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Disclaimer: This worked for me, your mileage may vary. You might end up ruining your phone and even hurting yourself in the process. Do this on your own risk, I cannot be held responsible for whatever illness, fires, explosions or biblical plagues that may or may not befall you after following these steps. You have been warned.
Props to these guys for leading the way: http://modmymobile.com/forums/8-gui...w-flash-phone-battery-low-cannot-program.html
Well this was scary... I installed the System Recovery app last night but after clicking "recovery boot" I just got the Motorola "M" logo and nothing else. Booting into recovery, I got the message "Battery low - Cannot program". Odd... there was about 80% charge left when I rebooted. Ah well, I let it sit in the charger overnight. This morning: "Battery low - Cannot program". Not good. After some googling I found out that I had two options:
1) Send it in for repair, claim that it just suddenly stopped booting. Cross my fingers they don't fix it and see it being rooted, running a custom rom with JIT, deodex, overclocking, undervolting and just about every single hack available for the Defy.
2) Go McGyver. This is what I did:
Get a USB cable, cut the off the B plug (the one that plugs into the device) and strip away the shielding, revealing the 4 individual wires inside: White, Green, Red and Black. Red is +5V DC and Black is ground. strip a few (1-2) mm's off each and gently push them into the + and - slots on the battery. Apply some tape to keep them in place, but don't cover the other connectors. Now plug the battery back in, a tight fit, but possible if you've peeled back the shielding and the white and green wires so that only Black and Red are actually being crammed in there with the battery.
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Be VERY careful that the wires are ONLY touching their appropriate terminals. Otherwise you might fry your phone and/or make your battery explode. Red goes to the + terminal, Black goes to the - terminal
Plug the business end of the newly modded usb cable into your computer, thus allowing 5V DC to flow directly to your phone and battery. This is basically like jump leads for a car, but 5V and for a phone
Get the bootloader going (Volume up + power on) and you should now see a message along the lines of "ready to program, connect USB data cable". This is where you connect your phone to the micro USB cable you have lying around (Please tell me you didn't just kill that cable to make your USB jump leads) and connect the other end to your computer. Using RSD Lite, you should now be able to flash an SBF to the phone, and be on your merry way soon hereafter.
thanks dude, my defy was drivin me crazy with that.. got into a loop with no battery, right on first january, nowhere to find another batt.
glad it worked out, great job, i found nothing like this
Happy to help!
I did it at work, got a few curious questions as to what I was doing, but nobody seemed surprised to see me perform "open-wire surgery" on my cell phone, I guess they've gotten used to me by now...
OK, I did the same... Ran out of battery in the middle of the flash... System does not boot up, does not charge, does not leave bootloader because of corrupt flash...
Good thing I have a lab power supply (regulated, stabilized voltage from 3-30V) on my desk (don't ask ) and some nice clips to connect the power.
Some notes:
3V is enough to flash. (Battery was down to 2.5V, which is not enough)
5V (USB) might be a bit much (battery has 3.7V rating) - so don't leave it connected for too long...
Please don't connect the battery to this setup. Unregulated charging of Li-Ion/Li-Pol battery might result in fires!
Well, system restored, charging again! HAPPY!
Somehow I missed your post on this fix...but I had to do the same thing. Worked like a charm once I got the cables to stay in place.
Glad it worked out for you guys!
Mine is still going strong, great battery life and all
Fixed my dead phone
The mcgyver trick worked like a charm. Unbelievable. Thank you.
Omg!! That worked!!!
My phone is saved. I so happy. I love you man.
did this yesterday to fix my phone great job
Thanks a lot !
I was pretty close to flat out panic and despair when I saw that "Battery low, Cannot program" message on my phone, so I'm glad posting this guide has helped all you guys! Sharing experiences and tricks is what forums are all about, remember this when YOU figure something out that saves your butt and/or phone
THX man
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=926012
Works for me.
Charge only the battery with USB-cable.
I think it`s saver because you can only kill your battery.
It works for me. Thanks.
W00t!
Add me to the list of people who rescued their phone with this McGyver hack
Big Thanks from Dave UK, great rescue tip !!
Goin to get a desktop charger and spare battery for just such emergency's.
I used this and omg it saved my life! I had to use two different usb cabels cause the first time i cut the tip of the one that goes to the pc and when i realized what i did i felt so dumb, but was nervouse of the whole thing. But the second usb cable i did the right cut and i even felt like recording it cause i was sooo happy, but then realized that i was jump starting the phone/ camera lol. Thanx for ur method. It was awesome.
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I used this and omg it saved my life! I had to use two different usb cabels cause the first time i cut the tip of the one that goes to the pc and when i realized what i did i felt so dumb, but was nervouse of the whole thing. But the second usb cable i did the right cut and i even felt like recording it cause i was sooo happy, but then realized that i was jump starting the phone/ camera lol. Thanx for ur method. It was awesome.
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I felt the exact same thing "Woohoo it works, lemme just get my phone so I can shoot a picture of... oh wait..."
If you check the EXIF data on the image in the OP, you'll see that it was shot with an iPhone 4 I borrowed from a co-worker. He said something like "I know how you Android guys love tweaking, modding and hacking but thats taking it a little too far, don't you think?" (While pointing at my phone lying on my desk, stripped wires coming out of it and everything )
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Disclaimer: This worked for me, your mileage may vary. You might end up ruining your phone and even hurting yourself in the process. Do this on your own risk, I cannot be held responsible for whatever illness, fires, explosions or biblical plagues that may or may not befall you after following these steps. You have been warned.
Props to these guys for leading the way: http://modmymobile.com/forums/8-gui...w-flash-phone-battery-low-cannot-program.html
Well this was scary... I installed the System Recovery app last night but after clicking "recovery boot" I just got the Motorola "M" logo and nothing else. Booting into recovery, I got the message "Battery low - Cannot program". Odd... there was about 80% charge left when I rebooted. Ah well, I let it sit in the charger overnight. This morning: "Battery low - Cannot program". Not good. After some googling I found out that I had two options:
1) Send it in for repair, claim that it just suddenly stopped booting. Cross my fingers they don't fix it and see it being rooted, running a custom rom with JIT, deodex, overclocking, undervolting and just about every single hack available for the Defy.
2) Go McGyver. This is what I did:
Get a USB cable, cut the off the B plug (the one that plugs into the device) and strip away the shielding, revealing the 4 individual wires inside: White, Green, Red and Black. Red is +5V DC and Black is ground. strip a few (1-2) mm's off each and gently push them into the + and - slots on the battery. Apply some tape to keep them in place, but don't cover the other connectors. Now plug the battery back in, a tight fit, but possible if you've peeled back the shielding and the white and green wires so that only Black and Red are actually being crammed in there with the battery.
Be VERY careful that the wires are ONLY touching their appropriate terminals. Otherwise you might fry your phone and/or make your battery explode. Red goes to the + terminal, Black goes to the - terminal
Plug the business end of the newly modded usb cable into your computer, thus allowing 5V DC to flow directly to your phone and battery. This is basically like jump leads for a car, but 5V and for a phone
Get the bootloader going (Volume up + power on) and you should now see a message along the lines of "ready to program, connect USB data cable". This is where you connect your phone to the micro USB cable you have lying around (Please tell me you didn't just kill that cable to make your USB jump leads) and connect the other end to your computer. Using RSD Lite, you should now be able to flash an SBF to the phone, and be on your merry way soon hereafter.
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Hi, can u please help tofix this issue?? I have been trying this way, but no luck... would u plz refer to the following link for more clarity on issue occurence?
Many thanks in advance...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932264
one question
hey guys,
one serious question,
did you flash from the boot loader while the hack (+,-) were connected?
so one hacked usb cable to +,-
another to the micro usb connector and googogog flash?
or did you waited for some time? half an hour? an hour? waited for some charge and then reflasheD?
thanks guys, stuck at white led, black screen-dead phone
thanks ))))
Alright XDA, checking if anyone else has got this issue?
Bought the galaxy nexus almost three weeks ago, everything was fine with the phone until last week thursday. My battery was running low so I decide to charge it, only to find that it wasn't charging. I took out the battery and put it back in, still wouldn't charge (or at least it didn't say it was charging). I left it in the charging plug whilst the phone was turned off, hit the power button and the black charging screen comes up. I turn it back on to see that the battery is at 44%, after being at 12% 5 minutes ago.
Anyway, ever since then the phone hasn't been charging right. I plug it into the charger, and it doesn't recognize that its charging, or maybe it actually isn't? It takes a while for it to recognize that it's plugged in, and takes a while to actually start charging. I unplug the phone after it's finished charging and is at 99%, only for the battery icon to display that it is still charging.... it's constantly changing from charging to not charging even though I'm not doing anything.
I got the battery indicator app and that would display that the battery has been discharging since say 1 o clock in the afternoon, yet I took it off the charger at 9 o clock in the morning,
Furthermore, I'm now trying to charge it through my computer and put some music on my phone, but my computer won't even recognize that anything is plugged in even though it is quite clearly charging through the computer. (have had to plug it in and out several times, and sometimes it'll recognize that its there...)
is the USB plug ****ed? should I just send it back? I would go to my provider to get a new one from them as I still have warranty and thing, but they will only accept returns within the first 7 days of purchase. Otherwise that leaves me with sending it to samsung which is my last resort because they'll probably take their sweet time getting the phone back to me and I'm going to leave the UK for 4 weeks next week and I really want to take my nexus with me instead of risking it not coming back before I leave.
Have you tried a different USB cable?
New2Houston said:
Have you tried a different USB cable?
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Yes, I've tried the original charger, a blackberry charger, USB cable from original charger through computer, and another micro-usb cable. All have the same problem with recognizing that its plugged in/charging... And now funnily enough it's unplugged from my computer but it's still saying it's connected as a media device.
Don't power up or turn off samsung devices with the USB connected. It messes up the battery stats. I've had the same thing happen to me before on the Nexus S. Since then I learned not to do that on my phones.
I don't know anything about your other charging issues though.
edit: you could always try a factory reset (which will wipe the whole device) to make sure it is not software related.
Luxferro said:
Don't power up or turn off samsung devices with the USB connected. It messes up the battery stats. I've had the same thing happen to me before on the Nexus S. Since then I learned not to do that on my phones.
I don't know anything about your other charging issues though.
edit: you could always try a factory reset (which will wipe the whole device) to make sure it is not software related.
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Interesting about the Nexus S, trying to track back if I unplugged or powered up the phone with USB in...
I just tried factory reset - still showing up that the battery is charging even though it isn't plugged in
Hi, I have the same problem since the 7th of December, first i thought an app or some sync was eating up the battery (i updated G+ and facebook the previous day) but then I noticed that it was not charging, now my GN is dead. I manage to turn in on when is on the charger a couple of times but now not even that. (I have used several chargers and usb cables with no luck)
Did you manage to solve the issue? I sent mine today to Samsung after trying to get a replacement from Phones 4 u.
Possibly chip in battery is bad? Havent confirmed but supposedly we have fuel gauge chips.
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Has anyone else experienced this and fixed it?
Started happening to me three days ago and I can't fix it at all.
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Iv had this problem twice now.....
it wouldnt charge past 12%, it would not show the charging symbol.... i shut off the phone (it seems to charge while the phone is off).. after 5 minutes, i turned it on and the phone was at 65%?
I tried to tell the guy at the verizon store and he would not do anything about it unless he could see the problem happen.... this doesnt always happen and its annoying as hell...
im thinking it is a software issue since it charges fine while the phone is off...
Luxferro said:
Don't power up or turn off samsung devices with the USB connected. It messes up the battery stats. I've had the same thing happen to me before on the Nexus S. Since then I learned not to do that on my phones.
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I was looking for a cause/solution as to why my battery life reporting seems so erratic, I will definitely take this advice and see if this might be why. So it should be ok if I only connect and pull the charger with the phone already on? What if I plug the charger in with the phone completely off and then pull it before booting, is that alright too?
It's funny all the new rituals you need to learn to get around the quirks of a new device (like having to turn the screen off and then back on again after docking my Nexus One if I wanted the touchscreen to work right haha).
I've been having strange issues with my Galaxy Nexus and charging for the past few weeks - I can't seem to get it to charge over 50-60%. Also, whilst it's 'charging', the 'Battery' details page reports 'Discharging' or 'Not charging', even though there is a charging icon in the status bar?
I left it to charge for around 9-10 hours last night, off the mains charger, and it only got to ~45%...
...as I mentioned, whilst it is charging, it never reports that it's charging. The lock screen also suggests to 'Connect your charger'...
...charging whilst the handset is off still results in a half charge. I've tried many different chargers/cables with no luck.
Strangely, I used to be able to only charge the handset off of USB, to 100%, but I've now lost that 'work around' :-(.
I guess I'll phone Samsung returns and see what they say. I'll post their response, in-case anyone else hits this issue.
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Looks like they're sending me a jiffy bag to return it to them...
hmmmm, sounds broken
Mine is charging OK.
My biggest problem is that even when I have my charger unplugged, the icon is still showing that it's charging.
Look at the screenshots, the battery level is going down the whole time because I'm not charging it but it's showing a bar for charging at the bottom.
And if you look at the time on the clock, a few minutes go by and it still says 38 seconds on battery.
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The gap in the stats is from a battery pull.
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Did you ever find a solution for this problem? I'm experiencing the same problem and am unsure whether to try and return the phone or send it in to samsung.
Nope
Have to back my phone up in the next few days and send it back for repair/replacement.
It takes ten days, but if you haven't sent it back by then, I'll let you know what they say the problem was.
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Many have reported the same problem. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427539
ray2jerry said:
What if I plug the charger in with the phone completely off and then pull it before booting, is that alright too?
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That's what I do most often, it works fine for me (but I've had no battery problems so far).
Did any one found a solution for this problem?
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23789
If anyone experiencing this hasn't "starred" the issue on Google, please do so at the link above.
UPDATE:
Turns out my phone is not completely dead.
If I plug it into the computer, it registers a sound indicating a USB is connected,
but not more than 2 seconds later, it sounds again (the sounds of a USB error, Ba, dum, dum)
When I look at device manager, I see: Omap4440 quickly, but then it goes away. This recycles about 8 times and then it just stops.
I read that this might be due to the phone constantly rebooting.
The screen never turns on. I can't get into the bootloader since the screen is dead.
The only problem now is how can I go about this?
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I had more than 90% battery because I just unplugged it. I did a reboot to clear any background apps (like restarting a computer, right?) and it just never came back on.
I placed it into my pocket for that minute while it was rebooting but I never watched as the screen went off. When I took it out of my pocket, it was a dead screen.
I already tried volume + power. And/also holding power itself for a while.
Plugging it back into the charger doesn't do a thing. No charge. Screen remains dead. No vibration is present to indicate the phone at least came on.
What is going on here?
My only conclusion is my jacket may have created a static field which caused a short when I pulled it out. Could this be possible? Especially since there are 3 contact points for the dock on the sides?
Using a GSM version if that matters.
lemonspeakers said:
I had more than 90% battery because I just unplugged it. I did a reboot to clear any background apps (like restarting a computer, right?) and it just never came back on.
I placed it into my pocket for that minute while it was rebooting but I never watched as the screen went off. When I took it out of my pocket, it was a dead screen.
I already tried volume + power. And/also holding power itself for a while.
Plugging it back into the charger doesn't do a thing. No charge. Screen remains dead. No vibration is present to indicate the phone at least came on.
What is going on here?
My only conclusion is my jacket may have created a static field which caused a short when I pulled it out. Could this be possible? Especially since there are 3 contact points for the dock on the sides?
Using a GSM version if that matters.
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try pulling the battery out for 3+minutes, then put it back in and try booting.
Sorry that happened to ya. I would plug it in and keep it plugged in for a solid hour, then try booting it up. I had that happen to me on a previous Android....HTC EVO. I was rooted and just died (even though it said it had plenty of battery). For some reason it lied and was actually out of juice bigtime.
Rooted custom ROMS have known bugs, albeit extremely minute bugs. Give it a try and report back.
Happens every now an then with most galaxy nexus users, battery pull always fixes it, no need to wait 3 minutes, out an straight back in works for me then hit power on button an you will get the vibe an boot.
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slayr76 said:
Happens every now an then with most galaxy nexus users, battery pull always fixes it, no need to wait 3 minutes, out an straight back in works for me then hit power on button an you will get the vibe an boot.
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yeah, i know what you mean because it has happened to me before plenty of times. But this, it's different. It's practically dead and all methods i've tried has not seem to work. I'm seriously out of ideas.
So it's been charging over night and the phone is still dead and wont turn on.
I've even replaced it with a spare battery which I know is at least 90% full.
Anyone? I'm so sad why my nexus just died like that.
rebump... =-( I am so that it just died with no reasons as to why... I've had zero problems with it!
You could attempt an OMAPFlash on it, then reload the factory image via fastboot.
That works for me about 90% of the time in GNex repair situations such as this.
Good luck.
Any water indicators showing water damage? If not, start contacting your provider / insurance / Samsung about a replacement.
Replacement man!
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try pulling the battery out for 3+minutes, then put it back in and try booting.
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Simms is that you from the nexus s? If so, can't wait to see you uploading a quadrant shot of your next over clocked phone.
Op, plug it to a computer and check what happens. Otherwise call for a replacement.
Does this mean I will get a refurbish model? Can anyone quickly explain to me the process to get a new GN and the time it took for you to get your replacement?
If the power button itself is at fault, you can send a power on signal by plugging in the phone with no battery installed and then with the wire still plugged in insert the battery. This method requires no button input whatso ever
Edit , i used to do this by accident all the time while flashing htc devices. Not sure if samsungs hardware offers the same troubleshooting functionality and im not at a wire right now to test the theory. But its worth a shot.
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I had something with these symptoms about 4 days into owning my phone.
The way I fixed it was booting into ODIN mode (vol down & power). The only way out of that one is also a battery pull.
Sorry: I meant to say: battery pull, ODIN, battery pull, then it turned on again normally.
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If the power button itself is at fault, you can send a power on signal by plugging in the phone with no battery installed and then with the wire still plugged in insert the battery. This method requires no button input whatso ever
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Already tried it. Does not work.
m.is.for.michael said:
I had something with these symptoms about 4 days into owning my phone.
The way I fixed it was booting into ODIN mode (vol down & power). The only way out of that one is also a battery pull.
Sorry: I meant to say: battery pull, ODIN, battery pull, then it turned on again normally.
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I'll give this one a try. But I never thought a combination like that would revive a dead phone. I mean, it's dead as if it was just a children's toy with no electronic board inside. No power even though all 3 battery I tried have at least 90% charge. MY Charger is not defective as it works with my other phones.
Naezor said:
You could attempt an OMAPFlash on it, then reload the factory image via fastboot.
That works for me about 90% of the time in GNex repair situations such as this.
Good luck.
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Won't work since I can't even turn on the phone. Computer doesn't see it (Obviously because it can't power on).
krze said:
Any water indicators showing water damage? If not, start contacting your provider / insurance / Samsung about a replacement.
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Indicators show no water damage. This was in my pocket. Unless I pee'ed in my jacket, it shouldn't be wet there.
Thanks for the help guys, but I'm running out of ideas. There's only so much you can do with a phone that cannot turn on. =(
Turns out my phone is not completely dead.
If I plug it into the computer, it registers a sound indicating a USB is connected,
but not more than 2 seconds later, it sounds again (the sounds of a USB error, Ba, dum, dum)
When I look at device manager, I see: Omap4440 quickly, but then it goes away.
I read that this might be due to the phone constantly rebooting.
The screen never turns on. I can't get into the bootloader since the screen is dead.
The only problem now is how can I go about this?
Basically, what you're seeing means the phone is still alive, but the firmware is corrupted.
Try this thread, and particularly this post.
No idea if it works or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25849293&postcount=20
m.is.for.michael said:
Basically, what you're seeing means the phone is still alive, but the firmware is corrupted.
Try this thread, and particularly this post.
No idea if it works or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25849293&postcount=20
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I just tried it. I used the program. I'm stuck on this part for 20 minutes every time after 5 different attempts.
Any clue?
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Is this a hard brick or a soft brick?
This sounds like hardware failure to me. Drop the phone at all, ever? If not, could just be faulty hardware.
Honestly the Galaxy Nexus seems to be of poorer build quality (internals, screen, back cover, etc) than every other Android phone I've ever had. Not that I don't love my Nexus, just an observation.
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Hi! I´m new here,and I did this post because I have a problem with my S3 T999, battery related.
I know that there are a lot of threads with problems very similar with mine, but I think that mine is a little bit different, so, here's my situation:
I got this phone 5 days ago, and I was very happy with it, but everything changed when I put it to charge, first of all, I noticed that my cellphone was charging waaaay slower than my previous mobile (LG Nitro HD), my first thought was "Ok, looks like this phone takes more time to get fully charged" but then I noticed something weird, that my mobile, the closer it was getting to 50%, the slower it charged, and finally, when it reached 50%-55%, it completely stopped charging.
I got some images to show you guys, the system is in spanish (sorry about that) but I think that it shows the information regardless the language.
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As you can see, my cellphone starts charging when the battery is low, but then when it reach 50% it stops completely, that's an strange behavior that I can't understand. Another thing that I noticed, is that the software displays "USB Connected" (Conectado a USB) and apparently it is charging at 3.48% /h, but actually it is connected to the AC, if I unplugg it and plug it again, sometimes it detects the AC Charging but it displays "Discharging", and if I reset the phone, it changes to USB Connected and "Charging" the same as before.
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I also noticed that the inside of my cellphone´s usb connector is a little messed up, some pins were twisted and I think that there is a missing one because I only see 4 pins instead of 5, but I don't know sincerely, I already put in place the pins but is the same result, if somebody can take a picture of their phone's USB connector it would be extremely appreciated
Sooo... I don´t know what's going on with the phone, I don't know if it is a hardware problem or a software problem, actually I switched between different ROMS, 4.0.4 from T-Mobile, 4.1.1 from T-Mobile and now I have CM10 but the problem is the same in the 3 ROMS.
So what do you think guys? I don't know what to do :C please help.
Cheers!!
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Hi! I´m new here,and I did this post because I have a problem with my S3 T999, battery related.
I know that there are a lot of threads with problems very similar with mine, but I think that mine is a little bit different, so, here's my situation:
I got this phone 5 days ago, and I was very happy with it, but everything changed when I put it to charge, first of all, I noticed that my cellphone was charging waaaay slower than my previous mobile (LG Nitro HD), my first thought was "Ok, looks like this phone takes more time to get fully charged" but then I noticed something weird, that my mobile, the closer it was getting to 50%, the slower it charged, and finally, when it reached 50%-55%, it completely stopped charging.
I got some images to show you guys, the system is in spanish (sorry about that) but I think that it shows the information regardless the language.
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As you can see, my cellphone starts charging when the battery is low, but then when it reach 50% it stops completely, that's an strange behavior that I can't understand. Another thing that I noticed, is that the software displays "USB Connected" (Conectado a USB) and apparently it is charging at 3.48% /h, but actually it is connected to the AC, if I unplugg it and plug it again, sometimes it detects the AC Charging but it displays "Discharging", and if I reset the phone, it changes to USB Connected and "Charging" the same as before.
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I also noticed that the inside of my cellphone´s usb connector is a little messed up, some pins were twisted and I think that there is a missing one because I only see 4 pins instead of 5, but I don't know sincerely, I already put in place the pins but is the same result, if somebody can take a picture of their phone's USB connector it would be extremely appreciated
Sooo... I don´t know what's going on with the phone, I don't know if it is a hardware problem or a software problem, actually I switched between different ROMS, 4.0.4 from T-Mobile, 4.1.1 from T-Mobile and now I have CM10 but the problem is the same in the 3 ROMS.
So what do you think guys? I don't know what to do :C please help.
Cheers!!
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Reset your flash counter, flash stock, and return. It sounds like a faulty battery, but if you're missing a pin( I have 5), then its probably the jack.
Thank you for you response.
I don't know if the battery is the problem, probably it is, but i think that is very weird the behavior of the phone while charging, I mean, it starts charging well, slowly but well, then it just slow down until it stops at 56% (maximum charge i've reached) and then it suddenly goes to 100%, but if I disconnect the cellphone it comes back to 56% , that behavior happened me a couple of times.
I already used another usb cable and power adaptor, changed the battery, but everything is the same.
In my opinion I think that the problem is something that regulates the charge process, I don't know, maybe it is a software bug or a faulty chip that regulates the charge, it's hard to know.
Cheers!
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Reset your flash counter, flash stock, and return. It sounds like a faulty battery, but if you're missing a pin( I have 5), then its probably the jack.
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Ok I think that I'm going to send it back and pick another one, could you please tell me how can I reset the flash counter? I don't have an idea of how to do it, I would be very thankful.
Cheers!
before you do all that why don't you just wipe battery stats and try that?
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elesbb said:
before you do all that why don't you just wipe battery stats and try that?
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Via ClockworkMod recovery? or is there another way? Can you please explain it to me?
Thanks in advance!
warishuku said:
Via ClockworkMod recovery? or is there another way? Can you please explain it to me?
Thanks in advance!
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Reboot into recovery, go to Advanced menu and there's an option to wipe battery stats. Go back and reboot the phone.
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Reboot into recovery, go to Advanced menu and there's an option to wipe battery stats. Go back and reboot the phone.
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Thank you! ok I already did that, but looks like the % of the phone is the same as before (right now at 49%) let me put it to charge again and see if now it charges normally.
Cheers!
Ok looks like the problem persist, it's not charging (stuck at 49%) :C
warishuku said:
Ok looks like the problem persist, it's not charging (stuck at 49%) :C
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Wipe the battery stats again, let it die completely and then WITH THE DEVICE OFF plug it in and charge over night. do NOT turn it on when it's charging.
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warishuku said:
Via ClockworkMod recovery? or is there another way? Can you please explain it to me?
Thanks in advance!
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Download Triangleaway from the Playstore. Run the app, but you have to be rooted. Then just Odin stock recovery firmware.
Buy an external charger and find out if its your battery.
Thanks for your advices guys.
I'm going to do everything you said, I just hope that the problem is some kind of battery calibration or bad readings, because by the way the phone behave while charging, at least to me, means that the problem is more on the software side than the hardware one, but I don't discard the hardware one too.
Thank you again, I´m going to erase the stats again, drain the battery and then charge it again with the phone off, let's hope that fixes the problem, if not, then I'm going to buy an external charger and see if the battery is the problem, and lastly I´m going to do the triangleaway solution to erase the counter.
Cheers!
warishuku said:
Thanks for your advices guys.
I'm going to do everything you said, I just hope that the problem is some kind of battery calibration or bad readings, because by the way the phone behave while charging, at least to me, means that the problem is more on the software side than the hardware one, but I don't discard the hardware one too.
Thank you again, I´m going to erase the stats again, drain the battery and then charge it again with the phone off, let's hope that fixes the problem, if not, then I'm going to buy an external charger and see if the battery is the problem, and lastly I´m going to do the triangleaway solution to erase the counter.
Cheers!
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One way to check of faulty battery is checking if the battery is bumpy.
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warishuku said:
Thanks for your advices guys.
I'm going to do everything you said, I just hope that the problem is some kind of battery calibration or bad readings, because by the way the phone behave while charging, at least to me, means that the problem is more on the software side than the hardware one, but I don't discard the hardware one too.
Thank you again, I´m going to erase the stats again, drain the battery and then charge it again with the phone off, let's hope that fixes the problem, if not, then I'm going to buy an external charger and see if the battery is the problem, and lastly I´m going to do the triangleaway solution to erase the counter.
Cheers!
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I just thought of this. Can you transfer Data on your computer to your phone using your USB Cable? If it fails, then that pretty much Narrows it to your bad pins or a bad cable...
Noobiologist said:
One way to check of faulty battery is checking if the battery is bumpy.
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Hi! I'm sorry by bumpy you mean physically? Like inflated or something like that? I'm sorry I'm not very good at english.
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I just thought of this. Can you transfer Data on your computer to your phone using your USB Cable? If it fails, then that pretty much Narrows it to your bad pins or a bad cable...
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Hi! I have no problems with data transfer between the phone and my pc,actually I just put in my phone's internal memory 7 gb of music without any errors, the only problem that happens with data transfer occurs when I cancel a transfer, if I try to transfer a file again it says that can't be possible, the way to fix is simply to unplug and plug the phone again, it starts working flawlessly.
I don't know how the USB pins distribution works, maybe the damaged pins are only for charging? I was looking for schematics of the USB dock on the web, but I didn't find anything.
Thanks for your comments!
EDIT: Well... a moment ago I was putting some new music into the device, and suddenly I got random USB disconnections, and immediatly the device was detected again by the computer, that kind of problems happened to me some time before,and a way to fix it is by reinstalling USB drivers... that's weird, so... maybe that can be also pin related?
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Hi! I'm sorry by bumpy you mean physically? Like inflated or something like that? I'm sorry I'm not very good at english.
Hi! I have no problems with data transfer between the phone and my pc,actually I just put in my phone's internal memory 7 gb of music without any errors, the only problem that happens with data transfer occurs when I cancel a transfer, if I try to transfer a file again it says that can't be possible, the way to fix is simply to unplug and plug the phone again, it starts working flawlessly.
I don't know how the USB pins distribution works, maybe the damaged pins are only for charging? I was looking for schematics of the USB dock on the web, but I didn't find anything.
Thanks for your comments!
EDIT: Well... a moment ago I was putting some new music into the device, and suddenly I got random USB disconnections, and immediatly the device was detected again by the computer, that kind of problems happened to me some time before,and a way to fix it is by reinstalling USB drivers... that's weird, so... maybe that can be also pin related?
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I'm leaning towards a faulty jack. Have you tried another charger or cable? What pin is missing? Count from the left with the screen facing up or take a picture if possible.
warishuku said:
Hi! I'm sorry by bumpy you mean physically? Like inflated or something like that? I'm sorry I'm not very good at english.
Hi! I have no problems with data transfer between the phone and my pc,actually I just put in my phone's internal memory 7 gb of music without any errors, the only problem that happens with data transfer occurs when I cancel a transfer, if I try to transfer a file again it says that can't be possible, the way to fix is simply to unplug and plug the phone again, it starts working flawlessly.
I don't know how the USB pins distribution works, maybe the damaged pins are only for charging? I was looking for schematics of the USB dock on the web, but I didn't find anything.
Thanks for your comments!
EDIT: Well... a moment ago I was putting some new music into the device, and suddenly I got random USB disconnections, and immediatly the device was detected again by the computer, that kind of problems happened to me some time before,and a way to fix it is by reinstalling USB drivers... that's weird, so... maybe that can be also pin related?
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Yes. Physically feeling the battery is a way to see if it's faulty. Bad batteries are always physically inflated.
What you can possibly do is completely wipe everything from your phone and PC Odin Stock Firmware then let it sit there for a good 15 minutes after the installation completed. Turn off your phone and charge it overnight. If your phone still charges up to 50%, buy a new battery/charger and see if the problem persist. If your device still charges up to 50%, then the usb port is physically damaged (you did mention about a missing pin).
There are two ways to repair the usb port. One is buying the usb port, detaching your device and replacing the usb port (I highly NOT recommend this method) or you can do a JTAG service.
I'm guessing Spanish is your primary language. I can explain these to you in Spanish in a PM.
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I'm leaning towards a faulty jack. Have you tried another charger or cable? What pin is missing? Count from the left with the screen facing up or take a picture if possible.
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Hi! Yes I already tried another cables,samsung ones, blackberry ones, even a blackberry AC charger non USB, but not luck.
The missing pin is apparently the fourth one, here's a picture,but is with the screen facing down, I hope you can see it:
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Yes. Physically feeling the battery is a way to see if it's faulty. Bad batteries are always physically inflated.
What you can possibly do is completely wipe everything from your phone and PC Odin Stock Firmware then let it sit there for a good 15 minutes after the installation completed. Turn off your phone and charge it overnight. If your phone still charges up to 50%, buy a new battery/charger and see if the problem persist. If your device still charges up to 50%, then the usb port is physically damaged (you did mention about a missing pin).
There are two ways to repair the usb port. One is buying the usb port, detaching your device and replacing the usb port (I highly NOT recommend this method) or you can do a JTAG service.
I'm guessing Spanish is your primary language. I can explain these to you in Spanish in a PM.
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Hi! Thank you let me try what you said, and it would be magnificent if you could explain me what you said via PM.
Thank you guys!
Hi guys, well... I did what you said about let it rest 15 minutes and overnight charge, but everything is the same, I was wondering about the JTAG service that you said, but looking in youtube some videos,I don't know how that can help, can you please explain it to me?
Thank you!
Hi
Just recently my P605 has developed 2 rather serious problems. The first is that my PC no longer recognizes the tablet, when I plug it in, nothing happens at all, no USB device is detected, nothing comes up on the tablet to say USB connected, it just starts charging. The second problem is it keeps stopping charging. Just this morning it was stuck at 22%, it would charge up to that, then the battery icon would not show it charging anymore.
Through continued switching on and off, it's charging up, but seems very irregular. I've left it switched off on charge now to see what happens. I've ordered a replacement USB port for the tablet wondering if somehow I've damaged it. I've also cleaned the socket out to make sure no fluff was stuck in there causing connection problems.
I've tried the tablet plugged into different PCs/Laptops with different cables, still no USB connection . I've also tried a new ROM, reflashed a few times (which was a PITA) as I had to download via dropbox as I couldn't find my SD card adaptor lol.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Andy
Well I'm stumped. Must be a hardware issue .
I've swapped out the USB connector/ribbon cable and still no USB connection to my PC. Plug it in and nothing at all, either on the tablet or PC. Got it charging back up to 100% and everything else is fine.
Guess I'll have to live with it as it's not under warranty as it was bought from Hong Kong and is also pretty well hacked/rooted etc..
Any other ideas?
i hope someone answers this. i also have the same kind of problem.
really though, i think we'll be better off with better supported tablets in the future
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andythilo said:
Hi
Just recently my P605 has developed 2 rather serious problems. The first is that my PC no longer recognizes the tablet, when I plug it in, nothing happens at all, no USB device is detected, nothing comes up on the tablet to say USB connected, it just starts charging. The second problem is it keeps stopping charging. Just this morning it was stuck at 22%, it would charge up to that, then the battery icon would not show it charging anymore.
Through continued switching on and off, it's charging up, but seems very irregular. I've left it switched off on charge now to see what happens. I've ordered a replacement USB port for the tablet wondering if somehow I've damaged it. I've also cleaned the socket out to make sure no fluff was stuck in there causing connection problems.
I've tried the tablet plugged into different PCs/Laptops with different cables, still no USB connection . I've also tried a new ROM, reflashed a few times (which was a PITA) as I had to download via dropbox as I couldn't find my SD card adaptor lol.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Andy
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Hi I bought the 10.1 2014 Edition back in June. Around November it suddenly started to stop charging. Tried different cables, chargers, charging through PC (very slow) and charging through socket. Took me a couple of weeks to see a pattern. Seems that while charging, if it goes to sleep or locks itself, it stops charging. So I set it to turn the screen off after 30minutes and then it charges. I have it beside me and just touch the screen before the 30mins are up. Not ideal, but allows me to charge it.
I have been searching online and can't see anywhere about how to tell it to keep charging when locking?
Anyone confirm my findings or know a solution?
Hi
Well I'm still stumped. I can only charge to 100% now if the tablet is switched off completely. If it's switched on, it tends to stop charging at any given point. It also still does not connect to a PC/Laptop. Plug it in and nothing happens, USB connection is dead. I changed the USB socket/ribbon cable out and still the same, so must be a hardware issue deeper inside.
Unfortunately my tablet is so hacked about that I doubt Samsung would touch it. Can't really sell it either as who would want a tablet that they can't connect to USB or have to switch off to charge .
Cheers
Andy
My P605 only charge with samsung charger.
with the original one and another samsung charger (700mAh) it charge very well, with standard USB chargers (5V, 500mAh to 2000mAh) the connection is "unstable" and seems the cable is connecting-disconnecting. Try it
All these issues are with the Samsung OEM charger. Seems it'll charge as I use it, but once it goes into standby, it stops. So only way to charge is either switching off completely, or charging whilst in use.
Finally fixed this issue!
Sold the tablet and bought a Note 12.2
OzTraveller said:
Hi I bought the 10.1 2014 Edition back in June. Around November it suddenly started to stop charging. Tried different cables, chargers, charging through PC (very slow) and charging through socket. Took me a couple of weeks to see a pattern. Seems that while charging, if it goes to sleep or locks itself, it stops charging. So I set it to turn the screen off after 30minutes and then it charges. I have it beside me and just touch the screen before the 30mins are up. Not ideal, but allows me to charge it.
I have been searching online and can't see anywhere about how to tell it to keep charging when locking?
Anyone confirm my findings or know a solution?
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Bringing this back up because mine started doing this exact thing, and I'm having to charge mine the same way.
Im about to call into TMo CS and get a replacement, but Id rather not deal with that if I can keep my current tablet.
Any fresh ideas?
I'm having the same problem, mine happened after replacing the battery. I can get it to charge but it's a slow trickle and it will lose power even when plugged in if I'm using it.
I replaced the USB flex cable and that didn't work either. I'm thinking something happened to the motherboard since I can't track it down.
I'm going to take mine to a repair shop to see if they can figure it out.
changing problems
I have two of these Samsung Tablets. One charges perfectly as expected.
The other tablet is a problem.
It charged fine for about a week after purchase and then stopped working as expected, i.e. it started
charging and showing the charging symbol but then it would stop charging after a short while.
After several chargers and many $$$'s (all 2.0A current or more), I found that I could charge it when
switched OFF but very Sloooooowly. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get 100% charge for
several months now as it would take more than 1 night of charging to achieve this.
This afternoon, as I searched for solutions on the web (as I have many many times before), I found the
Display was going off within seconds of plugging in the charger so I updated the settings to have the
display on for the maximum 30 minutes. Interestingly, I found that the charger symbol stayed on!!!
It stayed ON until the 30 minutes display timeout completed. I am now ensuring that there is some
interaction with the table at least every 30 minutes until it is fully charged. By the way, the charging is
fairly quick too - certainly quicker that when it is switched off.
So, I am agreeing with one of the other people on this forum on what is occurring.
My suspicion is that this USB issue was triggered when I attached an external storage device to the USB
but I cannot find anything in the configs to look at or change its status (as you can on some Android
phones, e.g. Sony Xperia).
Hope this is of HELP to some of you.
regards
Re solder the battery connector, the black connector that you plug the cable in. Most problem of not charging is from this cracked connector.
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This connector may look not exactly like yours, but they are similar in all Samsung tablets.
First try to open de tablet and unplug de battery connector. Wait a seconds and plug it again.
Hello everyone!
I "was" having the same issue with my SM-P607T. The tablet was not charging with the screen off or powered down. It was only charging if the screen stayed on always.
So I used the 30 minutes screen time out to charge it. Later, I discovered the "Stay awake" option in Settings>General>Developer options.
(For faster charging I dimmed the screen completely and turned off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Location)
That solved the problem temporarily.
Yesterday, I ran the Lollipop update on the tablet and consciously, start charging the tablet with a lower screen timeout and locking the screen. Today, when I woke up, the battery was 100% fully charged.
Maybe it's related with software issues, maybe not.... Maybe it's related with the hardware, maybe both... but this is what I have observed up to now.
bfrancisco2 said:
I "was" having the same issue with my SM-P607T. The tablet was not charging with the screen off or powered down. It was only charging if the screen stayed on always.
Maybe it's related with software issues, maybe not.... Maybe it's related with the hardware, maybe both... but this is what I have observed up to now.
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Your tablet should be charged regardless it's on or OFF. Either your USB charging port or battery connector is the source of problem.
Don't overlook your USB cable or charger, try a working one to test.
Try to replace the USB charging port, if nothing is improved, the battery connector needs to be re soldered.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-USB-Cha...520-SM-P605-/161796889092?hash=item25abd89a04
US sellers may have higher prices but they ship faster.
Beut said:
Your tablet should be charged regardless it's on or OFF. Either your USB charging port or battery connector is the source of problem.
Don't overlook your USB cable or charger, try a working one to test.
Try to replace the USB charging port, if nothing is improved, the battery connector needs to be re soldered.
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Ok. But how we explain that the tablet only charges with the screen always on? Is that still a usb port problem?
bfrancisco2 said:
Ok. But how we explain that the tablet only charges with the screen always on? Is that still a usb port problem?
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I cannot point to the source of problem from many unknowns: USB port, USB cable, charger, battery connector or mainboard
You can only verify by using precise tool to check if the tablet is drawing correct current, normally around 1.7 Amps
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Do one by one, verify by known working parts until problem solve, technicians have to do the same things by elimination method to find the source of the problem.
The most common problem of this tablet: only ON when plugged in, resolder the battery connector will fix it permanently.
One easy test of bad or cracked battery connector: remove the back cover, apply pressure directly on battery connector when plugged in, press the HOME button and you see the green battery icon flashing, then this battery connector need to be re soldered.