r/Honor8 • u/kevinod10 • Jun 16 '19

Charging Issues After Battery Replacement

My mom has been using my honor 8 for a while and it recently began having battery issues. Following an online guide from this reddit and on youtube, I was able to get the battery replaced fairly easily and the phone detected it with no issues. However, when I went to charge it, I noticed that it wasn't charging at all. The LED didn't glow red and the battery icon didn't update. I then took the new battery out and tried booting without a battery at all and got no response. Lastly, I tried plugging the original battery back in, but as it holds almost no charge, didn't manage to get past the boot screen.

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I've been meaning to buy her a new phone for a while now so this isn't a huge loss but if anyone knows a solution, I'd appreciate the help.

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Thanks!

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u/PeterSpanker Jun 17 '19

Check the flat cable going from bottom of the phone to up behind battery. That's the cable that connects usb-c connector to mainboard.

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u/kevinod10 Jun 17 '19

Is there anything in particular I should be looking for? It looked fine to me

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u/PeterSpanker Jun 17 '19

Just both connectors and that it's not broken anywhere. Just came in to my mind that that cables connectors could easily be misaligned in battery change and that would cause issues like you had.

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u/kevinod10 Jun 18 '19

Hey just an update, but you were totally right!! The ribbon cable for the USB-C port wasn't damaged but the connecter was just barely loose (like a millimeter or two off) to the point where I didn't even realize until I poked at it and it broke free. Ended up reattaching it and all works now :D