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My galaxy nexus ever since I updated to 4.0.2 is not charging correctly. its charging when connected to a computer usb port, its not charging with the official samsung usb charger or other wall usb chargers
any advice?
thanks
Simon
freakstm said:
My galaxy nexus ever since I updated to 4.0.2 is not charging correctly. its charging when connected to a computer usb port, its not charging with the official samsung usb charger or other wall usb chargers
any advice?
thanks
Simon
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Did you try any other wall charger? It could be the charger itself, not the USB cable. Also, try a different outlet.
Device: Galaxy Nexus
OS / Browser / build number: 4.0.2 build ITL41F.I9250XXKK6
Kernel: 3.0.8-gaaa2611
AC adaptor output: 5v 1A
I have the same lack of charging issue.
I have tried 4 different micro usb cables, oem that came with the device, a HTC, a kindle, and a blackberry.
None of them charge the phone while its in the o/s.
While the device is powered off they all charge the device albeit very slowly when the device is powered off. I get the white charging icon of the battery with the bolt icon inside. Then it flicks to the animated charging icon for 3 or 4 cycles, then back to the bolt icon. -> loop that while it "charges"
Also in the o/s when i have the usb cable plugged in to the same laptop that used to charge it a few days ago (tested on all usb ports, and rebooted laptop + tested on other laptops). The device (in settings -> tethering) says i am not connected at all by usb to a computer.
Anyone else got this / solutions ?
I have this exact problem as well. Started yesterday!
Also having this issue, any solutions?
I think its a bug in Android my self..... but i did go to verizion and they gave me a different wall charger not made by samsung and I havnt had the problem yet... not saying it fixed it tho, because the problem wasnt always there, it only happened randomly.
It wasnt a problem with the battery its self, i had bought an extended battery trying to fix the problem and it did not.
I have the same problem now too.
Plug you phone in and go into battery settings. Does it say Charging(USB)? Both my Nexi had a faulty cable and both were replaced in 2 days for free from Verizon and the other from Samsung.
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No, it doesn't say charging. My cables are fine...
This problem is sporadic. Sometimes it will charge and sometimes it won't.
I contacted amazon about mine doing this and they offered to RMA it. Couldn't charge it even running a custom 4.0.3 rom so had it replaced.
I managed to fix it, I suspect it was due to me updating my software to version 4.0.2...
I booted it into fast boot and wiped the cache then restored to factory defaults in fast boot...
My friend who I work with also has a Galaxy Nexus to but his O/S is running 4.0.1 mine was fine before I updated since I wiped it is seems to be ok since my first post.
I only noticed this when I used a different charger that used a cheap two wire mini USB and a lower amperage. To fix it I rebooted. OEM and off a computer have worked fine for me.
I've also had the same problem. It happened to me a couple days ago. I've tried multiple different cables and outlets with no success.
Does anyone know if a factory reset will fix the problem?
If not, I'll have to go get it replaced at Verizon.
Just a follow up. I tried everything, experienced the same issues as the OP and finally traded it in for new one at my Bell provider. The issue does not seem to stem from the battery as USB is also non-functional (which would not be affected by the battery not charging). If you experience this issue I would highly recommend taking it back to your reseller (if possible) or contacting samsung for repair.
I had the sane issues. Powering down the phone using quick boot app while plugged in worked for me. Seems like a sw prob. GSM nexus 4.03
sky4vip said:
I had the sane issues. Powering down the phone using quick boot app while plugged in worked for me. Seems like a sw prob. GSM nexus 4.03
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Powering down with "quick boot" is no different than powering down manually. I have tried both methods and they do not work for me upon powering back up. I've also reset battery stats in recovery mode but to no avail.
The only sure method is to charge the phone while it's powered off. What's interesting is that I don't seem to have this issue with my other Galaxy Nexus phone.
agreed it should be the same, yet I got different results, and this was after changing chargers, usb cords, computers, wiping data, wiping battery, etc etc (note that charging worked while powered off, albeit slowly, throughout this. perhaps it was simply a coincidence, but that was the only variable I changed at that point, and it charging has worked since then.
I suspect that it's due to me using a (motorola) oem two wire (power only) ac cable, though I am not sure (while trying to get the phone to charge while powered on, I used three different samsung oem cables, and two batteries, so I'm somewhat convinced this is a weird s/w error, whether it's a driver or android itself). has been working since then, and to be safe, I'm staying away from said cable.
Cool. Have you unlocked and rooted your phone? I have, but did the same with my other Galaxy Nexus which doesn't have this problem.
Has this problem been officially reported to Google?
sky4vip said:
I suspect that it's due to me using a (motorola) oem two wire (power only) ac cable, though I am not sure (while trying to get the phone to charge while powered on, I used three different samsung oem cables, and two batteries, so I'm somewhat convinced this is a weird s/w error, whether it's a driver or android itself). has been working since then, and to be safe, I'm staying away from said cable.
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Stop using the Motorola charger, once it happens it sticks until a reboot. If it happens with the stock one after a boot you have a problem. My guess is the Motorola chargers don't play nice with other phones as I've seen oddities before with other devices and their charger.
Pacifik said:
Stop using the Motorola charger, once it happens it sticks until a reboot. If it happens with the stock one after a boot you have a problem. My guess is the Motorola chargers don't play nice with other phones as I've seen oddities before with other devices and their charger.
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I have no Moto chargers but I am using multiple chargers. My OEM Samsung charger hasn't been working for me and my phone almost died. Just powered off, connected my Rocketfish charger, turned it on and it appears to be charging normally now. The only other charger I use is a plain USB cable connected to my work computer. Hmmm.
Again, has this been reported to Google? Is it an issue related to root or no?
I seem to have an issue that my phone never charges whilst connected via USB to my Macbook Pro. I have also tested on a Windows machine and have the same issue.
I was able to charge my Sensation over USB and I know that one of the ports on the Macbook has a higher output for charging but it makes no difference.
The phone states that it is charging but the percentage charge continues to drop. If I switch the power off it will charge. There doesn't appear to be any big battery drains though. I ran for a day and twelve hours over the weekend and charged at 40 percent.
Has anyone else the same issue?
Btw, I am on stock 4.0.2, rooted but not running anything else that should have any affect
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How old is your macbook pro? Or more to the point, do you know if it has USB 3.0 ports? If your higher output ports are just 2.0 (and your computer is describing them as such compared to the older 1.0 spec) then you are stuck at 0.5A (half of wall charger output). USB 3.0 goes up to 0.9A, but I don't know if there are any catches in terms of devices needing to request the bump.
When you say that it charges if you switch the power off, do you mean it only works if you actually power down the phone? As in, leaving it sleeping plugged in, it still won't charge? Keep in mind that actively using the phone with the brightness turned up high could result in overpowering the .5A current in.
Unless you know someone else with a GN you can test you might just want to take it into the store and have them try it there/consider a replacement if it's defective. Also worth exploring if it's just the battery is defunct, if you have access to another one.
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I know that one of the ports on the Macbook has a higher output for charging but it makes no difference.
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Really? Source?
Doing a tad of research it seems some models front (closer to the front) USB port has slightly higher output than the back (closer to the screen) USB port because the back one shares a USB controller with internal components.
It couldn't be noticeable though, they're both simply rated at .5A .
Has anyone else the same issue?
Btw, I am on stock 4.0.2, rooted but not running anything else that should have any affect
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I charge my 4.0.2 stock GSM Nexus off of my MacBookPro almost every night without issues. Using both an HTC cable and the Samsung cable.
JoeSyr said:
How old is your macbook pro? Or more to the point, do you know if it has USB 3.0 ports?
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MacBooks don't have USB 3.0. Its always been standard USB 2.0 afaik.
I'd also recommend that OP check different cables and computers, or different batteries if possible.
I have the exact issue. If I charge via USB on ANY laptop/computer it takes forever and if I'm using the phone as it's charging it uses more power than being supplied so it loses battery life even though it's plugged in.
I had this problem on my iPad too. It seems they need more power to charge but can still "trickle" charge off of a standard USB port.
My batter was at 10% last night, plugged it in to my laptop and sent some texts and left the display on (dev settings), about 10 min. latter it was at 4%.
I mean to post this last week!
See the screenshot....Status 'Charging' however as you see from the lower part of the screen, it has clearly stopped charging some time ago (about 3 hours earlier!)
It turns out that the CABLE was the issue....I thought all Micro USB cables were created equal, evidently not
Any ideas what the differences are in micro USB cables and how to identify which ones 'work' and which don't? I bought 10 from ebay which all seem not to charge from USB
I've had no problems charging via my pc using Samsung or Motorola cables. It charges slower but it still works.
Hi everyone!
When I connect my phone to the charger, it doesn't always start to charge the battery. Only about every 10th time it succeeds.
I tried 3 differnd usb cables, all original sony. It's the same with all of them.
I tried to move the cable in the phone, but it's stable. Also if it charges, I can't stopnit by moving the cable.
For me it looks like a software error, as if the phone doesn't allow to charge.
Does anyone have the same problems?
Any idea how to solve this (in best case without wiping the phone)?
Thank you in advance!
This is a recent problem or have you always had it? You think it's software so does it do it with different roms, or have you tried? I read somewhere the usb port on the phone becomes faulty easily, this seems more your cause, if your certain it's not the cable.
Not Charging as Well
My ZL is not charging as well i plug the AC charger and it gets bootloop.
It stop bootlooping after 1 hour and show the charging icon, but it does not charge.
Do you guys think it is the baterry or some issue with the power management.
I tryed to Charge the baterry with and old Universal Battery charger it hold a little power.
The Cell works when i turn it on with the wall charger but show only 1% of battery
Please guys help me with that.
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This is a recent problem or have you always had it? You think it's software so does it do it with different roms, or have you tried? I read somewhere the usb port on the phone becomes faulty easily, this seems more your cause, if your certain it's not the cable.
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I don't think it's a hardware problem. I used 3 different cables, all original sony. Sometimes they work, sometimes not. I'm using USB otg a lot (got my videos and some mp3 on a stick), never had problems with usb connection.
I didn't have those problems for a long time, but I don't remember any special apps I installed in the last few weeks.
Didn't try any custom roms yet, I'm very satisfied with my current setup (except for the charging problem ). I'm using latest stock with google crap and bloatware uninstalled.
Hopefully the lollipop update is coming soon. If it's not too buggy I will give it a try.
Hi I bought my Nexus 7 2013 used in February. It came with a 3rd party charger and usb cable. It’s worked fine since I got it and it use to charge fine. I would use different usb cables and they would all work. Within the past 2 weeks or so it has become increasingly hard to charge it. Also this started happening on the stock 4.4.4 rom with root enabled. Today I installed a custom chroma 5.1.1 rom just to see if anything changed but it’s the same result it doesn't charge. The chroma rom says it has the Franco Kernel. Not really sure what that means but the stock rom's kernal wasn't changed.
I've left it off and connected charging to the AC for hours and would turn it on and it would have not raised at all in battery charge percentage. When it’s on and I can better see the percentage in this battery app I have installed I noticed if I jiggle the cable at all it will disconnect and connect again. So it might not be making good contact. It does this with every usb cable I have tried on it. However when I don’t move it and have it charging in sleep mode it does see it as connected and it says charging in the battery monitor widget app when I wake it, but it doesn't charge stays at the same percentage or lowers.
There is sometimes where I get lucky and it starts charging but it’s becoming increasingly tougher to get that to happen. I haven’t had any luck since last night messing around with it with different cables. I've even tried charging it on my PC but it’s the same result. It says charging but it doesn't charge. However if I do connect it to the PC I can view the files on the Nexus 7 fine as long as I don’t move the Nexus 7 much. I've also tried the AC adapter on my phone to see if it works and it works fine and charges. I've tried a kindle fire 9w charger on the Nexus 7 and that doesn't charge either.
Any idea what’s the problem? If I buy the official AC charger do you think it would work? Am I better off buying a Qi wifi charger? I rather not waste money on the AC charger if there is a good possibility of it not working.
Hi,
I seem to have the same problem recently. I am running on 20150519 CM12.1 nightly right now but this problem started to occur about 2 weeks ago i.e. with an older nightly version running...
It really feels like the USB connector is broken. I have to move it the same way headphones jack has to be moved when it is broken. Have you tried more different chargers? I did but no solution.... Now I got it luckily charged to 90% and I am making a quick backup.
Do you have still warranty? I technically do but would need to get back to stock and lock the bootloader back.
I found threads on how to get back to stock via USB connection but is it possible to lock the bootloader without being able to connect USB to computer?
No unfortunately I have no warranty since its a used item. I tried the 3rd party cheap charger, amazon kindle fire charger and my phone charger on it they all don't charge. I think you can replace the USB board on it but that would require opening it up and doing the repairs yourself. I think I will just get a Qi charger and see if that works. I kinda don't want to spend money on that just to find out its my battery that doesn't work. I am not sure what the problem is since I can connect the nexus 7 to my PC and it will see it and its files fine. So I know the USB port works at least a little bit.
It's a sub-board (usb-sim-touch module) issue. I would reccommend using a wireless charger as a quick fix since the wireless charger module is located on the motherboard itself so you should be good.
I may have a few sub-boards for the 2013 lying around but i'm not sure if they're 100% okay - as in calibrated, tested and fully functional. Also, i'd need to know if yours has LTE or not.
I have a Nexus 7 2013 32gb wifi edition. Thanks for the info. I put in an order for one of those wireless chargers.
MobRookie said:
Hi, I seem to have the same problem recently.
I am running on 20150519 CM12.1 nightly right now but this problem started to occur about 2 weeks ago i.e. with an older nightly version running...
It really feels like the USB connector is broken. I have to move it the same way headphones jack has to be moved when it is broken. Have you tried more different chargers? I did but no solution.... Now I got it luckily charged to 90% and I am making a quick backup.
Do you have still warranty? I technically do but would need to get back to stock and lock the bootloader back.
I found threads on how to get back to stock via USB connection but is it possible to lock the bootloader without being able to connect USB to computer?
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eureca said:
I have a Nexus 7 2013 32gb wifi edition. Thanks for the info. I put in an order for one of those wireless chargers.
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perhaps you did that already, but from experience i must say that in 9 out of 10 cases it's the cable and 8 out of 10 cables are mediocre as compared to how it could be. no why i say that ist because i tested something between 50 and 60 cables during the last 2 years because i had similar issues and bought a special ampere and voltmeter with with the correct usb ports to measure the flow, same device, same power source, thus as empiric as possible result most cables charged between 0.9 and 1.1 A while about 10% were half of that and only few charged at 1.5A while 3 charged at between 1.9 and 2.1A. understand me right, same device, same charger, sam place all same condition, in car, on motorbike, on wall plugs. only significant difference were the cables. so check those first before taking more costly path which then only remain workarounds.
BTW amongst the bad ones were many that came out of the box with the devices and from different oems but many samsung original cables.
what i did i painted the ends of each cable with red for bad, yellow for ok, green for good and the outstanding ones already had a color, it were the stock cables from the oneplus one which had the best charging rate. good luck
Last weekend my phone was working perfect then the battery reached 1% i put it to charge and i saw that it was charging but it said 6 hours to charge, which i found strange, i tried multiple chargers, etc. and none of them worked, so i thought that maybe the usb port got damaged because the same thing happened to my old note 4 and i fixed it replacing the usb port but i changed the usb port and it didn't work, so i thought that maybe the replacement was broken too, and i order 2 more from different places, and they didn't work. So I think that maybe is a software issue, I have the OF8 room rooted with AOU Kernel and TWRP and using the engineering sboot but there is no way for me to flash to stock because the phone is not being recognized by the computer as a usb device, so when i connect it to the computer is only working for cable charging. What do you guys think? Maybe i got all the replacement port broken, or maybe the sboot is affecting the port, or worst case scenario, the mainboard is faulty (which i don't think so, because the wifi, bluetooth, gps, screen rotation, everything else works)
Computer USB ports generally cannot fast charge unless it's USB 3.0. The phone doesn't need to be recognized by the OS. Fast charging is different from quick charge, where you will need to buy a compatible charger.
Thank you for replying back. But the issue is not the fast charging with the USB computer, is with any kind of fast charge/quick charge wall adapter. I think that i found the issue, and it was an external battery pack that it was damaging usb ports, because i got a brand new LG G4 and after i connected it to the battery it started to behave in the same way, so looks like the usb port gets broken every time i connect a device to that external battery.