I have a problem with my three year old Samsung S2 (international version), running Android 2.3.
The phone sometimes does not charge at all when I connect the charging cable, at other times I have to turn off the phone before it will charge, and most of the time it will not swtich off when I try to power it down (it simply reboots). Basically, the charging is sporadic and unreliable.
Does anyone have any idea what causes this behaviour?
I have tried two batteries and two charging cables and these make no difference to the problem.
Thanks in anticipation.
Thats interesting. I have alot of problems with charging my S2 as well. Ive shipped it off to samsung twice, they replaced the bad hub/port or whatever the call it, have gone through 4 micro usb cables and i have another battery in the mail headed my way as we speak. A month later and its still doing exactly what you describe. I can barely charge mine anymore. Its only a year old but its No longer reliable. I cant seem to fix the problem so Im giving up on mine and getting myself a nexus 4.
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I seem to be having issues charging my Galaxy S3. I plug it into the Samsung wall charger and it starts to charge but stops after about 10 seconds. So I figure there is an issue with the charger, but then I plug my Blackberry into the same charger and it charges just fine. Using the blackberry charger it does the same thing on the S3. The phone does seem to charge via USB on my PC but its extremely slow. So I really don't know what to do to fix this issue.
Currently I am using the Samsung spare battery kit, the one that you place the battery alone in and it charges, it charges the battery to 100% without any issue using the same cable the phone is having a issue with. I've had the phone since about June and never had any issue like this.
Would a factory reset help my issue? The reason I am apprehensive to that is, with Androids it seems a factory reset means losing EVERYTHING on the phone. As you can imagine 3 months worth of apps etc will take a really long time to restore, and if it doesn't work then a real pain.
Does anyone know how I can fix this issue? I've tried rebooting many times and also tried charging while the phone is off and all that does is show the batter logo with a 'refresh' symbol in it for a second then the screen switches off.
Helpp i have a rooted samsung galaxy s3 international version and i had cyanogenmod 10. After a couple of months the battery takes forever to charge. It goes up at a rate of 1% per 10 mins if phone is turned of. But when im using it, even when its being charged the battery would slowly decrease, i bought a new battery and a new charger but the problem ia still the same . And when the phone is unplugged battery life is pretty good. Im confused please help.
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Dude I have the exact same problem but more severe. It stops charging randomly. Plus mine charges 2 percent per hour. So its really annoying. I posted a thread a couple of days ago, but no one seemed to know the solution. I guess we just have to unroot the mobile ( if at all it's rooted ), and send it to the service center and hope to get a replacement. *fingers crossed*
Try searching before adding a new post. Your question has already been answered multiple times already about this question. And by the way, it's your charging cable giving you the problem. Changed mine, problem fixed.
But i changed the whole charger and it doesnt charge its the samsung travel adapter.
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That is the idea, if you have trouble when charging, chec the cable, second change the charger, if that does not solve the problem, check the USB port in the phone, sometimes a little piece of dirt, lint or anything else can obstruct the pins thus making a bad conection, clean it, otherwise, tee port in your phone may be faulty, luck
Hi,
My Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9300) is just more than 1 month old. Due to the really bad multitasking abilities of the stock TouchWiz (On such an expensive phone, I couldn't browse and play music at the same time) I got really frustrated.
I rooted and flashed the ROM twice. Tried and tested two ROMs. Didn't quite like em. Came back to stock ROM.
Now I'm on stock ROM and still rooted. The charging time of my S3 was always very long and in my last charging attempt it has taken more than 9 hours to completely charge. I've done a factory restore already.
I've checked the charger through battery widgets and the charger is detected as an "AC Charger". I'm not sure if those battery calibrating software work. I don't think the charger is at fault.
I really need a fix for this charging issue. It's really sad that a brand new phone is acting like this.
Will be very thankful for all the help.
Punkster101 said:
Hi,
My Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9300) is just more than 1 month old. Due to the really bad multitasking abilities of the stock TouchWiz (On such an expensive phone, I couldn't browse and play music at the same time) I got really frustrated.
I rooted and flashed the ROM twice. Tried and tested two ROMs. Didn't quite like em. Came back to stock ROM.
Now I'm on stock ROM and still rooted. The charging time of my S3 was always very long and in my last charging attempt it has taken more than 9 hours to completely charge. I've done a factory restore already.
I've checked the charger through battery widgets and the charger is detected as an "AC Charger". I'm not sure if those battery calibrating software work. I don't think the charger is at fault.
I really need a fix for this charging issue. It's really sad that a brand new phone is acting like this.
Will be very thankful for all the help.
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change the cable and report back again.
sriram231092 said:
change the cable and report back again.
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Okay, the new cable worked. However even it has shown the same problem once. The thing with my phone is it doesn't charge at the same speed every time. I can't be assured that after connecting the charger at night, I'll get a full charge in the morning. Sometimes the charger works well. Sometimes it does not.
You may have a faulty charging port or wall charger if you have already changed the cable...
Why not download the Galaxy Charging Current app and see if your SIII is charging at 1000mA using wall charger?
Galaxy Charging Current
My original samsung charge cable developed problems after 8 months (it started only charging at between 300mA to 800mA; changes after you plug in and plug out the cable to the SIII)
The wall charger is still ok as I get 1000mA again after replacing the cable with a Capdase cable.
The S3 has built in stability detection for USB charging. If it determines the connection is unstable, it restricts charge. Usually a simple cable swap resolves but as mentioned above, the port could be faulty.
If you're rooted try a kernel such as Devil or Perseus which can have stability detection ignored.
Hi XDA,
My Galaxy S3 stopped charging properly a couple of days ago. In a matter of hours it froze and charged a bit slower, then it wouldn't charge anymore. When the phone is off and I plug in the charger, the animation starts for about 1 - 2 seconds, and then the screen goes black. If it's on, nothing happens when i plug the charger in and out.
I've owned the phone for a year, and I rooted about 3 weeks ago, and installed CM10.1 (Nightly). It worked fine until this problem.
I've troubleshooted a bit on my own, and what I've found out is that, it can't be the battery that's the problem, because I've tried three different ones, and the problem stays the same. It can't be the USB port on the phone, since I can get it to work in Download mode (ODIN mode). I've also tried CM9 and flashing back to stock android. I've also tried charging it from the wall and the computer, and used different cables. Nothing has done any better.
I'm guessing it's software related, I just can't figure out how to fix it.
Thanks in advance,
Zhibbhi
the charging port of the phone might be faulty.
SRIRAM
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By charging port I would suggest the charging circuit inside the phone is faulty, as it sounds like you've eliminated all the other possibilities. Return the phone to fully stock for warranty repair.
So even if I can access the phone through ODIN, the charging circuit can be faulty?
I just thought it was a strange coincident that it went faulty a just a couple of weeks after I installed CM10.1
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So even if I can access the phone through ODIN, the charging circuit can be faulty?
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Zhibbhi said:
So even if I can access the phone through ODIN, the charging circuit can be faulty?
I just thought it was a strange coincident that it went faulty a just a couple of weeks after I installed CM10.1
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Odin has nothing to do with the charging circuit .
Solutions .
One the battery try another
Two the charger try another >> charge phone from PC usb .
Three the cable try another
Four the USB port on the phone >>> clean
Five the onboard charging circuit >>> needs a service centre .
Six and highly unlikely a firmware problem wipe phone flash stock rom .
jje
Ok, thanks a ton guys! I'm going to set the phone back to stock, and send it in for warranty repair as I've tried everything else.
Zhibbhi said:
Ok, thanks a ton guys! I'm going to set the phone back to stock, and send it in for warranty repair as I've tried everything else.
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In the future, avoid using S3's stock charging cable. I changed mine to one I bought off eBay and had no probs since then. I had several frequent problems like slow charging/no charging etc.
bjmath said:
In the future, avoid using S3's stock charging cable. I changed mine to one I bought off eBay and had no probs since then. I had several frequent problems like slow charging/no charging etc.
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Best avoid using the phone to charge the battery at all, that way you don't stress the phone components with wake lock and heat. Buy a £6 desk charger and spare battery, replacing these is much cheaper than the phone motherboard.
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I have an S3 and lately it has taken longer to charge and it was charging to less percentage. I tried 2 different chargers and 3 different cables with the same outcome. I was thinking about one of the threads I had read and they mentioned going to the cell store and it charged for them. I've read about it being the charge circuit on the main board and various other problems and solutions that didn't work. I went to Staples today and purchased a SCOSCHE reVOLT line h1 2.1 amp quick charge and in less than an hour I charged from 63% to the 100% I haven't seen in quite a while. The Samsung OEM charger it seems (as well as the other one I tried) had lost some of it's get up and go. It is working fine now and with this charger it doesn't take long at all to reach full charge. I've put a lot of time into customizing this phone after root and would have been VERY disappointed if I had to start over with a new one. I'd be willing to bet at least 90% of the charging problems people are posting about are caused by the charger deteriorating over time.
Shannon
Hi,
I'm owning a Samsung GT-I9000 Galaxy S3. Having it for about 3 months now.
Every night my phone's always charger. But I've had several times a strange problem that my phone charged only a little bit. Or even did not charge at all. I've seen a lot of problems on the internet of S3 users that are having battery issues, but on this particular problem I couldn't find an answer.
In the attachments two screenshots of the battery usage when I had this charging problem at night. Does anyone have any idea what I have to do next to avoid this problem? Already changed the charger from Samsung for an HTC, because i read that those Samsung adapters are really crappy. But not tried another cable. Could the cable be the problem?
Thanks in advance!
Koen
You have already worked out the next step, why not do it before asking? Hundreds of similar posts if you search.
If you are on a fully stock rom then the likely causes, in order are charger, lead, battery, charging IC inside phone. Try the first three then sent for repair.