I'm used to Samsung flagships.. Never had an issue, all the way back to the Original Note, S2, Note3 etc all the way up to an S8.... I got an A50 because I wanted something inexpensive and don't really need a flagship device.. and the S7 I've been using as a spare was going on its second battery, and for $80 I figured I'd just get a basic phone, but now I'm having LOTS of regrets.
I've noticed wifi is flaky, at best. Data says it's connected, but will show NO internet, regardless of wifi or LTE connection, and will NOT return without a reboot, even after entering airplane mode, manually connecting/disconnecting from networks/wifi, does nothing,, only a reboot will restore services.
and, just now, I noticed my phone turned off.... wouldn't turn back on until I plugged it back in, then it showed 80% battery.. So I unplugged it, and it died 30 seconds later.. wouldn't power back on.... plugged it in, showed 79% battery... kept it plugged in.. restarted it.. and it again, randomly, just shut off.. No rhyme or reason.
I bought the phone brand new, and have had it less than a month..... It's been in a case since day 1 and not abused....
Did I just get a dud?
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My phone has been randomly shutting off, and by random, I do mean just that. It will tell me I have a full charge and then shut off, and then every attempt to restart it, will cause it to immediately shut off again. Sometimes I wait half an hour, and then turn it on, and it will last me the rest of the day on standby. Sometimes it lasts me several hours playing music, other times (most notably when using wifi or gprs, it will only last minutes).
I have seen on occasion the battery indicator will give me a warning saying its almost dead when I reboot it, before it shuts itself off again. This is going from 80+ % full to suppposedly nearly drained in an instant.
So yeah ok, maybe I need a new battery? Thats what I figured, until I bought a car charger. The charger was from the T-mobile store, it was marked for the Dash and Wing.
When I plug it in, i get the charging icon, the little orange LED, but it gets incredibly hot. Almost too hot to hold in about 10 minutes. It doesn't seem to charge it at all, even though it gives me the icon.
I should mention, the phone NEVER dies in use when plugged into the wall or USB, nor does it heat up, but it will act up randomly like previously described when using the car charger.
What do you guys think? Should i get a new battery or do you think something else is wrong? I do enjoy the things I can do with this phone, but its starting to become more trouble than it is worth I think (was always bothered by the memory leak to begin with...).
Search didn't come up with anything related to this FIY....
I just picked up a Pre-owned HD7 last night. even just on WiFi, i was having a lot of fun with the phone...
I set some alarms, and put the phone on the motorola micro usb charger that was given to me wit the phone...
The phone charged fine, but this morning the phone was unresponsive...
The green battery indicator was lit...and that was it. I couldn't turn it on at all...
I had to do a batter pull. All was fine after that.
Is this common for this phone? it will make alarms useless
Sounds like whoever sold you that phone pulled a fast one on you as my HD7 has never become unresponsive after charging.
I'm not sure if the phone was doing this because it has no sim in it at this point, but it doesn't seem right. The phone was just off...nothing on the screen, but it wouldn't turn on either, till i pulled the battery.
otherwise, everything is fine. i'm gonna get a sim tonight and see if it does it again...if so, i'm taking it back
when the phone is on charge, it should automatically turn on. as in, it will never be fully off whilst charging, always in standby. i think i remember 1 instance where i encountered the issue you're saying, but it was only ever once. don't know how to replicate it, and i don't think it's sim related.
yeah, I know the phone stays on. I hadn't turned it off.
It didn't do it this morning. The phone was responsive, and the alarms came on. However the battery showed it as still not fully charged. it was about 70%...wtf?
However, i just unplugged it, and put it back in...came about 10 minutes later and it was showing it as fully charged...so it's probably just a software bug...
Hello Everyone,
Before I start explaining why I made this thread. I did search on google, xda, and rootzwiki lol.
About a month ago, I sold my Gnex to a friend from Facebook. It was rooted and it is Verizon. Before going back to stock, I was on Ak kernal with paranoid android rom; in case it mattered. She had the phone for 2 weeks without any problems. This happened today.
I've tried a lot of suggestions from the interwebs
Hold the power button for 30 seconds, plug in the charger without the battery, insert the battery back in. That is suppose to clear the ram and battery issues. No luck. All i get is a battery icon with a charging bolt. Then it disappears later on to appear another battery icon but indicating full without the lighting bolt this time. I've tried connecting the phone without any battery on it to the computer. It connects fine because the beeping sound comes out from the speakers. When i put the battery in. The same battery logo shows up. Again, this phone was no longer rooted or bootloader at all. Everything was returned back to stock
This phone will completely not turn back on.
According to my friend, she went to take a shower. The phone was charged at 60 percent, so she decided to plug that sucker in to charge it. She came out, the phone was around 90 and called her mom. When she dialed the phone died and could not turn it back on.
Can anyone help?
As the title says, my device has started doing this for about a week. I can even have a fully charged battery, but if I disconnect the charger, within 5 minutes, my device screen will make some weird glitchy thing and turn off. I've tried multiple ROMs with no dice, so it's a hardware problem. I'm hoping it's just a battery issue, as I can't really afford another device at the moment. Thank you for your time.
have you tried a different charger?,
battery issue an not hardware
I had the same problem. I bought the phone from craigslist an got an awesome deal on it. got it home started playing with it an it kept doin random reboots. after awhile it just wouldnt boot back up unless i took out the battery an reinserted it. However on the charger it worked fine. luckly i had insurance, i went to the sprint store they ran "tests" an determined the phone was bad. Cool im getting a new phone. 3 days later i go to pick up the replacement. They put my old battery in the new phone an low an behold same issue, i went on amazon bought a battery for $10, a samsung oem battery btw,, an the phone is perfect, Hope my insight helps with ur issue
I've been having all kinds of trouble getting my tablet to charge. It's acting really weird. Over the last couple of days, I will turn the tablet on and it will say 80% charged (after being plugged in all night). Then, with it still plugged in, it will drain down to 15% in about 30 minutes. Why would it drain so fast (if at all?) when it's plugged in? It's also been taking hours for it to charge once it hits that 15% and I don't use it.
At first, I discovered my charging cable was to blame. I'd plug it in, but the tablet wouldn't detect it was connected unless I pulled on the wires just right for them to make contact. Apparently there was a broken wire inside the plug of the cable. So I replaced it with a new cable. Everything seemed to be working good then, and was actually getting proper charges again. Now though, it doesn't seem to want to work.
I was using the tablet yesterday to check my email. It had been plugged in all day and not being used. It said it was at 100%. After about 10 minutes though, the tablet shut off saying "battery low". When I try to turn it back on, I get the battery indicator showing it's at 0%. So I left it plugged in the rest of the day and over night. I just went to turn it on about an hour ago, and it's still sitting at 0%!
I thought maybe the cable was bad again, so I found another charger and tried that. It does the same thing the other cable does.. It stays off until I plug in the cable. Then, as soon as it's in, the tablet "wakes up" and displays the battery indicator. Like, it detects a power source has been plugged in. But no matter what I do, and how long I keep it plugged in, it stays at 0%. I can force the tablet to turn on by holding the power button. It goes through the boot animation prior to loading the screen. Then, in about 5 seconds, it turns itself off again.
I don't think the battery is truly at 0%. If it were, how would it be able to boot up without even a cable plugged in? I really don't know what to do now. I've rooted it, so I can't send it in to Samsung for repair. I don't even think the warranty would still be good at this point anyway. The tablet is at least 3 years old (based on when I joined this site looking for root help). And I think it was 2-3 years older than that before I bought it. Is there anything I can do?
I can't wait anymore. So frustrating to own something that's worked great then all of a sudden decide to no want to even power on anymore. I've spent all day trying to get it to charge with other cables. I've tried chargers, I've tried just straight cables. Plugging into the wall, plugging into the computer, plugging into the USB port in the car. Nothing works. So I hopped over to Amazon to just order a new tablet. I can afford it, not big deal there. But then I saw a ribbon cable used to replace the USB port on the tablet. Maybe the port is bad? Lots of "highly recommended" reviews. I went ahead and ordered one. It was less than $7. If it doesn't work, I still have the money to go forward with buying a new tablet. If it does, money saved! I went ahead and bought the "customers also buy" kit, with a replacement battery (just in case it's not the port), and a set of tools. If the cable is all I need, I'll have a spare battery. If the battery is all I need, I'll have a spare ribbon. If it still doesn't work, I'll go back to my original plan.
Just kinda bummed this is where I have to go now. Why would it suddenly just stop altogether like that? Is it because I keep it plugged in 95% of the time? Should I keep it unplugged till it's drained then charge it and unplug it again right away? I used to have to do that with an old cell phone. This is my first tablet so I dunno. If I end up needing to replace the whole thing, it'd be nice to know from experienced users what the best way to do it is, and what, if anything, I can do to prevent it happening again.
I'd suspect the battery is kaput.
It's not a good idea to keep the battery on permanent charge, there's no need. Let it cycle normally.
Well, all told this was an educating experience. I got the battery first. It came about 40% charged. Once it was installed I used TWRP to create a system backup and downloaded it to my computer. Then I left it plugged in overnight. The next day it was down to 30%. So the "charging" indicator on the screen was just a bunch of lies. I got the replacement charging port a day later and installed it. I didn't do anything else with the tablet, just left it turned off and the charging cable plugged in. It said it was charging, but again, after about 12 hours of charging overnight, the following morning it was down to 18%. So I'm returning both the battery and the port. They may still be working fine, and the problem is elsewhere in the tablet. I accidentally broke the little metal connectors over the power button (it's a contact sensor, and the connectors sit on top and complete the circuit when the button is pressed) when I took the back off to replace the parts. I also cracked my screen, although I think it's just the protector I put on it. I'm not sure what else to try at this point. The tablet is essentially a paperweight now. I can turn it on and watch the battery slowly drain to 0%, but I'll never get any more use out of it. So I decided to do a system wipe prior to putting it away for some future project to try and rescue it. Now it's stuck with the "Teamwin" screen flashing at me. I give up. I looked at Amazon to see if I could just buy another one, but they don't have any "new" left. They're all refurbished or "slightly used" from 3rd parties. I looked at other tablets, and bought a new Samsung Galaxy Tab S5E. It looks like it has the best reviews and marks. The only issue would be the wifi, but it seems to be a hit or miss with people. Some people say it's a problem, others say they don't even have a problem. So.. <shrug> I'll see how it works for me.