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My Evo won't power on at all... no lights on when plugged in, and my PC doesn't see it either. I've tried different USB cables, and I've tried charging from a regular outlet... still nothing. I pulled the battery for about 10 minutes, and still nothing.
It was working perfectly yesterday.. even consistently getting 30+ hours on a charge. I had about 10% battery left when I went to bed.. I plugged in my USB cable before going to bed, and I remember for sure seeing the charge light come on when I plugged it in. When I woke up (late because my phone is my alarm), it was dead.
I have a friend with an Evo, and I'd like to try his battery before taking it in..gonna do that in an hour or so. I just want to do all the troubleshooting I can before taking it in to let some idiot look at it. The phone shouldn't work with the power cord plugged in, but no battery.. right? So would a completely bad battery show the same symptoms I have?
And if it is a bad phone, does anyone have any experience with Radio Shack's warranty? I bought their 1 year warranty when I bought my Evo on launch day. Should I expect to walk out with a new Evo, or should I expect a loaner phone and a wait while they ship off my Evo? Is Radio Shack going to ask or care that it's rooted? Since it doesn't power on, they can't tell in the store.. but if they ask me, I'm not sure if I can lie with a straight face.
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My Evo won't power on at all... no lights on when plugged in, and my PC doesn't see it either. I've tried different USB cables, and I've tried charging from a regular outlet... still nothing. I pulled the battery for about 10 minutes, and still nothing.
It was working perfectly yesterday.. even consistently getting 30+ hours on a charge. I had about 10% battery left when I went to bed.. I plugged in my USB cable before going to bed, and I remember for sure seeing the charge light come on when I plugged it in. When I woke up (late because my phone is my alarm), it was dead.
I have a friend with an Evo, and I'd like to try his battery before taking it in..gonna do that in an hour or so. I just want to do all the troubleshooting I can before taking it in to let some idiot look at it. The phone shouldn't work with the power cord plugged in, but no battery.. right? So would a completely bad battery show the same symptoms I have?
And if it is a bad phone, does anyone have any experience with Radio Shack's warranty? I bought their 1 year warranty when I bought my Evo on launch day. Should I expect to walk out with a new Evo, or should I expect a loaner phone and a wait while they ship off my Evo? Is Radio Shack going to ask or care that it's rooted? Since it doesn't power on, they can't tell in the store.. but if they ask me, I'm not sure if I can lie with a straight face.
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The phone does not work just hooked up to a charger without a battery so it's completely possible that your issue is the battery and it definitely sounds like it.
I don't have any history with Radioshack's warranty but I would suggest trying your friends battery first, if that resolves the issue then when you take it in they will just replace the battery which shouldn't require them to even boot the phone.
I tried my friend's battery and it worked. Went to Radio Shack and told them what was up, and after a 30 minute phone call, they were able to give me a replacement battery. Problem is, it's not an HTC battery and it's only 1100mAh. I mentioned the difference, and was told that's all they could do for me today and if I'm not happy with the battery I can come back and they'll take care of me. Had the guy not been so nice I probably would have thrown a fit, but either way, I have a working phone now so I'm happy. And unless I misunderstood, I think my 12 month plan got reset for the battery, so if the replacement dies within a year I can get another one.
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I tried my friend's battery and it worked. Went to Radio Shack and told them what was up, and after a 30 minute phone call, they were able to give me a replacement battery. Problem is, it's not an HTC battery and it's only 1100mAh. I mentioned the difference, and was told that's all they could do for me today and if I'm not happy with the battery I can come back and they'll take care of me. Had the guy not been so nice I probably would have thrown a fit, but either way, I have a working phone now so I'm happy. And unless I misunderstood, I think my 12 month plan got reset for the battery, so if the replacement dies within a year I can get another one.
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Glad to hear it went well.
I would push getting a stock battery for two reasons:
1) That's 25% smaller and thus your battery life is going to be significantly less.
2) Batteries are not all created equal and it's likely that what they gave you could be a cheapie.
I've been running one of the chinese cheapies for five months. It's a 3500 and it last all day with heavy use. I think I paid 17 dollars for it. The extended seidio I bought for my treo fried in a month.
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The battery they gave me is a Digital Energy brand. It came up for the first time at 54%. 4 hours of moderate use later, it's down to 39%. I'm going to run with it for a week and if I can make it 24 hours on a charge, I don't think I'm going to worry about it. If it can't get through a full day, I'll call and see what Radio Shack can do for me. If they give me any trouble, I'll probably just shell out the money for a good battery and keep this one as a spare.
I'll post an update once I've used this battery long enough to give it a fair review..
xviiivx said:
The battery they gave me is a Digital Energy brand. It came up for the first time at 54%. 4 hours of moderate use later, it's down to 39%. I'm going to run with it for a week and if I can make it 24 hours on a charge, I don't think I'm going to worry about it. If it can't get through a full day, I'll call and see what Radio Shack can do for me. If they give me any trouble, I'll probably just shell out the money for a good battery and keep this one as a spare.
I'll post an update once I've used this battery long enough to give it a fair review..
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Just keep in mind that the battery they gave you is 27% smaller and therefore will very likely not last as long as the stock battery.
My phone did this exact same thing this morning. I even had it plugged in last night and was charging fine. When I awoke my phone was off and would not turn on. After about an hout of trying to get it to charge with no luck. I then borrowed the wifes phone to call sprint. I left the phone plugged in and what do you know as soon as the lady answers the flashing orange light comes on and after a minuit of that a steady orange light. Haven't had any problems before or after this event. But the lady at sprint told me it was the charging port and i would need to take my phone in for a replacement.
I had the same problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16398845
Powered off the phone and went to bed. No sign of problems, battery life has been great, 50% charge on the phone. Woke up and it wouldn't budge. Took me a minute to figure out that it was the battery. Once I did, went to the Sprint store and they tested it, confirming it was dead. They replaced it quickly, no questions, no charge.
Weird defect. Anyone else have this problem?
Edit: as of now it won't charge at all
Edit 2: After a lot of fiddling around, it decided to charge. Working great except for a single dead pixel Got to exchange it on the 9th or whenever they get their shipment in.
Mine charges while powered on.
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Weird defect. Anyone else have this problem?
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Mine charges while on and off. What I did notice, is when I was initially setting it up it went up to 32% and while on charger it started loosing charge. I have no idea why this happened but assumed a service was running in the background. Ever since the initial setup, on or not the watch gains charge. Seemed to take about 2 hrs from near empty to full while the display was on showing time.
As of now it wont charge at all. This is driving me insane. I got it to 9% somehow but I have no idea, and Best Buy won't have any to replace it with.
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As of now it wont charge at all. This is driving me insane. I got it to 9% somehow but I have no idea, and Best Buy won't have any to replace it with.
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Do you have the cable that came with it plugged into the cradle? I started using my cell cable into the cradle and my battery percentage was going down instead of up.
My local Best Buy said of the two they had today the first sold wouldn't charge. I saw another post on reddit claiming theirs wouldn't turn on, could also be related to a charging issue.
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My local Best Buy said of the two they had today the first sold wouldn't charge. I saw another post on reddit claiming theirs wouldn't turn on, could also be related to a charging issue.
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This is a ****ing pathetic launch. There is literally no stock anywhere and of the few that are sold a handful have defects. This is simply disgraceful.
Here's what happend with mine.
First time I powered it on it said to download the wear app..so I did that. Then, it proceeded to connect and pair with my phone. It started to download something, (wear update?) and at about the half way point it said charge your device, shutting down. So it shut down. I put it in the cradle and it initially had 23% charge. 5 minutes later it had 18%. Not knowing what was going on, I turned it back on and was met by a spinner that said just a minute... for about 15 minutes. So I turned it back off.
After another reboot I went into the menu and selected reset device. After this it began to charge.. all the way to 100%. I turned it back on and it re-downloaded what it had to and applied the update successfully after about 3 or 4 restarts and 10 minutes. Now all seems well.
Edit.. By well I mean working. It's been merely 3 hours and with almost no use I'm down 40%. FML
yeah, i think people in their rush to use it haven't charged them fully. i plan to charge mine fully before using it.
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yeah, i think people in their rush to use it haven't charged them fully. i plan to charge mine fully before using it.
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This was definitely my issue. The problem is the vagueness of the instructions. It basically says turn it on, download the app.. Show off (until it dies).
I had the same problem with it saying charge your battery. I put it on the charger and left. Came back, it installed an update, rebooted a couple times and then was good. I've been playing with it heavy for a few hours and it's at 69%.
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Here's what happend with mine.
First time I powered it on it said to download the wear app..so I did that. Then, it proceeded to connect and pair with my phone. It started to download something, (wear update?) and at about the half way point it said charge your device, shutting down. So it shut down. I put it in the cradle and it initially had 23% charge. 5 minutes later it had 18%. Not knowing what was going on, I turned it back on and was met by a spinner that said just a minute... for about 15 minutes. So I turned it back off.
After another reboot I went into the menu and selected reset device. After this it began to charge.. all the way to 100%. I turned it back on and it re-downloaded what it had to and applied the update successfully after about 3 or 4 restarts and 10 minutes. Now all seems well.
Edit.. By well I mean working. It's been merely 3 hours and with almost no use I'm down 40%. FML
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So, I got mine to charge and everything. So far I LOVE IT. I made a post on working apps that I've tested over in the Themes and Apps subforum. Basically, I put it on the Qi Charger I have for my Nexus 5 DIRECTLY in the center and it ended up charging then stopping again. Then, this time, I put it on the charger provided, and it worked to 100%... Very strange but I plan on exchanging it anyway as there is a single dead pixel I can see.
Same issue... Got the watch. Turned it on in the car and it started the update without promoting me to do it and now it is in the same dead cycle I've seen others post about. it will sit on the charger for hours and only be a few percent and when u power it on it tries to update and goes from 10% to 0 in less than a min or two. I just did another reset and put it on the cradle. The only feedback I have that something is happening is the watch is pretty hot. My gear live and Galaxy Gear 1 had an icon that showed charging status when the phone was off. Also they charged quickly, we're always cold and had great battery life. I can't imagine Moto not testing these devices long enough to figure that it should not try to apply an update until the battery was at a certain level or plugged in. I wish when these reviewers do features on the engineers of these devices, like have been recently done instead of ass kissing these guys would at least do some calls g out on their process. It'll like when Apple came out with the IPhone 4 and showed all these unbelievable signal testing facilities and they couldn't figure out when you held the phone normally on your left hand that the signal would drop to zero. It literally took me 2 minutes to figure out that one...
I highly advise you sink a hour charge into the watch first at least. most of these new batteries are like a lithium ion / lipo hybrid. they have a low voltage cutoff so the battery cells don't get damaged and go kaboom. Noone knows how long these sat or what charge was in them, how cold and so on during shipping. I would say people are running them low enough moto is triggering low volt cutoff.the update may have even changed the voltage values they accept as tolerable. and when you power it up this tricks it into a fail mode. ost smart chargers see the low volt and refuse the to charge for risk of a damaged cell. this sounds a lot like moto 360's issues.
When mine hit 80% on the charge, the update downloaded, watch rebooted, and the charge message started appearing.
The problem - At first it began with battery sudden drops. From 80% it drops to 20 and after restart it was again 80%. After that I bring it to the place where I bought it and after a week they tell me it's battery problem and the battery has 6 months warranty and it's expired. I read the forum and decided I will root it (I read in some topic that may help). I root it and at first I thought it fixed it, but I was wrong. It started doing it again after a day. I started using the tablet only on charger. But after a month of use mostly on charger the tablet started to flashes ( don't know if that's the right word: the screen started turning of and on really fast like there is not enough power to stay on) and after that the tablet turns off. At that state I was thinking the battery is absolutely dead and I bought one from e-bay. After changing it there was no change. After that I take the tablet and bring it to different store to check what is it wrong with him. They tell me the second battery is broken and cannot be charged or something. I bought 3th battery this time not from e-bay but from official Samsung store(the same store that tells me the problem is from the battery). And everything is the same with all the 3 batteries.
Now the tablet won't stay on more then 1 minute no matter which battery is using. With more luck it shows the homepage and after 10-20 sec restarts again. In bad days it won't even start.
Now I think it's not from the battery and the people in the stores were incompetent and didn't check correct. I am with this on the tablet.
What should I do now? Should I sold my tablet for parts and battery or is there a way to fix it by myself? Is there a way to make it work only on charger again or something? I don't know if the people from the store will want to check it again when it's rooted. Please help I am desperate.
Sorry for the bad english.
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The problem - At first it began with battery sudden drops. From 80% it drops to 20 and after restart it was again 80%. After that I bring it to the place where I bought it and after a week they tell me it's battery problem and the battery has 6 months warranty and it's expired. I read the forum and decided I will root it (I read in some topic that may help). I root it and at first I thought it fixed it, but I was wrong. It started doing it again after a day. I started using the tablet only on charger. But after a month of use mostly on charger the tablet started to flashes ( don't know if that's the right word: the screen started turning of and on really fast like there is not enough power to stay on) and after that the tablet turns off. At that state I was thinking the battery is absolutely dead and I bought one from e-bay. After changing it there was no change. After that I take the tablet and bring it to different store to check what is it wrong with him. They tell me the second battery is broken and cannot be charged or something. I bought 3th battery this time not from e-bay but from official Samsung store(the same store that tells me the problem is from the battery). And everything is the same with all the 3 batteries.
Now the tablet won't stay on more then 1 minute no matter which battery is using. With more luck it shows the homepage and after 10-20 sec restarts again. In bad days it won't even start.
Now I think it's not from the battery and the people in the stores were incompetent and didn't check correct. I am with this on the tablet.
What should I do now? Should I sold my tablet for parts and battery or is there a way to fix it by myself? Is there a way to make it work only on charger again or something? I don't know if the people from the store will want to check it again when it's rooted. Please help I am desperate.
Sorry for the bad english.
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I dont know what the problem is but what i would do is at least flash it back to stock or maybe a factory reset and see if the problem still is there.If the problem is still there after trying those 2 things then i would say it is a hardware issue. Im just saying what i would try first before trying to sell for parts.
After a long day streaming Pandora from my Tab S in my car, running on battery, no charger connected, I decided to put it on a charger and turned on navigation about an hour from my destination as I was in an unfamiliar city. After about 45 minutes, I saw a bright green flash from the screen. A few seconds later, and there were more flashes and it turned off. I have not been able to get it to come back on. I have tried charging it, on a charger and on PC. I have tried every combination of home+vol up/down+power I have seen in several threads, while connected to a PC, to a charger, and not connected at all. The PC does not recognize the Tab at all, ever, during any of the manipulations.
I have seen where some have luck just letting the tab sit for a few days, and it will be miraculously revived by charging, so I will try that. I have also seen where some force charge the battery using the wires from a stripped USB cable directly on the battery terminals, and as my warranty is long past void, I will try that too.
Here's my question: If none of that works, given the description, does anyone have a good idea that it may be just the screen or the battery that may need to be replaced? Or is it more likely a motherboard issue? Is there any way of telling? Despite the heavy use, the TAB did not seem excessively hot. I have felt it much hotter in the past .
I'm a tab-a-holic, and use this thing all day, every day. I use it for work, and for reading and movies at home. I'm a little frustrated as I have yet to own any tablet that lasted two years. I really don't want to spend the money for another one right now, and, if needed would prefer to repair this one if I can save a few bucks.
And, if it's relevant, the Tab is rooted, running AOSP 6.0.
I don't know too much about this - but if I were in this situation, I'd put it in a refrigerator for about 1 minute and try booting it up.
As for the cause - AOSP 6.0 has been known to have some overheating issues on this tablet under heavier loads.
Yeah, still don't think overheating was the cause. Not gonna put it in a fridge either. ;-P
Thanks to all for your concern and helpful comments!
My Tab S is unbricked as of just a few minutes ago! I just let it sit for a few days, and then left it on a charger for a few hours today. I was not expecting anything as the battery icon did not pop up when I plugged it in. But, when I came back to it a few hours later, I pressed the power button and there was the battery icon showing a full charge. It booted up normally with no issues and is working fine.
I can't tell you how happy I am!
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I bought a used T-Mobile HTC One M8 a couple of days ago off of eBay. While it's a cool phone, I've had a serious issue with the battery. When plugged in, the phone works fine. However, after being charged for several hours and removed from a power source, the battery will read 100%, slowly dying to around 96% or so with use, and then shut off randomly without warning only a few minutes after being taken off the charger. It won't give the normal "shutting down" message; instead, the battery will go from whatever percent it was to 0% and then the screen will go black.
From what I've seen online, the battery might be bad. s suggest that this problem results in an inflated battery. In this M8, I noticed that the left edge of the screen was almost separated from the metal bezel as if something was pushing it up from behind. This makes me think my battery might be bloated, causing the battery issue and pushing up the screen.
I have tried wiping the phone before flashing Lineage OS instead of the stock ROM, fully charging the battery up, and fully discharging the battery, but nothing so far has worked. Do you have any tricks I could try that might fix this if it is a software issue? Or does this seem like a bad battery that would have to be replaced?
If the battery is bad, the M8 doesn't make it easily removable, so I would either have to take the phone apart or send it in and possibly pay someone to replace it. The previous owner said it was working fine, but I have yet to hear his reply to my eBay message asking about the issue. He included all of the original packaging, including the original limited warranty. While the warranty is probably long expired and technically doesn't transfer over reselling a phone, do you think there is any chance that HTC or T-Mobile might be willing to fix the phone or send a different one?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
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Hello,
I bought a used T-Mobile HTC One M8 a couple of days ago off of eBay. While it's a cool phone, I've had a serious issue with the battery. When plugged in, the phone works fine. However, after being charged for several hours and removed from a power source, the battery will read 100%, slowly dying to around 96% or so with use, and then shut off randomly without warning only a few minutes after being taken off the charger. It won't give the normal "shutting down" message; instead, the battery will go from whatever percent it was to 0% and then the screen will go black.
From what I've seen online, the battery might be bad. s suggest that this problem results in an inflated battery. In this M8, I noticed that the left edge of the screen was almost separated from the metal bezel as if something was pushing it up from behind. This makes me think my battery might be bloated, causing the battery issue and pushing up the screen.
I have tried wiping the phone before flashing Lineage OS instead of the stock ROM, fully charging the battery up, and fully discharging the battery, but nothing so far has worked. Do you have any tricks I could try that might fix this if it is a software issue? Or does this seem like a bad battery that would have to be replaced?
If the battery is bad, the M8 doesn't make it easily removable, so I would either have to take the phone apart or send it in and possibly pay someone to replace it. The previous owner said it was working fine, but I have yet to hear his reply to my eBay message asking about the issue. He included all of the original packaging, including the original limited warranty. While the warranty is probably long expired and technically doesn't transfer over reselling a phone, do you think there is any chance that HTC or T-Mobile might be willing to fix the phone or send a different one?
Thank you for any help you can provide.
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Flash t mobile RUU (software problems will slove with this ) . If the issue still there ,then it must be a hardware issue i.e faulty battery or some other.
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The battery in my M8 is really weak now, and as of maybe 6-9 months ago the phone is not tracking the battery level well. When the phone is idle, it powers off at 20-30% indicated charge remaining, with games active, maybe it will power off at 45%. I get 1 hour PoGo from a _full_ charge.
Previously, I've experienced the phone getting hot when charging (mainly in the car) and this has probably had a serious impact on the battery capacity. Assuming the phone you have is over a year old, you should assume the battery is badly aged by now.
my adorable M8 in his third year of use recently has the same symptoms of @tshoulihane. Is necessary to say that I've took so much care in his first 2 years like disconnecting the battery after few minutes of reaching the 100% (also voiding to charge all the night) or turning off the phone at 10% and I never be waited for the auto turn off at 0%. All this that I'm telling you is in the first 2 years. In this third year of using the m8 as my main phone, I received this bad symptoms doing the opposite of the first years of care. Now I just connect powerbank or something at 30% to void awkwards sudden death of battery. Mmm I have plans to keep 1 year more my m8 with me, it still a beast in camera, sound and no lag, so I'm looking for a battery replacement im Amazon but the reviews are bad, I think is very difficult to get a good *new* battery because that replacements get old too with the years of storage... mmm I don't know but this was my little story with my battery experience with M8. Regards guys.