Very strange and upsetting battery issue...

[SSHGuru]

Or Nexus issue...

As I do every night I plugged in the Nexus next to my bed (it was at about 35%) and went to sleep.

As I do every morning I picked it up and hit the power butting to see what was going on.

Today however when I hit the power button - nothing - nada. I tried holding it down - nothing. Dead.

Keep in mind this is the extended battery and yes the charger was working and plugged in. I unplugged it and tried it - nothing. I removed the battery and put it back in - nothing.

So I went to the other room, grabbed my original battery and put it in. It instantly booted up no problem at 95%.

I decided to try to extended again. I took out the original and put in the extended and it came right up.

Keep in mind I didn't say "booted up", literally it just worked as if I had not swapped batteries. I pulled it and put it back in again and still it didn't boot up it just came on. (like a hot swap)

The one wildcard here is that I kept the phone plugged in the entire time except when trying to get the extended working after a pull.

Now I have the extended in and it's working fine. And when I did finally get the extended to boot the battery symbol came up first as empty and then a second later as full.

Defective Nexus, Battery, or just bug?

 

[bhoman1]

Battery issue

The same thing also happened to me about a month ago extended seemed dead put original in and worked fine the shut down and swapped and no problem since wierd

 

[SSHGuru]

That's very weird that it happened to you also. I wonder if there is an issue with the extended battery since I never had a problem with the standard.

 

[SSHGuru]

Also what would happen if you didn't have a standard available - no way to get it working...

 

[INCREMENTAL]

I had the extended for mine and never had this issue. I had tons of other issues so I had to let her go to something I'm actually enjoying alot more. Nexus is a great phone but has alot of kinks to work out.

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[SSHGuru]

I honestly thought I had a dead Nexus and was pissed I had waited to back it up...

Which I will do right now.

 

[SSHGuru]

Ugh. Cant figure out how to access my backup files with MyBackupPro on the Nexus.

 

[BayouFlyFisher]

I read a lot of threads early after release about bad extended batteries. Perhaps this is one of the symptoms of a failing extended battery??

Also, I seem to recall that the Gnex will run without a battery if it is plugged in.

Good luck.

 

[SSHGuru]

Well today in the middle of a call the phone re-booted. First time ever. So I called tech support and they said I had a bad extended battery but they were OUT (again).

They called my local store and told me I could go there and exchange it. I went there and at first they thought they were out and found ONE. They swapped it out and I'm using it now.

I also bought the Verizon Silicon Black Cover - it fits the extended even better than the standard IMHO and looks nice.

 

[familia5az]

Phone turned off with extended battery and no dice powering back on. Removed battery and reinstalled. Phone working again.

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[sbenson]

Phone turned off with extended battery and no dice powering back on. Removed battery and reinstalled. Phone working again.

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Mine did this as well. I chalked it up to SOD, but maybe it's the extended battery? I'll have to keep an eye on this.

 

[SSHGuru]

Glad it went back on - it wouldn't go back on for me until I swapped the regular battery first.

But after my first re-boot in a call today it was clearly defective an I got a new one. Liking the case too even though it's a big bulky.

Phone turned off with extended battery and no dice powering back on. Removed battery and reinstalled. Phone working again.

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