[XT1045/Peregrine] Signs of life but no charging

[indrora]

I recently picked up an unknown condition motog 4g. Won't boot. I figure it had self-discharged into oblivion. Cells came up at 2.16v, but I didn't trust it, got a fresh battery off Amazon. New battery shows no love.

When plugged in, I get no screen but the notification light goes white.

Things I've tried:

• Charging for 24H on 2A charger
• VOL DOWN + PWR 2min
• freezing it
• unplugging the screen and letting it charge
• holding power for 10+ minutes while off
• holding power for 10+ minutes while on charger

So, I've tried everything. Still don't know if it's a corrupted bootloader (possibly?) or if something else is wrong.

Any suggestions?

 

[markf1971]

I've got a friend with the same situation pretty much. We have not frozen it yet, who can tell me how to do that?

He has had it since new, it is bone stock, and nothing will bring the battery above 0%. I'm looking for some last ditch things to try before we pull the back off and unplug the screen to charge, or replace battery.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[linuxgator]

Have you tried charging it on a low amperage charger? I know other variants have had charging issues which were solved by charging on low amp chargers, such as a computer's USB port. Those generally put out about 500mA or less unless they're powered.

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[indrora]

Figured I'd update here:

I bought a new battery and put it on a 5W charger for 24 hours. Came back to life.