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[Q] Galaxy Nexus first charge - not sure if it's charging?

Have just received new Galaxy Nexus and plugged it into the charger. The screen showed a battery icon with a lightning bolt for a few seconds, then it changed to a battery icon filling up for 5 seconds, then it disappeared. If I unplug and plug it back in the same thing happens. I've left it for over 2 hours now and there's nothing on the screen still, and no LED's lit up anywhere. Is it charging?
I don't want to turn it on in case this will affect the first charge. Can anyone tell me if it is actually charging?
(Yes this is a question, but where is the Q&A forum for Galaxy Nexus?)
Update: Now if I unplug and plug back in I see what looks like a full battery icon, but it disappears after a few seconds...

streetdaddy said:
Have just received new Galaxy Nexus and plugged it into the charger. The screen showed a battery icon with a lightning bolt for a few seconds, then it changed to a battery icon filling up for 5 seconds, then it disappeared. If I unplug and plug it back in the same thing happens. I've left it for over 2 hours now and there's nothing on the screen still, and no LED's lit up anywhere. Is it charging?
I don't want to turn it on in case this will affect the first charge. Can anyone tell me if it is actually charging?
(Yes this is a question, but where is the Q&A forum for Galaxy Nexus?)
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Yeah it's charging. If you tap the power button briefly, an animated battery icon will show it charging on the screen.
I too find it very odd that the notification LED doesn't give any visual feedback of whether it's charging or not. In fact, I noticed this morning that the LED doesn't seem to work at all when it's on charge - you have to turn on the screen to see if you have any messages.

Phew! Thanks for that, I pressed the power button and yes the icon is displayed, looking full. But I think I will leave it for a while longer until I turn it on for the first time...

The LED at the bottom is only for notifications, not for battery status. The Nexus One had 2 LEDs, one in the screen and one in the trackball. Only the small screen one lit up for batter charging/charged/low. This is because that small LED was hard wired to the motherboard, so it displayed even when the device was off and charging.
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Got mine delivered today.
It's not charging at all.
Battery icon changes to show it's charging, but clicking on the battery settings says it's discharging, in fact in ran out of juice while i had it plugged in !!!
I know it's not the charger or the battery as these have been tested on another galaxy nexus without issue.
Anyone any thoughts, I'm assuming it's a phone hardware problem, not a software problem.
Thanks.

drewst3r said:
Got mine delivered today.
It's not charging at all.
Battery icon changes to show it's charging, but clicking on the battery settings says it's discharging, in fact in ran out of juice while i had it plugged in !!!
I know it's not the charger or the battery as these have been tested on another galaxy nexus without issue.
Anyone any thoughts, I'm assuming it's a phone hardware problem, not a software problem.
Thanks.
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Do you have another microUSB charger to try it with?
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Yes tried another cable/charger made no difference.

Ah thanks for the tip about pressing the power button

drewst3r said:
Got mine delivered today.
It's not charging at all.
Battery icon changes to show it's charging, but clicking on the battery settings says it's discharging, in fact in ran out of juice while i had it plugged in !!!
I know it's not the charger or the battery as these have been tested on another galaxy nexus without issue.
Anyone any thoughts, I'm assuming it's a phone hardware problem, not a software problem.
Thanks.
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The same with my device .
Now battery is fully discharged and turns only for 2 sec with connected charger.
Charger itself is ok (charges another i9000).
Tried to connect PC USB - was synchronized perfectly while battery was ok but not charged.
How did you solve a problem??

I too seemingly have got this problem on the phone I got today...
EDIT
contacted Amazon, claimed they had heard of the problem and replaced it same day, it's gone back for inspection.

I exchanged my phone due to screen issues. Now i have my new phone, screen is good but it wont charge. I used both Verizon's car charger and home charger provided by Samsung (original that came with the box). When i plug in it will say "not charging" and when unplugged it says "discharging". When plugged it i do have the battery with thunderbolt symbol. I tried turning off the phone and removing battery and re-inserting it and plugged in again, same issue.

App for indicating the Nexus is wirelessly charging?

I have an annoyance with my Qi wireless charger. I put the tablet on the charger at night when I'm half asleep and in the morning I find it hasn't charged. Sometimes the screen will light up when it's placed on the charger properly, but not always.
What I'm looking for is an app or a setting where I KNOW for sure that the Nexus is charging - preferably without lighting up the whole screen and keeping me awake. Anyone know of one?

jblues1969 said:
I have an annoyance with my Qi wireless charger. I put the tablet on the charger at night when I'm half asleep and in the morning I find it hasn't charged. Sometimes the screen will light up when it's placed on the charger properly, but not always.
What I'm looking for is an app or a setting where I KNOW for sure that the Nexus is charging - preferably without lighting up the whole screen and keeping me awake. Anyone know of one?
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cant you just see if its charging from the battery icon in the notification bar? doesnt it also say when the device is chargin on the lockscreen? i use both of these methods to check for this when i use my wireless charger. not sure if a custom rom is needed for this, as i havent run anything on stock android since its debut

In order to see the notification bar or the lockscreen, I would have to be awake enough to push the power button and light up the entire screen.
As I said, what I want is a way to know that the tablet is charging without having to light up the screen.

In order to see the notification bar or the lockscreen, I would have to be awake enough to push the power button and light up the entire screen.
As I said, what I want is a way to know that the tablet is charging without having to light up the screen.

The nexus 7 has a notification led. You can use an app like Light Flow to set pulsing pattern when it's charging.
I have mine to turn off the led when fully charged.
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My G2 has Qi and the Notification LED pulses when charging. Its red for battery.
On my Nexus 7, I just position the tab until the screen turns on (when Qi pairs) and says charging on the lockscreen. Then I just close my hardbook case and its done.
Or get a better Qi pad that has multiple transmitters so it isn't as particular on placement.
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player911 said:
My G2 has Qi and the Notification LED pulses when charging. Its red for battery.
On my Nexus 7, I just position the tab until the screen turns on (when Qi pairs) and says charging on the lockscreen. Then I just close my hardbook case and its done.
Or get a better Qi pad that has multiple transmitters so it isn't as particular on placement.
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My Qi charger is making sound when paired as the nexus 7 does also. In addition the green light indicator change to blue.
So no doubt any more
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Yeah I'd get a better charger for it or drink loads of water before you go to bed so that when you get up to go to the toilet you can then check it the normal way.

i have a cheap wireless charger and it wont charge my SGS4 & Nexus 4 (previously own) and now Nexus 5.. but amazingly it working perfectly without any problem with my Nexus 7 Deb... - Slimkat + Elementalx
And I also have official Nexus 4 orb and I do have problem to use it with Nexus 5.. sometimes It'll make my phone overheated..but i experience the problem only on few custom roms/kernels..
now its good on unofficial Liquid + Chaos v6
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There's an xposed module that will do this. It's in the xposed installer downloads section.
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light indicator for charging
i just bought a QI wireless charger from amazon. it has 2-LED lights. red showing that it's plugged in and green when the tablet is wirelessly charging.

i use lightflow to show the light when its charging

[Q] Wireless charging??

I have a brand new G3 (D855). I tried straight out of the box, wireless charging OK. I installed the bumped 20H, wireless charging OK.
However, just now when I placed the phone on the charger, it started to charge, but then came the notification screen to use a wall charger.
After this, the phone stopped to even notice the charger. When placed, even the indication light on the charger itself doesn't blink.
Since it stopped so sudden, I'm almost certain the problem has to be in the software? I tried reboot, didn't change anything.
The charger I'm using is iLuv MobiRock, since this is my first post I can't put a link. I also have a powerbank with wireless charging, it didn't recognize the phone either.
Help?

I don't know why, but I left the phone on the charger and in a few hours it started charging and has been ever since. So I guess the problem solved itself for now...! :victory:

Wireless charging on G3 not working...!?!?

I have a Lg G3 loaded with CM13 and im trying to use wireless charging, I have the lg wireless charging circle thing, and it starts by flashing green then after a second turns to flashing yellow and then after about 30 seconds turns red.
I am using all lg products to charge it and it really made no difference. Anyone ever encounter this before?

Charging light while tablet is switched off?

Hi, I've just bought a Pixel C after years of using a Nexus 10. One thing that I find a bit surprising is that if the tablet is switched off and it is on charge, there is no indication to show that it is charging – not even a white battery symbol for a few seconds or so as with my Nexus 10.
Is this correct? Is there anyway to see if it is charging and what the level of charge is if it is switched off?

Okay. Forget it.
I've just noticed the light bar at the back which turns green when you tap the tablet – even when it is switched off.
Very slick