What a bizarre battery issue!

[The_Chief]

Wow, ever since I got an Aukey rapid charger my Note 4 has been wonky. All day the battery has read 100% with heavy use. Every battery app I have on the device read 100% across the board! So, being the "super tech" I am, I rebooted the phone to see if that would clear the hangup and give me a real reading. It did - it tried to boot, read 0% and shut off!

So now it's rapid charging back up before I can even boot it. I'm loathe to think I need to buy a new battery, especially when I'm seriously considering a new phone. What to do? Decisions, decisions...

 

[The_Chief]

Well, the problem resolved itself! I ascribe it to PFM*.

Spoiler

*-PFM is a highly technical colloquialism used in the U.S. Navy's Advanced Electronics Field to describe a condition wherein sophisticated equipment and systems inexplicably fix themselves. It stands for "Pure F-ing Magic".

 

[Mikestony]

Thanks for joining and glad you got your issue resolved! oh wait
you could've come up with a super duper awesome story about how you fixed it but no
And thanks for the new acronym

 

[KOLIO]

Well, the problem resolved itself! I ascribe it to PFM*.

Spoiler

*-PFM is a highly technical colloquialism used in the U.S. Navy's Advanced Electronics Field to describe a condition wherein sophisticated equipment and systems inexplicably fix themselves. It stands for "Pure F-ing Magic".

Without the acronyms,the USN would just be your run-of-the mill yacht club (yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnn)

 

[The_Chief]

Pentagonese is a very difficult language to master

 

[EarlyMon]

Sign I had by my desk once -

Ask the Marines to secure a building and they'll lay down a creeping mortar barrage just prior to the strike team kicking down remaining doors and breaking remaining windows to clear the path for multiple grenades followed by a heavy spray of machine gun fire going room to room.

Ask the Army to secure a building and they'll establish a controlled perimeter with absolutely no unauthorized entry or exit.

Ask the Navy to secure a building and they'll see to that all lights and other indicated equipment is off, all doors locked, alarms set where indicated with traceability.

Ask the Air Force to secure a building and they'll get you a three year lease with the option to purchase.

So you see, using whole words isn't always the answer either.

 

[psprak]

Wow, ever since I got an Aukey rapid charger my Note 4 has been wonky. All day the battery has read 100% with heavy use. Every battery app I have on the device read 100% across the board! So, being the "super tech" I am, I rebooted the phone to see if that would clear the hangup and give me a real reading. It did - it tried to boot, read 0% and shut off!

So now it's rapid charging back up before I can even boot it. I'm loathe to think I need to buy a new battery, especially when I'm seriously considering a new phone. What to do? Decisions, decisions...

If it's any consolation. I bought the Aukey rapid charger too. Screwed up my phone as well. I started getting a "Device is connected to a power sharing device and will continue to discharge" message throughout the day. Fun.