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Weird battery issue
From: koswix
20 Aug 2014 13:16
To: Chris (CHRISSS)
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Not 100% sure, it's an ebay phone (she lost her original one, a week after cancelling the bloody insurance)
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
20 Aug 2014 15:43
To: koswix
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My nexus 7 battery started acting pretty weird after last couple of android updates (I actually thought it was close to dead since I couldn't get it to charge at all for a couple of days, even overnight). Now I can get it to charge only if I make sure to turn off the screen, even when in docking mode when all it displays is a clock. Then it will charge pretty fast, and last pretty well. The other thing I noticed is that immediately after an android update and for a couple of weeks after, all my apps get updates too which can really eat into battery life.
From: koswix
20 Aug 2014 16:23
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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Just done a fair they rest and it charged for a while, but now is refusing to believe there's a USB lead plugged in. I'm leaning towards it being the USB socket (seems a weak link in the design), it can't rule out the battery.
Looks Damn fiddly to replace the USB socket, but those qi pads are only a tenner on eBay...
:D
Actually, I wonder if I could make it charge and check the battery by applying 5v to the wireless charging pickup...
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
20 Aug 2014 16:32
To: koswix
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It's tempting to think it's the socket because it gets wobbly fairly quickly. I also bought a new cable and it made no difference for me (though it's nice to have the spare I can leave at work).
On batter monitor widget it showed net drain, even when plugged into the wall wart charger (vs. usb --> pc), and when using the dock (separate pins on the tablet, not the tablet's usb socket), so I concluded it was a software/android thing.
From: koswix
20 Aug 2014 17:08
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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I've got it propped up on a bit of bread board and a couple of header pins feeding 5v to the wireless charging port. It's registered that it's charging at least, now to leave it a while and see if the battery goes up.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpxawii8mlekbcl/2014-08-20%2017.05.13.jpg
From: koswix
20 Aug 2014 18:00
To: ALL
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... and in he best part of ah hour the battery has gone down by 4%.
From: koswix
20 Aug 2014 19:20
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Anyone have any experience with aftermarket batteries? Proving difficult to find a genuine one (as they all claim to be when they're clearly not)
From: koswix
20 Aug 2014 19:23
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Anyone have any experience with aftermarket batteries? Proving difficult to find a genuine one (as they all claim to be when they're clearly not)
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)
20 Aug 2014 19:50
To: koswix
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Not me, sorry. Wish I could helpĀ
:(
EDITED: 20 Aug 2014 19:50 by MR_BASTARD
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)
20 Aug 2014 19:50
To: koswix
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Not me, sorry. Wish I could helpĀ
:(
EDITED: 20 Aug 2014 19:50 by MR_BASTARD