*Sigh* While I was driving, I had my Le Max 2 plugged into my USB 4-port cigarette charger., and the usb charger literally shorted out. To the point that my daughter and I could smell it. By the time I realized that it was the phone port burning up, the usb c port on the usb cable had already fused in the Max2 usb port. I was able to remove it with some force. Yes, you can smell it from the port. It does charge, but is VERY finicky, and won't even read from a usb flash drive with a USB c adapter connected. Is there a good how-to to replace the port? Or can anyone recommend a place to send it to fix it, and won't get raped in charges?
I did take the phone into a phone store, and tried a premium usb c cable, and it does the same thing. Light will blink on/off. If I position the cable just right it will continue charging.
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*Sigh* While I was driving, I had my Le Max 2 plugged into my USB 4-port cigarette charger., and the usb charger literally shorted out. To the point that my daughter and I could smell it. By the time I realized that it was the phone port burning up, the usb c port on the usb cable had already fused in the Max2 usb port. I was able to remove it with some force. Yes, you can smell it from the port. It does charge, but is VERY finicky, and won't even read from a usb flash drive with a USB c adapter connected. Is there a good how-to to replace the port? Or can anyone recommend a place to send it to fix it, and won't get raped in charges?
I did take the phone into a phone store, and tried a premium usb c cable, and it does the same thing. Light will blink on/off. If I position the cable just right it will continue charging.
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If you can not do that by yourself, its propably a bit tricky because housing is glued to the screen, you could go with the part to a phone repair service... good luck
P.S. If you think you can - look for screen replacement videos on you tube. Keep in mind that you NEED some tools... Dont do without.
P.P.S. look at the other spare parts for your lemax2, they are quiete cheap. Some say for opening the phone and changing the battery you ll need a new screen because it might break... how s your battery? Things like that if you have it open once...
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After a week, the USB port has leveled off, to the point that 99% of the time, it starts charging as soon as the cable is plugged in. I am going to get a USB c to USB cable to see I can the data portion to work with my USB stick. For now, it's charging reliably, so I'm not going to tear it apart yet.
I'm sure the surge knocked the battery life down a few, and it's not as reliable as it could be.
Thank you for the valuable information.
Well, it's official. After the Cigarette USB charger burning up my port Almost a month ago, my Le Max 2 finally met it's death. In the intirm, I had bought a new quality 5v Cigarette USB charger from walmart (Samsung brand I think for $20). My phone was plugged in yesterday, and all of a sudden my bluetooth headset disconnects. I look up and the phone had shut off. I tried to manually power it on and it would not.
I got home, plugged it into my laptop, and it would only recognize it as an "unknown" usb device. I plugged in my daughter's Leeco Le Pro1, and Windows 10 recognized it as a qualcomm 9008 device. This morning, my laptop wouldn't even recognize my Max2 at all.
Tried pressing Power for a minute, Vol up & Down for qualcomm recovery, and Vol up and power. No signs of life. I believe the mainboard is dead. My daughter's Le1 Pro charges fine inside my car, so it's not the new USB charger either.
I ordered a new Le Max 2 from banggood, same 64GB model. I considered the Ulefone T1 Premium Edition 5.5 Inch 6GB RAM 128GB ROM, but the thing was on backorder for like 3 weeks, plus the 3-4 week shipping on top of that.
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I've used a Philips 5V power pack for my old Galaxy S i9000 (RIP).
It was able to recharge the I9000 3x from the power-pack.
Now I have a Galaxy Gio and this device will not charge from any usb port that is not a USB charger or PC-USB bus.
Can anyone explain this behavior?
(Btw, I've now build my own power pack that delivers 5V / 3A @2500mA/H.
Great for tablets and it outputs 12V also)
Problem Solved:
The Gio needs both data wires to have a voltage. Either 0V or 5V are OK, leave them "floating" then the Gio will not charge.
The i9000 obviously does not require these wires to have a voltage present.
I cant open the Philips power pack to short the 0Volt terminal to the data connections, but my self build power pack works now.
I guess I need to open a microUSB cable and shorten the wires there.
Now where's my duct-tape.......
Case closed
Thx for info`s sure somebody will need this since our battery is so low when we use it extensive !
Strangly I have the same problem with one white GIO from my daughter, but the other black GIO from my son hasn't got this problem.
I can charge the black one with the powerpack and unmodified usb-cable.
The white doesn't charge using this cable and powerpack, it only charges when the cable is attached to the PC or with the original maincharger.
So maybe it's a fault in the telephone.
I'm not gone return the phone as I can solve it by charging it the regular way and if it's not solvable with firmware I will create a cable (or solder something in the phone itself)
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some additional notes, both phones are rooted and both phones work with usb on pc (so I can activate usb mode).
i just found another usb charger cable and now it works.
Answer: it's following the spec
I had exactly the same experience: we had one Gio in the household that worked fine charging from any USB charging port. We bought a second, and it would work only with the supplied adapter or a real (on a computer) USB port.
A little digging found this in the Wikipedia entry for USB: "Battery Charging Specification of 2007 defines new types of USB ports, e.g., charging ports. ..."
It goes on to say that a dumb charging port is supposed to have the data lines ("D+" and "D-") shorted together. So I tried this. I took an extra USB extender cable, stripped the outer shielding, cut the data wires (the green and white ones), shorted them together on the device (female) side, and tried it with the new Gio. It worked. Problem solved.
If device manufacturers are taking this spec seriously, then someone needs to start making these adapters for all the old charging ports that don't have the data lines shorted.
Hello,
I just changed my nexus one to a galaxy note 2 and I noticed that the note seem to be much more picky about chargers and microUSB cables, even over USB.
Here is what I did :
1 - Nexus one charger (1A) : went to about 30% charge then it started doing charge/discharge cycles. Like if I plugged and unplugged the charger every second.
2 - Original charger / original cable : no problem, fast
3 - Original charger / Nexus one cable : no problem, fast
4 - Original charger / cheap long cable from eBay : charge level couldn't exceed 40%.
5 - USB port / Nexus one cable : no problem
6 - USB port / cheap long cable from eBay : phone said "charging" but didn't charge
7 - USB port / cheap short cable from eBay : phone said "charging" but didn't charge
8 - DIY charger (made by soldering a micro USB plug to a 2A/5V wall wart) : no problem, fast
Did any one of you experienced the same problem ? Never had any problem with the Nexus One.
Well, I think that the obvious conclusion should be "don't use cheap knockoff cables and use a correctly rated charger", but I still want to understand the problem. Are there differences between cables ? And if it is just a power rating, why is USB (slow) charging a problem ?
Thank you.
No problems here with an HTC Desire charger and cable, works well with full recharge.
The phone just cannot get enough current from a cheap cable. It only gets maybe about 300mA, which is barely enough to keep the device alive.
This means it's 'charging' while at the same time the battery juice decreases.
This also means the battery sometimes cannot get a full charge.
Nothing picky about this.
So what you have to do is: Use a 2amp charger with a good quality cable which can handle 2amp.
I also use HTC Desire charger + cable. The charger is rated at 1A but it can charge my N7105 at around 1.5A, though the charger is a bit warm. I use the htc charger all the time at home and no problem at all.
Some USB cables are inferior to others for charging, even though they transfer data with no speed loss. I have a cheap USB cable which can only charge my N7105 at ~450ma with the original samsung charger (2A output) and barely charge at all when plugged into a PC.
Where do you find a quality USB cable that's able to charge the note sufficiently
Mine charges only when I stick it directly to the wall. Never tested another charger, though.
My Note I charging cartridge and chips got damaged i was told because the charger I was using from Best Buy's (2.1) extended end to it was too long. Actually the whole charging mechanism got screwed up... Whole device wouldnt get or hold a charge worth crap despite fixing the charging 'cartridge'...forget what its called.
So actually charging cables sure are NOT universal.
GNote2's extended end is moderate in length, not long etc. Im temptedto buy another one from Sammy and only use it.
gub said:
Hello,
I just changed my nexus one to a galaxy note 2 and I noticed that the note seem to be much more picky about chargers and microUSB cables, even over USB.
Did any one of you experienced the same problem ? Never had any problem with the Nexus One.
Well, I think that the obvious conclusion should be "don't use cheap knockoff cables and use a correctly rated charger", but I still want to understand the problem. Are there differences between cables ? And if it is just a power rating, why is USB (slow) charging a problem ?
Thank you.
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I've have this issue with loads of cables, not all USB cables are equal cheaper and longer the cable the more interference and other crappyness you will get. Same reason you should ideally use the sammy cable rather than a cheap one while flashing roms. much less likely to fail.
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rockky said:
My Note I charging cartridge and chips got damaged i was told because the charger I was using from Best Buy's (2.1) extended end to it was too long. Actually the whole charging mechanism got screwed up... Whole device wouldnt get or hold a charge worth crap despite fixing the charging 'cartridge'...forget what its called.
So actually charging cables sure are NOT universal.
GNote2's extended end is moderate in length, not long etc. Im temptedto buy another one from Sammy and only use it.
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I believe the longer the cable the more phase is introduced which can short the charging circuits, but I'm not an electrical engineer so don't take my word for that I just remember a grey beard telling me about it many years ago.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 phone. We had the port repaired 4 months ago and all was fine. It wasn't charging. Now it is acting up again. It seems to only charge via the computer attached to the USB port. If we plug it in to the wall charger with the same cable but with the factory usb to outlet port it won't charge. I am at a loss here. How can it charge when its connected to the computer but not any outlets? It won't charge with any other cables attached to outlets either.
I have also changed batteries and cleaned the port with alcohol.
You have tried another wall charger....right???
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Yep, sounds like your AC to USB Adaptor died, if you have a Bluetooth headset you might be able to use it's charger on your phone, just check the voltage/amps if you do have one, it needs to be 5.0volts and ~1.0amp, lower amp will work but will take longer to charge.
I have tried charging it with 3 different chargers. One was the factory Samsung ac to USB charger, ther other was an HTC one, and the last one was a generic charger where the cable doesn't separate. It only charges on the computer. This is why I'm stumped. Could there be a short in the port and when it's connected to the computer because of the data it uses different connectors than when its only charging from a wall?
I downloaded an app to see what I am getting through my chargers. When I am charging on the USB it says I am getting 330mA and 5VDC on pins 1&4 and data current is detected on 2&3. If I am connected to the wall outlet I get AC Fast charge There is 5VDCon pins 1&4 and pins 2&3 are BRIDGED. Charging 427 mV.
Not sure if any of this helps though.
My USB charging port is acting up recently. It's very finicky.
Just last few days, I cannot get "Fast Charging". It just shows regular cable charging.
I've tried:
(1) Firmware Factory Reset
(2) Tried different USB cable aside from the OEM
(3) Tried different wall adapter aside from the OEM
(4) Making sure USB cable is pushed all the way in.
(5) Tried using different wall outlets
I have had this phone for a little over a month.
Anyone else having this charging issue, and found a resolution?
Is your device stock still? If so, you may want to send it back to the OEM now so you don't have the same problem later when out of warranty.
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Just for kicks though, have you tried turning the phone off to charge it, letting it fully charge and then let it run all the way down? Is the prong inside your phone still in good condition? I've noticed that the micro USB port on this thing is a bit harder to plug in than the one on my Note 4. Seems more susceptible to getting damaged than the older ones for some reason.
You may also want to see if it has these problems while using a wireless charger. That will help you diagnose the port.
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Thank you. I called T-Mobile, and requested a warranty exchange after conveying to them my predicament.
I will get a replacement overnighted.
it's really odd how the Quick Charge/Fast Charging stopped working. I hope it's not a widespread issue.
On a side note, wireless charging works as normal.
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Is your device stock still? If so, you may want to send it back to the OEM now so you don't have the same problem later when out of warranty.
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Just for kicks though, have you tried turning the phone off to charge it, letting it fully charge and then let it run all the way down? Is the prong inside your phone still in good condition? I've noticed that the micro USB port on this thing is a bit harder to plug in than the one on my Note 4. Seems more susceptible to getting damaged than the older ones for some reason.
You may also want to see if it has these problems while using a wireless charger. That will help you diagnose the port.
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It's not your charge port , I had the same issue...try another cable and it will work. It's something with the oem cable, try using the "malfunctioning" cable and plug it in really fast and use pressure, that's how I get mine to work, basically line it up in the hole but don't plug in and then go really fast and plug it in hard.
I explored that avenue. I used various cables aside from the OEM to no avail.
I even tried different Quick Charge 2.0 wall adapters as well to no avail.
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It's not your charge port , I had the same issue...try another cable and it will work. It's something with the oem cable, try using the "malfunctioning" cable and plug it in really fast and use pressure, that's how I get mine to work, basically line it up in the hole but don't plug in and then go really fast and plug it in hard.
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Hmmm that's weird
I had the same problem...just change the caple and all is good..fast chrging evertime
knite75 said:
My USB charging port is acting up recently. It's very finicky.
Just last few days, I cannot get "Fast Charging". It just shows regular cable charging.
I've tried:
(1) Firmware Factory Reset
(2) Tried different USB cable aside from the OEM
(3) Tried different wall adapter aside from the OEM
(4) Making sure USB cable is pushed all the way in.
(5) Tried using different wall outlets
I have had this phone for a little over a month.
Anyone else having this charging issue, and found a resolution?
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This is why I bought the wireless fast charger, the first time I plugged in my phone it didn't feel right at different me and my wife had malfunctioning cords on the note 3 and out samsung tablets charging port broke. I also had a s4 cord die in me so I don't trust their cords or charging ports
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I explored that avenue. I used various cables aside from the OEM to no avail.
I even tried different Quick Charge 2.0 wall adapters as well to no avail.
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i had same problem i kept the samsung fast charger that plugs to wall and changed that cable i had to the one i had for the lg g4 on ebay and it worked then i bought a few more for other ones i had around the house and they all work.
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I have same problem..my phone is acting weird. .says usb connected and disconnect withoit any cable..not fast chargin either ..and is weird cuz i rarely use the usb to charge. ..and my warranty is void
Samsung needs to have more quality control on it's charging port.
First month, I had the phone, the charging port malfunctioned. I was able to ask T-Mobile for a warranty exchange, and got a replacement.
My replacement recently is also sporadically experiencing the same malfunction. Errrrrr.
Happens with mine when I use the original supplied charger. I have other quick chargers and they always work. So far, my issue is just with samsung charger.
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I have had this problem as well. It seems to me that the supplied cable gets worn out. I have used what I consider to be higher quality ones from other HTC phones and have had no issues.
It's a wide spread issue especially with the s6 edge plus. Mine has been doing it too. Nothing worst than plugging it in and seeing "cable charging" with a ridiculous about of time estimated until full. It's the cable!!! I bought some heavy duty cables a while back... Use it with the supplied charger from my s6 edge + and the note 4 and it's been working every time. That oem cable is a piece of garbage. When you trouble shooted with another cable.... It probably wasn't one capable of carrying the 9v for fast charging. Rarely is it the charger.... It's always the current running through the cable.
I have the exact same problem
hey, after update my phone to Miui 10.1.10, when my phone turn on and im connect micro usb cable, charging alarm not showing on screen and phone not charging.
just when phone turned off and im plug in micro usb phone starting charging until im dissconnect charger.
help me tnq
I was having an issue getting my phone to charge and it turns out there was 2 years worth of pocket link in the female microUSB charging port. I know it's a different issue than what you are describing. Mine would occasionally charge when it was powered on but very tempormental. It looked like it was more reliably charging when it was off because the charging screen doesn't go away immediately when it loses connection.
Cleaned the lint out with a needle, all good again.
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I was having an issue getting my phone to charge and it turns out there was 2 years worth of pocket link in the female microUSB charging port. I know it's a different issue than what you are describing. Mine would occasionally charge when it was powered on but very tempormental. It looked like it was more reliably charging when it was off because the charging screen doesn't go away immediately when it loses connection.
Cleaned the lint out with a needle, all good again.