Photon automatically turns on when plugging in to charge

[frozndevl]

Whenever I plug my powered down Photon in to charge, it boots up. Is there a way to disable this; when I am at work I can only charge via usb, and the actual battery drain outpaces the charge it receives so I need to turn off to have my phone usable.

 

[itsrayray]

Possible to boot into recovery and turn off screen to reduce battery drain? Just a thought.

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[frozndevl]

Even turning the screen off, and my phone has been charging, at 5% on airplane mode for the past hour.

 

[KahneFan]

What app(s) do you have installed which makes the battery outpace the charging? How can/do you use your phone? Mine will do this now and then and I have to just uninstall the culprit and I'm back again.

 

[neva eva forget 1984]

Put your phone on charge then turn it off. See if that works...

 

[MarcD#AC]

only 5% an hour with airplane mode on? you have some mega battery drain going on...i know USB charge is slow, but even with 4g on and streaming pandora for 4+ hours combinded constant facebook/twitter, internet browser, I get at least 10% an hour while hooked up on USB

 

[frozndevl]

Put your phone on charge then turn it off. See if that works...

Tried that, the phone turns back on immediately.

only 5% an hour with airplane mode on? you have some mega battery drain going on...i know USB charge is slow, but even with 4g on and streaming pandora for 4+ hours combinded constant facebook/twitter, internet browser, I get at least 10% an hour while hooked up on USB

Not even that, it doesn't actually add any charge. I am convinced that when my phone gets too low, my usb charging fromt he laptop doesn't really do much. All I was doing was playing a little AB, well a lot, but that shouldn't outpace the charge. I also roam when I am at work so I am using the radio a bit harder than normal.

I actually haven't been all that impressed with the overall battery life I have been getting with the Photon relative to my old Evo. When I check what is using the most juice, Display is always the top dog with somewhere north of 60%. For example, I just took my phone off the charger. Been on for 22 minutes, display is at 15% of usage with only 1m24s of time on. This is at low brightness.

 

[MarcD#AC]

Tried that, the phone turns back on immediately.



Not even that, it doesn't actually add any charge. I am convinced that when my phone gets too low, my usb charging fromt he laptop doesn't really do much. All I was doing was playing a little AB, well a lot, but that shouldn't outpace the charge. I also roam when I am at work so I am using the radio a bit harder than normal.

I actually haven't been all that impressed with the overall battery life I have been getting with the Photon relative to my old Evo. When I check what is using the most juice, Display is always the top dog with somewhere north of 60%. For example, I just took my phone off the charger. Been on for 22 minutes, display is at 15% of usage with only 1m24s of time on. This is at low brightness.

are you sure the usb cable you have is good? i cant think of anything else besides a bad cable...AB is a battery killer, but it should at least be able to keep pace with the charge...
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[frozndevl]

I didn't consider the cable part of things. I am using an HTC cable that I had from my Evo, but not sure if cable manufacturer matters at all. I didn't think it did.

 

[MarcD#AC]

i dont think it does either...im using a cheap chinese cable i bought off amazon while at work, and a samsung cable at home...im stupmed as to why youre charging so slow...thats the only thing i can think of

 

[frozndevl]

It doesn't help that the increments are only in multiples of 10 which makes it hard to make any sort of judgement on how long something is actually lasting.

 

[dorelse]

Hmm...I stream IHeartRadio all day at work. I started at 70% this morning, and 3 hours later, I'm 100% charged.

I have played movies before while hooked up to my laptop's USB port for charging, and its slow, but it definitely makes progress charging the phone.

 

[oversteer325]

I would say just buy a wall charger to leave at work. Here is one for a Palm Pre but it should work fine on the Photon. $2.67

It even includes a cable so worst case you could see if the cable makes a difference.

Amazon.com: Palm Pre Original Smart Phone AC USB Wall Adapter + Original Palm PRE Charging USB 2.0 Data Cable: Cell Phones & Accessories

 

[Puzzlegal]

something weird about the USB port he is using? Some app he is running that chews through power?

It sounds weird to me, too.

 

[frozndevl]

I think I may have figured it out. I've been using Go Launcher for a while now and recently started using their lock screen alternative. I have seen numerous reports that one or the other chews through the battery and if there is a problem with the lockscreen, that could explain my high display usage %.

Edit: Just looked at my overall usage graph using Battery Snap, and I don't know if it's just me, but that is pretty consistent battery drainage even with some on the charge, some off, and some times get more usage than others.