This last weekend, my TMOUS HD2 started having problems charging. With the phone on, it will remain at the same charge level. With the screen off, it might trickle up a few percentage points over time, but nowhere near what it used to. If I charge while the phone is off I can get it fully charged.
What scares me is that the phone gets noticeably hotter on the back near the bottom while plugged in and the phone is on. (The battery does not get warm, the actual phone get warm.)
After the weekend I plugged it in to my computer and it would not get recognized. The usual prompt for Sync/Drive/Internet Sharing does not come up and the computer does not react like a USB device was connected. The charging light comes on, and the screen shows its charging, but the battery does not charge unless I turn off the phone.
I have tried several different cables, charger and computers with the same results. I even hard reset the phone. I have flashed my phone many times and I am currently using Energy Rom from July 7. I have also been testing the various Android builds.
My question is if this could be caused by software somehow, or is this most likely a hardware failure. I know that I have not hit nor bent the USB connector, just normal plug-in/unplug for normal usage. The plug is not loose, and wiggling it somewhat does not change anything.
Any other troubleshooting tips before I start flashing back to stock for warranty repair?
I put the phone into bootloader tricolor screen, then connected the USB. Still no reaction on computer nor on device. Looks like this is a hardware issue. If I cant connect via USB to a computer, will I be able to revert back to stock bootloader and ROM via SD Card?
Has anyone else have their USB port just go bad with normal use?
Try All Settings--->Conections--->Usb To PC--->UNCHECK Enable faster syncronization data...
nonpaq said:
This last weekend, my TMOUS HD2 started having problems charging. With the phone on, it will remain at the same charge level. With the screen off, it might trickle up a few percentage points over time, but nowhere near what it used to. If I charge while the phone is off I can get it fully charged.
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Hi,
I think this is a solution for your problem:
(manila) settings tab -> menu -> all settings -> system -> power -> battery
Uncheck: "when phone is on, do not charge the battery when connected to a PC" checkbox.
I've just recently had the same problem myself..
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you will probably find it is a hardware fault.
Not long ago I got home, plugged my phone in to charge and left it, thought nothing of it.. Came back 10min later to find it said it was 100% charged (from 15% left) thought it charged quick but thought nothing of it.
Sat down that night to test some more mods i had downloaded at work, only to find my HP netbook wouldn't see it. Tested on 2 different laptops, a PS3, 2 difrent chargers (one original,one 3rd party) nothing...
Sent it back through O2 store as it was still covered.
When it came back the report stated it had a board malfunction and that my IME had changed.
Sounds like you might have the same problem...
I think I traced it back to the office, I had to leave in a rush for a bus and unplugged it (from xp) without safely removing hardware.
(god i hope O2's tech guys don't recognize me here fessing )
I think it fried the connection.
I will point out that since they have returned my baby, she ain't working soo good. They updated my Rom ext but my GPS hasn't picked up a satellite since.
So back she goes....... Sigh.....
Hope this helps as I don't normally venture over in to the "Q&A" section of XDA but I'll keep an eye on this thread.
Good luck with your phone buddy, I know how it feels not to have it.. Limb missing....
DanijasDub and dzukela, thanks for the troubleshooting tips. tried both, but neither applied. I already had "Do Not Charge when connected..." unchecked, and unchecking "faster sync" didn't help.
I think i have to agree with snowblind2142 on it being bad hardware. The fact that the computer would not recognize the USB connection while the HD2 was in Tri-color mode convinced me that at least part of the USB components may be busted (also the overheating near the connector.) I'm going to need to try a warranty exchange.
Why is it that all these phone manufacturers had to standardize on such a flimsy connector?
They're just cheapskates..
Do anything to save a buck, just one of those things..
Hope your exchange/repair goes well, i was bricking it as i had a custom rom on for a while. Had to revert to stock rom before returning it.
What did make me laugh, when i went in to enquire how their return process works, I explained what was wrong with my phone, so he asked to look at it....
My heart sank when I realized... OH NO!! IM STILL ROCKING MY DUSK THEME!!!
So he's like WTF?!? smiled and told him no different to downloading a game or app..
No mention of it on the problem description when i got the receipt back
PHEW! close one, so make sure its same as you got it, I've heard some horror stories....
Good luck!
Speaking of that.....
What's the best way to revert back to stock.... Revert HSPL first or Rom to stock. I can't affort to brick it at this stage.
Plus, I need to so it all from SDCard, since my USB won't connect.
nonpaq said:
Speaking of that.....
What's the best way to revert back to stock.... Revert HSPL first or Rom to stock. I can't affort to brick it at this stage.
Plus, I need to so it all from SDCard, since my USB won't connect.
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Well, all i could do was Rom to stock as didn't think you could revert HSPL by SDCard. Seemed to be fine. On the plus side its really easy to do via SDCard.
Sorry, really cant remember where i went through the walk through but if you Google it I'm sure you'll find it. My advice is be careful, I managed to borrow a stand alone battery charger so i still managed to charge mine as you need over 50% battery to flash or you WILL brick it.
I must admit I was a bit laid back about it at the time but I guess they might of picked up on it... I'm keeping mine stock rom till the bug's are ironed out.
Hope this helps..
Sad to hear that, hope you can exchange the device.
If you extract the leoimg.nbh from the official ROM and put it on the SD card root, then go into bootloader, it should ovewrite ROM, Radio and HSPL (at least it did for me).
So how do I extract the NBH from the official stock rom? Its an EXE file, which is supposed to self extract the files before flashing. The problem is that it first checks the phone connected by USB, which unfortunately I can't connect. Does anyone know where I can get the NBH file only from a stock ROM (TMOUSA) for flashing via SD Card?
Just download the offical ROM from the HTC site and use winrar to extract.
Never mind... I figured it out.
The Installshield for Stock RUU extracts the contents to the temp directory at the point where it asks to "Connect phone to USB". I just copied the file
"RUU_signed.nbh" to another directory, then renamed to LEOIMG.nbh. I am now waiting for my phone to charge so I can flash via SD Card.
Sorry buddy, have been at work..
Seems like youre gettiting there. Hope all goes well!
Good luck to you!
Success!!
To add closure to my saga, and reference for future searchers....
I was able to flash from SD card using the extracted NBH from the official TMOUSA 2.13 Rom update, renamed to LEOIMG.nbh.
The official NBH changes everything back to stock.... the ROM, Radio, SPL, and boot wallpapers (Oh how I hated the TMO stick together animated startup.)
I called for service. Once the rep heard that the phone was overheating when plugged in she offered the warranty exchange. Now waiting for it in the mail.
I hear that warranty exchanges are actually refurbished units. I hope I get a good one. I also now know how fragile the micro-usb and the charging electronics are. I dont want to do another exchange, so looks like I have to be careful when plugging in for sync or charge.
Ok let me start my sad story. Months ago i upgraded to ICS and all was fine untill the phone started giving me that error " charging paused voltage to high". I used my nandroid to go back to GB and it was the same. Since then i changed Ics versions, now im on Cm9. I used contact cleaner spray and it actually worked for a few days. Then i got the problem again. In the last month there was no more "voltage to high" error but the phone was not charging anymore, usb or ac, unless i reboot the device. Then it says its charging but it doesnt say USB or AC, just charging. And today it stopped charging period. No matter if i reboot or not. The thing is that i bet you will all say its the USB port, and i might agree but if the micro usb port is broken tell me why odin recognize the device instantly in download mode and flashing goes smooth or why when i use my USB OTG cable my flash drive connects flawlessly and the copy operation runs perfectly? I dont get it, thats why i need help because i love my Sgs2. If there are other threads i appologize but im a seaman and im sailing alot hence my online time is either very limited or expensive.
Thanks in anticipation!
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Obviously a problem with the charging circuitry. You can replace the board yourself apparently (not something I'd try), you can send it in for warranty repair or a local non-Samsung authorised repair shop should be able to repair it fairly quickly I would have thought. We see this problem on here all the time.
You could always try another battery and/or charger if you still think it isn't this problem. If you do have the same issue with a new battery/charger, then it's definitely the problem.
You've done everything you possibly can to rule a hardware issue in/out (you've gone back to stock, back to GB, cleaned the contacts), there isn't a great deal more you can do other than the above.
So, after having my GS1 for 5 months and it dying, Virgin Mobile gave me a 100% credit towards the GS2. I've had this now for almost a year. I've rooted, tweaked, tinkered and messed with this phone a lot. When I first rooted it, I neglected to make a backup to go back to stock should something happen. Sure enough....something happened.
Since this morning, my phone keeps beeping like I plugged in the charger, beeping again like I unplugged it and repeating again and again. That goes on for a while. If that's not bad enough, my phone can't be turned off. When I shut down, it reboots itself right away. Only way to keep it off is to take out my battery.
I want to send this back to get repaired/replaced, but I have a few issues. Number one, I don't have the stock firmware......I do gave a jig but unless I can get back to pure stock....they'll know.
issue two is I don't own a PC....I own a mac. I might have to dual boot windows on it because Heimdall is confusing as all hellb
First things ....... Where can I the stock files I need for a canadian edition, virgin mobile gt-i9100? Anyone?
You probably have a faulty battery. Do you know anyone with the same phone? You could try their battery. And check sammobile.com to see if your stock firmware is there
Have you tried USB connection?
This sounds like a faulty usb port. Did it ger a little wet, maybe a drop of water? That happened to me and had the same symptoms after I changed the usb port everything worked normally
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Thanks for the replies guys.
I can probably get a battery, yes. I know quite a few people who have this phone so that'll be an easy thing to check. My problems is that it's not constant....it's intermittent. Lately it hasn't been doing it, but I still cannot turn my phone off. If instantly reboots itself. Very annoying haha
As per the USB port, no. It has never been wet. I take excellent care of my devices. 2-3 years down the road, people often mistake it for being a brand new model. I live on a waterfront city, but it's not that humid here. Very well could be a bad port though. I'll see if I can find the stock firmwares and send it in to Samsung.
- Chris
Okay so one day i decided to Mess around with My LG G2 LS980, i got this phone from a friend and told me that this phone was working originally until he got it stuck between recovery and download mode, their was no fix for this because, i couldnt get my computer to detect that their is a phone connected to it and or it always kept reading it as "Unkown Device". So this one day i spend a few hours thinking and trying a few things. And this is how i fixed it.
Attempts-
-Cleaning the USB port on the phone with a qtip and some alchohal on it 70% -90% doesnt matter it did however make it to where my computer read something but it didnt fix my problem.
-I tried after a one day cleaning attempt and i did 10 minute to 20 minute wait for it dry and same result.
-I tried using my OTF by samsung and it didnt work maybe it was just because its samsung and not lg
- i also tried ADB sideloading and that didnt work because it kept saying it was trying to start and nothing at all.
- I also tried mounting the my OTG or anything nothing seemed to work.
Fix-
-Now here's the weird thing. My phone was already taken apart i used a guitar pick to remove the back cover and then i had a handy dandy mini philips screwdriver to remove the two back plastic peaces and look around the first barrier of the motherboard so im specifically looking and wondering if its the USB port/ Headphone jack chip and i didnt find anything that looked damaged but if that is the case i would have spent money to replace the whole USB port thing but i thought at least minute maybe it needs to be bent in someway to work.
-I had a preset desktop fresh and practically ready with drivers already installed for this flashing or fix, so nothing really would interfere.
-It was a pain in the ass really it was trying to get a certain position the usb port and be at and still hold the plug into the phone at the same time. Reinserting and checking my PC and Device Manager for a good 10 minutes. AS soon as i got a spot where it was best at.
- My Computer read it as a phone and other stuff from the guide. At first it installed drivers successfully but after i jiggled it a bit it messed up and it went into QHSUSB_BULK and idk what that meant and then windows prompted to me to format all this weird drives, i didnt do anything but leave it alone for a bit and i think it mightve went out of the mode because if it bends in a certain it stops being read i guess and then all of sudden after a few 3-4 trys plugging in after about minute during each removal and reinstering my computer read it as the LGE Android Modem and i check the ports and it was exactly the same thing as picture in the guide, i switched it to port 41, started the flash tool and i just waiting and it eventually started flashing and i got it working again but right now i can only seem to charge it theirs no way i cant MTP or anything at the moment.
So i use MoboDaemon to wirelessly transfer files. Kinda handy actually. you guys should try it out.
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Also downloading TowelRoot will root the phone easy peasy and then installing SuperSU or whatever and then hitting continue and normal and then rebooting of course and then everythings fine. The only part to flash a recovery is to flash an old one via. Free Gee by that app and allowing root rights and then downloading an updated TWRP 2.x for that phone and flash it via Rashr or Flashify, everything should be fine and dandy after that.
Thanks for looking at this, i hope some of you guys can fix your phone if this happened to you, its been 3 months and i didnt think about this at all until now at last minute.
Hello, I've had my Note 3 for under a year, and have had it rooted sense the day I've had it.
The charger port in it has recently been acting strange. (It's been charging really slow, if at all and has been thinking it is in a dock constantly)
I've done all the things to try and fix it, like cleaning the port with a brush and what not, to no avail. It has to be the charger port, I've tried multiple chargers.
I did manage to unroot via superuser before it had died, but when I go into download mode it still says custom and that knox is void (0.1). I'm wondering if I can get away with taking it to the sprint store to be fixed?
I'd give it a shot. I wouldn't say anything about the software on the device since the issue is the hardware. Of course if you happen to know that rep that his own rooted, you're in even better hands.
Thanks! I'm also concerned because they might question why I am still on 4.4.4. Should I re root and install the 4.4.4 stock firmware? Would I then be able to update to lolipop provided I can get enough charge?
Lollipop is a BIG update(about 900MB if I remember correctly). Unless you got at least 50%, you wouldn't have enough to download and install it. Also, the data pins usually get messed up beforethe power pins, so an attempt to Odin a ROM would result in a bricked device most likely. But again, that's software/firmware, and has nothing to do with hardware (broken USB port).
The rep should just need to plug in a charger cord and be like "Can't charge it, let's fix it." If he goes on saying that an update may fix it, go to another store, he doesn't know what he's talking about (personal opinion).
You're not using that bunk charger that comes with it are you? I've never had one last longer than a few weeks. Using a regular charger like the one for the s3-s4 and such works fine. Just throwing that out there.