phone won't charge - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

my phone has a problem where sometimes it charges other times it won't its not the charger I have tried loads what could be the problem
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Is it not charging at all or really really slowly? I've had mine charge 10% overnight.

not at all it won't even show charging symbol
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can anyone help
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The same thing for me, some times the phone take all night long to charge 5%, and the phone don't charge, I got to switch between different charger, HTC Apple Samsung etc... It's very difficult, but I think it's the battery, it's just a simple supposition.
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I don't think its the problem I think its the port its self but then if I connect to odin on laptop it shows up fine but won't charge from laptop
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Same here
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Try blowing some compressed air into the micro usb, could be something in there, if it's not charging at all it will be hardware related.
Another thing will be to check another battery iy could be the battery has failed for some reason, if none of those work flash stock and run triangle away to reset flash counter and it's off to a service center because it could be physical damage to the micro usb.
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craigels said:
I don't think its the problem I think its the port its self but then if I connect to odin on laptop it shows up fine but won't charge from laptop
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Use has 4 pins, I think 2 for power and 2 for data.
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Nothing worked i have it sent away for repair think i want the note 2 now though
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It's everyone on the last UK Jellybean official rom?!?!
I think that is the problem... hope that a OTA is released...

onesolo said:
It's everyone on the last UK Jellybean official rom?!?!
I think that is the problem... hope that a OTA is released...
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I have no charging problems on official JB. Can't check any thing atm though cos I'm on CM10 right now.
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craigels said:
my phone has a problem where sometimes it charges other times it won't its not the charger I have tried loads what could be the problem
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I've had mine do that to me a couple of times but I think it's more micro usb problem related like the contacts

No charging at all happend on my S1, sent it for repair, they changed the port, it was damaged.
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I have changed the battery and the problem no changed. I think is the USB connector. Is not the rom, tried many roms and the problem don't disapear
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They wanted 150 euro to repair the port on my s3 I said no way how much did it cost you
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Charging problem

So I unfortunately ended up with the charging bug.
When I put my phone In the wall charger it doesnt want to charge. The charging indicators all turn on but I still lose battery.
I've tested the cord and charger on my friends phone and they work. I've also put in a different battery with the same result. Also booted into safe mode.
Help?
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All these views and not one response? Nice ._.
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Reboot ?
XxCE0xX said:
So I unfortunately ended up with the charging bug.
When I put my phone In the wall charger it doesnt want to charge. The charging indicators all turn on but I still lose battery.
I've tested the cord and charger on my friends phone and they work. I've also put in a different battery with the same result. Also booted into safe mode.
Help?
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Have u installed any app after which this prblm started?
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Replace the phone?
I've never had that problem, so have no clue. But if rebooting and pulling the barry doesn't do it, I'd take it to sprint.
What's the rating of charger u are using?
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Stock charger my friend.
No apps because it started on the aokp job build 8. I switched back to stick rom but even that didn't help
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Try to reset the phone...
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You guys just love to state the basic quick fixes don't you :/
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XxCE0xX said:
You guys just love to state the basic quick fixes don't you :/
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Yes I think u r right but you see, we guys are not professional or experts. So we can only suggest some possible solution my friend.
And if someone is in trouble, these possibilities can lead him/her to the solution of the problem..
I hope u understand...
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I would try reverting back to stock, and if that doesn't work, then i would get a replacement. Sounds like a hardware issue.

Battery

My battery isnt charging very fast at all.
Ive had it on charge plugged into the mains for 10 hours and its at 24%
Anyone know whats going on?
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Not really what its going to show but heres some screen shots
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I cant get it to 100% Its been on charge all night.
I put it on charge every night when i go to sleep and last night it was at like 16% when i woke up. Left it on charge for a few hrs today and it go to 24%.
Should i flash stock rom?
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Yes ..or try to full.wipe
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Ive just done a full wipe. Just gony let it sit for a bit and see if it will take a charge
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Been on charge for 3 hrs not doing anything with it and its at 7% now. Thats with a full wipe.
Wish the damn thing would hurry up and charge so that i can flash stock and see if that fixes it.
Its a weird one like.
Ive had an s1 s2 and a galaxy tab and never experienced anything like this.Anyone know whats going on?
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Do these mean anything to anyone?
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shenery said:
Do these mean anything to anyone?
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I would flash back to a stock ROM and start there. Make sure it is not hardware before you start changing software settings.
Can i flash a stock rom with 9% with odin mobile lol
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I'd try putting it on USB charge first. It might just be your charger has gone US rather than anything to do with the phone OS or software. Looking at those first screenshots I'm wondering about the 'discharging' 'charging' going on. To me that sugests the charger itself is not staying on charge mode.
The SIII gets 'stuck' sometimes says Samsung, they said it was a software issue so hopefully they'll fix it soon
Possible temp fix: turn off phone (works 90% of time for me)
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Flashed stock ics an hr ago and I'm up to 30% that's the highest it's gotten to in the last 24 hrs. So think it's safe to say I'm back in business.
Very strange behaviour though!
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shenery said:
Flashed stock ics an hr ago and I'm up to 30% that's the highest it's gotten to in the last 24 hrs. So think it's safe to say I'm back in business.
Very strange behaviour though!
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I think that your charger is bad. Try some rooted jb os with latest siyah kernel,then try to charge your phone with usb. Latest syiah kernel have tweaked usb charge to 900mA. You have managed to recharge a little bit because ics has weaker wireless than jb.
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Cant be bad charger because I've tried 2.
As soon as I flashed stock t-mobile ics the charging went back to the way it should be.
Was running latest overcome jb. Was working fine. Something must of gotten corrupted?
Only thing that fixed it was flashing stock.
Anyway crisis averted. Just glad Im not having to send it away to samsung.
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Now that's what I'm talking about!
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I think its safe to say.. ITS SAMSUNGS FAULT.. or just JB
shenery said:
My battery isnt charging very fast at all.
Ive had it on charge plugged into the mains for 10 hours and its at 24%
Anyone know whats going on?
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Did the problems just start happening with jellybean? well here's a link where many people are discussing the same issue with possible solutions..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907361
hope it helps...
tbh i'm still looking for a good solution.
First of all is ur phone rooted? If it is download an app called better battery stats and check the kernal wakelock and partial wakelock and send me some screenshots.
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****s sake guys. Phone was flashed to jb. Battery was broken, somehow by the software?
Flashed stock from samfirmware and my phone is back to normal.
Woo looking
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Close the thread then?
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[Q] phone not charging properly tried everything

Hi my s3 isnt charging properly, when im charging my phone it takes about 10 minutes to go up 1% i bought a new charger and a new battery and still the same problem. Btw i have cyanogenmod 10 as my rom. But ive been using it for months now and untill about 2 weeks ago this issue started to happen. Please help.
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what about charging it when it's off?
Yeah i tried that as well. It charges faster of course but still veeery slow.
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Then take it to the service
There's nothing i can do then?
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First remove rom and test as custom rom or root voids warranty anyway.
jje
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It's your charging cable. I had the same problem as you and i bought a new cable and it solved my problem.
Yeah man... It should be the cable... Got that issue... Change it and everything should be fine..
Happy new year
Cheers!
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Same thing happened with me and i got a genuine Samsung charger its working properly now or try changing at some other socket or somewhere else.
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krico said:
It's your charging cable. I had the same problem as you and i bought a new cable and it solved my problem.
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Just wanted to ask whether to buy original s3 samsung cable or generic . Do samsung retailers sell those.?
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As i said i hanged the battery and the charger, still nothing. Wts wrng with Samsung and their poor quality
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plz guys be more detailed. what kind of cable u use? what brand is the cable? there's a model number?

Very slow charging on my s3!

My phone is charging very slowly please help! It charged only 2% in 2 hrs. I plugged it on charging before going to sleep and when I woke up the battery was only 41%. Please help!
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Try different charger and cable. Please use search. Plenty of threads about slow charge
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Yea just use orignal charger...
if i am not mistaken Normal smartphone chargers are 2 amp but there a few 4 amp charger to dicrease charging time...
Also that you can look for a kernal that increase charging mA
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My generic usb is better than the samsung one. The samsung one is dodgy
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hasibzaman said:
Yea just use orignal charger...
if i am not mistaken Normal smartphone chargers are 2 amp but there a few 4 amp charger to dicrease charging time...
Also that you can look for a kernal that increase charging mA
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I am using the original charger and I even bought a new battery still the charging is slow.
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Did you try another cable?
rootSU said:
Did you try another cable?
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Yes, Still the same
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Factory reset?
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noraizrox said:
My phone is charging very slowly please help! It charged only 2% in 2 hrs. I plugged it on charging before going to sleep and when I woke up the battery was only 41%. Please help!
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Try a different charger
PS: Don't forget thant you have a big battery !
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Factory reset?
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I was thinking of a solution where I dont have to do that.
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sadekmefti said:
Try a different charger
PS: Don't forget thant you have a big battery !
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I tried a different cable and even bought a new battery.
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most probably your charging port is faulty. Try blowing air in the port and see if that helps. Or take it to the service center.
noraizrox said:
I was thinking of a solution where I dont have to do that.
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You need to factory reset. If it fixes it, its software. If not, hardware. You need to know so you can send it for repair
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Just use others samsung charger to try, definitely faster than the original one. I have tested.
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rootSU said:
You need to factory reset. If it fixes it, its software. If not, hardware. You need to know so you can send it for repair
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Ok I'll do that thanks for help
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lyylim said:
Just use others samsung charger to try, definitely faster than the original one. I have tested.
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I'll test another charger and see of that helps! Thanks!
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I've had this problem too, I was told to empty my battery completely, then recharge my phone to 100%. This worked great for me, my battery just needed to be recalibrated, your's might too.
Hit thanks if this help
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I tried a different cable and even bought a new battery.
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Change the USB Port, I've changed mine today and the phone is WONDERFUL
vonniel said:
I've had this problem too, I was told to empty my battery completely, then recharge my phone to 100%. This worked great for me, my battery just needed to be recalibrated, your's might too.
Hit thanks if this help
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Haha ok I'll hit thanks even if it doesnt work but thanks I am gonna try it!
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sadekmefti said:
Change the USB Port, I've changed mine today and the phone is WONDERFUL
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What if I try iphone's port?
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[Q] sg3 loosing battery while plugged in and opperating

My sg3 has been loosing power while plugged in and operating. This happened to my old sg3 and got a new one from my warranty. Suddenly it is happening again and I have no clue what's wrong, WITH MY BRAND NEW ONE. I have replaced the battery and tried everything. Can someone please give me some suggestions on what to do?
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Just leave it there to charge,don't use it when charging,it is bad for your phone and battery.
Use galaxy charging current lite to check if it charges properly. I had the same problem and the I fixed it by buying a new charger
OK thanks
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