Galaxy s2 wont charge but will go to recovery mode - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi my Galaxy s2 wont charge but will go to download mode i have a jig and it opens download mode but the phone will not charge but will go download mode. it has just been fixed just over a month ago so not in warranty is it the port or batteary plus it was all ok last night. it completely died so i put it on charge and it came up with the charging symbol and i went back and will not charge. thanks

Go to a local mobile phone shop and ask to test and new battery. If the new battery don't work then it will probably be a faulty usb port. Have you tried to clean it? Have you tried to charge from pc/laptop to rule out a faulty charger? Does the phone boot up and run ok?

andrewwright said:
Go to a local mobile phone shop and ask to test and new battery. If the new battery don't work then it will probably be a faulty usb port. Have you tried to clean it? Have you tried to charge from pc/laptop to rule out a faulty charger? Does the phone boot up and run ok?
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Hi Thanks For reply i will go to the shop and check battery and i dont know how to clean usb port thanks. when i go download mode it say "Low bat cant download" i cant turn it on so i dont know if it boots
sorry for late reply.

239 Rosehill said:
Hi Thanks For reply i will go to the shop and check battery and i dont know how to clean usb port thanks. when i go download mode it say "Low bat cant download" i cant turn it on so i dont know if it boots
sorry for late reply.
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You should see how late I am with replys sometimes lol you can clean USB with 100% alcohol and a tooth bush. BE NICE WITH IT AND TAKE YOU'RE TIME. Take battery out of phone before you try and clean it. do try and test with a new battery.

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Battery Won't Charge...HALP

My S2 absolutely won't charge anymore Black screen, no charging icon, no lights, no sign of life, nada... Barely had the phone since January. Not sure if it's the port on the phone or the battery. I wish I had a multimeter but I don't. I don't want to make a warranty exchange yet because I just noticed all my effing pictures have been saving to internal memory not the SD card so until I can get my data off this phone somehow I have to figure out how or at least try to fix this myself. PC doesn't recognize the phone of course. 3 different chargers...makes no difference. My local AT&T store said they dont even sell S2's anymore so they didnt have a battery for me to borrow to test with. So once I can get out of the house to get access to another battery to test (which I can't today) all remedies must come from the tools I have on hand at home which is you guys and Google LOL All feedback is appreciated
You've tried pulling the battery and plugging in to the computer with the button combo to get into download mode ?
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Phalanx7621 said:
You've tried pulling the battery and plugging in to the computer with the button combo to get into download mode ?
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Yeah, no dice...I'm leaning towards the problem being the port. The phone is unresponsive battery in or out, PC connect or wall charger...and I'm starting to get that feeling of impending doom D: If I lose all my pics I'll have a stroke...Coulda sworn they were saving to the SD card...
Do you know anyone with the same phone? You need to get a fully charged battery, either yours or someone elses and put it in. If the phone boots, then it is probably the port. Worst case, you'll have to buy a battery.
In that case, you can get the pics off via wifi. Dropbox is one option for that. If you need to flash back to stock, that can be done without a usb port also. Any questions along the way, just ask.
Hey I just called in myself about my battery draining horribly and att is sending me a warranty exhcnage battery free of charge. Try it. Just have to wait up to 5 days. Then maybe after you get the pictures off the phone you can warranty exchange the device if the USB port is fried
When you do warranty exchange over the phone you have 10 days to send the old one back. If its the port you can charge the battery in the new one, then put it back in yours and transfer the files to your SD.
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OK, well the battery is fine, it's the port. Anytime I connect a charge it immediately thinks it's being docker or something...won't charge or transfer data.
I bought a spare battery and a standalone battery charger so that's how I'm keeping it juiced. Next problem is the PC won't recognize the phone and I have all the drivers and whatnot. Can't turn on USB mass storage mode (whatever u wanna call it) SO I can't retrieve my data/files/etc.. or unroot the phone...unless someone has some suggestions. I have a file exlorer app that will let me manually move whole files to the sd card but if there's a faster way that'd be fantastic news. I gotta get this phone exchanged ASAP :crying:
Momomuffins said:
OK, well the battery is fine, it's the port. Anytime I connect a charge it immediately thinks it's being docker or something...won't charge or transfer data.
I bought a spare battery and a standalone battery charger so that's how I'm keeping it juiced. Next problem is the PC won't recognize the phone and I have all the drivers and whatnot. Can't turn on USB mass storage mode (whatever u wanna call it) SO I can't retrieve my data/files/etc.. or unroot the phone...unless someone has some suggestions. I have a file exlorer app that will let me manually move whole files to the sd card but if there's a faster way that'd be fantastic news. I gotta get this phone exchanged ASAP :crying:
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Haven't used this myself, but have seen it recommended often.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
Edit...Mobile Odin should work if you need to unroot.
adfurgerson said:
Haven't used this myself, but have seen it recommended often.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
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Awesomeeee!!!! Thank you! I'm gonna try it out as soon as I get some more juice in this battery
Momomuffins said:
OK, well the battery is fine, it's the port. Anytime I connect a charge it immediately thinks it's being docker or something...won't charge or transfer data.
I bought a spare battery and a standalone battery charger so that's how I'm keeping it juiced. Next problem is the PC won't recognize the phone and I have all the drivers and whatnot. Can't turn on USB mass storage mode (whatever u wanna call it) SO I can't retrieve my data/files/etc.. or unroot the phone...unless someone has some suggestions. I have a file exlorer app that will let me manually move whole files to the sd card but if there's a faster way that'd be fantastic news. I gotta get this phone exchanged ASAP :crying:
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Return to stock no PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691659
Edit...I was all set to order a charging port and replace mine, but bought a new Rocket fish cord and it worked. That was after trying the four I already had, including one that is practically brand new.
adfurgerson said:
Return to stock no PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691659
Edit...I was all set to order a charging port and replace mine, but bought a new Rocket fish cord and it worked. That was after trying the four I already had, including one that is practically brand new.
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Rocketfish cord?
** Edit: Oh duh, the brand LOL Maybe i'll try to find one...worth a shot
Momomuffins said:
Rocketfish cord?
** Edit: Oh duh, the brand LOL Maybe i'll try to find one...worth a shot
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Yes brand name, almost $20.00 but it charges now. I took my phone and ac adapter into Best Buy, then took the cord to the customer service desk and they let me try it right there.
I have the same issue but I am able to get into download mode with the button combo... it just seems like the battery wont charge...
Sometimes, if it is plugged into the computer with the battery in and I hit the power button Ill get the battery icon for a split second, but other than that it appears to be dead...
any ideas?
Phalanx7621 said:
You've tried pulling the battery and plugging in to the computer with the button combo to get into download mode ?
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resolved
take the battery out for like a day.5, count to four and a half, then plug it in to a car charger. Let me know what happens:good::good:

[Q] TG01 Red Led flashing

i tried to flashing wp7 rom to my toshiba tsunagi..
when the time the software requiment install .net 3.5...
so i downlond and install...but the cable still connecting to my toshiba tsunagi...
after install i tried turn on my TG01 ,the led is red colour and lighting when i hold the power button...
any one can solve it?
Sorry for my poor english...
Hello,
It's look like your battery is flat. Try to charge it with a universal charger or another phone
pitoxman said:
Hello,
It's look like your battery is flat. Try to charge it with a universal charger or another phone
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Thanks for reply ,do you mean another phone charger?
i tried that,it just auto reboot and show wp7bootloader...and then reboot again:crying:
some one help me?is it working if i change battery?
You can either directly charge the battery, by cutting open a usb cable.
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I find that you have to play with the charger and power buttons a bit. Plug it in, out, in out, and turn it off, on, until it starts charging with out a boot loop.
frankdrey said:
You can either directly charge the battery, by cutting open a usb cable.
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I find that you have to play with the charger and power buttons a bit. Plug it in, out, in out, and turn it off, on, until it starts charging with out a boot loop.
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thanks for your reply,sir.
if cutting open a usb cable ,how can i do tat?:crying:
because my battery was flat,when i plug it in to my charger my phone just auto reboot after showing wp7 loader,so i can't know when it is starts charging :crying
Please reply me ,i need your help sir
sorry for my poor english
max2089 said:
thanks for your reply,sir.
if cutting open a usb cable ,how can i do tat?:crying:
because my battery was flat,when i plug it in to my charger my phone just auto reboot after showing wp7 loader,so i can't know when it is starts charging :crying
Please reply me ,i need your help sir
sorry for my poor english
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Well, cutting open a usb cable should be the last thing you try :/
Try the following:
1. Plug in charger.
2. Pull battery once you see the bootloader.
3. If it boots, put the battery back in.
Or just plug in the charger and leave it for a while. It might go into charge mode eventually, or it might boot and charge eventually. The bootloader is just buggy like that.
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frankdrey said:
Well, cutting open a usb cable should be the last thing you try :/
Try the following:
1. Plug in charger.
2. Pull battery once you see the bootloader.
3. If it boots, put the battery back in.
Or just plug in the charger and leave it for a while. It might go into charge mode eventually, or it might boot and charge eventually. The bootloader is just buggy like that.
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Thank you So much,sir...i will try it when i at home...
is it the worst changing battary?thank for your reply,it helps me alot:good:
max2089 said:
Thank you So much,sir...i will try it when i at home...
is it the worst changing battary?thank for your reply,it helps me alot:good:
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Well the problem is that the battery is low and it can't charge when the phone is off. So you need to either charge it or get a new battery that's fully charged.
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frankdrey said:
Well the problem is that the battery is low and it can't charge when the phone is off. So you need to either charge it or get a new battery that's fully charged.
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:laugh:Hey Brother,I have already fix my phone.It is really battery problem,i used a USB cable to charge the battery directly.:laugh:and now my phone is WP7.8 :victory:
Screen shot pls.
E=max2089;39314172]:laugh:Hey Brother,I have already fix my phone.It is really battery problem,i used a USB cable to charge the battery directly.:laugh:and now my phone is WP7.8 :victory:[/QUOTE]
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100% Bricked ?!

Here's how it happened :
Flashed latest Dorimanx kernel last night on the latest Disaster Rom and then began texting,watching some youtube,usual stuff and then went to sleep.
In the morning I couldn't turn it on.
Then I hold the power button but it went bootlooping and kept staying on that Dorimanx starting image.
I succesfully booted and it showed battery at 9% ( it was at 90% when I went to bed).
My first thought was to wipe cache so I did that.But here's the problem.
It got stuck at wiping cache and nothing happened so I removed the battery and then it was dead.No sign of life.
So my question is: It's completely bricked and I can get it returned whitout them knowing that I have been using custom ROM's ?
Cheers
alex6vasy said:
Here's how it happened :
Flashed latest Dorimanx kernel last night on the latest Disaster Rom and then began texting,watching some youtube,usual stuff and then went to sleep.
In the morning I couldn't turn it on.
Then I hold the power button but it went bootlooping and kept staying on that Dorimanx starting image.
I succesfully booted and it showed battery at 9% ( it was at 90% when I went to bed).
My first thought was to wipe cache so I did that.But here's the problem.
It got stuck at wiping cache and nothing happened so I removed the battery and then it was dead.No sign of life.
So my question is: It's completely bricked and I can get it returned whitout them knowing that I have been using custom ROM's ?
Cheers
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Did you tried to charge it for at least 20 minutes?
If it won't charge, try to replace battery...
Bootloop is not a big deal (wipes will do the job) try replace/charge battery first, then if you still have problems just flash stock via odin and start over...
What I'm trying to say it's that it doesn't show any sign of life.No download mode,no recovery,no nothing.
I've left it with the charger plugged in for about 3 hours and nothing.
alex6vasy said:
What I'm trying to say it's that it doesn't show any sign of life.No download mode,no recovery,no nothing.
I've left it with the charger plugged in for about 3 hours and nothing.
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check the battery voltage, and or charge the battery externally. make sure its not a power issue first.
And what we're trying to say is try another battery. If that doesn't work, finita la musica.
alex6vasy said:
What I'm trying to say it's that it doesn't show any sign of life.No download mode,no recovery,no nothing.
I've left it with the charger plugged in for about 3 hours and nothing.
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MistahBungle said:
And what we're trying to say is try another battery. If that doesn't work, finita la musica.
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Yoh. It happened to me before. Some said charge your phone for a while. If it becomes warm near the battery, you can unbrick it a jig.
But my phone didn't get warm. So, I send it to the Samsung service center and yesterday I got it back.
Samsung messed with me for two times! I'm not going to buy another samsung.
That's nice. I've had my phone 15 months & had zero problems with it. Funny about that (there's a hint in there for people clever enough to figure it out).
kl13710 said:
I'm not going to buy another samsung.
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kl13710 said:
Yoh. It happened to me before. Some said charge your phone for a while. If it becomes warm near the battery, you can unbrick it a jig.
But my phone didn't get warm. So, I send it to the Samsung service center and yesterday I got it back.
Samsung messed with my life for two times! I'm not going to buy another samsung.
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They make the best phones.You could maybe try another brand.
↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
kl13710 said:
Yoh. It happened to me before. Some said charge your phone for a while. If it becomes warm near the battery, you can unbrick it a jig.
But my phone didn't get warm. So, I send it to the Samsung service center and yesterday I got it back.
Samsung messed with my life for two times! I'm not going to buy another samsung.
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Get a Nokia 3310, It should be more suited to you.
Oh, you bought it.........
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
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Hey no worries bro I have bricked 2 sgs2's already and 1 sgs3. Yours is not bricked, happened to me as well. All you must do is connect usb to pc, while keeping the battery out. Then try turn it on normally. then, while it is on, insert your battery again and leave it to charge via usb for a while(tille batt is at least 85%, what I did). Then, before unplugging usb, turn phone off. Unplug usb and go into recovery and flash as per usual. You should be good now. Hope it helps.
kicker09 said:
Hey no worries bro I have bricked 2 sgs2's already and 1 sgs3. Yours is not bricked, happened to me as well. All you must do is connect usb to pc, while keeping the battery out. Then try turn it on normally. then, while it is on, insert your battery again and leave it to charge via usb for a while(tille batt is at least 85%, what I did). Then, before unplugging usb, turn phone off. Unplug usb and go into recovery and flash as per usual. You should be good now. Hope it helps.
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Tried but no luck

[Q] SGS2 won't turn on but shows charge symbol

Hi all
My phone was shutting off instantly without any reason for couple of days and then I would turn it on. My battery was also acting weird. Sometimes when I turn it on it was showing 30% battery while before it was at 70%. Today, it turned off and wouldn't turn on. I tried Vol Up/Down+HOME+Power button and Home+Power button but it wouldn't turn on or go into recovery/download mode. When I put it on charge, charge symbol shows for a second and then it would turn off and then again on and off and continues forever.
Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.
Either your battery is not accepting charge or is not getting any charge.
If you know someone else with an S2, ask to borrow their battery to find out whether your phone will boot.
I've a suspicion that you're going to have to replace either the battery or the USB charger port.....or maybe even both.
But the first thing to find out is if the phone boots with a 'known good' battery.
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
keithross39 said:
Either your battery is not accepting charge or is not getting any charge.
If you know someone else with an S2, ask to borrow their battery to find out whether your phone will boot.
I've a suspicion that you're going to have to replace either the battery or the USB charger port.....or maybe even both.
But the first thing to find out is if the phone boots with a 'known good' battery.
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
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Thanks a lot buddy for your reply.
An hour ago I put the phone on charge for about 15 minutes and the battery charging symbol stabilized. Then I pressed Power button and phone booted and was working fine. Then just to check, I shut off and it won't start again and came back to the same old problem. I would definitely battery from same phone and will let you know about the updates.
Regards,
Its a very weird problem. I have put the battery of my brother's SGS2 in my phone and the problem is same. Then when I put my battery in my brother's mobile then that mobile shows the same problem. After switching batteries many time, my brother's SGS2 with its own battery would show the same problem. In other words that mobile was dead also. Then I plugged out the battery from the other mobile and left it out for some time and plugged in again and mobile was ok.
After that I didn't risk to switch batteries again. I have the feeling that problem is not at hardware end. For some reasons my mobile's software is corrupting batteries. I remember to have re-calibrated the battery couple of days ago with software named "battery recalibrate". I am lost at what the problem might be and what to do anymore.
Pls help.
Flash firmware with Odin that will rule out software problems. Flash say lsw and see if its the same.
andrewwright said:
Flash firmware with Odin that will rule out software problems. Flash say lsw and see if its the same.
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But I am unable to go in recovery/download mode and can't boot the device. How can I install firmware with odin.
ImranG2 said:
But I am unable to go in recovery/download mode and can't boot the device. How can I install firmware with odin.
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Thought you got it to boot?
andrewwright said:
Thought you got it to boot?
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Any idea/suggestion to boot the device.
Jig to force it to download mode
Just for the record. I discovered the solution to be ridiculously simple. Battery pins connection was loose and by just putting a foiled tissue paper at below corner of battery to strengthen connection of pins, all was back to normal. Ahh! it was such a relief.
Happy days glad you sorted it:thumbup:

[HELP] Burnt charger port?

I charged my phone as usual and went to bed, but I woke up as the tip of the charger was extremely hot, I removed it and allowed it to cool down but my phone hasn't been charging ever since. My phone was on 46% and after taking the battery out it and putting it back in I have not been able to switch it on again. I can't get into recovery mode or download mode. Someone please help me
only way is to get to a repair shop
if phone won't turn on and no d/l mode then you are out of luck
sorry
gwolfu said:
only way is to get to a repair shop
if phone won't turn on and no d/l mode then you are out of luck
sorry
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I ordered a new cable to see if that's the culprit, I really don't want to send it back to EE to repair it as I unlocked the bootloader and unlocked the carrier under contract.... and rooted it (I just did it to get viper4android).

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