so the option to not charge it is not ticked under power settings, and its set to charge via usb from advanced config and still no dice.
tried different usb ports and nothing
the led is orange, says its charging in power options
any thoughts?
Try a diffrent usb cable, some cables do not provide enough power to charge the phone. (guessing maybe they are old 1.1 cabels). But I know I have a few cables around that dont charge my phone and they also will not work with my portable external usb hard drive because they wont provide enough power for it. But they work just fine with my digital camera.
I´ve read somewhere that disabling USB charging is better for the battery life, so I have it disabled.
You've tried different USB ports, but were they on the different computers?
so i've tried different cables, different ports and 2 different PC's and 2 different laptops.
I know its not the cable i'm currently using because i plugged it into one of those A/C to USB adapters and charged fine.
I'm starting to think its my batter,
If you have tbattery installed, do u get values for all the boxes?
All mine except 3 or 4 are 0 :/
Well, you are not the only one having this problem. Mine is brand new. I started setting it up last night and had it hooked to the computer via usb. I installed a few .cabs such as google maps, myphone, and a few tweaks such as tether, disable sent notification, enable all camera modes, and manila start menu unlocker. While it was connected it said it was charging. When I went to bed I turned it off and connected it to another usb cable on another computer which is an a/c hub. I went to turn it on this morning and thought it was strange it was not fully charged. I continued to set it up a bit and take it for a spin. After a while I turned it off again and hooked it to the usb a/c charger again. I just tried turning it on and nothing was happening. I connected it to the usb again and it finally turned on, but I checked the battery level and it was at 0% and turned off. I have it connected to the a/c charger and giving it a little bit to see what will happen. One thing that seems strange is that the battery discharged more while it was off and attached to the usb a/c hub during the afternoon causing it to refuse to turn on at all. Any thoughts?
fone_fanatic said:
so i've tried different cables, different ports and 2 different PC's and 2 different laptops.
I know its not the cable i'm currently using because i plugged it into one of those A/C to USB adapters and charged fine.
I'm starting to think its my batter,
If you have tbattery installed, do u get values for all the boxes?
All mine except 3 or 4 are 0 :/
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I think the odds are pretty good it's your battery. The orange light means power is going through the charging circuit, so you obviously have your settings correct.
I'm guessing you're in Austin or near? If you want to try popping my battery in it for a few minutes and see if it charges fine then, PM me and we can set something up.
the same thing is happening with mine. Sometimes it will charge, sometimes it wont. weird thing is that it only started doing this a few days ago... i know nothing has changed ROM wise, so only things i can think now is maybe the actual USB connector on the phone or the battery, but since I am getting a charge via wall chargers im not sure what to think lol
Just an update.
If i have the USB cable plugged in (and car charger to which doesn't charge as well ) after 15 min or so a warning appears saying that the current is too low to charge the device. Either closed unused apps or switch to a/c power.
I've ordered a 1800mah Mugen Power Battery. Gonna see if it resolves the issue, if it does then i'm gonna call at&t and see if they'll swap my battery for me.
I have found as have others here after reading some posts that if the phone is almost dead or battery is very low then it will not charge via the USB anymore. The orange light goes on and it says that its charging but the charging circuit seems to be protecting the phone and not letting the battery charge.
The only solution I have found, and it has only happened twice so far is to plug it into a wall charger and fully charge the battery. It will then charge via USB again and all is good. I normally only charge my phone with usb while connected to Activesync but once in a while you seem to need to top it up with a wall charger.
It is also highly recomended not to run Lithium Ion batteries right out.
How do you know it is not charging?
There is a difference in the wiring from a wall charger and a USB charger. There is a signal line in the wall charger telling it to charge at near 1000ma. In the USB cable that line tells it to limit the charge current to 500ma. That is the limit for current that you should pull from a USB port. If you are using the unit heavily, you may actually need more then the 500ma., those running the battery down possibly.
If the unit is idle, it will still take much longer to charger from USB then off of a wall charger.
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How do you know it is not charging?
There is a difference in the wiring from a wall charger and a USB charger. There is a signal line in the wall charger telling it to charge at near 1000ma. In the USB cable that line tells it to limit the charge current to 500ma. That is the limit for current that you should pull from a USB port. If you are using the unit heavily, you may actually need more then the 500ma., those running the battery down possibly.
If the unit is idle, it will still take much longer to charger from USB then off of a wall charger.
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If you are asking me, I know it was not charging because I also had the "not enough power to charge message" and the phone went from about 15% when I plugged it in to stone cold dead by the morning. The whole time it was pluged into a computer I have used repeatedly to charge it with. I then put it on a AC charger and it went to full charger in about an hour and a half or so.
Over the past few days my phone has been acting up in a weird way...
The wall chargers I have charge the phone perfectly, but for some reason when i plug the phone in via USB to my PC, it wont stay connected. I keep getting the "This device will perform faster when plugged in to a USB 2.0 port."
I know the port that my phone is plugged into is a 2.0 port, but for some reason the error keeps popping up in my PC taskbar. Also sometimes it will connect for a few minutes and the charging LED will show up orange on the phone (same color as when it is charging via the wall charger) and windows makes the "ding" device connected sound and then a few minutes later it just disconnects. I messed with the cable thinking it was a loose connection but no dice....
When charging through my car charger, the same thing happens. It will charge sometimes and sometimes it wont. I am using the wall/car charger from T-Mobile.
It seems as though the charging issue happens more when i choose ActiveSync as the connection type. If I choose Disk Drive it will last a little bit longer.
Anyone have any ideas? If all else fails I will send it off to HTC for a replacement since I didnt get the phone directly from a T-Mobile retailer.
time to bump bump--- bump bump it up!
Anybody have any luck charging their EVO via computer USB connection on the latest OTA (3.70-something)?
When I was running 3.29, I was able to charge my EVO by plugging into the PC. I could confirm this by watching the battery bar -- often it was yellow, I plugged it into my PC and waited for an hour, then unplug it and it would be at 60-70%. I upgraded to 3.70, and now it says "Charging" when I plug it into my PC, but it doesn't charge. In fact, my battery got critically low the other day and I plugged it into my PC. I was using it about an hour later and it switched off (while still plugged in!) due to no battery. I had to plug it into the wall charger to get power back. It seems the only way I can charge now is by connecting directly to the wall charger.
I know it's not the cable - I'm using the HTC provided one. Nothing changed except the version of software my phone is running. This has happened to me once before - when I first bought the EVO, I could charge via USB, then one of the OTA updates applied and I wasn't able to. One of the subsequent updates came through and I have been able to charge, up until the latest version. I also tried multiple PCs... it doesn't seem to charge on any of them.
Is there a setting somewhere or something? Anyone else experiencing this?
Have 3.70 and alway charge over USB at work. Try flash other rom.
On my primary car I use a USB adapter to charge the phone. Prior to the SG2 I had a HD2 which (I think) charged fine.
If the phone has a zero charge I plug it in and it will automatically boot and the charge indicator shows charging but the battery indicator does not move for a while. Charging when using the phone never seems to keep up with the charge. After about 5 minutes the top indicator (when phone is on) starts to move and the phone will charge - although it seems pretty slowly.
The weirdness - when I plug in the USB cable to a laptop when its off the battery indicator lights up on the screen (pictagram) showing the phone is charging but it doesn't boot which is correct. What is weird is below:
In the car when you attempt to turn it off the phone with the long power button press and select the right options the phone will close down - you get the TMobile logo then the screen blanks out - then IT REBOOTS on its own!
Could under voltage be doing this? or is the cig port doing something odd with the voltage or amps? Know the USB port works and charges because I can charge it off a laptop, wall charger, computer etc and it works as it should. Its not the cable because I tried it on the computers.
Also tried a different usb/cig adapter - actually three and get the same results. Car only has 1 cig port.
Anyone have an idea?
My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo will only charge through my laptop's USB ports. It does not charge on the normal wall charger, car charger, battery power pack. Although it says it is charging, it doesn't charge and the battery percentage keeps going down.
I've used multiple new cables/chargers but I get the same result with all.
I cannot root or flash anything on the phone because it comes up as an unknown on device on my computer. I've factory reset the phone, wipe cache, reinstalled samsung drivers, enabled USB Debugging mode and tried on MTP/PTP.
Any ideas anyone?