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I recently had problems with my WileyFox Swift phone - the battery was completely drained to 0%.
When attempting to charge from any source the phone would automatically switch on and boot (apparently this happens with some kernels). This would then use power faster than it was charging and reset itself - ultimately getting stuck in an endless loop.
Leaving this for 12 hours I would still see 0% battery when in Android and the reboot cycle continued.
After some experimenting, by restarting the phone into the bootloader menu (hold power and volume down when it restarts) I was able to get to a state where it was using less power than was going in. This let the battery trickle charge.
After 4 hours charging in this state I booted into Android and was met with a wonderful "3%" battery showing. From here the phone charged normally and has been fine ever since.
Obviously I'm avoiding a complete power out in future, but this tip might help someone else...