So I rooted and flashed SlimBean on my T-Mobile G2 a while back and that was all fine and dandy until a few days ago, the microUSB port broke. I am not sure what happened, I didn't change anything except maybe the processor in recent memory. This has happened to many devices that I have seen, but never in this way. Most devices when the port breaks, you have to wiggle the plug until it starts charging. With the G2, I plugged it into my laptop and I got a notification on my laptop that the port I plugged it into was overloaded... Any extra information would be great about this... Recently I changed it to JellyBaby, but the issue still remains. I have tried different cords, computers, and outlets and nothing has given me any response.
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oddly enough i had this issue too as soon as i used SlimBean 6.2
now my mac nor either of my pc's read my Desire Z as a USB drive and doesn't prompt me to mount as a disk. I have to use AirDroid to transfer roms now, which is a little inconvenient given the range of my router and distance to my computer.
But it STILL charges fine. I tried with 4 cables too. diferent ports. etc. different roms. different kernels.
I opened a dud Desire Z that i have that broke long time ago to see what is involved in replaceing the USB port but it's not worth me risking to break the phone I currently use and then not being able to charge it at all.
I think I remember one a small plastic object from the microUSB port flaking off. So maybe one of the data pins on the microUSB port came off and it charges but it doesn't detect data connections?
I dunno. I dont feel like it's worth it to check. When a new qwerty phone comes out i'll be happy. Hopefully it lasts long enough for that to happen (if it happens).
if you figure out the issue, let me know! I will test your findings on my phone.
Mine won't charge...
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so yours connects but wont charge.
mine charts but won't connect.
i do think its down to my microUSB port missing a contact somehow.
No, mine does nothing.
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Chances are the port is bad, usually if you peer inside you can see the physical damage but not always
A new port runs about 5$ sometimes less sometimes more but if you search a bit I tend to buy them at about 2$
Replacing one on this phone isn't too bad if your handy with a soldering iron, if you haven't soldered anything before or nothing this small then you may want to have someone do it for you as you can make things worse
External battery chargers are a pain but cheap, but before you invest in anything try a new cable and a new ROM and new firmware (like return to stock or change bootloader etc) if it still won't work near 100% a bad port
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Chances are the port is bad, usually if you peer inside you can see the physical damage but not always
A new port runs about 5$ sometimes less sometimes more but if you search a bit I tend to buy them at about 2$
Replacing one on this phone isn't too bad if your handy with a soldering iron, if you haven't soldered anything before or nothing this small then you may want to have someone do it for you as you can make things worse
External battery chargers are a pain but cheap, but before you invest in anything try a new cable and a new ROM and new firmware (like return to stock or change bootloader etc) if it still won't work near 100% a bad port
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Well I am 15 so... No soldering for me.
I have an external battery charger along with two other batteries. That is working so far.
I have tried new:
Cables
Computers
Outlets
ROMs
I cannot try anything below 4.2.2 because I can connect to a computer to do so an do not have any Nandroid backups.
I am also experiencing major cell reception issues, and can't find a post with alternative modems. Do they exist for this phone?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43195539
Here you will find links to all things about the vision, don't look for modem the term used is radio.
You can use an external SD adapter to download ROMs from PC or download overnight directly to phone (full batt) or use apps to transfer data between PC and phone, I personally back up my data to dropbox and there tons of others that work great too.
Yeah skip the soldering, but maybe consider either paying someone to do it for you or buying a broken vision on eBay and swapping logic boards, that's easy even for the most novice
Best of luck!
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You people act like there is an issue with downloading it straight to your phone am I it supposed to do that?
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Na, I mentioned you could, just many like to download to PC and keep files there. Do what's easier, in your case download to phone, nandroid, wipe clean, flash ROM
Happy flashing!
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Thanks for the radio tip xD in all of the samsung threads they are called modems. It took about five minutes to kick in but I am good now
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So I got my phone on craigslist from a guy. Just the phone, no cables or anything. I tried using my HTC usb cable, but it wouldn't work. I had to buy a legit Samsung cable for it to work. Now that I got rid of the stock ICS and installed a jellybean ROM, the HTC usb cable works now! Which is good, cuz I lost my samsung one.
Any idea why this would happen?
I don't think it matters or will help anyone. Just use OEM cables and one less thing to worry about.
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Standard USB cables is universal, they should be all the same, with 4 pins:
Vcc, Data-, Data+, Ground (of course 3.0 have new stuff)
Maybe the HTC cables have built issues or you were using a USB port that wasn't delivering full 5volts. Sometimes I tried flashing Odin and it failed on cheaper USB cables. And since my desktop have weak USB power output, the file transfer to the Nexus fail sometimes unless I use a USB cable with dual connectors connecting to two full USB ports. But I don't think there is any prevention method to make one brand of cable not work with a certain phone brand, this is a universal standard, not Apple. Which is why I refuse to buy Android tablets that use proprietary ports.
Maybe he had something borked in his rom and didn't know and that was why he was unloading it.
butter and jelly please...
Hey its from Craig's list. Anything is possible...
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yeah any micro usb cable should pretty much work. everything ive tried works fine (blackberry, samsung, htc, generic ones)
I had the same issue with me g2x charger. Only reason why I wanna use my g2x charger over the Samsung OEM one is because the Samsung one does not fit with my case so I'm forced to take off my case every night so I can charge
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He probably had fast charge enabled, which was wiped when you flashed stock JB
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He probably had fast charge enabled, which was wiped when you flashed stock JB
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No I'm completely stock. No root and even got jb ota so nothing changed. Still can't use an lg charger
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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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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
Wiley_11 said:
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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Hi, So I've found that computers aren't recognizing my phone. I've made sure its in MTP mode. Drivers and the multiple computers I tried were up to date. The device does charge but no data? My device is softbricked and it's making it difficult to recover because no computer will see the phone. Any help is appreciated.
Cords, cords, cords, and then try another cord. This is, by far, the pickiest phone I've had with chargers. Most of the one I've been using for years give me a slow charging icon on my LGOG. Good luck
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I'd guess that your charging port is broken. I had that problem, sent it to LG, and they fixed it for $45 (even though it was under warranty; I was very upset). And now I have this problem again, only a couple weeks later. It doesn't matter which USB cord I use, and I have over a dozen.
I'm beginning to hate this phone.
Not sure what it is, but we only have one of our 5 laptops that can pick up either of our LGOGs.
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Do any body here experience loosed micro USB port? I'm experiencing signs of it. I have to press the usb cable of my device down when facing up for it charge.
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Do any body here experience loosed micro USB port? I'm experiencing signs of it. I have to press the usb cable of my device down when facing up for it charge.
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Ya your not the only one been happening to me to and I really don't feel like sending my nexus back in
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What have you done so far?
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Had this happen with mine a few months back. Ended up getting a wireless charger vs sending it back. Will warn you the more you play with the plug to get it to charge, the worse it will get.
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This happened to mine as well. I have taken it apart and tightened the micro usb socket twice now. Works for a while but the overall design is the problem. This has always been a problem with micro usb and is why proprietary sockets are far superior to micro usb despite all the blather I hear about how convenient micro usb is. You can convert proprietary ports when needed and they dont fail like this.
My other two Android devices are like two years and both use micro USB, and they still work fine. It might be the design of the Nexus 7 itself.
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I had this problem with my old Samsung Captivate. It would get so bad the cable would actually fall out. Have you tried a new cable? I thought my phone was damaged but I ordered a new OEM cable because I damaged the original and it also happened to fix the charging and loose connection issues. After a while, it happened again so I just ordered a few more cables on eBay. The reason I chose OEM cables was because the Captivate had a sliding door for the USB cable that often wouldn't accommodate a standard connector. After that experience, I try to stick with OEM cables when possible, just to be safe.
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Mine is different. The micro USB would perfectly fit into the port. I would feel and hear a confident strong click and the movement is minimal. However, it would not sometimes charge and have to play with the cable while at the port.
Funny... I though I was alone 'cause no one would write about it..
I got 3 cables, all with slight different behaviors but generally loose, one of them actually falls off.
Patience is highly and thoroughly tested when I want to transfer data to my nexus.
Mine is loose. I have to slip a piece of paper in with the cable to pack it. Otherwise it won't charge.
Mine is loose but that's my own doing lol but using a different usb mini seems to work
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Sent 1 back on warranty after it quit charging. My new one is better but I use aftermarket, thinner cable to charge
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Same here. I'm considering send it in for warranty but unsure where to send it and how long it would take.
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Same here. I'm considering send it in for warranty but unsure where to send it and how long it would take.
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http://support.asus.com/ServiceCenter.aspx?SLanguage=en
Loosed,too,always disconnected to PC with a gentle touch
I just sent mine from the local store where I bought it. They said it would take a week. I doubt that. I'm expecting a month or more.
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If we didn't get it through the playstore what's the difference if we're trying to get this fixed?
Do i have to take it back to the place i bought it?
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If we didn't get it through the playstore what's the difference if we're trying to get this fixed?
Do i have to take it back to the place i bought it?
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If it's covered under store warranty then sure, you can take it back. Otherwise I'd contact Asus about it.
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sromer said:
If we didn't get it through the playstore what's the difference if we're trying to get this fixed?
Do i have to take it back to the place i bought it?
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Just open it your self and bend the metal pins back down