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Root Battery Charging Issues Started Two Nights Ago

apavolka

apavolka

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So a couple nights ago my phone was at about 4% battery. I plugged it in to a charger I had used before and it eventually died. Upon dying I decided to plug it into my laptop as I didnt have any other charger. The green light came on and I noticed my screen backlight flashing. The bootloader screen came up and I turned it off to charge. A few minutes later the same thing happened. I decided to leave it and the next morning my alarm went off on my phone. It was on and fully charged. This morning it died and is doing the same thing. Any advice on what I should do?
 
apavolka said:
So a couple nights ago my phone was at about 4% battery. I plugged it in to a charger I had used before and it eventually died. Upon dying I decided to plug it into my laptop as I didnt have any other charger. The green light came on and I noticed my screen backlight flashing. The bootloader screen came up and I turned it off to charge. A few minutes later the same thing happened. I decided to leave it and the next morning my alarm went off on my phone. It was on and fully charged. This morning it died and is doing the same thing. Any advice on what I should do?
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don't wait till it dies to charge it?
 
Metfanant said:
don't wait till it dies to charge it?
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sorry it is kinda funny.

does it do it if you plug it into the wallcharger?
if not then you know it has something to do with your PC sending some kind of information to it, and if thats the case, i would scan your pc for any malware, or virus'
 
That thanks is a smart ass thanks :P

I try to charge it before it dies but I have been unable to get to my laptop before my phone dies. As for the wall charger thing, I just found a charger that works and well the Motorola M comes up but it doesnt do the whole picture of the battery charging and wont if i press the power button. The green light does not come on either.

Also, I have a couple different anti virus programs set to scan my computer once a day.
 
If you can get it back to a full charge...maybe you can try wiping the battery stats...maybe there is some corruption in the file
 
Metfanant said:
If you can get it back to a full charge...maybe you can try wiping the battery stats...maybe there is some corruption in the file
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Well I will keep this updated with what happens and how I solve it if my phone ever turns back on.
 
Little update... My phone the first night it acted up was left on the charger for about 5 hours before it turned itself on. Now today I have had it plugged in about 7-8 hours and nothing has changed... any ideas?
 
I'm a little fuzzy on what exactly the problem is... is the phone not charging? Or is it acting strange while charging? Is all you have is the one charger? Do you have a car charger you can try?

If all else fails, stop by your local Verizon Wireless store with your phone, and ask to use one of their batteries in your device to see if it comes on with it in there. If it does, then it may be that you need to replace the battery. If it's a charging issue, you may need to return your DX in on warranty.

I had a similar issue when I bricked my device back in December while trying to flash 'Tranquility'. I found myself in a bootloop so I started searching the forums on how to SBF back to stock. All the instructions I found said not to attempt the SBF process without at least an 80% charge on the battery, so I plugged my phone in and let it charge for a few hours. But when I pulled the device off of the charger, the phone shut off.

So I tried plugging it in with several other chargers I had. None of them seemed to want to charge the phone. It would show the battery icon with no charge while plugged in, and as soon as I'd unplug it, my DX would turn off. This was the case with both my stock battery and my extended battery. So I took my device into my local Verizon wireless store and asked to put the battery from their DX into mine. When I did so, the battery icon popped up showing a full charge.

So that told me that for some reason when I bricked the device, it no longer charged the battery. I don't know why? So what I ended up having to do was buy a universal external battery charger down at RadioShack. I put the battery in it overnight, and popped it into my DX the next morning. Finally I had a charge on it and was able to SBF back to stock. All in all my DX was out of commission for 3 days, and I was freaking out BAD!!! I thought I was going to have to buy a brand new DX because I assumed I'd somehow broken the ability to charge the battery in the phone. And since I'd done that while rooted and flashing a ROM, I knew a warranty replacement wasn't an option for me.

So when I was able to externally charge the battery and get it to SBF back to stock... boy oh boy was that ever a happy day for me!

:D
 
The phone is confirmed not to charge through any charger. Im thinking about just buying an external charger and another battery and switch them out as needed.
 
does anyone think the charge mod may work? the one where if your phone dies before you can do an sbf mod thing?
 
apavolka said:
does anyone think the charge mod may work? the one where if your phone dies before you can do an sbf mod thing?
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Worth a shot, will cost you a cord so which ever is cheaper that or the external charger.

Sounds like your phone booted into recovery and while in that state I dont think it will charge the battery at all. If it was that weak I could see it happening!
 
jlewis74 said:
Worth a shot, will cost you a cord so which ever is cheaper that or the external charger.

Sounds like your phone booted into recovery and while in that state I dont think it will charge the battery at all. If it was that weak I could see it happening!
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I get cords for free :P my friends love me
Plus I would have to order the charger and blah blah blah... wait a week if i managed to have money and then i get it. Ill try it.
Anyone got a link to the instructions?
 
So I got it charged enough to try to turn it on. It would not boot up so Im charging it in order to run an SBF.
 
Started up by itself after 80% charge. Dont know what to make of any of this.. I may just sbf back to wherever everyone else is and stay haha
 
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