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A few days ago, my Nexus stopped charging while turned on.
I noticed that it still charged when the phone was off. So, I started turning it off @ night to charge it.
Well now... for some reason when I plug the phone in while it's off, it shows me the charging animation (the battery filling up), but then all of a sudden it shows a battery with a bolt running through it (im assuming this means fully charged) and then it does the animation again.
Wtf is happening??
thanks guys.
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It sounds like the 'Ghost charging' issue. See if the small pin in the Micro USB port is touching something. Look very carefully! If so, try to bend that pin slightly up just so it doesn't touch the surrounding.
If that doesn't help. Buy a replacement port for like 6 USD. Replacing it will take you at most 15 minutes including re-assembly.
Some people reported problems with using LED controller apps like light flow and flashlight apps, try uninstalling any that you may have and see if the problem is resolved, if not then what the guy above suggested seems to be the only solution
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I had something like that before ... my mobile shows it is charging while not plugged in, sometimes it wakes up and sleeps many times repeatedly as if I'm plugging but and unplugging it again ... finally I found people talking about the problem and the solution was using the original cable for charging ... if not solved yet you can do what I did, clean the micro USB port using a small brush and the last thing you can do if not solved , you can left up the micro USB pin using a thing clip, and that's what solved the problem for me ..
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hmm... any more input from you guys?
I did a restore so there shouldn't be any apps keeping it from charging now.
tuk1maar said:
It sounds like the 'Ghost charging' issue. See if the small pin in the Micro USB port is touching something. Look very carefully! If so, try to bend that pin slightly up just so it doesn't touch the surrounding.
If that doesn't help. Buy a replacement port for like 6 USD. Replacing it will take you at most 15 minutes including re-assembly.
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the small pin in the phone? The one that's horizontal? how would I bend it up?
iArtisan said:
the small pin in the phone? The one that's horizontal? how would I bend it up?
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only bend it up if you can see it touches the surrounding. Bend it up with the smallest thing you can find that fits in there. BE CAREFULL! do not use force. You need to use little power to lift it up. I myself never had this issue but I did read alot posts related to this. And lifting the horizontal pin up solved it for most of the people that sufferd from this issue.
One question: Did you ever use any charger except for the standard Galaxy Nexus charger? (Including car chargers and such)
tuk1maar said:
only bend it up if you can see it touches the surrounding. Bend it up with the smallest thing you can find that fits in there. BE CAREFULL! do not use force. You need to use little power to lift it up. I myself never had this issue but I did read alot posts related to this. And lifting the horizontal pin up solved it for most of the people that sufferd from this issue.
One question: Did you ever use any charger except for the standard Galaxy Nexus charger? (Including car chargers and such)
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no. never. If I mess up, will replacing the charging port resolve the issue?
Bending the pin up resolve the issue for me. The problem returns back after a charge and unplug perhaps pushing the pin back into wrong position. I uninstalled lightflow app, it had no effect.
I have ordered the replacement usb port, middle cover(the usb socket seems worn out). I will post an update
sitaramp said:
Bending the pin up resolve the issue for me. The problem returns back after a charge and unplug perhaps pushing the pin back into wrong position. I uninstalled lightflow app, it had no effect.
I have ordered the replacement usb port, middle cover(the usb socket seems worn out). I will post an update
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please do.
I think I have the same problem. I tried bending the pin, removing LED apps, various combinations of unplugging, turning off etc., and I tried changing the USB PCB in the phone to no avail. I even tried different batteries. I have absolutely no clue what the issue is. This is doing my nut in.
ibm9001 said:
I think I have the same problem. I tried bending the pin, removing LED apps, various combinations of unplugging, turning off etc., and I tried changing the USB PCB in the phone to no avail. I even tried different batteries. I have absolutely no clue what the issue is. This is doing my nut in.
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If you have rooted your phone.. wiping battery stats in recovery mode did the trick for me.. It happened to me atleast 2-3 times.. It's not a permanent solution but just a temporary measure..Im not sure what goes on. I've only had my Gnexus for 1 month and its happened like 3 times. Really3 sucks. Anyone know if it is software related? perhaps unrooting would do the trick??
It could also be a hardware problem, it's been reported before. Following is a guide to replace the USB and charging logic board on a Galaxy Nexus (the guide is for the CDMA version, but it's very similar to a GSM version): iFixit Guide You can order the parts for the GSM version here: Replacement part.
I just ordered one because my phone keeps doing the same stupid things: sometimes it charges, sometimes it doesn't, USB connection is completely erratic and it strangely enough always shows the loading icon when it's off and connected, but doesn't actually charge the battery. Tried wiping, reflashing, restoring, switching on and off, wiggling the cable, taking another cable, readjusting the position of the USB pins - to no avail. Now I'm trying replacing the board. Wish me luck!
zyrill said:
It could also be a hardware problem, it's been reported before. Following is a guide to replace the USB and charging logic board on a Galaxy Nexus (the guide is for the CDMA version, but it's very similar to a GSM version): iFixit Guide You can order the parts for the GSM version here: Replacement part.
I just ordered one because my phone keeps doing the same stupid things: sometimes it charges, sometimes it doesn't, USB connection is completely erratic and it strangely enough always shows the loading icon when it's off and connected, but doesn't actually charge the battery. Tried wiping, reflashing, restoring, switching on and off, wiggling the cable, taking another cable, readjusting the position of the USB pins - to no avail. Now I'm trying replacing the board. Wish me luck!
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I wish you luck… but I tried that and it didn't help, so don't get your hopes too high.
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My Nexus is also having the same problem. Bending the USB pins does the trick but it keep coming back.
Last night I had the same charging problem, so, I applied the same trick, but this time, it created a different problem. When I plugged the phone into my computer, it can be charged but is not recognized by Windows. Also, the headphone plug is acting funny. When a headphone is plugged, it is not detected and music still coming from the speaker. All these happened after I bent the USB pins, might be I applied too much force or might be the pins give up itself this time.
Anyhow, just order a replacement part and hope it will resolve all these problems.
I have fixed the mystery headphone problem, It was caused by the Wechat app that I have recently installed. Once I have unistalled that app, the headphone works properly.
Just waiting for the new charging port USB flex cable to resovled the "USB Deivce Not Recognized" problem.
I have a small question. Can I turn off the display backlight when the charger is connected ?How? That would be great temporary solution
I have read in other forums from people that have replaced the USB port with no results.
What I read and worked for me was to lift the small "tongue" inside the USB port towards the screen. As soon as I did it the charging animation disappear. This, of course, is most probably just a temporary fix and the problem will come back eventually. But at least it's stopped driving me crazy for a moment.
I tried plugging the charger and it charges normally, but it looks like the charger pushes the tongue back down so the "charging when not charging" problem re appeared. I pushed the tongue back up and "fixed" it again.
With this in mind one would think that changing the port would fix the problems but people have reported the opposite :/
BTW, I am using the original charger, although, I have used many other chargers with this phone
Hi,
I had the same problem of ghost charging, it started with phone not charging when connected to charger and then randomly showing charging...
Now discovered it causes vbus_tuna_otg wake lock in Bette battery stats and high system usage in setting> battery, basically not letting the phone go to deep sleep, causing battery drain.
Any way to fix this. ?
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My gnex is not charging..i plug in and the battery symbol doesnt show charging..when i check battery in settings it shows not charging instead of discharging.
Another thing is that if i switch it off and plug in the white charging symbol occurs but after an hour when i switch on the battery is at the same percentage..
pls help :'(
Ive had those same issues..I went to charge it on my car charger and it instantly began working. The very next day I tried my hone charger again and it would work..Crazy thing is when the home charger wasn't working for my GNEX, it would charge my girlfriends phone just fine!!
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tea_dub84 said:
Ive had those same issues..I went to charge it on my car charger and it instantly began working. The very next day I tried my hone charger again and it would work..Crazy thing is when the home charger wasn't working for my GNEX, it would charge my girlfriends phone just fine!!
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http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/RahZtFg39DU[1-25]
looks like many have this issue
Same happened with my friends nexus.. Any solutions...?
vjz567 said:
Same happened with my friends nexus.. Any solutions...?
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no idea..this issue is very annoying
There's a goddamn thread a day on this
Not kidding. One day Galaxy Nexuses will go extinct because of this!
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Have had a charging issue as well, and solved it.
Hey there,
my SGN was not charging at all not even when turned off, started two days ago, the first evening it was only charging on one out of my three USB cables (each cable has its own wall charger).
Also my PC with "Win 8 Pro" was not recognizing my phone at all.
My first try was a bit stupid, but it worked, well for one day only. I bite on the USB cable, so the part that goes in the phone was a bit deformed, and the SGN was charging again. \o/
Next evening, I had the same problem again, but this time, non of my three cables was able to charge, even after further deforming tries.
My final solution was to use a needle, stick it in the USB port on the phone and bend the small "tongue" a bit up, so it was exactly in the middle.
My Phone was off and the battery removed. I put all together again and plugged the USB cable back in, it started charging while off.
Then I just turned it on, after booting was almost done, my PC told me that my SGN is connected and it was still charging.
I removed the cable, plugged it back in, several times, also on all three charger with its cables, finally my problem seems to be resolved.
btw. My SGN is from November 2011, so one of the first here in Europe.
I hope this can help some other with the same problem.
Kind Regards from Germany,
Milex84
MiLeX84 said:
Hey there,
my SGN was not charging at all not even when turned off, started two days ago, the first evening it was only charging on one out of my three USB cables (each cable has its own wall charger).
Also my PC with "Win 8 Pro" was not recognizing my phone at all.
My first try was a bit stupid, but it worked, well for one day only. I bite on the USB cable, so the part that goes in the phone was a bit deformed, and the SGN was charging again. \o/
Next evening, I had the same problem again, but this time, non of my three cables was able to charge, even after further deforming tries.
My final solution was to use a needle, stick it in the USB port on the phone and bend the small "tongue" a bit up, so it was exactly in the middle.
My Phone was off and the battery removed. I put all together again and plugged the USB cable back in, it started charging while off.
Then I just turned it on, after booting was almost done, my PC told me that my SGN is connected and it was still charging.
I removed the cable, plugged it back in, several times, also on all three charger with its cables, finally my problem seems to be resolved.
btw. My SGN is from November 2011, so one of the first here in Europe.
I hope this can help some other with the same problem.
Kind Regards from Germany,
Milex84
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could u please post a photo of what u did? I've the same problem
Thanks
MiLeX84 said:
Hey there,
My final solution was to use a needle, stick it in the USB port on the phone and bend the small "tongue" a bit up, so it was exactly in the middle.
Kind Regards from Germany,
Milex84
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I had the same problem, GNex quit charging. Fixed it by using a toothpick to gently move the "tongue" in the USB port up towards the LED (screen side). I used a wooden toothpick as I didn't know what would happen if the connectors shorted using something metal.
Apparently, moving the USB plug around when it is in the port can move things out of alignment. Very easy fix, takes less than one minute. You could use a plastic pen cap or whatever you have lying around as a tool.
If you are under warranty, you could always ask for a replacement.
I had this problem a while back, first only some chargers would work and finally none of my chargers worked. In my case it seems like the problem was pocket lint tightly packed at the back of the usb port. The lint was grey and so tightly packed that I couldn't see any thing wrong. I used a fine tooth pick and got a good size wad out and the charging problem was solved. I always thought that the lint prevented the usb cable to be fully seated but maybe I bent the "lip" while trying to get the lint out
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Well, I've left my phone on charge with the adapter charger and it was recharged. Now it seems to work also through usb
I got a new Gnex today because of this same issue. It would randomly not charge no matter what charger is was using. What's weird though is I never had an issue transferring files to my Mac and vice versa.
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Jolle_1 said:
I had this problem a while back, first only some chargers would work and finally none of my chargers worked. In my case it seems like the problem was pocket lint tightly packed at the back of the usb port. The lint was grey and so tightly packed that I couldn't see any thing wrong.
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had the same issue, was charging only on PC-USB, I used a safety pin and removed a lot of lint. Works fine now.
britoso said:
had the same issue, was charging only on PC-USB, I used a safety pin and removed a lot of lint. Works fine now.
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Thought that was lint but in my case even removing the lint it wont charge CORRECTLY -- with the original charger (it was uncharging after some movement).
Then I realize that forcing the usb plug to go more inside the USB port it works. What I did: Removed the black protection because it block the plug to go more inside the phone port. It's now metalic (lol) but not a problem of charging anymore.
I'd buy some heat shrink tubing for that before you cause a fire .
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Sometimes it happens to me when battery's charged at 98-99%. Don't know the reason, and what I can do is to remove cable, reconnect it
dbleti said:
Sometimes it happens to me when battery's charged at 98-99%. Don't know the reason, and what I can do is to remove cable, reconnect it
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Unfortunately, all that really does is shorten the battery's life. There is no benefit to forcing it to that feel good display of 100%.
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Here's my full experience with my Galaxy Nexus charging problem --
I bought this one eBay, came with 4.1.2. Didn't even test charging before I updated it to stock 4.2.2 and rooted it, so I'm not sure if the problem developed after my software update, or if it always had that problem. The eBayer said he didn't know anything about it. I'm on stock rooted 4.3 now, and the problem persists.
The phone has never charged on any of the several AC adapters I've tried. These have been between 250ma and 1A, and they wouldn't work whether the phone was on or off. It would consistently charge when connected to my desktop computer, but that all changed a few weeks ago when I changed out my computer's power supply. Now, the only one trick I've found is to turn on WiFi, BT, GPS, and put the screen at 100% brightness, then plug connect my computer's USB cable, and it will go into charging mode about 35-50% of the time. This works OK, but one extra annoying bit is that when the battery reaches 100%, it stops charging, and won't start again until I do my little trick and replug the USB.
I tried replacing the USB port, but that didn't fix anything. As far as I can tell, that's the only part that can be easily replaced by a normal person. I'm basically managing this by swapping in batteries charged by an external charger.
Got major issue all of sudden and phone won't start anymore
I have been tweaking with my phone customizing it for like one year and didn't had any problem. I flashed with KitKat gummy ROM and then reverted back to 4.3 stock jellybean using ROM manager installed previous saved 4.3 stock rooted ROM.
Further installed clean master and did some advanced cleaning of cache files. WELL after reverting back I started witnessing some major flaws with battery charging status earlier with KitKat I wasn't using any battery saver app but after reverting back to 4.3 I installed DU battery saver and it would like take ages to charge my battery like 7-8 hrs but I wasn't paying much attention to this. I did some advanced cleaning with clean master, but anyways that won't clean any system files that would hinder the functionality of phone right?Problem started cropping up as I detached my power cable without switching off the supply ( even though I had done this previously many times before) , phone flickered/froze and switched off and won't start without external power supply even though i had 57% battery charge that too showed random status, sometimes 0% and sometimes 50+ %. This went looping for sometime then like it won't switch on even with power supply, just showing for a sec the battery symbol with bolt sign when the charging cable is inserted and going blank within 5 sec . It would show the battery icon sometimes and sometimes no sign just plain blank..
Well I tried different ways as suggested like pushing the small tongue inside USB to middle or attaching to laptop w/o battery and putting back n starting but all in vain, no response.
I am not sure any major fault has cropped in the charging circuit or is the phone bricked? Battery dead?
Guys do give some suggestions.. I have been charging using diff usb cables, no response but just that battery symbol for 5sec n going blank..even though i have been charging the phone is getting heated..but does that imply anything?
do provide some insights guys
Thanks in advance!
Once it worked and now not working
MiLeX84 said:
Hey there,
my SGN was not charging at all not even when turned off, started two days ago, the first evening it was only charging on one out of my three USB cables (each cable has its own wall charger).
Also my PC with "Win 8 Pro" was not recognizing my phone at all.
My first try was a bit stupid, but it worked, well for one day only. I bite on the USB cable, so the part that goes in the phone was a bit deformed, and the SGN was charging again. \o/
Next evening, I had the same problem again, but this time, non of my three cables was able to charge, even after further deforming tries.
My final solution was to use a needle, stick it in the USB port on the phone and bend the small "tongue" a bit up, so it was exactly in the middle.
My Phone was off and the battery removed. I put all together again and plugged the USB cable back in, it started charging while off.
Then I just turned it on, after booting was almost done, my PC told me that my SGN is connected and it was still charging.
I removed the cable, plugged it back in, several times, also on all three charger with its cables, finally my problem seems to be resolved.
btw. My SGN is from November 2011, so one of the first here in Europe.
I hope this can help some other with the same problem.
Kind Regards from Germany,
Milex84
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Thanks for the awesome solution. It worked for me before a week. I faced the same problem and now this trick is not working for me ;(. Please help me out.
Hey Guys,
Over the last year or so I've had intermittent charging issues with my Galaxy Nexus. About 4 months ago is when it first started happening, the phone would either not charge or only charge when it is turned off. Somehow the issue was resolved through tons of troubleshooting, I'm not even sure what fixed it or why it started working again.
Same thing happened about 2 weeks ago, except this time it won't charge at all. Then 2 days later all of a sudden started charging again. Now it's happening again today, I have no idea what is going on or why this handset won't charge properly. The phone won't turn on with just the charger in and the battery out either.
I've tried various chargers including the OEM charger, I've tried up to 6 different chargers and 7 seperate micro-USB B cords. Nothing. I've tried a brand new battery that a friend bought for his phone before he threw it in and no results.
At this point I think it's the USB charger board, however I'm not sure why it would not work and then work again. Does anyone have any ideas or any solutions? I've read thousands of threads on this, from this forum and many others and have gone through some ridiculous troubleshooting methods.
SCH-I515 Korean Version.
Seriously, anyhelp is appreciated.
As of now, all of a sudden it will charge while it's off. But only to about 4% then it just stops charging. It will not charge while it is on at all.
Because it's getting worse and worse?
Relock bootloader, and return it in for warranty, if you can. I'm afraid there's not much help if you already checked for damage to the USB port.
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hi
had the same problem until a few minutes ago.
received my usb/charging flex part today and changed it just before to post here.
took me like 20 min, really easy to do, everything works perfectly and i also took time to clean up a bit the phone inside of some dirts and change the housing i bought with the flex part.
As my screen is under protection since the beginning (4 months old), and that i recently bought a 2000mah battery, well i have to say that i have a new phone ready to handle the new year easily!
operation is easy and you will find plenty of videos on youtube showing how to change the usb flex (7€/$ , +/-) so pretty cheap.
Good luck
Why not buy an external battery charger and a spare battery?
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I'd get a replacement daughterboard and switch it out yourself. It's easy dude, just like a previous poster already said. I just did it myself, took me all of 20 minutes and cost me $10. ifixit.com has a step by step direction sheet, if you have any questions feel free to contact me about it.
Try the following:
1.) Turn off your phone.
2.) Get a flat head screwdriver (small one)
3.) Push the flat connector inside the microusb port up. (It often gets bent downwards because it's so thin compared to other phones...)
4.) Boot into the bootloader
5.) Hit volume down until restart bootloader appears. Press power button.
6.) Start phone manually.
farshad525hou said:
Try the following:
1.) Turn off your phone.
2.) Get a flat head screwdriver (small one)
3.) Push the flat connector inside the microusb port up. (It often gets bent downwards because it's so thin compared to other phones...)
4.) Boot into the bootloader
5.) Hit volume down until restart bootloader appears. Press power button.
6.) Start phone manually.
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i dont know why, but this fixed it for me, for a short while. now the charging is intermittent and seems to come and go as it pleases.
Hi,
I had the same problem of ghost charging, it started with phone not charging when connected to charger and then randomly showing charging...
Now discovered it causes vbus_tuna_otg wake lock, resulting in high system usage in settings> battery and not letting phone go to deep sleep, causing battery drain.
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Same Problem
I've come into the same problem with my Galaxy Nexus as well. If my phone is turned on, my phone will recognize that a charger is plugged in but the battery will not charge at all. If the phone is off and plugged in, the charging screen won't appear. I've tried multiple chargers and cords, 2 different batteries, and even replaced the micro usb and board, but the problem hasn't changed at all. I've managed to charge my batteries with an external charger but would like to get my phone back to normal working condition. Does anyone think that changing the actual motherboard itself might solve the problem?
Sayword said:
I've come into the same problem with my Galaxy Nexus as well. If my phone is turned on, my phone will recognize that a charger is plugged in but the battery will not charge at all. If the phone is off and plugged in, the charging screen won't appear. I've tried multiple chargers and cords, 2 different batteries, and even replaced the micro usb and board, but the problem hasn't changed at all. I've managed to charge my batteries with an external charger but would like to get my phone back to normal working condition. Does anyone think that changing the actual motherboard itself might solve the problem?
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I had this problem before, using something small and flat to push the charging connector off the housing will work for awhile. The pin in the charging port is bent down and is very thin it's easy to lift up just use a tiny bit of force to lift it up. The pin touching the housing is causing a short and that is causing your no charge while it's on and mine even went as far as draining my battery very quickly. I did research and found alot of people having this issue on the gnex. I eventually had to turn mine in for replacement, no problems since. Hopefully yours is still under warranty or you can buy the peice that is broken and replace yourself, there is a post above saying what to do for that.
Looks like my phone developed this problem. It sometimes won't charge be it via my pogo dock or USB cord. It seems to start taking a charge after I pop out the battery and then put it back in. I'm going to order another battery and see if that is the problem.
Thank yoiu!!
solved my problem!! I am in your debt
popping the battery out just worked for me too
hlaalu said:
Looks like my phone developed this problem. It sometimes won't charge be it via my pogo dock or USB cord. It seems to start taking a charge after I pop out the battery and then put it back in. I'm going to order another battery and see if that is the problem.
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I just did the remove battery trick as well and it worked. I just noticed my battery not charging yesterday but figured it was because I was trying to use a different charging in my dad's car. got to work where i left my normal charger and no luck.
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I just did the remove battery trick as well and it worked. I just noticed my battery not charging yesterday but figured it was because I was trying to use a different charging in my dad's car. got to work where i left my normal charger and no luck.
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That's good, I tried it a few times but the issue still pops up. To be fair though, I've had this phone and battery since launch day... Almost three years old. I ordered a new battery so hopefully I won't have the issue anymore... And I won't be surprised if my battery life is a little better too.
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hlaalu said:
That's good, I tried it a few times but the issue still pops up. To be fair though, I've had this phone and battery since launch day... Almost three years old. I ordered a new battery so hopefully I won't have the issue anymore... And I won't be surprised if my battery life is a little better too.
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The Galaxy Nexus is nowhere near three years old. Your phone would be 18 months old if you had it since launch.
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Excuse me, two years. According to Samsung their lithium batteries have a life of about 500 cycles. So my point is still valid, my battery is probably just on it's way out. I'll find out for sure when my new one comes tomorrow.
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Yeah, since battery life hasn't exactly been the strong point of the GN and some of us had to go though a complete cycle daily, I suspect a lot of folks are going to be seeing more and more issues. Not too long ago, I had a battery that failed in such a way that it would randomly crash the phone and had to be pulled in order to allow a reboot. I would've suspected anything but the battery in that case.
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farshad525hou said:
Try the following:
1.) Turn off your phone.
2.) Get a flat head screwdriver (small one)
3.) Push the flat connector inside the microusb port up. (It often gets bent downwards because it's so thin compared to other phones...)
4.) Boot into the bootloader
5.) Hit volume down until restart bootloader appears. Press power button.
6.) Start phone manually.
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This kind of worked for me, but the "boot into bootloader and restart it" killed my phone, don't know why. After a lot of a hassle i got it on, with 2% left, again not charging...tried to repush the connector towards the center and now i cant get my charger into the phone, maybe overbend it...what to do?...
I have a strange problem, my Gnex does not charge the battery, first i thought that it was the battery so, I tested the battery on other phone and it charged just fine, and then i ordered the usb/charging assemble from ebay and replaced on my gnex, and still not charging the battery, but when i connect the phone to the pc it recognize it immediately, but still won't charge the battery, anybody has an idea of what my problem is?? and how can i solve it?
Please help!!!
I have a rooted HTC evo 4g. I rooted it about 2 months ago and have had no problems.
I woke up this morning, and it is bricked. I have not recently flashed anything or done anything beyond regular phone use.
i cannot enter download mode, and the "charging" led does not come on.
Any suggestions?
What does your phone do when you press the power button?
Have you removed the battery and inspected for indications of damage such as discoloration or bulges?
Have you tried connecting a different USB cable that is known to be working?
Have you visually inspected the USB connector for loose/damaged conductors?
BobWalker said:
What does your phone do when you press the power button?
Have you removed the battery and inspected for indications of damage such as discoloration or bulges?
Have you tried connecting a different USB cable that is known to be working?
Have you visually inspected the USB connector for loose/damaged conductors?
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the power button does nothing.
The usb cable and wall adapter works on my kindle, and i tried an additional one with no results.
The battery appears normal, however my next planned step is to try and get a replacement battery and see if that works.
Try taking battery out and then plug usb cable in only and try to turn on...
angryITman said:
Try taking battery out and then plug usb cable in only and try to turn on...
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no dice.
also wondering about the cause... 2 potential things:
- I've noticed that the phone gets very hot. 40+ degrees even when not running much. Is this within normal tolerance or could i be looking at heat damage.
- I've been getting the pop-up asking me to do some sort of OTA update. I keep saying no, because i know these ota updates can be incompatible with rooted phones. Could it have pushed through somehow and if it did could it cause the problem i am experiencing?
phone is fixed.
A read on the sprint forum that sometimes holding down the power for an extended time can get the phone to be responsive... had to hold it for like 90 seconds. It then flashed the white evo boot screen and powered back down almost immediately.
After this, however, the orange charging light came on and i was able to get to boot loader. I let the phone charge for a while, then it boot up as normal.
One of the things i noticed is that the battery is practically completely drained... this is odd as it was plugged into the charger when it died. On the same sprint forum, others have speculated that sometimes the battery can drain to the point where it wont accept a charge anymore... so maybe thats the issue.
Hi there
I recently attempted to change the digitizer on my one x, breaking the lcd in the process.
I ordered one from eBay and installed it along with my new digitizer. Both went well and my one x was looking fresh again.
With the housing off still, I wasnt 100% happy with the double sided tape i used so decided to redo the bonding process.
Anyways... Long story short.
My wife accidentally spilled the tiniest bit of water on the surface my phone was on. It did get on the phone but not too much, I broke down the components and put them in a rice bag overnight. now the lcd screen is cloudy (not a problem really, can get another for £20) but the htc logo comes on with a vibration as normal but then after 3 seconds goes off and repeats. Thinking my battery could be drained I've had it on charge for at least half hour with no luck.
I hope this isn't a hardware issue. I can't afford this right now.
Trying to boot into recovery brings up the low battery text too but again reboots after 3 seconds. Ive triple checked all ribbons/cables/connections and everything seems fine.
Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks
Edit: A post on this thread... http://androidforums.com/htc-one-x-xl/635327-help-my-htc-one-x-wont-stop-rebooting.html hints at it possibly being an issue with the powerflex cable attached to the power button. After a few wiggles and playabouts the phone went on to the bootanimation but then rebooted. So its possible it is the cable?! How do i go about changing this and further testing to make sure it is exactly this?
Edit II: Seems to be now the powerflex cable is faulty, as when I disconnect it from the slot, the charge LED now remains constant. I've disconnected everything else. Leaving it to charge for a while then gonna research the power cable. tried connecting the power cable but it just causes it to restart with LED flashing every 3 secs. hence why i know it restarts.
chalmizzle said:
Hi there
I recently attempted to change the digitizer on my one x, breaking the lcd in the process.
I ordered one from eBay and installed it along with my new digitizer. Both went well and my one x was looking fresh again.
With the housing off still, I wasnt 100% happy with the double sided tape i used so decided to redo the bonding process.
Anyways... Long story short.
My wife accidentally spilled the tiniest bit of water on the surface my phone was on. It did get on the phone but not too much, I broke down the components and put them in a rice bag overnight. now the lcd screen is cloudy (not a problem really, can get another for £20) but the htc logo comes on with a vibration as normal but then after 3 seconds goes off and repeats. Thinking my battery could be drained I've had it on charge for at least half hour with no luck.
I hope this isn't a hardware issue. I can't afford this right now.
Trying to boot into recovery brings up the low battery text too but again reboots after 3 seconds. Ive triple checked all ribbons/cables/connections and everything seems fine.
Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks
Edit: A post on this thread... http://androidforums.com/htc-one-x-xl/635327-help-my-htc-one-x-wont-stop-rebooting.html hints at it possibly being an issue with the powerflex cable attached to the power button. After a few wiggles and playabouts the phone went on to the bootanimation but then rebooted. So its possible it is the cable?! How do i go about changing this and further testing to make sure it is exactly this?
Edit II: Seems to be now the powerflex cable is faulty, as when I disconnect it from the slot, the charge LED now remains constant. I've disconnected everything else. Leaving it to charge for a while then gonna research the power cable. tried connecting the power cable but it just causes it to restart with LED flashing every 3 secs. hence why i know it restarts.
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you should be happy atleast your motherboard is okay now try getting a new power flex cable and check whether your htc still reboots or not with the new one,,,best ov luck :good:
Cheers mate. One is on order from eBay. I ended up removing the power cable because it just interfered with boot ups. It's a bugger having to use sweep to wake and ADB commands but at least it now works
Also no mic for calls but that's OK. Loudspeaker works still
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chalmizzle said:
Cheers mate. One is on order from eBay. I ended up removing the power cable because it just interfered with boot ups. It's a bugger having to use sweep to wake and ADB commands but at least it now works
Also no mic for calls but that's OK. Loudspeaker works still
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those are minor parts you can change them well congrats um happy for your reborn HTC ONE X :good::highfive: