Battery Charge stuck at 1%

[BlackTigress]

I have the OG Motorola Droid (A855).

I literally just received a new phone battery, and it's stuck on 1% while on the charger. I wiped the battery stats, delvik cache, formated the system, data, sd-ext, boot, (basically everything), re-installed the 4.1 rom along with it's kernel and apps, recalibrated the battery with the Battery Calibration app and it's Still stuck on 1% while charging.

People keep telling me to let it "charge to 100%", but it's Stuck at 1% - so how is that going to happen? Will it actually charge if I leave it on the charger for a long while?

People tell me to let it drain completely to 0%. But that caused my other battery to give out and become unusable Unless it's on the charger.

The Only thing I could think of is that the charger is to blame. I do not have the original Motorola Droid charger. However, before my old battery gave out - did charger did work successfully with the battery.

Is there anything else that I can do? Can it be something internally wrong with the phone - that I could fix through an app or something? Is there a battery rom thing that I can flash through my phone or something? Please help.

 

[Rush]

It seems as if there are one of two problems going on there. You might have a faulty charger, or had gotten a defective battery. But I'm more leaning towards a faulty battery charger. Try using a different charger before doing anything else.

Feel free to post back your results.
Good luck.

 

[BlackTigress]

It seems as if there are one of two problems going on there. You might have a faulty charger, or had gotten a defective battery. But I'm more leaning towards a faulty battery charger. Try using a different charger before doing anything else.

Feel free to post back your results.
Good luck.

Thank you very much. I'm starting to believe so too. I used two other chargers - no success, However, they're still not the original droid charger (which I just ordered).

The only thing is, when I switch back to the original rom, the battery icon has a question mark on it. It did it to the old battery I had as well.

I wonder if that's because I previously had another rom installed. I sure hope that's why.

 

[funkylogik]

It does sound like a software (rom) issue. (or is there a hardware part in the phone responsible for dealing with the battery?)
I think people are right in telling you to fully charge the battery but you'll have to guess how long that will take so do it for 10hrs to be sure.
When you do that, how long does the battery last?

 

[SulkyAndroid17]

If you unplug the charger, how long does it last on battery? 1% worth or more? I would assume the battery or the phone is bad instead of the charger. Obviously, the charger is providing power. But providing exactly the amount of power your phone uses seems like a stretch.

I bought a Galaxy Prevail once that would never charge. I tried multiple chargers and the seller sent me 3 extra batteries. I still had to send it back. Your phone could be faulty.

 

[BlackTigress]

If you unplug the charger, how long does it last on battery? 1% worth or more? I would assume the battery or the phone is bad instead of the charger. Obviously the charger is providing power. But providing exactly the amount of power your phone uses seems like a stretch.

I bought a Galaxy Prevail once that would only work on a charger. Seller sent me 3 extra batteries, and I still had to send it back. Your phone could be faulty.

The thing is, before Any battery issue happened - Nothing wrong was going on until the old battery completely died. Ever since then, the 4.1 rom would send crazy battery statuses (1% one moment, 54% the next - after I rebooted it). Then, the battery stopped working all together - Unless I kept it on the charger. I'm basically saying (well..hoping..) that the phone itself isn't faulty - it just Randomly decided to act up like this...at least I hope so.

With the new battery, it says 1% (in the 4.1 rom). It seems to last way longer than 1% (without the charger of course). If I reboot the phone While the charger is in, it'll say 56%. Reboot it without the charger again, back to 1%.

If I take the battery out the phone with just the charger (all chargers except one), the phone will stay on and display a fake battery charge number. Keep in mind, this is all within the 4.1 rom.

When I return to the Original rom, the battery status is "Unknown" - However, the Battery Level of the phone states that it's at 60%.

I've seen that there's a way to fix the issue - but it's for a completely different phone and rom:

Fix unknown Battery Status After Battd Quarx Update [22-11-12] - xda-developers

Are there any other downloads like this, but for the motorola droid perhaps (don't exactly know how to go about and find it)? Do you think that download would work for it?

 

[BlackTigress]

Umm...I found out the problem. It's the battery contacts in the back.

I simply pressed the battery up more so, and it worked normally.

...so....Now all I need to do is get Apps2SD to actually WORK on it..

 

[Rush]

Umm...I found out the problem. It's the battery contacts in the back.

I simply pressed the battery up more so, and it worked normally.

...so....Now all I need to do is get Apps2SD to actually WORK on it..

Mmm-hmm, how could i not thought about that ...

I'm happy to know that you're back on track -- cool.