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Hi, I am sorry if this has been covered but please bear with me. I would like a Galaxy Nexus and one of my friends is looking to sell his. The problem is he is having a charging problem with his phone.
From what he has told me, the problem is that the phone won't charge properly by USB, the included charger or with an iPhone charger (with those it gets about 50% charged in a night) but it WILL charge fine with an iPad charger (higher current). Searching Google I have seen numerous posts about charging issues with the GNex but none seem to quite fit this description. He has tried flashing a new ROM, wiping the cache and fixing permissions - I don't know about a factory reset or what ROMs he used but it has persisted at least from 4.0.4 to 4.1. As I don't have the phone I can't experiment and try things out. So what I really want to know is if anybody here has experienced this problem and if they have found a solution. I don't mind taking the phone if I believe I can fix it, but the risk of not being able to always charge the phone (since I don't typically have an iPad charger everywhere I go) would be a real inconvenience.
(Obviously I haven't given you that much to go on but that's all I have.)
Thank you for any help you can give.
It's the GSM version by the way.
I'm not sure I fully understood your post.
But try changing the usb cable and turn in warranty.
I know a similar case where the device was replaced under warranty.
Uhm... I don't know what your friend has been doing to his Galaxy Nexus, but trying an iPhone charger seems very unlikely to me, since AFAIK those use a different kind of plug...
In any case I'd have my doubts about this particular device. Depends of course how much he's asking. It's for sure still under warranty (EU is a mandatory 2 years at least, UK should benefit from the same rights I think) so if there's a HW problem you could get it fixed. If his asking price is close to a new one however, just shell out the extra couple of pounds & get yourself a brand new one to be sure
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Hi, I am sorry if this has been covered but please bear with me. I would like a Galaxy Nexus and one of my friends is looking to sell his. The problem is he is having a charging problem with his phone.
From what he has told me, the problem is that the phone won't charge properly by USB, the included charger or with an iPhone charger (with those it gets about 50% charged in a night) but it WILL charge fine with an iPad charger (higher current). Searching Google I have seen numerous posts about charging issues with the GNex but none seem to quite fit this description. He has tried flashing a new ROM, wiping the cache and fixing permissions - I don't know about a factory reset or what ROMs he used but it has persisted at least from 4.0.4 to 4.1. As I don't have the phone I can't experiment and try things out. So what I really want to know is if anybody here has experienced this problem and if they have found a solution. I don't mind taking the phone if I believe I can fix it, but the risk of not being able to always charge the phone (since I don't typically have an iPad charger everywhere I go) would be a real inconvenience.
(Obviously I haven't given you that much to go on but that's all I have.)
Thank you for any help you can give.
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I am not 100% sure but this might work. If you buy just drain it completely and charge it completely while switched off. then directly go to recovery and wipe battery stats and drain it completely again and charge normally. Might fix it but not sure. Seems more like a software bug than hardware.
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Tarun95 said:
I am not 100% sure but this might work. If you buy just drain it completely and charge it completely while switched off. then directly go to recovery and wipe battery stats and drain it completely again and charge normally. Might fix it but not sure. Seems more like a software bug than hardware.
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This will have no effectt.
Check if charging the device while it is turned off makes a difference, if so, there is an app that causes huge battery drain.
If it makes no difference, the charging circuit or battery might be shot.
ibm9001 said:
Hi, I am sorry if this has been covered but please bear with me. I would like a Galaxy Nexus and one of my friends is looking to sell his. The problem is he is having a charging problem with his phone.
From what he has told me, the problem is that the phone won't charge properly by USB, the included charger or with an iPhone charger (with those it gets about 50% charged in a night) but it WILL charge fine with an iPad charger (higher current). Searching Google I have seen numerous posts about charging issues with the GNex but none seem to quite fit this description. He has tried flashing a new ROM, wiping the cache and fixing permissions - I don't know about a factory reset or what ROMs he used but it has persisted at least from 4.0.4 to 4.1. As I don't have the phone I can't experiment and try things out. So what I really want to know is if anybody here has experienced this problem and if they have found a solution. I don't mind taking the phone if I believe I can fix it, but the risk of not being able to always charge the phone (since I don't typically have an iPad charger everywhere I go) would be a real inconvenience.
(Obviously I haven't given you that much to go on but that's all I have.)
Thank you for any help you can give.
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Same issue. I tested around with it and found it will stop charging if starts to get hot. Then I power cycle and plug it in with the screen off and will charge just fine. Basically can't really play with it while charging or it will stop charging but won't drain further either. Will just start to get really hot. Do a Google on gnex nfc battery. Guess the battery has a chip in it also along with some temp control..? That will stop charging due to heat
Also says not to use other chargers or put battery in other phones to charge or other phone batteries in yours. That could be a sales thing but not all batteries are nfc. My ns4g has nfc capability but battery isn't an nfc battery
Android is upgrading...
I get a weird behavior when my G3 reaches full battery while wirelessly charging. The phone and charger connect and disconnects about every 3 seconds.
For comparison Using the same charger with my nexus 5 my phone would stay connected even at full capacity (I'm sure it has a internal safeguard for overcharging rather than disconnecting continuously)
I'm using one of those aftermarket qi wireless charging stickers.
(edit) I ended up buying a OEM LG battery door with qi built in. I get the same result. It's the phone.
Anyone else experience this or have a solution?
I have not. I bought an unbranded LG back plate and am using an old nexus 4 orb without any issues. I do not get the "battery 100%" notification, but on the lock screen is says battery fully charged every time I check it, all without any sounds during this time.
Now I'm considering just buying a OEM battery door. ****ing Hassel and waste of money to get the removed functionality back in this phone
LG G3 wireless charging full behavior: http://youtu.be/6e6lfrg2n8I
At least your working... Mine is broken i think.. I have 2 unbranded orb. Charging commenced for 2 weeks. Then suddenly it cannot wireless charge anymore. I think my back cover is broken...
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At least your working... Mine is broken i think.. I have 2 unbranded orb. Charging commenced for 2 weeks. Then suddenly it cannot wireless charge anymore. I think my back cover is broken...
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My concern is for the health of my phone's battery.
Just get insomnia. Then your phone won't stay fully charged that much. LoL I get a new phone a lot so I doubt the batttery will be a issue for me.
I have this issue with the factory USB charger, as do many others. I think it's just something they're going to have to patch out of the software.
I called LG support. They gave me the usual run around. Not to be racists but it was a Indian call center. I could tell that they have never even held the phone on their hands before and they were just reading through the typical responses.
One guy said it was similar to bluetooth disconnecting and re-connecting. I told him please transfer me to someone who knows something about phones. Then I got a girl who said pull the battery out and put it back in. This is the best support I could get...
Sounds like Sprint. LoL
Is my problem a isolated issue? I don't get much feedback from G3 owners
What battery app are you using to see that it disconnects and starts charging again when full. Do you charge the phone when you sleep? Can you charge the phone some before you sleep and then when you wake up? I'm thinking it would take a year + before you have any battery issues if any at all. I think it's software related and who knows if and when it gets fixed. If it bothers you that much why even use wireless charging?
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What battery app are you using to see that it disconnects and starts charging again when full. Do you charge the phone when you sleep? Can you charge the phone some before you sleep and then when you wake up? I'm thinking it would take a year + before you have any battery issues if any at all. I think it's software related and who knows if and when it gets fixed. If it bothers you that much why even use wireless charging?
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First I use lightflow to show my charging/charged led indication. Second my actual wireless charger has a led charging /not charging indicator.
All abnormal behavior compared to my nexus 5
This happened to me once but it wasn't while the battery was full. I turned off the phone and took the battery out and after it restarted it hasn't happened again since.
I wanted to share this in case anyone ever experiences the same problem. I had my Note 4 since it was released in October and didn't have any issues until roughly a week ago. All of a sudden, the phone would not fast charge. Whenever connected to the fast charging adapter, it would detect it and charge, but it would not give the fast charge notification and would charge extremely slowly (8 hours to get a full charge from near empty). In addition, my PCs would no longer be able to access it and the phone would not give the MTP option menu when connected. I tried multiple cables, outlets, fast chargers, and batteries in addition to toggling the fast charge setting, wiping the cache, and performing a factory reset - but nothing helped. I finally called verizon and they sent me a new note 4 and everything was working again.....
Three days passed and the same exact issue occurred again on the replacement phone. This makes me believe that the Samsung charger I have has somehow deteriorated and is now breaking the usb connectivity on the phone. I contacted samsung and am getting a replacement for the charger and will have to get ANOTHER replacement phone from verizon (after they finish processing my first replacement).
So if anyone has a similar issue, I would suggest getting a new charger in addition to the phone replacement so you don't have to go through the entire process again. I could be wrong that the charger caused this, but I can't think of anything else besides the recent lollipop upgrade - but everything was working for several days on lollipop for both phones.
If anyone has ideas on how to fix this, please let me know. I can't return the second phone until the first one is processed so no fast charging or PC connection until then. Thanks
Having exactly the same issues. Let me know if you work it out.
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Having exactly the same issues. Let me know if you work it out.
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Same Issues and I have three fast chargers so it is not the charger it is the phone or the 5.0 update.
Mine was not really even charging unless I turned the phone off. I called Verizon and they are sending me a replacement phone overnight. It would not connect to the computer either. I hope this is not a result of fast charging, if so they are gonna get a lot of phone calls
I also have another fast charger which wasn't working... I was thinking that my main charger was breaking the phones USB connectivity and fast charging, but if others are having the same problem then I am wondering if it is something related to the lollipop update. I am replacing the main charger and should have another replacement note 4 come Friday. If it happens again, then I think it points to the lollipop update since both phones had this issues days after lollipop was installed.
I'll let you guys know the outcome
Had the same issue. Used a different wire. Solved the problem. Any Micro USB that can transfer data, can use fast charge. If it's a "power only" cable, or if the data pins/wires are messed up, no fast charge.
graydiggy said:
Had the same issue. Used a different wire. Solved the problem. Any Micro USB that can transfer data, can use fast charge. If it's a "power only" cable, or if the data pins/wires are messed up, no fast charge.
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Well the problem was that all the cables were working and then stopped. When I got the replacement phone they worked and then a few days later the same thing happened again. So something was causing the connection to break completely. I am hoping that the cause was the charger which I am replacing.
Word of advice: if it stops charging normally In ANY way. THROW AWAY THE CHARGER. I made the same mistake and my Note 4 literally lit on fire melting the lower 1/2 inch of my phone and completely melting the charger. It was so hot by the time I was able to yank the cord out both the phone and charger were melted and destroyed and I ended up with three fingers with minor burns. I am lucky it did not happen when I was sleeping with my infant nearby. I now charge my phone only in the day and on a granite counter in case of fire again.
It stopped fast charging. Then I used the charger again and got a message saying "Transferring power to high powered device" then wham 2" flames
Verizon kept claiming it couldnt happen and thought I used a aftermarket charger until I brought the phone and charger to a corporate store and they prompytly replaced both the phone and charger under factory warranty.
I have three samsung original fast chargers and none of them worked plus the fact that the phone could not be connected to any computer I have makes me think it was the phone. I got the new phone today so I guess time will tell. I just can't see three chargers and cables going bad all at the same time. I also did not take the 5.0 update on the new phone.
my replacement phone stopped fast charging and computer will not recognize it now. I used a different cable that was plugged into the fast charge module from Samsung. I guess that is what caused it. They are sending another phone but for C sake if a cable is the reason this happens surely there should be a fix without replacing the phone time after time.
I finally received the new phone from Verizon and I replaced all the cables I was using to make sure this doesn't happen again. Hopefully the charger was the culprit and the problem is over and done with. Hope no one else encounters this as it really was a pain to deal with.
I got my third phone Monday and so far so good. I had a car charger from Verizon plugged into an extender that had 4 plugs in it. When I unplugged my GPS from it I noticed it was very hot. The Verizon Charger was also hot even though nothing was plugged into it. This may have been what caused my issue. It could have overheated. I replaced it with a different brand and tested to make sure it stayed cool when anything was plugged in and have used it all week without issues. The only other thing could have been the USB cable I used the evening before the second phone stopped fast charging so I do not use it either. So if you use a car charger extender check to see if it gets hot when anything is plugged in. BUT, it is scary knowing something like this can kill the USB on this phone.
I have an external Hard-drive that would constantly disconnect and reconnect with the slightest movement of the cord connected to the computer. It even caused my H/D to get corrupted twice requiring re-formatting. But all I had to do to fix it was to squeeze the big connector on the cord a little and tighten it up. Just a thought.
It's been a week since I received my third phone and everything is working perfectly. I can only assume the charger was breaking it and I'm glad the issue is behind me.
So for anyone experiencing this, I suggest contacting Samsung to replace the charger before going to your cell provider to replace the phone
I'm having the same exact problem. My 2nd replacement phone is now doing the same thing as the first one. I have too many scenarios now though and I'm confused as to which it is. I have two Adaptive chargers.. Batteries, phone, or chargers...
As soon as I replaced the charger, I didn't have this issue again. I suggest sending your chargers back to Samsung (or whatever other brand you have) because one of them is breaking the phones
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I would place my bet on a bad cable. With the higher voltages that fast charge uses going through the danger of arching and sparking is increased especially if there's a poor connection would fry or weld melt metal inside the connector. This could damage the USB port in the phone and cause the phone's USB port to have a bad connection. This bad USB port in the phone could fry the other cables as well leaving you wondering why everything went bad all at once
My phone will fast charge on my two vehicle chargers (at 1.5 amps and 2.1 amps), but refuses to change any faster than 500 mA on two separate fast charger bricks. The same bricks work fine for fast charging other phones, so it's my phone, not the charging hardware. I'm using the same cable(s) for all instances, which leads me to believe that something is wrong with how the phone interprets the "smart charging" signal on the bricks, or that the phone is sending the wrong charging signal.
I can still connect to a computer just fine, so my issue may be different.
Does anyone else have the issue with bricks but not with chargers without "smart charging" capabilities?
I've had this problem on stock 5.1.1, Jasmine rom 6.0.1, and now CM13. I full wiped everything when reinstalling, so either it's hardware, or an issue propigated through many roms. I've tried a few different kernels too, just to see if that was the problem.
I'm changing the battery tomorrow to check that possibility. Maybe I'll bend the contact a slight bit and see what happens (phone catches on fire)...
Hi guys
I have the same problem as you ,so what I have to do to solve this issue without replace the phone,
I have rooted 5.1.1 stock rom, If i flash full stock rom 5.1.1 does this help or what?
zediiiii said:
My phone will fast charge on my two vehicle chargers (at 1.5 amps and 2.1 amps), but refuses to change any faster than 500 mA on two separate fast charger bricks. The same bricks work fine for fast charging other phones, so it's my phone, not the charging hardware. I'm using the same cable(s) for all instances, which leads me to believe that something is wrong with how the phone interprets the "smart charging" signal on the bricks, or that the phone is sending the wrong charging signal.
I can still connect to a computer just fine, so my issue may be different.
Does anyone else have the issue with bricks but not with chargers without "smart charging" capabilities?
I've had this problem on stock 5.1.1, Jasmine rom 6.0.1, and now CM13. I full wiped everything when reinstalling, so either it's hardware, or an issue propigated through many roms. I've tried a few different kernels too, just to see if that was the problem.
I'm changing the battery tomorrow to check that possibility. Maybe I'll bend the contact a slight bit and see what happens (phone catches on fire)...
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Turns out one out of the three new cables I bought didn't work, and my OEM cable didn't work for fast charging. Swapping for a good cable fixed the issue.
Hey guys,
first of - sorry if this is oftopic.
I notice heavy charging issues on my g4 intl. The phone just won't charge probably.
I'm running on the latest cyanogenmod nightly, everything else works fine.
Cyanogen says "slow charging" even when I plug in the original cable, or a quick charge wallplug. With all micro USB cables everything is fine for a week or two, but after that everything repeats again.
It seems like the phone cuts down the input power to 300 milli amps or so, while "charging" the battery percentage is going down sometimes, too.
When the phone is off and plugged in, the charging is slow too.
But sometimes everything is fine for a charge or two.
Does anyone have the same issue or have a solution?
Greetings from germany
Okay I found some guys talking about this here, but is there any final solution for this?
radrian said:
Okay I found some guys talking about this here, but is there any final solution for this?
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It happens to me too, stock ROM, cm13, aosp, no difference.
I have tried changing USB cable (only cable) and device begin charging normally again.
I don't think it's something software related..
But if you have already tried with another charger and problem is still there..
I'm really frustrated. I don't know what is happening to my g4, since 2 month's I noticed heavy red screen ghosting, too. The phone was already repaired once from lg, there the problem was that it won't boot up anymore.. Next time I won't buy lg..
radrian said:
I'm really frustrated. I don't know what is happening to my g4, since 2 month's I noticed heavy red screen ghosting, too. The phone was already repaired once from lg, there the problem was that it won't boot up anymore.. Next time I won't buy lg..
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I got problems with display too..
Both lateral sides are brighter than the rest of the screen.
Especially with dark images it is absolutely horrible.
Will never ever buy LG anymore.
same problem here with the ghosting and the super slow charge some times battery goes down even while plugged to original charger, had a G2 before this, love the phone was almost flawless, this one I had it for almost a year now, piece of **** full of problems, now after the lates OTA the unlocking is retardedly slow, I double tap for unlocking the screen wakes up but dimmed and unresponsive and after a second it fully wakes up, I'm so frustrated with this piece of ****, the only good thing is the camera. Btw regarding the slow charging problem, I tried with different batteries and chargers and same results (I'm fully stock, no root no nothing)
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my problem is that sometimes it just doesn't charge at all the led blinks and i wake up for 0%
Has anyone had the problem where wireless charging just..... Stops working? Completely?
Phone charged fine wirelessly for a few days, then this morning I woke up and it had stopped at exactly 70%.... Strange, I thought maybe it got bumped or something at some point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Fast forward to this evening and the phone will no longer charge on any of the wireless chargers I own. I've restarted, checked settings, etc. The phone doesn't detect when it is placed on a Qi charger now, it's just as if I set it down on any other surface.
I saw a few Reddit threads with people running into this but nothing conclusive or comprehensive. Someone posted that they were in touch with Google support and that they are aware of the issue and claim a fix is on the way "soon".
It doesn't *sound* like a hardware issue, but wtf, why would that functionality just totally stop working at random? I really don't want to try a factory reset but... I may just do it for science.
I have not had this problem...yet.
Been a few days now, anyone else having this issue? Driving me nuts
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Been a few days now, anyone else having this issue? Driving me nuts
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Did yo utry the reset yet? You have to try the reset device to rule out software problem. If it persists, then it's entirely possible that a chip or component failed.
I had the Soli chips go bad within a month of getting my 4 XL and I had it replaced under warranty. You shouldn't have to put up with no wireless charging - that's a key functionality. I would let Google replace your P6P.
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Did yo utry the reset yet? You have to try the reset device to rule out software problem. If it persists, then it's entirely possible that a chip or component failed.
I had the Soli chips go bad within a month of getting my 4 XL and I had it replaced under warranty. You shouldn't have to put up with no wireless charging - that's a key functionality. I would let Google replace your P6P.
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Yeah..... I factory reset today and it still doesn't work at all. Time to start the replacement process. Bah humbug :-/?
Please post an update if a software solution presents itself, like if Google provides a fix before you RMA. I don't own a wireless charger, it's mad sketchy to read this and not be able to test mine
I never had any problems with my wireless chargers. It should also be noted that the phone doesn't charge full on purpose if you have adaptive charging enabled (you need a wake up timer for that).
But since NONE of your wireless chargers work anymore - AND you did a factory reset, it sounds like a hardware issue.
Wtf. Just after a couple days of owning the device.
Go RMA.
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In case this is a compatibility issue, can you tell us which chargers you used? Name, model?
Maybe this will happen again. You never know.
Mine will, on occasion, charge for part of the night and then decide to stop at some point. I'm pretty sure I'm not moving it in my sleep, since I don't sleep that soundly.
I did notice for the first time last night, though, that it finally decided to enter the "adaptive" charge cycle where it does the "full by alarm time" thing - which was cool.
Thankfully, I generally still have about half battery left at the end of the day, so even if it isn't charging to full for me it's not a huge deal. That, and working at home helps too.
So it's pretty interesting, there are a non-trivial number of folks on Redit with this issue.
Battery share does not work either.
After effing around for a few days the phone now actually recognizes that it is on a wireless charger again, but, it never charges. In battery settings it simply states "Connected, not charging" and FREAKS OUT, that message flickers on and off crazy fast.
So..... I guess this is better than not recognizing a charger at all? Lmao.
As for brands I'm using, the Iniu 15w charger on Amazon, I've tried the og Pixel stand and a couple generic pads. All of these charge my other devices without issue, it's just the Pixel that won't work still.
I am likely going to rma this weekend. I got super excited when the random update dropped the other day but it didn't fix my charging issue.
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Mine will, on occasion, charge for part of the night and then decide to stop at some point. I'm pretty sure I'm not moving it in my sleep, since I don't sleep that soundly.
I did notice for the first time last night, though, that it finally decided to enter the "adaptive" charge cycle where it does the "full by alarm time" thing - which was cool.
Thankfully, I generally still have about half battery left at the end of the day, so even if it isn't charging to full for me it's not a huge deal. That, and working at home helps too.
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The one time my phone stopped wireless charging in the middle of the night (at exactly 70%) was the last time it ever wirelessly charged. So weird that it worked just fine for several days.
I feel like it's a tossup between a hardware issue and software/firmware at this point. Either way, it sucks!
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So it's pretty interesting, there are a non-trivial number of folks on Redit with this issue.
Battery share does not work either.
After effing around for a few days the phone now actually recognizes that it is on a wireless charger again, but, it never charges. In battery settings it simply states "Connected, not charging" and FREAKS OUT, that message flickers on and off crazy fast.
So..... I guess this is better than not recognizing a charger at all? Lmao.
As for brands I'm using, the Iniu 15w charger on Amazon, I've tried the og Pixel stand and a couple generic pads. All of these charge my other devices without issue, it's just the Pixel that won't work still.
I am likely going to rma this weekend. I got super excited when the random update dropped the other day but it didn't fix my charging issue.
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Did you contact Google about this? (not RMA, simply "I have problems with that, can you help me with that?") - maybe it's just Google being Google and sabotaging third party wireless chargers. I have one small 5 Watt charger and it works.
It might be worth a try for you to get ahold of a Pixel Stand charger (1. Gen or sth) and see if that resolves your issues (maybe a friends?) - or, of course, just RMA it.
Now this issue has hit my phone, a Pixel 4, see here!