Hi everyone. I own a GS3 that has been running flawlessly for about 3 weeks but since last 2 days it has developed a problem whereby it only charges via the laptop USB port and not the wall charger. I have tried factory reset, flashed two different custom ROMs based on two different firmwares, pulled battery many times, etc etc, to no avail.
The problem is random, and occasionally the phone starts charging from wall charger, but after a few minutes, charging stops. I have used the original Samsung charger, my old HTC charger, with a combination of many different USB cables and the result is always the same. The USB port appears to be undamaged however as I can use it flawlessly for everything except wall charging - that includes HDMI, USB OTG purposes, laptop file transfer etc.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Some inexplicable weirdness.
Try to return the phone. If you can reproduce the problem in the Samsung service centre they'll repair/replace for sure.
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When you connect to laptop, does it recognize it as a mass storage? Are you able to transfer files?
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When you connect to laptop, does it recognize it as a mass storage? Are you able to transfer files?
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Yes, it shows up as a Media Device and I'm able to use it normally for transfers etc. There is absolutely no problem when connected to laptop, The issue is inability to charge from wall charger - any kind, and even that is sporadic. For example, if i try connecting wall charger and the phone doesn't charge, I can jumpstart it by connecting to USB port on my laptop for a few minutes, and then when I connect it to the wall charger, it starts charging again... but this lasts only a few mins before it stops charging again. With USB however, it never stops and charges all the way upto 100%
did you tried a full wipe via odin? also can you charge your mobile offline via AC? as you said you can transfer data perfeclty via usb it seems the port is damaged at all. One more thing, did you tried charging with different plug points?
bala_gamer said:
did you tried a full wipe via odin? also can you charge your mobile offline via AC? as you said you can transfer data perfeclty via usb it seems the port is damaged at all. One more thing, did you tried charging with different plug points?
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Yes bala I have tried every single PowerPoint at home. No difference. The problem is sporadic.
What do you mean offline charging? Do you mean airplane mode?
I haven't tried a wipe using Odin...but I have done a full wipe and system format and clean installed CheckRom v2 after the full wipe via CWM recovery.
Is wiping via Odin different from wiping via CWM ?
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enigmaamit said:
Yes bala I have tried every single PowerPoint at home. No difference. The problem is sporadic.
What do you mean offline charging? Do you mean airplane mode?
I haven't tried a wipe using Odin...but I have done a full wipe and system format and clean installed CheckRom v2 after the full wipe via CWM recovery.
Is wiping via Odin different from wiping via CWM ?
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i meant charging the phone after turning it off.
odin generally flashes all partitions so it should be better than cwm in this case.
bala_gamer said:
i meant charging the phone after turning it off.
odin generally flashes all partitions so it should be better than cwm in this case.
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Yup I tried offline charging too. Phone didn't charge with wall charger. Needed to plug in the USB cable into laptop and it started charging.
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Nevermind, you already tried that.
No idea what's wrong, but have you tried another power socket?
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Strange...
Looks like you have tried all the options.
Please try a full flash via Odin. That will be your last option.
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Just try with an another charger.
It should solve your problem.
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Elgordo2 said:
No idea what's wrong, but have you tried another power socket?
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Strange...
Looks like you have tried all the options.
Please try a full flash via Odin. That will be your last option.
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moustic_moustic said:
Just try with an another charger.
It should solve your problem.
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I have tried three different chargers. Two Samsung and one HTC. Same problem. Full Odin flash is in order I guess... but I'm not in my hometown right now so don't have the bill etc for warranty. When I get back to Delhi I'll try calling in for a replacement.
For now I flashed the latest cfroot via Odin and looks like the charging issue is gone for now, but like I said before it is a random thing...can occur anytime. I'll keep a lookout for this...
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enigmaamit said:
Hi everyone. I own a GS3 that has been running flawlessly for about 3 weeks but since last 2 days it has developed a problem whereby it only charges via the laptop USB port and not the wall charger. I have tried factory reset, flashed two different custom ROMs based on two different firmwares, pulled battery many times, etc etc, to no avail.
The problem is random, and occasionally the phone starts charging from wall charger, but after a few minutes, charging stops. I have used the original Samsung charger, my old HTC charger, with a combination of many different USB cables and the result is always the same. The USB port appears to be undamaged however as I can use it flawlessly for everything except wall charging - that includes HDMI, USB OTG purposes, laptop file transfer etc.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Even I am facing the exact same issue, weird one. Randomly charging from Samsung charger. No issues charging through laptop.
Any suggestions?
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enigmaamit said:
Hi everyone. I own a GS3 that has been running flawlessly for about 3 weeks but since last 2 days it has developed a problem whereby it only charges via the laptop USB port and not the wall charger. I have tried factory reset, flashed two different custom ROMs based on two different firmwares, pulled battery many times, etc etc, to no avail.
The problem is random, and occasionally the phone starts charging from wall charger, but after a few minutes, charging stops. I have used the original Samsung charger, my old HTC charger, with a combination of many different USB cables and the result is always the same. The USB port appears to be undamaged however as I can use it flawlessly for everything except wall charging - that includes HDMI, USB OTG purposes, laptop file transfer etc.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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same problem since yesterday, infact i m not able to charge throught either of wall charger or usb port.....after i reboot my around 2-3 times i can charge back through wall charger but as soon as i connect back to pc it stops charging.....could this because i m using a diffrent usb cable in pc?
I think i know the reason
The charging port has many pins(see the usb port in light, you will see metal pins having gap in between of them) inside it
pc and charger connects to different pins, so I think charger pins would be damaged or covered with an insulator like dirt
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nageshv24 said:
Even I am facing the exact same issue, weird one. Randomly charging from Samsung charger. No issues charging through laptop.
Any suggestions?
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sunny1119 said:
same problem since yesterday, infact i m not able to charge throught either of wall charger or usb port.....after i reboot my around 2-3 times i can charge back through wall charger but as soon as i connect back to pc it stops charging.....could this because i m using a diffrent usb cable in pc?
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So it looks like this problem is more common than I thought it was...and I'm not the only one...
Will have to do some more reading up on this. BTW, tried a small fix and the charging seems to be OK now... but will have to test it for a couple more days to actually declare it a "fix". Let's see what happens over the next 24-48 hours.
me too havin same problem
I have the opposite problem.
When plugged into PC I can transfer files etc but its not charging.
It charges via wall charger though, but I prefer to charge via USB.
I really don't know what we should attribute this problem to... I'm going to try getting a warranty replacement, but I seriously doubt Samsung is going to entertain that as the problem is sporadic and not consistently demonstrable....
Maybe I'll just wait till the USB dies totally before claiming warranty...
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everything was fine till now with the charger,lately i have this strange charging problem which goes like this..
previously when we connect the wall/usb charger charging used to start immediately but now it takes time..i need to wait for 45 seconds then the light appears..??
previosly it used to attain 100% charge quickly..but now its slogging??i mean very slow trust me...
responds late to the power n then slow charge??????????????
its the same even when i try with usb and the worst part is it doesn even detect usb connection but charge at slow rate??
any ideas?thanks in advance!!
right now im on cobratos 2.3.4 awesome miui rom!!
So you are using APP2SDcard? You are going to have problems mounting it to USB, if the SDCard is already being used.
For the 45 second thing....I donno....do you have any Task Manager app where you can make sure you don't have like 10+ apps running? Check that. Turn all apps off and then try.
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So you are using APP2SDcard? You are going to have problems mounting it to USB, if the SDCard is already being used.
For the 45 second thing....I donno....do you have any Task Manager app where you can make sure you don't have like 10+ apps running? Check that. Turn all apps off and then try.
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Noo im not using app2sd..the phone gets charged but not able to mount when connected thru usb????
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Can you unmount the SDCard under Settings->SDCard and Phone Storage?
If you can unmount it....do that....then plug the phone into a computer (using the original USB cable that came with the phone)
And try using different USB ports or a different computer.
It not charging for 45 seconds after you plug it in would make me want to reflash and start from scratch again. Not a good sign.
That is probably what I would suggest next.
Will try with a different computer and let you no...
apart from 45 seconds delay even the charging process has become very slow:-(
Tried even with different usb ports and computer..no luck
Phones usb socket has gone I guess
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Tried even with different usb ports and computer..no luck
Phones usb socket has gone I guess
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Can the computer recognize the phone in flash mode?
If so, try flashing 2.1 with flashtool to fix the problem
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Not able to enter flash mode:-(
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Not able to enter flash mode:-(
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What about getting into xrecovery?
You could flash a different ROM with the baseband it matches.
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Yea could do that but still the problem persists
Have you tried changing the usb cable? I was convinced my usb port had gone, as it took ages to recognise the charger, and I often had to wiggle the cable where it was plugged into the phone to get it to start charging.
Then I left my cable at home and had to buy a cheap £1 blackberry charge cable from poundland to charge my phone at work - and all problems went away!
After checking the ends of both cables, it looks like the usb pins have become bent inside the small end of the usb cable (mini-usb end).
I'd doublecheck this before doing anything more drastic as it's a simple thing to overlook (well, I did!)
Yep tried with different cables too..i don't think its the problem of usb port too as there is a late recognition ..slow charging but no sd connection
Hi, my photon have no usb conn, and does not normally charge from wall charger(sometimes charge sometimes not) . I tried remove driver and reinstall it tried some solutions but no result. Anybody pls help
anaragayevafr said:
Hi, my photon have no usb conn, and does not normally charge from wall charger(sometimes charge sometimes not) . I tried remove driver and reinstall it tried some solutions but no result. Anybody pls help
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where there any recent changes to the phone. roms, mods etc......
i formatted the phone at least 4-5 times, wiped batery statistics, and today accidenatlly my laptop recognized the usb conn and i sbf`ed to stock 198_7. And now charges from both wall charger and comp but still not connecting like data transfer
How did you format?
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I had the same thing factory restored a couple of times but not until I cleaned the cache and factory restored 3 times in a row did it take. At the moment every things working.
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Did erase all phone data, still nothing. Charge but no data transfer. I`m using unlocked stock 198_7
anaragayevafr said:
Did erase all phone data, still nothing. Charge but no data transfer. I`m using unlocked stock 198_7
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did you try
format system
format data
format cache
then sbf
yes tried, but today found that when i connect to laptop and check usb debugging then uncheck and again usb connection appears on notification
Read this link, this is the instructions everyone gave me, BUT, looking back, I went completely back to stock and lost everything!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497809&page=5
Good Luck!
EDIT: s**t, I forgot. You have to take care of your battery problem FIRST!!! You cannot do this under 40% and phone will not charge it! I did not have wall charger at the time, so I had to pull battery and splice a USB cable and tape wires to contacts on battery for like 4 hours!
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Read this link, this is the instructions everyone gave me, BUT, looking back, I went completely back to stock and lost everything!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497809&page=5
Good Luck!
EDIT: s**t, I forgot. You have to take care of your battery problem FIRST!!! You cannot do this under 40% and phone will not charge it! I did not have wall charger at the time, so I had to pull battery and splice a USB cable and tape wires to contacts on battery for like 4 hours!
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Thanks for help but but i did that few days ago, it worked for battery charge but when i connect phone to pc it charges but there is no `usb connected` on top of the phone, and sometimes pc says usb device not recognized, so that is my problem, charging is not a problem anymore, thanks to you guys!
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Thanks for help but but i did that few days ago, it worked for battery charge but when i connect phone to pc it charges but there is no `usb connected` on top of the phone, and sometimes pc says usb device not recognized, so that is my problem, charging is not a problem anymore, thanks to you guys!
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don't use windows (or mac) haha. try linux. i bet it's just a windows error. so it sounds. did you try formatting the card?
yeah, i formatted both internal and external sd twice
Formatted both internal and external sd twice, no progress
Charging Cable
I have a cable that always charges my phone.
I took it apart to see what made it work.
Only two wires Red Pos. Black Neg. from the USB Plug.
The Red Pos. wire was connected to the Pos. and the White Neg.
data tab on the Micro USB side. Black Neg. to Neg.
This works to Charge Phone on the Computer, Wall Charge,
and USB adapter in the car.
Hi everyone. I own a GS3 that has been running flawlessly for about 3 weeks but since last 2 days it has developed a problem whereby it only charges via the laptop USB port and not the wall charger. I have tried factory reset, flashed two different custom ROMs based on two different firmwares, pulled battery many times, etc etc, to no avail.
the phone starts charging from wall charger, but after a few minutes, charging stops. I have used the original Samsung charger, my old HTC charger, with a combination of many different USB cables and the result is always the same. The USB port appears to be undamaged
ny suggestion to fix the problem?
Android 4.0.4
I9300BWLH1
Kernel SIYAH S3 V1.5.2
Check your usb port of the s3 maybe its damaged.
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how do i check it that all work?
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how do i check it that all work?
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Without paying someone to open it up and look into it, process of elimination will help.
blow lightly into the port to remove any dust
Try a different plug in your house
Try your neighbours outlets
Try with a different charger
Try with a different charger cable
worst case, a dab of WD40 shouldn't hurt (should help if any contaminants or rust has accumulated, preventing proper contact)
If your experiencing any major heating on the back plate while charging from the wall then the issue is most likely a bad charging mechanism. I had similar issues with my S2.
I had the same problem, as with many other people. See here if anything helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727540
(Even mods got frustrated saying it was a solved issue. Clearly it's still unsolved.)
For me the problem disappeared on its own.. All that changed was I started using a Belkin surge protector.. didn't help initially but then it started charging after a few days..
My guess is it's a software bug.. or some sort of a caching issue..
Btw I'm using latest XXLH1 unrooted.
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Last night, I connected my i9300 to my laptop using the samsung cable included. It worked for the past 2 months without any problems until now where it would connect, disconnect, connect, and disconnect in a never ending loop. I tried two other usb cables that I have and they were working flawlessly. So I immediately concluded that the cable was the culprit.
This morning, I brought the samsung cable to test it at work. I was expecting it not to work as well. To my surprise, it worked properly with my office computer.
So with these observations, which is the culprit? I don't understand. Please help, thanks.
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first thing to try is to uninstall the samsung drivers. make sure you got internet, then reconnect your phone and they will autoinstall.
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first thing to try is to uninstall the samsung drivers. make sure you got internet, then reconnect your phone and they will autoinstall.
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Did that already. I just didn't mention it in the OP because I don't see it significant as I already tried different cables.
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ah yes, overlooked that part, my bad.
it could still be a faulty cable or dirty connectors. a few people have been complaining about charging, which were fixed by using another cable. it seems like the cable that came with the s3 is not very high quality.
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or your cable could just be loose fitting with your home pc. try moving the connectors a bit...
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ah yes, overlooked that part, my bad.
it could still be a faulty cable or dirty connectors. a few people have been complaining about charging, which were fixed by using another cable. it seems like the cable that came with the s3 is not very high quality.
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or your cable could just be loose fitting with your home pc. try moving the connectors a bit...
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I already tried to move the cable and that doesn't seem to be the problem. On all four usb ports, the problem is there.
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It could still be symptoms of impending cable failure unless it can consistently connect to your work pc.
Did you mod or upgrade your sgs3 before this happened?
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rab1412000 said:
It could still be symptoms of impending cable failure unless it can consistently connect to your work pc.
Did you mod or upgrade your sgs3 before this happened?
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Well, as I've said it can connect consistently to my work pc using the samsung cable. Nope, it is simply rooted and still on ICS. I was using it without any usb cable problems for the last two months until now.
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About a month ago this charging problem started overnight. Using the original wall charger and USB cable, current_max in GCC was about 200mA (instead of 1000mA). Somebody suggested a factory reset, which I did (restored apps and settings with TB). Problem still exists and is getting worse. Till now I was able to unplug and replug the charger a few times to bring it up to 1000mA, but now the current randomly goes down during the charge (esp if I use the phone).
The only thing I haven't tried is replacing the charger or cable, but I don't have another one. Any suggestions? Thanks.
how did you check this? an app?
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how did you check this? an app?
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Yes, used Galaxy Charging Current.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abmantis.galaxychargingcurrent
I think it's down to a damaged usb port on the phone. I have pretty much the same thing on my phone since the cable was yanked out of it whilst charging a few months ago. I have several chargers and some are better than others...depending on the cable. I also have issues with connecting to my pc....I have to not touch it otherwise it just disconnects.
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I think it's down to a damaged usb port on the phone. I have pretty much the same thing on my phone since the cable was yanked out of it whilst charging a few months ago. I have several chargers and some are better than others...depending on the cable. I also have issues with connecting to my pc....I have to not touch it otherwise it just disconnects.
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But I have no other problem using the USB port apart from this? Is there anyway I can check it? Or shall I just wipe the phone and send it to be replaced?