Hey guys,
(Yes Jerry and others, I know you've seen post BS before about my battery - I'm getting closer, lol)
Wondering if any of the Hero-ologists here can help.
I have a CDMA Hero, running the most current radio, kernel, etc. Currently I'm running the CM6 nightly with JIT enabled, (Linpack is ~4.9, Quadrant ranks higher than average Motodroid, FTW)
Anyway, I've had the issues below for months now. Nothing changes with kernel, ROM, anything.
From the moment I bought my Hero it's run exceptionally hot. I've come to believe that perhaps it's simply due to the fact that I live in a 1X area, averaging about -100db signal. Battery has always gone extremely fast as well, but that's pretty common.
I have two batteries and an extra charger, and generally I keep a rotation throughout the day, and often I use all 3 batteries. I'm a pretty heavy user (hah, sounds like a drug).
Alright, so here are my symptoms, besides the rapid battery drain:
-Sometimes when my battery states it is somewhere around 20-30%, it will suddenly restart, then it will say it's around 3-7% and to connect my charger.
-Randomly, occasionally, my phone will simply give up charging. This happens plugged into USB, my car charger, or the factory charger.
-When it gives up charging, sometimes the light will stay orange anyway.
-Usually, the LED will instead switch to a rapid-flash of orange/green/2 seconds/orange/green/2 seconds...and so on....and it most certainly is not receiving any power.
Usually I just tolerate the issue. When it happens, I'll swap the battery and it works fine, charges fine. Here are the things I've tried that don't seem to make a difference:
-Battery wipe
-Full battery conditioning
-Ensuring I'm plugged into a USB 2.0 port on the PC
-Swapping to the wall from USB
None of these things work. But it happens with any of my 3 batteries, and when I swap with whichever battery is charged, it fixes the problem.
A bit more storyline here, for record:
When I first got my phone, the battery went so fast, I contacted Sprint. Unfortunately there's no service center for about 120 mi from where I am, and I was too stupid to buy Best Buy's Black Tie when I bought the phone.
They said to go to the local dealer and see if they'd give me a new battery. The local dealer is run by a complete *****, and Best Buy looked at me like I was crazy.
I bought the phone in February, and I believe it's under a 1 year warranty, so perhaps Sprint would swap it for me. I would of course have to unroot my phone, which I'm fine with. But the litmus paper is slightly smudged, and I'm not sure what Sprint would say if they got the phone that way either.
Anyway...that's my story. If anyone has any input, I would be greatly appreciated.
Note that because of the spare charger, normally this isn't a real issue. But I fear things may get worse, and just in case, I'd rather fix this issue now than later. And being that tonight I left my charger and spare batteries at work, my battery officially depleted and I have no phone until tomorrow. And it's like having your crack-pipe taken away.
Thank you!
(Yes Jerry and others, I know you've seen post BS before about my battery - I'm getting closer, lol)
Wondering if any of the Hero-ologists here can help.
I have a CDMA Hero, running the most current radio, kernel, etc. Currently I'm running the CM6 nightly with JIT enabled, (Linpack is ~4.9, Quadrant ranks higher than average Motodroid, FTW)
Anyway, I've had the issues below for months now. Nothing changes with kernel, ROM, anything.
From the moment I bought my Hero it's run exceptionally hot. I've come to believe that perhaps it's simply due to the fact that I live in a 1X area, averaging about -100db signal. Battery has always gone extremely fast as well, but that's pretty common.
I have two batteries and an extra charger, and generally I keep a rotation throughout the day, and often I use all 3 batteries. I'm a pretty heavy user (hah, sounds like a drug).
Alright, so here are my symptoms, besides the rapid battery drain:
-Sometimes when my battery states it is somewhere around 20-30%, it will suddenly restart, then it will say it's around 3-7% and to connect my charger.
-Randomly, occasionally, my phone will simply give up charging. This happens plugged into USB, my car charger, or the factory charger.
-When it gives up charging, sometimes the light will stay orange anyway.
-Usually, the LED will instead switch to a rapid-flash of orange/green/2 seconds/orange/green/2 seconds...and so on....and it most certainly is not receiving any power.
Usually I just tolerate the issue. When it happens, I'll swap the battery and it works fine, charges fine. Here are the things I've tried that don't seem to make a difference:
-Battery wipe
-Full battery conditioning
-Ensuring I'm plugged into a USB 2.0 port on the PC
-Swapping to the wall from USB
None of these things work. But it happens with any of my 3 batteries, and when I swap with whichever battery is charged, it fixes the problem.
A bit more storyline here, for record:
When I first got my phone, the battery went so fast, I contacted Sprint. Unfortunately there's no service center for about 120 mi from where I am, and I was too stupid to buy Best Buy's Black Tie when I bought the phone.
They said to go to the local dealer and see if they'd give me a new battery. The local dealer is run by a complete *****, and Best Buy looked at me like I was crazy.
I bought the phone in February, and I believe it's under a 1 year warranty, so perhaps Sprint would swap it for me. I would of course have to unroot my phone, which I'm fine with. But the litmus paper is slightly smudged, and I'm not sure what Sprint would say if they got the phone that way either.
Anyway...that's my story. If anyone has any input, I would be greatly appreciated.
Note that because of the spare charger, normally this isn't a real issue. But I fear things may get worse, and just in case, I'd rather fix this issue now than later. And being that tonight I left my charger and spare batteries at work, my battery officially depleted and I have no phone until tomorrow. And it's like having your crack-pipe taken away.
Thank you!
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