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Nokia CR-200 Wireless/NFC Car Mount

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So I've been looking at these mounts and am on the fence about it. Costs a bit more than you would usually drop on a mount ($70-$100), but reviews of it are quite amazing. The sticky/suction pad is apparently really good, and the arms are stable and have a smooth release. On top of that it has a built in NFC chip. Now the Wireless Charging is where i get a little iffy. This device puts out 750mA. Comparitively the Nexus 4 charging orb puts out 1,000mA. I also have read in various places that some of Nokia's wireless chargers have a cycle issue where the device charges/stops/charges/stops. This effect might be visible on a Nexus 4 using this charger at this video (53seconds). Anyone have one they can test, or have recommendations to a similar mount?

I've read a lot of reviews about a critical part breaking easily.
Sent from my SGS3.

So, did anyone tried it? Does it work with Nexus 5?
From the info that i could dig, the nexus 4 does not work, probably because the location of the charging coil.

cracksmurf said:
I also have read in various places that some of Nokia's wireless chargers have a cycle issue where the device charges/stops/charges/stops.
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From what I've read and researched, the problem wasn't with Nokia's chargers but the first versions of the N4, later revisions worked fine.

Watcher07 said:
From what I've read and researched, the problem wasn't with Nokia's chargers but the first versions of the N4, later revisions worked fine.
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No, it doesn't work. Has the Start Stop charging fault. Shame, I appear to have wasted £56.....

MarkyH said:
No, it doesn't work. Has the Start Stop charging fault. Shame, I appear to have wasted £56.....
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Could you explain a bit more in depth please?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

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Could you explain a bit more in depth please?
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When you put a Nexus 5 in the Nokia CR 200 it initially shows charging. Some time later (5, 10 ,30 seconds, maybe a few minutes - it seems to vary) it will stop charging. If you leave the phone in the dock, it will intermittently charge.
In my test over a couple of hours, the phone discharges pretty fast.
My conclusion is that it's useless as a charger for the Nexus 5.
If anyone has a workaround, I'd love to know, as the CR 200 is an otherwise sturdy bit of kit and I'm not sure what QI Wireless alternatives are available.

MarkyH said:
No, it doesn't work. Has the Start Stop charging fault. Shame, I appear to have wasted £56.....
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Thanks for letting us know. I've been actively seeking a qi car mount with nfc and this one was the prime choice aside from building my own. I wonder if it has to do with the bottom piece that sticks out for holding your phone in portrait mode, maybe the qi coils just aren't close enough together.

Nokia CR 200 works with Nexus 5 without any problems.
I received the Nokia cr 200 from Amazon yesterday and can confidently say it works brilliant. I haven't got any problems as mentioned in this thread. Just place the phone in the charger and the light at the bottom goes green and charged as it should. NFC is OK but got to know where the NFC chip is at the back of Nexus 5. I used the Google maps navigation and BT music streaming to my ford sony dab unit at the same time for about 50mins and the battery percentage just stays at the same level as before putting on charge. With BT music streaming it actually charges as the screen is switched off I guess. Its a good quality car mount but he clip is not the strongest I would say. Suction is absolutely fine as it has a stickiness to the suction. I don't know what app I got to use to check the charge voltage etc. Pls let me know if u want to know any details. But it works as it should very happy.

Out of curiousity, if NFC is so important, why not just buy an NFC sticker and slap it on there? Is it because it wouldn't look as cool?

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krishna9349 said:
I received the Nokia cr 200 from Amazon yesterday and can confidently say it works brilliant. I haven't got any problems as mentioned in this thread. Just place the phone in the charger and the light at the bottom goes green and charged as it should. NFC is OK but got to know where the NFC chip is at the back of Nexus 5. I used the Google maps navigation and BT music streaming to my ford sony dab unit at the same time for about 50mins and the battery percentage just stays at the same level as before putting on charge. With BT music streaming it actually charges as the screen is switched off I guess. Its a good quality car mount but he clip is not the strongest I would say. Suction is absolutely fine as it has a stickiness to the suction. I don't know what app I got to use to check the charge voltage etc. Pls let me know if u want to know any details. But it works as it should very happy.
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Can you post some pictures. Thanks in advance.

robertlwalters said:
Can you post some pictures. Thanks in advance.
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Will do over the weekend as I work all day by the time I finish work its really dark. So will post pics over the weekend.

Found this video maybe it helps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WUraI9aLfY

MarkyH said:
When you put a Nexus 5 in the Nokia CR 200 it initially shows charging. Some time later (5, 10 ,30 seconds, maybe a few minutes - it seems to vary) it will stop charging. If you leave the phone in the dock, it will intermittently charge.
In my test over a couple of hours, the phone discharges pretty fast.
My conclusion is that it's useless as a charger for the Nexus 5.
If anyone has a workaround, I'd love to know, as the CR 200 is an otherwise sturdy bit of kit and I'm not sure what QI Wireless alternatives are available.
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have a look at what "OWL" has to offer...I ordered One....we'll See what this thing can Do.

More of a note to myself so I can find the thread again, but also just ordered one. Have a long car journey next week so should be able to give it a good run in, if it arrives in time.
Amazon seem to be doing it for £54 which seemed to be the cheapest outside of ebay

So it arrived today from Amazon and have had a bit of a play
Initial thoughts is that it is quite sturdy and looks good. Did the shake test and it did not come away, however a point of note is that it seems to grip but give it another squeeze to make it go a couple more notches in which kept the back flush with the charging plate. Just squeezing the grips until it makes contact won't hold it firmly in place and you get movement like on the Youtube review.
I've connected it to my bench supply as I'm at work. With the screen off/no GPS running its charges from 72% to 100% in just over an hour. The screen seems warm to touch and the back hotter which was expected. I've not had it been or connect/disconnect charging as mentioned in some reviews but I stress that this is on my desk at work.
Tonight drive home is about 40 min so will run TomTom and see if there is any power drop and tomorrow I have a 200 mile round trip so I can get some good testing done then as well. I'm hoping I will see the battery stay at the same level as when it was connected.
Does anyone have any suggestions of a launcher tailored to cars (car mode)?

Hi More testing done and I'm impressed so far.
Setting back home last night, I set TomTom up, the Settings of the phone was
GPS - Device Only
Automatic Backlight
TomTom in night mode
The battery at the start was 66% and at the end of the 2 1/2 hour journey it grew to 79%. So the phone charged while the screen was on and was using GPS.
Now admittedly this was not during the day, I did not have time to check the battery on the journey to the destination, however I did not notice any really drop in the battery from the icon. However halfway through the journey I noticed that the battery was not charging as I was rushing when I placed the phone in the cradle it was not fully flush with the back plate and/or I did not squeeze the clips that would hold it in place securely.
I need more testing but I think using this would be fine, potentially if you had full backlight and GPS running with TomTom in day mode I guess there may be a drop in the battery, but not much.

spikeeee said:
Hi More testing done and I'm impressed so far.
Setting back home last night, I set TomTom up, the Settings of the phone was
GPS - Device Only
Automatic Backlight
TomTom in night mode
The battery at the start was 66% and at the end of the 2 1/2 hour journey it grew to 79%. So the phone charged while the screen was on and was using GPS.
Now admittedly this was not during the day, I did not have time to check the battery on the journey to the destination, however I did not notice any really drop in the battery from the icon. However halfway through the journey I noticed that the battery was not charging as I was rushing when I placed the phone in the cradle it was not fully flush with the back plate and/or I did not squeeze the clips that would hold it in place securely.
I need more testing but I think using this would be fine, potentially if you had full backlight and GPS running with TomTom in day mode I guess there may be a drop in the battery, but not much.
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How well does it work with a bumper case?

h0lyc0w said:
How well does it work with a bumper case?
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I'm sorry but I do not have or use a case. If someone would like to send one to me for a few days I'm more than happy to test.
Next week when I have a chance I will attach it to my bench supply and do some testing at different levels of brightness and more than happy to test with bumpers/cases if people like to send them

I'm rather surprised by those of you getting it to charge, mine wouldn't put through enough charge when GPS, screen on and streaming music.
(My follow up to the video someone kindly posted earlier.)

Battery FAST drain

I've done the battery cycle trick several times (discharge all the way to 0 and then recharge fully to 100), but still having same problem. Even at 100% the battery goes back to critical low in an hour or less. It seems to be the worst when playing games, especially Clash of Clans. That app is more like 30 minutes to dead. If I'm using one of my e-readers, it will stay up for several hours.
Will a new battery fix this or is there something else going on? For example,one thought i had is the onboard battery monitor. Maybe its falsely reporting 100% when battery doesnt have that much in it. Just dont want to mess with wasting the money if a new battery isn't going to get me anywhere. Thanks!
~Vol

Vol4Ever said:
I've done the battery cycle trick several times (discharge all the way to 0 and then recharge fully to 100), but still having same problem. Even at 100% the battery goes back to critical low in an hour or less. It seems to be the worst when playing games, especially Clash of Clans. That app is more like 30 minutes to dead. If I'm using one of my e-readers, it will stay up for several hours.
Will a new battery fix this or is there something else going on? For example,one thought i had is the onboard battery monitor. Maybe its falsely reporting 100% when battery doesnt have that much in it. Just dont want to mess with wasting the money if a new battery isn't going to get me anywhere. Thanks!
~Vol
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Clash of clan is the biggest battery drainer like candy crush. With all android platforms.

It drains enough to take a 100% tablet to dead in a half hour or less? Wow.
But that being said, it still seems the battery is draining way faster than it used to with only general day-to-day use.

Similar issue
If it's the same issue as mine a new battery will not help... I've tried.
i am still trying desperately to find a solution. Basically it's like the gauge is wrong. As a simple test I'll charge it up to 100% and start playing a very long youtube video of whatever. After the first 30 minutes it will be down to 90% which I would consider normal. Then over the next 30 minutes it will rapidly drop to 5%. Then the screen dims and it will continue to play for another 3 hours though i can't really see it.
After it dies completely I'll reboot and it'll show me 25% again, but then quickly drops back to 5, dim, and continue playing for another hour or so.
So I can only get about an hour of useful time on this thing.
As stated I tried a new battery to no avail. I've also tried to "recalibrate" using the method you described. As a last resort I rooted and deleted the batterystats.bin file (even though this apparently does nothing).
Now I'm just trying to find a way to override the screen dimming at 5%. I've tried rootdim and a few others but nothing seems to able to override the OS setting on this tablet.
If anyone has any other ideas please please please let me know.

RangerPivot said:
i am still trying desperately to find a solution. Basically it's like the gauge is wrong. As a simple test I'll charge it up to 100% and start playing a very long youtube video of whatever. After the first 30 minutes it will be down to 90% which I would consider normal. Then over the next 30 minutes it will rapidly drop to 5%. Then the screen dims and it will continue to play for another 3 hours though i can't really see .
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This is a common problem of Galaxy Samsung tablets: cracked solders at battery connector.
Quick test to see if you have a badly loose battery connector: slap hard on the back cover with your hand, it won't break the LCD but your tablet will shut down immediately.
If it's the case, re solder the battery connector will fix the problem. Battery's capacity fluctuation is an obvious sign of loose battery connector.

Beut said:
This is a common problem of Galaxy Samsung tablets: cracked solders at battery connector.
Quick test to see if you have a badly loose battery connector: slap hard on the back cover with your hand, it won't break the LCD but your tablet will shut down immediately.
If it's the case, re solder the battery connector will fix the problem. Battery's capacity fluctuation is an obvious sign of loose battery connector.
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Interesting. I'll give it a shot.

Battery connector should be take care first before consider relaceing battery. Battery fluctuation is not a problem from itself but its connector.

Okay. Well I don't think there's any way I can resolder that connector. Damn thing is tiny! I can see 6 solder points but they are way too close together.
As an interim attempt I rolled up a piece of electrical tape and stuck it on top of the connector to apply a bit of pressure. Will see what happens.

is there any step by step how to do it?

RangerPivot said:
Okay. Well I don't think there's any way I can resolder that connector. Damn thing is tiny! I can see 6 solder points but they are way too close together.
As an interim attempt I rolled up a piece of electrical tape and stuck it on top of the connector to apply a bit of pressure. Will see what happens.
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Electrical tape won't work with solder joints, you can make a temporary fix: lifting the mainboad with a piece of paper under the battery connector; this way may apply presure directly via rear cover. You need a small tip and magnified glass to re solder or ask someone for help or paying a repair shop. It takes less than 5 minutes
and I believe they can not charge over $30 for 5 minutes re work.
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5oo said:
is there any step by step how to do it?
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All you need to do: remove the back cover and brings the tablet to a repair shop for re work. Battery is not needed to remove, just disconnect the battery
cable from connector; that's enough space for re work and the heat cannot damage battery's cables.
Don't try yourself if you're not familiar with soldering, especially these six pins are very small and close to other components.
This is the connector needed to re solder after removing the battery
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And watch this video how to remove the back cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7PP4tCJGAQ

Beut said:
Electrical tape won't work with solder joints, you need a small tip and magnified glass to re solder or ask someone for help or paying a repair shop. It takes less than 5 minutes
and I believe they can not charge over $30 for 5 minutes re work.
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All you need to do: remove the back cover and brings the tablet to a repair shop for re work. Battery is not needed to remove, just disconnect the battery
cable from connector; that's enough space for re work and the heat cannot damage battery's cables.
Don't try yourself if you're not familiar with soldering, especially these six pins are very small and close to other components.
This is the connector needed to re solder after removing the battery
And watch this video how to remove the back cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7PP4tCJGAQ
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where is exactly that part where has to be soldered?
well before i replaced battery if i play any game it would go from 100% to 5% like in 30 mins now is like 2 hours most?
I replaced battery thought that woud help? then i rooted and change some ROMS it would help it for a while and it dropped again...
thank you

5oo said:
where is exactly that part where has to be soldered?
well before i replaced battery if i play any game it would go from 100% to 5% like in 30 mins now is like 2 hours most?
I replaced battery thought that woud help? then i rooted and change some ROMS it would help it for a while and it dropped again...
thank you
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Battery connector is the one that you disconnect the battery from mainboard. The solder joints of six pins are needed to re solder.
This one is similar to your tablet because I don't have exactly picture of an open tablet: the black connector in this picture is the battery connector.

Here's a picture of the the battery connector in the note 10 2014 looking top down towards the battery bin.
In the picture the connections "look" okay. nothing obvious but this is a zoomed camera phone pic. Anyway, I'll see if I can find a shop willing to resolder the joints.

The solder joints looks normal with your eyes but may not under microsope. It doesn't hurt to resolder, add as much solders as possible to secure it to main board.
One test to verify if it's bad, it may or may not work. When battery drops, take note of its reading then shut down. With the rear cover removed, hold or press the battery connector with your fingers or hand and turns it on, take note of the battery reading. If the battery level goes up when pressing the connector with your hand, you find the culprit of your problem.
One case I did , battery level went from 7% to 43% after re soldering the battery connector.

Oh wow thanks guys tomorrow I will open note see how is it and then will find a local store, sometimes if I play game I would have 80%play for 30 mins to 50% and then suddenly drop to 20% within few mins

5oo said:
Oh wow thanks guys tomorrow I will open note see how is it and then will find a local store, sometimes if I play game I would have 80%play for 30 mins to 50% and then suddenly drop to 20% within few mins
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Trust me, I already fixed some problems like yours for friends. You replaced new battery but it's the same problem, the only source is connector.
This is not an opinion but personal experiences.

This is old topic, however I would like to wrote for those of you who have the problem with incorrect battery reading, extremely fast battery drain, battery charge level drop....
It is indeed cracked soldering joints of battery connector !
Damn, I have ecountered all above problems for almost one month, so I replaced the battery, but that didn't fix the problem.
Until the day when I wanted to disconnect the battery to do "battery calibration"
And then I saw that the connector is slightly lifted up when I started unplug the battery.
When I looked to the solder joints with the magnifying glass, I saw that they are cracked.
Fortunately, I have the soldering iron with very small tips, so I applied some amount of flux to connector pins and re soldered them.
The problem is fixed ! The tablet is working again, as before. With the battery drain better 8 an 10% per hour, when browsing the Web, watching youtube and so on.
Don't forget to unplug your battery first. And when you will do it, slightly press on battery connector which is soldered to PCB, so you will not tear it appart from the PCB.
Best regards,
Khamzat

I had the same problem for about 2 weeks and I was on the very edge of ordering a new battery. Fortunately I found this thread before doing so and re soldering the battery connector did fix my tablet
Best regards,
Lars

The problem with this tablet is the delicate back plate. All pressure (except when you touch the stiffer rim areas) is transferred to the battery, the metal shields of the pcb and other components touching the back, as maybe the battery plug. This should also lead to the loose display cable syndrome. A case with its own stiff backside will then eliminate such trouble(i have case and none of these problems).
I haven't yet taken a close look at the pics or the actual inside of my Note, but if Samsung was aware of this, there may be some (too small and few) spacers to absorb pressure, but then it would be transferred to the back shield of the display unit, also not recommendable...

Huge battery drain - Mondrianwifi

Hi guys, my tablet has been showing some significant battery drain lately. When idle, it drains around 5-10% per hour. At first I thought something was preventing it to go to sleep (according to GSAM the battery is mostly drained by the kernel), but then I started noticing that also when I was using the device the battery drained significantly (20-25% per hour).
I tried the common fixes such as wiping the device, turning off any energy-consuming apps and services (e.g. Google Now, GPS, etc.), battery recalibration and reseating the battery; nothing helps.
I'm running a stable nightly from CM13.0 (I asked in the CM13.0 thread if anyone else has this problem but it just seems to be me), but the issue was also present in other nightlies and in 12.1.
The last option I can think of right now is buying a new battery, but since that would be pretty costly and since I'm not sure that would solve my problem I wanted to run this by you to see if anyone here would have an idea of what could solve it.
Thank you very much in advance for your help!

SeveralBunnies said:
Hi guys, my tablet has been showing some significant battery drain lately. When idle, it drains around 5-10% per hour. At first I thought something was preventing it to go to sleep (according to GSAM the battery is mostly drained by the kernel), but then I started noticing that also when I was using the device the battery drained significantly (20-25% per hour).
I tried the common fixes such as wiping the device, turning off any energy-consuming apps and services (e.g. Google Now, GPS, etc.), battery recalibration and reseating the battery; nothing helps.
I'm running a stable nightly from CM13.0 (I asked in the CM13.0 thread if anyone else has this problem but it just seems to be me), but the issue was also present in other nightlies and in 12.1.
The last option I can think of right now is buying a new battery, but since that would be pretty costly and since I'm not sure that would solve my problem I wanted to run this by you to see if anyone here would have an idea of what could solve it.
Thank you very much in advance for your help!
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Not ROM related. I am running CM13 and was having the same issues. Take apart the tab, and lift the battery connector vertically. There might be some tape, take that off first. Let tab sit for 5 min, then reconnect. Fixed my issues

ReyDelGuaguanco said:
Not ROM related. I am running CM13 and was having the same issues. Take apart the tab, and lift the battery connector vertically. There might be some tape, take that off first. Let tab sit for 5 min, then reconnect. Fixed my issues
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Thanks for your reply! Although I did try dis- and reconnecting the battery, I've tried your advice. It's too soon now to tell now whether it works, I'll check back with you once I know more.

Hello,
Same problem for me: bootloop near 15% battery charge and she never charge more than 90%. I'm sorry but i'don't understand the method to fix this problem.
Thanks

jemsgaelle said:
Hello,
Same problem for me: bootloop near 15% battery charge and she never charge more than 90%. I'm sorry but i'don't understand the method to fix this problem.
Thanks
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This battery connector should be re solder due to hairline cracks, you need a microscope to see it
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Someone just disconnect and reconnect the battery to fix the problem, the white connector has loose connection,
this one needs to be fixed too by adjusting the opening tip of battery cables
Samsung fix the issue of loose battery connection by using this silver conductive glue
This is a repair from Samsung center, they soldered battery cables directly to the connector to fix loose connection,
without knowing this, an average user will damage the mainboard and battery connector while trying to remove the battery.

jemsgaelle said:
Hello,
Same problem for me: bootloop near 15% battery charge and she never charge more than 90%. I'm sorry but i'don't understand the method to fix this problem.
Thanks
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What you need to do is take the back cover off the tablet and look for the battery connector, it's basically a few bundled wires that connects the battery to the tablet. You need to disconnect these (I used a pencil to wiggle it a bit, make sure you do it carefully) and let it rest for about 5 minutes. After that, reconnect it and turn your tablet on. That should fix the issue that you're having.
Beut said:
This battery connector should be re solder due to hairline cracks, you need a microscope to see it
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Someone just disconnect and reconnect the battery to fix the problem, the white connector has loose connection,
this one needs to be fixed to by adjusting the opening tip of battery cables
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Samsung fix the issue of loose battery connection by using this silver conductive glue
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Stupid question maybe, but could this loose connection also be a solution for the drain I'm having?
ReyDelGuaguanco said:
Not ROM related. I am running CM13 and was having the same issues. Take apart the tab, and lift the battery connector vertically. There might be some tape, take that off first. Let tab sit for 5 min, then reconnect. Fixed my issues
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Your fix does seem to improve battery life a little bit, but unfortunately I'm still stuck with a pretty big drain. When totally idle it drains 5% per hour, so it dies after about 18 hours of being totally idle.
It should be able to last longer than that right? Any suggestions from anyone are welcome!

You should fix both battery connectors: black male connector needs to be re soldered, white female connector with 6 wires needs to be adjust the opening of battery cables.
Some may need to fix one, not both, but for sure, both need to be fix, the same procedures Samsung repair center will do: fix both connectors.
Regardless what model you have, the same fix applies to Samsung 10.1 and 12.2.
I have been fixed Samsung Note 2014 10.1 ( LTE and Wifi ), Samsung Note Pro 12.2 ( LTE and Wifi ) and Tab Pro 12.2 tablets, they all have the same problem of battery connectors.

Beut said:
You should fix both battery connectors: black male connector needs to be re soldered, white female connector with 6 wires needs to be adjust the opening of battery cables.
Some may need to fix one, not both, but for sure, both need to be fix, the same procedures Samsung repair center will do: fix both connectors.
Regardless what model you have, the same fix applies to Samsung 10.1 and 12.2.
I have been fixed Samsung Note 2014 10.1 ( LTE and Wifi ), Samsung Note Pro 12.2 ( LTE and Wifi ) and Tab Pro 12.2 tablets, they all have the same problem of battery connectors.
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how does it cost to fix it without warranty at samsung

It may cost you over $100 for a round trip to Texas.
Anyone or shop who can do the rework can help you with little charge as much as $60. It takes only 5 to 10 minutes to get it done.

Just outta interest, which 'Mode' are you using?
I've found the stock 'Balanced' Mode (cm-13.0), drains my T325 alarmingly fast.* Unless I switch over to the 'Efficiency' Mode, which seems (for me), to work like the old 'Balanced' Mode from cm-12.1 had.
*Alarmingly fast here would be a compleat drop from ~100% to Dead with in 90 minutes. Note I'm less sure if that's the nature of that Mode , or if it's just the stress of coming off a clean install, and the rebuilding the OS up again. But, since moving to cm-13.0 I've been sure to change up to the 'Efficiency' setting. And, so have been enjoying upwards of +7H of use.

Ichijoe said:
Just outta interest, which 'Mode' are you using?
*Alarmingly fast here would be a compleat drop from ~100% to Dead with in 90 minutes. .
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Battery connector problems are not related to software or firmware; quick discharge, battery capacity fluctuations, long charging or never get full charge are all common problems of Samsung tablets regardless whatever you're running or settings

Ichijoe said:
Just outta interest, which 'Mode' are you using?
I've found the stock 'Balanced' Mode (cm-13.0), drains my T325 alarmingly fast.* Unless I switch over to the 'Efficiency' Mode, which seems (for me), to work like the old 'Balanced' Mode from cm-12.1 had.
*Alarmingly fast here would be a compleat drop from ~100% to Dead with in 90 minutes. Note I'm less sure if that's the nature of that Mode , or if it's just the stress of coming off a clean install, and the rebuilding the OS up again. But, since moving to cm-13.0 I've been sure to change up to the 'Efficiency' setting. And, so have been enjoying upwards of +7H of use.
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I was really hoping that that would've been the problem but unfortunately I had already set it to efficiency mode thanks for your reply though!
Although I trust my software capabilities more than my hardware know-how, the issue is getting so frustrating that I'll try Beut's solution. I will report back after I tried it!

Battery Replacement Guide for Nextbit Robin

So the closest thing to Robin's battery is Vivo X5 Pro battery i bought mine of Amazon(IN), its a B-87 type battery.
Watch this youtube.com/watch?v=7hOuFjbT-E0 and this youtube.com/watch?v=BKGQ7vXnERI . {Search for Nextbit Robin Teardown on Youtube}
Open the robin carefully.
Remove the battery and cut the circuit on battery be careful we need this later
By this time you might have noticed that Vivo X5 Pro battery connector is on left side whereas robins is on right side plus is short and small
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disassemble the Vivo X5 pro battery and cut circuit remember the polarities now take robins circuit, negative side on robin is next to ribbon.
Stick the circuit to battery or solder it.
Resemble it and it should be good as new
. :good:

It looks like a nightmare to replace the battery ;(

How can I fit Vivo X5 pro battery to the original place?
Do I need to unwrap the battery?
Could you tell me more?

itsundef said:
So the closest thing to Robin's battery is Vivo X5 Pro battery i bought mine of Amazon(IN), its a B-87 type battery.
Watch this youtube.com/watch?v=7hOuFjbT-E0 and this youtube.com/watch?v=BKGQ7vXnERI . {Search for Nextbit Robin Teardown on Youtube}
Open the robin carefully.
Remove the battery and cut the circuit on battery be careful we need this later
By this time you might have noticed that Vivo X5 Pro battery connector is on left side whereas robins is on right side plus is short and small
disassemble the Vivo X5 pro battery and cut circuit remember the polarities now take robins circuit, negative side on robin is next to ribbon.
Stick the circuit to battery or solder it.
Resemble it and it should be good as new
. :good:
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How can I fit Vivo X5 pro battery to the original place?
Do I need to unwrap the vivo battery?
Could you tell me more?

Which circuit u are talking about to cut?
Which circuit u are talking about to cut. Can u be able to share some pic of it to understand more easily to us. Thanks in advance

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Which circuit u are talking about to cut. Can u be able to share some pic of it to understand more easily to us. Thanks in advance
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ok, so the battery pack is the same, not the control PCB attached to it, so you will have to de-solder and swap the PCB battery control circuits.
the lead closest to the ribbon connector on the stock Nextbit Battery is the positive ( so the opposite or backwards to the Vivo battery, the Vivo battery from cameron sino is labeled)
As you can see, it does "fit," and is currently a viable option.(the way i soldered the PCB to the Battery terminals it bends the ribbon in a funky way, but that's my fault, don't suck like me , look up proper de-soldering, PCB tinning w/ flux, and Soldering.)
note, the reason you can't just clip and attach the ribbon cable, is one has 3 connections, and the other 4(Robin,) the Control circuits are different.
i will update with any falures, etc.
also remember to fully charge you new battery before powering on the device again.
and check your volume controls, make a call to assure you can hear and be heard, and turn you alarms off and on again even if it says they're good. (had a bad morning the day after, but it was easily fixed.)
DO NOT CROSS THE STREAMS (good advice in any case )
Good Luck and happy modding.

Leftcatcher said:
ok, so the battery pack is the same, not the control PCB attached to it, so you will have to de-solder and swap the PCB battery control circuits.
the lead closest to the ribbon connector on the stock Nextbit Battery is the positive ( so the opposite or backwards to the Vivo battery, the Vivo battery from cameron sino is labeled)
As you can see, it does "fit," and is currently a viable option.(the way i soldered the PCB to the Battery terminals it bends the ribbon in a funky way, but that's my fault, don't suck like me , look up proper de-soldering, PCB tinning w/ flux, and Soldering.)
note, the reason you can't just clip and attach the ribbon cable, is one has 3 connections, and the other 4(Robin,) the Control circuits are different.
i will update with any falures, etc.
also remember to fully charge you new battery before powering on the device again.
and check your volume controls, make a call to assure you can hear and be heard, and turn you alarms off and on again even if it says they're good. (had a bad morning the day after, but it was easily fixed.)
DO NOT CROSS THE STREAMS (good advice in any case )
Good Luck and happy modding.
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So its been a month, how is the battery holding up on robin?
Any more than normal heating of the battery/device while charging or while in use?
Also where did you get your battery from?
Thank you.

Leftcatcher said:
ok, so the battery pack is the same, not the control PCB attached to it, so you will have to de-solder and swap the PCB battery control circuits.
the lead closest to the ribbon connector on the stock Nextbit Battery is the positive ( so the opposite or backwards to the Vivo battery, the Vivo battery from cameron sino is labeled)
As you can see, it does "fit," and is currently a viable option.(the way i soldered the PCB to the Battery terminals it bends the ribbon in a funky way, but that's my fault, don't suck like me , look up proper de-soldering, PCB tinning w/ flux, and Soldering.)
note, the reason you can't just clip and attach the ribbon cable, is one has 3 connections, and the other 4(Robin,) the Control circuits are different.
i will update with any falures, etc.
also remember to fully charge you new battery before powering on the device again.
and check your volume controls, make a call to assure you can hear and be heard, and turn you alarms off and on again even if it says they're good. (had a bad morning the day after, but it was easily fixed.)
DO NOT CROSS THE STREAMS (good advice in any case )
Good Luck and happy modding.
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So, is working well after the battery swap??

Leftcatcher said:
ok, so the battery pack is the same, not the control PCB attached to it, so you will have to de-solder and swap the PCB battery control circuits.
the lead closest to the ribbon connector on the stock Nextbit Battery is the positive ( so the opposite or backwards to the Vivo battery, the Vivo battery from cameron sino is labeled)
As you can see, it does "fit," and is currently a viable option.(the way i soldered the PCB to the Battery terminals it bends the ribbon in a funky way, but that's my fault, don't suck like me , look up proper de-soldering, PCB tinning w/ flux, and Soldering.)
note, the reason you can't just clip and attach the ribbon cable, is one has 3 connections, and the other 4(Robin,) the Control circuits are different.
i will update with any falures, etc.
also remember to fully charge you new battery before powering on the device again.
and check your volume controls, make a call to assure you can hear and be heard, and turn you alarms off and on again even if it says they're good. (had a bad morning the day after, but it was easily fixed.)
DO NOT CROSS THE STREAMS (good advice in any case )
Good Luck and happy modding.
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Could you make a video of it ?

/root said:
So its been a month, how is the battery holding up on robin?
Any more than normal heating of the battery/device while charging or while in use?
Also where did you get your battery from?
Thank you.
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Sorry for taking so long to respond, i moved to a new state, took a new job, and have been working a lot (12-16hr days 6 days a week) ??
My Robin is doing great!
The battery has aclimated nicely, no excessive heat from the battery (the main board gets hot while streaming twich, sometimes but it's always done that so no more than usual, especially if i have a lot of other things going on in the background.)
I bought my battery from ebay(which i do not recommend,) but they sell it from other battery vendors too.
I would recommend finding a battery vendor state side if you're there and paying $3-4 more, otherwise expect 35 day shipping from China...
I found it just now on Amazon just by searching for "B-87 Battery" Here.
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So, is working well after the battery swap??
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Yep.
Security Root said:
Could you make a video of it ?
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I would need another Robin battery to show it.
And a camera...
Maybe.

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AnierinB said:
I have an original OEM battery I pulled out of a broken robin. Was only a month old so I'm sure it's in great condition if anyone wants it for free. Just pm or telegram me
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pm'ed you!

i need the batery
AnierinB said:
I have an original OEM battery I pulled out of a broken robin. Was only a month old so I'm sure it's in great condition if anyone wants it. Just pm or telegram me
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hola, mi nombre es ignacio soy de argentina, me gustaria comprar la bateria, saludos

Thanks Leftcatcher
Thanks Leftcatcher for help, without the photos you posted I can't change the battery of my nextbit robin. I PURCHASED vivo x5 pro battery from my local shop which costed me 400rs. And it only took me 10 min to cut the circuit of stock battery and connect it to vivo's battery and it is working very good like an orignal battery. Once again thanks.???

desire999 said:
Thanks Leftcatcher for help, without the photos you posted I can't change the battery of my nextbit robin. I PURCHASED vivo x5 pro battery from my local shop which costed me 400rs. And it only took me 10 min to cut the circuit of stock battery and connect it to vivo's battery and it is working very good like an orignal battery. Once again thanks.
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Oh nice.
Can you share some photos? Thank you.

I've finally got my hands on a Vivo X5 Pro b-81 battery, but after the swap, the phone wont power on. I've tried leaving charging but as soon as I try to boot up the system, it reboots. If the cable is removed, instantly shuts down. On TWRP, it shows charging but everytime I remove the cable, it starts all over from 1%
Is there any trick to make it work? Thanks

I faced a similar issue for some time. I later found out that a major portion of the connectors need to be connected with a good amount of solder.
Re-soldering the battery should do the trick. Quick note: The battery was great for the first month and the performance now is slowly declining. Your mileage may wary.
Good Luck

itsundef said:
So the closest thing to Robin's battery is Vivo X5 Pro battery i bought mine of Amazon(IN), its a B-87 type battery.
Watch this youtube.com/watch?v=7hOuFjbT-E0 and this youtube.com/watch?v=BKGQ7vXnERI . {Search for Nextbit Robin Teardown on Youtube}
Open the robin carefully.
Remove the battery and cut the circuit on battery be careful we need this later
By this time you might have noticed that Vivo X5 Pro battery connector is on left side whereas robins is on right side plus is short and small
disassemble the Vivo X5 pro battery and cut circuit remember the polarities now take robins circuit, negative side on robin is next to ribbon.
Stick the circuit to battery or solder it.
Resemble it and it should be good as new
. :good:
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Hello! i think its super neat you were able to swap out the nxtbit battery. im unfortunately at the end of the road with my orig battery, phone wont even stay on unless plugged up. charging and even then it still shuts off on me sometimes. I love this phone and would rather try your method however, im so confused. i couldn't find any info on desoldering as i vaguely know what that it and Im not sure how you detached and attached the pcb, also what do you mean dont cross stream. i know its a long-shot bc you hvnt been active on here anymore but im desperate for any help.
thank you

tiffanyrhys said:
Hello! i think its super neat you were able to swap out the nxtbit battery. im unfortunately at the end of the road with my orig battery, phone wont even stay on unless plugged up. charging and even then it still shuts off on me sometimes. I love this phone and would rather try your method however, im so confused. i couldn't find any info on desoldering as i vaguely know what that it and Im not sure how you detached and attached the pcb, also what do you mean dont cross stream. i know its a long-shot bc you hvnt been active on here anymore but im desperate for any help.
thank you
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Mine stays in a box until I find a way to replace the battery. I have the same issue, it stays ON till its idle as soon as I start an app or a call it just shuts down. It works fine if its connected to power all the time LOL.
Did you get that battery OP suggested? I too am a little confused with OP's method. hope you get a response.
I read somewhere there are options on chinese websites for same battery size and specifications and also some are selling batteries for Robin too. I need to explore that, if you find them let me know I will do the same.

/root said:
Mine stays in a box until I find a way to replace the battery. I have the same issue, it stays ON till its idle as soon as I start an app or a call it just shuts down. It works fine if its connected to power all the time LOL.
Did you get that battery OP suggested? I too am a little confused with OP's method. hope you get a response.
I read somewhere there are options on chinese websites for same battery size and specifications and also some are selling batteries for Robin too. I need to explore that, if you find them let me know I will do the same.
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Hi! I did order the battery he suggested and it comes tomorrow ?. i havent looked into getting the exact as i heard it's futile. I havent decided yet if ill try it myself or go to a cellphone repair shop but im worried they wont even try? i may hv no choice but to do it myself. its too bad we cant reach the OP

Not charging after battery and port replace.

Update:
Try clearing USB Settings cache, wipe cache in recovery mode nothing work but what makes some improvement was following these steps (us.community.samsungcom/t5/Note8/Note-8-Died-Unresponsive/td-p/235388) that refers to charge stacking I did plug it and unplug it many times like 100 without holding the buttons, first like 20 tries I got the charging symbol with the yellow warning, after 50 it star flickering like if the cable had a lose contact it was at least showing the %, after like 75 it start showing as if it charges normally will go up 3% and then like 65% 66% 67% and the over and over again 65% 66% 67% and after the amount of time past so the battery discharge 1 % will keep doing the same now like 64% 65% 66% that's where I am at the moment.
Tonight I will heat it up to try replicating the first fix trying to melt the USB port connectors looking for a temporary fix so that I can make a backup if not will do the backup with 60% the battery I have left from the new battery. :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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Hi everyone
Like a month ago, my A70 (one of my best phones so far in terms of value for money) stop charging.
At first, I thought it was the cable, the adapter, so I try different adapter, plugs, and cables until the point that my phone battery got discharged.
Confident that it was not the battery I bought the charging port part and start heating the phone to disassembly and replace the charging port while doing that I receive an important call and left for a meeting when I come back I was preparing my self to start the heat process again. Still, for no reason, I connected to try one more time before surgery, and voila, it starts charging.
My only explanation was that the heat must have melted the USB-C connector soldering and reconnect, so now it was working. I save the part, knowing that eventually, the problem will come back. And it did, one month later the same happen the phone stops charging, the battery got discharged, and then I open and replace the USB-C port part. Still, it didn't work I connect the cable get the thunder icon but not charging, so I say it must be the battery get a new battery today replace it and is not charging just showing the thunder icon for a few seconds then the screen goes black, but the phone is not charging.
I turn on the phone, and all is working perfect, the new battery came with 80% charge, so I know all is good. I even try safe mode to discard possibilities without success.
So I don't know what to do anymore? I don't even understand what can be or even to what the problem may be related to. I start thinking maybe I should buy a new port part because the new one was faulty?
I will appreciate any ideas or help.
Thanks, and have a good one!
G

i have the exact same problem, and we are not the only ones , i should've brought a k20 pro instead , can't believe it passed tests

BK said:
i have the exact same problem, and we are not the only ones , i should've brought a k20 pro instead , can't believe it passed tests
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So sad to know we are not the only ones, I guess that it the price to pay for buying a 2019 phone is like using the last update of windows we are the ones that will end up solving and reporting all the problems.
I will keep searching if I find something I will post it here please let me know if you find something. In the meantime, I will try to check the port part with magnifier to see if I get some clues and heat it up.
Thanks for your reply at least knowing I am not alone makes me feel a bit better or worst I dont know right now. :crying:

gzg06 said:
So sad to know we are not the only ones, I guess that it the price to pay for buying a 2019 phone is like using the last update of windows we are the ones that will end up solving and reporting all the problems.
I will keep searching if I find something I will post it here please let me know if you find something. In the meantime, I will try to check the port part with magnifier to see if I get some clues and heat it up.
Thanks for your reply at least knowing I am not alone makes me feel a bit better or worst I dont know right now. :crying:
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well buddy what's your firmware? SI2 or SJ3?

BK said:
well buddy what's your firmware? SI2 or SJ3?
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This one is my firmware
A705MNXXU3ASG7
Do you think it is a firmware problem? Then what is firmware that don't have this charging problem? That would be as easy as installing new firmware.

gzg06 said:
This one is my firmware
A705MNXXU3ASG7
Do you think it is a firmware problem? Then what is firmware that don't have this charging problem? That would be as easy as installing new firmware.
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i fixed it my own way ,unsoldering mine didnt fixed it so i baked the board in my mini oven at 230° degrees for 12 minutes no more ,it works without issues now.
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i buyed a new charging board but im not gonna even use it.

BK said:
i fixed it my own way ,unsoldering mine didnt fixed it so i baked the board in my mini oven at 230° degrees for 12 minutes no more ,it works without issues now.
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i buyed a new charging board but im not gonna even use it.
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I start to believe it is the motherboard because if it was the charging port it would have worked just by changing the USB port board. I will try to put the original charging board in the oven to see if that works but it looks to me like a motherboard issue.
Thanks for the reply.:good:

gzg06 said:
I start to believe it is the motherboard because if it was the charging port it would have worked just by changing the USB port board. I will try to put the original charging board in the oven to see if that works but it looks to me like a motherboard issue.
Thanks for the reply.:good:
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i found out it wasnt the usb port the problem since even the jack port stop workig when the issue occurs , dont go higher temps or components could start to melts.

BK said:
i found out it wasnt the usb port the problem since even the jack port stop workig when the issue occurs , dont go higher temps or components could start to melts.
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how do you lay it down? USB port touching the ground or like in the picture you upload?

gzg06 said:
how do you lay it down? USB port touching the ground or like in the picture you upload?
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i put mine on a metal cooking plate , also put something in the jack port like an old broken jack so the port keep his form even if heated too much.
tell me how is it going for you

As you can see, everybody is having this problem with this phone , because who hasn't used an after market charger/cord before.
After looking carefully about how people approached this, I am trying a method that I thought of on my own, to try and resolve the issue with the solder not contacting well enough for the phone to charge and possibly having some moisture in there as well.
This is a gentle method and I will report success if it prevails of course!
First take all protectors off the phone. Remove some/memory card. Place phone in a bag of rice so that the screen faces up with little rice on the surface. Aquire a magic bean bag from the local pharmacy, and heat it for 2min and 30 seconds. Place it on top of the phone /rice mixture. Set a timer for 12 minutes. Half way through heat the magic bag for another 1min. Place on too for the remainder of the 12min.
Once done. Keep phone stored in the rice for 2 days in a dry, cool room.
I will be reporting whether this is a simple back/fix for this terrible problem with these phones. Thanks !

Hi, I think I have the same issue you are describing.
My A70 refused to charge early January, would also no longer connect via ADB, but would connect via Mobile Odin.
I returned it, and they repaired it by changing the charging circuit. About 1 month later it happened again. But this time It started working again after about 1 day.
After complaining with my supplier, I got the response that is must be fine since it started charging again.
2 weeks ago, again. After it discharged it started charging again after about a day.
Now last week ago, 4th time, and no luck getting it to charge this time.
Again Mobile Odin sees the phone, and could even flash a new Rom.
But No joy charging.
Supplier accuses me of using aftermarket chargers, and that it's my fault. Does not want to extend warranty "again".

i dont have that problem i bought a wireless charger stand it fits on back hidden by case and it works great i wonder if your phone might charge that way