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any of u know y only the usb charger to my desktop can charge my phone, i have a working wall charger but doesnt charge the phone, i can use my wall chager to charger other things like bluetooth headphone, etc..any ideas>? sometimes it will charge for like 4 secs if im lucky
same here!
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any of u know y only the usb charger to my desktop can charge my phone, i have a working wall charger but doesnt charge the phone, i can use my wall chager to charger other things like bluetooth headphone, etc..any ideas>? sometimes it will charge for like 4 secs if im lucky
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Hi
I actually experience the same thing with my new Galaxy S3!
My main charge + USB -> microusb cable used to charge the S3, now it won't
I need to plug the phone to my laptop to get it charged and it takes far longer!
Have you solved the issue?
Thanks a lot
BenG
Hi,
I am unable to get my Galaxy S2 charged with an External Battery for Portable Devices (e.g. Just Mobile Gum Pro 4400mAh).
With the Galaxy Ace I had the same problem. After disconnecting the USB data wires, keeping the power ones intact, it worked fine, but that does not work with the S2. Anybody else having that issue? The USB cable charges with wall charger and PC.
I would hate to buy a new external battery. :-/
Thanks,
kuschel
Could you rephrase your sentences. I am not able to understand the problem clearly.
Sure. The phone does not charge when connected to the battery pack. Charges fine with the same cable using my HTC charger.
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Which battery pack is this? Do you have any link to it? What mode is the phone when its connected. Is USB debugging enabled?
Same battery pack here, and same problem... Deactivate usb debug and it will charge. Too late for me... Already ordered another battery pack... Oh well...
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I'm using a Pebble and it works perfectly
Charging works after reboot
I found a partial solution. I connect the battery pack to the phone as if I would charge it. The GS2 does not show any sign of charging. Then I turn the phone of, it automatically boots up again & shows that the battery is charging - guess that works for me.
PS: After a disconnect I have to do ist all over again.
PPS: Battery - http://www.amazon.com/Just-Mobile-4400mAh-External-Portable/dp/B001BWQTOC
kuschel said:
I found a partial solution. I connect the battery pack to the phone as if I would charge it. The GS2 does not show any sign of charging. Then I turn the phone of, it automatically boots up again & shows that the battery is charging - guess that works for me.
PS: After a disconnect I have to do ist all over again.
PPS: Battery - http://www.amazon.com/Just-Mobile-4400mAh-External-Portable/dp/B001BWQTOC
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This works for me also. Enabling or disabling USB Debug doesn't make a difference with the Gum Pro.
interesting i have an energizer xp8000 and about to try it on my S2 hopefully it works but thanks to this thread have some work arounds to try too :
Glad I am not the only one
Thanks for the info. Until someone finds a better solution I am glad to know it's not me or my phone.
well i can confirm my Energizer XP8000 battery works with S2 fine = 52hrs http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115104
XP18000 and ZaggSparq here charges my SGSII fine. It charges both in regular mode and USB debug mode.
just wait a while for extended batteries then you wont need an external battery. i have posted two links in the thread have a look in the thread forum.
I've used Proporta's 3400mAh Turbocharger battery without problems. Haven't tested it fully to see how much it recharges the phone, but I've gotten at least 50% charge back from it.
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just wait a while for extended batteries then you wont need an external battery. i have posted two links in the thread have a look in the thread forum.
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advantages of a good external battery is being able to charge more than one device i.e. notebook etc
I have the exact same issue when using a mini USB charger with a Motorola Mini to Micro USB converter. When I connect my charger, a pop-up on the notification bar shows "USB host cable connected", and it won't charge until I power off the phone. When I plug the charger while the phone is powered off, instead of showing the charging animation, it will boot up instead and start charging. Charging using the stock charger or PC work just fine. And I thought I was the one that created this complication while flashing different ROMs and kernels, but it seems like an issue with s2 phones.
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I found that a lot of cell/mobile phones will not charge useless the two data lines on the usb adaptor are connected together , I have modified a number of usb adaptors myself to get them to work, some phones need certain resistances on the data lines before they will charge.
I use to have a Samsung galaxy tab 7" and it was super fussy about the chargers it would work with, I found this thread and this guy had found an usb to usb adaptor that has all the need fixes so you can easy make any usb charger work.
All my usb adaptors seem to work with my SGS2 without any adaptor so i dont know if this would work for you.
EDIT : unless you know what you are doing, dont do it.
The links are below to the relevant information.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=999366
http://androidforums.com/galaxy-tab...aptor-get-fast-charge-3rd-party-chargers.html
I bought this and guess what:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TeckNet-Dua...dible-Blackberry/dp/B000NDQ92W/ref=pd_cp_ce_1
the phone is discharging rather than charging while the battery icon shows that it charges.
more specific: I connect the phone to USB 1A port, I hear the beep tone and I see the battery icon turns to thunder icon , just the normal situation which shows that the phone is in charging mode. OK?
IF I use the phone (i.e. browsing with WiFi) the phone's battery level is dropping down instead of getting up. I use a battery app and I can check realtime the percentage. I must have the phone in standby on order to get charged!
Unbelievable but true! The external battery cannot hold the consumption while in use, even when connected to 1A port!!!
solution - how to charge SG2 with Gum Pro
Hello kuschel,
For me the following solution helped:
Just plug in your cable to the battery, switch it on. Then plug your cable into the phone but veeeeryy slow until the "MTP application" pops up. After that you can move the plug to its final position normally - your phone is loading.
For me it looks like to be a software issue - since I updated my phone to the current KIES version and rooted it (German KF3 Samsung original) I've had that issue no more...
Cheers
Zap
Zaphod_b_1 said:
Hello kuschel,
For me the following solution helped:
Just plug in your cable to the battery, switch it on. Then plug your cable into the phone but veeeeryy slow until the "MTP application" pops up. After that you can move the plug to its final position normally - your phone is loading.p
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Well look at that. Worked first time and now my mobile gum battery pack is charging the phone just fine.
Which is a real shame as I have now ordered a replacement battery pack and the gum pro was actually really small and compact for a 4400mah device.
I was watching the Mavericks vs Thunder game using the watch ESPN app and my nexus battery was at about 93%
I watch since halftime to the end of the game and I was plugged in to a car charger the whole time and when the game ended about 1 1/2 hrs later the battery had dropped to 53%. Can't understand it. Hope someone here can explain this to me.
Phone is galaxy nexus, obviously, the battery is the 2100 OEM battery from Verizon store, charger is a belkin dual outlet 1amp micro car charger with the cable that came with a Droid charge.
Thanks in advance ladies and gentlemen, I did look and search, didn't fins anything covering this specific issue.
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i am 99% sure its the car charger. but cant give u a reason
rfvreynoso said:
Phone is galaxy nexus, obviously, the battery is the 2100 OEM battery from Verizon store, charger is a belkin dual outlet 1amp micro car charger with the cable that came with a Droid charge.
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5V right? that's not a huge draw at all on your battery, i'm assuming your car was either running or started right up afterwards...you can be certain your phone was getting that full 1A especially if your car was running. if your phone showed charging and your phone will normally charge from your car like that then you shouldve been in good shape. despite what you may think, i actually am trying to present relevant info lol but ummm other than that? i would definitely try a multimeter (.....if you have one.....) cuz that would show you exactly what you're getting in/out. usb pinouts should be somewhere on the internet. other than that, try doing the same thing (except for maybe a shorter time period if preferred) on a wall charger which should be more reliable and compare results. i've had devices that burn power faster than they receive them....but the good ole gnex? im not so sure. (engineer here).
I just recently join big red and coming from sprint with an evo 4g and didnt have this issue with that phone and same charger. I'm definitely going to try it with home charger to see if its the charger.
Extra info, the vehicle was powered on before I plugged in the charger, in case it matters any.
Thanks to all the reply thus far.
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I find that under heavy usage, only the plug in wall charger gives enough juice to keep it increasing... and even that can go flat or decrease if you are really pushing it... also the way the battery stats are displayed can be flaky too... jumps in the level of charge and quick drops... hard to tell how accurate the reading is.
I hear you. That's crazy, basically the phone draws more power that the charger can provide. I would think the charger should be fine since its 1 amp just like the home charger.
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Check in settings - status if it says charging (ac) or charging (usb) when plugged in you car.
If it says charging (usb) the charge amps are limited to 500mA.
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The phone can use more power than a car charger can supply. This is commonly posted all over. Check your car charger, its likely a 0.5 amp. Buy a 1 amp or higher.
rfvreynoso said:
Phone is galaxy nexus, obviously, the battery is the 2100 OEM battery from Verizon store, charger is a belkin dual outlet 1amp micro car charger with the cable that came with a Droid charge.
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Your problem is the charger, 1 amp is the sum of the two outlets, hence you're only giving your phone 500mA max. When charging at that low of a rate, you'll drain the battery when doing anything power intensive on the phone. Your only remedies for this is to get a car charger that's capable of putting out 1 amp or more on a single line. What I personally did was get the Griffin Powerjolt dual charger for $8 on Amazon, opened it up, and soldered the center data pins on each port together.
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Your problem is the charger, 1 amp is the sum of the two outlets, hence you're only giving your phone 500mA max. When charging at that low of a rate, you'll drain the battery when doing anything power intensive on the phone. Your only remedies for this is to get a car charger that's capable of putting out 1 amp or more on a single line. What I personally did was get the Griffin Powerjolt dual charger for $8 on Amazon, opened it up, and soldered the center data pins on each port together.
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I though that the griffin powerjolt dual outlet charger would dish out 1amp on a single port if the 2nd port was not being used. Interesting, I can see your point. Would you happen to have a picture of, or remember which are the two that need to be bridge inside to make it a full 1amp output?
Thanks in advance.
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Herman76 said:
Check in settings - status if it says charging (ac) or charging (usb) when plugged in you car.
If it says charging (usb) the charge amps are limited to 500mA.
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Okay, I tried what you said and I got weird results. I used the awkward griffin powerjolt dual outlet car charger. I tried using two different cables, one was from my girl's Droid charge and when I plugged it in and check the status it said usb charging, then I plugged in a cable that came with a i go green adapter that I had purchased at an airport and the phone said ac charging. Unless the cable that came with the Droid charge can only pass 500mamp, I'm puzzle.
Both were plugged in at same time and also both cables were tried by themselves in each outlet of the griffin charger by themselves.
Interesting huh. I will keep testing and see what gives, last resort I get a more powerful car charger. Will keep you guys posted, thanks to everyone that contributed and pitch in thus far.
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Got an update on this issue. I streamed another 45 mins to 1 hr of ESPN using watch ESPN app and the results are even more interesting. I was using the wall charger that came with the Droid charge and the USB cable that came with the I go green wall adapter that I have purchased at an airport a while back. Here is what happened, when I started streaming the battery was at 94% and I plugged in phone to charger and under settings/about/status it showed AC charging. After 45 mins to 1 hr of streaming the phone was extremely Hot towards the center of the back and below the cam lenses and led light. Also the battery had dropped to 93% and the phone status showed not charging, even though the battery icon on home screen next to clock shows the lightning symbol inside the battery like is charging.
I don't understand what is happening. Grrrrrr. This is using a wall a charger for a droid charge. Now of to trying it with the OEM charger and cable.
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Got an update on this issue. I streamed another 45 mins to 1 hr of ESPN using watch ESPN app and the results are even more interesting. I was using the wall charger that came with the Droid charge and the USB cable that came with the I go green wall adapter that I have purchased at an airport a while back. Here is what happened, when I started streaming the battery was at 94% and I plugged in phone to charger and under settings/about/status it showed AC charging. After 45 mins to 1 hr of streaming the phone was extremely Hot towards the center of the back and below the cam lenses and led light. Also the battery had dropped to 93% and the phone status showed not charging, even though the battery icon on home screen next to clock shows the lightning symbol inside the battery like is charging.
I don't understand what is happening. Grrrrrr. This is using a wall a charger for a droid charge. Now of to trying it with the OEM charger and cable.
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The battery can stop charging if it gets too hot (safety measure).
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Herman76 said:
The battery can stop charging if it gets too hot (safety measure).
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Exactly, in the driver i think the overheat is set to 140F. Also when your charger showed as usb it only gets 509mA and when showing ac it gets the full 1 amp. So just pay attention next time and see if it drains when showing ac.
My car charger is a 1.3 amp and always shows as ac and never drains while charging.
Herman76 said:
The battery can stop charging if it gets too hot (safety measure).
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I though about that but then I was wondering, shouldn't the wall charger provide enough power to run everything in there while charging the battery or even without the battery in the phone. Like shouldn't the battery hold the charge that it already has when I started streaming as long as the charger is 1amp?
I would not care if when I stream the phone battery would just hold its charge at what it has at the moment even if it does not charge while streaming. Hopefully that is clear to understand.
To all the fellow galaxy nexus owners out there, maybe you all can test on your phones and see if you get same results as me. Download watch espn and stream the channel for 30 mins, notice what is your battery level before you start streaming, of course plug the phone to a car charger or wall charger and see if battery remains the same, drops charge, or gain charge at the end of 30 mins, or maybe an hour. I am not asking you to watch it for the 30 mins or 1 hour, just let it run and see what happen, if you can of course. only reason why I ask for watch espn is because it is the app that I have been using to stream nba games for the last few days.
Another thing since I am already here with this streaming issue, I have an original SlingBox, the cheapest of the cheapest when they first came out, just coax and that is it. I would like to know if I pay the $29.99 for the app from the market when i switch roms on my galaxy nexus would I lose the app? I have already unlocked and rooted my galaxy nexus and lets say I buy the app and I am running cm9 when I purchase it, if I change to gummy rom or back to a stock rom while still rooted would I have to re-buy the app ?
Thanks in advance for all the input.
Have u tried underclocking cpu with setcpu app?
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King Jeriamas said:
Have u tried underclocking cpu with setcpu app?
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No I haven't try that. I am currently testing out roms like a mad man trying to find the best for my liking. Question for ya, As far as I know that is kernel dependent right? Like the kernel has to support it, if so which kernels do support it and what would be good underclocking settings ?
I get similar results while using navigation and pandora at the same time, the phone uses more juice than the car charger can provide.
Ironically I plugged in the oem charger and oem cable from the galaxy nexus box and open it (didn't really wanyed to do that) and streamed 30 mins of espn on watch espn and battery was at 70% when I started after 30 mins streaming it had actually climb to 78%. Confused yet everyone? What gives?
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Not all that odd. Using my Fascinate charger (0.7 amp) I get noticeably slower charge times than the OEM charger (1 amp). I don't use my phone much while I'm charging so I can't provide any feedback for that.
What is the Droid Charge charger rated at?
When the phone is off and plugged into the wall, it charges. When the phone is on, and I plug it into the wall or computer, the phone doesn't know it's plugged in.
I ordered a brand new usb charging flex jack and replaced the old one, still the same problem. What gives?
EDIT: I am stock. Not rooted.
Does this happen on the original cable also?
Have you tried wiping?
Is Fast Charge on?
Fk. It doesn't even charge from the wall! When the phone is off, it has the animation that says it's charging when i plug it in the wall. I left it plugged into the wall overnight. This morning I took a look at the phone, and it didn't charge!
Oh noez, what should i do?
Also, I don't have the original cable. I'm using an HTC one.
EDIT: Dafuq?! I found an LG charger. Apparently the phone knows that it's charging when I charge with that. The thing is, that charger is just a charger; it's not a usb cable+ an adaptor. So I can't use it for adb and such.
What is Fast Charge?
convolution said:
Fk. It doesn't even charge from the wall! When the phone is off, it has the animation that says it's charging when i plug it in the wall. I left it plugged into the wall overnight. This morning I took a look at the phone, and it didn't charge!
Oh noez, what should i do?
Also, I don't have the original cable. I'm using an HTC one.
EDIT: Dafuq?! I found an LG charger. Apparently the phone knows that it's charging when I charge with that. The thing is, that charger is just a charger; it's not a usb cable+ an adaptor. So I can't use it for adb and such.
What is Fast Charge?
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You should mention what ROM you're on (and version) so that no one else makes the same mistake I did in assuming you had a custom ROM and that Fast Charge is on. It's a feature that makes sure that whatever charges it is recognised as AC 1amp charger as some chargers aren't designed well enough (I believe it involves a single solder point) to report themselves as capable of 1A. If it doesn't report as AC to Android, it will charge at 500mA instead (it assumes USB power). It sometimes causes problems with connecting to PC via USB.
Get another USB cable, this time none of that fancy **** go straight to OE Samsung or something.
=O I thot all usb cables are made equal! So I can't use an HTC usb cable? The dude didn't sell me the phone with a cable T.T
Also, I'm stock. I am not even rooted.
My nexus just started acting stupid when I plug it in also.
Mine sat in a drawer for a few weeks and when I plugged it in to charge, it wouldn't.
What I did was this.
plug device into charger
remove battery for a few seconds
replace battery
press power button
phone powered up and began charging.
Even now, it still sometimes doesn't recognize the charger and I have to unplug and plug it in until it does.
I use a rocketfish cable.
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=O I thot all usb cables are made equal! So I can't use an HTC usb cable? The dude didn't sell me the phone with a cable T.T
Also, I'm stock. I am not even rooted.
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Some devices are picky, you'd think that all USB cables are made equal (I did too) but some just don't work well with certain devices. I've had printers th... wait printers always have **** problems... I've had uh... usb extensions not work well with some Wifi dongles and such. My old milestone didn't like the Samsung cable either (yet the Moto cable works perfectly on gnex)
=O. Then it has to be the usb cable! No way it's not!
I ordered one on ebay =D
Rooted Gnex here I come!
dmappdev said:
My nexus just started acting stupid when I plug it in also.
Mine sat in a drawer for a few weeks and when I plugged it in to charge, it wouldn't.
What I did was this.
plug device into charger
remove battery for a few seconds
replace battery
press power button
phone powered up and began charging.
Even now, it still sometimes doesn't recognize the charger and I have to unplug and plug it in until it does.
I use a rocketfish cable.
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Thank you dmappdev,
I followed your procedure (feel like talking about surgery here, which isn't too far from topic); I'm convinced that it helped in some way, directly or indirectly... as at first, my Galaxy S Advance still wouldn't recognize/charge my phone with:
1. its own charger,
2. my old Galaxy Ace's charger,
3. a universal wall usb plug used with the S Advanced own USB-to-USBmini cable.
My last idea was to use, quote: an old Nokia USB cable connected to my PC... and that worked.
I was much too happy my phone had remembered how to charge to stay mad... But I still tried those three means for charging again, and only the phone's original charger worked now. So the phone's charging ability has been "awakened" in some way, but only for the original charger ...technology is improving, but not the ethics on making life easier for the consumer.
All this was yesterday. This morning (there's more, yes), I saw my phone indicating a 100% charge although it had been disconnected from charge for several hours - something that had already happened once yesterday, before the unable-to-charge situation; a simple reboot took care of the problem, the battery status now showing a more realistic 53%.
Any comments to any of the above? If not, thanks again for your tip anyway !!!
I have noticed today, after a week of having the HOX, that when the phone is plugged in to charge, it always shows as USB within the power screen, even if its using the supplied charger at the wall.
When I plug in a BlackBerry charger I have, then it switches to AC.
Is this normal?
Stokie2012 said:
I have noticed today, after a week of having the HOX, that when the phone is plugged in to charge, it always shows as USB within the power screen, even if its using the supplied charger at the wall.
When I plug in a BlackBerry charger I have, then it switches to AC.
Is this normal?
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That does NOT seem normal. are you using the same wall plug to charge when using BB cable? if so, something wrong with your HOX charging cable.
yea this doesnt sound normal to me. when im charging with AC, nothing except the red led is showing up.
Thanks for replies,
The BB charger is a solid BB charger, no disconnecting cables from the wall unit.
Just plugged my HOX into my PC and I get USB device not recognised. I'm starting to think the supplied cable is faulty which is also leading to my charging issue.
What do you think?
Pre-purchase Questions
Hi,
I'm thinking of buying the HTC One X (International), it represents a significant investment on my part so I want to ensure that I don't end up regretting spending my $500 on this device. I have seen a number of users complain of poor battery timing and weak wifi connection. I would like to ask guys who are already using it for their opinion, would you recommend buying it? Are you content with your phone's performance? Should I pitch in some more and buy the SIII instead?
I'll appreciate the feedback.
Regards,