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Hey again! So now the new weird thing that's going on is that, for the past few days, the mod had been showing that it's 70something percent charged. I began to become suspicious of it this morning because, ya know, batteries don't stay charged forever. I went to fire it up and my watts reading went down to 3w (from 105 where it's set) and it wasn't giving me a puff. Next thing I know, it read 0%. So it went from reading, say, 75% charged to zero in about ten seconds. It seems to be charging fine now, though. Edit: It seems to be charging a lot faster than normal. I've had it plugged in for 11 minutes and it's up to almost 20%. Something is whack-a-doodle with the charging, here. Something is........going on....

Well, through my own negligence and many oversights, I've been a bit rough on mine. I can't tell you how many times, for example, either I or one of my kids knocked it **almost** to the ground before the charging cable saved it from crashing down, which you can imagine put a lot of force on the cable/port. And that's just one of virtually endless examples, now that I've taken the time to really look into this thing and honestly recollect its abusive upbringing. This was my fault. The board is fantastic and Steamcrave build is also top notch. There's no doubt my next device will be a 250c, once I finally and inevitably kill this one.

I ended up taking it apart to get to the board so I could do some tweaking/crimping on the USB port. In the process, the solder point on the 510 broke off so I had to use some solder to solder the solder. The connection now is a lot tighter and seems to be more stable. I guess that the lesson here for future people who find this thread is: Mess with your USB port and ensure that it provides a tighter home for your charger - or just use an external lipo charger and save your fragile port.

Here ya go. Jeez, now I see on the battery itself that it's printed right on there, "4-cell". Which is weird because everywhere that sells it is calling it a 3-cell and I was going by their descriptions. P.S., we're at 37%! I guess talking to you guys scared it straight lol

Actually, it has now found its way to 34% and the USB voltage is reading 4.252

Here's what I did, as far as any physical hardware-type things: 1. I bought the new lipo 2. It had all the same connectors as the old battery (XT60 and 5-pin JST-XH) so I plugged them in.

Hi everyone, thanks for caring enough about my problem to read this So...I'd noticed that I wasn't getting a charge on my mod. It seemed to not be able to get up past about 25 or so percent. At first I'd assumed that maybe it was a port issue (I charge exclusively with the USB cable) but the connection seems solid on EScribe even now, as I type this. After trying a few things, including a firmware update to eScribe's USB recovery charging, it ended up going to 0% and so I ordered a new battery, the specs of which are: Battery Model HV 1800mAh 4S LiPo Application Aircraft & Comp Crawlers Type Silicon Graphene Voltage 15.2 nominal Capacity @14.8V 1700mAh Capacity @15.2V 1800mAh Weight 175g Connector Type XT60 Balance Connector 4 Pin XH Number of Cells 3 Cell Configuration 3S1P Dimensions (WxLxH) 33.5x86.5x27.5mm Maximum Charge Rate 2C (3.6A) Burst Current 90C Watt Hour @11.4V 20.5Wh The original battery's specs, copied from Element Vape: Fullymax 4s Li-Po Battery Pack, offering a massive 6400mAh capacity, 14.8V output, and is crafted for the Hadron Pro DNA250C. Steam Crave Fullymax 4s Li-Po Battery Pack Features: • Battery Capacity: 6400mAh (4 x 1600mAh) • Max Discharge Current: 30A • Voltage: 14.8V • Max Charge Rate: 23.68wh • Chemistry: Li-Po The new battery is listed as a 3-cell battery. When I select 3-cell in EScribe and go to the device monitor, it shows the voltage for three cells, USB power and USB current are 0.000 and USB voltage is 5.something volts. When I switch it over to 4-cell, it shows voltage on a 4th cell, USB power is 2.697w, USB current is .668a and USB voltage is 4.2v. Also, set on 4-cell, the cells are all very stable at 3.73v (voltage is 14.93) where when I had it set to a 3-cell battery they were changing rapidly. So is it a 4-cell battery, or is EScribe misreading it, or...what could be going on here? I want to know what I'm doing more, but I really don't. I just want the battery to charge so I can puff on my vape, man! Even with the new battery, the charge level seems to be stuck between 25 and 27% and won't go higher. Are there settings I should adjust when replacing the battery? Can someone who actually understands this maybe help guide me to getting this thing right?