Warning!! Do not let your battery die!

[AZwldcats]

So In the last months I have had 2 Samsung phones brick on me. Both same symptons.

3 weeks ago my Work issued Verizon S8 ran completely dead. Battery to 0% and shut down. When I got back to power and plugged it in... Nada.. Zilch.
For a sec vibrated and circle charge indicator that almost immediately went away. After that Never showed charging again.
Tried:
Hold power for minutes.
Hold Power + Volume for a minute
Hold Power + VOlume Down.
Hold Power + Bixby
Hold Power + Bixby + Volume Up
Hold Power + Bixby + Volume Down

Tried Different chargers and cables and wireless charging.

All made zero change
Had to get a Warranty swap

Last night my Note 8 also drained to 0% and Shut down,
When I got back to power and plugged it in... Nada.. Zilch.
For a sec vibrated and circle charge indicator that almost immediately went away.

Tried same things as above. No Change.
Had to book a claim with Premium Care. Will have a new one tomorrow.

Don't know what's up but 2 Sammy phones did same thing in a month. Odd.....

 

[jayp1306]

Could be trying to fast charge it when dead? Possibility that it spikes the voltage and the phone won't turn on due to incorrect voltage. Just a thought after the issues last year. The typical voltage in a battery 3.77 but at peak can be 4.77. When you first put a lithium battery on a charge source the voltage will be 4.77 but mah will be 0 instead of 1-3300 for example for the note. Just a thought, could just be crap luck. I ran it down to 1% today and I'm back to 100% with no issues.

 

[Jewels81]

Dang. That totally bites. Been years since I've let my phone die like that. Thanks for the heads up. Sorry for your luck

 

[anon(238680)]

Have seen others report this and its very odd, like the entire firmware is being erased when power is lost. Makes no sense at all.

 

[AZwldcats]

. Just a thought, could just be crap luck. I ran it down to 1% today and I'm back to 100% with no issues.

Glad you are good.

But crap luck on a S8 then a N8 in 3 weeks. Seems a lil more than that.

 

[blaine07]

Ignore

 

[blaine07]

Have seen others report this and its very odd, like the entire firmware is being erased when power is lost. Makes no sense at all.

Like it didn't have a "KAM"??

 

[jayp1306]

Glad you are good.

But crap luck on a S8 then a N8 in 3 weeks. Seems a lil more than that.

Yeah that's why I was saying it could be part of the software to monitor mah vs voltage and disable charging below a threshold that's being incorrectly reported as dangerous somehow.

 

[EMGSM]

Hope the next one that comes in is fine.

 

[Old g]

wasn't for bad luck you wouldn't have any luck at all

 

[crpeters82]

I would not purchase a lotto ticket in the near future!

 

[darkkterror]

Eh, well, technically it is VERY bad for a lithium ion battery to hit "true" 0% charge. So much so that many batteries are designed not to charge once they are completely drained. HOWEVER, the batteries are usually calibrated in a way that 0% isn't TRUE 0% (there's actually some charge still left over). This is done to avoid end users from letting the battery fully deplete. I wonder if that didn't quite work out as intended in the case of your phones? Not sure.

 

[jhimmel]

I bet you could have revived it by stack charging. Plug in for 30 seconds , and unplug for 30 seconds. Repeat for about 10 or 20 cycles. I have revived smart phones and tablets that have run to zero and wouldn't do anything a number of times. This process stacks enough of a charge for the phones charging management to take over.

 

[anon(1733)]

I'll try it today and let you know. At least I'll try. It's habit to charge it when it gets low. Lol. But I will try and let it die.

 

[crpeters82]

I'll try it today and let you know. At least I'll try. It's habit to charge it when it gets low. Lol. But I will try and let it die.

Not all heroes wear capes!

 

[toenail_flicker]

I bet you could have revived it by stack charging. Plug in for 30 seconds , and unplug for 30 seconds. Repeat for about 10 or 20 cycles. I have revived smart phones and tablets that have run to zero and wouldn't do anything a number of times. This process stacks enough of a charge for the phones charging management to take over.

I'd never heard of this. thanks for posting it.

 

[Carrie Greicar]

So In the last months I have had 2 Samsung phones brick on me. Both same symptons.

3 weeks ago my Work issued Verizon S8 ran completely dead. Battery to 0% and shut down. When I got back to power and plugged it in... Nada.. Zilch.
For a sec vibrated and circle charge indicator that almost immediately went away. After that Never showed charging again.
Tried:
Hold power for minutes.
Hold Power + Volume for a minute
Hold Power + VOlume Down.
Hold Power + Bixby
Hold Power + Bixby + Volume Up
Hold Power + Bixby + Volume Down

Tried Different chargers and cables and wireless charging.

All made zero change
Had to get a Warranty swap

Last night my Note 8 also drained to 0% and Shut down,
When I got back to power and plugged it in... Nada.. Zilch.
For a sec vibrated and circle charge indicator that almost immediately went away.

Tried same things as above. No Change.
Had to book a claim with Premium Care. Will have a new one tomorrow.

Don't know what's up but 2 Sammy phones did same thing in a month. Odd.....

How long are you waiting after charging to try to power it back on? I had an old Note 8 that had to be back up to around 10% before it would turn back on.

 

[toenail_flicker]

How long are you waiting after charging to try to power it back on? I had an old Note 8 that had to be back up to around 10% before it would turn back on.

"old Note 8"
Note 8?

 

[Carrie Greicar]

Auto correct should have been note 4

 

[texn884]

ya sometimes it takes a while for the phone to get enough charge to be born again