Hi!
I'm having problems lately with my phone only charging with some chargers (my original charger for the s3 works, and so does a HTC charger) but not at all with others. The problem is there when connecting it to the computer too, sometimes it syncs and charges flawlessly, sometimes it charges, but wont sync, and sometimes nothing at all happens. All of the chargers and cables work when i test them with other devices (including another S3). The battery is also fine.
The only thing I've been able to figure out is that the same configuration will always net the same result, i.e. one charger+cable works every time, while another charger+cable never works. In the past the cable not working did work, although only if I applied pressure in one direction, which led me to believe there was a problem with the charging port, however I find it weird that some chargers/cables works flawlessly.
I'm running latest OmniROM nightly with latest Boeffla kernel. I've tried deactivating the safe charging setting in Boeffla control, but it made no difference. Been having this problem since mid July.
Anyone know of any solution besides getting a new phone?
I experienced these too, it's just a matter of cable quality. My advice is always use the original cable
If you experience charging problems(eg. Phone isn't charging or it interrupts)or sync issues, your s3's internal plug might be damaged(it's quite common afaik)
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Yeah as I'm suspecting the internal port too, just found it weird that some cables works. I tried two brand new chargers in the last couple of days, one Sony 850 mA and one generic 2.1 A charger. None worked with my phone, but both worked with my sisters S3.
I was hoping it would be SW related, but I've tried both a newer ROM version and a new kernel. Maybe I should try a complete factory reset?
Axerqz said:
Yeah as I'm suspecting the internal port too, just found it weird that some cables works. I tried two brand new chargers in the last couple of days, one Sony 850 mA and one generic 2.1 A charger. None worked with my phone, but both worked with my sisters S3.
I was hoping it would be SW related, but I've tried both a newer ROM version and a new kernel. Maybe I should try a complete factory reset?
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I doubt it will work but trying is for free huh[emoji28]
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Its a hardware related USB port problem for sure... This happened to 3 galaxy s3s I've used. I sent two of them back as only one cable worked with them which is ridiculous and I decided to get the third one fixed by replacing the USB port. After this it began to work fine with every cable.
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Hey guys.
Any time I connect the phone to my computer via USB, the phone's touchscreen goes bonkers. It wont register my touch in the correct location, it jumps around and registers button-presses that I never pressed, or won't register a firm screen-press at all!
If the USB is unplugged, everything zips along accurately.
Any idea what might be causing this, and how I might fix it?
Just a quick background:
I rooted and installed the lag-fix. I encountered a problem with the lag-fix, restored factory settings, and root/lag-fixed again. The problem cropped up after the factory restore.
BTownTKD said:
Hey guys.
Any time I connect the phone to my computer via USB, the phone's touchscreen goes bonkers. It wont register my touch in the correct location, it jumps around and registers button-presses that I never pressed...
Any idea what might be causing this, and how I might fix it?
Just a quick background:
I rooted and installed the lag-fix. I encountered a problem with the lag-fix, restored factory settings, and root/lag-fixed again. The problem cropped up after the factory restore.
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That's wacky. Since you've already done it once, I'd just restore again and see if that fixes it.
Also... not sure if this is a side-effect of the factory restore, but guess what suddenly appeared in my Widgets list??
Google Search!
BTownTKD said:
Also... not sure if this is a side-effect of the factory restore, but guess what suddenly appeared in my Widgets list??
Google Search!
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Using LauncherPro by any chance? It's been showing up with LP since Day 1.. If not, that's pretty darn cool then.
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Using LauncherPro by any chance? It's been showing up with LP since Day 1.. If not, that's pretty darn cool then.
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Oops... launcherPro.
I've since reset the factory settings again; no luck. Still all wonky when USB is plugged in.
I'm considering taking it back to best buy and simply exchanging it for a different one, since I've only had it for a day. I would think that resetting everything to factory defaults would have fixed any software problem. Maybe this is a hardware problem that I just now noticed.
I have heard roomer, that if your usb is to low or to high of a voltage it will bork up the touch screen while plugged in.
it seems a common occurrence on many Android phones that use our style of USB port that if you use a 3rd party usb cable (i.e. one other than what shipped with the phone) as well as many 3rd party usb wall chargers that the touchscreen will either go bonkers or freeze up alltogether.
I've seen the exact same thing happen with my friends HTC MT3G and Motorola CliqXT using certain cables and chargers. Any cables/chargers that do this to my Vibrant do it to their phones too.
Interesting. I'm glad I read all this before I decided to take it back;
the laptop I had it plugged into is so fubar'd, that it would not surprise me to find that it has incorrect voltage...
This happens all the time on my Droid 2, Nexus and Fascinate. I just swipe very quickly and press lightly. However, no matter how many "tricks" I try it's still hard to flip through screens or open the correct app. Hardest task would be to navigate a website. Considering it happens on multiple Android devices and computers I never really put too much thought into it. Just figured it to be a Android bug.
Wow, never seen this. Now I do use the cable that came with my fascinate to plug into my computer, however car charger, wall chargers, and a USB charger (in my truck), I just use the cables from my Droid1. All my chargers are generics... Hmmm..
my htc touch pro 2 did the same thing when i used a gps car charger... screen went crazy
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Ok. So for anyone wanting to know what's going on in the background to cause problems with your phone with crappy chargers....
I first discovered this with another touch screen player *cough*ipodTouch*cough*cough when I was trying to make a universal 4-port USB charging bay that would work with my sansa and my ...other player.
The specification that most device-manufacturing companies use nowadays for charging states that for a device to recognize a charger (and to start accepting a charge from the charger), the data pins must be shorted (connected together). This is what Sandisk, Apple, and several others are using. That is how I built my 4 port USB charger and it works flawlessly (with my sansa, ipod, galaxy, and Cowon S9).
NOW, somewhere floating around on the net are specs that state that some data must be sent/received through the USB's data cable (i believe it claims to need any 2.5V) which basically puts some resistors in to make a voltage divider.with the power and ground and data pins. THESE ARE BAD SPECS. They might have been legit in the past for some other device, but they are NOT what our phones need.
So some of the cheap, off-brand chargers are actually sending random messages to our Phones through the data pins (non-sense 2.5 volts). I haven't heard any reports of this damaging the phone or mp3 players yet, but whenever I plug mine into a charger and I lose the ability to control the screen, I get nervous b/c I know there is voltage on the data pins, and I don't know if it's the correct amount. So I get nervous
...does that make sense?
I had the Droid and the first time I saw that, it freaked me out. It seems to be an issue with touch screen android phones when they don't receive the correct voltage, whether because of a 3rd party cable, or a different computer voltage or something. I was using my blackberry mini usb charger and it would act like it had rabies. Nothing is wrong with your phone.
The charger included is plugged in next to my bed, and I'm using my Droid's USB cable in the computer without issues. That's very strange. I've never heard of this problem.
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I had the Droid and the first time I saw that, it freaked me out. It seems to be an issue with touch screen android phones when they don't receive the correct voltage, whether because of a 3rd party cable, or a different computer voltage or something. I was using my blackberry mini usb charger and it would act like it had rabies. Nothing is wrong with your phone.
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Sorry dude. It's not just android handsets, and it doesn't (seem) to have anything to do with the proper voltage. I've taken multimeters to the chargers. They are providing the proper ~4.5-5V range. It has to be the data pins.
Although, that's just the chargers I've had. Take a voltmeter to your usb chargers (don't touch the casing at the same time!) and see what their voltage is. But a low voltage just wouldn't charge your phone, and a high voltage would damage it.
Hi,
I've had a problem with the phone out of the box: when the phone is connected to the charger (non Samsung charger) or the USB in the computer, the touch screen bearly responds. I try to use the phone but it's like the touch panel does not respond, or sometimes it responds and some time it doesn't. Once I disconnect the charger, it goes back to being fully functional.
Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a way to fix this? Is there an app in the market to test whether there is a problem?
Gosh, I hope this is not a HW problem..
Thanks.
I'm guessing that the flow of the electricity might be causing interference to the capacitive sensor as I've experienced this a couple of times on my SGS1.
Haven't had this issue though on SGS2.
Some of the HTC Evo 4G phones had a similar issue when it was launched last year. HTC was able to fix it with a software update. But I don't know if your phone ihas the same underlying cause. If it is easy for you to return, you may want to try that rather than waiting for a fix.
I have a Galaxy S1 and had a similar problem. I bought a non samsung usb cable to charge my phone and it caused it to be unresponsive while connected. As soon as I disconnected it, the phone returned to normal. I bought some samsung data cables from ebay and never had the problem since.
A friend of mine had a Blackberry (i think), and used my samsung cable to try to charge his phone in my car. It never worked.....or atleast his phone never said it was charging.
My guess is the cables may have the same connector, but the wiring my be different.
I could be completely wrong though, but this is the experience I had with the original galaxy s
I've had the same problem with the galaxy s 1. No matter what charger I used though charging via usb made it better.
Happens with a lot of phones, Aridoasis above hit the nail on the head.
If you read the manual you will see that it say that that will happen of you are connected to an unstable power source. Which I think will happen when the cable used to charge the phone somehow doesn't match it.
This happens to me when I used a standard micro USB cable to charge it. But goes away when I use my ATRIX's USB power charger
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Hi everyone. I own a GS3 that has been running flawlessly for about 3 weeks but since last 2 days it has developed a problem whereby it only charges via the laptop USB port and not the wall charger. I have tried factory reset, flashed two different custom ROMs based on two different firmwares, pulled battery many times, etc etc, to no avail.
the phone starts charging from wall charger, but after a few minutes, charging stops. I have used the original Samsung charger, my old HTC charger, with a combination of many different USB cables and the result is always the same. The USB port appears to be undamaged
ny suggestion to fix the problem?
Android 4.0.4
I9300BWLH1
Kernel SIYAH S3 V1.5.2
Check your usb port of the s3 maybe its damaged.
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how do i check it that all work?
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how do i check it that all work?
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Without paying someone to open it up and look into it, process of elimination will help.
blow lightly into the port to remove any dust
Try a different plug in your house
Try your neighbours outlets
Try with a different charger
Try with a different charger cable
worst case, a dab of WD40 shouldn't hurt (should help if any contaminants or rust has accumulated, preventing proper contact)
If your experiencing any major heating on the back plate while charging from the wall then the issue is most likely a bad charging mechanism. I had similar issues with my S2.
I had the same problem, as with many other people. See here if anything helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727540
(Even mods got frustrated saying it was a solved issue. Clearly it's still unsolved.)
For me the problem disappeared on its own.. All that changed was I started using a Belkin surge protector.. didn't help initially but then it started charging after a few days..
My guess is it's a software bug.. or some sort of a caching issue..
Btw I'm using latest XXLH1 unrooted.
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does every usb charger work on the s3 or do you have to have a special one? sorry if its a newbie Q, i need to buy a new one since, my last one(the one i got with the phone ) started burning. (literally)
Does anyone also know how to check if your charger is working properly? Like if a software in the android is blocking the charge etc. since i also have a problem charging the phone
I've used a lot of different cables and charges on my s3 and they worked all.
ok, thanks
I've got 4 different car chargers that *used* to work for my Note. I know they worked, because I did quite a bit of work over the last year which required the use of the GPS on my phone. Each one is > 1A. However, recently they've all stopped working for my Note. I've tested them using a Galaxy S3 and a Desire HD, and the chargers appear to charge the other phones just fine.
I seem to have no problems with AC or the computer charger it however. I've also taken the same USB cable I've used on the AC/computer and plugged it in to 3 of my car chargers, still no luck. Any ideas?
Your charge port needs to be replaced. If you're still under warranty, get it replaced. Otherwise there is a guide around here to DIY replacement I think..
I think we need more info. Since the phone charges at home the first suggestion is not helpful. The port is fine or it wouldn't charge at home. What ROM are you using? Did you try flashing a different ROM to test the charger in car? What were the results?
get a toothpick and make sure the metal in the port isnt touching any metal , then try , these ports in samsung phones are cheap , my wp7 focus had this happen , if it doesnt work ,its easy to solder it back in place , just open it up and make sure the solder is correct!
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I think we need more info. Since the phone charges at home the first suggestion is not helpful. The port is fine or it wouldn't charge at home. What ROM are you using? Did you try flashing a different ROM to test the charger in car? What were the results?
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The day after my post the AC charger stopped working with my phone as well. So after trying a couple more chargers, I took it into AT&T and got it replaced under warranty. However, since my wife and I both have the Galaxy Note, I may have to replace one in the future. Just in case someone needs it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD9R-YUT69Q&feature=youtu.be
There's the video for replacing the usb port. Thanks for the help!