My M8 it's taking to much to charge - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok, i flash a custom ROM few weeks ago, and from that point, my M8 it's taking like 10 hours to fully charge. The ROM it's a GPE.
Beside that, i try to shut down the phone, and charge in that state, but the battery it's stil draining while it's shut down. Like, now i have 25% battery, after i move the phone, i have 15% battery. And like i say, the phone it's shutdown.
I think i have a problem with the usb port on my phone, because not everytime the phone charge.
I try with many tipes of USB, trying to connect to PC, using original AC, and all of that, and still it's taking way to long to charge.
Do you know what the problem is? Help it will be apreciated

Anybody knows why??

Try going back to stock ROM, or another ROM, to try to eliminate software as the cause. Otherwise, too many variables to know what the cause is.
If you revert to full stock and the problem persists, its either a hardware issue (damaged port as you mentioned) or charger.
Stick with wall charger. Connecting to PC is always much slower. Try another cable and charger. Stock HTC for both, if possible.

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charge time 10 hour

if i charge my arc s from ac or usb it will need 10 hours to recharge, if i use a little when is chargin it start to lower battery, get really a little amout of energy when charging its not different if from usb or ac, do is this a thecnical problem i have to ask repair center or can be software side fixed?
You could try a different battery, it might have come to the end of it's life and just needs replacing. How long have you had the phone and / or battery?
its less than 6 month, battery monitor widget say is good health
raniero1 said:
its less than 6 month, battery monitor widget say is good health
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There shouldn't be a problem with it then.
I know it means resetting everything, but you could try flashing the ftf again. It most likely won't fix it, but Sony would ask you to try a reset using pc companion before you send it back anyway.
I have clockworkmod installed but no unlocked bootloader, if i do a reset than can i restore everything from backup?
raniero1 said:
I have clockworkmod installed but no unlocked bootloader, if i do a reset than can i restore everything from backup?
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Yeah, you can. Though you'll have to root again and install CWM, it wipes everything with a fresh install.
10 hrs from USB is acceptable..but not via AC...something is wrong dude..did you try with different charger? try samsung charger..note and S2 and S3 charger allows more current hence charges the phone very quickly.
ok ive made a fresh install from pc companion repair service, updated to ics, now is really worse, i put all the night the phone charging, it charged from 25% to 45% after 9 hours, if i use the phone just a little when is chargin it dont charge at all but get low battery. im the only one having this issue? i assume i will have to send it to sony support but i would like to understand what could is causing this, THIS IS FROM ONE MONTH, BEFORE IS ALWAYS CHARGED FAST, AND FASTER FROM AC, ive always charged the phone from usb via pc, occasionally charged by ac from cigar socket inside my car, this was a cheap sub socket i bought for 5 euro, could it be this?
now i cant use the phone at all, if i put it on cant charge because battery is used more than how much is recharged, i have to keep it off and wait, hope that reverting to gb will make the chargin time a bit faster, i want to keep it still awhile before send it to sony
ok ive made a fresh install from pc companion repair service, updated to ics, now is really worse, i put all the night the phone charging, it charged from 25% to 45% after 9 hours, if i use the phone just a little when is chargin it dont charge at all but get low battery. im the only one having this issue? i assume i will have to send it to sony support but i would like to understand what could is causing this, THIS IS FROM ONE MONTH, BEFORE IS ALWAYS CHARGED FAST, AND FASTER FROM AC, ive always charged the phone from usb via pc, occasionally charged by ac from cigar socket inside my car, this was a cheap sub socket i bought for 5 euro, could it be this?
now i cant use the phone at all, if i put it on cant charge because battery is used more than how much is recharged, i have to keep it off and wait, hope that reverting to gb will make the chargin time a bit faster, i want to keep it still awhile before send it to sony
Got one last idea for you. Try a different usb cable to charge it. The cable might just have worn out.
It shouldn't be the car charger, as long as it had the same charging rate as USB charging or AC charging.
nope, already tried a different cable, i cant understand whats wrong with this phone, ive recharged it 20% yesterday, ive put it on airplane mode before sleeping and today at morning after 9 hour it is 5% battery
and sony support in italy is really bad, ive to bring the phone to a collect center that will ship it to the support center ill have to wait 2 weeks to have it back
i just discovered that charge time from ac is 7 hour, from pc usb take more than 20, if i leave the phone to the usb with the pc off the phone totatlly drain the battery i dont know how

[Q] Need help

So I'm currently using the Suarom ROM, and for the most part it's been working fine. Suddenly I have a problem. Last night I plug my phone in to charge and suddenly it won't charge. I tried with two separate chargers.
It's still a new phone, so I can bring it in for warranty work. I just want to make sure I take all the steps necessary to "un void" the warranty. I'm a Rogers customer. If anyone can help I'd appreciate it.
Theres a thread in the DEV section that provides instructions of how to completely un-root and restore your device to factory before you turn it in for services.
The only problem is, my battery is at ten percent with no way to charge. The strange thing is that when I plug the phone in, the charging symbol appears. Just doesn't charge. Any idea why that would be ?
ChickenSamwich said:
The only problem is, my battery is at ten percent with no way to charge. The strange thing is that when I plug the phone in, the charging symbol appears. Just doesn't charge. Any idea why that would be ?
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Tried different chargers? maybe plug it up to your PC see if you can get some juice that way? i can see the cable/charger going bad before the usb port on the phone ( but **** happens ) 10 percent should be good enough to get your phone back to stock though, i did it at 7 percent not to long ago, you just cant play around you have to click and run and get it done so it does not die. then if it dies after at least you are stock and can just turn it back in. but to be honest for a charger problem i VERY SERIOUSLY doubt they will be looking at Software and roms. thast a defect, and i think they will just do a clean swap----JUST LET IT DIE so they can not turn it back on in the store..lol
Ya could have a derpy battery and the phones fine.
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Yeah, I have tried three chargers with no luck. Haven't tried a PC yet but will after work.
So if I'm getting the lightning bolt charging symbol, odds are it'llbe the battery rather than the port?
take it to best buy or an at&t store....and just say, hey i think i may have a bad battery do you have one i can use to see if my phone will power on and recognize the charger after it is plugged in. then you will know, unless you have an extra battery just laying around.
I had a similar problem like this before. Try charging with the phone off.
OR
If you want to troubleshoot and isolate the problem, try getting an external battery charger and a spare battery.
If you charge your stock battery and it charges with the external charger, your phone may be the problem. If not, then it's the stock battery.
And with the spare battery, try charging it via phone charger.
These are the possible ways I can think of at the moment. Hope this helps!

[Q] Phone won't charge, but...

A few hours ago I noticed that the phone wasn't charging even though it was connected. So I did a few experiments: I put into into three different power outlets, I tried a different charger, I connected it to the computer but nothing happened (the computer didn't even recognize it). Then I decided to turn it off and try again, and these are the results: the screen turns on really often to let me know that it's charging, there's even the charging animation, but if I try to turn it on not only it isn't charged, but it doesn't seem to recognize the charger anymore.
There are a few other weird things, though: I use the XenonHD ROM, and once or twice when the phone was unplugged the battery icon was still "moving" as if the phone was charging, but the graph said that it wasn't. This probably is just a bug, but maybe it meant something.
My best guess is that the micro USB port is broken, but maybe you guys can help me with this?
Just like you said, your usb port is broken, propably a short circuit somewhere. But changing the charging port flex ribbon is very easy, even for a first timer (like I was/did a couple of weeks ago)
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And now the phone charges if it's turned off... but it's not like I can keep it like this, so I'll take to technical support tomorrow. Do you think I should flash the stock ROM and/or lock the bootloader?
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And now the phone charges if it's turned off... but it's not like I can keep it like this, so I'll take to technical support tomorrow. Do you think I should flash the stock ROM and/or lock the bootloader?
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yes, flash the stock rom and relock

Battery Issues

Okay I've had my galaxy S3 for some years now. Randomly I started to have a problem with my battery. It started dying faster and faster. After that a new problem popped up where it would only charge up to a certain point, around 35-50% and then stop. Now i did try many things and i feel like theres is nothing left to try. Im not sure if this is a software or hardware issue as i couldnt figure out the problem. I have tried changer the wall adapter, usb cable, and batteries (all official samsung ones). I even got an external battery charger and charged the batteries there and put them back in my phone. What i noticed is even a full charge on the external battery charger would show as a 35-50% same as when it charges and stops charging through usb. The magic number i noticed is 37% for all batteries, chargers, cables. Slowly this started changing and now it no longer charges properly at all. when plugged into the charger the battery drains completely to 0% on charger and if left overnight will jump to 100%. this 100% doesnt last long however and the cycle continues. Sometimes the phone will die and i plug it to charge and it will be at the 35-50% spot. The only thing i wasnt able to do was test with another s3 as everyone i know is S4 and higher. Any help would be appreciated as upgrading is not an option right now financially.
Mixup101 said:
Okay I've had my galaxy S3 for some years now. Randomly I started to have a problem with my battery. It started dying faster and faster. After that a new problem popped up where it would only charge up to a certain point, around 35-50% and then stop. Now i did try many things and i feel like theres is nothing left to try. Im not sure if this is a software or hardware issue as i couldnt figure out the problem. I have tried changer the wall adapter, usb cable, and batteries (all official samsung ones). I even got an external battery charger and charged the batteries there and put them back in my phone. What i noticed is even a full charge on the external battery charger would show as a 35-50% same as when it charges and stops charging through usb. The magic number i noticed is 37% for all batteries, chargers, cables. Slowly this started changing and now it no longer charges properly at all. when plugged into the charger the battery drains completely to 0% on charger and if left overnight will jump to 100%. this 100% doesnt last long however and the cycle continues. Sometimes the phone will die and i plug it to charge and it will be at the 35-50% spot. The only thing i wasnt able to do was test with another s3 as everyone i know is S4 and higher. Any help would be appreciated as upgrading is not an option right now financially.
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Need more information. ROM/TouchWiz version, have you tried wiping? clean install? etc.
When the problem first started i was on a custom rom but this was a while back so i dont remember the actual name of the rom. I was running that rom for months brfore the problem started so i doubt it was a rom issue. After dealing with the battery issue for a while i started to get annoyed. So i unrooted and reflashed stock firmware hoping it would help but it didnt. I ran stock for a while. After that i decided to try flashing a custom rom again to see if it would help. Currently im running TMS3KK 3.1 TW 4.4.2 and the problem is still there. I have tried factory resets, wiping everything and even battery calibration apps but nothing seems to help. My battery indicator can go from 100% to 12% just by unplugging the charger. Sometimes my phone would die and den turn back on with like 40% or so. Really can tfigure this out i feel like it might be a hardware issue. Also is *#0228# command useful?
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I have the same problem. Try using rubbing alcohol and toothbrush to clean out the USB port. Also take a look at this link to remove corrosion from the port.
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-fix-a-slow-charging-android-smartphone-enh/?ALLSTEPS
I dont think its a port issue as an external battery charger doesnt seem to fix the problem either. Problem seems to be with the phone not reading the right percentage.
I used Kies 3 to reload the firmware to KOT49H.T999VVLUFNH2. Battery is more stable now.
Yea i tried flashing back to stock as well but unfortunately didnt help me.
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help, my phone stops charging

hello guys,
i need help figuring what is wrong with my phone. it cannot be charged right now, even when plugged in with charger,
the charger and cable i used dont seems to be the problem as i tested with my other phone too.
i have tried changing charging port and battery, but it still didnt solve it. so here i am asking for your opinions.
last week, my phone stops charging when plugged in and the battery wont go up when charged, i tried using same charger and cable to charge my other phone but those didnt seem to be the problem. after that, my phone eventually ran out of battery and died.
then, i thought my charging port has problem, so i buy new one and change the charging port.
but that didnt not solve my problem, as my phone did not even boot when plugged in and when i tried to charge it after that.
then, i assume it was my battery that has problem. so i bought new battery, fortunately, the new battery came in with 50% of battery juice. but after i try to charged it, the problem still there, the phone still cannot be charged.
this time, i checked with the ampere app for my charging status and found that when plugged in, initially the phone is charging, but after few seconds, the charging stops and it will repeat the charge-stop charge cycle. this is also visible with my charging led light.
however, i dont remember if this charge-stop charge cycle was there initially last week, i only remember it just stops charging, so i didnt know whether this is another problem or the same one initially.
things that i have also tried
1. i also tried changing the charging port to the old one and it didnt do anything, same as im using the new charging port. the problem still there.
2. i also tried using usb file transfer to test whether the charging port are problematic overall or just the charging part is problem. my usb connection has no problem as i can steadily transfer file for few minutes without disconnecting. so i assume my new charging port has no problem then.
3. i also tried flashing stock rom as i thought maybe kernels and stuff from custom rom messing things up. but it also didnt solve it.
4. i also tried turning the phone off and charging it, the phone boots up to charging screen, but the battery keeps dropping instead.
i dont really mind if this phone cant be saved anymore, i already backup important stuff from it, i just wanted to try fixing it for fun now.
also, english is not my first language, sorry if there are parts that is hard to understand.
Maybe some partitions are corrupted(like persist or any other)... search on xda how to flash those partitions. And try flash full MIUI fastboot ROM. Khmm if this doesn't work than I'm out of ideas. You can buy charger for battery only, for playing around until you gonna find a fix. Better than buying new one.
Good luck.

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