Hi there, and this is my first post I'll be writing. I came here because I'm aware that members here will have large amounts of knowledge about modified mobile devices etc. Anyway, I'll elaborate on the issue I have.
My brother bought himself a Samsung Galaxy S3 (LTE) device last year, which was secondhand. At first, the battery in the device wasn't quite up to scratch, but still charged correctly. In the past 11 months now, he flashed several ROMs on it (I can get a list if necessary) and now, the last 3 months, the phone has just became a dying mess. It would not charge when in a charger (it would continuously drain, mainly when in use, turned on, and had a SIM card in it).
He has a supposedly geunuine version of TouchWiz 4.3 running on it now. I received a new battery for it today, and factory reset the device. At the moment with a SIM card in it, it is charging as it normally would. Any ideas?
So the new battery's working properly?
The phones almost 4 years old - it's hardly surprising that the original battery's on its way out.
thePman said:
So the new battery's working properly?
The phones almost 4 years old - it's hardly surprising that the original battery's on its way out.
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Well seems to be charging, I haven't installed any apps on it yet.
I had problems with my battery also (draining), and bought yesterday a new one. This one took a while to charge. I can take a few days when its fully calibrated by the phone, so it work at it best capacity.
hello guys, is 2 year enough of a battery life? mine is draining like hell while gaming and its 2 years old. What do u suggest, should i buy new one?
my phone's battery was more than 2 years. But AFAIK, we should replace batteries after 2 years.. so yeah.. buy new one.
sorry bad english.
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Hello,
I was looking for replacement batteries a while ago and I bought one that (in the beginning) that looked like it would work. Then, I realized the battery I bought had a different manufacturing date than the actual release of the USA 4.0.
Yesterday, my device kept rebooting with this new battery in. I took it out and replaced it with the old battery to find that it worked again.
Is this new battery a fake or an incompatible model?
Thanks,
Trae
Trae329 said:
Hello,
I was looking for replacement batteries a while ago and I bought one that (in the beginning) that looked like it would work. Then, I realized the battery I bought had a different manufacturing date than the actual release of the USA 4.0.
Yesterday, my device kept rebooting with this new battery in. I took it out and replaced it with the old battery to find that it worked again.
Is this new battery a fake or an incompatible model?
Thanks,
Trae
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Sigh, please remove this topic. I figured out the problem.
--Trae
What was the problem and where did you get the battery? Does it have the same capacity as the stock one or higher?
testrider said:
What was the problem and where did you get the battery? Does it have the same capacity as the stock one or higher?
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The battery caused my phone to bootloop and restored my device to stock. It was weird; however I bought myself a 5.0 and I don't use my 4.0 anymore. It was the same capacity but it might have just spazzed lol.
I got my battery from wirelessground.com but don't worry, I don't have this problem anymore.
Hi everyone!
I have my galaxy S2 for almost a year now, and I never had a problem. A week ago, I saw on a widget that the temperature of my battery is -10°C. I first thought it was an system error, without any differences for my usual use. When I plugged my phone in, the phone said the battery is too cold, and the loading is suspended. My battery depleted. I bought a new one, and have the same problem. I didn't find anything on forums.
I'd add that I tried to update to the latest android version (4.0.3), wich brings nothing.
I've done a factory reset, it doesn't help me.
My phone is rooted, so I don't know if the support will be free for my phone...
Thanks a lot!
jonasdu91 said:
Hi everyone!
I have my galaxy S2 for almost a year now, and I never had a problem. A week ago, I saw on a widget that the temperature of my battery is -10°C. I first thought it was an system error, without any differences for my usual use. When I plugged my phone in, the phone said the battery is too cold, and the loading is suspended. My battery depleted. I bought a new one, and have the same problem. I didn't find anything on forums.
I'd add that I tried to update to the latest android version (4.0.3), wich brings nothing.
I've done a factory reset, it doesn't help me.
My phone is rooted, so I don't know if the support will be free for my phone...
Thanks a lot!
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Maybe try this : http://bit.ly/LRAdWn
So, a few weeks back my Mozart started presenting problems... In it's defence, i've had that device for approx. 2 years and if you see the state it is in right now, you'd be surprised it survived this long!
Now I love Windows Phone and my next device would have been Windows Phone 8 but alas, I need a stable phone with me always and thus can't rely on the Mozart in its current state. So I sold off my iPad 2 and went ahead and bought a HTC One X and initially loved it but grew to dislike it... mainly due to random crashes (probably a device manufacturing defect) but most importantly due to the poor battery life.
So I sold off the One X and purchased a iPhone 4S however after a few days of usage, some microphone issues emerged. I got it replaced and soon enough, the issues surfaced on the new device. Checked online and a huge number of users are apparently facing issues with iPhone 4s as well... so then returned that and got a iPhone 4...
But alas! Websites on Safari were a pain at times, cellular data would kill itself during a call though it didn't happen always, and some other stuff as well... So now i've sold it off and am in the market for a new phone.
Today i returned my cousin's HTC One X and got a Galaxy S3... have been testing it out and am loving it so far... Especially the battery! Charged it up to 67%... have had Exchange Sync (Push) turned on, two Gmail accounts on 15 minutes sync, Facebook and twitter push, and made at-least over a dozen calls some of them going over 10-15 minutes... and a game here or there plus an hour at the gym with continuous music playback and referring to a workout app... and in 3 hours time, it's battery has gone from 67% to 49%!!!
If it were my One X, it would have pretty much died by now or come close to it. Even the iPhone 4 didn't produce such good battery results for me - but close nonetheless.
So now i'm considering to the store tomorrow and purchasing a S3 for myself! Wanted to see if anyone here could provide any feedback on usage based on a couple of weeks or days of usage of the device? Battery life? any crashes? Anything else?
UPDATE
Forgot to ask another important question... Now forgive my ignorance, but I am kind of new to Android - although I did use XDA numerous times to flash my brother's X10 + Arc and Sis-in-law's HTC Chacha... when i purchased this phone today for my cousin, it was a packed box. On opening and starting it up, it asked for a PIN code to activate. Which i Imagine meant that it was carrier locked?
The shop owner disappeared for 10 minutes and returned back with the phone unlocked and ready to use. He said he got it unlocked by using a proper code and all... and to be on the safe side, as soon as i got home, i did a hard reset and it didn't lock out on me. However, I do notice "ClockworkMod" installed on the S3 and also the state of the device in settings is set to Modified. What does this mean? Any cause for concern?
Regards!
msalmank said:
So, a few weeks back my Mozart started presenting problems... In it's defence, i've had that device for approx. 2 years and if you see the state it is in right now, you'd be surprised it survived this long!
Now I love Windows Phone and my next device would have been Windows Phone 8 but alas, I need a stable phone with me always and thus can't rely on the Mozart in its current state. So I sold off my iPad 2 and went ahead and bought a HTC One X and initially loved it but grew to dislike it... mainly due to random crashes (probably a device manufacturing defect) but most importantly due to the poor battery life.
So I sold off the One X and purchased a iPhone 4S however after a few days of usage, some microphone issues emerged. I got it replaced and soon enough, the issues surfaced on the new device. Checked online and a huge number of users are apparently facing issues with iPhone 4s as well... so then returned that and got a iPhone 4...
But alas! Websites on Safari were a pain at times, cellular data would kill itself during a call though it didn't happen always, and some other stuff as well... So now i've sold it off and am in the market for a new phone.
Today i returned my cousin's HTC One X and got a Galaxy S3... have been testing it out and am loving it so far... Especially the battery! Charged it up to 67%... have had Exchange Sync (Push) turned on, two Gmail accounts on 15 minutes sync, Facebook and twitter push, and made at-least over a dozen calls some of them going over 10-15 minutes... and a game here or there plus an hour at the gym with continuous music playback and referring to a workout app... and in 3 hours time, it's battery has gone from 67% to 49%!!!
If it were my One X, it would have pretty much died by now or come close to it. Even the iPhone 4 didn't produce such good battery results for me - but close nonetheless.
So now i'm considering to the store tomorrow and purchasing a S3 for myself! Wanted to see if anyone here could provide any feedback on usage based on a couple of weeks or days of usage of the device? Battery life? any crashes? Anything else?
UPDATE
Forgot to ask another important question... Now forgive my ignorance, but I am kind of new to Android - although I did use XDA numerous times to flash my brother's X10 + Arc and Sis-in-law's HTC Chacha... when i purchased this phone today for my cousin, it was a packed box. On opening and starting it up, it asked for a PIN code to activate. Which i Imagine meant that it was carrier locked?
The shop owner disappeared for 10 minutes and returned back with the phone unlocked and ready to use. He said he got it unlocked by using a proper code and all... and to be on the safe side, as soon as i got home, i did a hard reset and it didn't lock out on me. However, I do notice "ClockworkMod" installed on the S3 and also the state of the device in settings is set to Modified. What does this mean? Any cause for concern?
Regards!
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The shop owner probably rooted your device in order to unlock the phone (rooting voids your warranty), do you see a superuser app in the app drawer?
If so, install Triangle Away from the playstore or Chainfires thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114 and reset the flashcounter. Than go back to the shop and let him reflash the rom to restore warranty.
gee2012 said:
The shop owner probably rooted your device in order to unlock the phone (rooting voids your warranty), do you see a superuser app in the app drawer?
If so, install Triangle Away from the playstore or Chainfires thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114 and reset the flashcounter. Than go back to the shop and let him reflash the rom to restore warranty.
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If its just warranty... then not worried about that. As i purchased this one for my cousin without the warranty - Rs. 5000 cheaper (approx. $50).
But thanks though, this is good to know... 'coz I was planning on purchasing mine with the warranty!
Battery life is a lot better than the one x..... the s3 should easily be able to get you through a day of heavy use and have juice to spare.
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3 days ago I've ordered a brand new Galaxy S2 (Samsung CPU version) Right after ordering the S2 I've got brand new 3G SIM CARD subscription.
Placed the SIM inside of S2 and turned on the device after a full charge. Few hours later after it was charged the device got into "black screen" and rebooted it self.
I hoped its a one time thing but then later the same day and the next day it happened again. I've decided to reload a fresh ROM and hopefully it gets solved but even with the new ROM I had the same crash and self reboot two or three times during past 2 days.
Last night I've decided to try and pull off the battery for 2 hours and plug it back. Since then it didn't happened again for 20 hours approx.
However during my research I have found the following forum thread: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-international/342229-s2-keeps-rebooting.html it says about many people that had same problem some people had it right after they got S2 same as I did and some people had it after few weeks or year...Some people had it even after Samsung has replaced their main board/device.
The question here is following: What If it will happen to me again?
I don't want bring it to store and stay without a device for 2 weeks until they fix it. I dont think I want 2-3 days old product from Samsung to be fixed. I didn't paid for such expensive device to not use it after I paid for it a full amount. (The computer vendor store where I bought it, they have a paper on the wall says that mobile phones cannot be returned if turned on or opened and that lab service takes 14 business days if something needs be repaired, they can either repair or give refurb/used replacement after this 14 days.
Also, If it will happen again on my device, How can I have full trust back in S2 after I had this issue and was reading all this information at the forum?
Looking to hear your thoughts
SOLUTION!
Oh man! This is really bad. living without a phone for two weeks is better than living with a phone that hangs and reboots everyday.
Don't decide now, use it for more few days and try many rom and kernels that you can and atleast try everyone of them for one battery cycle or two. And if after this it happened again I think you know what to do!
That rule doesnt apply to faulty stuff.Take it back for a refund-or at very least gwt it swapped for a new one and let the vendor piss about with Samsung
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Hi guys, do you know where I can buy an original battery replacement for my F5121?? My phone is 3 years old and the battery needs to be replaced.
Thanks.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Sony-X...472255?hash=item54673f91ff:g:IzIAAOSwpaVcE~3-
I don't suppose you managed to find a battery upgrade? My phone is still working really well after three years and want to keep it going. I'm generally happy with it even today ?