (I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to open up the HTC One X) and then deny my warranty?
Thanks for any help that you guys can give me!
~DarkyHero
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Hi All,
About a year ago, I bought an HTC One X from Three UK. I recently came to China on holiday and bought an external battery pack from a market stall. Everything seemed to be going well until one day I plugged my phone into the external battery pack and it suddenly died even though it was on ~50% charge, it wouldn't boot and it wouldn't charge when plugged into a power supply (no red LED shining). No combination of pressing buttons would work, so I decided to get it fixed.
I went to a repair guy in China who said that he would charge me if he could repair my phone, but no charge if he couldn't. He disassembled my phone but was unable to fix my phone. He said the problem was that the motherboard was 'burnt' (I'm not sure if the literal translation is correct), and that it would cost 70% of the original phone's value to repair (although he could be wrong about my motherboard being dead)
Now my dilemma is this: I'm not sure if I should send it to Three UK or ask another cheap repair shop in the UK. The problem with sending it to Three UK is I'm not sure whether they will repair it or not - my phone is completely dead and I don't know whether they will count that as improper usage. Also, now that my phone has been opened, will the repair center be able to tell that my phone has been opened before (I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to open up the HTC One X) and then deny my warranty?
Thanks for any help that you guys can give me!
~DarkyHero
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Have you tried plugging it in to a wall charger for a day or so?
Stefan0vic said:
Have you tried plugging it in to a wall charger for a day or so?
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I haven't but I probably let it charge a while after my HTC One X died. Out of curiosity, why one day? It seems an awfully long time.
I'll plug it in now, and when should I take if off the wall charger? Also, what signs should I be looking for?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
DarkyHero said:
I haven't but I probably let it charge a while after my HTC One X died. Out of curiosity, why one day? It seems an awfully long time.
I'll plug it in now, and when should I take if off the wall charger? Also, what signs should I be looking for?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
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I'm hoping for a blast of life. I once thought I hardbricked mine, I left it in the wall charger and it booted up in the bootloader after being in the charger for a day. Reflashed my rom and boot.img and never have i had problems. I suggest trying to boot the phone up after a day or so, if this will not work try and charge it again and acces the bootloader right away. If you can access the bootloader you can flash custom software. Does the red LED show if you charge it? Can't you acces the bootloader at all?
Oh ok, so am I hoping for it to suddenly turn on or am I hoping that after a day or so I will be able to boot into bootloader?
I have not really used it or charged it since my phone died, but the red LED doesn't show if I charge it and I cannot access bootloader
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Oh ok, so am I hoping for it to suddenly turn on or am I hoping that after a day or so I will be able to boot into bootloader?
I have not really used it or charged it since my phone died, but the red LED doesn't show if I charge it and I cannot access bootloader
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Yes just leave it be, it's all the advice I can give to you right now.. Try it and if it doesn't work you can always get a replacement. This is a weird issue though, I also had a HTC sensation which behaved the same. Left it overnight on charger and it booted to bootloader, then I used a battery script to charge it up while it's restarting to bootloader.
Just leave it on the charger for a day or overnight, see if it turns on
The same thing happened to my previous One XL. In my case I flashed a recovery, had to reboot and the phone just "died". It wouldn't charge or turn on. Not even after charging overnight. It took a JTAG repair to bring it back to life.
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Okay, so a while back I had this same problem. My phone turned off, and whenever I plugged it in to charge it did not seem to be charging, odd. The red light was not coming on either. I was told to do 2 things, i cant remember which order so try both.
Option 1:
Plug your phone into your turned on computer with the USB cable and leave it there to charge until the red light comes on (leave for 1-2 hours, more if you feel it necessary), then quickly put it on charge using the wall charger.
Option 2 (not likely to work):
Plug your phone into your wall socket with the USB cable and wall charger and leave it there to charge until the red light comes on (leave for 1-2 hours, more if you feel it necessary), then quickly put it on charge through your turned on computer using the USB cable.
If neither of these work (as dumb as this may sound)turn off your phone and put your phone in the freezer for 15-30 minutes (This is done to discharge the battery, wont break your phone). When you've left it there for your chosen time, try option 1 again. If that doesn't work, turn the phone off again and put it back in the freezer for the same time and try option 2. If they don't work, i'm sorry I don't know how to help you.
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Yes just leave it be, it's all the advice I can give to you right now.. Try it and if it doesn't work you can always get a replacement. This is a weird issue though, I also had a HTC sensation which behaved the same. Left it overnight on charger and it booted to bootloader, then I used a battery script to charge it up while it's restarting to bootloader.
Just leave it on the charger for a day or overnight, see if it turns on
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Thanks, when you say it booted to bootloader, do you mean you had to press some button combination and it went into bootloader mode or did you wake up and your phone just happened to be in bootloader mode?
Also, would opening up the phone void the warranty? Because, if so, I'm not sure I will be able to get a replacement.
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
hf_onyx said:
The same thing happened to my previous One XL. In my case I flashed a recovery, had to reboot and the phone just "died". It wouldn't charge or turn on. Not even after charging overnight. It took a JTAG repair to bring it back to life.
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Thanks, what exactly is a JTAG repair?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
Mantenner said:
Okay, so a while back I had this same problem. My phone turned off, and whenever I plugged it in to charge it did not seem to be charging, odd. The red light was not coming on either. I was told to do 2 things, i cant remember which order so try both.
Option 1:
Plug your phone into your turned on computer with the USB cable and leave it there to charge until the red light comes on (leave for 1-2 hours, more if you feel it necessary), then quickly put it on charge using the wall charger.
Option 2 (not likely to work):
Plug your phone into your wall socket with the USB cable and wall charger and leave it there to charge until the red light comes on (leave for 1-2 hours, more if you feel it necessary), then quickly put it on charge through your turned on computer using the USB cable.
If neither of these work (as dumb as this may sound)turn off your phone and put your phone in the freezer for 15-30 minutes (This is done to discharge the battery, wont break your phone). When you've left it there for your chosen time, try option 1 again. If that doesn't work, turn the phone off again and put it back in the freezer for the same time and try option 2. If they don't work, i'm sorry I don't know how to help you.
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Thanks, I'll leave my phone plugged in to my laptop and come back to it in a few hours.
Which problem would your solution be fixing? Would it be trying to fix the battery? Because, apparently, the problem with my phone is the dead motherboard
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
Yeh it would be for fixing the barging issue of the battery
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Mantenner said:
Yeh it would be for fixing the barging issue of the battery
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'Barging'? But surely fixing the battery wouldn't fix the motherboard?
Sorry, I'm slightly confused, please could you explain?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
Sorry I meant charging. I found it hard to believe that your motherboard was the problem, but if you're sure that's the issue then don't bother trying my suggestion. That really sucks man, how'd it happen?
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I think everyone is kinda missing the point here, the OP made reference to an external battery pack from a market stall which seems to be what killed the handset. Coupled with the fact that a seemingly reasonable repair shop, they didn't charge any money, said the board was dead I think it's safe to assume that the external battery pack was the wrong voltage/amperage or it was faulty. And just in case you do try to charge it, on the slim chance the shop was wrong about the board, it's no good charging on your laptop, you need to plug it into wall charger.
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nogotaclue said:
I think everyone is kinda missing the point here, the OP made reference to an external battery pack from a market stall which seems to be what killed the handset. Coupled with the fact that a seemingly reasonable repair shop, they didn't charge any money, said the board was dead I think it's safe to assume that the external battery pack was the wrong voltage/amperage or it was faulty. And just in case you do try to charge it, on the slim chance the shop was wrong about the board, it's no good charging on your laptop, you need to plug it into wall charger.
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Yes, thank you so much, you are the first person to pick up on that!
I did leave my phone plugged into my laptop for a few hours, but no red charging LED. I also left my phone plugged into the wall charger overnight, but also no red charging LED. Does this confirm my fear that my motherboard is completely dead?
The guy I went to seemed reasonable, but he didn't seem 100% reliable. He didn't have a manual of the HTC One X up on his computer screen or anywhere, he just went straight in, although it might just be me being the skeptical one. I would say I don't completely trust him, so should I go to another cheap repair shop in the UK or just send it to Three and hope they don't notice the phone has already been opened?
Thanks,
~DarkEddy
Anything is worth a try if it isn't going to cost you money, although I must say I have seen a number of cases of external battery packs frying boards. I would say three would be your best option if it's still under warranty, but the there is a screw inside that has a seal over it and if that screw was removed then they will notice the broken seal, unless they are blind. They look for things like that so they can get out of repairing handsets free of charge. If the phone is dead you don't really have anything to lose. The only other option is sell it for parts
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nogotaclue said:
Anything is worth a try if it isn't going to cost you money, although I must say I have seen a number of cases of external battery packs frying boards. I would say three would be your best option if it's still under warranty, but the there is a screw inside that has a seal over it and if that screw was removed then they will notice the broken seal, unless they are blind. They look for things like that so they can get out of repairing handsets free of charge. If the phone is dead you don't really have anything to lose. The only other option is sell it for parts
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Thanks so much for your advice!
When you say you've seen a number of similar cases, do you often repair mobile phones or as a job?
If I do send it in to Three for repair, and they notice the broken seal, how much will they charge me to repair it or will they even give me this option at all?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
DarkyHero said:
Thanks so much for your advice!
When you say you've seen a number of similar cases, do you often repair mobile phones or as a job?
If I do send it in to Three for repair, and they notice the broken seal, how much will they charge me to repair it or will they even give me this option at all?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
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This is your second thread on this issue, why not continue in the other thread...I reference http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44370602#post44370602
To answer you dilemma directly, send it to Three and play dumb as a post. You have no idea what they're talking about...did they sell you a refurbished phone? You're outraged, blah blah.
Or you might try going to HTC directly.
With either or, I would simply leave out the details. You plugged it in to charge, which you did, and it just died. Poof. Gone.
Tigerlight said:
This is your second thread on this issue, why not continue in the other thread...I reference http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44370602#post44370602
To answer you dilemma directly, send it to Three and play dumb as a post. You have no idea what they're talking about...did they sell you a refurbished phone? You're outraged, blah blah.
Or you might try going to HTC directly.
With either or, I would simply leave out the details. You plugged it in to charge, which you did, and it just died. Poof. Gone.
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I suppose I should have continued in the other thread, I just thought my post was a bit cumbersome and overloaded with excess information.
Three did send me a refurbished phone when they weren't able to repair my previous HTC One X, but I'm pretty sure they would have tidied up the internals as well (adding their seals)??? They even sent it to me with some blue plastic tape covering the back and sides of the phone.
I could try going to HTC directly, but I suppose it would be more complicated than just asking Three, so I'll do what you said and hope for the best
Thanks,
~DarkEddy
Hello!
My HOX seems to have died... No charge LED, no life at all.
This seems to me like a hardware failure, but just want to run it past the community to see if anyone has had this before and come out of it with a phone in one piece!
Story goes: Sitting in work, playing with something on my phone, notice the battery was kinda low (sub 20% but more than 14%) so put it aside and plugged it into the charger I have at my desk (which I only use if my battery is low - I wouldn't normally leave it plugged in all day or anything) went about my work for an hour or two - went to look at my phone and it's dead.
Tried 3 different chargers, doesn't register when plugged to PC, soft reset does nothing either.
I'm not a total noob (but did nearly brick my phone doing something VERY stupid when I originally rooted it) - this isn't related to any rooting activity (has been on the same ROM for 6 months)
Any thoughts? :crying:
mathesonewan said:
My HOX seems to have died... No charge LED, no life at all.
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Same thing here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455581,
its look like we have to replace the motherboard or just buy another phone.
let me know if you found something.
alray said:
Same thing here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455581,
its look like we have to replace the motherboard or just buy another phone.
let me know if you found something.
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I've run out of ideas... I'll send it back I guess see what happens!
Ok so a little of background story, if you don't care about it just skip to the next paragraph. I bought my T989 over the internet, it was working perfectly. I wanted to make the most of it, rooted it and tried Swapper 2, which hard bricked my phone. I'm not new to rooting, I've rooted some phones now, but I had never tried swapper, I liked the idea of unoccuping some RAM memory. Apparently I did something to my boot sequence thing and my phone was dead. I still had waranty on the phone (one week left when that happened so it is suspicious to anyone) so I called. After one hour of arguing over the phone and trying to convince them it wasn't my fault, which of course I knew it was, they decided to send me a new one... ahem "new" one.
Ok so here's where the priblem start. My "new" phone was working alright untill it stopped charging, didn't work AT ALL. I took a peek and one of the pins on my phone was bent, it was upwarda and as I tried to get it back to its place it fell off. I took my phone to get the MicroUSB replaced andsure enough they did.
My phone was charging again correctly. It was doing great untill it stated to charge slower and slower. It got to the point where it just shows as charging, but doesn't charge at all.
I've tried everything, I bought a new original Samsung battery, still same issue. I downloaded an app to tell me the amps the cellphone was pulling and it shows 350-450 when I have read it needs minimum 600. I have tried custom roms, kernels and nope, still pulling 400, tried LG chargers, Motorola chargers, a SAMSUNG S3 charger and still no luck. The thing they all have in common is that they're USB chargers so I read if the cellphone detects it as such it would give me a hard time.I've tried making a fast charge USB cable with a video on Youtube but it still only charges 400 mAmps. I've installed custom kernels with the "USB fast charge" and STILL no luck.
The ONLY thing I haven't tried is using and ORIGINAL, Samsung wall charger but at this point, I think it won't fix my problem because of the fact that I remember it worked well in the beggining. I am currently charging both batteries with a Universal Battery charger, but I've read that they wear out batteries throughout time.
So, is there another thing I haven't tried... or is my cellphone doomed now? I believe that it's the phone, as in the mother board if I can call it that, or does anybody have another theory?
Thanks for your time, would love to see anyone suggest
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Ok so a little of background story, if you don't care about it just skip to the next paragraph. I bought my T989 over the internet, it was working perfectly. I wanted to make the most of it, rooted it and tried Swapper 2, which hard bricked my phone. I'm not new to rooting, I've rooted some phones now, but I had never tried swapper, I liked the idea of unoccuping some RAM memory. Apparently I did something to my boot sequence thing and my phone was dead. I still had waranty on the phone (one week left when that happened so it is suspicious to anyone) so I called. After one hour of arguing over the phone and trying to convince them it wasn't my fault, which of course I knew it was, they decided to send me a new one... ahem "new" one.
Ok so here's where the priblem start. My "new" phone was working alright untill it stopped charging, didn't work AT ALL. I took a peek and one of the pins on my phone was bent, it was upwarda and as I tried to get it back to its place it fell off. I took my phone to get the MicroUSB replaced andsure enough they did.
My phone was charging again correctly. It was doing great untill it stated to charge slower and slower. It got to the point where it just shows as charging, but doesn't charge at all.
I've tried everything, I bought a new original Samsung battery, still same issue. I downloaded an app to tell me the amps the cellphone was pulling and it shows 350-450 when I have read it needs minimum 600. I have tried custom roms, kernels and nope, still pulling 400, tried LG chargers, Motorola chargers, a SAMSUNG S3 charger and still no luck. The thing they all have in common is that they're USB chargers so I read if the cellphone detects it as such it would give me a hard time.I've tried making a fast charge USB cable with a video on Youtube but it still only charges 400 mAmps. I've installed custom kernels with the "USB fast charge" and STILL no luck.
The ONLY thing I haven't tried is using and ORIGINAL, Samsung wall charger but at this point, I think it won't fix my problem because of the fact that I remember it worked well in the beggining. I am currently charging both batteries with a Universal Battery charger, but I've read that they wear out batteries throughout time.
So, is there another thing I haven't tried... or is my cellphone doomed now? I believe that it's the phone, as in the mother board if I can call it that, or does anybody have another theory?
Thanks for your time, would love to see anyone suggest
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I know this isn't an answer but a general comment. This is a good reason why I will NEVER buy electronics that are used or from a retailer that isn't a big name. I don't care what the seller says there is just really no way to know exactly what you are getting. If you had bought this phone from Amazon (direct) you could have already got another one by now with no arguments. I'd be looking for another phone and call it a loss.
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I know this isn't an answer but a general comment. This is a good reason why I will NEVER buy electronics that are used or from a retailer that isn't a big name. I don't care what the seller says there is just really no way to know exactly what you are getting. If you had bought this phone from Amazon (direct) you could have already got another one by now with no arguments. I'd be looking for another phone and call it a loss.
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Thanks dude, I know it really matters on where you buy it, but the price was just so handsome to me. I guess that's what I get and as things like this happen you learn more and more on what you buy and what you decide to do with them. I guess I already consider it as a loss but I'm aware that it's not unusable yet. I guess I will continue to charge both my batteries with the charger, but I was just curious to know what really happened to the phone to avoid things like this in the future
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Thanks dude, I know it really matters on where you buy it, but the price was just so handsome to me. I guess that's what I get and as things like this happen you learn more and more on what you buy and what you decide to do with them. I guess I already consider it as a loss but I'm aware that it's not unusable yet. I guess I will continue to charge both my batteries with the charger, but I was just curious to know what really happened to the phone to avoid things like this in the future
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What apps do you all have installed on your phone and running while you are charging it? Try making a full backup then do a clean install of your ROM (backup just in case this doesn't fix it). After doing this do NOT install any apps, just test charging. If charging works, it is some app on your phone. I know those "battery saving" apps can eat up a lot of battery if configured wrong. And if you have a lot of background apps running, they can eat your battery without you knowing and reduce charging time.
Go into settings->device and check what is eating up your battery there before charging and during charging.
If you don't want to re-install your ROM, try charging your phone with the screen off (no screensaver (daydream) or nothing, just screen off, charging) and in airplane mode. I recommend doing a clean install to see if it is some apps (you can use TB to back everything up, then do the clean install and test from there).
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What apps do you all have installed on your phone and running while you are charging it? Try making a full backup then do a clean install of your ROM (backup just in case this doesn't fix it). After doing this do NOT install any apps, just test charging. If charging works, it is some app on your phone. I know those "battery saving" apps can eat up a lot of battery if configured wrong. And if you have a lot of background apps running, they can eat your battery without you knowing and reduce charging time.
Go into settings->device and check what is eating up your battery there before charging and during charging.
If you don't want to re-install your ROM, try charging your phone with the screen off (no screensaver (daydream) or nothing, just screen off, charging) and in airplane mode. I recommend doing a clean install to see if it is some apps (you can use TB to back everything up, then do the clean install and test from there).
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The ROM I currently have has a great battery saving mode, I also have "Advanced Task Killer" to kill any apps. It's the same issue. I want to buy a new charger but I still think that won't fix my problem. I've also charged in Airplane mode and no luck
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The ROM I currently have has a great battery saving mode, I also have "Advanced Task Killer" to kill any apps. It's the same issue. I want to buy a new charger but I still think that won't fix my problem. I've also charged in Airplane mode and no luck
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i would plug it to someone elses charger or buy one, had a ton of them fail-hope that helps
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Sorry didn't read good, you've already tried other chargers, ignore my ignorance
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ShaDisNX255 said:
The ROM I currently have has a great battery saving mode, I also have "Advanced Task Killer" to kill any apps. It's the same issue. I want to buy a new charger but I still think that won't fix my problem. I've also charged in Airplane mode and no luck
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Can you go into settings->Battery and post a screenshot of it? I'm curious as to what is eating up most of your battery.
After, I would still try doing a nandroid and flash your rom cleanly and install 0 apps and try charging on this clean install. I know my friend ended up getting some battery optimization app installed (which she claims she never installed, but it is on her phone) and her charging times were horrid. It also made the phone quite laggy. I imagine if you got 2 or so of these types of apps on your phone, it could eat your battery instead of charging it.
Also, when you charge it, it is a strict charging cable not a MHL adapter right? I know when I have my MHL cable hooked up to my phone it claims it is charging, but it actually drains the battery slowly. (MHL is micro USB -> HDMI).
Since you have tried multiple chargers and cables, I would be looking at the phone as being the problem. Also, look at the contacts on the bottom of the phone and look for any bent pins. I wouldn't try to fix that yourself, but if they are bent, I'd take it in for repair. those pins are very fragile once bent and can break off if not handled very carefully after they are bent.
If you can get into adb from your phone to PC, then the pins on your phone should be good and the USB cable should be good. Does it charge if you put it in fast charge and plug it into your PC?
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Can you go into settings->Battery and post a screenshot of it? I'm curious as to what is eating up most of your battery.
After, I would still try doing a nandroid and flash your rom cleanly and install 0 apps and try charging on this clean install. I know my friend ended up getting some battery optimization app installed (which she claims she never installed, but it is on her phone) and her charging times were horrid. It also made the phone quite laggy. I imagine if you got 2 or so of these types of apps on your phone, it could eat your battery instead of charging it.
Also, when you charge it, it is a strict charging cable not a MHL adapter right? I know when I have my MHL cable hooked up to my phone it claims it is charging, but it actually drains the battery slowly. (MHL is micro USB -> HDMI).
Since you have tried multiple chargers and cables, I would be looking at the phone as being the problem. Also, look at the contacts on the bottom of the phone and look for any bent pins. I wouldn't try to fix that yourself, but if they are bent, I'd take it in for repair. those pins are very fragile once bent and can break off if not handled very carefully after they are bent.
If you can get into adb from your phone to PC, then the pins on your phone should be good and the USB cable should be good. Does it charge if you put it in fast charge and plug it into your PC?
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The pins are alright. As I stated, I recently changed the MicroUSB port, well I paid somebody to do it and it was working fine at first but then stopped charging, well, not stopped charging actually. At first it started to charge slower and slower untill it got to the point that it just says it's charging but it doesn't charge. It COULD be to the fact that I flashed new ROMs, downloaded games and all but I doubt it since now I have a brand new ROM with no games (or not that many) and you can see from the screenshots I uploaded that nothing's eating my battery
Well except for my screen, I had it at 80% brightness lol. Usually I set the brightness at the lowest (no Auto brightness to save battery) and my wall paper is color black since I heard Samsung phones do save up battery with black since it doesn't light the LEDs or something like that.
And yes, it's strictly USB cable. When I activate "Fast charge" and if I connect the phone to the computer it just shows the notification "USB connected" for a second and then disapears.
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The pins are alright. As I stated, I recently changed the MicroUSB port, well I paid somebody to do it and it was working fine at first but then stopped charging, well, not stopped charging actually. At first it started to charge slower and slower untill it got to the point that it just says it's charging but it doesn't charge. It COULD be to the fact that I flashed new ROMs, downloaded games and all but I doubt it since now I have a brand new ROM with no games (or not that many) and you can see from the screenshots I uploaded that nothing's eating my battery
Well except for my screen, I had it at 80% brightness lol. Usually I set the brightness at the lowest (no Auto brightness to save battery) and my wall paper is color black since I heard Samsung phones do save up battery with black since it doesn't light the LEDs or something like that.
And yes, it's strictly USB cable. When I activate "Fast charge" and if I connect the phone to the computer it just shows the notification "USB connected" for a second and then disapears.
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the screenshots attached were helpful. I don't see anything in that list that looks like a huge battery sucker and since you say your rom is fairly fresh and clean, it likely isn't the apps. Are you sure the guy who swapped the microUSB port did it correctly? Improperly soldered pins (especially those tiny ones on a microUSB port) can be tricky to solder correctly if you don't have the correct tips. It could also be that something else got damaged while putting that on (if the capacitors were not properly discharged before replacing the microUSB port, they could have gotten damaged).
I think that your assessment that it is one of the boards (likely the charging circuit) got damaged. I'd go back to the guy who replaced the port and get him to check the charging board (specifically the capacitors) to see if there is any signs of damage or wear. Capacitors can get damaged really easily if the heat on the iron was set too high. I know I've damaged capacitors while soldering things before. Or it could be that the port didn't get a solid solder connection or ended up briding some pins. If fast charge is on, your PC shouldn't see a USB device being plugged in. If you have a multimeter, you could check the resistance on the 4 USB pins and see if any of the pins are bridged.
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the screenshots attached were helpful. I don't see anything in that list that looks like a huge battery sucker and since you say your rom is fairly fresh and clean, it likely isn't the apps. Are you sure the guy who swapped the microUSB port did it correctly? Improperly soldered pins (especially those tiny ones on a microUSB port) can be tricky to solder correctly if you don't have the correct tips. It could also be that something else got damaged while putting that on (if the capacitors were not properly discharged before replacing the microUSB port, they could have gotten damaged).
I think that your assessment that it is one of the boards (likely the charging circuit) got damaged. I'd go back to the guy who replaced the port and get him to check the charging board (specifically the capacitors) to see if there is any signs of damage or wear. Capacitors can get damaged really easily if the heat on the iron was set too high. I know I've damaged capacitors while soldering things before. Or it could be that the port didn't get a solid solder connection or ended up briding some pins. If fast charge is on, your PC shouldn't see a USB device being plugged in. If you have a multimeter, you could check the resistance on the 4 USB pins and see if any of the pins are bridged.
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Well I took it to the guy from before and he couldn't find a problem with the phone's soldering, but even he wasn't sure what the problem was as if it's not his specialty. I do not have a multimeter :/
I was thinking taking it somewhere else and have them change my microUSB port to see if that other person might now a bit more. I'm sorry but I'm more of a software type of person, I clearly have no clue what the problem might be
THANK YOU for really helping me and taking your time to analyze my question, I really appreciate it thanks man
So if what you say is true, do you think it can still be fixed?
ShaDisNX255 said:
Well I took it to the guy from before and he couldn't find a problem with the phone's soldering, but even he wasn't sure what the problem was as if it's not his specialty. I do not have a multimeter :/
I was thinking taking it somewhere else and have them change my microUSB port to see if that other person might now a bit more. I'm sorry but I'm more of a software type of person, I clearly have no clue what the problem might be
THANK YOU for really helping me and taking your time to analyze my question, I really appreciate it thanks man
So if what you say is true, do you think it can still be fixed?
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It definitly can still be fixed, it'll just be tricky. If they are surface mount capacitors, which they likely are, it is hard to tell when they go.
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It definitly can still be fixed, it'll just be tricky. If they are surface mount capacitors, which they likely are, it is hard to tell when they go.
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So what I should tell them to do is to change the capacitors? I can leave the same miniUSB port right?
ShaDisNX255 said:
So what I should tell them to do is to change the capacitors? I can leave the same miniUSB port right?
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I would tell them the symptoms and let them tell you what they think should be fixed. In my mind it is likely the capacitors on the charging board that need replacing, but without having the hardware physically in front of me and hooked up to a multimeter, I cannot say for certain. It could be a faulty microUSB port or a bad pin (bridged or microfractured), could be damaged PCB trace, could be gremlins
I would bring it in somewhere or give it to somebody and tell them that the phone doesn't seem to be taking a charge and ask them if they can look at it. If it is still in warranty, send it to Samsung to get fixed. If it is outside of warranty, take it to somebody who knows their stuff (likely a professional repair shop OR somebody who does cell phone or PCB repair for a living... hobbyists may be able to fix it, but to me this sounds like something that somebody with training should likely look at).
Since you have tested different AC adapters (including known-good ones) and different cables (including known good ones) and charged the battery outside of the phone, that narrows the problem down to being something with the phone. You narrowed down it is likely not software related, so that leaves hardware. I know from experience soldering very small components can cause bridges quite easily; even when done by the pros. Some bridges don't matter, but it is better to avoid solder bridges whenever possible. I know I had to replace my nintendo DS slot-1 due to a busted pin and soldering that thing with a large iron was a pain in the behind. Got it all fixed, but it was not an easy task.
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I would tell them the symptoms and let them tell you what they think should be fixed. In my mind it is likely the capacitors on the charging board that need replacing, but without having the hardware physically in front of me and hooked up to a multimeter, I cannot say for certain. It could be a faulty microUSB port or a bad pin (bridged or microfractured), could be damaged PCB trace, could be gremlins
I would bring it in somewhere or give it to somebody and tell them that the phone doesn't seem to be taking a charge and ask them if they can look at it. If it is still in warranty, send it to Samsung to get fixed. If it is outside of warranty, take it to somebody who knows their stuff (likely a professional repair shop OR somebody who does cell phone or PCB repair for a living... hobbyists may be able to fix it, but to me this sounds like something that somebody with training should likely look at).
Since you have tested different AC adapters (including known-good ones) and different cables (including known good ones) and charged the battery outside of the phone, that narrows the problem down to being something with the phone. You narrowed down it is likely not software related, so that leaves hardware. I know from experience soldering very small components can cause bridges quite easily; even when done by the pros. Some bridges don't matter, but it is better to avoid solder bridges whenever possible. I know I had to replace my nintendo DS slot-1 due to a busted pin and soldering that thing with a large iron was a pain in the behind. Got it all fixed, but it was not an easy task.
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This gives me new hope, I really don't mind charging my phone this way, but I'd rather have a complete phone with the ability to charge from a wall outlet
Thanks so much, I hope I can count on you if I run to anything else. And hey, you learn something new every day, ALL of this has been really helpful
ShaDisNX255 said:
This gives me new hope, I really don't mind charging my phone this way, but I'd rather have a complete phone with the ability to charge from a wall outlet
Thanks so much, I hope I can count on you if I run to anything else. And hey, you learn something new every day, ALL of this has been really helpful
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Glad I can help. I used to work professionally soldering tiny components before moving into IT. Done some hardware mod to a few cameras, repaired a ps2 controller, have an old tube amp going fix soon too. I've seen a lot of weird things happen with bad solder joints or faulty capacitors.
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Hi all,
My friend's G4 is suddenly died while browsing and can't be turned on since then. It just plain dead.
Is there any suggestion for this matter?
Thank you
ardian1899 said:
Hi all,
My friend's G4 is suddenly died while browsing and can't be turned on since then. It just plain dead.
Is there any suggestion for this matter?
Thank you
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plug into pc see if its even recognized if not lg waranty or a new battery
Try these steps
Hold down power button for 30s at least and try power again
If that doesn't work
Pull battery
If that doesn't work
Pull Battery and clean prongs where battery connects and battery prongs
Try different charger
If that doesn't work
Clean charging port with toothpick GENTLY....again GENTLY and dont jam it inbetween the side it doesn't fit where connector is
I have the same problem since today.
Does not start, not even Download Mode is accessable.
Seems like I have to send it to repair, but then I'll lose my data right?
I have data that I don't want to lose on that :/
Did you try steps I posted
Except for the different charger I've tried the options.
I think a different charger would not help anyways :/
davisx2 said:
Except for the different charger I've tried the options.
I think a different charger would not help anyways :/
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plug into pc and see how device manager reconizes the device
Consider another charging block
If not go to local repair shop have them test the charging port for voltage
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Also try this....hold down the power button 30s
Considering you can't turn it on
Charge it for an hour or so. Battery might be completely drained
If your charging block, battery doesn't need to be replaced, and charging port has voltage
You would need to send it in
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Easy way to check the charging port without going to shop is
Does the cable going into charging port wiggle around and is loose? Or is it firm
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plug into pc see if its even recognized if not lg waranty or a new battery
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deltadiesel said:
Try these steps
Hold down power button for 30s at least and try power again
If that doesn't work
Pull battery
If that doesn't work
Pull Battery and clean prongs where battery connects and battery prongs
Try different charger
If that doesn't work
Clean charging port with toothpick GENTLY....again GENTLY and dont jam it inbetween the side it doesn't fit where connector is
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He took the battery out and connect the phone to the computer, it's recognized as Qualcomm 9008 (or something like that). Is it the famous bootloop or is there anything we can do?
Thank you
My phone is not recognized at all
Seems like I have a worst case scenario :/
I only see a battery symbol containing a question mark, but the PC itself does not seem to recognize the phone.
ardian1899 said:
He took the battery out and connect the phone to the computer, it's recognized as Qualcomm 9008 (or something like that). Is it the famous bootloop or is there anything we can do?
Thank you
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If he was not doing anything. Like trying to root it or downgrade then yes. Basicly bootloop. Lg waranty. If he was rooting or dowgrading. There are a few guys that may hve fixxed it but its a long complicated prosscess.
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My phone is not recognized at all
Seems like I have a worst case scenario :/
I only see a battery symbol containing a question mark, but the PC itself does not seem to recognize the phone.
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Yours may only need a battery. Leave battery in and plug into pc. Does not need to be out. If u still get the batt with x u most def need a battery
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If he was not doing anything. Like trying to root it or downgrade then yes. Basicly bootloop. Lg waranty. If he was rooting or dowgrading. There are a few guys that may hve fixxed it but its a long complicated prosscess.
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Looks like LG warranty is a bit out of question, it's passed already.
Any suggestion perhaps? no problem with "long complicated process", at least we can learn something
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Yours may only need a battery. Leave battery in and plug into pc. Does not need to be out. If u still get the batt with x u most def need a battery
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If I have the battery in nothing happens. If I put the battery in when the display is showing the question mark, the display shows nothing anymore.
ardian1899 said:
Looks like LG warranty is a bit out of question, it's passed already.
Any suggestion perhaps? no problem with "long complicated process", at least we can learn something
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You might be able to follow the lgg4 hardbricked threads. Theres a few diffrent ones goin on now. In the generalsection. I dont own a g4 anymore. So if its changed and is bootlooped u may be able to disable the big cores. To stop it from bootlooping. Dont get hopes up yet. But thats a start
TheMadScientist420 said:
You might be able to follow the lgg4 hardbricked threads. Theres a few diffrent ones goin on now. In the generalsection. I dont own a g4 anymore. So if its changed and is bootlooped u may be able to disable the big cores. To stop it from bootlooping. Dont get hopes up yet. But thats a start
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Thank you.
We've checking a few, seems like root is needed. Do you know how to root it? it's H818P MM, can't find it so far.
And there's a bit update. The phone was a few months died, now after I charge the battery using external charger and trying to turn on the phone. There's nothing happened, probably because the juice is not strong enough, but now there's a battery animation with a question mark when I connect it to the computer without the battery (still recharging the battery again).
ardian1899 said:
Thank you.
We've checking a few, seems like root is needed. Do you know how to root it? it's H818P MM, can't find it so far.
And there's a bit update. The phone was a few months died, now after I charge the battery using external charger and trying to turn on the phone. There's nothing happened, probably because the juice is not strong enough, but now there's a battery animation with a question mark when I connect it to the computer without the battery (still recharging the battery again).
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I would order the cheapest battery u can. Just in case thats all it is. Lgg3s where known for doing this
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I would order the cheapest battery u can. Just in case thats all it is. Lgg3s where known for doing this
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I see..
Let's see how will it be. Thank you
Yes order battery
The only reason why ? Shows up while charging is if I pop out the battery and have USB cable connected to phone
Your batter may be completely dead
Mention this before
This is a common issue, it happened to m last month. You can try anything with you PC it wont work because the problem comes from the main board.
Just contact LG and get your phone repaired.