AC Charging became USB charging - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Not sure if anyone of you experienced this problem before.
It occurred to me that my charging from socket is so much slower than normal, thus I downloaded current widget to check the current that is charging, and it turns out that it is charging at USB speed, and in my Battery information in Settings, it is displayed as USB charging instead of AC charging. However when I unplugged my phone and plugged it back again, it became AC charging, and the current is back to normal at 999mA.

Had exactly the same, then a Rom flash or something changed it back again! No help I know, but at least you know you aren't going mad!

What do you mean? How did you solve the problem? Flash your rom again?

ch33kster said:
What do you mean? How did you solve the problem? Flash your rom again?
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exactly as I said, I'm not sure when it started happening, or when it stopped as I flash quite a bit, and it also maybe linked to the fact that there did seem to be a dodgy batch of charger/cables, but for now mine seems ok, so really don't know if it was hardware or software

Haha yea it's quite funny. I don't know when it started happening too. Weird problem

ch33kster said:
Haha yea it's quite funny. I don't know when it started happening too. Weird problem
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try a bit of cable wiggling etc.....I have my old S1 charger and that works fine and always has, so in retrospect it may well be the lead/plug

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Anyone else having this problem?

My HTC One for some reason is showing performace stutters and audio stutters im on 1.29.666.17 its an unlocked bell phone. im on stock so not rooted at all and when the phone is charging and i have the screen on to check emails and texts the battery drops. Not sure if its only my phone or is anyone else have a similar problem?
mistaboy said:
My HTC One for some reason is showing performace stutters and audio stutters im on 1.29.666.17 its an unlocked bell phone. im on stock so not rooted at all and when the phone is charging and i have the screen on to check emails and texts the battery drops. Not sure if its only my phone or is anyone else have a similar problem?
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Charging via USB on PC it is possable the phone will use more than the usb port will supply. Charging from the wall is another story. Battery should not be draining while plugged to the wall at all. I have never seen any what you call Stutters on my phone. It's the smoothest operating device I have ever owned (including 2 iPhone's). Maybe you should consider a return before it's too late.
clsA said:
Charging via USB on PC it is possable the phone will use more than the usb port will supply. Charging from the wall is another story. Battery should not be draining while plugged to the wall at all. I have never seen any what you call Stutters on my phone. It's the smoothest operating device I have ever owned (including 2 iPhone's). Maybe you should consider a return before it's too late.
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I am charging from the wall and I have had the phone for about a month now I don't think I can return it, The Source has a 14 day return policy for cellular products. The phone was running smoothly until recently and I'm not sure whats wrong with it.
mistaboy said:
My HTC One for some reason is showing performace stutters and audio stutters im on 1.29.666.17 its an unlocked bell phone. im on stock so not rooted at all and when the phone is charging and i have the screen on to check emails and texts the battery drops. Not sure if its only my phone or is anyone else have a similar problem?
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You could try charging it with the phone powered off until its full, disconnect the charger, boot it and plug the charge back in and leave it until its full again usually just a few minutes, your battery calibration may be going wonky, You may also want to factory reset the device after doing this. If none of this helps then you should start making calls to resolve it.
tylerdurdin said:
You could try charging it with the phone powered off until its full, disconnect the charger, boot it and plug the charge back in and leave it until its full again usually just a few minutes, your battery calibration may be going wonky, You may also want to factory reset the device after doing this. If none of this helps then you should start making calls to resolve it.
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I charged the battery like you said and it's working perfectly again thanks alot :good:
mistaboy said:
I charged the battery like you said and it's working perfectly again thanks alot :good:
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Glad to hear it homey
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[Q] Not Charging. Could be bad port.

I have had this s2 for less than a year so the battery should still be good and has been up until today. I plugged my phone in last night to charge over night as I usually do, but when I woke up it was completely dead. I tried 3 different cords and many different ports and wall sockets and it still does the same thing, which is nothing.
The phone seems very sensitve as to how I have the cord plugged into its port. I have it plugged in now but I have to keep watching it because it will randomly stop charging. Well, it's barely even charging anyways. It keeps going back and forth between 6% and 7% charge. Would replacing the port fix the issue or is it a problem with the battery? Any help or info would be appreciated.
TheGizmoJo said:
I have had this s2 for less than a year so the battery should still be good and has been up until today. I plugged my phone in last night to charge over night as I usually do, but when I woke up it was completely dead. I tried 3 different cords and many different ports and wall sockets and it still does the same thing, which is nothing.
The phone seems very sensitve as to how I have the cord plugged into its port. I have it plugged in now but I have to keep watching it because it will randomly stop charging. Well, it's barely even charging anyways. It keeps going back and forth between 6% and 7% charge. Would replacing the port fix the issue or is it a problem with the battery? Any help or info would be appreciated.
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just to make sure if its a batt or the Micro USB port issue, u can try an alternate batt (may be one from ur friends S2) and see
Sun90 said:
just to make sure if its a batt or the Micro USB port issue, u can try an alternate batt (may be one from ur friends S2) and see
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I suppose I could try that. Suppose it's not the battery. Could just replacing the port work or would I be able to exchange it for a new one at ATT since I have insurance on it? (I'd rather ask you guys first than deal with ATT customer service lol)
TheGizmoJo said:
I suppose I could try that. Suppose it's not the battery. Could just replacing the port work or would I be able to exchange it for a new one at ATT since I have insurance on it? (I'd rather ask you guys first than deal with ATT customer service lol)
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u can just replace the USb port
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I just got the replacement port board in the mail and the phone charges fine now. However, once I put the board in the phone is saying "Emergency Calls only."
I've tried taking the sim card in and out and restarting it and what not and it still says the same thing.
Is the phone recognizing that it's not the original part or something?
TheGizmoJo said:
I have had this s2 for less than a year so the battery should still be good and has been up until today. I plugged my phone in last night to charge over night as I usually do, but when I woke up it was completely dead. I tried 3 different cords and many different ports and wall sockets and it still does the same thing, which is nothing.
The phone seems very sensitve as to how I have the cord plugged into its port. I have it plugged in now but I have to keep watching it because it will randomly stop charging. Well, it's barely even charging anyways. It keeps going back and forth between 6% and 7% charge. Would replacing the port fix the issue or is it a problem with the battery? Any help or info would be appreciated.
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Could be a custom kernel giving you grief?
I was on a custom kernel that was very slow or just didn't charge at all + it made the ph (pardon my french) fickin HOT!!
A new kernel & all is good
Have a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42878566
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King_Rat said:
Could be a custom kernel giving you grief?
I was on a custom kernel that was very slow or just didn't charge at all + it made the ph (pardon my french) fickin HOT!!
A new kernel & all is good
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I think that could be part of the issue. However, my phone seems to be stuck in a boot loop after I did a factory reset and I can't get it into recovery mode for some reason.
theunderling said:
Have a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42878566
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According to this I ordered the wrong REV number
I did put the new board back in before it started having the boot loop issue and it was still saying "Emergency Calls Only"
Also the old board started charging again for some reason....
This whole thing is just getting worse and worse!
TheGizmoJo said:
I think that could be part of the issue. However, my phone seems to be stuck in a boot loop after I did a factory reset and I can't get it into recovery mode for some reason.
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You weren't on 4.0.4 were you??
This looks kinda messy.
If you were in 4.0.4, as rat said, you could be lucky as you probably have a brick due to the brick bug.
Of course, your warranty must still be standing.
Why? Because it's Samsung's fault, not yours (of course it is, they don't need to know tho).
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USB problem (software?)

Hi guys,
I'm having some problems with my S2's USB port. I've been combing the forums to see if I can find something, but no luck. Let me describe the symptoms and everything I tried.
Whenever I plug my phone in, it doesn't show that it's charging, but the battery is getting filled. USB also doesn't work. Rebooting the phone with the power cable plugged in shows that the phone is charging. Doing the same with the USB only made it charge but not work in USB mode. The battery life is also crappy, as the phone never goes into deep sleep (not even with the Deep Sleep app).
First I thought that the USB board might be faulty. I exchanged that (yes, the revision matches). The problem still persisted. I then tried to reflash the device with different versions of stock ROMs (ICS and JB). Same thing. I then tried flashing the Siyah kernel. That solved a small part of it. Restarting the phone while connected to the PC will make the phone be recognized as a USB device. I also installed CM 10.1. Tried it out with the Dorimanx kernel, still nothing.
My next plans are to use the NukeROM script (tried it before, but nothing) and try fiddling with different ROMs. If anyone has any more ideas, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Tudor
tudor.timi said:
Hi guys,
I'm having some problems with my S2's USB port. I've been combing the forums to see if I can find something, but no luck. Let me describe the symptoms and everything I tried.
Whenever I plug my phone in, it doesn't show that it's charging, but the battery is getting filled. USB also doesn't work. Rebooting the phone with the power cable plugged in shows that the phone is charging. Doing the same with the USB only made it charge but not work in USB mode. The battery life is also crappy, as the phone never goes into deep sleep (not even with the Deep Sleep app).
First I thought that the USB board might be faulty. I exchanged that (yes, the revision matches). The problem still persisted. I then tried to reflash the device with different versions of stock ROMs (ICS and JB). Same thing. I then tried flashing the Siyah kernel. That solved a small part of it. Restarting the phone while connected to the PC will make the phone be recognized as a USB device. I also installed CM 10.1. Tried it out with the Dorimanx kernel, still nothing.
My next plans are to use the NukeROM script (tried it before, but nothing) and try fiddling with different ROMs. If anyone has any more ideas, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Tudor
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Did you ever try to use another, USB cable, USB port or even computer to connect your phone? If not, try this first. It is just to make sure you are not trying to fix the problem on the wrong side of the USB cable
Oh yeah, forgot to mention. Tried multiple ports with multiple cables on multiple PCs.
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Awkward, in this case likely to be a hardware problem, but you mentioned it isnt. I never seen something like this.
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I could live with the USB thing, but the not going to deep sleep is really a phone killer. The battery only lasts a few hours on idle.
tudor.timi said:
I could live with the USB thing, but the not going to deep sleep is really a phone killer. The battery only lasts a few hours on idle.
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Use BetterBatteryStats then. It will help you find the problem.
over Lioyr
I've been using it (even got the paid version). Doesn't really show anything useful. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, it should show me any problematic apps I have installed. Seeing as how I've been wiping like crazy, I don't think it's an issue due to some app.
tudor.timi said:
Doesn't really show anything useful.
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Wow... That definitely depends on the observer
tudor.timi said:
Seeing as how I've been wiping like crazy, I don't think it's an issue due to some app.
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If you think it's a hardware issue It would probably be best to bring the phone to a Samsung repair center.
Might just buy a new phone. I just wanted to see if anybody ever had the problem before.

Magnetic Charging Issue(Blinking after reach 90%+)

So, anyone having the same problem here? I already reported this issue to Sony support forum. And yeah, theres alot of people having the same issue like this. The LED will start blinking right after it reach 90% above. Its very annoying to check it all time.
This is happened to me almost everytime i charge my phone. This is kinda software bug, or something to do with rooted or recovery installed? Since i have a rooted and recovery installed on it. Or maybe the problem is with the magnetic cable usb?
Nopee.. Nothing of that sort for me ...
yuskhayru said:
So, anyone having the same problem here? I already reported this issue to Sony support forum. And yeah, theres alot of people having the same issue like this. The LED will start blinking right after it reach 90% above. Its very annoying to check it all time.
This is happened to me almost everytime i charge my phone. This is kinda software bug, or something to do with rooted or recovery installed? Since i have a rooted and recovery installed on it. Or maybe the problem is with the magnetic cable usb?
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My dad's got the same problem after 80%. He has Z2 running completeley stock, no root etc, so it must be software's fault.
mr.loverlover said:
My dad's got the same problem after 80%. He has Z2 running completeley stock, no root etc, so it must be software's fault.
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Did your dad try with another/new magnetic charger? I think im gonna change to a new magnetic charger soon. Glad to hear if it will solve the problem.
connectprabhu said:
Nopee.. Nothing of that sort for me ...
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Thats good for u.
Happens to me aswell connected via USB on my pc.
So, i bought a new brand magnetic charging adaptor called "MAGNECTOR X2". This solved the blinking charging issue. Yeah i was right, theres nothing to do with lollipop update or software. ROFL! I recommended for u guys also.
Stronger magnet
More stable
Can be used with all type micro usb cable
Easy to carry
*Search at youtube "magnector x2" for more detail.
yuskhayru said:
Did your dad try with another/new magnetic charger? I think im gonna change to a new magnetic charger soon. Glad to hear if it will solve the problem.
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No. Unfortunatelly he doesn't have any other charger.
The docking station isn't original, however it was charging fine on kitkat.
mr.loverlover said:
No. Unfortunatelly he doesn't have any other charger.
The docking station isn't original, however it was charging fine on kitkat.
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I suggest u try with another diffrent magnetic charger, if the prob still there, do a clean install by using flashtool. Hope that will help, since my problem already solved by changing the usb cable/magnetic charger it self.
For your information, charging your phone to 85% or 90% rather than 100% doubles it's battery life cycle (as in amount of discharge/charge cycles it can survive through).This is something you should care about as the back of the phone is not openable.
I'd want mine to blink after 90% :laugh:
yuskhayru said:
I suggest u try with another diffrent magnetic charger, if the prob still there, do a clean install by using flashtool. Hope that will help, since my problem already solved by changing the usb cable/magnetic charger it self.
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He won't buy another cable due to OS bug, and also he won't wipe his data for sure. We will see if the next update changes something.

Screen Stays on when Charging

ok ive been dealing with this problem for awhile.
Whenever im plugged in and charging(possibly when im at full battery) either the screen stays on or randomly pulses back on. Tends to be the first which is a big problem
because either with the screen on high it drains the battery to dead slowly or overheats crashes the phone but still continues to drain the battery. Which is a big pain in the ass with
the recharge time when you drain the battery to dead(wall charger)
Its lasted through several different roms and reset tp original rom.
Yes ive turned off the dev setting
thanks.
bak3donh1gh said:
ok ive been dealing with this problem for awhile.
Whenever im plugged in and charging(possibly when im at full battery) either the screen stays on or randomly pulses back on. Tends to be the first which is a big problem
because either with the screen on high it drains the battery to dead slowly or overheats crashes the phone but still continues to drain the battery. Which is a big pain in the ass with
the recharge time when you drain the battery to dead(wall charger)
Its lasted through several different roms and reset tp original rom.
Yes ive turned off the dev setting
thanks.
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I'm just guessing but it can be cable fault. Try it with another cable or even different charger to see if the problem is still present. If yes and you are still under warranty i would recommend to take it to the service center.
There is a "developer" option about this on the settings, so you can toggle it on or off while you're charging. Please verify! : )
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bak3donh1gh said:
Yes ive turned off the dev setting
thanks.
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Andre Verissimo said:
There is a "developer" option about this on the settings, so you can toggle it on or off while you're charging. Please verify! : )
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see above
i guess no one reads the entire post.
Well the problem has morphed even worse, if i shutdown the phone and leave it plugged in it wont charge but the battery charging screen will drain the battery.
bak3donh1gh said:
i guess no one reads the entire post.
Well the problem has morphed even worse, if i shutdown the phone and leave it plugged in it wont charge but the battery charging screen will drain the battery.
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Check dev settings or DL factory reset
sorry guys but i really have to say holy **** twice ive said i've checked the DEV SETTINGS.
but i realize im not going to get any actual help with this odd problem here.
As @Jecmenn said earlier, it seems like a broken cable or the connection between the micro USB cable and the phone isn't perfect, like it is connecting and disconnecting over and over. Try another cable, if it doesn't help, the phone's USB is damaged. And easy pal, being rude won't help you.
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