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Well my G2 been acting crazy the car mode keeps turning on by itself and can't disable it I tried to remove the app but still doing it, I thought it was my charger, got a new one and still doing it, tried different rom and same thing, anyone have any idea.
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ive heard if u use titanium backup and delete info...then uninstall...reboot..and its fixed. i havnt tried myself but worth a shot.
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shabgard said:
Well my G2 been acting crazy the car mode keeps turning on by itself and can't disable it I tried to remove the app but still doing it, I thought it was my charger, got a new one and still doing it, tried different rom and same thing, anyone have any idea.
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If this is only happening when you're charging then it's most likely some funk up in your microUSB port; clean it out and you should be good to go.
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shabgard said:
Well my G2 been acting crazy the car mode keeps turning on by itself and can't disable it I tried to remove the app but still doing it, I thought it was my charger, got a new one and still doing it, tried different rom and same thing, anyone have any idea.
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OMFG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE! I've had this problem before what ROM are you using? and for me the problem went away by itself after a while. You can see my post in Pyromod where I posted the same problem..
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see my thread about NoDock in the themes and apps section. it's the only permanent fix (aside from phone replacement) that I've found for the autodocking bug.
it's either a faulty usb port or a defective microusb cable in our (Vision owners) cases. removing car home won't help, downloading one of the car home replacement apps won't help, you have to kill the docking event at a lower level than that.
It happening even when I'm not charging the phone, when I text or facebooking while its not charging its driving me crazy, I'm gonna try that NoDock app see how it works out.
Thanks
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I had the same issue on my G2! I'm runnung UD 3.3.0 btw
i was going crazy till i found this
http://android.modaco.com/content/t...apps-on-the-g2-and-other-nand-locked-devices/
I followed the instructions and boom! no more car mode popping up
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see my thread about NoDock in the themes and apps section. it's the only permanent fix (aside from phone replacement) that I've found for the autodocking bug.
it's either a faulty usb port or a defective microusb cable in our (Vision owners) cases. removing car home won't help, downloading one of the car home replacement apps won't help, you have to kill the docking event at a lower level than that.
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How can I use NoDock with 2.3.4? As far as I have researched there is currently no root for 2.3.4 and the phone must be rooted for NoDock to work?
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i keep having the same problem, whenever i reboot my phone, car home automatically starts, and when i exit out of it a notification appears saying that car home is disable, click here to enable it(something i have never seen before) i dont want to remove car home, because i like and use this one over the 3rd party apps, i find it kind of annoying
Well, I completely removed both the car home launcher and app and they're data with titanium backup, then reinstalled the car home through the gapps flashable zip and no more problems for me (crossing fingers)
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This just started happening to me today. Not charging and just out of the blue. My phone isn't rooted. Am I looking at having to replace it?
i think i've seen a option in dock settings. try turn this off.
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This just started happening to me today. Not charging and just out of the blue. My phone isn't rooted. Am I looking at having to replace it?
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sounds like bad port..warranty replace anyway just to be safe.
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TMO comments on it, recommends Dock-No-Op
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How can I use NoDock with 2.3.4? As far as I have researched there is currently no root for 2.3.4 and the phone must be rooted for NoDock to work?
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T-Mobile just put up a note on this a few weeks ago, says to use NoDock for now (can't post URL, lurker not poster to xda).
//support. t-mobile.com/ docs/DOC-2883
And yeah, this just started happening to me yesterday. My G2 got the OTA to 2.3.4 about a week or so ago. It seems to sometimes be affected by my charger (like here at work, if I fiddle with the charger while it's plugged into the phone, sometimes I can make the Car Home app come up), but this also happens when I haven't been using a charger for a while.
It's a stock G2.
Everybody is saying get a new charger, might be a bad pin in the USB port on the phone or in the charger, might be a dirty USB port, might be magnets (how do they work?!). Seems like this just started happening for a lot of users not long after they got the OTA to 2.3.4, and it's happening on many different devices and carriers.
TMO says Google and HTC are on it but haven't found a root cause yet. *shrug*
I'm gonna try Dock-No-Op.
Nathan
Car home no more please!
My carhome just started its glitch. I installed the dock-no-op app and now my phone flashes off and on when carhome turns on and still runs in the back ground. trying something posted on and earlier post....
Bad USB Port
I had this problem crop up suddenly few months back. I tried as hell searching for solution. NODO does the trick for root users.
But one day I braved and tried to change the usb charging port pins. Basically, somehow, the usb charge pins (on the phone) were too close to the upper part of the case. I somehow moved that a bit more to center. While I was super careful and afraid of what this might do the charging pin, I was successfully able to circumvent the problem and has not occurred to me since then.
Again, I had to do this since I did not have any warranty on the phone. If you have a warranty on your phone, I suggest you get a replacement for yourself. And if you are brave heart like me, then go ahead and give it a try.
Good lukc!
Hey all,
Just thought I'd let you know... Though I have a Desire HD, I found this thread after the problem started on mine. The app would not let me quit, reloading and pausing, even during calls. I fixed the issue by cleaning out the USB port with a small sewing needle. Unbelievable how much crap i dug out! Worse than my belly button! I'm not surprised it got confused. Worth a try before you send your phones back?
This has been turning my sgs2 bat**** for the last couple of weeks. I've tried cleaning out the usb port with contact cleaner, but couldn't really get the cotton swab in there too well. Will try the sew needle suggestion. I've also flashed all sorts of ROMs to no avail. It happens even when I'm not docked! And kicks me off of calls and apps that I have open!
kmmerwana, can you better describe what you did? Did you just push the microusb pin up with say a screwdriver?
Likely fix
Like others, I first noticed this problem shortly after I got something in the microUSB port. In my case, I was in a sauna, and probably got some sweat in there. This would likely leave behind mineral deposits upon drying, that could cause a short circuit.
I decided to try something a little different - I got some rubbing alcohol and a small toothpick (a pin or needle might be even better), and dabbed the rubbing alcohol into the microusb port. On one side of the microusb slot, the toothpick fit right in and I could wiggle it around a little. On the other side, the toothpick was too big and I just dabbed some extra rubbing alcohol in there, one drop at a time.
This process dislodged a small black thing (perhaps a piece of plastic about 0.5mm cubed) that might've at one time been part of the port, and may have also rearranged some of the mineral deposits left over from my sweat drying in there.
It didn't seem to work at first - for maybe about an hour, I still had the problem. But now it's been 3 hours, and I've not seen the problem for about 2. It used to be I'd get the problem every minute or two, so I believe the problem is most likely gone, at least until I get more crud (yech) in there.
I of course recommend turning off your phone before trying something like this.
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strombrg said:
Like others, I first noticed this problem shortly after I got something in the microUSB port. In my case, I was in a sauna, and probably got some sweat in there. This would likely leave behind mineral deposits upon drying, that could cause a short circuit.
I decided to try something a little different - I got some rubbing alcohol and a small toothpick (a pin or needle might be even better), and dabbed the rubbing alcohol into the microusb port. On one side of the microusb slot, the toothpick fit right in and I could wiggle it around a little. On the other side, the toothpick was too big and I just dabbed some extra rubbing alcohol in there, one drop at a time.
This process dislodged a small black thing (perhaps a piece of plastic about 0.5mm cubed) that might've at one time been part of the port, and may have also rearranged some of the mineral deposits left over from my sweat drying in there.
It didn't seem to work at first - for maybe about an hour, I still had the problem. But now it's been 3 hours, and I've not seen the problem for about 2. It used to be I'd get the problem every minute or two, so I believe the problem is most likely gone, at least until I get more crud (yech) in there.
I of course recommend turning off your phone before trying something like this.
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I've used this fix for a good 24 hours now, without a recurrence of the problem. No software workarounds, just a hardware cleanup.
This post is to describe the issues I've had with the USB Port in my E4GT. You may want to keep this thread handy in case it might help in the future.
This is software agnostic, so the kernel/ROM is not relevant.
So -- anywho -- yesterday I was out of town purchasing a new vehicle and noticed that my phone was getting really poor battery life. I generally can make it through a day with light usage, but I was getting serious, serious drain. I also had my first LOSs -- three of them within a hour. Since the beginning of October, I have only had one LOS, and that was a "ghost LOS". I think the LOS was obviously a major issue in the battery drain, but what I describe below could have had a serious effect as well.
I took the phone off overnight charge at 8:30 AM. After some discussions with the salesperson, he needed to do some stuff. I was waiting and reading a forum with xScope Pro (they didn't have Tapatalk). All of a sudden, Vlingo popped up and asked me to accept the license agreement. I cancelled out of that and the phone told me I was in car mode. I told it to deactivate car mode, and everything was okay. When I was using my EVO 4G, the forums were full of messages about car mode activating, but I never had that problem. I figured it was par for the course that one of my Androids would have this issue. By 4:30 PM, I had the car mode issue come up a few more times, but my car charger and my home charger worked fine.
This morning, my phone would not connect to the computer. I also had a strange "green screen" where everything was in a green hue on my phone. It apparently self-corrected about 10 seconds after it occurred. It would turn on the charging light, but not connect to the computer. My USB jig also did not function. It wouldn't turn the phone on. I started freaking out and was trying to prepare it to go back for a repair/replacement, but Odin wouldn't find it. I blew into the USB port to try to clear out any possible particles... That didn't help. I eventually jiggled/wiggled/cast magic and got it to Odin. Thinking it could be an issue with the kernel/ROM, I hoped that Odin back to stock would fix the problem. I did a ##RTN# reset and plugged it in. Absolutely nothing. No charging light, no beep from the phone or computer.
I started searching and found some XDA threads about the Int'l SGSII and apparently it is a known problem with these phones -- some people even replacing the USB ports themselves. I didn't look to see if the particular part was available for our phones, but I was able to solve the problem by the following:
Parts Required:
1. Dentek Floss Pick (or whatever is non-metallic and small)
2. Contact Cleaner (I didn't use this, but some people said it helped them)
My technique was to carefully use the toothpick to poke around in the USB port and flush out any particles that were in there. I didn't see anything come out. The interesting part of this was a suggestion to "bend the PCB down a bit". That's the part that sticks out of the USB port for your cable to seat on. I moved it down slightly (it doesn't seem to be terribly hard to move). Once I plugged the phone back in, everything worked again. My USB jig works, the regular charger works, the computer recognizes it. I plugged/unplugged it in many times after the "fix" and it seems to work!!
If you try this yourself, be careful not to damage the PCB in the USB port. I'm not responsible for anything that happens.
tl;dr version:
? USB port acting weird? Can't connect? Getting random car mode?
! Clean it out with contact cleaner/skinny toothpick
! Possibly bend the PCB down a smidge
Yeah you see this a lot on android phones and the normal cause is LD or in other words corrosion in the usb port
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I just started having this issue last night after having it replaced once already for a "random menu key". Has this issue resurfaced for you at all since this "fix"?
I had the same problem, however, I read somewhere else to nudge the usb port up instead of down. I nudged it up (towards screen) just a bit, and it seems to work fine, now (fingers crossed). YMMV, maybe some are off kilter towards the top and others toward the bottom.
same problem
I have a epic 4g touch that was poorly rooted and needs to be restored but unfortunately odin will not recognize it WHAT SO EVER.
it charges but wont register in windows 7 64bit (desktop) or 32bit (laptop)
I've been using the same micro usb cable.
This mught be the solution, if it works i'll report back
Why does it have to be non-metallic?
Can't I use a pin or something?
Thanks for starting this thread. I just started getting the car mode problem where it will flicker and prompt me to exit car mode.
I'm guessing this trick will work.
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The metallic may short circuit your phone if you touch the pins together.
eljean said:
Why does it have to be non-metallic?
Can't I use a pin or something?
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Hope it works for you!
mjs2011 said:
Thanks for starting this thread. I just started getting the car mode problem where it will flicker and prompt me to exit car mode.
I'm guessing this trick will work.
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Seems good now. Not sure if this is safe or not, but I plugged my charger in, and then slightly tilted it down bending away from the screen. Since doing so, I haven't had any issues of car mode googling on/off on its own. It's been two hours since I did the trick where beforehand, the issue would occur every 10 minutes or less.
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toussant said:
I have a epic 4g touch that was poorly rooted and needs to be restored but unfortunately odin will not recognize it WHAT SO EVER.
it charges but wont register in windows 7 64bit (desktop) or 32bit (laptop)
I've been using the same micro usb cable.
This mught be the solution, if it works i'll report back
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I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be a troll, but can you please elaborate on how a phone can be "poorly rooted"???
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The flash went bad and it got bricked. thats what I meant
:0)
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Ha! That actually worked. My phone started having the "forever on" red LED, and behaving as if it was always charging (screen wouldn't turn off after 5 seconds when locked like it normally does when unplugged). Bent the little pcb tab down with the end of a plastic toothpick and the light turned off. Hopefully it'll stay, but I'm guessing if it starts up again I'll just have to bend it a little more. THANKS.
Brent,
Glad you got it working! I have had to do this once more since I posted initially -- it really does seem to work.
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Ha! That actually worked. My phone started having the "forever on" red LED, and behaving as if it was always charging (screen wouldn't turn off after 5 seconds when locked like it normally does when unplugged). Bent the little pcb tab down with the end of a plastic toothpick and the light turned off. Hopefully it'll stay, but I'm guessing if it starts up again I'll just have to bend it a little more. THANKS.
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Been flashing a few roms and everything was going ok until,,,
Tonight Neither my laptop nor my desktop would recognize my phone! Tried different cables, ports, cuss words,,, nothing was working.
A small amount of pressure downward on the usb tab and, BINGO! Back on the road to flashing.
Thanks OP And XDA for being here. :laugh:
I started experiencing this car mode bug recently, and after doing a factory reset, reformatting all partitions and flashing 3 different ROMs with no luck resolving it, I was sure it wasn't related to software and was getting used to the idea that all the bumps, drops and abuse I had put my e4gt through had finally caught up with me. luckily found this thread and gave it a try. 6 hrs later and everything seems ok. thank you!
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Worked like a charm for me.
Hey thanks for this post man!! I am using SGS 4g, I was struggling with car mode issue since past few days. I was literally scavenging google and XDA until I came across this very valuable post of yours.
I didn't use the materials you suggested instead I used my old useless waste toothbrush to clean up the dirt and blew air in the USB port through my mouth forcefully. And ofcourse I had to bend the PCB a bit.
In the beginning the USB storage wasn't being detected on my laptop, then I bent the USB PCB a bit up and down very gently, this didn't work , so I decided to uninstall the USB storage device drivers from the device manager of windows 7. And there it was, done!! Hehehehe and boy oh boy was I thinking my phone was due for a repair or a check up.
It is a bit risky but as they say finders keepers, losers weepers....
Once again very useful post, thanks for the initiative :good:
Awesome. Glad it worked for you!
Faisal Merchant said:
Hey thanks for this post man!! I am using SGS 4g, I was struggling with car mode issue since past few days. I was literally scavenging google and XDA until I came across this very valuable post of yours.
I didn't use the materials you suggested instead I used my old useless waste toothbrush to clean up the dirt and blew air in the USB port through my mouth forcefully. And ofcourse I had to bend the PCB a bit.
In the beginning the USB storage wasn't being detected on my laptop, then I bent the USB PCB a bit up and down very gently, this didn't work , so I decided to uninstall the USB storage device drivers from the device manager of windows 7. And there it was, done!! Hehehehe and boy oh boy was I thinking my phone was due for a repair or a check up.
It is a bit risky but as they say finders keepers, losers weepers....
Once again very useful post, thanks for the initiative :good:
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I have gotten so many replacements for this problem it's insane. I just got another one tonight. I have 4 batteries and an external battery charger now just to deal with the not being able to charge issue so my phone doesn't die while I'm at work. I'll have to try this next time it happens because I'm sure it'll do it again.
Hi guys,
i have some issues with charging my inc2.
it is not accepting any charge anymore, tried diffrent chargers, cables, even on my pc but nothing. The orange charging LED just flashes slowly on and off...
Any ideas?
Need to replace phone or replace charging port.
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Snake-Plissken said:
Hi guys,
i have some issues with charging my inc2.
it is not accepting any charge anymore, tried diffrent chargers, cables, even on my pc but nothing. The orange charging LED just flashes slowly on and off...
Any ideas?
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Yes, unfortunately it is a known hardware issue. Over time, the charging port starts coming loose. Like mentioned above, you CAN fix it yourself. There are video tutorials on YouTube and the replacement part can be had for under $10. If your device is still under warranty, Verizon will replace the phone. If it's not under warranty (or if you just want to give it a go), the port replacement process is pretty straightforward.
I might give it a try. Does anybody have a video or a link?
The weird thing is, that the battery is discharging very fast, could it be just a bad battery?
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Could b the back door on your inc 2. I believe you need the back door on to charge cuz it goes thru contacts on the back. I dropped mine one day and charging and getting signal was almost impossible till I figured that out and bought a new one
Ok.
Seems to charge now. Won't touch it until it is full. After that I will check what is going on.
I don't know where this issue came from.never dropped it nothing. It was even in a Otterbox
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The issue stems from regular use. The charging port is essentially held in place only by the connections to the board. Repeatedly plugging and unplugging the power cable causes it to break over time.
actually just replaced the charger port on my incredible 2 today. It really wasn't that difficult at all. If you have any questions feel free to PM me
yeah it has to be replaced. happened to me last month. It's honestly like the worst flaw with this phone
Snake-Plissken said:
Ok.
Seems to charge now. Won't touch it until it is full. After that I will check what is going on.
I don't know where this issue came from.never dropped it nothing. It was even in a Otterbox
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Def need to replace it. Same issues I was having at one point with it randomly taking charge. I found that if the charger is plugged in a held a certain level ( i placed the phone on a flat surface with a book under the cord for leverage) it would charge just fine.
If you are rooted and sending back, make sure you revert to stock to avoid any annoyances.
I've managed to solve this issue without messing around with the phone's innards (the last time I did it was a disaster and I was forced to buy an entirely new phone). It's not pretty, but if you twist a rubber band around the micro usb end of your charger, plug your phone in, twist that same rubber band around the phone itself, and make sure the connection very tight, you might get some more life out of your charger port.
Ugh. I can't wait for my upgrade.
Nice name there Dave.
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gdwy89 said:
I've managed to solve this issue without messing around with the phone's innards (the last time I did it was a disaster and I was forced to buy an entirely new phone). It's not pretty, but if you twist a rubber band around the micro usb end of your charger, plug your phone in, twist that same rubber band around the phone itself, and make sure the connection very tight, you might get some more life out of your charger port.
Ugh. I can't wait for my upgrade.
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While, I give you major kudos points for MacGuyver-ing a solution, that's more of a quick band-aid than a real fix. I could imagine having a rubber band around the phone could potentially hinder usage.
But hey, way to think outside the box! :good:
Card83 said:
While, I give you major kudos points for MacGuyver-ing a solution, that's more of a quick band-aid than a real fix. I could imagine having a rubber band around the phone could potentially hinder usage.
But hey, way to think outside the box! :good:
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Thank you. You're telling me. Do you know how hard it is to use a touch screen with a rubber band across it? Oy.
Right. The caveat here, of course, is that this technique will only help charge your phone until the charging port becomes so disconnected from the board that no amount of force will reestablish this contact. And this will inevitably happen because you're going to keep plugging and unplugging your phone from the charger which is what created the issue in the first place.
If you know you have big, sweaty, idiot hands (like me) that are going to destroy your phone if you take it apart (like me) and you can tough it out: more power to you. The other alternative is to buy an external battery charger and a second battery. The disadvantages here are pretty obvious (e.g. you have to carry a second battery around; if you forget a second battery, you can't ask another Android user to borrow their phone charger, etc.).
Hello all...
Ive had my m8 since the end of april. It's worked and charged fine up until last Thursday. I started to notice that when I have it plugged in, the led will come on and it'll say it's charging, but it doesn't actually charge, most of the time it continued to decrease. After playing with different cables and the gsam app I found that it won't actually charge unless I put pressure or weight on top of the end of the cable that is plugged in to my phone. Even then, I have to mess with it quite a bit and hope when I wake up, it'll be charged.
This has become increasingly frustrating every time I plug it in to charge now. Has anyone else experienced this problem with your device? Also does anyone know of a fix, besides paying the $149 to get it replaced with my ATT insurance plan? I really just want to wait until around April and get a new phone, preferably with a snapdragon 810 processor, however, at this point, I don't think I can make it until then.
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Hello all...
Ive had my m8 since the end of april. It's worked and charged fine up until last Thursday. I started to notice that when I have it plugged in, the led will come on and it'll say it's charging, but it doesn't actually charge, most of the time it continued to decrease. After playing with different cables and the gsam app I found that it won't actually charge unless I put pressure or weight on top of the end of the cable that is plugged in to my phone. Even then, I have to mess with it quite a bit and hope when I wake up, it'll be charged.
This has become increasingly frustrating every time I plug it in to charge now. Has anyone else experienced this problem with your device? Also does anyone know of a fix, besides paying the $149 to get it replaced with my ATT insurance plan? I really just want to wait until around April and get a new phone, preferably with a snapdragon 810 processor, however, at this point, I don't think I can make it until then.
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If you are. Comfy tearing the phone apart the charging port is on its own board/cable.
Are you sure nothing is buried in the port preventing you from pushing the cable the entire way in?
dottat said:
If you are. Comfy tearing the phone apart the charging port is on its own board/cable.
Are you sure nothing is buried in the port preventing you from pushing the cable the entire way in?
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Nothing is blocking the inside, I checked. It will plug in all the way fine, but I have to put pressure down on top of the cable where it connects to the port to make it work.
Ive taken mobile devices apart before, but from what I've seen on ifixit, it looks like a pretty daunting process for the m8 and I'm not so sure I'll be able to do it without damaging anything else.
I was just seeing if anyone else may if had this same issue and they knew of a way to get it going. I'll probably just have to take it in and get it replaced
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Nothing is blocking the inside, I checked. It will plug in all the way fine, but I have to put pressure down on top of the cable where it connects to the port to make it work.
Ive taken mobile devices apart before, but from what I've seen on ifixit, it looks like a pretty daunting process for the m8 and I'm not so sure I'll be able to do it without damaging anything else.
I was just seeing if anyone else may if had this same issue and they knew of a way to get it going. I'll probably just have to take it in and get it replaced
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To be honest if the phone is otherwise in good shape they will probably warranty it if it doesn't look like abuse. Just make sure you are stock, locked, and s-on.
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Nothing is blocking the inside, I checked. It will plug in all the way fine, but I have to put pressure down on top of the cable where it connects to the port to make it work.
Ive taken mobile devices apart before, but from what I've seen on ifixit, it looks like a pretty daunting process for the m8 and I'm not so sure I'll be able to do it without damaging anything else.
I was just seeing if anyone else may if had this same issue and they knew of a way to get it going. I'll probably just have to take it in and get it replaced
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If the usb port is not moving around out of the ordinary, then dirt is usually the culprit, and sometimes it gets hardened around the metal contacts with each attach / detach of the usb cable. Try using a tiny pin to carefully clean away the dirt from the metals.
I found it to be pretty useful in the past when i had likewise problems.
mattprice86 said:
Hello all...
Ive had my m8 since the end of april. It's worked and charged fine up until last Thursday. I started to notice that when I have it plugged in, the led will come on and it'll say it's charging, but it doesn't actually charge, most of the time it continued to decrease. After playing with different cables and the gsam app I found that it won't actually charge unless I put pressure or weight on top of the end of the cable that is plugged in to my phone. Even then, I have to mess with it quite a bit and hope when I wake up, it'll be charged.
This has become increasingly frustrating every time I plug it in to charge now. Has anyone else experienced this problem with your device? Also does anyone know of a fix, besides paying the $149 to get it replaced with my ATT insurance plan? I really just want to wait until around April and get a new phone, preferably with a snapdragon 810 processor, however, at this point, I don't think I can make it until then.
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So in your country you don't have warranty? Even if there is a 12 months since April... Let me think?...
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dottat said:
To be honest if the phone is otherwise in good shape they will probably warranty it if it doesn't look like abuse. Just make sure you are stock, locked, and s-on.
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Agree, that unless the phone has obvious signs of physical damage or water damage, AT&T will replace it (with a refurb) under warranty, and it won't cost the OP anything. AT&T also typically won't check for software mods. Although, its a good idea to return to mostly stock, just in case.
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Agree, that unless the phone has obvious signs of physical damage or water damage, AT&T will replace it (with a refurb) under warranty, and it won't cost the OP anything. AT&T also typically won't check for software mods. Although, its a good idea to return to mostly stock, just in case.
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Yea I was able to get a free replacement. They listed it as a defect. It comes in next Thursday, thank god. I just ran the 4.4.3 ruu. I'm going to try and relock my boot loader, but I don't know if I'll be able to BC I can't get it to recognize when I plug into the computer anymore.
Thanks for all the help
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Yea I was able to get a free replacement. They listed it as a defect. It comes in next Thursday, thank god. I just ran the 4.4.3 ruu. I'm going to try and relock my boot loader, but I don't know if I'll be able to BC I can't get it to recognize when I plug into the computer anymore.
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Try to go to Windows Device Manager (with phone connected) find the device, and pick the option to manually select drivers, the select the MTP USB driver (not HTC drivers). For some reason, I lose fastboot/adb connectivity, and have to do this very frequently (even when no changes on the phone).
But this is only if you really want to relock the bootloader. Which is not stock whether its UNLOCKED or RELOCKED. Unless you want to do the mod to change the flag to LOCKED.
In any case, good to hear they will replace the phone (and rightfully so, as it seems to be a hardware failure not caused by physical damage). So good luck.
redpoint73 said:
Try to go to Windows Device Manager (with phone connected) find the device, and pick the option to manually select drivers, the select the MTP USB driver (not HTC drivers). For some reason, I lose fastboot/adb connectivity, and have to do this very frequently (even when no changes on the phone).
But this is only if you really want to relock the bootloader. Which is not stock whether its UNLOCKED or RELOCKED. Unless you want to do the mod to change the flag to LOCKED.
In any case, good to hear they will replace the phone (and rightfully so, as it seems to be a hardware failure not caused by physical damage). So good luck.
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Thanks. The problem isn't detecting the drivers, BC I've connected it and used adb tons of times, but now, since it takes a lot of time messing around to charge, I have to do the same when I connect it to the comp.
I think I'll probably just leave the bootloader unlocked and s-off. I read some other threads about having issues turning s back on. I have it on 4.4.3 unrooted. Thanks for everyone's help
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Thanks. The problem isn't detecting the drivers, BC I've connected it and used adb tons of times, but now, since it takes a lot of time messing around to charge, I have to do the same when I connect it to the comp.
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Gotcha. I completely spaced on the (obvious) fact that your connectivity issues could be related to the original issue of the damaged MicroUSB port!
Driver issues are so common, its like a knee jerk reaction for me now!
Not sure if it would help but you can get ADB WiFi on play store
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Thanks. I had heard about adb WiFi but I want exactly sure what that was. I always just connected my phone to the computer before this happened.
I think I'm just going to leave the boot loader unlocked and s off. Seems like it shouldn't be a problem going back to ATT, as red point mentioned
It seems like the charging port is the cause
Update: I received my replacement phone last Thursday and mailed back my old one today. I did leave the boot loader unlocked and kept it s off, so we'll see if ATT tries to charge me for it. I'll let everyone know after they receive it.
My replacement was still running 4.4.2, so instead of going thru htcdev again to unlock the bootloader, I immediately downloaded, paid, and ran sunshine. It worked like a charm, unlocking my boot loader and turning s off. From there, I changed my cid to supercid, ran the ATT 4.4.3 ruu, then the Dev edition 4.4.4 ruu, then finally the Dev edition 5.0 ruu.
It's so great not having to mess with my phone for 20 min just to get it to charge. I also ordered a charger with Qualcomm quick charge 2.0 and it charges my phone amazingly fast.
Anyone else seeing the slow charging warning *lots* more since nougat?
Never have I had a phone that is so finicky about charging.
I mean.. just look at this!!
Are you using the original usb cable and charger plug?.
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Are you using the original usb cable and charger plug?.
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No. I'm using a premium quality cable and a qualcomm certified quick charger. Also been using normal charging ports with the same effect.
Have also tried various (good quality) cables.
"a premium quality cable" isn't necessarily as "premium" as you think. I've had what you would call "premium" cables and they turned out to be complete crap.
The only way you'll find out is to use the proper USB cable and charger that came with the phone.
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"a premium quality cable" isn't necessarily as "premium" as you think. I've had what you would call "premium" cables and they turned out to be complete crap.
The only way you'll find out is to use the proper USB cable and charger that came with the phone.
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The phone is so old that the original cable had it a long time ago.
Ive had this phone long enough to know a bug when i see one. And this is that. Right now, the phone is turned off, and using the same cable it is fast charging. But no matter how many times i plug/replug it when its booted it will not fast charge! And this is since nougat. the same cable before was not a problem.
This takes me back to the same issue i had before the phone got marshmallow. Same issue, same circumstances. Rearing its ugly head again.
Edit: Ive also never had the original charger. The one that came with the phone didnt work, and when i called htc for a replacement they said it would be a month or so and it never arrived.
You must beat the s**t out of your cables. I've had my phone nearly 2 years and the charger and cable are still in mint condition..
I remember the bug very well as it used to happen even with the htc cable and charger.
What about powersaver mode, does it still do it with that activated?.
I'm quite sure that if it was a nougat issue then you'd have a lot more replies.
How did you update the device to nougat?. If the update wasn't done correctly it can cause allsorts of issues.
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Your right. I do beat the **** out of them. They come to work with me, I'm a truck driver etc etc.
So maybe you could be right about how I updated. I have a EU version phone. I had swapped it over to Dev version to get nougat. And then because of locale issues, I swapped back to the EU version. Both times with a ruu.zip. But the second time without wiping data.
So maybe I will try a full reset and flash an ruu one day. But at the moment all else seems to be fine.
I'm not sure I am the only person experiencing this issue tho. If you look here https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/strange-behavior-update-to-nougat-t3551367 this guy seems to be having charging issues too.
At this point I have no choice but to put it down to the way it has been handled.
Im not saying it HAS caused it but there is definitely a possibility.
Factory reset is in order I think. If it happens again after that, albeit a waste of time and effort, you'll have a better idea of the situation.
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Your right. I do beat the **** out of them. They come to work with me, I'm a truck driver etc etc.
So maybe you could be right about how I updated. I have a EU version phone. I had swapped it over to Dev version to get nougat. And then because of locale issues, I swapped back to the EU version. Both times with a ruu.zip. But the second time without wiping data.
So maybe I will try a full reset and flash an ruu one day. But at the moment all else seems to be fine.
I'm not sure I am the only person experiencing this issue tho. If you look here https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/strange-behavior-update-to-nougat-t3551367 this guy seems to be having charging issues too.
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Without denying the possibility of a software cause, it could also be a hardware issue on your phone side too - my charging port got unseated (and damaged) from my ham-handedness. The great news for this phone is that it is fairly straightforward to repair, though there are great many of steps to follow. There are a couple of key points where you might damage your phone (notably the frame), but I have taken my phone apart several times without issue. Wracked my nerves doing it the first time, but after that you get a feel for how it's done. (....and it helps that purchasing a used M9 on Swappa isn't crazy expensive now that it's a couple years old)