I've been reading through a few threads and have some info that i'd like to share with everybody.
I have two chargers for my phone. One in the living room, and one in the bedroom. Last night, i put my phone on to charge in the bedroom as i went to sleep, and after 6 hours on charge, it went from 30% to 80% ONLY. Tonight i put the phone on to charge in the living room and it charged the phone fully in about 2 hours!
Both of the charger's bases are from HTC, but the USB cable in the bedroom is a cheap one i picked up from somewhere i cant remember(for its long length). The USB cable in the living room is an official HTC one.
Back in my Desire days when we were having issues getting a quality charge with the phone, i remember something about wether the data pins needing to be shorted or not would depict wether the phone got 500mA or 1A to charge.
Do you think this would also apply to the problems some of us are experiencing with the battery?
OneCheekyDevil said:
I've been reading through a few threads
Do you think this would also apply to the problems some of us are experiencing with the battery?
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me too! the stock charger with 1.26 didn't charge the battery at all so i've used iphone/ipad chargers in usb mode. The bug has been fixed with 1.28 and now also the stock charger works fine.
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I have a stock sim free handset running the latest 1.29.401.11 and I have a similar issue. I have 2 HTC cables from ebay and 5 nokia ones from amazon and all seem to DRAIN the battery rather than charge it. This is my 5th One X due to various issues. Is this a problem with the phone hardware, software or the cables?
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...
Hi all,
I am hoping you can help. I am having a problem with my Galaxy S3 and I am trying to figure out what the problem is and how to solve it. Around the time of the 4.3 update I started noticing that my battery started to drain very quickly. Initially I just assumed that there was an issue with one of the apps or something in the 4.3 update causing the problem. I then started to notice that my battery would not charge past 51%. Here is the list of things I have tried to fix the issue:
- Different chargers and USB cables. I have tried charging from different power sources in my house and at work, also using my car charger and other peoples chargers that have a S3 that have had no issues.
- I have tried 2 other batteries which I purchased new, one official Samsung Battery and a 3rd party long life battery
- I have done a factory restore multiple times on the phone and also tried rooting and installing a custom ROM to eliminate software.
- I have checked the micro USB port for dust or lint and tried my best to clean out the connection. I haven't been to rough with it because I am worried about breaking the connection.
- I have tried charging the phone without the otter box on and I was worried that might be causing the charger not to go in completely and give a bad connection.
I have GSam installed and when the phone reaches 51% and you look to see the time till charge it always says - Calculating please come back later.
At no point when I have the usb cable in for charging does the charging light go off. Even after the battery hits 51% the charging light stays on but does not charge past that point.
If I leave the phone charging overnight I wake up in the morning and it says 100%, but as soon as I remove the charger it immediately drops back down to 51%. The outcome is the same with all the batteries I have, the only difference is the amount it charges up to. It seems to range from 48% to 51%. I have also tried charging with the unit off and on and can not get it past 51% on any of the batteries.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated!
I am having an issue myself with charging my S3. I ran into the same problem as you initially and ended up using ODIN to go back to stock. That fixed the drain/charging issue. However now mine wont stay connected. I believe the charging/USB port is going on it. I saw a lot of Samsung phones on Ebay with the same problem so it must be an issue with them. IDK if that could be your problem as well. I tried calling AT&T for a warranty replacement but they wanted me to pay the insurance premium ($200) for a phone that came out in 2012! The S5 will be out soon, they're nuts if they think I'll pay that now for a S3. The only way for me to get a full charge over night is to plug in my phone, then put my high school yearbook on the charger to apply pressure until the green light goes on. It sounds funny and honestly it is, but I'm cheap and don't want to pay the $200 until it's actually dead or I get my tax refund HAHA but then I'll probably just get an upgrade.
I was thinking of buying an extra battery with a external charger to see if that would help. Maybe if you get the external charger, charge it up then put it in your phone it will charge all the way.
Thanks for the reply. I haven't had an issue with the charge light not coming on but I am starting to think it might be a calibration issue. Somehow the issue has changed slightly. It still says 53% when i take the charger out but sometimes the battery life will increase while it is not plugged in. I am assuming that it is reading the % wrong. I am in the same boat with sending it off to repair. They want $150 as a base cost and I am worried that it might turn out they say No Fault Found and I am back to square one, and $150 shorter. I know what you mean about the S5 coming out soon, so I might try and wait it out until my contract is almost up and upgrade to the S5.
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?
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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.
Hi everyone!
I'm investigating charging issue with A70 Europe version.
Bought used one with stock ROM, then unlocked and installed crDroid based on android 10.
Additional modules: Magisk, EdXposed, FakeGapps, MicroG
Apparently after ~1-2 years it started charging really slowly.
(Used orignal adapter and cable) So I thought it was broken and changed it.
It didn't help
I recently moved to LineageOS 20 straight from crDroid.
Issue persisted and I was annoyed with it so much that I checked charging parameters with Wattz app from f-droid.
With different cables and adapters I'm able to achieve Max 0.4 A with 2A charger.
Where in most cases it is 0.1A with 1.5A charger
I got it to the cell phone repair where I said I suspect that it may be the port as it stopped transferring any data.
They fixed port but charging issue persisted.
In that moment I decided to try fix it myself.
I opened the phone and changed battery as it was also discharging fast.
It didn't help.
I started reading some similar threads here.
So what is left:
- change the tape that connects main board with port (it is said to be a common issue on samsung device)
- reflash stock rom and see what happens there.
what do you think?
do you need any pictures of the phone or other details?
Thanks in advance!
UPDATE:
Device is A705FN
Did both.
Changed ribbon cable that connects main board with port and flashed stock ROM based on android 11.
Disabled adaptive charging in settings.
But it didn't help.
This could mean that it is some other hardware issue but I'm run out of ideas...
Other observation:
Measuring Watts:
(Stock charger) When I power on the phone, drain is ~10W till it enters offline charging mode or system is on, then it stays exactly 0.5W ! I'm not sure if it is charging. When system is powered it says no.
To compare with my msm8998 based Sony Xperia ~10W till it enters offline charging mode, then it stays at something like 4.6W with 1.5A charger.
Both tested while charging above 90%
I'm totally pissed of. I put money to repair it but nothing seems to work.
I'm sure about one thing - I'll never ever buy any other samsung smartphone.
This sounds like a charging board issue from the very beginning. Charging problems do happen on this phone sometimes but usually just reseating the ribbon cable is enough to make it work again. Perhaps some chip has failed, though this happens much more rarely.