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An interesting thing... about usb cable

So, I turned my phone off to charge it one night and realized I left my charger in the car. My G2x charger was still in my room. So, I plugged it in. To my surprise, instead of charging my phone, it put my GS2 into download mode.
So, now instead of messing with the buttons trying to get it right, I just turn my phone off, plug it into that charger and then plug it into my computer to use with Odin.
I have no idea why it does this, but hey, I kind of like it.
And, that is my dumb story for the day.

v8dreaming said:
So, I turned my phone off to charge it one night and realized I left my charger in the car. My G2x charger was still in my room. So, I plugged it in. To my surprise, instead of charging my phone, it put my GS2 into download mode.
So, now instead of messing with the buttons trying to get it right, I just turn my phone off, plug it into that charger and then plug it into my computer to use with Odin.
I have no idea why it does this, but hey, I kind of like it.
And, that is my dumb story for the day.
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Maybe a pin configuration diff in the charger. That's about the only thing I can think of that may be able to pull it off. Good to know. Thanks

I would not trust using a wierd cable in Odin, good thing it didn't disconnect or anything during the flash or you could of very well bricked the device
just words of caution
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zelendel said:
Maybe a pin configuration diff in the charger. That's about the only thing I can think of that may be able to pull it off. Good to know. Thanks
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that would man it is basically like a jig, forcing DL mode without actually initiating it
which would make it really cool
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Krooked22 said:
I would not trust using a wierd cable in Odin, good thing it didn't disconnect or anything during the flash or you could of very well bricked the device
just words of caution
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I use my GS2 cable for Odin. Just use the G2x cable for getting into download mode.

Krooked22 said:
I would not trust using a wierd cable in Odin, good thing it didn't disconnect or anything during the flash or you could of very well bricked the device
just words of caution
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I semi-bricked my device for a few minutes because my Computer froze when I was updating to 2.3.6 and it shut down Odin. Sooo happy I got it fixed
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I've been using my g2x's charger fir the past few days and mine charged properly.
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minhajmsd said:
I've been using my g2x's charger fir the past few days and mine charged properly.
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Weird. I wonder why mine doesn't. Do you use it with the phone off?

My g2x charger does the same. There have been threads on it already.
Here's one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314284

This also means that we now can have a jig for bricked phones, right? Figure out what's the pin configuration that forces it into download mode?
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My dog bit mine, at the LG sign. It turned it into a jig.

Did you know all micro USB cables are not the same? Do you have issues rooting?

So I have been looking through all of the Q & As and ive noticed many issues with phones getting stuck in certain steps while rooting, updating or other times when we are required to plug our phones into the USB Ports.
Well I had the same issue a few nights ago, literally spent all night.trying to solve it and getting help from various users here.
one solution presented to me was to use a different USB cord in my case I was using a blackberry branded USB cord which I had bought off of Ebay, I switched to an OEM Tmobile My Touch 4G Slide cable and voila! Issues solved!
I had issues rooting and updating my S2 & also an Infuse 4G
So apparently not all micro USB cables are made the same.
Sorry if this was posted in the wrong section...
Mods excuse me if it was.
In closing with any and all issues while connected to your computer try using a different USB cable preferably OEM
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Its true. Some USB cables are much better than others. Especially OEM ones.
I've had the same issue before. Thanks for sharing!
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shankar10 said:
Its true. Some USB cables are much better than others. Especially OEM ones.
I've had the same issue before. Thanks for sharing!
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yeah i am embarassed to say this but over the last 2 days i've been "researching" the best USB cable to buy bahahaha, i found a Samsung OEM one which seemed good till i ran the model number and read horrible reviews, now i am lost, think ill buy a My Touch USB cable instead

YourAntic said:
yeah i am embarassed to say this but over the last 2 days i've been "researching" the best USB cable to buy bahahaha, i found a Samsung OEM one which seemed good till i ran the model number and read horrible reviews, now i am lost, think ill buy a My Touch USB cable instead
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The mytouch 4g cable might present issues as well.,I have one and any time I use it
My battery% gets froze at 100% until I reset it couple times or couple hours later it'll drop from 100 to 70%.
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bobby3306 said:
The mytouch 4g cable might present issues as well.,I have one and any time I use it
My battery% gets froze at 100% until I reset it couple times or couple hours later it'll drop from 100 to 70%.
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I think that's the problem with the charger outlet part. I think. Not exactly sure, but from what i read... That's usually the problem
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bobby3306 said:
The mytouch 4g cable might present issues as well.,I have one and any time I use it
My battery% gets froze at 100% until I reset it couple times or couple hours later it'll drop from 100 to 70%.
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I've been using an HTC Mytouch cable for months and its been working exceptionally well..

Teo032 said:
I think that's the problem with the charger outlet part. I think. Not exactly sure, but from what i read... That's usually the problem
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I believe that too, since ive had no issues at all with mytouch cable.
Like I said I think the only issue is the fact that some cables are not USB 2.0 so as long as you are certain that your cable is USB 2.0 youll be good
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I had a really weird issue with some USB cables. Some times it wouldn't show mass storage but it would charge through the computer BUT if I slowly put the mini USB wire into the phone at an angle the mass storage would pop up. I was literally tweaking when I soft bricked my phone and the computer wouldn't recognize it in download mode. Kept trying to reinstall the drivers come to find out it was the cable the whole time.
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Volatge too high?

Hey guys did a clean install to update to the latest build of fi27 using agats 6.2. Now when i use my car charger it says voltage too high? So i switched to kubans latest and same thing. So is part of the new build. Its very strange ive never seen this before.
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xe4zy said:
Hey guys did a clean install to update to the latest build of fi27 using agats 6.2. Now when i use my car charger it says voltage too high? So i switched to kubans latest and same thing. So is part of the new build. Its very strange ive never seen this before.
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When this issue happened to me, I took my phone into the Sprint store and they tested and found that the battery was bad. I had tried the phone of a couple of different car chargers before that and I received that same message on all of them.

djakx1 said:
When this issue happened to me, I took my phone into the Sprint store and they tested and found that the battery was bad. I had tried the phone of a couple of different car chargers before that and I received that same message on all of them.
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Thanks for the input. Not sure if its the battery. Use my normal charger at home. No problems there. When i use my charger then i get that. ****ing weird
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Universal car chargers are very bad for batteries. You always want to charge your phone more on the original charger. Only use a car charger when it is absolutely necessary to charge your phone.
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Sprint will tell you it is a bad battery in order to keep from exchanging your device, this is the beginning part of the usb port starting to fail...I had this, I checked everywhere and then eventually the port gave in and went bad. Sprint exchanged my device.

hooover said:
Sprint will tell you it is a bad battery in order to keep from exchanging your device, this is the beginning part of the usb port starting to fail...I had this, I checked everywhere and then eventually the port gave in and went bad. Sprint exchanged my device.
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Thanks guys. Yeah very weird. Never had a problem before but now even when i switch back to gb same result. So this could be a sign of usb port failure? Good thing my upgrades in march. fingers crossed i also land my job at sprint but **** man just to get hired what a process its been two weeks. Hopefully when i work there maybe i can put in my two cents that would actually be benefical to the devs.
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Had this same issue yesterday after flashing FI27. Started with "voltage too high" eventually wouldnt charge at all. Luckily i have a repair center a mile ftom home.
Dropped off the phone and the rep seemed to be quite familiar with the problem. She said its been fairly common recently. They ordered me a new phone for Thur. Im pretty happy cause this assurion refurb has been locking up and running super hot since I got it.
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dberend said:
Had this same issue yesterday after flashing FI27. Started with "voltage too high" eventually wouldnt charge at all. Luckily i have a repair center a mile ftom home.
Dropped off the phone and the rep seemed to be quite familiar with the problem. She said its been fairly common recently. They ordered me a new phone for Thur. Im pretty happy cause this assurion refurb has been locking up and running super hot since I got it.
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Did you have to pay the $100 or whatever the cost of the deductible is?

Ever since I flashed agats 0.6.2 kernel my battery icon blinks. An even after unplugging the phone it still says its charging. Even if I take the battery out for hours today and put it back in it says charging on the lock screen and if I try to turn on adb it says please unplug usb cord. And the other weird thing is soon as I put the battery in it boots up with out holding the power button.
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quazimodem said:
Did you have to pay the $100 or whatever the cost of the deductible is?
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Nope, covered under warranty. I had a few dings but no water damage/cracked glass
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Hey guys back again...so uh yeah ive tried everything my guess is the battery needs to go. Ive even set my cpu to 600 -200 and no luck the sucker just keeps draining. So i guess anyone know a good place to buy a battery for this phone? Im mean a site that is trustworthy?
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xe4zy said:
Hey guys back again...so uh yeah ive tried everything my guess is the battery needs to go. Ive even set my cpu to 600 -200 and no luck the sucker just keeps draining. So i guess anyone know a good place to buy a battery for this phone? Im mean a site that is trustworthy?
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I''ve had good luck with these http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GM6IF2/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
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dberend said:
I''ve had good luck with these http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GM6IF2/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
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Thanks bro. Hoping it is just the battery and not my usb port going bad.
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If it's the same problem, I think it has to do with the charging circuits. My battery charged fine on an external charger. In fact at the Sprint store the were going to give me the old battery in my new refurb. Told them I didn't want it if there was a possibility the voltage protection was going bad, might have shortened its life.
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note 2 Charging time

Hi all im alil new to android mostly delt with apple but I couldnt resist this phone.
My question is my iphone 4s fully charged in like an 1-1n a half from dead
By note 2 at&t version takes 5-7 hrs to charge from dead is that normal
Also if it helps im on jedi 6.1.2 rom
I never let the battery drain out when I was stock so im unsure if its the rom
but the rom has better battery life so I doubt it
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The 4s has a 1432 mAh battery and the Note 2 has a 3100 mAh, it should take longer to charge if it has more than twice the capacity.
5-7 hours seems long to me, mine charges quite quickly on stock ROM. Are you charging via USB? Are you using the charger that came with the phone? It is a 2 amp charger, much higher than many generic chargers or chargers you may have lying around from old phones.

Yup Im using the one it came with I have insurance but im rooted and off stock not sure if theyll replace it only had it 3-4weeks I was aboit to order some extra batteries I just dont no if it's hardware related. Isbthe anyway to check it
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My Note II has always taken exactly 2.5 hours to go from absolute dead to fully-charged. I saw someone else on this site post the same thing. If your phone is taking that long to charge, either one of two things are the culprit: either you have a defective phone/battery or you are not using the Samsung wall charger that came with the phone. I can tell you, now, that if you use anything other than that official Samsung charger, it will take 2-3 times as long to charge your device.

Not looking good for me then, I just flashed the jedi rom a few days ago
I mite try to go back to stock and see if there's a difference because from half life on stock it took less then a hr
Can go stock simply by using he past nanRoid backup if so can I then use the backup to go back to jedi ??
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vinnyj85 said:
Not looking good for me then, I just flashed the jedi rom a few days ago
I mite try to go back to stock and see if there's a difference because from half life on stock it took less then a hr
Can go stock simply by using he past nanRoid backup if so can I then use the backup to go back to jedi ??
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Yes on nandroid questions. Possible defective cable as a check vs taking phone back. Mine charges in 2.5 hours. Also just checked yesterday with charging from a generic Walmart bought dual usb car charger with the stock charging cable and it took 1 hour to go from 58% to 100.
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Can go stock simply by using he past nanRoid backup if so can I then use the backup to go back to jedi ??
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Yes
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Alright thanx ima give it a go and come back I pray its not phone itself I tried different samsung cables no difference it takes 5-10mins to move a percent up
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how do you know for sure your flash counter has been reset? it does say normal in my about>status

I've been using my HTC charger and it charges thins thing fassssst.
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vinnyj85 said:
Yup Im using the one it came with
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"The one" what? The white plug that goes into the wall socket, or just the USB cable and plugging it into your computer to charge?
I ask because you weren't specific and there will be a significant difference if you're plugging into your computer via USB versus plugging into the wall with the white Samsung charger. The cable isn't particularly relevant, but the actual "plug" piece is ... it's 2mA vs the 0.5mA of most computer/laptop USB ports.

There sending me one in the mail, they said it had a lil green erosion in the charger port maybe water damage, I hope they dont try charging me full price of the phone i just got it 3-4weekss ago and its never been anywhere near water and my case protects all openings
Pray for me yall
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UserNamer said:
"The one" what? The white plug that goes into the wall socket, or just the USB cable and plugging it into your computer to charge?
I ask because you weren't specific and there will be a significant difference if you're plugging into your computer via USB versus plugging into the wall with the white Samsung charger. The cable isn't particularly relevant, but the actual "plug" piece is ... it's 2mA vs the 0.5mA of most computer/laptop USB ports.
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Sry I using the stock base and stock usb cable I also tried the base and cable from my galaxy player 5.0 and the base from my galaxy tab 7 with the white usb the gn2 came with all super slow charging
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Charger wont connect

Been running macks rom ljc for about 2 weeks now and have been noticing when I plug up my phone to charge at night it has a delayed response to notify me thats its charging..but today it has completely stopped charging. Nor will it connect to my pc. My wife has the same phone and her cord wouldn't work for mine either. Can anyone help?
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Uh oh im extra carefull when plugging it in. Theres teeth on the charger (UsB) that are missing. Think the port of the note 2 is like this or maybe im the only one dont snap like it does on the s3
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My cord works just fine for my wife's. Does that mean its the port on my phone? ?
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