Out of the blue I noticed my S3 was charging very slowly, it even was losing a charge while it was plugged in while I was using it. I figure it had something to do with my custom ROM so I reflash, still same outcome. The battery was still holding a good charge, so I figured it was something else. I then went out and bought a new charger, which came with a micro usb cord to see if that helped. Plugged in the new charger while using my old micro usb cord, still same outcome. Then used the new micro usb cord and old charger, charging went back to normal, problem solved! I would of never thought that the cord would malfunction from day to day use after such a short lifespan. Moral of the story, check your cords if you experience the same problem, it could save you some time and money!
Yup, I experienced the same thing! Slow charging, losing charge while plugged in, and horrible battery life. Once I changed the cable it went back to normal. That's also what I've been recommending people to check when they report similar symptoms
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I was wondering if I was the only one, haha. I'm guessing this will be a common problem for us with the S3.
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Good find
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Try a fast charge kernel, it work well good.
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Try a fast charge kernel, it work well good.
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This is true, but not that helpful when the USB cable is bad, please read the thread before posting bud.
I had the same thing happen with a friends USB cable over the weekend. Same phone same charger took 2 hours to get 18% (with fast charge enabled) plugged in with my cable, took 1.5 hours to charge the other 80%. Got the cord from here and all is good again. Wonder why this happens to some of these cords...
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This is true, but not that helpful when the USB cable is bad, please read the thread before posting bud.
I had the same thing happen with a friends USB cable over the weekend. Same phone same charger took 2 hours to get 18% (with fast charge enabled) plugged in with my cable, took 1.5 hours to charge the other 80%. Got the cord from here and all is good again. Wonder why this happens to some of these cords...
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Bad build you don't noticed but we do throw around the charger a bit and sometimes pull hard with the cords.
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Bad build you don't noticed but we do throw around the charger a bit and sometimes pull hard with the cords.
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Ya that is true this is my culprit Click me I've done that about 10 times a week since I got the phone, I'm a lucky one though haha.
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This is true, but not that helpful when the USB cable is bad, please read the thread before posting bud.
I had the same thing happen with a friends USB cable over the weekend. Same phone same charger took 2 hours to get 18% (with fast charge enabled) plugged in with my cable, took 1.5 hours to charge the other 80%. Got the cord from here and all is good again. Wonder why this happens to some of these cords...
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I believe is a short or break in the cable that makes it think its plugged into a usb port on a computer.
Its been a while so hope im remembering this right, but when you use the wall outlet it connects two of the pins together where if plugged into a computer it does not. The phone detects this and allows a faster charge.
I remember in the past people would solder the pins together permanently (on the cable not the phone) so it would always charge faster.
I believe thats how it worked anyway. So if these have broken or shorted in some way it may cause that behavior. Hope that made sense.
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I believe is a short or break in the cable that makes it think its plugged into a usb port on a computer.
Its been a while so hope im remembering this right, but when you use the wall outlet it connects two of the pins together where if plugged into a computer it does not. The phone detects this and allows a faster charge.
I remember in the past people would solder the pins together permanently (on the cable not the phone) so it would always charge faster.
I believe thats how it worked anyway. So if these have broken or shorted in some way it may cause that behavior. Hope that made sense.
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Interesting, I'm not that techy at all. I did try plugging it into both computer USB port, and wall charger and neither gave it a proper charge.
It may be the same scenario but with different wires within the cable. Hard to say for sure.
In the end though, cables go bad just like everything else. I think many dont realize how much they really can abuse them!
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It may be the same scenario but with different wires within the cable. Hard to say for sure.
In the end though, cables go bad just like everything else. I think many dont realize how much they really can abuse them!
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Myself included, glad they're cheap. Nice seeing you around again man.
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Ya that is true this is my culprit Click me I've done that about 10 times a week since I got the phone, I'm a lucky one though haha.
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Lmao yeah mines gone throught that too.reason why their cheap is because it's really cheap material that companies throw in the box.I wish they were more solid with a bit more protection like the ones that came with my ps3.
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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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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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Resolution?
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.
Explain further?
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.
I am thinking of changing my phone via warranty. Will I still be able to use my nandroid backups on my new glide? USB charging getting worse.
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I would say yes but...you never know i havent tried but maybe someome has
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I'd like an update if possible if you are able to get it warrantied? I thought once anything was modified that was it? And won't they argue that the crappy micro-B usb failing is the user's fault, rather than the fact it's an unreliable unresiliant usb port? *I miss the mini-b usb*
If its same carrier then of course same device, I don't see why it would be an issue, just nadroid it before you replace it with an older backup.
I went back to an osimood nandroid backup and guess what my charging is working perfectly! Does this make any sense? Guess my phone does not like ICS. No need to send it in under warranty now.
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I'd keep a close watch on it none the less so as to not begin experiencing the problem again only for it to occur outside of the warranty.
#1 Are you using the real Samsung charger? I've stopped using other chargers in an effort to prevent excessive wear/damage to my ports. They fit the most flush and smoothly it seems in comparison to half a dozen other chargers and usb cables I have used.
#2 Are you sure it wasn't just a bad flash? Did a reflash? did a wipe and then flash? Just curious but I'd give that a shot. Also checksum the ICS image you did use to be sure it wasn't a bad download?
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#1 Are you using the real Samsung charger? I've stopped using other chargers in an effort to prevent excessive wear/damage to my ports. They fit the most flush and smoothly it seems in comparison to half a dozen other chargers and usb cables I have used.
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Sorry to threadjack, but every Samsung charger/cable I've ever used has barely held itself in the port, loose and floppy like an old hooker's va-jay-jay. (inb4urmomlol)
Now Nokia, those guys can make a damn microusb cable! plug into the charging port, I can pick up my phone and swing it around by the cable if I wanted. takes just a bit of effort to pull the cable off the port...
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Now Nokia, those guys can make a damn microusb cable! plug into the charging port, I can pick up my phone and swing it around by the cable if I wanted. takes just a bit of effort to pull the cable off the port...
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Since you mention it, I can't argue. My nokia ports were pretty rock solid, but I still have my old Nokia USB cable, and while so far all of my samsung ports and cables seem pretty solid/not loose, the nokia fits in (short of making any dirty references :laugh pretty snug and too snug for comfort, which is why I mentioned sticking to the original ones in hopes of less force and wear.
I understand loose but now it works with osimood where it didn't before the same exact cables. Seems that there is something that changes with ICS and charging.
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Now... That's why I avoid using Samsung's USB cable, they're too much troubles. I have two of them shorting itself out, so the Wacom Bamboo USB cable gets used instead - no problems. I wonder why Samsung makes the most unreliable USB cable, hmm?
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USB cables! my wife and I both have Glides and with in 3 to 4 months both of the usb cables broke! I mean the end that plugs into the phone just disintegrated! I use a usb cable that came from a palm one phone, its twice as long and works wonderfully! although be very careful with the port in the phone! was caught in a light rain, and a single drop happen to hit perfectly on the charging port! that ended the usb functionality! still charged but could not use on a pc. I had already rooted the phone! I called att and they sent me a new one on warranty. I got lucky I guess, all I did was delete all the apps the used root and used root explorer to delete superuser.apk. rebooted the phone and sent it in!
I would say if you need to send it in, just flash the leaked ICS update and that will un-root and also restore a stock recovery. there's also a stock 2.3.5 and the stock recovery floating in the forum here somewhere!
Yup... -___- Mine just shorted out, from positive to negative - at least Samsung's charger itself is fault-proof (didn't let out the magic smoke when that occurred).
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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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Out of the blue I noticed my S3 was charging very slowly, it even was losing a charge while it was plugged in while I was using it. I figure it had something to do with my custom ROM so I reflash, still same outcome. The battery was still holding a good charge, so I figured it was something else. I then went out and bought a new charger, which came with a micro usb cord to see if that helped. Plugged in the new charger while using my old micro usb cord, still same outcome. Then used the new micro usb cord and old charger, charging went back to normal, problem solved! I would of never thought that the cord would malfunction from day to day use after such a short lifespan. Moral of the story, check your cords if you experience the same problem, it could save you some time and money!
Cables do go bad. Also, check for gunk in either end of the cable or even the phone's socket. I've seen all kinds of odd problems caused by lint and gunk in cables or plugs.
Same problem here waiting for my new cables to come to see if that's it
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Hopefully it's the cord and not the charge port.
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That is why I have a couple cords always laying around. I've found that simple things as unplugging it to fast and it gets pulled wrong. Go figure.
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Out of the blue I noticed my S3 was charging very slowly, it even was losing a charge while it was plugged in while I was using it. I figure it had something to do with my custom ROM so I reflash, still same outcome. The battery was still holding a good charge, so I figured it was something else. I then went out and bought a new charger, which came with a micro usb cord to see if that helped. Plugged in the new charger while using my old micro usb cord, still same outcome. Then used the new micro usb cord and old charger, charging went back to normal, problem solved! I would of never thought that the cord would malfunction from day to day use after such a short lifespan. Moral of the story, check your cords if you experience the same problem, it could save you some time and money!
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True story; My wife has an S3. Over the Memorial Day weekend my wife had charged her phone with a EVO charger overnight. Next morning as we were leaving for the beach her phone was DEAD. I TOLD HER TO PUT IT ON THE CAR CHARGER, NOTHING. I asked if the phone was plugged in anyway long story short phone would not charge until I took the battery out and used the factory charger two hours all was well. Careful what you use to charge your handset.:angel:
I was having this problem, but the battery is over a year old and I live in a hot part of the world. Swapped the battery for a new one and everythings back to new. Fast chargimg and 9 hours of use. So glad I didn't go ti an HTC with a sealed battery compartment.
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I would replace the battery and charger.
I've got the same problem. But my phone sits in a hot work truck most of the day. I suspect the battery is worn out now. I've tried new cables.
You could always try a new oem battery, they're pretty cheap on eBay. Make sure you get an oem though and stay away from the cheap knock offs.
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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.
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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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