G Watch R on Wear 2.0 - Won't turn on unless it's on the charge base

[dkl_uk]

I've officially had it with Wear 2.0, all of the good stuff is gone, but what's really winding me up now is the problem where I turn the watch off overnight (if I'm not near a charger) but I cannot turn it back on the following day. I see the LG logo with the padlock at the bottom, but the watch will not continue to boot and instead shuts down. There is more than enough battery (probably >50%).

Does anyone else have this issue?

 

[stevep113]

[/COLOR]Some battery info from adb. Watch is still running!

1|[email protected]:/ # cat sys/class/power_supply/battery/uevent
cat sys/class/power_supply/battery/uevent
POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=battery
POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGING_ENABLED=1
POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Charging
POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_TYPE=Fast
POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH=Good
POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1
POWER_SUPPLY_ONLINE=1
POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion
POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MAX_DESIGN=4350000
POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=4450000
POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=4343116
POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY=91
POWER_SUPPLY_CURRENT_NOW=54000
POWER_SUPPLY_INPUT_CURRENT_MAX=500000
POWER_SUPPLY_INPUT_CURRENT_TRIM=29
POWER_SUPPLY_INPUT_CURRENT_SETTLED=0
POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN=4450000
POWER_SUPPLY_INPUT_VOLTAGE_REGULATION=0
POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN=0
POWER_SUPPLY_CHARGE_FULL=0
POWER_SUPPLY_TEMP=308
POWER_SUPPLY_TEMP_COOL=0
POWER_SUPPLY_TEMP_WARM=0
POWER_SUPPLY_SYSTEM_TEMP_LEVEL=0
POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0
POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_OCV=-22

Current Battery Service state:
*AC powered: false
*USB powered: true
*Wireless powered: false
*Max charging current: 500000
*status: 2
*health: 2
*present: true
*level: 91
*scale: 100
*voltage: 4343
*temperature: 307
*technology: Li-ion

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---------- Post added at 03:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:46 PM ----------

Managed to edit and delete my post grr.

Basically same problem as you, info in the post above from adb shell regarding battery. Perhaps someone with a working watch could post there's so can compare.

To get your watch working try

Dumpsys battery set level 5
Dumpsys battery unplug

Since i did this watch has been off the cradle for 20 mins.

To reset the above

Dumpsys battery reset

Funny how this only started with aw2.0 ota update, prior to which was getting 1.5-2 days.

Perhaps something's corrupted somewhere. I did think the misc partition, tried to download it, to look at it can't see anything but zeros from DD bin file i made.

Tried reflashing, factory images, taking the back off disconnecting reconnect, run down in fast boot mode to nothing, downgrading, reflashing aw2.0, nothing has worked.

Doing the commands above could damage something so do at your own risk.

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---------- Post added at 04:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:57 PM ----------

Did take a log cat before, some errors to do with batteryservice i think it was permissions. Will try to do it again later. At the moment just leaving it with the battery service dumpsys commands above to see how long it will go! Still working...

Update: failed at 2028, vibration went off caused it to turn off. Must be failing battery unable to provide sufficient current. I've ordered a new battery from eBay.

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[stevep113]

Was board so rigged this up (was described on another forum post but using a proper bat charger), left it connected for just under an hour, disconnected on rise of battery voltage.

I wouldn't recommend doing this.

Anyway watched booted up, fully off the charger after. Leaving it on charge for a while, will report back on experiment

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[stevep113]

Well i can report back this appears to have fixed the issue, been through a charging cycle all working no sudden shutdowns or failure to boot, just need to test in normal usage now

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[jakecarpenter112]

Same Issue

So is it working now? What did you EXACTLY do?

 

[stevep113]

Yes working correctly now battery back to normal. Basically butchered a usb cable and rigged up to power as in picture above. Temp solder wires to battery.

If your going to do this make sure battery doesn't get too hot, expand or explode

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[jakecarpenter112]

Yes working correctly now battery back to normal. Basically butchered a usb cable and rigged up to power as in picture above. Temp solder wires to battery.

If your going to do this make sure battery doesn't get too hot, expand or explode

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Wow that's quite extreme, I guess? But I think Imma try other methods available first. This would be my last resort. Anyway thanks

 

[miffymiffy]

There is definitely an issue here. Mine just started doing the same thing...

 

[stevep113]

I ended up getting a new battery the old was working ok after rigging it up as my post however long term it was an old battery dated 2014

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[bmangia1]

Same. Started having odd issues. Would not complete boot off cradle, powering off when removed from cradle or not booting at all on some kernels, etc... Fresh battery seems to have resolved all of it.

 

[Trasher83]

I had the same problem, tried factory reset a few times and flashed different kernels. Watch shut down as soon as I removed it from the cradle, however I removed the usb from the PC when the watch was in the cradle and the watch didn't shut down. It stayed on when I removed it from the cradle with the USB unplugged. Coincidence or maybe powersurge when removing the watch with usb plugged in?

 

[DarkFlasher]

Hey all, I'm having the same issue where the watch doesn't boot if it's not on the cradle. I've tried formatting and reinstalling multiple times but I still have that issue for some reason. It looks like once I boot into TWRP and take it off the cradle, it stays on. I'm going to try to drain the battery in TWRP and charge it up again in AW.

EDIT: Fixed it somehow, it seemed to work without the cradle when I would "fastboot boot" into official boot image and then take it off the cradle when it turned on.

 

[FurFur_]

Hey all, I'm having the same issue where the watch doesn't boot if it's not on the cradle. I've tried formatting and reinstalling multiple times but I still have that issue for some reason. It looks like once I boot into TWRP and take it off the cradle, it stays on. I'm going to try to drain the battery in TWRP and charge it up again in AW.

EDIT: Fixed it somehow, it seemed to work without the cradle when I would "fastboot boot" into official boot image and then take it off the cradle when it turned on.

could you please explain how you did it and which "Official" boot image you mean ^-^ ?

 

[roc342]

New Battery Fixed all my issues with not booting

 

[solidghost9]

New Battery Fixed all my issues with not booting

I second this

 

[skim0322]

I second this

Ok. So I've been following threads here for a while and i finally bought a new battery from fonejoy and had it replaced today...

I still cannot get past the android logo. It's the overheating. If i put the watch in the fridge i can boot up fine and the watch remains around 50 degrees celcius. Once it gets to 60 it shuts down. And it easily gets to 60.

Can someone please help me out?

 

[alxruizmx17]

Ok. So I've been following threads here for a while and i finally bought a new battery from fonejoy and had it replaced today...

I still cannot get past the android logo. It's the overheating. If i put the watch in the fridge i can boot up fine and the watch remains around 50 degrees celcius. Once it gets to 60 it shuts down. And it easily gets to 60.

Can someone please help me out?

For me, new battery solved the problem too

 

[DarkFlasher]

could you please explain how you did it and which "Official" boot image you mean ^-^ ?

Sorry for the late reply, I just noticed this message.
Basically the official boot image is the single core unmodified version that is posted in the forum here. The problem was that the kernel with 4 unlocked cores was putting too much stress on the battery. In the end even the single core boot image stopped working well so I bought a new battery.

 

[almostthere]

Just saw this and trying to see how long it will last back on stock kernel... earlier wouldn't boot up but when booted from fastboot was ok but went into shutdown trying to download July's patch

Flashed back stock kernel and see how it goes

PS: anyone knows where in Malaysia the replacement battery can be bought as the local LG service center has no clue about it

 

[SimonC57]

Power off when removed from cradle

I have this issue ever since Wear 2 as well.
Bought a battery and replaced - problem now even worse - won't even stay on in cradle. Put original battery back in and it's still a problem, but not as bad as the new battery.
Contacted LG about this - they said they only repair in warranty, and referred me to a sub company called SBE. SBE say they no longer repair them.

Lots of heated emails between me and LG's Customer Service with no result. Basically if you own an LG product and it's out of warranty - it's pretty much time for the bin as far as LG are concerned.

Pretty disgusting service in my opinion. You expect a £200 watch to last longer than a 12 month warranty period - but LG won't budge.
Oh, and LG say they have never heard of this issue! That's either a lie, or they never read forums!!

Not sure what to do next really - but here is what I won't be doing:

I won't ever be buying another LG product!