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Got a Lemon Epic 4g Touch

The phone is absolutely stunning and a definite winner. It's really sad that it seems that I may have received the lemon in the bunch. Hopefully this is an isolated issue but my phone starts having serious technical problems when attached to a charger. Screen unlock is hard to orchestrate, applications and contact lists and settings menu's open on their own and even attempt to execute their own commands. The phone is fluid and beautiful until u want to charge it and use it at the same time. I think I got a lemon. I've already processed an exchange with Wirefly and they were extremely responsive and immediate in processing my request. I tried doing a factory reset to no effect. If there are any other trouble shooting suggestions I would appreciate it. It is really a shame that this phone may be a lemon. I searched and read about similar issues with the previous epic when using an aftermarket charger. Everything came in the box with the phone here, oem. It is possible the charger may be bad but I might as well exchange all of it just in case. Could be a slight short or something that bad.

r3a1ist said:
The phone is absolutely stunning and a definite winner. It's really sad that it seems that I may have received the lemon in the bunch. Hopefully this is an isolated issue but my phone starts having serious technical problems when attached to a charger. Screen unlock is hard to orchestrate, applications and contact lists and settings menu's open on their own and even attempt to execute their own commands. The phone is fluid and beautiful until u want to charge it and use it at the same time. I think I got a lemon. I've already processed an exchange with Wirefly and they were extremely responsive and immediate in processing my request. I tried doing a factory reset to no effect. If there are any other trouble shooting suggestions I would appreciate it. It is really a shame that this phone may be a lemon. I searched and read about similar issues with the previous epic when using an aftermarket charger. Everything came in the box with the phone here, oem. It is possible the charger may be bad but I might as well exchange all of it just in case. Could be a slight short or something that bad.
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Go exchange it.

nah...
look HERE
already being discussed. its a galaxy s2 bug. There are a few fixes floating arounf

Did you have Kies air running in the background?

No I've closed out the apps and it's still an issue, I've also tried a factory reset.

Known issue, common to a lot of phones. Can be fixed with software. Doesn't seem to happen over USB charging and it seems to happen much less severe the closer to 100% you are.
Not a lemon at all....it mildly annoys me.

Thank you for that link to similar issues with international GSII users. I am going to go and test it out on various outlets throughout the house. I will also try using various settings with SGS touchscreen booster from the app market. If anyone else experiences this please let me know. Honestly, after my exchange if this is an issue with the new phone as well I would still probably keep it. I should also test whether this is an issue during regular USB charging. I'll be back with the results.
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daneurysm said:
Known issue, common to a lot of phones. Can be fixed with software. Doesn't seem to happen over USB charging and it seems to happen much less severe the closer to 100% you are.
Not a lemon at all....it mildly annoys me.
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It's really really sensitive though, i mean it just goes nuts.

It's really really sensitive though, i mean it just goes nuts.
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Yeah, some outlets/power systems are likely worse than others. Stick with USb charging if you don't need it charged rapidly. I've had no problems with that so far.

Problem consistent on four separate outlets at all different settings using screen booster app. USB charging does not have this problem though. I may just have a sensitive phone. It would be nice to confirm with another epic 4g touch owner though before I carry out the exchange.

My friend's E4GT had a picture in the gallery of a Best Buy employee flipping off the camera and to make matters worse, the device will not charge...

The phone is downright sick though, a long term keeper. Featherlight, it feels surreal when you first receive it with how wide, long, light and thin it is, so surreal it feels like a fake phone. So thin and long the first thing I thought was this thing looks like it could snap in half. But my first Evo came with a bad pixel too so I guess with this one I'll try again. Honestly, I'm keeping the next one no matter what.

My HTC charger actually works fine. My Samsung charger is the one causing the problem
sent from my damn EPIC TOUCH 4G!!!!

This is interesting. Here are the results with using my HTC Evo charger on it compared to it's own.
HTC Evo Charger with after market USB Cable - WORKS PERFECTLY
HTC Evo Charger with Samsung USB Cable - Moderate problems
Samsung Charger with Aftermarket USB Cable- Severe Problems
Samsung Charger with Samsung USB Cable - Severe Problems
It's own equipment is doing it. Makes no sense. Should I keep the phone and use my Evo's charger?
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This is interesting. Here are the results with using my HTC Evo charger on it compared to it's own.
HTC Evo Charger with after market USB Cable - WORKS PERFECTLY
HTC Evo Charger with Samsung USB Cable - Moderate problems
Samsung Charger with Aftermarket USB Cable- Severe Problems
Samsung Charger with Samsung USB Cable - Severe Problems
It's own equipment is doing it. Makes no sense. Should I keep the phone and use my Evo's charger?
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retesting, HTC Evo charger with Samsung USB cable seems to be functioning well.
The culprit seems to be samsungs charger.

i wish they would have lined that sprint one with felt.....
coming from seidio cases the non felt ones really scratched up the phones bezel so ill pass....looks like im gonna have to find a silicon one thats easy to take off

only issues i have is with the samsung charger so i just threw it in the drawer and used one of the 20 other usb chargers i have...

drksilenc said:
only issues i have is with the samsung charger so i just threw it in the drawer and used one of the 20 other usb chargers i have...
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Yup did that too, threw that little sugar cube of a charger in the box. Using my HTC TP2 charger with no issues.

I've been using my old blackberry usb cable to charge mine since I've got it and I don't have that problem.. try using a different usb cable
Tapatalkin' it from my Epic Touch 3g

I notice the same random behavior with my phone when connected, but I really didn't freak out I'm just using my other charger from my first epic and problem solved,it's charging and working at the same time ;-)
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The charger that came with this phone looks like such a piece of junk that I really refuse to use it! My photon charger has been working flawlessly on this phone.
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similar weirdness here too... it wouldn't charge. had it plugged in to the wall outlet and noticed the charging light was not on. unplugged the cord..unplugged the usb part and plugged back in to no avail. then i powered off the phone then plugged it back into the wall and now it's charging. i hope this doesn't get worse. if this is it, the maybe i can deal with it. anyone else have this happen?

[INFO/REFERENCE] USB Port Problems - Car Mode/Vlingo/Ghost Charging

This post is to describe the issues I've had with the USB Port in my E4GT. You may want to keep this thread handy in case it might help in the future.
This is software agnostic, so the kernel/ROM is not relevant.
So -- anywho -- yesterday I was out of town purchasing a new vehicle and noticed that my phone was getting really poor battery life. I generally can make it through a day with light usage, but I was getting serious, serious drain. I also had my first LOSs -- three of them within a hour. Since the beginning of October, I have only had one LOS, and that was a "ghost LOS". I think the LOS was obviously a major issue in the battery drain, but what I describe below could have had a serious effect as well.
I took the phone off overnight charge at 8:30 AM. After some discussions with the salesperson, he needed to do some stuff. I was waiting and reading a forum with xScope Pro (they didn't have Tapatalk). All of a sudden, Vlingo popped up and asked me to accept the license agreement. I cancelled out of that and the phone told me I was in car mode. I told it to deactivate car mode, and everything was okay. When I was using my EVO 4G, the forums were full of messages about car mode activating, but I never had that problem. I figured it was par for the course that one of my Androids would have this issue. By 4:30 PM, I had the car mode issue come up a few more times, but my car charger and my home charger worked fine.
This morning, my phone would not connect to the computer. I also had a strange "green screen" where everything was in a green hue on my phone. It apparently self-corrected about 10 seconds after it occurred. It would turn on the charging light, but not connect to the computer. My USB jig also did not function. It wouldn't turn the phone on. I started freaking out and was trying to prepare it to go back for a repair/replacement, but Odin wouldn't find it. I blew into the USB port to try to clear out any possible particles... That didn't help. I eventually jiggled/wiggled/cast magic and got it to Odin. Thinking it could be an issue with the kernel/ROM, I hoped that Odin back to stock would fix the problem. I did a ##RTN# reset and plugged it in. Absolutely nothing. No charging light, no beep from the phone or computer.
I started searching and found some XDA threads about the Int'l SGSII and apparently it is a known problem with these phones -- some people even replacing the USB ports themselves. I didn't look to see if the particular part was available for our phones, but I was able to solve the problem by the following:
Parts Required:
1. Dentek Floss Pick (or whatever is non-metallic and small)
2. Contact Cleaner (I didn't use this, but some people said it helped them)
My technique was to carefully use the toothpick to poke around in the USB port and flush out any particles that were in there. I didn't see anything come out. The interesting part of this was a suggestion to "bend the PCB down a bit". That's the part that sticks out of the USB port for your cable to seat on. I moved it down slightly (it doesn't seem to be terribly hard to move). Once I plugged the phone back in, everything worked again. My USB jig works, the regular charger works, the computer recognizes it. I plugged/unplugged it in many times after the "fix" and it seems to work!!
If you try this yourself, be careful not to damage the PCB in the USB port. I'm not responsible for anything that happens.
tl;dr version:
? USB port acting weird? Can't connect? Getting random car mode?
! Clean it out with contact cleaner/skinny toothpick
! Possibly bend the PCB down a smidge

Yeah you see this a lot on android phones and the normal cause is LD or in other words corrosion in the usb port
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I just started having this issue last night after having it replaced once already for a "random menu key". Has this issue resurfaced for you at all since this "fix"?

I had the same problem, however, I read somewhere else to nudge the usb port up instead of down. I nudged it up (towards screen) just a bit, and it seems to work fine, now (fingers crossed). YMMV, maybe some are off kilter towards the top and others toward the bottom.

same problem
I have a epic 4g touch that was poorly rooted and needs to be restored but unfortunately odin will not recognize it WHAT SO EVER.
it charges but wont register in windows 7 64bit (desktop) or 32bit (laptop)
I've been using the same micro usb cable.
This mught be the solution, if it works i'll report back

Why does it have to be non-metallic?
Can't I use a pin or something?

Thanks for starting this thread. I just started getting the car mode problem where it will flicker and prompt me to exit car mode.
I'm guessing this trick will work.
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The metallic may short circuit your phone if you touch the pins together.
eljean said:
Why does it have to be non-metallic?
Can't I use a pin or something?
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Hope it works for you!
mjs2011 said:
Thanks for starting this thread. I just started getting the car mode problem where it will flicker and prompt me to exit car mode.
I'm guessing this trick will work.
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Seems good now. Not sure if this is safe or not, but I plugged my charger in, and then slightly tilted it down bending away from the screen. Since doing so, I haven't had any issues of car mode googling on/off on its own. It's been two hours since I did the trick where beforehand, the issue would occur every 10 minutes or less.
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toussant said:
I have a epic 4g touch that was poorly rooted and needs to be restored but unfortunately odin will not recognize it WHAT SO EVER.
it charges but wont register in windows 7 64bit (desktop) or 32bit (laptop)
I've been using the same micro usb cable.
This mught be the solution, if it works i'll report back
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I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be a troll, but can you please elaborate on how a phone can be "poorly rooted"???
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The flash went bad and it got bricked. thats what I meant
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Ha! That actually worked. My phone started having the "forever on" red LED, and behaving as if it was always charging (screen wouldn't turn off after 5 seconds when locked like it normally does when unplugged). Bent the little pcb tab down with the end of a plastic toothpick and the light turned off. Hopefully it'll stay, but I'm guessing if it starts up again I'll just have to bend it a little more. THANKS.

Brent,
Glad you got it working! I have had to do this once more since I posted initially -- it really does seem to work.
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Ha! That actually worked. My phone started having the "forever on" red LED, and behaving as if it was always charging (screen wouldn't turn off after 5 seconds when locked like it normally does when unplugged). Bent the little pcb tab down with the end of a plastic toothpick and the light turned off. Hopefully it'll stay, but I'm guessing if it starts up again I'll just have to bend it a little more. THANKS.
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Been flashing a few roms and everything was going ok until,,,
Tonight Neither my laptop nor my desktop would recognize my phone! Tried different cables, ports, cuss words,,, nothing was working.
A small amount of pressure downward on the usb tab and, BINGO! Back on the road to flashing.
Thanks OP And XDA for being here. :laugh:

I started experiencing this car mode bug recently, and after doing a factory reset, reformatting all partitions and flashing 3 different ROMs with no luck resolving it, I was sure it wasn't related to software and was getting used to the idea that all the bumps, drops and abuse I had put my e4gt through had finally caught up with me. luckily found this thread and gave it a try. 6 hrs later and everything seems ok. thank you!
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Worked like a charm for me.
Hey thanks for this post man!! I am using SGS 4g, I was struggling with car mode issue since past few days. I was literally scavenging google and XDA until I came across this very valuable post of yours.
I didn't use the materials you suggested instead I used my old useless waste toothbrush to clean up the dirt and blew air in the USB port through my mouth forcefully. And ofcourse I had to bend the PCB a bit.
In the beginning the USB storage wasn't being detected on my laptop, then I bent the USB PCB a bit up and down very gently, this didn't work , so I decided to uninstall the USB storage device drivers from the device manager of windows 7. And there it was, done!! Hehehehe and boy oh boy was I thinking my phone was due for a repair or a check up.
It is a bit risky but as they say finders keepers, losers weepers....
Once again very useful post, thanks for the initiative :good:

Awesome. Glad it worked for you!
Faisal Merchant said:
Hey thanks for this post man!! I am using SGS 4g, I was struggling with car mode issue since past few days. I was literally scavenging google and XDA until I came across this very valuable post of yours.
I didn't use the materials you suggested instead I used my old useless waste toothbrush to clean up the dirt and blew air in the USB port through my mouth forcefully. And ofcourse I had to bend the PCB a bit.
In the beginning the USB storage wasn't being detected on my laptop, then I bent the USB PCB a bit up and down very gently, this didn't work , so I decided to uninstall the USB storage device drivers from the device manager of windows 7. And there it was, done!! Hehehehe and boy oh boy was I thinking my phone was due for a repair or a check up.
It is a bit risky but as they say finders keepers, losers weepers....
Once again very useful post, thanks for the initiative :good:
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I have gotten so many replacements for this problem it's insane. I just got another one tonight. I have 4 batteries and an external battery charger now just to deal with the not being able to charge issue so my phone doesn't die while I'm at work. I'll have to try this next time it happens because I'm sure it'll do it again.

ET4G display a message of high voltage,and act like is charging.

My ET4G 2 days ago started showing,a message saying high voltage battery charge pause,then it act like still connected to a charger red light on an all,even when is not connected to a charger,now i just connect it to the charger and in 1 minute it jump from 72 battery to 100% and the blue notification light of battery charge will not turn off.
I am running Android 4.0.4 Mijjz ICS blend ff18 v 16.6.3 any help please.?:crying:

locus
eltormo said:
My ET4G 2 days ago started showing,a message saying high voltage battery charge pause,then it act like still connected to a charger red light on an all,even when is not connected to a charger,now i just connect it to the charger and in 1 minute it jump from 72 battery to 100% and the blue notification light of battery charge will not turn off.
I am running Android 4.0.4 Mijjz ICS blend ff18 v 16.6.3 any help please.?:crying:
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I have the same problem. I have done factory reset, wiped, flashed different ROMs and still have the same issue so I believe it may be a hardware issue but not sure. If you run an AOSP based ROM, AOKP, CM9 it still recognizes it as charging but does not give you the high voltage message. I went back to stock to check it and it gave me the high voltage message so I think it is part of Touch Wiz. Also on TW ROM, it caused problems accessing the SD card unless battery was low. Although not as bad without the message on AOKP or CM9 it still causes the battery to drain. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!

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I have the same problem. I have done factory reset, wiped, flashed different ROMs and still have the same issue so I believe it may be a hardware issue but not sure. If you run an AOSP based ROM, AOKP, CM9 it still recognizes it as charging but does not give you the high voltage message. I went back to stock to check it and it gave me the high voltage message so I think it is part of Touch Wiz. Also on TW ROM, it caused problems accessing the SD card unless battery was low. Although not as bad without the message on AOKP or CM9 it still causes the battery to drain. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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I took my battery out for like 5 minutes,and is not doing it any more,and is showing 82% battery,i think the problem is when you connect the charger,try removing the battery for a while to see,i will not connect the charger now,but later on i will and see if it does it again.

I had this problem as well. Took it into sprint they said the battery was bad and gave me a new one. I have not had a problem since
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I have also had this problem, but managed to fix it. It's a risky procedure (could break charging port if not careful) but, if you look at prong that accepts the cable, it may be slanted or crooked in some way. This happens due to ripping the cord from your phone. Your supposed to grab and pull by the head of the cable and never the actual cable itself. What I did was found a small enough object and wrapped the end of it in scotch tape to prevent damage to the prong. I then slowly pried up on the left bottom side of the prong since it looked as if it were slanted, one it looked like it was level, I then pried up in the middle of the prong since it was still sitting a little low to the bottom. After that all my problems ended and have not had another issues with it since, although I have had to do this twice now, it works every time.

My brother had this problem with his phone. He had to get it replaced. It did the same thing for all batteries mostly charged and worked fine when the battery was low.

I have 3 different batteries so that is not the issue. The connector looks straight but I tried messing with it a little to no avail. Looks like I will need to unroot and take it to Sprint. thanks for the suggestions.

Just a forewarning, this is also a common symptom if minor liquid damage around the charging port. It's 50/50 at my store, sometimes I open it up and there's corrosion, sometimes not.
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squshy 7 said:
Just a forewarning, this is also a common symptom if minor liquid damage around the charging port. It's 50/50 at my store, sometimes I open it up and there's corrosion, sometimes not.
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Thanks for the heads up, if that is the case can I take it apart and clean it or am I pretty much out of luck?

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Thanks for the heads up, if that is the case can I take it apart and clean it or am I pretty much out of luck?
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You cant clean up water damage... Theres an indicator that changes after water damage.
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You cant clean up water damage... Theres an indicator that changes after water damage.
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It depends on where it's at. My E4GT had a tiny water spot on the board where the battery makes contact. I set my phone on the counter to charge one night and didn't realize my roommate had left ice on the counter after making a drink, the ice melted so there was standing water there and it was late and I had been drinking so I didn't turn any lights on, water got behind the battery cover and changed to indicator on the battery but not the phone itself. It wasn't wet I allowed everything to dry out by doing the rice trick.
I bricked a couple months down the line and after taking my phone into a sprint store the tech showed me the corrosion on the board and then cleaned it up with an alcohol based solution. Then referred me to file an insurance claim. I sent it into Samsung instead.
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Mine now doesn't shutdown,i turn it off and it just turn it self up on its own,i even remove the battery and when i insert it back it turns on on its own,i am not blaming ICS but the other rom i have before it never gave me any problems.
Also my battery drain incredibly fast,to the point of 7 hours of mild use would have me empty,running a game for like 20 minutes will lower the battery from full like to 55%..
Some times i just remove the battery or restart it,and the drains stops,but as soon as i restart or charge the drain start,even when basically all apps are close.

squshy 7 said:
Just a forewarning, this is also a common symptom if minor liquid damage around the charging port. It's 50/50 at my store, sometimes I open it up and there's corrosion, sometimes not.
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As a technician at sprint i see this alot. Its usually corrosion on the port from liquid damage
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what i did was get a q tip or something small like a peeve of paper folded so that it is sturdy and scraped out the charging port. a lot of black stuff and dust was scraped out. never happened for me since then. make sure you get both top and bottom part of the middle prong
My life for Aiur

Battery/USB fix

Thanks to Simms22 for this easy fix...
Was having battery issues where my battery would be "charging" without being plugged in....right at 14% the stupid low battery screen popped up every 2 seconds. Tried everything software wise and couldn't fix it. I was confused. The USB prong seemed like it wasn't touching the housing but Simms22 clearly pointed out the obvious and said it could still be touching. Low and behold I tore my phone apart, cleaned the USB and stuck a razorblade under the prong, pryed it up ever so slightly and wouldn't you know, fixed (for now). Morel to the story, try this fix before anything else.
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DarkJatrix said:
Thanks to Simms22 for this easy fix...
Was having battery issues where my battery would be "charging" without being plugged in....right at 14% the stupid low battery screen popped up every 2 seconds. Tried everything software wise and couldn't fix it. I was confused. The USB prong seemed like it wasn't touching the housing but Simms22 clearly pointed out the obvious and said it could still be touching. Low and behold I tore my phone apart, cleaned the USB and stuck a razorblade under the prong, pryed it up ever so slightly and wouldn't you know, fixed (for now). Morel to the story, try this fix before anything else.
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I ended up breaking the usb connector trying to unstuck the little guy in the port. Luckly it's an easy part to replace even for me without any soldering experience so I ordered one from the internet for 10$ and replacing the whole usb board.

micheledm said:
I ended up breaking the usb connector trying to unstuck the little guy in the port. Luckly it's an easy part to replace even for me without any soldering experience so I ordered one from the internet for 10$ and replacing the whole usb board.
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Dang. Lol. I was worried bout that. Glad that didn't happen.
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Charging Issue

Hi guys,
i have some issues with charging my inc2.
it is not accepting any charge anymore, tried diffrent chargers, cables, even on my pc but nothing. The orange charging LED just flashes slowly on and off...
Any ideas?

Need to replace phone or replace charging port.
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Snake-Plissken said:
Hi guys,
i have some issues with charging my inc2.
it is not accepting any charge anymore, tried diffrent chargers, cables, even on my pc but nothing. The orange charging LED just flashes slowly on and off...
Any ideas?
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Yes, unfortunately it is a known hardware issue. Over time, the charging port starts coming loose. Like mentioned above, you CAN fix it yourself. There are video tutorials on YouTube and the replacement part can be had for under $10. If your device is still under warranty, Verizon will replace the phone. If it's not under warranty (or if you just want to give it a go), the port replacement process is pretty straightforward.

I might give it a try. Does anybody have a video or a link?
The weird thing is, that the battery is discharging very fast, could it be just a bad battery?
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Could b the back door on your inc 2. I believe you need the back door on to charge cuz it goes thru contacts on the back. I dropped mine one day and charging and getting signal was almost impossible till I figured that out and bought a new one

Ok.
Seems to charge now. Won't touch it until it is full. After that I will check what is going on.
I don't know where this issue came from.never dropped it nothing. It was even in a Otterbox
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The issue stems from regular use. The charging port is essentially held in place only by the connections to the board. Repeatedly plugging and unplugging the power cable causes it to break over time.

actually just replaced the charger port on my incredible 2 today. It really wasn't that difficult at all. If you have any questions feel free to PM me

yeah it has to be replaced. happened to me last month. It's honestly like the worst flaw with this phone

Snake-Plissken said:
Ok.
Seems to charge now. Won't touch it until it is full. After that I will check what is going on.
I don't know where this issue came from.never dropped it nothing. It was even in a Otterbox
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Def need to replace it. Same issues I was having at one point with it randomly taking charge. I found that if the charger is plugged in a held a certain level ( i placed the phone on a flat surface with a book under the cord for leverage) it would charge just fine.
If you are rooted and sending back, make sure you revert to stock to avoid any annoyances.

I've managed to solve this issue without messing around with the phone's innards (the last time I did it was a disaster and I was forced to buy an entirely new phone). It's not pretty, but if you twist a rubber band around the micro usb end of your charger, plug your phone in, twist that same rubber band around the phone itself, and make sure the connection very tight, you might get some more life out of your charger port.
Ugh. I can't wait for my upgrade.

Nice name there Dave.
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gdwy89 said:
I've managed to solve this issue without messing around with the phone's innards (the last time I did it was a disaster and I was forced to buy an entirely new phone). It's not pretty, but if you twist a rubber band around the micro usb end of your charger, plug your phone in, twist that same rubber band around the phone itself, and make sure the connection very tight, you might get some more life out of your charger port.
Ugh. I can't wait for my upgrade.
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While, I give you major kudos points for MacGuyver-ing a solution, that's more of a quick band-aid than a real fix. I could imagine having a rubber band around the phone could potentially hinder usage.
But hey, way to think outside the box! :good:

Card83 said:
While, I give you major kudos points for MacGuyver-ing a solution, that's more of a quick band-aid than a real fix. I could imagine having a rubber band around the phone could potentially hinder usage.
But hey, way to think outside the box! :good:
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Thank you. You're telling me. Do you know how hard it is to use a touch screen with a rubber band across it? Oy.
Right. The caveat here, of course, is that this technique will only help charge your phone until the charging port becomes so disconnected from the board that no amount of force will reestablish this contact. And this will inevitably happen because you're going to keep plugging and unplugging your phone from the charger which is what created the issue in the first place.
If you know you have big, sweaty, idiot hands (like me) that are going to destroy your phone if you take it apart (like me) and you can tough it out: more power to you. The other alternative is to buy an external battery charger and a second battery. The disadvantages here are pretty obvious (e.g. you have to carry a second battery around; if you forget a second battery, you can't ask another Android user to borrow their phone charger, etc.).