Hope this brings some major fixes
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looks like it is just a security patch update. Patches are now updated to 1st October 2017.
ferolac said:
Hope this brings some major fixes
size: 9.9 mb
looks like it is just a security patch update. Patches are now updated to 1st October 2017.
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I am facing battery draining issue since nougat . I hope this fix this issue in coming update.
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earthworm82 said:
I am facing battery draining issue since nougat . I hope this fix this issue in coming update.
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same here
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Any information about 7.1 ?
Pretty sure this update is the reason my phone just turns off randomly... Have to plug it into an OEM charger to get the phone to start back up. Battery drains naturally over time if I don't use the phone, but if I try to run apps, it randomly shuts off.
Toxonuts said:
. . . it randomly shuts off.
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i am also facing random reboots, mostly few minutes after unplugging the phone from charging
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i am also facing random reboots, mostly few minutes after unplugging the phone from charging
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Sounds like similar situation that I have. If I leave the phone unattended + off the charger, it will be fine and gradually the battery will die. If I go to use apps, the phone will randomly shut down and require an OEM charger to be used again.
Later today I will be disassembling this phone to ensure nothing internal is loose, as it could be possible that something is nearly disconnected causing the phone to freak out. If I can't find a resolution, time for a new phone!
Toxonuts said:
. . . time for a new phone!
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if its fixable do post an update here, please
ferolac said:
if its fixable do post an update here, please
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Hello! Not sure if I just got lucky, but my phone is now working fine after fully disassembling it and re-assembling it. My guess is that the battery pin connector gets loose over time.
Here are a few videos that will prove to be useful in your journey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IYaFmbwFOA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukUd6mPtew **Although this video is covering REPLACING the charging port, it also provides good info on how to ensure the power + volume up/down buttons go back in
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It took be about 30 minutes to fully disassemble the phone. Some words of advice: MAKE SURE that all connectors are tightly secured and locked in place (to be locked in place, the black bar should be at the top of the connector -- I ended up putting the phone back together and the screen was all twitchy due to some loose connections). So, it may have totally been unrelated to this software update, as it SEEMS to be working for now. I did notice that my battery indicator is a bit out of whack after fully disassembling, so I'm going to let the battery drain all the way then fully charge it up again to see if that gets resolved by doing that as well.
Worth a shot -- I ended up having all the needed tools (heat gun / T4 and T5 screwdriver / spudger tool / something sharp like razor blade to peel off back cover).
time to buy a heat gun
Now my battery is draining ...
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Hope this brings some major fixes
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Since applying this security patch my Droid Turbo 2 is now draining battery badly. I did a factory reset from within the Settings -> Backup & Reset thinking that might help. It seems to be draining equally fast even after doing that. I might make it 7 hours before its dead (it was easily lasting through the day with 30% or more charge left after 15 hours). The phone is always hot as well, even just sitting on my desk next to me.
Any thoughts as to doing a factory reset from Power + Volume down resulting in a difference? I am not super familiar with the difference between that type of reset and a Backup & Reset within the phone.
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Any thoughts as to doing a factory reset from Power + Volume down resulting in a difference? I am not super familiar with the difference between that type of reset and a Backup & Reset within the phone.
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no as far as i know, both methods do the same thing. Having a factory reset option in recovery mode is handy when the phone cannot boot properly
Come on Motorola
You can't do this to me!
I bought this phone and it came with Nougat 7.0 and this happens?
Shutdowns randomly, Battery going down so fast.
OMG I regret getting it! and what's funny.. I can't do anything to fix this. I have just to sit there looking at my kinda-broken phone.
Thanks Moto.
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Since applying this security patch my Droid Turbo 2 is now draining battery badly. I did a factory reset from within the Settings -> Backup & Reset thinking that might help. It seems to be draining equally fast even after doing that. I might make it 7 hours before its dead (it was easily lasting through the day with 30% or more charge left after 15 hours). The phone is always hot as well, even just sitting on my desk next to me.
Any thoughts as to doing a factory reset from Power + Volume down resulting in a difference? I am not super familiar with the difference between that type of reset and a Backup & Reset within the phone.
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There shouldn't be much of a difference, but if you believe the problem to be software related, I suggest doing the Power + Volume down option and DO NOT add back your gmail account (which will sync your contacts/apps/photos/etc.) until thoroughly testing the device. It might just be an app causing it, but more than likely this damn update. All of my problems started after the update as well, so I don't know if phone manufacturers release specific updates to force user's to upgrade, but it's BS. Even moreso because you can't rollback to an older version of Android as the Bootloader is locked and nobody has cracked it.
Moto X Force (XT580) have not recieved any update after the Last N update , securiy patch is still as before. Good to se Verizon is updating , hope Motorola/Lenovo rolls out the same
Looks like the Update has HIT the Moto X Force (XT1580) finally..The version looks diffrent from the verizon dt2. Hope it brings improvement to device:fingers-crossed::laugh:
Hi everyone -
I replaced my battery in my Droid Turbo 2 about 1.5 weeks ago, and it has appeared to resolved my issue. If you are having random shutdown issues after this update, you might just also been plagued with a bad battery. Replacement batteries are $20-$30 online, and take about 15-20 minutes to replace. Since replacement, my phone has been working fine. Going forward, I am going to try to use OEM chargers, avoid allowing my phone to stay on charger after 100%, and to not use Apps that drain the battery for long periods of time.
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hi guys,
I have learnt a lot from xda and had been using this site for all of my android issues and mods. This is just fabulous.
So, I have been using my Note 1 0.1 since a couple of weeks and it's battery was acting in a funny manner.
PROBLEM
Sometimes it played well down to 60% from a full charge , then down to 15% in a minute and then down to 4% in next 5 minutes. Then i would restart the tablet and watch the battery suddenly having around 35% battery. THIS WAS SO WEIRD.
I used many battery calibrators from play store but none of them worked.
SOLUTION
And then out of frustration, I pulled out the back cover, took out the battery connector, and then placed it firmly, back to its place. switched it on used it for couple of minutes, and noticed the battery percentage. restarted, YAYY! same battery percentage. used it again, restarted, checked again. did it more often and noticed that the issue was solved.
CONCLUSION
The connector of the battery on the main board gets loosen up with time (maybe) and there is interruption of current transfer.
therefore the battery gets it's funny character.
HOPE I SOLVED YOUR PROBLEM, CHEERS!
Hi,
i have the same issue...
is there anybody tried this and can confirm this solution?
I also will try it.
More information
I tried to do what you suggest, I opened the tablet and found this:
can you please explain what to remove and how? Thank you
Lift the tape where the two back ribbons connect, release the clamps, remove the ribbons and reinsert them firmly and replace clamps and tape. That is what i did. Been having this problem for months! Will report back when i drop below 50. That is when all my problems start. Really hope this works!! Thanks for the help!
Update: I am sad to report that I am still experiencing the same problem.
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Lift the tape where the two back ribbons connect, release the clamps, remove the ribbons and reinsert them firmly and replace clamps and tape. That is what i did. Been having this problem for months! Will report back when i drop below 50. That is when all my problems start. Really hope this works!! Thanks for the help!
Update: I am sad to report that I am still experiencing the same problem.
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ttreed07 said:
Lift the tape where the two back ribbons connect, release the clamps, remove the ribbons and reinsert them firmly and replace clamps and tape. That is what i did. Been having this problem for months! Will report back when i drop below 50. That is when all my problems start. Really hope this works!! Thanks for the help!
Update: I am sad to report that I am still experiencing the same problem.
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I think this is wrong. In my suggestion the power connector is the white one in the middle with the red and green cables. Just remove the tape and lift the connector upwards to you.
I think the other two black ribbons are for the USB port and for the mic or so.
It worked for now. The battery consuming is extremely better then before.
I hope this solved the issue.
merry Christmas to all
LamerMmc
I apologize i left that part out but yes i did that as well. I would like to see others people's results as well though.
Or is it a rogue app?
I've been having the same, infuriating issue, including the CPU getting really hot.
I reflashed ROMs over and over, with and without formatting data, I went back to stock, flashed different kernels...OMG, the amount of time I have wasted is frightening.
I'm finally trying the following and it seems to be working:
- full wipe, reflashed Hyperdrive 4.1, as per his instructions
- on boot, waited 10 minutes and rebooted.
- after reboot I didn't allow ANY automatic updating and I started reinstalling apps one by one.
- battery life has been stable!
- And now I may be on to something! Yesterday, after updating the following 10 apps, the same crazy battery performance reappeared. Then when I uninstalled the updates to these 10, the battery life returned to normal and not acting crazy:
- Dropbox
- ES File Explorer File Manager
- Gmail
- Google
- Google Keyboard
- Google Text-to-Speech
- Google+
- Maps
- Papergarden (Tab S)
-Samsung Link
I'm going to one-by-one see which one induces the crazy battery performance.
Watch this space...
UPDATE: I think it's Samsung Link...when I updated it, the same f****ed-up battery behavior came back! I think I found it! Woo-hoo! Woo-hooo!
I`m having this issue too, got bored changing roms and kernels, KK or LP still no result.
Battery drains much faster on gaming like Dead Trigger 2. 100% to 20% less then in one hour. If browsing and watching videos or doing other stuff SOT is nearly 4-5 h. Besides, when boot into recovery, battery percentage always differs from ROM one and never matches to it. Didn`t try yet method in OP, but anyway, I`m interested in this NewPower99 Battery replacement kit. Did anyone test it?
kornelius1982 said:
I`m having this issue too, got bored changing roms and kernels, KK or LP still no result.
Battery drains much faster on gaming like Dead Trigger 2. 100% to 20% less then in one hour. If browsing and watching videos or doing other stuff SOT is nearly 4-5 h. Besides, when boot into recovery, battery percentage always differs from ROM one and never matches to it. Didn`t try yet method in OP, but anyway, I`m interested in this NewPower99 Battery replacement kit. Did anyone test it?
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I would be interested, but since we have three months lefts until Mobile World Conference in March and we could see the Note 10.1 2015 or Note pro alongside GALAXY S6.
Solution
I take the tablet to the samsung and the problem is the board, they had to change this part.
bilalraybrig said:
hi guys,
I have learnt a lot from xda and had been using this site for all of my android issues and mods. This is just fabulous.
So, I have been using my Note 1 0.1 since a couple of weeks and it's battery was acting in a funny manner.
PROBLEM
Sometimes it played well down to 60% from a full charge , then down to 15% in a minute and then down to 4% in next 5 minutes. Then i would restart the tablet and watch the battery suddenly having around 35% battery. THIS WAS SO WEIRD.
I used many battery calibrators from play store but none of them worked.
SOLUTION
And then out of frustration, I pulled out the back cover, took out the battery connector, and then placed it firmly, back to its place. switched it on used it for couple of minutes, and noticed the battery percentage. restarted, YAYY! same battery percentage. used it again, restarted, checked again. did it more often and noticed that the issue was solved.
CONCLUSION
The connector of the battery on the main board gets loosen up with time (maybe) and there is interruption of current transfer.
therefore the battery gets it's funny character.
HOPE I SOLVED YOUR PROBLEM, CHEERS!
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Thanks dude, that really helped me. I got rid of the the fake percentage and I have the feeling that my battery improved . Thank you again
I dropped by tablet battery down once and now every so often the screen flickers with vertical lines and this is followed by loss of network and the thing reboots.
I've read this to be a battery problem.
Warranty is still active but I've rooted it and my Knox counter has gone up.
What do you think XDA? Just get a replacement battery?
NightShadow02 said:
I dropped by tablet battery down once and now every so often the screen flickers with vertical lines and this is followed by loss of network and the thing reboots.
I've read this to be a battery problem.
Warranty is still active but I've rooted it and my Knox counter has gone up.
What do you think XDA? Just get a replacement battery?
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If you have the ability, since it was dropped, I would open it and make sure connection is tight to battery and screen. Then if it still acts up, get a battery. Several people had battery issues out of the box. All it turned out to be for a few was a loose connection.
i was thinking about that but i'm afraid of voiding warranty. do i even still have warranty? due to the knox?
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If you have the ability, since it was dropped, I would open it and make sure connection is tight to battery and screen. Then if it still acts up, get a battery. Several people had battery issues out of the box. All it turned out to be for a few was a loose connection.
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Well ive opened it up and tightened everything i can see and it seems to work ok for a while, when the charge gets to around 20-30%, the tablet flickers, all mobile connections are lost and 75% of the time, reboots.
So i went ahead and got a new battery. Now this was worse kinda. At random moments, like unlocking the screen, or replying to a message, or maybe just a high cpu load event, the tablet just turns off and is unable to be powered back on without first connecting it to a power supply like a wall charger or a power bank.
The time and date will be reset once its back on and ill have to wait a few minutes before the auto network time setting kicks in before i can use something like whatsapp.
Anyone got any clue what might be causing this problem? Thanks in advance, helpful xdarians.
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Well ive opened it up and tightened everything i can see and it seems to work ok for a while, when the charge gets to around 20-30%, the tablet flickers, all mobile connections are lost and 75% of the time, reboots.
So i went ahead and got a new battery. Now this was worse kinda. At random moments, like unlocking the screen, or replying to a message, or maybe just a high cpu load event, the tablet just turns off and is unable to be powered back on without first connecting it to a power supply like a wall charger or a power bank.
The time and date will be reset once its back on and ill have to wait a few minutes before the auto network time setting kicks in before i can use something like whatsapp.
Anyone got any clue what might be causing this problem? Thanks in advance, helpful xdarians.
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I'm not by any means an expert or repairman of any kind, just so you know. I'm thinking maybe a loose connection at the terminals on the board the battery connects to or if they use a separate board for the battery to connect to and then to the main board it may be somewhere along in there. Maybe a loose wire going into the tab that connects to the prongs. It sure sounds like something isn't making a good connection. Sounds like a load gets put on it and it and that bad connection can't handle the load.
Might just be you're going to have to send it off...
You may be right. Sounds like a particular connection which does higher load or something. Once i put the tablet in power save mode, the symptoms never reappeared. I dont notice a drastic slowdown in the tablet either. Probably am prolonging the inevitable.
Same Symptoms
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You may be right. Sounds like a particular connection which does higher load or something. Once i put the tablet in power save mode, the symptoms never reappeared. I dont notice a drastic slowdown in the tablet either. Probably am prolonging the inevitable.
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I am facing exactly same issue what you have described and am in same situation, have tripped Knox on my Tab S 8.4.
I can see that you have been able to suppress the behavior by putting it to Power Saving mode. Have you experienced flicker and reboot since then? I am planning to take it to Samsung store not sure if they will honor warranty, did you tried that?
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I am facing exactly same issue what you have described and am in same situation, have tripped Knox on my Tab S 8.4.
I can see that you have been able to suppress the behavior by putting it to Power Saving mode. Have you experienced flicker and reboot since then? I am planning to take it to Samsung store not sure if they will honor warranty, did you tried that?
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nope, ever since the Power Saving mode solution, it hasnt flickered and rebooted yet. and my warranty was expired by that point so i didnt bring it to the shop. no noticable reduction in performance so far
possible battery connector
NightShadow02 said:
Well ive opened it up and tightened everything i can see and it seems to work ok for a while, when the charge gets to around 20-30%, the tablet flickers, all mobile connections are lost and 75% of the time, reboots.
So i went ahead and got a new battery. Now this was worse kinda. At random moments, like unlocking the screen, or replying to a message, or maybe just a high cpu load event, the tablet just turns off and is unable to be powered back on without first connecting it to a power supply like a wall charger or a power bank.
The time and date will be reset once its back on and ill have to wait a few minutes before the auto network time setting kicks in before i can use something like whatsapp.
Anyone got any clue what might be causing this problem? Thanks in advance, helpful xdarians.
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I have seen this problems on 2 tablets 10.5 and 8.4 the connector where battery is connected on motherboard gets loose which causes reboots and flicker
Solution in my case was resoldering that connector again
i had the same problem, opened up my tablet, just disconnected the battery, cleaned the contacts, pushed it back, made sure its nice and snug, put it all back together and now battery doesn't drain as fast, no more flickers and reboots!
hmm. i'll have to give it a try. you think this may be something to do with condensation?
Sorry for the bump, but I'm having this issue as well on my S 8.4. Custom ROM. The thing with me is that it's not consistent. One day, it will do it a few times; others, no issues whatsoever. I'll try the suggested if it gets progressively worse.
Hey guys,
Unfortunately our home's tablet (Tab s 8.4 Wifi) has the same problem.
It never did weird whatshowever, but when I flashed a custom rom (which went perfectly smooth actually) the screen flashes and the tablet reboots sometimes.
Now it weird that this never happened before and only when I flashed a custom rom it began showing this behaviour.
I am affraid of opening this tablet, and I guess because of the custom rom there is no warranty left anymore (or can this be bypassed by some terminal trick?)
Also I question myself if this is not a software issue, and that it can be fixed with software or so?
Thanks for answering!
My Fix
Hey Guys!
I might have some surprising news to tell about this "issue".
I saw some unboxing video's and saw at what place the battery connector was placed. It was some sort of a 'push to click' system.
So what I did was the following:
I pushed the tablet at the place of the battery connector. I tried this at various places until I heard a *click*.
Now I don't have this issue anymore. Jay!
I hope this will help you too!
I started to have the same issue on a Tab Pro 12.2, presumably after the battery has lost considerable amount of its energy. Normally I remember this tablet to have a dazzling 10+ hours of usage time. Just after some serious usage time of more than 2 years this issue started, along with increasing temperature and finally reboot. From time to time Android gave a warning message about overheating. From time to time charge values drop big values at a time. From 45 to 20 or 80 to 50. Seems arbitrary. This was happening even when I was on stock, then I switched to some Android 6 stock port from some other tablet. Still the same.
I believe the battery needs replacement. (That's obvious after 18 months, I just mean blinking is related to this) Hope I can find a high quality one cause there are several garbage batteries.
Hi
I have a problem with my G3. When i start it, it shows lg logo then few it reboots again without getting anywhere. But if i put the charger it does work flawlessly. If i take off the charger, few seconds and it reboots. Is it a battery issue? Software or hardware?
Thanks
Yes, its battery problem. I think its time for you to change the battery.
Regards
Faisal
solidchips said:
Yes, its battery problem. I think its time for you to change the battery.
Regards
Faisal
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Yes, it is a battery a problem, so i bought a 2nd and a 3rd but the same problem happened with the 2nd in less than a month, the 3rd in 2 weeks.
I wasn't ready to buy a 4th one so i looked around and i found a solution and it's working for me so far without a problem.
the solution isn't mine so all credits goes to Marko Peltonen in Android Central forums.
He explained the problem here
And the solution with pictures here
Some remarks to take in consideration:
the wire should be thin (from a strand);
when you're manipulating the wire be careful not to let it touch the body of the battery (if you peeled the plastic off the battery) when it's connected to the + connector.
the soldering point on top of the control board should be as thin as possible so you can put back the plastic cover
hope you can solve this frustrating problem
sharp3r said:
Yes, it is a battery a problem, so i bought a 2nd and a 3rd but the same problem happened with the 2nd in less than a month, the 3rd in 2 weeks.
I wasn't ready to buy a 4th one so i looked around and i found a solution and it's working for me so far without a problem.
the solution isn't mine so all credits goes to Marko Peltonen in Android Central forums.
He explained the problem here
And the solution with pictures here
Some remarks to take in consideration:
the wire should be thin (from a strand);
when you're manipulating the wire be careful not to let it touch the body of the battery (if you peeled the plastic off the battery) when it's connected to the + connector.
the soldering point on top of the control board should be as thin as possible so you can put back the plastic cover
hope you can solve this frustrating problem
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I have the same issue. But mine does only restart if it goes to sleep mode. Mostly 1-2 minutes after screen lock. Could it be the same issue.
tryunus said:
I have the same issue. But mine does only restart if it goes to sleep mode. Mostly 1-2 minutes after screen lock. Could it be the same issue.
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It could be a software problem. don't go hardware at 1st. What's your configuration (ROM, kernel, Recovery)?
sharp3r said:
It could be a software problem. don't go hardware at 1st. What's your configuration (ROM, kernel, Recovery)?
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Everything stock. Flashed MM stock firmware a few days ago.
While it was flashing the lg flash tool crashed on my pc at %70 or so. Phone did a reboot automatically and booted up.
Then the phone started to shut down and restart automatically while it was in sleep mode.
Then i flashed stock mm again. This time it worked. But the phone keeps restarting. It does only restart while the screen is locked. If i double tap or use the power button to unlock the phone nothing happens and the screen keeps black and then the LG logo appears and phone boots up.
Tried different custom kernels, recoverys and rom. Issue is still there. Thats why im thinking its and hardware issue and battery is faulty.
Sorry for bad english
@sakarya making this step properly won't harm you G3 in any way, it'll enhance the power connection because the connection is made by glue and with high temperature it becomes faulty, so yes you can give it a try but before going that far if your not familiar with soldering i recommend you to download and flash a stock firmware from here then go to this page and download the proper firmware you need. since you have this problem when the screen is off, in my case it was random.
You'll find here a guide on how to flash a KBZ properly.
Good luck
sharp3r said:
@sakarya making this step properly won't harm you G3 in any way, it'll enhance the power connection because the connection is made by glue and with high temperature it becomes faulty, so yes you can give it a try but before going that far if your not familiar with soldering i recommend you to download and flash a stock firmware from here then go to this page and download the proper firmware you need. since you have this problem when the screen is off, in my case it was random.
You'll find here a guide on how to flash a KBZ properly.
Good luck
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Thank you. I will try this.. Bought yesterday a new battery, problem does still exist. Must be a software issue.
Paper trick wont work for everyone. Solder or use a bit of foil and paper for pressure.. I prefer to use a bit of tape as it is a cleaner solution. Batter life seems to fall a bit, just a tad after this mod tho but no reboots fixed 3 out of 3 batteries like this.
The chinese batteries run down quicky.
The anker batteries that also have the reboot issue can be fixed by using the board from the chinese on it fix 1 out of 1 anker this way
[FIX] "screen flicker, screen freezes, and random restarts with low battery" SMT700
When The Crashes happen: Usually the tablet will crash on Google chrome When the Battery is below 60% and around 15% it will simply crash on the lock screen.
People say the fix for this is to Re solder the battery clip or give it to Samsung to fix
Well I did find a fix But you need ROOT Access
How to fix. First you will need to get a app called Kernal Adiutor. (Link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grarak.kerneladiutor&hl=en )
Once this is installed You will want to open it and set these values (If you find more stable values tell me and i will edit them here)
Under CPU: (Minimum Frequency: 200MHz) (Maximum Frequency : 1100MHz (Most stable) or 1900MHz (Unstable)) (CPU Governor: Power save) (multi core power saving: Aggressive)
Under I/O Scheduler: (Scheduler: fiops or zen) (Read Ahead : 4096kB)
Under Entropy: (Read: 128) (Write: 512)
Feel free to post better values in the comments
I hope this helps!
Contact me on Kik @ Ravekek
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boop
I have have the same issue but on the 705 under cpu Governor i have of those settings only ondemand, userspace and interactive...
also on i/o i only have noop, deadline or cfq.... any recomendations as to which i should use would be helpfull
I don't know about this app helping with this problem. But one thing is sure. Taking off the back cover of the tablet(cleaning the antenna contacts) and unplug/replug the battery helps. After this process the battery holds longer.
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I had this problems (random reboot, screen freeze and crazy screen flickers with bright flash bars), which occured when it had low battery (below 40%).
I removed the back cover with a guitar pick, unplugged the battery, waited a couple of minutes and put everything back together again.
Until now zero problems, longer battery than ever... So I believe in most cases there's no need to spend any money or send it to RMA.
If you are having these issues, check to see if you have "Turn off hardware overlays" enabled in developer options. If so, disable it. This worked for me and was the only difference between my current Tab S and my old Tab S before it died.
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Just have service center change your battery and check its connection.
I have it changed within 3 months after got it bcoz of said problems & everything is fine since till now....
Its been almost a year & the tab's still OK.
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noxarcana said:
If you are having these issues, check to see if you have "Turn off hardware overlays" enabled in developer options. If so, disable it. This worked for me and was the only difference between my current Tab S and my old Tab S before it died.
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what happened to your old Tab S?
Crescendo Xenomorph said:
Just have service center change your battery and check its connection.
I have it changed within 3 months after got it bcoz of said problems & everything is fine since till now....
Its been almost a year & the tab's still OK.
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what happened to your old Tab S?
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Hairline fracture in the display causing the screen to have a permanent green/yellow tint. If I grabbed the top left and bottom right corners and bent the tablet inward at the center of the display, it would go back to normal. Burn in started to become an issue as well due to the damage done. Technically it didn't die. It was just cheaper to buy a new one so I did and gave the old one to a friend.
I also had flickering and restarts. Removing the battery and plugging it back in fixed it for me.
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I also had flickering and restarts. Removing the battery and plugging it back in fixed it for me.
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Same here it got so bad I couldn't even use my tablet. I cleaned out the battery connectors with rubbing alcohol and firmly reconnected them. I used not be able to get below 20% battery without the tablet rebooting like crazy and screen getting glitchy. Today I finally was able to completely kill the battery without a single glitch or reboot.
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Crescendo Xenomorph said:
Just have service center change your battery and check its connection.
I have it changed bcoz of said problems & everything is fine since till now....
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Same here. Battery changed under warranty and now everything is fine.
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So, which metod is the best?
XxReApErxX said:
So, which metod is the best?
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Unplugging and replugging in the battery for permanent fix but requires you to open the case
So just as simple as that? I´ll give it a try.
Exact same problem with my T800. Just straight death the second it hits 58%. however, turning on stock power saving mode (along the same lines as OP) did the trick for me. Not a single crash since then, with both Loli and MM. Also downloaded kernal adiutor and ran it ontop of powersaving mode to overclock\undo the horrendusly slow state. Meh sounds counterintuitive but it worked.
i tried opening the covere method it worked for me but the problem keeps returning after 3-4 months.
OK, I think I'm having a similar problem. I replaced the original battery a couple of months ago and everything was good for a while. For the last 2 weeks, I've started having a problem where the tab works ok when it's fully charged, but when it gets down somewhere below about 65%, the tablet will sometimes just turn off without a warning. When it does turn off, the only way to restart it is to briefly plug it into a power source. You only have to plug it in for a few seconds, but when you do, you can turn it on again. If you don't plug it into a power source briefly it simply won't start at all.
Once you get it started again, it will run for a few more minutes, before it again fails without warning. Once it starts doing this, the time it stays on gets shorter and shorter until you recharge it completely.
Yesterday, I got a second replacement battery to see if that would make a difference, but it behaves just like the first one. I tried unplugging and replugging the battery connector, but it seems to be firmly plugged in and doing that doesn't help.
I'm thinking that it could be firmware corruption problem, so I'm thinking that I will do a factory reset, reformat, reinstall, etc. That's a real pain and I'm not confident that will fix it. Does anybody have any thoughts or suggestions?
The original battery in my Tab S finally died after holding on for 7 years with the annoying green flickering, but fixed it temporarily by unplug and plugging it back in , changing the battery solved it , got replacement battery on February 2021 , 6 months in and the problem is slowly starting to come back , i might consider soldering and strengthening the battery connector like most other forums and answers i found so far after extensive research..
I bought my G5+ in August of 2017, so ~19 months ago... And up until a couple weeks ago, it has been working flawlessly. Lately it will just stop letting me into the device, meaning I can't unblank the screen with the power button or fingerprint sensor. It isn't locked up, things still work and I get notifications, but the screen won't come on. Press and hold the power button and it reboots and usually sticks at the Moto logo and goes nowhere until I reboot and clear the cache partition in recovery, sometimes having to repeat this a time or two before it boots and seems to act normally for several days then we repeat the process. I haven't added any new apps I can think of in the last 30 or so days. This did not start after a system update either.
Think it's on it's last legs, or is it just time to factory reset and start clean again?
How are other's devices holding up, and if it has died what were the symptoms before it did?
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I bought my G5+ in August of 2017, so ~19 months ago... And up until a couple weeks ago, it has been working flawlessly. Lately it will just stop letting me into the device, meaning I can't unblank the screen with the power button or fingerprint sensor. It isn't locked up, things still work and I get notifications, but the screen won't come on. Press and hold the power button and it reboots and usually sticks at the Moto logo and goes nowhere until I reboot and clear the cache partition in recovery, sometimes having to repeat this a time or two before it boots and seems to act normally for several days then we repeat the process. I haven't added any new apps I can think of in the last 30 or so days. This did not start after a system update either.
Think it's on it's last legs, or is it just time to factory reset and start clean again?
How are other's devices holding up, and if it has died what were the symptoms before it did?
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Never heard of issues like that. My device is a little older and still working as it should, I use the fingerprint sensor to unlock it and also for one button navigation with hidden nav bar.
As your problem is not only related to the sensor but also to the power button I would think it's not a hardware issue and if you haven't installed anything like a third party lockscreen you're maybe right that it's time to do a factory reset or, if this won't help even reflash the firmware using fastboot or Lenovo Motorola Smart Assistant.
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Never heard of issues like that. My device is a little older and still working as it should, I use the fingerprint sensor to unlock it and also for one button navigation with hidden nav bar.
As your problem is not only related to the sensor but also to the power button I would think it's not a hardware issue and if you haven't installed anything like a third party lockscreen you're maybe right that it's time to do a factory reset or, if this won't help even reflash the firmware using fastboot or Lenovo Motorola Smart Assistant.
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Thanks... Honestly, kind of what I expected... Guess this weekend I will make sure everything is backed up and factory reset. Probably time anyway, was thinking about it and I don't recall every doing one since I got it, not on this phone, so it's well past due.
Thanks for the input.
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Thanks... Honestly, kind of what I expected... Guess this weekend I will make sure everything is backed up and factory reset. Probably time anyway, was thinking about it and I don't recall every doing one since I got it, not on this phone, so it's well past due.
Thanks for the input.
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Mine's still holding since Sept 2017. A new replacement is $180 from Amazon.
I never considered this as a "forever" phone; my goal was to get about 2 years out of the G5+ and see where it stood in terms of security.
I paid almost double for my N5, and got about 2X the life out of it. Even at 19 months, it's still an excellent value.
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Mine's still holding since Sept 2017. A new replacement is $180 from Amazon.
I never considered this as a "forever" phone; my goal was to get about 2 years out of the G5+ and see where it stood in terms of security.
I paid almost double for my N5, and got about 2X the life out of it. Even at 19 months, it's still an excellent value.
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Well, there won't be another Moto in this house... Not after getting a couple Nokia's. When this one's finally gives up, I will likely replace it with a Nokia.
After 20 months it's still running like new. Battery life is still around 5-6 hours sot, standby time is still about the same as it always has been. No problems or issues with any sensors or buttons. And I haven't noticed any signs of it slowing down or lagging. Basically, it's still running like it was when I bought it. Great phone and excellent value for money.
As a side note, my father-in-law is using my old Moto G3 that I replaced with this G5 plus. Battery life is starting to fade, but aside from that, the old G3 is still functioning perfectly.
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Only issue with mine (bought Nov 2017) is it is a little warped for some reason. I do carry it in my front pocket but there is never any stress on it. It doesn't affect anything but is annoying that it can rock a little when on a flat surface. I love it other than it doesn't support Band 71.
My first one I dropped broken screen second one I bought tempered glass screen protectors and they have saved my phone more than 10 times well worth a couple bucks a piece online and it's been a great phone