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Hi everyone (and sorry for my bad english) !
Since some days my GSM Galaxy Nexus is anoying me with a problem I can't understand.
At random moments, my GN thinks he is charging but he isn't even plugged !
The indicator in the notification bar shows the battery is in charge and all the phone believes he is charging.
Other problème, the charging indicatore comes and goes again and again and again, so the scree goes on everytime the GN is "plugged in".
My battery goes down at the speed of light this way ...
I tried to wipe, uninstall potential apps that could cause the issue, changing rom, changing kernel ... It still happening but not every time. Often it comes when the battery is under 50% or arround. I also have battery drops when I reboot the phone, like if the battery wasn't correctly calibrate ...
If I reboot the phone, the problem still here, if i get the battery off and then put it back and reboot the phone it works normaly ... for a indeterminate time ...
This problem make me crazy, is anyone got a solution ?
Thanks for all.
Anyone can help please ?
I would definitely demand a replacement battery. For me it seems like the battery is broken, therefore it's a warranty issue. If the problem still exists, it must be the hardware of the phone itself. I don't think it's a software problem, since you wiped, changed rom and even the kernel.
So demand a replacement of the battery!
Thanks for your answer ! I'll try this but I don't think samsung customer support will send me a replacement battery like that, they will ask me to send back the phone I think.
I recently had the same issue... here's what fixed it for me. I took the battery out and left the phone plugged into the outlet. Let it sit. I then installed the battery and let it finish its charge while the phone was off. I then took the battery out, unplugged the charger from the phone, and reinserted battery. Power on, VOILA! Mine was back to normal. Hope this helps.
Thanks for helping ! I'll try this
I just saw that I'm not alone in this case : http://code.google.com/p/android/is...s Owner Summary Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=23789
This issue is considerated as a medium priority, I hope for a fix !
I have the exact same problem, and have also commented on the issue at code.google.com. I have also tried "everything". Changed ROM, kernel, wiped battery stat, even let it fully charge while off. Still the same problem where it show as charging in notification bar when unplugged.. and when it have drained to below 50% or so, it start to flicked between charging and not-charging and drains even faster.
After checking CPU Spy it tells me that the phone never goes to sleep, this causes the battery to only last about 12-14 hours by itself..
I have also tryed to open the phone and clean the connector, but it did not fix it. One thing that is strange, is if I pry a toot stick or similar in the micro-usb-connector to press the connector plate (inside the micro-usb-connector) down with the phone faced up, it actually stops to flicker and stays not-charging.
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Same problem here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379478 and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21031287#post21031287
I have the same problem, and it make my crazy.
I bought the phone about month ago and this problem came in the second week.
I plugged my phone up to my car charger omw home for lunch and the stupid charging issue started to happen all over again... I had to do the whole thing over again. Remove otterbox, back shell, battery, and put it all back together. I'm really trying to avoid swapping the phone out with verizon. With the way it's looking, I'm about to call and hassle a VZW CSR and get me an instant swap in the morning. This is unacceptable SAMSUNG. Bad thing is, it must be common with Smsg phones, as I found 5 other devices of theirs that seemed to have the same problem Nexus S and Fascinate being two of them.
Same issue here as well, with the battery icon showing the charging bolt despite not being plugged in.
This will happen when the phone is not in use, and ill notice the screen flash on for a moment.
I tried the solution offered in this thread, only to have the symptom return just hours after powering the phone back on, and w/o being plugged back into another charger.
Same here, the solution didn't work for me but push the conector down with a toothpick seems to work for me ... for the moment.
So it seems to be a hardware problem of the device !
I have now ordered a new USB connector board to see if that fixes it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150713366355
Will report back.
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When did you buy your phones? This could be a problem on early batches.
Could you see what part number you have on the actual USB connector?
I see that on this replacement board the number is 1H13D, while my number is 1J10F.
The replacement board with 1H13D written on it: http://www.globaldirectparts.com/v/vspfiles/photos/SMSNG6111630-6.jpg
Melhouse said:
I have now ordered a new USB connector board to see if that fixes it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150713366355
Will report back.
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When did you buy your phones? This could be a problem on early batches.
Could you see what part number you have on the actual USB connector?
I see that on this replacement board the number is 1H13D, while my number is 1J10F.
The replacement board with 1H13D written on it: http://www.globaldirectparts.com/v/vspfiles/photos/SMSNG6111630-6.jpg
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Hey, strong work! You might diagnose this thing before Google does. Keep us posted.
I'm experiencing this too, I did have it go away for about a week, but now it's back. I"m not looking forward to RMAing it, because I ordered it from the US and I'm in the Caribbean. I'm hoping the USB board replacement will work - waiting to see the results.
So glad I finally found this thread....
This started happening to me Friday night. First thing I noticed was while I was out the battery symbol had the lightning bolt in it as if it was charging, but it wasn't.
Long story short, nothing I do is able to charge the phone, both while the phone is on and while the phone is off) and it's REALLY pissing me off. The only response I can get from the phone is when it's off, it keeps looping over the two battery animations and acts like it's charging, but it's really not.
In all my playing around with it I somehow got it to charge to 40% yesterday. The only thing I can say for certain was that the phone was plugged in while I was trying to boot it up and when it shut off I didn't see the battery charging animations so I left it alone for a little bit before I checked it out and was surprised to see it charged a bit.
Today I was able to have it happen again and got the battery to 60%. This time I Started from the bootloader and again, when it turned off, I didn't see the battery animation.
I was able to reproduce this again just now by going into the bootloader and just choosing the option to power it off. Will report back in a little while to let you know if it charged past 60% after doing that.
Edit: powering off from the bootloader did not charge the phone. I accidentally pulled the battery and it went from 60% to 37% when I turned it back on. I think there is something screwy with my battery. Does anyone know if the regular Verizon battery fits in the GSM version?
I've got at least a similar issue, but managed to get a fix working (at least for now). I've had the phone for about 2.5 hours now. I got it with around 50% charge, after 1.5 hours, it was at 24% so I went to charge it. Tried the included USB cable to my Windows 7 PC, it tried to install drivers, the install failed. The battery was labeled as still discharging and the unlock screen told me to charge the battery.
I proceeded to try the samsung charging head thing with the original cable in one outlet, then in two more - same result, no charging indicated. Tried with a brand new micro USB cable and had no results. Tried the other cable with the PC. I read around on the issue a bit and found this thread, since people were saying it could be software related, I figured I would power down the device and try again.
I powered down the phone while it was disconnected from USB. I then plugged it into the USB cable connected to my computer. My PC then recognized the device and installed the drivers correctly, the bolt over the battery icon appeared on the Galaxy Nexus's screen. I let the screen turn off then woke it again, the battery charging animation was going. I booted the device while connected to USB. Now in the OS it says the battery is charging and it was charging from about 42% - so I think the actual battery power was not being properly reported before the reboot and when the charging problems were happening.
I'm hoping this has set it to work, but if something else happens, I'll post here again.
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I've got at least a similar issue, but managed to get a fix working (at least for now). I've had the phone for about 2.5 hours now. I got it with around 50% charge, after 1.5 hours, it was at 24% so I went to charge it. Tried the included USB cable to my Windows 7 PC, it tried to install drivers, the install failed. The battery was labeled as still discharging and the unlock screen told me to charge the battery.
I proceeded to try the samsung charging head thing with the original cable in one outlet, then in two more - same result, no charging indicated. Tried with a brand new micro USB cable and had no results. Tried the other cable with the PC. I read around on the issue a bit and found this thread, since people were saying it could be software related, I figured I would power down the device and try again.
I powered down the phone while it was disconnected from USB. I then plugged it into the USB cable connected to my computer. My PC then recognized the device and installed the drivers correctly, the bolt over the battery icon appeared on the Galaxy Nexus's screen. I let the screen turn off then woke it again, the battery charging animation was going. I booted the device while connected to USB. Now in the OS it says the battery is charging and it was charging from about 42% - so I think the actual battery power was not being properly reported before the reboot and when the charging problems were happening.
I'm hoping this has set it to work, but if something else happens, I'll post here again.
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I've had the phone for over a month now and never had any issues. I've been trying to plug into a Mac so drivers aren't an issue (I know from previous phones that in Windows the phone wouldn't charge until the right drivers were installed).
There's definitely something very wrong w/ the phone and I fear it's likely a hardware issue, as even when the phone is off it won't charge (but acts kind of like it is).
Right now the only surefire way for me to charge my phone is let it die all the way down and keep trying to boot it up until it dies during a boot before the OS comes up (at which point it'll charge).
For what it's worth I fixed the phone on Monday. I stuck a wooden stir stick from work in the usb port and pushed down on the plate inside ever so slightly. I'd seen this suggestion from a few places online, but I was pretty skeptical. Well, much to my surprise it started charging!
I quickly got it back to it's stock state and re-locked the booloader in case I end up needing to send the phone back to Sammy if the problem happens again.
So far so good, but I've been very careful when plugging and unplugging the usb cord.
I think it's important to keep the OP's issue in mind, because I'm pretty sure there are two different issues here.
1)Many of us have an issue were the phone shows it's charging WHILE UNPLUGGED, causing the screen to flick on repeatedly. This may/may not be accompanied by a charging issues - in my case it isn't.
2)A second issue where owners have problems charging their phones (but never experience the charging while unplugged bug).
I think the intent of this thread is to track (1). I've never heard of the toothpick issue helping those experiencing (1).
How are people pushing the usb plate down, any pictures?
Morning all,
I run:
rooted HTC One X running Renovate ROM
this phone is one of the faulty batch with the dodgey wifi issue
I have repaired the wifi issue
the phone has been working fine for the last 3 weeks
I plugged the phone in to charge last night
this morning it is totally dead, there is no charging light when plugged in,
I did notice that the phone was running very hot last night
phone is on T-Mobile UK
any ideas?
suspect the phone overheated and it cooked the battery
Sorry to hear that, I don't think it's a good idea to charge it through out the night. Can you still feel the heat of the mobile?
It has happended to me !!!!
scooters29 said:
Morning all,
I run:
rooted HTC One X running Renovate ROM
this phone is one of the faulty batch with the dodgey wifi issue
I have repaired the wifi issue
the phone has been working fine for the last 3 weeks
I plugged the phone in to charge last night
this morning it is totally dead, there is no charging light when plugged in,
I did notice that the phone was running very hot last night
phone is on T-Mobile UK
any ideas?
suspect the phone overheated and it cooked the battery
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No need to worry, it has happened to me a few times. remove it from the usb, make sure you plug it back into the wall charger and hold the power button looking at the LED on the top, it should go red. if not just press it and wait a few times. I know it sounds crazy but it has worked ever time. once the LED comes on, just leave it to charge.
My fix was to update my clockwork to 5.8.4.0 that fixed the USB isues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594819
hope this resolves your issue
shree.cse said:
Sorry to hear that, I don't think it's a good idea to charge it through out the night. Can you still feel the heat of the mobile?
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Theres no harm charging through the night..
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etsme said:
My fix was to update my clockwork to 5.8.4.0 that fixed the USB isues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594819
hope this resolves your issue
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Thanks everyone - I rooted last week so I'm already running clockwork 5.8.4.0
I plugged it in the OEM charger and into a known good socket (house is 150 years old and some of the wiring ....well...)
anyroad, I left the phone for an hour and when I returned the amber charging light was on and it was showing 63% battery.
I think I might have the problem diagnosed. I keep the phone in a 3rd party leather wallet which also has space for cards and money. I usually charge the phone in this with no problem however I suspect that the jacket caused heating issues - the phone was running Audible for Android last night, and the combination of all caused the overheating.
In future I will remove the phone from the jacket before charging overnight
phew!
and thanks to all for your assistance!!:good:
shree.cse said:
Sorry to hear that, I don't think it's a good idea to charge it through out the night. Can you still feel the heat of the mobile?
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Is this opinion or based on fact?
Every phone I've had (Android, WM, Symbian) has been charged in a dock overnight and I've never had battery issues...
shree.cse said:
Sorry to hear that, I don't think it's a good idea to charge it through out the night. Can you still feel the heat of the mobile?
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Can I ask why? Always charged every mobile I've had overnight whilst turned off ready for next day, is this something related only to the HOX you know of please?
r2b2 said:
Is this opinion or based on fact?
Every phone I've had (Android, WM, Symbian) has been charged in a dock overnight and I've never had battery issues...
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This is nonsense, it does no harm to keep it plugged indefinitely.
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scooters29 said:
Morning all,
I run:
rooted HTC One X running Renovate ROM
this phone is one of the faulty batch with the dodgey wifi issue
I have repaired the wifi issue
the phone has been working fine for the last 3 weeks
I plugged the phone in to charge last night
this morning it is totally dead, there is no charging light when plugged in,
I did notice that the phone was running very hot last night
phone is on T-Mobile UK
any ideas?
suspect the phone overheated and it cooked the battery
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Same thing happened to me. Plug it to your computer with the USB cable (not to the AC charger) and let it be for 15 minutes. At one point, it will start charging. Then leave it for another 30 minutes before switching it on.
What happens is that it goes crazy and instead of charging starts to discharge, and when it discharges completely it will not even boot into the charging mode or respond to power button.
zvieratko said:
This is nonsense, it does no harm to keep it plugged indefinitely.
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Don't comment, if you don't know it completely. Just take time to read this article and decide. I won't get anything if I say something like this.
shree.cse said:
Don't comment, if you don't know it completely. Just take time to read this article and decide. I won't get anything if I say something like this.
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This is called FUD.
1) Modern Li-Po batteries don't mind being charged to full (damage occurs above 4.23V)
2) they don't mind temperature (to some extent of course)
3) they don't need to be discharged (yes, it can mess calibration, but it also wears them out)
4) all batteries in consumer electronics are protected, so even if the charger/phone does something stupid, they should not be harmed
5) battery explosions and fires are caused by mechanical damage or a short, charging circuit malfunctions are very uncommon
6) when you leave it plugged in, it will not harm the battery, though it depends on device what happens - the device can run from the charger and let the battery be, or it can run from the battery and start charging again at ~95% (this is what lenovo laptops do), or it can keep running from and charging the battery (this is what a HOX will do IMO). Everything but the first case wears the battery out, but it's so minor that you won't notice it at all.
This article was written for sake of having an article, it's full of misleading and incorrect information. I don't need to be a battery expert to notice that.
In short - your phone knows what to do.
Guys whatever you say but i had Samsung galaxy s before and its battery died because i used to keep downloading on atorrent all night keeping it plugged. Though battery was cheap just 10$ so no problem but htc has non removable battery plus it would be costlier i guess 30-40$ so i would recommend not to keep it plugged for too long
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hapticc said:
Guys whatever you say but i had Samsung galaxy s before and its battery died because i used to keep downloading on atorrent all night keeping it plugged.
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And the other Samsung galaxy s you had, which you treated identically, apart from the downloading and charging all night didn't suffer battery degradation, right?
I've ALWAYS charged all my phones that I've had overnight with no issues whatsoever
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
I got an old motorola V3i that i have had for over 5 years, & i have always charged it over night from almost flat to 100% & it still lasts as long as it did 10 days a time.
I will take personal experience anytime.
Hi Guys,
Before I start, I have read many threads (I think all) relating to this problem and I have googled, googled and googled.
My Device:
GSM Galaxy Nexus
Problem:
It won't charge. No matter if turned on or off. The battery stays always at 0% and when taking a look at *#*#4636#*#* it says "charging".
What I have tried:
- Bought three different batteries.
- Tried two different cables, incl. the OEM one.
- Tried two different wall chargers.
- Replaced the Micro USB port.
- Wiped, reset etc. the phone.
- Tried different ROMs and Kernels. (Yes, I am desperate).
Any advice what the problem might be?
Thanks in advance!
could be the pins not making proper contract with the battery
crixley said:
could be the pins not making proper contract with the battery
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Thanks, crixley.
I will check that or do you have any advice how I could make sure that the battery is connected?
DerpyMcHerpy said:
Thanks, crixley.
I will check that or do you have any advice how I could make sure that the battery is connected?
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take look at any of the pins to see if they appear bent.
crixley said:
take look at any of the pins to see if they appear bent.
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They look all the same. Not bent, not damaged, not dirty.
hmmm that is really all I can think of..
The fact that it says charging leads me to believe it isn't the port (like most people experience)
crixley said:
hmmm that is really all I can think of..
The fact that it says charging leads me to believe it isn't the port (like most people experience)
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I have plugged my phone into my computer. It says "not charging" now. This message appears after a few minutes when I turn it on. Same happens when I plug it into the wall.
Now it's getting really strange. I didn't observe this behavior before.
Before I changed the Micro USB port, the message was >always< "not charging".
Now, after the change, it says for 2 minutes "charging" and then it changes to "not charging".
Did you replace the whole USB board as well, or just the port? It sounds like the USB board is bad.
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Did you replace the whole USB board as well, or just the port? It sounds like the USB board is bad.
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Hi lowandbehold,
No, I replaced the whole board if we mean the same. I can't post links at this time because I am a new member of XDA, but you can search for "Dock Connector Charging Port with Flex Cable For Samsung Galaxy Nexus i9250" on eBay.
UPDATE: Plugged it back into the wall. It says "charging AC" now and does NOT change to "not charging". Funnily enough, the voltage keeps dropping. From 2040 mV to 1961 mV in two minutes.
i'd say replace the device.
Unfortunately I'm having the exact same problem. I just replaced charging port literally just now and it still won't charge. It says "Charging" but it's not charging. In the Settings it says discharging.
Could it be the battery? I'm thinking of buying a new one and seeing if that works.
PhoenixBlitz said:
Unfortunately I'm having the exact same problem. I just replaced charging port literally just now and it still won't charge. It says "Charging" but it's not charging. In the Settings it says discharging.
Could it be the battery? I'm thinking of buying a new one and seeing if that works.
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I think maybe it's time for you to upgrade to a new phone???
tthaz777 said:
I think maybe it's time for you to upgrade to a new phone???
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I bought the phone brand new in July
PhoenixBlitz said:
I bought the phone brand new in July
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Has anyone found a solution to this yet? with mine it charged fine in the beginning, and then it would only charge to about 86%, and then 84%...then 80%...currently it will only charge to 14%. I can leave it plugged in for 48 hours and it says it is charging but will not go past 14%. it takes a few hours for it to charge from 0% to 14%, but then dies within 30 minutes of EXTREMELY LIGHT use.
I've tried two different batteries which both yield the same results. I have en external battery charger and can charge the battery to full (according to the light on the charger) and place it in the phone and the phone will tell me it is at 14% or 8% or something like that (which makes me believe it has nothing to do with the usb port).
I have explored everything I could think of on the software side. The problem started on Ice Cream Sandwhich, it didn't stop when it was updated to Jelly Bean, I recently rooted it and have tried a few different roms including stock roms and CM10. I tried battery calibration apps.
So far nothing has made a difference. Any Ideas?
Nope no solution has been found. I'm just selling the device (and telling them the problem, so far I'm selling it for $275 and people want it) and I'm going to buy an SIII or a One X
well, this really sucks...it seems that a few unlucky people (like me) have this charing issue...
I too changed my USB flex cable thinking that this was the cause, but nothing changed
the battery icon says charging, but the system says discharging
what a major p*** off, cuz I'm fed up of changing batteries all the time, I have 5 batteries
I hope that someone will be able to figure this one out, cuz its a real brain buster
Any update on this? My phone bought in July is also just started giving this problem. When it is on it simply will not charge. All these months I was using another charger with no issues. I have tried the following:
1. Using the stock charger
2. Bending upwards the male connector in the USB socket.
3. Removing the battery overnight
Nothing seems to work. When off, the phone seems to charge somewhat and charging icon comes on. But charging when off for about 5 hours resulted in battery showing about 50% (from 13%) but it drains very quickly. Sometimes when charging for 30 minutes (when off) and switching it on it shows 100% battery, but then still discharges very quickly. Sometimes it shows very low battery.
Also my notification LED is glowing red since about a month, even when phone is switched off. If I remove the battery and connect the charger, the LED starts glowing red - blinking, so it seems the USB port is providing power as sometimes the battery does show 50% and seems to last a bit from there.
What are my options here? I am on the latest JB OTA update which came around 14/15 Nov. In India, I will get no service from Samsung for the Nexus.
I am going to try a factory reset first and then next see if I can get another battery. And maybe I should return / cancel the Nexus 4 I ordered?
Maybe try wiping battery stats in recovery? I was having similar issues today with "not charging". I was plugged in to the wall with nothing, so I plugged into the computer... ADB enabled and device was connected as a media device. I booted recovery and wiped dalvick and battery stats, rebooted and now it is charging via usb and AC. Don't know what happened, but it worked for me. Hope it helps!
Thanks for the response. Well, I just tried draining out the battery (it took almost 2 days lol) till it would show shutdown warning soon after booting up and then removed the battery and held down the power button. I then charged it in 'off' mode for a few hours, I think overnight. I used the actual Nexus charger instead of the generic one I was using all this while. When I turned it on, there was about 40% charge showing.
There was another JB update which I managed to complete (leaving it on the charger). The phone seemed to work fine, but did not show a charging state, but suddenly the next day on its own when I just plugged in the charger, it showed the 'bolt' charging icon and since then it has been working perfectly.
Simply no clue as to how and why it started working fine. Probably the previous 14 Nov update had some bug which was resolved in the latest update or the latest update reset the battery stats or whatever.
I am more worried about my upcoming Nexus 4 which has a non-removable battery as to what I would do if something like this happens.
Weezil420 said:
Maybe try wiping battery stats in recovery? I was having similar issues today with "not charging". I was plugged in to the wall with nothing, so I plugged into the computer... ADB enabled and device was connected as a media device. I booted recovery and wiped dalvick and battery stats, rebooted and now it is charging via usb and AC. Don't know what happened, but it worked for me. Hope it helps!
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I can 100% guarantee you that wiping battery stats had nothing to do with it.
Thanks for taking the time...
My Note 8 3g is showing a strange behaviour as of late.
I leave it plugged in the original wallcharger from Samsung, switched on/ 3G active.
Plugging in at roughly 10% that would give me 50-60% in the morning after 7-8 hours.
Battery & Task manager don't show any permanent CPU hogs or wake locks.
Device is loaded with a couple of generic apps but not rooted...
With a 4600mAh battery and a the 2000mAh Samsung charger charging at 0.5C the tablet should be finished after roughly 3 hours.
My Note 8 is taking twice the time for half the charge?!
Before giving it a hard reset I would like to know, if someone has an idea / solution.
Thanks again for Your time,
Yoko
That is a worry. I get full charge after about 3 hours on my samsung charger, and about 10% charge per hour on my blackberry charger at work. Mine is the wifi only model though, i dont know how much juice the 3g and what ever other connections you have running will use and if that would make up much difference. Sounds like a significant amount slower though. Do you have access to another 2A charger to see if its a problem with the samsung charger rather than the tablet?
In my case was the faulty charger cable, I was getting nuts searching for help when someone (don't remember which tread was) said about that. There's a free app on playstore that shows you how much current are receiving your device. With that app I realized that it was the cable, not the charger or software related.
Hope that helps.
Sent from a note from another galaxy.
Yokobln said:
Thanks for taking the time...
My Note 8 3g is showing a strange behaviour as of late.
I leave it plugged in the original wallcharger from Samsung, switched on/ 3G active.
Plugging in at roughly 10% that would give me 50-60% in the morning after 7-8 hours.
Battery & Task manager don't show any permanent CPU hogs or wake locks.
Device is loaded with a couple of generic apps but not rooted...
With a 4600mAh battery and a the 2000mAh Samsung charger charging at 0.5C the tablet should be finished after roughly 3 hours.
My Note 8 is taking twice the time for half the charge?!
Before giving it a hard reset I would like to know, if someone has an idea / solution.
Thanks again for Your time,
Yoko
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I have this issue too. I'm going to try to find a new charger and see if that works.
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snc74 said:
In my case was the faulty charger cable, I was getting nuts searching for help when someone (don't remember which tread was) said about that. There's a free app on playstore that shows you how much current are receiving your device. With that app I realized that it was the cable, not the charger or software related.
Hope that helps.
Sent from a note from another galaxy.
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where did you get your new cable?
snc74 said:
There's a free app on playstore that shows you how much current are receiving your device. With that app I realized that it was the cable, not the charger or software related.
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Can you please say what the app's name is?.. I seem to have charger issues as well.
Spartanus said:
Can you please say what the app's name is?.. I seem to have charger issues as well.
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Shofar1 said:
Galaxy Charging Current "Lite"
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Oh, thanks a lot!
Yokobln said:
Thanks for taking the time...
Before giving it a hard reset I would like to know, if someone has an idea / solution.
Thanks again for Your time,
Yoko
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I would try, in order:
1. Check your battery stats to make sure nothing weird is chewing up the battery (should be screen, Android OS and possibly Google Services as the top culprits...if there is any *app* above those and you're not really using the app, uninstall it)
2. Bypass a surge protector (if there is one) and plug directly into the wall.
3. Try a different cable
4. Try a different charger
5. Try the charger and cable on a different device that uses 2.1a if possible
If there are no rogue apps, nothing changes and the charger seems to function properly, then you are probably looking at a hardware problem with the device. I would guess a factory reset wouldn't accomplish anything.
also if you are looking for a diff charger make sure the amps are the same. i believe its a 2a charge on this tab. if not then charging will take longer.
Thanks to all Your kind replies!
Sorry for staying quiet for a couple of days, it's been a very busy week for me.
My problem appears to be solved - it has indeed been the USB cord!
Seriously....who would have thought.
I use the exact same cable to charge my HTC One S without an issue.
Thanks again to all of You! :good:
Regards,
Yoko
I faced the same Issue. Just let the battery Drop to %0 and Turned off then let the device pwged in overnight. For me that fix it without using any apps
NB. I know letting Li-ion battery drop to %0 is bad!
good Luck
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Hello,
I have a problem with this tablet , when i charge it to 100% and use it for like 5-10mins i'm suddenly at 1% battery. But i can still use youtube or other apps for 40mins + So i'm pretty sure the battery is at 95% or something.
Also when i charge and stop charging it can reset the whole thing and say that i have 2% battery.
I already tried to charge 100% > let it decharge 40-50% > power off 5houres > but didn't help..
Somebody said remove the battery for 5mins and problem is gone..
Anyone done this so far?
i'm on STOCK ROM , no root or what so ever.. NO battery save app or something like that.
Hi, I'm having the same issue but it's not as dire as yours. Since you're not rooted or anything, I strongly believe it's a hardware issue, try replacing your device cause it shouldn't drain that fast. I'm using nolekat rom and it takes me 10 hours to charge fully or more but half the time for it to be drained. I haven't tried removing my battery manually but you could try that too. Most likely it's a hardware issue since you didn't mess with it so much. Hope this helps.
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steelbrachen said:
Hi, I'm having the same issue but it's not as dire as yours. Since you're not rooted or anything, I strongly believe it's a hardware issue, try replacing your device cause it shouldn't drain that fast. I'm using nolekat rom and it takes me 10 hours to charge fully or more but half the time for it to be drained. I haven't tried removing my battery manually but you could try that too. Most likely it's a hardware issue since you didn't mess with it so much. Hope this helps.
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I have done that and the problem is gone now for already a week.
i'm on kitkat aswell now and very happy
Hi,
My tab is getting switched off frequently though the battery is fully charged, it suddenly dies down during any kind of work and im not having battery draining problem in my tab. But when I plug in a charger or battery bank then the tab works fine with out shut downing. Is this problem related to battery or hardwire or software. Kindly suggest if some one facing similar situation
Hi XDA
I have another problem, not too bad as yours, but very nagging and upsetting. What happens is that my tabet takes practically half a day for charging up the battery. It takes like 12 or more hours to charge up from 0 to 100%. I have tried unplugging the battery as you explained many times, also draining it, but nthing changes. And even worse it is when I'm just plugging my device after totally drained the battery, so when I try to boot my device it may boot up, when it does, after one minute it's turning off because of a suposedly 0% battery. Really I might get either that 0% or 1% battery, but after a minute when I just plug it in and boot up, it may turn off even though I turned off the sceen inmediately.
I think. the problen is maybe on the battery or in the USB port, I have tested many USB cables, many chargers, charging from my PC, but the problem keeps going an and on and on. I would like to know why this problems is happening, if I could fix it up by myself, for instance by replacing the battery or the USB port. This device was a gift, and since I got it I was dithering whether it was normal or not, but by asking soome mates and reading your post I realize that this is not normal.
Hope you read this quick reply. Many thanks for your advice and giving me advice on what and how I should do...
antonini44354 said:
Hi XDA
I have another problem, not too bad as yours, but very nagging and upsetting. What happens is that my tabet takes practically half a day for charging up the battery. It takes like 12 or more hours to charge up from 0 to 100%. I have tried unplugging the battery as you explained many times, also draining it, but nthing changes. And even worse it is when I'm just plugging my device after totally drained the battery, so when I try to boot my device it may boot up, when it does, after one minute it's turning off because of a suposedly 0% battery. Really I might get either that 0% or 1% battery, but after a minute when I just plug it in and boot up, it may turn off even though I turned off the sceen inmediately.
I think. the problen is maybe on the battery or in the USB port, I have tested many USB cables, many chargers, charging from my PC, but the problem keeps going an and on and on. I would like to know why this problems is happening, if I could fix it up by myself, for instance by replacing the battery or the USB port. This device was a gift, and since I got it I was dithering whether it was normal or not, but by asking soome mates and reading your post I realize that this is not normal.
Hope you read this quick reply. Many thanks for your advice and giving me advice on what and how I should do...
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Changing the USB flex cable worked for me, try to buy one and watch some good tutorial about how to replace your tablet's components.
Gredwitch said:
Changing the USB flex cable worked for me, try to buy one and watch some good tutorial about how to replace your tablet's components.
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So many thanks for your advice!! I went to buy Samsung original charger. I'm very happy now. My tablet now charges way faster (in 4 or 5 hours). I didn't ever think of this before.
Can anyone tell me the best rom for SM-T211 and the links to download it please
And thanks in advance
My SM-T211 tab 3 restart it's self after 4 day of rest or flash what can i do