Just today my phone decided not to charge anymore. So I decided to boot it up with it plugged in and it gave the illusion it was charging. However when I unplugged it the charging symbol stayed. Just recently it now flutters between charding and discharging which is destroying my battery. Does anyone have any advice?
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Clean the usb port.
Already tried it with no avail.
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I had that happen once and it was the cable. I think one of the wires in the cable had flexed just a little too much. Picked up a new cable and I was back in business. Might be a thought...
sporkette said:
I had that happen once and it was the cable. I think one of the wires in the cable had flexed just a little too much. Picked up a new cable and I was back in business. Might be a thought...
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I'm sorry but what do you mean my cable?
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vince7 said:
I'm sorry but what do you mean my cable?
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He is talking about your USB cable. If changing to a different cable doesn't help then I'm guessing your charging board is going bad (the board that controls the charging of your battery). There have been a lot if topics around about that, so do a little search and see what advice others with the same problem have done.
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Link doesn't pull up the charger but it's probably the same ones on eBay with the pink and blue led light. Not bad for the price but it takes a LONG time to charge!
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fmllc said:
Link doesn't pull up the charger but it's probably the same ones on eBay with the pink and blue led light. Not bad for the price but it takes a LONG time to charge!
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Link fixed..
Beware. Been many reports that non-OEM charges don't fully charge the battery and they shut off at 85% or so.
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Link doesn't pull up the charger but it's probably the same ones on eBay with the pink and blue led light. Not bad for the price but it takes a LONG time to charge!
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can you define long time? It will still charge overnight right?
No1ustad said:
can you define long time? It will still charge overnight right?
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please do. i'm interested in buying a battery charger as well.
I don't get it how does the usb output work.
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No1ustad said:
can you define long time? It will still charge overnight right?
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About 6-7 hours....not a problem if you only have one spare battery...but you need at least two of them if you have four
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clark44 said:
I don't get it how does the usb output work.
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You plug your data cable into it and plug it into the wall....
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Its just like this one....they are pretty cheap...I have four of them....one broke already....bit for the price you can't complain!
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Broke how?
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The contacts that make the connection to the battery came loose and were just hanging out of the little holes....I opened it up and fixed them back in place using a soldering iron....don't think anyone else would have gone through all the effort for $2.50....but I like tinkering with things....
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Recently my wife plugged her phone in for the night to charge it and in the morning it was nearly dead. I figured bad connection so I unplugged and replugged it and showed charging now. A few hours later and it was near the same percentage. It is obviously getting some power. I got it charging slowly last night. It was at 91 when I went to bed. This morning it did not say charging and the battery logs I had on showed it stopped charging twice. The first time it hit 100 and quit charging for about an hour and then restarted. The second time it hit 100 it stopped charging for the night.
Other things I have tried:
Swapped battery with the one in my phone. (also t989d)
Different chargers (4 so far)
Flashing a different rom. (Leaving it on the cm10 nightly that works on my phone for the moment)
Looking for physical or obstruction for the charging port. (None I can see)
Searching the forums. (Doesn't quite match some posts since it does sometimes charge but I am going to pick up a new can of compressed air in case of lint inside.
Anyone with bright ideas?
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I have had similar problems with Kindle Fires -- my family has had to have both Fires replaced twice. The problem with them is that the connections to the USB port break. I would think that the same thing could happen to just about any device that uses a micro usb connector.
Have you tried a different wall socket or charging with a computer?
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Android_Monsters said:
Have you tried a different wall socket or charging with a computer?
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Will try the computer today. All the chargers were plugged into different wall outlets and were tested on different devices.
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TomSilverSpring said:
I have had similar problems with Kindle Fires -- my family has had to have both Fires replaced twice. The problem with them is that the connections to the USB port break. I would think that the same thing could happen to just about any device that uses a micro usb connector.
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This is what we are afraid of. We tried charging via the computer and it didn't seem to work.
After a reboot it is slowly charging off the wall outlet with the original charger. Much slower than it should but it is charging.
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You need to replace the charging port. if your phone is still under warranty just get it replaced.
Same thing happen to me the part is cheap to replace but you have to be careful when you take apart your phone so you don't damage any of the flex cable connectors.
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This is what we are afraid of. We tried charging via the computer and it didn't seem to work.
After a reboot it is slowly charging off the wall outlet with the original charger. Much slower than it should but it is charging.
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I've come to the same conclusion. You make it sound easy to do. Is there no soldering etc?
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There is soldering and I would take it to a professional to get it replaced if I were you. It will cost a bit more, but at least they "know" what they are doing because your limited experience can easily damage the circuit board reckon it unusable.
Yep. I've done some home soldering in the past but those were all with things that the parts to replace the whole item were under $20. Waiting on a reply from a local shop
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50 bucks later and the phone is charging again
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Yep. Same thing happened to me. Except I didn't solder. I just got a replacement from Tmo since I'm still under warranty
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Have any of you guys experienced the charging port on the bottom of the phone not working properly? Mine is not working reliably with numerous chargers. Was wondering if this may be a widespread issue or if it's just me
Only issue I had was that my phone would lock up using a SG3 charger so stopped using it.
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I didn't charge last night and so I plugged mine in at work today with only 8% battery left. I checked it later and was down to 5%, my old Evo 3d charger didn't seem to do anything to it. I powered down, unplugged everything, removed battery and then reconnected and it finally started charging. It charges very slow at 1amp but it's charging now at least.
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it really prefers the 2 amp charger... it's a phablet after all... try the stock or tablet chargers (with the stock cable) I bet they work wonders
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reinaldistic said:
it really prefers the 2 amp charger... it's a phablet after all... try the stock or tablet chargers (with the stock cable) I bet they work wonders
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+1 to this! I was having the same problem until I realized that the charger that comes with the phone is 2amp. As long as I charge with that or my touchpad charger, I am good to go.
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Have any of you guys experienced the charging port on the bottom of the phone not working properly? Mine is not working reliably with numerous chargers. Was wondering if this may be a widespread issue or if it's just me
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I noticed that the port may be a little deeper than some cables allow for. I haven't had a chance to verify this, but you may want to check the cable you're using for a good fit.
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mevensen said:
I noticed that the port may be a little deeper than some cables allow for. I haven't had a chance to verify this, but you may want to check the cable you're using for a good fit.
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The real problem is in the charger itself. I tried using an HTC charger and it was a no go. The stock charger is a 2 AMP version and that is the way to go. It actually charges quite quickly on the appropriate charger.
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vlmendezjr said:
The real problem is in the charger itself. I tried using an HTC charger and it was a no go. The stock charger is a 2 AMP version and that is the way to go. It actually charges quite quickly on the appropriate charger.
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I've used Blackberry, HTC, Motorola chargers... all worked for me.
I've had my phone for about a week and I am also experiencing issues with the charger port. It happens randomly. I would connect the charger and it wouldn't charge but if I try again moments later, it will charge. I also experienced it go from charging to not charging, repeatedly. (My charger works fine, I tested it with other devices)
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bryanh85 said:
I've had my phone for about a week and I am also experiencing issues with the charger port. It happens randomly. I would connect the charger and it wouldn't charge but if I try again moments later, it will charge. I also experienced it go from charging to not charging, repeatedly. (My charger works fine, I tested it with other devices)
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If it is not a 2amp charger, it is going to be an intermittent problem!
Using 4 different chargers on mine ranging from .5 amps to 2 amps. No problems charging.
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If it is not a 2amp charger, it is going to be an intermittent problem!
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I am using the stock charger that came with the phone. Also, periodically my phone tweaks, I get a notification sound and in my notification bar it says "dock is connected"
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I have read somewhere that when you charge your phone and you use it that it still should charge.. But when I use my phone while charging it discharges and pretty quickly too.. Is this caused by a bad battery or is my charger broken?
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mrgnex said:
I have read somewhere that when you charge your phone and you use it that it still should charge.. But when I use my phone while charging it discharges and pretty quickly too.. Is this caused by a bad battery or is my charger broken?
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well if you're charging via pc/usb slot charging will take some time and especially if u play games/chat/hangouts/facebook and other power hungry apps
Seraz007 said:
well if you're charging via pc/usb slot charging will take some time and especially if u play games/chat/hangouts/facebook and other power hungry apps
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No its just from the wall And when I charge I am just using whatsapp land browsing some..
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hmm that's weird
sorry can't help ya out
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hmm that's weird
sorry can't help ya out
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Thanks for trying
Anyone else who can help me out?
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If it takes too long to get a full charge when using the power socket you might want to try to check your battery.
mrgnex said:
I have read somewhere that when you charge your phone and you use it that it still should charge.. But when I use my phone while charging it discharges and pretty quickly too.. Is this caused by a bad battery or is my charger broken?
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Are you using the original charger and cable? I thought I'd read somewhere that not all USB cables can handle the 2 amp current. I'm not sure how accurate this is.
Original charger? The original charger can provide 1.0A, check what's written on your charger. USB cable could also be the problem. Other tips is to lower the brightness, it will save battery.
mrgnex said:
I have read somewhere that when you charge your phone and you use it that it still should charge.. But when I use my phone while charging it discharges and pretty quickly too.. Is this caused by a bad battery or is my charger broken?
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I had this problem couple of months back. Changed the charger and that fixed the issue. Try changing the cable or the charger itself.
sarkar1990 said:
I had this problem couple of months back. Changed the charger and that fixed the issue. Try changing the cable or the charger itself.
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Thanks I got it figured.. I had an USB extension cable because the orginal cable is kinda short. But apparantly the extension cable couldnt handle the amps
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Thanks I got it figured.. I had an USB extension cable because the orginal cable is kinda short. But apparantly the extension cable couldnt handle the amps
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Glad that you got it going! :good:
So I've had a wall charger for years with my gn. But I'm moving on to an s4. Does anyone know if there would be an issue using the same charger for s4 batteries?
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cnoevl21 said:
So I've had a wall charger for years with my gn. But I'm moving on to an s4. Does anyone know if there would be an issue using the same charger for s4 batteries?
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I don't see why there would be any problems.
cnoevl21 said:
So I've had a wall charger for years with my gn. But I'm moving on to an s4. Does anyone know if there would be an issue using the same charger for s4 batteries?
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new phones .... more better using the charger you got with the phone for awhile ...
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new phones .... more better using the charger you got with the phone for awhile ...
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I don't mean the charger, as in the usb cable. I mean a separate wall unit that you slide a battery into, charging the battery away from the phone.
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I don't mean the charger, as in the usb cable. I mean a separate wall unit that you slide a battery into, charging the battery away from the phone.
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Oh that think lol ok
That does not sound like a good idea, the volts and amps could be different and it may in fact damage your battery.
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