I'm having a problem with my galaxy nexus.
After going over my warranty by a month,I started to suffer from the odd charging bug that seems common in GN especially after the 4.2.2 update.
I started with intermittent charging issues, sometimes it would charge, sometimes it wouldn't.
It then got to the point were it didn't charge.
After googling and searching through the internet I found this to be a common problem.
There seemed to be several fixes, change usb circuit board, bending usb tabs, restarting bootloader, flashing bootloader, new battery etc.
I can safely say I have been through them all.
I can still not charge my phone after; a new usb circuit board, and new battery. I did have a glimmer of hope with a flash of 4.1.2 Google factory image, where it started to start charging but then stopped.
In #*#*info*#*# under battery, it notices a usb or ac feed connected, and my computer registers that it's connected, and can enter fastboot and adb. But never says charging.
The one that concerns me the most, is when the phone was powered off, and I plugged in a charger, I would get a charging partition boot up, showing a battery with lightning bolt on it. I no longer get this.
When I plug it in to my computer,I get a connection tone, but then an item not working properly tone, and under device manager it shows item not working properly, and updating drivers doesn't help.
Usb hot wiring the battery, gets everything working, but it's very dodgy.
Do you have any ideas? Is there a protected partition for charging (that is available on boot)? Could that get corrupted? And can it be reflashed?
Any help is very much appreciated
Thanks
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Another USB cable?
Beamed from my Maguro.
Have you tried different wires and AC adapters?
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Mach3.2 said:
Another USB cable?
Beamed from my Maguro.
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Tried 4 different ones,4 different chargers, but thanks
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MikeyCriggz said:
Have you tried different wires and AC adapters?
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Thinking of stripping it down again, see if there's some thing I've missed, but thanks
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So... I'm not saying issue was similar but it's close. I started having charging issues yadda yadda... plugged in saying charging, sometimes saying nothing. Battery drain was ridiculous. With the phone off, it's show as charging but once turned on after hours it would show half charged. I have three batteries and a bunch of charges all the same issue. I swapped out the USB from a broken GN I had and still the issue persisted. Eventually, I saved my data and swapped out the circuit board for the one on the broken phone and all is well. Every battery I placed in the phone was charged... I get a full charge yadda yadda. I'm not saying it's a similar issue but it's close. You might be able to find a broken GN (screen, no water damage) for cheap on ebay and do what I did... just a suggestion.
Can you charge through the pogo pins? If you can, I'd highly recommend doing the touchstone modification.
I've had issues when I'd enable fast charge on several kernels. If you're using a custom kernel, disable fast charge then connect to power.
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ffejy462 said:
Can you charge through the pogo pins? If you can, I'd highly recommend doing the touchstone modification.
I've had issues when I'd enable fast charge on several kernels. If you're using a custom kernel, disable fast charge then connect to power.
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Thanks, can you tell me the pos neg fir the pogo pins please.
I'm going to get back on this tonight, as new phone gn got put on the side.
Yes I've always used a kernel with usb fast charge, and a 2A car charger.
I'll look into this touchstone mod.
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I have a VZW Galaxy Nexus and it won't charge while it's on,but when I turn it off it charges. Also It will charge while powered on when its connected to my VZW branded car charger. Anyone know why this is?
In settings>battery does it show charging(USB) or charging(AC)?
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No I just get a list of what's using my battery life
Are you using the stock USB cable and charger?
Not all USB cables or chargers are made the same.
I bought one micro usb cable that looked high quality but didn't charge at all when in use and charged very slowly when not in use.
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No I just get a list of what's using my battery life
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I mean when it is plugged into the charger.
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staticx57 said:
I mean when it is plugged into the charger.
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Wrong place, you need to check in: Settings > About Phone > Status
Might it be a faulty USB cable? Have you tried with a different cable/charger?
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Wrong place, you need to check in: Settings > About Phone > Status
Might it be a faulty USB cable? Have you tried with a different cable/charger?
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Yeah I've tried two different cables. Haven't tried the stock one since I don't have it.
Although not all cables can carry data, I thought any cable should be able to charge?
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Yeah I've tried two different cables. Haven't tried the stock one since I don't have it.
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Try on a different computer, maybe your computers USB ports are malfunctioning or the GNex overloads them when the phone is on?
Not sure what the problem is. I've tried two dfferent computers usb ports several different outlets and two different cables. The only time it truly charges is when I have it hooked up to my car charger
I'm having a similar problem with the GSM version. I had the original Galaxy S and had to replace it because over time it completely stopped charging no matter what cable I used. Is this an issue with Samsung phones? Now My Galaxy Nexus seems to only charge with certain cables and some cables that it originally worked with no longer charge it. I've tested the cables with other devices and they seem to work. I'm wondering if I should begin the lengthy process of shipping it off to the UK for warranty service. Anyone have a link to a tutorial on how to flash everything back to stock and relock the bootloader?
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Wrong place, you need to check in: Settings > About Phone > Status
Might it be a faulty USB cable? Have you tried with a different cable/charger?
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For future reference you can check it it in settings> battery too
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So today my Galaxy Nexus (GSM) has started doing the same as the OP. I did not charge at all last night on the charger. I turned it off. Took it downstairs to another charger and plugged it in and noticed that it was charging. I figured it just needed a reboot. I turned it back on and left if on the second charger and it quit charging. Now I've moved to a third charger and the same thing is happening....no charge except while turned off.
I don't think I have done anything to harm the phone--the only thing I've ever done to it is swap the battery to the larger version. I'll try to switch the battery back to the OEM when I get home from work to see if that makes a difference. In the mean time, does anyone have any ideas on this? The phone is only ~6 months old, would I be wrong to say that the warranty would take care of this? Thanks.
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So today my Galaxy Nexus (GSM) has started doing the same as the OP. I did not charge at all last night on the charger. I turned it off. Took it downstairs to another charger and plugged it in and noticed that it was charging. I figured it just needed a reboot. I turned it back on and left if on the second charger and it quit charging. Now I've moved to a third charger and the same thing is happening....no charge except while turned off.
I don't think I have done anything to harm the phone--the only thing I've ever done to it is swap the battery to the larger version. I'll try to switch the battery back to the OEM when I get home from work to see if that makes a difference. In the mean time, does anyone have any ideas on this? The phone is only ~6 months old, would I be wrong to say that the warranty would take care of this? Thanks.
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My SGS2 did this as well. I had to tweak the USB connector on my phone. I bent it slightly toward the screen and all was well, never had to mess with it again.
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Although not all cables can carry data, I thought any cable should be able to charge?
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This is true, the outer pins on a USB are for charging, positive and negative. The inner two are data in, data out. At the very least, a cable will always have positive and negative, so all cables will charge unless there's a break in either positive or negative or both. If there's a break in data in or out, it should still charge but it won't communicate with a PC or something like that.
The issue OP is talking about sounds rom or kernel related. Nandroid > Try something else. Hope for the best.
I've noticed that on 4.1 my USB charging worked fine. Now that I am on 4.1.1 it still charges over USB, but at a decreased rate. In other words, before 4.1.1 it easily charged over night and now it will only charge to about 80%. Does anyone have any ideas why that might be?
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My SGS2 did this as well. I had to tweak the USB connector on my phone. I bent it slightly toward the screen and all was well, never had to mess with it again.
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I just did the same thing, and it worked. Gnex was only charging when it was off, now, it's fine. I had to do the same thing to my old Fascinate for the same issue.
have you solved the problem?
Are you on stock or custom rom?
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I have a VZW Galaxy Nexus and it won't charge while it's on,but when I turn it off it charges. Also It will charge while powered on when its connected to my VZW branded car charger. Anyone know why this is?
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Having the exact same problem, won't charge with the original adapter as well as spare adapters, also wont charge through USB. Car charger is the only thing charging it right now.
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Could you explain further what you mean by "bent slightly toward the screen?" are you talking on the phone or on the cord? If on the cord, then the whole metal connector? Or just something inside.
Id like to hope im the only one whos experienced this. But whats going on with the charging? I love the dam phone but while charging it sometimes drops in percentage. Its happened in alot of situations. Stock unrooted, stock rooted, Frosty jb, and Xquizit. I try to underclock to see if that makes a difference but it gets worse. Can someone, anyone please help me out. It was even left on the charger last night and I awoke to 15%
Sounds like either a bad charger or a bad connection between phone and battery.
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Thank you. At least its possible it may be the charger and or battery and not the phone. Much appreciated.
I don't know what rom you on now, just keep as stock for now then keep checking 1 or 2 day still have problem, bring back to TMO for warranty.
Are you using the usb cable and the wall charger that come with the phone? I noticed that when I am using my other usb cable I brought from the internet to charge the phone with my PC, which only supports max 500mA current per USB port, the phone doesn't seem to be charging at all. Just like the op said, the battery percentage went down even though the phone is saying it is charging. Then I switched to the usb cable that come with the phone, and plug in to the same usb port on my pc. What you know, it is charging correctly now, the percentage went up. And it charge much faster when using the 2A wall charger that come with the phone.
I think the problem with charger
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If you are near a local T-Mobile store or distributor, why not pop in with your kit (phone, charger and cable) and do a little process of elimination to see if your problem is your phone and/or cable and/or your charger?
Ive been experiencing the same, but when using other chargers and usb cables. Weird. But it never happens with the charger the phone came with.
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It been a while sense I've messed with this. I have two galaxy nexus one is pretty tore up so I've been using it to charge my batteries. My good one will not charge even after micro usb port swapping.
The one that won't charge my batteries: I don't know why it won't charge. I swapped the hardware. It all started when I flashed slim over I think it was Kang. While I was on Kang(I think it was that one at least) I messed with some advanced battery settings and forgot or didn't think it metered switching them back. I can only assume this is the culprit.
It will recognize the AC charging but it will not charge or it will only De charge my batteries. If anyone can suggest anything please let me know.
Thank you.
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What do you mean "swapped the hardware"?
I swapped the micro usb port
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Flash a stock build to isolate it as hardware.
Copy that,
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Ended up swapping the main board, micro usb worked just fine
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Slie said:
Ended up swapping the main board, micro usb worked just fine
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I've got one that is doing the exact same thing. It connects to the PC ok, and shows the charging symbol but when you check under status it shows as not charging.
I took it completely apart, cleaned the logic board with a soft bristle toothbrush in case it had any thing that might be causing it to short, and even replaced the usb charging port flex cable.
I have noticed that when I plug it into the usb ports on my HDD docking station that it makes a low barely audible static like sound. my other working Galaxy Nexus doesn't do this.
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I've got one that is doing the exact same thing. It connects to the PC ok, and shows the charging symbol but when you check under status it shows as not charging.
I took it completely apart, cleaned the logic board with a soft bristle toothbrush in case it had any thing that might be causing it to short, and even replaced the usb charging port flex cable.
I have noticed that when I plug it into the usb ports on my HDD docking station that it makes a low barely audible static like sound. my other working Galaxy Nexus doesn't do this.
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OK an update to this, if I run the factory Jellybean 4.1.2 image or CM10 it still shows the charging symbol and shows as not charging in the status info, but if the phone is left alone the battery does charge. If I run the 4.2.1 or 4.2.2 factory image or CM10.1 it doesn't charge unless the phone is turned off.
very bizarre.
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OK an update to this, if I run the factory Jellybean 4.1.2 image or CM10 it still shows the charging symbol and shows as not charging in the status info, but if the phone is left alone the battery does charge. If I run the 4.2.1 or 4.2.2 factory image or CM10.1 it doesn't charge unless the phone is turned off.
very bizarre.
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That is somewhat odd that it will trickle charge yet. That usually is indicative of the usb flex being bad ... that or a bad charging cable but i assume that you have tried that already. Do you have data connectivity yet on this device? Usually you lose that when something like this happens, at least when it has for me. Do you flash the factory image via fastboot or odin ... You could try to odin it to ensure that everything is stock. But since your bootloader is charging that kinda rules out hardware especially since you said that you have changed it already. Only other thing i can think of is a kernel issue but that would be taken care of when flashing stock if you flashed via bootloader.
My battery been charging really slow lately. My phone has never been dropped or has no water damage. Can someone give me an idea and if so will a factory reset help out?
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I had A similar issue and it ended up being the USB cable that came with the phone. I switched to another one and it charges so much faster.
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You can buy another battery... maybe the battery is the culprit happened to me... But i ended up buying an extended slim battery thats the same size as the stock one... It added to my battery life about an extra 4hrs... You can get it here http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-3960mAh..._Cell_Phone_PDA_Batteries&hash=item337ee79e91 well worth the money
Me too
I just started having the same problem. I use to be able to use my phone while it charges and it would charge fairly quick as long as I wasn't heavly using it. Now even when I'm not doing anything on it, its charging ridiculously slow.
I thought it had something to do with my recent flashing of 4.3 but I flashed a MC2 restore and it didn't seem to matter.
Get the Galaxy Charging Current app. It will let you know the charging current. It should be *Now: 1698*. Mine would read 466 and I would reinsert cable(until I got a new charger/cable) until it read 1698. It appears there is a problem with OEM cable.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abmantis.galaxychargingcurrent.free
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Get the Galaxy Charging Current app. It will let you know the charging current. It should be *Now: 1698*. Mine would read 466 and I would reinsert cable(until I got a new charger/cable) until it read 1698. It appears there is a problem with OEM cable.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abmantis.galaxychargingcurrent.free
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The app's developer states that this app doesn't work on any Sprint devices. But it works on yours?
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The app's developer states that this app doesn't work on any Sprint devices. But it works on yours?
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Been working great for ~3 months on my Sprint Note II. It said that when I downloaded the app too. Try the free version, I like it and bought the app for the dark background feature.
I would try another USB cable first. I was having the same issue. I tried a different cable I have around, and was charging like I was expecting. So, I order two premium USB cables from monoprice.
From the reading on XDA around here, it looks like the USB cable that came with phone get shorts in them fair easy; ie they're not very durable. For me, no biggie since I like to keep cables in various places--car, house, backpack, go to bag, etc.
It changing the cable didn't work, try a different charger. If that doesn't work, try the battery. If none of those work, then it's probably your USB port.
Although, the USB cable is most likely the issue.
If you've had the phone for awhile, try cleaning out the microUSB port on it. I used a toothpick and picked out a surprising amount of lint that had accumulated in there. It may help establish a better connection between the cable and the port.
Definitely seems to be an issue with the usb cable, I had the same issue, switched cable, and all is fine.
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Thank you all for the info I will check up.on the extended slim battery. I feel that it might be my cable cause on the car charger it charges quick with no problem.
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Mines is at 1100 when I down loaded that app.
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The phone was working perfectly until last few days. When connected to the socket via the charger, it shows that the phone is charging but it isn't(the battery instead keeps on decreasing while on charge) sometimes charging begins but really slowly.
However when connected with the computer through the usb, its charging ok.
Tried with an other samsung charger too, same problem.
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arhamiq said:
The phone was working perfectly until last few days. When connected to the socket via the charger, it shows that the phone is charging but it isn't(the battery instead keeps on decreasing while on charge) sometimes charging begins but really slowly.
However when connected with the computer through the usb, its charging ok.
Tried with an other samsung charger too, same problem.
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Have you tried an iPhone (or generic USB) charger with the known working data cable?
Charger or USB power status is determined by the data lines instead of the accessory ID wire so you should get high speed charging with... well, mostly every charger.
@arhamiq, do U use custom ROM?
tapped from ace
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@arhamiq, do U use custom ROM?
tapped from ace
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Been using cm 10.2 since it actually came out.
Maybe its the chargers fault :s
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Have you changed settings in "Galaxy Ace 2" app? there is setup for wall socket current in "USB" sub menu - maybe you tweaked something there.
If you have any other charger with micro-usb try it (it should be fine with all chargers with amper range around 1A).
Tried with a sony charger but charges really slowly.
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oh, one more thing, have you cleaned teh usb port in your phone?
If not, switch the phone off, remove baterry (it's for removing any current from the cirquits) and with fine wooden toothpick or something similar, try to go around inside of a usb port of the phone - I was really supprised how much fabric can be pilled up there