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Tablet is dead, what a piece of crap

Well my transformer lasted almost a week. Now it won't turn on. Lame.

I think mines is as well...

Good...everyone wanted to know!

Seriously??? I really am wanting one. They sounded so good.
Is it dead because you tried to root it and throw Roms at it or anything like that?
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Mine still works from the 27th. So no worries
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Had mine for 3 weeks, no such problem.

You know you'd get more help if you explained your situation rather than just talking like an emo kid.

maybe if you explained what you have tried? Have you tried holding the power button in for 10 seconds + then turning on? Have asus confirmed that the unit is a dud?

Mine is fine as well. Got it on release day

Mine is still working fine. Had it since 7th April. Have you tried any software modifications? Dropped it? Of course it could be bad luck as every consumer level device has a small % of failures.
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mine sometimes randomly turns off i think. It takes awhile to get it to power back on =\
edit: i haven't actually seen it turn off though so maybe something was just pushing on the power button or something

I've had mine rarely stop responding to the power button after being left a long time (overnight or such).
Hold power down for about 15 seconds to turn it off, then wait a few seconds, then turn on again as usual. It's early adoption of a new OS, there's gonna be some bugs, I'd hardly call this a show stopper.

i had mines since US launch and its been fine. I had to wipe the OS cause of setting VTL LAuncher as default wont not log into the lock screen,(after shutting it down) other then that its fine.

IFANBOY!!!!!!!
HATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Show a picture of you holding one.
turtlesoup77 said:
Well my transformer lasted almost a week. Now it won't turn on. Lame.
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Mine works fine, it's been 8 days!

Samsung GT 10.1 Sleep of death

Sorry about posting the thread here as I couldn't post it where it needed to go. I have had this GT 10.1 for a few days love what it can do but It continuously wants to go to sleep and not wake up. This is a locked rooted 32gb version.
I have noticed while it is in the dock it tends to only lock up on the home screen and it solved by just removing it from the dock and inserting it again into the dock. When its not in the dock it does the Sleep of death and If i plug it back into the dock while is SoD it will come back to life. I don't have any idea if this helps with your deductions on dealing with this bug. But I thought It could help somehow.
I didnt plug the dock into any power source either.
Well I tried doing the above now its boot looping DARN I REALLY like this thing
after the 3 or 4th SoD the OS got garbled and I had to do a factory reset and reload the OS using ODIN and back to Stock.
Gonna remove the OC kernal witch I had loaded and reload the STOCK OS until its fixed.

I have this problem, my tab 7 days old is dead... I was using it, turn it off connect it to charge it and it is not working now..
Is there any fix or way to get out of the sleep of death?

the asus transformer forum says it's fixed with 3.1 (mostly).
i guess it's the reason why the EU release is delayed permanently.

guys i dont thing there anything wrong with the tablet. i believe its the wall charger.ur usb on ur pc or laptot is not ready to charge ur tablet but it will at a slow rate, really slow.i tired charging it with the wall outlet n it would not do anything. called samsung thay wanted me to send it in for service.i said no.i have it charging with my laptop.that work for me.give it time to charge and u'll see it charging.the cable is good its the big box that plugs in to the wall thats bad.
gt 16gig gray unlocked

cyberleader said:
Gonna remove the OC kernal witch I had loaded and reload the STOCK OS until its fixed.
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Mine wouldn't turn on for the life of me yesterday...exchanged for a brand new unit at best buy....wtf!

Mine does the "Sleep of death" only with custom firmwares and when charging on the media dock...going back to stock fixes the issue...to wake up the tablet I had to make a combination of Power + Volume Down for several seconds until it finally turns on...

Mine was stock. No combination of button presses worked for me

Same with mine. I just shipped it back for repair...
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Not true for me. My charger worked fine on my wife's 7" Tab.
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eyecon82 said:
Mine wouldn't turn on for the life of me yesterday...exchanged for a brand new unit at best buy....wtf!
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Samsung just told me this is a software issue which will be fix withthe upcoming summer update.

capufo said:
Samsung just told me this is a software issue which will be fix withthe upcoming summer update.
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Yeah but until you get it fixed how do you get the update on it?
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Ansextra said:
Yeah but until you get it fixed how do you get the update on it?
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If you can't turn it on at all, you will have to send it to them, a technitian will look it up etc for more info on this call Samsung support at 1800.726.7864

capufo said:
If you can't turn it on at all, you will have to send it to them, a technitian will look it up etc for more info on this call Samsung support at 1800.726.7864
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Exactly my point and what I ended up doing...
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You just need to hold down the power button for 15 seconds, or so. Maybe 30. I've had this issue a few times in the few months I've had this. My bigger problem is the Wake of Death. The stupid thing turns itself on for no reason, and never goes back to sleep, so the battery is almost dead when I go to use it. This happens a few times a week. Drives me crazy.

ClarkSt said:
You just need to hold down the power button for 15 seconds, or so. Maybe 30. I've had this issue a few times in the few months I've had this. My bigger problem is the Wake of Death. The stupid thing turns itself on for no reason, and never goes back to sleep, so the battery is almost dead when I go to use it. This happens a few times a week. Drives me crazy.
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The problem is that on a certain percentage of these tablets that does not work
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It did not work on mine. I ended up sending it to Samsung for warranty repair.

My first one didn't do that but this one does for sure.
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i only had 1 SoD in about 3 months, got leaked KH1 and pershots running

EmceeGeek said:
My first one didn't do that but this one does for sure.
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same here...my first one died...my exchange unit randomly freezes, but the volume and power button works, unlike the first unit

Nexus 4 Dead and Unresponsive

After the whole Google Play fiasco, I decided to pick up the Nexus 4 from a local T-Mobile store. The phone worked great for 3 days, but is now completely dead. The last thing I did was launch the AnTuTu benchmark app. As soon as I started the benchmark, the phone crashed and was unresponsive. The phone looks like it is off now. I called Google support and they suggested all of the normal things (i.e. hard reset by holding the volume and power buttons). Life only seems to exist when I connect the charger which causes the LED to flash a red/orange color very quickly (reminds me of the Xbox 360 RROD).
Not only was Google unable to assist me, but all of the T-Mobile stores in my area are now out of stock. T-Mobile is going to try to hunt one down for me at another store and have it shipped which I am grateful for, but it still sucks going through the ringer for a brand new flagship Nexus 4. And because my old rooted MT4G doesn't use a micro SIM, I can't swap in the new one. Looks like another trip to T-Mobile is in my future.
I watched several other Nexus 4 owners run the AnTuTu benchmark on YouTube without any issues. Is this a sign of LG reliability or am I just unlucky?

Removable battery
It sure would be nice to have a removable battery right now... The screws on the bottom of the Nexus 4 look very similar to the ones used on the HDD in a MacBook. Definitely not a tool most of us have laying around the house.

Swazi Samurai said:
It sure would be nice to have a removable battery right now... The screws on the bottom of the Nexus 4 look very similar to the ones used on the HDD in a MacBook. Definitely not a tool most of us have laying around the house.
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They're actually just standard torx screws.

light flashes when plugged in? Keep it plugged in for a few hours there hau5.
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That sucks, man.
At least T-Mobile is willing to track down a phone and have it shipped in a timely fashion, unlike certain other retailers selling the phone... like, say, Google...

ptesmoke said:
light flashes when plugged in? Keep it plugged in for a few hours there hau5.
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Yeah, It could be something as simple as the battery die-ing while benchmarking.....

You can buy an adaptor to fit microsims into regular sim slots. Mayne worth looking into if there's no replacement on the horizon.

Jasonator said:
Yeah, It could be something as simple as the battery die-ing while benchmarking.....
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The battery was at 93% prior to the benchmark. I've been watching it like a hawk since day one.
On a side note, I've only been getting about 12 hours on a full charge with LIGHT usage which doesn't last me through a day at the office with commute. This is with auto brightness and WiFi turned on, but not connected. I've noticed the phone drops about 5-7% every hour without any user activity. The OS is reporting that the screen uses about 50% of the battery. I can't wait until they release the wireless charger, it will be getting a lot of use.

On average 2% of electronics are DOA or die within a month. That is basicly exactly where warranties come from. 1.2% for smart phones. It is 1 phone in 100. So don't be that surprised, but still bad luck.
Thanks for taking 1 for the team! lol

I wonder if this could've been avoided if broken in normally instead of bringing it to the extremes such as heat with useless misleading benchmarks.

mi7chy said:
I wonder if this could've been avoided if broken in normally instead of bringing it to the extremes such as heat with useless misleading benchmarks.
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A benchmark is comparable to playing a modern 3D game. If the phone cannot handle that amount of heat generation there is a problem with its design (or just a bad unit).

Swazi Samurai said:
I can't wait until they release the wireless charger, it will be getting a lot of use.
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Theres already a few that will work, LG even have one LG WCP-700

mi7chy said:
I wonder if this could've been avoided if broken in normally instead of bringing it to the extremes such as heat with useless misleading benchmarks.
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The benchmark never even started. The phone literally crashed when I hit the "start benchmark" button. This was only the second benchmark I even attempted. Neocore said my device was incompatible and Linpack force closed several times upon launch so I uninstalled it. I only ran one full benchmark with Quadrant before attempting AnTuTu.
I agree that benchmarks are misleading, this is the fastest/smoothest phone I have ever used. GSIII users can brag about their benchmarks all they want, the Nexus 4 runs circles around it in real world usage and feel. I can't stress how great the phone is. I just wish I wasn't staring at a black piece of glass.

I have to give major props to T-Mobile for overnight shipping a brand new Nexus 4 on a Saturday/Sunday. Picked up the phone today and everything is running smooth. I don't think I will be running AnTuTu anytime soon... I LOVE this phone!

Swazi Samurai said:
I have to give major props to T-Mobile for overnight shipping a brand new Nexus 4 on a Saturday/Sunday. Picked up the phone today and everything is running smooth. I don't think I will be running AnTuTu anytime soon... I LOVE this phone!
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Glad you had your phone replaced. Just wanted to users here about something I noticed yesterday.
Long pressing of the power button (about 7 seconds) in the Nexus 4 will force-shutdown the phone, equals a "battery pull".

I've used my nexus 4 16GB for 2 days and then it shut down on me and could never turn it on again. I've left it charged for a couple of hours, It blinks red led when plug to charge, and I tried the power + volume down combo but nothing works. HELP!
I've shipped the phone to Cambodia all the way from the States, sending it back and forth would cost me half the phone. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

same ****..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050811&highlight=bricked+

Thanks. I'll jump to that thread straight away
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Still no help. I've left it charged again today for 7 hours, it was quite hot, still blinking red but could not turn it on.
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Swazi Samurai said:
After the whole Google Play fiasco, I decided to pick up the Nexus 4 from a local T-Mobile store. The phone worked great for 3 days, but is now completely dead. The last thing I did was launch the AnTuTu benchmark app. As soon as I started the benchmark, the phone crashed and was unresponsive. The phone looks like it is off now. I called Google support and they suggested all of the normal things (i.e. hard reset by holding the volume and power buttons). Life only seems to exist when I connect the charger which causes the LED to flash a red/orange color very quickly (reminds me of the Xbox 360 RROD).
Not only was Google unable to assist me, but all of the T-Mobile stores in my area are now out of stock. T-Mobile is going to try to hunt one down for me at another store and have it shipped which I am grateful for, but it still sucks going through the ringer for a brand new flagship Nexus 4. And because my old rooted MT4G doesn't use a micro SIM, I can't swap in the new one. Looks like another trip to T-Mobile is in my future.
I watched several other Nexus 4 owners run the AnTuTu benchmark on YouTube without any issues. Is this a sign of LG reliability or am I just unlucky?
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hey bro, i having the same issue with you.
it dead suddenly when i run antutu. I can't boot the phone with power button. I can only boot with the charger. But when i boot in the system, the battery stat is only 1%!
are you having the same issue? so how's you fix it?

Help me get out of APX mode it is really jammed up.

This is not another just my Nexus 7 won't turn on after running out of battery or regular SOD problem. I dirty flashed to the latest LeanRom from Smoothrom 4.3 and it was running well through out the day with the exception of SOD's during the day about 3 or 4 times. I used it until 23% battery and it shut off. I plugged it in and it was rather difficult to get it to boot through button pushes holds and combos. It booted up and I used it while it was charging untill it was around 70% battery and I went upstairs with my tablet and got in bed and used it for a while... It was around 60% and I plugged it in again and went to sleep. Keep in mind I left it overclocked as I always do with M-kernel b35 *1.7ghz default kernel voltage. and GPUat 766mhz 1295mhz voltage. Keep in mind I always manage my Temps. via apps and it never gets hot in my hand not even very warm. Only spot it would ever get even a little warm is lower left back where I think the CPU or GPU is located because that is where the Heatsink is located. I am not sure if it possibly overheated and fried it.. But as I said I have had a generous overclock on it for 3 months. Again it never became very hot ever! Anyways that morning I grabbed it and hoped in my dads car and as usual it had SOD'ed overnight. I began holding the power button for a few mins. A couple of times. It went too the Google logo with the unlocked bootloader and then i tried to turn it off and boot it again because the kernel has never been friendly with the 3.34 boot-loader. It has always had a weird time starting the os and me having to hold the power button untill it goes black and starts the Google logo and then shows my boot-loader and will start up and I release the power button. Well after that last Google logo I have not been able to power it on at ALL not even backlight glow I have charged it 15 hours and nothing. I have spent HOURS researching this and there are no links on Google that have helped. It is not the regular SOD or out of battery not starting issue. It also it not recognized by my computer and I can only see that it thinks it is called APX or something by my computer. I was hoping that some one could help. I even removed my battery and plugged it back in. I have tried all button pushing nothing... I have called ASUS but there warrenty BLOWS. Any help would be much loved =] I love my nexus =[
@@[email protected]@-- [email protected]@[email protected]@--Haha so guess what Asus fu ( ked me royaly after paying $30 dollars for shipping to Grapevine Texas and my tablet is still not turning on. It's not the charger or cord I have tried enough of those to know its not that. Is there any hope at all or am I sending it in again... also there "tech repair" people ****ed the **** out of my tablet under the hood the battery was lose yes I know I tried that too. The copper heat sink was ripped and sticking up. Stickers ripped apart. They had better send me a refurb back. To the guy before I was simply refuring too when I dirty flashed. Not that the def had anything at all to do with it. It was my dirty flash. I am rather mad about sending it in again. Any advice.. Thanks!!!

I now realize that it is APX mode WTF how in the world can I get out of it without a replacement is there anyway at all???

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1789135&page=2
Mabey ill button jam while in comp for a while and see =/
situation seems grim...

If it is in APX mode, it will take 15+ seconds of holding the power button continuously to get a restart.
IF that is the case, the black-and-white Google logo will come up - if you press Vol-Down precisely at that moment, the tablet will proceed to the fastboot screen. If you don't press Vol-Down, the tablet will attempt a normal boot.
Assuming that the hardware is not damaged and the battery has a decent charge, you can always get to the fastboot/bootloader
...it was running well through out the day with the exeption of SOD's during the day about 3 or 4 times...
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LOL. You seem unusually tolerant of non-determinism.
good luck

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If it is in APX mode, it will take 15+ seconds of holding the power button continuously to get a restart.
IF that is the case, the black-and-white Google logo will come up - if you press Vol-Down precisely at that moment, the tablet will proceed to the fastboot screen. If you don't press Vol-Down, the tablet will attempt a normal boot.
Assuming that the hardware is not damaged and the battery has a decent charge, you can always get to the fastboot/bootloader
LOL. You seem unusually tolerant of non-determinism.
good luck
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Hey, thanks for responding to my thread. The issue is that my tablet will not respond to anything that I do. When/if I get a new one I may not overclock the GPU as high as that may be why my tablets *****ed*

bump..

It'd be awesome if someone could be of assistance on this issue because I think it could come in handy in the future for people.
Thanks.

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As far as apx mode no one knows how to fix it yet your tablets basically a paper weight.. Sorry dude, you can attempt to send it back and see if they will fix it but that's basically all you can do right now, or sell it for parts
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OK so now i'm wondering if ASUS RMA will know I'm rooted and charge me.. The guy on the phone asked me if I wanted my os restored I said no but I'm a lil worried. Also in USA does ASUS RMA take forever and will they prob. send me a shiity refurb?

xfrancis14 said:
As far as apx mode no one knows how to fix it yet your tablets basically a paper weight.. Sorry dude, you can attempt to send it back and see if they will fix it but that's basically all you can do right now, or sell it for parts
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Uh, what? This is only the case if you borked the bootloader, which should still be intact in his case. Apx mode is basically a service mode that's even lower than the bootloader, it's just that we don't know how to use it.
I insist that you keep holding the power button or perhaps play with the charge more.
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Uh, what? This is only the case if you borked the bootloader, which should still be intact in his case. Apx mode is basically a service mode that's even lower than the bootloader, it's just that we don't know how to use it.
I insist that you keep holding the power button or perhaps play with the charge more.
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I have trust me it's not turning on at all. Thanks for replying any other suggestions are much loved and needed lol. I have until Monday when I mail it out to get it fixed.

Nexus7<3 said:
I have trust me it's not turning on at all. Thanks for replying any other suggestions are much loved. I have until Monday when I mail it out to get it fixed.
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EDIT_ I ducked taped my power button down and i'll see if maybe it comes out of APX death-mode. Also what are the possibilitys I fried a internal inside such as power supply. CPU or GPU? with the overclock...

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EDIT_ I ducked taped my power button down and i'll see if maybe it comes out of APX death-mode. Also what are the possibilitys I fried a internal inside such as power supply. CPU or GPU? with the overclock...
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Yepp deader than a door nail. Any ideas are helpful

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Yepp deader than a door nail. Any ideas are helpful
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Out of the 400 ish people who have viewed the thread there are 0 suggestions or hints?

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Sorry dude there's no hope, not trying to be mean but there's simply no hope
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766mhz was a silly number to go to for a chip that doesn't even have air cooling. Sorry, but you were asking for that to happen, whether you felt it getting hot or not... It was trying to tell you something by not starting up and crashing overnight all those times...
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766mhz was a silly number to go to for a chip that doesn't even have air cooling. Sorry, but you were asking for that to happen, whether you felt it getting hot or not... It was trying to tell you something by not starting up and crashing overnight all those times...
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I don't really think I fried it now tbh. I think the Rom did it

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I don't really think I fried it now tbh. I think the Rom did it
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I don't think so at all. I think YOU fried it. I don't mean to be harsh but you can't blame the dev's around here because you OC'd your tab way to high, and killed it.
As stated before, did you not think the SODs were trying to warn you of something.

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I now realize that it is APX mode WTF how in the world can I get out of it without a replacement is there anyway at all???
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If you got in APX mode then the bootloader is gone for good. The tablet is not able to boot any more.
It happened the same to me while flashing the 4.2.2 stock ROM: something went wrong right after the "fastboot erase xxx" commands and my tablet died.
I have searched the internet for any solutions but I failed miserably. I reverted to ship the tablet back to Asus for assistance.
Well, they picked up the package on Thurs 21 and I got my tablet back on Tue 26.
Repair was covered by warranty even though I had the bootloader unlocked (that's a mandatory step in order to flash a stock rom from Google).
They actually replaced the mainboard instead of reflashing the firmware.
That suited me fine.

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If you got in APX mode then the bootloader is gone for good.
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N7s that are operating correctly can enter and exit APX mode at will; by itself, APX mode does not necessarily indicate a problem. ( Failure to get the boot loader to appear obviously is a problem.)
For devices operating normally:
- From power off, Vol-Up+Pwr (3 seconds) puts the N7 into APX mode.
- From APX mode, holding power for 15+ secs loads the bootloader - which will attempt loading the (regular) boot partition. If the Vol-down button is pressed within about 1 second of the b&w Google logo appearing, this boot sequence is interrupted and the boot loader proceeds to fastboot mode.
Just a clarification that seeing APX mode does not necessarily equal disaster. As you were!

[Q] How to fix strange battery behavior?

Since last week I am experiencing a really strange behavior of my battery.
Sometimes my phone (in a random app) just vibrates, the screen goes black and then it reboots. After the reboot I have lost 40-50% battery life. Sometimes the phones isn't even able to complete the reboot because it spontaneously has too little power left. See attached screenshots.
Has anybody had similar problems? Or knows a solution?
About my setup: The problem seems to be not rom or kernel related. It occurs no matter what rom or kernel setting I am using. Currently I am running coool boy's 4.3 GE witch KT's kernel (no OC or UV).
Is it possible that the battery is physically damaged? I have NO IDEA...

Experiencing the same problem. I've flashed back to stock and still experiencing this. Phone randomly turning off, not starting, sudden battery drops. Driving me crazy.
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This looks pretty strange 0.o
Consider buying a new recovery
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I've seen the same sort of graph on my old i9000. You're not gonna like this, but it got worse over time, and eventually my battery wouldn't last more than 5 mins. I thought buying a new battery would help, but it didn't. When I sent it in to Samsung they said they would have to replace the entire motherboard...
I think it's got something to do with the motherboard not being able to correctly sense the battery voltage/whatever/%. The phone reboots automatically because it thinks the battery is flat (even though it isn't).
If you're under warranty I suggest sending it in soon... Hopefully it's not the same as what I had heh.

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I've seen the same sort of graph on my old i9000. You're not gonna like this, but it got worse over time, and eventually my battery wouldn't last more than 5 mins. I thought buying a new battery would help, but it didn't. When I sent it in to Samsung they said they would have to replace the entire motherboard...
I think it's got something to do with the motherboard not being able to correctly sense the battery voltage/whatever/%. The phone reboots automatically because it thinks the battery is flat (even though it isn't).
If you're under warranty I suggest sending it in soon... Hopefully it's not the same as what I had heh.
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Well *#!$
I'll observate it for the next few days and see if it's getting worse...

If your phone is rebooting as opposed to just powering off, then I suspect it is hardware related (motherboard) as already mentioned.
I do hope I'm wrong though.
Maybe try using it for extended periods while plugged into a charger and see what happens. If it doesn't reboot then it may just be the battery.

Right as OP I'm suffering the same exact problem or there abouts. I've flashed back to stock rom, fully charged to 100% drained to 0% back to 100% yet still phone keeps shutting off randomly and the only way it works properly is with the charger plugged in. It's escalated quite badly with now after a few mins of YouTube turning itself off and not rebooting. I've requested a repair by o2 who I'm in contract with and see what will happen. I've heard crap stories about their repairs before taking it to Samsung.

I9500 owner. Had this exact same problem when using older firmware. After updating to the latest one, never had this issue again. Its been two months now, even more.
Try this. Flash the latest available firmware for you phone, not talking about OTA but the downloadable one from any region (whichever is latest for i9505). I guess it may have something to do with the kernel too.
Edit: wait a minute, why is your battery level going up when it isn't even charging in the second screenshot. Middle of the battery timeline. That's weird. I guess you should send the phone back
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Its a hardware issue(motherboard).I hope your under warranty.Best of luck .

i have something strange like that also on my device ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2409284

Thank you guys :good:
In the last few days the problem occurred more often. But now it is just shutting down (no reboot after vibrate) and after plugging it to the charger and restarting it sometimes I haven't lost any battery. Strange!
I fear there is nothing else to do than turning it in (warranty)

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Thank you guys :good:
In the last few days the problem occurred more often. But now it is just shutting down (no reboot after vibrate) and after plugging it to the charger and restarting it sometimes I haven't lost any battery. Strange!
I fear there is nothing else to do than turning it in (warranty)
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Same problem here. It started three days ago and today I'm barely able to use it... I'm still on warraty and I even have insurance, but it's a major inconvenience anyway.

Mines gone in for repair back to my carrier still no movement despite them having it for 2 days now really should have sent it back to Samsung directly. Will keep you guys posted.
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Will send it in tomorrow. Lady on the hotline told me apparently the motherboard is defect and I'll get a new S4. Exchange, no repair. I'm fine with that...
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That's good to hear, just inconvenience but at least you won't have to pay for it (or have the defect materialize a year later or something)

E_Cartman said:
Since last week I am experiencing a really strange behavior of my battery.
Sometimes my phone (in a random app) just vibrates, the screen goes black and then it reboots. After the reboot I have lost 40-50% battery life. Sometimes the phones isn't even able to complete the reboot because it spontaneously has too little power left. See attached screenshots.
Has anybody had similar problems? Or knows a solution?
About my setup: The problem seems to be not rom or kernel related. It occurs no matter what rom or kernel setting I am using. Currently I am running coool boy's 4.3 GE witch KT's kernel (no OC or UV).
Is it possible that the battery is physically damaged? I have NO IDEA...
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nikzDHD said:
Experiencing the same problem. I've flashed back to stock and still experiencing this. Phone randomly turning off, not starting, sudden battery drops. Driving me crazy.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 2
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nikzDHD said:
Right as OP I'm suffering the same exact problem or there abouts. I've flashed back to stock rom, fully charged to 100% drained to 0% back to 100% yet still phone keeps shutting off randomly and the only way it works properly is with the charger plugged in. It's escalated quite badly with now after a few mins of YouTube turning itself off and not rebooting. I've requested a repair by o2 who I'm in contract with and see what will happen. I've heard crap stories about their repairs before taking it to Samsung.
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im4eversmart said:
Its a hardware issue(motherboard).I hope your under warranty.Best of luck .
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Hey
I am new here.
but i was looking for information becuase my s4 9505i has the same problem
shuts of almost everytime i open apps too quickly or stream youtube or some other high usage apps etc.
battery drops up to 50 percent then back 40 percent then to 0 percent, the fact it that the phone never seems to know where the battery is.
by the way my phone is not rooted and i have done the factory reset a few times.
samsung... hmmm.. they seem to be real hard to talk to on the phone, i have had to call them 4 times already about the s4 i ahve had since june, and they just play me off like i am some kind of idiot etc. and deny that there is possibly any reason for random shutdowns, phone freezing, and now this battery/motherboard issue.
next bit is kinda stupid, the phone has a few internal scratches on it from when i ahve stupidly had the phone next to keys and all that. im sure they are going to try and void my warranty and say i have mistreated the phone...
had many phones before, maybe close to 50 and never, never, never have had to ring up a company to try and complain etc.....
any ideas.
I am in Australia,
I am thinking of trying the CONSUMER AFFAIRS kind of threats, but i have to word it the right way...