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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
My guess is watchdog might, just might be the culprit here and the logic behind that is watchdog watches for applications that are using more than a certain of amount of CPU power and power requires certain power frequencies and volts ....getting the idea:D do a little digging u might find out something in the log(s)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
my friend do you think this is no hardware problem?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehdi.xterra:
hi friends, please help me my arc after downgrade from 2.3.4 to .181 not work on battery power my arc just on charging work please helppppp i need my arc pleaseeeeee :(((((
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
no one help..go your arc to service
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frodo07:
what is special about you?

i need my neo too and i have to wait too for a solution of this damned problem.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehdi.xterra:
this is a software problem or hardware? if this problem is a hardware problem why after the downgrade hapen?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuong1787:
help me please...:(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jinx13:
Can I connect to you today and take a TA backup?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0pt1mus arcan0id:
just had my arc sent to the service center asked me to get back after 2-3 days gud thing i have my warranty i will query them about the prob as soon as i get my phone replaced i will keep u guys updated

ps: anyone who is try to get there phone rooted DON`T its not worth it...who knows u might get same problem, which does not have solution as of now...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
XDA you have a many clever man please help us!!!:(:(:(:(:(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lungocphu:
Please update new information to us as soon as you get your phone back. All of us, thanks a lot
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtdc:
i am on 2.3.3 (4.0.A.2.368) rooted with doomlord kernel img. so what's the best way to get to 2.3.4 (4.0.1.A.0.283) without getting this unfortunate problem?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
Allright my two bits about this entire matter, the red led and the 0% charge problem. These are my views entirely, I may or may not be wrong so here goes:

1. If the battery is discharged beyond a limit, it will not be able to build up a charge and will not charge with the charger. The circuits in the phone, in particular the charge circuits have a kind of safety sensor and if the charge in the battery has gone below the specified limit, then in that case the battery will not be able to start the process that begins charging from a near empty battery to a fully charged one.

If you do try this, then remember you are doing this at your own risk, and you will be the one to blame and not me

2. In case, you have a depleted or nearly depleted battery, u will have a red light, in such a case u can rig your own portable charger by doing the following:

1. take a usb cable (a used one that is working or buy one that u can experiment with)

2. cut the usb cable (find the black (-) and red (+) wire)

3. remove the insulation covering from the red and black cable.

4. connect the other end of the usb cable to an external usb hub (5v) and connect the (-) of the wire to the (-) on the battery and the (+) of the wire to the (+) end of the battery and wait for about 3 - 5 mins for the charge to build up in the battery

5. reinsert the battery into the phone and connect the phone to the charger and hopefully, it should be charging now.

The other thing u can do is try to charge the battery with and external charger 5v OR if u have an external usb hub with 5v capacity and try charging it with that, once u get charging state, then u can remove it and plug the phone back into the SE charger. Remember we just need to bring the battery out of its current non-charging state and also remember if anything goes wrong, don't blame me :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
i have 2 battery no one work.ok one battery not work,then why new not working too????
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Sorry but battery is fine cause i checked it and it have 4.15 volts witch is full charge.....
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
If that is the case, then it seems when we have downgraded from 2.3.4 the software is affecting the hardware

---------- Post added at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:47 PM ----------

Did u check the battery voltage using a multimeter
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
yes battery is ok.and voltage to battery ok too...this is software or chip who sent info from charge
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
can u pls provide logs of the battery volts and the battery charge capacity if it's not much of a botheration :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0pt1mus arcan0id:
As I said earlier (no offence rubenswing) but i think there some issue with software which responds with the battery stats and not the battery itself it seems to work perfectly i asked asked the guys at the service center to check my battery with another arc and vice versa a different battery on my arc and my battery worked with the other phone however mine did`nt work with the new battery..... :confused:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes with multimeter
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
None taken :) then it sure seems to be a case of s/w affecting the h/w
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icet925:
Did any fix this issue??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lungocphu:
Why can nobody help us?

Problem happen when root by gingerbreak 1.2, what did happen in this process?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anikill3010:
this problem need see in a debugger mode...

:confused:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] visarya:
i am stuck at 0%, this what i see in adb log

D/kernel ( 110): [ 1.834655] semc_battery_data: probe

W/kernel ( 110): [ 4.469757] Please check boot accessing charger (want 0x50, got 0xac) ***

D/kernel ( 110): [ 4.471069] chargalg chargalg: Registering battery charging algorithm driver

D/kernel ( 110): [ 5.294586] *********** Charger Type: HOST PC

D/kernel ( 110): [ 5.977294] Charger Type: STD DOWNSTREAM PORT

D/kernel ( 110): [ 5.977600] bq24185: Turning on charger. USB-Host mode

D/kernel ( 110): [ 5.978485] bq24185: Disabling charger

D/kernel ( 110): [ 5.981842] bq24185: Setting input charger current to 500 mA

D/kernel ( 110): [ 5.982696] bq24185: Setting charger voltage to 4200 mV

D/kernel ( 110): [ 5.983947] bq24185: Setting charger current to 1050 mA

D/kernel ( 110): [ 5.984802] bq24185: Enabling charger

D/kernel ( 110): [ 6.652679] bq24185: Disabling charger

D/kernel ( 110): [ 7.071014] bq24185: Setting input charger current to 500 mA

D/kernel ( 110): [ 7.071777] bq24185: Enabling charger

E/BatteryService( 232): batteryCapacityPath not found

E/BatteryService( 232): batteryVoltagePath not found

I/SystemServer( 232): Battery Service

D/lights ( 232): open_lights: open=battery

D/lights ( 232): set_light_battery: color=0xffff0000, mode=0

I/fota ( 761): [761][util]Changed to Battery Level 0%
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
what we must do?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
Seems to me a problem with the DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling) settings. SE might have made changes to sleep/wake settings so that they can cater to a wider variety of hardware specs with the 2.3.4 update, but i guess they have made no changes to the boot settings
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
hardware or software problem?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
Its a case of s/w affecting the h/w somehow, technically it shld be a s/w problem, but even after flashing other firmwares the problem is still retained by the set, so it seems that s/w is changing the h/w settings....maybe a bug which SE forgot to overlook :( and unintentionally damage is being caused.

If you read visarya's log it says W/kernel ( 110): [ 4.469757] Please check boot accessing charger (want 0x50, got 0xac) ***
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
ok..we must go to service.no one interest and help us
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdttester:
But I don't undestand this.... If this issue is caused after running Gingerbreak, and not after downgrade 2.3.4 to 2.3.2... why is this a bug or problem related to SE?

Maybe it's time to see what Gingerbreak runs on the phone, and try to discover how could these operations cause this issue.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
Yes u definitely should go to a service center as far as the "interest" part is concerned, its not that nobody wants to help, this is a problem which is peculiar in its own way something which is not seen on a regular basis. My belief is that some people might be on work right now, trying to find a solution .... don't forget "Impossible things can be done in a minute, its only the miracles that take a little longer" and this forum has seen its share of miracles in the past, and many more to come in the future.....hang around someone might just put up a patch or something for it, or who knws maybe even SE might just do something about it.. just give it time or if u have a warranty take a walk down to the service center...they will replace the motherboard
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duvel999:
d*mm we got a serious problem here..

is there nobody who can help us /fix it...?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
As i have said earlier, my problem was not caused due to gingerbreak, all i did was downgraded from 2.3.4 and thats when i encountered the problem so no root for me and yet i got it.........:(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
i said!xda forum have many clever man,but no one of this clever dont want help us.i think this is software but without doomloard we cant do anything
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] visarya:
how much will the motherboard replace cost, i bought the phone few months back.

also what is the stock firmware for phones sold in india , is it singapore or hongkong
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
motherboard 200-400$
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
If you bought the phone a few months back from India itself then it should be in warranty as the warranty is for 1 year from the date of purchase and as for the stock firmware, since the phone being sold in India is not tied to a carrier it is global generic as such there is no Indian firmware.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] visarya:
i am going to wait for a day or two, in case we have a software fix available. service center would be the last place i want to go
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elessar76:
Finally i reflashed my Neo with original firm and sent to SE...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey guys if I want take my phone with warranty to T-mobile shop where can i get tmobile FW??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icet925:
I am so pissed of mostly at myself for doing this...

I've tried all the recommendations but still no fix...

I think you might be right though...

We should look in and see if Gingerbreak is the culprit...

I think someone in here didn't even root their phone but still have the problem though...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
Yep that would be me.....no root, no gingerbreak yet phone broke :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I would suggest everyone to go to this thread and posts their logs. Hopefully something can be done to fix this.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shtreber:
Problem is in kernel as far as i can see from the log.

Is it possible to flash stock kernel?

Battery voltage path not found? I think its main reason why u got 0%.

semc_battery_data file? in kernel?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icet925:
Don't you already flashing stock kernel when you flash the stock rom??

I've tried using Dooms kernel but still the same.....:(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agralirid:
I send Xperia after sales service, nothing works
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] regcoll:
I have the same problem and I've tried everything I could think of or was mentioned in all threads.

Do you think it could be possible to cancel/block automatic shutdown of the phone in the meantime?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anhviet030295:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1278213&page=2 Go to this topic to get a help from XDAer :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiDra:
Hi all,

For those who sent your arc to the software center, did you get it back? What did SE service center said about this issue. Can SE's technical fix this problem.

I'm still not sending mine to the service center yet, just waiting for a software related method to fix this issue.

Hope that it will come soon :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
I sent mine 2 days ago and the service center said that they would be replacing the motherboard and that wld take another 10 days or so, but they are replacing it. Right now even the service center guys have no clue, in my opinion some very experienced devs in this forum need to take out a kernel patch for it...and if they don't then SE will eventually release a patch for it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiDra:
OMG, replace the motherboard!!! Poor me :(

I've just thought that this issue is related to the ROM, the bootloader or something that can be fixed by flashing or reseting the software only.

OMG, I have no money to replace the motherboard :( :( :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubenswing:
No need to panic as of now, as the SE service center guys are not so experienced as the guys in this forum as far as troubleshooting goes, all they did was run a few tests which were standard in nature and since those tests were bound to fail which the tests faithfully did (the same thing that I did like switching it on and off, flashing the default firmware) they reached the conclusion that all that could be done they did and now the only way out was to replace the motherboard..because they do not have the time to extensively troubleshoot a single phone so why bother and that's the reason they said that they would be changing the mobo. As I have stated earlier in my posts in this thread that i am of the opinion (just my opinion only) this is related to DVFS (as per the log files) and so somebody is bound to take out a patch, now its just a race against time to see who does that first...SE or XDA
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiDra:
Thank you for your comforting :)

Let's wait and hope :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyb15re:
How long have you had the phone, if its under 12 months the manufacturers warranty should cover replacement.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiDra:
Hi, I bought it from another country so, I can not be warrantied with the local SE :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jinx13:
Anyone seen this? HERE

Quote the_laser...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nghiemdung:
Seen.but still dont know how to do it.:( can anyone take me a guide?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0pt1mus arcan0id:
i got a call from se today telling me the same thing that they need to change the motherboard or they might replace the phone which will take around 2-3 weeks they are not willing to reveal the actual problem they waded off my query about the problem telling that the handset is faulty maybe bcos of fear to deface sony`s public image...

a friend of mine had successfully rooted his phone from by the same method downgrade to 2.3.2> gingerbreak root>ota back 2.3.4 but then on the next day he tried install the theme [updated 24-7] Transparant Simply Clear theme with CRT screen off animation using the guide instead of step 4 he accidentally skipped it to 6 and then 5

4. move the framework-res.apk to system

5. set permissions to User VV-, Group V--, Others V--

6. move the file to system-framework and replace original

but he was late framework force closed and rebooted the phone which then had battery more than 60% ended to zero%

he is also getting the phone replaced....but how could that happen if it was for gingerbreak causing this problem he said after rooting, the phone worked perfectly fine the whole night...

so what if its not due to gingerbreak, may be something to do with 2.3.2 update or downgrading..

whatever it is its has created enough confusions and problems hope someone finds a solution for this and put an end to our misery...

i`m just asking i could be wrong or insensible but then isn`t it possible to flash a romdump of working phone onto the not working ones.... are there any conflicts hardware match anything as such....
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KenTsang:
I sent my arc to SE too. They said 2 to 4 weeks to repair.:mad:

I wonder if we force to flash with another similar firmware can help?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyb15re:
No, I tried flashing 5 different firmwares and it didnt help, there is something messed up that is modified by one of the upgrade/downgrades that is not corrected when you re apply that upgrade/downgrade..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heidality:
http://support.setool.net/showthrea...with-0-Battery-after-downgrade-and-root/page9
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiDra:
Does anyone know what will happen if we flash an X10 firmware (*.ftf) to the Arc?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtdc:
Looks like this is the closest to the fix for the problem, thanks for sharing that link.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shtreber:
Last page got some temporary fix.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pecholino:
one question:

when you apply the 1% battery patch, is the battery being acctually charged when connected to the charger or it will eventually drain if used without charger?
[Acer Iconia A500] life02:
I just saw that GeeXboX has added support for the tegra 2 platform. I haven't tried it myself yet but it looks very interesting... basically it's XBMC on the A500.

http://www.geexbox.org/
[Acer Iconia A500] HD87:
How to install? If possible, test out & post up a tutorial. Would be awesome to get Navy-X on it.
[Acer Iconia A500] qwertylesh:
Would this workaround for our devices lacking the NEON instruction-set preventing us from playing high grade full hd video files? if not and if its a full ROM, then it sort of just gimps our devices compared to android dont u think. >.>
[Acer Iconia A500] HD87:
anyone tried to install yet? can't figure it out..
[Acer Iconia A500] BigKenW:
Thanks man. It doesn't support a touchscreen but I might try it on an older desktop I have.
[Epic 4G General] Modmyppc:
I was curious I really like Go launcher ex but I like the launcher pro widgets I paid for more then the ones go launcher offers.Once I go to Go launcher ex as my home screen the launcher pro widgets section disappears and visa-versa

Or even if I was to have the launcher pro widgets on Touch wiz.

Can it be done and how do I do it?

Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] Xhyperion:
SHE CANNO BE DONE CAPTN - Scotty
[Epic 4G General] Modmyppc:
Why not..

there must be a way!
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Android pro widgets. Problem solved.
[Acer Iconia A500] tanjinjack:
Hi,

I just got an A500 for my mum, mainly for games and Chinese handwriting to surf Facebook. Suit her need but I am aware of an update 4.010.40 which is 376.99MB big. It always got stuck at some point and end up I have to redownload the whole update. My broadband is a weak 1Mbps (it's normal in my country!!), but I don't think that affects very much.

Anyway, I am here to ask for any possible alternative, a wired update? Or I just have to keep trying?

EDIT: It's unrooted.
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
I just uploaded it for you here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=44R7PBHW

Already decrypted, and ready to install ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] tanjinjack:
Thanks a lot for the effort. What do I do with that? I don't have root.
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Rename the file to "update.zip", place it on your external SD Card, turn off your tablet. Hold down volume up button while holding the power button until you see three lines of white writing on the screen, and then let the tablet update. Don't let up on the volume or power until you see the three lines of text on the screen.

;)
[Acer Iconia A500] tanjinjack:
Okay, now I know what's going on. LOL!

Thanks a lot. Will try the OTA method a few more times. If it still fails, I'll do it this way.
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
If the file you asked for is the same as you're trying to download OTA, it's the same exact file, and will update you in the same manner that the OTA will. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] tanjinjack:
Okay, I may sound annoying but no one wants to brick a 2-days old gadget.

You mentioned about decrypting it, why do you need to do so?
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
So you can update from your SD Card, but I think you should probably wait for your update OTA, given the questions you're asking, you may very well brick your tablet. I was just trying to help.

Good luck!
[Acer Iconia A500] sanaell:
if you cant double click and open the zip file, then that mean it's decrypted :D

else you need to decrypt the file and then extract the update.zip contained inside the OTA file... many post about that :D try to search for simply... post from Vache about OTA files :D
[Acer Iconia A500] daspien:
same problem here

thanks for how to

only question is the update.zip

compatible to upgrade firmware

acer_a500_1.139.04_com_gen1
[Acer Iconia A500] Pablo Angodung:
Hi! I have the same issue. Wud u be able upload the file once again on the link, pls
[About XDA developers] cdesai:
I'ld like to suggest some possible improvements

First off i'ld like to suggest some improvements to moderation

As we all know, xda currently has Senior Mods and Forum Mods

Senior Mods can mod all over and Forum mods are sub-forum specific

But still many sub-forums are still mod-less, and the people posting in those sub-forums need to contact Senior Mods for help(I once had to reserve some posts in a new thread i created, had to open the mod list and open each profile, till i found an online Senior Mod whom I PMed about the issue - That was due to the new system - Post was added at ... ---- Previous Post was added at ... - I think this should be disabled just for the OP as he/she would like to reserve some posts before allowing others to post)

As i told, many sub-forums still don't have mods, i'ld suggest appointing some Junior Mods

They can be restricted to the following things:

Edit any post of the sub-forum they moderate, and not delete

Close Threads but with a strong reason

Maintain peace and unity in the fora

This'ld greatly reduce the burden of the current Mods and help us all

Another thing i'ld like to suggest is re-arrangement of the Devices

I know you can search any device by typing just half the name in the search box on top right, but still i think this'ld be a better layout

*General Discussion

* OS 1

* OS 2

* Chef Central

*Major Manufacturer(M.M.) 1

**Major Manufacturer 1 General

**M.M. Device 1

**M.M. Device 2

*Other Manufacturers(small scale)

**Other Manufacturers General

**Other Manufacturers Device 1

*Thrash and others

This would help find devices quicker and reduce clutter

One example - (Not being biased, but i have mostly owned Samsung devices so know more about them only)

The Manufacturer wise general section could help more because most of the phones from a single manufacturer are similar in structure(s/w wise)

Like all Samsung phones can be flashed by a Windows based tool - Odin and the procedure varies slightly

This would greatly reduce confusion IMO

THE above lines are just my thinking, feel free to voice your opinion, and Mods please do reply on what you think of it!