Okay, gonna try and explain this as best I can, bear with me.
2.5 years ago or something I got a Gnex from Verizon, brand new. The phone would act like a ghost was using it, like someone was interacting with the touchscreen. It'd randomly call contacts, send texts (random letters/numbers), all kinds of weird stuff. Video of it on day 1 HERE doing this. Took it into Verizon, got a new replacement. Never had the problem again. 2 or so years go by, not a single problem, unlocked, flash, all that, never had the problem again.
About a month ago, I upgraded to a Moto X and passed this phone on to a family member. At the time was running the latest stable Cyanogenmod ROM, the last for JB. 10.2 maybe? Anyway, that's what ROM was on it, again, no problems. Factory reset the phone to wipe my stuff, left it rooted and unlocked. I gave them the phone, battery, extended battery, and a few cases as well, no charger cause I know they'd twist up and destroy the factory cable. Setting the phone up for them battery starts going low, used their charger. Cable had shorts and crap, scavenged around looking for good charger. Get phone set up for them, and I'm done, handed off.
A day later, they're complaining that the phone is going crazy, like a ghost is using it, and it's randomly calling people, sending texts, opening menus, not charging, etc. Sounds like EXACT same issue I had with my very first Gnex that I exchanged. Figured that was really strange, maybe it was the software. Factory reset to latest factory image 4.2.2, lock BL back up, completely bone stock. Re-setup phone and all that jazz. Phone's acting fine. Decided this time that'd I'd let them have the original stock charger, thinking maybe that'd help with the charging issues too. All seems well....
However, during the reset and all, and after re-setting up the phone, battery is low.... plug it in with a known good charger of mine, but not stock original, and all the sudden the phone's freaking out again. Turn screen off, turns itself back on. Dialing people, opening apps on its own, etc. Figure maybe this Gnex just won't take any charger except it's original. Pull battery, reboot, phone's fine, fine for 10+ minutes. Plug in OEM charger this time, wait a few seconds, unplug, phone goes crazy.
Also interesting, they brought another charger of theirs with a little red LED on, plug it into wall, red LED comes on. Interestingly, if the charger is unplugged from wall with red LED off and I plug it into the phone.... the red LED on the wall charger turns on... that's not right. So.... here's where I'm at now. If I pull battery, reboot, and never attach a charger, the phone acts perfectly fine. The instant I plug in ANY charger, it'll start going wacko and continue to until I pull battery and reboot. At first I thought this was a charger issue, but now... I'm thinking it's battery related. This little experiment of getting the phone to go crazy after plugging in a charger applies to both the OEM and extended battery, regardless of what charger I use.
When I owned the phone, I almost exclusively used the OEM charger, occasionally another charger I had that I know works fine. Gave Gnex to family member WITHOUT a charger, so they were forced to use who know what condition phone charger. I'm wondering if maybe some rogue jacked up phone charger with shorts in it and crap somehow killed the extended battery. Then, they switched to the OEM battery, and again, unknowingly killed that battery too with the same crap charger. So maybe buying a new battery would fix the issue and only using the OEM charger from now on or the other one that was mine that I know works? Or maybe the phone is just broken now? It just doesn't seem right that plugging a phone into the micro-USB should turn ON the red LED on the charger when it's not plugged into the wall, like the power is coming out of phone and going into the LED...
I just refuse to believe that on the exact same day and within hours of me upgrading to a Moto X and passing on my Gnex that had worked perfectly for 2 years in my possession somehow just happens to "break" or "go bad" on its own. Thought it was software glitch/bug in CM, no. Thought it was incompatible charger, no. Maybe the batteries are bad? Maybe the phone's circuitry got jacked up too? Just seems weird that, as far as I can tell, pulling the battery and rebooting fixes it for good until the battery dies. Within 30 seconds of connecting a charger, the phone goes bonkers.
Any ideas? Feel bad, family member probably thinks I dumped a bad phone on them!
Thanks!
What kind of sorcery was that? I honestly don't know what to say about this other than bad timing? I highly doubt a ghost is possessing the phone.
I know a ghost isn't possessing the phone, I just, that's how I best described it when it was going wacko by itself. Plus, interesting topic title, maybe get a few more people to read it and maybe offer some advice or info or something :laugh:
However, I do have a ghost in my house, or a spirit or something. I've seen him, sitting on my couch before. He died in a fire, smoke inhalation, no smoke alarms in the house. House was sold, completely rebuilt, and I am first to live in it since then. Crazy story for a different forum lol
From what I can see, it's just that the screen isn't working properly because of leaked currents from the battery or the charger... Just get the whole screen replaced (it's hard to only replace the glass layer) and should be fine.
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Leaking currents, had it happen to me before from a bad charger. I doubt it's the battery, try an outlet in a different house, they may have bad power.
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So this "leaking currents" problem, it's a problem with the battery? A problem with the phone, in particular, the screen? It definitely sounds like a rogue bad charger could have done this based on the feedback so far. The "damage" or whatever happened at their house. Just the other night, they brought the chargers and phone and stuff to my house, a different house, problem persisted. So I'm not thinking it's a dirty power issue or anything.
...and so you should have the screen replaced. I've had Motorola and HTC phones with issues responding to touches when charging, and replacing the screen largely eased the problem (although I still ended up getting a new charger because I don't want it to also damage the newly replaced screen).
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Op may also want to consider relocating... ghost home and ghost phone, that's too much!
LOL
Mike7143 said:
So this "leaking currents" problem, it's a problem with the battery? A problem with the phone, in particular, the screen? It definitely sounds like a rogue bad charger could have done this based on the feedback so far. The "damage" or whatever happened at their house. Just the other night, they brought the chargers and phone and stuff to my house, a different house, problem persisted. So I'm not thinking it's a dirty power issue or anything.
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Could be the battery, could be the USB cables or chargers, could be the USB port on the device, could be the screen. The fact that it only happens when plugged in but with more than one charger and battery makes me suspect the USB port on the device. From my understanding you can buy a replacement. A temporary fix would be to use a charger that charges the battery outside of the phone.
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No ghost... i think
I think its because the charger you use....
I had the same problem, but not with gnx... before gnx I used galaxy i5801...
when I put my mobile in charge, my mobile did some crazy things, like operating itself,...I figured out that the charger I used is not the one I shouldn't use.
every mobile has a charging limits, like voltage restriction..
little difference in voltage could make big difference.
so I changed the charger. problem solved for me.
other than charger.. there are some things can do this, I don't know about all.
I doubt it may caused by your digitizer...maybe is has too much sensitivity, caused by water, dust, pressure, etc....
digitizer and display are not the same.
I faced this one too ( galaxy i5801) before charging problem, but not with gnx.
A digitizer is the part of a touch screen that senses your touch and "digitizes" your gestures into impulses that the phone can understand as commands.
if it continues my last suggestion.... call the priest
Well, I borrowed an OEM standard and extended battery from a friend, neither fixed the problem. My friend did say that similar to my first Gnex, when he first got his, it did the same exact thing, but after a while it stopped and it hasn't done it ever since. I also narrowed it down, or, widened the issue, in that it's not just AC chargers, the exact same stuff happens with a brand new 12V car charger.
Dirty power on the fifth rail of a USB wire. Its either the charger not supplying enough power or a damaged cable.
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My vote is on the screen, due to the digitiser. Replacing the touchscreen could help solve the problem. I was in your family's position when I got a used Motorola Cliq from a friend and the battery was all good, no leaks. Ghosts just started touching it everywhere like a crazed groupie when it went into my possession. No explanation as to why it happened and I didn't look into it that much but replacing the screen is the most likely solution.
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Hello people
A couple of hours ago, my phone shut down due to empty battery. I came home, plugged it in and booted it, all was fine. At about 60% I shut it off and went to have lunch, when I came back and tried to turn it on, I couldn't.
Led was orange at the time, I unplugged the power cord but the led stayed on! I removed the battery to be able to reboot it, but when I re-inserted it I still wouldn't boot.
Now no matter how I try to charge it, led stays off like it's not charging. Tried various different cables/chargers, the same. Tried to plug it to the charger without battery but no led flashed. Tried to boot without sim/sd card, still the same.
Any ideas?
My battery has never been changed (for a year now) and has had a bunch of full drains. Could this be a dead battery? :/
Well seems the phone is fried... I tried two more official batteries and no go...
Sorry to hear it. I thought that at first when I read your thread but I thought because I am not the most experienced person here, there might be some kind of fix.
HTC will most likely if not certainly replace this handset for you, seeing as it just happened out of the blue.
Well I certainly hope so, problem is I suspect it's an import (from another European country) and local HTC service generally does not do well with European imports.
Anyway I'll give it a try, meanwhile I'm getting a sensation soon
I have a similar problem.
I'm lucky that my girlfriend has the same handset as I do, the I could compare the phone abnormal behavior tho that of her properly working phone.
The first thing I've noticed, after a while when the charger was attached, was that the phone is very hot and that the battery keeps draining out in a surprisingly high rate.
After a while I've noticed that even when the phone is turned off it wont recharge. Sometimes the Orange LED is on when recharging while it is off, and the LED stays on for a few seconds after removing the charger, as if it was still charging. Note that the affects of connecting the charger to the phone, are mainly the ones listed below (not necessarily altogether)
* The phone indicates as if it recharges.
* Going to an infinite loop of rebooting and crashing.
* Getting hot when power supply is plugged, or at any time when the phone is turned on.
Ultimately the battery was empty, and the only way I had to keep using the phone (mostly to diagnose the symptoms listed here) was to swap the battery with the one of my girlfriend's device, and charge my battery in her device while using her's. That's the place to mention that the battery works just fine and that the phone is draining any battery, no matter what.
I took it apart to have a closer look at the source of all of the heat emitted while the phone is turned on, and it seem to come from the motherboard itself.
That's all I have.
The worst thing is that a friend of mine who helped me opening it up broke the pcb of the volume keys. Now I checked and It turns out that that pcb is actually part of the flex cable, which sort of extension of the motherboard and is mainly the second most important piece of hardware of all the phone parts (not that there are so many). If I would be able to expose the conductors inside the flat cable I might be able to solder an alternative volume pad I'll make out of old some miniature switches I have. The cable is very thin. any Ideas of how to expose the relevant conductors without ripping the cable apart?
Just a (late) update:
It's been almost two years, I had given the phone to a close friend of mine after a couple of weeks since writing the first post, just in case he could resurrect it, nothing.
Then, a couple of months down the road, the phone suddenly woke up! He tried to connect it with the charger, after months of not being able to charge or boot it up and somehow it worked. And it has been working flawlessly ever since.
I just got it back to give to my girlfriend until her sensation is fixed, flashing Viper now
In case something like this happens to any of you, don't give up!
I am REALLY unhappy with this phone. Aside from the poor signal and other issues well known to the Nexus, I now have a phone that has a charging problem. Sometimes when I plug the phone in, it does not recognize that it is plugged in and will not charge. This is not an issue in itself, because if I unplug and plug back in a few times it will eventually charge. The big problem is when it is NOT plugged in. The phone will often switch between charging and not charging on the battery indicator.... even though it is NOT plugged in.
I read up on this and found that... shocker.. this is just one more issue plaguing Nexus owners. The real problem for me is that everytime the phone switches from thinking it is charging to not charging, about every two seconds mostly, the screen comes on. This results in the screen constantly going on an off and the battery draining extremely fast. It is 8:17 am, and I unplugged the phone at 6:40 this morning. In less than an hour and a half, the battery has fallen to 38% and I have not used the phone at all today. It is sitting on my desk, flashing like a disco club.
I have searched but have only found an option to keep the phone ON while charging. Is there an option or app available that will prevent the screen from lighting everytime it thinks I have plugged it in to charge? I am rooted, so any option known would be helpful.
I cannot wait to throw this thing in the garbage, but I am not happy with any of the other options currently available. I like the look of the Galaxy S3 but the Gnex has left a bad taste in my mouth for Samsung... it was my first Samsung phone and I'm not sure if I should judge the product line on all the problems I have had with this phone. I loved the HTC Incredible it just got a little old.
Can anyone help me with this problem... please! It is now at 30% since I typed the last few lines. I can sit and watch this thing draining like a bathtub.
Jim
try changing the usb port on the phone
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repairi...zon-LTE-Micro-USB-Charge-Port-Main-Mic/9641/1
I had this issue caused by water damage quite recently - it was in my pocket during some absolutely unprecedented rain here in the UK, and although it seemed I could charge it without problems, when it was off the charger it'd be confused and flash on and off as you say. I just threw it in some rice and took it out at midnight, problem solved (whether the rice was actually responsible for solving it, I have no idea). Has your phone been used in the rain or anything like that, or been in the pocket of clothes that aren't very 'rainproof' during rain? Could be it.
Is it the charger? I had a bad car charger that did the same thing. If not, I would contact Samsung and see what they can do for you.
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I read about the water damage being a possible culprit but I cannot remember it getting wet anytime recently. It is not the charger, it does the same thing with two different chargers and the car charger. It does actually charge, thats not the problem. The problem is when I am away from the charger the screen just comes on all the time and the battery is drained rapidly. It has been having issues for a week or two now but just recently started having the problem when not actually plugged in.
Someone just needs to make an app with an option NOT to turn on the touchscreen when first plugged in.
Jim
calaski8123 said:
I read about the water damage being a possible culprit but I cannot remember it getting wet anytime recently. It is not the charger, it does the same thing with two different chargers and the car charger. It does actually charge, thats not the problem. The problem is when I am away from the charger the screen just comes on all the time and the battery is drained rapidly. It has been having issues for a week or two now but just recently started having the problem when not actually plugged in.
Someone just needs to make an app with an option NOT to turn on the touchscreen when first plugged in.
Jim
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Have you been able to fix your issue? I've had zero issues with my Galaxy Nexus for months, and now I'm having the same problem you describe. Initially I thought it was the ROM, but last Sunday I noticed that the phone will simply not sleep without being charged. The USB port appeared to be bent downward, so I used a tiny flat head screwdriver to raise the port. This seemed to fix the issue for a few minutes, but then the phone kept waking up. It's murdering my battery, and I'd like to fix this situation. The problem seems to be intermittent, and occasionally it will work for hours at a time. This leads me to believe that the problem could be internal.
I'm wondering if you tried anything else? I don't have a problem replacing the USB port myself because it seems like an easy and cheap fix. I'm not a novice when it comes to repairing phones, but I'd rather not open the device quite yet.
The new part is $8.00 shipped, and the seller is in the US. You can't go wrong. I will report back once I fix the problem.
Not really, the problem just sort of went away a week ago... I'm getting the Galaxy S3 end of October so I'm not going to replace the USB port. I messed around with the usb thing too, bent it with a knife so it wasnt touching anything. I also tried cleaning the contacts and blowing it out with air... not sure if any of these things helped or not. Like I said if I made it worse didnt matter as I'm getting GS3 soon. So for now its working but not sure why or how or how long...
Jim
calaski8123 said:
I am REALLY unhappy with this phone. Aside from the poor signal and other issues well known to the Nexus, I now have a phone that has a charging problem. Sometimes when I plug the phone in, it does not recognize that it is plugged in and will not charge. This is not an issue in itself, because if I unplug and plug back in a few times it will eventually charge. The big problem is when it is NOT plugged in. The phone will often switch between charging and not charging on the battery indicator.... even though it is NOT plugged in.
I read up on this and found that... shocker.. this is just one more issue plaguing Nexus owners. The real problem for me is that everytime the phone switches from thinking it is charging to not charging, about every two seconds mostly, the screen comes on. This results in the screen constantly going on an off and the battery draining extremely fast. It is 8:17 am, and I unplugged the phone at 6:40 this morning. In less than an hour and a half, the battery has fallen to 38% and I have not used the phone at all today. It is sitting on my desk, flashing like a disco club.
I have searched but have only found an option to keep the phone ON while charging. Is there an option or app available that will prevent the screen from lighting everytime it thinks I have plugged it in to charge? I am rooted, so any option known would be helpful.
I cannot wait to throw this thing in the garbage, but I am not happy with any of the other options currently available. I like the look of the Galaxy S3 but the Gnex has left a bad taste in my mouth for Samsung... it was my first Samsung phone and I'm not sure if I should judge the product line on all the problems I have had with this phone. I loved the HTC Incredible it just got a little old.
Can anyone help me with this problem... please! It is now at 30% since I typed the last few lines. I can sit and watch this thing draining like a bathtub.
Jim
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I've got the exact same issues, it's ruining my battery life. Has anyone found a fix for this yet?
Its a physical problem. You need to replace the charging port, or get new phone like me.
calaski8123 said:
Its a physical problem. You need to replace the charging port, or get new phone like me.
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@calaski8123 -> how would I replace the charging port? Should I contact samsung/google?? I have the exact same issue being discussed here and its driving me nuts. And I got this phone just a couple months ago so getting a new phone is not a solution...
best,
-Nripesh
If its new I'd take it back under warranty. If not, you can buy the parts on ebay and other sites... Search the Forums here, there are details. You can also search Youtube for a guide. Samsung probably would fix but it would cost much more.
Mine is better, but not sure what fixed it. The battery still doesn't last but half a day so I'm still getting the S3 in week or so.
Jim
Gnex Charging Issue
Hi all! Yes, I am another one of the unfortunate owners of a Gnex with this issue. I wanted to send out a reply to everyone that says to replace the USB charging port. I just had mine replaced, and it did not fix the problem. I have also tried different batteries, and I have read where some people are fixing this by *** gently *** bending the USB connector up ( toward the screen ). That also did not fix my problem. A few days ago I installed AOKP 4.2.1, and that was ineffective as well. I am stumped. My Samsung Fascinate was a very good phone, but the Gnex is really making me wonder if I ever want another Samsung. Has anyone found a solution for this? Unfortunately for me, I bought mine used and don't have the option of returning to Verizon for help. Thanks!
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.
thefayeride said:
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!!!
Last night my phone died after 2 days off cable due to me having to use my cord for another device. I plugged it in today to find that it wasn't charging at all. I decided to give it a few minutes before trying, thinking it may not be turning on because it still needs some juice. I waited 30 minutes and it wouldn't turn on still, just gave me the little animation of a battery draining to indicate that it needs to be charged. After this, I figured that it's possible the cable is just dead, so I opted to borrow a cable from my brother. The cable charges his phone just fine, but it doesn't work with charging my phone. I took a shower while waiting for it to perhaps get the juice it needed, and still no dice. I tried several different outlets thinking perhaps the outlet was dead, and still nothing.
I've had the phone for a little over a month, so I'm not sure how long I have to turn it in or not; I'd hope it'd be 3 months for factory issues, but judging from how people mention 14 days, I'd assume that they're eager to push responsibility of broken devices onto the customer as fast as they can. Do you guys have any idea of what could be wrong? Perhaps if it's possible for me to get a replacement at this point?
I've been running the Lifeless v.11 Rom for a while with no issues, I haven't flashed anything in possibly a week or two, so I honestly doubt this is a software issue. It's never been exposed to water, but then again I really don't trust phones to detect if they've been damaged or not since it seems even a humid day is enough for those small water damage detection stickers to run pink.
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Last night my phone died after 2 days off cable due to me having to use my cord for another device. I plugged it in today to find that it wasn't charging at all. I decided to give it a few minutes before trying, thinking it may not be turning on because it still needs some juice. I waited 30 minutes and it wouldn't turn on still, just gave me the little animation of a battery draining to indicate that it needs to be charged. After this, I figured that it's possible the cable is just dead, so I opted to borrow a cable from my brother. The cable charges his phone just fine, but it doesn't work with charging my phone. I took a shower while waiting for it to perhaps get the juice it needed, and still no dice. I tried several different outlets thinking perhaps the outlet was dead, and still nothing.
I've had the phone for a little over a month, so I'm not sure how long I have to turn it in or not; I'd hope it'd be 3 months for factory issues, but judging from how people mention 14 days, I'd assume that they're eager to push responsibility of broken devices onto the customer as fast as they can. Do you guys have any idea of what could be wrong? Perhaps if it's possible for me to get a replacement at this point?
I've been running the Lifeless v.11 Rom for a while with no issues, I haven't flashed anything in possibly a week or two, so I honestly doubt this is a software issue. It's never been exposed to water, but then again I really don't trust phones to detect if they've been damaged or not since it seems even a humid day is enough for those small water damage detection stickers to run pink.
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wish i could help you man:/ only thing i can think of is taking of the back plating and make sure the connector is fine.it would suck if we have another evo 4g on our hands, especially without a removable battery
WASSHOI said:
Last night my phone died after 2 days off cable due to me having to use my cord for another device. I plugged it in today to find that it wasn't charging at all. I decided to give it a few minutes before trying, thinking it may not be turning on because it still needs some juice. I waited 30 minutes and it wouldn't turn on still, just gave me the little animation of a battery draining to indicate that it needs to be charged. After this, I figured that it's possible the cable is just dead, so I opted to borrow a cable from my brother. The cable charges his phone just fine, but it doesn't work with charging my phone. I took a shower while waiting for it to perhaps get the juice it needed, and still no dice. I tried several different outlets thinking perhaps the outlet was dead, and still nothing.
I've had the phone for a little over a month, so I'm not sure how long I have to turn it in or not; I'd hope it'd be 3 months for factory issues, but judging from how people mention 14 days, I'd assume that they're eager to push responsibility of broken devices onto the customer as fast as they can. Do you guys have any idea of what could be wrong? Perhaps if it's possible for me to get a replacement at this point?
I've been running the Lifeless v.11 Rom for a while with no issues, I haven't flashed anything in possibly a week or two, so I honestly doubt this is a software issue. It's never been exposed to water, but then again I really don't trust phones to detect if they've been damaged or not since it seems even a humid day is enough for those small water damage detection stickers to run pink.
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Pull your battery, try again
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Yea, going to update this. Sprint was giving me issues and trying to cough up money from me, so I pulled the battery and cleaned the port with a q-tip and it charged fine again. I was in for a scare there, but it's back to life.
Same problem...didn't have to pull battery
WASSHOI said:
Yea, going to update this. Sprint was giving me issues and trying to cough up money from me, so I pulled the battery and cleaned the port with a q-tip and it charged fine again. I was in for a scare there, but it's back to life.
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Just wanted to chime in with my experience.
I had same issue. Battery completely drained with a visit to the relatives (low cell signal).
Got home and plugged it in for 5min, the "battery charging" animation came on when short pressing the power button.
Had to move the phone to a different charger for the night and noticed that I couldn't get it to even show the charging animation while on the charger. Indeed after 8 hours on the charger the next morning it still wouldn't turn on. I thought I would have to take it back to Best Buy. On a whim, I thought I would drain all of the capacitance from the system by pressing and holding the power button to see if that would allow it to restart the charge cycle. So I held the power button for about 30-45sec off the charger, then waited about 30min and plugged it in at work.
It worked. Not sure why, but I didn't have to return it to Best Buy, so I'm happy.
So suddenly my note 2 running tweaked has started charging real slow then all off a sudden will not charge at all. Ive tried several chargers and now have noticed with or without the battery i can enter only download mode and it will show up on odin but not charge the battery. as soon as i try to restart instead of entering download mode it will try and start but just shut down. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas or has seen this issue? thanks. so considering it will enter odin is it possibly a battery issue,although it will only go into download mode nothing else? thanks again
The issue is not the ROM, I can tell you that much.
I would suggest flashing the stock kernel. If that does not help the issue, you need a new battery. 100% positive. I say that because you claim you have tried other chargers.
i cant check but can anyone else confirm the phone wont work without battery in with it plugged into laptop
Rayn1328 said:
i cant check but can anyone else confirm the phone wont work without battery in with it plugged into laptop
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It doesn't. You have to have the battery in, even when plugged into a wall charger.
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It doesn't. You have to have the battery in, even when plugged into a wall charger.
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awesome i am currently only 6500 miles from home in south korea.......seems like samsung is pretty popular here. lol everyone has a note2 here i swear. gonna find a battery and hopefully it solves the issue.
I'm having a sort of similar issue.
This is a brand new issue for me. I've been rooted running Jedi X-14 for about 2 months or so now. I went on vacation to Guatemala and that's when the issues started arising. I brought along the same charger I used here back in the states, and it worked fine the first day or two, then new things started happening. It started taking about 5-10 seconds for the Note to realize the charger was plugged in. Then when the charger was plugged in the bottom of the screen (actual touch screen) started becoming a bit unresponsive and laggy. The phone no longer charged as fast as it used to. Then sometimes I would plug it in, and it wouldn't actually charge...it would make the noise recognizing something has been plugged in, but would say "Please Connect charger". If the phone completely died this was almost a guarantee and I would need to plug/unplug/plug until the dead battery icon changed into the charging battery icon.
I'm back in the states now, haven't had a chance to reset/install a new rom or anything, and my phone earlier tonight went dead. Spent a good 2 minutes fiddling with it, it eventually turned on, said no charger was inserted, and turned off. Since then I have not been able to get it on. As soon as I plug it in it shows dead battery, and very rarely it will start to boot up the battery charging symbols (battery symbol with green bar moving), but even if it did, it would do it for 1-3 seconds and shut off.
I'm able to get into Recovery Mode/Download Mode, and the phone will actually stay on as long as it's on the charger (wall outlet).
It's not the battery, as I have another official Note 2 battery (at work currently, and I switched them the other day, to see if the other battery was the issue). Also I have different USB cords/chargers, and they all give the same issue.
From CWM Recovery I was able to wipe Cache/Factory reset the phone, but it still does not boot up. Any advice is appreciated. I can probably get it on when I get my other battery which is near fully charged at work, but I won't be at work for another 2 days or so, so I'm looking for a fix so I can have a working phone in the meantime. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I was able to charge the phone while in recovery mode to about 10%...It then turned on...after a few minutes however the charger just stopped charging the phone. Tried another charger same thing. Tried both chargers with an s3 I have, and they work perfectly fine. Even going back to recovery mode won't charge it anymore.
I was on vacation in Central America and the same thing happened to me. It works fine in the states now.
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Bkenigma said:
I'm having a sort of similar issue.
This is a brand new issue for me. I've been rooted running Jedi X-14 for about 2 months or so now. I went on vacation to Guatemala and that's when the issues started arising. I brought along the same charger I used here back in the states, and it worked fine the first day or two, then new things started happening. It started taking about 5-10 seconds for the Note to realize the charger was plugged in. Then when the charger was plugged in the bottom of the screen (actual touch screen) started becoming a bit unresponsive and laggy. The phone no longer charged as fast as it used to. Then sometimes I would plug it in, and it wouldn't actually charge...it would make the noise recognizing something has been plugged in, but would say "Please Connect charger". If the phone completely died this was almost a guarantee and I would need to plug/unplug/plug until the dead battery icon changed into the charging battery icon.
I'm back in the states now, haven't had a chance to reset/install a new rom or anything, and my phone earlier tonight went dead. Spent a good 2 minutes fiddling with it, it eventually turned on, said no charger was inserted, and turned off. Since then I have not been able to get it on. As soon as I plug it in it shows dead battery, and very rarely it will start to boot up the battery charging symbols (battery symbol with green bar moving), but even if it did, it would do it for 1-3 seconds and shut off.
I'm able to get into Recovery Mode/Download Mode, and the phone will actually stay on as long as it's on the charger (wall outlet).
It's not the battery, as I have another official Note 2 battery (at work currently, and I switched them the other day, to see if the other battery was the issue). Also I have different USB cords/chargers, and they all give the same issue.
From CWM Recovery I was able to wipe Cache/Factory reset the phone, but it still does not boot up. Any advice is appreciated. I can probably get it on when I get my other battery which is near fully charged at work, but I won't be at work for another 2 days or so, so I'm looking for a fix so I can have a working phone in the meantime. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I was able to charge the phone while in recovery mode to about 10%...It then turned on...after a few minutes however the charger just stopped charging the phone. Tried another charger same thing. Tried both chargers with an s3 I have, and they work perfectly fine. Even going back to recovery mode won't charge it anymore.
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Maybe its the oversea power grid? If you are using just a wall converter (US to Wherever) and still using your american AC adapter, you have to realize the power grids arent as clean or as constant as they are here in the states and can actually ruin an AC charger. Can you charge it via your PC using the USB cable? I know the stock Kernel has a near trickle charge though but still, it might be enough to charge it for use.
Something to keep in mind, the S3 has a lower power draw than the note 2. The screen alone on the note2 can draw more than 600Mah which is more than a standard USB adapter can output. Thats not counting the draw on the battery from cpu frequency or radios.
Also I can also assure you that bad power grounds cause a touchscreen to act up. I have an iconia a500 that acts up in the same way with a generic charger, yet, with the stock charger it works fine. It has less power filtering in its charging circuitry. I still have ungrounded outlets in my house which cause the issue. Too much interference.
Just a guess as both you and ryan are experiencing similar issues and are both away from home.
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pyraxiate said:
Maybe its the oversea power grid? If you are using just a wall converter (US to Wherever) and still using your american AC adapter, you have to realize the power grids arent as clean or as constant as they are here in the states and can actually ruin an AC charger. Can you charge it via your PC using the USB cable? I know the stock Kernel has a near trickle charge though but still, it might be enough to charge it for use.
Something to keep in mind, the S3 has a lower power draw than the note 2. The screen alone on the note2 can draw more than 600Mah which is more than a standard USB adapter can output. Thats not counting the draw on the battery from cpu frequency or radios.
Also I can also assure you that bad power grounds cause a touchscreen to act up. I have an iconia a500 that acts up in the same way with a generic charger, yet, with the stock charger it works fine. It has less power filtering in its charging circuitry. I still have ungrounded outlets in my house which cause the issue. Too much interference.
Just a guess as both you and ryan are experiencing similar issues and are both away from home.
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I figured maybe my charger from the US I had brought to Guatemala had broken...when I got back to the States, I bought a Micro USB charger from one of those vending machines in the airport (says it's a 5V2 1A wall charger- 2.1A output)... Having tried different chargers, batteries and outlets, I can only assume it's something with the Hardware no? I was able to reset the phone, and installed Jedi Master 14 to replace Jedi X14, to see maybe if something with the ROM was faulty, and that didn't help.
Phone no longer charges in CWM Recovery like it did last night. Phone turns off, and has that dead battery symbol on the screen (empty battery with a loading circular icon on it). It will no longer go any further.
Tried charging thru my computer to the same effect... worst case scenario I have to do a warranty exchange, however I'd like to avoid it as I believe T-Mobile no longer offers the White Note 2 and I don't like the titanium colored one, I'd have to un-root/stock rom/Triangle Away, and then re-root new phone (I'm a complete N00b at this stuff so it's time consuming for me to do), and honestly I'd just to avoid it if at all possible.
Bkenigma said:
I figured maybe my charger from the US I had brought to Guatemala had broken...when I got back to the States, I bought a Micro USB charger from one of those vending machines in the airport (says it's a 5V2 1A wall charger- 2.1A output)... Having tried different chargers, batteries and outlets, I can only assume it's something with the Hardware no? I was able to reset the phone, and installed Jedi Master 14 to replace Jedi X14, to see maybe if something with the ROM was faulty, and that didn't help.
Phone no longer charges in CWM Recovery like it did last night. Phone turns off, and has that dead battery symbol on the screen (empty battery with a loading circular icon on it). It will no longer go any further.
Tried charging thru my computer to the same effect... worst case scenario I have to do a warranty exchange, however I'd like to avoid it as I believe T-Mobile no longer offers the White Note 2 and I don't like the titanium colored one, I'd have to un-root/stock rom/Triangle Away, and then re-root new phone (I'm a complete N00b at this stuff so it's time consuming for me to do), and honestly I'd just to avoid it if at all possible.
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Well, its tough to say without using a multimeter and checking a few points, but, a power spike could fry the charging circuit in the phone. Thats the worst case scenario. Only thing you could do if thats the case would be to get a second battery and external charger.
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Luckily both can be gotten from eBay for under usd $20. Its probably worth checking asurion to see if they have white ones in Stock. You just have to weigh the cost of a warranty replacement the hassle of changing batteries every day.
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Luckily both can be gotten from eBay for under usd $20. Its probably worth checking asurion to see if they have white ones in Stock. You just have to weigh the cost of a warranty replacement the hassle of changing batteries every day.
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I just experienced the same problem with my N2 over the weekend. Went to Bestbuy and got the $50 battery charger and extra battery (Check local availability) price matched to Amazon.com for $30 (with free shipping under more buying choices), brought it home to charge my completely wasted original battery and used the one in the box. Sure enough, it is the charging port. The new battery did the same thing as the old one, it showed it was being charged by the little lightning "icon" over the battery, but the battery was still draining. Although the lightning icon was there, there was no "bing-bing" tone (in the stock rom w/ root) to indicate the cable was ACTUALLY connected.
What is interesting is I think the battery icon shows up as "processing" if the USB pins are connected, but if just the +/- terminals are used in the cord (like the one that comes with the battery dock, not a MicroUSB cable -> USB port -> power adapter that comes with the phone, but power adapter -> MicroUSB) nothing registers on the phone even if it's completely powered down.
Called Tmo today and they are shipping a warranty replacement to me for free, I just have to wait for Ground shipping (didn't pay the $20 for "overnight"). Hopefully it'll come by next Wednesday, as I'm leaving on vacation then. With all this drama on the phone, I actually ended up ordering a Nokia 521 (give old WinMo a try again) from HSN over the weekend as a backup phone for $100. I felt like I was going to die not having a phone for 2 solid days.
Normally they send one out , then you return yours. The battery on this phone is phenomenal, so using an external battery charger and swapping them out would be viable while waiting for the new one to come in the mail id think.
Im hoping these phones dont get usb charging problems often. I might just mod mine to take wireless charging. My s2's microusb port died on me.
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Normally they send one out , then you return yours. The battery on this phone is phenomenal, so using an external battery charger and swapping them out would be viable while waiting for the new one to come in the mail id think.
Im hoping these phones dont get usb charging problems often. I might just mod mine to take wireless charging. My s2's microusb port died on me.
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I'm actually quite disappointed that Tmo told Samsung to not wire up the wireless charging leads on this phone. I would be totally on-board for wireless charging a'la Nexus or my Touchpad. My Microusb connector wouldn't even see any use other than when to flash a rooted update.
I'm OK with a soldering iron, but I don't want to tear the thing apart to hook them up myself. Seems like it would be a great way to void the warranty, OR disable my Squaretrade warranty.
Just wanted to drop back by since I was about to send back my N2 to Tmo... I unrooted, triangle awayed and finally flashed "clean" firmware directly from Samsung via ODIN.... both batteries are now charging via both USB and Power adapter.
WTF