Heey everyone,
My phone has some serious problems. I'm talking about percentage not showing correctly, because of that the phone will go off at random. As the percentage that is shown (for example 43%) is actually a lot less (it's actually 0%). And when I try to turn it on, the phone must be charging, otherwise the chance of data getting deleted is almost 100% (I think around 85%). And with the data deletion problem comes the storage problem, because the data is probably still on there but not accessible by android or something and therefore my phone can't install updates now(the apps are all stock) even though they were on there the moment the phone shut off.
I hope you guys still understand the situation, but now my actual question
Because these problems are all the cause of a faulty battery, I want to replace the battery with a new one.
I couldn't find replacements for our butterfly 3 phone, but there are ones for the M8, M9 and M9+.
These batteries look very similar and I actually think they are the exact same size and they do have the same connector.
Since so many things are similar between the M9/M9+ and our Butterfly 3, I thought those batteries also fit our phone.
But since taking the phone apart is not easy and of course risky, I would like to ask if anyone here has taken apart a HTC (HTV31) Butterfly 3 before.
If so, could that someone please tell me how this phone can be disassembled and maybe even tell me what the size and the connector of the battery are.
I could of course just buy a new phone, but this phone is the only one on the market(!!!) that fits all my needs. And replacing the battery is cheaper than buying a new one. As I got lucky somehow that I didn't have to pay any taxes or anything when I bought it around 1.5 years ago. And the prices on ebay are definitely higher than back then.
If any of you has some other ideas to solve my problem or has a better phone with almost the same specs, then place say so
PS. If it's possible to use the battery of the M9, then I will try to put a larger capacity battery in it, as this capacity is a bit low.
you can go to taobao.com, look for the battery.
A chinese disassemble tutorial: tieba.baidu.com/p/4918349216
franspear said:
you can go to taobao.com, look for the battery.
A chinese disassemble tutorial: tieba.baidu.com/p/4918349216
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Thank you!
The website with the tutorial doesn't load unfortunately, but as I almost bought the battery for the M9, I am happy I now know they aren't the same.
Thanks again.
EDIT: Turns out that the images don't load. Do the images load for someone here? Would very much appreciate it if someone could upload the images somewhere.
I have the exact same problem with my htc butterfly 3
I am looking for a fix of the exact same problems for a long time. Havent found one. If u found a fix plz do let me know
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Hi, past half year I had serious problems with my battery, it gets hot pretty quick, instant shutdown at 40%, and quick discharge. It's been a few days since I got rid of most problems, (except the overheating, which i think was the source of all my problems on this phone's battery), and now my battery seems like it got my back cover bend and shattered. Since I had enough of this battery crap and decided to order an replacement and want an opinion of what make I should choose.
Bluestar: http://www.amazon.de/BlueStar-Handy...903 battery&qid=1463062731&ref_=sr_1_7&sr=8-7
Akku-king: http://www.amazon.de/Akku-King-komp...903 battery&qid=1463062731&ref_=sr_1_3&sr=8-3
or should I go with an original one?
If anyone tried either bluestar or akku-king I would appreciate the opinion, as it would make my choice easier. Right now I am thinking about the stock one, but afraid that the same problem might come back after some time.
P.S. I am not ready to leave this phone for newer models, cause it's working fine apart from the battery which is the only trouble maker.
I just ordered new battery from aliexpress. Works like a charm.
Xperia Z1 Compact .386 rooted
MrBratka said:
or should I go with an original one?
If anyone tried either bluestar or akku-king I would appreciate the opinion, as it would make my choice easier. Right now I am thinking about the stock one, but afraid that the same problem might come back after some time.
P.S. I am not ready to leave this phone for newer models, cause it's working fine apart from the battery which is the only trouble maker.
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I went for a replacement stock/original battery and it's working fine. Yes it might fail again (though I am being more careful about charging patterns this time) but by then I'll probably want to buy a new phone anyway.
Hi there, I was looking for some ideas about a bizarre battery problem with my daughters xperia zl.
I know this model has had many issues with the battery dying, the net is full of threads about it.I like the phone and have replaced the battery before, and am usually up and running for quite a while.
The last battery died, and I ordered another to replace it.Here's the thing though, the new battery is working when the phone backing is off and is connected to the mainboard.When I install the battery in the phone, and then connect it, it doesn't work.
I find this really bizarre, maybe something is shorting out somewhere?I kind of suspect it could be something to do with the grounding cable (strip that runs across the bottom of battery), but if that was the case, why would it work when the battery is connected outside the phone?
Has anyone else run into a similar scenario?Any ideas would be very helpful, I haven't come across an issue like this before...
Thanks
Turned out to be the battery...
Turned out to be the battery.
I like the phone and finally got around to ordering another battery.I guess it can be hit and miss when it comes to replacements.Hopefully, this one that came from Turkey will give me at least another year or so of use...
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Now, I know...the M9 has ALWAYS had a reputation for being bad on batteries.
I also know, that Facebook and Messenger are two nasty apps that eat batteries alive.
Saying all of that up front, the battery life on my M9 has very suddenly become VERY bad (even with Facebook and Messenger not installed). I thought it might have been a battery calibration issue, but trying a calibration program out seems to yield no improvement (even in the accuracy of the battery indicator).
So, now, if I'm lucky, I'll get about 2.5hrs of battery life even if the phone is in airplane mode indoors. My battery will get to about 65% and then the phone will shut off. When I try to start the phone, I'll get a 0% indicator sometimes, but after plugging it into the charger, I'll then see about 65% battery instantly.
Is there anything I can do or should I throw in the towel and upgrade to an HTC 10? Things are to the point I can't use the thing when its plugged into the charger!
I was using the last nightly build of CM on the thing for months before it got THIS bad. I thought maybe keeping it plugged into the charger too much was the problem, but wiping the dalvik cache after fully charging might help too... no change. I tired flashing Lineage and the battery life is the roughly the same.
Should I try flashing back to stock or try a firmware upgrade or somekind? I honestly have no clue what to do with this thing.
I honestly believe it's a hardware issue. I've tried most anything and I'm there too! I was just going to buy a lightly used m9, flash my current ROM onto it, and wait for the Pixel 2 (the HTC is looking like a disappointment).
My brother​ had a similar issue with his M8. Sprint refused to acknowledge any kind of hardware issue and insisted that he must have too many apps running, even after a factory reset. He eventually switched to an HTC 10.
I currently have my HTC 10 in for warranty so I have to us my M9 in the meantime. I tried upgrading to a nougat rom only to get terrible battery life. I switched to the santod stock debloated marshmallow and it lasts the day and a couple of hours. I read on the thread that there are no nougat radios for the M9 which causes the battery drain.
I figured it out. It was the battery all along. Replaced the battery, and the phone is getting the best battery life it has ever gotten.
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I figured it out. It was the battery all along. Replaced the battery, and the phone is getting the best battery life it has ever gotten.
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Did you replace it yourself? Was it that hard? My battery will randomly die at 23% sometimes. Debating on replacing it. Can't afford a pixel at the moment.
Flyhalf205 said:
Did you replace it yourself? Was it that hard? My battery will randomly die at 23% sometimes. Debating on replacing it. Can't afford a pixel at the moment.
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Yes, I replaced it myself, and your situation sounds VERY similar to mine. It was one of the trickiest operations I have ever done on a phone by far, but the M9 has a few things that make it much easier to do then the M8 for sure (I was dreading having to replace a USB port on my old M8). I replaced the USB port for my M9 while I was in there and also did the thermal mod to help cool the CPU down. I have a very steady hand and some experience doing these types of things, but am by no means a professional.
I talk about my experiences doing all three of these operations here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72235621&postcount=49
Only additional note I have is, that the Amazon seller I bought my battery from is now out of stock. A friend of mine who just bought a M9 is ordering a new battery for his, so I can update you with that experience soon. As some people seem to be getting old batteries or batteries that aren't holding a charge even from the vendor I bought mine from. I almost wonder if some scumbags are returning batteries to Amazon saying they didn't use them, but are actually sending back their old batteries!
I did notice while looking for new battery replacements on Amazon the other night, that there does appear to be generic non-OEM replacement options on the market now, where I did not find those at the time I did my replacement. My friend is getting his battery off ebay from a Hong Kong seller, so it will likely be a few weeks before we have it in hand.
I also used this video on youtube as reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYm-2dUW03M I stopped and did the USB board replacement before most of the steps (that is actually quite easy to do by itself). You can watch it to get a REALLY good idea of what you'll have to deal with. I had the Verizon version of the M9 to deal with, so I only had one antenna wire instead of two (most be a different antenna in the VZW version of the phone), and getting the CNC connections back together was harder then ANY of the ribbon cables shown. I had to remove my contact lenses and look at the motherboard really close to see it clearly.
@TheXev Thanks for all of the info. I heard that conducting the battery swap was notoriously tricky. I ended up just buying a m9 for cheap and porting everything over to it... when this battery inevitable dies in 6 months I may give the self-replacement a go (or move on to a Pixel or something).
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@TheXev Thanks for all of the info. I heard that conducting the battery swap was notoriously tricky. I ended up just buying a m9 for cheap and porting everything over to it... when this battery inevitable dies in 6 months I may give the self-replacement a go (or move on to a Pixel or something).
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Just finished replacing my battery this morning. Took me about 45 minutes. I followed this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvBvrWN73s&t=180s .... I just hope this will delay me buying a pixel. Expensive!
Bought this one here. I doubt it is OEM but we will see how battery life last on this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-OE...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Thanks @TheXev
Aganar said:
My brother​ had a similar issue with his M8. Sprint refused to acknowledge any kind of hardware issue and insisted that he must have too many apps running, even after a factory reset. He eventually switched to an HTC 10.
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Just finished replacing my battery this morning. Took me about 45 minutes. I followed this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvBvrWN73s&t=180s .... I just hope this will delay me buying a pixel. Expensive!
Bought this one here. I doubt it is OEM but we will see how battery life last on this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-OE...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Thanks @TheXev
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Glad it worked out for ya.. but on a stranger note... WTF IS UP WITH THAT VIDEO!? lol its EXACTLY the same as mine, only with a different logo, the font was changed from blue to red.... and the music is different but it is otherwise EXACTLY THE SAME. lol
I'm switching tabs between these videos at different parts, and its just changing colors... I think your video is from the original author, I'm going to let him know about this other channel ripping off their work.
My phone has same battery behavior.
Anyone in Los Angeles area want to swap out my battery for me???
Any reputable phone service places anyone can recommend?
I really don't think I should try to do this myself.
I'm not sure where to post this but here we go.
I've been replacing phone batteries for a while now, more of a side project for extra income. I also do board level repairs thought 90% of that is computer related.
So the oddity I have stumbled upon is that after replacing the battery on a HTC One M8, of which I have done quite a few of, the digitizer became unresponsive.
First thought was of course that the ribbon cable wasn't seated properly however it was. In fact everything checked out fine.
I removed the new battery and re-installed the original one and the digitizer returned to normal.
I repeated this three additional times, twice with two older batteries left over from previous jobs plus the phones original battery and the new battery. Each time the digitizer would become unresponsive with the new battery installed and then return to normal when the older batteries where installed.
The battery is the last one of my "New" stock that I purchased just a couple of months ago and none of them have given me any trouble.
This is the first time I have encountered any sort of trouble with a simple battery replacement.
How could a battery be the rout of the problem?
I have placed an order for a new stock of M8 batteries, though I expect the number of replacements to drop significantly, from the same supplier and will be returning this one. They are OEM and as I stated this is the first one that has any sort of problem.
Any idea's? I won't be sending the new one back for a couple of weeks so I have it at my disposal to test. My next step is to try it out on my own phone as it has been close to two years since I replaced it's battery.
Just to add on to the mystery, I installed the new battery into my own phone last night, same thing happened. I left the battery in place and plugged in my old one without any change, digitizer was still not responsive.
I re-installed my old battery and it functioned fine and then connected the new battery while the old one was still installed and the phone functioned fine.
So something is missing with the new battery that is causing the problem. I also noted last night the the physical size of the new battery is slightly smaller.
In any case the company is sending a replacement and it is the only one out of the 12 that I had purchased that has given me any trouble.
Now I really want to know what else is tucked in with the battery that could cause this.
The battery may not be giving enough voltage to power the device hence the problem arises. It's an obviously defective battery. Get it replaced
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The battery may not be giving enough voltage to power the device hence the problem arises. It's an obviously defective battery. Get it replaced
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I would concur with that if it wasn't for the fact that if I leave the original battery in place and connect the new one to the motherboard the phone operates properly.
I'm 100% sure it is the fault of the new battery, just wondering why it would cause the problem when it is physically installed.
The other point is if anyone else comes across this problem I'm just making them aware that it is something to look at instead of thinking it is the connection or damaged digitizer.
Phone battery is swelling day by day , I do not know whats the matter but because of that even my phone's display not working properly
I am not getting genuine battery online , any suggestions?
touchscreen panel has already came out because of swollen battery!
You need to stop using it and turn off the device. The battery is damaged and using it any further you risk seriously injuring yourself.
Basically at this stage the phone is done for, but if you want to continue using it you gotta replace the battery. M8s and M9 batteries fit and work with M8, although they might also be hard to get nowadays. If you still can't find any or you don't want to attempt doing the replacement yourself you can also ask your local phone repair shops if they can fix your device - that would be a safe, but a costly way though.
Thanks brother actually it ruined working display too( i mean that swollen battery) , some part of screen is not getting any touch effect ! well I will try to find battery in market! Thanks again
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You need to stop using it and turn off the device. The battery is damaged and using it any further you risk seriously injuring yourself.
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I fully agree here. Swollen battery is damaged, and this is a dangerous situation.
Also, do NOT try to charge the battery. It may catch fire or explode! If you remember all the stories about Samsung Note (forget which iteration of the Note) batteries burning or exploding, this is a similar situation.
The thread title "Urgent" is no joke.
I've replaced both battery and display in my mind, it is not really difficult. Both are available on eBay and Amazon. There are many videos and instructions on how to do it. If you decide to do it yourself I would suggest watching the videos many times and have the instructions open while working on the phone. Take your time and refer to the instructions.
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take time... I have done this 2 times before... when open the body take care about the hardware buttons. I have destroyed them only with an little plektrum.. the htc one M8 is the difficult devices that I have reapired. I will recommend to buy an damaged device for trying the repairprocess.