Haven't seen too many others comment about this, but I just thought I would share. After upgrading to a Seidio 1900mAh battery, my Evo 3D has been randomly shutting itself down. When I first got the Evo 3D and was inserting the battery for the first time, I noticed that there was a tiny bit of play after the battery has been placed in the phone. I looked at the contacts for the battery and saw that it *might* be possible, under certain circumstances, for the battery to not make full contact with the terminals. I only had my stock battery for a short time, so I didn't notice the phone power itself off, but that all changed after getting the seidio battery.
What I did to make the battery contact the terminals better was to cut a small strip of rubber band and place that so it stands vertically right below the SD card (it doesn't actually touch the SD card). After I did this, I placed the battery back in and it makes much better contact with the battery terminals and fits more snug, kind of like the OG EVO 4G had So far, I haven't had any random shutdowns since doing this.
i cut a strip out of a business card and put it in at the bottom of the battery(opposite of the sim card) and that has been my fix. i was gonna try and exchange it for the problem, but the dent in my metal surround shows it has been dropped.
atistang said:
i cut a strip out of a business card and put it in at the bottom of the battery(opposite of the sim card) and that has been my fix. i was gonna try and exchange it for the problem, but the dent in my metal surround shows it has been dropped.
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I'm not sure if it's an actual defect of the phone or the battery for the phone. If they manufacture the battery about 1 - 2 mm longer in length, I think it would fix the problem completely.
no problem here
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Haven't seen too many others comment about this, but I just thought I would share. After upgrading to a Seidio 1900mAh battery, my Evo 3D has been randomly shutting itself down. When I first got the Evo 3D and was inserting the battery for the first time, I noticed that there was a tiny bit of play after the battery has been placed in the phone. I looked at the contacts for the battery and saw that it *might* be possible, under certain circumstances, for the battery to not make full contact with the terminals. I only had my stock battery for a short time, so I didn't notice the phone power itself off, but that all changed after getting the seidio battery.
What I did to make the battery contact the terminals better was to cut a small strip of rubber band and place that so it stands vertically right below the SD card (it doesn't actually touch the SD card). After I did this, I placed the battery back in and it makes much better contact with the battery terminals and fits more snug, kind of like the OG EVO 4G had So far, I haven't had any random shutdowns since doing this.
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A loose battery connection can cause a lot of glitches,random reboots,slow charging,etc. The second week I had my E3D I noticed the battery was a little loose so I ended up with 2 layers of business card opposite the contacts. The way I see it, it may not help but it sure can't hurt.
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A loose battery connection can cause a lot of glitches,random reboots,slow charging,etc. The second week I had my E3D I noticed the battery was a little loose so I ended up with 2 layers of business card opposite the contacts. The way I see it, it may not help but it sure can't hurt.
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I didn't notice that... my e3d charging at very slow rate. now I gotta check my just to make sure i didn't get a defeated one.
I think some of you guys missed that he's not using the stock battery.
After a couple weeks of fixing the loose battery, I can confirm that it does work like a charm. Every week, I would get a handful of random shutdowns which required pulling battery to get the phone back on. With my simple rubber band 'mod' I have only had the phone power down once, and it seems as if I am getting much better battery life as well.
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I think some of you guys missed that he's not using the stock battery.
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I've seen other mention the same type of problem with the stock battery, so this might apply to stock as well.
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A loose battery connection can cause a lot of glitches,random reboots,slow charging,etc. The second week I had my E3D I noticed the battery was a little loose so I ended up with 2 layers of business card opposite the contacts. The way I see it, it may not help but it sure can't hurt.
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Nope, shouldn't hurt the Evo 3D at all. I would highly recommend switching to a rubber band if possible. It makes the battery fit perfectly without any risk of scratching the inside of the device.
I've got myself two CHICHITEC batteries and with these I have no problems.
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Nope, shouldn't hurt the Evo 3D at all. I would highly recommend switching to a rubber band if possible. It makes the battery fit perfectly without any risk of scratching the inside of the device.
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A loose or dirty connection is like putting a resistor in the circuit. The voltage goes down and the current goes up. So to me shimming the battery is preferable to a non removable battery and random glitches. Thanks for your concern about scratching,good point, but I could care less what the battery compartment looks like as long as I have a good connection.
I had the same issue with my aftermarket 3500 battery. I ended up cutting a small sliver of business card, placing it on the bottom and left side of the battery and then securing it to the battery itself with electrical tape. This way when I remove the battery to put my stock one back in (which is my daily battery) I don't have to worry about anything.
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I had the same issue with my aftermarket 3500 battery. I ended up cutting a small sliver of business card, placing it on the bottom and left side of the battery and then securing it to the battery itself with electrical tape. This way when I remove the battery to put my stock one back in (which is my daily battery) I don't have to worry about anything.
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Sorry to hear about your aftermarket battery It's good that you found a 'fix' for it by making it more snug. How long have you had the 'fix' in place, and have you had any random reboots or shutdowns afterwards?
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A loose or dirty connection is like putting a resistor in the circuit. The voltage goes down and the current goes up. So to me shimming the battery is preferable to a non removable battery and random glitches. Thanks for your concern about scratching,good point, but I could care less what the battery compartment looks like as long as I have a good connection.
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Yeah I just happened to have a huge bag of rubber bands that I bought like 5 years ago, lol. I probably shouldn't worry about it either, but unfortunately I am OCD about my phone, among other things
holy shiz. never would have guessed it was a loose battery, however. you are correct. thank you
Thanks for you then for rubber .
i was going to change the phone to end of this proplem .
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Is it possible to power an HTC HD2 without a battery or the back cover? I found one about an hour ago in my downtown area, missing a SIM card and missing the microSD card. As noted it doesn't have a back cover or a battery, so my intention was to attach a "standard" 5V/1A cell phone battery charger. I figured out from a picture of the battery that if I've got the HD2 flat on the display and I'm looking at the back, the positive terminal will be the one on the left but, when I attach the power supply (which I tested before this attempt, it works) leads using micro-alligator clips and push the power button (front of display, button furthest on the right, I think, never used one of these HD2's before) I get no response.
Now, the question is either a) am I not getting any response at all because the HD2 can't be powered up in this manner because there's no back cover or b) it's more likely to be completely toast because of the damage it apparently suffered in the drop that shattered the glass. The only damage (aside from the glass) is a very tiny scrape/scuff mark on the top right corner of the bezel - obviously that's where it hit the ground.
I don't own any of these apparently micro-USB style connectors (or is it mini-USB, I can't figure out which is which I suppose). Bleh, I just looked at a pic I found with Google Images, apparently it IS a micro-USB connector.
All blabbering aside, even if I had such a connector or a power supply using such a connector, is the phone going to even power up without a back cover on it or battery inside? I know a lot of devices become totally disabled when the back cover is removed (as my Dell Axim X51v does; as soon as I even throw the lock switch to unlock the back cover that disables the device totally.
Anyone able to provide some tips or suggestions? I have no way of knowing who it belongs to so I'm claiming it, and if I can verify it might work or does still function I might be willing to put some money into getting the glass/digitizer replaced, a new battery, power adapter, etc.
Anything at all would probably be quite helpful.
Thanks...
The HD2 works without back cover!
The HD2 doesnt work without battery...!! I've never heard of a mod to enable switching it on through micro-usb.
Be carefull you could be scammed...buying a phone in that state, because of the hit some other components may be damaged!! It depends on the price and money you're willing to risk!
no problem with powering on without the backcover. did that many times before.
but i guess its not possible without a battery...
DN41
Ah, ok, so the fact that there's the two metal 'dots' on the HD2 that apparently become a connection when the metal battery cover is in place don't affect powering it up, but no battery keeps it dead? Hrmmm...
Ok, if someone that owns an HD2 can confirm that it becomes very useful info. Take the back cover off, take the battery out, and tell me if plugging in a micro-USB cable (either from a computer USB port or from the AC adapter) allows it to function at all, and then try the same thing with the cover on (don't put the battery in, however).
So there's 3 possibilities:
1) It'll work off the micro-USB power with no battery and no cover
2) It'll work off the micro-USB power with just the cover installed but no battery
3) It'll work off the micro-USB power with no cover but with a battery installed
and actually the fourth possibility which doesn't matter in my case:
4) It'll work off the micro-USB power with the cover and the battery installed
Dammit I hate it when I find stuff like this and can't get it functional.
Again, thanks for any suggestions - and I didn't buy this phone, I found it a few hours ago, on the ground as I was walking home. I wouldn't buy something in this cosmetic condition unless I knew it was working even in spite of the cracked glass. I've owned iPhones with horribly shattered glass on them but they still function, even all the multitouch functionality is still working - that's my hope here, that this device will still work just fine and if it does then I'll pay to replace the glass/digitizer.
Thanks
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I think I just realized that the metal contacts on the inside of the back cover and those 'dots' could be because the HD2 is using that battery cover as a Wi-Fi antenna, plate-style antenna.
I just tested it for you. Without the battery in there is no starting it, period.
Might I suggest though that you ask around and find a mate with a microUSB, (you must have someone that has one), and plug it in when the battery contacts are jumped. It will probably work that way. I'm not going to try it because I have a perfectly good phone and have always mistrusted elec-trickery...
those spring loaded studs have been the subject of much discussion, with no definitive answer,, stop the cover rattling, grounding plate for the antenna, remnants of an unreleased car kit,,, who knows. certainly signal doesn't appear diminished with the cover off, and on the inside of the cover there is no coating on the metal where they connect, indicating a signal being passed so who knows.
i suspect simply attaching power to two contacts isn't enough because the third contact is expecting a signal of some kind? perhaps a connection from the battery charge protection circuits?
you could always buy a cheap copy battery from ebay, and just resell it if it doesn't work, or run a scam on your insurance with it? (did i just say that out loud??)
I'll say this again: I found the phone on the ground on the side of the street while walking home a few hours ago.
I don't use T-Mobile service and I have no intentions of using it as a phone; I already have a phone so I was going to use it as a portable media player sorta like an iPod touch if I can verify it works 100% and just needs a battery/back cover/replacement glass and digitizer. That's my intention at this point.
And I was thinking that yes it won't work at all without a battery so, thanks again for the info. I'll head out this morning to a T-Mobile store (actual T-Mobile and not a reseller) and see what they can tell me. Surely they'll have a battery/back cover and potentially an AC adapter to verify if it's 100% dead of somewhat functional even in spite of the busted glass.
Let's hope it works...
what about searching the owner?
DN41
Well, let's see:
- I can't power it up
- It has no SIM card
- It has no microSD card
- The only way to track the owner would be using the IMEI and I'd have to go to a T-Mobile store to do that, when that's done and they get the number, if the phone was stolen and then dumped in the trash/on the street where I found it, they call the police and I get in a bit of trouble for no good reason
That pretty much covers it.
okay, you're right...
i cant imagine how it landed there...
who would throw it just away?
sure that its a real phone and not a dummy?
DN41
DN41 said:
okay, you're right...
i cant imagine how it landed there...
who would throw it just away?
sure that its a real phone and not a dummy?
DN41
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i was in a thread yesterday where some guy talked about how he dropped his phone by accident whilst 'driving along with it in his hand, with his arm out of teh window', so yea, some people are , , well, insert your own noun here
oh no...how can you hold your arm out of the windows with a 500€ phone in your hand?
i just cant understand some people...that doestn go in my mind...
DN41
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i was in a thread yesterday where some guy talked about how he dropped his phone by accident whilst 'driving along with it in his hand, with his arm out of teh window', so yea, some people are , , well, insert your own noun here
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I thought the same!
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they call the police and I get in a bit of trouble for no good reason
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Not really mate. I found an iphone 4 yesterday and managed to get it back to its rightful owner. Took a couple of hours out of my day but what else could i do?
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Not really mate. I found an iphone 4 yesterday and managed to get it back to its rightful owner. Took a couple of hours out of my day but what else could i do?
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Well, Yeah, with an iPhone 4 what else WOULD you do if you don't want the surgery to be able to use it! LOL
Also think if it was your phone! I'd be absolutely gutted, and very glad to get it back. But maybe it's unregistered (through the IMEI) or not been reported as missing.
In the UK (don't know about elsewhere) if you report that you found something to the police (I found a £50 note) and no one can show that they own it then it's yours after about 28 days.
Unless you have really dumb cops then you shouldn't get into trouble if you take it in!
On the other hand you may find the battery and/or cover if you look carefully in the area where you found the phone.
Sam.
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Ah, ok, so the fact that there's the two metal 'dots' on the HD2 that apparently become a connection when the metal battery cover is in place don't affect powering it up, but no battery keeps it dead? Hrmmm...
Ok, if someone that owns an HD2 can confirm that it becomes very useful info. Take the back cover off, take the battery out, and tell me if plugging in a micro-USB cable (either from a computer USB port or from the AC adapter) allows it to function at all, and then try the same thing with the cover on (don't put the battery in, however).
So there's 3 possibilities:
1) It'll work off the micro-USB power with no battery and no cover
2) It'll work off the micro-USB power with just the cover installed but no battery
3) It'll work off the micro-USB power with no cover but with a battery installed
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Thanks
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I think those contacts are just to ground the back cover to stop it causing interference. It doesn't seem to affect the phone if I don't have it on or am using the plastic cover with my big battery.
On a similar theme, does anyone know if it is possible to power the HD2 from the micro USB supply while I swap batteries. I don't want to have to do a soft reset which loses what you are doing. But I'm worried that without the battery to absorb the power there is a risk of damaging the circuits?
I don't want to just try it because I already blew my main board by powering the USB through a cheep adapter and a Nokia charger that supplied too much power and had I to get it repaired/replaced. I'm hoping someone already knows
Sam
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i was in a thread yesterday where some guy talked about how he dropped his phone by accident whilst 'driving along with it in his hand, with his arm out of teh window', so yea, some people are , , well, insert your own noun here
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did we ever get an answer as to why that, im going to select the noun "twat" was dangling his hd2 out of the window @ 40mph??
I need closure on that one.....
Hi -- my wife's razr took a two-second swim in the toilet. We dried it, blow-dried it on a medium setting, then plopped in it a bag of rice for two days. It appears to now be functioning fine, except that it doesn't seem to be charging, even though the phone indicates that it is charging. The level stays stuck on twenty. It's discharged down to 15, then charged back up to 20, but no further. It doesn't seem like a hardware problem to me, it seems like a faulty battery read, though I of course could be mistaken. The USB connection works fine -- I've transferred all the files off the sd card. Any thoughts? Would a factory reset perhaps reset the battery stats (the phone is unrooted)? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Don't know exactly, but isn't a factory reset just the wipe of all installed data and the return to delivery state? So a "damaged" battery wouldn't be "repared" ?
But have you just tried another battery watching app? maybe this will show the true battery life? than you could be serious that it's maybe just the system app and do a factory reset / reinstall the system battery watching apk?
I've already done the factory reset and will charge overnight and see what happens. I will install a third party app though, great idea, thanks...
just let us know the result
want to know how water proof my razr is
You could try one of the battery calibration apps on the market. They simply delete the .bin file that stores battery information.
Although, I think your battery may have shorted out potentially.
Much easier solution, works on iphones every time.
(iPhones are water damaged 100% of the time when we get them for repairs, whether they've been in water or not)
Get electronics cleaner with oil, spray a small amount in the usb port and stick the usb plug in and out a few times.
Now try charging and see if it works again.
I will try this as it still isn't working. Thanks...
Shadowdancer -- are you saying this works in this situation, where the phone says it's charging but in reality it's only charging at a super minuscule rate?
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Shadowdancer -- are you saying this works in this situation, where the phone says it's charging but in reality it's only charging at a super minuscule rate?
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Yup, virtually anything can be solved with electrical cleaner and a hard reboot on the iphones.
It solves problems with emergency charging mode that stays for 24 hours.
It solves the "This device is not supported" when trying to charge.
Also solves problems flashing the iphones with new firmware.
I also fixed one or two other brand of phones with this, but micro usb is a lot less sensitive to bad connections.
The oil also protects from wear, as the oxidation has removed the protective coating. Which is what causes the charging problems.
If that won't work though, I'd say pop the lid and clean it carefully. You won't get any warranty things through unfortunately.
Tried the electrical cleaner, it didn't seem to help matters. I called a Motorola repair facility, and they'll replace the battery for $85. I suppose it's worth a shot, though if it's not charging (even though it's still indicating that it is), I guess it could be for other reasons than a bad battery.
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Tried the electrical cleaner, it didn't seem to help matters. I called a Motorola repair facility, and they'll replace the battery for $85. I suppose it's worth a shot, though if it's not charging (even though it's still indicating that it is), I guess it could be for other reasons than a bad battery.
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Well that sucks, but I guess it might work if you don't want to tear the back off yourself.
That assumes the battery to be the only thing not treated with whatever water repellent they used.
Just tried to get the phone repaired, the circuit on the board that charges the phone is corroded. Not surprised, but if anyone out there considers their phone "waterproof," well, I wouldn't.
normally you should put your phone in a pot, put some rice on it. Cook it at low temp with no oil for exactly 1:50min. Your phone will sustain no water damage.
I won't get into detail why you put rice on it, some people use salt but I wouldn't risk it for a chocolate biscuit.
PS : only use these methods when slam dunking your phone into pond/ river/bath tub/when attempting to flush your phone down the toilet wanting to get an insurance pay out/ dropping your phone in an aquarium.
i actually had this happen to me VERY early this morning. I was having problems with it rebooting it self quite often. I shook it to get the water out. About an hour later it started to operate normally.
I just was reading that you can take the back cover off (voids the warrenty but Im rooted so... ) so I did that to run a fhair dryeer on it at cool/warm to remove excess water. There was no water in the unit. even the little strip that the have with the xxx on it to test if it has been droped in water was untouched.
Love this phone!!!!!
I have read great things about the Bheestie Bag. I have no idea what the name is about, but I read an online article about them that was very favorable.
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I have read great things about the Bheestie Bag. I have no idea what the name is about, but I read an online article about them that was very favorable.
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It's a bag full of silicate balls, pretty much the stuff you get in those tiny white packets with harddrives, clothes and shoes etc.
You can get big bags of this at virtually any allround store, moisture out, "damprid" and all kinds of brands. It's a strongly moisture absorbent powder.
Btw, I could be called insane, but I usually treat my phone with "clear vue" and a color less shoe shine pad- (It contains silicone oil and some more moisture repellant.
I do this once a week.
ed: btw, you can get these blue silicate balls with ultra absorbent cat litter, 20$ buys you 10+ litres.
Yes, and they are reusable until the blue beads turn grey. They are supposed to be 700% more effective than rice. I've never needed it but bought one just in case after reading the Amazon reviews.
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normally you should put your phone in a pot, put some rice on it. Cook it at low temp with no oil for exactly 1:50min. Your phone will sustain no water damage.
I won't get into detail why you put rice on it, some people use salt but I wouldn't risk it for a chocolate biscuit.
PS : only use these methods when slam dunking your phone into pond/ river/bath tub/when attempting to flush your phone down the toilet wanting to get an insurance pay out/ dropping your phone in an aquarium.
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I have heard of putting your phone in the oven on the lowest setting possible. Do you think that is something that would work?
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I have heard of putting your phone in the oven on the lowest setting possible. Do you think that is something that would work?
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If you have a thermometer that you can put inside first, make damn sure it doesn't go over 60 c (140 f)
If it's digital then you can see how much it goes up and down, if it even sniffs at around 70 then you can't use your oven.
If you decide to do it, put it on a piece of cardboard paper at 50 degrees C
for 15 minutes or so.
Thanks for telling me that. I thought the person who told me that was crazy. And no it was nobody from this forum. ;-)
Hi, although I've been reading around the forums for like a year now, this is my first post.
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Recently (about a month ago) I started to notice a dark smudge on my phone's display. Its very light and hard to see, but when I notice it (often) its very bothersome. Its like half an inch from the right, right in the middle. I googled about it for a while, and apparently it has to do with the amount of pressure applied to the glass. This was hard to believe to me, because I take care of my phone like if it was a baby.
Anyways, being bummed about it. I move on living. And just in my daily phone use, i decide to take off the battery cover for a reason I can't remember, I did this with the display on, and I noticed that while I was lifting the battery cover, the smudge area of the display started to glow in colors, like when you apply too much pressure on the glass. And this got me curious. I started pressing different parts of the phone, and noticed that the smudge area goes crazy when i press right under the capacitive buttons. And the plastic frame on said area. After this I did bought the story about the display being damaged by too much pressure. Anyways, everything changed just a few minutes ago.
I was trying to free up the most RAM possible, so, looking around on the settings, i got into developer options and accidentally got curious and messed with something that froze the phone. I decide to take out the battery, and I find myself again with the battery sorta.. Sticking out a little, like when you lift the battery to take it off but not completely. This is something I had noticed months ago, maybe last April or May. Well since it really bothered me because the battery just wouldnt go all the way in, i decide to inspect it. And note that i have done that before, the first time i tought that it was normal, the second time i tought that it was the shape of the phone. But today it hit me. Thats not normal! The battery is bigger. Like, right in the middle, the battery has a litte bump on both sides, like when you bake a cake and it grows, well, a bump just like that. But its hard to seem really hard to see. But somehow I could feel it in the hand, and I decided to put it on a flat surface and it is indeed true. The 4 corners don't touch the surface at the same time, not even pushing it down. And I remember it used to back when I bought the phone a year ago.
And that's not all, the worse part is, that I realized that the bump of the battery aligns perfectly with the smudge on the display. So it must be it!! The battery applied pressure from underneath, causing the display to touch the glass. And as i checked around the phone, turns out that the glass is slighly getting detached from the lower area (battery area).
Maybe it wasn't my fault, but I feel so guilty for not noticing earlier. I'm really worried, as I have very poor battery life, and I fear the display getting damaged even further. Oh, and also. I noticed that all the issues I saw on Google about the smudge on the display, are in the middle, half an inch from the bottom just like mine. What if its the same battery problem?
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Is that really whats going on? And what should i do to resolve this problem?
I was really paranoic the moment I realized that the battery was messing up the display. So I rushed here looking for help. Thanks in advance.
My device is an HTC EVO 3D, (VM), Running CM 10.1 WFTN, and the battery is stock.
I Think You have to go to the Maintenance .. Since Its Not A Software Problem the phone should be taken to a technician .
I Hope They Will solve your problem there & Your Phone Would Work Again . :good:
You should replace the battery before it cause any more problems.
this kind of stuff usually happens then the batteries are overheated or overcharged multiple times. do you leave the phone charging overnight? or maybe using a cover which acts as insulation.
Fixed!
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I Think You have to go to the Maintenance .. Since Its Not A Software Problclosed, phone should be taktheto a technician .
I Hope They Will solve your problem there & Your Phone Would Work Again . :good:
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Don't worry, I found the solution. Thanks anyways! I'll keep that in mind for next time.
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You should replace the battery before it cause any more problems.
this kind of stuff usually happens then the batteries are overheated or overcharged multiple times. do you leave the phone charging overnight? or maybe using a cover which acts as insulation.
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Yes. I have my charger plugged almost 24/7 because of the poor battery life, and I let it overnight all the time. And yeah the phone gets very hot when I use tethering or any graphic intensive game for a long time. (Which is often). I think I overuse this phone.
And the cover is just a Trident Perseus (siliccone).
Anyways, i will replace the battery soon, since i found that with the battery cover removed, the smudge goes away. i assume that the battery being forced in by the back cover, causes the battery to apply pressure to the display from the inside, making it touch the glass which causes the smudge. For now i will use my phone with the back cover a little open on the bottom so the battery doesnt get pressed in. While i get myself some replacement batteries. As soon as i get the battery replacement ill say how it goes. I needed the raplacement anyways. I only get up to 6 hours of battery life, and thats changing the governor to powersave. Which is obviosly not good. I guess the battery just went bad.
silicone covers a bad particularly if you have heavy usage. I would recommend you always remove the cover when you play heavy games or use tethering
thanks for letting me know. i'll remove it when necessary. or maybe ill just get a non-silicone case. hopefully all this will increase the life-span of my next battery.
Here lately, I've been pulling my phone out of my pocket and it is off. Turning it back on reveals no change in battery level. I've started tapping on the back every once in a while, pretty lightly actually and it'll actually shuts off about half the time. I'm not sure what I can do here. The warranty is long gone, and even if I were within the warranty period, I'm rooted. What should I do, what could be wrong? Could this be an issue with the battery or is it a loose connection within the phone?
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Here lately, I've been pulling my phone out of my pocket and it is off. Turning it back on reveals no change in battery level. I've started tapping on the back every once in a while, pretty lightly actually and it'll actually shuts off about half the time. I'm not sure what I can do here. The warranty is long gone, and even if I were within the warranty period, I'm rooted. What should I do, what could be wrong? Could this be an issue with the battery or is it a loose connection within the phone?
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Are you using an aftermarket battery? Anker maybe?
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Are you using an aftermarket battery? Anker maybe?
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No, I'm using the battery that came with the phone. I'm thinking about getting a different battery to see if maybe that may be the issue, but I'm not sure.
bubbalv29 said:
No, I'm using the battery that came with the phone. I'm thinking about getting a different battery to see if maybe that may be the issue, but I'm not sure.
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I Googled searched your problem and using an aftermarket battery was the only thing that came up. I wonder if your battery is moving a little bit and loosing contact. Mine fits really tight so maybe not.
Try cleaning your battery terminals and slip a piece of paper under the bottom of the battery so it sits tighter against the contacts.
ryant35 said:
I Googled searched your problem and using an aftermarket battery was the only thing that came up. I wonder if your battery is moving a little bit and loosing contact. Mine fits really tight so maybe not.
Try cleaning your battery terminals and slip a piece of paper under the bottom of the battery so it sits tighter against the contacts.
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I'll try that, but I really don't think that's the problem seeing as my battery fits rather tight as well.
I don't post here much since I have no clue about programming a phone. However, I know having a qi charger for this phone has been a challenge... Imagine my joy when I found one that only costs $5, and is also a stand! These are at 5 Below. It's not a fast charger, but it does work since it is adjustable.
I actually have this one
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P999H4J
Initially it wouldn't work unless I placed the phone up a little higher, but all I did was open up the charger and moved the charging coils down a bit to match the location on the phone. It doesn't require any kind of soldering or anything. Just unscrewing, removal of adhesive (razor blade/knife), moving the coil set down, and then contact cementing it back in place. That being said, it's still annoying that Razer put the coil low on the phone.
I bought one of these this week. Having a little trouble finding the sweet spot. I'll wake up with the battery sitting at 98-99% and not charging. Maybe that's how wireless works? Charging on/off.
Reznor7 said:
I bought one of these this week. Having a little trouble finding the sweet spot. I'll wake up with the battery sitting at 98-99% and not charging. Maybe that's how wireless works? Charging on/off.
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I just acquired a new to me RP2 so I have not checked this one yet, but all of my previous phones would qi charge up to 100% and then stop and sit slowly draining until the minimum battery percentage threshold would trigger it to charge again. Most were 90-95% when they would start charging again. I suspect it is to protect the battery from being damaged by too much charging, but that could be way off from the real reason for it.
Ravenmtx said:
I actually have this one
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07P999H4J
Initially it wouldn't work unless I placed the phone up a little higher, but all I did was open up the charger and moved the charging coils down a bit to match the location on the phone. It doesn't require any kind of soldering or anything. Just unscrewing, removal of adhesive (razor blade/knife), moving the coil set down, and then contact cementing it back in place. That being said, it's still annoying that Razer put the coil low on the phone.
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Made an account just to chime in but I can confirm this works. It took a bit of doing, especially since I don't really have any electrical knowledge or skills so this was uncharted territory for me but it just took a bit of time and patience.
The one detail I would add is that in order to get the coils low enough to register for me (or for at least the case I was using) I had to break some protruding plastic teeth from the inside of the case. At first glance they looked like they were used the clip the front to the back, but there was no female slot to take the clips. Once I removed them I could position the coils EXACTLY where I needed them.
I included a pic of what position works for me. Good luck everyone!