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battery problem, i think

Hello,
Hoping someone can help me with my GN,
Here's the problem my battery drain is weird, it thinks its charging and then goes back to normal constantly and the battery dies rather quickly.
I am running the aokp jb mr1 rom but it's been happening before that.
basically toggles on and off charging icon and drains battery.

Poopie usb port.
It's a hardware problem.

could it be a software issue to??
like maybe an unclean flash??
or maybe change roms or kernels or both??
if it comes to it maybe restore it to full stock unrooted and than root and flash it?
ive done that a few times.. just a thought

Alpha_wolf said:
could it be a software issue to??
like maybe an unclean flash??
or maybe change roms or kernels or both??
if it comes to it maybe restore it to full stock unrooted and than root and flash it?
ive done that a few times.. just a thought
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No. It's the USB port. Some users with this problem have reported success by carefully bending the USB port internal 'flap'.

Petrovski80 said:
No. It's the USB port. Some users with this problem have reported success by carefully bending the USB port internal 'flap'.
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ok well thank you for clearing that up im new to the forum so im enjoying learning alot more lol

BIG Problem

For like the past day or two my phone has been running extremely hot and the battery isnt charging like it normally does. Now it charges extremely slowly, if at all sometimes, and no the contacts are not dirty. I Tried charging it using USB and also wall outlet, ive tried changing the wall "brick" used to plug in my usb cord to higher and lower amperage and voltage but same problem. Now back to the heat problem, Ive tried switching up ROMs, kernels, ROM/kernel combinations just in case it was a kernel and/or ROM problem and same thing. Both problems happen with my 3800mAh extended battery and stock battery. Please if anyone knows anything about this or has any help its well appreciated.

NexusS4gFreak said:
For like the past day or two my phone has been running extremely hot and the battery isnt charging like it normally does. Now it charges extremely slowly, if at all sometimes, and no the contacts are not dirty. I Tried charging it using USB and also wall outlet, ive tried changing the wall "brick" used to plug in my usb cord to higher and lower amperage and voltage but same problem. Now back to the heat problem, Ive tried switching up ROMs, kernels, ROM/kernel combinations just in case it was a kernel and/or ROM problem and same thing. Both problems happen with my 3800mAh extended battery and stock battery. Please if anyone knows anything about this or has any help its well appreciated.
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Weird, dude. Well you close to being able to safely assume its not a software issue. But before ruling that out completely I would Odin back to stock; it really does make a difference. Also, can you tell me where the phone is getting the hottest at? Is it just the battery or is it somewhere else?

Acvice said:
Weird, dude. Well you close to being able to safely assume its not a software issue. But before ruling that out completely I would Odin back to stock; it really does make a difference. Also, can you tell me where the phone is getting the hottest at? Is it just the battery or is it somewhere else?
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Yea maybe ill try to get back to stock im just not used to odin. And it isnt really much the battery thats getting hot but actually the top of the phone from the very tip top down to about half way, yea really strange.

NexusS4gFreak said:
Yea maybe ill try to get back to stock im just not used to odin. And it isnt really much the battery thats getting hot but actually the top of the phone from the very tip top down to about half way, yea really strange.
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Its starting to sound like you have a hardware problem. I'm not sure what device is right there but I think its the radio? Maybe someone can confirm.

NexusS4gFreak said:
Yea maybe ill try to get back to stock im just not used to odin. And it isnt really much the battery thats getting hot but actually the top of the phone from the very tip top down to about half way, yea really strange.
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for the love of all that is good and holy, dont use ODIN. use fastboot.

Acvice said:
Its starting to sound like you have a hardware problem. I'm not sure what device is right there but I think its the radio? Maybe someone can confirm.
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Think sprint will look at it even though its rooted or must i unroot first? I took my old Nexus S and 3D to them rooted and they still checked them out. Thanks for the help

Zepius said:
for the love of all that is good and holy, dont use ODIN. use fastboot.
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Gonna try that as a last resort

NexusS4gFreak said:
Think sprint will look at it even though its rooted or must i unroot first? I took my old Nexus S and 3D to them rooted and they still checked them out. Thanks for the help
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They may not care, but I personally would try to get back to stock not to chance it.
Also, I most definitely recommend fastboot over Odin. The only time I would use Odin, is if my USB port died and I wanted to get back to stock.

OKayy thanks ill try that

cupfulloflol said:
They may not care, but I personally would try to get back to stock not to chance it.
Also, I most definitely recommend fastboot over Odin. The only time I would use Odin, is if my USB port died and I wanted to get back to stock.
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OKayy thanks ill try that

NexusS4gFreak said:
OKayy thanks ill try that
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wipe off battery stats from cwm it can help you fixing the charging problem.
hit thanks if I helped.

Is my HTC One dead??

So, I went to look at the time on my phone and it wouldn't turn on. I held down the power button and the back & home buttons just blinked a few times but it didn't turn on. I plugged it into the charger and it's not charging, no LED light or anything, and it won't turn on.
Does anyone know what could have happened or how to fix it?? I noticed earlier it was running a little hot after some app updates. could that have something to so with this? Is my phone dead??

There have been several reports as of late where the same thing has happened. Were you running a custom Rom and kernel?

What recovery were you running?
Sent from my Lunar Ecliptic One.

brymaster5000 said:
What recovery were you running?
Sent from my Lunar Ecliptic One.
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How come this would be caused by a recovery issue? My phone died just today because I forgot my charging cable at home. I charged it up just fine. If the recovery was the issue I wouldn't have been able to charge my phone up after it died. He overheated his phone which seems to be the link to every other case of this happening.

Recovery "might" be an issue, as if recovery cannot respond to a "power on" it will not turn on. Most recoveries will respond to a "adb reboot" command. That may fix his issue... If his PC recognizes the device. I know certain TWRP had issues with the DNA and it could have bled to the m7
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Wouldn't this happen a lot more often if the recovery caused in considering that people run out of battery all the time?

disconnecktie said:
Wouldn't this happen a lot more often if the recovery caused in considering that people run out of battery all the time?
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Depends if they are using a commonly used recovery, or if the MD5 matched. I never let my battery go below 30% as most users should try their hardest to not also, fully draining li batteries drastically reduces their life and capacity.
Edit: it is also good to see everyone's setup who has this issue so we can find the common thing every time it happens.
Sent from my HTC6500LVW using XDA Free mobile app

Uzephi said:
Depends if they are using a commonly used recovery, or if the MD5 matched. I never let my battery go below 30% as most users should try their hardest to not also, fully draining li batteries drastically reduces their life and capacity.
Edit: it is also good to see everyone's setup who has this issue so we can find the common thing every time it happens.
Sent from my HTC6500LVW using XDA Free mobile app
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Yea I generally try to not get way to low. It's a scary thought though that if you happen to forget to charge your phone it might not charge back up. That's why I was interested in what rom and kernel he was using. Plus it seemed to be that most of the people who couldn't recharge had an overheating issue before hand which is more or less why I don't believe it is a recovery issue.

Ok, for some reason it's working again. As I said before, it was just completely dead (wouldn't power on, no LED light when plugged into two different chargers, two different outlets) then I tried again about an hour after all the problems started and it powered on again.
When it came on, it had a 70% charge, so I put it back on the charger and charged it back up to 100%. However, after about two minutes being unplugged, it dropped down to 95%. It's never done anything like that before and this is the first time I've had any kind of problems with it in the year I've had the phone.
Could this have been some sort of temporary battery issue? I'm so confused. Are there and diagnostic tools I can use to try to figure out what happened?
I'm using NuSenseONE-Max_RC6_111313 (4.3 based), not sure what kernel and TWRP recovery. Also, I usually drain the battery down to 15% before I charge it.
Also, this happened after I updated about 20 apps.

JGress said:
Ok, for some reason it's working again. As I said before, it was just completely dead (wouldn't power on, no LED light when plugged into two different chargers, two different outlets) then I tried again about an hour after all the problems started and it powered on again.
When it came on, it had a 70% charge, so I put it back on the charger and charged it back up to 100%. However, after about two minutes being unplugged, it dropped down to 95%. It's never done anything like that before and this is the first time I've had any kind of problems with it in the year I've had the phone.
Could this have been some sort of temporary battery issue? I'm so confused. Are there and diagnostic tools I can use to try to figure out what happened?
I'm using NuSenseONE-Max_RC6_111313 (4.3 based), not sure what kernel and TWRP recovery. Also, I usually drain the battery down to 15% before I charge it.
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That almost sounds like your battery might be going out but maybe you should update your rom and recovery just out of precaution. You'll need to update your firmware as well since you're probably still running jb firmware considering the age of that rom.

disconnecktie said:
You'll need to update your firmware as well
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Wait... I thought a ROM and firmware were the same thing.

JGress said:
Wait... I thought a ROM and firmware were the same thing.
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Not exactly. Grab the firmware from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46506592
It's version 5.x.605 something lol
Get the one that has no boot and flash it per the instructions in the op. Then grab an updated recovery. I use version 2.7.1.2 from here . http://mdmower.cmphys.com/twrp-m7vzw/ you're more than welcome to flash whatever you like philz or cwm. Then grab a newer rom. Kit Kat has been way better than jelly bean in my opinion.

On the battery dropping to 95% quickly, this is a known software "feature" in android since froyo or earlier. When the phone is fully charged, power cuts off from the Phone and won't "charge" until it hits 90%. System will still show you 100%. It has been proven by many sources that keeping a "trickle" on a fully charged battery will damage it. That is why it probably dropped quickly. Only way to determine if battery is faulty is have it drop below 89% and see it's drain.
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disconnecktie said:
Not exactly. Grab the firmware from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46506592
It's version 5.x.605 something lol
Get the one that has no boot and flash it per the instructions in the op. Then grab an updated recovery. I use version 2.7.1.2 from here . http://mdmower.cmphys.com/twrp-m7vzw/ you're more than welcome to flash whatever you like philz or cwm. Then grab a newer rom. Kit Kat has been way better than jelly bean in my opinion.
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Ok, thanks for the help!
Does the One maybe have an auto-shutdown feature that triggers if it overheats? I was thinking that was a possibility.

disconnecktie said:
How come this would be caused by a recovery issue? My phone died just today because I forgot my charging cable at home. I charged it up just fine. If the recovery was the issue I wouldn't have been able to charge my phone up after it died. He overheated his phone which seems to be the link to every other case of this happening.
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Just trying to get the full picture as uzephi said. Just was wondering because there are instances where it can die and if the recovery had a glitch and or missed a charging binary in one build it might not charge...
Sent from my Lunar Ecliptic One.

brymaster5000 said:
Just trying to get the full picture as uzephi said. Just was wondering because there are instances where it can die and if the recovery had a glitch and or missed a charging binary in one build it might not charge...
Sent from my Lunar Ecliptic One.
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I understand. I asked because I didn't understand why this would be a recovery issue since you can't always keep your phone from dying and having your phone brick as a result would completely suck. Plus, it would be a lot more frequent (you would think anyway) for this same thing to happen. I wouldn't want to use whatever recovery had this issue either. However, I think he just really needed to update his firmware, rom and recovery. I'm surprised he made it this long without needing to upgrade. It also helps knowing all the info because if it was a rom/kernel issue the dev could take a look into what could potentially cause the overheating because the thermal protection written into the kernel isn't doing its job if it allows the phone to overheat to death.

My battery is dying :(

Hello everyone. I think my Butterfly 3 battery is dying. Does anyone know how to reset the battery gauge if this is possible? I've searched for a replacement battery all over the internet but with no luck. A link is also ok. Regards.

Try this: http://mobilespecs.net/phone/codes/HTC/HTC_J_Butterfly_HTV31.html

You Need Stock, STAT!
alexsdlc said:
Hello everyone. I think my Butterfly 3 battery is dying. Does anyone know how to reset the battery gauge if this is possible? I've searched for a replacement battery all over the internet but with no luck. A link is also ok. Regards.
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So I'm not trying to self promote... ok, maybe a little. What you need is a factory reset and perhaps a reversion to true factory software.
I had trouble with battery life with my japanese rom, and a lot more stuff was messed up too.
Follow my guide and feel free to ask any questions, this is the straight from the factory rom, ZERO bloatware, only cost is NFC. (Make sure you make backup with twrp and store on your PC)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/butterfly-3/development/stock-rom-stock-5-0-2-cure-t3356875
With stock it runs super efficiently with the standard power saver making this beast last the entire day no sweat.

Birkyjon said:
So I'm not trying to self promote... ok, maybe a little. What you need is a factory reset and perhaps a reversion to true factory software.
I had trouble with battery life with my japanese rom, and a lot more stuff was messed up too.
Follow my guide and feel free to ask any questions, this is the straight from the factory rom, ZERO bloatware, only cost is NFC. (Make sure you make backup with twrp and store on your PC)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/butterfly-3/development/stock-rom-stock-5-0-2-cure-t3356875
With stock it runs super efficiently with the standard power saver making this beast last the entire day no sweat.
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I didn't. Simply the problem appeared after I installed the taiwanese rom. Now i received marshmallow and everything is ok.
By the way with the taiwanese rom everything works like a charm, text included, and bloatware can be uninstalled. You'll only lose nfc.

Poor battery life...

Hello,
The battery life of my Z1 compact is very low. This only started the last month or so.
Are there things I can do to improve it?
I have been thinking of putting another rom on it, but not used to this anymore. A few years ago I did a lot (with my HTC Hero), but at the moment I don't have time to do this regularly (read: I was single on those days ). I can remember that there was an option in the recovery to whipe the battery stats, so maybe this can help me.
Then, is there a light yet stable rom out there?
Maybe you can give me also some guides on how to start with this: rooting, replacing recovery image and flashing a custom Rom.
Anyways thanks for your help.
Sorry if I made some mistakes, English is not my native language.
Bart.

This additional info can maybe useful:
Currently I am on Android 5.1.1 Build 14.6.A.0.368 ...

Most people have noticed that battery life on LP is generally a little worse than on KK, but usually stock rom battery life is pretty good, so if it's just getting worse suddenly, you might want to try an update, (.368 is not the newest fw), or maybe some changes you made are draIning the battery, or maybe the battery is old and needs to be replaced. Most custom roms are fine as far as battery drain goes, but most are not better than stock, so probably not a solution to the issue. Have you been using any battery - saving options, (stamina, Greenify, etc.)?

Are you using Pocket (readitlater)?
The new version of the app sucks alot of battery... =(

l3art1 said:
Hello,
The battery life of my Z1 compact is very low. This only started the last month or so.
Are there things I can do to improve it?
I have been thinking of putting another rom on it, but not used to this anymore. A few years ago I did a lot (with my HTC Hero), but at the moment I don't have time to do this regularly (read: I was single on those days ). I can remember that there was an option in the recovery to whipe the battery stats, so maybe this can help me.
Then, is there a light yet stable rom out there?
Maybe you can give me also some guides on how to start with this: rooting, replacing recovery image and flashing a custom Rom.
Anyways thanks for your help.
Sorry if I made some mistakes, English is not my native language.
Bart.
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Basically, you need to replace the battery.

levone1 said:
Most people have noticed that battery life on LP is generally a little worse than on KK, but usually stock rom battery life is pretty good, so if it's just getting worse suddenly, you might want to try an update, (.368 is not the newest fw),
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I have seen that there's a newer update (14.6.A.1.236). The problem with this is, when I try the update, the phone says there's no update for the phone. Is there a way to force the update?

alex_hk90 said:
Basically, you need to replace the battery.
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I have been looking and found some local repair center, which can do it.
While it is still under waranty, I don't want to send it to Sony, as I expect to lose the phone for more than 3 weeks???
Anyways, big thanks for all your replies!

l3art1 said:
I have been looking and found some local repair center, which can do it.
While it is still under waranty, I don't want to send it to Sony, as I expect to lose the phone for more than 3 weeks???
Anyways, big thanks for all your replies!
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I found it pretty easy to replace the battery myself, but that will void the warranty so you might not want to do that if there is still significant time left to run on the warranty.

alex_hk90 said:
I found it pretty easy to replace the battery myself, but that will void the warranty so you might not want to do that if there is still significant time left to run on the warranty.
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Is there some good description on how to do it yourself? Because I have no clue on how to even start with it?

l3art1 said:
Is there some good description on how to do it yourself? Because I have no clue on how to even start with it?
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I'm pretty sure there are instructions in that thread, but otherwise there are various videos such as this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXemmPyIzUI

http://forum.xda-developers.com/son...l/best-stable-rom-battery-life-daily-t3367431
This is how i get most juice out of this xperia. 2 years old battery shouldn't have degraded more than 10%

I should have posted this. I have found some useful info about changing the battery (mainly youtube), and I already ordered a new battery and adhesive for the back cover.
Another question I posted earlier: is there a way to force update to version .1.236

l3art1 said:
I should have posted this. I have found some useful info about changing the battery (mainly youtube), and I already ordered a new battery and adhesive for the back cover.
Another question I posted earlier: is there a way to force update to version .1.236
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If BL is locked, ota should work. You can always use Flashtool/ Xperifirm...