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[Q] Battery charging/discharging issue

I have a strange issue and I am trying to recall if it happened well on srf 1.0 but I can't recall I think it did. When I plug my phone into charge during the day sometimes and i stress sometimes the charging icon starts to blink red and starts to discharge this happens with none standard usb cable into different computers or with the standard plug wall charger. I am on srf 1.1.1 with extended battery. I have fully charged ran battery calibrate apk and fully drained. I am thinking my extended battery might be defective but not sure. But a reboot fixes the issue for at least one attempt at charging. Any ideas?

I was using a HTC usb cable and I was loosing more battery it would never go above 75%. Changed cables and now it works better, but I did see the discharge icon also...

maxertx said:
I was using a HTC usb cable and I was loosing more battery it would never go above 75%. Changed cables and now it works better, but I did see the discharge icon also...
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this happens with 2 different cables. I am going to test with stock battery to see if it happens. think it might be a bad extended battery or something with the rom that doesn't like the extended battery. Not sure that last part makes an sense but that is what it almost seems like.

When I got to work today, I grabbed another Epic from our device locker and that battery went to 100% and then I calib'd it and it seems to be working fine.. weird

Ihave charging probems with cheap thin cable chargers. But I got a usb cable for a droid x and it works better then any charger or cable I've tried

silver03wrx said:
Ihave charging probems with cheap thin cable chargers. But I got a usb cable for a droid x and it works better then any charger or cable I've tried
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I have a good store bought cable that happens with as well. I am going to use the factory battery today n see what happens.
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So far unable to duplicate with stock battery. This should be fun trying to get a replacement extended battery. Or could this be a ROM issue with the extended battery? I know the only way to test is go back to stock to see. Now with that said I am will to test next week but I do have a question. I have a nanbackup when I reconvert to ext4 with cwm 3.0.2.5 I should be able to recover that right? Me switching back and forth from ext to rfs and changing cwm version shouldn't do anything?

I think I found out what part of my problem is. I think most of it had to do with EE03 modem and/or twilight kernel. I restored from my nanbackup installed Vision kernal and flashed back to ec05 and have had no problems. The nanbackup was created after the fresh install of SRF 1.1.1 w/twilight so I went back to my stock setup with no tweaks. Also found out about the DRM and SNS stuff draining battery life so I froze those in Titanium all is good now!

[Q] Battery not charging?

So, I'm not that new to rooting. I've been playing around with SRF for quite some time, as well as playing around with a few other phones. I decided to update to GB as the update had rolled out this morning. I updated successfully & rooted it, even added ACS ICS v4.
Now, here is where I'm having this battery issue. Before I updated to GB, I had no problem using the wall charger. Now that I've updated, the wall charger will not work. I've tried rebooting my phone, reflashing the ROM, toggling debugging mode, all of it. My USB is working, but nothing from the wall charger. I know for a fact this charger is good (it's not the stock one, it's a different samsung one) as it works on my boyfriends epic (we didn't play around with his yet).
Is anyone else having this issue? or am I the only one? What are some suggestions to fix this?
Thanks~

marschmellau said:
So, I'm not that new to rooting. I've been playing around with SRF for quite some time, as well as playing around with a few other phones. I decided to update to GB as the update had rolled out this morning. I updated successfully & rooted it, even added ACS ICS v4.
Now, here is where I'm having this battery issue. Before I updated to GB, I had no problem using the wall charger. Now that I've updated, the wall charger will not work. I've tried rebooting my phone, reflashing the ROM, toggling debugging mode, all of it. My USB is working, but nothing from the wall charger. I know for a fact this charger is good (it's not the stock one, it's a different samsung one) as it works on my boyfriends epic (we didn't play around with his yet).
Is anyone else having this issue? or am I the only one? What are some suggestions to fix this?
Thanks~
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Use the stock charger, it seems code in the GB update enforced this. Just two days ago, my cousin updated to GB and reported this very issue, but she was using a Nexus S 4G wall charger, she had no issues charging it when I handed her my Stock Epic Charger.
P.S. the nexus s 4g charger charged her phone regardless, just no red led notification with only the battery icon in the status bar as proof of charging. However, I did not check the specs of the Nexus S charger, give a phone a charger with too much, or too little voltage, and you could eventually mess it up.
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Shinydude100 said:
Use the stock charger, it seems code in the GB update enforced this. Just two days ago, my cousin updated to GB and reported this very issue, but she was using a Nexus S 4G wall charger, she had no issues charging it when I handed her my Stock Epic Charger.
P.S. the nexus s 4g charger charged her phone regardless, just no red led notification with only the battery icon in the status bar as proof of charging. However, I did not check the specs of the Nexus S charger, give a phone a charger with too much, or too little voltage, and you could eventually mess it up.
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Damn, I don't have the stock charger anymore. I got rid of it quite some time ago.

marschmellau said:
Damn, I don't have the stock charger anymore. I got rid of it quite some time ago.
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You could try looking up one on Amazon, prices vary for the stock charger, it doesn't have to be the same cable, just that wall charger bit would of been valuable to hang on to.
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I've noticed this, too. My phone would physically charge, but aside from that, there was no physical notification that it was plugged in. Even the battery usage would show the battery life increasing, but not register it as "Charging"
Has anyone noticed this with car chargers? I have a Sprint charger (via Amazon), and things still work fine with that. Also things work fine with the Blackberry USB cord when plugged into a computer (Linux, PC, Mac). But when that goes into a generic AC to USB converter, no dice.

Well actually, when I had it plugged in via wall charger it said it showed the little notification charging, but the battery was draining and would not hold a charge.
I found a samsung charger (not the stock one) and tried that. It worked perfect, LED came on and it actually held a charge.
The only thing now is that it seems my battery will not stop draining. It has been off the charger for 15 minutes, and batter is already down 10% with LIGHT use (I checked my VM, that's it).
I ordered the 1800mAh OEM battery yesterday so I'm hoping to swap this out and see if that may be the problem. Any other suggestions as to how I could fix that if this isn't the issue? ;( le sigh.

marschmellau said:
Well actually, when I had it plugged in via wall charger it said it showed the little notification charging, but the battery was draining and would not hold a charge.
I found a samsung charger (not the stock one) and tried that. It worked perfect, LED came on and it actually held a charge.
The only thing now is that it seems my battery will not stop draining. It has been off the charger for 15 minutes, and batter is already down 10% with LIGHT use (I checked my VM, that's it).
I ordered the 1800mAh OEM battery yesterday so I'm hoping to swap this out and see if that may be the problem. Any other suggestions as to how I could fix that if this isn't the issue? ;( le sigh.
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Once you get that new battery, charge it with the phone off, when 100% charged, calibrate the battery.
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I'll go ahead and give that a try.
Thanks!

Faulty Battery Replacement

I have a SGSII E4GT and the battery just stopped charging. I have SlimBean Rom on and i was wondering if they will check any of that kinda of stuff or if they'll give me a new battery. There is no way to access the rom and all you see is the battery charging symbol so the only way anyone could know if i have a rom is if they turn the phone on.

Did you try different USB wires? It could be the port as well.
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You could always buy 2 aftermarket batteries with an external charger for $20... Then you have spare batteries if you ever want/need them.
Then if the USB port is dead you can just flash a stock ROM.

MixedBoy8thStreet said:
I have a SGSII E4GT and the battery just stopped charging. I have SlimBean Rom on and i was wondering if they will check any of that kinda of stuff or if they'll give me a new battery. There is no way to access the rom and all you see is the battery charging symbol so the only way anyone could know if i have a rom is if they turn the phone on.
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How are you trying to charge the device? A wall charger or using usb on your pc? Depending on the kernel, usb charging via pc may be disabled by default in favor of some other service. You most likely will not receive a replacement battery unless you buy one yourself, in which case they arent even going to see your phone.

Stryke_the_Orc said:
How are you trying to charge the device? A wall charger or using usb on your pc? Depending on the kernel, usb charging via pc may be disabled by default in favor of some other service. You most likely will not receive a replacement battery unless you buy one yourself, in which case they arent even going to see your phone.
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Ive tried everything; usb, car (which is the only one that gets the phone to the charging animation) and wall. Ive actually managed to turn on the phone in the car and fac. reset it and all it did was make it worse. now when i turn the phone on it goes to the charging animation then flickers, then turns off

MixedBoy8thStreet said:
Ive tried everything; usb, car (which is the only one that gets the phone to the charging animation) and wall. Ive actually managed to turn on the phone in the car and fac. reset it and all it did was make it worse. now when i turn the phone on it goes to the charging animation then flickers, then turns off
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I'm having this same problem please let me know what happens.

big_c said:
I'm having this same problem please let me know what happens.
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Hey big_c are you rooted? if so what rom do you have? and just sub to the thread if you wanna stay updated

Nope got the phone from someone I was going to port it to ntelos but Im thinking I might have to get the port fixed first. Did yours have the red light and charging symbol. But not take a charge. And i sub already just thought I'd say that just incase you got it fixed and did post how.

graydiggy said:
Did you try different USB wires? It could be the port as well.
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No ive tried everything. Car, computer, wall (3 different ports)

resolved
i took the battery out for 2 days and then used my trust car charger and now its on its way up to 100. currently at 49. ill let you know what happens:laugh:

Please help!

Hello everyone! I own an LG g3 intl. version, and it takes 3-5 hours to charge fully. If I use the phone whilst charging, the charge never goes up. A few months ago, the phone just took a maximum of two hours to charge from 0-100, even if I used it when charging. I'm using the stock wall charger and cable. I also tried using other chargers of the similar capacity and different USB cables, and the result is the same. Is something wrong with the USB port on my phone, or anything to do with the cable being damaged, and only the stock cable can transfer high currents? Also, I'm running cm12.

Vivek_Vivek said:
Hello everyone! I own an LG g3 intl. version, and it takes 3-5 hours to charge fully. If I use the phone whilst charging, the charge never goes up. A few months ago, the phone just took a maximum of two hours to charge from 0-100, even if I used it when charging. I'm using the stock wall charger and cable. I also tried using other chargers of the similar capacity and different USB cables, and the result is the same. Is something wrong with the USB port on my phone, or anything to do with the cable being damaged, and only the stock cable can transfer high currents? Also, I'm running cm12.
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CM12 is the problem in your case.

itsbighead said:
CM12 is the problem in your case.
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Is it so? I will try flashing back to stock and check if the problem persists. But why is it that the ROM would cause this problem?

Bump please

Vivek_Vivek said:
Is it so? I will try flashing back to stock and check if the problem persists. But why is it that the ROM would cause this problem?
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In my opinion charging on CM12 isnt stable
When i had it on my D855, the phone would heat up if i tried to charge it turned off and it would have the same problem that you have if i tried to charge it turned on

itsbighead said:
In my opinion charging on CM12 isnt stable
When i had it on my D855, the phone would heat up if i tried to charge it turned off and it would have the same problem that you have if i tried to charge it turned on
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Takes an average of how long to charge from 10-100 on your g3?

Vivek_Vivek said:
Takes an average of how long to charge from 10-100 on your g3?
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I forgot but i knew it was alot longer because i would unpliug the phone to let it cool down before i would plug it back in to charge

Strange charge issue anyone had this happen yet?

Not sure if was just a bug, but last night I put my phone on charge before bed and battery was at 25% I woke up in the morning to my suprise battery was only at 27%, I unplugged USB and re-plugged in again and it charged like normal.

Well, I had the same issue when I woke up this morning except in my case, the power brick has died completely and I am trying to determine if the battery has as well...
It does say it's charging on the lock screen when I connect it to a computer but in 10 minutes I haven't seen the percentage go up
FYI I have charged the device overnight only 9 times since I got it, GREAT JOB HTC !

shankly1985 said:
Not sure if was just a bug, but last night I put my phone on charge before bed and battery was at 25% I woke up in the morning to my suprise battery was only at 27%, I unplugged USB and re-plugged in again and it charged like normal.
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Did you have ultra battery saving mode enabled to turn on automatically? Last time I had this enabled my phone wouldn't charge on a stock rom and stock charger. It only happened in 24 hour span, and there were times during that time when I plugged it in and wouldn't charge. I was on the latest update and after I disabled ultra battery saving mode I never had any charging problems

Nope all berry saving modes was off. It charged fine last night from 40%
I going to try run battery down today and see. Very strange
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I can hear some noise coming from the charger while it's working louder than the M9's charger and a sound whenever I disconnect the charging cable from the port, like if something was a little loose. Are those normal things?

I recently had this issue too on a totally stock Verizon phone. Phone wouldn't charge until a reboot.
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I assume you guys are all using stock charger and cable to charge? I think QC 3.0 can be picky about the cable used. Haven't had any issues with the 10, but previous phone was a lumia 950xl. It was only QC 2.0, I used a third party cable with it, had a lot of bother, then used stock cable and everything worked perfectly.

I had this happening once and the issue was for some reason the cable wasn't plugged to the wall adapter properly. I removed it and plugged it and it started working. I don't think it's something to get worried about.
Not sure about the noise though

DeadPotato said:
I can hear some noise coming from the charger while it's working louder than the M9's charger and a sound whenever I disconnect the charging cable from the port, like if something was a little loose. Are those normal things?
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That's normal. It's a switching-mode power supply (SMPS for short) and there's some coil whining in there. Quite literally business as usual.

Not sure if there has been any update on this, but I'm experiencing the same issue as well. I have a stock charger + stock cable as well as two Anker chargers (both QC3, one wall and one car charger) and I use iOrange-E cables (56k ohm) with the Ankers. I only have this problem with the stock cable and stock charger, the 3rd party chargers haven't had any issues yet. I will plug the phone in for the night and a majority of the time (it's happened 5 or so times in the past week) it will charge for about 10 minutes or less before it just stops charging. It acts like it's been unplugged entirely. I have to unplug and replug the charger to the wall a couple of times before it will start charging again. It will again only charge for a short period of time before it stops and repeats this. Since it's only happening with the one charger I'm left to believe that maybe the charger is just faulty. Anyone else still having this problem or has come to the same conclusion?

Yes!!! I've had this issue with the stock charger as well... very weird. Just doesn't charge and have to unplug it multiple times to get it to work
I also have an anker wall and car charger along with an anker cable... they work fine
Verizon stock phone... hasn't happened since ota
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Well I just experienced the same I guess ..
The cable is still okay if I plug into a different charging head/block it charges but it does not with the original head... Its weird... Not even after restarts and so
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zimilaci said:
Well I just experienced the same I guess ..
The cable is still okay if I plug into a different charging head/block it charges but it does not with the original head... Its weird... Not even after restarts and so
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Started having the issue a few days ago. Phone will not charge until I plug it in and then reboot it. Doesn't matter what cable, charger, etc... I use, and yes I have tried them all. Stock, anker, qc 3 certified, non certified, doesn't matter. It behaves the same no matter what. Even went back to stock rom and same issue. Tried a couple of different kernels too.

dottat said:
I recently had this issue too on a totally stock Verizon phone. Phone wouldn't charge until a reboot.
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This now the only way my phone will charge. I have probably ordered 3 sets of QC 3 certified chargers(car and wall), the stock one that came with the phone, probably 20 different cables, even some being micro USB with adapters, flashed all the way back to stock unrooted, wiped sd card, formatted data, tried several different kernals and roms. The only thing I have not done is go back S-On for completely out of the box stock, just dont feel it would make a difference at this point. Did yours simply just start working again dottat?