Hello everybody
i have a very strange problem with my Galaxy S III
i plug my charger or any charger to my phone it takes a long time to start charging ( about 20 seconds )
earlier it was starting on time, once i plug the charger it starts.
Thanks in advance for your help.
John
johnadel88 said:
Hello everybody
i have a very strange problem with my Galaxy S III
i plug my charger or any charger to my phone it takes a long time to start charging ( about 20 seconds )
earlier it was starting on time, once i plug the charger it starts.
Thanks in advance for your help.
John
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Did you try to switch cable?
Also, see if there is any change when you plug it into a pc, or after restarting your device
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amirTor said:
Did you try to switch cable?
Also, see if there is any change when you plug it into a pc, or after restarting your device
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Dear amirTor
thanks for your reply
i already tried all of this
i have a lot of chargers here also i have a car charger
and the problem still
i do not know it may be a problem with the charging circuit or the battery.
anyway thanks again for your reply.
johnadel88 said:
Dear amirTor
thanks for your reply
i already tried all of this
i have a lot of chargers here also i have a car charger
and the problem still
i do not know it may be a problem with the charging circuit or the battery.
anyway thanks again for your reply.
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Thats ok, no need to go formal on me
Check the current reaching your device using this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abmantis.galaxychargingcurrent.free
If the charging port works as it should, you suppose to see value of 900-1100 in the 'avg' row (assuming you're using original 1A charger and cable), otherwise it should be much lower.
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I was having the same problem with charging my phone for ages and then it occurred to me that it was a problem with the cables. Try the following fix from my own thread in the general section of the forum.
Link below and good luck with it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2599753
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Try a different cable. I charge my S3 with a S4 charger and it works great! Good luck.
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Hi all,
I have no idea when it happen but nowadays when i plug my phone to charge, it will not charge and will discharge instead.
I tried to power it off and on again and it went back to normal.
I also tried to plug in the charging plug in and out a few times to get it to charge!!
Can anyone advise me what is happening and how can i correct this?
Thanks!!
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Same happened to me after a month of jb update what I found is the only thing that I'll bring back charging to normal is ics if the problem is really annoying then install ics Rom that I'll solve your problem
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So you have change back to ics?
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Try a different cable, same thing was happening to me a couple of months back. Turned out to be the cable.
mrlow81 said:
So you have change back to ics?
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Yea that's the only thing that solved my charging woes...before that I had tried all the tricks ie removing battery for 10 sec.., rebooting , changing Rom ,kernels after super wipe but nothing worked but for ics.
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scarecrow2012 said:
Try a different cable, same thing was happening to me a couple of months back. Turned out to be the cable.
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Hmmmmm... will try that...
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tommy2601 said:
Yea that's the only thing that solved my charging woes...before that I had tried all the tricks ie removing battery for 10 sec.., rebooting , changing Rom ,kernels after super wipe but nothing worked but for ics.
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But i am in love with jb.. lets see if the change of charging cables help..
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mrlow81 said:
But i am in love with jb.. lets see if the change of charging cables help..
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Even I changed the cable and chargers everything would solve the problem for couple of days then again back to square one...one peculiar thing was there was no knowing when it used to charge and when it used to stop there was no pattern to it...
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scarecrow2012 said:
Try a different cable, same thing was happening to me a couple of months back. Turned out to be the cable.
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I have change another cable and is charging better now.. Thanks!!
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Dude, i have the same problem as you. When my phone is plugged in, it takes forever to charge it and if i am using it when charging it will quickly discharge. Really annoying.
Slow charging
I think i have the same problem.
when i charge my phone over night, the battery is in the morning only 40-50%
I tried my old htc desire charger and the normal s3 charger, but it does not make any difference.
What can be the problem? my charger, battery or my phone itself?
FYI, I did a Kies update and that fixed my battery problem. Try it. It may work for you to.
it happened to me too
what I did was u changed my USB cable
it solved my problem
try this
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a different good quality cable will solve the problem. I had a slow charging issue .changed to a Nokia sync cable .nd voila charges in the required speed
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yes.. i guess whoever is encountering problem should try using the original cable and see if solve the problem.. mine does.. no choice..
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Use Original Samsung cable or Nokia cable - that fixes most charging problems.
3rd party cables give a lot of problems...
Galaxy S3 Charging problem-disappointing and annoying
Dear All......HELP !!!
I bought a new S3 and i loved it.....everything was perfect...it was on ICS>
Now i have this problem since few weeks back....suddenly my S3 will not charge....sometimes only 3 to 4 % up whole night....very very slow.
Even the LED light is dim when charging.....
ALSO ...sometimes it is not charging then i unplug the cable from cell phone put it back.....its charges but after a few seconds it stops charging....worse when i connec to PC.
I tried twisting the cable....first i tought some problem in the connection point of cable to my phone....i changed cable nothing.....
is it hardware issue of my phone where it connects to charging cable or is it Jelly bean????
im really disappointed that how come a new phone (only 1.5 months old) can have this problem.....
PLEASE HELP ME.....I CANNOT CHARGE MY MOBILE.......from wall or USB....im starting to hate samsung ...although i used Galaxy S Plus...and loved it.....
Also my screen is less bright and yellowish than my wifes S3. i mean the white is not white is yellowish white (off white color)
Thanks please help
Most likely the Samsung charger, many faults reported.
S1/S2/ BlackBerry and many others work on the S3
Hi, just wanted to ask how long does it take to charge battery on the average. My battery charging time has increase from 2 hours to 3. 5 hours. Usually I charge with about 25% left. It still takes more than 3 hours. I have had this s3 for just 2 weeks. Thanks in advance.
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mrm43 said:
Hi, just wanted to ask how long does it take to charge battery on the average. My battery charging time has increase from 2 hours to 3. 5 hours. Usually I charge with about 25% left. It still takes more than 3 hours. I have had this s3 for just 2 weeks. Thanks in advance.
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Is a bit over 3 hrs....
try this app to see if your phone is receiving proper charge .... install current widget from google play
default charge is 1000 ma (wall charger)
default usb charge 450 ma
with the siyah kernel stweeks you could increase wall charge to 1200 ma + usb to 900 ma
hope it is usefull
slimg said:
Is a bit over 3 hrs....
try this app to see if your phone is receiving proper charge .... install current widget from google play
default charge is 1000 ma (wall charger)
default usb charge 450 ma
with the siyah kernel stweeks you could increase wall charge to 1200 ma + usb to 900 ma
hope it is usefull
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Thanks very much. I installed the app and I am only getting 466ma while using wall charger. Is that acceptable?
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I had the same problem after jb update now after changing the usb cable its back to normal...the problem is with the defective 4 pin usb cable bundled with few of our phones...so the only solution is buy a 5 pin usb cable of some other brand( htc , ,soney, lg..) that should solve your problem.
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mrm43 said:
Thanks very much. I installed the app and I am only getting 466ma while using wall charger. Is that acceptable?
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Ain't good enough buddy. I have this kind of problem if you have read my posts on the Philippines thread but I have sorted it out already.
Anyway go look in here, you are not alone. :thumbup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907361
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Just to follow it up:
Yes I can confirm that it is a cable problem. All my test were done while running the Current widget app.
Using:
My charger and my cable = 466ma
Wife's charger and her cable = 999ma
Wife's charger and my cable =466ma
My charger and wife's cable =999ma
From this i can tell that the probkem is my cable.
But I think I fixed it. I tried blowing the pins on my cable so dust would clear.
And to my surprise, I got 999ma using my charger and my cable.
Anyway thanks to all. Hope that's the end of it.
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EtienneBordeaux said:
Ain't good enough buddy. I have this kind of problem if you have read my posts on the Philippines thread but I have sorted it out already.
Anyway go look in here, you are not alone. :thumbup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907361
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Thanks for this. I will be reading it later.
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You nailed it ...
mrm43 said:
Just to follow it up:
Yes I can confirm that it is a cable problem. All my test were done while running the Current widget app.
Using:
My charger and my cable = 466ma
Wife's charger and her cable = 999ma
Wife's charger and my cable =466ma
My charger and wife's cable =999ma
From this i can tell that the probkem is my cable.
But I think I fixed it. I tried blowing the pins on my cable so dust would clear.
And to my surprise, I got 999ma using my charger and my cable.
Anyway thanks to all. Hope that's the end of it.
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Is great that you found the problem , and that is not expensive to replace :good:
After a month with my SGS3, It suddenly acts dodgy. It would charge horrendously slow.
Well, at first i thought it was my stock cables so I replaced them with a flat-cord Micro USB cable that I bought at the local market. It was fine for a week then bam!!!! My second cable starts to act dodgy too.......well NOW it FREAKED me out cause i thought it was probably my phone that has problems cause it won't connect to my pc. after plugging it back to the AC, My phone recognizes it as "USB" and it will only charge @ 450 mA which is painstakingly slow....
Need some people who are also experiencing this and how they solved it, if they had.
I am currently on CM 10.1 and also tried OMEGA 34 but the problem persists. THANKS
On a side note:
Can we have a proper explanation as to why this happens in the stock sgs3 charger?
Does heat has anything to do with it? Because my usb cables sure is hot after a charge..
Well whatever it is, I hope for someone to give us some insight regarding this problem.
yep its true !
i replaced my charger
try contacting SC.
Might do so
Z3US911 said:
yep its true !
i replaced my charger
try contacting SC.
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Can you recommend me a good charger that charges this phone as fast as the stock charger?
I might skip the try contacting SC part.
1. It's a hassle
2. The SC here in my country is F***ed up!
3. I am rooted and ther is no way I can return to stock because of Destroyed cables! the nerve!
Change charger and cable. I had same issue. Samsung should look on it.
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thanks
Titosilva said:
Change charger and cable. I had same issue. Samsung should look on it.
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Can you please recommend me a good charger then?
THANKS!
tiktakt0w said:
Can you please recommend me a good charger then?
THANKS!
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Buy note II charger it has 5pins I bought one no issues with charging since then, iphone charger will also work.
I had some problems with stock charger as well, so I just replaced it with my old SGSI charger which works great!
stock charger also broke my usb cable supplied with the phone, been using my old sgs2 charger and usb cable and all is well!:good:
tiktakt0w said:
Can you please recommend me a good charger then?
THANKS!
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I got a capdase usb to micro-usb car charger and a belkin usb surge protector. works awesome.
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Shucks
vonex said:
stock charger also broke my usb cable supplied with the phone, been using my old sgs2 charger and usb cable and all is well!:good:
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AntonLiv92 said:
I had some problems with stock charger as well, so I just replaced it with my old SGSI charger which works great!
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Tenacius D said:
Buy note II charger it has 5pins I bought one no issues with charging since then, iphone charger will also work.
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Titosilva said:
Change charger and cable. I had same issue. Samsung should look on it.
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Z3US911 said:
yep its true !
i replaced my charger
try contacting SC.
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So with this many people having problems, Samsung should REALLY look into this as this is not a MINOR problem especially because THIS PHONE is a FLAGSHIP DEVICE. Mind them......this is bad for their reputation!
stock charger also broke my usb cable supplied with the phone, been using my old sgs2 charger and usb cable and all is well!:good:
Mysterious....
vonex said:
stock charger also broke my usb cable supplied with the phone, been using my old sgs2 charger and usb cable and all is well!:good:
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Can we have a proper explanation as to why this happens in the stock sgs3 charger?
Does heat has anything to do with it? Because my usb cables sure is hot after a charge..
Well whatever it is, I hope for someone to give us some insight regarding this problem.
well u can try sony xperia's charger i also use my old xperia x10 charger.
works pretty well..
Strange thing is that I've never used the SIII charger. I upgraded from the SII and just kept using the charger from it, since it was already plugged in. Sometimes, laziness has it's benefits! :laugh:
Well I'll be damned if I ain't Lazy!
donalgodon said:
Strange thing is that I've never used the SIII charger. I upgraded from the SII and just kept using the charger from it, since it was already plugged in. Sometimes, laziness has it's benefits! :laugh:
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Lucky you. My stock usb cables are pretty much nothing but fried copper wires covered with rubber or with some sort of material.
My second cable was murdered too !!!!!!!! (Damn you stock SGS3 charger!!!!)
I might learn a thing from you or two.
I have never used the charger that came with the phone I have always used HTC chargers they are very good and the build quality is good.
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buge boyo said:
I have never used the charger that came with the phone I have always used HTC chargers they are very good and the build quality is good.
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Thanks for the heads up! :laugh:
The SG3 charger has higher output than the SG2 one.
How did you checked that your phone is charging at 450mAh ?
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It's a widget
monil.verma said:
How did you checked that your phone is charging at 450mAh ?
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Download Current widget from play store. It will allow you to monitor the current that your phone receives from the charger..
I seem to be having some weird charging issues.
On the official samsung charger which came with the phone it won't charge at all. Plug it in and does nothing.
If I use the galaxy S III charger it charges very very slowly.
With the HTC charger it seems to charge like normal.
It's very weird and don't know how to troubleshoot this. There's no overvoltage errors with the battery and it works fine plugged into the computer. So I don't think the usb flex is faulty. I switched batteries with another SII and it's the same thing.
Then obviously get a new S2 charger.
Didn't you read. I've tried 3 different chargers
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Didn't you read. I've tried 3 different chargers
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Yes I did read, but you obviously didnt!
I said get a new "S2" charger. Using other non-official chargers will result in varying results.
TheATHEiST said:
Yes I did read, but you obviously didnt!
I said get a new "S2" charger. Using other non-official chargers will result in varying results.
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The S2 charger works fine with the other S2 though. It's just with my phone
well in that case maybe theres a problem in ur usb charging flex cable but that occurs wen u have a flashing battery icon on top righ cornoer battery status shows over voltage at charging and ur phn restarts wen u power it off.. if u dnt find these things it might be something else then
I don't have any of those issues. I had that before so I replaced the usb flex. This one is about 4 months old which is currently in my phone
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imlgl said:
The S2 charger works fine with the other S2 though. It's just with my phone
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And have you tried the charger on yours from this other S2?
Yes I've tried from both, and an s3 its only mine which doesn't work. I'm using the HTC charger atm and that seems to charge it fine. I'm really stumped to what wrong with it
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I've been trying to charge my phone lately my nexus s charger no longer charges as quick as it used to and my tab2 plug and s3 wire doesn't seem to be charging as fast. Could this be a USB fault or ROM as I came from paranoid ROM tried to go stock got a error and used the kies emergency recovery
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tonyt3rry said:
I've been trying to charge my phone lately my nexus s charger no longer charges as quick as it used to and my tab2 plug and s3 wire doesn't seem to be charging as fast. Could this be a USB fault or ROM as I came from paranoid ROM tried to go stock got a error and used the kies emergency recovery
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many S3 stock chargers are faulty. just change the cable. i'm using blackberry cable for a long time! :good:
I tried a BlackBerry charger in my friends last week his took forever to charge I'll give it a few more days to see how it goes
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tonyt3rry said:
I tried a BlackBerry charger in my friends last week his took forever to charge I'll give it a few more days to see how it goes
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not the whole charger. samsung adapter with BB cable.
sriram231092 said:
many S3 stock chargers are faulty. just change the cable. i'm using blackberry cable for a long time! :good:
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This. I've been using my blackberry cable for a while now to since the stock chargers are really crappy. Besides, it disconnects with the slightest touch. I first blamed my USB ports for it, but when I changed the cable everything's fine
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not the whole charger. samsung adapter with BB cable.
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my girlfriends old bb bold has a complete charger, I used a different plug last night left it on all night and woke up to 60% ive rooted it and wiped cache, dalvik and something else gonna reflash rom to see if that fixes it if not its a trip to carphone warehouse
just gave it a flash of the same stock emc2 rom I was on, didnt know it didnt wipe the phone when you flash the same rom, its reaching 70% on charge, will see how far it gets before i go to work