Bought Tab S when they were new, very happy with it for a while. Began having battery issues some time after an update. Read there was a way to reset some file that might be leading to device reporting low battery when it wasn't. Rooted it and mucked around, bought and installed a new battery, but never got anywhere with the problems and eventually it just stopped charging/working.
So recently I dug it out, bought and installed a new charge/sd port hoping that was it, connected to computer via USB to charge/operate but nothing. As a last resort before throwing out of window stuck son's amazon tablet charger in and it sprung to life, reporting 100% battery, but did nothing further. Yanked cable and nothing. Put it back in and booted to recovery with the following screen:
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So... the device only powers on with charger connected, when it's connected to PC as data connection, nothing. Where do I go from here if I can't connect it to my PC to flash? Is there anything possible from the "Apply update from SD card" menu option? I'm guessing no as that would just be too easy. Is it essentially dead? I think I've probably spent more time fiddling with it trying to make it work again than I ever did actually using it :laugh: I honestly wouldn't mind if I could get it working again but always had to be tethered to the power socket, I could live with that compromise vs no tablet.
Hope someone can help
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Hi folks,
Been having this problem for a little while now and decided I'm fed up with it. My Verizon GN will only charge if I wrap the cord around it as such:
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I have tried multiple cords and the problem always persists. Any suggestions on now to go about getting this fixed?
Thanks!
Since you have tried multiple cables.. It could be the wall piece of the charger not having a good connection around the USB, try a new one of those.
LOL....
sorry didnt mean to laugh.
1) the power cube/brick(where the USB attaches) might be faulty
2) the charge slot on the phone might be faulty
3) all of the above
jt.one said:
LOL....
sorry didnt mean to laugh.
1) the power cube/brick(where the USB attaches) might be faulty
2) the charge slot on the phone might be faulty
3) all of the above
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How do I go about fixing this?
Appreciate the input!
It may the electronic where its charging. I recently moved out of an area where the power was bad and suffered a similar issue to a new area and now my phone has had issues
It sounds like probably the USB port on your phone is bad. Wrapping the cord around the phone must hold the plug in just the right position it needs to be in to connect correctly.
I've had my phone for about 2 or so months and it hasn't been charging. More accurately, it's been charging extremely slowly. Ever since the first time I've charged it, it has yet to ever charge to full battery even when I leave Kris charged overnight. I've already changed the battery and that hasn't affected anything so I'm pretty sure it's not the battery's problem but the phone's problem.
I don't have any mega-draining apps downloaded or running (I always exit fully out of my apps) other than the default ones running in the background. I've also tried switching chargers to no avail. I've gone from the Samsung charger that came with it to another USB cord to a battery-only charger and none of them have worked. I charged it overnight but today when I disconnected the phone from the charger my phone just shut off.
If you could help me at all that would be very much appreciated
Could be a faulty charge port?
I had a similar issue and traced it to the charging cable. I swapped the cable (not the charger) between my phone and the wife's and the problem followed the cable. Got a new one and the problem was solved.
Best way to test is with the power off
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So my wife has the S3 phone, and when she plugs it in, she has to do a song and dance just to get it to charge. While it's just sitting, most times the connection notification sound will go haywire as the connection is loose. I've tried using different cables and it's the same thing. It's a factory phone, no mods done to it as she'll kill me if I do anything to it. Has anyone dealt with this? Did you bring it in? Would I be charged a fee to get it replaced with the same phone? Thanks for your input.
Dave2582 said:
So my wife has the S3 phone, and when she plugs it in, she has to do a song and dance just to get it to charge. While it's just sitting, most times the connection notification sound will go haywire as the connection is loose. I've tried using different cables and it's the same thing. It's a factory phone, no mods done to it as she'll kill me if I do anything to it. Has anyone dealt with this? Did you bring it in? Would I be charged a fee to get it replaced with the same phone? Thanks for your input.
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You could always just buy extra batteries and an external battery charger. Then you never have to plug it in. They are cheap on Amazon.
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Okay, Well, First off, I am new here, so if i do something wrong, let me know.
I have a Samsung galaxy nexus i got from my friend a few months back, it was running android 6.0.1 marshmallow By Cyanogenmod.
Key word here: "was"
The device had been dunked into some water, (long story, dad did it) and when i pulled it out and dried it off, it wouldn't boot up android, it just stayed on the android screen for hours. i ended up removing the whole android image off it, at this point it wouldn't get passed the google boot screen (other users had this problem), so i plugged the phone into Odin and started the process of re partitioning the whole device with stock ROM and recovery. here is where buying Belkin cables caused my problem, the phone disconnected from the PC due to the cable being an ass. so now, Odin and Samsung Kies and even the nexus toolkit cannot recognize the phone cause it is stuck on this screen:
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The phone stops me from Doing Button combinations, this screen is useful, but i need to know how to get it working.
Thank you XDA for allowing me to ask this question.
Any and all help appreciated. thanks guys!
Yesterday, I tried to charge my Galaxy Nexus (toro), which was fully depleted. It showed the battery icon like it usually does, but then it went kinda weird (idk how to describe it, look at the picture). Then it would turn off and do the same thing again. So then I charged the battery using an external charger, but the phone did not do anything, like it didn't even vibrate. If I connect a charger to the phone, I can get into the Bootloader, and if I go to recovery mode, it starts for like a second, but then turns off again. If it helps, it's the SCH-i515, running Unlegacy 4.4.4, and TWRP 3.x (not sure of exact version).
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EDIT: I plugged it into a laptop, and it booted up just fine, but the battery was at 0% even after being left in an external charger overnight.
Maybe the battery is dead dead... Like when a car battery has a dead cell. It works when you plug it in because there's a charge going through. Do you have any extra batteries lying around that you could test. Just remember that you are fighting a losing battle against time which degrades battery life.
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