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I was wondering if anyone can help, i tried flashing the new ics firmware with mobile odin last night, not the first time I've done this.
it got stuck in a boot loop but with just the Samsung logo, i left it overnight as it was late on and i left it on charge. When i checked it this morning the battery was dead and it now doesn't want to charge or turn on.
when you try and go into download mode it says low battery, is this phone now broken? is there anything i can do?
Did you do a full wipe in recovery?
no i didn't, and I regretted it afterwords
actually i think i may have done, i'm not too sure now.
should have sorted it last night whilst it still had charge
HEHE u just need a reflash , but... the battery completly discarged overnight.
just take a good battery from a friend with sgs2 or sgs , reflash and then charge u'r bat.. or simply charge yours somewhere.
The same happened to me yesterday when I tried to flash lpq. I took out the battery, connected to the charger, reinsterted the battery and turned on the phone then my phone would charge and I then used regular odin to flash.
thanks for all the help, guy i work with has an s2.
can't believe i didn't think to just swap the battery!
Just flashed LPQ with mobile odin too yesterday. No problems at all. Make sure you have the latest mobile odin and the file isn't corrupted
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phone is up and running now, charging as i type this.
Possible fix, it worked for me..
So, after removing the battery I put it in the freezer. I have two so I figured i'd try this obscure method I found posted somewhere, I left it plugged into the charger without the battery. after 10 minutes or so in the freezer, i removed it took it out put it back in and it began charging, I powered up into CWM reset the battery stats, did a clean wipe of my current ROM, reinstalled the rom just to make sure it wasnt the rom doing it. and after powering on it was charged already to 5%
I have similar issue with my Galaxy S2 GT-I9100, Flashed with Odin could not turn off but still could switched on firmware was really slow so decided to flash to different had problem with welcome wizard so cleared cache and reset it in CWM, After that, phone were still working till battery get drained. Tried to charged it and turn on without any luck.Next day my mate told me that may be and issue with charging port, so i putted a knife inside usb port to clean it - no luck, when replaced battery with friends one phone turned on normally.When i pluged in the charger it turn off straight away and i noticed i condemned pins inside usb port so decided to replace Flex Cable inside after that phone can not start and charge even with friends battery. Any ideas ?
Sounds like you didn't replace the flex cable properly. Double check that.
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Sounds like you didn't replace the flex cable properly. Double check that.
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I double checked and nothing, a lifted cooper connector in case they did not touch with case, and still nothing, do i need to put cover screws back to close circuit ? if not that mean still having problem.
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I double checked and nothing, a lifted cooper connector in case they did not touch with case, and still nothing, do i need to put cover screws back to close circuit ? if not that mean still having problem.
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I don't know about the screws
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You have short-circuited the pins in the usb port. As you connected the charge cable, the pins, which shouldn't contact each other, did.
I suspect that the main board got some sort of damage. It's basically a russian roulette of hardware faults, so only a repair shop could diagnose the problem, and most likely replace the main board.
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Alright so my Vibrant won't charge. I JUST recovered my phone from a brick, (I was having issues with the battery life on Slim Roms 4.0 compared to 3.9--in the middle of flashing back I accidently wiped my internal memory. As I was recovering it using Odin, my fat cat jumped on my bed and caught on my phone cord bricking it.) Flashed using Heimdall and was able to get my phone into working order.
Now, I placed Slim Roms 4.0 back on my phone initially after the unbricking to have something working on it, even though the battery life less than impressed me.
So I charged it like normal yesterday, got it to 100% and was fine and dandy with it working. (Still sucking up battery life like a vampire in a fat camp.)
So the update 4.1 went live yesterday, I flashed it immediately to that. The battery life was amazing! So I do the normal thing when I flash to a new ROM. Let it die completely before charging it completely. It's now dead and will not charge.
Symptoms;
I plugged in my normal cable for work (a cheap cable I purchased off of Ebay.) And up comes the round loading symbol. Followed by a darkening of the screen, followed by nothing.
One thing to note, is while it has it's loading circle on, the bottom buttons light up when I touch them.
My Steps;
-I attempted different USB ports since I charge through my work computer. No luck.
-I "borrowed" my co-workers USB cord and USB to wall plug. Attempted the new cable in the computer first. No luck.
-Plugged the borrowed USB into the wall charger. Same thing happens.
-Used my own cheapy cable in wall charger. Same thing.
-Took co-workers complete set and plugged it in in a different room. Nothing.
-Took out my battery, plugged in USB, placed battery back in. Nothing.
-Hold down the Vibrant buttons to get into Bootloader, it resets the loading circle and nothing more.
So now I'm sitting here wondering what to do. I do not have rubbing alcohol readily available, however since it charged to 100% yesterday I do not believe that is the issue, but I'd be willing to try if I had access.
Something you should know, I am using a Samsung Epic 4G battery in my phone.
-For those who might judge saying it is dumb, I have gotten 54 hours out of that battery on one ROM before, that is with texting, talking on the phone and installing apps. I'm fond of this thing, however I have my stock battery at home still.-
Any suggestions you guys have would be appreciated. I have tried things that I found on this forum and basic tech support to no avail. (I am at work so the things I can use are fairly limited. However cords are of no shortage.)
Alright, I unplugged my phone from being plugged into the wall charger for an hour and 3 minutes later it decides to turn itself on.. Not sure what's going on but I'm not going to complain.
So my question now is, can anyone explain this or help prevent this in the future?
From what I've heard draining a battery until it dies can damage it. But, I'm not an expert on that. It's possible that the battery needed more time to recover from the drain.
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From what I've heard draining a battery until it dies can damage it. But, I'm not an expert on that. It's possible that the battery needed more time to recover from the drain.
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Really? I was always told it prolongs battery life. Now I need to research this! Thank you.
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Really? I was always told it prolongs battery life. Now I need to research this! Thank you.
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I had something similar happen when running lithium volt ROM. My battery completely died and the phone cut off (obviously.) I plugged it in the charger and it immediately tried to boot the phone up but it was bootlooping at the startup screen. I let it sit there for 20 minutes or so thinking maybe it is charging but as soon as i unplug the charger the phone cut off. Luckily I have an extra battery, popped it in, flashed a new ROM thinking that was the problem, turns out it was something to do with the ROM(maybe it needed a certain amount of battery power to boot up). My completely dead battery worked on the cm7 ROM I flashed, plugged in the charger and it booted up normally and started charging.
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I had something similar happen when running lithium volt ROM. My battery completely died and the phone cut off (obviously.) I plugged it in the charger and it immediately tried to boot the phone up but it was bootlooping at the startup screen. I let it sit there for 20 minutes or so thinking maybe it is charging but as soon as i unplug the charger the phone cut off. Luckily I have an extra battery, popped it in, flashed a new ROM thinking that was the problem, turns out it was something to do with the ROM(maybe it needed a certain amount of battery power to boot up). My completely dead battery worked on the cm7 ROM I flashed, plugged in the charger and it booted up normally and started charging.
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Oh so it could be ROM related? :/ That makes sense considering I just installed a brand new ROM. Thank you!
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Oh so it could be ROM related? :/ That makes sense considering I just installed a brand new ROM. Thank you!
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Yea it could be ROM related but it also could be a number of other things. Hopefully flashing a new ROM will fix the issue.
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iTz KeeFy said:
Yea it could be ROM related but it also could be a number of other things. Hopefully flashing a new ROM will fix the issue.
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Thank you. I might just have to downgrade back to 3.9. It's almost a shame. xD
I'm going to test my old battery in this ROM just to make sure before I downgrade.
You need to use your Samsung usb charger, and wall adapter only. These two are the only ones that will actually work. I had this same problem and realized it was because I wasn't using the Samsung stuff. Even when pugging into the computer, use the Samsung USB cabe only. As for the battery your using... I wouldn't recommend it, no matter the fantastic battery life you must be getting.
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You need to use your Samsung usb charger, and wall adapter only. These two are the only ones that will actually work. I had this same problem and realized it was because I wasn't using the Samsung stuff. Even when pugging into the computer, use the Samsung USB cabe only. As for the battery your using... I wouldn't recommend it, no matter the fantastic battery life you must be getting.
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Daw it's a fellow Samsung battery.
Thank you about the cable, I need to purchase another one anyways, mine at home seems to not be connecting very well. :/
ROM. some roms do that. it will not let you power up while charging if the battery is very low. you will get the circle and the battery symbol after. sometimes you still cant unless you pull the battery. happened to me many times
Hi all,
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 2 (i777). It was rooted and running CM 10.1. A few months ago it started to have charging/USB port issues. Some of the symptoms:
-Sporadic charging (starting and stopping)
-Required USB jiggling to get it to start charging
-Sometimes wouldn't charge at all until it died, then would eventually charge while powered off
-Would not shutdown (only reboot, even if the battery was removed)
-Randomly started "car mode"
My initial thoughts on this were USB port issues. After doing some research on people with similar problems, I tried cleaning the port with alcohol, toothbrush, compressed air, etc. No avail.
Eventually the phone just stopped charging altogether. At this point, if I left it plugged in, it would sit in a continuous boot loop (boot, get to lock screen, realize it has no juice, shutdown, rinse, repeat). After a few days of attempting to charge and just having that happen, it went black and has never turned on since.
To try to solve that, I bought a new USB port flex cable on eBay and replaced it, assuming this would solve all my USB port issues. I tried to be as ESD safe as possible and also not break anything in the phone, but after replacing the board, it still wouldn't boot.
Next step- bought a new battery with an external charger to skip the USB port altogether and see if the battery was shot. Charged up the new battery, popped it in, nothing.
I'm at a total loss. If it started as a charging problem, I don't see how the problem could have been anywhere but the flex cable board or the battery. Does anyone have any ideas about what might be going wrong? I would REALLY appreciate some insight.
Thanks!
Maybe the repeated loops damage it
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Hi all,
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 2 (i777). I
Eventually the phone just stopped charging altogether. At this point, if I left it plugged in, it would sit in a continuous boot loop (boot, get to lock screen, realize it has no juice, shutdown, rinse, repeat). After a few days of attempting to charge and just having that happen, it went black and has never turned on since.
To try to solve that, I bought a new USB port flex cable on eBay and replaced it, assuming this would solve all my USB port issues. I tried to be as ESD safe as possible and also not break anything in the phone, but after replacing the board, it still wouldn't boot.
Next step- bought a new battery with an external charger to skip the USB port altogether and see if the battery was shot. Charged up the new battery, popped it in, nothing.
I'm at a total loss. If it started as a charging problem, I don't see how the problem could have been anywhere but the flex cable board or the battery. Does anyone have any ideas about what might be going wrong? I would REALLY appreciate some insight.
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Did you ever find a solution? I'm in the no charge boot loop after letting it die last night.
I have not seen previous usb problems at all. I suspect that my battery got over-drained, but then I've got the same symptoms as you and you have a new battery. I can get it into recovery but t won't stay on in CWM for long enough to fix permissions, which is the only thing I've tried so far in CWM.
Thanks
If i was in your place i'd have taken it to the nearest Samsung Service center and let them fix it for me.
I think the fluctuation in power may have damaged your phone battery point from where it takes power from the battery and charge it.
Maybe it has damaged the motherboard.
We cannot say anything in this situation.
You should just take it to your nearest service center.
Best of Luck
OK, wiping Data fixed it.
Thanks for your reply. This problem just started this morning with no previous issues, doing the looping part of your problem that I quoted. so it's not a question of what I might have done.
But, for others encountering my part of it, here's what I've done and learned so far today.
As I looked into things elsewhere on the , it seemed to be a software problem. Luckily, I have another Galaxy (Exhibit) that's similar battery and I was able to put the charged battery from it into the SII. The SII booted and worked fine but did not charge. I put the SII battery into the Exhibit (sorta fits). It took a charge.
This confirmed to me that it's not the battery. It must be the phone perhaps USB port or more likely "firmware" since problem started abruptly after draining battery down.
I then wiped data on the SII from CWM/recovery and rebooted.
SII is now charging again. Stock battery is back in and working.
Time will tell if all is well, but here's what I think happened:
1) battery drained down to zero while unplugged
2) plugging in and starting up phone immediately threw something off in the battery stats at a low level...that kept it from charging even when turned off. Or rather threw it into a loop. Don't really understand this stuff, but may have to do with physical things that happen in a battery when the cells drop down way low and then the voltage feedback they give to charging circuit.
3) charging battery in another device (gingerbread, by the way) got the battery out of this, if battery had been a contributing factor,(or just a trigger) it was back over the hump.
4) wiping data fixed the charging, so I conclude it was a charging circuit data issue triggered by an ultra low battery.
Hope I'm over this problem and hope that it helps somebody else. If you run into this yourself with no previous USB or hardware issues, I'd suspect software before hardware. If I had only one battery and no way to charge it externally, I would suggest get one of those simple universal clip-on chargers to bring the battery back up and then go into CWM and wipe data.
UPDATE: It's stopped charging again. It's no longer looping since I got the battery charged up, but not right either. As soon as I plug it into a USB, it boots itself without powering on.
I guess that this is looking more like a physical USB issue now. Weird that there's been no previous sign of trouble before today.
UPDATE2: I cleaned USB port but no help. Then I bent the USB contacts towards the screen and it is charging now again. I'm ordering a replacement USB.
I should add that I'm running Shostock Jellybean, older (not current) version with it's associated Jeboo kernel. Don't know if it matters.
I wish I'd seen your post sooner.. I had exactly the same problems back in January. Took all the same steps you did. In the end, an 8$ USB flex cable from EBay solved the problem. I think you'll have luck with that:thumbup:
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hey, I'm experiencing the same issue slightly different.
-Sporadic charging (starting and stopping)
-Randomly started "car mode"
-plugged in the charger while the device is switched off, it automatically turns the device on.
-If the cable still plugged in while the charger removed from the main current, it shows "Charging stopped. High voltage"
-From yesterday, it doesn't charge even. Only way to charge is, connect the charger first and then Restart the device.
Then only charging continuous.
Can anyone help to solve this? Is this a software issue?
Thanks!
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Also, there was this issue early --> when I charge it from the laptop, the USB mode doesn't switch on. It just charge the phone only.
But now it's not even working like that.
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I wish I'd seen your post sooner.. I had exactly the same problems back in January. Took all the same steps you did. In the end, an 8$ USB flex cable from EBay solved the problem. I think you'll have luck with that:thumbup:
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Which flex cable you bought exactly...plz give me the link...i badly need one...thx
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Which flex cable you bought exactly...plz give me the link...i badly need one...thx
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Hey bro.. I've been offline forever.. Did you ever get what you needed?? I can pm you some info:good:
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Hey bro.. I've been offline forever.. Did you ever get what you needed?? I can pm you some info:good:
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Tweaker7376 said:
I wish I'd seen your post sooner.. I had exactly the same problems back in January. Took all the same steps you did. In the end, an 8$ USB flex cable from EBay solved the problem. I think you'll have luck with that:thumbup:
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hi, my s2 wont charge. It just shows up charging when plugged in but it doesnt charge at all. and it overheats too much while plugged in. What is that flex cable you said, is it the one that connects the charging port to the motherboard? were you the one opened and replaced it? thanks
Hey guys, it's been awhile since I asked a question, but here I am, lol.
In a nutshell, I'm pretty sure something in my device (hardware) is fried, but I thought I'd see if anyone knows better.
The problem is my device seems to be sending power out of the usb port, and doesn't connect to the pc or recognize it is charging correctly.
This also applies to download mode (windows says device has malfunctioned) and when powered off (there is no battery that shows up when plugged in). In order to power back on after turning it off, I have to remove the battery, then reinsert it while holding down the power. I can't think of much that could have caused this, other than I was visiting places with high humidity levels. One unusual thing that happened before this started was my device rebooted into safe mode when playing bad piggies. That was really weird since I have tried booting into safe mode before, but thought samsung must have disabled it for some reason. I have already tried wiping data and flashing a new kernel/rom. Obviously I can't re-partition since I can't connect to my computer in download mode. What do you guys think? I think it is time for a new device.
EDIT: I should mention that it started behaving normally yesterday for about 5 minutes, but then it went back to this.
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In a nutshell, I'm pretty sure something in my device (hardware) is fried, but I thought I'd see if anyone knows better.
The problem is my device seems to be sending power out of the usb port...
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I'm 99.9% sure that under normal conditions that an Android device should never power the USB port. Source of speculation. If it is indeed powering the USB, then you've either got a really wonky firmware installed, or some sort of hardware issue. I'd try to make sure that it's sending power out before going further (especially if you can't charge it, the battery will be dead soon). After this test, I'd keep the battery out for a while, just to be sure it's not going to short anything.
One thing I've noticed in my tinkering is that taking a device apart, then putting it back together again can mysteriously fix problems (although 75% of the time the fix is temporary). If you suspect water damage, opening it up and letting it air out might help. I want to say there are certain cleaners that are great for cleaning up any water spots that might be shorting things out, but I've never had to try myself.
That's all I can think of right off. Good luck.
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I'm 99.9% sure that under normal conditions that an Android device should never power the USB port. Source of speculation. If it is indeed powering the USB, then you've either got a really wonky firmware installed, or some sort of hardware issue. I'd try to make sure that it's sending power out before going further (especially if you can't charge it, the battery will be dead soon). After this test, I'd keep the battery out for a while, just to be sure it's not going to short anything.
One thing I've noticed in my tinkering is that taking a device apart, then putting it back together again can mysteriously fix problems (although 75% of the time the fix is temporary). If you suspect water damage, opening it up and letting it air out might help. I want to say there are certain cleaners that are great for cleaning up any water spots that might be shorting things out, but I've never had to try myself.
That's all I can think of right off. Good luck.
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Yeah, I'm working on taking it apart right now. With my limited experience on electronics, I would be willing to bet it's a capacitor that's gone bad somewhere. That wouldn't be a problem on a desktop since I could just solder a new one in, but I don't think I have the skill to do something in such a small scale, not to mention I don't think you can even buy them that small.
The same thing happened to me, and I had to send it in for repair. Luckily, I was still in warranty. Also, are you sure it's not the charger cord?
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The same thing happened to me, and I had to send it in for repair. Luckily, I was still in warranty. Also, are you sure it's not the charger cord?
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I've tried multiple cables, and I'm unfortunately out of warranty.
Upon disassembling and cleaning with rubbing alcohol, it seemed to be working properly, with the exception of computer connection. However, I plugged it into a DC car charger (leaving the charger itself unplugged from an outlet), and the light came on again (which is what I was talking about when I said it was sending power out), and now it is acting weird again. I guess I'll take it apart and clean it again...
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I've tried multiple cables, and I'm unfortunately out of warranty.
Upon disassembling and cleaning with rubbing alcohol, it seemed to be working properly, with the exception of computer connection. However, I plugged it into a DC car charger (leaving the charger itself unplugged from an outlet), and the light came on again (which is what I was talking about when I said it was sending power out), and now it is acting weird again. I guess I'll take it apart and clean it again...
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honestly, i cannot begin to fathom what could be causing this. it seems to me samsing paid more attention to the charging port then say amazon did on the first gen kindle.
i do however, wish you the best of luck and hope you somehow manage to fix it
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I've tried multiple cables, and I'm unfortunately out of warranty.
Upon disassembling and cleaning with rubbing alcohol, it seemed to be working properly, with the exception of computer connection. However, I plugged it into a DC car charger (leaving the charger itself unplugged from an outlet), and the light came on again (which is what I was talking about when I said it was sending power out), and now it is acting weird again. I guess I'll take it apart and clean it again...
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See! Told you taking it apart and putting it back together again works... temporarily. :silly:
You're right, that does sound like power going out. Which would be super cool for powering, say, a micro USB laser pointer, but it's not so great when it should be charging. Can you double check with another device that the charger doesn't light up normally? I know my wife's laptop charger has a LED that stays on for a long time after it's been unplugged from the wall, sipping off of power left in the charger. It could be something similar with your charger.
Just a though... if power is only suppose to go into the device, then wouldn't it be reasonable to assume to that there would be a diode forcing power to only go one way? Or does it need to cycle power back to the charger? IDK, but it might be worth looking to see if something looks missing.
I read somewhere that if the battery voltage gets too low i.e. battery is totally flat, a current will flow from the device to the charger so this may be what's going on here. I didn't really understand the post as I was just whizzing through the thread, but i think the solution was to charge the device for many hours until the battery voltage was high enough for normal charging to occur. I'll try and locate the post, but it might take a while
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@iJimaniac if all of these suggestions dont work, there is the possibility to just buy another battery and a battery charger and keep switching out the batteries when they die
Maybe @henk5066 would know something about this?
From what it sounds like, your power circuit is fried and is not directing power correctly this means that you're probably going to have to replace the mainboard. however don't worry. you can get one from a player with a broken screen on ebay for about 10 $. I can p.m. you some links to products on eBay with main board working and not screen and I can post a video on YouTube that shows you how to replace the board. it's actually rather quite easy. I don't get why most people don't do that and instead buy a new one. let me know if that helps
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From what it sounds like, your power circuit is fried and is not directing power correctly this means that you're probably going to have to replace the mainboard. however don't worry. you can get one from a player with a broken screen on ebay for about 10 $. I can p.m. you some links to products on eBay with main board working and not screen and I can post a video on YouTube that shows you how to replace the board. it's actually rather quite easy. I don't get why most people don't do that and instead buy a new one. let me know if that helps
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Wow, I didn't realize a broken player is so cheap. I'll look into it, and instructions won't be needed; I've already fully dissasembled my device many times in the past, just for kicks.
Edit: could you send me those links? I'm having a hard time finding very many under $25, which is still a good price I suppose.
the broken player it's self is cheap (0.99$ if your lowest bidder and win) it is shipping that makes up for most of the cost. Just make sure you get one that says powers on, that is the main indicator that the main board is still good.
EDIT: I just looked on ebay, aparantly the person i bought my new board is out of the 4.0 player. and it looks like there is however one with a 9.99$ bid. you could raise it and get the player but that is the cheapest you will get. i will pm you a link to it.
I had the same problem
I had the same problem, what i did was, instead of charging it with the original charger, i charged it with my nexus 10 charger in download mode all through the night, and the next day it would have about 80 percent charge and it was in the system, but it drained quick when i would unplugged it, so i repeat the same procedure over several days until get to 100% and scince then i have had no problems with my SGP, hopefully i helped you
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I had the same problem, what i did was, instead of charging it with the original charger, i charged it with my nexus 10 charger in download mode all through the night, and the next day it would have about 80 percent charge and it was in the system, but it drained quick when i would unplugged it, so i repeat the same procedure over several days until get to 100% and scince then i have had no problems with my SGP, hopefully i helped you
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Interesting, i thought the devices could not charge in download mode.
On the subject of odd charging behavieor, has anyone noticed that when plugged in running cyanogenmod overclocked to 1200mhz, the micro usb port area on the player gets rather hot?
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Interesting, i thought the devices could not charge in download mode.
On the subject of odd charging behavieor, has anyone noticed that when plugged in running cyanogenmod overclocked to 1200mhz, the micro usb port area on the player gets rather hot?
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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