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USB Connector

Has anyone replaced the usb on the dash?My brothers dash would disconnect if you look at it......very touchy...

Guitar100 said:
Has anyone replaced the usb on the dash?My brothers dash would disconnect if you look at it......very touchy...
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You can check sticky's tutorial guide of how to take apart your dash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=525869 if you want to literally see how you can remove your USB. But if you want anyother info you should be more specific in what help you are seeking in this forum.

Guitar100 said:
Has anyone replaced the usb on the dash?My brothers dash would disconnect if you look at it......very touchy...
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My phone is the same way I believe it has to do with the connector coming loose. The way I fixed this is by holding the phone by the usb connector when plugged in instead of the phone. I hold the USB cable right by the the part you plug in and the weight of the phone will usually balance out and it will connect. My phone is very touchy also let me know if this has helped.

Eliphas said:
My phone is the same way I believe it has to do with the connector coming loose. The way I fixed this is by holding the phone by the usb connector when plugged in instead of the phone. I hold the USB cable right by the the part you plug in and the weight of the phone will usually balance out and it will connect. My phone is very touchy also let me know if this has helped.
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Thanks Eliphas......i`ll try it.

Alright let me know how it works man, I hope all goes well.

i have the same issue, does anyone knows where to get the replacement parts ??

mbi0 said:
i have the same issue, does anyone knows where to get the replacement parts ??
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You can look in ebay

[Q] eBay OTG cable not working.

I bought one of these: HERE
It doesn't work, so I'm wondering if any one has experience with this cable, it says it's an OTG but I get no power from it.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I tried to plug in several things like my PS3 controller and a HDD but nothing.
I'm wondering if the pin that is supposed to be shorted to ground is on the mini end and not the micro end like we want it to be.
Otherwise I wonder if I I can modify it work rather than send it back?

Do you have the 3.1 update?

jss42 said:
Do you have the 3.1 update?
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No ... but that's not relevent.

alias_neo said:
No ... but that's not relevent.
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Send me your tablet cause you have no idea how it works. No 3.1 means no USB host driver support for thoese devices. The kernel has no idea what the devices are or for what
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tonu42 said:
Send me your tablet cause you have no idea how it works. No 3.1 means no USB host driver support for thoese devices. The kernel has no idea what the devices are or for what
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
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I can't wait for someone to tell you what Tiamat is
Send me your brain, cause you have no idea how that works ...

People should really look into who they are insulting.
Sent from my phone

jss42 said:
Do you have the 3.1 update?
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tonu42 said:
Send me your tablet cause you have no idea how it works. No 3.1 means no USB host driver support for thoese devices. The kernel has no idea what the devices are or for what
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I lol'd at these two getting owned
But anyway I built my own usingthis and a usb extension. Followed this instructions. So my guess is that the cable you have doesn't have the 5th pin (brown wire) grounded. I butchered a regular micro usb cable just to find out it didn't have the brown wire at all.
Hope this helps!

alias_neo said:
No ... but that's not relevent.
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Just interested (as you were in the UK)
Thanks...

crxtasi said:
I lol'd at these two getting owned
But anyway I built my own usingthis and a usb extension. Followed this instructions. So my guess is that the cable you have doesn't have the 5th pin (brown wire) grounded. I butchered a regular micro usb cable just to find out it didn't have the brown wire at all.
Hope this helps!
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This is my guess also, but the eBay guy as you can see clearly sells it as an OTG cable. I have been in touch and he says his supplier says it's an OTG but he doesn't have the technical expertise to understand, let alone advise.
I guess the solution is as you say, I went to the workshop, and even tried the local electronics store and it seems you can't buy the micro-usb plug as an individual component so butchering other stuff seems to be the solution.
As for the tutorial, thanks, but I shouldn't need it, otherwise I should probably send back the certificate for my degree in Electronic Engineering that's on my wall, cause I really wouldn't have earned it

alias_neo said:
As for the tutorial, thanks, but I shouldn't need it, otherwise I should probably send back the certificate for my degree in Electronic Engineering that's on my wall, cause I really wouldn't have earned it
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No biggie just showing my finding just incase other people start questioning where and what I did I was actually looking for something like that micro to mini one less cable to carry cleaner look too.

crxtasi said:
No biggie just showing my finding just incase other people start questioning where and what I did I was actually looking for something like that micro to mini one less cable to carry cleaner look too.
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Yeh, It does look nice and neat, that's why I ordered that one, if I get the time I'll make some myself and just give them out to people I like on XDA. Just need to find the micro plug, mini plug is easy to get hold of.

alias_neo said:
Yeh, It does look nice and neat, that's why I ordered that one, if I get the time I'll make some myself and just give them out to people I like on XDA. Just need to find the micro plug, mini plug is easy to get hold of.
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I know what you mean found one here but there was no casing so I passed next best thing I was thinking of doing was the iGo plug this but still looking for a better price for that tip

Just found this and also just ordered one hope this one works
http://cgi.ebay.com/mini-USB-OTG-Host-cable-Nokia-N8-sub-CA-157-00-/260782710338?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb7dc5e42

crxtasi said:
Just found this and also just ordered one hope this one works
http://cgi.ebay.com/mini-USB-OTG-Host-cable-Nokia-N8-sub-CA-157-00-/260782710338?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb7dc5e42
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Hi , just to let ya know , I ordered 1 of these 3 weeks ago , still waiting ! )-;

crxtasi said:
I know what you mean found one here but there was no casing so I passed next best thing I was thinking of doing was the iGo plug this but still looking for a better price for that tip
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Well, the iGo is no good, because they probably don't have the data lines connected, as it's for charging.
The one in your next post on eBay won't fit if it's an CA-157 substitute, I got hte real Nokia CA-157 and the connector is squared off at the end, picture: HERE
however, I did get a file to the end of my CA-157 and filed it to fit, and YES it works (taking a picture now)..... attached.

The cable you linked to on ebay is just a micro usb to a mini usb, an OTG cable is a Micro male to USB female.
4 bucks free shipping: Ebay

Spend 4 more dollars and get one with a cool blinky LED in it:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Micro-USB-OTG-C...674064?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3cb733f7d0

alias_neo said:
however, I did get a file to the end of my CA-157 and filed it to fit, and YES it works (taking a picture now)..... attached.
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This ist a very good information and now I have the same cable as you working perfectly for me! In the first place I ordered the cable in the believe it would fit anyways but after receiving it yesterday I had to face the fact that there is an A and B standard of the micro usb plug. Your tip has saved me money, thanks for that!

Riffer said:
This ist a very good information and now I have the same cable as you working perfectly for me! In the first place I ordered the cable in the believe it would fit anyways but after receiving it yesterday I had to face the fact that there is an A and B standard of the micro usb plug. Your tip has saved me money, thanks for that!
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No problem. I have this and the cable from my OP now working too. I opened it up and found the ID pin was not connected so I soldered it to ground and that works now. SO I have a direct cable for my HDD and a female USB (the filed Ca-157) for other stuff.

nexan21 said:
Hi , just to let ya know , I ordered 1 of these 3 weeks ago , still waiting ! )-;
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I guess mail is slow coming from China
Wish I had read this before ordering 2 from the same guy. Could have just bought the adapter from amazon that someone linked earlier for $0.25 a piece....

Am I screwed? (Phone won't charge_

So last night (TY Ambien) I decided to use my Logitech Harmony cable to charge my phone... Minutes later the phone kept going in and out of charging mode and now currently will not work at all.
Anyone have any idea what I could possibly do to fix this? No experience with this kind of thing.
Thankfully I forgot to cancel my crap insurance through verizon a few months back and just ordered a new one just in case. Will they say anything about the fact that the phone is rooted?

wil2bm said:
So last night (TY Ambien) I decided to use my Logitech Harmony cable to charge my phone... Minutes later the phone kept going in and out of charging mode and now currently will not work at all.
Anyone have any idea what I could possibly do to fix this? No experience with this kind of thing.
Thankfully I forgot to cancel my crap insurance through verizon a few months back and just ordered a new one just in case. Will they say anything about the fact that the phone is rooted?
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Don't panic just yet. I have gone through 3 cables already with my Nexus. For some reason micro usb cables get real loose real easily in the Nexus. I have one from Verizon (desperate and paid too much) that fits in there very tightly and always works. So just try a new cable and make sure it has a tight fit.

nothingshocking said:
Don't panic just yet. I have gone through 3 cables already with my Nexus. For some reason micro usb cables get real loose real easily in the Nexus. I have one from Verizon (desperate and paid too much) that fits in there very tightly and always works. So just try a new cable and make sure it has a tight fit.
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I actually had the same problem and they sent me out a new one cause I said it was the phone.. I went through about 4 or 5 cables...
Right now though even with the correct cable that's been working fine I can't get any kind of charge.

If I screwed up the connection there's nothing I can try and do to fix it?
Also if I end up having to get a phone should I note use the current verizon cord I have if it's been pluggd into this phone?

wil2bm said:
If I screwed up the connection there's nothing I can try and do to fix it?
Also if I end up having to get a phone should I note use the current verizon cord I have if it's been pluggd into this phone?
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I have a nexus and a harmony remote. AFAIK there is nothing special about the harmony cable, it's just a usb cable. The only device I have that has a different cable is my Nook. Guess what I am saying is that I don't think for sure that the cable caused your problem.

netbuzz said:
I have a nexus and a harmony remote. AFAIK there is nothing special about the harmony cable, it's just a usb cable. The only device I have that has a different cable is my Nook. Guess what I am saying is that I don't think for sure that the cable caused your problem.
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If I can't get it to connect to the computer to unroot it though I'm pretty much screwed anyway since I can't send it to verizon rooted right?
Any suggestions on what I could do to see if I can clear it up on my own if it's not the connection?

wil2bm said:
If I can't get it to connect to the computer to unroot it though I'm pretty much screwed anyway since I can't send it to verizon rooted right?
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Unless you can find a way to transfer stock rom files over the network to your usb and flash it from there, but I am not sure if you can lock the bootloader that way.
As a last case resort, I am not advocating this by any means, if your phone let's say weren't able to boot up or turn on at all then verizon wouldn't be able to say it's been rooted, right? I read of a guy who messed up his so bad it would just boot loop and he couldn't even get into recovery. He just took it to the store and played dumb.

as odd as this sounds, get a cocktail stick and push it down onto the left most pin of the usb port (on phone) apply a bit of pressure and then try charging again.
PjFlo.

Update - Found my standard battery and popped that in... Phone works, when you try to charge it, it says charging but does not charge and goes down if being used.
Any ideas?
pjflo said:
as odd as this sounds, get a cocktail stick and push it down onto the left most pin of the usb port (on phone) apply a bit of pressure and then try charging again.
PjFlo.
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Still give this a shot?

netbuzz said:
Unless you can find a way to transfer stock rom files over the network to your usb and flash it from there, but I am not sure if you can lock the bootloader that way.
As a last case resort, I am not advocating this by any means, if your phone let's say weren't able to boot up or turn on at all then verizon wouldn't be able to say it's been rooted, right? I read of a guy who messed up his so bad it would just boot loop and he couldn't even get into recovery. He just took it to the store and played dumb.
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You can transfer them over wifi.

Both of my batteries are totally dead now. Looks like I'll be giving asurion $100. Ugh.

USB that came with phone hardly fits?

I got this phone 2 days ago, and I have noticed that the USB that came with it, has something like 2 little teeth at the bottom (I guess they are made to hold in the USB better)... But I kind of have to force the USB to come in, and I am afraid that I will damage the port. So is this USB safe to use and can it damage the port? Should I get an USB from another phone?

kirov37 said:
I got this phone 2 days ago, and I have noticed that the USB that came with it, has something like 2 little teeth at the bottom (I guess they are made to hold in the USB better)... But I kind of have to force the USB to come in, and I am afraid that I will damage the port. So is this USB safe to use and can it damage the port? Should I get an USB from another phone?
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Should be fine, I never had issues with it. :/

kirov37 said:
I got this phone 2 days ago, and I have noticed that the USB that came with it, has something like 2 little teeth at the bottom (I guess they are made to hold in the USB better)... But I kind of have to force the USB to come in, and I am afraid that I will damage the port. So is this USB safe to use and can it damage the port? Should I get an USB from another phone?
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its fine. it's just new and needs to be broken in some. I would make an analogy to something else, but don't think it would be appropriate on xda

ethantarheels123 said:
its fine. it's just new and needs to be broken in some. I would make an analogy to something else, but don't think it would be appropriate on xda
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So, I don't have to swap it? Could the port get damaged from this USB?

kirov37 said:
So, I don't have to swap it? Could the port get damaged from this USB?
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Its fine, 2 little teeth on the flat part, good usb cables will require some effort and may make a click sound.
My 3rd party usb have smaller teeth which makes the connection flimsy and insecure which is worse over time as it can bend the connection in the phone.
you shouldn't worry, you could use a Qi charger, what's worse is dust and lint blocking up the port being in your pocket which requires a clean

The cable will ware out before the port on your phone does. That's why it was designed that way, I believe.

I believe this wont damage your device

ethantarheels123 said:
its fine. it's just new and needs to be broken in some. I would make an analogy to something else, but don't think it would be appropriate on xda
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Broken in like a car!

Question Phone charging, but it isnt

I think i just ****ed my phone with a simple USB. I wanted to stream to pc so i plugged a usb c into my device and into my pc, then i noticed it wasnt detecting on redmagic app so i unplugged, now my battery status is in green and it has a white lightning bolt by it, and thinks it is charging when it isnt. Says charging 45 days left, accubattery has stupid high voltage, and rebooting doesnt fix it. Do i need to send it back for warranty or something? never had issues with default charger, i just used this ****ing usb c for streaming and now my **** is broken if i shut off the phone it brings itself back and before unlock shows the charging symbol in the middle. Please can anyone help me ill take any suggestions

Maybe the charger is the problem.
Always check the charger.

At when moment do you notice this problem ? After installing an app ?

Samarimama said:
At when moment do you notice this problem ? After installing an app ?
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all i did was take a usb-c in my room, plug it into my pc to stream, nubia app didnt see it, so i unplugged, now im screwed.

my default charger never had an issue, all i did was plug in a usb-c into the pc as the app states, now high heat, drain, and i cant charge because it thinks its charging

So use another one

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So use another one
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i dont think you read my post, since i plugged in that usb to my PC TO STREAM, NOT CHARGE, i CANNOT use any other one, because android thinks it is charging without ANYTHING PLUGGED IN. If i plug in a charger, nothing changes, because android already thought it was charging

Is the PC recognize him ?

Sardine2399 said:
i dont think you read my post, since i plugged in that usb to my PC TO STREAM, NOT CHARGE, i CANNOT use any other one, because android thinks it is charging without ANYTHING PLUGGED IN. If i plug in a charger, nothing changes, because android already thought it was charging
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Maybe the port got damaged? Try to clean it first if possible using an ear swab dipped in rubbing alcohol with the device turned off and let it dry.
If it's a damaged port, may need to be repaired.

If yes, do a factory reset.

Samarimama said:
Is the PC recognize him ?
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i just did a factory reset and it's still broke, so i think plugging usb into computer literally ****ed my battery.
Thanks for trying to help but ig i need to use warranty. Bull**** really, because they never tell you specifically what to use, just a usb-c, now im gonna be out of a phone because i tried to use a feature.

immortalwon said:
Maybe the port got damaged? Try to clean it first if possible using an ear swab dipped in rubbing alcohol with the device turned off and let it dry.
If it's a damaged port, may need to be repaired.
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If the port is damaged, so how Android can know if the phone is charging ?

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If the port is damaged, so how Android can know if the phone is charging ?
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Do you understand what power surges are or what improperly plugging in a cable can do to a port of a mobile device?
For example: Too much or too low voltage can damage a port to the point the device will think something is there, when it isn't. The same goes for damaging the pins when you plug the charger in.

immortalwon said:
Do you understand what power surges are or what improperly plugging in a cable can do to a port of a mobile device?
For example: Too much or too low voltage can damage a port to the point the device will think something is there, when it isn't. The same goes for damaging the pins when you plug the charger in.
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my friend was saying something similar, but was originally going more towards "android got drunk, reset"
but sadly that didn't work. So im assuming plugging in a usb-c to my phone to my pc literally ****ed my port/battery. I didn't SHOVE it in, i plugged it in as i would my normal charger.
if voltage is the case, i find it very unfair they don't disclose this in their streaming app, it simply says to use a usb-c and that is what i did, now im paying for trying to use a feature of a device i paid for.
already shot an email to support, and have a backup phone in the meantime.
appreciate your response, backing up one of the theories of why its now screwed.

Sardine2399 said:
my friend was saying something similar, but was originally going more towards "android got drunk, reset"
but sadly that didn't work. So im assuming plugging in a usb-c to my phone to my pc literally ****ed my port/battery. I didn't SHOVE it in, i plugged it in as i would my normal charger.
if voltage is the case, i find it very unfair they don't disclose this in their streaming app, it simply says to use a usb-c and that is what i did, now im paying for trying to use a feature of a device i paid for.
already shot an email to support, and have a backup phone in the meantime.
appreciate your response, backing up one of the theories of why its now screwed.
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"stuff" happens, it's unfortunate but technology is known to go bad randomly without explanation. Best to get it repaired if you still have warranty. Otherwise, upgrade the phone to something newer. It's just bad luck.
Sometimes people buy cars and they break down within a few months.

immortalwon said:
"stuff" happens, it's unfortunate but technology is known to go bad randomly without explanation. Best to get it repaired if you still have warranty. Otherwise, upgrade the phone to something newer. It's just bad luck.
Sometimes people buy cars and they break down within a few months.
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yeahh just really sucks because this thing is so GOOD. Hate to see it go away for possibly weeks just because i wanted to try something new :/
thank god i held off on rooting, and still have my old phone, so hope isnt fully lost.

Sardine2399 said:
yeahh just really sucks because this thing is so GOOD. Hate to see it go away for possibly weeks just because i wanted to try something new :/
thank god i held off on rooting, and still have my old phone, so hope isnt fully lost.
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Did you try the rubbing alcohol cleaning? I had something similar with an ipad, the USB c cable broke a couple of the female port and it ended up screwing the whole thing, as much as I want to advice anything, it ain't a software issue but a hardware one, the only option I see it's cleaning the port and trying to "scrap" any debris that might been left by the other cable, If that doesn't work, then yes, use your warranty asap

Alextakatu said:
Did you try the rubbing alcohol cleaning? I had something similar with an ipad, the USB c cable broke a couple of the female port and it ended up screwing the whole thing, as much as I want to advice anything, it ain't a software issue but a hardware one, the only option I see it's cleaning the port and trying to "scrap" any debris that might been left by the other cable, If that doesn't work, then yes, use your warranty asap
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i didn't even think of that, but if i were to do that, wouldn't they then use that as an argument of why it stopped working? "oh well you put cleaning alcohol in the port, of course its gonna break idiot" etc
i have some of https://www.amazon.com/CRC-05101-QD...prefix=crc+aq+elecronic+cleane,aps,104&sr=8-2
that, i used it before on electronics, it says its safe for electronics and i used it to clean my weed pens before, but i really dont wanna try to clean it if it can be used against me later. It also doesn't APPEAR like anything is on the connector, but who knows right. I just dont wanna try to clean it, then have them blame me and refuse warranty because i tried to fix it, even amazon said with what i said, the device is defective, so idk maybe i will try

AARGH...
How you can plug this *****d charger and the phone's usb port is damaged.

Samarimama said:
AARGH...
How you can plug this *****d charger and the phone's usb port is damaged.
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i dont think port is damaged, i think voltage from my pc to phone was so high/low that it totally ****ed the battery or port.
once again, all i did was take a USB-C CORD and PLUG IT INTO MY DEVICE, took the other end and plugged into USB, i see nubia app doesnt see phone, unplug it, and ****ed.
has to be electrical, nothing else makes sense for what i did, the only cord they give you out of the box is a 65w usb-c to usb-c, had i a proper cord from usb-a to usb-c i wouldnt be in this situation
https://imgur.com/RD7c0LV
i did what it said, and now im paying for it. Given the fact there's no way to change the charging method/wattage/voltage in the system, i feel they should at least specify what TYPE of usb-c cord to use, because im just a normal user who wanted to stream to pc, and all because i simply did what they said, I'm out of a phone. Ridiculous.
im convinced the voltage of device + too high/low voltage of port, screwed the battery up, and now it thinks its always charging, and says 45 days left till full charge, does this not sound like a problem from electricity? i did NOTHING ELSE, this is the dumbest thing i've ever had to deal with, all because i plugged in my phone to pc