So i just woke up today morning to find that my s3 hadn't been charging and somehow went into dock mode using the standard in the box charger? i keep my phone on a bedside cabinet
connected to the computer nothing either... then got my mhl cable plugged in that worked normally no issues. so after that i've tried a different a cable that works but still sometimes it has issues charging or connecting via USB and some cables never work.
So i'm just wondering has my usb port somehow malfunctioned? and would it best to return to samsung for a warranty replacement?
I am currently running somtax v15 and i know i can use mobile odin so i could just use that to reflash to stock? but im just wondering if it has a old bootloader would my warranty still be valid or should i just reflash ICS before the bootloader got updated?
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Today i found out my SGS2 have problems charging the phone, not only that. i also have problems with USB file mode, and keis mode. and if the phone is turned off. i only once got it to charge without booting. else when i connect the USB it boot the OS.
What weird thing is, that ODIN works without problem every time!
The problem appeared after upgraded to Darky Rom KG6 with jkay mod. but don´t think it has anything to do with that.
I reflashed to a Stock KG6 (still same problem)
From OS restore to default, and format (still same problem)
tried to flash back to KE2 stock. an but on CWM, and clear battery stat, and system cache.
flashed backup with a KE2 Kernel (still had the same problem)
What i found out is that, when i disconnected the wall plug charger, the phone still was in a state of charging. and it don´t give the sound notify when attaching the USB. but when touch the USB cable it suddenly charge and give the sound. but it can also go in MTP mode. or start Voice recognize.
Could the be a faulty USB port on the phone, or can Battery State and kernel updates have something to do with this problem?
im now pretty sure this has something to do with the USB port. when i just spoke on the phone. it suddenly began to change between Car mode a normal.
i than tried an alternative why to deal with the problem. I tried with a hairdryer after taken out the battery, sim and sd card, and carefully heat the back of the phone.
for 5 hour there has not been any problem. both the desk dock, and wall charger is working.
got a dejavu from the xbox days and RROD.
I have the same issue. I think the USB port is faulty.
The phone reacts to different electrical resistor values on some pins of usb port that triggers car mode, desk mode, etc. So, somthing is faulty in the usb board that reports to the system that has something connected to it: charger, car dock, desk dock, usb jig, etc.
I can't find any solution on the forum, I tried with several roms and got nothing.
So... I'm waiting for a USB Jig to reset counter, back to stock rom and send it back to store for warranty
My problem seems to be fixed by using the hairdryer on the usb port. I think the problem appear from the why you hold the phone and if your hånd become sweaty. Because there are nothing to protection the usb port like the sgs1.
mooock said:
My problem seems to be fixed by using the hairdryer on the usb port. I think the problem appear from the why you hold the phone and if your hånd become sweaty. Because there are nothing to protection the usb port like the sgs1.
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Did you really fixed just cleaning?
Yes it happening two times and it fixed it both times. So there is a pattern
hey guys... I posted something that worked for me...
see my post in the other thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16418825&postcount=25
I hope this could work for you too
Both my wife's and my stock USB cables have basically disintegrated over the last year and neither work so I had to purchase a new cable from Target a few months back. The Gingerbread OTA has borked my GPS and other things, and I want to try re-flashing it through Heimdall. How big of a problem is it that I don't have the stock cable?
Thanks in advance.
Normally the stock usb cable works best but you may get lucky and odin will work with the target cable...just try it and see. Also i would odin the stock eh03 rom and stay away from ota. Alot of folks are reporting the same issue with ota to gingerbread.
Got it! Will try the Target cable, but I do have a stock cable on order, just in case.
Thanks!
I have been using a cable that I bought at Wally World... It is very hit and miss with the connection. Sometimes I can get Odin to work other times I can't. I usualy wiggle the cable some until I get Odin to recognize it! - Good luck
mwebs13 said:
I have been using a cable that I bought at Wally World... It is very hit and miss with the connection. Sometimes I can get Odin to work other times I can't. I usualy wiggle the cable some until I get Odin to recognize it! - Good luck
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I use the cable that came with my barnes & noble nook. It works just fine.
~This is going to take crackerjack timing, Wang~
My stock cable got damaged and I bought a replacement from BestBuy. It worked for charging and my pc would recognize it as an external storage device, but Odin would not, no matter what I did. Went to Verizon and ordered a replacement stock cable from Samsung and all is well with the world!
There is something about non-OEM cables that this phone doesn't like. When I bought the phone, I got some E-bay chargers and cables (for truck, car, motorcycle, desk at work, etc). They worked but were not necessarily OEM for this phone. Then I started having trouble with the mini-usb port (Odin issues first, then progressing to no usb connection at all). Eventually had to have the port replaced. I have used nothing but OEM cables and chargers since then without issue. Shouldn't be that way but it was. YMMV.
My phone was used so I didn't get a cable but I found a moto cable at work I use for most things. And seems fine However I used my wife's stratosphere cable to flash back to stock with samsungpst before loading the ota.
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Hi I have a Atrix 4G and I was charging it fine yesterday and then today I tried to plug the phone to my computer but phone is not detected and then again the charging doesn't work too. what should I do and did anyone have this problem before? and there's no problem with the data cable cause I checked it with another phone.Please help me with this.
have you tried a different USB cable and it charger box for wall outlet?
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What ROM have you got installed? I had this problem with CM7-ICS-MOD2 rom, but I reinstalled the ROM and its fine.
I've also had problems with buying cheap USB cables that pass some voltage/current to the phone (so it shows charging icon) but somehow Windows won't recognise the phone... doesn't sound like your problem tho
I think it's not the rom, I think it's the cable and it's not a cheap cable thought it's the normal motorola cable,well what could I say **** happens and all my data's gone cause I thought it might be a problem with the rom. thanks all
I had the same problem with a different phone.. The problem is connection point on the phone especially if it's not charging.. So I'm not sure if that's a part that can be replaced or not.
Hey all. I figured it out, went out side and took a different cable and it worked fine. it was a cable problem.thanks all for supporting.I'm gonna get a new cable from Motorola.
I have 4 cables that don't work on stock android 1.8.3 and I don't get it. I can use RSDLite and the computer detects it without the slightest issue. All the cables work flawlessly if I start rsd on phone boot and it detect right up. So what is wrong with the stock 1.8.3? Should I upgrade... I want to root my phone but can't since I can't use USB.... wtf?
When you plug in your phone, check if you see anything in device manager. Maybe you need to install drivers..
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I have 4 cables that don't work on stock android 1.8.3 and I don't get it. I can use RSDLite and the computer detects it without the slightest issue. All the cables work flawlessly if I start rsd on phone boot and it detect right up. So what is wrong with the stock 1.8.3? Should I upgrade... I want to root my phone but can't since I can't use USB.... wtf?
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Windows doesn't have a clue no matter how many perfect cables I use. It works and connects perfectly and immediately over rsdlite. I have 5 known to be working fine in cm7 cables. It will show as charging over AC if I restart the phone and keep the usb cable plugged in. It says it's charging over ac and it doesn't detect it in Media portal or mass storage or anything. Nothing shows up. Why is it that rsdlite works perfectly. This makes me seem that the android OS is at fault. Right? Nothing shows up in Device Manager. Only when in rsd lite mode, it will detect the phone and it will show up in Device Manager.
it's been about 48 hours one a full battery and it'll still at like 80%. I need to charge my phone soon...
Maybe I'll re-flash in rsdlite again? I flashed all the sbf's for stock roms with the same result. Should I reinstall again?
thanks
Hi all,
I've had a Galaxy S3 LTE (GT-I9305) for a couple of months which I rooted at 4.1.1. This week I started to get problems with the phone not always charging properly and then I got problems with the micro USB not connecting to my PC. Now nothing works on the micro USB. It seems as though the USB connector is dead as I've tried known good chargers and cables,I even did a hard reset, removed the battery etc.. to no avail.I also checked the connector for signs of damage, cleaned it out and made sure the pins were alined correctly which they are.
It looks like I will have to send the phone back as I'm fairly sure the connector is broken.
The problem is that the software on the phone is rooted so how do I restore the original firmware back on if I can't use USB as I assume I've voided my warranty when I rooted it? The phone does have a full charge on it so I do have some life in it. I wondered if I could force a 4.1.1 firmware refresh via wifi or put something on the removal SD card and run it from there as CWM is installed.
Any help much appreciated.
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This is the first Q I have I managed to work my problems off by myself to this point. Straight to the matter at hand:
My S3 stoped to charge normally on:
Wall socket solid cable charger
Wall socket usb cable charger
USB plug to a PC
External battery
On a turned off device it only shows the loading battery no charging
On a turned on device in normal boot it shows charging but no charge is applied (checked with various software)
It only charges in Download mode (slowlly due to the fact of a turned on screen)
I tried diffrent chargers, cables even batteries nothing really helps
Also its not being recognized by the PC when plugged in in normal boot but it's being discovered in Download Mode.
I was able to flash Stock Rom by ODIN but it also didnt produce a solution.
The only thing that comes to mind is to flash with a repartition but i cannot find the proper *.pit file and I don't want to do this before consulting the community.
I can reset the counter and send it to the service but I think that this is a software issue not a HW one.
Can anyone offer some assistance?
UPDATE:
The device when booted normally and pluged into "holds the charge" it dosent go up but it doesnt go down.
Pretty fun !
I think it's an issue with your kernel. Have you flash your device with a custom ROM and/or kernel ?
Well I was running PAC Rom for S3 at the time so the Kernel was based from that.
After that I Changed to XXEMA2 CodecROM 1053 Black Edition with Siyah Kernel still same outcome... And after that returned to the roots with Stock ROM with Stock Kernel
I have the exact same problem on my Galaxy S III for Sprint (SPH-L710). Did you ever find a fix for this???
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Hellishcross said:
I have the exact same problem on my Galaxy S III for Sprint (SPH-L710). Did you ever find a fix for this???
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I have the same problem too.
Did anyone ever fix it?
The phone charges when in recovery/download mode, pulling 300 mA from PSU, but only 60mA when connected and turned on.
Im using a normal usb cable, and have short the D+ & D- Pins.
I've charged the battery in a third party battery charger and that works fine, I also have a wireless charger that too pulls around 60 mA
Maybe you all need to change the USB connector module at the bottom of the phone? I've seen these break or do strange things in many phones including Samsungs. Not sure if they eventually get broken due to overheating or what the issue is, but that would be my guess.
i have a pb in my i9300i my cell going to downloading mode automaticaly