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[Q] Potential battery issue? Samsung freeze

Current issue: The phone won't boot. It goes to the Samsung boot screen, and then nothing else happens, the lights along the bottom don't light.
When plugged in with the battery, the charging battery shows up with the little animation but that also freezes, and it never makes it to the point where you have the green charging indication.
History: I have had some dropsies, and the result is that I now have a refurbished phone about 2 weeks old. At one point they shipped me a brand new phone, so now I have two batteries.
I thought this would be a great thing! Having two batteries solves the fact that the Epic's battery life is so awful...compared to more recent phones.
I had been using the stable version of Cyanogenmod 10 posted to the cyanogenmod website.
I pulled the phone out of my pocket, there was no juice, no nothing. Thing would not turn on. I had at that point misplaced my battery...no idea where it was. I plugged the phone in and nothing happened, no change to the phone, no lights, no nothing.
So...
I did a ton of Odin and eventually got the phone up and running again. I was using the most recent Cyanogenmod 9.
Phone had no issues for about a day. I was going to bed, so hooked it up to the charger and went to sleep. When I woke up, it was frozen on the battery charge screen, no charging animation, no green battery, just frozen.
So now I can't do anything. I have Odin'd back to stock about a dozen times. I have used my stock cable, a blackberry cable, and my Nexus 7 Asus cable. Each time the Odin is a complete success. I've tried with no battery, no sim card, sim card no battery, battery no sim card, etc.
The reason I think it MIGHT be a battery issue is as follows. When I Odin with no battery in, the phone reboots to the Samsung screen, the lights at the bottom flicker before it goes dead. I'm assuming that since the phone won't work without the battery, it looks for the battery, doesn't find it, and turns off. Then when it goes into the charge screen, it animates before it turns off finding no battery.
I now have both batteries and have tried this millions of times. I think it's a battery issue. There must be some charging going on when I do plug it in, because now both batteries work in the phone. And neither will go past the Samsung screen with no other lights.
Help!!!

coachmarino said:
Current issue: The phone won't boot. It goes to the Samsung boot screen, and then nothing else happens, the lights along the bottom don't light.
When plugged in with the battery, the charging battery shows up with the little animation but that also freezes, and it never makes it to the point where you have the green charging indication.
History: I have had some dropsies, and the result is that I now have a refurbished phone about 2 weeks old. At one point they shipped me a brand new phone, so now I have two batteries.
I thought this would be a great thing! Having two batteries solves the fact that the Epic's battery life is so awful...compared to more recent phones.
I had been using the stable version of Cyanogenmod 10 posted to the cyanogenmod website.
I pulled the phone out of my pocket, there was no juice, no nothing. Thing would not turn on. I had at that point misplaced my battery...no idea where it was. I plugged the phone in and nothing happened, no change to the phone, no lights, no nothing.
So...
I did a ton of Odin and eventually got the phone up and running again. I was using the most recent Cyanogenmod 9.
Phone had no issues for about a day. I was going to bed, so hooked it up to the charger and went to sleep. When I woke up, it was frozen on the battery charge screen, no charging animation, no green battery, just frozen.
So now I can't do anything. I have Odin'd back to stock about a dozen times. I have used my stock cable, a blackberry cable, and my Nexus 7 Asus cable. Each time the Odin is a complete success. I've tried with no battery, no sim card, sim card no battery, battery no sim card, etc.
The reason I think it MIGHT be a battery issue is as follows. When I Odin with no battery in, the phone reboots to the Samsung screen, the lights at the bottom flicker before it goes dead. I'm assuming that since the phone won't work without the battery, it looks for the battery, doesn't find it, and turns off. Then when it goes into the charge screen, it animates before it turns off finding no battery.
I now have both batteries and have tried this millions of times. I think it's a battery issue. There must be some charging going on when I do plug it in, because now both batteries work in the phone. And neither will go past the Samsung screen with no other lights.
Help!!!
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it might be the end of life of your phone. i got one a few days ago that was doing the same thing, i could get it to boot run for a few minutes then it would freeze and id pull battery then id have to restore the kernel and boot images back to get the phone to boot again.

Does it stay working on stock? I remember a problem a while back posted here where it would only work on stock but not on any custom roms for some reason
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phonehunter59 said:
Does it stay working on stock? I remember a problem a while back posted here where it would only work on stock but not on any custom roms for some reason
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk 2
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It won't boot into anything right now. I'm only trying to flash stock. It freezes on the Samsung screen.

[Q] Phone shuts down when using camera.

Hi
My phone has recently developed a fault. As mentioned above when I use the camera the phone shuts down as soon as I take a photo. If i do the same with the charging cable connected the camera works ok.
This happens even with the battery at a high level of charge. Has anyone else had this problem and if so how was it solved.
I should mention the phone is stock 4.4.4 htc sense 6.0 Software No 3.33.61.9. Api level 6.25
Thanks

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remetiffy said:
Hi
My phone has recently developed a fault. As mentioned above when I use the camera the phone shuts down as soon as I take a photo. If i do the same with the charging cable connected the camera works ok.
This happens even with the battery at a high level of charge. Has anyone else had this problem and if so how was it solved.
I should mention the phone is stock 4.4.4 htc sense 6.0 Software No 3.33.61.9. Api level 6.25
Thanks
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I thought I would carry out a test to see if it is a battery problem so I fully charged the phone to 100% then just left it all day. Switched on and the screen saver on.
So 10am fully charged. 7:55 pm checked phone and it had shut down and would not turn back on. When I plugged in a charger the screen lit up with the charging battery symbol and showing 23%.
Imthink a phone should last more than 12 hours when not in use. Or am I wrong.

remetiffy said:
I thought I would carry out a test to see if it is a battery problem so I fully charged the phone to 100% then just left it all day. Switched on and the screen saver on.
So 10am fully charged. 7:55 pm checked phone and it had shut down and would not turn back on. When I plugged in a charger the screen lit up with the charging battery symbol and showing 23%.
Imthink a phone should last more than 12 hours when not in use. Or am I wrong.
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go into settings / apps / Camera and clear the data / cache

I had this problem with the OneX I tried what @CiSa suggested it worked for one picture then it did the same as you described I had to take it back to my network provider I bought it from. Hope clearing the data cache works for you of it dosnt you will have to send it back to where you got it from

I think this may be a general battery problem and not just related to the battery.
The phone is now just shutting down when the battery gets below 45%
I'm not sure if I have caused this because I put the phone on charge every night regardless of charge level and leave it on charge all night. .

remetiffy said:
I think this may be a general battery problem and not just related to the battery.
The phone is now just shutting down when the battery gets below 45%
I'm not sure if I have caused this because I put the phone on charge every night regardless of charge level and leave it on charge all night. .
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That's how I charge my phone, every afternoon when i get home from work and again overnight when i go to bed ... never had a battery issue
Have you tried a hardware battery recalibration?
The battery calibration starts with the phone completely off. The steps are as follows: Charge the device for at least 10 minutes using the original charging cable in a wall outlet. With the device powered off while still plugged into the wall outlet, press and hold the volume up, volume down and power button for two full minutes. Use three fingers to hold these buttons and do not let go at any time. They will be held in at the same time for this to work. After two minutes, you can let go. At this point, the device should boot up and battery/charging logic will be re-calibrated.
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I have also charged my phone to 100%, then booted to recovery and charged it to 100%, the shut the phone down completely and let it charge ti ll the green light comes on 100%. you'll be surprised how the 3 different modes read the battery differently
Also the only time I had the camera shut down the phone I just cleared the DATA it fixed it

Thanks for all your suggestions. I tried the hardware battery recalibration but the phone just kept switching on.
Anyway whilst trying to do this I noticed the screen has lifted about millimetre at the bottom right hand corner. Wild this cause the battery to discharge.

I am having the same issue with my HTC One m8 eye the phone just shutdown with I take a picture in lie light with the flash I tried restoring the phone but only works for a short time so old help

[Q] M8 doesn't turn on,what should I do?

My recently purchased M8 finally brought me here.
1.bought a refurbished phone, phone doesn't turn on after charging for 10 hours.
2.Not one percantage of battery seems to be charged,no green colour in charging status but a void battery box appears
3.Tried to reboot with ADB tools, tried all the buttons, still orange light keeps flashing
4.Battery drained, my tears drained
What do you think there is left for me to try?

Yo. This happened to me today. Phone just stopped booting. Try Pwr+Vol Up+ Vol down. It worked for me.

hi said:
My recently purchased M8 finally brought me here.
1.bought a refurbished phone, phone doesn't turn on after charging for 10 hours.
2.Not one percantage of battery seems to be charged,no green colour in charging status but a void battery box appears
3.Tried to reboot with ADB tools, tried all the buttons, still orange light keeps flashing
4.Battery drained, my tears drained
What do you think there is left for me to try?
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Well, try another charger or another usb cable for charging. Hopefully it should work. My old Note II did something similar. It took 3 hrs to charge every 1% . Replaced my usb cable and it worked like a charm ! :good:

Note 2 Will Not Power On Or Charge [SGH-T889/Rooted]

Last night I was using my phone while it was charging, but the battery was being depleted by the apps I was running faster then it was being charged. When it got down to around 3% I decided to call it a night, tapped the power button to turn off the screen, and put my phone on my nightstand so it could charge overnight like I usually do. Shortly after that I heard the phone vibrate where it shut itself off due to the battery dying which I've had happen before while trying to charge my battery when it gets to a very low charge percentage, so I didn't think anything of it and went to sleep.
This morning when I woke up I saw that my phone was stuck on the "Samsung Note II" black bootup screen and tried holding the power button to turn it off. That didn't work so I took out the battery and reinserted it. When I tried to power it back on nothing happened and even though the charger was plugged in there was no red or green charging indicator LED showing.
Since then I've tried taking out the battery and leaving it out while holding the power button for 30 seconds which I read is supposed to clear the RAM in case that is causing an issue. I've also tried connecting my Note 2 to my computer using another charging cable and it still doesn't show as charging or as being connected to my PC. I've had it plugged in for about 3 hours now in case my battery had been completely drained since it may have been stuck on the bootup screen all night long but so far after around 3 hours I'm still not getting any response from my phone.
Now I'm completely at a loss of what to do so I was hoping someone here who had a similar issue could help or if there are any other remedies for troubleshooting I could try go through. I've ordered a replacement battery from amazon which comes with an external charger but I won't be receiving it until Monday. The only other remedy I've found online is removing a capacitor but I'm going to be holding off on doing that until I've exhausted every other option available.
Phone Specs:
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
SGH-T889 (T-Mobile)
Android 4.3 (I think)
Rooted but not running any custom ROMs

Note II Not starting up and not charging

Hey guys it has been a while since i used my Note 2, i had custom cyanogen rom v12 stable running it..
The phone has been off for a month.. i wanted to use it again so at first it wouldn't start, figured it would be battery ran out so plugged it for charge yet not battery symbol/logo of charging came out as it used to do.. i let it for about half an hour plugged in and tried to turn it on yet nothing happened.
i also tried download mode and recovery yet also not booting into them.
My brother has a functioning Note 2 so i thought maybe the issue is battery wise, so i switched batteries between both phones,
[the battery that was originally in my phone now in the functioning other phone... AND IT CHARGED NORMALLY]
[the battery taken from the other phone and put it into mine didn't charge!!!]
What's the problem with my phone?? how can it brick by itself after just leaving it turned off for a month.
I hope i can find a solution for it
Regards

Are you using the original Samsung cable and charger with the phone?

aboalghool said:
Hey guys it has been a while since i used my Note 2, i had custom cyanogen rom v12 stable running it..
The phone has been off for a month.. i wanted to use it again so at first it wouldn't start, figured it would be battery ran out so plugged it for charge yet not battery symbol/logo of charging came out as it used to do.. i let it for about half an hour plugged in and tried to turn it on yet nothing happened.
i also tried download mode and recovery yet also not booting into them.
My brother has a functioning Note 2 so i thought maybe the issue is battery wise, so i switched batteries between both phones,
[the battery that was originally in my phone now in the functioning other phone... AND IT CHARGED NORMALLY]
[the battery taken from the other phone and put it into mine didn't charge!!!]
What's the problem with my phone?? how can it brick by itself after just leaving it turned off for a month.
I hope i can find a solution for it
Regards
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sounds like a hardware issue now hhahahha

audit13 said:
Are you using the original Samsung cable and charger with the phone?
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yeah the official cable.
I don't know why the phone failed on its own

Maybe try a 2.0 amp charger? Was the phone exposed to moisture?

Does the phone actually function properly now that the battery is charged? You could try disassembling the phone and removing the charging port and cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol and baking just the port on a cooking sheet in the oven for 5 minutes at 350 degrees. This fixed my Note II when it wouldn't charge after I dropped it in water

I also have a similar problem. I was on dn4 rom when this started my phone didn't even alow me to flash a rom so I used Odin aand failed the first time and thankfuly it worked the 2nd time. Now the phone is better than before but if I unplug it turns off and tries to reboot but stays on the note 2 logo and also if the battery is on 82% and it reboots it can jump all the way to 4%.

Problem is that the phone was left in my closet untouched for a whole month, i changed the battery and was sure it was 100% charged...
[no note 2 logo , no nothing] .. the phone is black and doesn't turn on
Its not a battery issue more than i think its the faulty rom that ruined it

audit13 said:
Maybe try a 2.0 amp charger? Was the phone exposed to moisture?
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xBkKx said:
Does the phone actually function properly now that the battery is charged? You could try disassembling the phone and removing the charging port and cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol and baking just the port on a cooking sheet in the oven for 5 minutes at 350 degrees. This fixed my Note II when it wouldn't charge after I dropped it in water
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billowusu47 said:
I also have a similar problem. I was on dn4 rom when this started my phone didn't even alow me to flash a rom so I used Odin aand failed the first time and thankfuly it worked the 2nd time. Now the phone is better than before but if I unplug it turns off and tries to reboot but stays on the note 2 logo and also if the battery is on 82% and it reboots it can jump all the way to 4%.
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Problem is that the phone was left in my closet untouched for a whole month, i changed the battery and was sure it was 100% charged...
[no note 2 logo , no nothing] .. the phone is black and doesn't turn on
Its not a battery issue more than i think its the faulty rom that ruined it

billowusu47 said:
I also have a similar problem. I was on dn4 rom when this started my phone didn't even alow me to flash a rom so I used Odin aand failed the first time and thankfuly it worked the 2nd time. Now the phone is better than before but if I unplug it turns off and tries to reboot but stays on the note 2 logo and also if the battery is on 82% and it reboots it can jump all the way to 4%.
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how did odin recognized your phone when it can't turn on?

I bet the display backlight failed or burnt out.

aboalghool said:
how did odin recognized your phone when it can't turn on?
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The phone could only go into download mode. Also if I try to turn it on, it would only show the note 2 logo and won't go any further. Yesterday I tried an aftermarket battery with my phone and it was able to boot past the note 2 logo.

billowusu47 said:
The phone could only go into download mode. Also if I try to turn it on, it would only show the note 2 logo and won't go any further. Yesterday I tried an aftermarket battery with my phone and it was able to boot past the note 2 logo.
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oh alright, your phones do turn on.. mine doesn't show anything, it doesn't boot to get to download mode

gooberdude said:
I bet the display backlight failed or burnt out.
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No that's not the case, samsung said that if a display backlight dies, the phone still vibrates when you turn it on... that's what tells if the screen display is burnt out or not