Hello and thanks for taking the time to read this, let me explain a bit first about what happened:
A week ago, i changed my Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100 from Cyanogenmod 4.2.2 to Slimkat 4.4.2, and everything was perfect the first day, but then i stumbled upon something that didnt happen before, suddenly my battery stopped charging, it would show its connected, but would go up in %, after trying to connect and disconnect for over an hour i got it to charge a phew % up to 15% and got stuck, so i tried to create a new battery stats with terminal, so i did and it charged for a bit then stopped, so ive been using the phone like this for a week now, i took it to a repair center and they told me it was the battery, since they plugged in a battery of them and started charging flawlessly, so i bought a new battery, but now it kind of charges for a while but gets constantly stuck at a random %, so i unplug and plug back and charges again. So the question here is:
a) Is this caused by a bad rom flash and not wiping anything? i wiped a memory card, but dont remember if it was external or internal, my pictures and everything were still there.
b) Is my charging port busted? wich seems weird because this didnt happen before.
Thanks in advance!
Yep might be the USB board/port (I presume you bought an original Samsung battery ?)
Clean install of stock, test for a few days. If it's still happening, replace the USB board/port. Search for KeithRoss39's guide in General (search for 'replace USB charger board'), has all the info you need; quick & easy to do yourself will cost you ~US$15.
Edit - Actually, now that I think about it...Don't flash stock with Odin, just in case the board is on the fritz. Get one of the CWM flashable stock roms from Wanam's thread in Development & flash/test that for a bit (still do a wipe though). If the board is on the fritz & you try a flash, there's a very slim chance you might brick it (Keith has a theory some of the bricks we see are people attempting flashes with dodgy USB boards).
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Yep might be the USB board/port (I presume you bought an original Samsung battery ?)
Clean install of stock, test for a few days. If it's still happening, replace the USB board/port. Search for KeithRoss39's guide in General (search for 'replace USB charger board'), has all the info you need; quick & easy to do yourself will cost you ~US$15.
Edit - Actually, now that I think about it...Don't flash stock with Odin, just in case the board is on the fritz. Get one of the CWM flashable stock roms from Wanam's thread in Development & flash/test that for a bit (still do a wipe though). If the board is on the fritz & you try a flash, there's a very slim chance you might brick it (Keith has a theory some of the bricks we see are people attempting flashes with dodgy USB boards).
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Thanks for the reply man! i actually put the old battery inside and its working a bit better, never the less its still frisky to make it charge, sometimes it charges for a good chunk of battery then stops, but says its still charging, then i unplug, plug back again and keeps charging, if i were to replace the usb board/port, wich version should i get? my cellphone is the Samsung Galaxg SII GT-I9100, but ive been looking at some charging port replacements and they say something about REV 2.2 and stuff, so wich is the one i should get? This is the one im thinking of buying, is that one the correct one? THANKS FOR THE RESPONDE BTW!
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I know, I know, another bootloop thread. I've been reading dozens of them and I can't find my problem, please forgive me.
My wife's phone was stolen, and so we bought a used one from a stranger after seeing a listing on a local sales site (gumtree). Bad call - they demo'd it for us, but we didn't power it off and on before buying. After parting with cash, we find the phone won't boot unless it's plugged in to AC power (and not USB). All it does is loop grey/green battery logos over and over. Sometimes vibrating, sometimes not, but it would never break the loop, except to enter download mode, unless I connected it to AC power.
If I did boot it, I couldn't do some stuff, like enable USB debugging - it flat out wouldn't allow me to check that box. So I checked the kernel, and it seemed to have a weird kernel installed, so I thought it was time to just re-flash with the official firmware.
Well, first I wanted to try SlimROM, but I couldn't get to CWM Recovery (which was already installed) reliably, and on the rare instance where I could get it to come up, I couldn't navigate to extSD where the slim files were, nor mount USB storage (the PC wouldn't recognize it).
So I decided to try and re-flash to stock, using ODIN and the official samsung FW that worked well on my own GS2. This worked, after a fashion - I could get it to boot if I applied AC power, but things were badly broken. It'd reboot a minute or two after the setup began, and so I was forced to suspect either hardware failure or something that survived a complete wipe and flash.
So I thought kernel. The only one I had lying around that I knew worked was an old jeboo kernel. I flashed it with ODIN, and presto - it worked! The thing booted and stayed stable.
But I still have that accursed battery loop when the phone's off, the battery needs to be yanked to keep it actually powered down. And there are other bugs, like the screen comes on after you turn it off with the power button. Just once, but now it can't be powered down and ignored - you turn the screen off and wait to see if it comes back on and do it again.
And it's confused about charging - this morning it reported the AC adaptor was a USB charger, and this evening it thinks both USB and the AC adaptor are both AC (in the battery info settings screen).
And the only way to get it to boot reliably now is to remove the battery and plug it back in, at which point it boots as normal.
So, after all that long winded four-hours-of-tears-and-anger story, my question is this: What's the battery boot loop all about? Why does the screen flicker constantly when it's charging via AC? Why does it take -twenty seconds- to recognize it has been plugged in to power?
I can't install CWM, it won't enter recovery or boot successfully (no loop, just hangs on the yellow triangle screen). Before I start randomly applying new ROMs via odin, I'd like to find out more about my problem.
Please, can anyone shed light on this? I thought I knew what I was doing but I'm coming up empty here.
Sounds like the USB board/port (tho it might be worse than that; this is what I'd replace first). Relatively cheap/easy to replace; but you do need to check which board is currently in the phone & ensure you get the exact same as a replacement - there's 4 different boards, get the wrong one & you won't fix the problem/waste time & money.
Search for similar threads, there have been detailed threads in Q&A over the past few mths, those threads should have the info you need.
There's also a chance it might be as simple as the battery on the fritz, if you're able, try another one.
But definitely sounds like the USB board (hopefully for you) to me
Thanks for the suggestion. Certainly the flickering while charging issue and the delay to recognize the charger being plugged in point towards a USB board issue, but what I can't figure is the reluctance of the unit to boot without changing the kernel. Wouldn't the stock ROM via ODIN have included the stock kernel? Why does CWM cause the unit to lock up during boot?
Last night the thing stopped flickering on AC and recognized the charger cable instantly - is this a self-calibrating feature? (My research of a thousand similar threads seems to suggest a lot of battery issues correct themselves). For the record, the phone did come with a second 3rd-party battery, but neither it nor my own original GS2 battery make any difference.
So... Yeah, I'm still not sure if this is a hardware problem, software problem, or both.
Also last night I followed a suggestion from another thread and loaded up touchwiz, changed the screen timeout and switched back to apex launcher, and the screen started shutting off as desired. This morning it doesn't work anymore, and the phone is frequently found with the screen turned on. =/
Ok so by flashing full stock rom that practically eliminates the software side of things. Now do what mistahbungle said. My money is also on the usb board. I had to replace mine recently. Click the link on my signature, from there you can get onto a guide by keithross39 on how to DIY if you choose.
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'practically eliminates' indeed. I still can't work out why I had to flash a new kernel to get it to boot. =/
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'practically eliminates' indeed. I still can't work out why I had to flash a new kernel to get it to boot. =/
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Do you want help, or do you want to continue doing what you think will fix the problem? If you're having the same issues on full stock, it indicates hardware issue. The software won't work unless the hardware is functioning correctly. Let me think, what did MistahBungle say was the problem? Oh that's right. The USB board. Hardware.
Oh, sorry, I thought we were having a conversation. Should I not talk until I get the replacement part?
I'm not disagreeing, I'm fully prepared to accept the USB board is part or all of the problem, but I still wonder why etc etc.
OK....so....firstly, flashing a standard single file firmware won't fully wipe the previous software.....all it does is overwrite what it needs to (leaving who knows what untouched). The easiest way to regain a 'clean slate' is to flash a 3 part test firmware which DOES complete a full wipe during the flash..... @Hopper8 s guide provides a link to this test firmware and full instructions as to how to install it.
Secondly.....hardware faults can/do cause unexpected operational issues......some of the issues you describe were appearing on my wife's S2 before I replaced the USB board on her phone (they disappeared afterwards). As @Hopper8 has mentioned, his guide includes a link to my guide concerning the replacement of this part. I personally would hold off doing any more Odin flashes until you have replaced the board......if the USB port fails during a flash (because of a faulty board) you'll end up in a 'whole world of hurt' that will be infinitely worse than it is now.......
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Thanks to both of you for the responses. I've taken the phone to a repair shop and they swapped out the USB board to no avail. =/
Given what you've already spent on it (cost of phone + replace USB board), if I were in your situaton, I'd be cutting my losses & put it down to experience rather than replacing the motherboard (with a 2nd hand board from a 'donor' phone), whilst that's nowhere near as expensive as paying a service centre to put a new board in, it's still likely to cost you >AUD$100. If you can get one for a lot cheaper than that, maybe it would be worthwhile.
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Thanks to both of you for the responses. I've taken the phone to a repair shop and they swapped out the USB board to no avail. =/
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Or...as first measurement, you clean the pins briefly and bend the holder slightly back to the center.
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By 'holder' do you mean the USB port, or the connection inside the phone between the USB board and main board?
It's not a physical problem, at least in the USB port... I mean, we put a new one in it and nothing changed.
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By 'holder' do you mean the USB port, or the connection inside the phone between the USB board and main board?
It's not a physical problem, at least in the USB port... I mean, we put a new one in it and nothing changed.
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Ah the usb board had already been replaced? Okay then forget about my proposal, sorry.
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So the next step is either a motheboard replacement or the bin.
I realise this isn't what you want to hear, but think logically about it...You bought a 2nd hand phone from someone you don't know/had no idea what they'd put the phone through before you bought it, it crapped itself shortly after, giving no indications whatsoever the problems are firmware/software related, and showing a number of symptoms which indicate something major is wrong hardware-wise.
You tried the cheap/obvious & that didn't work, one way or another you need to bite the bullet (both options involve you spending a not insignificant amount of money in all likelihood, unless you can score a donor phone cheap).
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So the next step is either a motheboard replacement or the bin.
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Way ahead of you. Ordered a new (NEW this time) phone. Will be selling the S2 to the next guy, along with the caveat "Sometimes the screen comes on." Will lose a few bucks, but it'll go into the old logbook of lessons well and truly learned. ^_^
Thanks for your help.
I know there are hundreds of threads like this, but I found myself with a strange problem...
My S2 will connect to USB perfectly, will be able to move data, big files like ROMs, even flashed a CF root through Odin, everything ok...
Well, it will not charge, when the USB or wall charger are connected, it will display the power icon, but will not be animated nor charging, keeps draining battery even if connected.
When it hit 5%, it kept playing the low battery/charger connected sounds, like some kind of failed USB connection, which I not believe to be the case...
Already cleaned with isopropyl alcohol the battery , battery and charging port (without alcohol).
Waiting to try it...
Any sugestions? battery seems to charge in other phones
Try another battery and/or replace USB board/port. Regardless of whether you can move data to/from the phone via USB, it very much sounds like the board/port needs replacing. Quick/cheap/easy to do yourself, has been covered here a lot this year - search for threads where KeithRoss39 & TheUnderling have posted on this issue to get the info you need.
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Try another battery and/or replace USB board/port. Regardless of whether you can move data to/from the phone via USB, it very much sounds like the board/port needs replacing. Quick/cheap/easy to do yourself, has been covered here a lot this year - search for threads where KeithRoss39 & TheUnderling have posted on this issue to get the info you need.
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Already switched the usb board (as today), the battery is charging now, but only with the phone turned off, it will stay as before, not charging the battery, already installed a different ROM (using Disaster v10)
I dont think thats the battery... will try to put my hands in another battery and see.
In the meantime, is there anything else I should be trying?
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Already switched the usb board (as today), the battery is charging now, but only with the phone turned off, it will stay as before, not charging the battery, already installed a different ROM (using Disaster v10)
I dont think thats the battery... will try to put my hands in another battery and see.
In the meantime, is there anything else I should be trying?
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Looks like my battery is in no good healt...
also, I have a problem with the microphone, is not getting anything, does not have the rubber protector, and only speaker phone works...
Any workround?
Hey Everyone!
I have an S2 with some trouble...
The phone was not charging at all, kept discharging even when connected to power, so I suspected a Charging system failure...
I proceeded to get a new charging port, and the battery would charge up to 60% and give an error (Battery Disconnected), tried a couple of charging times, never got a good battery life, phone was shutting down unexpectedly...
So, it was time for a new battery, bought the battery like 3 days ago, inserted the battery, tried powering on the phone (hoping the battery would hold some power), it didn't power on at first, kept doing my stuff, and like 3 hours later, I connected the phone to the computer to get some power, and it was powered on already...
Now, the battery life is quite good compared to what I used to have with the other battery, but whenever I power off or restart, the phone will keep turned off... If I connect a charger, the phone will boot and tell the battery is 100% charged...
Now, If I shutdown, remove battery, put back on and turn on the phone, it will boot from time to time, getting a massive battery drain, powers off by itself, connecting the charger without power on, the phone will display a full battery...
Any help will be appreciated!
Kernel Siyah 3.0.31 s2 v6.05b+
Roshnaie Rom V4 LSW
PD: can I try ICS back in this device???
If I remember correctly, updating through kies would repartition the device, and I dont know if ICS would be compatible with that (used disaster Rom before on another i9100 i had), also, I ignore the method used to update
Yep, do a clean install of stock in the first instance & test. Are you sure you bought the exact same revision of USB board that was already in the phone ? Often problems that persist after replacing the USB board are caused by this. If you didn't, you probably want to buy another USB board & replace it again, but use the exact same revision that was in the phone initially. Check KeithRoss39's guide in General for the info you need.
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Yep, do a clean install of stock in the first instance & test. Are you sure you bought the exact same revision of USB board that was already in the phone ? Often problems that persist after replacing the USB board are caused by this. If you didn't, you probably want to buy another USB board & replace it again, but use the exact same revision that was in the phone initially. Check KeithRoss39's guide in General for the info you need.
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K, will try a stock ICS, feel a lot more confortable with it for trying out the battery stats...
As for the USB board, originally had R2.2, only R2.3 is available everywhere I ever looked for it, will need to order from somewhere else, but the shipping will cost like 1500% more than the actual board, will keep digging around the junkyard
The difference in the board revision might well be causing your issues, but hopefully it's just something funky in the rom install you've currently got. If it's OK on stock, do a completely clean install of your custom rom & test that for a bit.
And if it's not OK with stock, you know what to do.
Hi!
Have you checked your battery? Maybe your battery has some problems. Actually, one of my friends had the same problem..... He purchased a new battery and a new charger for his S2 and fortunately, his problem was gone!
Please thank me if i helped you!
'So, it was time for a new battery'
And so the 'nobody reads threads before posting on XDA' thing continues...
As @MistahBungle says.....get that board replaced for the correct version. I would personally avoid Odin flashing a phone that I knew to have the incorrect USB assembly. I'd also advise you to think long and hard before flashing stock ICS to your phone......if you want to know why.....do a search for "emmc brickbug".........
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
2 days ago i decided to root my samsung galaxy S2 i9100, after i rooted the phone i got a yellow triangle at the boot up screen which i then used triangle away, then my battery started to die very quickly it gets to 50% the screen flickers and then dies and tells me i have only 1% battery life.. i read that it could be the kernel, i was using siyah i think thats how it spelt so i then flashed the philsZ kernel and recovery.. thats has done nothing i still get the screen flicker and shut down at 50%, any ideas off what this is? is there a fix? do i have to spend any money to fix it ect, thanks.
Back to completely stock first to test, if problem persists new battery, if problem still persists replace USB board/port.
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Back to completely stock first to test, if problem persists new battery, if problem still persists replace USB board/port.
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Okay thanks for the help :good:
No worries Any questions/whatever, post here again.
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No worries Any questions/whatever, post here again.
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okay, one more question.. when i put my phone on charge, the charger is loose in the port it still charges fines but i have to either place the phone on a surface of hold the charger in so it doesnt fall out i have tried other chargers and its the same with them, the port looks fine from what i can see the charger is just loose, so any ideas on how to fix/make the charger stay in firmly?
Sounds like the board/port is either loose or not working as it should & needs replacing. You could always open the phone up & take a look/make sure it's in its right place. If after you've done that it's still causing problems, KeithRoss39 has a guide in the General section on replacing the board/port - it's quick/cheap (maybe US$15 or less)/easy to do yourself, his guide has all the info you need to get that done.
Edit - If that's happening with different cables, then it's obviously the port (either loose or needs replacing).
Before one month ago a strange problem appeared.i flashed different roms and kernels but a few days later after a complete dischargeof the battery when I completely charged my phone with the charger it tried to reboot and it didn't pass the boot screen.This problem was solved only with a full wipe and a reflash of a rom.But if I try to use the charger instead of pc to charge my phone or if I complete discharge it sometimes It will not boot.i tried a lot of different roms and kernels without success .any ideas what causing this problem?
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Before one month ago a strange problem appeared.i flashed different roms and kernels but a few days later after a complete dischargeof the battery when I completely charged my phone with the charger it tried to reboot and it didn't pass the boot screen.This problem was solved only with a full wipe and a reflash of a rom.But if I try to use the charger instead of pc to charge my phone or if I complete discharge it sometimes It will not boot.i tried a lot of different roms and kernels without success .any ideas what causing this problem?
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Probably the USB board/port. KeithRoss39 has a guide in General (not stickied; search for 'replace USB charger board') which will enable you to replace it yourself quickly/easily/cheaply (<US$15).
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Before one month ago a strange problem appeared.i flashed different roms and kernels but a few days later after a complete dischargeof the battery when I completely charged my phone with the charger it tried to reboot and it didn't pass the boot screen.This problem was solved only with a full wipe and a reflash of a rom.But if I try to use the charger instead of pc to charge my phone or if I complete discharge it sometimes It will not boot.i tried a lot of different roms and kernels without success .any ideas what causing this problem?
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my friend what is the rom now you are using?
if it is based on cm try stock roms
if it is not then i think the problem is from your charger .. try someone else .
you can also try wipe battery statue from recovery
Good luck
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Probably the USB board/port. KeithRoss39 has a guide in General (not stickied; search for 'replace USB charger board') which will enable you to replace it yourself quickly/easily/cheaply (<US$15).
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Ok thank you very much for your answer.Do you think that it could be the charger instead of usb board/port because it seems that if i try to charge it via usb cable from pc or if i try another charger it will boot normaly but the problem is that i don't know for sure because i only use my charger when the phone is completely discharged (turned off) ,i usually have my phone connected to pc all the time,so i also suspect that it may be the reboot that causes the phone to boot loop and it may be not connected to the charging proccess at all.What is your opinion ?
Also is there any way to test my usb board/port to see if it working correctly before replacing it ?
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my friend what is the rom now you are using?
if it is based on cm try stock roms
if it is not then i think the problem is from your charger .. try someone else .
you can also try wipe battery statue from recovery
Good luck
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I tried both stock and aosp roms but with no luck.
I tried different chargers but the problem doesn't appear every single time so i don't know for sure if the problem is from my charger.Sometimes it boots normaly with mine too.
I didn't try to wipe battery stats from recovery but how it could be useful ?I couldn't find a lot info for that...
thanks
Might be the charger, so try a new one if you like. But don't be surprised if you end up having to replace the USB board after. The issues you described with booting/not booting sound like symptoms of the USB board on the fritz.
When the boards start dying, they rarely stop working completely (at least initially), and often show a couple of faults, but work OK in other ways (might be able to transfer data OK but can't charge as an example, and so on).
As a test, do a completely clean install of stock & test it for a few days, if you see the same thing, it's fairly likely the hardware fault. Up to you which way you want to go in that case, but I'd be replacing the board.
Edit - In light of your post just now which crossed with my reply, it's definitely the USB board. You've tried different chargers, you've tried stock, that seals the deal as far as I'm concerned. Put it this way, if it's not the board, it's something else hardware-wise.
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Might be the charger, so try a new one if you like. But don't be surprised if you end up having to replace the USB board after. The issues you described with booting/not booting sound like symptoms of the USB board on the fritz.
When the boards start dying, they rarely stop working completely (at least initially), and often show a couple of faults, but work OK in other ways (might be able to transfer data OK but can't charge as an example, and so on).
As a test, do a completely clean install of stock & test it for a few days, if you see the same thing, it's fairly likely the hardware fault. Up to you which way you want to go in that case, but I'd be replacing the board.
Edit - In light of your post just now which crossed with my reply, it's definitely the USB board. You've tried different chargers, you've tried stock, that seals the deal as far as I'm concerned. Put it this way, if it's not the board, it's something else hardware-wise.
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Ok i will start testing then and replace the usb board if needed.Another thing that confuse me is why the phone boots with a full wipe and re-install of a rom ?Also in what way the USB board can affect the booting proccess?
EDIT :I am not experienced with smartphone hardware so i need some info...
I don't think that anybody outside of Samsung themselves would be able to tell you why one of their phones acts the way it does.....they know their hardware and the way software interacts with it in a way that nobody else can.
All I know is that I've handled TWO S2's with faulty USB ports, and they have exhibited various symptoms as a result.......
1) phone displayed charging icon even if it wasn't plugged in.
2) phone NOT charging even though it WAS plugged in.
3) PC/Laptop not recognising phone when USB connected.
4) phone randomly shut down.
5) phone would not boot unless boot option in CWM selected.......
I could go on, but you probably get the picture.
These issues stopped occurring on both devices as soon as I'd replaced the USB assembly......
Choice is yours fella, but I know what I'd be doing.
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I don't think that anybody outside of Samsung themselves would be able to tell you why one of their phones acts the way it does.....they know their hardware and the way software interacts with it in a way that nobody else can.
All I know is that I've handled TWO S2's with faulty USB ports, and they have exhibited various symptoms as a result.......
1) phone displayed charging icon even if it wasn't plugged in.
2) phone NOT charging even though it WAS plugged in.
3) PC/Laptop not recognising phone when USB connected.
4) phone randomly shut down.
5) phone would not boot unless boot option in CWM selected.......
I could go on, but you probably get the picture.
These issues stopped occurring on both devices as soon as I'd replaced the USB assembly......
Choice is yours fella, but I know what I'd be doing.
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Might be the charger, so try a new one if you like. But don't be surprised if you end up having to replace the USB board after. The issues you described with booting/not booting sound like symptoms of the USB board on the fritz.
When the boards start dying, they rarely stop working completely (at least initially), and often show a couple of faults, but work OK in other ways (might be able to transfer data OK but can't charge as an example, and so on).
As a test, do a completely clean install of stock & test it for a few days, if you see the same thing, it's fairly likely the hardware fault. Up to you which way you want to go in that case, but I'd be replacing the board.
Edit - In light of your post just now which crossed with my reply, it's definitely the USB board. You've tried different chargers, you've tried stock, that seals the deal as far as I'm concerned. Put it this way, if it's not the board, it's something else hardware-wise.
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I replaced the usb board about a month ago but i still have bootloop issues that appear randomly.
I also have some other issues now.
First of all when i try to transfer files from/to pc the copy procedure will stop at some point and then windows does not recognize my phone or a pop up window appear asking to fix my drive but when i try to fix it says that the drive has no problems.
Apart from that if i try to remove the battery and then put it again with the charger still connected to the phone the battery percentage fall from 100% to 10%-15%.
I dont know if all these problems are related but it seems that the usb board is not responsible for these issues because i have the same problems with 2 different boards.Any ideas what else hardware-wise might be ?
Thanks in advance !
My money's still on the usb board.....
Check the OP in this thread......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335961
.....paying PARTICULAR attention to the part covering 'rev' versions.......
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My money's still on the usb board.....
Check the OP in this thread......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335961
.....paying PARTICULAR attention to the part covering 'rev' versions.......
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I read carefully the OP and the replacement that i bought is the same 'rev' version with my old one.So is possible that the new usb board is faulty too ?
Is it possible to be something wrong with the internal SD ?
I want to mention that i have used a PIT file posted by @metalgearhathaway to increase data partition but the procedure was successful...
The only reason that i mention it is because then i had the faulty usb board and i used ODIN for the procedure but it passed all stages succesfully.
Mate.....remapping the partitions with a pit file is a pretty major thing to forget to mention.....
It's pretty advanced and/or risky to start messing with pit files.....it's also something i've never done, so i'm unsure of the consequences.......apart from the obvious 'permabrick' risk.
I don't even know how you'd revert to the factory set partitions if you needed to.....though i'd guess it'd involve flashing another pit file. All the issues you've previously mentioned (apart from the battery) *could* have been caused by the pit file and that being the case, you're lucky it wasn't a whole lot worse. As for the battery, that could simply be the fact that batteries do fail, and if yours is the original, this is probably the case given the age of the phone and the fact that Samsung only offers a 6 month warranty on the battery anyway.......
Sorry fella, but as there's a pit file flash involved, you've moved into territory that I can no longer advise on........
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