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I know this happens on alot of devices. When u plug it in the current from charging interferes with input sensitivity. But it is VERY well pronounced on this phone. This the only thing that's bugging me about this awesome phone.
I just want to make sure I'm not the only one having major difficulties while plugged in. Post your results here please. Thanks
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Success100 said:
I know this happens on alot of devices. When u plug it in the current from charging interferes with input sensitivity. But it is VERY well pronounced on this phone. This the only thing that's bugging me about this awesome phone.
I just want to make sure I'm not the only one having major difficulties while plugged in. Post your results here please. Thanks
sent from my damn EPIC TOUCH 4G!!!!
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Yeah its the voltage or amperage whatever on the wall charger. Try and find one with a smaller output
wait so the adapter bundled with the Epic Touch sends more amperage than the thing can handle? and to the point of interfering with button sensitivity?
I do notice it a little bit, but I Have had it plugged in for over an hour now, it happend to me about once or twice. nothing too bad.
I used my tabs charger not thinking...no issues
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Its not that the stock one is "the wrong" charger. Its that the outlet charger is meant for rapid charges so it puts out alot more than say a usb port. Thats why usb takes alot longer to charge and the wall charger can do it in a couple hours.
Sounds kind of odd... I have used 5 different chargers with the normal epic and never had any kind of issue as the phone has it's own internal current regulation. I had put a 3A charger (WAY overkill) on my epic with no issue. If this is causing your phone issues, I would give it a few days, see if others have the problem and if not, exchange it ASAP.
See I always had that issue with my evo and hero. If I used a 3amp charger the input was whack as hell but if I used my 1.5amp it was perfect. Wonder if its an outlet ground issue or something else.
wingzfan said:
See I always had that issue with my evo and hero. If I used a 3amp charger the input was whack as hell but if I used my 1.5amp it was perfect. Wonder if its an outlet ground issue or something else.
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Do we know what the chargeing level is on the epic touch? I know for the epic it was 600mA if D+ and D- were shorted and 380mA on data USB if the data pins were not shorted.
it has happened with my last few devices. I will say this thing charges pretty quickly..but yes when it is charging my phone is a pain to use.
As far a charging ratings...well..I aint that smart. lol
Success100 said:
I know this happens on alot of devices. When u plug it in the current from charging interferes with input sensitivity. But it is VERY well pronounced on this phone. This the only thing that's bugging me about this awesome phone.
I just want to make sure I'm not the only one having major difficulties while plugged in. Post your results here please. Thanks
sent from my damn EPIC TOUCH 4G!!!!
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I noticed this too, sadly I didn't say anything cause I thought it was me hitting a button or something by accident
I have had this with all my htc and android devices. It does it at my house only. When Im at my parents charging it does not interfere. Evo was real bad, epic has been alot better. I have noticed that once it is charged the issue is usually somewhat resolved. It would be awesome if someone found a fix to this. Though im pretty sure it is my old house or the radio towers 3 streets down that I can hear on my landline.
maybe I'm in the minority but I consider this a big issue. I've never experienced anything of the sort with my Epic and, like a previous poster, I've used all sorts of cables and chargers. will have to wait for some more feedback from new users on it, though.
what does "input sensitivity" mean?
dead78 said:
maybe I'm in the minority but I consider this a big issue. I've never experienced anything of the sort with my Epic and, like a previous poster, I've used all sorts of cables and chargers. will have to wait for some more feedback from new users on it, though.
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its not a huge issue for me...but yes, i think it can be fixed via software update. happened to the Evo when it first launched
Im not noticing anything like that... I guess we will see but so far so good
I am not getting anything like this either.
What exactly are you guys seeing? I'm charging mine now and haven't noticed anything unusual.
Sounds like it might just be "dirty" electricity basically if someone even has it only happen at once location but not another. Not much you can do about that but test it and put filters on... both things cost money. Maybe this phone is more sensative to it than others.
Perhaps we should start a sticky listing any bugs found instead of having a thread for each one discovered?
So, for the past month and a half, I've been having some serious overheating issues with my E4GT, whether I have it rooted and a custom ROM flashed, or running stock. It has now gotten to the point where the phone smells..funky, near the camera on the back. Now, Sprint labels the battery as the culprit...twice now, they just give me a new battery saying the old was swollen, and that it is what was causing it to overheat. Completely ignoring that I state it smells like fried parts. Now, the batteries were all normal in appearance, mind you, not a bit swollen. No water damage either. It gets almost too hot to touch the screen at times, not dangerously, but uncomfortable. I only use the USB cable and wall adapter it came with, as well. ..Yet, battery life actually isn't terrible, go figure. This overheating happens whether I am using the crap out of my phone, or just leaving it sit idle.
Any ideas what to do from here? It makes it almost too hot to touch the screen at times, not dangerously, but uncomfortable, especially if it happens when I make a call. I only use the USB cable and wall adapter it came with, as well. I've made a habit of unplugging it when it says it's at a 100% charge, too.
I'm sick of Sprint shoving me aside every time I go there, which is three times now. So, if there are any ideas as to how I can get them to just replace the damn thing without spending 100 through insurance..lay it on me. I've searched the forums for a solution to this particular issue, no avail. Hell, if it takes purposely bricking for them to pay attention, then I'll do it, but that's on the back burner. Far far back.
I have tried all sorts of things to keep it running smoothly, I guess my main question is how to get Sprint to just replace the dang thing.
Apologies for the novel, guys and gals.
**...somehow the title ended up being just one word. Not sure how it got deleted. I blame cats. "Major overheating issue, getting the good ol' Sprint run-around.." <--should have been that.
Go to a different sprint store....they're being dicks, never had that issue at any sprint store in my area. You have a fault phone and it needs to be replaced.
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I have been to two, but perhaps third one's the charm?
maruutah said:
So, for the past month and a half, I've been having some serious overheating issues with my E4GT, whether I have it rooted and a custom ROM flashed, or running stock. It has now gotten to the point where the phone smells..funky, near the camera on the back. Now, Sprint labels the battery as the culprit...twice now, they just give me a new battery saying the old was swollen, and that it is what was causing it to overheat. Completely ignoring that I state it smells like fried parts. Now, the batteries were all normal in appearance, mind you, not a bit swollen. No water damage either. It gets almost too hot to touch the screen at times, not dangerously, but uncomfortable. I only use the USB cable and wall adapter it came with, as well. ..Yet, battery life actually isn't terrible, go figure. This overheating happens whether I am using the crap out of my phone, or just leaving it sit idle.
Any ideas what to do from here? It makes it almost too hot to touch the screen at times, not dangerously, but uncomfortable, especially if it happens when I make a call. I only use the USB cable and wall adapter it came with, as well. I've made a habit of unplugging it when it says it's at a 100% charge, too.
I'm sick of Sprint shoving me aside every time I go there, which is three times now. So, if there are any ideas as to how I can get them to just replace the damn thing without spending 100 through insurance..lay it on me. I've searched the forums for a solution to this particular issue, no avail. Hell, if it takes purposely bricking for them to pay attention, then I'll do it, but that's on the back burner. Far far back.
Apologies for the novel, guys and gals.
**...somehow the title ended up being just one word. Not sure how it got deleted. I blame cats. "Major overheating issue, getting the good ol' Sprint run-around.." <--should have been that.
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I had the same problem and so did my woman. Do yourself a favor and download Calkulins battery saver E4GT ROM. I don't know how but it keeps the phone cooler. Seriously. Haven't had any over heating issues since. EL29 stock kernel always causes mine to heat up. Hope this helps
I've used that as well, but the thing still smells pretty bad whenever I use..well..anything. :/ I have tried all sorts of things to keep it running smoothly, I guess my main question is how to get Sprint to just replace the dang thing. I should add that to the initial post...
maruutah said:
I've used that as well, but the thing still smells pretty bad whenever I use..well..anything. :/ I have tried all sorts of things to keep it running smoothly, I guess my main question is how to get Sprint to just replace the dang thing. I should add that to the initial post...
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Do you have insurance? You could always just brick it to the point where all ya get is the blue led of death and bring it in and tell them the thing just suddenly went off on ya and when you tried to turn it on this is what happened.
Do NOT try to damage it using water because they have these stickers inside the phone and on the battery that change colors when they come in contact with water so sprint will know, and laugh in your face.
my phone also gets very hot like in 120 range
You could send it to Samsung under warranty, and when u go to sprint make sure its a corporate service center and not a 3rd party "authorized service center". When you go in don't mention overheating at first start off with "my phone smells funny, like burning plastic and when I pick it up I notice the screen is very warm/hot to the touch and sometimes has issues with the touch responsiveness" this should get their attention away from the battery and more towards the internal issues, more than likely its the SOC that is overheating if it's hottest near the camera area of the phone
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My Galaxy Nexus is the GSM version, international. The charger is for Europe, so... it's not like the version for US, I believe. Don't know how different it is (aside from the connectors), and since chances are the people that are gonna answer me are from the US... oh well...
When the charger is plugged in to the wall socket, but the phone is not plugged in, it buzzes... the charger emitts a very high pitch, constant noise... I can hear it very well during day, with my window open (not too much noise going on, except for a few birds and a few distant sirens). During night... it's worse than the Chinese drop, lol.
Don't get me wrong - it's not LOUD, but given it's very high pitch... you get the point. The noise I'm talking about can be compared to those Ultra Ring ringtones you probably used to play to annoy others as a child... if you're around the age of 20, like me, lol. It's not THAT loud, but... Oh well.
If I unplug the charger, the noise begins to dissapear... it begins to oscilate, faster & faster, until it vanishes completely.
The same noise is being emitted by the charger when the phone is charging, but the battery level is above 85% or so, and the screen is off. The same very high pitch noise is there, constant, but with very short interruptions. The noise stops entirely as soon as I turn on the screen and re-appears about two seconds after I lock the phone.
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The charger is the original Samsung one, which outputs 1A at 5.0V, so it's not some cheap Chinese charger or anything... What the hell is wrong with it? Is your charger acting the same?
I'm sorry if all this sounds complete rubbish & ridiculous to you, but... I ain't crazy, lol.
It happens. And you are crazy. Look at how much wrote to tell us the air is leaking out your power supply.
butter and jelly please...
Your observation does 100% cover with mine. Might be a capacitor doing this, but it's annoying, I agree.
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It happens. And you are crazy. Look at how much wrote to tell us the air is leaking out your power supply.
butter and jelly please...
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I tend to explain things very concise.
I could've said "charger buzzez ANYONE ELSE?!" and you would've answered "what the hell, lrn2english".
Provide useful answers or don't chime in.
gubshi said:
Your observation does 100% cover with mine. Might be a capacitor doing this, but it's annoying, I agree.
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The Galaxy Note seems to be using the same charger... a friend of mine has it, and he also complains it's making that noise.
A capacitor, that's what I thought, too, but since I can't really know which one is responsible... It hardly seems like it's normal, I mean I had HTC 1A chargers and they were all quiet .
So... no one else's chargers doing this?!
I have a charger bought from amazon, it does this. Same one that comes with the gnex
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watt9493 said:
I have a charger bought from amazon, it does this. Same one that comes with the gnex
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And it is different than my version, since you have 110V systems or whatever it was :-? with 3 plug connectors.
gubshi said:
Your observation does 100% cover with mine. Might be a capacitor doing this, but it's annoying, I agree.
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My charger that came with the Gnex whines too. However I know capacitors don't whine...It's most likely one of the coils/transformer/inductors inside the charger that is making the noise. I noticed that once it's charging it goes away too.
Read up on this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coil_noise
Formhault said:
My Galaxy Nexus is the GSM version, international. The charger is for Europe, so... it's not like the version for US, I believe. Don't know how different it is (aside from the connectors), and since chances are the people that are gonna answer me are from the US... oh well...
When the charger is plugged in to the wall socket, but the phone is not plugged in, it buzzes... the charger emitts a very high pitch, constant noise... I can hear it very well during day, with my window open (not too much noise going on, except for a few birds and a few distant sirens). During night... it's worse than the Chinese drop, lol.
Don't get me wrong - it's not LOUD, but given it's very high pitch... you get the point. The noise I'm talking about can be compared to those Ultra Ring ringtones you probably used to play to annoy others as a child... if you're around the age of 20, like me, lol. It's not THAT loud, but... Oh well.
If I unplug the charger, the noise begins to dissapear... it begins to oscilate, faster & faster, until it vanishes completely.
The same noise is being emitted by the charger when the phone is charging, but the battery level is above 85% or so, and the screen is off. The same very high pitch noise is there, constant, but with very short interruptions. The noise stops entirely as soon as I turn on the screen and re-appears about two seconds after I lock the phone.
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The charger is the original Samsung one, which outputs 1A at 5.0V, so it's not some cheap Chinese charger or anything... What the hell is wrong with it? Is your charger acting the same?
I'm sorry if all this sounds complete rubbish & ridiculous to you, but... I ain't crazy, lol.
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Thats totally normal. Every charger does this. My Huawei charger, my notebook charger, my Gnex charger, my i9000 charger....etc
Nexz said:
Thats totally normal. Every charger does this. My Huawei charger, my notebook charger, my Gnex charger, my i9000 charger....etc
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That's funny, cause no other charger I previously owned/use did this. HTC's 1A charger didn't do this, Motorola's 850mA charger didn't do this, Galaxy S2's 700mA charger (same as Galaxy S1) didn't do this...
I think it's because the charger is so small, yet so powerful, and since components are so tied together... Makes no sense, but I guess the technology used in chargers is not yet perfect haha.
biscuitownz said:
My charger that came with the Gnex whines too. However I know capacitors don't whine...It's most likely one of the coils/transformer/inductors inside the charger that is making the noise. I noticed that once it's charging it goes away too.
Read up on this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coil_noise
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WHINES - that's the term I was looking for. The charger whines, not buzzes, lol.
Coil noise... it actually makes sense, in the end. I didn't think it could make THAT much noise, though. Thank you .
The noise stops once u plug it in
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The noise stops once u plug it in
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It stops, yes, but once my phone's battery is past a certain level (say, 80% or so), the noise re-appears (not the exact same noise, but kind of), ONLY when the screen is off.
Just get a new charger, its defective for sure. Had one that did the same thing, it even got a little warm and it sounded like the "sound grenade" app. Pretty funny, plugged it into my friends room for a couple days and he couldnt figure out where the sound was coming from lol. Swapped it out with another one and no more high pitch annoying sound.
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i think every samsung travel charger (the one included with the galaxy nexus, note, etc) make that high pitch noise
they are very cheap..just that..its of course annoing, but anyway it doesn't cause any problem to the phone
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It stops, yes, but once my phone's battery is past a certain level (say, 80% or so), the noise re-appears (not the exact same noise, but kind of), ONLY when the screen is off.
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Once it reaches near full battery it'll lower down on the amperage, therefore it's like as if it isn't plugged in anymore.
donniestarko said:
Just get a new charger, its defective for sure. Had one that did the same thing, it even got a little warm and it sounded like the "sound grenade" app. Pretty funny, plugged it into my friends room for a couple days and he couldnt figure out where the sound was coming from lol. Swapped it out with another one and no more high pitch annoying sound.
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As long as it's not harming my phone (which it's not), I'll keep it. Unless it starts to sound like lightnings, lol.
Can't swap it, so... I'm not gonna waste $5, haha.
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Once it reaches near full battery it'll lower down on the amperage, therefore it's like as if it isn't plugged in anymore.
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Looks like less current = more noise; should've been the other way around, I guess, rofl.
Bit of a strange one, this...
When I unplug my charger (it's a UK one - I have an LTE 1705) it emits a noise for at least 2 or 3 minutes.
I can only hear it when I hold the thing near my ear, but it's definitely there. It sounds like a high pitched buzz or whistle and, I repeat, the sound is emitted when the charger is disconnected from the electricity.
Now, I must point out that I...well, "suffer" isn't the right word...have RF hearing. I'm able to hear RF noise from electrical components. It isn't tinnitus - I have that too (I'm a 44 year old metal-head), and they are completely different - I know if a TV is on in a house before seeing or hearing (normally) it, I can hear high-output LED torches, etc, etc, but this is the first time I've ever heard something that's not actually drawing power.
Is this something to worry about...?
I tot I was alone..
Mine emits a noise when the fone is charged.. its like a buzzing sound..
It disappears when I turn off the power or unplug it..
Also not sure if its something that I should be worried about..
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Gonna call the Samsung shop here in Singapore and see what they have to say.
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This is a common issue and has been discussed in various places.. see my thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922112
It appears to be down to the current required for higher capacity batteries. I am not that savvy with electrical engineering but have been assured it's not a fault and nothing to worry about, just irritating though!
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I realize this is a worse case scenario, but i used my phone as navigation for the first time today and after maybe 20 minutes of having it on my dash, charging, listeing to bluetooth music while navigating it quit charging and the red notification light started blinking. I had power saver on with the screen at its lowest Automatic Brightness set. I know this is a stress test for it, but lots of other phones I've had didnt have a problem like this. I dont use it as navigation too often, but it cant not charge if i do use it that way.
Anyone elses do this too?
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I realize this is a worse case scenario, but i used my phone as navigation for the first time today and after maybe 20 minutes of having it on my dash, charging, listeing to bluetooth music while navigating it quit charging and the red notification light started blinking. I had power saver on with the screen at its lowest Automatic Brightness set. I know this is a stress test for it, but lots of other phones I've had didnt have a problem like this. I dont use it as navigation too often, but it cant not charge if i do use it that way.
Anyone elses do this too?
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Mine starts to get pretty hot with the basics....browsing..youtube...charging while not using. It's not happening all the time but it gets frustrating. This is my second m8 ( I returned my first for heat issues) so it's happened on both non-rooted m8s.
I went back to the tmobile i bought it from, they hooked it up to a laptop and ran a few tests on it and declared it fine. They said to call corporate tmobile tomorrow (since they took the holiday off today) and tell them whats going on and they can put it in my notes to have the store replace my phone tomorrow.
Anyone else's phone do this? I ask because corporate gave the store the OK to exchange my phone, and if this is a problem with all M8's, theres no point to exchange it.
I am debating on getting a different phone all together. I flashed a few Roms.... Still having the heat issue.
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So I was able to trade my phone for a new one at the store,...I'm now past the 14 day trial, so I hope this one is OK.
Are you guys sure it gets that hot? This is the same thing with the M7 and people were saying the same thing. It's thermal conductivity which you guys are feeling. Keep in mind just because your other phones don't feel as hot doesn't mean it's not the same temperature. Here's a video about what happens and how people confuse themselves. The M7 and M8 are different and the M8 should conduct more heat due to it being more metal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqDbMEdLiCs
Although yes, it's hot to the touch, I'm talking about the battery getting so hot it quits charging , the Orange led blinks, and the battery starts going backwards even though it's plugged in to the car charger.
That's why I was making sure if it isn't merely it feels hot, and not actually being hot.
Are you using a 1.5 amp or something higher? I notice when I use large amp charger it'll get hotter than usual, but it does charge quicker.
It's a Verizon generic car charger, 1 amp. I'll be using the replacement phone tomorrow afternoon for navigation, I'll report back if it's any better with it.
I Just found a 2.4 amp Rocmetfish charger that gets good write ups at best buy. Wonder if that would help.....2.4a is a lot more than 1a.