Just picked it up today, they said its a week old. I notice if i move the phone around while its plugged in, it will light up randomly and stop charging. The cable doesn't really click in either like most other phones. Is the charger messed up or the actual charger port?
Gman91 said:
Just picked it up today, they said its a week old. I notice if i move the phone around while its plugged in, it will light up randomly and stop charging. The cable doesn't really click in either like most other phones. Is the charger messed up or the actual charger port?
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What kind of charger are you using? If it's not the OEM charger that actually fits fully into the port and you're just using a regular usb cable, that will happen because it doesn't fit in securely the way the oem charger does.
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Please post all questions in the q&a section.
What kind of charger are you using? If it's not the OEM charger that actually fits fully into the port and you're just using a regular usb cable, that will happen because it doesn't fit in securely the way the oem charger does.
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OEM charger, black says HTC on it. When the charger is moved upwards it loses connection. The charger port feels firm when using a toothpick to move it around. It isn't actually loose.
Charger says htc, but is the cable the correct one and second question is, is the charger the correct on for THIS device?
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Charger says htc, but is the cable the correct one and second question is, is the charger the correct on for THIS device?
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I'll take a picture of it and upload it, I believe it is the correct one but I could be wrong.
Cable looks bent at the phones end, probably damaged.
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Cable looks bent at the phones end, probably damaged.
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This looks bent. Where is the best place to get a replacement?
Call HTC say it shorted or ebai
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If the charger moves at the connector end then you will be able to look closely and see if the pivot point is in the joint between the black plastic and the metal "insert"... It's the charger
Or if the pivot rotation point is inside the phone...
Then it's the phone
The metal insert on my charger is super solid.. No wiggle where it meets the black plastic at all
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I'm having a very serious problem that has just started with my Evo 3D.
I connect my phone to my wall charger before I go to bed. It says it's charging and has the little lightning bolt in the battery. I go to sleep .... when I wake up the phone is completely dead and still connected to my charger. Trying to turn it on is unsuccessful. Connecting it to my computer makes no difference as well. The only way to get it back on and charging normally is to go outside to my truck and connect it to the car charger. Magically it works like normal again.
I notice that when the phone comes back on, the battery is completely drained at 0%. Any ideas what the problem is? I went to sprint about it yesterday and they said if it keeps happening to bring it in which I will be forced to do but I wont have time for at least a few days because of work.
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Phone not charging
by any chance, are you not using the htc oem charger? i have noticed in the past that i have that same issue with some of my friends chargers that arent htc oem. Try a different house charger. Seems the htc ones might put out a little extra juice or something because the off brands and motos say they're charging, but battery keeps dropping
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by any chance, are you not using the htc oem charger? i have noticed in the past that i have that same issue with some of my friends chargers that arent htc oem. Try a different house charger. Seems the htc ones might put out a little extra juice or something because the off brands and motos say they're charging, but battery keeps dropping
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I'm using the home charger that came with the phone BUT a USB cord I bought off monoprice.
The car charger i use is an iPod charger with a usb plug in. I'm using that one with the original USB cord that came with the phone. I didn't even think about using the original cord for charging over night. I'll try that tonight and see how it goes. Will report in the morning.
Is it possible you are using a USB cable designed for data only? Some do not have the charging pins intact, they are meant strictly for data.
KB112 said:
Is it possible you are using a USB cable designed for data only? Some do not have the charging pins intact, they are meant strictly for data.
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It worked for a few months so I cant imagine that being the problem.
But using the original HTC usb cord worked just fine. No more monoprive USB cables for me.
jackstoner said:
It worked for a few months so I cant imagine that being the problem.
But using the original HTC usb cord worked just fine. No more monoprive USB cables for me.
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I bought like 3 Blackberry micro USB cables off Ebay. They are the best I have used so far. The cable themselves are wrapped thicker and they are a good length. Much more stout and higher quality than most of the cheapies out there.
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Its the usb cable dood. Try using the original one, and u should be good. Have tried sumthin similar
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Okay so here is my story, I have cable A (main) that will connect to the phone and charge it but there is a short some where but if you don't mess around with it
Too much you will have a good charge. In my work there is another working charger (B). I noticed charger B wasnt charging my phone but it sure did charge the phones of many ppl that needed to use it. I noticed charger A wasnt hardly charhing well in fact it took many hrs and after a full night charge I wake up with 99% charge. Went to att and brought the subject to them, they gave me a new cable(C) and an htc adapter. I plugged in cabke C to my samsung default adapter my phone won't charge and I plugged it in the htc and neither. So ? How comes my phone will charge with ONLY ONLY cable A and the other good cables wont? Is it something with my charging port? Something with my OS settings (HIGHLY DOUBT IT)?
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I am too having the same issue with mine. It is something with the mini USB port. See if u can wiggle charger a b c and see which one moves. That could be the culprit.
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I did tried tht and nothing it just doesnt make sence why they been good cablea dont work by the way have u noticed a notable fasterbat drainage?
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Yes I have notice a faster battery drain. Try this, I bought a cable from Walgreen's that have the Samsung and old HTC plug. It cost like 6$ and it works no probkems .
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This is only because certain cables work with your phone. It is all about power consumption. If your phone uses 3.7 volts from the battery, you charge it with a 5 volt charger. Please thank me, I am amazing.
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This is only because certain cables work with your phone. It is all about power consumption. If your phone uses 3.7 volts from the battery, you charge it with a 5 volt charger. Please thank me, I am amazing.
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Well the issue isn't the adapter both work right, it's the cable and the cable should work but it doesn't and it used to work so now if my cable I'm using decides to screw up I'm doomed....
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My charging issues could always be attributed to the cable. The cables that always worked were the OEM cables. The two I use are made by Samsung and Motorola. What they both seem to have in common is thicker gauge wire and a snug fit. I've been through about 3-4 cables that have quit working after some time, all of them bought from eBay on the cheap or from some clearance rack. You'd think a USB cable is a USB cable, but that doesn't seem to be the case in my experience. Even the AT&T branded car charger quit on me after a while.
Use only Samsung cables for a Samsung device.
The adapters and cables are designed to charge at the appropriate rate, and the port ends are sized properly for the device.
Far too many users buy cheap aftermarket cables, and a few weeks later, the port on the device is damaged.
If a port cleaning, and the OEM cable fail to charge properly, you may have port damage.......g
Port cleaning? Any tips
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The most common method to clean the port, is by using canned air.
A few short burst directly into the port will clear the debris.
But if residue remains, then try this.
Shut the phone down...
Then take a child sized cotton swab, and slightly twist and pull the cotton end to narrow the cotton to a thin point.
Then dip the point into a little rubbing alcohol.
Point the device port toward the ground, and gently swab out the port opening...
The alcohol will dissolve any greasy residue from the contact points.
It also leaves no residue behind. Just be careful to avoid dripping into the port, as you could get alcohol into the device..
Allow the device to evaporate dry....it takes just a few minutes....
Do the cable end also ...
After both are dry then reboot and test .....g
Edit : many methods exist, but I use the method above ...g
is there any Qi wireless power bank?
due to the capasity of dna's battery...i need to bring alot a powerbank....but keep on flipping the usb cover seems to be risky to snap the cover.
is there any Qi wireless power bank in the market? so i can charge the phone when two items are put back to back.
Forgive me if i totally misunderstood you but are you talking about a wireless charger you can buy from verizon or ebay, amazon?+
https://play.google.com/store/devic...ess_Charger?id=nexus_4_wireless_charger&hl=en
Or are you saying something portable that does not have to plug into the wall?
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Forgive me if i totally misunderstood you but are you talking about a wireless charger you can buy from verizon or ebay, amazon?+
https://play.google.com/store/devic...ess_Charger?id=nexus_4_wireless_charger&hl=en
Or are you saying something portable that does not have to plug into the wall?
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I believe the OP is referring to something portable. A "power bank" being a battery...
I don't think it's exactly what you mean, as from your post I picture (in my feeble mind..) a battery pack with a built-in QI charger coil. But, just to experiment and test something, I plugged my Nexus 4 wireless charger cable into my portable battery pack and it works just fine. The Nexus 4 charger may not be ideal for a car, since it doesn't lay flat, but I think the flat charger they sell at Verizon (an LG?) has a micro USB connector as well. If so, it may very well work with any of the battery packs which have a USB charging output.
Keep us posted on what you find.
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....but keep on flipping the usb cover seems to be risky to snap the cover.
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Break it off, it will come off eventually anyway.
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Forgive me if i totally misunderstood you but are you talking about a wireless charger you can buy from verizon or ebay, amazon?+
https://play.google.com/store/devic...ess_Charger?id=nexus_4_wireless_charger&hl=en
Or are you saying something portable that does not have to plug into the wall?
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i meant portable where i can carry it around.
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I believe the OP is referring to something portable. A "power bank" being a battery...
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ya, a battery sort of stuff....
trickster2369 said:
Break it off, it will come off eventually anyway.
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it gonna spoiltvthe beauty of it
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Break off the cover... Mine snapped in half in two weeks and just took the rest of it off... It does look very sleek with it on but if you have a case on it and your plugging it in every night... Just take it off
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Ew, I can't believe you guys are actually telling people to break their phones. I'm sorry your covers snapped off, clearly you're all very bitter about it. But let us, whose phones haven't broken and still look sexy, try and enjoy that fact.
I think the OP is looking for something like the mophie with built in Qi charging. I don't think anything exists that does that. I supposed you could hack something together so that a Qi pad connects to the power pack's USB port. It wouldn't be pretty but it'd work. The efficiency of the process though would be pretty painful (charging the pack = loss, wireless charging = loss, heat = loss).
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Ew, I can't believe you guys are actually telling people to break their phones. I'm sorry your covers snapped off, clearly you're all very bitter about it. But let us, whose phones haven't broken and still look sexy, try and enjoy that fact.
I think the OP is looking for something like the mophie with built in Qi charging. I don't think anything exists that does that. I supposed you could hack something together so that a Qi pad connects to the power pack's USB port. It wouldn't be pretty but it'd work. The efficiency of the process though would be pretty painful (charging the pack = loss, wireless charging = loss, heat = loss).
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is there any qi charger with usb port? so far i only owns a fatboy nokia qi charger...
for outing, i need to use powerbank and flip the usb port flap...i do hope mine wont spoilt so far...
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Here is what you are looking for.
cramu said:
Here is what you are looking for.
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Now that's pretty Damn sweet but expensive. I think I still would buy one.
cramu said:
Here is what you are looking for.
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finally something comes out....
by using the name, manage to find some with cheaper pricing from aliexpress.
happy hunting
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Never broken a charging port before. This one broke on the third time I plugged it in.. anyone else?
J3ff said:
Never broken a charging port before. This one broke on the third time I plugged it in.. anyone else?
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Haven't broken mine but it seems pretty difficult to plug the charger in.
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Haven't broken mine but it seems pretty difficult to plug the charger in.
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Ohgawd it's hard to plug in all the time.
I have noticed charger will go in smoothly if tilted so the head points downward while going into the port. In short, attack the port from the top, not straight on.
I made a post about how the usb. Port is awkward to plug in....
Thank god for qi charging. Saves the port
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I have noticed charger will go in smoothly if tilted so the head points downward while going into the port. In short, attack the port from the top, not straight on.
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I figured this out from the first time I plugged it in but I thought my port was just defective. I can't believe this is a build flaw. Thanks for letting me know my phone isn't defective. It would have bothered me every time I plug it in.
I've been looking for a charger that attaches to the side dock on the Z2. I bought one on EBay very cheap but the charging from seems to connect then disconnect all the time. I guess that's what I get for buying a cheap unit. Is there a good one that will charge the Z2 properly? I'm sure the flap to the micro usb is going to come off sooner or later so I'd rather use the magnetic one.
I too am looking for this. What eBay one did you buy? Don't want to accidentally buy a cheap one..
Ljungan said:
I too am looking for this. What eBay one did you buy? Don't want to accidentally buy a cheap one..
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It was one that said "black magnetic adapter charger" from the UK it was only £2.95.
I'm happy with 'kwmobile' charger bought on amazon.de, especially I like the fact that magnet is not too strong therefore I don't have a fear that magnetic port will fall out. I hope so ... :fingers-crossed:
sarobi said:
I'm happy with 'kwmobile' charger bought on amazon.de, especially I like the fact that magnet is not too strong therefore I don't have a fear that magnetic port will fall out. I hope so ... :fingers-crossed:
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I bought a dirt cheap one from ebay too, works fine although the magnets aren't very strong so the amount of time I spend fiddling to get it to latch on I may as well use a micro usb!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JEMESHG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Best I've come across, a bit more expensive though.
It fits very snugly over the charging port, so if you use case this cable might not go well with it.
I just recently bought a z2, came with a knock off dock.
Doesn't anyone have a good free alarm clock app thatll stay dimly lit all night and work as a bedside clock.
Thanks
kylecummins said:
I just recently bought a z2, came with a knock off dock.
Doesn't anyone have a good free alarm clock app thatll stay dimly lit all night and work as a bedside clock.
Thanks
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Gentle Alarm will, it isn't free, but it's worth the cost.
Goldfire said:
Gentle Alarm will, it isn't free, but it's worth the cost.
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I've heard that, I got a free app called timely and it works great, with smart connect it automatically goes into silent + opens timely when I dock.
Word of warning with magnetic chargers, don't be stupid like me and turn the charger the other way around to see if it connects better, you will end up shorting something inside your phone and you will have to RMA your device
kylecummins said:
I just recently bought a z2, came with a knock off dock.
Doesn't anyone have a good free alarm clock app thatll stay dimly lit all night and work as a bedside clock.
Thanks
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The aosp default works well. Also available as clock+.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2731066
eViLSt3ve said:
Word of warning with magnetic chargers, don't be stupid like me and turn the charger the other way around to see if it connects better, you will end up shorting something inside your phone and you will have to RMA your device
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I have a magnetic charging cable and did this drunkly one night, woke up to find the phone turned off and SUPER HOT. Like almost burning point, freaking out I quickly removed the cable and tried turning it on but it wouldn't power up.
After 2 minutes of having a mild heart-attack I used my USB charging cable and connected it once it cooled down and within a minute it powered back up and started charging. After a few minutes of doing this I booted up the phone and the battery was on 1%
Won't be doing that again haha :silly:
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I have a magnetic charging cable and did this drunkly one night, woke up to find the phone turned off and SUPER HOT. Like almost burning point, freaking out I quickly removed the cable and tried turning it on but it wouldn't power up.
After 2 minutes of having a mild heart-attack I used my USB charging cable and connected it once it cooled down and within a minute it powered back up and started charging. After a few minutes of doing this I booted up the phone and the battery was on 1%
Won't be doing that again haha :silly:
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The same happened to me but after when i attempted to charge via the USB from PC or magnetic charging points the phone kept going into an odd loop of trying to charge itself and failing, i had to restore my TA and relock my phone and RMA it, will get a new one in a few days and i won't ever be doing that stupidness again
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Word of warning with magnetic chargers, don't be stupid like me and turn the charger the other way around to see if it connects better, you will end up shorting something inside your phone and you will have to RMA your device
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wow...thanks for the advice...
as far as magnetic chargers I too bought the magnector x... it should be coming in the mail soon... expensive but i hope its worth it
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eViLSt3ve said:
Word of warning with magnetic chargers, don't be stupid like me and turn the charger the other way around to see if it connects better, you will end up shorting something inside your phone and you will have to RMA your device
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Wait What?
You CAN put it the wrong way?
One side is clearly bigger and iirc the charger doesnt fit the wrong size!
Haldi4803 said:
Wait What?
You CAN put it the wrong way?
One side is clearly bigger and iirc the charger doesnt fit the wrong size!
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Trust me you can
Dock clock is my second favorite bedside clock and the one that I use(my favorite is Motorola's but it only works on their stock ROMS-they probably dropped it from their newer phones/firmwares as they did with everything else they did better then everyone else).
drknezz said:
I have a magnetic charging cable and did this drunkly one night, woke up to find the phone turned off and SUPER HOT. Like almost burning point, freaking out I quickly removed the cable and tried turning it on but it wouldn't power up.
After 2 minutes of having a mild heart-attack I used my USB charging cable and connected it once it cooled down and within a minute it powered back up and started charging. After a few minutes of doing this I booted up the phone and the battery was on 1%
Won't be doing that again haha :silly:
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Mine does that when putting it the correct way without every putting it the wrong way. It also does the start/stop charging like the OP, hopefully he doesn't have the same problem as me.
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upon close inspection, the charging pins on the magnetic charging port are different in size to prevent plugging it backwards.
for those of you who were able to plug it in backwards, is the magnetic charger a sony accessory? or aftermarket?
I bought the magnector x and holy moly does it charge fast...and the connection is solid and it snaps in place with ease...magnet very strong...only problem is it doesn't work with my roxfit gel shell case even though it has the cutout for the magnetic port...so either I stick with using my cheap Chinese made magnetic charger that doesn't always make a solid connection and charges rather slow but works with my case or buy the case-mate barely there case which is the only other case I can see that would work with the magnector x...
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